vildravn's recent activity
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Comment on Cartoons such as Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, or Avatar? in ~tv
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Comment on Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators in ~games
vildravn Link ParentRiley has been ready for a while, Apple is holding things up. They've just complained about Apple approving the app before the AltStore. Delta has been approved for a week now and it looks like...Riley has been ready for a while, Apple is holding things up. They've just complained about Apple approving the app before the AltStore.
Delta has been approved for a week now and it looks like AltStore is finally in review.
So it seems Delta might not be coming to App Store itself.
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Comment on Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos in ~tech
vildravn Link ParentIt's hard to say, as someone who enjoys sci-fi, the playlist of three short stories is always worth a watch/listen to me. If you have even a passing interest in linguistics, there's a whole...It's hard to say, as someone who enjoys sci-fi, the playlist of three short stories is always worth a watch/listen to me.
If you have even a passing interest in linguistics, there's a whole playlist of videos on that topic.
His second channel, Tom Scott Plus, is all worth a watch as well. It may come back at some point in the future. I particularly enjoyed a video about him trying to overcome his fear of rollercoasters and the two videos on caving:
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
vildravn Link ParentA friend got Stellaris Nexus for me and him to have something to play together and I was not expecting it to be so much fun. It's kinda like a virtual boardgame, and I really appreciate the...A friend got Stellaris Nexus for me and him to have something to play together and I was not expecting it to be so much fun. It's kinda like a virtual boardgame, and I really appreciate the matches don't take too long. It's a surprisingly good game :)
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Comment on Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos in ~tech
vildravn LinkThis is it, the last Tom Scott video posted on regular schedule of one video a week on the main channel for the foreseeable future. He has held this streak for an impressive 10 years. I really...This is it, the last Tom Scott video posted on regular schedule of one video a week on the main channel for the foreseeable future. He has held this streak for an impressive 10 years.
I really have to admire recognizing the position he's in and just wanting to take a break instead of taking the channel and his life into a direction he's not comfortable with.
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Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos
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Comment on Cities: Skylines II performance has not achieved the benchmark we targeted, Paradox admits ahead of launch in ~games
vildravn Link ParentGoing with Paradox Mods instead of the workshop also pretty much forces the ... less than stellar ... Paradox launcher on people that want to play with mods.Going with Paradox Mods instead of the workshop also pretty much forces the ... less than stellar ... Paradox launcher on people that want to play with mods.
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Comment on The unreasonable effectiveness of plain text in ~tech
vildravn Link ParentYeah I know exactly what you mean. If only everything accepted MarkdownYeah I know exactly what you mean. If only everything accepted Markdown
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Comment on The unreasonable effectiveness of plain text in ~tech
vildravn Link ParentOn topic of copying and formatting, good old Ctrl+Shift+V should paste without any formatting at all. It's not 100%, there's still some frustration with that for me, but most of the time it works...On topic of copying and formatting, good old Ctrl+Shift+V should paste without any formatting at all. It's not 100%, there's still some frustration with that for me, but most of the time it works fairly well :)
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Comment on The unreasonable effectiveness of plain text in ~tech
vildravn LinkI really like this video/talk as I already intuitively mostly stick to the principles at least for personal projects and this video talks about it more eloquently than I ever could. There seems to...I really like this video/talk as I already intuitively mostly stick to the principles at least for personal projects and this video talks about it more eloquently than I ever could.
There seems to be one point that's nagging me a bit and that's a bit of a lock-in when it comes to GitHub or other similar services. Perhaps you could use various APIs to potentially export issues, projects, milestones etc. but it does seem to be a bit against the whole plain-text, portable philosophy. Maybe it's a tradeoff that is worth it, maybe there are other solutions to that problem?
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The unreasonable effectiveness of plain text
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Comment on Introducing Surfboard for Tildes in ~tildes
vildravn Link ParentHello! No rush but it looks like the beta has expired :)Hello!
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Comment on Defunct studios discussion - Who remembers Black & White? in ~games
vildravn Link ParentOh man, Sierra. I grew up on those games.. Quest For Glory 4 is specifically a game that was very influential to me :)Oh man, Sierra. I grew up on those games.. Quest For Glory 4 is specifically a game that was very influential to me :)
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Comment on Defunct studios discussion - Who remembers Black & White? in ~games
vildravn LinkI really miss B&W, they were excellent games. This will sound a bit weird as the studio is still around, but arguably in all but the name anymore: I am really nostalgic for Warcraft RTSes, and...I really miss B&W, they were excellent games.
This will sound a bit weird as the studio is still around, but arguably in all but the name anymore: I am really nostalgic for Warcraft RTSes, and especially the Warcraft 3 campaign. WoW isn’t doing it for me anymore and the lore is all over the place.. Some games managed to approach similar levels of fun with the campaign for me, Northgard for one, but I’d love a new Warcraft.
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Comment on Retired Maj. David Grusch tells Congress the US is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs in ~misc
vildravn Link ParentThis is something I basically never see brought up in discussions about aliens. The distances are so vast you need to really consider time itself. At least according to Wikipedia, the estimated...This is something I basically never see brought up in discussions about aliens.
The distances are so vast you need to really consider time itself. At least according to Wikipedia, the estimated origin of life based on molecular clocks is around 4 billion years ago, possibly older while observations suggest that the current diameter of the observable universe around Earth is 93 billion light-years. That's already such a small fraction, assuming those hypothetical aliens could even observe signs of such early life on Earth.
Anyone observing from a "mere" 3.5 million light years away would only see the Australopithecus, most certainly not any signs of civilization yet. And all that assuming they could even observe that much detail from that far away, but they're aliens after all :)
Maybe you could pick some more obvious signs of civilization, like changes in the atmosphere, maybe light pollution from cities being lit up at night, or radio waves, but that shortens the distance so much, the aliens would have to have already been basically in our back yard for them to even notice us.
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Comment on Things to do in Prague in ~travel
vildravn Link ParentI came to recommend Honest Guide as well, glad to see them already mentioned! :) As someone who grew up in Prague, I really can't recommend their channel enough for people visiting the city or...I came to recommend Honest Guide as well, glad to see them already mentioned! :) As someone who grew up in Prague, I really can't recommend their channel enough for people visiting the city or country.
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Comment on Group updates for July 2023 in ~tildes.official
vildravn Link ParentI can't take credit for that, that was @cfabbro :)I like your name better too.
I can't take credit for that, that was @cfabbro :)
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Comment on Group updates for July 2023 in ~tildes.official
vildravn LinkMakes sense, though I was hoping ~games.game_design gets a bit broadened and renamed ~games.dev instead. Should game development topics go to ~games or ~comp?Removed ~games.game_design (topics merged into ~games)
This group has always been quite inactive, and I don't think the few topics in it still need their own separate space from ~games right now.Makes sense, though I was hoping ~games.game_design gets a bit broadened and renamed ~games.dev instead. Should game development topics go to ~games or ~comp?
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Comment on Aurora – Pink Moon (2023) in ~music
vildravn Link ParentI really enjoy her cover of Moon River as wellI really enjoy her cover of Moon River as well
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Comment on Introducing Surfboard for Tildes in ~tildes
I haven’t seen it mentioned, sorry if I missed it, but Final Space is a show I can wholeheartedly recommend. It has silly and serious moments, the latter seasons are a bit “lol random” at times but it’s very well written in my opinion.