Isoprenoid
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- Comment on It's a simple thing, but one good way to make games memorable is for the developers to leave you words of encouragement in the pack-in material. 1 week ago:
us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3/t/…/9797
offline solo is only for consoles.
- Comment on It's a simple thing, but one good way to make games memorable is for the developers to leave you words of encouragement in the pack-in material. 1 week ago:
- Comment on It's a simple thing, but one good way to make games memorable is for the developers to leave you words of encouragement in the pack-in material. 1 week ago:
Turns out the game is always-online
Just like the game before it. Which also had tacky micro-transactions.
I’ll let you guess what Diablo 5 will be like.
- Comment on True art is polarizing 2 weeks ago:
By this definition, performing a genocide is art.
- Comment on Every time 5 weeks ago:
Fruit, vegetables, whole grains, exercise, some sunlight, some socialisation, an easy creative hobby.
You’re right, it is easier to list those things.
- Comment on Every time 1 month ago:
Not according to latest studies, there is no safe level of processed meat consumption.
Cold cuts are often processed, rather than delivered raw.
Secondary News Article: sciencealert.com/massive-review-finds-no-safe-lev…
Original Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03775-8
- Comment on I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount 2 months ago:
For those OOTL (like I was):
- Comment on Trump Mobile launches $47 service and a gold phone 2 months ago:
Let me sell you a Trump steak.
- Comment on We went from LEARN TO CODE to NO ONE LEARN TO CODE GET A CONSTRUCTION JOB in about a 3 year span. 2 months ago:
The vast majority of coding isn’t making something new, it’s using existing patterns and tools and arranging them to fit a specific use case.
I would argue that arranging something to fit a specific use case is making something new.
Ask any designer how difficult it is to get a spec sheet from a client and meet their expectations. We’re expecting LLMs to suddenly solve this problem.
Llms may not be able to create a new framework or design pattern
Until they can do this, there is little threat to designers. There will be less grunt work, of course.
- Comment on We went from LEARN TO CODE to NO ONE LEARN TO CODE GET A CONSTRUCTION JOB in about a 3 year span. 2 months ago:
The sad reality is that code is just a form of language, and LLMs are good at learning languages.
This is debatable. LLMs are prediction machines.
What use is prediction when you are trying to code something new?
- Comment on It's not supposed to make sense... 2 months ago:
Quantum Scientists: Hey, man, you just don’t get it.
Hipster Artists: Hey, man, you just don’t get it.
- Comment on We don't have 2 months ago:
December is peak holiday season. When people relax, and have time on their hands …
- Comment on Listen and 3 months ago:
What’s not cool is shitting on a movie just because you didn’t like it or it didn’t make sense to you.
If you don’t like or don’t get a work of art, it is entirely reasonable to shit on it.
The emperor has no clothes.
- Comment on What it means to sign Elsevier's Copyright Transfer Agreement 6 months ago:
Doesn’t matter if it was one, or all publishers. Always call out scummy practices.
- Comment on boo! 6 months ago:
Yeah, it’s strange to label it as “not threatened” when there is a “data deficient” label available.
It appears that the “data deficient” label is avoided as much as possible:
- Comment on Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO 6 months ago:
Follow the money. Where do the tariffs end up?
- Comment on Chinese algorithm claimed to boost Nvidia GPU performance by up to 800X for advanced science applications 6 months ago:
Per the article, they
justdeveloped a faster algorithm for a specific type of material simulation.You’re underplaying it.
As per the article:
This has broad implications for industries that require detailed material analysis, including:
Aerospace and Defense: Improved modeling of material stress and failure in aircraft structures.
Engineering and Manufacturing: More efficient testing of materials for construction and industrial applications.
Military Research: Faster development of impact-resistant materials for defense systems.
- Comment on Would he still love me as a worm? 9 months ago:
Here is the paper:
- Comment on X gon' give it to ya 9 months ago:
How is this meme about science?
- Comment on My toddler is on to me... 10 months ago:
You’re 41. No one is stopping you from buying and eating gummy snacks.
Don’t let your dreams be dreams.
- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.
- Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? 10 months ago:
Sorry, I wasn’t explaining myself well.
Just because a story isn’t factually true, doesn’t mean that it has no value, or negative value. There are other types of values which can supersede factual value:
- aesthetic
- symbolic
- ethical
- didactic
Truth isn’t always about facts. Sometimes factual statements can be used as a weapon of deceit.
- Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? 10 months ago:
If a narrative is not literally true, does that mean it has no value?
- Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? 10 months ago:
“apple” used to be a generic term for fruit.
Oh, that explains the myth that Adam and Eve at an apple, when a specific fruit is never mentioned.
- Comment on New data reveals thousands of Australians who own 10 rentals or more 10 months ago:
Maybe it wasn’t about the houses, maybe it was about the class divide that we made along the way.
- Comment on What are the pros and cons to buying a smart watch from temu? 10 months ago:
For me personally, I want to limit interactions with my phone by
reading notifications on my wristincreasing interactions with my watchThat just sounds like interactions with your phone but with extra steps.