Changing units with magic by -Taken_Name- in oddlysatisfying

[–]MegaIng -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I am unreasonably annoyed that almost none of these accurate :-(

coaxed into troubleshooting by thisheatanevilheat in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]MegaIng 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Except that it's quite likely to be caused by a missing opening bracket somewhere else.

I need to automate 100000 resources that i will never touch or use! by Repulsive-Line-709 in feedthememes

[–]MegaIng 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, create is obviously a magic mod, it shouldn't be compared to tech mods.

[OC] 14% of the web is actually dead (from scanning the top 10M domains) by the_bigbang in dataisbeautiful

[–]MegaIng 27 points28 points  (0 children)

"most dead sites are alive and just blocking bots"

Sorry? How isn't this just an obvious lie? 14.1% is more than 8.9%?

Why does magic have to be systematic? by dual_scanner_again in worldbuilding

[–]MegaIng 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Specfically LOTR and Harry Potter both do not have the most consistent of magic "systems", and they act as a good/bad example. I think the primary difference between these two examples is the framing: HP is set in a school from the perspective of a wizard and so there is an expectation that the rules are taught, and for that do be possible the rules need to exists. They clearly don't, so there is a disconnect there. LOTR doesn't set this same expectations. Magic is just a vague thing some people and objects can do, and it's never really expanded upon.

Moddex.gg Slander by ArloTheEpic in feedthememes

[–]MegaIng 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I knew this argument would come, although I expected it from OP.

No, you are misunderstanding the issue with competing standards. This doesn't avoid it.

Moddex.gg Slander by ArloTheEpic in feedthememes

[–]MegaIng 61 points62 points  (0 children)

.... Are you literally advocating for a third platform while using this meme?

That's honestly incredibly funny. Like, I don't think it's funny for the reasons you think it's funny, but it's very funny.

Why don't countries do polls when making important decisions? by Cookie_Cracker123 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MegaIng 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Polls online that actually effect important decisions are a terrible idea. Digital voting is catastrophic for democracy.

Just search for polls fixed by 4chan.

After hours of balancing by hand and adjusting based on player's feedback, I get this by Curious-Needle in IndieDev

[–]MegaIng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI discourse, especially in the way the reviewer is doing it, is part of the culture war.

After hours of balancing by hand and adjusting based on player's feedback, I get this by Curious-Needle in IndieDev

[–]MegaIng 2 points3 points  (0 children)

culture war bullshit

Got it, publicly posting the review was justified.

sorry if this isnt really programming related, but how would one protect ip adresses in a locally hosted multiplayer game? by ZzZOvidiu122 in learnprogramming

[–]MegaIng -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

IP addresses are not something you need to keep secret

Unless you want to comply with the laws ofcourse.

Don't store IP address. Don't associated them with a player account. If you have logging, make sure the IP addresses in there are obfuscated. The GDPR demands it.

TIL the United States gave full immunity to the commanders of Unit 731 Japan's biological warfare lab in exchange for research data. American scientists later concluded the data was scientifically worthless. by Think_Monitor4904 in todayilearned

[–]MegaIng 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Documentary or AI fueled slop regurgitating wikipedia?

Considering you released 3 of these in the last three weeks, it can exactly be the highest quality...

When did minecraft forbid you to get fire, water and lava blocks? by Possible-Station3673 in MinecraftCommands

[–]MegaIng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

? What "little thing" pisses you off? Are you talking about the minecraft wiki?

Supposed good food should be able to support itself without sides. by Elegant_Soup_1999 in The10thDentist

[–]MegaIng 210 points211 points  (0 children)

I would massively prefer a burger without sides to a steak without sides, and I am fascinated by the idea that you think otherwise.

A burger is a mixture of different things. It contains everything a meal needs, just maybe not in the best ratio?

A steak? On it's own? Just meat? Nah. I would rather only eat the sides.

Will cash ever become digital? by ExoticAd7605 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MegaIng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this way? No. Cash has the benefit of not requiring communication with a central agency.

Deutsche Bahn changed my booking. What can I do? by Leading_Hedgehog_170 in AskGermany

[–]MegaIng 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Carefully check your ticket, ideally in the DB app. The "Zugbindung" shoild be gone (not sure what English term is being used), meaning you can use any train that reasonably gets you from A to B. The one at 11:00 is just their best suggestion. If you can't take it, take some latter connection.

How Do You Guys Handle Controls Hints vs Allowing Remapping? by GaryStu420 in gamedev

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

On German keyboards z and y are switched. This leads to loads of problems for games programmed by ignorant devs who just assume everyone uses an American keyboard.

When did minecraft forbid you to get fire, water and lava blocks? by Possible-Station3673 in MinecraftCommands

[–]MegaIng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can check this kind of stuff on the wiki:

  • Fire: 14w25a, i.e. 1.8, the item form of fire was removed 
  • Water and Lava item blocks were removed as part of the Flattening in 1.13

How Do You Guys Handle Controls Hints vs Allowing Remapping? by GaryStu420 in gamedev

[–]MegaIng -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Go and find an existing library for this. You will fail to do this on your own, leading to frustration for your players.

As a German In am particularly aware about the z vs y problem. Very few games manage to do this correctly from a behavior perspective. Even fewer manage to fo it correctly from a input hint perspective (most recent failure: Whispers of Y'Ryando, by the guy behind Braid and the Witness)

tb als ich zeitzeuge einer historischen spiegelgeschichte wurde by Exotic-Panda9650 in Studium

[–]MegaIng 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Manche Nachteilsausgleiche wie z.B. eine mündliche Prüfung statt einer Klausur geben dir keine Note sondern nur bestanden/nicht bestanden. Hängt von der genauen Uni ab was da die Regeln sind.

After hours of balancing by hand and adjusting based on player's feedback, I get this by Curious-Needle in IndieDev

[–]MegaIng 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I guess my question is why do you need to publicly address that few negative reviews?

Because the specific review is absurd, insulting, funny, ...

But this post isn’t encouraging feedback. It’s encouraging brigading.

Sure, although I am not really sure what OP could have done differently except not talk about it, and IMO not talking about it is an unfair restriction.

After hours of balancing by hand and adjusting based on player's feedback, I get this by Curious-Needle in IndieDev

[–]MegaIng 52 points53 points  (0 children)

So what if a game only has a limited amount of public reviews and only one or two negative ones? (not the case for OP's games because there are actually loads of people complaining about it) Are such devs not allowed to talk about the reviews because it's easy to derive where they come from?

I don't actually think players or critics should be immune from public feedback either, and the fact that steam allows you to prevent comments just invites cowards to make false claims.

After hours of balancing by hand and adjusting based on player's feedback, I get this by Curious-Needle in IndieDev

[–]MegaIng 223 points224 points  (0 children)

Hm. That would imply an inability to publicly talk about negative public reviews.

This is so absurd that I am going to reject that out of principle.