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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023
  • ted@beehaw.orgtoGaming@beehaw.org•Let's discuss: Earthbound / Mother
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    2 months ago

    Coincidentally I just started playing Earthbound (Maternalbound Redux ROM hack) this month. I’m just past the monkey cave. It’s charming, simple, fun. It’s great for my dad brain as right now I’m doing a lot of parenting and my brain isn’t able to handle something more complex.

    I love the humor and the adult jokes.

  • ted@beehaw.orgtoGaming@beehaw.org•Are you enjoying Palworld?
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    5 months ago

    The generative AI and NFT concerns were overblown. His generative AI comment was from his other game, AI art imposter which has AI in the title. For crypto stuff, it’s likely because his company just chases trends. Say what you will about that, but to me a trend chaser is more innocuous than a grifter.

    I wish this were an article/column, but it’s a brief video if you want a journalist’s perspective: https://youtu.be/mYBN5Er8qOs

  • ted@beehaw.orgtoTechnology@beehaw.org•The march towards an all-EV future hit a major roadblock. What went wrong?
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    6 months ago

    The article doesn’t whiff on this, it lays out why it’s too expensive.

    1. The strategy was to replace gas cars with EV 1-to-1 to solve the climate crisis and save the car industry.
    2. Gas cars have gotten bigger over the years because of marketing, bravado, “safety”, and regulation-skirting.
    3. EV-makers have largely bought into that and made all these huge EVs.
    4. Huge EVs require bigger batteries which are more expensive in raw materials and manufacturing.
    5. Huge batteries are heavy and dangerous.
    6. Range anxiety has encouraged even more oversized batteries on already oversized cars.
    7. Huge batteries are the main source of cost, meaning EVs end up being a luxury.

    So, yes–they are too damn expensive, however a vehicle that meets our actual needs wouldn’t be, if it existed in North America.

  • ted@beehaw.orgtoChat@beehaw.org•How do you all deal with weekend food?English
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    11 months ago

    Yep. I was a keto “success” story, felt like I could maintain lazy keto forever.

    Then it hit me that I was literally scared of pasta.

    I have friends that eat when they are hungry and aren’t guilty after having a milkshake. They never diet. They don’t stress about food or think about calories or macronutrients. They seem fine and often are athletic!

    I wanted to get more of that. It cost me my flat stomach, but honestly just being able to enjoy good food without binging + binge regret is worth it alone. There are other benefits, too, but going anti-diet does require a different king of mental hardiness and effectively makes you counter culture.

    It’s not easy telling people that I don’t want to lose weight or that I’m not watching what I eat. I try to avoid it. If they press it, I end up having to defend the idea that people can do what they want? I dunno. It’s a whole paradigm shift.

    Anyway, I have mostly become one of the aforementioned people. I eat to my heart’s content and some might think I moderate when watching from afar, but IE is truly “no food rules”. When you don’t restrict, food becomes more neutral and thus regulation can become internal instead of a mental game of willpower and calorie/carb math.

    I truly think it’s the best thing I’ve done for myself in years but I am always reluctant to spread the word because everyone’s journey with their body is hyper personal. Being anti-diet doesn’t mean you persecute people who do diet…that would be mean. Everyone is just doing their best.