Quetzalcutlass

@Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was great⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The Little Drummer Boy, a Christmas song.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Taiwan being invaded would make the current component shortages look like nothing in comparison. TSMC fabricates the vast majority of high-end chips used by nearly every computer and smartphone. They have nearly a two-thirds market share while the next biggest player (Samsung) has around 10%, and Intel barely registers. If you want high-yield nanometer-scale precision, TSMC is practically your only real choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Media consumption" ⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When you have the time, you don’t have the motivation.

  When you have the motivation, you don’t have the time.

  When you have both, you don’t have the energy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zombie horde shooter World War Z is getting a big The Walking Dead DLC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So in other words the game’s finally getting Romero-style zombies that match the book canon rather than the awful WWZ movie?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Attitudes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Even better: they’re used as ad-hoc databases. Mission critical ones!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I found the combat frustratingly bland, and Hello Games don’t seem interested in improving it. The first time I played was several years after release, and I was surprised to learn the only two enemy encounters that were at all fun or interesting (the sentinel mech and capital ships) were only recently added. That was years ago, and I don’t think they’ve added any new major enemies since. Last I checked there were less than twenty enemy types in the entire galaxy and most are braindead “approach and shoot at the player until you die” types.

  The on-foot weapons also feel anemic and sluggish - even your heavy weapons feel like shooting someone with a Nerf gun while whispering pew pew under your breath until they explode, and your actions will often be delayed waiting for an animation to complete (unstowing your weapon every few seconds being the main offender). Ship weapons are better by virtue of not having animations and being the same as every space game ever.

  I hope Light No Fire has more enemy variety and a better-designed combat loop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do we have No Man's Sky fans here?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  IIRC you can get them through the derelict freighter missions (which take forever and are kind of boring after the first one), or by blasting NPC freighters if you don’t care about reputation.

  For the latter I’ve heard (but wasn’t willing to try myself to confirm) that you can just shoot the external cargo modules off of friendly freighters without them becoming mad and summoning sentinels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just released the trailer for my solo horror game where you can pet your cat to restore sanity! It's coming out 2, Feb 2026! Let me know your feedback on the trailer :)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your autocorrupt really likes automobiles, huh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bell peppers are the same colours as traffic lights⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your comment gives serious You Suck At Cooking vibes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Changing the language of “Hogwarts Legacy”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Re: 3, I hate to say it, but pirating the game won’t let you avoid supporting TERFs. The person who cracked the game is even worse than Rowling - as in, “makes Rowling look like a paragon of progressiveness in comparison” worse - and uses the download numbers for her cracks (and the fact she’s usually the only one willing to crack Denuvo) to justify asking for donations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good games to play while sick?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d recommend emulating some nostalgic games from your childhood, ones you’ve played to death and wouldn’t mind any sudden interruptions of since you’ve seen everything a hundred times.

  Basically, the video game equivalent of putting on old sitcoms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good games to play while sick?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Terraria has an option to pause while in menus, which is useful when you’re sick and could suddenly need to run to the bathroom at any time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director has one key, and likely familiar, word to keep in mind for part 3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Highwind”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This time again.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polar Bears are one of the only creatures that naturally hunt Humans... This one tries to break into the Cameraman's glass box⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He’d set up near a hole in the ice where seals pop up to take a breath, but the polar bear took an interest in him instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sam Altman’s Dirty DRAM Deal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless he starts following Elon’s beliefs about spreading “superior” genes and pays tons of women to get artificiality inseminated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How, though? I’m not terribly knowledgeable about the law, but I know interoperability is one of the major sources of exceptions to copyright protection, and the whole Google vs Oracle saga would imply there’s nothing illegal about making your own implementation of a standard without permission.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 install size reduction effort yields 131GB in cuts, and you can try the slim build right now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The infuriating part is they did eventually do some deduplication to reduce the install size - but only for the terrible UE5 remake that runs like crap and forces existing players to rebuy all the DLC (it’s like $150 for everything).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 install size reduction effort yields 131GB in cuts, and you can try the slim build right now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With the DLCs it’s half a terabyte.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be careful with this information⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It some kind ov exploded!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sean Murray just crushed my hopes of playing Light No Fire anytime soon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Given how many systems NMS has and how disconnected they often feel from one another, taking a more focused approach might work out better for the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Technical debt is probably one of the best dramatic tropes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dark Souls as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me of a post where someone hooked a dead spider up to a syringe and used it as a grabber. A spider’s musculature is hydraulic so the legs would curl and uncurl as the syringe was pressed.

  Definitely one of the creepier things I’ve casually stumbled upon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fans Are Accusing Ubisoft Of Using "Incredibly Disappointing" AI Art In Anno 117⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A probable timeline:

  • “We’re investing in artificial intelligence to boost our teams’ productivity.”

  • “Our shift to AI has streamlined our development processes (according to middle management), so we’ve laid off a number of workers as redundant.”

  • “The people who remain don’t know which AI assets were meant to be placeholders.”

  • “We’re delaying our financials and suspending trading of our stock, but there’s no cause for alarm.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what the Hapsburgs would have thought about pugs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be an interesting conversation.

  On a completely unrelated note, they no longer have access to an army of mercenaries to send after anyone who’s wronged them, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PUBG publisher attempts to purge anti-AI employees after $680 million Q3 profits and generative AI pivot⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  *after watching Embracer implode*

  Krafton: “I can do worse, faster.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what the Hapsburgs would have thought about pugs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Explanation: the Hapsburgs were a powerful historical dynasty, mostly known nowadays for serving as a warning about the dangers of inbreeding. They became known for their deformities, chiefly the Hapsburg jaw.

  Pugs are a popular breed of dog that have been deliberately bred to have severe facial deformities. They are usually considered cute despite the many health complications their nonexistent jaw causes, such as difficulty with basic tasks like eating and breathing.

  (Attempting to channel the style of !PugJesus@piefed.social, as is only proper for a post discussing both history and pugs!)

• I wonder what the Hapsburgs would have thought about pugs
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's launch day patch notes are basically gun speed dating, and its endgame is a big fight in map soup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Same as it ever was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subnautica 2 and inZOI publisher Krafton launches voluntary resignation program for employees as it transforms into an “AI first company”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They also snatched up HiFi Rush after Microsoft’s idiocy. They’d better not screw over the sequel!