chiliedogg
@chiliedogg@lemmy.world
- Comment on It's nothing 3 days ago:
Yeah - I just knew I was gonna die a few months back, and it was a panic attack. Which is weird because I’ve historically been low-stress. But between work being crazy and the world being what it is right now, things apparently got to me subconsciously.
My chest got tight, my breathing was labored, my arm went numb. It was terrifying.
And thinking you’re having a heart attack doesn’t help with the panic attack. But it was amazing how as soon as the EKG showed normal, everything started feeling better quickly. Just the knowledge that it was panic helped so much.
But you should still go to the ER in those cases, because if you assume it’s a panic attack and dont go, but turn out to be wrong…
- Comment on Shut up science!! 3 days ago:
Small rant, but people saying they believe in science is a pet peeve of mine. Belief has no place olin science.
You can’t “believe” in science any more than you can “know” in your religion.
Belief and faith are the realm of the unknowable. Knowledge and fact are the realm of science.
- Comment on Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead 3 days ago:
Yeah. They solved protien folding with ML a few years back. And I like using it for things like noise removal in Lightroom.
But so much of it has been focused on useless (at best) bullshit that I just want the bubble to burst already.
- Comment on Absolutely nothing 3 days ago:
I was fully prepared to hate the remake.
I played all the FF games I could growing up. I played the original when it came out, and I played IV and VI (as II and III in the US) on my SNES.
I got a PS1 instead of an N64 because I knew FFIV (didn’t know it was gonna be called VII yet) was gonna be on Playstation. I saved up my money for months to buy the PS1, and a few months later my mom (angel of a woman) went to Sears on the release day for FFVII while I was in 8th grade football practice and picked it up for me with my remaining savings.
I devoured the game. It was truly special. When a certain character left the party at the end of disc 1, I was devastated. I was and still am an unapologetic die-hard superfan of FFVII.
When I heard about the remake I was skeptical. When I found out they were taking away the ATB system and making it an action-RPG and bloating the opening chapter of Midgar into the entirety of the game I wrote it off.
But I still bought it, of course, and I have never been happier to eat crow.
The remake is fantastic. It’s an entry point to the story for newcomers that’s somehow both a retelling and a sequel that will keep old fans interested. The expanded Midgar section makes the events of the early game much more impactful as you really get to know the Avalanche crew, and everything about the production design is top-tier. The gameplay is a great balance between action and strategy that does its own thing instead of just copying what had already been done with the first game. It’s a love letter to the original while being an amazing game in its own right.
I still haven’t played the sequel, as I don’t have a PS5, but I understand it’s also excellent.
- Comment on xkcd #3174: Bridge Clearance 1 week ago:
Yeah, but the earth is also rotating and orbiting the sun, which is rotating around the galaxy, which is itself moving.
Top of that lorry is gonna be traveling light-years at relativistic speeds.
- Comment on Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle 1 week ago:
Scaling goes in both directions.
- Comment on eat the rich and go to libraries 1 week ago:
Yeah. I think most of them have a lifespan of like 20-30 uses per license.
- Comment on It's the only logical future, captain. 1 week ago:
But also Ferengi and lots of other mercantile civilizations, and we also see the individual crew members taking part in the trade/monetary economy. It’s kinda the Federation, and more specifically its government, that doesn’t deal use money.
And that’s because it projects influence through military might and soft power. It doesn’t need money.
- Comment on Scientific Exposure 1 week ago:
I got lucky in that my publication was through a journal that doesn’t charge money for access or submissions. It’s part of our professional organization and our annual membership fees cover the journal’s expenses.
- Comment on Forever young 1 week ago:
Last time I was really good at competitive shooters was in my 20s playing MW2, Left 4 Dead, and Battlefield 3. Battlefield 4 and Black Ops 1 were when I felt it shifting, and now I just don’t play online shooters anymore.
I feel like multiplayer games need a special chill lobby for verified players over 30. One where you can step aside and deal with the kids without causing issues. A space where you can call it a night without spoiling the fun because it’s 8:15 and you really need to get ready for bed.
- Comment on This comic is missing a chunk of asbestos. 2 weeks ago:
Reminds me of this:
- Comment on Hi, Jeffrey! 2 weeks ago:
Saudi Crown Prince. Trump defended his murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
- Comment on True romance, despite everything. 2 weeks ago:
It’s not about homosexuality being wrong. It’s about the hypocrisy of the Trump’s treatment of sexual minorities.
And let’s not forget that it was Clinton who signed an order to eject non-closeted homosexuals from the military.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 2 weeks ago:
if you haven’t played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night you really, really should. It’s made by the creators behind the Castevania games and is REALLY good.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 2 weeks ago:
The Tomb Raider survivor trilogy comes pretty close.
- Comment on My landlord partnered with a financing company - I can pay $15/month for the luxury of making weekly payments on my rent 2 weeks ago:
$15 plus 1% of rent plus card processing fees.
If your rent is $1200 and there’s a 3.5% processing fee, you’re looking at $70/month in extra fees.
- Comment on Calling all Dickheads! 2 weeks ago:
Has anyone here actually read the book?
It’s not exactly a page-turner.
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 3 weeks ago:
That’s not accurate. A tax write-off isn’t “taxes you don’t pay”. It’s “lost income that isn’t taxed”.
The US corporate income tax is nominally 21%. If a company writes off 100 of loss (or charitible donations, or expenses, or anything else), their earnings are reduced by 100 dollars, saving them 21 bucks. There’s no way to “profit” off of failure through write-offs.
- Comment on FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT! 3 weeks ago:
Taco Bell is kinda its own genre of food. I’ve never wanted Mexican food and decided “close enough” with Taco Bell.
But I’ve absolutely bought Taco Bell because I was in the mood for Taco Bell.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 3 weeks ago:
They can’t sell them at a loss without a locked-down ecosystem. Sony learned that the hard way with the OtherOS support for the PS3 that lead to a ton of them being purchased to build cheap supercomputer ls and never spending a dime on games or software to cover the loss.
- Comment on gabe³ half-life 3 confirmed 3 weeks ago:
But you still have to know about it.
Whereas the Steam Maclhine - like a Playstation, Xbox, or Nintendo - just plugs into the TV and works.
Plug in the power, run the HDMI cable to the and log into the wifi after powering it on.
- Comment on gabe³ half-life 3 confirmed 3 weeks ago:
It may not he for you, but there’s a huge potential audience. Somebody who is used to the console experience and wants that simplicity for playing on the couch, but wants access to PC gaming platforms like Steam.
I like tinkering with my PC, but a lot of people don’t. They like consoles because they can pick up the controller, push a button, and it powers on and works, and they never have to worry if a game will run. If it’s released on the console, it should work.
Yeah, there’s 1001 ways to get a PC running on the TV, but none of them are as dumb-simple as turning on an Xbox. This device solves that issue.
- Comment on They were well informed. 3 weeks ago:
I always thought of her as a treasure hunter more than an archeologist.
- Comment on Windows 11 Finally Fixes "Update and Shut Down" Functionality After a Decade 3 weeks ago:
Yep. And since I carry 3 laptops in my backpack (2 for work and one personal), it’s a problem.
Though I will say the fact that all 3 can be powered by Type-C cables has been since huge life improvement since i don’t need to carry around 3 different charging bricks.
- Comment on So much... 4 weeks ago:
Municipal development guy here.
You’d be amazed how many contractors and architects have issues with stair math.
- Comment on It's 2025, And We're Getting A Brand New 8-Bit Game Console 4 weeks ago:
Getting it to display on a screen is gonna cost enough to kill any value proposition.
How many people in 2025 are still going to be using a display with vintage inputs?
- Comment on Windows 11 Finally Fixes "Update and Shut Down" Functionality After a Decade 4 weeks ago:
Can they fix the “randomly turn itself back on and drain the battery while in its bag so that it’s always dead when you actually need to use it on the go” problem?
Because that’s been a problem for like 20 years at this point and means I have to treat my laptops as if they don’t actually have batteries because it’s schrodinger’s power any time I pull one out to work.
I was at a conference this week, and half the attendees were huddled in the cafeteria the whole time because there were some tables on one wall with outlets.
- Comment on Rockstar Games Employee Calls Out Studio For Spreading “Disinformation and Lies”, Union Busting 4 weeks ago:
Lazlow, Dan Houser, and the rest of the old creative team at Rockstar are no longer with the company.
GTA6 is gonna sell like mad regardless, but unlike the last several Rockstar blockbusters I’m waiting to see if it’s good before giving them any money.
- Comment on Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts 4 weeks ago:
The city is buying me like 15 grand in new software licenses this year, but I can’t convince them to spend another 2 grand on a new fucking computer because mine is “supposed” to be good for 2 more years.
- Comment on Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts 4 weeks ago:
My work laptop was upgraded to Windows 11 and performance has severely suffered.
As someone who usually uses 3 monitors (sometimes 4) and does GIS, it’s an issue.
