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  1. Comment on How to turn anything into a router in ~comp

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    Good news then, noone suggested that either.

    Good news then, noone suggested that either.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on The bot situation on the internet is actually worse than you could imagine. Here's why. in ~tech

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    Reading the article, proof-of-work seems to be a tooth, that you have. I don't see why smaller actors can't use that.

    Reading the article, proof-of-work seems to be a tool tooth, that you have. I don't see why smaller actors can't use that.

    11 votes

  3. Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes

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    I think what the us has done historically is a pretty bad parallel to the harry potter case. The main idea behind not supporting harry potter/rowling is that your money going into harry potter are...

    I think what the us has done historically is a pretty bad parallel to the harry potter case. The main idea behind not supporting harry potter/rowling is that your money going into harry potter are funneled into making lives worse for trans people. A better parallel imho would be how paying for hollywood war movies adds money into the us army which is then used to bomb iran and also recruiting people into doing so. Or maybe how having us centric view directly hurts people in the third world (I don't know if it does, but if you believe so it would be a good comparison to make). I don't know what is right for the discussion on tildes, just trying to clarify the arguments.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on 2026 Danish general election: Parliament has the most ever women [48%] and lowest ever average age [43.9] in ~society

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    That's some good news. I'm curious how the age and gender distribution holds over the whole political spectrum, or if it varies. Anyone knows?

    That's some good news. I'm curious how the age and gender distribution holds over the whole political spectrum, or if it varies. Anyone knows?

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Any beginners advice or resources on developing a 2D RPG/Puzzle video game? in ~comp

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    Sounds good, it feels like you have thought this through. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

    Sounds good, it feels like you have thought this through. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Any beginners advice or resources on developing a 2D RPG/Puzzle video game? in ~comp

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    Very good advice imho. I want to echo that an rpc is usually a lot of work. Both like what Akir is saying about building many games in one, but also when it comes to content. There's usually a lot...

    Very good advice imho. I want to echo that an rpc is usually a lot of work. Both like what Akir is saying about building many games in one, but also when it comes to content. There's usually a lot of dialog, loads of art for every location, many characters that need art, animations, lots of world design, etc... I also suggest doing what Akir is already saying, implement the match three to a degree that you're happy with it, polish it as much as you have the energy for, you're going to learn a lot in that process. And then start adding onto that.

    About the game idea itself, I think it can work, this is all about execution and balancing the different aspects against each other.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Determinism and Back To The Future in ~talk

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    I think i get what you're saying, even if we believe in determinism it doesn't feel like our own thoughts and actions are predetermined. I honestly don't know where I stand on determinism, but I...

    I think i get what you're saying, even if we believe in determinism it doesn't feel like our own thoughts and actions are predetermined. I honestly don't know where I stand on determinism, but I don't think me getting convinced in either direction would change how much control it feels like I have.

  8. Comment on “This technology disrupts [...] Democratic—voters, [and] increases the economic power of [...] male, working-class voters” in ~society

  9. Comment on “This technology disrupts [...] Democratic—voters, [and] increases the economic power of [...] male, working-class voters” in ~society

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    Ok, thanks for looking.

    Ok, thanks for looking.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on “This technology disrupts [...] Democratic—voters, [and] increases the economic power of [...] male, working-class voters” in ~society

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    Anyone in the loop know what technology this is referring to other than "something with AI"?

    Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology...

    Anyone in the loop know what technology this is referring to other than "something with AI"?

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society

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    That's exactly the kind of language that makes me feel this is very politicized. Every time I see someone write about this it feels like its more emotional than scientific. That does not...

    That's exactly the kind of language that makes me feel this is very politicized. Every time I see someone write about this it feels like its more emotional than scientific. That does not necessarily mean that it's wrong, but it does not resonate with me.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life

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    I get where you are coming from, but I don't think anyone is worried about ai for note taking, at least not from a cheating angle :)

    I get where you are coming from, but I don't think anyone is worried about ai for note taking, at least not from a cheating angle :)

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Determinism and Back To The Future in ~talk

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    I think you're probably correct here, but I think that's also part main character syndrome "in this movie I'd obviously be Bill Murray, not some bystander". As well as the "this already happened,...

    That is, if you presented me the exact same option a million times with exactly the same conditions, I'd make the exact same choice.
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    For evidence of this, no one generally has a problem with the characters of groundhog day taking the same actions each day unless Bill Murray's character somehow influences them.

    I think you're probably correct here, but I think that's also part main character syndrome "in this movie I'd obviously be Bill Murray, not some bystander". As well as the "this already happened, so of course the outcome is deterministic" or maybe even "that's just the premise of the movie". I haven't heard anyone complain that timeloops like that aren't realistic either, and I'm pretty sure they don't think they happens. To summarize, I think you're right, but I don't find the evidence very strong.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Determinism and Back To The Future in ~talk

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    If you believe in determinism, wouldn't "rationalize some way to motivate yourself to do things or 'choose' things" also be outside of your control? It's a bit ambiguous, but I assume you mean...

    If you believe in determinism, wouldn't "rationalize some way to motivate yourself to do things or 'choose' things" also be outside of your control? It's a bit ambiguous, but I assume you mean "You have to rationalize..." as "your life will suck if you don't rationalize...", rather than "the quantum state of things will inevitably end up in you rationalizing...".

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society

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    They campaigned on solar and wind being unreliable because of clouds and night and stuff. Also from what I understand nuclear isn't really cheap, but the whole thing is so politicized (sp?) so I'm...

    They campaigned on solar and wind being unreliable because of clouds and night and stuff. Also from what I understand nuclear isn't really cheap, but the whole thing is so politicized (sp?) so I'm not certain.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Cave Creeps - my first Itch game! in ~games

  17. Comment on Cave Creeps - my first Itch game! in ~games

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    Ok, here goes =) I tried it on mobile first, for some reason the right thumbstick felt very unreliable, it'd just shooting and not continue for a long while until it started again. This may be...

    Ok, here goes =)

    I tried it on mobile first, for some reason the right thumbstick felt very unreliable, it'd just shooting and not continue for a long while until it started again. This may be related to the small bat shots being really hard to see on my phone, but I'm not sure that's only it. That said, I really liked that the bat shots interrupted my own shooting when I saw them. It made getting hit much more impactful and obvious.

    The game played much better with a proper gamepad on my pc. The two above problems were not noticable at all then. I think Zap were actually fairly balanced on pc with a controller, although I only tried it once. The Queen however were not balanced. The start was ok, but once I aggregated a critical mass I didn't even need to play. I stopped playing somewhere between 4-5k points having a blubbering mass of little friendly critters around me, no enemy at all on the screen. At that point I started eating my food and slightly after 8k points I died having done nothing while eating. I really like the little green critters though, but maybe limit the amount of them, either by limiting their lifetime or just a strict limit killing the oldest one when getting more than X critters. There was also what felt like an abundance of powerups during the Queen run, meaning that I early on I could just heal whenever I was getting low on hp.

    To sum up some easy changes I think would make the game more balanced

    • Bigger shots from the bats to be easier seen on mobile.
    • Try doing something with the right thumbstick on mobile, if you're not on 4.7 they added builtin virtual thumbstick support that you could try.
    • Spawn less powerups the longer the run becomes (or if you want to be fancy, maybe diminishable returns on move and attack speed).
    • Add a max lifetime to Queens critters.
    4 votes

  18. Comment on Cave Creeps - my first Itch game! in ~games

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    Impressive for a first project, do you want feedback? Either way, you should be very proud of your accomplishment. :)

    Impressive for a first project, do you want feedback? Either way, you should be very proud of your accomplishment. :)

    3 votes

  19. Comment on The first multi-behavior brain upload in ~science

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    While I think you're right I think people want some utility (perceived utility) out of it so it depends on what it's used for. And I'm pretty sure that animal testing on cosmetics is down by a...

    While I think you're right I think people want some utility (perceived utility) out of it so it depends on what it's used for. And I'm pretty sure that animal testing on cosmetics is down by a buttload, at least in some parts of the world, it has definitely affected legislation.

    That said I also think we are very visual when it comes to our relation/dislike of animal cruelty so I'm not sure that there'd be any traction for banning/boycotting pure simulation regardless of if there's actual sentience there on a similar level to the actual animals.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society

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    In retrospect it would have been better to increase the capacity of the alternatives first, and only then reducing the nuclear power once the capacity is there. That said, at least in sweden the...

    In retrospect it would have been better to increase the capacity of the alternatives first, and only then reducing the nuclear power once the capacity is there. That said, at least in sweden the last government scrapped several huge windpower projects in favor of building out nuclear which is much farther from implementation.

    19 votes