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MrAptronym

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Bad opinions, cartoons and videogames. PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences, some clays, some lithium, mostly nothing.

Certified rare "casual linux user" I have devolved to computer idiot.

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massivelyop, to MMORPG
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Vague Patch Notes: The problem with forever adding classes to MMOs
🔗 https://massivelyop.com/2024/05/09/vague-patch-notes-the-problem-with-forever-adding-classes-to-mmos

MrAptronym,
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@massivelyop for FFXIV in particular, I think job balance isn't an issue within each role, things have basically always been fine. I think the bigger issues are:

  1. That achieving balance has been done by creating a fairly locked, similar playstyle for most jobs. Revolving around 2 minute buffs and 1 to 2 minute burst windows.

  2. Role balance is contentious. Ranged DPS and their mobility tax, casters and the rez tax. Healers are dull ouside of the hardest content.

MrAptronym,
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@massivelyop I do think we are hitting diminishing returns on jobs now though. Having 4 of each role (6 for melee!) Is a lot of options for each. I am not sure adding a 5th healer has the same effect as adding a 4th.

I would really prefer they focus on diversifying playstyles. If that was new jobs, fine, but I would rather we make each of the current jobs feel more unique

eniko, to random
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lalafells are so tiny so why do they all exude dom energy

MrAptronym,
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@eniko I saw this and not the first post, I didn't know you played FFXIV, but I instantly knew this was about lalas.

As a Femroe player I can say all my creepiest PMs come from lalas.

MrAptronym, to random
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Disappointed but not remotely surprised to watch Microsoft shutter two more studios. They are second only to EA in aquiring talented devs and destroying them. Arkane has been one of my favorite studios on the modern era. Redfall may be a mess, but Prey was an amazing title. Immersive sims seemed to be having a renessance, but maybe that time is over. Tango gameworks didn't even have a 'redfall'
Scared for Arkane Lyon and Obsidian, two longtime favorite developers.

xahteiwi, to random
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Serious question: why is it that so many people apparently have real problems adopting ISO 8601 dates and UTC, in a professional context?

As in, are those somehow fundamentally incompatible with human nature? Or do people just completely lack the cultural awareness to understand that some of their colleagues are used to a different date format than they are, or live in a different timezone, or don't use daylight saving time?

Related:
https://xahteiwi.eu/blog/2023/02/10/brown-mms/

MrAptronym,
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@xahteiwi I work on an international team dedicated to enforcing standards... and no one on my team does this. It is frustrating.

MrAptronym, to random
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The other day I had a discussion with a friend of a friend who was shocked that I thought Joe Rogan wasn't particularly smart or a good interviewer. He actually stopped me later in the night to ask why I thought that, and told me he had never heard someone say that.

I keep thinking about that because I have not felt so far outside my own bubble in years.

BenjaminHCCarr, to random
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Life boomed on half a billion years ago. You can thank .
The near collapse of ’s coincided with a spike in levels and a boom in , according to a new study.
Gift Article: https://wapo.st/3UN6LrH

MrAptronym,
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@BenjaminHCCarr This is something I have seen a lot of in isotope systems: great work on a narrow subject that they try and sell with a shakey story.

It always frustrates me. Looks like really solid work here on the paleomagnetics, but that isn't as exciting a story. Papers need a story to get published, so they swing for the fences. The H escape stuff is just not convincing to me and I don't think they explore the literature and theories on oxygenation as well as they did the paleomagnetism.

MrAptronym,
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@BenjaminHCCarr The WaPo headline seems irresponsible there too, presenting the tenuous causation as fact. It is weird because the article itself is responsible and well written.

donni, to random
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How do I monetize this creeping sense of despair

MrAptronym,
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@donni Isn't that just what Standup is?

grumpygamer, (edited ) to random
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When you first launch a game do you...

MrAptronym,
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@grumpygamer I mostly play games on Linux, where a little fiddling at the start can really help lead to a smoother experience.

ArcanePigeon, to art
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IDK why I made this, enjoy. #art #pixelart #aseprite #mastoart

MrAptronym,
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@ArcanePigeon I am glad you did.

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

MrAptronym,
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@lowqualityfacts Ahh yes, the Pauli and Pauli Exclusion Principle.

TOrynski, to random
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About 20 years ago there used to be a joke about physicist and engineer trying to fix a broken car and a programmer asking "have you tried to get out of it and then back in again?"

Seems Tesla Cybertruck IS that joke:

MrAptronym,
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@TOrynski My i4 infotainment center crashed and the solution was literally to get out of the car and get back in in 10 minutes. :(

bigzaphod, to random
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I have a theory that Tesla is going to eventually get out of the car business and just make batteries.

MrAptronym,
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@bigzaphod That may be a good move for them, my knowledge is a bit out of date, but I recall them having some good capacity in the battery field. I doubt it though; it seems like they are still promising fantasy tech.

They have burned their early mover advantage in EVe at this point, and they seem allergic to learning any lessons from the rest of the automotive industry. They certainly need to make some big move soon or they will only keep slipping.

astro_jcm, to martialartsmemes
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"Oh, and Juan Carlos uses the telescope's lasers to re-heat his coffee."

https://www.tomgauld.com/

MrAptronym,
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@astro_jcm Lol, when I got sole access to a locked lab in grad school for a hazardous material I 100% started napping in there.

MrAptronym, to random
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It is genuinely moving to see all the protests on campuses against the genocide of Palestinians. I have realized what a special time college is for organizing.

After college, working and moving more often , I feel like I do not have the kind of community connections that I did at that time. Something to fix in my life I suppose.

ThePlant, to memes
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Some gaming communities are nice, most are truly terrible

MrAptronym,
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@ThePlant Every time I am really enjoying a game, I interact with the community outside the game and my enthusiasm just disappears lol

The only game community I ever joined and enjoyed was Drakengard/Nier... then Automata came out and that community sucked too. Even then I probably just ended up in a pleasent niche.

nonfedimemes, to random
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MrAptronym,
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@nonfedimemes sometimes you get a neutral grey box where magic happens!

axoaxonic, to random
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A lot of people are posting a video by Sabine Hossenfelder right now, and I'm not going to comment on the video or the points and discussion, but I wanted to post this video detailing her problematic views on trans issues, how she promoted (in a biased-centrist way) the harmful, TERF-associated, and unfounded view that gender affirming care for trans kids is a social contagion leading to "rapid onset of gender dysphoria," while making claims that transitioning before puberty is harmful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Kau7bO3Fw Also there's a line where she offhand belittles people who say early gender affirming care saves lives

"Whether or not she meant to, she repeatedly used a misleading rhetorical device to elevate transphobic talking points to the same level as scientific evidence, and she did that in front of a very large audience"

MrAptronym,
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@mrcompletely @axoaxonic Came here to say this, but you said it perfectly. Early on she was an interesting watch and sticking to topics more in here wheelhouse.

massivelyop, to random
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The Daily Grind: What’s the first thing you do when returning to a long-neglected MMO?
🔗 https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/06/the-daily-grind-whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-returning-to-a-long-neglected-mmo

MrAptronym,
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@massivelyop Usually setting up rebinds for longer than I would like.

HeavenlyPossum, to random
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The idea of human beings as rational utility-maximizing particles with insatiable hedonic desires is very much the product of an ideological project to justify capitalism as “natural” and has virtually no relationship to how actual human beings live but a lot of people have genuinely internalized it.

Trying to derive “human nature” by observing people under capitalist modernity is like looking at a bored, depressed wolf obsessively pacing a circle in a tiny zoo enclosure and concluding that this is “wolf nature.”

MrAptronym,
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@HeavenlyPossum the pervasive belief that this was a scientifically proven fact about people is what caused me to be an insufferable libertarian for three months as a college freshman.

drewharwell, to random
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The Biden executive order we reported on Monday is being issued today: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/26/biden-sensitive-data-china-ban/

Will block bulk sale of biometric, financial, genomic, geolocation and health data to China and other "countries of concern." White House called it "the most significant executive action any President has ever taken to protect Americans’ data security"

MrAptronym,
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@drewharwell Was excited until I read "to China" the US needs actual proper domestic data protections.

NanoRaptor, (edited ) to random
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How many browser tabs do you have open right this minute?

MrAptronym,
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@NanoRaptor 0-10 should have been the first category.

mcc, to random
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I understand how this happened but I cannot help but notice that is literally the opposite of what I asked for

MrAptronym,
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@mcc ugh, constantly happens to me. Especially when I use specific acronyms and it just includes others. Even in google scholar

memes, to random
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logs into fedi

MrAptronym,
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@memes me: "hell yeah."

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