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Comment on The great Tildes Archipelago multiworld randomizer! Interest thread! in ~games
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Comment on The great Tildes Archipelago multiworld randomizer! Interest thread! in ~games
AriMaeda Link ParentIf you're anxious about blocking progress, Rogue Legacy's a good pick to help mitigate that! The item checks are fairly fast, easy, and front-loaded, so people aren't likely to be waiting on you....If you're anxious about blocking progress, Rogue Legacy's a good pick to help mitigate that! The item checks are fairly fast, easy, and front-loaded, so people aren't likely to be waiting on you.
One check of note is the carnival game where you need to hit targets with a limited number of knives/axes, it's so much less forgiving than everything else. If you don't think that one would be a good time, you can exclude specific locations like that one in your settings file when the time comes.
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Comment on Nvidia announces four next-gen RTX 5000 GPUs in ~tech
AriMaeda Link ParentIf I decided to withdraw my savings and send the bills through a shredder because it amused me, would you also think there's nothing wrong with that decision? While I'm allowed to make that...If I decided to withdraw my savings and send the bills through a shredder because it amused me, would you also think there's nothing wrong with that decision? While I'm allowed to make that choice, that doesn't make it a good choice: some uses of money are clearly better than others. And having come from a poorer background, there's a frustration I can't shake with people spending what would have been, to me, life-changing amounts of money on frivolous things.
Companies have every incentive to get consumers to buy far more than they need, and I just don't think we should respect succumbing to those pressures. If someone's buying thousands of dollars of collectibles that they keep sealed in the corner of a room somewhere, I think that's wasteful. If someone's buying a fishing pole that's marginally better than the one they have for five times the price, I think they've done a bad job of valuation.
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Comment on Nvidia announces four next-gen RTX 5000 GPUs in ~tech
AriMaeda Link ParentMost everything you've described sounds like a poor purchasing decision, an addiction to buying new things given the label of "hobby" to justify them. I think they ought to be viewed critically,...Most everything you've described sounds like a poor purchasing decision, an addiction to buying new things given the label of "hobby" to justify them. I think they ought to be viewed critically, not accepted as a valid niche; the expensive cards in question are no different.
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Comment on Jet Lag: Hide + Seek Japan | Trailer in ~hobbies
AriMaeda Link ParentI included the time it'd take to guess the hangman. Since it's played over text and there's going to be some time spent choosing a letter/considering possible words, I assumed about 10 minutes per...I included the time it'd take to guess the hangman. Since it's played over text and there's going to be some time spent choosing a letter/considering possible words, I assumed about 10 minutes per game. There's no time penalty noted after the third round, hence 50.
Episode 2 Spoilers
I took a look at that moment in the episode, and it looks like it took them 35 minutes to play two rounds and wait out one time penalty, so about 12.5 per game. -
Comment on Jet Lag: Hide + Seek Japan | Trailer in ~hobbies
AriMaeda Link ParentEpisode 2 Spoilers On top of not using the vetos, I found the hangman curse equally baffling. You spend three cards to stall for (at best) 50 minutes? When he drew it and the graphic was shown, I...Episode 2 Spoilers
On top of not using the vetos, I found the hangman curse equally baffling. You spend three cards to stall for (at best) 50 minutes? When he drew it and the graphic was shown, I said "that's awful!" just as Adam said something along the lines of "oh, that's a good one!", which was a really funny disconnect. -
Comment on Thoughts on a Democratic postmortem in ~society
AriMaeda Link ParentIt's true that we don't, but even if we assume that the remaining votes follow an (unlikely) 80/20 split, that would still put him on par with 2020's vote count with California alone, never mind...It's true that we don't, but even if we assume that the remaining votes follow an (unlikely) 80/20 split, that would still put him on par with 2020's vote count with California alone, never mind the other states that are still sitting at ~70–80%.
As for the percentages, the maps on Reuters, NYT, and WSJ all describe it in terms of counted votes, not precincts.
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Comment on Thoughts on a Democratic postmortem in ~society
AriMaeda (edited )Link ParentThey aren't done counting the votes yet. If we look at just California and use the existing vote ratio of 60/40, there are nearly four million uncounted votes for Trump there. EDIT: He's now...Trump got two million fewer votes than 2020.
They aren't done counting the votes yet. If we look at just California and use the existing vote ratio of 60/40, there are nearly four million uncounted votes for Trump there.
EDIT: He's now exceeded it, and eyeballing the remaining vote count it looks like he'll be about 3 million over 2020's result.
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Comment on Thoughts on a Democratic postmortem in ~society
AriMaeda (edited )Link ParentThe articles about that are basically tabloid fluff. Google Trends is not an indicator of how popular something is, but frequency relative to other points in time; given we're at election time,...So much so, that the google "Did Joe Biden drop out of the election" spiked on election day.
The articles about that are basically tabloid fluff. Google Trends is not an indicator of how popular something is, but frequency relative to other points in time; given we're at election time, searches for anything related to politicians will naturally go up.
You see a spike if you search for "did Biden drop out of the election". You get an identical-looking spike for "did Trump drop out of the election". For fun, you even get a spike for "did Obama drop out of the election"!
There's also the issue of whether what it's showing you actually reflects the queries people are searching for (does it rope in searches like "when did Biden drop out of the election?"), but I'll leave that argument for someone who knows it better.
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Comment on What small questions do you have that aren’t worth a full topic on their own? in ~talk
AriMaeda Link ParentIt was green through most of my childhood, but I eventually settled on orange. I love how it looks, and it being an uncommon favorite has a few small perks: my color choices in multiplayer video...It was green through most of my childhood, but I eventually settled on orange. I love how it looks, and it being an uncommon favorite has a few small perks: my color choices in multiplayer video games tend to stand out a bit more, and if I'm playing a board game with orange pieces, I almost always get them.
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Comment on I worked for Mr Beast, he's a sociopath in ~tech
AriMaeda Link Parent"Great bodily injury" is grievous harm that puts you at risk of death or disfigurement: think broken bones or lost limbs. What occurred here—while awful—isn't in that neighborhood of harm."Great bodily injury" is grievous harm that puts you at risk of death or disfigurement: think broken bones or lost limbs. What occurred here—while awful—isn't in that neighborhood of harm.
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Comment on What's a "house rule" that has made a game more fun for you? in ~games
AriMaeda Link ParentI play with that cut-in rule and it was a big break room hit, but I loathe draw stacking! That was the dominant house rule when I was a kid and everyone just stockpiles their draw cards...I play with that cut-in rule and it was a big break room hit, but I loathe draw stacking! That was the dominant house rule when I was a kid and everyone just stockpiles their draw cards defensively for the inevitable big stack that dumps a ton of cards on one player. Play slows down and now that the "interesting" cards are all exhausted, time to just plod through number cards.
I'd liken it to picking all of the meat out of a stew. It's nice for a moment, but its absence makes the rest worse.
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Comment on Most US Black and Hispanic adults expect to get the new COVID-19 vaccine, though most white adults don’t in ~health
AriMaeda Link ParentReread your post and imagine someone was saying that to you; do you think you'd be convinced? I have a feeling very few people are susceptible to that sort of messaging, and most will become...Reread your post and imagine someone was saying that to you; do you think you'd be convinced? I have a feeling very few people are susceptible to that sort of messaging, and most will become defensive or double down.
A higher vaccine uptake is the goal and to do so we need to convince those that are hesitant. Please watch what you say.
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Comment on Chiropractic isn’t what you think it is in ~health
AriMaeda Link ParentFor whatever it's worth, the only acetaminophen I've ever seen sold in U.S. stores is in 500mg form with the instructions advising you take 1–2. I was able find a handful of 325mg dosages several...I tried to google it and the only explanation I found was that many pills containing acetaminophen sold in the US contain a strangely small dose (250 - 350 mg).
For whatever it's worth, the only acetaminophen I've ever seen sold in U.S. stores is in 500mg form with the instructions advising you take 1–2. I was able find a handful of 325mg dosages several pages deep on some drug stores, and I imagine those are quite uncommon given how buried they are coupled with not even recognizing the packaging.
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Comment on Modern controls are needlessly convoluted in ~games
AriMaeda Link ParentCould you give some examples of games that do this?Some of the games I've tried out definitely feel like the buttons were "tacked on" for the sake of using all the buttons, rather than supporting the gameplay.
Could you give some examples of games that do this?
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Comment on What game mechanic or boss could you just not overcome? in ~games
AriMaeda Link ParentYou're welcome, glad I could provide that for you!You're welcome, glad I could provide that for you!
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Comment on What game mechanic or boss could you just not overcome? in ~games
AriMaeda Link ParentSounds like it might've been the Barrel of Doom from Sonic 3? You can only imagine why it got that name, loads of people got stuck in the same spot! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNm04RIhvY&t=283sSounds like it might've been the Barrel of Doom from Sonic 3? You can only imagine why it got that name, loads of people got stuck in the same spot!
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Comment on Ten things kids don’t know how to do (and five things they know how to do better) in ~life
AriMaeda Link ParentI agree that it's useful to know the process, but long division is not "how division works", it's an algorithm that you churn through to get an answer. I think the hangup here is the belief that...I agree that it's useful to know the process, but long division is not "how division works", it's an algorithm that you churn through to get an answer. I think the hangup here is the belief that long division is like peeking behind the curtain when it really isn't. It's one of many division algorithms and learning only one can lead to the false belief that it's fundamental.
Are students using the algorithm able to explain why it's producing the correct answer? It's rather complicated and abstract for a ten-year-old to grasp, and with the answer almost certainly being "no" (even for most adults who still remember it!), it's just as much of a black box as a calculator, made worse because a calculator doesn't forget the steps or make mistakes!
I don't think it has much value as a backup algorithm, either. Despite doing quite a lot of division in my life, I don't believe I've ever once checked my answer using long division, not even the first step to test the first digit; it's much more efficient in today's world to just double-check your calculator inputs.
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Comment on Ten things kids don’t know how to do (and five things they know how to do better) in ~life
AriMaeda Link ParentI might've been unclear. My position is for teaching just basic division, since the concept is the important part, and ditching long division altogether; it doesn't aid in teaching the concept and...I might've been unclear. My position is for teaching just basic division, since the concept is the important part, and ditching long division altogether; it doesn't aid in teaching the concept and is, in a calculator-filled world, a rather useless algorithm.
I think kids who've grasped the basics can conceptualize something like 42÷6 even if they don't know of a way to work it out on pen and paper.
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Comment on Ten things kids don’t know how to do (and five things they know how to do better) in ~life
AriMaeda Link ParentI actually think division would be much easier to teach when it isn't burdened by being coupled with long division. Division as a concept is quite simple—divide X things into Y equal parts—but...I actually think division would be much easier to teach when it isn't burdened by being coupled with long division. Division as a concept is quite simple—divide X things into Y equal parts—but long division is a complicated algorithm (for the grade level it's taught) that doesn't illustrate how division works, it's just a method to work it out by hand.
Anecdotally, I remember long division being a major source of confusion for my peers and I suspect a point where many of them subconsciously wrote off math as a thing they could be 'good' at.
I'd be down to play! I'll probably play either Hollow Knight or the Super Metroid/Link to the Past combo randomizer.