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Comment on The dangers of vibe coding in ~tech
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Comment on Should I stay with Kingdom Come: Deliverance? in ~games
EpicAglet Link ParentI am playing KCD2 now. It has the same issue. Master strikes are still dominant from what I can tell and combos are useless. Though now only swords can master strike, so they are OP. I quite like...I am playing KCD2 now. It has the same issue. Master strikes are still dominant from what I can tell and combos are useless. Though now only swords can master strike, so they are OP.
I quite like the game so far, but the combat system still has issues.
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Comment on Should I stay with Kingdom Come: Deliverance? in ~games
EpicAglet Link ParentYes. If I had to criticise the game in any way it would be this. They throw all these fancy mechanics at you for combat like e.g. combos. I'm not sure I ever successfully executed one. It's mainly...Yes. If I had to criticise the game in any way it would be this.
They throw all these fancy mechanics at you for combat like e.g. combos. I'm not sure I ever successfully executed one.
It's mainly a trap for new players. What works best is just getting good at masterstrikes, which isn't too hard.
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Comment on Should I stay with Kingdom Come: Deliverance? in ~games
EpicAglet LinkWhat I found out from talking to people that struggled with the combat is that most of them hadn't unlocked master strike. Assuming this is KCD 1, you do this by training with Bernard. So follow...What I found out from talking to people that struggled with the combat is that most of them hadn't unlocked master strike.
Assuming this is KCD 1, you do this by training with Bernard. So follow the main quest for a little while before going off exploring. Then combat is mainly a matter of masterstriking while making sure you don't get surrounded. Once you get the hang of that it becomes much easier.
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Comment on Crusader Kings 3 extends map to include China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, overhauls steppe gameplay, adds coronations in ~games
EpicAglet LinkI am less excited about this. I remember when CK2 added India as a region. It was giant with many provinces and characters. Only there wasn't much of interesting added there that makes you want to...I am less excited about this.
I remember when CK2 added India as a region. It was giant with many provinces and characters. Only there wasn't much of interesting added there that makes you want to play in the region. So then you had a giant portion of the map, which you mostly ignored.
At the same time, the game became much much slower afterwards, due to the large amount of characters that were added.
Maybe it'll be different this time. Maybe CK3 is more optimised or maybe they add some actual content in the new regions that is worth playing. But otherwise you may need to upgrade your PC to the exact same game you would be playing before.
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Comment on The leading AI models are now very good historians in ~humanities.history
EpicAglet Link ParentFor me it seems I can only upload images, not other files to o1.For me it seems I can only upload images, not other files to o1.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tv
EpicAglet Link ParentI think that's how it is typically viewed. Season 8 is almost universally despised and most people agree that 7 was also terrible. But when people think the rot started is where opinions differ....I think that's how it is typically viewed. Season 8 is almost universally despised and most people agree that 7 was also terrible. But when people think the rot started is where opinions differ.
Had they kept the quality of seasons 5 and 6 until the end this would've still been my favourite show of all time. Some of my favourite episodes of the entire show were in those seasons. But it's also when I felt the cracks were starting to form. I didn't like how they did the sparrows, some of the characters were dumbed down (Stannis for instance), they abandoned the Dorne plot line. I still loved the show though at that point.
I remember when they had the Ed Sheeran cameo I still held out hope that this was just a single bad decision (nothing against the man, but you can't put a popstar in a show like that). But in hindsight it was perfectly representative of what the show had become and what S7/8 would be like.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tv
EpicAglet Link ParentWith GoT I'd argue anything after season 4 was already worse. Seasons 5 and 6 were still quite good, but noticably worse than the first four. Then 7 and 8 were trash and ruined what could have...With GoT I'd argue anything after season 4 was already worse. Seasons 5 and 6 were still quite good, but noticably worse than the first four. Then 7 and 8 were trash and ruined what could have been the best show to ever air
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Comment on What hard scifi books could you recommend? in ~books
EpicAglet Link ParentWith the p.m. I'm be willing to suspend my disbelief a bit more since it's spoileralien technology from a far advanced species if I remember the story correctly. The epstein drive then feels more...With the p.m. I'm be willing to suspend my disbelief a bit more since it's
if I remember the story correctly. The epstein drive then feels more like it needs to be explained for realism than the p.m. Since the p.m. has a plot reason for being "space-magic".spoiler
alien technology from a far advanced speciesW.r.t. where it ranks on the soft/hard scale, I like to compare scifi to fantasy for this. If we put Tolkien then on one end and on the other end it turns into historical fiction instead, I'd then place the expanse on the scifi scale somewhere where I'd place ASOIAF for fantasy. Yeah there's dragons, some magic and the things beyond the wall so it's not super hard, but it's also not like there's wizards, orcs, elves and dwarfs (okay maybe one) running around all the time. GRRM calls it "low-magic", with the amount of magic increasing as the story progresses. I think the Expanse hits a similar spot. Whether that's the middle depends on what you put on the extremes.
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Comment on Pornhub is now blocked in almost all of the US South in ~tech
EpicAglet Link ParentNot so sure about that. Even they have to poop at some pointNot so sure about that. Even they have to poop at some point
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Comment on Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index in ~science
EpicAglet Link ParentAbsolutely true. From what I gather, most reviewers are just volunteers who do it to help the field. But that's everywhere. And the thing is that this journal seem to have some problems there that...Absolutely true. From what I gather, most reviewers are just volunteers who do it to help the field.
But that's everywhere. And the thing is that this journal seem to have some problems there that other journals do not. So there must be something that the journal does worse.
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Comment on Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index in ~science
EpicAglet Link ParentIndeed! There seem to be larger issues and 8 retractions seems like a lot to me too. I'm curious though why it happens. My experience is that the editor only really checks if the paper is a good...Indeed! There seem to be larger issues and 8 retractions seems like a lot to me too.
I'm curious though why it happens.
My experience is that the editor only really checks if the paper is a good fit for the journal and then finds reviewers. So then are the editors not finding reviewers that are actually qualified? Or do they accept papers anyway even if the refs recommend rejection? Or does the journal just attract papers of a certain quality? So many questions...
Retractions every now and then happen and normally I would not blame the journal (I have enough other reasons to dislike academic publishers haha) even if the authors made such an obvious mistake. The process is not perfect even if done right. We also had once that one of our papers got accepted and we were left with the impression that none of the reviewers spent much time reading the manuscript. And that was a very prestigious journal in my field.
But the fact that it seems so common in their case is quite concerning and that's what people ought to be focussing on. That one specific retraction makes for a good headline but I'm a bit worried it makes people miss the point because they are not familiar with how journals work.
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Comment on Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index in ~science
EpicAglet Link ParentI find it hard to judge off of this article. The responsibility you can put on the journal for the quality of the research that they publish is limited. Ultimately, they have to rely on external...I find it hard to judge off of this article. The responsibility you can put on the journal for the quality of the research that they publish is limited. Ultimately, they have to rely on external reviewers to properly vet the science.
What I gather from the article is that their peer review and editorial process is flawed and that is part of the problem here. But even in very good journals, sometimes stuff slips through the cracks.
Unfortunately, the article is quite vague on what the problems are exactly and I am not familiar with the study or journal in question to judge.
Basically what I am trying to say is that this could happen could happen in any journal, but the issue appears to be systematic. If it were an isolated incident they wouldn't (and probably shouldn't) get this kind of backlash.
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Comment on Heat pumps used to struggle in the cold. Not anymore. in ~enviro
EpicAglet Link ParentYour buddy isn't called Troy by any chance, right?Your buddy isn't called Troy by any chance, right?
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Comment on James Webb Space Telescope finds stunning evidence for alternate theory of gravity in ~space
EpicAglet Link ParentI like to think of it like the aether, which was another concept that at the time made sense and worked in the models they had. But then they started trying to actually test it and the concept was...I like to think of it like the aether, which was another concept that at the time made sense and worked in the models they had. But then they started trying to actually test it and the concept was abandoned since it disagreed with relativity which was adopted instead.
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Comment on Billions in election bets are raising the stakes in the US presidential race in ~society
EpicAglet (edited )Link ParentMe neither. Immediately makes me think of the possibility that the people behind assassination attempts on Trump were just because they bet their life-savings on Kamala. It's not what happened,...Me neither. Immediately makes me think of the possibility that the people behind assassination attempts on Trump were just because they bet their life-savings on Kamala. It's not what happened, but the fact that it doesn't sound so absurd to me if that were the case is scary in and of itself. The stakes are already high enough. Someone should make a movie with that as plot though
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Comment on Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations in ~engineering
EpicAglet Link ParentMy personal suspicion is that there is somehow government money involved. Something like this ticks two boxes on some green energy grant application. Plus if you're not the one paying for (part...My personal suspicion is that there is somehow government money involved. Something like this ticks two boxes on some green energy grant application. Plus if you're not the one paying for (part of) the costs, that might change the maths to the point where this is the most logical.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~humanities.languages
EpicAglet Link ParentFully agree. The fact that there's a language with which you can communicate with a very large part of the world is one of the good things about modern society. To throw that away would be...Fully agree. The fact that there's a language with which you can communicate with a very large part of the world is one of the good things about modern society. To throw that away would be foolish. The fact that this language happens to be English matters much less.
Signed, a fellow non-native English speaker.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk
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Comment on Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity in ~society
EpicAglet Link ParentThe problems around the refugee centers in the Netherlands are also well documented. So this is not entirely accurate. Knife related incidents in Ter Apel are quite common. I still think at least...The problems around the refugee centers in the Netherlands are also well documented. So this is not entirely accurate. Knife related incidents in Ter Apel are quite common.
I still think at least some part of it is indeed due to the system, and closing the borders is just to score some cheap political points, but the issue seems to not be isolated to Germany.
Odd. For me the architecture is both the hard and the fun part. Writing the actual code stopped being interesting at some point for me