ryathal
@ryathal@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 2 days ago:
I think it’s also that there aren’t crazy discounts on anything remotely new. There used to be 1-2 games that made headlines.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 2 days ago:
It’s a mildly amusing board game.
- Comment on Is it really worth starting a lemmy community? 2 days ago:
If there’s a fairly related existing community that has any reasonable activity it’s probably better to just help that one get more activity.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up? 2 days ago:
So far just dlc for games I already own. Maybe I’ll get Slime Rancher.
- Comment on Steam winter sale is now live 2 days ago:
My initial thoughts are these sales are somehow getting even less exciting every time. It is clear that games should only be purchased on sale now as prices don’t seem to drop otherwise.
- Comment on How solar panels generate electricity 2 days ago:
Each panel has it’s own little steam turbine inside it in reality.
- Comment on How solar panels generate electricity 2 days ago:
Solar collection like this can also explode birds if they fly through the wrong area as it’s essentially like a magnifying glass and ants.
- Comment on How did far-west era US dealt with "Male loneliness" 2 days ago:
The men doing the actual expedition had bigger problems than getting their dick wet, many of them simply died for various reasons. Civilization also wasn’t that far behind them, once you had a claim secured it was about getting a family.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 3 days ago:
Cyberpunk isn’t a new release though. It might be new to you, but it still wouldn’t count for new releases.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 3 days ago:
2025: 14%
2024: 15%
2023: 9%
2022: 17%There’s room to be concerned with those numbers.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 3 days ago:
It’s only listed if you filter to Linux. It’s called steamOS Holo 64 bit.
- Comment on Why do pro athelets get paid millions upon millions of dollars but will be taken off field for something minor? My coach always said walk it off or tough it out. How come its not the same in leagues? 3 days ago:
Most pro athletes are playing through minor injuries. Some play through major injuries. There is a bigger focus on concussions now that might result in players getting pulled out, in pro leagues now though.
For younger kids, it’s highly unlikely they actually have a serious injury. Many complain about minor bumps and bruises. There should still be care for head injuries specifically, but it’s pretty rare for kids to get a major injury that’s not readily apparent.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 3 days ago:
Steam OS is listed in the survey, it’s 26% of Linux os use.
Tracking game use by device id isn’t that crazy, the steam app should know what OS it’s installed on.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 3 days ago:
The stats they show are pretty basic usage stats many are in the UI already. No one is showing the actual valuable data they are harvesting.
They aren’t really hiding the OS stats, it’s regularly published in the hardware and software survey. Showing my steam deck time is over the average of 0% isn’t really surprising news.
- Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases 3 days ago:
I haven’t even bought a game released in 2025. I think these stats are showing a real problem for the gaming industry in general. It’s probably a better use of resources to continue supporting a years old game with moderate popularity than making another new game.
- Comment on IOC calls for full reintegration of Russians to youth competitions 1 week ago:
I’m not saying return to status quo or ignore everything Russia has done. I’m saying it’s time to pivot. Shame and exclusion aren’t working, maybe showing kids that have nothing to do with any of it that the world is willing to accept them leads to better results.
- Comment on IOC calls for full reintegration of Russians to youth competitions 1 week ago:
That’s been working so well these last few years.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 1 week ago:
A reactor isn’t a catalytic converter. They might get some coolant that’s mildly radioactive. The core would probably kill them if they ever managed to open it. There’s not a button to just open it, it’s only designed to be opened with heavy equipment in drydock.
Dirty bombs are more of a boogie man than a real thing. High grade materials are dangerous to be around without shielding and can fairly easily be tracked. It’s just as likely to kill the makers before they can get a bomb together than be used. Lower grade materials require more to be dangerous, which means less spread with the same explosive, and the bomb has to be pretty big. It’s easier to get a backpack full of explosives into somewhere than a van full of radioactive material, and the backpack will have a bigger radius.
- Comment on IOC calls for full reintegration of Russians to youth competitions 1 week ago:
Alternately let them compete under the Russian flag. These kids didn’t invade Ukraine, they can’t stop the war. Show them the rest of the world doesn’t hate all of Russia. Let them experience life outside the bubble and it might actually help stop the war, if more people can see the propaganda for what it is. Ideally they also lose badly in the competition, but that can’t really be assured.
Just isolating all things Russia and demanding they leave Ukraine isn’t really working.
- Comment on Judge hands Lambo.com to Lamborghini after ruling owner acted in bad faith 1 week ago:
I think the initial goal of top level domains having any real meaning is dead.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 1 week ago:
No I’m only claiming that the government was acting outside it’s role of ensuring a free market. When they do this it leads to distortion and provides a pathway to monopolies. Government has a role to ensure markets stay free by doing things like punishing fraud and enforcing contract law.
What they shouldn’t be doing is providing incentives for specific behaviors, or creating regulatory hurdles that prevent new companies from competing in a market. They also shouldn’t be bailing out companies that are too big to fail or giving them beneficial bankruptcy terms.
It’s not the cars fault for breaking down if you don’t change the oil and add sugar to the gas.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 1 week ago:
Reactors aren’t bombs, they don’t just go boom. One of them sinking is far less dangerous than thousands of gallons of fuel in existing tankers. The economics are terribly different than electric cars, it makes no sense to replace a ship with 20 year of life left, but it’s worth considering for a new ship.
There is still the anything nuclear is the boogie man problem.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 1 week ago:
For profit companies already run reactors. Putting them on a boat is well understood. Nuclear subs are more about the sub part and military tech than the nuclear part.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 1 week ago:
Blaming capitalism because doing a bad thing led to bad results is like blaming a recipe for being bad when you swap the eggs for cottage cheese. When you let companies make rules, that’s government intervention.
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 1 week ago:
Cargo ships could be replaced with nuclear. It would also be a significant gain as they are a significant source of pollution beyond CO2.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 1 week ago:
Government regulation also creates and sustains monopolies. Most cable companies have competition prohibited by law. Bail outs allow companies that should fail and be replaced by many smaller companies to instead be more monopolistic.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 1 week ago:
The conditions get created by government distortion of a market. Chicago School discourages government intervention.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 1 week ago:
Nonsense, if companies took the loss from 2008 many banks and PE wouldn’t exist right now. A key part of capitalism is companies failing from bad investments, entropy, or other factors. You need the bust to create the boom.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 1 week ago:
It wasn’t capitalism that that said bail out large companies when they make bad investments. It wasn’t capitalism that said hand out free loans to any company who asks during covid. It’s not capitalism that prohibited community based ISPs.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 1 week ago:
Chicago School generally isn’t in favor of monopolies, and they opposed the to big to fail concept that is a big reason we are in this mess.