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The same thing happened in France when American GIs were stationed there during WWII. I'd recommend "What Soldiers Do" by Mary Louise Roberts if you're interested in the details.

Outer Wilds does this as well.

I also find comfort in the idea of becoming food after we die. I remember reading somewhere how a beached whale in the arctic can be a life-saving windfall for the scavengers there…

It also depends on your stove. Mine’s electric and alternates the heating element on and off to try to maintain the desired temp. The heat capacity helps to smooth out temperature …

Richard Feynman's lecture is a great resource for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKWGGDXe5MA He proposes a file clerk that gets progressively dumber and faster until they ge…

Does anyone know any good improv in the bay? Pre-pandemic I would go to the 11am text message show at UCB Franklin in LA and it was consistently amazing.

Definitely agree about “juicing” your game, especially from a visual perspective. There’s so many graphics concepts that I didn’t know about and didn’t have the eye to recognize. T…

Catlike coding is great. I’m also a fan of Alan Zucconi’s tutorials: https://www.alanzucconi.com/tutorials/

For anyone using iterm2, copy mode ( https://iterm2.com/documentation-copymode.html ) was a big help in reducing my mouse use.

A lot of Caro’s responses are included, almost verbatim, in his more recent book “On Power”: https://www.amazon.com/On-Power-Robert-A-Caro-audiobook/dp/B... Definitely recommend th…

I get the same feeling, to the point that I occasionally let out a brief scream when browsing GAN images.

I just finished listening to audiobook yesterday. Really gripping stuff. Amazing what people can endure.

Is this what you’re looking for? https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130663/gdc_2005_proce...

I think it's just a consequence of the fact that having money enables the acquisition of more money. It explains the long tail in wealth distribution.