18107
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- Comment on Anon plays Skyrim 6 days ago:
Sounds about as forward thinking as most politicians I know.
- Comment on aussie.zone down 1 week ago:
In that case I’ll count myself lucky that I looked away at the right time.
- Comment on aussie.zone down 1 week ago:
I haven’t noticed any problems here.
- Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport." 1 week ago:
I wonder if you’ve ever listened to the part of the safety briefing before every flight where they instruct you to keep the seatbelt fastened throughout the entire flight.
Judging by the number of clicks I hear when the seatbelt light turns off, I’d say most people don’t.
- Comment on How active is too active while being on lemmy? 2 weeks ago:
Make sure you don’t go for a walk more than once per week or you might get too healthy.
More seriously, I’ve noticed that my mental health is better on days when I’m not on Lemmy. Browsing and participating on its own is not a problem, but mindlessly scrolling all day when other tasks need to be done is. I have a few tricks that occasionally work.
Leave your phone on the other side of the room when you sleep. You’ll have to get out of bed before picking up the phone, so is easier to not start mindlessly scrolling.
Set an end time for Lemmy and pick a different, more relaxing task at least an hour before going to bed. Social media is not conducive to sleep.
Other than that, I haven’t had any issues with people posting too much content. As long as you’re respectful and willing to change if someone complains, you’ll fit in fine here.
- Comment on What should I get my online friend for their birthday? 2 weeks ago:
You might be thinking of another game. Void Crew is only available on Steam.
- Comment on What should I get my online friend for their birthday? 2 weeks ago:
As stated by others, their Steam wishlist is always a good starting place.
If they like story games, To The Moon is like a book you wish you could forget so you could read it again for the first time. It’s best played with 0 spoilers.
If they are the type of person who tries to optimise everything and automates a lot on Minecraft, Factorio (a bit expensive) might take over their entire life for a few years.
If they enjoy puzzles and/or you want to play with them, Portal 2 has a co-op section.
I will happily agree with everyone who mentioned Stardew Valley. It can be single or multiplayer, and has a large number of mods. The Expanded and Ridgeside mods add a huge amount of content including trans characters.
Depending on how well you know them, you could try asking if there’s any game they’d like to play together that they don’t have. Having a friend to play with is often better than the game itself.
PULSAR: Lost Colony and Void Crew are mediocre games made fun by forcing interaction with other players (friends or random people in open games). They also have a surprising proportion of LGBTQ+ players. - Comment on AI-generated search result descriptions 2 weeks ago:
I should use this AI to make helpful comments for my code.
//Add 1 to i i = i + 1; //Check if a number is even bool isEven(int num)
- Comment on In the cave 2 weeks ago:
Get a Looking Glass display (ignore the price, you didn’t need that mega yacht anyway).
- Comment on Subnautica 2 saga turns messy: Former devs sue Krafton, as publisher accuses them of ‘betrayal’ | VGC 3 weeks ago:
Promising a reward for making the deadline then deciding to move the release date is like promising a reward for anyone who can finish a race in under 10 minutes, then just deciding not to look at the stopwatch for 15 minutes even though people have already finished.
The devs have earned the reward you promised. You’re just refusing to look at the stopwatch so you can pretend they didn’t.
- Comment on EA reportedly shelves Need For Speed completely to focus on other projects 3 weeks ago:
I really liked Need for Speed World and discovered it 1 week before the severs were taken offline.
At least I still have Need for Speed Most Wanted III.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
ADHD and anxiety disorders will do that.
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- Comment on Does vibe coding sort of work at all? 5 weeks ago:
LLMs are great at language problems. If you’re learning the syntax of a new programming language or you’ve forgotten the syntax for a specific feature, LLMs will give you exactly what you want.
I frequently use AI/LLMs when switching languages to quickly get me back up to speed. They’re also adequate at giving you a starting point, or a basic understanding of a library or feature.
The major downfall is if you ask for a solution to a problem. Chances are, it will give you a solution. Often it won’t work at all.
The real problem is when it does work.I was looking for a datatype that could act as a cache (forget the oldest item when adding a new one). I got a beautifully written class with 2 fields and 3 methods.
After poking at the AI for a while, it realized that half the code wasn’t actually needed. After much more prodding, it finally informed me that there was actually an existing datatype (LinkedHashMap) that would do exactly what I wanted.Be aware that AI/LLMs will rarely give you the best solution, and often give you really bad solutions even when an elegant one exists. Use them to learn if you want, but don’t trust them.
- Comment on Climate change is a hoax 5 weeks ago:
Run this software and connect the output to the electric car motor. You can now have the full experience of any engine you want while burning no fuel.
- Comment on Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em 1 month ago:
Aluminuminium. Now everyone gets to be happy.
- Comment on Order of magnitude is a hell of a drug 1 month ago:
If you’re trying to calculate it, then it’s quite difficult.
If you just want to use it in a computer program, most programming languages have it as a constant you can request. You get to pick whether you want single or double precision, but both are atomic (a single instruction) on modern computers.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
It sounds like your driving instructor wasn’t any good. A good driving instructor will never put you in a situation that you are not ready for. They never should have allowed you to get a licence until you felt safe.
If you feel like you’re not in control then you’re right - this accident is proof of that. If you want to try driving again, I highly recommend getting a good driving instructor first - one who won’t put you in situations you can’t handle.
If you can get everywhere you need to without driving, then you can save yourself a lot of money by not paying for a car, insurance, or registration.
You always have the right to say no, and you can always say “not now”. Maybe wait a few more weeks before making a decision.
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 2 months ago:
- Comment on Should try again tomorrow 2 months ago:
You should try talking to me instead. I’ll still interrupt and talk over you, but I’ll also repeatedly apologise for it.
- Comment on Some Grammaticial voices. 3 months ago:
I have taken your samples. You will never see them again.
- Comment on Go Private? 3 months ago:
I often send links to friends who probably don’t have a Lemmy account. Keeping everything visible to everyone would help me.
If there is a reasonable concern about server resources/costs, then I would be willing to give up a little convenience.
- Comment on got any others? 4 months ago:
- Comment on New community request - Amber Electric Users 5 months ago:
I believe they are all residential. There might be a few small businesses, but nothing huge.
- Comment on New community request - Amber Electric Users 5 months ago:
See my other comment reply for more context.
Amber is currently an Australian only electricity company, and the users are unusually involved compared to other energy retailers.
I think targeting wholesale pricing specifically instead of just Amber could be better. For the foreseeable future the two user groups would be identical, but a wholesale group would also encompass any emerging wholesale providers.
- Comment on New community request - Amber Electric Users 5 months ago:
The difference with Amber is the variable energy prices that can change every 5 minutes and vary between -100c/kWh and 2000c/kWh. Many users take advantage of these prices with custom battery automation, or want to know how Amber’s default automation (Smart-Shift) will behave in certain circumstances. There are very few options for whole home automation yet, so many users are developing their own, or asking for help using early access systems that are not yet user friendly. The automation and control of solar, home batteries, car charging, and deferable loads has led to a large amount of discussion that is centered around wholesale prices.
The group could be renamed to include all users of wholesale electricity prices. The suggested name is because Amber is currently the only electricity provider in Australia, so all discussion of wholesale prices and the effects of it has been in Amber groups. Because these groups are all non-searchable, the same questions have been asked many times by many people. A forum space like Lemmy would provide more resources to those just wanting a quick answer to a common question.
- Submitted 5 months ago to meta@aussie.zone | 6 comments
- Comment on Fortnite has changed 1 year ago:
I find your lack of comma disturbing.
- Comment on Games that force you to make hard choices 1 year ago:
Prey gives you the choices up front, tells you they don’t matter, then gives you a really good game to play.
plot twist
The way you play is entirely up to you, but that’s the point. Are you who you say you are? It’s easy to say whether you’ll flip a switch or push a person when you’re answering questions at a desk, but it’s suddenly much harder when you’re actually faced with the problem. What will you choose?
- Comment on What could be wrong with me? 1 year ago:
If you are worried, a qualified medical practitioner is always more reliable than a web forum.
Insufficient or poor quality sleep can cause problems with attention and memory, and can exacerbate existing conditions.
Poor sleep could be caused by a medical condition (sleep apnoea), or psychological (stress). Often stress can be hard to identify, particularly if it’s long term stress.
Again, this might not be your problem, and finding the right doctor who actually listens to you is important. Don’t be afraid to try more than 1 doctor if the first makes you uncomfortable.
