Ed Huyer

Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 16:45 UTC

Orbital solar power. You know, the whole thing with giant collectors in orbit using microwave beams to send the power back to Earth.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 17:40 UTC

Me: I need a way to illustrate the size of an object in a picture.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 03:55 UTC

There's a civilization in which 'netcat' causes an ASCII cat to appear on someone else's screen.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 16:51 UTC

That reminds me of an idea I'd like to see: A twisted variation of the Zelda cycle where a screwup by past-Ganon results in an evil uber-Zelda, an imprisoned Link, and a present-Ganon who has to defeat Zelda, free Link, and save Hyrule.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 16:33 UTC

Personally, I think I'd find that or just activating the photo mode to be disappointing. They put so much effort into tracking the orbits and rotations of the celestial objects that having a "functional" telescope that doesn't exploit that would make me sad.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 15:59 UTC

It's not a problem unique to Starfield, and it doesn't matter much in most cases, but when you're talking about using a big observatory-sized telescope I could see it being an issue.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 15:58 UTC

I'm betting it's a level-of-detail issue, at least in part. When you zoom in on something the game engine doesn't know or is unable to swap to the appropriate higher-quality models and textures.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 18:26 UTC

The recipe sites are assuming you care about how fat you are, how high your blood pressure is, and how clogged your arteries are. Restaurants do not care. At all. In fact, there is a distinct possibility the kitchen staff is maximizing your sugar, salt, and fat intake out of spite.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 11:33 UTC

I assume she was referring to my reply last night, but that's all I was trying to say. 🤷‍♂️

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 03:52 UTC

It wouldn't apply to "we own all of your creative work while you're employed by us" contract terms. IANAL, but that's my read. Be very careful.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 03:51 UTC

Apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere/in private, but Re working for the certain studio: You may want to talk to a lawyer about your contract and the FTC rule. My read is that the rule would apply to "you're not allowed to work in a related job if you leave" noncompetes.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 26, 2024 at 19:13 UTC

I can never see questions like this without thinking of Monty Python's Universe Song. youtu.be/yq4uCWtQE24?...

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 26, 2024 at 17:27 UTC

You should try Vivaldi if you haven't already. Especially if you liked Opera before Opera became a subpar Chrome knockoff. Chromium engine and extension support, built-in ad blocker, built-in mouse gesture support, highly customizable.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 18, 2024 at 21:04 UTC

Oh man, you're in for a treat. If it weren't for Strange New Worlds, I'd say it's the best Star Trek since DS9, maybe even TNG.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 23:01 UTC

I love inspirobot.me for reasons that have nothing to do with its weirdly threatening commentary. generated.inspirobot.me/a/DpPzyklKJ7...

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 05, 2024 at 19:53 UTC

I prefer my single malt with some freshly opened Coca-Cola.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 05, 2024 at 19:52 UTC

Wait, there's a version that has sugar? I've had it a time or two here in the US, but it always has aspartame, which is nasty.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 01, 2024 at 19:18 UTC

ThinkGeek when it still had lots of weird niche products and not just huge piles of the same pop culture junk you can buy anywhere.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 01, 2024 at 00:18 UTC

I saw one where some middle or early highschool equivalent students had their minds blown by biscuits and gravy.

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Ed Huyer @arcanum3000.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 17:12 UTC

"Babe, I wasn't checking her out! I was struck by how she doesn't hold a candle to you!"

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