nik9000

joined 1 year ago
[–] nik9000@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

My guess is the big video ram is high resolution textures, complex geometry, and a long draw distance. I honestly don't know much about video games though.

The smaller install is totally the map streaming stuff. I'm unsure quite why it has to be so big, but again, I don't know video games. I do recall you having to tell it where you want to start from and it'll download some stuff there.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

I recommend it. Try to go in blind.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

Many years ago the Unicode Consortium has a fundraiser where you sponsored and emoji. Someone at my company sponsored one and posted to the internal mailing list. Short story short a couple dozen of us sponsored stuff and the company paid us back and wrote a cute blog post. Cheap marketing. Felt good.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"I once ran the Indy 500. I must confess I'm impressed how I did it I wonder how close that I came."

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Pickled okra is wonderful. That a gumbo are the only way I can eat the slimy stuff. Pickling seems to burn away the slime.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

I don't know but the suggest makes me so happy.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

My favorite lately is Bea Wolf, a retelling of Beowolf. Oh! And Pebble and Wren.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like this explanation. I don't think we can do a lot better than this one at this point.

I think a fun next step is "forget what's real, I want to write a story with humans interacting with aliens that's consistent with what we see now." What do you have to invent to make it work? Nothing really works for me. But stuff like the dark forest is good. I can suspend disbelief enough to enjoy it.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I bought some $50 open back headphones a while back and they a just worlds better than anything I'd had before. Is there a step up from there that'd similarly rock my world?

My mic is pretty similar. $100 got me an SM58 and it's wonderful. You have to basically eat it and I can peak it if I'm loud. But it sounds so much nicer than most things. I know there's a few steps up from there. But I don't sing so think I'm fine.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The key got cut off I think. 538 has a standard key for predictions. Darker colors are "lean" and lighter colors are "solid". So it's confidence. Looks like I'm this example there are no states with the medium style of confidence for Republicans.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

I lived in Australia from 10 years old to 12. I somehow picked up that Waltzing Matilda was a sad song about how shitty world war 1 war. And also that the Brits where shit about it, somehow burning through the lives of their allies. Oh yeah, and now the crippled vet's homeless.

I remember someone explained it to me. And other kids. Because Matilda isn't slang for backpack we still used.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Try your local library.

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