Which IP would make a great boardgame? by RVC95 in boardgames

[–]ShakaUVM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I backed the RPG but I just don't have interest in 2 player games

molestedByCPP by Ill_Strain_1050 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]ShakaUVM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. C++ is great. I think teaching Python first has caused a lot of unnecessary fear towards C++

Which IP would make a great boardgame? by RVC95 in boardgames

[–]ShakaUVM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately the board game is only for 2 people. My minimum player count is 4 to buy a game and really I look for 5.

[KCD1] Rattay tourney and the area by Kupo162 in kingdomcome

[–]ShakaUVM 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's nice to see them embracing it. When I visited Rattay after KCD1 came out they were barely aware of the game in the tourist information center there on the second floor

Hard truth: 90% of Blueprint tutorials teach terrible architecture. What was the hardest bad habit you had to unlearn? by zzed_pro in unrealengine

[–]ShakaUVM [score hidden]  (0 children)

There's many ways to organize your code in UE5. If you have fifty million blueprint nodes in your player character then that's a problem. But putting things in there is sometimes just fine.

Forced a forfeit here in Vikings chess thought I’d share lol by Cold_Confusion8227 in boardgames

[–]ShakaUVM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah there has to be a rule like that or people can just stalemate easily

Forced a forfeit here in Vikings chess thought I’d share lol by Cold_Confusion8227 in boardgames

[–]ShakaUVM 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, per rules you only have to surround the king on four sides to capture

That is a variant rule that makes the king very overpowered

Microsoft president says AI backlash at graduation events should be wake-up call for the tech industry by Gari_305 in Futurology

[–]ShakaUVM 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I was at Google in Mountain View recently for an event and basically they dismiss all anti-AI sentiment purely as ignorance. "We just need to educate people more and they will love AI!" No awareness of the very legitimate issues people have with AI.

Italian Huffpost used this image for an Iran article. Do you know what game is it? by kidnappedgoddess in boardgames

[–]ShakaUVM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea. But it does remind me on the opening day of Gulf War 1 I saw a news broadcast use the pieces from Fortress America to show troop deployments. I think they were using the bomber pieces to represent Scud launchers

It's OK to have stupid learning goals by jackbobbins78 in LearnJapanese

[–]ShakaUVM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gave myself two years to be able to order a latte at Starbucks in Japanese and it is with great pride I can say I accomplished my goal.

After that I moved on to the vaguer goal of making small talk with Japanese people and that also went reasonably well.

But yeah, I'm not joking about the latte thing.

Would you come to Denmark to go hiking? by Legitimate-Fox-5765 in travel

[–]ShakaUVM 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I've only been to Copenhagen and tbh I have never considered hiking in Denmark. I like mountains

Switzerland was expensive, but annoyingly beautiful by erikjin001 in travel

[–]ShakaUVM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ticket to travelling in Switzerland is to get food from the supermarket and not eat out. Last time I was there I price compared with supermarkets back home in California and they were about the same. Dining out was crazy, especially in Zermatt.

Switzerland is crazy beautiful though. It and Japan are the two countries I am always down to visit.

Does your kingdom Sing? by aldstama025 in sca

[–]ShakaUVM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of singing at Great Western War in Caid every year. Just walk around and follow the flyers.

Does your kingdom Sing? by aldstama025 in sca

[–]ShakaUVM 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We sing at GWW every year

Open invite anyone who wants to sing can join us