Quetzalcutlass

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[–] Quetzalcutlass 13 points 5 months ago

"Exploration is one of the central pillars of our gameplay. That's why we're offering this handy little DLC to instantly fill out your map!"

I've seen that kind of DLC a few times for open world games and it's always jarring.

[–] Quetzalcutlass 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I've been to Subway twice in the last twenty years. Both times the shop was understaffed and it took more than half an hour to get our meals, and they weren't even good compared to other sub chains that cost less, let alone the local non-franchise sub shops.

The last attempt was a few years before COVID. I can't imagine how bad it is now.

[–] Quetzalcutlass 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

We could also have "karma" on Lemmy, but while technically tracked the environment is better off without it being public in my opinion. I view voting records similarly.

It's strange that they removed total account karma visibility a while back but are now thinking about making votes public.

I think a good compromise (since Lemmy already tracks that data) would have been to show the upvote/downvote ratio a user receives on their profile page, without showing their total karma. That'd help you spot toxic users without incentivising karma whoring.

Similarly, a display of how often a user upvotes versus downvotes others would help spot bots and trolls without completely obliterating privacy like their suggestion would.

(But ultimately none of this solves the problem of privacy on the Fediverse being one federated bad actor away from nonexistence)

[–] Quetzalcutlass 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This sounds like artillery with extra steps.

[–] Quetzalcutlass 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Godot has one of the better explanations of vectors and their uses in games in their documentation, if you haven't checked that out yet. It focuses on their practical use rather than going deep into the mathematics (though there is quite a bit of that too).

And if you don't understand the math, the documentation also explains when and how to use specific methods, so you can still use it as a cheat sheet when working on your project even if you don't fully understand vectors.

(And you'll probably have an "ah-ha!" moment when working with them yourself. Like a lot of math, vectors are much easier to understand with practical, non-abstract examples.)

[–] Quetzalcutlass 4 points 6 months ago

I'll get you next time, Gadget!

[–] Quetzalcutlass 18 points 6 months ago

No, they're saying that companies that want graphene would probably grind up plastic rather than pay to extract microplastics from the environment.

[–] Quetzalcutlass 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"The camera adds ten pounds" has become a legitimate excuse.

[–] Quetzalcutlass 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's the lack of flow.

When I'm good at something, I can switch my brain off (even for mental tasks like programming; it's weird how ADHD works) and happily do it for hours.

When I'm working on something I'm not good at or am new to, I need to stop every few minutes to think or research and that gives my ADHD brain an opportunity to attack.

When I'm medicated, I can maintain that flow state with nearly any task - just with zero control over which task gets priority.

[–] Quetzalcutlass 2 points 6 months ago

I will never not laugh at this. Every moment is so perfectly timed.

[–] Quetzalcutlass 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

*takes ADHD meds for the first time*

POWER OVERWHELMING.

[–] Quetzalcutlass 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In The Garden of Eden from S07E04. That counts, right?

”Wait a minute. This sounds like rock and/or roll!"

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