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  1. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 launches into Early Access in ~games

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    It seems like maybe it's not an early access thing, and there are just going to be 10 instead of 20 ascensions this time? Which honestly seems like a good change considering the increased amount...

    It seems like maybe it's not an early access thing, and there are just going to be 10 instead of 20 ascensions this time? Which honestly seems like a good change considering the increased amount of characters, cuts down on the amount of runs required to reach the highest difficulty

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 launches into Early Access in ~games

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    Watching baalorlord's videos on youtube really helped clear ascension 20 for me. He has some card breakdown videos, but I think simply watching his runs helps a lot as he explains the reasoning...

    Watching baalorlord's videos on youtube really helped clear ascension 20 for me. He has some card breakdown videos, but I think simply watching his runs helps a lot as he explains the reasoning behind his decisions.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 launches into Early Access in ~games

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    There's some notable changes to some characters in spire 2 (defect in particular feels really different to me), and there's other thing that stand out and affect how you build your deck: boss...

    There's some notable changes to some characters in spire 2 (defect in particular feels really different to me), and there's other thing that stand out and affect how you build your deck:

    • boss relics: you can pretty reliably have 4 energy per turn in spire 1 by act 3 (and often by act 2), which significantly affects what decks can work
    • as far as I know so far, there is no ways to remove debuffs/apply artifact in spire 2. There's quite a bit of silliness you could do with them in spire 1, further enabling some decks that aren't possible in spire 2
    • other bosses and enemies also affect how you're going to shape the deck
    • gremlin nob

    So basically it boils down to the fact that it has enough different things that even if there's less stuff overall, I still think it can offer unique enough experience to be worth playing from time to time

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 launches into Early Access in ~games

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    I didn't think co-op would really work in a game like spire, but... It actually does quite well. There are also some multiplayer exclusive cards that add ways to interact with others, overall it's...

    I didn't think co-op would really work in a game like spire, but... It actually does quite well. There are also some multiplayer exclusive cards that add ways to interact with others, overall it's a great experience. We did run into a pretty consistent desync with a specific ironclad card setup, but it's still really stable for early access. Seems like it was a pretty rare edge case.

    I'm really excited for all the other things they are going to add! I also like that it doesn't feel like just spire 1 with more stuff - I still want to go back to playing the first game in the future for what it has to offer. Though I guess it is going to feel a bit sad without all the amazing animations...

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 launches into Early Access in ~games

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    I think the console verification process can be quite painful, so it makes sense they want to wait until updates are less frequent.

    I think the console verification process can be quite painful, so it makes sense they want to wait until updates are less frequent.

  6. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Regarding audio issues with Slay the Spire 2 on Linux - my friend noticed that it has 2 audio streams for some reason (default godot one and fmod apparently) and some sounds use the other one. You...

    Regarding audio issues with Slay the Spire 2 on Linux - my friend noticed that it has 2 audio streams for some reason (default godot one and fmod apparently) and some sounds use the other one. You might want to check if you don't have different volumes set for them in the audio mixer, since this is the issue my friend had

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Motorola and GrapheneOS Foundation partnership announced in ~tech

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    I really like that they are expanding beyond Pixels. Having a phone built with grapheneos in mind, and maybe even preinstalled, sounds awesome.

    I really like that they are expanding beyond Pixels. Having a phone built with grapheneos in mind, and maybe even preinstalled, sounds awesome.

    28 votes

  8. Comment on Mahoutsukai no Yoru | Teaser trailer in ~anime

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    As a fan of the VN, I've been looking forward to this ever since they first announced it. I'm a bit worried that they might be trying to fit the whole thing into a single movie, which I don't...

    As a fan of the VN, I've been looking forward to this ever since they first announced it. I'm a bit worried that they might be trying to fit the whole thing into a single movie, which I don't think is going to work very well... But all they've shown so far seems to be from the first half of the VN, so perhaps they are planning on splitting it into 2 or 3 parts?

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 | Early Access trailer in ~games

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    Ahhh heck I'm also still in the ascension 20 grind. So far I only have ironclad a20 done (with a heart kill too!), currently grinding silent at a18. Not much time left, huh?

    Ahhh heck I'm also still in the ascension 20 grind. So far I only have ironclad a20 done (with a heart kill too!), currently grinding silent at a18. Not much time left, huh?

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Banjo: Recompiled | Release trailer in ~games

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    If I never played the original, do you think the pc port is a good way to experience the game for the first time?

    If I never played the original, do you think the pc port is a good way to experience the game for the first time?

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    I've been a bit busy in the recent weeks so I haven't been able to play, but I should be able to find some time to get back into it soon ^^

    I've been a bit busy in the recent weeks so I haven't been able to play, but I should be able to find some time to get back into it soon ^^

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    I honestly completely forgot that portal was even there, I think I walled it off at some point, hah. Don't worry about removing it

    I honestly completely forgot that portal was even there, I think I walled it off at some point, hah. Don't worry about removing it

    2 votes

  13. Comment on GameSir Pocket Taco Kickstarter has been launched in ~games

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    This looks pretty cool. Might pick one up for cases where I want to play something on the go but not necessarily bring the steam deck with me. I'm, uh, quite picky about d-pads though, so I'll...

    This looks pretty cool. Might pick one up for cases where I want to play something on the go but not necessarily bring the steam deck with me.

    I'm, uh, quite picky about d-pads though, so I'll wait for some reviews first. But I already have a gamesir controller and the dpad is great, so I hope they deliver good quality here too.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Do you have any advice for getting into dwarf fortress? I picked it up a while ago but only played through the tutorial and then a bit after that. It seems like it's something I'd enjoy once I get...

    Do you have any advice for getting into dwarf fortress? I picked it up a while ago but only played through the tutorial and then a bit after that. It seems like it's something I'd enjoy once I get more into it, but I kinda have no idea what the heck to actually do >_< basically I can't find any short term goals and things of that nature that would slowly improve the fortress, so I got stuck wondering what to do

    2 votes

  15. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I've never played Magic, but that card combination sounds pretty hilarious (and incredibly evil). Suddenly, the other players have to survive the heat death of the universe.

    I've never played Magic, but that card combination sounds pretty hilarious (and incredibly evil). Suddenly, the other players have to survive the heat death of the universe.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Million Depth This is a pretty interesting game that tries to both be a roguelite and have an interesting storytelling. Overall I enjoyed it even though I have some issues with certain elements...

    Million Depth

    This is a pretty interesting game that tries to both be a roguelite and have an interesting storytelling. Overall I enjoyed it even though I have some issues with certain elements (you can refer to the review I posted on steam for more). Also, the music is fantastic. I can still recommend it despite some flaws.

    Factorio

    I am once again growing a factory, but this time with some mods! Since the release of space age, the community created a whole bunch of fun mods including adding new planets (and a moon) and more uses for crushers, among other cool things.

    ...I haven't actually made it to any other planets or moons yet, but I do have a space platform so that should be coming up soon. Once I solve the iron situation that is (oh my god I'm making like 1/3 of iron that I need it's awful). The crushers are really cool though.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Did NPR just shut down support for RSS? in ~tech

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    Not the OP, but the response I'm getting is: {"message":"Forbidden"} Interesting that this doesn't happen to everyone though? So there must be some condition for it

    Not the OP, but the response I'm getting is: {"message":"Forbidden"}

    Interesting that this doesn't happen to everyone though? So there must be some condition for it

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Amazon Web Services crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright in ~tech

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    Personally I was more surprised there's such thing as "smart beds". I've never heard of them before, but perhaps smart <anything> is to be expected at this point... You'd think it should be able...

    Personally I was more surprised there's such thing as "smart beds". I've never heard of them before, but perhaps smart <anything> is to be expected at this point...

    You'd think it should be able to function as just a regular bed if the servers fail, but I guess not. Why in the world can it get stuck upright without a way to fix?

    11 votes

  19. Comment on What code editor / IDE do you use (2025)? in ~comp

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    Here's some stuff I use: at work I use jetbrains IDEs such as webstorm or intellij idea, since that's what everyone uses here and it's nice when configs work the sane way for everyone for various...

    Here's some stuff I use:

    • at work I use jetbrains IDEs such as webstorm or intellij idea, since that's what everyone uses here and it's nice when configs work the sane way for everyone
    • for various personal projects I use vscode (the oss version) but I've also been experimenting with zed for new stuff and it's been pretty nice so far
    • sometimes I also use lunarvim when I want to do something directly on my server for some reason (recently I've been doing less of that though)

    I think if you're looking for something that offers similar functionality to vscode but isn't electron you could look at zed. No clue how supported it is on non x86-64 devices, though. It has some AI features baked in which I'm not a huge fan of, but they can all be disabled with just 1 option so you can get rid of them if that's not your thing

    5 votes

  20. Comment on California attorney fined for using twenty-one AI hallucinated cases in court filing in ~tech

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    Yeah, I think giving AI access to tools can help here. If a model had direct access to a database of cases and was explicitly told to only use data from there instead of what it "remembers" it'd...

    Yeah, I think giving AI access to tools can help here. If a model had direct access to a database of cases and was explicitly told to only use data from there instead of what it "remembers" it'd probably hallucinate way less, if at all. I think this approach is already done in some tasks, like giving the model access to a python interpreter so that it can figure out complex calculations without 10 hallucinations along the way.

    4 votes