ryathal
@ryathal@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on How long can someone last with the Death Note in real life? 6 days ago:
Private prisons make of a tiny amount of inmates in the US. Even then they don’t really care, there’s always more inmates.
- Comment on How long can someone last with the Death Note in real life? 6 days ago:
In the US, probably indefinitely. There’s not communication between municipalities to actually track down someone killing local prisoners. Depending on where it happened, it might not even be noticeable among the numbers that die in prison already. The single most improbable part of death note is the initial speed in connecting widespread events to a hyper localized area.
The police also have a terrible solve rate on murder nationwide. Serial killers have decade plus long active streaks while physically killing and hiding bodies. There’s several that never were caught.
- Comment on Let's discuss ideas how Game Pass should be structured and priced 2 weeks ago:
Something major is going to have to change at some point though with game pass. This year is probably the last time we see a day one release of a major title. Cutting CoD is to test the waters for future cuts.
- Comment on Let's discuss ideas how Game Pass should be structured and priced 2 weeks ago:
This is basically a rental model. The 2 game limit is just for the cheapest option, you could always pay more for more. If you want a reasonable quality catalog at a sub $10 price there needs to be some level of restrictions. If you want complete freedom it’s going to come at increased cost or a worse catalog.
- Comment on Let's discuss ideas how Game Pass should be structured and priced 2 weeks ago:
Demos are rare today though. Not to mention some are outright misrepresenting the actual game. Spending some money to try a game without having to do a refund if you don’t like it is a reasonable value. As a PC player I would absolutely spend $15 bucks for a single month to try a few $40-60 games that I would likely purchase through steam after trying. I wouldn’t pay more than a single month at a time though, which also isn’t great for Microsoft.
- Comment on Let's discuss ideas how Game Pass should be structured and priced 2 weeks ago:
It would be a hard limit of 2 games/month you could play, without paying more. This is a hard shift in model, but I think it makes it sustainable long term for developers to make their games part of it while allowing the price to be reasonable. Previously game pass was subsidized by Microsoft trying to grow their subscription base, so devs got big payouts to list their games. Publishers/devs aren’t making much if anything from being on game pass, especially indie titles that might only have 20 hours or less of gameplay. With cloud saves you could easily not lose progress if you took a month off from a game to try something else
This model creates a pathway that a developer could get $1-2 per install per month (or more for new/premium tier games) which would be reasonable income after initial launch sales. The vast majority of gamers also don’t play a lot of different games, so those that want more can pay for it while a lower price is available for the majority. There’s also the classic games tier that isn’t restricted as most the games aren’t really that valuable, but it’s a separate add on to keep the main price low.
For games as a subscription to work, it has to balance perceived value for consumers and developers. The unlimited model isn’t sustainable without a price point that makes buying games outright more attractive. I think a better scenario is allowing the subscription to create a funnel to direct sales, which I think this solution does.
- Comment on Let's discuss ideas how Game Pass should be structured and priced 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think unlimited subscription models actually work with game development economics. If I had to do something I would make it this way.
7.99 game pass, access to a rotating library of roughly 1-2 year old games. Each month you can select 2 to download/pick and play. Can change selections each month.
+4.99 more games, 3 more games per month to download.
+4.99 classic games, allow unlimited downloads of older games, roughly 3+ years old.
+9.99 premium games, access to games roughly 3 month to a year old. Maybe select titles on day one. Still limited to 2 total downloads with base plan.
+2.99 discount club, receive exclusive discounts and general reduced prices on games that are part of other packages. Allow additional games to be selected/downloaded if one was purchased.
+4.99/9.99 streaming and premium streaming unlocked for any/most games in your library.
- Comment on Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides? 2 weeks ago:
That’s the downside to a unified market.
- Comment on How did the OK City bomber do it? Way I understand it is he rented a Ryder truck, stuffed it with fertilizer or something. had a wick and just walked away? Why isn't Ferti like 21 and older? 2 weeks ago:
It will probably be fine. Ammonium nitrate isn’t really needed for a garden, at least not in concentrated blends, unless your soil is fucked. Shitloads of nitrogen just makes plants bigger, which isn’t something you normally want for most vegetables.
- Comment on How come they don't make generic drugs for cats and dogs. I love my sisters buddy to death. Its just weird that all my meds are generic but animals are name brand. I just hate spend 250 every 3 mon. 3 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t be surprised if drugs that failed quality control were labeled for animal use.
- Comment on phonetic alphabet 3 weeks ago:
P is for Pterodactyl.
- Comment on Why are prop, non functioning guns way more expensive than airsoft guns? 3 weeks ago:
Maybe you found a stupid expensive one or it was real and made to be non firing. This looks like the same price range as an airsoft version.
- Comment on AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20 3 weeks ago:
This article seems to be lumping mobile and PC into the same bucket which is probably more of a red flag for the analysis they are doing here. Of course revenue is going to be more split when you add in tons of mobile games that are very effective at taking lots of money with minimal interaction.
- Comment on Sneacking a meme in before .world updates 3 weeks ago:
Just make it the last thing.
- Comment on You wouldn’t download Hot Wheels in real life 3 weeks ago:
I’m not looking to pull 7 Gs anytime soon. That’s more than going to space.
- Comment on Wake up sheeple 3 weeks ago:
For a while (maybe still) Russian rockets even had a shotgun on board after wolves got to a landing first.
- Comment on is it a stupid idea to become a Physician Assistant if you're a Registered Nurse, tired of it and 46 years old? 4 weeks ago:
NP and PA are both reasonable options. NP is probably faster, but both can end up at about the same place.
- Comment on Being Difficult 4 weeks ago:
If they’re lucky they might understand kubernetes though.
- Comment on Why is the first thing the internet says whenever a relationship post comes up is: "Red Flag"/"Break Up"/"Divorce"/"Don't Walk, Run"/"Go No-Contact"/"Let them die in a nursing home"/etc... 4 weeks ago:
There’s a few big things to keep in mind.
- The people coming to random strangers on the Internet for help are more likely at a last resort level in the first place. They want permission or validation to end things.
- You only get one side of a story, which oftentimes makes things seem worse than they are. Any advice based on that is going to be more extreme. It’s difficult to impossible to figure out additional context that could change the circumstances.
- Relationships are based on communication, it’s a bit of a red flag to be asking a lot of these questions to random strangers in the first place. The poster is also likely a toxic influence that the other person doesn’t need in their life.
- Comment on I've been waiting for this for a long time. 5 weeks ago:
They have a demo available for free, which was enough to let me know I’m too dumb for the game.
- Comment on How come I can vote a yes or no vote for new taxes or bonds? But cannot choose where the money I give goes to? Should that also be my choice? 5 weeks ago:
Most bonds or tax increases I vote on say what they are for, and the money has to be spent that way. I can’t decide the specifics, but I can vote yes or no on road maintenance, or school funding, or whatever.
- Comment on Is there any decent PvP FPS that's not infested with cheaters? Looking for a decent PvP FPS 5 weeks ago:
Natural selection 2 doesn’t have cheaters, but it’s a small player base with a large learning curve.
I didn’t notice a ton of cheaters on halo infinite, but I’m not crazy about most their game modes.
- Comment on Does having a child with someone give you any legal right to their property? 5 weeks ago:
What the law says and what happens can be very different unfortunately.
- Comment on Does having a child with someone give you any legal right to their property? 5 weeks ago:
Legal right to the property, no. Legal right to financial support for the child assuming they have custody, yes. That could potentially result in sale of the property, or an agreement to get the property in lieu of other assistance.
This should be the same regardless of which parent owns the house, but it is less common for fathers to receive child support.
Alternate details that could make it a bit more grey.
If the other parent lived in the house for a significant time while pregnant, tenancy laws could get complicated.
If the parent owning the house dies, especially without a will, the child would have a legal right to some inheritance, even with a will there could be arguments for some level of inheritance. - Comment on California father arrested after repainting crosswalk, adding stop signs near children’s park 5 weeks ago:
Courts and juries are somewhat good at identifying bureaucratic incompetence. Prison is unlikely, but the fact he will have to appear in court likely a few times to resolve this is still not great.
- Comment on Borderlands 4′s New $30 Expansion Pack Isn’t Winning Over Fans 1 month ago:
I really hate how they destroyed the loot system from 2 onwards. The core fun of anything being able to drop something awesome was a big part of the fun.
- Comment on Chelyabinsk liked your Post 1 month ago:
Asteroid impacts are a bit disturbingly common. It was only 8 years ago that one about twice as powerful as the nukes used on Japan hit earth. Smaller but still over a kiloton have hit in the last two years.
- Comment on Owlcat is using generative AI for The Expanse Osiris Reborn, but the final game will be "100% human made" 1 month ago:
I really don’t care what they use to make a game. I care that it isn’t shit. There’s plenty of good and bad uses of generative AI.
- Comment on "Palworld is going to be the survival crafting game everyone always wanted" and "people will be shocked" at how big 1.0 is, says Pocketpair publishing lead 1 month ago:
Nintendo mostly lost. They did have to make some minor game updates, glider pals no longer appear when gliding, and you can’t throw a captured pal’s sphere on summon.
- Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead 2 months ago:
Xbox 360 emulation is getting better, so it would be playable on pc.