AnimalsDream
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- Comment on Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable" 1 week ago:
Wish I could care but I never got to play Destiny 2 since they never supported Linux. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on 60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market 1 week ago:
Yeah admittedly building still largely has the best price to performance ratio. This is why I have never been able to bring myself to buy a gaming laptop even though I really want one. Too many compromises for too high of a price.
Depending on what the next Steam Machine is like, and how it’s priced, I still might build my own again. I would only get the former if they price it really competitively. But if it’s too much, I might hold off on buying a new system all together until something breaks with all these price raises.
- Comment on PlayStation Plus price increase announced for new customers 1 week ago:
Yup, when that became mandatory on all consoles, I stopped buying consoles.
- Comment on 60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market 2 weeks ago:
I got disenchanted with PC building after my first and last build. It had benefits, like being able to buy one component at a time instead of spending a bunch at once (except now it’s spending a bunch many times to build). Reparability is nice too.
But my issue is that despite getting what were some of the best components at the time, I’m at a place where virtually every part needs an upgrade, so I may as well build a whole new PC, and why bother if that’s the case?
If the upcoming Steam Machine is less than $1000, I am probably getting one.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It often doesn’t work in the sense that people try to achieve a calorie deficit by eating less, which causes their appetite to increase significantly. Many people are unable to resist overeating in our industrialized societies that constantly bombard us with addictive foods. So yes, a calorie deficit is necessary, but it’s also necessary to have a way to deal with appetite or else maintaining a calorie deficit becomes unsustainable.
That’s why plant-centric diets are a great choice - you can eat as much as you want to satiety, and still be able to lose weight.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Take a cardboard box and grind it into powder, and tell me which one takes up less space. Of course anything blended is going to be more calorie dense.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
In between meat and potatoes, beans, and rice.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I do agree about the fruits, that is a little strange. Fruit would probably sit somewhere between veggies and beans. Maybe they just average it?
I think it’s just the issue of trying to simplify things. You can endlessly get into the details and end up with a monstrously complicated and useless infographic that is technically accurate. For example, even in the category of vegetables alone - carrots are technically more like potatoes, but colloquially still seen as a vegetable. And corn, despite being a grain is nutritionally more on the starchy side making that also more like potatoes.
But if the graphic reflected all that, the basic idea would get lost.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Lulz. I would not recommend a diet made of purely vegetables for a prolonged period of time.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I regularly make smoothies as a breakfast replacement. They’re adapted from Brooke Goldner’s green smoothies, but altered to be more of a meal in itself. Can’t give exact numbers because I just eyeball it, but I densely pack dark green leafy vegetables til it’s about 40% full (the more variety of leafies the better), rolled oats, pumpkin seeds or walnuts, frozen mixed berries (again variety is best), ground flax seed, and raisins or dates to sweeten.
I make this for health benefits as well as the convenience of a fast breakfast, and yet it just so happens to taste great too. Stop believing the nonsense that it has to be either one or the other.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Most vegetables are far less calorie dense than virtually all other foods. In addition, plants and fungi are high fiber foods. Fiber is well known to promote satiety, being a natural way to promote our own body’s expression of glp-1 hormones.
One of the biggest challenges in weight loss is that most people’s appetites are survival machinery evolved to avoid starvation at all costs in environments that may potentially be lacking in food - but we now live in an industrial environment that not only has removed all the ways we would normally get exercise naturally through physical labor; but has surrounded us at every angle by extremely calorie dense junk food that’s specifically formulated to be addictive and hijack that survival machinery.
Exercise is important but you can’t out-exercise a bad diet, and starvation (which is exactly what a calorie deficit is) does not work either. Any method that works has to be able to deal with our toxic food environment. That’s why the glp-1 drugs are popular even though they tend to plateau. And that’s why vegans tend to average the lowest body weight of any dietary group.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
A lettuce smoothie is not the same thing as eating lettuce. By turning it into a smoothie, you increase the calorie density and make it much easier to consume a higher quantity faster. That is likely enough to turn it into a higher calorie food.
- Comment on I guessed 2 weeks ago:
It’s weird because the people who make these kinds of jokes are effectively saying they think animal abuse and slaughter is funny. Thank you for letting everyone else know you are not a safe person to be around.
- Comment on 2/10 people on Lemmy, is that you? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, people who still consume animal products.
Oh, also people who just blame capitalism for everything, especially when it comes to any kind of change in their lifestyle or even the slightest inconvenience to their daily routines.
- Comment on “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!) 5 weeks ago:
True, the only gaming focused custom rom I’m aware of is Gamma OS, and while it’s a great effort, the lone developer is not keeping up with the plethora of devices coming out.
Right now the Linux distros for these devices are weak JELOS-style barebones types. I’m looking forward to the days when I can run full fledged Debian-based distros on these.
- Comment on “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!) 5 weeks ago:
Last game I tried to install through GameNative on Retroid Pocket 5 was Granblue Fantasy Versus. It kept crashing on startup. Guess I’ll let it cook for a while longer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Apple a day 5 weeks ago:
Still a huge difference between the two, given that one is rich in fiber, and phytonutrients; while the other is highly processed, full of refined sugar, and other additives.
- Comment on And toxic in large amounts! 5 weeks ago:
Dietary fiber is a lot. That’s like the main thing missing from everyone’s diets these days.
- Comment on Aaaaaaaaaa 5 weeks ago:
I’ve heard a good rec is to give yourself a buffer of one to two usda zones plus and minus.
- Comment on And toxic in large amounts! 5 weeks ago:
Depending on where it came from, and what wood, I wouldn’t be surprized if it was outright healthy. Tons of fiber, plus dietary sources of lignans are rare.
- Comment on Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent 5 weeks ago:
Physically. To start, the Deck is heavy and cumbersome to play on. Resting it on a surface is pretty much a must. The grips also have too narrow of a geometry and result in wrist strain fairly quickly. These two factors also interact with the positioning of the dpad, making it feel awkward to use, like I can’t be as nimble with the inputs as I would on a controller. The dpad itself is the worst part. There is a lot of travel in the presses, which wouldn’t necessarily be a problem, except that it has an overall very mushy feel. Worst of all it does that thing that a lot of modern dpads do, where if you press in on the center the whole dpad presses in as if it’s one big button, really poor pivot.
Most of this should be solved in the controller, but I’m waiting for reviews to come out. If the dpad still has that last problem or is otherwise not good, I don’t think I’m going to get one (unless they do another $5 clearance sale).
- Comment on Weeeeazels 5 weeks ago:
Can we get one as a *Souls boss?
- Comment on Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent 5 weeks ago:
There are things I like, and dislike, about the Steam Deck controls. The things I dislike are bad enough to kind of ruin the experience for me, and I’ll usually switch to an external controller to play on it.
It looks like Valve may have fixed those issues, but I still feel skeptical, about the dpad in particular.
- Comment on Does the engine a game uses factor into your decision to buy it or not? 1 month ago:
Sometimes I won’t buy a game made in Unity. Sometimes I will. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
There’s a whole number of THQ games I never bother to get, because most THQ games feel too similiar to each other.
Probably the closest thing would be Rockstar games. GTA 5 feels alright, but in so many of their other games I do not like the feel of the physics and mechanics. Hated Manhunt, terrible game. Was forgiving of the older GTA games growing up because they were pioneering and fun despite the broken mechanics. But they have not aged well.
- Comment on List of 3rd person shooter-3D platformer hybrids I know of (and looking for more) 1 month ago:
This list captures everything that I could have thought of and more. It’s still too short, we need more games like Ratchet and Clank. 🫠
- Comment on Hands-On with the Anbernic RG Vita Pro; A Unique Dual-Boot Handheld Finding Its Place (my review!) 1 month ago:
In the retro handheld community there’s a big split between those who prefer left stick on top, and those who want dpad on top. In all cases it’s going to be uncomfortable because of the lack of full sized grips as well as the vertical alignment of the buttons - the diagonal positioning of sticks and buttons on modern controllers is crucial for their comfort and ergonomics.
Stick on top is slightly more popular (it’s like a 60/40 split), but I’m in the dpad on top camp. Without proper grips, devices like these are going to be uncomfortable no matter where the sticks are. But with dpad on top, at least dpad-centric, fighting, and arcade games can be comfortable to play without needing added grips.
- Comment on Has anyone tried making a free software, federated, advertising system? 2 months ago:
I agree, paid services are a good option too. I pay for my Posteo email service for one example.
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- Comment on I am only now discovering the sheer addictiveness of Sid Meier's Civilization. 2 months ago:
I started the tutorial for Civ 6 recently, will probably play more. Been bouncing between various Civs off and on, and seems I’ve been playing UnCiv the most at this point - considering it’s right there on my phone all the time.
- Comment on Google's Gemini will make its way into Dragon Quest X to power a "Chatty Slimey" AI companion, Square Enix has announced 2 months ago:
How far Squeenix has fallen. 😒
