Deconceptualist

@Deconceptualist@leminal.space

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Just playing devil’s advocate here. I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but there are some interesting factors at play.

  1. The Steam Machine won’t need a screen or battery, two of the most expensive components on the Deck. So that can go into better CPU/GPU/RAM instead.
  2. Valve proved they can make a successful physical hardware product with the deck. That gives them a lot of negotiating power with AMD to get the best deal they can.
  3. Unlike with the Deck, they’re releasing the new gadgets in almost all major countries simultaneously. That means they’ve may have already started manufacturing months ago, and are benefiting from economy of scale at an entirely new level.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh, it’s not speculation if OP is referencing what Valve staff have said literally and unambiguously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i hate myself and i want to die lol⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a precursor to defending your thesis, right? I don’t mean to discourage, I’ve just been away from academia for a few too many years and my memory is getting rusty on the order of operations.

  Regardless, it’s a massive milestone and I commend your commitment to humanity’s knowledge in the strongest possible terms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Save the children!!!!!!!1⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would argue a snail is not a bug under any circumstances. That’s would either be a poor grasp of English, complete inability to count, or impressive levels of ignorance.

  But I would totally accept if someone failed to distinguish a hemipteran from another six-legged arthropod and called them both bugs. That’s normal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Save the children!!!!!!!1⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Somebody’s been watching Clint’s Reptiles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is that a fucking threat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like clay, so I thought it was Gumby.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Show your pride⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad to see some bismuth love, but c’mon.

  • “Every single metal element” then calls out copper & gold separately.
  • No respect for chromium, which probably has more colorful compounds than any metal.
  • No cobalt either?
  • Manganese is quite coppery; palladium and ytterbium can be gold-ish.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helpful guide⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it’s about a neutron star. Those are typically on the order of 10 km radius. And it’s hard to know their exact composition, which is why cosmologists dream up fun terms like “nuclear pasta” for degenerate matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨excuse me????⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Purrfect Diagram⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There was previously a boulder in that spot, but the cat pushed it off the ledge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Orgasms I’ve given your mother, by frequency, duration, and volume

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Boot scootin’ skeleton

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yet another Bandcamp shopper here. I stream from their site to preview albums but then buy my favorites later. DRM-free FLAC files are the best.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Filling a Gap in the Market: Genetic Modification of a Carrot with a Flared Base”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And farmersonly.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you recognize this PC case?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just kidding. He’s still rippin’ DVDs and loading up 256 GB mechanical drives and chugging on Crysis like it’s 2007.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you recognize this PC case?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All these years later I hear he’s alone and quite empty inside. Sad fate for such a champ.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you recognize this PC case?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I remember that case. That’s Kevin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno. Samuel L. Jackson is a pretty big star. Scarlett Johansson too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apart, low in cholesterine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why I sell exclusive Deprotonated Hydronium™. It costs even more but it’s worth it, and still zero calories. It’s the best way to enjoy tasty ions, for a more balanced lifestyle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pls respond⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok correct, technically I guess the outer 2D surface of a bowling ball is a pair of pants. For the entire 3D object to qualify, the holes would have to be connected internally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pls respond⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. So mathematically, I guess a bowling ball is a pair of pants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that I've got my conclusion, it's time to go look for evidence that only supports said conclusion!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are different levels of understanding.

  I’m trained in physical sciences. I studied at university and then worked ~8 years for a research department and at one point learned 2D NMR and how to run molecular simulations on a supercomputer. I’m well aware of the challenges of winning grants against colleagues and getting papers published and surviving peer review and then hoping your work gets noticed outside your of weird little niche.

  My buddy is a schoolteacher. He can run circles around me with arithmetic and explain the scientific method in rap format so kids eat it up.

  We’re both ostensibly working with the same core principles but the reality ends up quite different. Context matters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Name him.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Monsieur Florbo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Krafton Issue Statement Regarding Subnautica 2⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m actually inclined to believe this somewhat, for the simple fact that Krafton could be legally liable for slander if the statements are untrue.

  Also, did we know previously that 90% of that $250M was allocated to the three executives? That’s a bit shocking to me. If Krafton really wanted to create goodwill, they could say that money remains on the table but would be 100% allocated to the rest of the development team now instead.