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Comment on We're bringing Pebble back! in ~tech
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Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentUm ok what am I supposed to do with this? I think it's anything with a /s/ in the link that breaks.search subreddits by name
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Um ok what am I supposed to do with this?
I think it's anything with a /s/ in the link that breaks.
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Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentThat link breaks for me, it automatically redirects to this "nice hat" post in /r/funny. -
Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentI'm saying that the Dems failed to win the election, not that they failed to be a better pick. A literal potato would have been a better pick than Trump. Winning the election has not a lot to do...I'm saying that the Dems failed to win the election, not that they failed to be a better pick. A literal potato would have been a better pick than Trump. Winning the election has not a lot to do with who's actually the better candidate, because the US's democratic system is horrifically broken. The name of the game is winning. Win win win.
The game is rigged, it's an uphill battle for the Dems, that's not new. The democrats had to win the game despite that, but that was always going to be the case. And they failed. The Rs have been doing their voter-suppression bullshit, and the USA's version of democracy is too broken to stop it or fix it (which incidentally is why I even care about the Democrats; otherwise Biden could have ran for a second term and a third party leftist candidate could have ran against him), and the only way forward was to get an absolute landslide, which should be quite possible given that the enemy is the world's biggest crook and has a track record of both incompetence and graft..
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Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentYeah but if you build a car for a race and your competitor's car wins, there's no point talking about your competitor's car and whether its radiator runs on orphan blood. If you want to win, you...Yeah but if you build a car for a race and your competitor's car wins, there's no point talking about your competitor's car and whether its radiator runs on orphan blood. If you want to win, you have to take a hard look at your own car and its performance problems. Maybe clean out the engine.
IMO there are only two options for taking down Trump here: in the next election(s), or in a civil war. I'll leave the civil war elaborations to someone else, but if you want to win an election then you want to reform the Dems.
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Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentMy point is that Trump is causing economic disruption already, so either Trump joined your protest or you haven't thought this strategy through enough.My point is that Trump is causing economic disruption already, so either Trump joined your protest or you haven't thought this strategy through enough.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump announces 25% tariffs against Canada, Mexico starting Tuesday; 10% against China in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentBuy an escooter ASAP, so you need less gas. Failing that... https://ecomodder.com/Buy an escooter ASAP, so you need less gas. Failing that...
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Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentProtesting Trump by causing economic disruption? Trump literally tariffed steel (comes into force on Tuesday).Protesting Trump by causing economic disruption? Trump literally tariffed steel (comes into force on Tuesday).
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Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentIf you hate "woke" and "trans bathrooms" then Trump is objectively your best choice of candidate. That's not the issue that motivated most votes (IIRC it's the economy), but if it were it would...If you hate "woke" and "trans bathrooms" then Trump is objectively your best choice of candidate. That's not the issue that motivated most votes (IIRC it's the economy), but if it were it would explain Trump's success.
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Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentWho are they even protesting to?Who are they even protesting to?
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Comment on Is there a reason that we aren't seeing pushback to US President Donald Trump's blitzkreig? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentWhy wouldn't they be? It was their fault, in so, so many ways.A lot of people are also, for whatever reason, still super hung up on blaming Biden, Harris, and the rest of the Democrats.
Why wouldn't they be? It was their fault, in so, so many ways.
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Comment on You can change ONE thing about a game. What do you change? in ~games
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentNot really, the problem is baked into the map design. And if I'm being really honest, the game design - like, Pacific Drive just doesn't have much gameplay (besides driving, which you don't do...Not really, the problem is baked into the map design. And if I'm being really honest, the game design - like, Pacific Drive just doesn't have much gameplay (besides driving, which you don't do enough of).
The game has an amazing spooky soundtrack that really puts you off-edge, until some point halfway through the game when you realize you've never been jumpscared and never will be, at which point you start running blind through the darkness fearlessly whenever it's even slightly convenient.
So besides the horror, there's going into buildings and either opening containers then hitting the 'loot all' button, or scrapping radios etc. Yawn. The buildings are (quite understandably) reused and small and fairly standardized, so you stop caring about exploration and just care about looting. So, what's left?
Well, you can loot anomalies (lightning towers, hoovering up the swamp pink-stuff etc), but honestly besides the lightning-tower that gets tedious and repetitive pretty fast, motivated only by the jackpot of having found loot.
There's picking up the stability anchors, which are fun I guess? No, they're a fun sensory experience, it's really cool to see everything go nuts as you sprint back to the car. They're probably good for pacing and making the place feel less like chernobyl disneyland, but nothing that interesting.
The Gateway Portal bit at the end of a run is fun, it's perfect, but I don't think it could or should be expanded. It's a great climax, pacing-wise.
I've played with the difficulty settings. I think I shortened or disabled nights (nights suck, they're miserable and the views are nonexistent), I either reduced or disabled part wear (you inevitably need to replace panels etc when they get worn, which is just a matter of grinding more materials), I disabled fuel when I upgraded the engine - I ran out of fuel (yes that includes all the stuff in the map, at least the easy-to-find stuff) in the 'the wall' story mission, and I couldn't be assed restarting the mission then never bothered re-enabling it (I was just sort of over everything but the story at the point) since I realized the sensible thing would be to either downgrade the engine or add a second backseat fuel tank, and I just didn't want to give up the speed/hill climbing.
Speaking of hill climbing: bashing through impractical terrain is some of the funnest parts of Pacific Drive, but the engine can't do plenty of slopes and the parts damage is horrendous. I feel like they deliberately encourage sticking to roads and really treating the car like a car, and not a land rover or tank, which is thematically kind of cool but also kind of limits what they can do, because they also refuse to have long stretches of road to road-trip on. It really feels like they designed the game around getting out of the car frequently, which is a problem because there's nothing interesting outside of the car.
Half of the stuff I disabled, I don't actually dislike - its implementation was just flawed. For the car maintenance stuff, I actually wanted more of it, it's just "oh your HP bar on this part is low, go craft a new one" is boring. The answer is always either "craft a repair item" (or swap with an identical item in the repair bay, same thing) or "craft a status-fixer item". It's never "open up the part and modify its insides".
I actually really like fuel mechanics, but it just involved a ton of small, relatively frequent fuel pickups. If it's too frequent and doesn't last a while, it's less "at last, more fuel!" and more "ugh I guess I should be responsible and go siphon that barrel". Like, I think fuel trucks should be a huge deal that you specifically seek out but it just isn't, because you can't take it all and you get plenty from the barrels, anyway.
More specifically, these sorts of games should motivate you to specifically seek out stuff on the map, instead of thinking "I need resources, I'll just sort of aimlessly wander, any direction is fine. If you're going anywhere, you're going nowhere, and your journey doesn't have events.
If there were maps a bit more like Jalopy or Mad Max (2015) where you just drive a long distance exploring the place and keeping an eye out for occasional loot, that would be nice. They could quadruple the size of the map and delete half of the buildings, maybe. Actually, more than half.
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Comment on What will "emergent" tech make our lives look like in a few years? in ~tech
PuddleOfKittens LinkIt really depends on the limits on our imagination - not in the sense that "we're almost unlimited!", more that we set stupid goals and then are surprised that they're expensive to achieve. I...It really depends on the limits on our imagination - not in the sense that "we're almost unlimited!", more that we set stupid goals and then are surprised that they're expensive to achieve.
I think there's a really interesting effect where computers (including sigh AI) are making our tools increasingly capable, effectively reducing the minimum size of "a factory" down to a handful of people, or even just one person.
That might sound trivial, but I want to introduce two concepts: the minimum size for a self-sufficient industrial economy, and BATNA (Best Alternative To Negotiated Agreement).
Basically, if you can create a (mostly) self-sufficient industrial economy with e.g. 100 people, then you can choose to just... not participate in the economy. There's a difference between this stuff being more expensive versus impossible. I added the "mostly" to the start of this paragraph because some stuff, like computer parts, might never be particularly effective to produce in a decentralized fashion. But, if your machines all need an e.g. $10 chip each, then for $1000 you can buy quite a long time's worth of chips for basically nothing! (ok realistically maybe $10k or $100k, but you get the point).
Okay, so what does that mean?
Well, it means that without explicit coercion (i.e. roll in the tanks), everyone will have a better BATNA than ever before. And game-theoretically, BATNA is the single biggest determinant of bargaining power in any negotiation. Which means, theoretically, society will have to provide a bigger carrot to more local governments (at the expense of federal govts) to prevent people from just leaving. Assuming they don't roll in the tanks.
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Comment on You can change ONE thing about a game. What do you change? in ~games
PuddleOfKittens LinkPacific Drive (the horror game) isn't relaxing enough. It has too much of the 'walking around, looting stuff' part (which is spooky and boring) and not enough actual driving. So, I want Pacific...Pacific Drive (the horror game) isn't relaxing enough. It has too much of the 'walking around, looting stuff' part (which is spooky and boring) and not enough actual driving.
So, I want Pacific Drive to be more Pacific and more Drive.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump directs Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to prepare migrant housing at Guantánamo Bay in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link Parent@Deimos what are the rules on endorsing Luigi Mangione and/or his actions?@Deimos what are the rules on endorsing Luigi Mangione and/or his actions?
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Comment on US President Donald Trump directs Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to prepare migrant housing at Guantánamo Bay in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentWho's L?Who's L?
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Comment on Toyota reduces price of new hydrogen car in California to just over $15,000 — with $15,000 of free fuel in ~transport
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentAIUI Japan doesn't have a lot of good renewables prospects (and mass offshore wind is militarily vulnerable) and everything else involves importing fuel. They're investing in nuclear, although...AIUI Japan doesn't have a lot of good renewables prospects (and mass offshore wind is militarily vulnerable) and everything else involves importing fuel. They're investing in nuclear, although that still involves importing fuel.
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Comment on How Donald Trump plans to seize the power of the purse from US Congress in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentAccording to the current administration, they're supposed to be a sign from China.According to the current administration, they're supposed to be a sign from China.
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Comment on How Donald Trump plans to seize the power of the purse from US Congress in ~society
PuddleOfKittens Link ParentA guy who unironically believes that stuff is going to be running the dept of health. The bird flu is already directly catchable by humans (bird -> human), but might become human-transmissable..."vaccines cause autism"
A guy who unironically believes that stuff is going to be running the dept of health. The bird flu is already directly catchable by humans (bird -> human), but might become human-transmissable (human -> human). If that happens we'll have the mother of all pandemics, without any competency on the part of the US govt.
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Comment on Should leftists in the US be armed? in ~society
PuddleOfKittens LinkIt depends if you think there's a chance of political instability or civil war. If you say "yes, there's a chance" then absolutely, yes, buy a gun. It gives you options. If nothing else, you could...It depends if you think there's a chance of political instability or civil war. If you say "yes, there's a chance" then absolutely, yes, buy a gun. It gives you options. If nothing else, you could sell it during a price spike.
You have to make the decision before the disaster, though. If things start going downhill, people will toilet-paper the guns and ammo.
It's not electrophoretic ("e-ink"), it's basically RLCD. A "transflective LCD", I'm not familiar with the specific differences between transflective and RLCD.