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Comment on How has AI positively impacted your life? in ~tech
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Comment on What makes a game, a game? in ~games
FlappyFish LinkHmm, that really made me realise how different my internal “definition” of a game is for physical games and digital ones. For computer games, my definition is much more lax, allowing for puzzle...Hmm, that really made me realise how different my internal “definition” of a game is for physical games and digital ones.
For computer games, my definition is much more lax, allowing for puzzle games, clicker games and even something like “The Button”. But with physical games, I need multiple players, winning or losing, some “agency” (even if that “agency” is just rolling a dice such as snakes and ladders).
This leads to the seemingly contradictory premise that a sudoku in the paper is not a game, just a puzzle, whereas put it on a computer and it becomes a game.
I think the key difference is the classification of puzzles. Where a physical puzzle would not be classified as a game, a digital puzzle is a “puzzle game” and would be a puzzle game -
Comment on Doom in space in ~space
FlappyFish LinkDoes anyone know if they have released screenshots of the gameplay?Does anyone know if they have released screenshots of the gameplay?
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Comment on Why the internet really wants your ID... (and why now?) in ~tech
FlappyFish Link ParentThe poll that you linked to specifically asks the question Whereas, the online safety act applies much more broadly than just for “pornographic material” from here The full act includes...The poll that you linked to specifically asks the question
From everything you have seen and heard, do you support or oppose the recent rules requiring age verification to access websites that may contain pornographic material
Whereas, the online safety act applies much more broadly than just for “pornographic material” from here
Platforms are now required to use highly effective age assurance to prevent children from accessing pornography, or content which encourages self-harm, suicide or eating disorder content.
Platforms must also prevent children from accessing other harmful and age-inappropriate content such as bullying, hateful content and content which encourages dangerous stunts or ingesting dangerous substancesThe full act includes restrictions on much more than just porn, such as “bullying” which is such a vague term that I feel could be generalised to pretty much apply to any site.
The article you linked even mentioned as part of its argument that the change in wording from “pornography sites” to the more general “pornographic material” may have lowered the percentage of people who said they support the act. So what’s to say that if you generalised the wording even more to a representative wording that the majority would disagree with the act.
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Comment on My classroom will be AI-free this fall in ~humanities
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Comment on UK voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election in ~society
FlappyFish Link ParentYou state that everyone has some cutoff, but why? Why not allow all age groups to vote, from birth to death? If they’re too young, they’ll be incapable (due to being unable to comprehend grabbing...You state that everyone has some cutoff, but why? Why not allow all age groups to vote, from birth to death? If they’re too young, they’ll be incapable (due to being unable to comprehend grabbing a pen and, is it colouring a lozenge?) and if they’re a bit older, they’ll probably just vote for what their parents tell them to. I can see why someone, maybe most people, would object to that. but everyone?
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Comment on UK voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election in ~society
FlappyFish Link ParentTechnically what you’ve said is wrong (though very slightly). 16 year olds are allowed to drink, I’d say the majority do (just based on experience not stats). What they aren’t allowed to do is buy...Technically what you’ve said is wrong (though very slightly). 16 year olds are allowed to drink, I’d say the majority do (just based on experience not stats). What they aren’t allowed to do is buy alcohol (there are other restrictions etc. but not too relevant).
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What songs have interesting/unique instrumentation?
What song a do you think have unique instrumentation (either by being a unique combination of instruments, or an instrument being used in an unusual genre)?
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
FlappyFish Link ParentI can’t speak for Dogs of War, but Shards of Earth is the best Adrian Tchaikovsky book I have read to dateI can’t speak for Dogs of War, but Shards of Earth is the best Adrian Tchaikovsky book I have read to date
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Comment on Necessities are expensive, luxuries are cheap in ~finance
FlappyFish Link ParentAlthough I agree with your point, I would like to point out that without supporting evidence your graph says nothing to support your point. A decrease of agricultural jobs in America could be due...Although I agree with your point, I would like to point out that without supporting evidence your graph says nothing to support your point. A decrease of agricultural jobs in America could be due to many other factors apart from automation (eg. importing foods, increased yields per crop, etc.). However, I do think you’re probably right
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Comment on Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU? in ~society
FlappyFish Link ParentWhy would that require the UK to ditch the pound?Why would that require the UK to ditch the pound?
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Comment on Which unanswered questions do you want to see an answer for in your lifetime? in ~science
FlappyFish Link ParentI believe you’re referring to is a conversation between Planck and one of his professors. linkI believe you’re referring to is a conversation between Planck and one of his professors. link
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Comment on Adolescents' screen time displaces multiple sleep pathways and elevates depressive symptoms over twelve months, Swedish study finds in ~health.mental
FlappyFish Link ParentI don’t understand the argument that we need to ban children/teens from accessing social media. That isn’t the problem. It’s the constant access via smartphones that leads to serious problems. I...I don’t understand the argument that we need to ban children/teens from accessing social media. That isn’t the problem. It’s the constant access via smartphones that leads to serious problems. I mean how many teens do you see accessing TikTok from laptops/PCs? Surely banning young people from having phones is a much more realistic strategy for a government (and potentially more affective)
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Comment on The Great Tildes Archipelago Randomizer - May 8th YAML thread in ~games
FlappyFish LinkI'm gonna do DOOM, if that's all okay. YAML name: FlappyFish game: DOOM 1993 description: Generated by https://archipelago.gg/ for DOOM 1993 DOOM 1993: progression_balancing: '50' accessibility:...I'm gonna do DOOM, if that's all okay.
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name: FlappyFish game: DOOM 1993 description: Generated by https://archipelago.gg/ for DOOM 1993 DOOM 1993: progression_balancing: '50' accessibility: full goal: complete_all_levels difficulty: medium random_monsters: random_balanced random_pickups: random_balanced random_music: shuffle_game flip_levels: vanilla allow_death_logic: 'false' pro: 'false' start_with_computer_area_maps: 'false' death_link: 'false' reset_level_on_death: 'true' episode1: 'true' episode2: 'true' episode3: 'true' episode4: 'false' split_backpack: 'false' backpack_count: '1' max_ammo_bullets: '200' max_ammo_shells: '50' max_ammo_rockets: '50' max_ammo_energy_cells: '300' added_ammo_bullets: '200' added_ammo_shells: '50' added_ammo_rockets: '50' added_ammo_energy_cells: '300' start_inventory: {} start_inventory_from_pool: {} -
Comment on What is a misconception you are passionate about and would like to clarify? in ~talk
FlappyFish Link ParentFor your point on people who were medicated at a young age, what’s to say that the cause and effect are the other way round. That’s to say they were put onto medication from a young age as their...For your point on people who were medicated at a young age, what’s to say that the cause and effect are the other way round. That’s to say they were put onto medication from a young age as their condition was very severe and therefore noticed earlier on as opposed to them being messed up by the medication?
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
FlappyFish Link ParentFor turning the excel file into a JSON file, you could export the excel file into a CSV and then write a script to turn that into JSON (which would be easier as CSVs are a very simple format)....For turning the excel file into a JSON file, you could export the excel file into a CSV and then write a script to turn that into JSON (which would be easier as CSVs are a very simple format). I’ve never used GDScript so I don’t know how easy it would be to read/write files, but I can’t imagine it would be too hard
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Comment on The great Tildes Archipelago multiworld randomizer! Interest thread! in ~games
FlappyFish LinkSounds interesting! I’d probably play DOOMSounds interesting! I’d probably play DOOM
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Comment on Looking for games you can play on a laptop with a trackpad in ~games
FlappyFish Link ParentIsn’t celeste entirely keyboard controlled?Isn’t celeste entirely keyboard controlled?
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Comment on Post something from your notes app in ~talk
FlappyFish Link ParentThis is brilliant! Do you have any more you could share?This is brilliant! Do you have any more you could share?
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Comment on Have you ever witnessed the Butterfly Effect? in ~life
FlappyFish Link ParentThere is in fact one easy way to know what javascript will do before running it. You figure out what a normal language would do. Javascript will do the oppositeThere is in fact one easy way to know what javascript will do before running it.
You figure out what a normal language would do. Javascript will do the opposite
I volunteer at a charity shop, and this really helps with speeding up figuring out if an item is worth anything and how much it goes for. As before you had to find markings or other text or else you didn’t have much of a chance, but now it’s as easy as taking a photo and you get a brand and product name.