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by mitsu_at 1y ago
Example YouTube videos that have "no title": - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K93zcgFsynk&ab_channel=Vsauc... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrHTI04i9yk&ab_channel=%E2%8... This is don
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by mitsu_at 1y ago
The part about scurvy reminded me about the role scurvy played in Robert Falcon Scott's 1911 Antarctic expedition: https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm
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by mitsu_at 1y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGUox6vojOo
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by mitsu_at 1y ago
Tetris 99 is a neat example of how the design can result in unintuitive optimal strategies at high level play. Two mechanics that come to mind are (1) targeting bonus and (2) the finite garbage cap. 1. Targeting bonus makes it so that if mu
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by mitsu_at 1y ago
SRS makes it possible to build funky piece elevators: https://x.com/sukiyaki_060910/status/1876957439976726658 Also, Yakinery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1UuE7kV_o
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by mitsu_at 1y ago
One example of the kind of mind games that can happen between top level Puyo Puyo players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjeNJcCfHpo
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Minesweeper Patterns(minesweeper.online)
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by mitsu_at 1y ago
I'm not that fast, but I often ran into the rate limit in situations where e.g. I know where the next handful of flags are, and I click in bursts.
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by mitsu_at 1y ago
Reminded of this xkcd :P https://xkcd.com/1168/
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by mitsu_at 2y ago
Fair, but it's still an impressive feat in its own right. Crash dodging comes with its own challenges, explained more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3f4T0WaDVM There are some player actions that can avoid or re
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by mitsu_at 2y ago
Gravity at levels 19-28 is 2 frames per cell, and level 29+ is 1 frame per cell. Rolling is pretty much required to survive at level 29+ speeds. Lvl 19 (start): 140 lines Lvl 20-28: 9 x 10 lines Lvl 29-234: 206 x 10 lines
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by mitsu_at 2y ago
Sometimes on quite short notice too. https://codeofmatt.com/on-the-timing-of-time-zone-changes
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
Spreadsheet documenting these: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zAQIo_mnkk0c9e4-hpeD...
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
Reminded of the Code Golf challenge to build a working game of Tetris in Conway's Game of Life: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/11880/build-a-w...
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38598284
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
In the two examples above, the Solar Oberth Maneuver would have it pass 1I with a relative speed of ~30 km/s. The Jupiter-only maneuver passes 1I with a relative speed of ~18 km/s.
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
This looks like scenario B from this paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.04935.pdf Mission E-DSM-E-J-6SR-1I (15.3 km/s of delta v required): (2030-06-09) Launch from Earth (2031-11-05) Deep Space Maneuver at 3
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38539167
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
I used to think this way about recipe stories, but I've changed my mind about it. There are arguments about people doing this for SEO or ad revenue. But also personally I really don't mind the stories. I think it can give a lot of
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
I've been considering the switch to FF, but there have been a couple of very specific annoyances that I haven't been able to find a workaround for, so I'm stuck on Chrome for the time being... 1. When copypasting messages fro
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by mitsu_at 3y ago
previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20872110 - Sep 2019 (41 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37107346 - Aug 2023 (16 comments)