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  1. Comment on James Webb Space Telescope finds stunning evidence for alternate theory of gravity in ~space

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    I don't know if that helps. What does "MOND" mean? If you know, then adding it to the title might add a little clarification, but you probably already guessed. If (like me) you don't know, you're...

    I don't know if that helps. What does "MOND" mean? If you know, then adding it to the title might add a little clarification, but you probably already guessed. If (like me) you don't know, you're just as in the dark as you were before.

    6 votes
  2. Comment on Summer Games Done Quick 2024, a week-long charity fundraiser featuring speedruns, is live (runs June 30 - July 6) in ~games

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    It's just the base game, no DLC or even spoilers for it. I haven't played the DLC at all, so I was very happy about that.

    It's just the base game, no DLC or even spoilers for it. I haven't played the DLC at all, so I was very happy about that.

    2 votes
  3. Comment on Summer Games Done Quick 2024, a week-long charity fundraiser featuring speedruns, is live (runs June 30 - July 6) in ~games

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    I highly recommend that 100% shipless run. Very impressive movement and routing.

    I highly recommend that 100% shipless run. Very impressive movement and routing.

    1 vote
  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~science

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    I'd been waffling on unsubscribing for Kurzgesagt for a while, and this video pushed me to finally do it. Lately it feels like they're doing more of these abstract theoretical concepts that don't...

    I'd been waffling on unsubscribing for Kurzgesagt for a while, and this video pushed me to finally do it. Lately it feels like they're doing more of these abstract theoretical concepts that don't make any sense when you try to actually follow what they're talking about.

    2 votes
  5. Comment on 12 Word Searches: a printable puzzle book in ~games.tabletop

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    No, there's nothing like that.

    No, there's nothing like that.

    5 votes
  6. Comment on Day 24: Never Tell Me The Odds in ~comp.advent_of_code

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    This one was miserable. My solution sounds pretty similar to scarecrw's on the sufrace. The awfulness mostly came from translating linear algebra equations into code. I wouldn't mind doing it on...

    This one was miserable. My solution sounds pretty similar to scarecrw's on the sufrace. The awfulness mostly came from translating linear algebra equations into code. I wouldn't mind doing it on paper, but typing it all out was so error-prone, and I spent hours tracking down mysterious bugs. (I think ChatGPT created most of those bugs, so thanks for nothing, you've been really useless.) I got there eventually, but mostly at the mercy of people who have already done the hard work on StackOverflow. After figuring that out, it was just a matter of brute-forcing guesses until we get a solution. I'm still not even convinced my algorithm is truly correct, since my unit tests felt a little dodgy. But I got the star so I'm ready to forget about it altogether.

    C# code - solution runner, ray collision

    1 vote
  7. Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2023: Hidden gems in ~games

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    Only tangentially related, but Betrayal at Club Low has some of the best music in it I've ever heard in a video game. All of Cosmo D's musical work is great, and I think that one is my favorite.

    Only tangentially related, but Betrayal at Club Low has some of the best music in it I've ever heard in a video game. All of Cosmo D's musical work is great, and I think that one is my favorite.

    2 votes
  8. Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2023: Hidden gems in ~games

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    Yes, absolutely. I played it about half on Deck and half on PC (with a controller) and it worked great either way.

    Yes, absolutely. I played it about half on Deck and half on PC (with a controller) and it worked great either way.

    1 vote
  9. Comment on The Murderbot Diaries Book 7 - System Collapse just got released in ~books

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    "Home" looks like a short story, according to Goodreads, who calls it entry #4.5. I haven't read any of them past 4, but I quite liked that one, so I guess I ought to see what's been happening...

    "Home" looks like a short story, according to Goodreads, who calls it entry #4.5. I haven't read any of them past 4, but I quite liked that one, so I guess I ought to see what's been happening since then.

    3 votes
  10. Comment on What game mechanic or boss could you just not overcome? in ~games

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    That killed me too. I 101%d the entire game, but couldn't beat the arcade a second time to get the Nintendo key. Never beat the final boss either. I don't know what they were thinking making that...

    That killed me too. I 101%d the entire game, but couldn't beat the arcade a second time to get the Nintendo key. Never beat the final boss either. I don't know what they were thinking making that a required part of the game. At least the game to get the Rareware key could be cheesed pretty easily. But even so, it's not good game design to throw those in there and make them required.

    1 vote
  11. Comment on A list of Moai appearances in video games in ~games

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    Here's one you're missing! RollerCoaster Tycoon 2's expansion Wacky Worlds has South America theming, which contains a Moai statue object. You can see it on this wiki.

    Here's one you're missing! RollerCoaster Tycoon 2's expansion Wacky Worlds has South America theming, which contains a Moai statue object. You can see it on this wiki.

    7 votes
  12. Comment on You're ruining your feet: A video on how our shoes are too narrow in ~health

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    Can we get a non-clickbait title please?

    Can we get a non-clickbait title please?

    18 votes
  13. Comment on Good book/TV/movie trackers à la Goodreads in ~hobbies

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    Why not Rate Your Music for film, since you already use it for music and games? Anything Letterboxd does better (I haven't used it myself)?

    Why not Rate Your Music for film, since you already use it for music and games? Anything Letterboxd does better (I haven't used it myself)?

  14. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    I would downvote a comment like that, but because it's noise. To me, that's like saying "this". It doesn't provide any insight.

    I would downvote a comment like that, but because it's noise. To me, that's like saying "this". It doesn't provide any insight.

    7 votes
  15. Comment on What "lost" web page would you like to find again? in ~tech

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    OP, are you thinking of eeggs.com? It doesn't look too different from what I remember it being twenty years ago.

    OP, are you thinking of eeggs.com? It doesn't look too different from what I remember it being twenty years ago.

    23 votes
  16. Comment on Can chess, with hexagons? in ~games.tabletop

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    This video is a cute introduction to the game, but it feels a bit shallow. We go over how pieces move, but it's just the information from the book regurgitated. How does the game actually play?...

    This video is a cute introduction to the game, but it feels a bit shallow. We go over how pieces move, but it's just the information from the book regurgitated. How does the game actually play? (And I mean against a real opponent, too.) Is it deeper than regular chess, once you're comfortable with the moveset? What kinds of new strategies evolve? Let's go deeper than just surface level.

    7 votes
  17. Comment on What are some good modern nu metal bands? in ~music

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    Memorrhage is pretty sick. It's a one-man cyber-nu-metal project and it's actually really quite good. Plus it's pay-what-you-want. The guy behind it puts out a ton of stuff, none of it sounds like...

    Memorrhage is pretty sick. It's a one-man cyber-nu-metal project and it's actually really quite good. Plus it's pay-what-you-want.

    The guy behind it puts out a ton of stuff, none of it sounds like Memorrhage, but it might be worth digging into anyway.

    3 votes
  18. Comment on Book writing self-hosted solutions? in ~tech

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    I've been using Obsidian the last year or so and have really enjoyed it, so I'll second it; I use it for general notes, but since it's so flexible I bet it'll work great for long-form writing too....

    I've been using Obsidian the last year or so and have really enjoyed it, so I'll second it; I use it for general notes, but since it's so flexible I bet it'll work great for long-form writing too.

    Since OP mentioned self-hosting: you might not even need a sync tool like SyncThing, if you already have a central server. I have an Unraid server in my basement where I self-host a lot of apps, and it has file storage too. So for my devices that have Obsidian, I simply tell Obsidian to point to my Notes directory on the server itself, and there's no syncing to do at all; I always read from and write to the server directly. If your network speed isn't absolutely terrible, you won't even notice.

    (Of course this won't work if you leave your house, so then you will either need a tool to remote into your home network, like WireGuard, or sync when you get back. I use FreeFileSync but I guess SyncThing will probably do fine.)

    4 votes
  19. Comment on Blackbraid - A Song of Death on Winds of Dawn (2023) in ~music

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    If you're using Firefox, I recommend getting the Volume Control for Bandcamp Player extension to fix this very thing. (I will mention, though, that there's a reason Bandcamp doesn't have a volume...

    If you're using Firefox, I recommend getting the Volume Control for Bandcamp Player extension to fix this very thing.

    (I will mention, though, that there's a reason Bandcamp doesn't have a volume slider, and it's because it's not meant to be the primary way you hear the music. The player is just for sampling. The site designers intend for you to actually download the music.)

    4 votes
  20. Comment on Books with WTF premises in ~books

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    I also read this book, and I think the author delivered the premise of the two cities pretty well. It didn't feel super weird since it's all in text and the narration and dialogue explains what's...

    I also read this book, and I think the author delivered the premise of the two cities pretty well. It didn't feel super weird since it's all in text and the narration and dialogue explains what's going on pretty thoroughly. It gets a bit mind-bendy later on, but not any more than your average sci-fi or psych thriller.

    What I'm interested in is seeing how they pulled it off in the TV show... I've been meaning to watch it for a while but haven't gotten around to it.

    8 votes