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- Comment on xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem 1 day ago:
What’s really neat about this problem is that the 3D example, a bird in a cage, was solved sooner and is much simpler
- Comment on Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future 1 week ago:
I agree tech bro wise completely. But there’s all sorts of Engineering strides to come still. Plenty we don’t yet know about.
But computing has been a solved problem for many years on all but the most intense levels. Since then silicon valley has been desperately trying to hang on to their former glory days like a has-been football player in his 50s
- Comment on Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future 1 week ago:
What book? The passage above seems great. Kind of Terry Pratchett–esque
- Comment on Metroidbrainia: An in-depth exploration of knowledge-gated games 2 weeks ago:
Ah, finally, a name for my favorite type of game. With a LONG list of suggestions to play. I love the potential of ‘i could beat this in a short amount of time if I had a clue wtf I was doing’
- Comment on We all sleep alone soundly; Maybe the key to a happy marriage is separate beds 2 weeks ago:
Scandinavian sleeping, it’s the best!
- Comment on Get in the pod, inhale the fumes. 2 weeks ago:
Looks like the blue ridge Mountains. Super pretty!
- Comment on What's green and slimy and smells like bacon? 3 weeks ago:
Interesting. It doesn’t seem to on Firefox mobile for me.
If I navigate to another date it throws up a paywall. Anything else you have going on to bypass it?
- Comment on What's green and slimy and smells like bacon? 3 weeks ago:
This one is paywalled? Was the previous one also?
- Comment on title 3 weeks ago:
Dude is clearly just wrong and there’s only one group
- Comment on I wonder if the spice girls still get along or if that "friendship never ends" thing was just a lie. 3 weeks ago:
I was hoping this would come up in this thread.
She’s stood by him through his sexual harassment allegations (that seem basically undeniably true). Which I find at least interesting, considering he left his first family for the Spice
- Comment on How fair is a Fairphone? (Or, how much of the sticker price does Fairphone spend on fair/eco?) 1 month ago:
Plus they’re helping continue to push EU regulations towards repairability. The premium going to that is fine by me
- Comment on If you live in the EU or UK, don't forget to sign the Stop Killing Games petition! 1 month ago:
Live, or citizen? I kept hearing citizen not resident
- Comment on Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts 1 month ago:
I’m sad that the battery swap requires a screwdriver, but it’s really fine. As long as it’s not glued in I don’t care honestly.
The modular back is cool, specs look nice, lighter and smaller than my FP5 is a great thing, cuz this thing is heavy and the battery is mid.
It looks cool! Good direction I think. Of course I want a headphone jack, but I am learning to live without
- Comment on Let delivery drivers keep their 1 month ago:
Completely agree, the mystery makes me rank them higher than knowing
- Comment on Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users 1 month ago:
It’s just a buzzword volly to get people to want to surrender more data. Actually insane premise lmao
- Comment on Hades II - The Unseen Update Trailer 1 month ago:
I have done a bunch of runs each update and I do kinda wish I did what you did.
You’re gonna be blown away by how much more there is already!
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 1 month ago:
Yeah I don’t see those are negative honestly. The send missions inflated the numbers and I don’t love that you can get locked out of stuff easily but it’s totally fine
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 1 month ago:
I loved FFTA and have replayed it multiple times. I’ve played FFTA2 some as well, which was definitely not as good.
I thought A was much better than the original. I didn’t even know it was “not good”
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Solid title; I get that reference
- Comment on Console war, console war never changes 2 months ago:
That’s such a great way to phrase that.
The switch 2 has a lot more competition than the switch had, and hasn’t made up much ground.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 2 months ago:
I think Outer Wilds is the most unique and fantastic way to tell a story I’ve ever experienced. Truly open in a way I’ve not seen before or since.
With the banger of a soundtrack too, I just can’t bring myself to rate other games higher than it; even if I enjoy them more, Outer Wilds is probably the best game I’ve ever played.
Slay the Spire probably makes the list as it’s inspired countless tweaks on its incredibly balanced deck building experience
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 months ago:
Okay but it’s still definitely soulless AI slop, fingers aside
- Comment on Some people have it worse 2 months ago:
Mom has more fingers than daughter? This just feels like AI slop
- Comment on Grieve with me 2 months ago:
Yup, same. And that smug sense of superiority that comes with it.
I’ll be excited to whip out a Phillips head screwdriver on the day my USB c port acts up to swap it :D
- Comment on A last-minute SteamOS update has saved Doom: The Dark Ages on Steam Deck, and it runs surprisingly okay-ish 2 months ago:
Whew what a whirlwind I’ve had leading up to this while intending to play on deck
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 3 months ago:
Met my coworkers after work yesterday. 21 minute bike or car ride by the GPS. By the time they parked downtown it was 35 mins, meanwhile I shaved a minute off the GPS :) feels goooood
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 3 months ago:
I’m glad you asked!
I didn’t really like the aesthetic at first so I was on the fence.
It’s 3D, and most things take up more space with plenty of them taking some height as well. This makes the builds a bit more complex in a fun way. Also, the scaling is wild. You need a LOT more shapes, so you can duplicate or make more efficient things, ship them by train eventually, really makes it feel like a different game by the end than it does in the start.
They have a huge content update coming June 2 as well
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 3 months ago:
Frostpunk 2 is a really interesting one to me.
I LOVED the first game. Soundtrack on in the background sometimes, liked the board game (just manual meh balance FP1), got all the achievements, really enjoyed it.
The second IS a good distinction from it, it’s not just rinse and repeat the same game. Great story, epic music, different scale and problems. It’s just like… They took the second tier of ideas they had for FP1 and implemented them. It actually probably would have been a good game if it didn’t have those footsteps to follow in.
Surprisingly, a few recent sequels have been amazing. Shapez2 is an unbelievable follow up to the OG. Hades II is the same imo. Massive, beautiful, fun distinction in gameplay, but still great ideas and balanced and such.
Monster Train 2 is great in demo, Kingdoms 2 crowns is a bit less recent but is such a great follow up to what’s effectively an arcade game in the first. It’s not all downhill or anything
- Comment on TIL about dating 3 months ago:
Southern Scandinavia checking in with 13 and sunny with a light breeze
- Comment on America is fucked 3 months ago:
They’re efficient and have no sense of humor