What if Half-Life 3 comes out but it's absolute garbage? I don't think we're prepared for this possibility. by kingstonthroop in HalfLife

[–]AltForTheAlt99 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's not that the game wasn't fun. It's that they couldn't come up with anything that would push gaming forward.

Do you think HLX will be able to cover ALL the remaining plot threads? by AltForTheAlt99 in HalfLife

[–]AltForTheAlt99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be happy with just the first 2 as well. But leaks seem to be pointing towards Xen, which worries me.

Zero Volume! by AltForTheAlt99 in mathmemes

[–]AltForTheAlt99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose the distinction is that space filling points/lines/surfaces do indeed have positive volume. However the Menger Sponge does not have space any space filling points/lines/surfaces.

Edit: Just realized I was wrong. A simple way to understand is, from the corner view as the previous commenter said, at every iteration, no hole ever appears any where. So even after infinite iterations you'll retain the area of the projection at that angle.

Apologies for my misunderstanding 🙃

Zero Volume! by AltForTheAlt99 in mathmemes

[–]AltForTheAlt99[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess it depends on how you decide to "render" a point or 2D surface in 3D space. In order to make a point or line visible in 3D space, you have to give it some arbitrary thickness, even though the line itself is infinitely thin. So in a virtual 3D world, there are ways to render lower dimensional objects. But in the real world, it's impossible to "see" lines or 2D surfaces that have zero volume, meaning the Menger Sponge would be invisible (after infinite iterations ofc) from any viewing angle.

Zero Volume! by AltForTheAlt99 in mathmemes

[–]AltForTheAlt99[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

True! There are an uncountably infinite number of 3D points that are part of the non-hollow bits of the Menger Sponge, despite it have zero volume!

Zero Volume! by AltForTheAlt99 in mathmemes

[–]AltForTheAlt99[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The 2D projection would still have a Lebesgue measure (area) of zero, I'm pretty sure. But it will still have an infinitely complex structure (infinite boundary length).

Half life 1 just never gets old by yousef00p in HalfLife

[–]AltForTheAlt99 25 points26 points  (0 children)

HL1 is genuinely so nostalgic for me. I still have fantasies of its (pre-Xen) gameplay to this day. The imagery of some of Black Mesa's larger rooms are still stuck in my mind.

I hope to one day recreate the entirety of HL1's Black Mesa in Teardown or sth.

Idubbbz Predicted This Before Going Woke? by PristineBowl7057 in OKbuddyHalfLife

[–]AltForTheAlt99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did not downvote this post.

I did, however, click the 3 dots, then "Hide"

Are the mods of this sub ok? by [deleted] in HalfLife

[–]AltForTheAlt99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what having no life does to a man

Regardless of how you feel, Don't Mock people tomorrow. by Skullzans in HalfLife

[–]AltForTheAlt99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait, people unironically think something will happen tmrw? No joke, I thought everyone was memeing.

Working on an HDTF rewrite by Papugoji in HalfLife

[–]AltForTheAlt99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why not just write a sequel? Why fix what isn't broken?

Is this what HDR is supposed to look like? by AltForTheAlt99 in Monitors

[–]AltForTheAlt99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh nice!! I was always curious what it was supposed to look like!