Wrufieotnak
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- Comment on Optimisation is a Slow Process 1 week ago:
Garbage comes on different states of matter…
- Comment on Intelligence Tests 1 week ago:
Yeah and the other part is proud of that fact, which fits to be honest…
- Comment on Respect 2 weeks ago:
It’s not so much nature lovers but social media “content creators” who are criticized here.
There was a case I read of a man caring for a beautiful patch of flowers, but then it got famous on social media and those assholes went there in buses, took pictures lying in there and destroyed it. Heartbreaking to read about that one. Sadly I can’t find that specific case anymore, but there are enough articles about the problem, like this one.
- Comment on [Discussion] On a Starry Night / Hoshi Furu Yoru ni - Oneshot 2 weeks ago:
Nice one! I like it when mangaka work color in their work as a story element.
- Comment on OH SHI- 3 weeks ago:
Thanks for the confirmation!
That was my source of confusion: finding out, how stuff works exactly is science. Even if we know the rough principle, the details might reveal some new things.
- Comment on OH SHI- 4 weeks ago:
Here is my try at explaining it in layman terms, but I’m not 100% sure I got the meme completely right. I didn’t do protein crystallography, only organometallics.
Crystallography is the dark magic art of turning nice really small crystals into pictures of molecules (or more precisely: 3D maps of electron density) The scientist in the meme wanted to measure the same protein, but under different pH conditions, so either adding some acid or some base while the crystals form. Then they hopefully get different structures at different pH values and can make a nice video animation like a flipbook to show the change in structure.
And I think the meme makes fun of the fact that the scientist did this experiment with a certain expectation and then that expectation happens but the scientist is surprised by it happening.
They chose a protein which is a reductase, meaning it can reduce the oxidation state of certain molecules. Such a reduction reaction is often dependant on pH value in organism (I think), therefore changing the pH value changes what the protein will do in the crystallization solution.
- Comment on ‘Stop all time wasting’: Woolworths workers tracked and timed under new efficiency crackdown 4 weeks ago:
I mean it’s not really exploiting if that is exactly the reason why preferential voting exists. Or do I misunderstand something?
- Comment on A patient gamer youtuber explaining why she only plays old games 4 weeks ago:
I’m trying to think of any game I played that was like that. You have some examples (western or not, old or not) on your mind?
- Comment on People assume that the secrets of the universe will be revealed to them in an afterlife, but you might just remain your same dumb self and have to spend eternity going to church. 4 weeks ago:
Thanks for explaining your reasoning, I see it different than you.
Especially your comment regarding the LLM is where our beliefs differ: an LLM is the software plus the hardware, so in my opinion for sure if there ever is a “real” conscious AI, we know what it is made out of and that it’s the collection of programs that run on the hardware (we might never understand why that lead to consciousness, but it isn’t more than what was put in). So whatever that AI is, is defined by those two things. Same as we humans are defined by our nerve system and brain. Take parts of it away and it changes the whole (=brain damage, trauma, drugs, etc.).
Especially drugs and their influence on our minds are a big reason why I’m strongly in the “it’s all physical” camp. Taking drugs changes the minds of people while those drugs are in the system. That people feel their thinking change, is proof for me, that it’s all physical, since it can be influenced by physical means, e.g. drugs.
Now we both stated our beliefs, but I don’t think we will get a real answer in the close future and I don’t think we will convince the other person, so thanks again for explaining your reasoning.
- Comment on People assume that the secrets of the universe will be revealed to them in an afterlife, but you might just remain your same dumb self and have to spend eternity going to church. 4 weeks ago:
Why do you believe that your consciousness can’t arise out of physical matter?
- Comment on People assume that the secrets of the universe will be revealed to them in an afterlife, but you might just remain your same dumb self and have to spend eternity going to church. 4 weeks ago:
Oh for sure, that might be the case. But everything already written in some holy book or told in some ritual now definitely lacked those sophisticated machines, making all their content moot and you can safely disregard them.
So due to the lack of any information, you can’t prepare and therefore can’t expect anything. So it’s better to be good for its own sake, then trying to appease some bronze/iron age divinity.
- Comment on Just finished Norco 5 weeks ago:
Same as you, I liked the more grounded part better.
The atmosphere is brilliant and the world was so creative. Cyperpunk is hard to do realistically, but Norco managed to create a believable dystopia to me. Because it wasn’t that different from our own.
And I applaud the developers for the jump scare with the smartphone and the hobo. That one was really well done.
- Comment on Snatcher: Hideo Kojima's attempt at a Bladerunner Visual Novel 5 weeks ago:
Wow, it seems I completely merged those two games in my mind. Because I can’t find anything regarding randomness now that I’m looking for it. Thanks for correcting it!
- Comment on Snatcher: Hideo Kojima's attempt at a Bladerunner Visual Novel 5 weeks ago:
Thanks for the review!
What I find fascinating is that there is no fixed solution, even though it is a detective game. Therefore you can’t just look up in a guide, but rather still need to do the detective work and deduce the culprit from the clues.
It also is an interesting game in regard to Kojima himself. While it is cinematic, especially for its time, since it was one of the first visual novel games, the non linearity is very different from the story linearity of his Metal Gear series.
I still have to play this game, I didn’t manage to make the emulation work in my last attempt. So thanks for the reminder.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 1 month ago:
I played only the full game and not the demo. As far as I heard about it, the demo had all elements of the full game just a smaller area to work in. If you think the demo was not fulfilling enough, I don’t think the full game will satisfy you.
It definitely is a game where you need to set goals for yourself. It is better described as a program than a game, because it is not objective driven at all, but simply gives you the possibility to build scenes.
- Comment on Chrono Cross, a bad sequel but good game 1 month ago:
Very well written! Your second paragraph describes so well why I like Cross and its s story.
I didn’t know that Trigger story was written by two people, but yeah, in hindsight it explains a lot.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 1 month ago:
Ah, yes. Thanks for the reminder, already forgot about this bullshit decision from Sony for the PC release.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 1 month ago:
Why not?
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 1 month ago:
I have to admit I’m not into the complex strategy games myself, because I dislike that the first 100 hours are just the tutorial. But I heard good things about Stellaris, although you need apparently some of the DLCs, so wait for a sale there. Endless Legends and Endless Space is in the same universe, but one is in space and the other rather based on fantasy. And I saw enough memes about Crusader Kings 2 to know that it is Crazy Story Generator in Medieval Times.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 1 month ago:
I played
Sanctum 2, a fun mix of FPS and tower defense. There still are some active players, although it might take a while to get a full 4 player game.
And 3 new games which don't fit the community rules
Tiny Glade is a really nice relaxing game to turn your imagination into reality and build small castles and medieval towns. Hopefully they expand the contents, but even now it was really fun to just experiment a bit. Age of Mythology: Retold still is fun to me, although I don’t play it as a serious PvP game, but rather to have fun together with a friend and relive our old LAN games together. Still wakes the Deepis freshly installed, but couldn’t yet play it, probably on the weekend.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 1 month ago:
I would say PC only games mainly consists of complex strategy games like StarCraft or Total War and small indie titles that were not ported to a console like Dwarf Fortress. I would argue in general that there aren’t really any must play titles, it all depends on what genres you like.
I would recommend Oneshot, which is in the second category and similar to Undertale. While there is a console port, it loses a lot of appeal due to a certain spoilery mechanic if you play it not on a PC.
On the strategy side there are real time strategy games like StarCraft 2, Age of Empires 4/Age of Mythology or complex 4X games like Hearts of Iron 1-4 or all of the Total War series etc.
If you like those totally depends on you.
Except Half-Life, that one is PC only and must play. I suggest to play the remake Blackmesa and Half Life 2, then you don’t need to play a 20 year old game.
- Comment on Chrono Cross, a bad sequel but good game 1 month ago:
Yes, Radical Dreamers is a visual novel and between Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. But they got released together on Steam, which is what you are linking to.
- Comment on Chrono Cross, a bad sequel but good game 1 month ago:
100% agreed.
For me ‘Dream of the Shore Near Another World’ is the best piece, it’s otherworldly serenity just hits the perfect notes for me.
Although directly behind it is the intro theme, which screams ADVENTURE to me.
- Comment on Chrono Cross, a bad sequel but good game 1 month ago:
No question the 3D graphics of the time are far worse than pixelart, but I actually liked the art direction. Personally I’m not really a fan of Akira Toriyamas style, although it is characteristic and easily recognizable.
Regarding the battle system I’m neutral. I liked the old system, but I also like that they tried something new. I appreciate the possibility to teach characters skills how you like. But it isn’t easily understandable for sure.
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- Comment on Poggers 1 month ago:
It’s a good one, but it is missing the fertility ritual angle.
- Comment on Just me getting head 1 month ago:
The source for this picture is from Vermis, a guide book for a fictional video game that doesn’t exist. It is interesting and full of atmosphere.
- Comment on Valkyrie Profile, 1 month ago:
Strange, I somehow ‘remember’ that you needed to play on hard, but checking it again, you are right. Just easy difficulty is not getting the best ending.
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- Comment on Wandersong, a game about not doing harm 1 month ago:
Definitely an interesting concept. The hard part would be to make it still interesting for the player to continue or better restart and also to keep it hidden, so that the player will reach this conclusion by themselves. Too oftena nice mechanic like that is already given in the marketing material, underscoring every emotional impact it could have ever had.