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[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

average food delivery app experience

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32098885

Description from my video:

So many things could go wrong in a multiplayer speedrun... no wonder why no one runs this game like this lmao..

Things that can kill this type of run:

  • Random Crits can both be the the bane and the boon of your run. I chose to stick to Valve servers in favor of random crits.
  • Item servers or the game server itself could be down at any moment's notice.
  • Lag.
  • The other team has at least two or three good players... or has cheaters.
  • Your team is not so good at fending off good players.
  • You can't choose teams like in the olden days and joining BLU team is the most optimal in Medieval Mode (and generally in other modes too like A/D). BLU team is practically granted insta-respawns in Medieval Mode.

Even though I got to RED team after switching servers, I abused the hell out of the retry command to shorten the 16-second respawns or to shorten the time it takes me to walk back to spawn and change weapons down to 5.

Also, don't mind the scuffed LiveSplit speedrun layout lol.

 

Description from my video:

So many things could go wrong in a multiplayer speedrun... no wonder why no one runs this game like this lmao..

Things that can kill this type of run:

  • Random Crits can both be the the bane and the boon of your run. I chose to stick to Valve servers in favor of random crits.
  • Item servers or the game server itself could be down at any moment's notice.
  • Lag.
  • The other team has at least two or three good players... or has cheaters.
  • Your team is not so good at fending off good players.
  • You can't choose teams like in the olden days and joining BLU team is the most optimal in Medieval Mode (and generally in other modes too like A/D). BLU team is practically granted insta-respawns in Medieval Mode.

Even though I got to RED team after switching servers, I abused the hell out of the retry command to shorten the 16-second respawns or to shorten the time it takes me to walk back to spawn and change weapons down to 5.

Also, don't mind the scuffed LiveSplit speedrun layout lol.

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

asking the real questions

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

my team, duh.. It's never my fault. Nope, never. Never once.

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

whatever you do, do not, BY ANY MEANS, think about visiting this site that, among other things, links to full, pirated, de-DRM'd games that are better experienced in their entirety without an intermediary platform like Steam, Epic Games, etc... DO NOT GIVE THE THOUGHT EVEN A MICROSECOND! This would totally be morally equivalent to "the bad stuff" that good wholesome companies that do mere totally excusable "oopsies".

https://fmhy.net/

 

archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20250510092048/https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/brutal-axe-attack-shocks-university-of-warsaw-community-347753

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, a shocking and brutal incident unfolded at the University of Warsaw, leaving the academic community in disbelief. Around 6:40 PM, 22-year-old Mieszko R., a law student at the university, attacked two individuals with an axe in the Auditorium Maximum building. The attack resulted in the tragic death of a 53-year-old female porter, who succumbed to her injuries at the scene, while a 39-year-old university security guard sustained serious injuries while attempting to intervene.

In the aftermath of this horrific event, Mieszko R. was charged with murder with particular cruelty, attempted murder of the security guard, and desecration of the victim's body.

Mieszko R. hails from Gdynia and had been studying law at the University of Warsaw. His acquaintances described him as a quiet and reserved individual with interests in military items and the Soviet Union. However, social media activity revealed a darker side; his Instagram account followed profiles associated with far-right groups, including Konfederacja and Młodzież Wszechpolska. Reports indicated that he had a fascination with violence, often watching recordings of gang activities from regions like South America and the Middle East.

Love how news outlets always find a way to blame it on them Lay-Tams, Ay-Rabs, etc.. even if it has nothing to do with them. It's no surprise since it's an Europa specialty. WP Polska and their contemporaries worded that last part slightly differently:

He showed and sometimes watched himself, commenting with a smile on his face, recordings from places like South America or the Middle East, where real gangs kill real people - adds our interlocutor.

(translated quote)

Local source in Polish: https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/mieszko-r-chwalil-sie-co-ma-w-pokoju-nowe-informacje-o-sprawcy-7154777773951936a#comments-root

Archived link: https://web.archive.org/web/20250509135355/https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/mieszko-r-chwalil-sie-co-ma-w-pokoju-nowe-informacje-o-sprawcy-7154777773951936a

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Gamers will unite to thwart cheaters and staunchly have their demands for balance changes met but will turn the other cheek on racism, sexism, ableism, etc.. with the reasoning being "cuz muh free speech", both in-game and on social media platforms.

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

as an alternative, I recommend Yewtube (not to be confused with the Invidious instance with the same name):

https://github.com/mps-youtube/yewtube

It's a TUI application that streams the music to mplayer, VLC or MPV depending on your preference. It can also handle playlists/albums.

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Basically, in TF2, Demoman (one of, if not, the most mobile characters in the game) has a Sticky Launcher. You shoot a bunch of Sticky Bombs that stick to (almost) any surface, and they stay there until detonated manually by the Demoman. Each sticky bomb has the same "arm time" (the time it takes for them to be detonate-ready), when you position yourself close enough to your own sticky bomb and detonate, you are sent flying. The more stickies, the faster. But, you take damage. A lot. So that's where the Sticky Jumper comes in. You trade self-damage for no-damage on yourself or other players, but you're allowed to be sent flying anyway. Here's what that looks like in the source material:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2npOdkZVKU

So, the idea is to take that and somehow translate it into 2D, with some creative liberties along the way. The only problem is that I want to somehow lessen the learning curve while also making it rewarding for players to master traversal with this mechanic. It's not hard to use it in TF2, but it's very hard to use it to its full potential (enter "Trimping", "Sticky Pogo-ing", etc...).

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Looks awesome! Keep it up.

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

lookin cool! Visuals kinda remind me of Unturned

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by uberstar@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

I've been working on a small platformer game that squarely revolves around Demoman's mobility mechanics from TF2 (think Sticky Jumper, stickyjumping, trimping, etc..) but in 2D. I'm thinking that there could be potential for something funny and wacky from coalescing some ideas from an FPS game and 2D platformers like VVVVVV, Rayman Origins/Legends and some Flash games from way back then..

So far I only have the movement and projectile physics down.. my artistic abilities leave... a lot to be desired. I haven't decided on the game's core mechanics just yet either, but now I turn to you to gather some inspiration :).

EDIT: attached some gameplay footage

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Java but in an alternate universe (with Microsoft's trademarked curse^tm^ that follows everywhere). Auto-properties/properties to reduce boilerplate, extension methods, simplified exceptions (I don't care about being explicit about checked/unchecked exceptions, I just want to throw em and catch em whenever I feel like it! Then again, other languages don't want you to care about any of that either), Linq and access to the wonderful world of the GAME DEV ecosystem (Unity, Godot). Anything other than that is just splitting hairs at this point.

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I used to play it on mobile on lunch times during my middle school days, this was back when it first released or something... I've never gotten past the 3rd level (or 2nd if I remember correctly), so I recently decided to give it my best shot and tie up loose ends... And so, those ends have been finally tied up and I can finally rest easy... Took me a total of 11.5hrs lol.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29032361

Steam Recording decided to have hiccups here and there on Hyper Hexagonest.. didn't feel like re-recording lol.

I modded the first level to use SiIvagunner's rip lol: Courtesy (Live Version) - Super Hexagon

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by uberstar@lemmy.ml to c/gamingclips@lemmy.ml
 

Steam Recording decided to have hiccups here and there on Hyper Hexagonest.. didn't feel like re-recording lol.

I modded the first level to use SiIvagunner's rip lol: Courtesy (Live Version) - Super Hexagon

 

"nooo don't just use our services for their naturally intended purpose"

 

i just want to create a community to dump my gaming clips without using too much of lemmy.ml's capacity lol.. Any suggestions?

 

A new English-language Polish film about Vladimir Putin, in which the Russian president is portrayed using AI-powered special effects to superimpose his real face on an actor, will premiere on 10 January.

The biopic, titled Putin, is the work of Polish filmmaker Patryk Vega, who is best known for movies about the criminal underworld.

The director had initially planned to make a film about Russian gangsters but, after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he decided to focus on “Russia’s biggest gangster”, Putin, he told newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.

...

“The audience needed to see the real Putin,” Vega told British newspaper The Telegraph. “They see him every day in the media. Even the best actor with great make-up wouldn’t convincingly portray a figure everyone in the world knows so well.”

 

I'm looking for something that takes a CV (e.g. md, pdf, odt, whatever) and a site to the job post as inputs and outputs a CV that is tailored to the requirements listed in that job post, without significantly changing the CV in some way..

I know that LLMs would be best used for such a problem, but the issue is that I don't have such a beefy computer to run an LLM locally.. Maybe there's something out there that doesn't use an LLM? Anything that helps with applying and making sure that the CV is attractive enough to your average ATS, honestly.

 

translation: There are people conjuring thoughts like "I've seen one too many brown people".

Also unsurprising where the sentiment is coming from:

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