SirDerpy
@SirDerpy@lemmy.world
- Comment on I make games and this literally happened to me this morning 1 month ago:
Neither is publicly traded. Neither of us know the numbers.
Does Steam make money on hosting indie games?
How does one research such a question?
I don’t need answers. I had them before I made my second post above.
Good luck to you.
- Comment on Market operator issues first-ever low-demand warning as solar 'juggernaut' risks grid overload 1 month ago:
Summary of cause: It’s unusually low forecasted load demand, 13-35% normal, paired with transmission lines that route excess to other geographics being down for maintenance.
- Comment on I make games and this literally happened to me this morning 1 month ago:
Competition in capitalism is always better than a lack thereof. But, we’ve not busted monopolies in a significant way since Ma Bell. And, even if we were, at 75% of the global market share they’d not warrant any action yet.
There’s going to be a dominant organization because late stage capitalism sucks. And, I’d rather it be Valve than some alternative trying to fuck me over at every opportunity.
- Comment on I make games and this literally happened to me this morning 1 month ago:
I want to note that you’d need about $143 in gross sales to meet the threshold of $100 in net profit.
On the surface that sounds like a lot. But, they’re providing a service without any guarantee of any income. Epic can only compete because they’ve few users and are willing to operate at a near loss in attempt to garner market share.
This will be a difficult one for others to understand as a “good deal”. Gamers are usually correct when they pull out their pitchforks. This should not be one of those times.
- Comment on I make games and this literally happened to me this morning 1 month ago:
Does Steam take a cut for distribution?
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
I don’t like what you’ve said so you’re a troll. We don’t serve your kind around here.
SMRT.
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
For adults: box knife with a jig consisting of a fence and stop block
For children: auto-retract safety knife and add a second fence to keep the blade enclosed
A child learns nothing but dependance on stupid gadgets from the device in the OP.
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
Such limitations aren’t received well by intelligent and ethical others. Best of luck.
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
That’s great. Use this thing. It’s what I’d give my developmentally disabled 55 year old uncle as well.
But, it’s definitely not what I’d teach my child or the vast majority of other children. A typical child only needs a couple of safety accommodations relative an adult: an auto-reteact safety knife and a double fence.
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
No rational response, huh?
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
Cutting carboard with scissors? It can be done, but it’s a chore amd the results are poor. I wouldn’t wish it on school children.
Your tools probably suck.
Any knife and straight edge is faster and easier. Any warehouse worker knows this. Any compost bin is better than cat scratchers. Any environmentalist knows this.
For scissors I recommend Fiskars titanium nitride. Just yesterday they gave me a nice curve in 1/16th aluminum. Cardboard cuts like a hot knife through butter. And, I bet they cost less than the materials used in the tool in the OP.
Box knife reco: any metal housing without an auto-retract safety feature but with a retractable blade
Knife reco: Morakniv Companion: cheap, sharp, extremely versatile.
Aviation snips reco: Klein J1102S will take 12" cheater bars and be fine
Fence: use a metal level instead of a metal ruler to prevent mistakes
Learn how to make a jig for speed and accuracy in any repetive cutting task.
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
People have been interested in useless gadgets since capitalism has mandated perpetual increase in consumption. It’s now so bad that the solution to all problems is needless consumption.
But, neolibs gonna’ neolib until they can’t afford their filament.
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
WSB detected :)
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
Not a boomer and it’s not just kids. My suburban neighbors are calling plumbers to fix toilets and fix light switches. They just mindlessly consume resources, as they’ve been instructed. They’re choosing fiscal slavery, like lemmings off a cliff.
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
Your reasoning is so obscure very few will follow. CONSUME!
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
I mean that’s kinda the whole deal with 3d printing, it’s useful for really niche applications where you can just add a small amount of convenience to your life.
Is it? All I ever request to be printed is the proprietary part that prematurely broke as it was designed to do.
Someone else commented about this being good for school kids
Instead of teaching them to use scissors? We’re raising a generation that can’t think or do for themselves. They’re reliant upon consumption.
as a cat owner with a constant pile of recycling I can see this being actually useful
As an adult you think it’s more useful than a box knife? It’s not even going to be faster than a box knife with straight edge. And, why do you need a product to pet your cat?
- Comment on I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers 1 month ago:
You’ve designed a niche solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
Use a box knife. Or, for a more versatile tool, get a Morakniv Companion.
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
Quartery earnings report due 10/25. There’s no reason to sit capital here if there’s no catalyst for change.
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
That’s incredibly easy to do on any analysis platform.
- Comment on Has anyone ever seen a "10A" USB-C cable and can tell what their purpose is? 1 month ago:
48V, 10A at 6 feet or less length requires 16awg wire for <=3% loss (which is the critical appliance standard rather than the more lax >= 10% used for most DC circuits). That’s a wire with a conductor diameter of 1.3mm ~= 0.05in.
The cable probably isn’t 10A rated. But, it’s not an overly thick wire to get it done. Most of the girth is insulation and shielding.
This is overly simplified. And, I didn’t care to watch the video.
- Comment on Indestructible quartz crystal can store 360TB of data for billions of years 1 month ago:
Cardassisn optolythic data rod.
- Comment on Federal Reserve unveils toned-down banking regulations in victory for Wall Street 2 months ago:
As usual: The headline sucks.
Capital reserves for the largest banks will increase by 9% instead of the proposed 19%. I expect the Fed rate to be lowered to soften the blow despite nearly every historical indicator saying otherwise.
This is possible because… well… check out these other comments.
- Comment on Surfers stunned as plane door falls from sky and narrowly misses fisher on NSW beach 2 months ago:
I enjoy being “randomly” selected for further screening for five flights in series and having by balls fondled in public.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
You delivered nonsense without even considering semantic. You felt entitled to others figuring it out for you. And, you were rejected due to your lack of effort.
I’ll now reject you for gaslighting me about your comments, which I’ve read, and the follow up strawman.
It’s simply not good enough. I don’t care why. But, I know you’ve nothing to contribute but practice material for identifying logical fallacy.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
You’ve forgotten to mention the minority that did not agree and how strongly they believed they were correct. You’ve seemingly not considered that democracy’s best case scenario is mediocrity.
We will not be led by or stagnate upon popularity among the lumpen. Democracy be damned when faced with such a threat. We did what the majority could not do.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Predictable responses, now assigning me intent. I’ll no longer disturb your comfortable order. Best of luck, neolib.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Did I fault your content or your presentation of it?
Nice strawman. You just can’t help yourself.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Here’s the vote that approved the granular instance-by-instance approach
And then what happened? It seems like you were present for awhile but perhaps not in the trenches, through the OpSec, and to the end.
What?
Indeed.
Are you describing the consensus building and struggle sessions as “forcing the wisest decision on everyone”?
Q: Why did hexbear brigade the fediverse?
A: Certainly for the lulz. /s
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Definitely not a neolib
Language analysis of your post history says differently. If you’re not a neolib troll then perhaps you should stop presenting as such.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Yes.
If I invest effort into figuring it out for myself and demonstrate that effort in the quality of my questions then nearly every teacher will at least match my investment. In the US teachers are so starved for good students that one-on-one education is free, from philosophy professors to diesel mechanics. One doesn’t even need be past the “nonsense” stage, only recognize their status and ask what pieces of the puzzle they’re missing.