ryathal
@ryathal@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets? 4 days ago:
Yep. You can’t outrun your fork.
- Comment on Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually) 1 week ago:
The real killer feature was not having to manage cd keys to install games on new computers or just reinstall them.
- Comment on What if the USA decided to use another language as its *de facto* national language at it's founding? How would it affect the world? 1 week ago:
In the sense that the US is a product of British colonialism then yes. Global communication wasn’t anywhere near robust until the empire was in decline.
- Comment on Moder games with Abuse-like controls scheme? 2 weeks ago:
Shootas Blood and Teef. A 40k themed side scrolling shooter with very heavy stylized graphics. If you like 40k it’s a good insight in how orks see themselves. If you don’t like 40k it’s still a mechanically solid game and it doesn’t really have the same grimdarkness that is common in 40k games.
- Comment on If I publish my memoir and wrote about every bad thing people did to hurt me while the people mentioned are still alive, how much trouble could I get in? 3 weeks ago:
There are anti-slapp laws to help with this, but they aren’t always used appropriately.
- Comment on If I publish my memoir and wrote about every bad thing people did to hurt me while the people mentioned are still alive, how much trouble could I get in? 3 weeks ago:
That’s not actually a solid defense as “fictional” characters that are obviously someone that exists can still be ruled libel. A common informal defense is to give the fictional person a small penis. It doesn’t change anything legally, but it does require someone suing you to admit in court that they have a small penis.
- Comment on Pet Peeves with Games? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t mind RNG, I mind games that rely on it over proper design. Xcom has tons of RNG, but it’s generally still possible to win most maps with proper strategy. Most roguelikes have this problem where any given run is impossible to win regardless of play.
- Comment on Pet Peeves with Games? 3 weeks ago:
I do appreciate the games that give you quit and quit to desktop in the same menu.
- Comment on Pet Peeves with Games? 3 weeks ago:
- Games that offer stealth as an option over combat, but have mandatory combat bosses.
- games that have excessive grinding as part of the main gameplay.
- Games where randomness is the primary factor in winning and losing.
- Comment on Anon thinks about wheat 4 weeks ago:
That chemical is a calorie.
- Comment on Anon thinks about wheat 4 weeks ago:
- Ancient people were as intelligent as we are.
- It didn’t have to start at a massive scale, it was likely a smaller start that spread and expanded.
- Finding and making food was the thing everyone spent all their time on until the agricultural revolution, even then is was still almost everyone. It wasn’t until the industrial revolution that a majority of people weren’t focused exclusively on food production.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 weeks ago:
Investing is great for retirement funds, over the 30 years or so it’s great for returns. It’s terrible to invest principle you need in scope of months or 1-2 years even.
If you have 20k and a 20k loan, putting that money in the stock market is stupid if you need that money to pay the loan. If you have 20k, a 20k loan, and income to cover loan payments in addition to living, it may be beneficial to invest that 20k, but it’s still relatively high risk.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 weeks ago:
It’s gone down moth over month many times though. If you are dependant on that principle month to month it’s insane to trust the market.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 weeks ago:
Having 20k plus the cash flow to pay a 20k loan is a totally different scenario than buying a car for cash. If you need that 20k to pay the 333/month, it’s stupid to trust the market isn’t going to go down, and simple savings would net you maybe $500.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 weeks ago:
The average cost of a car is wildly skewed by luxury models and the absurd prices of new cars. The market has gotten more expensive, so it is more difficult to find reliable cars in the sub 5k range, but under 10k is possible. It’s possible to save a few hundred bucks a month and get progressively better cars without financing them, because depreciation isn’t significant at the low end of the market.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 weeks ago:
Pay cash for a car that runs. You aren’t getting a loan without income in the first place.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 weeks ago:
A car is absolutely doable without financing l. It’s a poverty trap to finance a car. What you can’t do is have a brand new car.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 5 weeks ago:
For the vast majority of people the only debt they should ever get is a house.
- Comment on Handheld PC reviews only cover Asus and Lenovo. 1 month ago:
eGPU support doesn’t make much sense for a hand held unless you want something like a switch that can be more powerful docked. You can probably get a rough idea of their performance based on comparing specs to more major brands.
- Comment on Facts 1 month ago:
I’m a fan of Morrowind as a memory. I don’t want to ever play it again, but it was extremely fun as a kid growing up.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 1 month ago:
I think it’s also that there aren’t crazy discounts on anything remotely new. There used to be 1-2 games that made headlines.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 1 month ago:
It’s a mildly amusing board game.
- Comment on Is it really worth starting a lemmy community? 1 month ago:
If there’s a fairly related existing community that has any reasonable activity it’s probably better to just help that one get more activity.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 1 month ago:
My initial thoughts are these sales are somehow getting even less exciting every time. It is clear that games should only be purchased on sale now as prices don’t seem to drop otherwise.
- Comment on How solar panels generate electricity 1 month ago:
Each panel has it’s own little steam turbine inside it in reality.
- Comment on How solar panels generate electricity 1 month ago:
Solar collection like this can also explode birds if they fly through the wrong area as it’s essentially like a magnifying glass and ants.
- Comment on How did far-west era US dealt with "Male loneliness" 1 month ago:
The men doing the actual expedition had bigger problems than getting their dick wet, many of them simply died for various reasons. Civilization also wasn’t that far behind them, once you had a claim secured it was about getting a family.
- Comment on Why do pro athelets get paid millions upon millions of dollars but will be taken off field for something minor? My coach always said walk it off or tough it out. How come its not the same in leagues? 1 month ago:
Most pro athletes are playing through minor injuries. Some play through major injuries. There is a bigger focus on concussions now that might result in players getting pulled out, in pro leagues now though.
For younger kids, it’s highly unlikely they actually have a serious injury. Many complain about minor bumps and bruises. There should still be care for head injuries specifically, but it’s pretty rare for kids to get a major injury that’s not readily apparent.
- Comment on Lol, lmao even. 1 month ago:
It does seem like there’s an inverse correlation of general intelligence/common sense and specialized study.
- Comment on MDs please verify. 1 month ago:
This is clearly wrong. It only takes 36 days, since the boy and girl nut alternate their maturity cycles.