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  1. Comment on VR questions, recommendations, tips, and tricks in ~games

  2. Comment on Avatar: Seven Havens - Season 1 Discussion in ~tv

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    I really enjoyed it. The setting with a lower tech civilization trying to understand what happened with the past, higher level civilization made me think a lot about Horizon: Zero Dawn and I think...

    I really enjoyed it. The setting with a lower tech civilization trying to understand what happened with the past, higher level civilization made me think a lot about Horizon: Zero Dawn and I think that fits really well here. I like the idea of following and unblocking the chakras as the big journey for this series, and I'm really interested in where it will go, especially as they uncover the past and link with Korra and possibly other past avatars.

    The animation felt a little lacking in the first part of the season, but it was apparent where the budget went with the last couple of episodes.

    The music is fantastic, as always. The Avatar shows always find a unique and really pretty way of creating themes.

    Pavi's response to what scares her was very funny, "I'm 9 and hunted by the government. I'm scared of everything all the time!"

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  3. Comment on Tildes exclusive: the Ethoscore Project in ~creative

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    More information is good! :) I definitely agree scoring is hard. How much do you plan to crowd source, and what steps are you considering implementing to prevent groupthink? I do agree less wrong...

    More information is good! :) I definitely agree scoring is hard. How much do you plan to crowd source, and what steps are you considering implementing to prevent groupthink?

    I do agree less wrong is better than nothing, "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" style ideal, but I don't think scoring being simple and unexplained is better than having too many points and being intimidating. If I see scores that I don't expect or agree with, with no firm explanation or justification on why they are that way, I'm going to lose trust in those scores and wouldn't bother using the website, because it would feel like a biased take from the creator. Transparency in how scoring works, what contributes to it specifically, and why that score is the value it is, is extremely important to breaking through perception barriers for the types of people who would seek out and use a website like this to begin with. Does that make sense?

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  4. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I love my VKBs, use them for Star Citizen. Did you just get one, or dual space sticks?

    I love my VKBs, use them for Star Citizen. Did you just get one, or dual space sticks?

  5. Comment on Tildes exclusive: the Ethoscore Project in ~creative

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    Thanks for sharing this! I certainly don't envy this task of attempting to rate companies as it gets very complex very quickly. My first point of feedback is the colorscale. The white text on the...

    Thanks for sharing this! I certainly don't envy this task of attempting to rate companies as it gets very complex very quickly.

    My first point of feedback is the colorscale. The white text on the light green background is more difficult to read than it should be. I'd recommend using a different shade of green or something to outline the shape of the text, like a dark grey or black.

    Some type of breakdown to see why a score is where it is I think is very important. You have this kind of with "impacts" but this seems arbitrary. For example, why does Tesla have a score of 21 for human rights (calling out their union busting) but Geely, which is not transparent over its material sourcing and very likely benefits from Uighur slave labor, has a much higher score of 39? These ratings should be justifiable and transparent, like the EV environmental and human rights tracking website Lead the Charge does with their 77 page published methodology and yearly dataset publishing.

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  6. Comment on Tildes exclusive: the Ethoscore Project in ~creative

  7. Comment on Pete Hegseth barred trans troops. US military boards are rejecting those orders. in ~society

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    It is surprisingly hard to find actual data on this beyond some now decade old Military Times polling. The tl;dr in the lead up to the 2016 election: Marines had the most support for Trump,...

    It is surprisingly hard to find actual data on this beyond some now decade old Military Times polling.

    The tl;dr in the lead up to the 2016 election: Marines had the most support for Trump, followed by the Army, then the Air Force, and the Navy having the least amount of support for Trump and most of Clinton.

    Here's a snapshot for Trump approval ratings in 2017 by service, which follows a similar trend: https://www.statista.com/chart/11641/how-the-us-military-views-trump/

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  8. Comment on Squadron 42 | Official wishlist trailer in ~games

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    Correct, they typically don't make trailers for released games. My earlier comment was more to the "it'd be terrible for their bottom line" part, which is a little confusing, since Squadron 42 is...

    Correct, they typically don't make trailers for released games. My earlier comment was more to the "it'd be terrible for their bottom line" part, which is a little confusing, since Squadron 42 is a single player game and they've never sold anything for it beyond the game itself. Star Citizen is the one with ship releases and selling jpegs and other fundraising stuff.

    If anything, they have massive pressure to perform well for Squadron 42, as a bad release could kill community faith in Star Citizen being able to be finished (totally fair opinion to question it regardless of the state of release). A good release would prove they can actually release a non-buggy, well crafted game.

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  9. Comment on Squadron 42 | Official wishlist trailer in ~games

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    Yes it was announced the same time as Star Citizen, and they've gone through the "Answer the Call 2016" release drama too. They recently invited about 100 streamers and prominent testers to their...

    Yes it was announced the same time as Star Citizen, and they've gone through the "Answer the Call 2016" release drama too.

    They recently invited about 100 streamers and prominent testers to their UK studio to play Squadron 42 for 5 hours, (and a select smaller group for a VR experience) and pretty much every account I've read has been very positive. Some bugs and issues are present but the same seems very close to release, which matches the Q2 2027 target they currently have.

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  10. Comment on Advice on new PC build in ~comp

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    The 9800X3D is a beast of a CPU and should last you a long time. I have a very similar build to one you're considering, with the 9800X3D and a 3070. It handles most games fine, though the GPU is...

    The 9800X3D is a beast of a CPU and should last you a long time. I have a very similar build to one you're considering, with the 9800X3D and a 3070. It handles most games fine, though the GPU is showing its limitations and I have to turn some settings down, generally it handles most games at 1440p acceptably.

    Don't feel like you need anything more than air cooling for the CPU. I've got a Peerless Assassin and I don't think I've seen my CPU rack 70 C yet.

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  11. Comment on Squadron 42 | Official wishlist trailer in ~games

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    What music did they steal? I haven't kept up with new Trek beyond Lower Decks. Yeah, I can commiserate. I backed in 2013 and a lot of life has happened since.

    What music did they steal? I haven't kept up with new Trek beyond Lower Decks.

    Yeah, I can commiserate. I backed in 2013 and a lot of life has happened since.

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  12. Comment on Squadron 42 | Official wishlist trailer in ~games

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    Squadron 42 is a single player game, you're thinking of Star Citizen.

    Squadron 42 is a single player game, you're thinking of Star Citizen.

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  14. Comment on Help me choose a small electric car in ~transport

  15. Comment on Adulting -- what advice or encouragement did you receive / wish you had received when you were just starting out moving out? in ~life

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    Also from Star Trek, "The effort yields its own rewards." That one has always stuck with me.

    Also from Star Trek, "The effort yields its own rewards." That one has always stuck with me.

    Lal: Then why do you still try to emulate humans? What purpose does it serve except to remind you that you are incomplete?

    Data: I have asked myself that many times, as I have struggled to be more human. Until I realized, it is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are, Lal. It does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate goal. The effort yields its own rewards.

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  16. Comment on Young adults in the US are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs in ~tech

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    I suspect automating driving is a lot harder and a further term solution than many people think. Yes, it feels close because we see Waymos and Tesla Robotaxis out and about now but the rollout has...

    I suspect automating driving is a lot harder and a further term solution than many people think. Yes, it feels close because we see Waymos and Tesla Robotaxis out and about now but the rollout has been super slow. Driving is in inherently difficult problem to solve with how many outlier conditions exist.

    Software engineering has seen a lot of layoffs, and almost no hiring for entry level positions. It may pickup eventually, but software is one of those things where the solution doesn't have to be perfect, it has to be good enough, and generally the stakes are lower (compared to things like driving, anyway). And code is verifiable. If LLMs spit out code that doesn't work it just gets to try again until it succeeds. Good coding agents lower the bar to software devs, making it more accessible to people who aren't proper coders.

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  17. Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games

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    C-Beams is coming soon and looks like a modern, spiritual successor to the Escape Velocity franchise. I'm pretty excited for it.

    C-Beams is coming soon and looks like a modern, spiritual successor to the Escape Velocity franchise. I'm pretty excited for it.

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  18. Comment on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars in ~transport

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    A mine in Switzerland replaced one of their large dump trucks with an EV version. It never has to be plugged in....

    A mine in Switzerland replaced one of their large dump trucks with an EV version. It never has to be plugged in.

    The dump truck, at 45 tons, ascends the 13-percent grade and takes on 65 tons of ore. With more than double the weight going back down the hill, the beast's regenerative braking system recaptures more than enough energy to refill the charge the eDumper used going up.

    https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1124478_world-s-largest-ev-never-has-to-be-recharged

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  19. Comment on What steps can the average user do to secure their data privacy? in ~tech

  20. Comment on Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube in ~tv

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    I highly recommend it! The first season is a little hard to get into... If you want to watch an abridged sequence I used mpierre's watch guide from the B5 subreddit. The show feels highly relevant...

    I highly recommend it! The first season is a little hard to get into... If you want to watch an abridged sequence I used mpierre's watch guide from the B5 subreddit. The show feels highly relevant given the times we live in, almost uncannily.

    Seasons 2-4 are some of the best TV ever IMO and highly rewarding given the show's length.

    6 votes