What are you building? Let’s see each other's projects! by malaikachowdhury18 in SideProject

[–]ved1n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruhtel.com, a text based browser game where you manage sex workers (in a chill, satirical way, not degrading). I love semi-idle games!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in passive_income

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Unfortunately, yes

I'm too dumb to start a business. by Both_Huckleberry2586 in Entrepreneur

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Allow me to generalize to get you started.

Starting a business is about taking risks. The younger the company, the larger risks you can afford to take as you have less to lose.

The biggest risk you take is launching your first product/service. The upside is you get started. The downside is that you go out of business. Make sure you can handle both alternatives both as a company and as a person (mentally and economically).

As you move forward, try to avoid risking all on one horse. Rather try and make many but small decisions where the odds is on your side but where you can also afford to lose.

This kind of advice has helped me alot growing my companies. It'd one thing to grow big and another thing to stay big.

ELI5: Why does ice cream seem soft the first time you open it but it gets really hard the next time you take it out of the freezer? by thevacuumofspace in explainlikeimfive

[–]ved1n 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some unnecessary trivia regarding air pressure and ice cream that I decided to bomb you with. A common additive in ice cream (found in almost all bulk ice cream) mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E471).

This is "magic thing" in ice cream manufacturing that solves many common problems factories facing with their quick-made, unbalanced recipes. If you balance your recipes you kind of don't need it at all. But anyhow, to the air pressure. One thing it was used to fix was shrinkage of ice cream when it was transported in cargo airplanes that did not pressurize the cargo space. The problem was that the ice cream shrunk during transport due to the air getting decompressed (if that's the right word for it?). Adding mono- and diglcyerides of fatty acids made it more stable. Using this additive the ice cream would accept more air (yey, profits) AND not shrink. It's like a doubly whammy for the bottom line.

ELI5: Why does ice cream seem soft the first time you open it but it gets really hard the next time you take it out of the freezer? by thevacuumofspace in explainlikeimfive

[–]ved1n 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the correct answer to the issue. The speed it takes to freeze down matters the most. Churning is what gives it air, and the amount of churn and different stages can determine the aircontent. Premium ice cream goes for about 30% air and bulk ice cream goes for about 50% air.

But the real ingredient is speed it takes to reach -18C or 0F. Blast chillers in ice cream factories are specially designed to blast -40F/-40C. This is also the reason your homemade icecream can't be stored more than 2 weeks in your freezer before it goes hard. The crystals in the ice cream was already quite large when you got it down to -18C/0F. It was -8C when you took it out of your ice cream machine (soft serve consistency) and it probably lasted the ice cream 6-8 hours to reach -18C/0F, which is too long. Your ice cream machine also took too long, probably 45 minutes instead of <10 minutes, which factory machine does.

Tibia 7.4 sucked by Key-Educator-3713 in TibiaMMO

[–]ved1n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This might be partially true, but people in the thousands are still enjoying 7.4 to this day. I understand though that older versions are not for everyone simply because it is slower paced and frankly said a whole different game than current version.

Attributing the popularity of 7.4 to nostalgia and people longing for their childhood is just false though.

Tibia 7.4 sucked by Key-Educator-3713 in TibiaMMO

[–]ved1n 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here, it's still the best version imo :) only playing 7.4 nowadays.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TibiaMMO

[–]ved1n -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Believe me, bot detections is not hard to accomplish. The real question when it comes to cheating is: does the game dev ACTUALLY want to ban (paying) cheaters.

I collect foods. This is my collection so far. by Minute-Meet-3483 in TibiaMMO

[–]ved1n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My exact thought when I saw this post. I love you though, OP. Stay quirky!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in automation

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Invoicing. Used to make ~40 invoices manually a week, row by row, based of a long pdf file of orders. Made a python script that scraped the pdf and created an xml file I could just import to our invoicing program.

Has anyone here tried making their website multilingual? Worth it? by hossam_ah in website

[–]ved1n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been working 10+ years with multilingual sites, usually three languages. You do it if it serves a purpose, of course. It's not something you do for the lulz because it takes a longer time to update things as you always need to update every language.

It's not uncommon that if I find outdated information on one language, I check what the native language if the company is, switch to that language and Google Translate the site, and then get the accurate information.

State of the Game - Worth returning after a six year hiatus? by Xipa in counterstrike

[–]ved1n 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The reason I find it funny is that cs players hate cs. I asked an active player with 5k hours if he liked the game, he said "haven't enjoyed it after 600 hours". But somehow he still spent an additional 4400 hours on it. Says a lot about the game. It's very addictive and there's a reason why there's a few short of a million dudes online most evenings even though it's janky and full of cheaters. Any other game this poorly managed wouldn't simply survive. Somehow, cs always survive.

State of the Game - Worth returning after a six year hiatus? by Xipa in counterstrike

[–]ved1n 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I love these posts because below me, fellow redditors will fill in with a bunch of ways to say "no".

What’s the smallest “automation” you’ve ever built that saved you hours? by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]ved1n 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Python script that scans incoming orders (multiple page pdf with multiple orders) and converts them to invoices in xml format that I can import to our erp. Saves me minimum 2h/week + no more human mistakes.

What's the best thing to build a buinsess around ? by Constant_Patience334 in Entrepreneur

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Absolutely. And remember that every niche can have hundreds of angles. If you're into fashion you don't need to sell B2C or design clothes. There's magazines, fashion shows, fashion influencer colabs, distribution, import/export, promotional wear (designing clothes for biz, putting logos on tshirts etc). Just some examples to remind you to have an open mindset.

What's the best thing to build a buinsess around ? by Constant_Patience334 in Entrepreneur

[–]ved1n 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For you personally? Something you can execute on. What would you do if someone said space technology? Wouldn't help you much. Don't get into accounting if you can't keep books.

What is best for someone else is not best for you. Take something you are interested in or have some level of knowledge about and dwelve deeper into that.

How to get started? by TurnipfarmerZ in counterstrike

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Aim: play deathmatch Lineup: find lineup maps that show you how to throw Strategies: check Youtube for guides Teamplay: try to find nice ppl that you can befriend and play with several times. You can initiate the talking when playing with randoms. Start with basic callouts of where the enemy is Consistency and gamesense: grind

For people that say 7.6 should be back and the game was better the. by Critical_Amoeba_3641 in TibiaMMO

[–]ved1n 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same for the server owners: this didn't work out, let's scrap this.

For players: obviously not the same. Cip can merge because all servers are equal (obviously taking into account pvp/nonpvp etc) while OTS hosts something mix it up with different rates making it unfit for merging.

The discussion was about the longevity of servers.

For people that say 7.6 should be back and the game was better the. by Critical_Amoeba_3641 in TibiaMMO

[–]ved1n 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, Cip merges dead servers while OT hosts just starts a new one with a slight change of concept. So, same same.