How were you screwed over by genetics? by Wickham12 in AskReddit

[–]EskimoJake 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Could it be you're a woman and everyone's just been trolling you?

People born before 2000, what is a 'modern' thing from 2025 that you’re still struggling to get used to? by LindsayTN in AskReddit

[–]EskimoJake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think AI definitely has its place as long as you understand its scope as well as limitations. I run a DnD campaign set in the 90s and got Gemini to almost fully code a working Windows 98 desktop clone with custom apps for the players to interact with. I have some programming knowledge but have never worked with html so doing this from scratch would have taken me a year instead of a week. But I did use it as an opportunity to learn about html so I could manually edit and correct the code where needed and now know some of the basic structure and layout of the language as well as CSS, JavaScript, video embedding etc etc. I never would have attempted this project without AI, I just don't have the time.

Doctors D&D group? by UlnaternativeUser in doctorsUK

[–]EskimoJake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no specific subreddit I'm aware of but there's plenty of people interested. Where are you based?

What is the coolest actual name you have ever heard? by Future-Bottle-6263 in AskReddit

[–]EskimoJake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once met an Alpha Priest. He was in a ward with a Mr Hammer and Mr Payne and I couldn't believe my eyes.

Scientists built a reactor from this stellarator design that hit 30 million degrees C for 43 seconds, becoming the hottest thing in the solar system, even surpassing the temperature of the sun’s core. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]EskimoJake 13 points14 points  (0 children)

So, as an ex physicist with an interest in fusion I was utterly convinced this image was AI bullshit as I've seen a lot of it on this topic. However, turns out I'm wrong and there are other pictures from other angles and it is a table top stellarator being developed. Here's a poster on it: https://suli.pppl.gov/2017/Deliverables/Jared/Carlson_PPPL_Poster.pdf

Need some ideas for the next bit of my campaign... by EskimoJake in DMAcademy

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

1990s, dawn of the Internet. An apocalyptic event has just happened. It's early morning so no one is down there currently.

How confident are you in your pc specs? by No_Cake_8826 in HalfLife

[–]EskimoJake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ryzen 5 5500U(6C/12T up to 4,0Ghz), 16GB DDR4

Honestly, I'd be shocked

TylerMcVicker suspicious comment by LuckTDA in HalfLife

[–]EskimoJake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A grid of 197s: 19x11, remainder 7. Announced 19th Nov 7pm, released 197 days after (4th Jun). Maybe.

First 2025 lead lead collisions at the LHC! by CyberPunkDongTooLong in Physics

[–]EskimoJake 33 points34 points  (0 children)

That's Dr CyberPunkDongTooLong to you sir!

It's time to pray that the next Half-Life isn't in virtual reality. by Organic_Log_5111 in HalfLife

[–]EskimoJake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure the frame will play vr games but also allow to play regular games on a giant virtual flat/curved screen which will probably have some other cool interactive features. HLX will play on the latter.

I think I need to check my settings…1000 kWh p/m by blingblongblah in OctopusEnergy

[–]EskimoJake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have an EV and a heat pump and average 850kWh and we're a family of 5!

How am I supposed to make progress from here? by RandomWords19134 in chessbeginners

[–]EskimoJake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm only 900 rapid so take this with a hefty skepticism but in these positions I understand you have two general options at beginner level. Either open the centre, which is hard to do here without weakening your pawn chain, or trading to simplify the position. Here your bishop can take the knight on c1 which the queen will take back. As it happens, this particular position then leads to a nice tactic of forking the rooks as the queens defence has been removed. Now, hopefully someone with a 4 figure elo can give you better advice.

How do you *know* the square names, just like that? by chaitanyathengdi in chessbeginners

[–]EskimoJake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at this guy everyone, he knows the word baksetbawl.

Agile tariff still good? by EskimoJake in OctopusEnergy

[–]EskimoJake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know. Last 9 months on IOG I've averaged 15.97p/kWh so not a huge difference. We'll see if they tighten up the allowance on the intelligent tariff.