OmegaMouse

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[–] OmegaMouse 1 points 1 year ago

What makes you say myself and the other poster are being 'deliberately obtuse and pedantic'? It's pretty hurtful and that is not my intention in the slightest. I'm not trying to undermine the argument made by the post, I just think it's a valid concern when the figures don't add up and it's worth discussing.

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

You seem to have a very binary view of things though. Is it not possible for someone to agree with a message, but think we can improve on how we tell it? If we want to convince people of something, is it not best to provide as convincing an argument as possible? I'm not trying to distract from the message, I'm wondering how we can tell it better.

[–] OmegaMouse 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'people like me'. To be 100% clear, I agree with the point of the post but I just don't think they've gone about explaining it in the best way. To somewhat agree with what you're saying, I'd say yes, analogies and accurate statistics don't fit well together, but neither do analogies and statistics in general. Either stick to written analogies/hyperbole OR use actual statistics.

[–] OmegaMouse 13 points 1 year ago

Lol fair enough, I can understand why you'd think that.

I'm quite capable of thinking figuratively. But in the way that this post is framed, I'm pretty sure any layperson would take the figures as being based on some actual statistics. It's deceptive, and I don't think that's a good look if anyone were to look into this in any detail. If you're going to make an analogy, make it actually analogous. And if you want to use hyperbole, use it in a way that's clear (i.e. by not mixing in numbers)

[–] OmegaMouse 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It doesn't seem like this post was meant to be hyperbolic though? Hyperbole doesn't work well in the context of numbers. If someone said 1 in 100 people drive a Toyota, how would I differentiate that from being an actual figure or hyperbole? It's not obvious unless you look into it. Likewise, if someone told me that 1 in 400 people in the US get shot every day I'd struggle to tell if that's true or not, given how much I hear about gun crime over there.

This post is quite clearly framed in a way that sounds like fact.

[–] OmegaMouse 29 points 1 year ago (24 children)

How would being more accurate distract from the point? I agree with what the post is saying, but making up statistics doesn't really help IMO and takes away from the credibility

[–] OmegaMouse 2 points 1 year ago

That's a good comparison! The words here are taken from this essay on the human condition.

[–] OmegaMouse 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'll give those two a go! Looking into it, I think I'd need the following mods to get these to work, which isn't too bad:

  • B42 Weapon inertia
  • Ragdolls
  • JIP LN NVSE
  • JohnnyGuitar NVSE
  • NC Compatibility skeleton
  • The Mod Configuration Menu (optional)

One thing I'm not sure about... I installed MO2 on my Deck using this guide which also installs NVSE. But how do I know what version of NVSE it installed? A few mods mention they need a particular version of NVSE.

[–] OmegaMouse 2 points 1 year ago

Yes this is annoying. I like to play games docked, and in order to get them working correctly I have to manually tell Steam to use 1080p resolution for every game. This then gives you more options within the game settings (rather than maxing out at 1200x800) whilst docked. But in most cases I have to then change the in-game setting each time I go from docked to portable.

It does feel like docking is an afterthought with the Steam Deck. I was expecting something more akin to the Switch which has a flawless docking experience. I hope SteamOS improves on this in future.

[–] OmegaMouse 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

~It makes you happy~

[–] OmegaMouse 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Some of those look nice! I notice that a lot have pre-requisite mods, and those require their own pre-requisites 😱 I'll see if I can find some easy to install ones

[–] OmegaMouse 10 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I've started a new playthrough of Fallout New Vegas. Never got round to finishing it last time, so hopefully will do now! So far I've added some stability mods and a new radio station. Anyone got any other mod recommendations?

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