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Comment on Building a cathedral without science or mathematics: The engineering method explained in ~science
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Building a cathedral without science or mathematics: The engineering method explained
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
PetitPrince (edited )LinkFor the coronation of Charles III we've followed the royal recommendation and made Ken Hom's coronation roasted rack of lamb lamb, with home-made fries (well... chips) and sauteed snow-peas as...For the coronation of Charles III we've followed the royal recommendation and made Ken Hom's coronation roasted rack of lamb lamb, with home-made fries (well... chips) and sauteed snow-peas as sides. What a nice dish !
The only thing we've modified from the original recipe was to roast it in the oven until the internal temp was satisfactory (51C) instead of blindly roasted for 30min (we have an electronic meat probe, it would be a shame not to use it).
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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
PetitPrince LinkI play (well, the campaign is on hiatus now, but our last session was not that long ago) In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas (aka INS/MV), that French TTRPG about angels and demons. I've written...I play (well, the campaign is on hiatus now, but our last session was not that long ago) In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas (aka INS/MV), that French TTRPG about angels and demons. I've written more extensively about my experience here on Tilde, but the short version is:
- Mechanically it's close to GURPS (later edition of In Nomine (the english version uses GURPS). Action resolution is done by throwing three d6, look at the first two for success/failure and look at the third one for the magnitude of said success/failure. The success/failure threshold can be adjusted by spending skill point and with contextual modifiers at the DM's will. For flavor, we call throw a d666 throw. Also for flavor, something satanic happens when the result is a 666, and something divine happens when the result is 111 (usually a flashy critical effect; "normal" critical happens when rolling a double).
- Story-wise it's contemporary satire of the French society. There's a huge conspiration ("the Great Game") that hides the fact to us normal human that everything in the Bible is real and that angel and demon are waging a secret war since Jesus' death. But being an angel doesn't means being nice (racist bigots are the backbone of God's army), and being a demon is more often than not more focused on corruption rather than senseless killing. And, this being a french game, there's a fair amount of internal political bickering and bureaucracy on both sides. Flavor example: you don't get experience points, but rather "administration point" that allows you to maybe get the new power/upgrade you want after submitting an official form. Those points are not gained naturally, but given as a reward by your hierarchical superior when reading your mission report.
- The DM is free to put whatever ambiance he/she wants, but the official adventures varies between epic (we've witnessed the birth of a new Demon-Prince with the magic of voodoo...) and humorous (... we had to communicate with her from within the dreamscape; being the mental equivalent of a 8 years old kid, it was filled with lethal princess, legally-not-jedis and super-demonic-stenai).
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Comment on Introductions | April 2023 in ~talk
PetitPrince Link ParentI used a nickname a classmate gave to me when he heard what my name translate to in his language. I like it because: it has some sort of link to the real me it's a somewhat classy (pop?)culture it...I used a nickname a classmate gave to me when he heard what my name translate to in his language. I like it because:
- it has some sort of link to the real me
- it's a somewhat classy (pop?)culture
- it was a good descriptor of my age when I first used it (I was barely a teenager)(now in my 30s, it's more aspirational)
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Comment on How they saved the holes in Swiss cheese in ~food
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentI cannot resist the pun: it's DRM (Dairy Rights Management) !! Now, so that this post is not entirely useless: I was wondering why you couldn't just get some genuine Gruyère / Emmentaller /...I cannot resist the pun: it's DRM (Dairy Rights Management) !!
Now, so that this post is not entirely useless: I was wondering why you couldn't just get some genuine Gruyère / Emmentaller / Apenzeller / Tête de Moine and just grow the bacteria harboring the same marker. In old school computer parlance: "Just copy the Windows CD-Key !".
Fortunately the paper describing the whole fingerprinting process available here and in open access no less. It's a quite readable paper too ! I think it helps that it's a mostly bio paper published in a chemistry-focused journal. Now, in the paper the last section is dedicated to the risk of duplication of the fingerprint.
TLDR: The authors thinks the risk is very low because:
- The DNA sequence of the lactic acid bacteria strain is double-check so that it is unique to that strain.
- The particular way to check whether a DNA belong to the bacteria is patented and known only to Agroscope (the research institute that developed this method).
- They give a culture of the marker strain only to authorized people and in just minimal (but sufficient) quantities.
- It's not only one strain that's used, but several in rotation.
So, as far as I understand the whole thing, it's a rotating (time dependent) public key signature.
Oh and it's not GMO because they selected some particular strains of bacteria that were already present in the cheese-making process.
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Comment on How they saved the holes in Swiss cheese in ~food
PetitPrince Link ParentThe original paper is here. It doesn't say exactly what it is in the material & method section: My guess it's hay that has been passed through some sort of grinder. As /u/cfabbro mentioned at that...The original paper is here. It doesn't say exactly what it is in the material & method section:
To study the effect of microparticles of a size of <100 mm originating from powdered hay on eye formation, a suspension containing 10 mg of powdered hay (Agroscope) in 100 mL tap water was prepared in a flask with a screw cap. The microparticles were kept in suspension by continuous shaking, and different volumes of the suspension were transferred into the individual milks at the beginning of cheese making as listed in Table 1.
My guess it's hay that has been passed through some sort of grinder.
As /u/cfabbro mentioned at that kind of concentration it's bordering on homeopathy from an immunology perspective. Also, hay fever (well: pollen allergy) is a respiratory allergy, not a ingestion allergy. I'm sure you like cheese, but not to the point you'd like to snort it :) .
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Comment on Who are your favourite content creators, and what do they do? in ~tech
PetitPrince LinkI give a healthy recommendation to those previpsuly mentionned people: Noah Caldwell-Gervais: his soothing voice and insightful game critique is for me an ideal watch for doing chores like laundry...I give a healthy recommendation to those previpsuly mentionned people:
- Noah Caldwell-Gervais: his soothing voice and insightful game critique is for me an ideal watch for doing chores like laundry or dishes.
- Primitive Technology: not only is he the originator of the whole genre, but we are pretty much sure that he doesn't fake it. Be sure to turn on the subtitle and check out the comments !
- Technology Connections : I find Alec's works reminiscent of the early EngineerGuy video: taking apart everyday household objects and explain how they work.
- Every Frame a Painting: the OG "essays about cinema on YouTube" people (it wasn't only only Tony Zhao but also Taylor Ramos). Of note is that they focus on the movie form (editing, blocking, camera movement, soundtrack) rather than content (story, character, themes)
To which I add
- 3blue1brown : Maths made beautiful and more palatable through the medium of animation. Speaking of which
- Better explained (non-Youtube): provide a collection of math analogies that makes some concepts, both basic and more advanced, way more intuitive than the textbook definition
- CinemaStix: I get a very strong Every Frame a Painting vibe from this channel. Similar voice, similar editing style, similar thumbnails (or lack thereof), and mostly similar subjects.
- Accented Cinema: Non-American (mostyle East Asian) cinema through the eyes of a perpetual foreigner .
- Game Maker's Toolkit: Every Frame a Painting but for video game design, and with a slick production value.
- Core-A gaming: discussion about game design, with a praticular focus on fighting games and adjacent topics
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Comment on We asked the Olympics why their official esports are so weird in ~games
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentWe have also a healthy Tetris the Grand Master scene with a custom global leaderboard (that pools the results from all 3 games in a big overall leaderboard; but there's also individual...We have also a healthy Tetris the Grand Master scene with a custom global leaderboard (that pools the results from all 3 games in a big overall leaderboard; but there's also individual leaderboards).
(also, EricICX is also very solid player... those damn kids !)
Recent highlights (for me) are:
- The release of Tetris the Grand Master 1 on Switch and PS4/5. We can finally tell people to buy the game somewhere (instead of emulation or building a whole arcade cab). It's probably the most "achievable" one (meaning getting the top grade and thus "finishing" the game is doable by most people). I prefer to play on PS5 because I can record my games (using the built-in 15min recorder), but both port are solid (earlier version had some seed issues for the "highscore" mode, but it has been fixed now).
- Qlex did an incredible marathon run of TGM2 and TGM3, and achieving a TGM2 Master Gm, a TGM2 Death Gm, a TGM3 Gm and a TGM3 Shirase 1100+ level in a row. Without that much of an hyperbole, it's like getting a marathon gold medal, a sprint gold medal, a marathon world record and a silver sprint with hurdle silver medal the same day & at the Olympics.
- I made a video about TGM game design
- There a slowrun world record of TGM1 (50:00:28) made interesting because it is entirely commented and very entertaining.
... I have idea no what's new/notable on the guideline Tetris scene. But the official Sega tutorials series for Puyo Puyo Tetris (from... 5 years ago !?) can give the casual viewer a good glimpse what high level Tetris play could entail.
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Comment on We asked the Olympics why their official esports are so weird in ~games
PetitPrince LinkI may bicker about the some of the decision of the IP holder, but if there's one game that is widely known, non violent, and emblematic of the video game medium as a whole, and super widely...I may bicker about the some of the decision of the IP holder, but if there's one game that is widely known, non violent, and emblematic of the video game medium as a whole, and super widely accessible (both skill wise and financially), that would be Tetris.
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Comment on Samsung meeting notes and new source code are now in the wild after being leaked in ChatGPT in ~comp
PetitPrince Link ParentWell IIRC it says like "I'm trained on data up to 2020", so implixitely that would exclude a long term training on inputs.but I somehow missed that it trained on inputs
Well IIRC it says like "I'm trained on data up to 2020", so implixitely that would exclude a long term training on inputs.
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Comment on Does your flag fail? CGP Grey grades the state flags of the USA! in ~design
PetitPrince Link ParentI believe the correct term for that is pizzle. Also yes, animals have genitalia, and it's not that uncommon. Can you count how many there are in the UK Royal coat of arms ? I you American people...I believe the correct term for that is pizzle. Also yes, animals have genitalia, and it's not that uncommon. Can you count how many there are in the UK Royal coat of arms ?
I you American people are so prude so as to no see little willies in your flags, you can take them and emasculate them yourself ! ... oh wait, you actually did.
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Comment on Does your flag fail? CGP Grey grades the state flags of the USA! in ~design
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentThat's a solid flag ! Anyway... I was going to lightly compare and contrast the Norway ones with the Swiss ones but I ended up making a whole tierlist in the style of CGPGrey. Switzerland's...That's a solid flag !
Anyway... I was going to lightly compare and contrast the Norway ones with the Swiss ones but I ended up making a whole tierlist in the style of CGPGrey.
Switzerland's cantonal flag / coats of arm tierlist
Note that cantonal flag and coat of arms are mostly identical. Also the flags are square.
F Tier
Vaud: A motto ? Really ? Well at least you didn't submit your draft.
Appenzell Outer Rhodes: Listen, all other half-cantons have done something clever regarding their twins. Is putting "V R" really all that you can do ?
D tier
The bicolor gang: Zurich, Lucerne, Fribourg, Solothurn, Ticino (D+ because you don't see red next to blue often), Zug
Ok I know some of you have founder privileges but still -- can't you be a little bit more imaginative ? Yes, even you Zug with you band in the middle.
C tier
Neuchâtel : you were this close of being binned together with the bicolor gang but the cute call-back to the Schwytz flag in the red part of your tricolor makes up for it. Also yes I know that your had the green-white-yellow tricolor idea first, but Italy is busy at the moment. And you're lucky Ticino is on the other side of the alp, she doesn't like that much Italians.
Obwald / Nidwald: Gals, why are you making this complicated ? I know you don't like each other, and putting a key with two heads was a ballsy from Nidwald, but did you really had to merge a copy of your war flag (that you copied from Solothurn no less) and put only one head and change the key handle ? It's confusing ! Also the holes in your keys are now inconsistent. You could have been B-tier at least !
Grisons: I know having a tri-composite coat of arms make you somewhat noticeable, but having 3 of them makes it awkward. Like, is the God's House Ibex really that more important than the Grey League or the Ten Jurisdictions ? Also, the Grey League is a boring bicolor (that we can risk mixing with Fribourg!) and, sorry Ten Jurisdiction, yours is borderline Maryland-ugly.
Jura: Jura, I know you're a young hipster and you like old stuff but copying the US stripes and copying the Basel sisters because you like them won't make it.
B-tier
The figure gang: Glarus, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Inner Rhode, Thurgau
So I really like your figure but you're putting too much faith in their strength. A child is not going to be able to draw all of your details. Also Thurgau, I know you wanted to spruce up your lion by adding another one because that's a well-too-common animal, but now it's too busy.
Valais: That a great idea but 13 stars ? What are you, the United states ?
A-tier
Basel-City/ Basel-Land: Obwald, Nidwald, Appenzell Outer Rhodes: that's how you make a petty change to annoy your sister. It's at the same time subtle and super obvious at the same time. Bravo!
St. Gallen: I like your green, and you symbol is way easier to draw than the rest of the figure gang. Oh and good call to have put a cross on the hatchet during the War. Whey are the Italians always stealing our symbols ?
Geneva : your flag is as loud and obnoxious as your inhabitants, and for that you deserve an S-tier, but I still demote you to A-tier for the same reason as the rest of the figure gang -- too complicated!
Uri: I'm only putting you in A-tier instead of B-tier with the rest of the figure gang because the way it looks at me terrifies me
S tier
Aargau: bi-tones and figures gang, take note: Aargau is besting you at both your games at the same time.
Bern: I don't know how you did it, but you somewhat tamed the complexity of your very busy bear with this yellow background. So now even if a child is drawing like crap it's still recognizable. Well done!
S+ tier
Schwytz: no need to gloat Schwyzt, we know you're the best.
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Comment on Does your flag fail? CGP Grey grades the state flags of the USA! in ~design
PetitPrince Link ParentBut the badge are a great start themselves ! And they're not stupid overly complicated US-style seal, they look like proper heraldry.But the badge are a great start themselves ! And they're not stupid overly complicated US-style seal, they look like proper heraldry.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
PetitPrince LinkI wanted to get back to Outer Wilds (I barely played it back then), and I tried this in VR with the NomaiVR mod. This mod is fantastic: all the mechanics are intelligently adapted, and the sense...I wanted to get back to Outer Wilds (I barely played it back then), and I tried this in VR with the NomaiVR mod.
This mod is fantastic: all the mechanics are intelligently adapted, and the sense of scale and wonder is there intact and even amplified (seeing the giant red growing in front of us is a sight to behold indeed)...... but it's also the most sickness-inducing thing I ever experienced !
I can stomach the flips in Sairento or the crazy dogfights in Project Wingman with no problem whatsoever, but in those two games you are tracking a target with your head. Here it's the planet around you that more often than not moves without any player involvement. Combined with the fact that it's not really planet but rather planetoids, and hence you don't move on their surface in a straight line but a curved one... it's a sure recipe to motion sickness. Bleargh !
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Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc
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Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc
PetitPrince LinkWhy I haven't played Hades, a lengthy presentation of Greek representation (or lack thereof) through the eye of an ethnically Greek montrealer. Also, a surprisingly amount of Quebec politics, and...Why I haven't played Hades, a lengthy presentation of Greek representation (or lack thereof) through the eye of an ethnically Greek montrealer. Also, a surprisingly amount of Quebec politics, and a tease toward a second video that would dig even deeper into it. I wasn't expecting to learn so much about both topic at the same time !
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Comment on Why I haven't played Hades in ~games
PetitPrince LinkA (probably too) long video that talks about representation, Greek representation, Hades, Dionysos, Quebec politics and tease about a second part that goes even deeper into Quebec politics. I...A (probably too) long video that talks about representation, Greek representation, Hades, Dionysos, Quebec politics and tease about a second part that goes even deeper into Quebec politics.
I (Swiss, 2nd generation immigrant) rarely have any insight about Quebec politics, and often think of Greek culture and mythology as "basically Western" whereas it's its very own thing. A combination of the two is both unexpected but interesting nonetheless (the guy basically presents his problem with Greek (mis)representation through the frame of being a Greek minority in Montreal).
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Why I haven't played Hades
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Comment on What makes Tetris the Grand Master so good? in ~games
PetitPrince Link ParentThanks kfwyre ! It's one of the best designed game I know and one way or another part of my identity now. Its indeed a labor of love (… and also unemployment and maybe partly depression?). So far...Thanks kfwyre !
It's one of the best designed game I know and one way or another part of my identity now. Its indeed a labor of love (… and also unemployment and maybe partly depression?).
I hope more people watch this.
So far the viewcount is plateauing at around 1000 https://imgur.com/a/jWEBkyw . It's expected, as I intended this video to be as in intemporal as possible, ready to play this for people whenever TGM comes up in a discussion. Hence: no reference to the recent console release, and limited mention of other games (I initially used Yakuza and Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy as example of unfocused games, but it made the video more rambling).
I'm not playing the Youtube game at the moment and I made next to no marketing effort, as I only posted this on the western TGM Discord, /r/tetris, /r/speedrun and /r/games. I suppose I should contact the some other people, but I don't know who. I'd be honored to have some of my direction inspiration such as Mark Brown or Adam Millard have a look at it, but I am on neither Patron, nor do I use Twitter.
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Engineer guy is back ! Bill Hammack and team were a favorite of mine back in their heyday (something like 10 years ago ?). The new series seems to focus on heuristics (empirical laws & rules of thumbs).