Corvos
3mo ago
Was going to ask the same. iOS here too but I don’t think I’ve upgraded anything. Using Firefox, but I get the same effect on Opera.
Corvos
3mo ago
Great Replacement Theorist
Seems fair. Alternatively ‘ethnonationalist’ seems broadly fair, or ‘white nationalist’ if that describes their opinions (ie the pro-white Americans, anti-Chinese guys seem to sit here, others not so much). Both have somewhat negative connotations in public but at least those connotations derive from the actual content of the beliefs rather than extrapolation and insinuation.
Corvos
3mo ago
When Oliver Hirschbiegel staged the famous bunker scene in his 2004 movie, with Bruno Ganz as Hitler, he wasn’t expecting it to be appropriated for comedy; a dramatic recreation of Hitler’s last stand is not exactly a laugh-out-loud subject. And yet the German filmmaker is pleased, nay, thrilled that YouTube enthusiasts have taken it upon themselves to reinterpret it to address anything from Hillary Clinton’s loss to the Taylor Swift-Kanye West feud.
“Someone sends me the links every time there’s a new one,” says the director, on the phone from Vienna. “I think I’ve seen about 145 of them! Of course, I have to put the sound down when I watch. Many times the lines are so funny, I laugh out loud, and I’m laughing about the scene that I staged myself! You couldn’t get a better compliment as a director.” Some of Hirschbiegel’s favorites are the one where Hitler hears of Michael Jackson’s death, and one in which the Fuhrer can’t get Billy Elliot tickets.
As for the idea of such a serious scene being used for laughs, Hirschbiegel thinks it actually fits with the theme of the movie. “The point of the film was to kick these terrible people off the throne that made them demons, making them real and their actions into reality,” he says. “I think it’s only fair if now it’s taken as part of our history, and used for whatever purposes people like.” He adds, “If only I got royalties for it, then I’d be even happier.”
http://www.vulture.com/2010/01/the_director_of_downfall_on_al.html
A noble sentiment from a more civilised age.
Again, rune arcs are a reward for skill.
Agree with much of what you say, but strongly disagree with this. Great Runes are my reward for killing an actual demigod, master of their domain, and stealing a chunk of the fundamental force powering the universe from their corpse. And then finding their rune tower and beating whatever bullshit is guarding it. The whole plot was about how the Elden Ring's shattering and Queen Marika's disappearance sparked a power struggle trying to grab hold of these things! They should be an actual serious meaningful upgrade to reflect my ascension to demigodhood or super-super-demigodhood, and at least one should be permanently active.
Elden Rings isn't Dark Souls, it's epic fantasy. You are on a journey to become God-King and your acquisition of power should reflect that IMO.
That said, Elden Ring is very inconsistent with power levels. I remember beating the really hard boss who owns the second half of the
Corvos
3mo ago
Oh, I forgot, but I had this same problem one time because my mountainous terrain was being automatically turned into a simple convex. So huge amounts of apparently empty space were part of the collision object.
Corvos
3mo ago
You could turn off collision shapes and attach your own as some kind of custom attribute maybe.
Corvos
3mo ago
What tools are you using? I used to use Windsurf code editor but they lost half their team and I don't think they're doing well.
Why do my actors constantly and rapidly accelerate in unpredictable directions?
This is usually because they were spawned partly in an object / terrain, right? The physics engine prevents clipping and collisions by producing a force to push the offending objects apart, but if the objects intersect too badly this force can be huge and sends it off into space. Most obvious when you spawn an object intersecting terrain, b/c terrain doesn't move and objects go flying.
Corvos
3mo ago
I think there is a crisis of earnestness, people are absolutely allergic to being serious which creates this sort of “Haha just joking….unless?” aspect which rightly scares people. In part I blame Trump for the degradation of seriousness as a virtue in American politics, but perhaps he was more a effect than a cause.
Surely the crisis of earnestness is downstream of the fact that the overton window was tiny for a very long time in regards to subjects people really cared about? Trump and the current irony-drenched commentators succeeded because they were able to parley common opinions such as
'maybe driving blue-workers' wages down with illegal immigration is hurting them'
and
'maybe white people aren't responsible for everything bad that happens to people of colour and everything bad done by people of colour'
past the censors. The earnest people were stomped on repeatedly until everyone except the most quokka of quokkas got the message.
Corvos
3mo ago
Used to be common, maybe these days a bit less so as ‘Reds’ stopped being a thing 95% of people could agree are bad.
Corvos
3mo ago
Yeah, this is why I never got into crosswords either. I think it's like blank poetry or leetcode - in theory there's a big space of possible puzzles, but in practice they're written to conform to very specific formats. Let me know if you find any crossword that isn't like that.
Corvos
3mo ago
Does that mean woke activism is just a far right extension of Nazi legal theory adapted to modern times?
Thus, the feminazi :)
Corvos
3mo ago
A 'dunce' is an idiot or a slow learner. See also the 'dunce's cap' which was used to shame and humiliate children who were disruptive or did not learn.
Corvos
3mo ago
The Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry, 4th edition
An interesting read, as long as it's not compulsory. I find it interesting that it has a new section 'to reflect changing cultural attitudes around gender dysphoria' but once you get into the more usual boring disorders it will tell you the gender incidence and relative ratio with bracing honesty.
Pathological fire-setting/pyromania: Multiple episodes of deliberate, purposeful fire-setting, leading to property damage, legal consequences, and injury or loss of life. Rare in children; more common in male adolescents, particularly those with poor social skills and learning difficulties
Kleptomania: Failure to resist impulses to steal items that are not needed for their personal use or monetary value. Usually women, mean age 36yrs, mean duration of illness 16yrs (often childhood onset). ~5% of stealing in the United States (USA).
Much appreciated! I'll take you up on that and DM you if I ever need a serious talk, but I'm quite all right for the time being. I'm not worried about dying per se, but the original surgery was very much Not Fun for various reasons (I woke up during the operation) and I'd like to avoid being in that position again if I can.
Something like an Apple Watch with ECG tracking might be good just for the peace of mind. I told my dad to get one
Very useful in some ways, surprisingly un-useful in others. It lets you have a look and get an idea of what is 'normal' and what is 'not normal' on a moment to moment basis. It's less useful in that many conditions produce the same biomarkers. For example, low heart rate variability can either be a sign of relaxation and recovery (good, go and get some exercise) or your body desperately trying to relax and activating the parasympathetic nervous system after serious exertion (maybe not good, you need to relax and not do anything strenuous). Low stress just before you wake can be a sign that you're well-rested (good) or that you're very tired and your alarm woke you in the middle of a sleep cycle (less good). And so on.
Ideally sensors are a good way to sort through the psychological chaff such as excess stoicism or excess hypochondria/anxiety and get a good idea about what's actually going on with people, but it doesn't seem to work that way. There also seems to be a dearth of individual high-detail studies, just very specific medical studies on unusual cohorts or vast field surveys.
I'm sorry, I had to laugh. This is a good reminder that patients are not made alike
I imagine this comes up a lot :) But for certain types of people saying 'I would love to do X with you but the doctor says I can't because of Y, what a joyless bastard he/she is amirite?' can be much easier than saying 'I'd like to do X but it makes me nervous'. I don't know how you'd go about finding which patient responds to which approach except through experience and stereotyping, but I bet it has a big payoff especially if you ever go private.
Corvos
3mo ago
I do note that the main article currently on the English language section of Yomiuri, a Japanese paper, is about Gaza.
I've got a tab of verapamil, which is similar to a beta blocker. In practice they've usually died down quickly enough that I don't have time to fetch and take it, which is good.
Did the surgeons or cardiologists not give advice regarding lifestyle modifications or exercise tolerance?
They did, in Japanese lol. Broadly they said, "Look, just don't worry about it. Do whatever exercise you like - it won't help but it won't make things worse. In practice go on living your life the same as ever." Which is... nice and all, and better than the alternative, but somehow less reassuring than 'eat salad, never let your heart get above 160, and we want you to wear a 24h ECG once a year' or whatever. I try not to think about it too much, or else I will turn into a hypochondriac.
It seems to be genetic (at least one of my elderly relatives used to have it I think) and to die down as you get older.
Corvos
3mo ago
I will probably be in London sometime between Monday to Wednesday next week
Cool! That's today to Weds, or next week?
I presume you've gotten that looked at? My impression is probably anxiety, and CBT or the drugs would help if that's the case. Maybe even just a beta-blocker for symptomatic relief if it gets bad.
Had keyhole surgery (catheter ablation) a couple of years back when it flared up to multiple several-minute bouts of 180bpm a day. Much better now, only once every few months, but I live in fear of it getting worse and needing surgery again. Realistically could be a lot worse but it's made me risk-averse in a way I dislike.
That's true. This exam isn't the end of the world if I fail, just £500 I won't be getting back. But I do very much want to pass it in one go - deferring it is an option, but I'll only be getting busier in the future and I'm already a bit overdue for an attempt.
To moan in general, the exam is designed by sadists, with much of it of limited/negative utility in actual psychiatric practice. But I am not credentialed enough to be consulted on such topics, so I'm dealing with it. It's also pointlessly hard, but eh, I can manage that too.
Good to hear that it's not do-or-die, at least. Worst comes to the worst, spreading the study out over a longer period will make you much more likely to retain the knowledge.
Best of luck!
Corvos
3mo ago
GPT-5T is incredibly smart
Do you find it reliably better than default 5? It seems to me that it's rather over-done and prone to skip ahead to something that is not necessarily what I want, rather than answering the specific query and working through with me as I prefer.
Corvos
3mo ago
The eternal problem of “are you sure?” almost universally lowering its previously declared confidence in any subjective answer also remains.
Works on people too though.
Corvos
3mo ago
Fuck, I’m sorry.
I have stress-provoked tachycardia which is less crippling but certainly unfun and produces perhaps a similar ‘I need to do important things to have a good life but not too many things or else my body will go wonky’ dilemma.
I’m sort of failing to manage it at the moment but generally I would advise trying to separate out one’s stressors a bit. Don’t go drinking the night before the marathon. Try to have specific study times that don’t coincide with your worst work shifts. If possible, try to have the confidence that you can take a break every so often without fucking up your life.
Corvos
3mo ago
As I have lamented before, I barely play video games these days.
True, and I apologise for not being around to play something as I said I might be. Work picked up a bit but mostly I’m too lazy even to be properly thoughtfully lazy…
I have my doubts about getting a massive screen because of eye strain. I’m told that if you have a big screen dead in front of you (ie you’re looking straight ahead rather than down a bit) your eyes instinctively try to focus on the horizon and it messes you up long term. I work on this thing most of the day so I want to be careful about that.
https://cluvens.com/scorpion-ergonomic-gaming-chair.html
A friend and I have a pact that when our careers takes off and we become immensely rich we will buy one of these lol
You have exams?
I don’t know, I think she’s got a point, especially here:
The women in my life (not loads admittedly but some) are broadly:
The points you are making are true as well. There is vicious intra-group competition, empathy can be very limited, etc. I don’t think those points are in opposition to these conclusions.
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