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  1. Comment on Elite Dangerous players feel misled after developers interfere with big expedition to unexplored space in ~games

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    The devs have always been pretty bad at listening to player feedback. What really did it for me was when people were screaming about the slow and terrible flight model early on, and the devs...

    The devs have always been pretty bad at listening to player feedback.

    What really did it for me was when people were screaming about the slow and terrible flight model early on, and the devs refused to listen.

    I'd be willing to bet the player counts would be much much higher if the actual act of flying were fun. Instead we get school bus simulator in space.

    I'd have like a bajillion hours into that game if the flight model were something like Everspace.

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  2. Comment on How realistic are sci-fi spaceships? in ~space

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    This isn't entirely true if we are talking about ships that travel at significant factors of C in real space. Even interstellar space isn't totally barren. Lots of random particles floating about...
    1. Aerodynamics are pointless unless the ship is meant to engage with atmosphere, and it's really wasteful to land the whole damn frigate.

    This isn't entirely true if we are talking about ships that travel at significant factors of C in real space.

    Even interstellar space isn't totally barren. Lots of random particles floating about at extremely low densities. However, when you start moving very very fast it really adds up. When you're moving a few million kilometers per hour, even interstellar dust will create substantial friction and drag.

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  3. Comment on The graphing calculator story in ~tech

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    This is an amazing story! I think it shows the beginnings of the shift in corporate mentality from a nearly failed to company into one of the most valuable ones in history. I remember playing with...

    This is an amazing story!

    I think it shows the beginnings of the shift in corporate mentality from a nearly failed to company into one of the most valuable ones in history.

    I remember playing with that program on power PC's back in high school. It taught me a lot of math things intuitively that would have been much more difficult through traditional methods.

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  4. Comment on The YouTube stars heading for burnout: ‘The most fun job imaginable became deeply bleak’ in ~life

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    I think that as we (as a society) become further and further inoculated against advertising, exposure will begin to matter much less. I think the downfall of a lot of these youtube stars is the...

    I think that as we (as a society) become further and further inoculated against advertising, exposure will begin to matter much less.

    I think the downfall of a lot of these youtube stars is the canary in the coal mine.

    Like, OK, someone got 10,000,000 views. I think more people will be asking the question "how is this content meaningful or enriching" in the future.

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  5. Comment on Secure, open-source alternative to Google Keep in ~tech

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    Thanks for this. This looks like exactly what I'm after.

    Thanks for this.

    This looks like exactly what I'm after.

    4 votes