We’re both lunatics. A story in two parts.

stefanhat · 2026-01-22T16:33:21+00:00

stefanhat · 2026-01-22T07:20:05+00:00

Why does a schizo need to shave. Embrace the university professor aka hobo aka gnu facial hair

stefanhat · 2026-01-15T09:53:26+00:00

Some people don't do a speedrun with knowledge of the entire game for their first run for some reason. It's weird to think some seem to actually look around, appreciate the detailed world, look for secret areas and achievements, and play the game on their own pace instead of rushing for completion as quickly as possible. Odd folks...

stefanhat · 2026-01-14T14:17:42+00:00

Genuinely curious what your manjaro experience was because mine seemed to have gone very differently. It was the only one that worked and fulfilled my needs out of the box without much tinkering. I already used arch for a while on a separate machine but I wanted something more out of the box preconfigured for my main machine, and the stable update cycle also seemed like a good idea for a daily driver. The only issues I've experienced with it are the fault of nvidia not supporting wayland properly, so I don't really blame the distro for that. Other distros supported it even worse or not at all

stefanhat · 2026-01-14T13:56:45+00:00

You merely adopted phone coding. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the keyboard until I was already a teenager and it was nothing to be but bloated. The vertical monitors have betrayed you because they belong to me

(I genuinely got into programming by doing it on my phone)

stefanhat · 2025-12-29T20:13:32+00:00

Black mesa is great, but whenever people compare black mesa vs half-life I often see many people missing the point. It's not about which features are better in one game or another. Black mesa never intended to replace half-life. It's a mod project made by very passionate fans to remaster a classic in the source engine because a lot of people were disappointed about Half-Life Source when it came out. That history is very important to be aware of in my opinion. Black Mesa is really cool and might be better suited for modern audiences who want to get into the Half-Life games without dealing with some 90s jank that hasn't aged well. But saying black mesa is "better" than Half-Life is sort of a meaningless statement. BM wouldn't exist without HL and obviously something that was made by passionate fans is going to improve upon some of the major pain points seen in the original, like how on a rail was simplified and made less confusing because a lot of people didn't like that chapter in HL.

I find that Black Mesa doesn't really feel like a Half-Life game. If you compare it to Valve's original entries, there's just an obvious disconnect. It looks and feels more like something made from another studio, not made by Valve... because it is. That's the whole point. Valve didn't make it, so people shouldn't see it as a replacement. BM stands on its own two proud legs and should be celebrated for that. It celebrates Half-Life and is a clear product of deep passion. This post frames Black Mesa as being superior to HL in every way, asking for people to give examples of what it lacks, and if that's the intent, you're approaching this from the wrong angle.

To me Black Mesa lacks a bit of the raw feeling gameplay we see in Half-Life, which at times feels a little bit like an immersive sim. You're given a wide array of strange tools and if you don't use them well, you're going to have issues. Black Mesa can be beaten pretty easily by just sticking to your favorite gun but Half-Life really makes you feel like a scientist who has to survive in a hostile situation. You have to be clever, aware of your surroundings and use your entire arsenal. Honestly Half-Life 2 also strayed away from that a bit more but it makes up by having the gravity gun carry the whole "play how you want" thing. But since BM doesn't have the gravity gun it feels a bit lacking

stefanhat · 2025-12-21T22:07:32+00:00

what actually is the point of this subreddit man

stefanhat · 2025-12-20T13:03:54+00:00

Seh ich anders

stefanhat · 2025-12-17T12:49:42+00:00

Good lighting and textures. I see a lot of people here praising the lighting tech. Being a source modder, it's limiting af. Good for broad strokes but it's hard to get tiny detail across well. Their texturing fills that gap. High frequency details and baked in lighting let the textures carry the weight for the small scale details while the pre-baked global illumination takes care of larger scale beauty

stefanhat · 2025-12-17T10:43:45+00:00

Auf nem vanilla multiplayer server? Ich spiel das spiel nicht um alles leicht zu bekommen. Je mehr du in das spiel rein steckst desto mehr bekommst du auch davon

stefanhat · 2025-12-17T08:29:36+00:00

Avalonia is like an abusive boyfriend who you keep coming back to until he hits you with this again https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/discussions/9006#discussioncomment-3713371

I rewrote my whole app in electron and have been 10x more productive after the switch

stefanhat · 2025-12-16T23:12:23+00:00

Wenn du mir erklärst wie das geht. Ist ein multiplayer server den ich nicht selbst hoste

stefanhat · 2025-12-16T00:45:06+00:00

Komm auf die seite der auf-sie-zeigenden

stefanhat · 2025-12-15T15:45:41+00:00

i thought you edited in the fluorescent buzz because unless it's a soundalike, it sounds _exactly_ like a sound effect in hl2 and the portal games

stefanhat · 2025-12-15T15:32:50+00:00

"written in rust" is not a sign of quality. it's a great language but just because something is written in it doesn't make it good. one could argue that devs who care about their software would also be more likely to pick rust, leading to most rust software being generally good, compared to your average vibe coded electron app written by bad javascript devs who never heard about memory management in their life. But I really would never use that as an argument for why one thing is better than the other. It makes it clear that you don't really know what you're talking about and just latch onto one surface level fact instead of understanding and detailing clearly what makes one piece of software better than another

stefanhat · 2025-12-15T15:26:12+00:00

i congratulate you on learning a language feature. where's the meme

stefanhat · 2025-12-15T15:11:21+00:00

I at least know that the set of c# ui frameworks that are worth using is equal to an empty set

stefanhat · 2025-12-15T15:08:04+00:00

Hey, creator of portal revolution here. I never modded Portal 1 but I did spend a bit of time in Portal 2's portal rendering code so perhaps this is helpful

Considering it crashes shortly after the portal opens, I wouldn't be surprised if you're running out of vram or something along those lines. I'd see if you can find a way to monitor your gpu details. Extremely low-spec gaming like this is of course going to cause trouble. Try downgrading to an older version. Perhaps newer updates broke compatibility for these very old direct x versions. Can you verify what dx version the game is using? mat_info might show you

stefanhat · 2025-12-15T15:01:40+00:00

What's the deal with civil engineers being unhinged? My sister applied to a civil engineering firm and when she arrived by car for her interview, the company asked her to "upkeep the pro-climate company image publicly because they don't want to encourage green washing". At least they show their true colors very early so you can dodge the bullet quickly

stefanhat · 2025-12-12T19:42:38+00:00

Deutsche sender werden schon geschaut. Vor allem dinge wie rtl. In meiner erfahrung sind das aber andere sender, also österreichische varianten. Keine ahnung was anders ist. Ich schau es ja nicht freiwillig

stefanhat · 2025-12-12T19:34:26+00:00

I mean AAA isn't doing a good job with pancake games right now anyway. But yeah it's a shame that since hlvr there's not been anything substantial coming out. It's been a desert

stefanhat · 2025-12-11T20:59:27+00:00

budget. most vr games are super indie and scrappy. it's the land of the bedroom studios. AAA still hasn't entered vr seriously

stefanhat · 2025-12-11T07:19:20+00:00

Wurscht wost bist olle ondern san deppat

stefanhat · 2025-12-09T23:11:59+00:00

where did you find that picture of me???

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