Dr_Nik
@Dr_Nik@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It strongly depends on the book but in general a book will focus on just giving you enough of a description that matters for the story. Some will describe a wall by just saying, “there was a wall”. Others will describe the features of the wall that may be relevant to the story, “it was made of brick that you could tell was repaired often due to the changes in color”. Some books describe a wall with a whole history of where the bricks came from, how they were made with the ground up bones of local pets, and the fact that its curvy playful design was meant to invoke joy in order to hide the evil origin. In a movie, such a wall would only look a certain way based on how the designer wanted it to look, but you don’t get the additional context unless they have the actors specifically say something about it (which usually comes off unnatural). In a book, only the things the author describes actually matter, and the rest can be up to you. What is a curvy playful wall? One that wiggles back and forth? One that has circular holes in it? Is it colorful? In full honesty, in this example none of that matters because as long as you imagine something “curvy” and “playful” then any wall will work.
When talking about historical information or documentation, you are absolutely right. Lots of words are needed to describe what one photo will give, and lots of photos are needed to show what one video will give. I argue we are at the point where VR models should be considered for documentation since a video can capture everything so long as you look at it at every angle, but what about with different lighting? Why stop there? What about X-ray videos as well? In the end it goes back to how much is needed to share the important information. Is it a wall, or 3 terabytes of digital information with full spectral 3D imaging?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
That literally seems like a you problem… If you don’t understand math, it’s not math’s responsibility to change because plenty of people do understand math.
If I understand, I think your question can be rephrased as, “Should all concepts be presented so anyone can understand it?” To that version I would say yes, but it requires the person attempting understanding to have sufficient background.
- Comment on HELP! Im looking for a game like CIV 6 where the point is to go to war 1 month ago:
There is another comment that says this, but for clarity there is a franchise called “Total War” that has multiple editions which is exactly what you are looking for. They also have the ability to control the specific battles on the field like an RTS or you can play it with the battles operating like Civ. I personally really like the Total War Warhammer 3 edition (but I’m a Warhammer fan).
- Comment on After 8 years, I'm finally releasing my first video game today: Game Over - A Musical RPG?? 1 month ago:
I’m intrigued but I’m super intimidated by the rhythm game sections you show. I don’t want to go full Nigel but can you tell me something that will make me not have a panic attack looking at the huge filled fret board in the trailer?
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 months ago:
I’m with you there! So surprised at people being proud of having any points.
- Comment on Do you eat shrimp shells when eating shrimp? 2 months ago:
I have only tried eating the tails of fried shrimp but I have never had any stomach issues for years caused by this. It does have the bonus of grossing out my kids when I do it.
- Comment on You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use. 2 months ago:
This is nowhere near as good as the Open Dyslexic font. It looks weird, and I’m not dyslexic, but damn it makes me able to read so much faster!
- Comment on YSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power. 3 months ago:
So every “farm” in my region is actually a community plot you can rent space in or a non profit outreach…no farms to purchase from.