erithaea's recent activity
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Comment on The lights don’t just go out: A lifelong fainter on how fiction gets fainting all wrong in ~health
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Comment on Game recommendations, specifically in ~games
erithaea LinkHere's a very specific one: I've recently been playing Honkai: Star Rail and it made me remember how much I love the immersion of simulated text messaging between characters. So that's what I'm...Here's a very specific one: I've recently been playing Honkai: Star Rail and it made me remember how much I love the immersion of simulated text messaging between characters. So that's what I'm looking for: more games where the main character has a phone, and you can send text messages to the other characters (or, more likely, reply to text messages they send you).
Off the top of my head, aside from Honkai: Star Rail, I can only think of Cyberpunk 2077, the Persona games, and maybe GTA that do this. I think visual novels have this in their games quite often, but visual novels aren't really what I'm looking for (though I'm open to it if the visual novel is really good).
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
erithaea LinkMy first question was if "it" was an object (yes) and whether it could be found in a private home (yes), then whether it could be found in a bathroom (yes), so my first thought was towel. I asked...My first question was if "it" was an object (yes) and whether it could be found in a private home (yes), then whether it could be found in a bathroom (yes), so my first thought was towel. I asked it if the word had five letters. It said no. So I used up all the remaining questions to (fail to) find a word I had already mentally eliminated. A bit frustrating.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
erithaea Link ParentI always prefer fully automated solutions if possible. In your example, the bot would basically stop posting updates if you went on vacation or got sick and became unable to curate the RSS feed,...I always prefer fully automated solutions if possible. In your example, the bot would basically stop posting updates if you went on vacation or got sick and became unable to curate the RSS feed, no?
Have you thought about finding some curated sources for the kind of news you're looking for and then (assuming it doesn't have its own RSS feed already) periodically (maybe once a day or once an hour) checking that source to see if new updates are available?
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Comment on Lesbian group seeks human rights exemption to exclude trans women from Melbourne event in ~lgbt
erithaea (edited )Link ParentIt's not so much about what they themselves went through than what they can see when they look around. Some LGBT+ people ignore the LGBT+ community altogether and just do their own thing, but I'd...It's not so much about what they themselves went through than what they can see when they look around. Some LGBT+ people ignore the LGBT+ community altogether and just do their own thing, but I'd say that most are quite well-integrated into that community, whether it be through personal meetups or reading forum posts online. Sharing the same essential space as trans people and yet marginalizing and excluding them in the same breath just feels like an incredibly tone-deaf cognitive dissonance to me.
Coverage on LGBT+ and especially trans issues is just extremely small outside of certain spaces on the internet. Most people I've talked to in real-life don't really understand what a trans person even is. So while I don't excuse TERFness in any way, shape, or form, for those people who do not share the same spaces as trans people I could at least understand it to some degree. Their bigotry is born in part of malice, and in part of ignorance. Lesbians can claim no such excuse. It's pure malice at that point.
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Comment on Lesbian group seeks human rights exemption to exclude trans women from Melbourne event in ~lgbt
erithaea LinkSomehow it's much more disappointing for lesbians to turn out as TERFs than cis women. They should know better. Anyone know what the current climate is for trans people in Australia? Any way to...Somehow it's much more disappointing for lesbians to turn out as TERFs than cis women. They should know better.
Anyone know what the current climate is for trans people in Australia? Any way to predict what the AHRC is going to say?
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Comment on Favorite ASMR type? in ~health.mental
erithaea LinkIt depends on the purpose, really. If my goal is pure tingulation, nothing does it for me like irregular tapping, and ear-to-ear breathing and whispering. With both of the former, the vibrations...It depends on the purpose, really. If my goal is pure tingulation, nothing does it for me like irregular tapping, and ear-to-ear breathing and whispering. With both of the former, the vibrations of the sound make it feel like there's actually someone breathing/tapping on my ear, which gives me crazy tingles.
For relaxation or entertainment, I'd go with soft-spoken roleplays. Definitely no whispers though or I'll fall asleep.
For working or sleeping, roleplays are out, because I'll subconsciously focus on the words and get distracted. For working I love "ambient ASMR". Like the type where someone just studies for an hour and all you hear are the sounds of page turning and the occasional pen scribbling, or typing on a laptop. Things like that. As long as it doesn't produce strong tingles or has spoken words, anything goes for me.
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Comment on Favorite ASMR type? in ~health.mental
erithaea Link ParentIf you like Made In France, some other ASMR channels with a very high-quality production I can think off the top of my head are Atmosphere and Atlas ASMR.If you like Made In France, some other ASMR channels with a very high-quality production I can think off the top of my head are Atmosphere and Atlas ASMR.
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Comment on What's a mechanic that you used to dislike when introduced, but now that it's common you prefer having it in ~games
erithaea LinkNot as common as I'd like, but HUD minimization. Not the kind where your HUD hides itself after a while out of combat, but rather the kind where the HUD is seamlessly integrated into the game...Not as common as I'd like, but HUD minimization. Not the kind where your HUD hides itself after a while out of combat, but rather the kind where the HUD is seamlessly integrated into the game world. Things like having a bullet counter integrated into the gun model rather than a number in the corner of the screen, gradually hearing your character breathe more and more heavily as you sprint, blood on the character model as you take damage, and (my personal favourite; thanks, Ghost of Tsushima and Elden Ring) effect-based map navigation (as opposed to waymarkers).
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Comment on The Steam Summer Sale has begun (June 29th - July 13th) in ~games
erithaea Link ParentBoth games are at their "default" off-price, but Cyberpunk 2077 is reduced to $30 on various sellers every few weeks, while Sekiro is only off every three months or so, so if you plan on playing...Both games are at their "default" off-price, but Cyberpunk 2077 is reduced to $30 on various sellers every few weeks, while Sekiro is only off every three months or so, so if you plan on playing both anyway and you really can only get one or the other right now, I'd go with Sekiro now and then get Cyberpunk 2077 on another 50% sale whenever you're next able (or when 1.7 drops as some others have suggested).
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Comment on What do you use to journal with? in ~tech
erithaea (edited )LinkI really wanted to get into Obsidian what with all the positive things I'd heard about it, but it still doesn't have WSL support, so I wasn't able to give it a try. Instead I use Chat Journal,...I really wanted to get into Obsidian what with all the positive things I'd heard about it, but it still doesn't have WSL support, so I wasn't able to give it a try.
Instead I use Chat Journal, which is a journaling app structured like a one-sided instant messenger. You have multiple "chats" which serve as different journal categories, and because each journal entry just looks like a chat message, it encourages smaller entries, which has always helped me to journal more often.
However, I have a hard time recommending the app because... well... it's been silently removed from both the Play Store and the developer's Github account. Old posts on the dev's Twitter account still exist documenting updates about the app, but aside from that I could barely find any reference to the app even existing. If the app had been removed for violating Google's ToS, surely they would have sent out some kind of notification to all its users, right? Right?
In any case, there are probably apps with a similar look-and-feel if you want to give the chat-as-a-journal concept a try. I like it a lot.
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Comment on What apps/plug-ins/extensions etc do you use to improve Youtube on desktop? in ~tech
erithaea Link ParentRegarding shorts: if you use a scripting addon like Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey, you can use this script. It not only hides shorts but also rearranges the other elements to fill the now-empty...Regarding shorts: if you use a scripting addon like Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey, you can use this script. It not only hides shorts but also rearranges the other elements to fill the now-empty space, so there aren't any blanks or too-short grid rows.
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Comment on What is your favorite TV show that you rewatch often? in ~tv
erithaea LinkHouse for me. He might be an ass, but he's an incredibly entertaining ass. As someone whose favourite flavour of humour is sarcasm, I've not yet found a show that can scratch that itch in quite...House for me. He might be an ass, but he's an incredibly entertaining ass. As someone whose favourite flavour of humour is sarcasm, I've not yet found a show that can scratch that itch in quite the same way. I like that, while it's a medical show, it primarily focuses on the people, not the medicine.
Some YouTube doctors have also called the show decently medically accurate, which is a nice vote of confidence.
I've fainted twice in my life as far as I can remember, and I also didn't have any warning either time.
First time was when we had mandatory church service in school. We were standing for a prayer and I just remember getting really hot. Then I blinked and suddenly I was lying on the steps of the church outside. I blame the incense.
The other time I was having an IV set before a major surgery. After setting my IV the nurse left the room for a second. I only realized that I fainted because my mum was in the room with me and watched it happen. If not for her I would've never even noticed since I was already lying down and I was only out for about 15 seconds. It's just like cutting out a segment of the video in a video editor; no warning, I just jumped from one point of time to the next.