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  1. Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 — Official trailer — The Gig in ~games

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    Wow, that's pretty violent... I was expecting something more RP-ey

    Wow, that's pretty violent... I was expecting something more RP-ey

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Dwarf Fortress Steam version - First look gameplay and dev commentary in ~games

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    That looks really nice. I keep having trouble with worldgen stalling on my machine, but once I get past that I've always loved DF. Hopefully the steam release works well for them.

    That looks really nice. I keep having trouble with worldgen stalling on my machine, but once I get past that I've always loved DF. Hopefully the steam release works well for them.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Helping or harming? The effect of trigger warnings on individuals with trauma histories. in ~science

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    Why do they still have the person read the passage after the trigger warning? Isn't the point of them to allow them to bypass that part? Other studies fix most of the other issues I'd have with...

    Why do they still have the person read the passage after the trigger warning? Isn't the point of them to allow them to bypass that part? Other studies fix most of the other issues I'd have with this one, but that part seems to apply to every study of these.

    10 votes

  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    I love learning abstract stuff. In the past year I've been learning a ton of math, physics, and philosophy. Also nature. I just moved from an area in the middle of the city to an area with parrots...

    I love learning abstract stuff. In the past year I've been learning a ton of math, physics, and philosophy.

    Also nature. I just moved from an area in the middle of the city to an area with parrots and coyotes around, and nature trails. It's been great hearing nature at night, and being able to visit during the day. Still mostly "in the city" but it's way better than before.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on $100B plan submitted for massive remake and expansion of National Science Foundation in ~science

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    So... commercial product foundation? Edit: Okay, I think they can use the money to create a commercial product, but the research has to be public:

    So... commercial product foundation?
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    Okay, I think they can use the money to create a commercial product, but the research has to be public:

    (D) REQUIREMENTS.—As a condition of receiving a grant under this paragraph, an institution of higher education or consortium shall publish and share with the public the results of the work conducted under this paragraph.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Early warnings: How American journalists reported the rise of Hitler in ~humanities.history

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    I was listening to a radio show from the 30s a while back, and it was pretty clear that people were concerned, but their main historian thought that basically it'd blow over, and nobody would...

    I was listening to a radio show from the 30s a while back, and it was pretty clear that people were concerned, but their main historian thought that basically it'd blow over, and nobody would support hitler. Also they had a musician who refused to play any wagner. The show was clearly trying to be apolitical, but even in that context some of them were clearly objecting on principle.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Against Set Theory (2005) [pdf] in ~science

  8. Comment on Against Set Theory (2005) [pdf] in ~science

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    I mean, you can say that about any signifier. The advantage of symbolic logic is you can draw connections between matching some set of constraints and having a certain trait. Checking in with...

    I mean, you can say that about any signifier. The advantage of symbolic logic is you can draw connections between matching some set of constraints and having a certain trait. Checking in with reality is necessary, but that's true of many other signifiers, like... words.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Against Set Theory (2005) [pdf] in ~science

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    mostly skimmed, but yeah, you have to be very careful when applying set constructs to reality. Especially since even their substitutions violate set theory. At least in math there's a big...

    mostly skimmed, but yeah, you have to be very careful when applying set constructs to reality. Especially since even their substitutions violate set theory. At least in math there's a big difference between "nothing" and "the empty set", and if you treat U as "everything" you're going to get into trouble.

    I also like the idea of how you'd end up phrasing some equations. Even demorgan's would end up being something like
    "everything except things which are A or B = everything that is both everything except A and everything except B"

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Could the porn industry offer a model for reopening amid Covid-19? in ~health

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    USA, though even more specifically the reagan administration in USA was the biggest part of "let 'em die".

    USA, though even more specifically the reagan administration in USA was the biggest part of "let 'em die".

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Could the porn industry offer a model for reopening amid Covid-19? in ~health

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    I was too young to be directly affected by it, but I think the biggest two things I was taught about it growing up were the government basically initially took a "let 'em die" stance, then moved...

    I was too young to be directly affected by it, but I think the biggest two things I was taught about it growing up were the government basically initially took a "let 'em die" stance, then moved to a "release untested drugs to just get this done with" stance.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Could the porn industry offer a model for reopening amid Covid-19? in ~health

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    One thing that's surprised me with covid-19 is it taught me that a ton people just haven't learned much about the AIDS outbreak in USA. Especially non-LGBT people.

    One thing that's surprised me with covid-19 is it taught me that a ton people just haven't learned much about the AIDS outbreak in USA. Especially non-LGBT people.

    7 votes

  13. Comment on I’m a developer. I won’t teach my kids to code, and neither should you in ~comp

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    I feel like you should teach kids to hack. The household skill is to just go into some code and make a tweak, or compile some source. Teaching your kids carpentry is different from teaching your...

    I feel like you should teach kids to hack. The household skill is to just go into some code and make a tweak, or compile some source. Teaching your kids carpentry is different from teaching your kids to use a hammer.

    10 votes

  14. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Finally got models rendering in my relativity simulation! Other work keeps intruding, and I still want to clean up the code, but it's getting easier and easier to just throw together...

    Finally got models rendering in my relativity simulation! Other work keeps intruding, and I still want to clean up the code, but it's getting easier and easier to just throw together visualizations. Next couple steps are probably code cleanup, first person view, and adding reticles indicating where tiny objects like the planets are, and their distortions.

    One of the tricky parts I ran into recently was actually just taking video of it in action, cutting the video, and then putting it up somewhere.

    So far it's a bit hard to come up with visualizations that are intuitive to people with no background in what's going on, but I think a first person view will help there, and good transitions from intuitive views to lesser-known ones like worldlines.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Pentagon officially releases UFO videos in ~space

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    I don't know what you mean by this. If you were able to extract more energy than you put in from the unruh effect that'd mean the engine causing the initial acceleration was doing something...

    propulsion via unruh radiation.

    I don't know what you mean by this. If you were able to extract more energy than you put in from the unruh effect that'd mean the engine causing the initial acceleration was doing something impossible, not that the unruh effect was the key.

    The quantized inertia thing looks to be an attempt to explain why you need to add energy to maintain acceleration, and it's not widely accepted.

    I assume the "ultradense rotating core" you're kinda just throwing things together hoping to cheat physics. "Ultradense" wouldn't help, and "rotating" wouldn't help. If you're trying to do something using black holes, remember you have to keep putting stuff into a black hole to keep it running.

    That said, I don't see anything violating physics in that video. Everything's moving really slow, so it's not the velocity that's the problem, and it's not exactly a clear picture, so there's no indication that it's not expelling solid fuel. Even if it WERE clear, it could expel any number of things that wouldn't show up visually or on radar. There's no indication of what it's made of, so even if it isn't expelling fuel it could still be something not made of matter.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on How would you feel about companies releasing "game concepts" for you to test? in ~games

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    From what I can tell that's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of. It looks like Receiver is a prototype made in a week selling for $5, and Receiver 2 is a 1 year development game going for...

    From what I can tell that's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of. It looks like Receiver is a prototype made in a week selling for $5, and Receiver 2 is a 1 year development game going for $20. Obviously specific numbers aren't important, just the concept of "first one's short, second one's long" and "first one's cheap, second one's normal price"

  17. Comment on How would you feel about companies releasing "game concepts" for you to test? in ~games

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    Spend a short time creating a game with a very limited scope. In game jams they tend to spend a few days on the product with a fixed release date, but I could see making your prototype take a...

    Spend a short time creating a game with a very limited scope. In game jams they tend to spend a few days on the product with a fixed release date, but I could see making your prototype take a couple weeks to a month, and throw it up for a few dollars on itch.io (or even steam these days). If the game doesn't do well, ditch the concept and make another one. If it catches on, then do a full development cycle on it.

    It seems like the more traditional way is to make the prototype free, but I guess there's no real reason it HAS to be.

    It seems like Receiver did this, as others mentioned.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on How would you feel about companies releasing "game concepts" for you to test? in ~games

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    It really depends on what you mean. I don't like the modern eternal beta with constant feature creep. If you're suggesting a "prototype" pre-alpha which is eventually "fleshed out" into a full...

    It really depends on what you mean. I don't like the modern eternal beta with constant feature creep. If you're suggesting a "prototype" pre-alpha which is eventually "fleshed out" into a full game, then no. That sounds terrible. If you mean a paid game-jam style prototype, which then gets remade into a full game with its own development cycle, then that's probably a good idea. See Celeste for a somewhat recent success of the two releases thing.

    I don't see why you would revoke the prototype though. If someone wants to play the prototype, let 'em.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on How do/did all of you feel about posting your age on the internet? in ~talk

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    I grew up in the age of A/S/L, so I got pretty used to everyone knowing those three. Seems like that would be considered crazy these days. I think revealing those usually led to more good...

    I grew up in the age of A/S/L, so I got pretty used to everyone knowing those three. Seems like that would be considered crazy these days. I think revealing those usually led to more good interactions than bad ones in chatrooms. When I was around 14 it would dissuade drunk 40 year old women hitting on me, which was handy.

    These days people don't ask, so I don't share unless it's directly relevant. Also I tend to be on slower media now. On tildes people will be reading long posts, so they'll see (and potentially judge) your age instantly. When I was young in IRL conversations I definitely noticed I was taken less seriously due to age, and even worked explicitly on lowering my voice so I could be taken more seriously when discussing stuff I actually knew about (actually still helps as an adult). Also now stuff is more permanent, so I'd imagine you'd get more creepy people seeking you out. So if I were young these days I'd probably hide my age in public.

    13 votes

  20. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    Most women I know are pretty sexual, and are aware of it. Saying you're not into sex this early in a relationship would be completely understandable. If they've been in other relationships it's...

    Most women I know are pretty sexual, and are aware of it. Saying you're not into sex this early in a relationship would be completely understandable. If they've been in other relationships it's likely it's something they've encountered before. If they take it as a slight that you're not looking for sex that early, I'd probably take it as a red flag. If they don't take "no" for an answer, or try to pressure you, that's not a relationship you want to be in.

    3 votes