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- Comment on aspirations 4 days ago:
Drat, too blurry to make out the less common horrifying things people are looking forward to.
- Comment on What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing? 5 days ago:
It’s mostly awful for the first two badges, but playing with fast forward I beat my first badge in White 2 with in game time around 65 hours (so probably around 15 hours). It’s insanely tedious, but I enjoy it late game.
- Comment on What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing? 5 days ago:
Beg to differ on the Pokemon example, but then again I am a completionist so that type of challenge gives me lots of self satisfaction (plus now I have achievements through RetroAchevements so a little bragging rights). Frankly, things like that should have internal motivation, so literally no reward is fine by me. I’m literally doing a professor oak challenge right now, which is significantly worse, lol.
Where I draw the line is mostly challenges that I just don’t see myself being able to accomplish in a given lifetime. Like the Balatro golden chip on every joker is way too RNG and time consuming for me. I also generally prefer not to have to do a speed run, but that’s mostly because I have kids now and setting something down without worrying about time is ideal.
- Comment on You definitely didn't want her to pick you up 1 week ago:
Reading your comment made me read the life story and yes. It is a really fucked up life story.
- Comment on I can still get down with the best of 'em! 2 weeks ago:
90s and early aughts are in a weird place radio-wise, maybe because they’re still touring in many cases. So I’ll hear them on a station dedicated to older rock, alongside GnR, Doors, whatever; turn to a contemporary alt station and it’s 90s bands alongside newer stuff like Tame Impala or Sombr.
Then there’s Sublime which… uh, kinda unique because the dead lead singers son is the new singer and they sound exactly the same so it’s like they time traveled from 90s to today. Lol
- Comment on Help is needed 2 weeks ago:
We’re on Lemmy and no one has suggested Red Hat Chili Peppers? For shame.
Then again, I use Arch…tic Monkeys.
- Comment on Hello Kittypede 2 weeks ago:
A Hello Kittipeed Ouroboros. I like it. Sounds symbolic for late stage capitalism.
- Comment on haha wow u got me 2 weeks ago:
Now I want a shirt with that pattern to really screw with people. Then again, where I live (the US) that’s probably not a good idea.
- Comment on Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library 3 weeks ago:
Agreed, and a good literature review will dig up that chain. Although it won’t ever be perfectly accurate since the point is paraphrasing the literature to build a structure around what you’re doing, that doesn’t mean your secondary source understood the original (and their reviewers, who can very much be hit or miss).
And don’t get me started on authors misunderstanding quantitative data, haha. I haven’t been doing much academic research since my kids were born, but the number of “they made that shit up” cases were wild in education research. Like arbitrary spline models, misused propensity score matching, a SEM model with cherry picked factors, you name it.
… And this comment chain is way next level for this community. Hahaha
- Comment on Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library 3 weeks ago:
Actually, are you sure a meta analysis isn’t a primary source? Having worked on one in the past, you’re often having to reanalyze data and the finished product is quite unique.
Even “structured literature reviews” I think count as primary sources, since the author adds to the literature their own perspective and they are generally peer reviewed.
That said, when you cite things professionally, you will often have hundreds of sources. Most researchers, legal scholars, etc., just keep a database of their citations for easy callback. It’s important because at the upper levels, different authors might speak of the same objective findings in two different ways and with two different frameworks, so the aggregate loses that.
It’s not something non-professionals necessarily need to care about, but you do want to train undergraduates on that proper methods so they’re ready if and when they go to graduate school.
- Comment on Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library 3 weeks ago:
Honestly I think it comes from a misunderstanding regarding secondary sources vs primary ones. Wikipedia, as well as encyclopedias and textbooks, are secondary sources. It’s not good practice to cite secondary sources without primary ones, but a lot of people (namely, teachers) don’t grasp why which leads these sources to get classified as bad.
That, plus Wikipedia is accessible without the usual gatekeeping and money behind what textbooks and encyclopedias have, which adds to the sources “credibility.” Money means marketing, including constant email campaigns targeting people like me trying to validate whatever textbook they’re peddling. (And in case you wonder if they’re evil, they sometimes offer kickbacks to adopt their expensive textbooks for my university classes).
Fedi users already get that, though, as that’s a common problem FOSS usually has. Point is, wiki lives in a weird place because no, you shouldn’t cite it just like you shouldn’t cite textbooks, but yes, it’s perfectly valid so long as you check those sources. And, speaking from experience, some students really don’t understand as I see citations for so much worse.
- Comment on The Best-Selling Video Games Since 2020 3 weeks ago:
I guess we just need more global pandemics. It’s a great boom to the video game industry, literally everyone was playing games when AC:NH released.
- Comment on Add a third, larger bar for "knowing the right people" skills 3 weeks ago:
Would take me a while to dig up, it was from a few years ago. If you want, try searching something like “interview and job performance” into a research search database (Google scholar is usually an easy one to use). Trying it myself, first hit is a meta analysis with a good amount of citations. (But I’m not going to read anything right now, my kids are waking up lol).
That said, it’ll favor papers with statistically significant findings, so non findings get lost to the file cabinet problem.
- Comment on That's ok, I don't want to see the shop anymore anyway. 3 weeks ago:
I can confirm this Christmas season that extended family members do in fact click on recommendations and so on, reaffirming that awful approach.
The amount of random crap we got… sigh. The thought counts, I guess.
- Comment on Add a third, larger bar for "knowing the right people" skills 3 weeks ago:
There’s actually research on how little correlation there is between interview performance and job performance in most cases. This includes cases with “objective” tests during the process, if I remember right.
- Comment on How come laptops or pc's don't have a "webcam" facing both ways instead of just the user? 3 weeks ago:
In my case, it’s because people don’t like all my pictures of the wall behind my computer screen.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 3 weeks ago:
I can confirm they do actually break quite easily… uh, from experience. They don’t shatter, at least, you just end up with very leaky milk and a grocery store worker disappointed in you.
- Comment on Speedy Delivery 4 weeks ago:
It’s not a coincidence they start playing Xmas music in October now… Only a matter of time until it’s year round. Blasted climate change!
- Comment on Speedy Delivery 4 weeks ago:
Y’all don’t get it. Santa is a hive mind parasite that embeds itself in people and takes over at the later months of the year. It tends to hibernate the rest of the year although much like pollen, it seems to be waking earlier and earlier.
- Comment on Who's on the market for...? 4 weeks ago:
I used to take my friends wax and make cool pen toppers during class because I was bored.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 4 weeks ago:
There’s isn’t anything particularly wrong about preordering something you’re most certainly going to get day-one, although those are few and far between these days. After all, even fan favorites often come with bugs and glitches day one and you can still encourage producers (and raise kpis) by wishlisting a game instead so they know demand exists. Same for downloading a pre-release demo - they track that.
Early access is usually indie with a few exceptions, so supporting them is good too except when you’re a big fan and would rather see the finished work without spoilers. None the less, support can still exist in other forms.
I personally do neither, but this is more because of financial reasons and my already stupidly huge backlog. The only game I might have preordered this year would have been Silksong and only didn’t because they didn’t permit it. I knew it wouldn’t be released with… ahem, bugs… and that I would certainly play and enjoy it.
Every other 2025 gem was a surprise after release, though.
- Comment on actual version! 4 weeks ago:
It’s true what they say: a picture is worth a (couple) thousand
wordsbytes. When indexed properly, anyway. - Comment on DIY 4 weeks ago:
I figured out one that won’t offend!
IKEA Jesus. You even get an extra nail just in case.
- Comment on DIY 4 weeks ago:
That’s where I am right now, lol. Instead of not posting I’ll simply nod in solidarity with you.
- Comment on This AI summary is certainly shit 4 weeks ago:
Aside from getting the vibe wrong, that’s some of the lamest clickbaity copy writing I’ve seen. AI must have that fed on some of the worst marketing has to offer.
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 5 weeks ago:
Just a note, seems to just be in production. Possibly placeholders?
Reminds me of the old days, developers all the time put in copyrighted assets as placeholders. Rarely they get into the final release and cause trouble but it was fairly common practice.
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 5 weeks ago:
Just production assets from what I understand. None of it is in the game proper.
- Comment on Someone has a LOT of dusty computers 5 weeks ago:
I used to do that to doorknobs as a kid. Getting high never occurred to me but it’s good I didn’t know were flammable because… 🔥
- Comment on Do what one must! 5 weeks ago:
Humans actually created gators; they’re a crossbreed of citron and crocodile. So in a way, we already made Gatorade.
- Comment on If you are a guy living with a woman you know THIS 5 weeks ago:
Fun article, except I think there’s a lot of other factors like the type of seat, hi vs low flow, and which surfaces you’re talking about.
If it mitigates getting shit on the sink counter / toothbrushes, but not the floor, that sounds like a win. And yes, always use proper cleaners… what madman cleans a toilet with just water?