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- Comment on Are those of us who grew up on older games more attuned to latency? 2 weeks ago:
Sure, this is just an example of how complex “feel” can get in game development. The video includes several examples where player perception changes drastically from very minor gameplay design changes
- Comment on Are those of us who grew up on older games more attuned to latency? 2 weeks ago:
There are so many things that go into whether a game feels responsive or not. Your experience could be explained by anything from access to stable Internet, to trends in game design philosophy, and vary from game to game based on implementation.
Here’s one of my favorite GDC talks that looks at just one small part of what goes into making a game feel responsive: youtu.be/h47zZrqjgLc
- Comment on The average age of Disney princesses is 505y. 3 weeks ago:
Ehhhhhhhh that’s generally untrue honestly.
Many people have the capacity. And there are enough shitty people that they will take advantage if given the opportunity.
But most people are just trying to live their lives as best they can, and much of their selfishness can be unlearned, or isn’t really selfishness anyway, just survival instinct and misinformation
- Comment on The average age of Disney princesses is 505y. 3 weeks ago:
I provided a proper explanation for the silent observers ;)
- Comment on Macaroni and cheese 3 weeks ago:
Don’t even get me started on Dilbert’s “The TTP Project”
Or what happens when you Google “recursion”
- Comment on The average age of Disney princesses is 505y. 3 weeks ago:
The median is a statistical fact that can be used by humans in both good and bad ways. Lots of data can be made to look lots of different ways in the hands of different people.
That’s why teaching critical thinking (not just the skills but the importance and value) is paramount. People need to understand what they’re looking at. Because sometimes you want the mean, other times you want the median, and if you can’t even understand when you might want one or the other or both for different reasons then you can be led around by the nose with either.
- Comment on The average age of Disney princesses is 505y. 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I feel bad for all the opportunities you’re going to miss while you’re more interested in modeling your life based on the behavior and opinions of others instead of what is good and satisfying for you, independent of others. I hope one day you are able to move past whatever anger is driving you to prioritize rebellion over utility.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
This is a petulant way to approach life, and perfectly fits the idiom “throwing the baby out with the bath water”.
It is possible to set boundaries without being deliberately contrarian and resistant to any form of outside pressure.
IMO the best possible solution here is to refuse to speak further about it with their dad, but go on the date and have a great time hanging out with a random stranger for a little bit.
To put it more simply: if you’re hungry and I bring you sandwich and demand that you eat it, telling me “leave the sandwich, I’ll eat it if I want, but I’m not giving you the satisfaction of knowing or seeing me eat it because of how you approached me” is the smart move.
- Comment on what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time? 5 weeks ago:
- Wing Commander 4 - At the time, I was very young, and this game changed how I looked at videogames. For my little brain, the FMV cutscenes and genuinely decent acting (ffs, it has Mark Hammil) somehow made it click that games could have compelling narrative
- Kingdom Hearts - this game changed my life in many ways. I can genuinely say I wouldn’t be doing what I do today if it weren’t for this game and my involvement in the fan community around it. This game is very special to me because of its themes and major plot beats, and how those interacted with my life at the time. This game taught me that you could go beyond “compelling narrative” and break my heart with a video game lol
- Natural Selection 2 - I wish this game were more popular in its prime. This is the epitome of what I think good competition looks like, and a great manifestation of what I personally love in esports
- Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport." 1 month ago:
Very thoughtful and informed reply. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
- Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport." 1 month ago:
These conservative warnings exist for a reason, though. That being hundreds of lives at stake. What I think would be now interesting is to hear how often these types of events occurred before and after the layoffs at the FAA
- Comment on Good guy moth 2 months ago:
Someone make a “grand moth tarkin” meme for me, please. I’m too lazy.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
In my lexicon, educators and teachers are not synonymous :3
But yeah, you are totally correct
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
This is just “what educators have known about education for decades” in meme format.
Different people do best learning in different ways. And different people learn different subjects at different rates. Grouping people my age, putting them all in lectures during the day and having them all do task work at home is not a good solution to education.
It was great when it was introduced, because it brought the majority of uneducated people up to a minimum level where they could read and do arithmetic. But compared to what we COULD be doing now that we know more and are better at it, this sort of industrial era “factory line” approach is idiotic.
And educators have known it for a long time now. Government just hasn’t caught up
- Comment on what's the word for a leg elbow? 3 months ago:
Wouldn’t the legpit be the pocket created at your hip when your leg is folded against your body?
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 3 months ago:
No matter the veracity of the information?
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 3 months ago:
I see. So anything you have not personally experienced is to be disregarded entirely?
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 3 months ago:
There are some great recommendations in other replies already!
IMO the best YA content right now is actually coming out of Japan (where they’re called Light Novels)
Some series worth checking out:
- Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World from Zero
- Spice & Wolf
- Ascendance of a Bookworm
- World End - What Will You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Don’t let the titles fool you (especially that last one). A silly title will often lead to a deep and complex story only loosely related to the title.
The first three I named are some of my absolute favorites.
And this is just the fantasy stuff. If you’re looking for sci-fi or rom-com, or something a bit heavier/darker, there are plenty more recommendations I can provide :)
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 3 months ago:
I mean, I totally get it. There is just better stuff out there and it sucks that she got lucky when otherr, better authors don’t
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 3 months ago:
The issue I have with this line of reasoning is that there are equally whimsical, better written series that just didn’t have good fortune to pop off the way HP did.
It’s marketing. And cover art. And simple timing of fads. It sucks. And it funded a horrible person through pure happenstance
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 3 months ago:
In all seriousness, this is what happens when you write novels without doing any world-building and just put down whatever seems “fun”. The are sooooo many things in that series that make no sense once they are superceded by later plot devices. Rowling didn’t think any of it through ahead of time and have almost no thought to internal consistency with previous comment when she wrote new things.
It’s honestly a terrible series in most regards and it’s kind of disappointing how popular it became.
Also she a trans-hating bigot. Fuck J.K. Rowling. Can’t forget that part whenever discussing her or her work.
- Comment on Rawr 3 months ago:
While this is good advice, best practice is to always get your yubikey in pairs and keep them synchronized. One should remain in your home, in a safe place (as you described) while the other should remain on your person or outside the home (e.g. in a safe deposit box)
It’s more of a pain in the ass for sure, but handles the theft scenario more effectively
- Comment on Playtron wanted to take on Windows and SteamOS with their GameOS, now they're announcing a cryptocurrency 4 months ago:
Called this a while ago urusai.social/@neatchee/112255667073894754
- Comment on The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst 5 months ago:
Exactly this. I work in the games industry as well and even big studios are falling over themselves NOT to release anywhere near GTA6.
Nobody believes there won’t be people playing other games at that time. But it’s going to dominate the media cycle for a month, especially if it is either better or worse than fans hope. And the reality is that many, many people have limited gaming budgets. If you’ve only got $100 to spend, GTA6 is very likely to be the default pick at that time.
It’s a behemoth in terms of grabbing attention from both the media and players. All the best laid plans for a successful release can be completely derailed by a game like GTA6.
- Comment on I'm OOTL: Why is TikTok being banned? 7 months ago:
This is the most accurate conclusion so far. The US government considers it a national security threat. There are lots of things it’s “okay” for your own government to do but not a foreign government :)
- Comment on Netflix bad... Shocker, I know 8 months ago:
Go pirate. That’s what I do when shit doesn’t work.
I just don’t also fool myself into thinking they will ever change their ways so long as it’s profitable 🤷
I’m not saying you’re wrong. Nor am I telling you to accept the shitty quality stream as the best you can get. I’m just saying this is how the system is set up right now and it’s not a Netflix problem. It’s a capitalism problem.
- Comment on Netflix bad... Shocker, I know 8 months ago:
Big corps like Netflix only care about supporting the 90% of users to who operate in a bog-standard configuration. They really couldn’t care less about supporting things like AirPlay, debloated Windows, Linux running on a Mac, or anything else that’s not damn near configured exactly as it was when it was first removed from the box.
It is not worth the engineering investment to make it work. They would spend more money maintaining these features than they would earn from it.
You can have whatever opinions you want about that reality, but that’s just how it is. Blame capitalism.
- Comment on Anon loves his sister 9 months ago:
While there is no question that in modern times, both in the West and East, the term lolicon refers to a sexual attraction to underage girls, that’s not how it started. This topic goes all the way back to the 70s and the shoujo manga scene which was initially dominated by women, and only later welcomed men.
As with most things in life, if you actually spend the time to look into it, these things are a lot more nuanced than you might think.
- Comment on Anon loves his sister 9 months ago:
Once again displaying your ignorance.
Siscon is about having an infatuation with an idyllic image of your sister and having abnormal affection for them as a result.
It’s about idolatry more than anything else.
Seriously. The sex fetish is weird. Please stop
