I was one of the developers for Descent 3 back in the late 90's/early 2000's. Jeff Slutter and I worked on a patch in 2008/2009 to modernize it, but we never released it for reasons I don't completely remember. I got permission to release it and I'm looking forward to resurrecting the game for modern computers.
Thank you so much! Releasing the source code for classic games means a lot more than just bug fixes, it means enduring preservation of the game for the foreseeable future!
I can see that. And the tension just cranks up all the way to the end. It’s like a visual panic attack for me when I watch it, but the story is just so well acted and directed.
Like, I get that and it was very effective - as a device to get the audience into a specific emotional place it works incredibly well, but it was just way too much for us to bear. You're spot on with that description, it really was like watching a panic attack.
Yep. It’s no crime not to like a movie someone else loves. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Reddit, it’s that not everyone feels the same way about many things.
If the stock value continues to drop (and it will 🤣) it will eventually face delisting. Each Exchange has their own lower limit but they're usually $1 IIRC.
I can vaguely see the use of push notifications when it finishes a load but that's still a stretch, however I think it knocks down from "MOST useless" to plain old "useless"
Is the movie about a sentient thimble teaming up with a sentient top hat and sentient iron to buy up all development property in order to artificially drive up rents across the board through anti-competitive practices?
I'm willing to bet it's more like: poor family can't afford rent so they go on a journey to convince the monocled villain to stop being so greedy. He responds by lowering rents and developing feelings.
I could easily and happily go back to a dumb phone, but I can’t give up my google maps and going back to print directions! Really it’s the only thing that would hold me back.
Sort of? You'd probably have to pay some kind of license fee to access their API and your game will essentially require an Internet connection to play as a result.
This. He seemed to be making so many green technologies that seemed unattainable a reality. Electric cars, battery grid backup, home solar, cheap space flight. Then he switched to manipulating his company stock and being crazy on twitter
That was all smoke and mirrors lies anyway. Musk wasn't doing any of that, he was basically just throwing money into existing companies and then claiming credit for their previous work. It was all good PR but at the end of the day he was never doing any of it for anything except money. Lying about his reasons why was just part of the path to profitability
The russian universities traditionaly attract plenty of students from Africa and various former pro-Soviet countries, considered to be "friendly". We had a guy from Peru and almost a dozen guys from Kenya in my year.
I guarantee that the most expensive thing you own will be hurt more by using JP weld as a conductive agent rather than a soldered joint or something else. Thermal pastes are specifically formulated to have high conductivity in a putty form, the same cannot be said for JB weld. Soldering/brazing is actually not that hard, especially since it specifically does not reach melting temp of the metals you are joining.
However soldering to heat pipes is MUCH harder because if you overheat the pipe it can rupture or explode. You can also create microfractures that let the steam escape rendering them useless.
I had no idea that heatpipes contained fluid, thanks for the info! In that case it will not be possible to solder them safely as superheating them will certainly cause a huge pressure rise.
It is possible to solder to heat pipes, you just have to be careful and keep your heat short, do not apply excessive heat to the pipe during the soldering, do it fast, etc.
You said: 'found it'. Is this solved? If so, please
Solved: Live Wire
You say that like it's not a feature
I was one of the developers for Descent 3 back in the late 90's/early 2000's. Jeff Slutter and I worked on a patch in 2008/2009 to modernize it, but we never released it for reasons I don't completely remember. I got permission to release it and I'm looking forward to resurrecting the game for modern computers.
Thank you so much! Releasing the source code for classic games means a lot more than just bug fixes, it means enduring preservation of the game for the foreseeable future!
It is, without a doubt, one of the ports of DOOM of all time.
It's not the weakest DOOM port but compromises were made...
I can see that. And the tension just cranks up all the way to the end. It’s like a visual panic attack for me when I watch it, but the story is just so well acted and directed.
Like, I get that and it was very effective - as a device to get the audience into a specific emotional place it works incredibly well, but it was just way too much for us to bear. You're spot on with that description, it really was like watching a panic attack.
Yep. It’s no crime not to like a movie someone else loves. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Reddit, it’s that not everyone feels the same way about many things.
Yeah, for sure - we need to embrace disagreement, especially over trivial shit like entertainment.
What exactly happens then? It’s just worthless and gone completely?
If the stock value continues to drop (and it will 🤣) it will eventually face delisting. Each Exchange has their own lower limit but they're usually $1 IIRC.
My dishwasher has wifi and an app
I can vaguely see the use of push notifications when it finishes a load but that's still a stretch, however I think it knocks down from "MOST useless" to plain old "useless"
Is the movie about a sentient thimble teaming up with a sentient top hat and sentient iron to buy up all development property in order to artificially drive up rents across the board through anti-competitive practices?
I'm willing to bet it's more like: poor family can't afford rent so they go on a journey to convince the monocled villain to stop being so greedy. He responds by lowering rents and developing feelings.
I’m convinced Netflix is a money laundering scheme after that waste of bandwidth got a sequel
I think they shot them together so even though the first crashed and burned they'd basically already sunk 90% of the money into part 2
Super cool design but it definitely looks like he's fighting a floating dick 🤣
What’s better than having a vagina in your face?
Two vaginas in your face?
I could easily and happily go back to a dumb phone, but I can’t give up my google maps and going back to print directions! Really it’s the only thing that would hold me back.
They still make independent GPS units AFAIK...
Tonight We Riot is kinda one...
Super Metroid WITH SWORDS
The finances of the RNC are in pretty bad shape as it is and it will only get worse. Must be pretty disheartening to be a down-ballot candidate.
🎻 (actual size)
Woah.
Yes, it streams into a cache.
So, could that same system be used for a game?
Sort of? You'd probably have to pay some kind of license fee to access their API and your game will essentially require an Internet connection to play as a result.
It's very hard editing STL (mesh) files.
This. Direct editing of STL files is a nightmare. Meshmixer kinda works if you're (very) desperate but the juice is rarely worth the squeeze.
If you're good at blender you can do some very smart hacks sometimes to edit STL
The only blender I'm any good at is the one that makes margaritas 😄
I'm surprised the trailer wasn't paid DLC...
I've got my fingers crossed that Daft Punk reunites to do the soundtrack. Best part of the sequel.
We're not remotely that lucky.
Dogs, in general, respond very well to regularly set times for feeding; my Golden's eat twice a day, every day
Same. Ours are a healthy weight and we get raves from the vet about how healthy they are. Schedule feeding is the way.
This. He seemed to be making so many green technologies that seemed unattainable a reality. Electric cars, battery grid backup, home solar, cheap space flight. Then he switched to manipulating his company stock and being crazy on twitter
That was all smoke and mirrors lies anyway. Musk wasn't doing any of that, he was basically just throwing money into existing companies and then claiming credit for their previous work. It was all good PR but at the end of the day he was never doing any of it for anything except money. Lying about his reasons why was just part of the path to profitability
The russian universities traditionaly attract plenty of students from Africa and various former pro-Soviet countries, considered to be "friendly". We had a guy from Peru and almost a dozen guys from Kenya in my year.
So it's just slavery, with extra steps?
That amount of doomism, fearmongering and even outright, I shit you not, disinformation that appeared around this remake is outright ridiculous.
This is why teasers are dumb. Information vacuums are disastrous in today's age.
Companies should show their work when they claim they are aligned with the market.
Your CEO: "Hey CEO of other company, our wage slaves want to know if yours are also paid the lowest we can possibly get away with in our industry?"
I guarantee that the most expensive thing you own will be hurt more by using JP weld as a conductive agent rather than a soldered joint or something else. Thermal pastes are specifically formulated to have high conductivity in a putty form, the same cannot be said for JB weld. Soldering/brazing is actually not that hard, especially since it specifically does not reach melting temp of the metals you are joining.
However soldering to heat pipes is MUCH harder because if you overheat the pipe it can rupture or explode. You can also create microfractures that let the steam escape rendering them useless.
I had no idea that heatpipes contained fluid, thanks for the info! In that case it will not be possible to solder them safely as superheating them will certainly cause a huge pressure rise.
It is possible to solder to heat pipes, you just have to be careful and keep your heat short, do not apply excessive heat to the pipe during the soldering, do it fast, etc.