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  1. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I'm still trying to get through some tutorials for Godot - I'm working on writing a videogame and I'd like to be able to seriously contribute to the programming and design work as well. I was...

    I'm still trying to get through some tutorials for Godot - I'm working on writing a videogame and I'd like to be able to seriously contribute to the programming and design work as well.

    I was expecting to be able to do a lot of this over the holidays, but instead my whole family got sick.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Humanities people in Tech, how are you doing? in ~humanities

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    I have a psychology BA and I'm about 3 years into my tech career - currently doing software support. I like the culture, personally - though I don't like the 'next big thing' issue very much...

    I have a psychology BA and I'm about 3 years into my tech career - currently doing software support.

    I like the culture, personally - though I don't like the 'next big thing' issue very much either.

    I like the pay, I'm in a city that has low CoL, and I'm in a company that is growing...so I think I'm sticking around.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Billionaire industrialist David Koch has died in ~news

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    Guillotines needed to be sharpened after every few victims, as neck bones would dull the blade. During the french revolution, there were some executions that required many falls of the blade to do...

    Guillotines needed to be sharpened after every few victims, as neck bones would dull the blade.

    During the french revolution, there were some executions that required many falls of the blade to do more than just crush the neck bone.

    Not saying it isn't quick compared to what you might want to give him, just saying that even a guillotine could be quite a torturous death.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    I'm trying to write and design a video game in the small bits of time between a double-date (me and my wife with our old friends) and all the random shit I have to do around the house, which...

    I'm trying to write and design a video game in the small bits of time between a double-date (me and my wife with our old friends) and all the random shit I have to do around the house, which includes raising a 5 month old and a 4 year old.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 discussion thread in ~tv

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    What about that Dragon-glass forging? I thought that was almost impossible in modern day backyard experiments, and the best that you actually get is like...dirty brittle glass, and definitely not...

    What about that Dragon-glass forging? I thought that was almost impossible in modern day backyard experiments, and the best that you actually get is like...dirty brittle glass, and definitely not 'true' obsidian.

    I know that in the past when people really did use obsidian and similar material for weapons, they almost always chipped it out of a larger chunk, which is why even a small handaxe is really rare - more likely to see a bunch of small stones mounted in a club.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 discussion thread in ~tv

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    You know that saying things like this kills characters, right?

    so as long as they have her in every episode, I will be happy.

    You know that saying things like this kills characters, right?

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 discussion thread in ~tv

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    Considering Jaime's entire character arc, manner in which he rode north, and total loss of the lannister blond hair, I have a feeling that he's actively trying to put the past behind him, and we...

    Considering Jaime's entire character arc, manner in which he rode north, and total loss of the lannister blond hair, I have a feeling that he's actively trying to put the past behind him, and we already know he's much more forgiving.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 discussion thread in ~tv

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    Yes. The very last action of the first scene. They cut to credits before he hit the ground.

    Yes. The very last action of the first scene. They cut to credits before he hit the ground.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 discussion thread in ~tv

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    Small point of contention here: he can go any place in history that has crows or weirwood trees - he's effectively warging into things in the past, similar to what happened with Hodor. I mean the...

    Small point of contention here: he can go any place in history that has crows or weirwood trees - he's effectively warging into things in the past, similar to what happened with Hodor.

    I mean the shove from the tower likely had crows around and the heart tree of winterfell is powerful, so it's there and he probably knows about it now - but only after his transformation into the three-eyed raven (i.e. creepy-bran). Once he was the three-eyed raven, he probably realized that if he wasn't shoved out of the tower, then he wouldn't have become the three-eyed raven, so he probably doesn't give a shit.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Feature request: Use "/t/" in alternative to "~" in the url of a tilde. in ~tildes

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    I think this is a very good point. There are actually a lot of reddit clones that use the /r/ format, and only some of them actually change the "r" to the first letter of their own site. As far as...

    I think this is a very good point. There are actually a lot of reddit clones that use the /r/ format, and only some of them actually change the "r" to the first letter of their own site.

    As far as I can tell, they are almost always created because the creator was mad that reddit has rules they don't like.

    Instead of being "not like reddit", tildes is trying to be "in-depth-discussion-focused" - i.e. focused on attempting to be something, instead of focused on being 'not reddit'. We don't hate reddit here, but we also don't find it sufficient for what we want.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Differentiating between comments collapsed via noise versus user-actioned & old collapses in ~tildes

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    If you implement something like this, could you use colors to indicate which are which? Obviously this may play havoc with some color schemes, but I feel like I would be able to much more easily...

    If you implement something like this, could you use colors to indicate which are which?

    Obviously this may play havoc with some color schemes, but I feel like I would be able to much more easily understand it if there were some visual effect like that, instead of just plain text.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on OpenAI, after announcing that their language model was "too good to release", have moved most of their staff into a corporation "capped at 100x returns on investment". in ~tech

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    With a really brief google search, apparently it's some focused message board.

    With a really brief google search, apparently it's some focused message board.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on What do you think about the problem of unreachability of decision makers? in ~talk

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    "Yeah the way we worded that press release pissed off a bunch of people, but it stopped 99% of the complaints. Any new complaints are now about the words we used."

    "Yeah the way we worded that press release pissed off a bunch of people, but it stopped 99% of the complaints. Any new complaints are now about the words we used."

    2 votes

  14. Comment on What do you think about the problem of unreachability of decision makers? in ~talk

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    I don't like everything the EU does, but their recent stuff against Monsanto makes me think it's worth the things I don't like. Now to find a way to get the american political system to similarly...

    I don't like everything the EU does, but their recent stuff against Monsanto makes me think it's worth the things I don't like.

    Now to find a way to get the american political system to similarly pin corporations to the wall...

    2 votes

  15. Comment on What books are best experienced through a physical copy? in ~books

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    I read it in my home, during the peaceful hours after my preschooler is sleeping and household chores are done. Considering the theme of adventure interrupted by peace, I think it's an appropriate...

    I read it in my home, during the peaceful hours after my preschooler is sleeping and household chores are done.

    Considering the theme of adventure interrupted by peace, I think it's an appropriate atmosphere.

  16. Comment on Momo Challenge, memes, and "Secure, Contain, Protect" (SCP) in ~talk

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    Yeah. There's just something deeply wrong about it. Great art! The artist captured something I can't even put into words. But I hate it.

    Yeah. There's just something deeply wrong about it.

    Great art! The artist captured something I can't even put into words.

    But I hate it.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Momo Challenge, memes, and "Secure, Contain, Protect" (SCP) in ~talk

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    Yep, you warned me. That's just what I hate. I still clicked the link. When we're trained to click interesting things despite warnings, we don't really think about it - further encapsulating the...

    Yep, you warned me. That's just what I hate. I still clicked the link. When we're trained to click interesting things despite warnings, we don't really think about it - further encapsulating the whole cogitohazard thing.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Momo Challenge, memes, and "Secure, Contain, Protect" (SCP) in ~talk

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    Ok, this is a really low-effort comment, but god dammit I hate that fuckin picture. There's something about it that completely sets off my lizard-brain into creeped-out mode. Jesus christ. I have...

    Ok, this is a really low-effort comment, but god dammit I hate that fuckin picture. There's something about it that completely sets off my lizard-brain into creeped-out mode.

    Jesus christ. I have no idea why I clicked on it at midnight. fuck.

    What the hell world is my 4-year old growing up in?

    2 votes

  19. Comment on What are you reading these days? #14 in ~books

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    Reading The hobbit to my 4-year old. Reading LOTR for myself.

    Reading The hobbit to my 4-year old.

    Reading LOTR for myself.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on What books are best experienced through a physical copy? in ~books

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    Lord of the Rings. The whole thing in a single volume. Every time that you cozy up to read some more, you have this 4-6 inch tome that you need to find a comfy spot with. It also gets the "Thud...

    Lord of the Rings.

    The whole thing in a single volume.

    Every time that you cozy up to read some more, you have this 4-6 inch tome that you need to find a comfy spot with. It also gets the "Thud Effect" and makes the whole story seem even more weighty than it already is.

    ALSO, it's how Tolkien wanted to publish it initially, but no publisher would take the risk like that on some fairy tale, especially as paper was at a premium when it was first published.

    6 votes