insomniac_lemon
@insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe
- Comment on What's your excuse for the current state of affairs? 2 days ago:
There are some people in there that actually aren’t that different. Shawn vs Sean sort of thing. Probably closer to 20 people in 2014, crypto/AI/politics really gummed things up.
- Comment on What's your excuse for the current state of affairs? 2 days ago:
That was probably true back in olden times when Buddha was writing his college thesis on that, but there’s at least like 30 different people today and I’m not one of them.
- Comment on Why are so many new programming languages being developed? 1 week ago:
The interop languages (things that compile to C/C++/JS) can break the typical dilemma of inefficient-but-easy (interpreted) vs. difficult-but-fast (compiled, required low-level). Difference being lots of syntax options (Syntactic sugar, UFCS) and the compiler able to handle low-level stuff combined with leaning on a library (be it the standard library, Godot/Raylib bindings, or some fantasy console like WASM-4) it can look/feel like scripting, aside from handling types which is a safety/performance thing anyhow.
At least that is my experience with Nim-lang, which makes much more sense to me than other newer languages (particularly ones with a higher learning curve). Some of that might just be preference though, like how Zig has C-like syntax and Nim uses whitespace.
A specific example of flexibility, Nim has a subset called nimscript that can be used for interpreted code. This is what’s used for a Godot project called Enu that has in-game scripting (simple DSL, hot-code reloading) for block placement, entity behavior, and color usage.
- Comment on PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 reaches a new milestone: 75% of all PS3 games are now playable on PC 2 weeks ago:
I’m in a similar boat, though my current GPU (1050Ti) probably isn’t up to much beyond lighter/2D titles (due to overhead) and those files are a bit heavy/messy to manage.
I actually have 2 PS3s (my YLoD original w/drive donated to other, a slightly newer model that might have dry paste). Would be nice if I had someone to help with this (my OG has stuff on it*), then again I could do some of it myself I just am not bothering to do so. I did play through a few of my old games as-is on the newer PS3.
* including LBP1 water DLC that was discontinued and wasn’t included w/GotYE. Though due to storage constraints and lack of planning it’s very possible there’s media I purchased that I deleted at some point
- Comment on PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 reaches a new milestone: 75% of all PS3 games are now playable on PC 2 weeks ago:
Would this emulator allow me to play off disks in my Blu-ray drive?
Signs point to no, at least due to DRM most blu-ray drives aren’t capable of reading PS3 discs. Technically possible if you buy a specific drive (or maybe altering a drive?), otherwise you probably would need a PS3 with custom firmware to rip your own games.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
These days you can download 100 gig in hours
Well yes, but for some of us the ‘in hours’ is more than 24-hours worth of hours. Longer in reality, because it’s shared internet.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Various things:
- uncompressed audio (perhaps needlessly, for lower-end CPUs)
- pre-rendered cutscenes, multiple resolutions
- large texture sizes (also think normal maps etc), multiple resolutions
- redundant or unused data
- large model sizes, or more assets in general
I would also say it could be a problem of art direction, having no constraint and ignoring smart techniques that use less data.
Also, a higher-budget --> more preorders?
More data --> more game? - Comment on Would it be better to just have a lot of society be underground? 3 weeks ago:
Better? Probably not. Maybe it eventually starts making more sense with extreme temperatures.
I would be interested, but looking at the cost of something a remote as Whittier, AK does not inspire confidence. Though even if it were non-monetary, I still probably couldn’t pull my own weight. (also getting there, social compatibility etc)
- Comment on I read somewhere a while back that most or at least half of California wildfires are cause by faulty electrical company equipment. Is this true? And how come no one has ever reported it? 3 weeks ago:
The search term is
PG&E hooks. For example, a breakdown on hackaday. - Comment on Realest shit I seen all day 1 month ago:
Mom would be sad (it might delay the curtains she ordered a week ago).
- Comment on I'm a dev who has been working on my game for 2 years and my game title got stolen on Steam and they plan to release before I do. What should I do? 1 month ago:
Not a lawyer, but if you put the name into wikipedia it redirects to the historical event both games are based on. It’s a generic name, I can’t imagine a side being picked here (both change or neither change).
- Comment on Is coding possible on smart phones ? 1 month ago:
I’ve always wondered for compiled languages, but I’d imagine you’d need some sort of Linux compatibility.
It might be easier if you get more limited/creative, off the top of my head I suspect using something like TIC-80 might be viable. Doesn’t quite interest me and I don’t even have wired keyboard capability (not just keys, I don’t think I could do much of anything at any appreciable speed/reliability on a virtual keyboard).
- Comment on Proof of a time traveller? 1 month ago:
Even if it were, I’d be inclined to say they’d also have to be from a different timeline where NURBS became normally-used tech early-on with games rather than polygonal meshes (and there must be something wrong with our timeline now considering live-rendered Bézier curves isn’t really commonplace for 2D after the suffocation of Flash).
And yes, I know part of the feel is likely just mathematical concepts that has a lot of overlap with 3D rendering. Meticulous measurements, perspective, perhaps underlying math used for shading.
That said, I believe there a few other major reasons for the feel:
- Common lack of shadows (object-to-world) despite well defined shading, resembles early/stylized rendering
- Relatively smooth/consistent organic silhouettes, with said defined shading (applying to color/surface as well) mimicking a bitmap surface (for example with Dog and bridge, the fur is much more visible in the torso area)
- Some of the rendering choices seem to be stylized simplifications, like the binocular lenses
I suspect some of these would map really well to 3D (like via point cloud). Though I could also see the feel not being quite the same in-person (or even with a higer-res, non-JPEG image). And some of their art definitely does feel more like other more traditional art.
This feel might not even be most of their work, it might just be some sort of uncanny valley (but in a good way) where their techniques lined up perfectly.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Personally, I’d like to see technology go for a more symbiotic route. An extension of humans… but not copies, not AI, not always-online/proprietary etc.
Give me more stable microbiomes, more enzymes and similar synthesis, extend my nervous system with other types of life (extract pollution from trees for fun and profit). They will be part of me, I will treat them better than how many treat their livers. I could even probably play DOOM without training!
- Comment on Do people really "need" friends? 2 months ago:
Even when it comes to personality disorders (or other brain stuff) I would say there’s still a distinction between need and want.
A lot of cause for isolation is circumstance (and difficulties relating to socializing), so it’s very likely that a lot of terminally-friendless people would disagree with OP’s (supposed) attitude on this.
- Comment on borger 2 months ago:
Beware of poor fitment though. I got some cheap wired ones years ago (from Amazon), didn’t work so well because they had bad contact and no mechanism for adjustment. Kinda also needed a preamp, though if contact were perfect maybe that’d matter less.
- Comment on Do I belong in tech anymore? - On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal. 2 months ago:
This isn’t really a ‘fork it’ type of problem. Closest to that I can viably do is just have my project elsewhere (gitlab or codeberg, or even just uploaded to itch) and allow the bindings project to link to it. Even then, it could still be scraped one way or another.
I don’t really understand enough to improve the bindings code itself and the project only currently has 4 contributors (and those likely aren’t anywhere close to half-as-much as the creator), so the idea that moving would harm said project definitely is valid.
Godot itself is large enough that it could survive a move, though it’s likely too complicated with all existing things (unless they split out for ultra-future 5.X?). I do know that worse people (maybe-or-maybe-not better coders) have tried to fork Godot with the long-term outcome likely not being noteworthy.
- Comment on Do I belong in tech anymore? - On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal. 2 months ago:
Got to outlast it, in spite.
Problem is not wanting your creations scraped.
Even worse when you want to contribute to some key project that likely won’t leave Github (issue being Copilot training). In my case it’s Godot bindings in my preferred (somewhat niche) language. I already contributed an example and have another better example I haven’t uploaded because of this (other issues though too, so I haven’t even been able to share an export).
- Comment on My Country music collection 3 months ago:
You just crossed the line!
Message sure, but with the sound itself (the vocals and the steel guitar) you can definitely call that country. Same with the other user with the song by Alabama.
- Comment on My Country music collection 3 months ago:
If the vocals don’t bother me (little-or-no twang), I just consider those folk music (or some variation).
- Comment on What happens if someone refuses to work in a socialist economy? 3 months ago:
The area around them was blighted and isolated- no community playground, parks, or shopping areas like a typical neighborhood. The community’s medical needs were addressed by pop-up clinics run out of a van
This also completely applies to areas of USA with less population density. Even for people with jobs.
Remote Area Medical (RAM) is a nonprofit provider of mobile medical clinics delivering free dental, vision, and medical care (as well as veterinary services when available) to under-served and uninsured individuals.
Founded by British philanthropist Stan Brock, it was originally conceived to treat people in the developing world, but turned its attention to those in need of health care in the United States
- Comment on Is a video streaming co-op a useful idea? 3 months ago:
I’m guessing if there’s any leg to stand on here, it’d be local with older content. An ‘item library’ at first (even if the physical copy is kept safe for archival, with only 1 rented-out copy).
For digital, it’d be local network. I know the PS3 had renting videos, so it could be interesting if stuff like that could be managed in that way (if it can be rebranded as its own distinct entity). I assume the problem would be no capability to rent a copy to 1 user, specifically when it comes to the storefront. Unless custom homebrew was made (waiting lists etc) to handle it properly.
And this would probably only work in an intentional community that has other reasons to exist. (personally I like the idea but don’t think it’d ever be an option for me… travel, living costs, lack of info online, etc)
- Comment on How do you feel about a 25 year old dating a 46 year old? 3 months ago:
Very questionable, unless of course there’s some illegal street racing involved which makes it very cool.
- Comment on Enough distractions. Do your goddamn job. 7 months ago:
Relevant: THOSE DAMN ALIEN BASTARDS ARE REAL. by Gianni Matragrano.
- Comment on Wisdom of Cracked Out Wall Cat 8 months ago:
Even if the CPR doesn’t work, it makes me think of that CRUDBUMP song.
- Comment on Tabletop convection oven 9 months ago:
A cheap convection toaster oven not really, it is half-way between an oven and air-fryer at best.
I mean if it’s good enough, keep using it as long as possible I guess.
- Comment on Why is the sky blue? Things just are, ok? No more questions, please. 9 months ago:
Me: <using Blender in Linux to make low-poly badger>
You: <using paid retro software in WINE inside Linux VM to make low-poly pudu>
- Comment on Which one and why? 9 months ago:
Can’t, I already got a titanium spork more than a decade ago.
- Comment on THAT'S an interesting fact 9 months ago:
If it’s (not) out of the bag, then it’s (not) out of the bag. Now that is a powerful
catfact. - Comment on Why Shouldn't I Use A Small Gaming PC 9 months ago:
I am using a 2019 Ryzen 2700 sale build ($461, not counting 1050Ti which I just carried over) and minipc~s~ really seems lacking when it comes to GPU power. Like the one you linked to is about the same GPU performance as my card (and I have seen otherwise interesting newer models use it too).
The models with a better GPU (Radeon-8060S) are in the beyond-budget category (up to $2K), so you are definitely being charged a premium for the small form factor (even despite potential drawbacks). Or maybe the “AI” branding is part of it…
Maybe in 5-10 more years it will become affordable. Currently, if a low-end APU is faster than your current CPU though you might be better off with that, or some dirt-cheap used GPU (AMD Polaris card, or even saw a video on 1050Ti~s~ being $20) maybe.
