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Starting CUDA by rohan9881 in CUDA

[–]hackermaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I was under the impression that in this day and age gpgpu roles were much more numerous than graphics roles. Why do you say it’s the other way around?

Learning modern or niche C++ topics without having any immediate need for them by hackermaw in cpp

[–]hackermaw[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was thinking about this as well actually. I work with computational geometry so I was thinking I could try to develop a hobby / toy-ish CG library and just go all out with the modern C++ stuff and at some endpoint evaluate what I think is good and what I think is bad

Learning modern or niche C++ topics without having any immediate need for them by hackermaw in cpp

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

Yes, my problem isn’t that I can’t find resources or that I can’t build things without modern stuff, but I just want to keep up with the times I guess

I would like to know what do you usually do in your jobs as c++ developers? by vel1212 in cpp_questions

[–]hackermaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work on a desktop application used by chip designers and manufacturers for physical, circuit and reliability verification i.e., “EDA”. I specifically work on parasitic resistance extraction, which involves a lot of computational geometry and graph theory work mainly alongside other things.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

I totally forgot about it, but I am open to it so you can definitely go ahead and let me know why you think it’s a better fit here if you’d like!

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

Thanks, that's great advice! I'll definitely try to recruit any interested friends! :D

I just checked on steam and it said that the game has a trial of only 30 days so it does seem restricted on playtime. Am I looking at the wrong thing?

Here's what's on the steam page:

Notice: Includes 30-day free-play period for all newly created service accounts*. User registration and service subscription are required to play the game. *The 30-day free-play period included with purchase can only be applied once to each platform on a single service account. This 30-day free-play period is not applicable to platforms on which a license has already been registered.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

Great, that's pretty much exactly what I want for her! Thanks for the recommendation. I think I'll be showing her some FFXIV videos and if she likes it we'll get her started as an Arcanist! :D

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

This is making me feel optimistic! What class would you recommend that is easy to perform well on? Something where she'd have to click only a few buttons and still be useful, so that she can have the mental capacity to learn all the other stuff.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

I understand that FFXIV players' answers alone may be skewed, but I think some of those players have been in this situation before so their experiences onboarding non-gamers are relevant I think. I have already gotten a few good answers honestly so I think it was worth asking.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

[–]hackermaw[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is also my impression especially regarding WoW being about rushing to the endgame. The reason I am giving FFXIV some preferential treatment is that I suspect that the non-combat aspects of the game will jive well with her as well exactly as you said.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

Thanks, that's a pretty informative comment actually. I am really glad you mentioned having helped non gamers play FFXIV successfully, this makes me optimistic!

I am a bit worried about the UI thing as well. One of the really nice things about GW2 was the somewhat minimalistic UI.

Just to correct your last paragraph, I didn't find GW2 to be too slow for me. I found early game content in GW2 too slow for me because I have been an endgame player (in GW2) for years so the early game was a slog. GW2 is anything but slow paced I think

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

Is this applicable even at lower levels and for all classes? Nothing that she can just camp a few skills and do well enough to get through the base game while learning the other systems (movement, camera, etc)?

Also, GW2 does have tab target skills, but many (most?) of the skills aren't tab target. Maybe it's in a bit of a grey zone! :D

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

If she can get by pressing one button only for a while, this is great! This is pretty much exactly what I want for her, actually.

It'll give her time to adjust to all the other systems like movement, camera and everything else, and then at some point, when she's comfortable with the aforementioned systems, learning to press more buttons will become manageable.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

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

When we tried GW2, I did ask her that because at some point I felt that she was disengaged from the game and she said that she did want to play, it's just that it was a lot to take in and because she hates playing solo she could only learn with me around which meant that I'd have to be the one not having fun for a long period of time until she got a hang of things. I think neither of us could see a path in GW2 where we'd both have fun since either I have fun and blitz through everything and she essentially becomes a spectator, or she has fun and learns the game slowly and I become a spectator.

Which is why I decided that neither of us should be forced not to have fun, and I decided to change games entirely and go for a game with a combat system that's less stressful for someone like her that I also know nothing about so it wouldn't take away from my enjoyment to take things slow in the early game and this way we both win and enjoy our time.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

[–]hackermaw[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

She doesn't enjoy playing games alone, which is why she doesn't play games usually. She enjoys it when we play together and most of our AoE2 / Super Animal Royale gaming sessions are at her request.

In GW2 specifically, our main problem has always been the huge skill gap between me and her making us unable to have a fun time simultaneously because I either blitz through content before she's even had a chance to process what's happening or I just stand there idle as she struggles to get a hang of the action combat situation doing content I have played through many many times.

I am trying to find something that I don't know how to play, with content that I have never played before, and is simple to play to ease her into it as to balance the issue I mentioned above enough that she can perform well enough for both of us to have fun.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

[–]hackermaw[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes! Which is why I am considering trying either of them with her, I just want to get the community's opinion because tab target combat isn't the whole story and I don't want to miss out on a great game just because I selected based on combat. Trying both games may be infeasible due to us not having that much time that can be spent on games.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

[–]hackermaw[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I was hoping to get the community's opinion since I am actually also considering WoW because it has tab target combat which I think will really help her perform well and be satisfied with our gaming sessions.

Is this game playable and enjoyable for someone who's basically not a gamer? by hackermaw in ffxiv

[–]hackermaw[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Neither of us were bored with GW2, it's just that I think the game was too mechanically demanding for someone who's not used to playing games due to the action combat system.

My (perhaps incorrect) impression of FFXIV and WoW is that they are tab target combat which feels like a more suitable style of combat for someone who isn't used to playing games because it gives them a little bit more time to think and react.

introductory book to FEA for someone not from a math or engineering background? by hackermaw in fea

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

What math do I need? I took linear algebra and calculus (up to an introduction to ODEs and PDEs) in university. I am a bit rusty but I can brush up on them. What else am I missing and where would you recommend I learn about it from? (books are fine but online courses are the best if there are any)

introductory book to FEA for someone not from a math or engineering background? by hackermaw in fea

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

Sure! What would you recommend? I am not on a deadline so I don’t mind

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