sylveon

@sylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people impressed with SpaceX?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like SpaceX. However, when people gush about reusability, they seem to forget the 135 Space Shuttle missions (2 fatal failures , yes.). All done with 5 vehicles. Yes expensive etc, but truly amazing.

  The Space Shuttle was a marvel of engineering. But while it was reusable, it wasn’t actually good at it. Reusability was supposed to bring down cost and turnaround time and it did neither. And not just that, it was actually much more expensive than competing expendable rockets. Plus, it had lots of other issues like being dangerous as fuck. You couldn’t abort at all for major parts of the ascent and there was the whole issue with the fragile heat protection tiles, both of which caused fatalities.

  I think part of the reason why people aren’t impressed by the Shuttle anymore is because it flew 135 missions. It’s 40 year old technology. And it’s not like SpaceX are just doing the same thing again 40 years later, they’re reusing their rockets in a completely different way, which no one else had done before. And in doing so they seem to be avoiding most of the disadvantages that came with the Shuttle’s design.

  Also, I really don’t find anything SpaceX is doing revolutionary. Impressive? Yes, but it’s essentially incremental engineering, made possible by ginormous funding, including NASA money, and a private company doing things that NASA can-t politically afford.

  Sure, I wouldn’t say that no one else could do this with a similar amount of money (and the will to actually do it). Whether you want to call it revolutionary or not is subjective, but they’re definitely innovating a lot more than any other large player spaceflight. The Falcon 9 is a huge step forward for rocket reusability and SpaceX have also been the first to fly a full-flow staged combustion engine as well as the most powerful rocket ever. They’re making spaceflight exciting again after like 40 years of stagnation and I think that’s what resonates with people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which unplayed game in your library are you most looking forward to playing eventually?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess the level of scariness is subjective, at least from what I’ve read not everyone seems to agree that it’s very mild :P But I’ll definitely play it eventually, the base game is one of the best games I’ve ever played.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which unplayed game in your library are you most looking forward to playing eventually?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My backlog and my library are so I’ll choose a few (in no particular order):

  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
  • Inscryption
  • Hades
  • Hollow Knight
  • Outer Wilds DLC (I’ve been putting it off because it’s supposedly scary)
  • Stray
  • Little Kitty, Big City
  • Monster Train
  • Moonstone Island
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am getting inundated with calls from some sort of tax scam and it's driving me nuts.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Settings -> Apps -> Phone -> Silence Unknown Callers

  Might make it more bearable if you’re not already using it. But it’s still annoying even then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So, my weirdo Stanley Parable inspired game finally made it to Most Wishlisted Steam Games. And I'm pretty sure a lot of you are to blame...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  First time seeing this but you got me, now I really want to press that button. Why am I so easily manipulated?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's featured article on Wikipedia: Outer Wilds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s so much fun to watch other people figure things out. It’s the closest we can get to playing the game again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally got some socks :3⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see NixOS I upvote

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It can be played pretty casually. A run usually takes around an hour but you don’t have to play it in one go. And on the base difficulty it’s pretty approachable. You definitely don’t have to play 500 hours to enjoy it. But you can if you want to :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tea Time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This standard is not meant to define the proper method for brewing tea intended for general consumption, but rather to document a tea brewing procedure where meaningful sensory comparisons can be made.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tea Time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as you’re not claiming to be a purist I’ll allow it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tea Time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True, I forgot about that!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tea Time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Preparation purist” is wrong. You don’t boil the tea, you steep it in hot water. For some teas, like black tea, you usually boil the water before pouring it over the tea, but other types of tea use water that isn’t as hot (e.g. around 70-80°C for green tea).

  Also, if you actually want to be an ingredient purist, tea must be made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis (or a closely related species).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Horseshoe theory⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Obligatory individuals don’t evolve, populations do.

  I know it’s just a silly meme but misconceptions about evolution unfortunately seem to be pretty widespread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨F-ZERO 99 - Nintendo Switch Online | Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought the same thing but it sucks because I really want a new F-Zero but I can’t see myself playing this a lot. It’s fun for a little bit but just too chaotic for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities: Skylines 2 is turning deadly and will launch with new natural disasters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow really? I like some of the new stuff they’ve shown like mixed-use zoning but this might be a dealbreaker for me. If I can’t build a nice city I don’t really see the point of the game.