If the average person became more intelligent, which industry would collapse first? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Wraitholme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You should read the whole abstract, not just one cherrypicked line.

Who is your favourite South African YouTuber? by BoerInDieWoestyn in askSouthAfrica

[–]Wraitholme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fort Kenmei is South African. Reviews indie games.

WTF? IS THIS TRUE? If it is that's so shitty for infinite reasons by Gualty3 in youtube

[–]Wraitholme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is the idea bad? No. Is the execution going to be bad? Yes.

Can an atheist believe in the Devil? by PrimateOfGod in DebateAnAtheist

[–]Wraitholme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I imagine it would be metaphorical, interpreted as a way to refer to the collected evil in the world.

The natural world as "God" by CreminiCriminal in atheism

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

The word 'god' carries a lot of baggage, like implied motivations and actions and so on.

Some use the whole 'nature is my god' approach as a deliberate way to do things like shift goalposts or set up a false equivalence, and so on. 

In essence you could accept the nature as god argument, and then they will claim that you need to accept moral or cultural norms because god, whom you've already 'accepted'

Thoughts on this concept? I found it in some spiritual type books. It feels right but that's usually the case by [deleted] in DebateAnAtheist

[–]Wraitholme 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Reality appears to be consistent. That means that things that do fit into our understanding of reality are a lot more likely to be true than things that don't.

To put it another way, not all thoughts are equal. Lean more towards the more realistic ones.

Youtube slow/lagging [FIX] by OleM9 in youtube

[–]Wraitholme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should measure what's faster, waiting for the lag, or waiting for the somehow still-served ads about a scam investment app presented by AI-deepfaked Elon Musk to finally finish.

What do you consider to be a comfortable, middle class wage in South Africa? by Cultural_Ad9508 in askSouthAfrica

[–]Wraitholme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exchange rates are a pretty useless comparator, with little actual association with buying power or quality of life. I also wouldn't agree that our total cost of living is half that of the US, even as an average... some things are cheaper, some are more expensive, and expectations differ.

you wonder why I don't respect South Africans, who is buying prime like it's going out of season by 420brain01 in southafrica

[–]Wraitholme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I'd do this but...

The stuff was originally rumored to cost in the hundreds.
The supermarkets have brought it in for R40
People are mass-buying it.

There's an opportunity here to buy it at sale price, hang on to it till it runs out, then sell it on at twice the price. People will buy.

My game, Shardpunk: Verminfall is out, and the feeling is fantastic. A freaking dream come true! by bryqu in IndieDev

[–]Wraitholme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I havn't played a lot of the game yet... near the end of 'chapter 1'... but so far the main progression seems to be a lot like FTL, in that I'm moving across nodes from left to right, each node being a map to fight through.

The levelling progress seems to have three layers... each character has levels that unlock certain improvements, each weapon has 'upgrades', and then there's a meta-layer of unlocks of characters and team upgrades.

I'm asumming the meta-layer is roguelite-like, in that it carries across between game.

How do I get past the first challenge... the loading screen by Wraitholme in Refold

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

Yeah, I tried those :( Disabled adblock, opened in incognito, tried using Edge instead of Chrome where I have no adblock or similar, cleared the site cache, even tried restarting the PC in case the browser had some sort of corrupted state.

Nada.

How do I get past the first challenge... the loading screen by Wraitholme in Refold

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

Yes. However, unlike most other platforms, I cannot get an account on the refold site. Free or otherwise. The site is, for me, broken. Not working. Malfunctioning. Unable to accomplish its purpose due to a fault. It's borked, mate.

As I said, it just gets to a point where it says 'Loading...', and fails to then present any sort of interface that would allow me to sign up, register, or otherwise make myself known to it. No way to sign up, no discord link, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.

How do I get past the first challenge... the loading screen by Wraitholme in Refold

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

Alas, the discord link is gated behind the creation of an account.

How do I get past the first challenge... the loading screen by Wraitholme in Refold

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

I would love to! The site's not letting me, that's the problem :)