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Comment on What are your favorite “chore” games? in ~games
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Comment on What are your favorite “chore” games? in ~games
DrEvergreen Link ParentWait until you have a panicking, thirsty dwarf stuck in a tree, trying to pathfind its way down but someone took their stool away while they were up in the tree picking fruit..... I love the game,...I've also had more framerate issues on Rimworld than DF so far, but I haven't made any mist generators or anything super intense with the fluids side of things in DF so far.
Wait until you have a panicking, thirsty dwarf stuck in a tree, trying to pathfind its way down but someone took their stool away while they were up in the tree picking fruit.....
I love the game, but by the gods it's horrible in the best and worst kind of ways. Didn't realise that was my issue until I found a dwarf listed in the deceased, and they couldn't put him in a coffin because it was up in the branches of a fruit tree.
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Comment on I think it's time to give a "news detox" a try in ~talk
DrEvergreen LinkI would add keeping up with locally relevant information through a municipality website of some sort. Allthough usually only good for official information regarding policies, rules, regulations...I would add keeping up with locally relevant information through a municipality website of some sort. Allthough usually only good for official information regarding policies, rules, regulations and such, many countries have local websites for the individual municipalities or cities.
There is often local decisions or events that fly by, forgotten in the midsts of bigger or more sensational fast paced news. Decisions that actually matter for the quality of life locally. And that can be influenced by showing up and having an opinion or suggestion.
Edit: And support local libraries. Going there to use their facilities, read magazines (often free onsite in many places around the world), and just to boost their use numbers. They are the last bastion of free information and being a gathering spot for everyone regardless of age or occupation, with no demand to spend money or invest effort whatsoever.
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Comment on What small questions do you have that aren’t worth a full topic on their own? in ~talk
DrEvergreen Link ParentI have one that was going on 15 years, worked on any surface and I kept it alive by opening up and fixing it several times. One major issue was that the thin wire connecting one of the sides of...Super cheap thee button wireless mouse just mysteriously died
I have one that was going on 15 years, worked on any surface and I kept it alive by opening up and fixing it several times. One major issue was that the thin wire connecting one of the sides of the battery bay kept coming off. Was hard to see and hard to fix as it was hidden behind plastic that wasn't easily opened. Plastic was fused, not press fit together in any way. I persevered and soldered it several times until I caved and got a better mouse.
The better mouse was more particular about what surfaces it worked well on.
I got another cheapo and it works on any surface just like the old one. Will continue to solder and try to fix whenever I can.
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Comment on What small questions do you have that aren’t worth a full topic on their own? in ~talk
DrEvergreen Link ParentThe potassium in bananas is somewhat known (though in informal ways, haven't looked up any research) to help with restless legs syndrome/feeling like there are ants in your legs. Especially when...The potassium in bananas is somewhat known (though in informal ways, haven't looked up any research) to help with restless legs syndrome/feeling like there are ants in your legs. Especially when resting or going to sleep.
Bananas are tastier than supplement pills. Both magnesium and potassium have a role to play in how our nerves and muscles work though, so could be other issues at play too.
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Comment on I'm a game developer with a special interest in horses and riding. I wrote a lengthy guide on what could be done better when adding horses to games. in ~games
DrEvergreen LinkThose front legs are just a human character model, for sure. Looking at the last 2 pictures/gifs in the article, the one on the left with the horse standing in water. Their front left hoof is...Those front legs are just a human character model, for sure. Looking at the last 2 pictures/gifs in the article, the one on the left with the horse standing in water. Their front left hoof is angled outward a bit just like human feet would be, it looks like. And it 100% explains all of the movement issues. Issues that are not issues if you imagine it being a human just horsing around.
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Comment on When victimhood takes a bad-faith turn. Wronged explores how the practice of claiming harm has become the rhetorical province of the powerful. in ~life
DrEvergreen LinkThe opressor claiming they were the victim of provocation and that they are the victim of their own behaviours is a very, very old trope. I would go as far as saying it is one of the basic human...The opressor claiming they were the victim of provocation and that they are the victim of their own behaviours is a very, very old trope.
I would go as far as saying it is one of the basic human behaviours. We always judge ourselves by our intentions (and how we want to be, regardless of how we actually are), and judge others by impact.
That's not to say there aren't people that are fully able to admit fault etc but the aggressor claiming they are the victim is hardly a new concept. Not even in literature.
The people such writings will reach are often the people that are already in a position to live life in a way that doesn't promote self-victimisation to begin with.
I am overly pessimistic about the impact of such work, but not blind to the fact that it does work. Just maybe not to the extent some people hope.
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Comment on Teachers, how has Covid-19 affected your students and classes long term? in ~life
DrEvergreen Link ParentAs someone who knows children in bad homes, I would caution against easy levity about issues like these. Approaching it with an appreciation of possible struggles rather than just "gaming lol" can...and those who said they were too 'shy' to even turn on their camera (but were likely playing video games on another monitor lol)
As someone who knows children in bad homes, I would caution against easy levity about issues like these.
Approaching it with an appreciation of possible struggles rather than just "gaming lol" can help a lot for those that hear (or read) such dismissive societal reasoning.
The kid that may or may not be gaming can also be the one with a drunkard parent that is walking around in their underwear and not giving a fuck, could be a parent that looks perfect on the outside but gives no shits about their kid or their home, could be a child with a parent that is struggling to get by and has a home that shows the effort is focused on what the outside world sees, can be a child that doesn't have parents there to help them stay on track for whatever reason.
Not saying gaming in the background hasn't happened. I am very sure it has. Adults going online with millions of videos of taking important work calls from bed in their PJ's make it very clear that all ages did these things.
But reading such comments hits home for those of us that know of, or even were/is still in situations where it is really, really not just "gaming lol" that was the reason for being careful with showing up on camera or unmuting.
Both hearing and seeing such dismissive comments and attitudes just reinforce a kind of need to "joke it away" instead of being honest where appropriate. And reinforces what so many of these kids already know all too well: The world doesn't give a shit and doesn't want to hear about it.
In cases such as these, it is better to just leave it as an observation that kids often left their cameras and/or mic's off. The added "gaming probz lol" isn't really needed. Because even in the cases where that is true, there is often more going on.
Very few children want to be stupid and not learn. Kids are natural explorers. Not saying all kids are angels just waiting for someone to impart their knowledge onto, but...
I don't know, it just hits home for me as I know children that were shouted at to the point of spittle hitting their face, fists punching furniture mere millimetres away from their hands holding little pencils trying their best to make sense of difficult things, just because their parents are that kind of person. One of them were treated like this when trying to learn their ABC's in first grade, having only had half a school year before not even having the solace of going to school anymore.
They are still struggling to achieve even a 50% school attendance to this day, even after finally getting away from the abusive parent. Their entire attitude to school and learning (even if their healthy parent talks to them about something they wanted to know!) has become one huge trauma trigger.
It is rarely as simple as "kidz don't care lol"
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Comment on US athletes are taking full advantage of free healthcare in Olympic village in ~sports
DrEvergreen Link ParentThe government does this for us in Norway. We have "holiday pay" and "no income tax" in June, and "half income tax" in December. What actually happens is we are paying slightly more throughout the...overpaying and getting the excess back after they file their taxes. A good chunk of excess, too. People tend to use it as an excuse to buy some appliance they've been holding off on getting.
The government does this for us in Norway.
We have "holiday pay" and "no income tax" in June, and "half income tax" in December.
What actually happens is we are paying slightly more throughout the year to cover for this so that we can have an extra chunk of money without budgeting for it in time for summertime, and to make it easier to make ends meet and celebrate during Christmas time.
I haven't heard many people complain about this. Not even people that are well equipped to manage their own finances and make more money on putting that towards stocks or other high yield investments.
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Comment on Why brainwashing yourself keeps you stuck in life in ~health.mental
DrEvergreen Link ParentAn important point there, then, is that he is a psychiatrist. That means he is a normal general physician, "a doctor", that has taken further education in medicines that affect the brain -...An important point there, then, is that he is a psychiatrist.
That means he is a normal general physician, "a doctor", that has taken further education in medicines that affect the brain - simplified but essentially that's it. How to diagnose and medically treat psyciatric illnessess.A psychologist is specialised in the human condition, emotions and functioning, and how to diagnose and treat with therapy.
He is speaking on topics he isn't entirely educated in, in essence.
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Comment on What is the most profound impact a dream has had on you? in ~talk
DrEvergreen Link ParentI've read here and there that teeth falling out is something all cultures around the world dreams about. Hunter-gatherer or tech CEO in Silicon Valley, we've all lost milk teeth. Horrible though,...I've read here and there that teeth falling out is something all cultures around the world dreams about. Hunter-gatherer or tech CEO in Silicon Valley, we've all lost milk teeth. Horrible though, dreams like that are always so stressful.
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Comment on What is the most profound impact a dream has had on you? in ~talk
DrEvergreen Link ParentI know of others that use AI art to try and recreate imagery like this, precicely because of lack of artistic talent. Sometimes it can get very close apparently. We draw on the wealth of input we...I know of others that use AI art to try and recreate imagery like this, precicely because of lack of artistic talent. Sometimes it can get very close apparently. We draw on the wealth of input we have through life, and so does generative art like that in some ways.
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Comment on What is the most profound impact a dream has had on you? in ~talk
DrEvergreen LinkAs a very young woman, dreaming of being pregnant and being at that stage when you feel kicks and movement on a consistent basis throughout every day. Woke up with hand on lower belly, feeling so...As a very young woman, dreaming of being pregnant and being at that stage when you feel kicks and movement on a consistent basis throughout every day.
Woke up with hand on lower belly, feeling so empty and at a loss. It stayed with me for days. The child I "lost".
I had not even had an intimate relationship at that point, yet having had children later; what I felt back then was exactly how it feels at the later stages.
It felt like such a deep, instictual knowledge coming out in my dreams even when it happened. I am even more conviced now that is what happened.
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Comment on Girl, so confusing: Will the “Brat” memes help or hurt Kamala Harris? in ~society
DrEvergreen Link ParentWhile that might be true, this particular song lyric is literally only about doing cocaine. That is what is making me confused as to why it was chosen for this video.While that might be true, this particular song lyric is literally only about doing cocaine.
That is what is making me confused as to why it was chosen for this video.
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Comment on Study: Language affects how quickly we perceive shades of colour in ~humanities.languages
DrEvergreen LinkTo me this makes perfect sense. If you know you have 20 words to choose from to name colours in a certain language, you'll be dividing it into those 20 different shades. You'll only switch from...To me this makes perfect sense. If you know you have 20 words to choose from to name colours in a certain language, you'll be dividing it into those 20 different shades. You'll only switch from one to the next colour name once the colour has changed sufficiently from one named shade to the next.
If you're using a language with 50 different words to choose from, you will naturally have to "wait" a lot less before being able to call one shade sufficiently different from another to be call it by another name. To me this seems so obvious, yet I can't explain how it works and why we are all so similar.
The more granular the words you have to choose from, the more granular you can be with those words.
We are efficient creatures. Keeping an active log of the billions of datapoints of input we get through our senses every day is just not something doable for any creature, ever. So we filter. For us humans, language is one of these massive filtering systems.
Exactly how that works is both fascinating to me, and also at the same time seems so simple. We only keep the information we can parse through our filters. We can't keep and recreate the actual input, so we use these other systems, like language.
If we could output light of the same frequency for others to the also experience in its raw form, for example, there wouldn't be a need for all these other roundabout ways of approximating the experience of it.
For sensation, we can output onto others through using the same kind of stimuli that was used on us to begin with. While we don't know if it will be experienced exactly the same, we still retain a catalogue of how that stimulation was produced (say, feather against skin), and all of that information is then retained. Both the visuals of the items, the place on the body it was used, the manner in which it moved against the skin, words to describe that, but also the physicality of it that we can then reproduce without the use of language.
I think we use the tools we have for future reproduction, and since we can't just beam light from our body, we fall back on language. We also use sensation approximations for colours like warm, cold etc. We don't store the actual true input. Only the ways in which we can reproduce the experience to share it with ourselves and others, is my thought.
What facinates me even more is that someone that is more able to reproduce colours (or sound, movement, what have you) through physical implementation might also pull on a wider variety of words, even if they could also just use paint (or instruments, or their movements etc) to just show what they mean. At least in my experience.
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Comment on Girl, so confusing: Will the “Brat” memes help or hurt Kamala Harris? in ~society
DrEvergreen (edited )LinkI am very confused by this youth culture today. Are they saying Harris is a party girl that uses a lot of cocaine? Seeing as this song is about nothing other than bumps, keys, and lines?I am very confused by this youth culture today.
Are they saying Harris is a party girl that uses a lot of cocaine? Seeing as this song is about nothing other than bumps, keys, and lines?
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Comment on Non-parents give crappy parenting advice in ~life
DrEvergreen Link ParentAnd nobody says it must be baby books either. At some point they start actually understanding the stories, and you both might enjoy childrens' stories where the kid can follow along with the plot....And nobody says it must be baby books either.
At some point they start actually understanding the stories, and you both might enjoy childrens' stories where the kid can follow along with the plot.
As for what that individual child can and will follow along with or enjoy, well that is partially up to you to help decide, partially up to whatever kind of kid you happen to have on your lap.
I've read stupid-making simple babybooks with kid that made up an entire story out of the pictures on the pages, or sometimes didn't. I've read the history of mankind with a kid that didn't care about the story, just about my voice and presence.
Every kid fell asleep at some point. Either then, or at least at some point.... Finally...
Developmental leaps tend to make sleeping difficult, and babies have them every few weeks. Then it starts becoming every month, two months, six months... Puberty is the last big one, and we see a huge change in sleeping patterns then too. If they haven't slept by then, seek help :p
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk
DrEvergreen Link ParentAs someone that comes from a country where automatic is only becoming common in very recent years due to financial incentives from the dealerships/government (more efficient use of engines and RPM...As someone that comes from a country where automatic is only becoming common in very recent years due to financial incentives from the dealerships/government (more efficient use of engines and RPM across the entire driving population I've been told), it becomes second nature to guage when the clutch starts "grabbing" onto the gears.
That contact between the gears inside the engine/the gear plates (no idea what these pieces are called in English) keeps the wheels from turning when on a hill. Also guaging how much of a grab it has, you don't always want to start moving immediately when starting to release the brakes either.
On steep hills like this, as someone used to manual gears, I even find it incomfortable with hill hold functions in cars I am not used to, let alone automatic gears. With manual I can feel exactly when and how much of a hold I have through the clutch and gears. Meaning I have full understanding over when I'll start moving.
Hill holds or automatic gears will have different amounts of rolling before they grab on, or different amount of times before they release the hold, making it hard to manually adjust my input.
I remember driving a borrowed micro car once that even had me almost crashing into my garage in front of me. Was a downward incline towards my garage, and had parked in front of it. Needed to back up a bit before being able to turn around in the driveway. It took so long for the automatic gear to kick in that the car just started rolling forwards, almost crashed into the door in front of me before it "took" and the car started reversing. Braking just reset the entire process.
I just could not get a feel for the gas to brake ratio on that otherwise very nifty little thing.
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Comment on I tried ditching my vehicle and doing the no-car thing. It was awful. in ~transport
DrEvergreen Link ParentI am sorry if my first comment came across as harsh, that was not my intention. Rather, I don't think people that haven't experienced both versions of modern, urban (or rural) development can...I am sorry if my first comment came across as harsh, that was not my intention.
Rather, I don't think people that haven't experienced both versions of modern, urban (or rural) development can truly appreciate just how vastly different it is.
That is meant as a support for your frustration regarding trying to travel without a car in a place where public transport is just tacked on to a carcentric design- often badly - way after the fact.
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Comment on I tried ditching my vehicle and doing the no-car thing. It was awful. in ~transport
DrEvergreen LinkI don't think it is possible to have an actuall, educated discussion about his with people that have never experienced a society where the world is physically made to be traversable by way of...I don't think it is possible to have an actuall, educated discussion about his with people that have never experienced a society where the world is physically made to be traversable by way of walking, buses, trains, bikes etc to begin with.
I think you need to physically see and experience just how radically different the world looks before getting how this is a discussion on urban planning and human expectations, not just "drop the car, don't complain".
Those of us that have seen both get it just fine. Those who have literally never seen a world where getting around locally and distanced can be easy with out a car cannot truly grasp the fundemental differences, I don't think.
You can limit both the number of adults in your fortress (when no more migrants will come, and no babies are born), and the total number of inhabitants (also includes babies, which the former does not so you might go over that number due to births).
I don't know how to do it natively, as I've only done it through the third party Lazy Newb launcher.