I read this over and while lengthy I think we’re largely on the same page, which is good because I thought this was all too new and I was way off.

I’ve been trying to understand the terms and the opening graphic on this site did a good breakdown.

So my understanding is that a decomp or decompilation is turning the machine code into something human readable. It’s the first step but technically isn’t anything the average person can use because it still needs to then be (re)compiled into a game someone can run.

However the term “decomp” in general usage refers to the human readable middle step, AND a way to create something for the average person.

Versus a recomp or recompilation is performing the conversion of machine code to some middle state, then immediately (re)compiling it into a game the average person can run.

However the term “recomp” in general usage refers to the same, but always with the use of AI.

Is that right?

I held my phone upside down to make the joke work. 🤝

Which is surprising when you look at Europe. Europe made text messaging too costly early on and everyone switched to WhatsApp. You’d think Europe would try to win people back with RCS but instead… Nothing?

Simpsons Futurama did it.

“Nobody stops to fuel their vehicle taking gasoline, gets out, rushes as fast as possible, puts as much fuel in the car as possible, and gets back in the car and drives away,”

Emphasis mine. I think the “gets out” is the big difference between a daily trip which I think includes the “splash n dash” and the road trip.

Because I think you’re right, it’s extremely common to pull into a gas station, fill up in 5 minutes, and then drive away. But I would bet the majority of those stops come immediately after leaving or on your way home (or work). So in an EV world we could eliminate those stops completely.

I think for trips where you’re traveling beyond one tank of gas or beyond one full charge, then I think the quote is closer to being correct. At that point most people probably take a break and a 15-20 minute charge is fine.

Because when Reddit fucks up those users will look for alternatives, like Lemmy.

In this case it’s important to highlight that Lemmy has many different front ends and apps available. Lemmy can look however you’d like it to look.

Technically $foo also delimits at both ends, the second character is just a newline or whitespace character. However with %foo% it is unambiguous where the variable begins and ends.

Also I said newline or whitespace, what about special characters?

Look at $foo+$bar am I adding two variables together? Is the first variable $foo or $foo+?

Can’t pick a game, but here are the series (and then I try to pick a game),

• Super Mario series (Super Mario World)
• Legend of Zelda series (Link to the Past/Link’s Awakening)
• Baldur’s Gate series (Baldur’s Gate II)
• Metroid series (Super Metroid)
• Pokemon series (Pokemon FireRed)

So mostly Nintendo games.

Why?

$75,000 annually

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports about double that as the median pay ($148,080).

I still agree with the rest of your math and think the investment is worth it, but just clarifying the number.

I work at Nintendo.

You’re not my dad.

I mean FWIW if the sages die as a theory then in one out of three realities the world is saved and they don’t die. In another reality they die but as a sacrifice to save to world so, while sad, ultimately leads to a better future. And of course in the failure timeline… Well ok that probably is sad all around but that’s only a third of the time at worst.

I think most people would agree with you, the remakes have QoL improvements that basically make them the best version.

Sure some people will always be nostalgic for the originals, but as remakes continue what is the original?

Let’s look at Link’s Awakening. If you played it on the Game Boy, it’s a great game. But if you played it on the Game Boy Color it had the camera side quest and color dungeon, those were excellent. But if you played it on the Switch the camera side quest is now Dampe’s Dungeon Creator.

I personally liked the camera side quest, but Dampe’s Dungeon Creator was an interesting addition and I think it was cool to see.

The water on people makes them look a bit too shiny. I hope they adjust it before release. Otherwise I think they mostly look pretty good.

I believe the physical release is an actual physical release and not a game key card.

So far all first party Nintendo games have had a physical release and not a game key card, I would bet you’re correct.

Not an app but if you’re using Firefox on Android then LibRedirect will let you point various sites to wherever you want.

I assume the person making the dough is also prepping by chopping vegetables and meats, as well as babysitting the machine.

Zero people is impossible (since regardless someone has to load the machine), but reducing from 3 down to 2 or down to 1, that could be possible.

Exactly, the dough alone is a whole job. I found other robots online that pull dough balls directly from a fridge and press them out, so those seem like they would save time.

And those robots also put the pizza into the oven, remove it, and cut it.

if you’re doing all three of those steps, dough, toppings and cooking, that would save some time.

You do still need someone for prep, making the dough balls, cutting most ingredients, filling the various machines, etc. But those robots could be helpful at reducing labor costs. Could being the key word.

If these things break I don’t know how long they take to fix. Sure people “break” too, but they’re easier to swap in.

Kindell previously used Picnic’s robots at T-Mobile Park, home of the Seattle Mariners, a baseball team.

Usually, he’d need about 10 people to make pizza in such a setup. With the robots that number fell to just two.

So I’m not familiar with the T-Mobile Park setup and I don’t know which specific robot they used, but I found a video demo of the Picnic robot. There is no way that system reduces the number of employees from 10 to 2.

First off you don’t need 10 people to make a pizza. The robot does the “toppings” step, which is the easiest step. You know how I know it’s the easiest step? When you have kids pizza making parties guess which step the kids do? The toppings step.

If he had said it takes 3 people to make a pizza and the robot brings it down to 2, or that the robot speeds up production by 30% or so, that’s believable.

Also the pizza making machine is huge. You’re losing a whole prep area with that thing. If you’re only making pizza then maybe that’s ok, but most pizza places I’ve been too also make sandwiches or other things. A robot making things is a novelty so maybe if you plan a new restaurant with this specifically in mind you can justify the space, but I don’t see this fitting into an existing kitchen.