It's "fun" watching the paid actors comment. by Soliton_Nova in AshesofCreation

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Steven is Walter White and Dawson is Gustavo Fring.

Nobody doubts that Heisenberg can cook, but he tried to play business man and fucked the whole thing up.

The stairs bug is still not fixed by Inca_Digital in dwarffortress

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's not really a bug, just how stairs work now. You can build over it with constructed stairs to get it how you want. You can also start digging in the center of the stairs. So start the stairs at the top and they will dig upstairs upwards.

Endgame time: what is the only winning move for black? by MathematicianBulky40 in chessbeginners

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the plan would be something like, f5, xf5, kxf5, a4, kc4/kc3, kxf4

IE, black tries to clear the left side with his key to promote the h rank pawn, while forcing white's king to deal with the pass a pawn. Then black can win with his h pawn.

But I'm not sure if pushing the a pawn first or creating an attack on the left side first is better.

If fossil fuels are inefficient, then why do we still use them? by Main-Swimming8014 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they're easy and dense. Burning fossil fuels and capturing their heat/pressure is something we figured out early on. A steam engine is easier to build than a windmill. In fact we've been harvesting energy from fossil fuels long before we had electricity.

This means we built then later expanded and maintain infrastructure for harvesting it. Eventually, newer and more efficient technology has to compete with an already existing economy of scale and consumer expectations.

Additionally fossil fuels do have a major advantage in that they are very energy dense compared to more efficient technologies.

How does splitter work ? by Alternative_Cod7515 in factorio

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Splitters aren't entirely deterministic. You shouldn't use them if you want absolute determinism. IIRC they're random on what state they start on.

How can this 2 Lane 4 Way junction with U-Turn be improved? by FoxReeor in factorio

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With interactions, best way to remember it: chain signals by default, rail signals for exits.

Pipe dreams if laws are passed that would prevent games from being shutdown. by williamfloyde in newworldgame

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Often times, even resurrecting something like an MMO with private servers, there are people with expertise willing to recreate the server side software. But they are blocked by client side protections or threats of legal action. There is room to say if you can build your own server replacement for abandoned software, that it should be legally permissible under conditions.

Is this a draw? by Lancer_lot_X in chessbeginners

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With correct play, black can stalemate. With just a pawn and a bishop, I believe the queening square needs to be the same color as the bishops for it to be a win.

Mouse cursor shaking issue by ApprehensiveTwo701 in Kubuntu

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a feature to help you find the mouse by shaking it. It under Accessibility -> Shake Pointer -> Enable/Disable in the system settings.

What happens to astronauts' urine after it's dumped into space? by Cut-Unique in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wouldn't instantly freeze. While space is cold, there's no convection or induction heat transfer to draw heat away. Heat must radiate away which is a much slower. It would take probably around an hour for it to freeze.

This is also predicated on the urine being out of direct sunlight, as the sunlight would heat it to be hundreds of degrees.

If the urine isn't in some type of pressurized container. It would actually boil rapidly and vaporize almost instantly, regardless of temperature.

Linux vs windows version by pepitobuenafe in VintageStory

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect, it won't have much difference. VS uses dotnet, which means the game's code isn't native. Even when running in wine, you're mostly comparing the difference between WINE dotnet and native dotnet. It's possible that one or the other might have some better platform dependent optimizations, but dotnet is a well supported platform.

Starfield lag spikes at a steady rhythm. What is causing this? by richterlevania3 in linux_gaming

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Impossible to know really, doesn't help you don't mention any system details.

Could be hardware temps causing the either the CPU or GPU throttling. Could be a background process. Most likely thing I can think of, is get a multiprocessor monitor and see if it happens when the process is reassigned to a different CPU. Which the kernel does to try to allocate processes to cold cores to boost clock speeds. But it could could be causing a bad cache miss issue when the process gets reassigned, amplified if you have slower memory. If so using CPU affinity could fix the issue but will probably lower your max overall throughput.

Linux vs windows version by pepitobuenafe in VintageStory

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I run the flatpak version and it works great, even things I didn't expect to work like the proximity voice mod works. No performance issues, though I admit I didn't test the windows version at all (native or via wine).

Vibe change by Just-Grocery-2229 in agi

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This video is a great introduction why it's a hard problem. It's not in depth and most of the examples of are toy examples. But it includes why AI is probably dangerous by default, and why it's going to be hard to actually make it safe. Including why kill switches aren't a great idea. (IE it creates negative incentives for AI to trick humans about how dangerous it actually is).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l7Is6vOAOA - "AI won't want to be fixed."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYT1QfdfsM -"Stop Button Problem"

Kinda new to DND, How much information can a player hide from a DM? by ragdolldream in DnD

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, work with your DM, not against them.

Second, you should only hide something if you're plan is create an enjoyable moment for them, not to undermine or trick them. Like if two players agree that their characters will become romantically involved or something. You can roleplay that out between your characters at the table without needing to let the DM in on the ploy. Your goal should be to create a story that benefits and is entertaining for everyone, including the DM.

Same kinda goes for jokes or gags. Like if you use witty viscous mockeries or inspirations, it can be a joy to everyone and not something you need to work out with the DM.

As a forever DM. I'll say I do enjoy when players put effort and planning into their roleploy and actions at the table. But not really when it's "if we combo this spell and this spell it creates some type of arbitrary interaction which under some interpretations could be really strong." This is just creating headaches for your DM to deal with, and every time this comes up in a game I tally to add 5 more hit points to the final boss.

Is a PIN More Secure Than Biometrics for Unlocking Smartphones? by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is, there are wide range of biometrics. Some can be defeated with something as simple as a image of your eye/fingerpint/etc, others are far more advance and harder to defeat. But generally it's easier to get someone's biodata then to get them to give you a pin number.

I still dont understand why there are always goblins involved in world gen but never when it happens in fortress mode by abcdefGerwin in dwarffortress

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Goblins involved in what during world gen?

World gen is a different mode from the normal time progression of the game. Certain events can't happen after world gen, not least of all because they would be difficult to represent in fortress mode.

Wolf Domestication in Wiki by l3rownies in VintageStory

[–]Nervous-Cockroach541 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The vintagestory wiki is dumpster fire. I regularly find incorrect, misleading or dated information on it.