ulterno

joined 1 year ago
[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

The only recreational use of N~2~O I know of is to add a tank of it in a car and pipe it into the fuel mixture.
And even that seems kinda snake-oily to me.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I once played a 2D RPG which I got stuck in at a point, because I filled all save slots right before getting to a blocking battle, for which I ended up not having enough weapons^[I had recently bought a weapon I then got another one of, just before the battle (as a gift for the battle), but was useless, because only 1 of the player characters could equip that] and then just falling 1 or 2 hits short of managing to pass it.

I have been meaning to retry it from the start (it was a freeware, I think) but I can't recall the rather peculiar name of it. I has been ~ 20 years.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Going by masquenox's comment, you might want to consider the whole volume of the oceans and the instant depressurisation that would occur if you were to survive the pressurisation.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, you are right.
I seemed to have forgotten that part after reading, "Survive five years. Pocket the money.", which made it feel otherwise.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah, you just need more "What if?" people to proofread it.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You get 100 M after 5 years.
And not even adjusted for inflation.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

So in 5 years, you will be throwing 1825 times.
Say, probability of one of those problematic events is P(E), where E is the event.
Probability of E happening n (Natural) number of times would be either 0 or P(E), with P(E) for n = 1 and 0 for n > 1, because you don't get more than 1 life to make it happen more than once.

Probability of it happening at least once in the whole 5 years of time, is ~~P(E) × 1825.~~(check silasmariner's reply)
So, what is the value you set to P(E) to convince yourself that probability is the correct thing to go by?

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Oh. I though it was about Sublime Text somehow.
But thanks to you, the title explains it and I don't need to listen to the song.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

in a box in a cargo elevator in a warehouse

Unexpected RPG meme.
Did you also kick to open the box?

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

The title was the cringiest part.
The world, the story was built upon, seemed pretty interesting and gave me food for thought. But then it felt like they didn't capitalise well on it and ended up with a mediocre plot.

Seems like a waste to just leave it with the "revenge" story. Would be interesting to see other stories made in the world.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What's the luxurious looking background?
A carpet?

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

+1. You think if something goes wrong for doing what is advertised, then you are using it wrong.

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