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  1. Comment on Tesla's gear-shifting problems known long before Angela Chao's death in ~transport

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    Huh... Good to know. Thanks!

    Huh... Good to know. Thanks!

  2. Comment on Tesla's gear-shifting problems known long before Angela Chao's death in ~transport

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    That'd be pretty cool. I wonder if you can make e-ink pigments with a glow in the good glow in the dark powder. Then you'd have a glow in the dark e-ink display which would still be lit if you...

    That'd be pretty cool. I wonder if you can make e-ink pigments with a glow in the good glow in the dark powder. Then you'd have a glow in the dark e-ink display which would still be lit if you lost power.

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  3. Comment on Tesla's gear-shifting problems known long before Angela Chao's death in ~transport

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    I thought suicide doors were called that because the front door had to be open in order to open the back door? Not just that they opened backwards. Am I mistaken?

    I thought suicide doors were called that because the front door had to be open in order to open the back door? Not just that they opened backwards. Am I mistaken?

  4. Comment on Tesla's gear-shifting problems known long before Angela Chao's death in ~transport

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    Additionally, you can redesign the UI much more easily than you can move knobs on the dashboard. So, if you want to dramatically change the layout of the dashboard, that sets back production by...

    Additionally, you can redesign the UI much more easily than you can move knobs on the dashboard. So, if you want to dramatically change the layout of the dashboard, that sets back production by weeks instead of months. Faster design time makes life easier in manufacturing.

    12 votes
  5. Comment on Rooster Teeth is shutting down after twenty-one years in ~games

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    That's what an article I read earlier today said (the verge maybe?). Apparently, they're looking for buyers for Red vs Blue, RWBY, and some other show I hadn't heard of.

    That's what an article I read earlier today said (the verge maybe?). Apparently, they're looking for buyers for Red vs Blue, RWBY, and some other show I hadn't heard of.

  6. Comment on What's a "house rule" that has made a game more fun for you? in ~games

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    I don't know. Coming up with it in the moment is part of the fun. Whatever it is, it needs to be something the whole table will tell stories about for the next several years. I'd like to get input...

    I don't know. Coming up with it in the moment is part of the fun. Whatever it is, it needs to be something the whole table will tell stories about for the next several years. I'd like to get input from the table about what feels fair and reasonable. It's also going to depend a lot on the context. Playing a one shot probably shouldn't have the result being the player being sucked into a demiplane and a dozen session side quest to rescue them, but at the same time, in a 100 session campaign, having the party merely lose the encounter also seem wrong. So, basically the same as the 20 case, but bad instead of good.

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  7. Comment on What's a "house rule" that has made a game more fun for you? in ~games

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    When running my d20 TTRPGs (regardless of the specific system), I use exploding dice. What this means is that if someone rolls a 20 (or a 1 if you're feeling spicy), then they roll again and...

    When running my d20 TTRPGs (regardless of the specific system), I use exploding dice. What this means is that if someone rolls a 20 (or a 1 if you're feeling mean spicy), then they roll again and continue until they stop rolling 20s. If you roll a single 20, then it's just a normal critical success. But, if you roll more than one then the success is successively greater. Usually this ends up meaning that a second 20 becomes hyper-competent and the super rare 3rd 20 is an auto-win for the encounter (I've never had someone roll 4 in a row, but I'm sure everyone at the table can come up with a reasonable reward for a 1 in 160,000 chance).

    18 votes
  8. Comment on The American Idol theme park experience in ~humanities.history

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    Ehh... That one surprises me less. The truly awful ones are weeded out before the stage experience and the bad ones get weeded out by the final stage performance. After that, they handed out 4000...

    Ehh... That one surprises me less. The truly awful ones are weeded out before the stage experience and the bad ones get weeded out by the final stage performance. After that, they handed out 4000 of the tickets and we don't know how many were redeemed.

    2 votes
  9. Comment on The American Idol theme park experience in ~humanities.history

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    Super interesting that this show existed at all and that such an asymmetric experience was ever designed in the first place.

    Super interesting that this show existed at all and that such an asymmetric experience was ever designed in the first place.

    6 votes
  10. Comment on Wicked | First look in ~movies

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    Agreed. Stretching it to be two parts is an unfortunate cash grab.

    Agreed. Stretching it to be two parts is an unfortunate cash grab.

    1 vote
  11. Comment on Jet Lag | Season 8 trailer in ~hobbies

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    The most surprising thing to me was that they were both in the Atlanta airport at the same time on the last day. Big points to them for designing an interesting and balanced game.

    The most surprising thing to me was that they were both in the Atlanta airport at the same time on the last day. Big points to them for designing an interesting and balanced game.

    3 votes
  12. Comment on What are some corporate websites that you consider extremely reputable sources of information? in ~tech

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    That's totally true. I didn't mean to suggest that they didn't have issues (they all do). My intention was to say that on the whole they tend to be decent sources for an overview level of information.

    That's totally true. I didn't mean to suggest that they didn't have issues (they all do). My intention was to say that on the whole they tend to be decent sources for an overview level of information.

    4 votes
  13. Comment on What are some corporate websites that you consider extremely reputable sources of information? in ~tech

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    Ars Technica comes immediately to mind. As do the traditional news sources of the AP, Reuters, BBC, New York Times, and CNN (the others I'm thinking of have .orgs addresses). Hacker News has the...

    Ars Technica comes immediately to mind. As do the traditional news sources of the AP, Reuters, BBC, New York Times, and CNN (the others I'm thinking of have .orgs addresses). Hacker News has the issues of being a link aggregator, but it's rule requiring primary sources tends to avoid some of the nonsense and is therefore worth noting.

    8 votes
  14. Comment on What are the best intro books for different science fields? in ~books

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    Anyone have suggestions for Psychology? I'd like to have a better understanding of how my brain works.

    Anyone have suggestions for Psychology? I'd like to have a better understanding of how my brain works.

    2 votes
  15. Comment on Factorio Friday Facts #383 - Super force building in ~games

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    I also don't know how they've been about projecting their release dates, but "end of 2024" seems like a reasonable ballpark

    I also don't know how they've been about projecting their release dates, but "end of 2024" seems like a reasonable ballpark

  16. Comment on Factorio Friday Facts #383 - Super force building in ~games

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    Is there any idea about when the expansion is coming out? I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to try to make a new mega-base or wait for the expansion.

    Is there any idea about when the expansion is coming out? I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to try to make a new mega-base or wait for the expansion.

    1 vote
  17. Comment on Winter is near for some of us. Any suggestions on improving health or mitigating flu and colds in ~health

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    Masking and social distancing was so effective we killed off a strain of the flu. It's been deemed more dangerous to keep the strain in the flu vaccine (due to risks of accidentally releasing it...

    Masking and social distancing was so effective we killed off a strain of the flu. It's been deemed more dangerous to keep the strain in the flu vaccine (due to risks of accidentally releasing it because research) than it is to pull it out. Which is super cool. HERE's the article if you want to read more.

    5 votes
  18. Comment on Patrick Rothfuss on the wait for book two of The Kingkiller Chronicle (February 26, 2009) in ~books

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    I'm partial to the theory that this is the third and greatest silence. We've only just begun to notice the magnitude of it

    I don't expect we'll get the last book

    I'm partial to the theory that this is the third and greatest silence. We've only just begun to notice the magnitude of it

    4 votes
  19. Comment on What's your favorite dinosaur? in ~science

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    Hatzegopteryx because they're giant flying dinos

    Hatzegopteryx because they're giant flying dinos

    5 votes
  20. Comment on What are some of your favorite "meeting games?" in ~games

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    I've found modular origami to work extremely well for this purpose. Instructions. I've made 30 unit balls, 90 unit balls, 120 unit balls, 240 unit balls, 360 unit tori, and a 540 unit ring made of...

    I've found modular origami to work extremely well for this purpose. Instructions. I've made 30 unit balls, 90 unit balls, 120 unit balls, 240 unit balls, 360 unit tori, and a 540 unit ring made of 18 interlocking 30 unit balls.

    6 votes