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- Comment on Are those of us who grew up on older games more attuned to latency? 1 day 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? 1 day 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. 4 days 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. 4 days ago:
I provided a proper explanation for the silent observers ;)
- Comment on Macaroni and cheese 4 days 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. 4 days 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. 4 days ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 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] 2 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? 2 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 What are some games with absolutely fantastic soundtracks? 3 weeks ago:
Kingdom Hearts
Yoko Shimomura is outrageously talented. Obviously there’s a lot of Disney-esque stuff mixed in, but there are a bunch of original tracks that are epic af
- Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport." 4 weeks 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." 4 weeks 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 It's weird how we say "go to sleep" as if sleep is a place 1 month ago:
I’m 90% sure that it was originally in the form of “to go <there/place> and <verb>” and has just been shortened over time. A refined colloquialism, if you go for that sort of thing
- Comment on Good guy moth 2 months ago:
Someone make a “grand moth tarkin” meme for me, please. I’m too lazy.
- Comment on what's the word for a leg elbow? 2 months ago:
Wouldn’t the legpit be the pocket created at your hip when your leg is folded against your body?
- Comment on "Re:Zero" Season 4 New Teaser Visual 2 months ago:
Light novel readers looking at this image going “If you know, you know. And wow, they nailed it.”
- Comment on The technology to end traffic deaths exists. Why aren’t we using it? 2 months ago:
This is misleading and dangerous rhetoric.
Autonomous vehicles - actual autonomous ones, not Tesla bullshit marketing “self-driving” - are already significantly safer than human drivers. Yes, they are limited to certain conditions (they don’t handle inclement weather very well yet) but the point is that they are already improving safety over human drivers.
Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Additionally, once autonomous vehicles become the standard, you will see a dramatic shift in how the insurance industry operates.
Think about it: if I’m not the one driving, why would I be the one taking on liability? I wouldn’t. The manufacturer would. Suddenly, the insurance industry would be targeting vehicle/software producers instead of individuals. And anyone who chooses to drive themselves anyway? They would almost always be liable by default. Premiums for drivers would skyrocket and this would be a huge disincentive to getting behind the wheel in the first place.
Don’t. Let. The. Perfect. Be. The. Enemy. Of. The. Good.
We all lose out. And it costs lives.
- 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 YSK: Mint Press News is Russian propaganda 3 months ago:
😍🤩 Contextually relevant Depeche Mode 🤩😍
- Comment on YSK: Mint Press News is Russian propaganda 3 months ago:
I was wondering wtf you were talking about until I remembered I have the entire tankiesphere blocked. Oh the blissful, golden silence 😁
- Comment on No I will not take risk 3 months ago:
Absolutely not. Nope. Nuh uh. Not worth the trauma. I’ve got enough horror from just Nina.
- Comment on Playtron wanted to take on Windows and SteamOS with their GameOS, now they're announcing a cryptocurrency 3 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 Cute People don't backstab Twice 5 months ago:
Is It Wrong to Solo Cuties In a Dungeon?
That Time I Rizz’d My Would-Be Killer
Gawd this show is off the rails and I don’t even care
- Comment on What is this, a crossover episode? 7 months ago:
There are so many different images you could show in panel 2 and it would work just as well
- Comment on We like music because our brains crave pattern recognition. 7 months ago:
Interestingly there is a body of research that suggests enjoyment of music comes from having exactly one of two things, never both:
Familiarity and predictability
If it’s neither familiar nor predictable, it is inscrutable and therefore discomforting to listen to
If it is both familiar and predictable it is boring
If it’s familiar but unpredictable, it feels like a journey through known emotions
If it’s predictable but unfamiliar it feels like ‘logical discovery’ and is fun and satisfying
A bit reductive but I love this idea
- Comment on Mastodon's federation consistency is laughably bad. 9 months ago:
I’m curious what you mean by “better moderation”? Are you comparing to specific instances? Or do you mean consistency, because it’s more centralized?
- Comment on How should one access their servers when in China if at all? 9 months ago:
Unfortunately, no, not really. They are absolutely able and willing to confiscate your devices at any time once you’re on Chinese soil, and once you’ve lost physical control, that’s the end of trust for that device. Even beyond that, it’s not unheard of for there to be vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc that make your device susceptible to wireless attacks. IMO it’s not worth the risk.
Here is just one example of this type of thing uncovered by The Guardian, New York Times, and others in a joint investigation: theguardian.com/…/chinese-border-guards-surveilla…
- Comment on How should one access their servers when in China if at all? 9 months ago:
Do not bring your normal personal devices to China. They are notorious for injecting spyware on foreign devices at every opportunity. Use a freshly formatted device and create all new accounts to use with it.
Regarding services: do not use self-hosted services unless you are extremely confident in your network security OR you spin up fresh, isolated instances of your services for use while abroad and spin them down afterwards, including formatting any OS they were hosted on.
Regarding VPN: because we are aiming that any device used in China is compromised, do not connect to your VPN unless you have set up a segregated VLAN and are connecting through a VPN server instance created specifically for use while in China.
Basically, assume anything you use in China is compromised. And assume your connections are being monitored. And assume that any device you are connecting to from China is at risk of being compromised. So everything needs to be segregated from the rest of your network and set up specifically to be deleted after you’re back home.
