a_random_fox

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[–] a_random_fox@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I have been playing Time Snatcher Handy recently, a roguelike centered around a time-stop mechanic, which only uses 44 MB. It is pretty good. Going through my steam library from the lowest up, here are the others i would recommend, stopping at one GB, because most of my games are under 20 GB and i tend to be relatively selective with what games i get so i consider most of them good also:

  • TIS-100 (80 MB), programming puzzle game by Zachtronics
  • Islanders (150 MB), minimalist city builder
  • Enter the Gungeon (346 MB), bullet-hell roguelike
  • Streets of Rogue (417 MB), roguelike which emphasizes having multiple possible approaches for how to get any given objective
  • Opus Magnum (493 MB), another Zachtronics programming puzzle game
  • Vault of the Void (554 MB), roguelike deckbuilder (one of my most played games, especially recommended)
  • Backpack Hero (616 MB), roguelike focused on maximizing adjacency bonuses on your inventory grid
  • Urbek City Builder (685 MB), city builder (obviously)
  • Slipways (735 MB), a game about optimizing trade routes between planets
  • Cassette Beasts (1 GB), similar to Pokemon, with the main differences being that you turn into the monsters instead of summoning them, type advantage/disadvantage giving unique status effects rather than just changing damage and battles generally being 2v2 instead of 1v1
[–] a_random_fox@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is not quite a native binary, but the effect of not having to install java to run it is the same. Using jlink you can assemble a runtime image containing the java bytecode for the application and a custom runtime enviroment containing the parts of the the jre needed to run that program.

The UPS tracking API has a similar issue, when it doesn't find a tracking number it returns 200 and an API response with the not found error inside. The documentation even states that the API does return 404 in that case. A github issue about that mismatch is open for over a year already: https://github.com/UPS-API/api-documentation/issues/166

[–] a_random_fox@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

I always used offline reader because the feeds i subscribed to don't have that many updates (most of them are currently webcomics updating 1-3 times a week) so i generally just check on it a few times a day and none of it is really urgent, so there is not really much point in expanding the time where i could check on it. Another factor might also be that i started using RSS with Firefoxes inbuilt reader (which they removed back in 2018) which didn't sync across devices, so i was just used to it being like that.

[–] a_random_fox@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 9 months ago

Here is the source: https://www.tumblr.com/ask-crow-aus/759912849861754880/slytherin-assassin-lattemonstr-aishishiii . It is one reblog further down, as slytherin-assassin deactivated their blog and lattemonstr apparently has no post on their blog, probably deleted when they moved on to a different blog.

In German it is called "Das nächste Jahrhundert" meaning "The next century", which avoids that issue.

Mostly webcomics and a few Dreamwidth pages.

[–] a_random_fox@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I also recommend them, they are great. Some things that i especially like is the connection between the two main characters, the books giving you a very believable idea on how dragon-based warfare could work and showing different ways various cultures interact with dragons. While the major european powers mostly stick to the air force part mentioned in my earlier comment and generally don't interact with people outside the military much, china for example has dragons more integrated into society and holding a wider variety of jobs. Book 4 showed a lot about dragons in southern africa, though i won't spoil the specifics.

I have completed book 4 since my previous comment and am now deep into book 5.

[–] a_random_fox@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I am currently about halfway through the fourth book of the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. A sort of historical fantasy set in a version of the Napoleonic wars in a world with dragons, which are used by the nations of that world as a sort of airforce. This one in particular is about a disease threatening the british dragons and the search for a cure.

The romulan attempt was in S5E24 "The next phase" so it was before "Pegasus" which is in season 7

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