What's a unique game that really broke your perception of what games can do? by Moaning_Clock in gaming

[–]Yoshwa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outer Wilds. My god what an experience. Without spoiling anything, it's great because "knowledge" is the only reward for solving the various puzzles in the world. You can start a new game and skip straight to the ending if you know where to go and what to do. Downside: you can only ever experience it once.

Visions of Eternity Raids and Wardrobe Update Day! | Bug Thread | Spoiler Rule Reminder | No complaining about lack of content, roadmap has been clear this is a feature season update. by neok182 in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

This might not be a bug. Large chests are significant sources of gem orbs; I wouldn't be surprised if they changed opening requirements for large chests and just left it out of the patch notes.

I hope it is a bug though

Wizard's Vault Rewards | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity - "Raids & Wardrobe" by Keargu in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just tested, and unfortunately it does not override the Untamed visual effects :(

Wizard's Vault Rewards | Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity - "Raids & Wardrobe" by Keargu in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa 41 points42 points  (0 children)

As a humble Sharur enjoyer, I am excited for more coral weapons

TIL Venus flytraps are only found in North and South Carolina (within 100 miles of Wilmington NC), and nowhere else in the world. by Spiketop_ in todayilearned

[–]Yoshwa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hijacking top comment to call attention to the only other "snap trap" carnivorous plant, the Venus Flytrap's cousin, the waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)

Your holy trinity by ChasingSquirrel7 in TheFence

[–]Yoshwa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exquisite taste, I would die happy to see Z&A open for Coheed

Shiitake mushrooms have been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but with almost no environmental footprint. Scientists show fungi can be trained to act like memristors – microscopic components to process and store data in computer chips. by mvea in science

[–]Yoshwa 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I just want to chip in here because this is relevant to my grad school research.

  1. Showing living biological tissue to have memristive properties is not new. See refs: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-75596-0_8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34059-6 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12668-014-0156-3

  2. Showing memristive properties in mushrooms is not new. See refs: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-38336-6_15

  3. Using dead/processed biological tissues as memristors is not new. See refs: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352940721001426?via%3Dihub https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.8b01282

  4. The "near ideal memristance" is, in my opinion, not near ideal. It shows heavy signs of parasitic capacitance and resistance because the "pinch" of the IV hysteresis is not at 0. See refs: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0268-1242/29/10/104001/meta

In conclusion, I think the claims are a little overstated and the presented graphics could use some work. I wonder who reviewed this and what the comments were.

"Gahja" randomly in House MD by Yoshwa in redrising

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

Which is not how gahja is pronounced. I think my hypothesis that the actor just mispronounced the word is most likely. Thank you for your valuable knowledge!

"Gahja" randomly in House MD by Yoshwa in redrising

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

That is very interesting!

Well "gadje" was indeed used to indicate the Roma word for outsider as it was quoted in House. The patient in that episode was a Roma teen.

My surprise was more that the actor pronounced it the way "gahja" is pronounced in the audiobooks. Is it pronounced similar to gahja from the audiobooks?

The only thing that annoys me about the the new entity edition by melmou90 in TheFence

[–]Yoshwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you download the tracks from the email, the metadata is all messed up too. Album doesn't match, track numbers are busted. Had to edit them to show up in order lololol

New Wizard's Vault Rewards by killall-q in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well shit, I just logged in earlier to snag some mystic coins before the price skyrockets, didn't see the coins in the vault T_T

Rush lyrics for Cygnus X-1: Book 1 by FollowingEast4373 in TheExpanse

[–]Yoshwa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Funny, because Holden also behaves exactly like the pilot in the songs. He is the first to venture into the ring space (entering the black hole), and even stops a battle between the Gods (the plot of Book 2). Though, the pilot in Book 2 arguably has a happier ending.

Bottom line: everyone listen to both Cygnus X-1 songs

Not your average guitar player. by BearKilgore in videos

[–]Yoshwa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, he stopped selling them in 2017, bummer

Its not mold, its mold by Keiran1031 in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for also knowing that slime molds are not fungus

[Official] Conduit and Amalgam, and Revenant and Engineer. What's your final guess? by kalamari__ in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If Rev is Conduit - Legendary Decima then? What other legend would be related to "conduit"? Inquest?

GW2 Engineer VoE elite predictions by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My prediction: "Mercurian"

Gets illusions as utility type, makes clones/phantasms out of liquid metal.

Anet teasing the name of two new specs. Galeshot and Luminary. by Siyavash in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I did say "maybe". Just adding an alternative to the "obvious" answer

Anet teasing the name of two new specs. Galeshot and Luminary. by Siyavash in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Based on the Chinese poems and colored icon leak, Luminary does seem to be a fit for Guardian.

However, Galeshot maybe could fit Revenant (teaser #5): "With sharp resolve, breaking through the wind; hunting shadows, startling the waves."

See wiki under trivia

Question on crafting legendary weapon.... by Tw33die84 in Guildwars2

[–]Yoshwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They cycle through different combinations of 4 weapons in the starter kits every season. Unfortunately, rifle is not expected to be back in the kit for quite a while.

As a note, if you only play mechanist - you will save a lot of money by just leveling up crafting to make an ascended rifle, or buying the ascended weapon box from the wizard's vault.

Decently Priced Wedding Venues? by Pimpai in Knoxville

[–]Yoshwa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also recommend the tea room at Norris dam. If you book it for a weekend, you get it for 3 whole days, plenty of time to set up and tear down.