Garama!

Do we know what the nerfs actually are?

Just messaging so I can remember to save comments in the future

Explains a lot

Smushi Come Home

Beautiful and soulful little platformer, 99% positive reviews on steam.

Bonus points if it feels personal or revealing of the creator

Solo dev. Reading his letters of gratitude to players and comparing it with the game he made gives me this vibe very strongly

Try to start with the corners and work in from there!

In the context of speed cubing, to be honest it’s more like a roguelike videogame at this point than anything. If you think of the scramble as a new map, you basically use your game knowledge to put the cube in a known state that you can then progress quickly with known algorithms.

Even the most procedural way of solving the cube, the beginner’s method, has a ton of points where you need to carefully observe the cube and make some intuitive adjustments. And then as you progress into different methods the “game” really opens up to you.

There was a great video a few years ago, This one right here, where they gave 5 cubers of differing skill levels the exact same scramble and had them solve it and talk through their process. Each took a totally different path based on their knowledge of cubing strategy

But yeah you don’t need to be a genius or anything to start “playing” the “game”.

Actually solving the actual puzzle with no guide would be a totally different beast. They sell 2x2 cubes actually, which I would recommend to anyone wanting to go in blind. They’re surprisingly devious, and from my experience beginners actually get hooked right away vs with the 3x3 cubes where they give up after like ten seconds lol

They won’t lol. I’ve just talked with conservatives about it today IRL. They think trump has instituted a new rule to take down Temu. They’re celebrating. These very same people a few years ago were decrying masks and vaccines even after losing multiple loved ones to covid.

Not personally now, but I even heard tales of people on their deathbeds, in the process of being intubated commanding their doctors not to give them “the jab”

These people will never, ever, in a thousand lifetimes, figure out anything. Oh, and a much higher percentage of them vote in every election

That’s not just a realization; it’s a powerful insight!

I think it’s the other way around, actually. It sounds like hex users are actually receiving posts from outside but it’s their own content that is being blocked

Oh heavens, have you seen the kane pixels series on youtube? Genuinely some of the best found footage content ever. Another user posted a link to the first vid

Are you alright friend?

Yeah same story for me every nintendo console. I’m like ahhh maybe I’ll skip this one. Then I blink and they’ve put out like a dozen masterpieces and I’m like ahhh they got me again

We’re all just feeling very upbeat and supportive lately

Personally I love it when people who are not my doctor offer me specific, actionable medical advice. Especially so when it entails surgery to permanently remove my body parts

Ha, yeah I actually also haven’t purchased legendary edition, for that exact same reason. But it seems we are in the minority in boycotting EA play, so I usually don’t let it stop me from recommending this particular series.

For disclosure, I played all of them on xbox 360 back when they came out, and loved them. I also have friends who bought the LE and had a great experience, I watched them play a bit too and everything seemed to hold up very well

There’s a graphically updated version of the trilogy, regularly goes on sale for a few bucks

Total shot in the dark,

I had this problem for a while. It turns out the whole time my firefox was set to a different dialect of english (British) lol. I think it may have been set that way by default because of Ubuntu being headquartered in the UK lol

My spellcheck seems to be working fine these days though, could you list some examples of common words that you’ve had to add to the dictionary? I can check how mine responds when I get home

Lemmy now definitely reminds me of the very early days of reddit, enjoying it immensely

Yeah! It’s actually a pretty major pitfall that I feel like doesn’t get talked about enough. Many people have a tendency to conclude “this isn’t working anymore” when they reach that point, due to the lack of soreness. People often feel inclined to switch up their exercises to reintroduce the soreness.

But it’s a terrible irony, as that is usually the point where you will begin to see really great progress on your program.

The critical thing to ask yourself is whether you are progressing in your lifts. If you added 5lbs or got more reps (without changing your technique), then you’re on the right path