Ephera

@Ephera@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, Mint is still one of the top recommendations for new users. It gets support for the newest hardware at a bit of a delay, so if you wanted to follow suit with your new gaming PC, it might not be as great of a choice for that for now, but for your laptop, that’s what I’d recommend, if you’re not looking to experiment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  What distro did you use before?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a very mild violation, but I like to play these puzzles: www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/
  …except that I create a custom difficulty level which is quite a step below the easiest difficulty and then I almost rather speedrun the puzzles.

  The Rectangles puzzle at 5x5 size has been my crack for the past months and I’m at about 13 seconds now (using my phone as input).

  I mean, it’s very casual speedrunning. No one cares about my time, so I actually never timed myself before just now. But yeah, I just like the different challenge of thinking fast rather than complex.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SuperTuxKart is moving to Godot Engine⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess, they noticed:

  This article is currently inactive!

  🫠

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is getting a visual overhaul you probably don't need because of all of those mods you've got installed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, I wasn’t trying to say that Luanti had an incredibly original thought with volumetric lighting. There’s been (pre-resource-pack) volumetric lighting mods for Minecraft probably already a decade ago. I was rather just wondering, when the proof of concept has existed for a whole decade, why do they decide to include it now. It probably would have worked well even on weaker phones three years ago already…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minecraft is getting a visual overhaul you probably don't need because of all of those mods you've got installed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, half a year after Luanti introduced volumetric lighting. I find it hard to believe that Microsoft execs watch out for what Luanti does, but maybe a whole bunch of Android re-packagings of Luanti suddenly looked a whole lot better than Minecraft and that got through to those execs…? It’s a bit of a strange coincidence, at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Original link (in Spanish): xataka.com/…/foros-internet-estan-desapareciendo-…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good to exercise at home instead of gym?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, vegan foods with lots of proteins include: Beans, lentils, peas, nuts, peanuts, tofu, soy.
  Personal favorites are red lentils (cook pretty quickly and don’t need to be soaked before) and pre-cooked white beans (I just have a jar of those in the fridge and will scoop a spoonful into all kinds of meals).

  Proteins are cool, because they stick around in your stomach for a while, but they’re bad at filling you up. For that, salads and veggies are the best. Sometimes, I’ll eat an entire bowl of salad, which is not a lot of calories, but still fills me up.

  I would also recommend slowly changing your diet over. Your gut microbiota need time to adjust to a different diet. If you don’t give them that time, they can kill your will pretty effectively.

• ⁨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 ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s the SIL Open Font License. The text can be found behind their “End-User License Agreement” link.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wouldn't look at a bug report without a video. Researcher maliciously complied.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Microsoft that made security their top priority? Surely, this has to be a mix-up.

  …man, they really make it too easy to dunk on them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Autistic woman wrongly detained in mental health hospital for 45 years⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If we don’t get bullied for being different or locked up in solitary confinement, then our mental health is generally fine…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Autistic woman wrongly detained in mental health hospital for 45 years⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think, they misunderstood the “mental health” and thought they were supposed to fuck that up as much as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is cops being evil/lazy/incompetent a USA specific thing, or is it the same everywhere in the world?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My impression is that it is certainly a lot worse in the US than here in Germany. I imagine the abundance of guns means that being a cop is fucking dangerous, which means they will get uneasy in conflicts quite logically, but also that it’s not exactly a job you go for, if you have aspirations in life. I mean, why would anyone voluntarily become a cop in the US, if not to abuse your power?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a strong beak, of course⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they do have an appendage to manipulate things, but a species that breaks our expectation is ants. In the plural, that is. We typically assume intelligence to be an individual trait. That you need to use tools, because you are an individual. Meanwhile, ants exceed our ability to collaborate in many ways. As such, they even build bridges, not with tools, but rather with more ants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nets⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I simultaneously want to comment that the left panels are a wild fantasy, as I’ve never seen an actual human say that we should focus on plastic straws. As far as I can tell, that’s propaganda put into the world by companies trying to discredit genuine efforts.

  But at the same time, it’s not even like you have to focus on straws. You can simply not use them, because it is just a stupid concept to produce something that’s immediately trash, and then also go and do other things in life. Believe it or not, most activities in life don’t involve straws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Morrowind game engine OpenMW gearing up for a huge new 0.49 release⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Alright, I just looked it up, so I don’t talk nonsense and apparently, what I assume to be most mods, will work directly with OpenMW. Mods that require MWSE, MGE or MCP won’t, though: openmw.org/faq/#mods

  Here’s also a guide for modding OpenMW: modding-openmw.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Morrowind game engine OpenMW gearing up for a huge new 0.49 release⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For experiencing Morrowind in its original form, I would definitely say OpenMW is the best way to do that. It works well on modern operating systems, allows playing in higher resolutions and has some quality of life improvements, like greater rendering distance and practically no loading times.

  Some folks prefer to mod it, and I’m not really up-to-date on that, but I assume there’s still more mods out there, which target the original engine…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Observer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Specifically, because it’s non-vital information for the average person, I really do not think you can blame anyone for merely learning about it through memes. But I do also think this problem is much greater than just memes. I did not receive a better explanation during high school, despite opting for more advanced physics classes and us repeatedly telling our teacher that it makes no sense to us. I have to assume that our teacher did not know either. As such, I got the impression that more advanced physics is just devoid of any actual logic, which was a major factor why I decided against pursuing it further in college. Reading a proper explanation under a stupid meme, could’ve made the difference for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Observer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of folks get their superficial education from memes and will be mislead by this…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Since Volkswagen is a German company, the popular Jetta car is probably supposed to be pronounced "Yetta"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently, the name is derived from “jetstream”, so it probably is supposed to be pronounced like cheddar. But a German who does not know that would probably pronounce it as Yetta, yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.11 out now with an in-game settings menu and better server browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea, if it’s any good, but apparently this exists: content.luanti.org/…/aw_personaje_anthro/

  I believe, you could in principle use any Blender model, although I’m guessing, they’d need to match in terms of animations. I’m not deep into either Luanti modding or Blender, so not sure how it works together, but here’s some documentation describing it: docs.luanti.org/models/using-blender/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does this pic show that Elon Musk doesnt know SQL?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The SSN is likely to appear in multiple tables, because they will reference a central table that ties it all together. This central table will likely only contain the SSN, the birth date (from what others have been saying), as well as potentially first and last name. In this table, the entries have to be unique.
  But then you might have another table, like a table listing all the physical exams, which has the SSN to be able to link it to the person’s name, but ultimately just adds more information to this one person. It does not duplicate the SSN in a way that would be bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, any software needs to include a license of some form, if you want it to be usable by others. But if it’s not an open-source or libre license, then it’s a proprietary license. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. At that point, it depends on what’s actually written into the license. But it’s also not a good thing, as you miss out on various open-source benefits due to there being no proven legal compatibility with open-source licenses. Well, and if I remember correctly, FUTO’s license actively prohibits reuse of the code anyways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox 135 Released, This is What's New⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ubuntu users will be pleased to hear that Firefox 135 snap supports native messaging through the new WebExtensions XDG desktop portal. This means integration features, like the KeePassXC app, work as they should OOTB.

  Oh, for fuck’s sake, they had broken that? I tried to setup KeePassXC for two colleagues and the extension just wouldn’t connect to KeePassXC, with no indication why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Civilization 7 not fun?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, its game mechanics are very similar to Civ5, which is still considered one of the high points in the Civ series. And it does reproduce them quite well, so I do think that can give you a good impression, if Civ is for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Private parking rules review prompted by £2,000 five-minute fine⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in Germany, 5 minutes of leaving your car would not count as “parking”. It’d still be in the realm of just “stopping” your car. If you walk away from your car like the defendant did, then it can be viewed differently, but in practice, it still means that no one’s mad enough to try to fine you in that time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3034: Features of Adulthood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be honest, I’m still annoyed that middle names don’t have more relevance. Maybe five or so people know my middle name, all of which are family or relatives. Aside from that, it just makes it more complicated to fill out forms for various government organizations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fallout creator asks why triple-A RPGs focus on violence, doesn't provide very hopeful answer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I tried to create a non-violent game for a while in a genre that’s typically violent (roguelike) and so often, I’d play some existing roguelike and then have an idea, like for example, I could make the ice spell cover an area in the shape of a snowflake. Yeah, alright brain, what exactly is that ice spell for? Cooling the snacks?

  And if you decide – fuck it, we’ll cool some snacks – a food-themed roguelike sounds nice and non-violent, then that leaves you with a ton of new questions. If the ice spell targets snacks, does that mean you’re defending against them? Why are you defending against snacks? Do they just make you fat? How do you reflect that in the gameplay?
  And then you spend two days coming up with all kinds of ideas for making this work, until you realize it sounds like a fever dream and you have no idea, if it’d be any fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infamous vs Prototype | 15 Years Later⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could never get over how boring the gameplay of Infamous looked. Comparing it to a third-person shooter is pretty apt. Like, you’ve got these crazy lightning powers, but 90% of the time, you just use your hand buzzer to give folks a bit of a zap. Riveting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We like music because our brains crave pattern recognition.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  More wild speculation:

  1. Patterns make brain release happiness hormones, because it rewards itself for correctly guessing how the pattern continues. The rewards stop when the pattern is overly repetitive, because the brain recognizes that this isn’t a challenge to guess correctly. And then it also quickly becomes not worth paying attention to, because if it’s not going to change, it’s irrelevant to our continued survival and all.
  2. This applies to anything where humans perceive beauty. A painting with a consistent color scheme or technique is nice, but just a blue canvas is pretty boring. A poem that rhymes is nice, but if it rhymes twice or thrice by using precisely the same device, then it doesn’t entice.