Show HN: I Made a Stupid Game

Post by xcambar » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 5:03 AM UTC

LugarOS wrote: post #119

throwawaylinux wrote: post #117

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What is scale-blindness and how big a social problem is it?

It is hard for humans to visualize in their heads the difference between 1 billion and 10 billion. Our brains weren't created to think of such massive amounts of objects. I don't think it is too big of a social problem though. It's probably because cavemen had to carry 10 rocks at a time, 15 max. We didn't have to use such large numbers until recently in human history.

Post by asmosoinio » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 5:08 AM UTC

superninjy wrote: post #29

Fun game! I have a suggestion: the huge numbers are not quite readable. Maybe add the scientific notation as well. Comparing 73,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 with 844,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 is tricky, especially since the numbers are not right aligned. Adding a 73.4×10^21 vs 844×10^21 would be helpful.

Post by AussieWog93 » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 6:28 AM UTC

gus_massa wrote: post #77

last_one_in wrote: post #51

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Ahh, it's joke data: { name: "a ton of bricks", plural: "tons of bricks", frequency: 0.01, weighWord: "weighs", min_mass_kg: 1000, max_mass_kg: 1000 }, { name: "a ton of feathers", plural: "tons of feathers", frequency: 0.01, weighWord: "weighs", min_mass_kg: 1000, max_mass_kg: 1000 },

:) Nitpicking: I use 1 ton = 1000 Kg, but world wide it's more complicated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton

Post by last_one_in » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 6:47 AM UTC

coastflow wrote: post #122

LugarOS wrote: post #119

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It is hard for humans to visualize in their heads the difference between 1 billion and 10 billion. Our brains weren't created to think of such massive amounts of objects. I don't think it is too big of a social problem though. It's probably because cavemen had to carry 10 rocks at a time, 15 max. We didn't have to use such large numbers until recently in human history.

To build intuition on scaling, the 1997 "Powers of Ten" video is an excellent resource that is still shown in introductory university physics lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

Post by last_one_in » Fri, Apr 01, 2022, 6:54 AM UTC

robocat wrote: post #107

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