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JoshuaSlowpoke777

@ JoshuaSlowpoke777 @lemmy.world

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  • Capcom Will Promote Steam Deck With Street Fighter 6 in Japan

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  • I initially questioned whether something like Monster Hunter World (now that it’s been stripped of Denuvo) would also make sense for whatever they’re doing with it, and then I realized this might be in a convention setting, so maybe better to not run a demo of a game with an hour of setup (character creation + progressing far enough to save and quit)

  • Don't let your guard down

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  • “…the Holy Roman Empire.” (Quickly and quietly) “It’s actually Germany, but don’t worry about it”

    Edit: to be clear, I was quoting Bill Wurtz

  • PlayStation's CEO drastically underestimates the Steam crowd's patience, thinks PC gamers will buy a PS5 for exclusive sequels

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  • Remember when Facebook’s overarching company bought out Oculus? Well, some VR games seem to start out as exclusives on the “quest” headsets. (I know Facebook [the parent company] changed their name to “Meta”, but I refuse to acknowledge that)

  • PlayStation's CEO drastically underestimates the Steam crowd's patience, thinks PC gamers will buy a PS5 for exclusive sequels

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  • I don’t have the tech-saavy for emulation, and I’ll still wait for console exclusives to come out on PC (unless we’re talking Nintendo exclusives I’m actually interested in). I’ve actively waited for Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game to no longer be a Facebook exclusive, and now I’m doing the same for Out Of Scale.

  • Nintendo Support: Discontinuation of X (formerly Twitter) Integration and Social Media Integration for the Friend Suggestions Feature on Nintendo Switch

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  • In a roundabout way, you could argue both were factors.

    Twitter’s echo chamber becoming cacophonous with spite and worse means less people visiting the site, and refusal to support the site would be a better look, but that pr move might be easier on the corporate wallet as well.

  • Helldivers 2 reviews start to improve after Sony backs down from enforcing PSN account linking

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  • That being said, I question how that applies in this context. Corporate leadership doesn’t exactly strike me as trustworthy nor worthy of mercy, although that could be a lean toward cynicism on my part.

  • Ask Science @lemmy.world
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    Do we have any estimates as to how long it takes for a species of bacteria to go technically extinct entirely via genetic drift?

  • Sony removed Helldivers 2 from sale in countries where PSN is not available. For example whole CIS region.

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  • Considering this and No Man’s Sky having to spend YEARS clawing back good will, I think the lesson here is “don’t make deals with AAA publishers”.

  • If nuclear fusion were to become useful for residential heating, could the plasma be useful for fake fireplaces?

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  • Yeah, maybe it would make more sense to just hook up an electrical mimic-fireplace to a fusion reactor’s electrical output, than to use the actual helium plasma exhaust to mimic flames, come to think of it.

  • Minecraft @lemmy.world
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    How would you go about determining where you’ve already been in 1.20 caves?

  • If nuclear fusion were to become useful for residential heating, could the plasma be useful for fake fireplaces?

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  • No, that still probably wouldn’t work out, as the other comments have pointed out. Just clarifying that the dangerous aspects of what I asked wouldn’t involve uranium in particular.

  • If nuclear fusion were to become useful for residential heating, could the plasma be useful for fake fireplaces?

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  • True, but I was specifically talking about nuclear fusion, which would entail helium/hydrogen plasma rather than fissionable material.

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    If nuclear fusion were to become useful for residential heating, could the plasma be useful for fake fireplaces?

  • political violence works and is good sometimes actually

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  • The way you used italics, I gotta ask, is excommunication coming from the Presbyterians unusual compared to other Christian groups?

  • political violence works and is good sometimes actually

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  • …by coming back as a yurei to haunt the people who wronged you? I’m not following.

  • Ask Science @lemmy.world
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    Do we have any theories as to why complex life eventually started requiring various metal elements as micronutrients?

  • Ask Science @lemmy.world
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    How do some animals (or at least humans) manage to generate more force than their own muscles are rated to handle?

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    Would the frame/stockiness of a Neanderthal be a better fit for high-gravity conditions than a modern human?

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    Do we know whether Australian magpies have similar intelligence to true corvids?

  • I'm not salty at all, you absolute bitch

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  • …I’m out of the loop, are sorcerers somehow less effective in social and/or combat encounters with specifically blue and bronze dragons?

  • I'm not salty at all, you absolute bitch

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  • “Oh, no, those powers require being the kid in that situation…”

  • RPGMemes @ttrpg.network
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    Depending on the setting and its origins, perhaps a scholarly Bard would work well.

  • Ask Science @lemmy.world
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    Do we know of a means by which artificial nuclear fusion could be used to mimic stellar carbon-12 production?

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    Do we know of a means by which artificial nuclear fusion could be used to mimic stellar carbon-12 production?

  • What's the coolest reflavoring of a spell/ability you've seen?

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  • Yeah, you could easily reflavor component-requiring Animal Friendship as “just feeding the animal and somehow flawlessly avoiding harm”, just to make it ambiguous whether this is actually magic or just mundane.

  • What's the coolest reflavoring of a spell/ability you've seen?

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  • I haven’t actually seen this being used, but since Hypnotic Pattern in DND5E can require a stick of incense as a component if you’re using spell components, I imagined someone casting that by twirling a thurible (incense burner on a chain) above their head, and somehow physically throwing the scent into the targeted area, and then a (mostly) harmless explosion of colorful, sparkly gas charms any affected targets through sheer fascination.

  • Soon to be a dead one

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  • Yeah, I think there’s a vast difference between what we have now (ChatGPT and whatnot), vs the theoretical possibility of an AGI (artificial general intelligence), or even an AI based entirely off of human neural patterns. Mind you, brain uploading sounds hard, so maybe I’d see a completely synthetic AGI as more likely.

    But if we were ever to develop an AGI, we’d better start giving those things humanesque rights fast.

  • Nevermore go smash

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  • The first sentence made me think “alright, Kingdom of Loathing”, but I don’t know if goblins in that universe imprint on people.

    Come to think of it, there may have been one character in West of Loathing that popped, respawned, and had no memory loss at all, so never mind.

  • Is PLA a good material for 3D printing a tool intended to remove pack ice from a driveway?

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  • I was thinking something like a chisel, but yeah, these comments suggest even that would break before the ice.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.ca
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    Is PLA a good material for 3D printing a tool intended to remove pack ice from a driveway?

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    Considering tigers may have a mental capacity for revenge, is it more accurate to call them vengeful or spiteful when wronged?

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    Do some animal species relocate their populations over the course of centuries or millenia, to the point of self-extirpation in their original territory?

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    What somewhat-“friendly” bacteria species are common in Greek yogurt, and would their gut presence likely increase consumption of other dairy?

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    Did our understanding of the function of human eosinophil cells change substantially in recent years, and if so, why?

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    What are the most common chemical elements in pc gaming electronics (actual PC tower and monitor, sim equipment such as a HOTAS) by mass?

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    Apparently some humans are born with two spleens. What evolutionary pressures likely created the trait, and what future pressures could drive second spleens to become more common?

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    Do we have enough evidence of Neanderthal leatherworking to replicate the techniques for ourselves?

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    Could spiderlings still balloon on a gas giant’s moon like Titan (ignoring the strong likelihood that Titan’s atmosphere would kill a spider rather fast)?

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    Why do humans put salt on nuts such as cashews (assuming they don’t just require salt to form)?