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Comment on The Lake House DLC is a tightly paced slice of psychological horror that serves as an absorbing addendum to Alan Wake II in ~games
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Comment on Factorio: Space Age | Trailer in ~games
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentFor me, both are equally impactful.For me, both are equally impactful.
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Comment on Scavengers Reign (2023) - Best sci-fi I have seen in years, aside from Dune in ~tv
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentNetflix still has the rights, and I’m not sure anything has been announced since Max canceled it in May and sold the rights, so there is still light at the end of the tunnel! Glad you liked it.Netflix still has the rights, and I’m not sure anything has been announced since Max canceled it in May and sold the rights, so there is still light at the end of the tunnel!
Glad you liked it.
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Comment on The Technical Difficulties are back! — Reverse Trivia 1x01 in ~misc
sneakyRedPanda LinkI like Tom a lot, but the meat-to-banter ratio of this is just too heavy on banter for my tastes. And I like banter! Made worse by how willing everyone is to talk at the same time as someone else.I like Tom a lot, but the meat-to-banter ratio of this is just too heavy on banter for my tastes. And I like banter! Made worse by how willing everyone is to talk at the same time as someone else.
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Comment on How chain restaurants use smells to entice us in ~food
sneakyRedPanda LinkIn ‘n’ Out Burger. The smell is unmistakable, even driving by on an adjacent freeway with the windows down. I love it.In ‘n’ Out Burger. The smell is unmistakable, even driving by on an adjacent freeway with the windows down. I love it.
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Comment on Are we really engineers? (2021) in ~engineering
sneakyRedPanda (edited )LinkThis essay and the following entries were great reads; thanks for posting.This essay and the following entries were great reads; thanks for posting.
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Comment on California’s restaurant industry can keep its controversial service fees in ~food
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentRequiring anyone (especially small businesses) who want to physically display prices, to have to-the-cent accurate prices, when tax varies (slightly) by postal code, is really an unfair ask. If...Requiring anyone (especially small businesses) who want to physically display prices, to have to-the-cent accurate prices, when tax varies (slightly) by postal code, is really an unfair ask.
If the move then, is to make taxes more uniform across larger areas, and then add the requirement, then great. But I don’t know how likely that is to ever happen.
very simple and universal piece of legislation
We’re talking the US here… so…
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Comment on Scavengers Reign (2023) - Best sci-fi I have seen in years, aside from Dune in ~tv
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentYeah that scene really was worth the time they spent on it.Yeah that scene really was worth the time they spent on it.
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Scavengers Reign (2023) - Best sci-fi I have seen in years, aside from Dune
"Scavengers Reign" eluded me when it released last year, but I was made aware of it after MAX canceled the show in May (Netflix has since picked it up but may or may not put in for more, is how I...
"Scavengers Reign" eluded me when it released last year, but I was made aware of it after MAX canceled the show in May (Netflix has since picked it up but may or may not put in for more, is how I understand the situation).
The trailer has been posted here but I wanted to check in and see how everyone else felt about it (keep it spoiler free!). Personally I was enthralled all the way through. It has such an interesting blend of Miyazaki-esque "creature-y" world building with more meditative displays of nature and the violence and balance that is integral to it. If that sounds at all interesting I would suggest watching the first of twelve episodes, you will probably know if you are interested or not after it's over.
Here's hoping Netflix green lights more, assuming the creators want to continue. It really could stand as-is with where they left it.
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Comment on New wi-fi takeover attack—all Windows users warned to update now in ~tech
sneakyRedPanda LinkThat’s a big yikes.That’s a big yikes.
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Comment on Neutrinos: The inscrutable “ghost particles” driving scientists crazy in ~science
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentTo be clear, the Higgs field gives all of the elementary particles mass. My understanding is that it’s not the way to give particles mass, it’s just the one that happens to be the case for most of...To be clear, the Higgs field gives all of the elementary particles mass. My understanding is that it’s not the way to give particles mass, it’s just the one that happens to be the case for most of the particles that do have it, and we don’t yet know how neutrinos get their mass.
The Higgs boson is a quantum particle in the Higgs field.
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Comment on Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna (Imola) Grand Prix 2024 - Results in ~sports.motorsports
sneakyRedPanda LinkWow that was a legitimately thrilling last 15 laps.Wow that was a legitimately thrilling last 15 laps.
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Comment on Florida man worries about his ruined reputation after pulling gun on Uber driver dropping the man's daughter off at their house in ~transport
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentRight, it’s almost certainly about the group of people, but when you read the sentence you do always have to determine the answer to that question, with the context being the only indicator as to...Right, it’s almost certainly about the group of people, but when you read the sentence you do always have to determine the answer to that question, with the context being the only indicator as to which usage of “their” is intended by the writer.
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Comment on Florida man worries about his ruined reputation after pulling gun on Uber driver dropping the man's daughter off at their house in ~transport
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentIf I can be honest here, I have literally no idea what the new title is trying to say beyond what the original title did. Edit: OK got it now, it seems pretty clear so I’m not sure what the...If I can be honest here, I have literally no idea what the new title is trying to say beyond what the original title did.
Edit: OK got it now, it seems pretty clear so I’m not sure what the roadblock was. I’m all for “their” as the de facto gender neutral pronoun but maybe this is one of the situations where the ambiguity doesn’t help.
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Comment on Is Nebula worth it? in ~tech
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentThomas Flight is one of my favorites.Thomas Flight is one of my favorites.
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Comment on Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix 2024 - Results in ~sports.motorsports
sneakyRedPanda LinkLET’S GO NORRIS!!!!! Incredible to see Verstappen lose on merit. Here’s to many more!LET’S GO NORRIS!!!!!
Incredible to see Verstappen lose on merit. Here’s to many more!
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Comment on Looking for free or cheap places to learn some SQL and XML in ~tech
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentJust to add to this, I think one of the biggest differences between JSON and XML is the fact that XML is inherently a little more expressive, or at least it is in some cases easier to express some...Just to add to this, I think one of the biggest differences between JSON and XML is the fact that XML is inherently a little more expressive, or at least it is in some cases easier to express some piece of data when you can leverage XML element attributes.
You are definitely free to represent whatever data you want to in either format, but with XML the added flexibility means that it’s harder to represent the structure in any given programming language. JSON is easy to represent in languages that have a hash or hash table or dictionary type, because they’re effectively the same thing. XML isn’t that simple.
in the vast majority of cases I don’t find the extra flexibility and expressiveness of XML to be particularly helpful. The increased difficulty of parsing and construction of XML in any given programming language is a non trivial hurdle.
Now that I’ve written a couple paragraphs and have successfully held my tongue for the most part, I’d like to say that I genuinely despise XML.
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Comment on Reddit pops as much as 70% in NYSE debut after selling shares at top of range in ~tech
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentI made like 12k on dogecoin and when I got out, all I could think was “wow, I’m a lucky idiot”. Valuable lessons learned across the board though.I made like 12k on dogecoin and when I got out, all I could think was “wow, I’m a lucky idiot”. Valuable lessons learned across the board though.
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Comment on American Bar Association calls for US courts to find a different word than master, citing history and negative associations in ~humanities
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentI’m a little more sympathetic to the whitelist/blacklist change, because it’s actually more descriptive, and the justification for one being the positive and the other being the negative is...I’m a little more sympathetic to the whitelist/blacklist change, because it’s actually more descriptive, and the justification for one being the positive and the other being the negative is arbitrary.
I don’t think “blackouts” fits here - blackouts are a literal description of what happens when the power goes out, everything goes black.
That said, this is the first I’ve heard of any attempts to stop using blackout.
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Comment on 'I've never seen it this bad:' Game developers explain the huge layoffs hitting Riot, Epic, and more in ~games
sneakyRedPanda Link ParentGames industry salaries are notoriously low compared to general tech salaries. I don’t have numbers so this could still be too low but I’m almost positive the true number would be shocking. That...Games industry salaries are notoriously low compared to general tech salaries. I don’t have numbers so this could still be too low but I’m almost positive the true number would be shocking.
That said this conversation may have outgrown the original post’s context.
Finished the main game on Sunday! Overall loved the experience even if it wasn’t perfect. On to the DLC now, so glad to see this is getting favorable reviews.