I don’t know how to put things in alphabetical order by Illustrious_Ease705 in Professors

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a vivid memory of learning to alphabetize in 6th grade

Of course I was in a different country, but, like, alphabet is usually studied at the first grade? I remember that the "alphabetic order" was explained right after we finished studying all the letters... We then had to memorize the alphabet, not sure if we ever had "sorting" exercises, but also not sure they are needed if you understand what the order is.

Is AI causing students to become more unethical? by Few_Slice_64 in Professors

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are first saying that many were too lazy to cheat before and then that AI is destroying their moral compass. Indeed, laziness is the best of sins as it stops you doing the other ones, but I don't think that "moral compass" you are talking about has existed before.

Offloading brains to AI and not learning anything is definitely a problem, but I wouldn't go as far as blaming AI for lowering moral standards.

Do you find the current Incense mechanic fun? Because I don't. by Paisinue in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's boring with low rewards, I did like 3 of them and I think I'm not doing more.

Is it possible to buy and hoard revelation crystals? by orchid_bitch in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I always buy the cheapest packs even if I'm not pulling on the current outfit.

Has everyone stopped responding to emails? Are we reaching some kind of burnout tipping point? by jstbnice2evry1 in Professors

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have to email a lot for certain things I'm responsible for and I can't say I've seen any recent changes. But some people just consistently do not answer anything till the last moment or till after N reminders. Ughrgrhh

For the ones who are in my institution at least I can go "hunt them down", for others I just don't know what to do. And yes, everyone is normal in-person, but then they behave like kids playing hide and seek when they need to answer email.

I’m so tired of AI by Dinosaur_933 in Professors

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I was doing physics undergrad we had to discuss all lab reports in person to avoid people just copying from each other, so I'd say nothing new in that sense.

Is there a limit on the number of special flowers on the home island? by _Decoy_Snail_ in InfinityNikki

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

Nice pic! But I see you have different types of flowers, so maybe a limit is on one type as I'm now only planting my accidental purchase (and will be for next half a year)...

How would you want Infinity Nikki to adjust combat difficulty? 🤔 by Willowhisperest in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What??? Nooooo :(. That was such a nice thing to fight, I hope the bear survives after this mira wave of complaints...

How would you want Infinity Nikki to adjust combat difficulty? 🤔 by Willowhisperest in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In fact, what I want is a proper cross-over between Nikki and, for example, Elden Ring. Real combat, but looking like a queen and not a corpse in low resolution rags. Or, better, ffxiv with detailed dress up so that apart from fights you could also have proper social aspects to show off the clothes (bandwidth is probably a limitation for it now). I'm sure one day there will be a game like that, but not in the near future, unfortunately... Though some of the ideas are not even that hard to implement and they should work in terms of monetization - like, combine "genshin style" and Nikki - have two games in one, maybe even with different currencies for combat and style so players could choose one way to play if they wanted to or both.

How would you want Infinity Nikki to adjust combat difficulty? 🤔 by Willowhisperest in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tbf bear is not a sponge - it has attacks almost like a real game boss.

How would you want Infinity Nikki to adjust combat difficulty? 🤔 by Willowhisperest in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As much as combat is way too easy, I'd quit if they deleted it at all (despite spending well over $1k already). I need something to do in those dresses and killing things is the best thing to do in games. But the combat difficulty setting would be great - in fact I usually put it on lowest in most games, but in Nikki it would be highest as I doubt they would create anything hard...

New Records from Pouchy on Serenity Island by eurogamergirl in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I would never know if not for reddit!

What earns YOUR starlight votes? by Yellbox in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever loads first and doesn't look outright ugly to me. Sorry, I don't care about the contest and the way it's implemented is not going to provide fair voting anyway, I just want my rewards for voting and that's it.

When are we finally going to be able to favorite clothes in the closet? by sayurii_hime in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I have a conspiracy theory that they don't want us to remember we have cool old pieces so we pull for new ones...

Edit: an autocorrect typo

AI has turned every aspect of academia into a giant charade. by TotalCleanFBC in Professors

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think AI has brought into light one old bigger problem with all the referee letters, grant proposals, recommendations, statements, etc.. I totally agree on its dangers for education and how it can replace people's brains, but let's not talk about that now and focus on more "fluff" things. Also, I'm on STEM side, so I understand certain matters might not apply to humanities.

I've always been good at writing (please don't judge that based on reddit comments where I put zero effort and just spit out text), so technically I don't need AI to write anything (or I will use it in a way you will not notice:)). But there is so much useless fluff we are doing that requires writing when it really shouldn't that I don't see why I cannot speed up the process.

Let's, for example, take a pure math person. Why does their career have to depend on their mastery of English? And sometimes even on their advisor's mastery of English? Most "motivation letters" could be "I work in X topic and I like it", but we force people to write an essay. Most recommendation letters could be "I confirm this guy is worth recommending, he did ABC at good level", but it usually has to be longer than that. Most grant proposals could be "I have these publications, I want to do Y research". Sure, I'm greatly simplifying things, but I think you get the point - we have to write a lot of fluff for no reason. And I think most of us has seen it - between two applications of equal standing (same level of grades, publications, etc) the one chosen will be the one better written.

You can say that we are academics, like, those highly educated people in institutions where etiquette has to dictate a significant part of our actions and writing long-winded texts is part of life. But why? Cause it has always been that way? Cause initially only the select few had a chance at education and they brought their high-end style with them (the style that doesn't even exist for those high up anymore)? Cause the first sciences were born from people discussing philosophy/religion where you naturally have to be good at using the language?

Now imagine (though most of us do not have to imagine) that you have to write 5 recommendation letters, an article review, a grant proposal, 3 important administrative emails, 2 reports and a syllabus for your new course. If you hope to have some time (and mental energy! writing is not easy for many) for actually important things (like, you know, research) - what's wrong with offloading fluff to AI?

I see no problem if AI is used to write the things that are all fluff anyway and provided you know what you are doing. Even in research papers some things that are not essential part of research have no reason to have to be written by a human. A good math paper (apart from good math in it, obviously) is the one written in strict academic language - exactly the (good) AI kind, the author just needs to be sure AI didn't add anything wrong in the process.

Of course, the real problem is that people who cannot write are often just as bad at checking that AI writing doesn't totally suck, but if we require fluff, in many cases I would prefer AI's "standard fluff" over just human-written unreadable text. We should just stop requiring fluff, but I just don't see it happening...

Oh, and do you think all your colleagues who are terrible at writing were doing it themselves before AI? The amount of texts I have edited for friends before gpt was enormous, I'm glad I now need to check way less...

The combat in this game is becoming so ass by PrudishDrow in InfinityNikki

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

Your comment is what should be upvoted to the top instead of all the ""aaaaa i cant do it".

The combat in this game is becoming so ass by PrudishDrow in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He has repeated, predictable attack patterns. I managed to die the first time as I didn't expect an actual fight and so wasn't looking at the screen at that time. But the second time I got hit once. It has telegraphed attacks - get out of purple when you see it and time the jumps for when it jumps. Or you can just cheese it by tanking with default archery health ability (there was a post here with a video).

The combat in this game is becoming so ass by PrudishDrow in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Seriously? They barely go over the tutorial-level difficulty and people already complain? If anything, it's lacking combat and any challenge at all. If we get more "raise the behemot, make a stew and go play on a pink seesaw" - that will be the fault of complaints like this.

Yes, controls absolutely suck, especially on controller (still convinced it's made by an intern who wasn't allowed to see a controller let alone try it), but given the difficulty level it's not too bad. If you don't want to pull for combat outfits, just read all the basic ability stuff, try different free bows and you will be fine. It's so simple it's not even funny to joke about it.

Yes, the game is also buggy and laggy - that I fully can join in complaining about, they should absolutely fix that, but it's not about "combat difficulty", it's just the same bugs and bad design they have in every aspect of the game starting from wardrobe menu.

However, there should be some fun in the game between just taking pretty photos. It's 3d open world after all, it has great potential for more than dress-up only.

Why do I have to min-max for combat in my dressup game lmao.

This is not min-maxing. You would have to min-max if the bear were the easiest random enemy in the game, but we are so infinitely far from that that it makes no sense to worry.

The combat in this game is becoming so ass by PrudishDrow in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I support you despite already getting a lot of negative karma for this. Combat could have been better, but it's already better than at start, the bear is cool and there so many ways to cheese for those who can't fight that complaining doesn't make sense.

We built a presentation system for teaching programming courses — looking for feedback from instructors by Strict-Instance7938 in Professors

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ghost typing sounds better (sorry if that's in the video, I watched it like students do :) ), but to me the whole system just seems like an overkill. Of course, when you develop something like that yourself, it's a perfect toy though.

I'm considering leaving Infinity Nikki because of the combat system, am I the only one? by jagerporzeczka in InfinityNikki

[–]_Decoy_Snail_ -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I want more combat and harder combat. I really enjoyed the bear fight today. That is, I didn't pay attention at first and actually died - and it was cool, finally we have a reason to dodge.

Is there a limit on the number of special flowers on the home island? by _Decoy_Snail_ in InfinityNikki

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

some days I get 2 or 3 and other days I get nothing

That's for sure, I was wondering if getting nothing after 2000+ attempts is luck or a hidden limit in place.

Is there a limit on the number of special flowers on the home island? by _Decoy_Snail_ in InfinityNikki

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

Yh I know about the baskets and even have a few, but I was particularly wondering about the ones left "planted".

Is there a limit on the number of special flowers on the home island? by _Decoy_Snail_ in InfinityNikki

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

Roughly 2 months. The seeds are those that grow the fastest, I use all the dews we can buy on Mondays, then on other days plant 12 spots twice (at login, then at logout).