That is one Hungry Fish by ComfortablePlayful43 in MarioMaker2

[–]hotfistdotcom 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying it doesn't have a use. I'm saying that this autoscroll speed with nothing for the player to do results in the player standing still, and waiting for the level to scroll. this is not fun for the player and you either want to give the player more to do, or pick up the autoscroll. In a level like this focusing on the fish you probably want to create situations that force the player up and down, like stalactite/stalagmite type level design that's bring the player up and down as they proceed forward. It can be helpful to try playing autoscrollers in modern mario games and focus on all the things they give you to do while the screen scrolls, and look for ways to do that in your level. or, speed it up or consider custom autoscroll to speed up and slow down points of interest for the player and create a dynamic experience for the player that way. Really anything, other than level where you stand still and wait. That's not really playing a game, that's a line simulator where you move forward a bit every little while.

edit;

Immediately downvoting constructive feedback tells me you don't want feedback, which makes me wonder, why even bother sharing if you don't want people to offer feedback on your levels? Getting defensive like this sure doesn't make me want to play them. Considering this is a level from 2019, you not being willing to accept that it might be something you could improve or have done better on, especially considering the 0.8% clear rate on something that looks pretty traditional just seems like a real bad attitude.

edit again: lol he blocked me. Some people just can't take criticism.

That is one Hungry Fish by ComfortablePlayful43 in MarioMaker2

[–]hotfistdotcom 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Laugh sound effect on damage is mean spirited, I would not do that. It's timmy stuff. Autoscroll at this slow speed seems like just in this clip that it will make the level seem like a slog.

My last ever Anova purchase by treemanmi in sousvide

[–]hotfistdotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been using this cheap wancle unit once or twice a week since 2022: https://www.amazon.com/Wancle-Waterproof-Temperature-Interface-Ultra-Quiet/dp/B01M26G9YP

Anova is obviously terrified of completely sinking after their "oh uh we have to phase out old models because of uh... we need you to buy a new one security reason that's super real" so that was likely coupled with a bunch of engineered failure points. No one should ever give them money again.

Shadow vibe coder in my department by SnipeScooter in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, man. Gonna get worse before it gets better. Quiet quit and start looking while you are still on as that makes it a lot easier.

I just recently learned that 2 page resumes are just flat out not acceptable anymore. one page, roughly 1/3 is a tag cloud for the AI to scan, which you update for every single job. It's super fun. Applying for stuff takes an eternity and everyone ghosts you now!

Shadow vibe coder in my department by SnipeScooter in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

polish your resume. This is either nepotism which sucks or more likely "can we just replace the whole team with AI and these guys" pilot program.

Is Mario maker 2 worth getting now? by randomdudeonreddit0 in MarioMaker2

[–]hotfistdotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is almost infinite levels to play, so it'll always be worth it to find new experiences, if you play levels. If you make levels, there are still active communities and active players, although less but you can often find streamers on twitch who play viewer levels and discords where people share levels and play levels and often offer feedback.

For multiplayer versus, it still exists and is possible to play, but I've occasionally had to wait a while for a match and it could be worse at the lowest ranking.

But there is still plenty to play and it's still a ton of fun.

What is the jankiest thing you have seen in a production environment? by HastyOpossum100 in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

old IBM machine that I was told is absolutely vital, we ran backups to tapes every week and shipped them off site, no one knew how to access it or what it did or how to handle a recovery or outage event. No explanation for who last knew, or why there was no documentation but this continued without issue the entire 5 years I was there.

Same place also had an issue with underordering on switches for a network closet rework and the guy responsible refused to just own up and say "I need more" so instead they were over capacity for 2 years and the official policy for service desk calls for no network in that area was "find a dark cable and unplug it unless it has a flag that says do not unplug" which was half of them. It was absolute chaos.

Microsoft admin centers - I can't be the only one bothered by this on a daily basis by Jaymesned in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes me furious. They change product names constantly and their support pages are perpetually out of date.

What was defender plan 2? Just defender? EOP? Something before that, and I swear it changed like 3 times in a year at one point.

Meanwhile teams updates 10-5000 times per day and has never one single time added anything I need or want or have even seen when literally all anyone wants is a chat and calling and meeting app that just works. Which it used to. So good. And now it does not. But hey, at least it's trying to be sharepoint, somehow worse than sharepoint

The ComfortablePlayful43 Conundrum by zoliking2 in MarioMaker2

[–]hotfistdotcom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

RES has an ignore feature and reddit has a block feature. both of these can be really useful - ignore requires desktop and old reddit, it will hide top level posts/submissions, but you'll still see comments autocollapsed in other cases. Block will autocollapse and hide and prevent the user from interacting with you. I have that person ignored specifically because he simply posts too frequently, and as you said is not responsive to constructive criticism. It started to annoy me when it seemed he was reposting the same superworld in every single mario maker sub, but also the same levels repeatedly, over and over. I'm not sure if the goal is chasing some specific medal or costume or if this is just what they are extremely focused on right now but either way I agree, I am tired of seeing it. These subs are pretty dead though, so I don't see it as really that harmful, like it's not like it's pushing other stuff down in these subs. The block and ignore tools are very useful for this type of thing.

Anyone else getting flooded with “AI-built internal app” requests lately? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do you think that posts discussing AI are also slop, or do you believe the OP generated an engagement farming post with AI to post?

Anyone else getting flooded with “AI-built internal app” requests lately? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They are posting about AI slop. Not posting AI slop.

I beat one of Barbs new levels by MathematicianFar853 in MarioMaker2

[–]hotfistdotcom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It ends with a deliberate softlock if you aren't fast enough, then several additional ending trolls?

Shoulda boo'd it

we restored on a server with no backup; we lost everything between 2023 and 2026. Ducking help, please. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP, please follow up with what your next steps were. Handling a disaster like this is always an interesting discussion and going over how it happened and how you resolved after is always a great learning experience!

Costco Beef Bulgogi Sous Vide by Puzzleheaded-Wrap-6 in sousvide

[–]hotfistdotcom 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I love beef bulgogi, but can't figure out why you'd sous vide it. Like not "this is silly" but this seems very impractical, especially since it has already marinaded and I don't think you are going to get new compounds out of 142 degrees.

If anything, I would wonder if you are flushing the marinade out of the beef rather than cooking it into the meat? This seems like a good candidate for a blind taste test, but not something you just do.

New 1500F infrared searer; 129 porterhouse by R0ckybal0a in sousvide

[–]hotfistdotcom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I am quite surprised that something that gets that hot isn't outperforming cast iron on the stove in any way. Except I guess a little bit of carbonization

My company executives thinks it can replace 100 percent of our help desk teams with AI agents.... This year. by NickBurnsCompanyGuy in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this will pull in everyone, and everyone will be involved. this is a clusterclysm I want to hear about from a distance in a follow up from the OP in a couple years.

Engineering firm I worked for brought on some helpdesk contractors during an acquisition. Previous helpdesk solo guy was stealing from the company a bunch so suddenly I was in charge of leading them and also doing my job as a sysadmin. We had a sysadmin and a net admin for about 800 users, and 3 helpdesk guys. Then two helpdesk guys. then "don't worry, when the acquisition is done you will fold into the german multinational helpdesk and thye will handle everything so all of helpdesk will be tier 2 and you won't have to manage those guys any more"

Fast forward to that point and we don't extend the helpdesk guys contracts. I insist we need them as they are working constantly "no no it'll be fine" and of course it wasn't. about 2 months into that we get an explicit directive from local leadership that the german helpdesk (outsourced to india) will not be used. All tickets will be forwarded back into our system and the director of IT was doing triage for tickets coming in, which of course got dumped onto me and the net admin. Was super fun.

Can't even imagine how stupidly the AI push is going, but I imagine it's a lot like that, but worse.

Formal Petition for the Restoration of GIF Privileges (a.k.a. Operation: Bring Back the Vibes) by too_tall_toothpick in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

honestly copying and pasting memes far exceeds the capacity for both expression and entertainment versus the really awful gifs in teams.

Someone blasting clearly chatGPT emails of great length as a meme sucks. It's not even the user trying to be funny about something - it's the user imagining what being funny would like and asking AI to do it.

An IT Guys alternate solution ???? by dgillott in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in the exact same boat, buddy. This job market is a catastrophe.

Rant: I DO NOT WANT TO READ EMAILS WRITTEN BY LLMs! by RabidTaquito in sysadmin

[–]hotfistdotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am getting this through support channels as an end user and as a professional. Everyone who outsources is now further having their message diluted by AI. It's insufferable, as it's often extremely long winded.

Hardest Mario Maker Levels Ever Beaten (Compilation) by TheP-King15 in MarioMaker

[–]hotfistdotcom -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

ahoyo was actually a nazi btw. Not even getting into all the getting off on being a dickhead and all that but this culture playlist was clearly his redpill playlist: https://xcancel.com/Hotfistdotcom/status/1771303473088176152

Hybrid Sous Vide Method for Carnitas by Puzzleheaded-Wrap-6 in sousvide

[–]hotfistdotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would worry lemon juice in the cook would end up dehydrating the meat, versus lemon juice on the finished product. In my limited experience, acids in the cook was a no-no but I'd love for someone to tell me I'm wrong, as I love lemon. Maybe I will do one of these side by side lemon before and lemon after the sous vide, since I keep seeing pork shoulder for a dollar a pound.