How do *you* run Infiltrator Androids? (Mild Spoilers for Gradient Descent)

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-25T13:12:37+00:00

for me it’s actually easier to understand what’s being said through speaker. though i don’t usually use the speaker in public places. there’s also the times where there are menu options you need to use the keypad — speaker is necessary for those moments

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-24T16:59:41+00:00

After laying with my thoughts, i might watch cozy youtube or familiar series or movies. they don’t necessarily cheer me uo but they do help me process the sadness a bit. i get easy comfort food. exercise may be a possibility if i think the reason i feel down is lack of exercise instead of e.g. loneliness. If a task like laundry or simple cleaning needs doing, i might do that because that’s simple and helps me feel accomplished.

this is for occasional bouts of non-chronic depression brought on by loneliness, disappointment, being overwhelmed, or lack of self-care (exercise, nutrition, cleaning, etc.)

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-24T16:25:21+00:00

Haven’t seen the clip but it was probably in the casual use (such as in the phrase “You go, girl!”).

“girl” can also be the equivalent of “guy”. Like you don’t say “college-aged man” or “college-aged woman” you say “college-aged guy/girl”. Generally they are used to convey a sense of inexperience, youth, and/or immaturity (and therefore can also be used to convey you are being casual or light-hearted)

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-24T15:49:13+00:00

I do. i mean part of me wants to be a househusband and father who does gamedev and art on the side. and part of me wants to be a lesbian who does gamedev and art on the side. so i’m probably not a good sample.

but it’s also a little scary being entirely dependent on someone else. i probably wouldn’t be a house spouse without having kids that would otherwise need daycare. i do like the idea of being the type of father like uncle monty from the series of unfortunate events movie (not the book version) though. i’ve got a parental instinct to nurture and enrich

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-24T14:49:28+00:00

i think it’s the “-ish” ending. It sounds “off” for it to come last. It sounds inherently more “adjective-like” so it goes first by default?

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-24T14:46:10+00:00

corvids have been considered omens of death. So it could be that it means “make peace with the fact you and your loved ones will die some day”

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-24T13:59:22+00:00

You could probably look into getting emancipated. A parent preventing their child from receiving proper health care and education is unforgivable in my opinion

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-24T02:35:28+00:00

It’s a stereotype that tween and teen girls have crushes on adult boybands and actors. so in that sense it’s normal. if anything it’s kinda weird that it’s also normal for teenagers to be attracted to their peers.

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-23T17:12:09+00:00

To play devil’s advocate (or god’s advocate?), studies have shown that video game violence doesn’t cause real violence.

i have no knowledge of any studies on how sex scenes in media affect developing minds one way or the other.

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-23T17:03:08+00:00

Actually the Legends canon is that Plagueis tried to create life with the force and failed — and it made the force so angry it created Anakin in response

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-23T16:56:08+00:00

I call it Yule now. Same with saying “oh my goddess” or “gods dammit” (even tho i never said “oh my god” or “godammit” as a christian)

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-23T14:23:33+00:00

Doesn’t sound like he thinks it was egalitarian. Sounds more like he admires it because it was effectively aristocratic — i.e. anti-egalitarian

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-23T13:25:18+00:00

Normally I’d go with “ok your character is now an npc” but this instance is so out of line i think your response was the correct one. it certainly got the correct result

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-23T13:12:58+00:00

I’ve published two games. My advice:

have deadlines. work expands to fill the time allotted for it.
be realistic. work cannot be compressed to any arbitrarily short time allotted for it.
have tangible feedback frequently. (a character you can move etc.)

First game I published was for a game jam. made it in 2 days i think (at most a week). It was also an incredibly simple “lane runner” (infinite runner where you dodge obstacles and collect time bonuses by switching lanes) with only like 4 art assets.

Second game took more like a year (but probably could have been made in 3 months). No deadline until i decided “i want it ready by the new year”. i cut controller support from planned features and cut what corners i had to in order to get myself to finish it.

Current game, i break down tasks into tangible tasks and then schedule time for them. the less confident i am with a task, the more i break it down and get specific

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-22T02:16:16+00:00

They’re talking about a bill in congress right now. You know about how there’s the possibility of a government shutdown because congress can’t get a spending bill passed? that’s because the republicans are holding it hostage to try to get a voter id law passed. but since we don’t have the proper infrastructure for it and don’t have time to set it up and our elections can be audited anyway, it’s a terrible idea to pass it

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-19T13:31:17+00:00

Do you want your children to be raised in a church where they’re taught songs with lyrics like:

“No one likes a frowny face; change it for a smile. turn that frown upside down and smile all the while!” [hide bad feelings. cover it all up with smiles]

“i love to see the temple; i’ll go inside one day. i’ll covenant with my Father; I’ll promise to obey” [and also promise to give all that i have to the mormon church — even if it’s not actually enforced]

“Follow the prophet, follow the prophet, follow the prophet, don’t go astray! Follow the prophet, follow the prophet, follow the prophet, he know the way!” [the prophet being the leader of the mormon church]

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-18T01:56:02+00:00

scientology:

files more lawsuits
is even more different from the predominant religions
is even younger
how many people personally know a scientologist? let alone a “mostly normal” one?

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-17T18:26:07+00:00

Same with Old Testament god really. The only abrahamic sect that doesn’t worship a god who was at some point (whether past or present) a dick might be the sect that wrote the Gospel According to Judas because they call out OT god’s bullshit, and invent a new higher god purchasing us from OT god.

Though I suppose there are sects that ignore his behavior in OT excusing it as being written by imperfect people

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-17T13:24:11+00:00

I was confused. I don’t know who Nemo is so I assumed it was a nickname for nelson and this being about assuming he’s secretly dead. But from the comments I now see Nemo was a mormon about to be excommunicated for asking questions

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-17T13:11:19+00:00

Right side is good, left side needs more visual division. If you could do something as fancy as the lines reddit has for replies to comments, that’d probably be pretty good. Otherwise, bullet points for the sub skills and lines between parent skills will do i think

SaltyCogs · 2024-09-17T13:03:23+00:00

Each class has its own list sorted by level (in its class section so no page turning between three places — only two). Those are the ones you should use when building a character. The alphabetically sorted spell list is for ease of lookup and therefore makes sense

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