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Go on then (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm sorry to hear that, because your amazing talents and dedication could be purposed to save our country and world.

Thank you for drafting all this and for taking the time to teach us. You're awesome.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Unfortunately that world runs on nepotism and schmoozing and 'prestigious accolades' (aka you have to start off rich) and I am too autistic and too lowborn.

    I could go into an entire schpiel, with cited data and sources, showing that meritocracy is near nonexistant in the US, but uh... this is one of those uh, bell curve memes with the caveman and wizard on both ends, and neurotic normie in the middle.

    You do enough data analysis and one day it hits you that 90% of people cannot or do not read data, and then you realize you have to craft a narrative device if you want any hope of anyone actually absorbing what you're saying lol.

    If its any consolation to you... I have ideas for someday making a very comprehensive immersive sim type game... but at the scale of Kenshi, not your traditional imsim that is basically a series of small levels with choices.

    Maybe someday I will get some of this working before the actual real world apocalypse/mass economic collapse, rofl.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You do enough data analysis and one day it hits you that 90% of people cannot or do not read data

    100% for real. It's like I went to grad school to learn how to be ignored by people. People also behave the same way with internet privacy and personal data online, and so between the two I feel like Kassandra, cursed to shout warnings that go unheeded and point out data that connects it all. Even with a good narrative and meet them in the middle examples, many people simply can't handle any single tiny aspect of their worldview be changed, one iota.

    FWIW, if you have time at the moment, there's a TON of resources online to make coding a game very, very easy, and can be done for relatively little to no money. It's the artwork that takes time and effort. Just don't expect to get rich from it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hah yeah, Kassandra is a good analogy.

    Boy who cried wolf but no actually he was right the whole time and you just thought he was a witch.

    As to game dev: Fortunately, I have a lot of experience making mods and game modes for games, I have also worked as a software dev, and I am very much aware of, and actively catalouging, a whole bunch of useful concepts and opensource code and projects and such.

    My main 'blocker' right now is that I got fucking crippled in a mugging / car jacking and am still recovering... I am just in too much pain to be able to physically make the game, write the code.

    The good news there is my daily at home PT is working, things are improving every day, bit by bit... but it still may take a good chunk of time.

    So I just catalogue and basically do framing and conceptual work for how systems would work and integrate.

    I don't expect to get rich haha, I would be happy if I ended up with a game I enjoy playing.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yes, a game is a great idea.

    My friend has a degree in computing and statistics, working in climate change studies at Uni in the early 90's. Being a greenie he was disappointed that it seemed futile because, as you said, most people don't care about data.

    He moved into electronic music thinking he could influence people with messages there (kind of like Simpsons embed messaging).

    We now know that pop culture propaganda is somewhat futile in this regard too and if humanity does pull itself out of this mess it will be a vast combination of efforts in many fields. All of them seem futile in isolation.

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