FRYD
@FRYD@sh.itjust.works
“Fryd” is Norwegian for “joy”. I am not Norwegian, nor is that translation the reason for choosing this username many moons ago.
I studied English before my life went to shit. So you can expect wordy commentaries on life and people because I’ve got time and my thoughts and not much else.
- Comment on Does it get windy in New York City? 1 week ago:
It depends on where you are, but the huge grids of Manhattan can definitely be windy. They’re essentially big straight channels with nothing to block an air current.
- Comment on Any advice for me a guy turning 18 yo old?? 2 weeks ago:
Let go of any fear of others expectations for you as soon as you can. Explore what interests you and don’t let others stop you. People come and go, but they’ll come to you faster than they leave if you’re a confident and passionate person. You can only be that if you work on figuring out how you want to live and chase that life.
- Comment on Aight. Let's be honest. How many of you dress for yourselves, and how many dress for others? 2 weeks ago:
It’s a bit of both. I’m a photographer and I like to think of my outfits like photos, especially when I’m going somewhere where I plan to network. I want to present myself as someone with a good sense of style and who knows how to make people look good. So my style is my own, but I try to make sure I look good and fit the vibe of where I’m going.
I recently went to a party focused on some spiritual stuff and to match the vibe I got some 3/4 harem pants, but I got ones with a slightly muted floral pattern to make it my own. I made the rest of my outfit plain and dark to match and really emphasize the new pants. It was a style a bit outside my comfort zone, but was a big hit and I got lots of compliments.
- Comment on I found this little guy on a hike a while back. 2 weeks ago:
Reading the article, it seems similar. This was on a pine tree, except this was in NY and not the northwest where the mushroom you linked is apparently common.
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- Comment on If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories? 3 weeks ago:
I’m an amnesiac and one of the first things I learned is that memories don’t really matter. The past is over, what matters is what you choose to do and not what you did. Obviously people do terrible and sometimes unforgivable things. I can sympathize with people who can’t let stuff go, but I personally just can’t be bothered by it anymore though. I have and will offer support to even my abusers.
To me, a person is how they act and what they want in the present. Lived experience affects everything a person does, the parts of a person’s past that are relevant reveal themselves in the present through how a person is.
- Comment on Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions! 3 weeks ago:
I love Magic Pengel and Graffiti Kingdom. First is a turn-based JRPG, second is an action platformer. Both share the same gimmick where you collect materials to make the characters you play with the clunky in-game 3D modeler.
- Comment on Its all bots, isn't it? 4 weeks ago:
If you really feel this way, I would strongly recommend limiting your time spent on the internet. Your time should be valuable to you. If you’re not happy with what you spend your time on, then do something else.
I personally couldn’t care less if the people I respond to are real. I only reply if I feel like I have something useful to contribute and it will still be useful to others even if I’m replying to a bot. If something makes me mad or hopeless or whatever, I just move on.
- Comment on One of the best parts of Cyberpunk (as a theme) is the ubiquitisation of cultures 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think we’re heading towards a mono-culture. Actually much like Cyberpunk, you find the most striking pockets of unique cultures in small spaces relevant to whatever group is there. Go to a skatepark and you’ll think the people there are talking another language. Go to a concert or rave and you’ll see all kinds of different subcultures and fashion styles depending on what kind of music is playing. Even here on Lemmy you see different cliques and subcultures. There are astrology conferences and Beyblade tournaments and everything in between. Theres also always little pockets of ethnic groups foreign to where they are all over the world. I love finding different groups and the things they orbit around and the lingo they develop and the ideas and values they have. They’re not as easy to find as they are in a video game, but they’re out there and it’s a much more rich experience to get to know those people than in a video game.
I can’t describe it well because I’m not an anthropologist, but the changes in the larger zeitgeist over the years I’ve been around seems to be pretty normal. I don’t think there’ll ever be some kind of monoculture, just that what makes groups different will naturally change over time.
- Comment on Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name? 5 weeks ago:
In those situations, I repeat it back to them and ask if I got it right.
- Comment on How could I order a package without my parents finding it? 5 weeks ago:
If you’re in the US, you should get the number for your post office and ask about doing a parcel intercept.
- Comment on Nearly 3 in 5 American workers say they're behind on retirement savings. The other two are working until they drop dead 5 weeks ago:
With good aim and planning, you could do both.
- Comment on People prefer chatbots when buying embarrassing stuff 1 month ago:
I’m a very anxious person and I kinda liked the Taco Bell AI drive thru thing specifically because it was way less pressure even if it was annoying. There’s plenty of other stuff I simply won’t buy because I don’t want it enough to overcome my anxiety.
If the chatbots are reliable, I’d much prefer them in most shopping scenarios. So this makes sense to me.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Gundam handles death really well in my opinion. Specifically the original series, Thunderbolt and Iron-Blooded Orphans.
- Comment on [Discussion] What anime triggered a new interest in you? 2 months ago:
Sword Art Online came out either before or around the same time Oculus did it’s kickstarter and I’ve been a VR degenerate ever since.
I never even thought about VR before that, but the idea that I could one day be totally immersed in a world where I could do anime level stuff is something that still sounds so cool. I’ll probably be dead before we get SAO level VR, but some experiences like VR in racing games are already incredibly immersive.
- Comment on I want to go back 2 months ago:
I feel this, but for Midnight Club 3
- Comment on what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time? 2 months ago:
Nier: Automata Kingdom Hearts Super Smash Bros: Melee
- Comment on Can you have an infinitely long wavelength of light? Or is there some maximum? 3 months ago:
The idea that a and very small wavelength would cause a black hole doesn’t really make sense to me since I thought a black hole requires mass. I’m no physicist, so I don’t really know.
A search about light with a Planck wavelength came up with this result which seems to claim that eventually the wavelength would become so small as to no longer be capable of holding information and would essentially do nothing.
- Comment on We should be able to legally have a different name just for work for better work/life separation 3 months ago:
Aliases have already existed for a long time. I go by my middle name out of work and by my first name at work. I also work with a guy who does the opposite. There’s no reason to really have it be so official.
- Comment on Nvidia becomes first company to reach $4tn in market value 3 months ago:
No if they didn’t already dominate their respective markets, they’d have to actually compete against other companies. In a competitive market, there would be no reason to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into LLMs which are unprofitable, inaccurate, and have very limited use cases. AI wouldn’t be a bubble if these companies had any incentive to make good products and competition is supposed to be that incentive.
Maybe down the line, the tech sector would’ve had an AI boom anyway. As it stands however, there is no real race to dominate AI. It’s a scramble to try to sell LLMs as intelligent so they can get AI money without actual AI tech.
- Comment on Nvidia becomes first company to reach $4tn in market value 3 months ago:
I meant the big tech firms buying nvidia gpus and driving up the share price. If Google/FB/Amazon/etc got broken up, they wouldn’t be trying to squeeze infinite money out of so called AI and nvidia wouldn’t be a $4 trillion balloon.
I don’t think nvidia could be broken up much like you say, but it’s still only worth so much because of all the other monopolies (that’d be easier to break up) paying into it.
- Comment on Nvidia becomes first company to reach $4tn in market value 3 months ago:
I dunno if OP meant so, but Nvida’s value is propped up entirely by big tech hyper scalers. If they got broken up years ago, we wouldn’t have to watch them pour an unholy amount of money into a dead end technology in a desperate search for a new thing to monopolize.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
I love driving and I do it professionally now despite being a very anxious person. I felt like exactly the same when I was younger and had lots of friends who felt the same. Drive as safely and slowly as you’re comfortable. Don’t let jerks on the road pressure you, they can wait a bit if need be. Over time, you’ll become more comfortable and capable.
- Comment on Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits. 4 months ago:
Where I’m from, nothing announces the exits. There’s just a pair of doors opposite each other and you go out whatever one opens. I’ve never even thought about it before. Is there a reason it needs to be clarified on your trains?
- Comment on Do you care about up/down votes? 4 months ago:
I pretty much always win with votes. If I get upvotes, I think someone appreciated it. If someone downvotes, I think they’re a hater.
I won’t lie though; my adhd ass checks way too often in a desperate search for dopamine.
- Comment on Would you like to see a mainline Pokemon game created in the old style? 5 months ago:
If you want a pokémon game without new things, why want a new pokémon game? That doesn’t really make sense to me. I don’t think most of the gimmicks they’ve made have throughout the gens have been very good, but I appreciate them for the splash of novelty and I just ignore the ones I don’t like because I know they’re not permanent. I almost never tera-ed my mons in violet, I just grinded levels and planned my party like I have for 20 years.
By open world, I meant being able to travel through most routes and towns without a black screen or loading screen.
That said I wasn’t making a quality statement. I was comparing the most recent game with the first and I don’t know how there would be a significant market for a much more clunky version of an existing game with a huge chunk of features removed.
- Comment on Would you like to see a mainline Pokemon game created in the old style? 5 months ago:
I definitely think the quality on the 3D models could be better, but I think the move to 3D has made the game more immersive and things like the size variations are charming details that makes “your” pokémon feel more unique. I was mainly questioning whether a product like that would actually sell well enough to be worth the effort, not making any statement of which is superior.
- Comment on Would you like to see a mainline Pokemon game created in the old style? 5 months ago:
I’m not totally sure what that would add to the experience. The core battles are still the same, just with more added on. I like pixel graphics and old gameboy music, but I don’t see why people would buy it. It’s seems strange considering it would be the same game as before, but less.
Pokémon: Violet except: it’s 2D, scarcely animated, without double-battles, without shinies, without several types, without terastallizing, without the open world, without the rideable legendary, and so on.
That was me imagining it if it were limited to gen 1 gameplay. Maybe there’s a case to remake regions in like a style like emerald, but I still think it’s just a game that already exists but with less.
If you don’t know about them already, you should look into pokémon rom-hacks. Some are kinda like what you described, but they add their own twist like changing the story, adding new types, or adding newer pokémon or mechanics. A lot of them are really well made too.
- Comment on What is your favorite indie game? 5 months ago:
The Binding of Isaac is already a famous title that has influenced so much of the roguelike/twin-stick-shooter genre. This game has permanently altered my taste in video games.
The game I’ve enjoyed as much as TBoI is Tiny Rogues. It’s much smaller, but still fantastic with rich build variety while never losing the need for skill and good reactions.
Stolen Realm is a turn-based tactical RPG that takes place in procedurally generated dungeons that play like little roguelike runs with overarching character progression. It’s multiplayer, but you can also just control up to six characters on your own too. It does eventually feel pretty repetitive and there are point that seem impossible to win, but it’s a unique game where you continually build that roguelike power fantasy and just progressively become power to the point of it becoming game breaking.
Going Under is an adorable roguelite where you fight through various levels themed around a blend of corporate stereotypes and fantasy creatures like a crypto company run by skeletons or a delivery company run by goblins. The combat is a vaguely souls-like with an emphasis on weight and timing, but your weapons are office items found in each room with that break down very quickly.
Webbed is a cute puzzle/platformer where you play as a little spider on a quest to save your spider boyfriend. The main gimmick is that you can shoot webs to create platforms, pull things, attach things to each other and more. It’s a short and sweet game that’s still decently challenging. It’s the only non-roguelike indie I recommend and it’s that good that I love it despite it being in a genre I rarely play and almost never finish.
- Comment on What's a cancelled game you really miss? 6 months ago:
Nosgoth. An asymmetrical, team based shooter where you played as either vampires or vampire hunters. The vampires had more health and mobility but were only melee while the hunters had range and utility. It was buggy and imbalanced and I loved it and clocked like 500 hours before they shut it down.
