[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 78 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Because a well designed game does not include drudgery. "Work-simulators" focus on results and progress and gloss over many of the hours of outright boredom or physical exertion to get there.

For example, truck driving simulator does not include the pain in the ass and boring part of loading or unloading the truck. Farming simulator does not include the painstaking process of removing rocks from the field.

While I grew up on a farm, my first proper career was something called OBC seismic. What it is isn't as important as the fact that it involved placing a 6km long sensor cable on the seabed with a winch and position it properly. To do this right requires practice, and as the principle is farly easy I wrote a small simulator that our trainees could try out. At first they found it interesting, and even the seniors from other departments enjoyed toying with it. The biggest lack of realism was that it didn't involve doing it for 12 hours straight, only stopping to unscrew 25 meter sections and replacing them. Barring drudgery and repetitive boredom could've probably made it an interesting game similar to other work simulators.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 68 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Former sound engineer here. Yes, that's the correct title, but no, that's not our doing (not mine at least). I want as many people as possible to reasonably be able to enjoy my output, regardless whether they have a 40000$ home cinema, or if they're on a cheap TV.

I know that some directors (Christopher Nolan) tend to want to produce "best" quality at the expense of those who don't care. See Tenet as an example.

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Fordi de har garantert råd til det

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 63 points 8 months ago

Typing speed matters in programming the same way hammer hits per second matters when building a house. There's a little bit more to it.

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[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 75 points 8 months ago

I can tolerate communists, but lemygrad is mostly just tankies

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 75 points 8 months ago

The takeaway, i guess, is that US healthcare only counts as civilized to those with money.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 89 points 8 months ago

Plus the fact that it was reasonably practical to haul that bed around speaks to spacious passage ways

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 81 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think an even bigger headline is that Thomas actually seems to be aware of the concept "conflict of interest in the supreme court"

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 68 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I trained a serial killer. Hang on, I'll link to another comment I made regarding that...

EDIT, found it: https://lemmy.ml/comment/3725228

Another edit, just to clarify: I trained him at the job, not the killing part

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Specifications:

  • Full size (80ish+ size with a reduced numpad will also work)
  • ISO key layout (as in, a proper Return key. ANSI can burn)
  • Numpad
  • Wireless (if possible)
  • Don't need any RGB
  • I don't care about keycaps, so any leftovers will do. They don't even have to be representative of the actual key, random letters and symbols will be fine, even duplicates

When I wasbinto RC Helicopters i liked flying, but didn't get much entertainment feom building. This other guy liked building but didn't care that much about flying. I was hoping to run into someone similar here.

EDIT: The helicopter sory as I posted it elsewhere, in case anyone cares. https://lemmy.ml/comment/2517850

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 72 points 9 months ago

Oh no, I hope it's nothing minor

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I'm still trying to fulfill my biological duty to hype, so I'm posting another one:

#274 - Ask Alex Anything

It should also have the tagline "I'm gonna miss you, Paul" because the backdrop of this episode is that Alex is saying his goodbyes to Paul Joseph Watson who has been working closely with Alex for ages.

Hilights of the episode are that Alex gets way too drunk and emotional, to the point where I think we're actually seeing a more human and vulnerable side of him than we've ever seen before. However, he's still a piece of shit, and the rest of the crowd also shows how awful people they are by keeping it going and having fun at Alex's expense.

And Rober Evans of "Behind the Bastards"-fame is joining JorDan for this one.

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Seeing as humans are built to hype, I thought I'd do my part by recommending an episode from the back catalog that some of our newer listeners may not have heard.

#135 - The Wikileaks Press Conference

The anticipation.. the predictions.. the over-investment of feelings... the hype.. and then, followed by the N stages of grief when it doesn't pan out the way Alex or Owen expected, going through the motions of a complete live meltdown and a 180 degree reversal of their opinion on Wikileaks.

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Hairy Mary armored train with hemp rope armor from the Boer War.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 80 points 10 months ago

I don't eat as much dirt and worms as I did when I was a kid, I think that might be part of the reason.

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[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 98 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Who holds the burden of proof, though? Will the doctor have to prove that his choice was done in good faith to claim that his procedure was lawful, or will a prosecution have to prove bad fath? It might seem like semantics, but I bet a lot of doctors will be risk averse if they hold the burden of proof.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 65 points 11 months ago

Nine women can create a baby in 1 month.

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