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Rajel Aran

@rajelaran.cyberelf.space

Mercenary Battlemech test pilot, VGL contract Boiling coolant and screaming myomer is my happy place Halfway between the black and gray is no place for a life to waste away I'll take the road with all the stakes ~ TWRP - Starlight Brigade

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Rajel Aran@rajelaran.cyberelf.space · 2d ago

sure, maybe you got your project done faster by outsourcing your brainpower to a machine, but was it worth losing the respect of those who were interested in what you were building?

Rajel Aran@rajelaran.cyberelf.space · 5d ago

If the latter, we can also assume that Goombas and other creatures in the Mushroom Kingdom are wildly venomous, and also incredibly vulnerable to impact from above. A hailstorm in Mushroom Kingdom would be a local extinction event.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran.cyberelf.space · 5d ago

From this we can infer one or more things: Mushroom Kingdom atmospheric density is absurdly thick and that he is extremely aerodynamic during jumps upward, that Mario has an absurdly high drag coefficient when falling, or that he is so light that the force of impact at terminal velocity is minimal.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran.cyberelf.space · 5d ago

From this we can infer one or more things: Mushroom Kingdom atmospheric density is absurdly thick and that he is extremely aerodynamic during jumps upward, that Mario has an absurdly high drag coefficient when falling, or that he is so light that the force of impact at terminal velocity is minimal.

Supper Mario Broth@mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 5d ago

In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, green trampolines make Mario jump so high he goes offscreen for 6 seconds. By extracting his position values from the code, we can "zoom out" the stage and visualize his actual arc, which reveals just how absurdly high the jump is.

Jump Height: 1186 pixels (5 vertical screens) Jump Distance: 900 pixels (3.5 horizontal screens) Jump Duration: 360 frames (6 seconds) Source: info: Jdaster64, supermariofiles.wordpress.com
Rajel Aran@rajelaran.cyberelf.space · 6d ago

hm, this week's SNW reads so far like a pitch for a Star Trek: X-Files spinoff. I'd watch it. Weird spooky Trek? Small crew maybe? Grumpy cynical department head possibly? yeah put it in my eye holes

Rajel Aran@rajelaran.cyberelf.space · 6d ago

The time you spent learning? not wasted. The money you spent learning? not wasted. The material you used learning? not wasted. Nothing is wasted in the pursuit of skill and knowledge, even if you don't accomplish what you originally set out to do.

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn@unburntwitch.com · 6d ago

someone else smarter than me once heard me complaining about wasting a bunch of materials on an attempt of something cool, and said "yeah but that just means it wasn't a waste, that cost was Tuition" and it's really shifted something in my brain in a healthy direction.

Micro SF/F by O. Westin@microsff.com · last wk.

... users can be found giggling, crying, or simply staring into the distance saying "Whoah..." We spoke to one, and asked how they feel about warnings that the practice is addictive: "I could stop, but I don't want to." Some experts say if reading was invented today it would be banned at once.