PetitPrince's recent activity
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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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Comment on Anyone else a bit unnerved by the number of visible satellites? in ~space
PetitPrince Link ParentYup, 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.
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Comment on The Ploopy Bean - an external four-button trackpoint in ~tech
PetitPrince (edited )LinkFor 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?).
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Comment on Happy Birthday David Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100 in ~enviro
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentYou'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.
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Comment on What’s the best 3D-printed thing you have? in ~talk
PetitPrince LinkMost "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
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Comment on I worked as a professional video editor until 2014. How much has changed since then? in ~tech
PetitPrince Link Parent<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.
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Comment on I worked as a professional video editor until 2014. How much has changed since then? in ~tech
PetitPrince LinkDavinci 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.
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Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel
PetitPrince LinkYou 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.
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Comment on The ethics of buying, playing military, war or games inspired by them? in ~games
PetitPrince Link ParentI 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.
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Comment on Earthset and a solar eclipse: NASA releases first images from Moon fly-by in ~space
PetitPrince LinkThis one is not in the various news article but it's my favorite of the bunch. Maybe I'll print it as well.This one is not in the various news article but it's my favorite of the bunch. Maybe I'll print it as well.
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Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food
PetitPrince Link ParentProtip: soak the pot overnight. The grain will swell and it makes cleaning much easier (get the swollen grain in a colander, then lightly swipe to remove the remaining gooey bit).scraping it off the inside of the pot to clean it
Protip: soak the pot overnight. The grain will swell and it makes cleaning much easier (get the swollen grain in a colander, then lightly swipe to remove the remaining gooey bit).
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Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentOut of the plant a rice grain is not the white thing you see in the store. It has a shell (called bran) that contains oils and other nutriments. Those are good for health (it's sold as brown rice)...Out of the plant a rice grain is not the white thing you see in the store. It has a shell (called bran) that contains oils and other nutriments. Those are good for health (it's sold as brown rice) but bad for conservation (it goes rancid etc). So to keep the rice for longer (brown rice shelf life is 6 month, white rice is 30 years) we mill and polish the bran out of the grain until only the starchy core remains. This inevitably leave some unbound surface starch on the grain. If you add water and cook the rice with it, it will make it gooier (it's the same principle as adding starch to a sauce to make it thicker). In most Asian application, that's not what you want, so you rince that coat away. This also remove random dust and debris from the miller, but hygiene standards are higher compared to mid 20th century.
You don't have to universally rince the rice though; sometime you want that gooey texture, like in risotto. And it also depends the cultivar of rice used.
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Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food
PetitPrince (edited )LinkMy parents are Vietnamese so this is not a gadget, but a basic necessity. And me and my wife often cook east-Asian dishes (Japanese / Vietnamese / Chinese / Fillipono / Korean). So far I've lived...My parents are Vietnamese so this is not a gadget, but a basic necessity. And me and my wife often cook east-Asian dishes (Japanese / Vietnamese / Chinese / Fillipono / Korean).
So far I've lived all my life with basic cook/warm rice cookers (the type that delights Alec from Technology Connections). It cooks good enough white rice in 20-ish minutes, free your attention in the kitchen to cook other things, cheap enough to replace when the non-stick pot lose its non-stickiness; after 5 years of weekly usage mine is loosing about a quarter/half bowl of rice on the stickiness altar if we try get the rice out of the cooker just after it sets itself to "warm" (leaving the rice for a little while decrease the stickiness, but this is inconsistent).
Lately we decided to splurge on a fancy rice cooker (we do eat a good amount of rice). No Zojirushi because there's no reseller in Switzerland. But they do sell Cuckoo here, and I assumed Korean also know how to make decent rice, so we bought a CRP-ST06f from Cuckoo. This is one of the expensive model (but not the most expensive) that also act as a pressure-cooker-lite.
First test with some koshihikari ("sushi rice") with the "hot pressure" mode (40-ish minutes ?): Hot damn, this is good ! It has a glossier appearance, and it's more sticky than with our old rice cooker. Anecdotally, it's closer to the rice we tasted in restaurant and/or in Japan* and perfect to eat with chopsticks (virtually no stray grains).
*my 2 trips there radicalized me: regular jasmine rice is fine, but Koshihikari is Za Superioru Rice(tm)
Speaking of jasmine rice: it's good (also a little stickier) but somehow not as noticeable than with japanese rice.
There's also a non-high pressure mode where the rice cooker acts like a more regular one. The results are very similar my previous rice cooker. And there's a "express mode" (15 minutes) that outputs a still ok but noticeable drier rice (not dry enough for a fried rice but close).
One downside I found is that's it's quite voluminous (but still manageable). Oh and it talks. And in English it has that Tik Tok feminine voice. Maybe I should set it in Korean just for the lulz.
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Comment on Tetris: The Grand Master [documentary] in ~games
PetitPrince (edited )LinkHi tildes ! Over the last year my friend, fellow Tetris the Grand Master player and western TGM community resident dragon Demonin compiled a great deal of info about the history of this series and...Hi tildes !
Over the last year my friend, fellow Tetris the Grand Master player and western TGM community resident dragon Demonin compiled a great deal of info about the history of this series and its communities by doing genuine documentary work (including interview of Japanese players; while many of us were just available and chillin on Discord). I'm super proud of him and his work !
If you don't know about TGM, it's the Dark Souls of Tetris (with at least as much depth as it). It has a convoluted story, being sort of trapped in arcade-land by their rightsholder, but with a small but dedicated fanbase in the West that still found the game fascinating despite it being difficult to access .
Please watch it !
(I made a GMTK-style gameplay analysis 2 years ago and shared it here on tildes if you want a shorter watch; but please watch demonin video nonetheless)
Tagging @kfwyre because I know you've expressed interest about this.
And you can AMA anything about Tetris I'm an absolute nerd about this.
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Tetris: The Grand Master [documentary]
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Comment on When you were first getting your driver's license, what were you afraid of? in ~transport
PetitPrince LinkRainy night-time driving still sucks 18 years later. I did drove drunk once (after a music festival where I was photographer): never again! I was never unsafe and there were no one on the road...Rainy night-time driving still sucks 18 years later.
I did drove drunk once (after a music festival where I was photographer): never again! I was never unsafe and there were no one on the road ('cos 4AM), but I was keenly aware of my reduced reflex and attention.
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Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental
PetitPrince LinkOriginal paper Works also with tea ! Ideal dose according to the study: They seems to have adjusted the effect (i.e. reduce effect such as "rich people drink more coffee, but since they're rich...Works also with tea !
Higher intake of tea showed similar associations with these cognitive outcomes, [...]
Ideal dose according to the study:
The most pronounced associated differences were observed with intake of approximately 2 to 3 cups per day of caffeinated coffee or 1 to 2 cups per day of tea.
They seems to have adjusted the effect (i.e. reduce effect such as "rich people drink more coffee, but since they're rich they have better access to medecine"), but it's not detailled in the abstract.
After adjusting for potential confounders and pooling results across cohorts, [ ...]
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Comment on The kids are all right - Surprising studies show young people are doing better than previous generations in many ways in ~life
PetitPrince Link ParentWasn't that a constant throughout history? Video-game makes you violent Reality TV and MTV makes you stupid ... Writing makes you intellectually lazy (from Socrates! )how Gen Z or Alpha are morally inferior to previous generations
Wasn't that a constant throughout history?
- Video-game makes you violent
- Reality TV and MTV makes you stupid
- ...
- Writing makes you intellectually lazy (from Socrates! )
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Comment on Princess Mononoke is more important than ever in ~anime
PetitPrince LinkPhilosophical analysis of Princess Mononoke, and how it's still relevant and has many parallels with today's generally shit world. There's still hope.Philosophical analysis of Princess Mononoke, and how it's still relevant and has many parallels with today's generally shit world. There's still hope.
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Princess Mononoke is more important than ever
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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 controllers. Maybe it'll end up being super comfortable ?