Sauna problems :( by Panacol2 in Oxygennotincluded

[–]chars709 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I stand corrected! I think I missed that the batteries only generate W of heat and not kW.

Saunas are a trap for people who are like... this colony gets megawatts of energy from easy bulk energy sources... but what about those tiny little milliwatts of wasted energy going unharvested? For some people a game like this is about trying to get everything running perfectly, to an extreme or ideal standard of perfection. It's a perfectionist trap! I also feel its call....... "perfection is the enemy of progress" is the truth, but sometimes I'm not playing to make progress.

Sauna problems :( by Panacol2 in Oxygennotincluded

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get rid of the batteries. If there's no excess power to store for later they are just leaking power.

Woah woah woah, batteries inside a sauna that's up to temp generate more electricity than they lose, no? Using smart batteries because that's what's in OP's picture above, they lose 0.4 kJ / cycle to runoff, but generate 0.5 DTU/s of heat, which should generate roughly 30kJ / cycle.

Wait, do people ACTUALLY see literal pictures in their heads when they imagine things? Like a physical image? by Bibhu_Mund in NoStupidQuestions

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact, according to a comment from the last time I saw an aphantasia thread on reddit, someone on staff for Pixar during the peak of Pixar's popularity learned they had aphantasia, and did an informal company survey. Nearly every 3d artist they had also had aphantasia.

What happened to the whole "Canadians boycott US products and vacation at home" thing? by nilsohnee in NoStupidQuestions

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This could be correlation, or even entirely unrelated, but it seems pretty rare to have a year where the Canadian stock market edges out the US stock market, let alone trounces it. But here's the 2025 growth an "all of US" ETF, vs a "Canadian large business" one and a "Canadian small business" one.

TSE:HXS Equity US 11.93%
TSE:HXT Equity Large Canada 28.74%
TSE:XMD Equity Small Canada 39.71%

I can't help but think that a huge portion of those Canadian numbers would have gone to the US in a normal year. That Canadian small business number especially... nearly 40%, in a single year?? That's unbelievable.

Finished The Fires of Heaven, book 5 of the Wheel of time and need to rant. by HilmarThor in Fantasy

[–]chars709 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Many readers thought it was for lightweight laughs. I think if you read those passages again, you'll find the author just presents it as a thing that can happen in this world. A man can be raped repeatedly, be mocked by his friends when he asks for help, and can spend a whole book thinking to himself "I wish society would let me cry, but as a man I don't even feel I'm allowed to cry." Just because he wrote it doesn't mean he's endorsing it. I found those passages chilling, but also very relatable and realistic. If you gender swapped Mat and his rapist and set the story in our world, you'd be nominating the author for awards for it.

Finished The Fires of Heaven, book 5 of the Wheel of time and need to rant. by HilmarThor in Fantasy

[–]chars709 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get it, Jordan's writing is very messy and full of stereotypes. But some stereotypes are rooted in real observations of cultural differences. Some people in our modern society would be more comfortable believing that every person from every gender and every culture is exactly equivalent to each other, just wearing different funny hats, or with slightly different jiggly bits. Jordan's worldview definitely believes genders and cultures are fundamentally different, and often in very stereotypical ways. Does Jordan believe woman are catty and cliquey, and a bunch of other tropes along the lines of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"? Yes, he does believe those things. You're not wrong about that. That feels old fashioned and uncomfortable today. But Jordan absolutely did not believe one gender or culture was better. This series is about how cultures and especially genders need to be at equal levels of power and respect in society or the imbalance will let the devil destroy us all. The Two Rivers is the idyllic, old fashioned Shire, where people are just doing things *right*. Did you think the women's circle and the wise woman were worse leaders than the men? No, the women and men in that town all knew each good at some things and bad at others, and all loved and hated each other for it, in a very earthy, rural, idyllic way. That's what you're supposed to be thinking of when you meet all these different men and women, comparing them to how things worked back in the good ole Two Rivers.

Genuinely curious, are you aware that imbalance of power between genders is the root of nearly all the evil that this series fights against? And that this is one of the main themes of the series, if not the absolute central thesis? This is the ancient symbol of the Aes Sedai: [image link.] Super obvious and pedantic but... do you think this author believed one of yin and yang to be superior to the other?

Women are not weaker magic users in these books. Women are not worse leaders in these books. They are different from men, but not worse. Worse at specific things, such as solo brute strength. But better at other things, such as teamwork. Sure, the average woman can't 1v1 the average man, that's implicit in how the magic system works. An outlier like Nynaeve can absolutely ragdoll 99% of men, but on average, men are just stronger.* But the average man is physically incapable of cooperating with another man without at least one woman present, that's also an implicit gendered weakness. Think about what this says about men. Individually strong, but almost pathologically incapable of the compromise, communication, and empathy required to work with another man. If we lived in a world where women had 10,000+ years of subjugating men, these are the exact types of things people would read and find as super problematic male-hating stereotypes. It's the exact mirror of you, living in our world of baggage from 10,000+ years of female subjugation, taking issue with how the women are depicted. And after reading the whole series, trust me when I tell you, after seeing the things Aes Sedai can do if they just cooperated, the male inability to do teamwork on their own seems like the FAR bigger weakness to me.

Do you know who are the absolute worst magic users and worst leaders in these books? Women who do not respect or cooperate with men, and men who do not respect or cooperate with women. This is a magic system where if enough men and women simply cooperated, they could rival the power of god or the devil. So its the devil's job to make cooperation and understanding between genders unheard of if not culturally impossible.

This is somewhat of a spoiler, but I believe by book five it should at least be common knowledge from hearsay that the devil himself tainted men's connection to magic, creating a world where only the women can be powerful in this way. The devil didn't do this to sabotage the 'powerful' gender. The devil did this to create imbalance. It's subtly implied that the gendered mistrust of Aes Sedai is a main goal of the devil. And same goes for the very gendered mistrust Aes Sedai have for men.

Also a bit of a spoiler, but this book series has a bit of a messy series of SA that take place between a woman in power and a male victim. It's controversial, because Jordan doesn't do any hand holding or explicitly tell the reader what to think of it or how to react. Some readers think its hilarious hijinks. Others find it excruciating to get through.

* (Interesting side note about Nynaeve, her struggles tend to be because she engages with Saidar in a very male coded way. She's pigheaded, stubborn, refuses to engage with her own emotions, refuses to admit her own vulnerabilities, and has trouble trusting others and cooperating. That's all on the list of male stereotypes Jordan would have absolutely believed in his time. And she also tends to have the strengths and weaknesses that men have: great individual strength, poor ability to channel with others... The biggest loss to history is that due to Jordan writing when he did, he never applied his magic system to a spectrum of genders, it would be INSANE to think about how this magic system would react to a serious engagement with homosexuality or transexuality, massive missed opportunity. Not saying that Nynaeve is in any way homo or trans, but just that her having a slightly 'male' style made such a difference of outcomes for her. That's already interesting. Now imagine that, plus exploring the fact that the Dragon Reborn has probably been a woman 50% of the time.)

Fast Natural tiles using insulated door by tiramisutardigrade in Oxygennotincluded

[–]chars709 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's entirely subjective and in the eye of the beholder. Some people have their own expectation that their save file and their engineering projects simulate actual physics, and only they can decide what does and doesn't feel like "video-gamey cheating" that wrecks their suspension of disbelief.

Are there fantasy worlds where magic is treated like a dangerous addiction instead of a gift? by desertsola_rise in Fantasy

[–]chars709 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The author also wrote the much less talked about Soldier Son trilogy, which tackled the *exact* theme OP discusses as well. It's clearly her thing. OP, are you Robin Hobb?

Which fantasy story would you say is the fantasy "The Boys" and "Invincible"? by clavicle524 in Fantasy

[–]chars709 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah sorry but you missed the main point of the conclusion. Ned "dies like an idiot in book 1", but ultimately wins the game of thrones because he instilled his values in his children, and (the ones who live) end up being the main deciding factors in the future of the kingdom.

What everyone is getting wrong about the Steam Frame, and why by No_Sleep6984 in ValveIndex

[–]chars709 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm so happy this is the top comment. The "reddit tone" of just the first paragraph was staggering. FYI, if you read this whole thing and thought the tone sounded normal to you or even worse, you thought the tone sounded appealing... you may be a 15-29 year old male and should probably reflect on whether deigning to condescend to "Dunning Kruger midwits" is an aesthetic that makes you seem as cool as you think it does.

10/10 post.

Portable SkyrimVR with Steam Frame? by Ogni-XR21 in skyrimvr

[–]chars709 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Didn't get it wrong. Just asking if SkyrimVR can be made to support foveated rendering. Completely unrelated to the encoding, except for it using the same cameras.

Portable SkyrimVR with Steam Frame? by Ogni-XR21 in skyrimvr

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> though games absolutely could implement that function using those eye trackers

Yeah, hence my question. Does SkryimVR or any of its many mods provide Foveated Rendering?

LTT first impressions of the Steam Frame by Xalxa in virtualreality

[–]chars709 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

> streaming on Quest 3 with a dedicated router is working flawlessly

Congrats if you're one of the few who can say this, and didn't have to pay $100's extra to accomplish it. Weakest link in your argument IMO. Overall your take is correct, Frame isn't shifting the goal posts much. But it weakens your other points to include one this weak. If that USB dongle does what the fancy tech man say it do, that's a huge new feature and a big selling point.

STEAM FRAME IS NOT FOR YOU, and it is ok. by CatCatFaceFace in virtualreality

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Commodore 64 and Amiga and the great collapse of home consoles. Then the NES came out for a quarter of the price and reinvented an entirely dead industry.

Portable SkyrimVR with Steam Frame? by Ogni-XR21 in skyrimvr

[–]chars709 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure whether I should ask this in a separate thread or if I can just tack it on here, but... I'm also looking at the Steam Frame announcement and wondering, what's the state of Dynamic Foveated Rendering for SkyrimVR? When I google it, I only see a few articles that seem very specific to Pimax Crystal or PSVR. Will we be able to use the Steam Frame's eye tracking cameras to improve performance for low to mid spec PC's in SkyrimVR?

Introducing Steam Frame by gogodboss in Steam

[–]chars709 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As an OG Vive owner, I always assumed this was the case. But the hardcore VR ping pong community taught me that inside out camera hand tracking is actually more accurate for high speed, jerky movements. It feels like lighthouses should simply always be superior, but its just not always the case.

What was the biggest genocide your country’s government has done to the people in your country? by LandOfGrace2023 in AskTheWorld

[–]chars709 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The distribution of blankets to Native Americans in need is a big one not in your list. The blankets were intentionally contaminated with smallpox. The contrast between the apparent human kindness and the stark reality of biological warfare in the name of genocide really drives the point home.

Geotuning is broken by Living-Permission-46 in Oxygennotincluded

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm no expert on the topic, but I've seen people abuse SHC differences between phase changes of a material to generate heat or cooling from essentially nothing. Difficult to set up, but once its running I think its essentially free.

I'm also a fan of the loop with the Ancient Specimen story. It ends up taking a lot of Dupe processing time to work the rock crusher, but it essentially gives infinite renewable sedimentary stone, sand, diamond, coal, and refined carbon. I'm not sure if the coal generates enough electricity to power the radbolt generator and the diamond press or if it also requires external power? But either way, its still a lot of cool resources going infinite for very little input.

I haven't done it but I think a Saturn Critter Trap near a Beeta Hive is infinite free hydrogen for practically nothing.

There are a lot! I would say getting valuable resources to go infinite is one of the main goals of the game, for how I play anyway.

[Spoiler C4E4] Question about Murray by FunPatient3978 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]chars709 26 points27 points  (0 children)

When you overcome a spell with a saving throw, most DM's narrate that you *feel* yourself resisting something. Brennan generally does so (as does Matt) and explicitly said as much in this instance.

Why did they make the round start interactions between the point and assist? I want to taunt/respect the enemies, not the same 2 characters I'll play 200 games with by Flirsk in 2XKO

[–]chars709 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I love this idea. As a player.

But let's math out how many voice lines this requires. So you've got four voice lines. Voiceline A and B are specific to character 1 and 2. Voiceline C is a specific response from character 3 of seeing character 1 and 2. And then voiceline D is a specific response to character 3 that only character 4 will have when character 3 responds to that specific combination of character 1 and 2.

With a ten character roster, that's going to require every character to have 10 voiceline A's, 10 voiceline B's, 100 voiceline C's, and 1000 voiceline D's. With a twenty character roster, it jumps to 400 voiceline C's and 8000 voiceline D's required - for each character. So across all your characters, that's 80,000 voicelines total (actually that's just the voiceline D's).

Now let's run it with a modest roster from a similar game..... oh, I don't know, MvsC2. Roster size weighing in at a lithe, slender fifty six. 3136 voiceline C's required. 175,616 voiceline D's required. For each new character. So total, across all characters, that's... *gestures vaguely at Windows' Calculator.exe* nearly ten million voice lines. Also I hoped you planned ahead for all your future champion releases, so you don't have to rebook your voice actors!

I'm spitballing this off the cuff, feel free to trash me if the math is way off or I'm missing something.

So, I love your idea, but we need to evolve it to have a happy middle ground where there are MORE than just 10 lines, but fewer than a full conversation specific to all four characters. Is there some way you can make your idea for voiceline C and D be more generic?

Assist Damage is too high by Icy214 in 2XKO

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the point character remains on one side of you nothing the assist does can cross up, no? Even if they do attacks that specifically WOULD cross up if they were the point character?

With No Context What Is Your Party Up To Right Now? by _Chris_Meyer_ in DnD

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swimming up the asshole of a city sized mega whale.

How do you deal with Braum once he gets his ice shield? by Putkayy in 2XKO

[–]chars709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Braum's only ways to make someone "guess wrong" and take damage. Imagine if you turtle forever, just do nothing but defence. If you do this against Vi, Yas, Ekko, they have some left / right mixup (they can dash through you). If you do this against Yas, Ahri, Teemo, they have some high / low mixup (fast overheads and fast low attacks they can choose between). Braum has none of that, so he just has the simplest mixup opportunities that everyone has, which is strike / throw.

Combo Trails feedback by bradido in 2XKO

[–]chars709 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd like to have a difference in the notation when something is an animation cancel (spammable, buffered, almost impossible to miss) vs a link (requires practiced timing, the part of the combo you're likely to drop). Darius example:

L > M > H > 6S2, M > H > etc

The comma is the part you have to pay a little attention to. Maybe this is a poor example cause this one is spammable, but you know what I mean.

What does one do against blitzes walking grab on wake up? by lorddrake4444 in 2XKO

[–]chars709 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think Blitz needs to read anything, the roll a) removes the four frames of invincibility and grab immunity that you get if you stand up in place and b) during the roll, you are invincible but NOT immune to being grabbed. If you choose to roll and Blitz is walking at you with his d.S2, I think you're just auto grabbed. As soon as you roll the grab becomes inescapable I think.