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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I've seen people suggesting and using Anubis, haven't used it myself though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're a writer and have to turn to the make-things-up-machine to make things up, why are you even a writer in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

People who have a favourite pencil.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Firstly, the Prime Minister and an MP are very different, so it's not really a fair comparison. Replacing an MP with one of the same party might result in what? Your bins being taken out on a different day?

Anyway, I think this is a "don't let perfect be the enemy of good situation". Without any safeguards, an assassination is most likely to come from someone across the political spectrum than someone next to them. So it makes sense to focus on preventing that even if it does open a potential (risky to execute) exploit.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

... Isn't wanting to kill someone with vastly different views more common than wanting to kill someone with only slightly different views?

Like, sure someone could kill someone in the party they like for the chance to get someone they like better in power. But realistically it won't change much (they're still bound by the same whip) and it's not worth the risk of going to jail.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Skipped to the "ugly" part of the article and I kind of agree with the language being hard?

I think a bigger problem is that it's hard to find "best practices" because information is just scattered everywhere and search engines are terrible.

Like, the language itself is fairly simple and the tutorial is good. But it's a struggle when it comes to doing things like "how do I change the source of a package", "how do I compose two modules together" and "how do I add a repo to a flake so it's visible in my config". Most of this information comes from random discourse threads where the responder assumes you have a working knowledge of the part of the codebase they're taking about.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tried the demo of this when it first came out and honestly wasn't a fan.

The demo was very short and didn't have any difficult puzzles. I get that it's just a demo, but I wanted to see a taste for how far the mechanics could go.

I also really didn't click with the story, which was most of the demo's runtime. I assume that some people will be interested in the story, but personally I'm not interested in a minute of gameplay being broken up by 5 minutes of watching a guy trying to figure out how Japan works.

Shenzen I/O had a similar theme, but approaches it with a "less is more" philosophy; portraying character personality and interactions in a few lines of text.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

Presumably because the "AI" that these people are working on is different from what's being shoved down our throat by aibros.

Stuff like folding proteins or whatever it is they do all day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Foxes can eat fish, so I guess the scent is similar enough?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Hmm? Sorry, did you say something?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

This seems a bit of a risky move... Lets see if this gamble pays off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you can provide evidence for what really happened, I'll happily take a look.

And yes, my language was harsh, and I apologise for that. I've just seen people making up drama to discredit communities before, and it gets on my nerves somewhat.

 

Fun little Wario-Ware like.

 

So I'm over 100 hours in and I've just reached the point where I've made it above Aquilo's orbit.

However, I wonder if I spent too much time setting up a janky interplanetary logistics system rather than just using Nauvis resources for science. Also, Gleba spiders keep eating my base.

Figured I'd ask then... How long did it take before you touched down on Aquilo in your playthrough?

 

Got sent this, and the animation is actually quite well done for how simple it is.

 

It's fun, and well worth looking at if you like smash.

 

Been playing this game a bit. Can't comment on how good it is compared to actual battlefield, but I've been having fun.

Currently in (free) beta, not sure how long they are doing their playtest for though.

 

Interesting piece of webdev solving.

 

Stumbled upon this game and had fun with the demo. Might be up some people's alley.

 

Hey all, I'm British so I don't really know the ins and outs of the US healthcare system. Apologies for asking what is probably a rather simple question.

So like most of you, I see many posts and gofundmes about people having astronomically high medical bills. Most recently, someone having a $27k bill even after his death.

However, I have an American friend who is quick to point out that apparently nobody actually pays those bills. They're just some elaborate dance between insurance companies and hospitals. If you don't have insurance, the cost is lower or removed entirely. Supposedly.

So I'm just asking... How accurate is that? Consider someone without insurance, a minor physical ailment, a neurodivergent mind and no interest in fighting off harassing people for the rest of their life.

How much would such a person expect to pay, out of their own pocket, for things like check ups, x rays, meds, counselling and so on?

 

I recently played through a demo for a game called Pinball Spire on steam, and it put me in the mood for playing pinball games. Unfortunately, and I don't know if this is just due to me having bad google-foo, there don't seem to be that many on Steam that catch my interest.

So figured I may as well make a thread asking about what the "state of the art" of pinball video games is. Some of the ones I've played:

  • Sonic Spinball: Very janky, but very unique and I don't think I've seen anyone try to do anything similar to it.
  • Pokémon Pinball and Sonic Pinball Party: Fairly standard pinball games, tbh. They're both on handhelds so they can't do that much.
  • Demon's Tilt and Xenotilt: Just really fun feeling arcade pinball games with a really fun tilt mechanic.

So yeah, know any good PC or console pinball games?

Oh, and can someone help me: I vaguely remember seeing a stream of a pinball game for the Mega Drive/SNES where the ball goes through multiple tables. Does anyone know what that game was called, if it even exists?

 

So https://meow.social/@TwilightSaint/112810490753805813 popped up in my feed and I had to find the full version. Sharing here because it's really nice.

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