ryathal
@ryathal@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Spicy Electric Holiday Snake 1 day ago:
We used one to run power to a garage a couple times per year. It’s relatively safe if you use it right and never have power running through the cord until it’s fully plugged in.
- Comment on Assumptions 2 days ago:
There’s also a huge difference between beef cows and dairy cows.
- Comment on Assumptions 2 days ago:
Most people aren’t ever really exposed to nature. You can have a cuddly dairy cow, but that’s not universal. Most encounters people have are going to be with animals that are docile and used to human interactions.
Also it is a little counter intuitive at first. Predators will retreat from a fight of it’s not worth the effort. Prey doesn’t retreat once the fight starts, because it’s literally life or death for them.
- Comment on how do plants in a green house get enough co2? 3 days ago:
Also, most green houses have fans that can help circulate air in from the exterior.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
I don’t have the time anymore, the price isn’t really the factor. Anything new has to compete with my existing library and backlog, and other things on my wishlist. It’s a problem that’s only going to get worse, games aren’t really aging out of relevance at the rate they used to.
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 5 days ago:
Wet. The reviews were pretty harsh due to the length and number of loading screens, but the gameplay was extremely fun. It does end with a cinematic and quick time events which was a bit disappointing, but it’s one of the few games I’ve played through multiple times.
- Comment on Why does a community called no stupid questions allow comments that say the question is stupid? 1 week ago:
The community name is asperational, maybe someday it will be reality.
- Comment on “Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition” or “God of War”? 1 week ago:
Haven’t played HFW yet so I can’t really compare, it is on my wishlist though. That said I didn’t find GoW to be that great. It’s a significant departure from the style of earlier games. It feels more like a different game that was reskinned to be GoW. If you haven’t played the originals maybe that isn’t a factor.
- Comment on ‘California sober’: marijuana may help you drink less, study finds 1 week ago:
It’s likely partially due to expense of the drug, but it did hurt alcohol and junk food sales.
- Comment on YSK: The Invention Secrecy Act is a US federal law authorizing the government to suppress disclosure of certain inventions for reasons of national security. 6,543 inventions are currently suppressed. 1 week ago:
Cars that run on old oil are basically just diesel engines. It’s also pretty easy to get a vehicle with high fuel efficiency, it’s really hard to get one that also meets emission standards and doesn’t kill you in a crash.
- Comment on ‘California sober’: marijuana may help you drink less, study finds 1 week ago:
GLP-1s like ozempic also reduce drinking, which is likely a bigger problem for liquor companies.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 week ago:
They may very well be thinking “steam says this works for everything I own” though, the OS likely isn’t relevant if it still has a browser.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 week ago:
Ot9a pc first, so that makes sense.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 week ago:
The steam deck is likely the target machine at that price.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 week ago:
I think the goal is providing an alternate path for people migrating from windows 10 as much as it is a living room pc.
- Comment on Screw your zodiac sign, tell me... 2 weeks ago:
One of my grandparents had 7, I even took them to college
- Comment on Native Americans? 2 weeks ago:
Generations are exponential, you have 32 5th generation ancestors and 62 total. You’re less than 5% of your 5th generation ancestors.
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 2 weeks ago:
The EU is working it’s way towards digital ownership. Gdpr and dma are steps in reducing corporate power and granting ownership over identity.
- Comment on Native Americans? 2 weeks ago:
That’s probably only true if you accept essentially irrelevant amounts of ancestry. If you take 5 generations, there’s likely at least one person 50% or more native in that family, but that would be <5% of their ancestry.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 2 weeks ago:
A product sold at a loss to attract customers who hopefully buy other products with higher margins that result in a net profit for the retailer.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 2 weeks ago:
I think comparing it to a console is the wrong mindset. It’s a computer first that can also be a console. It’s also a pre built Linux based computer you can have a higher degree of confidence that things just work even after updates. It’s a legitimate competitor for a new windows PC as much as it is a console competitor.
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 2 weeks ago:
Digital ownership is probably going to happen, but it’s going to take a generation of politicians to die off. Once we get more people that understand computers and digital goods aren’t magic, there can be change.
- Comment on Steam Machine is huge for indie development 2 weeks ago:
The big difference is the compatibility is actually there now. Also, controller support is a lot more common for PC games now.
- Comment on I hate it when people use pictures showing the condiments only on top of a hot dog. 2 weeks ago:
You deep throat that thing like God intended.
- Comment on Game marketing company takes down blog post bragging about how good it is at astroturfing Reddit after Reddit finds the post 2 weeks ago:
The big subs were full of bots, but for some it didn’t really matter. It a post was a bit but it was still funny on memes or funny then it’s fine. I don’t care if karma farming bots were the majority of posts so long as it’s still good content. The content does seem to be significantly worse now though.
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 3 weeks ago:
It’s absolutely a generic open world game, bit that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The formula is fun if it’s done well, which I think it is for Horizon Zero Dawn. The combat style is also uncommon and provides a satisfying loop of stealth and bullet time mechanics.
- Comment on what in the actual fuck 3 weeks ago:
The dinosaur with the most horns still has the most horns. Present tense is acceptable in reference to the record.
- Comment on Get a bunch of Devil May Cry and Monster Hunter in two new Humble Bundles 3 weeks ago:
If you don’t have Rise or World, it’s a decent price for them. These are by far the most approachable titles in the series. Rise is a bit more fast paced and has more QoL features. World + iceborne has more interesting combat mechanics with the clutch claw and environment interaction. Killing giant monsters with absurd weapons is fun in both games.
Stories is a totally different type of game in the same universe. It seems to be well received.
- Comment on waiting for steamdeck to install my non-steam game 3 weeks ago:
Steam tends to be a lot faster download than other platforms. It’s been a while, but GoG is roughly half the speed of steam, and Microsoft is basically dial up speeds.
- Comment on Which year was the most stacked for game releases? 3 weeks ago:
It think it has to be 2007 just because there are games that didn’t crack the top 10 that year that would be goty in other years. It’s also a huge year for multiple platforms, pratically every major franchise had a good release that year.