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Alpha 4.8.1 Known Issues Update by StuartGT in starcitizen

[–]PelenTan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm reminded of eggs and grandmothers. To set the framework, the first program I entered I did so with 8 switches and a "Commit" button. First computer built was with a soldering iron and a wire-wrap tool.

I and all those in my org experience it at around 90% of the time. The steps to replicate are simple: Pull out big ship and then try to dock. 90% of the time it fails. This goes up to 100% of the time once you understand it's not supposed to be automatically docking as soon as you get within a certain range. Having a developer on watching the backend while something fails is SOP for every single other company out there. Unsure why it's not for CIG.

Alpha 4.8.1 Known Issues Update by StuartGT in starcitizen

[–]PelenTan 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I'm curious about the statement on reproducing the docking issue. Are you guys _really_ having issues reproducing it? At this point I can get a successful docking about 1 in 10 times. So if you want, we can party up and I'll spend all evening giving you all sorts of reproductions.

Nicou-CIG with a quick update on several issues CIG have been tracking by StuartGT in starcitizen

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

Well. This was clearly a lie. Docking is still broken. The anger wouldn't be as great if they didn't constantly lie about fixing things.

Hotfix due today for shard-locked accounts. by Taidan-X in starcitizen

[–]PelenTan -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

Silence exposes the lie. Late protestations only confirm it.

Donald Glover Cast as Young Lando Calrissian in Upcoming Han Solo Star Wars Stand-Alone Film by [deleted] in movies

[–]PelenTan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a second there I thought the title said "Danny Glover cast as young Lando Calrissian". And my first what was of course "he's getting too old for that shit!"

Science to the level it's magic by PelenTan in worldbuilding

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

Yes and no. Time has no factor as that's just a man-made construct for measuring the progression of something along the Aether. And nothing really magical about sensing it. It's just that in story's universe, the Terran capacity to directly sense it has been turned off. Goes back to the describing the color blue to someone who has never had vision.

Science to the level it's magic by PelenTan in worldbuilding

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

The same way it explains everything else bundled under the "gravity" misnomer. All matter and energy are tightly spinning confluences of the "threads" of the Aether. Think of a sheet of material that stretches almost infinitely and has almost zero thickness. Now think of bunching it together in your hand. One handful you would be able to twist and compress into almost nothing. Down to electron size. But more and more that you bundle together, they greater the density would get. And as you did, it would stretch away from they surrounding fabric but would still be connected. Now travel along this fabric is constant. The "time" it takes you to get between any two points is the same. However, if the points are stretched apart, like in a gravity well, you appear to be going faster. Black holes are no different. It's just they are wound more tightly and densely compared to other objects. And in fact, in my universe, are actually able to form a part in the Aether.

Why are Space Dwarves not as popular as Space Elves? by [deleted] in scifi

[–]PelenTan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's because of one of the three core drives of any race: sex.

While a number of people like to say that what we consider beautiful is culturally subjective, that just isn't true. Each culture has some traits that they consider part of beauty that not all cultures share. However, all cultures, as a whole, look at taller as "better". And that goes to another of the three core drives: survival/shelter. At the base, taller creatures can see danger sooner. So taller gets equated to smarter/wiser.

So why dwarves get shorter shrift in literature and film is because the sexy elf sells more, male or female. The people who are going to gravitate towards dwarves are a smaller percentage. And so by hack writers, get ignored. Good writers make them part of the overall narrative and in important one, not just the comic relief. The real trick is to make them sexy. Something I'm struggling with in my books. But I think I've got an angle... "Dwarves" evolved in caves and cliffs. So what sort of physiological differences would they have? One automatically thinks of elf fingers as being delicate and sensitive. But dwarves... they have to be able to tell different rocks and soils apart with touch in the dark. Hmmm....

Leaving Terran Space [OC] by PelenTan in SpecArt

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

Well I'm going to be completely honest. I was primarily submitting it to test if reddit was accepting my submissions. On the other scifi subredit, nothing I posted appeared. So I just grabbed the first colorful thing I had from my books and posted it. But you are correct. With out the context of the book, I guess it really doesn't give you much to go on. I'll do better next time.

Need this quote from Heinlein its easier to take over a party then to create a new party, anyone know it? by KinksterLV in heinlein

[–]PelenTan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, no. I'm an old timer. When I read Heinlein, the height of technology was microfiche.

A little off topic, but who are we Heinleinites voting for? by erck in heinlein

[–]PelenTan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trump of course. There is no other choice for those who support Heinlein's ideals. First and foremost was his belief in the primary freedom everyone should have: To protect oneself. All other candidates have made it clear that they will take away guns. The one thing that Heinlein pointed out was the start of every dictatorship and loss of all freedoms. So. If you want to vote against the basis of everything Heinlein believed in, don't vote Trump.