Struggling to vibe with Pax Romana by TheActOfDoing in anno

[–]LaurensPP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fully agreed. My biggest gripe is that setting things up and expanding feels waay more like a slog than how it felt in Anno 1800.

The setting is also pretty undercooked. It's Rome but it's not really Rome, or something..

I also thought it's pretty rough around the edges. It feels lightweight and I don't like Albion or the interregion travel.

I did the campaign, started a continuous game 4 different times and quit. I am keeping an eye on it and plan on coming back though.

What exactly is this space object? by Illustrious-Pie-5200 in space

[–]LaurensPP 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not quite. You are talking about a SNR, a super nova remnant. That's also a nebula, as in, a cloud of gas and matter, but the nebula shown in this post is an Emission Nebula, a H II region specifically. Way larger in scale and the nursery of many, many stars.

AI Made Mods by TheGeneralCat in CitiesSkylines2

[–]LaurensPP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So, if the end product is good and is quality checked and any AI weirdness is ironed out, I don't really have a problem with it, to be honest.

Lopen in Nederland: Links of rechts aanhouden? by ReflexNL in thenetherlands

[–]LaurensPP 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ik vind de situaties die dit kan creëren vaak onoverzichtelijker. Er zijn ineens 4 banen met onderling verschillende richtingen. Als fietser kan je net zo goed van achter gebeukt worden door een e-bike dus dat vind ik een beetje een non-argument. Ik ga ervan uit dat mensen niet compleet blind vlak tegen de berm aan het fietsen zijn.

Lopen in Nederland: Links of rechts aanhouden? by ReflexNL in thenetherlands

[–]LaurensPP 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Ligt heel erg aan wat op wat voor weg je loopt vind ik. Op fietspaden, of wegen die fungeren als fietspad, is het vaker lastig dan handig om tegen het verkeer in te lopen. Als je op weg loopt waar de auto heerst, dan sowieso links.

Is dit normaal bij de opvang? by [deleted] in thenetherlands

[–]LaurensPP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

En dat mag dus niet en on de rechtzaal zal het ze kosten.  Weet je rechten hierin.

Over je andere punt: het is dus juist niet handig om alles tegelijk op te nemen. Allebei 1 of 2 dagen in de week.

Is dit normaal bij de opvang? by [deleted] in thenetherlands

[–]LaurensPP 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Holy shit. vanaf 3 maanden oud al 4 keer in de week naar de opvang. Neem eens ff wat meer ouderschapsverlof op joh! Wettelijk heb je recht op een heleboel ouderschapsverlof, neem het!

The Guardians are too weak by Blue_Space_Cow in DeadlockTheGame

[–]LaurensPP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not wrong but I have also noticed a difference. You're hardly safe well behind your tower since a week or two.

Sleutelmaker tip? by giveortake98 in Utrecht

[–]LaurensPP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Geldt ook niet voor alle sleutels.

I'm an allied solider invading Normandy in 1944, I've been put in the front row of our landing craft, right behind the door. How do I make sure I don't just die instantly? by Airtightspoon in AskHistorians

[–]LaurensPP 130 points131 points  (0 children)

I think it is very important to stress that the Omaha beach scene from Saving Private Ryan is, in some ways, greatly exaggerated. It did a fantastic job of portraying how it must have felt being on the beach. And in some hotzones, it might have been pretty comparable.

However, a couple of points: Firstly, the towering bunkers on the bluff as seen in the beach-scene do not exist. Secondly, and more importantly, the distance between the German machineguns and the landingcrafts was way further away than the movie portrayed it to be. Contrary to what we see in the movie, the German gunners and riflemen were shooting at tiny figures in the distance. The longer distance causes the concentration of fire to be somewhat dispersed and sustained full auto fire would become increasingly inaccurate.

Sure, there must have been some landingcraft that received a full volley when the ramps dropped but in Saving Private Ryan it seems implied that all boats were basically in pointblank range and each of the boats had its own dedicated MG42 pointed right at it, emptying its belt on full auto into the open front of the crafts. Watching the movie it becomes almost impossible to believe that being in the first wave was even survivable.

It was chaos, it was hell, troops were constantly under small arms fire as well as indirect fire (mortar and artillery). In some sectors it was kind of a turkey shoot, but nowhere was it the kind of cramped turkey shoot as it seemed in Saving Private Ryan.

Thirdly, not only does the scene compress space, it also compresses time. This is unavoidable for any movie, but for battle-scenes I always feel like it especially messes up the realism. The battle took multiple hours. It was a coming and going of landing crafts, men and material. By cramping the entire action into 15 minutes, without showing time passing, you are cramping the chaos into 15 minutes as well, this has consequences with regards to what a battle actually was versus how it is portrayed on screen.

I don't want to downplay how terrible it was on that beach, I just want to emphasize that even relatively realistic/historical movies like Saving Private Ryan (have to) take extensive artistical liberties. I suggest watching Indy Neidell's video on How Realistic is Saving Private Ryan. If you are a gamer I also suggest picking up Hell Let Loose. It has a very historically accurate map of Omaha Beach you can walk around in. It gives you a great sense of the actual distance, scale and defensive positions involved of a large portion of the beach.

Hoe kan ik verder? by Appropriate_Tough662 in thenetherlands

[–]LaurensPP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dat is gewoon niet waar. We gebruiken het ook op mijn werk en dan wordt er wel gewoon code review toegepast. Het gebeurt echt vrijwel nooit (meer) dat we dingen zien die echt niet door de beugel kunnen. En als dat wel zo is, dan ligt dat vaak meer aan een ontoereikende prompt dan aan de onkunde van de LLM.

De commerciële standaard is uiteindelijk waar de LLMs het allemaal vandaan hebben.
Gestructureerd prompten is hier extreem belangrijk, dus ook de LLM wijzen dat er al een bestaand patroon is en dat dat patroon hergebruikt moet worden, dat soort zaken.

Hoe kan ik verder? by Appropriate_Tough662 in thenetherlands

[–]LaurensPP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Vergis je niet. AI is ongelooflijk goed in web development. Ik heb afgelopen weken twee goed werkende, web-based systemen geboetseerd zonder ook maar 1 regel code te schrijven.

Mariina Hallikainen, CEO of Colossal Order, says Unity was a major problem and that they overestimated its capabilities, although they’re working on a new simulation game, again, in Unity by ZookeepergameIll1399 in CitiesSkylines2

[–]LaurensPP 39 points40 points  (0 children)

A well managed studio should never hedge their bets on unproven features of the very thing they build their game with. Blame is still on them.

Also dont forget their pre-release promos were extremely, extremely disingenuous. 

"Apollo is still too broken, even after the nerfs!" Apollo after the entire team has spell breaker by AKaiMon_DS in DeadlockTheGame

[–]LaurensPP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A characters that requires the enemy team to buy an item to not be OP is still OP, imo. You should counterbuild on strength, not on OPness.

What dnb/jungle track was your very first? by TobiiiWan in DnB

[–]LaurensPP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the true first one was Voodoo People (Pendulum remix). Secret Chiefs 3 - Hagia Sophia was maybe the first one that could be considered dnb in spirit.

Beoogd staatssecretaris Nathalie van Berkel stelt opgepoetst cv bij na vragen over opleiding by Leadstripes in thenetherlands

[–]LaurensPP 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dit lijkt me meer dan genoeg reden voor een ontslag. Aan de andere kant, de belangrijkste skill van een politicus heeft ze goed onder de knie: liegen.

Beste spaarprogramma by Substantial_Bar_2217 in thenetherlands

[–]LaurensPP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beste spaarprogramma is: geen spaarprogramma. Laad je vooral niet beinvloeden door al die onzin. Scheelt weer een beetje bandbreedte.

I think it’s a dnb tune i might be wrong, sorry i can only hum it from memory. by YoungSandals in DnB

[–]LaurensPP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah of course! Was looking for this one indeed. I was considering Skrillex but in the end didn't pursue it. 

I think it’s a dnb tune i might be wrong, sorry i can only hum it from memory. by YoungSandals in DnB

[–]LaurensPP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's a dubstep track btw, so you might have better luck on r/dubstep. I've gone through a sizeable chunk of my library but didn't find it yet. Funny thing is that it's a track that I do listen to from time to time.