[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 77 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Because a well designed game does not include drudgery. "Work-simulators" focus on results and progress and gloss over many of the hours of outright boredom or physical exertion to get there.

For example, truck driving simulator does not include the pain in the ass and boring part of loading or unloading the truck. Farming simulator does not include the painstaking process of removing rocks from the field.

While I grew up on a farm, my first proper career was something called OBC seismic. What it is isn't as important as the fact that it involved placing a 6km long sensor cable on the seabed with a winch and position it properly. To do this right requires practice, and as the principle is farly easy I wrote a small simulator that our trainees could try out. At first they found it interesting, and even the seniors from other departments enjoyed toying with it. The biggest lack of realism was that it didn't involve doing it for 12 hours straight, only stopping to unscrew 25 meter sections and replacing them. Barring drudgery and repetitive boredom could've probably made it an interesting game similar to other work simulators.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Former sound engineer here. Yes, that's the correct title, but no, that's not our doing (not mine at least). I want as many people as possible to reasonably be able to enjoy my output, regardless whether they have a 40000$ home cinema, or if they're on a cheap TV.

I know that some directors (Christopher Nolan) tend to want to produce "best" quality at the expense of those who don't care. See Tenet as an example.

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Fordi de har garantert råd til det

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 year ago

Typing speed matters in programming the same way hammer hits per second matters when building a house. There's a little bit more to it.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 year ago

I can tolerate communists, but lemygrad is mostly just tankies

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 89 points 1 year ago

Plus the fact that it was reasonably practical to haul that bed around speaks to spacious passage ways

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think an even bigger headline is that Thomas actually seems to be aware of the concept "conflict of interest in the supreme court"

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I trained a serial killer. Hang on, I'll link to another comment I made regarding that...

EDIT, found it: https://lemmy.ml/comment/3725228

Another edit, just to clarify: I trained him at the job, not the killing part

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Specifications:

  • Full size (80ish+ size with a reduced numpad will also work)
  • ISO key layout (as in, a proper Return key. ANSI can burn)
  • Numpad
  • Wireless (if possible)
  • Don't need any RGB
  • I don't care about keycaps, so any leftovers will do. They don't even have to be representative of the actual key, random letters and symbols will be fine, even duplicates

When I wasbinto RC Helicopters i liked flying, but didn't get much entertainment feom building. This other guy liked building but didn't care that much about flying. I was hoping to run into someone similar here.

EDIT: The helicopter sory as I posted it elsewhere, in case anyone cares. https://lemmy.ml/comment/2517850

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 72 points 1 year ago

Oh no, I hope it's nothing minor

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 year ago

If it's too hard to list them, it must be even harder to charge and bill them.

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Hairy Mary armored train with hemp rope armor from the Boer War.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 80 points 1 year ago

I don't eat as much dirt and worms as I did when I was a kid, I think that might be part of the reason.

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[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 98 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who holds the burden of proof, though? Will the doctor have to prove that his choice was done in good faith to claim that his procedure was lawful, or will a prosecution have to prove bad fath? It might seem like semantics, but I bet a lot of doctors will be risk averse if they hold the burden of proof.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago

Nine women can create a baby in 1 month.

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