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  1. Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk

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    I've augmented the entries of the CSV with info coming from IGDB (genre, theme, number of players, developer, platform, keywords, etc.); useful if someone wants to make other kinds of dataviz !...

    I've augmented the entries of the CSV with info coming from IGDB (genre, theme, number of players, developer, platform, keywords, etc.); useful if someone wants to make other kinds of dataviz ! https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/5a4a4217-4845-4a4a-a732-b132c34886ae

    2 votes
  2. Comment on How one plant murdered a continent in ~enviro

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    You selected the title from the right and then extended the selection to the left. Your YouTube region was then captured alongside. Happens to me all the time.

    You selected the title from the right and then extended the selection to the left. Your YouTube region was then captured alongside. Happens to me all the time.

    6 votes
  3. Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food

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    The pepito instantly joined bánh mì in my pantheon of damn good sandwiches. The particular version I had got some cilantro and tomatoes in it, which bring a nice brightness in that overall very...

    The pepito instantly joined bánh mì in my pantheon of damn good sandwiches. The particular version I had got some cilantro and tomatoes in it, which bring a nice brightness in that overall very meaty sandwich.

    1 vote
  4. Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk

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    I did ! As a mod, it's probably one of best, with excellent integration of the in game tools all around. But it's also one of the few VR game that made me seasick despite me having good VR legs...

    I did !

    As a mod, it's probably one of best, with excellent integration of the in game tools all around.

    But it's also one of the few VR game that made me seasick despite me having good VR legs (there's this ninja game where you do slides and somersault ; no problem for me). It's probably the uncontrolled relative movement of the big celestial bodies that triggers it. I remember being equally in awe and being sick being on the hourglass twin and see the sun moving.

    3 votes
  5. Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk

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    I have 1400 hrs combined between the flash version and rebirth. One thing that neat with Isaac (and definitely help with my playtime stats) is that it's a good game to play along some podcast or...

    I have 1400 hrs combined between the flash version and rebirth. One thing that neat with Isaac (and definitely help with my playtime stats) is that it's a good game to play along some podcast or YouTube video.

    The item description mod or similar (does platinum god still exists?) is (was?) a must have though.

    2 votes
  6. Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk

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    I've written at length about Tetris the Grand Master here on Tildes (you can start here and go deeper and deeper by following the links), but the tldr is: Abyssal depth yet beautiful game design,...

    I've written at length about Tetris the Grand Master here on Tildes (you can start here and go deeper and deeper by following the links), but the tldr is:

    • Abyssal depth yet beautiful game design,
    • Unfathomable high skill ceiling
    • Formative series of game to this day
    3 votes
  7. Comment on Your URL bar can be a CLI for searching websites in ~tech

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    Yes, but I didn't said it made sense for other people ! On a more practical sense I like the suggestion on the location bar to be only history while the one in the seach bar to be autocomplete.

    Yes, but I didn't said it made sense for other people ! On a more practical sense I like the suggestion on the location bar to be only history while the one in the seach bar to be autocomplete.

  8. Comment on Your URL bar can be a CLI for searching websites in ~tech

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    In practice I use duckduckgo bang command with the same effect (!w Beethoven for Wikipedia, !gh angular for Github, etc) but of course this is useful if you have a local and/or private website to...

    In practice I use duckduckgo bang command with the same effect (!w Beethoven for Wikipedia, !gh angular for Github, etc) but of course this is useful if you have a local and/or private website to search.


    UI-wise I lament that everything is shoved into a unique bar. I stubbornly refuse to fuse them because in my mind location bar == past and present (where I am, where I was) while search bar is where I want to go.


    Two eternities ago there was quite some activity around the idea of CLI-ing the Web browser. Anyone remember Firefox Ubiquity? It was kind of Quicksilver (the OSX launcher) but for the Web. Maybe with the current AI frenzy the idea of having small tools that you can call will come back.

    5 votes
  9. Comment on Does anyone use self-hosted recipe server/software like Mealie? in ~food

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    I'm trying to use [Grocy] (https://grocy.info/) to manage my pantry but it turns out I don't have the mental fortitude to manage my stock. It runs as an addon to my home assistant instance, and I...

    I'm trying to use [Grocy] (https://grocy.info/) to manage my pantry but it turns out I don't have the mental fortitude to manage my stock. It runs as an addon to my home assistant instance, and I can either use the webapp or use a third party mobile app.

    1 vote
  10. Comment on Stranger Than Heaven | Cast and story reveal trailer in ~games

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    The scope seems enormous (even bigger than Yakuza 5), I wonder how the usual RGG modus operandi (reuse assets as much as possible) will turn out at the end.

    The scope seems enormous (even bigger than Yakuza 5), I wonder how the usual RGG modus operandi (reuse assets as much as possible) will turn out at the end.

    3 votes
  11. Comment on Tildes Survey #5: Pineapple on pizza? (Results) in ~talk

  12. Comment on I think that we won’t see any new and radical new gaming input devices or form factors anymore in ~games

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    Separate joycon is still one of the most comfortable controller setup I know (I have small hands). Hard to slump like Koizumi with a regular gamepad. I'd very like to test the Steam Frame...

    Is there an input device or form factor you’d like to be more commonplace

    Separate joycon is still one of the most comfortable controller setup I know (I have small hands). Hard to slump like Koizumi with a regular gamepad. I'd very like to test the Steam Frame controllers. Maybe it'll end up being super comfortable ?

    4 votes
  13. Comment on Anyone else a bit unnerved by the number of visible satellites? in ~space

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    Yup, but sometimes you get the angle juuuust right with their body and/or solar panels to reflect the sun. If you find a star that doesn't blink, isn't colored (like a plane) and that's visible...

    Aren’t they smaller than airplanes, dramatically further away, and with no need for lights?

    Yup, but sometimes you get the angle juuuust right with their body and/or solar panels to reflect the sun.

    If you find a star that doesn't blink, isn't colored (like a plane) and that's visible more than 1 sec (like a shooting star), then it's a satellite.

    5 votes
  14. Comment on The Ploopy Bean - an external four-button trackpoint in ~tech

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    For me the big selling point of traditional trackpoints is that they're in the middle of the keyboard. There's less hand movement going back and forth from pointing to typing. And thus an external...

    For me the big selling point of traditional trackpoints is that they're in the middle of the keyboard. There's less hand movement going back and forth from pointing to typing. And thus an external trackpoint feels a bit meh to me. It's probably better to have another pointing device (trackball?).

    12 votes
  15. Comment on Happy Birthday David Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100 in ~enviro

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    You're not alone. For once I wish the title to be editorialized with a prefix "Happy Birthday!" so that it reads as a good piece of news from the beginning.

    Gave me a jump scare when I saw Sir David's name on a headline

    You're not alone. For once I wish the title to be editorialized with a prefix "Happy Birthday!" so that it reads as a good piece of news from the beginning.

    7 votes
  16. Comment on What’s the best 3D-printed thing you have? in ~talk

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    Most "used" : a holder designed in 5 minutes to hold the stick that holds a noren (japanese shop curtain) for our bedroom (the cat doesn't like closed door). It's basically a C-shaped thingy, so...

    Most "used" : a holder designed in 5 minutes to hold the stick that holds a noren (japanese shop curtain) for our bedroom (the cat doesn't like closed door). It's basically a C-shaped thingy, so nothing interesting to look at.

    Most useful but we don't need it anymore : ergonomic bag holder that we used for trash bag (those strings kinda hurts when the bag is heavy).

    Useful and glad we have it: a box that holds the insert for our kitchen mandoline

    Most designed : For a larp, I've modded an ikea candle lantern so that it include an programmable RGB ring led (so whatever object is in place of the candle have a magical glow on it). As such I've designed foot extension for the lantern that house the rest of the electronics (an esp32 and a 3x AA holder) with a magnetic door. In action it looks like this

    4 votes
  17. Comment on I worked as a professional video editor until 2014. How much has changed since then? in ~tech

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    <3 If you want to read more how this Swiss teenager got into this super niche TV station, I've written down how it came to be on another forum. Off-topic: have you seen Alex Pilot movie project ?...

    <3

    If you want to read more how this Swiss teenager got into this super niche TV station, I've written down how it came to be on another forum.

    Off-topic: have you seen Alex Pilot movie project ? It's one of the rare crowdfunding project I've actually bought.

    1 vote
  18. Comment on I worked as a professional video editor until 2014. How much has changed since then? in ~tech

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    Davinci Resolve is a valid free (as in beer) alternative if you don't want to pay an Adobe subscription. I made this with it. I also edited about 1 hour of multicam interview and it was fine.

    Davinci Resolve is a valid free (as in beer) alternative if you don't want to pay an Adobe subscription. I made this with it. I also edited about 1 hour of multicam interview and it was fine.

    3 votes
  19. Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel

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    You don't have to tip, except if you really really think the service was above and beyond what you paid.

    You don't have to tip, except if you really really think the service was above and beyond what you paid.

    8 votes
  20. Comment on The ethics of buying, playing military, war or games inspired by them? in ~games

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    I assume you're talking about pipeline destruction? It's annoying yes, but not as much as mission 9. The gimmick is interesting on the first few tries but then it's annoying on repeat play (you're...

    I assume you're talking about pipeline destruction?

    It's annoying yes, but not as much as mission 9. The gimmick is interesting on the first few tries but then it's annoying on repeat play (you're much more railroaded into one solution rather than free form).

    And you're right in that PLSL is OP in this game.