I've seen that video too. As far as I can remember, it doesn't show any trains, power plants, refineries, chemical plants, or pumps, and that's where the dieselpunk aestetic really kicks in.
Yes. They might follow you, but that's mostly out of curiosity and the fact that you're tall enough to be their leader. Sometimes they might even run at you, but that's mostly just to catch up and/or get closer - They're not charging at you. Stop, turn around, and T-pose, and they'll stop as well, waiting to see what you're up to.
Cows alone are pretty chill and playful. Think of them like huge dogs, but without the instinct for hunting. If there are young ones with them you wanna give them some extra space for obvious reasons.
A lot of people worldbuild when they daydream and have the bones of a story kicking around in their brain, but have to pay the bills and raise the kids etc so they never flesh it out and write it down. What's your story's premise? Fantasy, sci-fi, alternate history, mystery, western, whatever genre.
I'd finish one of the stories I'd already started:
Sci-Fi, life on board a converted old interplanetary transport vessel, refitted for interstellar transport, on its way to join a small group of pioneers and colonize a distant planet.
Fantasy, centered around a crafty dwarf who has built a decent self sufficient for himself independent of the fortress, unaware that his childhood friend caught a curse and caused the fortress to succumb to the goblin invasion.
A more down to earth story about a struggling early twentysomething, and what sheer desperation does to a person.
...but the common denominator for all three is that I haven't quite figured out the plot yet.
Typical dwarvish. Very hierarchical. An industrious proud people, full of skilled craftsmen who pull their weight for the greater good of society. Due to seasonal attacks from a goblin horde nearby, they've built fortification that protect them, and during attacks the wall guards are helped by alchemists fire. Unfortunately that last step failed during the most recent attack, which was also unusual in its strength and strategy (the horde got outside help), causing the fortress to fall. While looting, the invaders opened the floodgates that had redirected the river, thus drowning any survivors except one.
I think so too. My kids are around the age I was when I first started tinkering with PCs, but they don't have any awareness of what's going on under the hood, (to be frank, nor do they seem to need it, as everything is so polished these days).
I'm thinking of asking their teachers if I can take them out of school for a day each and bring them to work with me for educational purposes so they get some perspective in the form of networks and servers.
Sure, they're mostly interested in gaming, but I want them to see what kind of infrastructure is needed for a multiplayer game, specifically the hardware that they never get to see.
I'm building a new server stack in a couple of stuff, and most of it will be used for testing, so I'd like for them to help build and connect it.
I just had a chat with my oldest (almost 13 years.o.) asking him some theoretical questions in the hope to spark some curiosity: "When you connect to a Roblox game, what do you think you're connecting to?". It took him a few leaps of imagination to realize that he's connecting to a physical machine somewhere, and now he's curious as to how such a machine looks. So that server stack I'll be setting up, he's interested in tagging along.
He already knows full well that there are more to PCs than just the windows UI, as I'm a linux guys, but I don't think they're aware of just how much can be done with a computer once you go outside of the usual GUI app that connects to some cloud service.
Don't get me wrong, I love the game, and I'm sure I will finish it at some point. I just played it too much for a while, and found myself rushing for the main quest and ignoring side quests right after arriving at Baldurs Gate. I took that as a sign that I was in "just get it over with"-mode, so I decided to take a break for quite some time so that I can one day return to the game, take a step back, and continue with the pace that I had to begin with.
A few years ago, I was in Asia for the first time. On a ship in Malaysia, to be specific. I was chitchatting with a Malaysian coworker before our shift started, and on our way out I grabbed a nice looking fruit on my way out of the galley. I took a bite, and it was like nothing I'd ever tasted before, so of course I had to ask what kind of fruit it was.
"Uh.... a pear?" My coworker replied, surprised that I had to ask. To me pears are green, and has a completely different texture. I never knew yellow ones existed until then.
Automation games and never played Factorio???
Screw the DLC (for now), you need to get started with Factorio ASAP. I started with Factorio in 2017 after I mentioned to a coworker that I liked Minecraft with mods that allowed for automation such as Industrialcraft, Buildcraft, and Immersive Engineering. I have played some Create, but when I did I found that it wasn't mature enough as a mod.
The DLC is mostly aimed towards end-game stuff. Whereas the base game is completed once your factory has launched a rocket with a satellite on board, the DLC picks up from there, allowing you to build automated space platforms, visit other planets each with their distinct differences.
Seconding this. For starters, when tempted to go for Raid5, go for Raid6 instead. I've had drives fail in Raid5, and in turn have a second failure during the increased I/O associated with replacing a failed drive.
And yes, setting up RAID wipes the drives. Is the data private? If not, a friendly datahoarder might help you out with temporary storage.
wanting to hop into the world of linux on a dual boot method (one of my favorite games unfortunately cannot be run on linux at all, and it's a gacha. I don't want to gamble with my account being banned, so I'm keeping windows for it specifically.) this'll be my second go at it, I used Pop!_OS briefly but had some issues with...
Techically one. The only reason I am using this one instead is because I forgot the password for my other account, neidu, some time last year. Plus it was on an instance I grew fed up with.
Yes. Not as important as they used to be, but they're still highly useful in some situation. I use(d) them a lot in my current as well as my previous job. Long story short, these jobs involve showing up on site in the middle of nowhere, meeting someone who I've never met before. I then set up thingamajig A as well as fix thingamajig B. Before I leave I make sure to leave a card with my contact details in case they have questions or anything more is needed.
Tens of thousands of male convicts have been freed to fight in Ukraine. It is not clear if a small contingent of female volunteers released from a prison portends wider use of female soldiers.
I own a long dagger/short sword. The hilt is in the design of the German eagle with its wings spread out as the hand guard and in the middle of the hand guard is a swastika. The scabbard is also adorned with swastikas on the top, mid section, and bottom....
From forming bound states to normal scattering, many possibilities abound for matter-antimatter interactions. So why do they annihilate? There’s a quantum reason we simply can’t avoid.
I'm a smoothbrain, so I like to think about it as them simply canceling each other out. What I'm more curious about though, is why there's so much matter compared to antimatter.
From what I've seen of Texas during my visits I have to ask: WTF kind of alternatives are there? Houston is 80% ramps and intersections, and walking practically anywhere is impossible due to the roads effectively dividing up the city.
No matter where you're going in Houston, you're going to need a car. It's among the cities least suitable for moving around without a car I've ever been to.
It's not the gotcha that they think it is. Increasing share of Linux, steam deck or not is progress. Any development or considerations made for the SteamDeck and its Arch based OS benefit the non SteamDeck Linux gaming scene too....
I think the argument being made is that it doesn't mean more users are manually migrating to linux, because you don't buy a steamdeck because of its OS. You use steamOS because it comes with the steam deck.
However, users choosing linux over windows is only one aspect of the good news: Widespread linux use, intentional or not, makes it less likely that a developer will skip it as a platform "not worth the extra effort"
When I write important work-related emails, after I've finished writing I leave it open without hitting send, then go make myself a coffee or something completely unrelated to clear my head.
When I return, I re-read what I wrote and often find things that were written ambitiously, incorrectly, or outright weirdly. And with a myriad of spelling and grammar mistakes. Often I find that I forgot to include important points or information.
This gives me an opportunity to proofread before hitting send with semi-fresh eyes.
On lemmy, on the other hand, I find myself editing my own comment right after posting.
Last week I was peer pressured into trying out Helldivers 2 (yes, this is relevant, trust me), so I downloaded it, installed it, and fired it up with no issues. Set up my preferred control schema with no issues. Played the torturial with no issues.
Then came time for joining my friends in multiplayer. Issues! No matter what I did, I couldn't seem to join them. Nor could they join me.
I verified the installed files, I tried to connect via my phone to rule out ISP issues, and I tried all of the different versions of proton, but the result remained the same. I simply couldn't join my friends.
I don't remember what caused me to go down the right path of troubleshooting, but I've always dosabled IPv6 on my linux installs. So I re-enabled it. The problem remained. Then I realized that I had it disabled in the kernel via grub command line flags, so I cuanged that and gave my PC a reboot. Success!
So, despite networking being a large (maybe even the largest) part of my vocation for the past two decades, last week was the first time ever I actually NEEDED IPv6.
Whenever I'm given the chance at work, I let my feelings be known about using "consumer grade addressing schema" in production clusters. Sure, I use it at home, but anything beginning with "192.168" looks like my moms wifi, and has no right being part of a production network.
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What's up with all the "___punk" stuff?
I’m probably just out of the loop, but what the hell is up with slapping “Punk” after some random word and trying to pass it off as a thing?...
What did you routinely fall asleep listening to as a kid and what does it for you now?
This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel ( techcrunch.com )
Original publication: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(24)00335-7
Why the heck aren't all the "old" series/movies available to buy anywhere?
I understand if they stopped printing new blu rays / DVDs, but it’s outrageous and disappointing I can’t just buy the digital edition....
Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows?
City boy checking in....
What's the story you would write if you were an author?
A lot of people worldbuild when they daydream and have the bones of a story kicking around in their brain, but have to pay the bills and raise the kids etc so they never flesh it out and write it down. What's your story's premise? Fantasy, sci-fi, alternate history, mystery, western, whatever genre.
Pity, really.
Farage doubles down on Ukraine comments after Sunak and Starmer condemned Reform UK leader ( www.lbc.co.uk )
What is the best movie to watch without sound?
What games did you have a good time with that you just never finished?
Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company ( www.theverge.com )
Dinosaurs wouldn't be that popular if they were small like dogs
Alternative title: Dinosaurs wouldn't be that big if they weren't that big
What specific variety of some fruit do you prefer? (A particular apple, a certain mango, etc.)
This might also help people find better versions of fruits they may not otherwise enjoy
Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter's Revenue Plunges ( futurism.com )
Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters ( www.dw.com )
The prehistoric megalithic structure in England has been targeted by activists spraying orange powder paint, social media footage showed....
[Meta] Did we drop the "what are you playing" monthly thread? Also, mods haven't been active for a while, should someone take over?
Basically, title
Make a raid 5 with two almost full disk and another one empty
Hello,...
China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says ( www.businessinsider.com )
Xi Jinping accused the US of trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, the Financial Times said....
Too many posers ( lemmy.world )
What are the most evil media corporations in the world?
what's your current linux distro?
wanting to hop into the world of linux on a dual boot method (one of my favorite games unfortunately cannot be run on linux at all, and it's a gacha. I don't want to gamble with my account being banned, so I'm keeping windows for it specifically.) this'll be my second go at it, I used Pop!_OS briefly but had some issues with...
Chiquita to Pay for Paramilitary Terror in Colombia ( countervortex.org )
How many alts do you have on lemmy
Personally I have three accounts. This is my main, but I have a reserve for stuff and one for my local region/language. What about you?
Are business cards still a thing?
Do people still hand out physical business cards at events or is it all digital now?...
Man detained in mental hospital after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay club ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
Russia Releases Female Prison Inmates to Join Ukraine War ( www.nytimes.com )
Tens of thousands of male convicts have been freed to fight in Ukraine. It is not clear if a small contingent of female volunteers released from a prison portends wider use of female soldiers.
What do you do with Nazi memorabilia?
I own a long dagger/short sword. The hilt is in the design of the German eagle with its wings spread out as the hand guard and in the middle of the hand guard is a swastika. The scabbard is also adorned with swastikas on the top, mid section, and bottom....
Why do matter and antimatter annihilate? ( bigthink.com )
From forming bound states to normal scattering, many possibilities abound for matter-antimatter interactions. So why do they annihilate? There’s a quantum reason we simply can’t avoid.
Texas asks people to avoid using their cars ( www.newsweek.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16277394...
What's the rule for which 'national identity adjective' suffix to use?
[-ish] Ireland, Scotland = Irish, Scottish...
Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?
That's it
TCP vs UDP ( lemmy.world )
Why do posters say that increase in Linux Steam share doesnt count becuase its mostly steam deck users?
It's not the gotcha that they think it is. Increasing share of Linux, steam deck or not is progress. Any development or considerations made for the SteamDeck and its Arch based OS benefit the non SteamDeck Linux gaming scene too....
We've got everything you want ( lemmy.world )
Can't be the only one right?
So I created this blog from scratch, and after posting my first article I noticed something....
Happy 30th birthday to RFC 1631 ("NAT"), the "short term solution" we all rely on ( datatracker.ietf.org )
From the conclusion:...
Amongst all this AI hype of the past few years, nobody talks about that it's finally feasible to create an MS Clippy that works.
If Windows XP was released in 2024 ( lemmy.world )
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