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- Comment on Solar panels in space could cut Europe's renewable energy needs by 80% 6 days ago:
This energy would then be transmitted to one or more stations on Earth.
They spent exactly one sentence addressing the biggest hurdle to doing this.They also don’t link to the paper. Then they have this quote
Although the feasibility of this technology is still under review,
Which kinda makes me think this paper is bullshit.
- Comment on The average age of Disney princesses is 505y. 1 week ago:
Atlantis, her name is kida, altantians are super long lived because of the crystal on her neck.
- Comment on 0°mg 1 week ago:
Fixed that for you, Malta’s lowest ever recorded temp is 1.4C!
- Comment on Sorry 1 week ago:
Video games got this figured out, most difficulty screens say something like “Choose your difficulty (you can change the difficulty at any time in Settings)”
You could also add a checkbox that says “remind me later” or “never show this message again”
- Comment on New idea 2 weeks ago:
There’s a few places that use the water runoff from a nuclear power plant to provide hot water or heating to surrounding homes. Apparently they only have a lose about 3% of the heat and can supply a 100km area.
- Comment on We shouldn't do this drunk 3 weeks ago:
x!^(n) is the product of the positive numbers congruent to x (mod n) and less than or equal to x. put more simply x*(x-n)*(x-2n)…
so 10!!! = 10*7*4*1
- Comment on And nothing of value was lost 4 weeks ago:
there was an old redditism that the best way to get off with murder is to use your car and call it an accident… I wonder if this is that. Get plastered, kill a nazi, go to jail for 5 years instead of 20.
- Comment on Is safelite threatening me? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Android Phones Can Detect Earthquakes Before the Ground Starts Shaking 5 weeks ago:
People used to joke that they’ll hear about an earthquake on Twitter before the the quake reaches them, this is the real life version of that which is pretty cool. Im a little concerned about the privacy of this system since surely they need your location in addition to accelerometer data to work but this seems like the sort of thing that might actually be worth it assuming it’s implemented sanely.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 13th 1 month ago:
I 100%'d Expedition 33. Masterpiece of a game, NG++ has no appeal to me though, I preferred the french dub FWIW, I found American actors saying french words to be really offputting, but maybe that’s because I’m Canadian.
Now that’s done I’ve dusted off the PS5 for ** Death Stranding 2**. I just got to the place past the animal shelter to give a non-spoiler point in where I’m at. I really enjoyed the first game, mostly just the vibe, it’s a very cozy game for me. DS2 is mostly more of the same, which is pretty much what I want. They greatly expanded the combat, and made it a more important part of side quests. I’m not particularly excited or bothered by that, it is more fun, particularly stealth but I’m a bit disappointed they haven’t built up the trekking part of the game much, so far I don’t think I have unlocked any items that weren’t in the first game and isn’t combat focused but I’m hoping they mostly added to late game. I do really like that roads are not the pinnacle of development any more (I LIKE TRAINS!!). The UI is also a bit of a step down for me, but I can’t quite figure out why, it just feels a bit more awkward. I really like the added skill trees and the backpack modding, the new BTs are alright. The one thing I really really hated in the first game were the flashbacks to old wars, I despised these forced combat sequences and find them dull, thematically odd, and shows off the worst aspects of the game, I’m disappointed to see these are still in DS2 but with the better combat they are slightly more tolerable. Overall it’s a good sequel and I’m having a really fun time, but it is going in a direction that I think makes it less special. I find the themes are really interesting with the series as a whole, developing the wilderness is obviously a good thing, having lots of teamwork and cooperation is genuinely really good for the world of DS, but also the structures you make are ugly, contributing to something worse and somewhat annoying. It’s really interesting commentary imo and very nuanced which is a rare thing.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 13th 1 month ago:
It’s very difficult at the hardest level but it ramps you up very smoothly. The main story is something most people (and children) can beat fairly easily, getting all the strawberries takes some time and some tighter skill but it quite forgiving and generally requires only one “advanced” move at a time. After that you get B sides and C sides which are when the real challenge starts and you have to start chaining multiple advanced moves together.IMO it’s an amazing game for transitioning from a casual platformer to a “hardcore” platformer if that is something you want to do, but you can also stop at a casual level and still get a full experience.
- Comment on What sort of grill needs a firmware update lol 1 month ago:
I think they are using facism units
- Comment on Modder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope' 1 month ago:
Here’s the actual source, I don’t think the article really adds anything
gist.github.com/…/c66bf3dca62a5ac63785714f686e60a…
Enter Monthly Subscription Game Libraries and DRM-free → Exit Steam
I strongly disagree with this paragraph, as we saw with Netflix and video streaming monthly subscriptions are a trap which allows a massive increase tot he cost to the consumer and a noticeable drop in the quality of the content.
- Comment on I have about 55 hours of flights coming up. I’m thinking about the deus ex collection. Any thoughts? 1 month ago:
And they are good stories for the most part too, is can still remember some of my storylines from a decade ago.
- Comment on What are signs that the game devs aren't gamers themselves? 1 month ago:
or even worse when you have to wait for the voiced dialogue to finish before it lets you continue.
- Comment on Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore 1 month ago:
People listen to thousands of hours of rain or whale sounds, no one thinks “chill beats to study and vibe to” is high art either. I think that is the main market this is competing with not your favourite band or whatever.
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 - 15 Hidden Indie Gems - PeerTube.wtf 2 months ago:
here’s the games:
- Unbox: Newbie’s Adventeure
- Utopia Must Fall
- Chroma Squad
- Shadow Gambit
- En Garde!
- Tinykin
- Our Adventurer Guild
- Timespinner
- Renowned Explorers
- The Brutale
- Wintermoor Tactics Club
- Unsighted
- Wayhaven Chronicles
- Demon Turf
- Roadwarden
- Comment on Please remember to spread the word about this :( 2 months ago:
I always think this when I see those annoying posts about diet coke dissolving screws.
- Comment on ...📉 2 months ago:
It definitely started as a sexual innuendo.
- Comment on I can't keep up with the brain rot 2 months ago:
This went viral. The girl tried to capitalize on her 15 minutes of fame by starting a right wing podcast and then a crypto scam.
- Comment on Pokemon GO Adds Brand New Community Feature, But Not Everyone Is Happy 2 months ago:
I think if the vetting process to set these up is good enough then it will be hardly used, or maybe used by businesses to drum up business.
If the vetting process isn’t good then a pedo will set one up in an alley
- Comment on The future of web development is AI. Get on or get left behind. 2 months ago:
This post is satire, ai isn’t there yet. But I also think most small business owners want the cheapest website that meets basic functionality as evidenced by the massive success of services like WordPress, squarespace etc.
- Comment on Byond game engine suffers a weeks-long DDoS attack, apparently because a wanna-be Bond villain is trying to force it to go open source: 'Attacks on Byond servers are a symptom of your obstinance' 2 months ago:
I would be on board if they also hit unity or unreal but that is probably not really possible. As it is its really just feeding into monopolies.
- Comment on Just got charged for reading it 2 months ago:
I have converted to a heat pump and induction stove. I legally need auxiliary power to heat my home, so I have to pay 30 dollars a month just for the gas hookup.
- Comment on 7 for me 3 months ago:
I have a body pillow and/or my partner for that, clothes aren’t thinlck enough.
- Comment on 7 for me 3 months ago:
Ik a 20,l and I have dogs that occasionally wake up with the urgent need to go outside, I just keep a pair of sweat pants and an overcoat hanging in the wall. I can get into it without breaking stride.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 11th 3 months ago:
I have a conspiracy theory that the game tracks your total playtime and rewards people who play a lot of support and tank with better dps queues. I mostly play support, but if I queue as both Support and DPS I will almost always get a DPS game, last night I got 8 games in a row as DPS.
- Comment on AMERICAN POPE LETS GO 3 months ago:
If you don’t eat the brain you’ll have a much much lower risk (your link suggests about 9x less likely), and if the person you eat wasn’t a cannibal then your risk is lower still.
Also worth mentioning that Kuru is a specific disease for natives in Papua new guinea , and it only existed for about 100years and was going away on it’s own when the cannibalistic practice was outlawed.
I think the health risks of cannibalism is very exaggerated.
(this is not an endorsement of cannibalism)
- Comment on Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive 3 months ago:
A huge chunk of FreeBSD and Linux development is done by salaried workers who want specific functionality. Microsoft is the biggest contributor to the Linux kernel for instance. I don’t think there is much apetite for that in web browsers. Linux is an industry leader in the server space, adding features to it that complement whatever you make for profit is a good move. Firefox is unfortunately barely relavent in the browser space, if your product relies on Firefox exclusive features it isn’t going to go well for you.
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