ryathal
@ryathal@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Is the m-word a slur for people with dwarfism? If so, what are more appropriate terms to use other than dwarf? 1 week ago:
I would think any setting where dwarves or halflings exist someone with dwarfism would probably be called a halfbreed or cursed or something else not exactly nice.
- Comment on Life is hard 1 week ago:
Where most Canadians live it doesn’t get particularly cold. Toronto is south of Minnesota. There are places that get really cold, but not many people live in most of them.
- Comment on Would 'Project Vulcan' from Austin Powers actually have done anything? 1 week ago:
While a lot of posts have touched on the size of the explosion, the real impossible part is getting to the mantle. It was only fairly recently done by digging in the ocean where the mantle was pushed up more than normal.
- Comment on Assmold fans being moldy. 2 weeks ago:
Police tend to be the most dangerous and least accurate group of gun owners. Even with the tiny amount of range time police get, you’d be hard pressed to find a worse group to hand guns to.
- Comment on Well if that isn't just about the most evil thing you could openly admit to doing. 2 weeks ago:
Yes. All public sector unions. There isn’t a true counter party in the public sector, the union is bargaining against the people. This leads to a perverse incentive where “management” essentially agrees to anything as there’s no benefit to disagree.
- Comment on The prices of these NFL games…nope. 2 weeks ago:
Lions were a top 5 ticket price team last year, and number 6 this year. NFL tickets are absurd in general, but the top costing teams are on a different level.
- Comment on Well if that isn't just about the most evil thing you could openly admit to doing. 2 weeks ago:
Yes if you are a public sector employee. There’s not an owner or management for you to negotiate against
- Comment on Well if that isn't just about the most evil thing you could openly admit to doing. 2 weeks ago:
All public sector unions should be disbanded.
- Comment on This homeless character, who doesn't go to the gym and survives on junk food, somehow weights 300lbs of pure muscle 2 weeks ago:
He would definitely be on the spectrum like most near genius hyper observant style dectives. Maybe more sociopath than autistic. He’s basically a super buff Ender from Ender’s Game.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
cifi is probably more idle than you want, but it’s good for an idle incremental.
Obelisk Miner is more a clicker, but reasonably fair to play with little or no micro transactions.
Idle kingdom clicker building out your kingdom and exploring the maps was pretty fun. The grind gets pretty extreme in the later worlds though.
Super toss the turtle adds a prestige system to the classic flash game.
- Comment on Cool Japan 🌸 1 month ago:
Japan cast cat girl, it was super effective. All knowledge of atrocities was erased from western nations.
- Comment on Someone should really develop this idea 1 month ago:
It an investment return problem as much as a technical one. A computer could maybe reduce a team of 6 to a team of 2, saving optimistically 500k/year. The cost of building that system is likely at least ten million, putting a break even at 20 years minimum. When you factor in the costs of maintenance and running the program, it’s going to make it take even longer. Also because it’s not actually a solvable problem, you have to pick an accuracy level you are comfortable with, too low and you need too many people fixing things anyway, too high and people are cheaper.
- Comment on The pinnacle of Commonwealth culture. The trifecta of kids entertainment. 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇬🇧 1 month ago:
Dino ranch isn’t a bad choice either.
- Comment on Someone should really develop this idea 1 month ago:
The problem with train scheduling is that computers don’t just make it better. There’s a very real chance computers could make it worse or result in approximately the same outcome but not require millions in investment into a new system.
- Comment on Fallout 5 officially in pre-production, being built on Elder Scrolls VI engine 1 month ago:
Endless arguments about a new engine vs even more duct tape on the creation engine. Starfield was a tech demo of their latest updates.
- Comment on I say this as an ex-coder, but is it possible to ask for a paper ballot instead of using the stupid machines when voting? 1 month ago:
My state is paper ballots and a tabulator that just counts the bubbles for each candidate, so everyone gets one. They have a computer based option for accessibility, but I believe that also prints ballots.
- Comment on As Xbox and PlayStation flounder, Steam is reportedly having another record year 1 month ago:
Nintendo got a lot of hate and took a big loss with the palworld lawsuit.
- Comment on Palworld Hits 40M Players Ahead of Friday's 1.0 Launch - FullCleared 2 months ago:
You can use the same save file. The devs did recommend starting over though as a lot has changed. You can use the global palbox to store pals you want to transfer between saves.
- Comment on Back in my day we could all fit in grocery stores 2 months ago:
Once the research showed bigger carts lead to more buying, it was inevitable.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
International students at US universities are 1% genius level students with full ride scholarships and maybe even grants. 5% student athletes with full rides, and likely NIL packages now. 94% children of rich parents that can afford the full tuition price and an apartment + allowance for their children.
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2026 Has Begun 2 months ago:
I’m only buying dlc for games I already have.
- Comment on Why is leadership valued so much over expertise? 2 months ago:
It comes down to jealousy. A manager can’t possibly make less than their direct reports is a common thought process, especially when both positions are salaried. Some companies are willing to buck the trend and pay at least first or maybe second level managers less than some of their reports at times.
It’s actually somewhat common for roles with commission or tips to make more than management. This also happens with roles that get paid overtime.
- Comment on What hot af take do you have that you think you will be HORRIBLY executed and shunned from society for? 2 months ago:
I’m not saying it isn’t a problem, I’m saying it’s been used as justification for things that have little to do with climate change.
- Comment on What hot af take do you have that you think you will be HORRIBLY executed and shunned from society for? 2 months ago:
The vast majority of climate focused policy and arguments has nothing to do with climate change. A significant portion is lightly re themed malthusian arguments. Another significant portion is people wanting to change society to their preferred version.
- Comment on I just want to make your teeth clench. 2 months ago:
I’d skip the middle man and put them in the trash.
- Comment on My favourite moment of the world cup is when there's more rules about advertising than the sport 2 months ago:
More proof this is the dumbest timeline.
- Comment on I still can't get over Skyrim. Are there any games that can replace it? 2 months ago:
There’s the older elder scrolls games, or Dread Delusion which is a spiritual successor to Morrowind. There’s mods that change Skyrim up like ordinator. There’s not much thats really like Skyrim.
- Comment on Estrangement ❤️ 2 months ago:
I saw bil5l Murray.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
It really depends on what you are comparing against. A temperature taken in direct sunlight at human height in a paved parking lot is going to be well over 10 degrees different than a grassy area shaded by a building. Even if they are adjacent areas. Proximity to a large body of water can easily change the temperature by 5-10 degrees.
A weather app is going to present a temperature that trys to average all of that for a fairly wide area.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 3 months ago:
I think the game just has too many mechanics and it doesn’t work that well together.