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Nintendo makes physical games more expensive than digital games in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you have to consider the cost in terms of real wages though, inflation only makes production costs higher for producers, for customers money is worth about as much as it has been since the 70's; though this changes from income quantile to income quantile, and from market to market.

the price increases only reflects confidence Nintendo has in their DRM.

Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

this is the entire cycle that keeps undergrad computer science going

Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get the feeling that "Techdirt" may be a bit biased.

Text editor war in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

nano for editing config files, emacs if I'm writing code... kwrite or joplin if I need a scratch pad or to share notes between devices respectively

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Budullangr roll call! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

Any other Buds here? Finally made it over a few days ago and it's everything I'd hoped it would be. Weird worlds galore!

Guide to finding the "poles" on a planet in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, I only learned this by chance because of a builder in my Civ!

Planets actually have two kinds of pole. The magnetic poles at ±90 latitude on your scanner, and the geographic poles with short to no nights, which have to be found through trial and error.

There's also a method using trigonometry that I'm going to have to sit down and learn.

The reason this works is because planets have no rotation about their axis. The time of day is completely determined by their orbit about the sun. That way the sun is always shining on the equator and you can make a more educated guess about where the poles are.

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Guide to finding the "poles" on a planet (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

Not the geomagnetic poles, the geographic ones!

Poles are nice for base-building. They have perpetual twilight, so you're always enjoying nice sunset/sunrise lighting. The polar region is defined by the sun never lowering beneath the horizon, which gives you quite a large area to tune your desired lighting, for example darker or brighter noon or midnight.

First up, we want to narrow our search for the fine tuning method I'll share later.

The easiest way is to fly out into space in such a way that you can get the system's star(s) into view of the planet. Drawing a straight line from the star to the day/night boundary on the planet so that they're roughly perpendicular will tell you where the equator is. Then you want to point your ship to the top or bottom of the planet and fly down.

Now we can do the fine tuning method. You want to be close enough to the planet that you have time of day in your camera controls. Set the time to noon and start flying in the direction of the shadows (i.e. away from the sun). There are two cues that tell you you're in the polar region: either the sun is visible at midnight, or the shadows will move dramatically whenever you sample your position with the camera method. The main cue telling you you're getting closer to the pole is that the sun is lower to the ground at noon.

The final layer of fine tuning is determining how bright you want your nights to be. Set the time to midnight and fly away from the sun for darker nights and brighter days. If you want more balance, hop on the Pilgrim and start following the sun until it's around midnight and the sun is at the height you want.

Happy base building!