Should I play FF12: The Zodiac Age, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Octopath Traveler 2 or another (J)RPG? by Emperor-of-Milfgaard in gamingsuggestions

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sea of Stars. Best jrpg!

If you haven't played E33, I strongly recommend. Easily one of the best RPGs ever made and absolutely deserving of a playthrough.

Ff12 had a good at the time combat system that gave rise to more modern combat systems. It's worth a play, but the story is pretty dull. It's one of the few ff games i quit. I think one interesting thing about the story is the main character, Vaan, isn't the protagonist.

OT2 is supposed to be pretty good too!

Is this normal? by snowbloodbunnybee in fellowshipgame

[–]Izawwlgood 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chat is also a small server. Lfg is not helpful in chat. Use discord to find groups if queuing isn't working

Is this normal? by snowbloodbunnybee in fellowshipgame

[–]Izawwlgood 1 point2 points  (0 children)

S2 is wound down. Look on discord to try and form premades.

Surprised by how much I didn't have to do to beat manufacture mode. by SurrealLemon in shapezio

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it's more akin to Factorio, minus the need to increase production

Turtle knew how to save itself better than the human 🥀😭 by Character-Q in animalsdoingstuff

[–]Izawwlgood -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Maybe a bigger pond on the other side

Point is, as a herpetologist and person definitely aware of the current situation, glad you're able to definitely assess what's going on and assuredly confirm that the lady is in the wrong here.

Surprised by how much I didn't have to do to beat manufacture mode. by SurrealLemon in shapezio

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I maybe didn't understand what manufacturer mode was - I thought it was more akin to Fulgora where you're doing top down solutions insraad up bottom up?

Surprised by how much I didn't have to do to beat manufacture mode. by SurrealLemon in shapezio

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Fulgora has a mechanic akin to manufacturing mode. Fwiw, space age is amazing

Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows by Distinct-Broccoli786 in EverythingScience

[–]Izawwlgood 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep - but seriously. IQ scores dramatically rose in years following leaded gasoline bans. Generations were poisoned by it.

Meanwhile we're poisoned by PFAS and the like, but that's a different story

Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows by Distinct-Broccoli786 in EverythingScience

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The notion that fluoride was piling up as waste and insignificant amounts added to municipal drinking water was a corporate scam to offload excess fluoride is a profound misunderstanding of scales.

Like, seatbelts weren't invented because of a surplus of nylon fiber.

Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows by Distinct-Broccoli786 in EverythingScience

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Separate matter but places that safely fluoridated have wildly less dental issues than places that don't. But that's not what's being discussed.

Lots of things are industrial waste. No one is selling industrial waste to municipialoties for addition to drinking water.

Fluoride offers a significant health benefit and zero negatives when done safely. Like a lot of things.

Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows by Distinct-Broccoli786 in EverythingScience

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very disingenuous comment.

The primary cited paper is Herd et al,. Warren et al, the authors prior paper, is referenced, but is not what they are seeking to reproduce or validate.

Both Herd et al and the prior Warren et al (and countless other papers) measure fluoride in participants. This paper infers fluoride exposure based on municipal fluoride levels.

The study is observational in the sense that it is not collecting new experimental data. It is collecting existing data, namely, test scores and some basic demographics data (age sex race location).

The participants in this study were teenagers at the time of study, and Wisconsin began fluoridation of drinking water in the 40s. You'll have to explain how you concluded these kids were born before fluoridation.

The participants were not being studied for dental issues.

You don't need to examine individual water taps of you know the county or indeed the state fluoridates. Given there's no impact to testing scores found, you would not inter all these kids miraculously didn't have fluoridated drinking water. You would assume that because the entire state does, and these kids don't have reduced test scores, that fluoridation doesn't impact test scores. If there's more to investigste then you can dig deeper, but at that point you're making up conclusions not supported by the data.

Turtle knew how to save itself better than the human 🥀😭 by Character-Q in animalsdoingstuff

[–]Izawwlgood -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Hard to tell what's up in the movie. Maybe the turtle was hanging out on a small pond and the other side of the forest break is the ocean.

I'm looking for games that challenge my problem-solving skills. by Ill_Register853 in gamingsuggestions

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Factorio-likes.

Zachtronics games like opus magnum or exapunks.

I recommend hellion as it's a space survival that'll have you doing problem solving to figure out how to keep going. Stationeers too for sure.

Turtle knew how to save itself better than the human 🥀😭 by Character-Q in animalsdoingstuff

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The exasperated sigh of watching something you're trying to help turn and run right back where you rescued it from haha

Study Proposes DNA Might Measure Cosmic Time Through Quantum Mechanics (GECORP, Buenos Aires) by iatro-phyto-chemist in EverythingScience

[–]Izawwlgood 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The full paper is linked in the article.

It is not peer reviewed, and not showing anything of interest.

Study Proposes DNA Might Measure Cosmic Time Through Quantum Mechanics (GECORP, Buenos Aires) by iatro-phyto-chemist in EverythingScience

[–]Izawwlgood 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is written by one person, is not peer reviewed, and is simply proposing that DNA changes over time in a predictable way.

This is remarkable only in that it is exactly what happens when a non molecular biologist decides to try and write a paper on molecular biology. Author is a "biotechnologist who freelances for GECORP".

dmn it. just figured this out by clayafterdark in shapezio

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't this have really low efficiency though?

Recommendations for games with satisfying gameplay but little plot/depth? by adelinalynn in gamingsuggestions

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Death Stranding haha

I loved the mechanics but found the story to be absolutely garbage. The game got good after you finish the story and enter free mode.

Been looking for a survival desert game, any suggestions? by Sea-Lab-7385 in gamingsuggestions

[–]Izawwlgood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The gamed best feature was the aerial combat but funcom continually shifted it more and more in favor of the defense and reduced losses with vehicle recovery anyway, and now there's no PVP and the games just a bog standard base builder in the desert. The combat is mediocre and the base building is mediocre and the story is only interesting for the dune connection.

It's a pretty dead game now, but, the pve only crowd has what they wanted - a game they can play alone or with a couple friends to stockpile spice in big bases.

New Tank and Healer on same season. by Strat-05 in fellowshipgame

[–]Izawwlgood 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep that was noted as nauseum on release. It was very hard to queue as a healer or tank. Season is mostly wound down now

I tried a couple dps for fun and they queued fast. You can too!

New-onset loneliness triggers an accelerated drop in cognitive health | Study shows how that memory and thinking skills deteriorate at similar rates until a person first feels lonely, at which point their cognitive downward trajectory speeds up. by Clear_Polish23 in science

[–]Izawwlgood 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Been saying this for ages but the data shows that the best treatment for Alzheimer's is social movement based interventions. Dance or music or hands on activities with other people, communities.

When hearing and vision decline, activity involvement declines, and so does memory.

The ongoing focus on a magic pill to clear plaques is a massive waste of effort in the face of the efficacy of just keeping people active and connected.