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- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I’m no genius, far from it to be honest. But I went through most parts of high school without studying because I somehow remembered stuff being talked about in class. I just recalled how the teacher said required thing and what they were connected with. It was enough to get average grades.
Uni was a bit different. I had huge problems with classes focused on just memorizing stuff. Lectures was not mandatory and most teachers were terrible at explaining stuff so I ended up missing most of those as it gave me zero benefit.
To pass the exams I had to really understand some basic procedures where applicable (math, economics, etc). And I mean really understand to what’s going on and why, not just memorizing equations. Once I grasped the basic concept it was often quite easy actually (I wasn’t aiming for As) because everything made sense out of sudden.
That’s why memorizing heavy classes were such a pain for me. There were usually no such “basics” where you can build upon. I had a classmate which was exact opposite of me. She could memorize a whole lecture book over night just by reading it once or twice. And I mean memorize like basically she could start to finish it word by word. Did she know what she was saying/writing? Often times not, but as long as the exam was written, she had straight As because she just wrote whatever the teacher wanted to be there. IDK if she had photographic memory or what, but it was completely mind boggling to me, exactly like your roommate is to you. Maybe they function the same?
- Comment on Any people who speak Urdu/Hindi on Lemmy? 3 weeks ago:
Nice, thank you.
- Comment on Any people who speak Urdu/Hindi on Lemmy? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t but I wonder how close these two languages are? Since I sometimes watch Karl Rock on youtube, he apparently speaks both depending on where he is at the moment. Is it like “I understand nearly every word without even trying” or is it more like “If I focus hard enough I get the meaning of what the person is saying”?
- Comment on Elder Scrolls creator Ted Peterson is “glad that people are wanting to break away from” watered-down RPGs as he works on an epic Daggerfall successor 3 weeks ago:
I can tell you. It would be HUGE absolutely generic open world with AI generated characters and quests, virtually zero human made and interesting quests and gameplay would feel like filling excel spreadsheets. Somewhat like Ubisoft recepe :-D
At least that’s what original Daggerfall 's spirit would be. It was at the time where “the biggest” was simply the catchphrase and Daggerfall was exactly that. The biggest. But also very shallow and empty. Sure there were billions of quests but what for? When for one interesting there were dozens of generic ones? Don’t get me wrong, it was still a great game at the time, because players weren’t as spoiled and something was always better than nothing. At least that’s my impression.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Devil!
- Comment on If investing in the S&P 500 is such a surefire way to make money, then why isn't everyone doing it? 1 month ago:
Well, not entirely true. I use broker that has no fees for cheapskate scum like me, only having brokerage fees for trading 100k € in a month.
- Comment on Fallout 76 Ghoul Experience Detailed by Bethesda 2 months ago:
Sixteen times the
detailhard work! - Comment on Fallout 76 Ghoul Experience Detailed by Bethesda 2 months ago:
Which cannot be said about Todd Howard.
- Comment on What is your Game of the Year? 2 months ago:
True, but majority of non-entirely-indie devs do exactly what I said. Sadly some indie too.
- Comment on What is your Game of the Year? 2 months ago:
I’ve played many different RPGs during my life, but Disco really is like nothing I’ve played before. Maybe, just maybe a little like Planescape Torment, but other than that? Nothing comes to mind. Which is unbelievable in this age, where most developers play it safe with basically sequels of successful games and new ones you barely can tell apart…
- Comment on What is your Game of the Year? 2 months ago:
I got hooked, but I was like “what if I chose this option now?” all the time. So I started completely different character right after I finished. Got couple hours in, but… 1) it’s too fresh experience and I should probably give it a bit more time and 2) I wanted the new character to be this fascist, racist, egoist, alcohol and drug abuser, but damn. It’s so tough to play against some basic human principles.
- Comment on What is your Game of the Year? 2 months ago:
Disco Elysium
I know it did not release this yer, but I got to it now, so it is GOTY for me.
- Comment on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour 4 months ago:
Checkmate! I don’t even have 180 mbps internet lane. Deal with it Microsoft!
/s
- Comment on Recommend me your favorite linear games! 4 months ago:
I had a good fun with Bulletstorm. Kind of a game where you can put your brain on hold and enjoy the ride.
- Comment on [Mental Outlaw] The End of Ad Blockers In Chrome 4 months ago:
Isn’t Falkon pretty much dead?
- Comment on Intel finds cause of overheating CPUs, provides another BIOS update 4 months ago:
Intel finds cause of overheating CPUs… it’s crappy design!
- Comment on [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax? 4 months ago:
That’s what’s so dumb with it! As I said, in EU you see the final price, including tax. So “healthier option” with lower tax would instantly be seen as cheaper than “unhealty” one with heftier tax. This way it could actually work.
- Comment on [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax? 4 months ago:
Yeah, I was talking about local stores mainly. Online it’s understandable as every state has its own view on taxes, same as each state in EU (we’re not federation though).
- Comment on [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax? 4 months ago:
As a regular European I never even understood why US shops list prices without tax. It feels just dumb. When I go to store here the store is required to show final price on tag - meaning including tax and recycling/author fee if there’s one. Seems much more user friendly.
- Comment on Is linux actually gaming ready or is it just not for me? 5 months ago:
When either of those things happen it is a good idea to run steam (lutris, bottles) from terminal to see what it’s trying to do while “not working”. Helped me couple times.
- Comment on Wireless mouse with silent switches recommendation 6 months ago:
I have two problems with this.
- I consider Razer the most over-hyped and over-priced peripheral producer. The products I’ve seen were not bad, but did cost at least twice as much as their feel suggested. I don’t want to support this.
- Tilt-wheel. Every mouse I’ve held that had tilt wheel was PITA in the long run. I probably grip the mouse wrong, but I very often tilted the wheel instead pressing the button.
- Comment on Wireless mouse with silent switches recommendation 6 months ago:
Soldering should be fine, this will probably end up as long winter evening project at some point. Was it possible to re-use gliders after dismembering the mouse?
Swelling problem won’t be fixed as easy. The material of the wheel just expanded, the rubber is twice as big as new one to the point it can’t fit in its hole in the mouse. Internet is full of the same problems, it was either defective batch or it reacts with some specific agent in some people’s sweat. Never the less, the only way is to replace the whole wheel. Need to find out which of my friends have a 3D printer…
- Submitted 6 months ago to gaming@beehaw.org | 17 comments
- Comment on Did... did Adin Ross give Trump the CyberTruck him and his idiot friends shot up? 6 months ago:
In rightly picked units (°C) room temperature is slightly over 20, so there’s that… ;-)
- Comment on Is this normal for girls or just a extreme edge case? (Serious question) 6 months ago:
Just don’t have him near african and european swallows and you’re good.
- Comment on If you could substract* a leader from this world which one would you choose ? 6 months ago:
Ctrl+A to save you plenty of clicks.
- Comment on How come neither burps nor hiccups are usually painful, but a combination of both is? 6 months ago:
Or in worse case scenario: SS Sneezeshart
- Comment on It’s official: No Nintendo console has lasted as long as Switch without being replaced 7 months ago:
Well, technically yes, but why pay even a couple quids when I already have purchased the game on PC? Of course there’s this “To support the dev!” but honestly… How much he’s going to make from such a purchase after all?
This is why I find Steam Deck the most tempting handheld console, because it can play (almost) all the games I’ve purchased over last decade on both Steam and GOG. I’m no Nintendo fanboy so I can happily live without Mario or Zelda.
- Comment on It’s official: No Nintendo console has lasted as long as Switch without being replaced 7 months ago:
Exactly. Not only the games are still (even after many years) very expensive with no “steam sale” level of discounts, it’s Nintendo’s behavior that is the most off putting part in the equation.
- Comment on It’s official: No Nintendo console has lasted as long as Switch without being replaced 7 months ago:
Ha, I have no friends so couch co-op is out of the question… /s