Rugby Union Deebster • 1 year ago • 100%

www.theguardian.com

AI summary: > The article explores whether winning a fight on the pitch can help a team achieve victory. Some players believe winning a physical altercation can change the momentum of a match. A famous rugby fight between the Lions and Wallabies in 1989 is cited as an example, with the Lions going on to win the series. Studies of hockey data found that winning fights did not predict momentum shifts or scoring the next goal. However, a judo study found winners of bronze medal matches that followed losses in earlier rounds won 69% of the time, indicating psychological momentum. This effect was only seen in men and likely due to increases in testosterone levels following victory. While fights may energize individual players like in judo, their impact is diluted in team sports. The persistence of the momentum narrative helps fighting players preserve their status despite evidence against its influence. Ultimately, the story we tell ourselves about what shifts momentum is not always correct.

Selfhosted Deebster • 1 year ago • 94%

I want to mount some B2 buckets on Linux for read/write access. What do people recommend? s3fs, rclone or GeeseFS seem to be the sensible choices, but please share your hard-won opinions with me. edit: or goofys?

Patient Gamers Deebster • 1 year ago • 100%

This ~~month~~ week's free game is Spelldrifter: > Introducing Spelldrifter, a hybrid tactical role playing game and deck building game that features the best parts of both! Spelldrifter combines the puzzle-like positional tactics of a turn-based RPG battle with the deep customizability and replayability of a collectible card game. The result: a hybrid, wherein players must juggle the resources at their disposal using both time and space. > With Spelldrifter's innovative Tick System, players are challenged to think of card game strategy in a new light. With each character action, the turns interweave on a single timeline. With mastery of the timeline, players gain great advantage in battle and earn the satisfaction of decisive victory. Select your party of heroes, build your decks, and embark on an adventure deep into Starfall as you search for the entrance to the mysterious Labyrinth! Has anyone played it?

LemmyRS: Meta Deebster • 1 year ago • 100%

Hi all, I got in touch with the admin and he's alive but snowed under. As you may know, there's been a few update attempts that have failed, which is why we're still on v0.17.4. [@admin@lemmyrs.org](https://lemmyrs.org/u/admin)'s reply follows: > I am aware of the concerns rightfully raised by the community on lemmyrs, I'm at a loss to be honest since I cannot dedicate the time and resource to upgrade the instance to the latest version without a) significant down time b) potential loss/corruption of the existing database. > I'm not sure if I've made you admin but I'd appreciate if you could relay this information to the community on lemmyrs. My personal (and professional) life have been...chaotic to say the least which is why I haven't been able to make any thoughtful update on lemmyrs. > I'm going to try again this coming weekend to upgrade lemmyrs over to whatever is the latest version of lemmy is (I'm not hopeful though since many of my attempts have ended in failure to do so). > The server is back up and running fwiw.

cross-posted from: https://lemmyrs.org/post/257873 > This seems like something that should be true, but I think I remember seeing a Mythbusters episode where they decided it didn't make a difference. That show was more about entertainment than science, so I wondered if there was a more rigorous study done? I've definitely seen splashes of water(?) come out from flushes so that alone seems to argue for closing lids.

Ask Science Deebster • 1 year ago • 93%

This seems like something that should be true, but I think I remember seeing a Mythbusters episode where they decided it didn't make a difference. That show was more about entertainment than science, so I wondered if there was a more rigorous study done? I've definitely seen splashes of water(?) come out from flushes so that alone seems to argue for closing lids.

MapPorn Deebster • 1 year ago • 100%

For non mathematicians, ABS() returns the absolute (i.e. positive) value of a number, e.g. abs(5) = 5 = abs(-5)

Rust: Memes Deebster • 1 year ago • 97%

Image transcription: O'Reilly book cover with a crab and the title "Adding and removing `&` and `*` at random until ructc is happy"

Rust Lang Deebster • 1 year ago • 93%

archive.org

[Ruffle](https://ruffle.rs/), a Flash Player emulator built in Rust, is being used on archive.org to allow modern browsers access to classics like [n](https://archive.org/details/nv-12), [All Your Base](https://archive.org/details/flash_allyourbase), [Weebl and Bob](https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_flash_weebl), [Strong Bag Emails](https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_flash_strongbad), [Happy Tree Friends](https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_flash_htf) and many more. [Jason Scott writes](https://defcon.social/@textfiles@mastodon.archive.org/110697897061396294): > Thanks to efforts by volunteers Nosamu and bai0, the Internet Archive's flash emulation just jumped generations ahead. > Mute/Unmute works. The screen resizes based on the actual animation's information. And for a certain group who will flip their lid: > We can do multi-swf flash now! > A pile of previously "broken" flashes will join the collection this week.

Joplin Deebster • 1 year ago • 100%

I see that Joplin Server is now at v2.12.1, but still seems to be described as beta. Is it stable and ready for use?

Rust: Game Development Deebster • 1 year ago • 100%

bevyengine.org

The highlights: - **Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)**: Increase scene render quality by simulating "indirect" diffuse light - **Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA)**: A popular anti-aliasing technique that blends the current frame with past frames using motion vectors to smooth out artifacts - **Morph Targets**: Animate vertex positions on meshes between predefined states. Great for things like character customization! - **Robust Constrast Adaptive Sharpening (RCAS)**: Intelligently sharpens renders, which pairs nicely with TAA - **WebGPU Support**: Bevy can now render on the web faster and with more features using the modern WebGPU web API - **Improved Shader Imports**: Bevy shaders now support granular imports and other new features - **Parallax Mapping**: Materials now support an optional depth map, giving flat surfaces a feel of depth through parallaxing the material's textures - **Schedule-First ECS APIs**: A simpler and more ergonomic ECS system scheduling API - **Immediate Mode Gizmo Rendering**: Easily and efficiently render 2D and 3D shapes for debugging and editor scenarios - **ECS Audio APIs**: A more intuitive and idiomatic way to play back audio - **UI Borders**: UI nodes can now have configurable borders! - **Grid UI Layout**: Bevy UI now supports CSS-style grid layout - **UI Performance Improvements**: The UI batching algorithm was changed, yielding significant performance wins

LemmyRS: Meta Deebster • 1 year ago • 100%

Currently this community is titled "Rust: Meta" which suggests it's about discussing Rust itself. "LemmyRS Meta" would match the intention in the sidebar for !meta@lemmyrs.org. (Probably this should just have been a message to [@admin@lemmyrs.org](https://lemmyrs.org/u/admin), but there's likely better ideas for a new name.)

Rust: Memes Deebster • 1 year ago • 90%

# Image Transcription: Meme ['Phil Swift Slaps on Flex Tape'. Top image shows Phil Swift, a person wearing a black shirt and jeans, holding a piece of tape in his hand while facing a large water tank with a hole that is leaking water quickly.] Phil Swift: RUSTC Leaking water tank: SELF-REFERENTIAL STRUCTS [Bottom image shows Phil's hand slapping the piece of tape over the leak.] Tape: USIZE

Rust Lang Deebster • 1 year ago • 100%

I always forgot to check these unless I saw them in /r/rust so let's start posting them here. This is last week's since there's a day or two till the next.