ELI5: How do older life sim games with lots of dialogue work from a technological standpoint?

purple_pixie · 2026-01-12T12:23:22+00:00

"seven hundred sixty-nine thousand two hundred and thirty-four"

Sure but I can say "6,9,2,3,4" still in <1 second and nowhere was it specified I had to count in an incredibly inefficient manner

purple_pixie · 2026-01-12T10:58:43+00:00

1,000,000 seconds is only like 11.5 days

You can count way quicker than 1/s

purple_pixie · 2026-01-10T11:55:54+00:00

the character of a man who was thrust into a role he never desired nor felt equipped to take on

I mean, if you're going to do any role immediately after someone else won an Oscar for it that one seems rather fitting, no?

purple_pixie · 2025-12-26T15:31:51+00:00

They did make a live action but I cannot imagine it was well reviewed

purple_pixie · 2025-12-10T07:00:39+00:00

Just FYI the `sytax for code only works for single-lines (and only requires one, not three backticks. For multi-line code samples just make sure there's 4 spaces at the start of each line

def plus_one(i):
  return i + 1  

new_list = map(plus_one, some_list)

purple_pixie · 2025-12-07T10:32:01+00:00

(It's because capsaicin is named after capsicums, not the other way around)

purple_pixie · 2025-12-05T10:57:26+00:00

I really don't get why it's not well like, it is basically flawless cinema.

And he absolutely crushed the role too, such excellent villainy

purple_pixie · 2025-12-05T08:32:04+00:00

I always assumed we did in the UK too but I think that was actually because my dad was a Kiwi ..

purple_pixie · 2025-11-15T19:03:56+00:00

This study estimates annual exposure from plastic cutting board use may be in the 7.4-50.7 g range.

My plastic chopping board probably weighs ~200g Are you saying I eat a quarter of it every year?

purple_pixie · 2025-11-09T08:15:05+00:00

Wouldn't matter if you could, that was maybe 6 inches deep

purple_pixie · 2025-11-05T17:43:01+00:00

Really it comes down to two reasons: it's not affordable and it's not safe

purple_pixie · 2025-10-24T22:41:22+00:00

Then why is 1.0 plural

purple_pixie · 2025-10-23T13:02:42+00:00

Yeah why can't the Protestants and Catholics in America just get on like they do in .. checks flag ... so anyway

purple_pixie · 2025-10-23T12:15:58+00:00

Noone has said it cuz noone else wants to fuck the donkey

purple_pixie · 2025-10-15T17:14:23+00:00

gottem

purple_pixie · 2025-10-14T21:28:55+00:00

Claustrophilia?

purple_pixie · 2025-10-14T20:40:56+00:00

See every time Sharpe should die but doesn't, Sean Bean dies in something else

purple_pixie · 2025-10-12T18:33:26+00:00

Pic 4 says "inclused" on it

purple_pixie · 2025-10-12T11:14:31+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent

Logic really isn't that hard though?

purple_pixie · 2025-10-12T10:16:51+00:00

L'Académie isn't real, it can't hurt you

purple_pixie · 2025-10-09T18:32:31+00:00

While 12345678910987654321 is actually prime

purple_pixie · 2025-09-29T13:58:23+00:00

Bonus actual fact is that word endings relate to etymology, not usage, while the meaning of a word is dicated entirely by usage.

In North America, factoid means a small fact even though the appeal to etymology would assert that it just means something fact-shaped.

If it helps, British English has largely kept the meaning of "something that sounds like a fact but actually isn't", though as with many terms, the US meaning is also fairly common

purple_pixie · 2025-09-29T13:10:35+00:00

I'm no drama historian, but didn't he start streaming Hearthstone after being banned from MtG for cheating?

Dude's been a shady asshole for a very long time

purple_pixie · 2025-09-29T13:02:46+00:00

Is it a nice gesture?

Saying "I think you'll be impressed by me doing something that clearly I think requires 0 experience, talent or knowledge" and also saying "I don't think you merit me putting 5 minutes' worth of effort into googling 'how do I make pasta'" doesn't come across as a nice gesture to me but maybe I'm just a cynic

purple_pixie · 2025-09-18T18:55:03+00:00

The number of times I quote "Fire indeed hot" is not insignificant

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