Found the tumblr post we were thinking about:

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People just naturally start to go toward where you draw their attention, whether they want to or not. 🤷🏻

Might as well pick something good to point at.

This lesson has many applications right now.

My greatest professional accomplishment of the year: I got my exec & manager teammates saying "point positive," a term from whitewater rafting and kayaking.

Meaning: when facing hazards, point people toward where to go/what to do, rather than drawing attention to everything to avoid.

@vampiress although I’m ngl, Metroid Prime’s UI is also fantastic

• it makes it very intuitive which directions to press to switch weapons or visors
• it has a caution meter that shows how close you are to something dangerous like fire or acid which is surprisingly helpful
• it has a radar that helps a lot to increase your situational awareness, given your low FOV (I never remember to use it)
• all of the visors are extremely cool and feel really good to use
• it’s diegetic, feels extremely believable in-world, and actually helps to increase immersion

A question for you all - which VIDEO GAME has your favourite in-game interface? That means UI, controls, everything. An interface that not only feels natural and good but immerses you in the game, makes play easy, AND makes you want to keep playing. Can be from any era.

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@vampiress stage three of The First Alkahistorian has got to have the best UI of any game I’ve ever played. it’s able to compress so much information into such a small space. the whole game is pretty much just one big interface and it is honestly amazing how satisfying it is to use

it does have a bit of learning curve, though, unfortunately. and the pie charts are never explained by the game itself (I had to look up online what they meant) but still. absolutely amazing game with an absolutely amazing interface

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We're also interested in potential hosts for the press conference afterwards from supporters that are public figures, like the above categories

https://youtu.be/SmXZpf3K0ow?t=732

@xeno oops sorry I thought that “deuterium” was the same thing as heavy water but nope it’s just a hydrogen isotope that’s in heavy water! my bad

@xeno ohh interesting! so I’m guessing that regular water captures neutrons by becoming deuterium D₂O - but presumably once it’s got one neutron it’s not going to be too eager to capture another one (I’m ngl I have no idea what forces cause a neutron to stay inside of a nucleus or what properties those forces have for different types of atoms or molecules lol)

I’m guessing that means that a reactor core full of deuterium D₂O is going to be more likely to have a negative void coefficient (since it moderates the neutrons, but doesn’t absorb them) than one full of regular water?

and if my assumption is right about regular water becoming deuterium D₂O when it captures a neutron, does that mean that reactor core water needs to be periodically changed out or it will change its effects on the reaction by becoming more full of deuterium D₂O?

@ricko that sounds like an absolutely incredible experience. what a cool guy tbh, and I didn’t even know that there were life-sized Frostmourne replicas out there?

thank you for sharing this story! it was such a fun read

@kasdeya

He then proceeded to walk us through the entire raid. He solo-tanked the entire thing. I "helped" heal, but I can tell you the charts made it pretty clear that I was putting out a single-digit percent of what he was.

He called out all the strats in real time. (We were teachers, good at explaining things.) Most boiled down to "stack up on me, just a bit forward so my cone-AoE heals get you", but he was detailed enough that "we" one-shotted everything.

It was surreal and amazing.

And, ultimately, it led to months of chatter around the office about how epic it had been. And, in all seriousness, I think it really helped bond the group and improved our trust.

I mean, it was n=1 truly positive experience. But still, it was.

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@kasdeya While I agree for the most part, I have had the occasional positive, small-group social experience.

I used to work with someone who, years before, had been in one of the top 3 progression guilds in the world. He had a full-size Frostmourne replica in his office. He'd since backed off to be a (filthy) casual, but we'd occasionally meet up in WoW for random quests.

Just before Draenor launched, I was leveling a Monk and he showed up. In chatting, wherein I mentioned I'd never gotten around to seeing Firelands from Cataclysm. He asked if I wanted to. I was dubious about pulling together a raid group, and he said don't worry about it. (LFR wasn't out yet.)

He logged onto his Paladin, took a minute to respec, and invited me and 2 other coworkers to group. They hadn't seen Firelands yet, either. We all had characters who were at a level able to enter, but none of us were geared for it. Firelands was, at that point, only 1 expansion back — you still needed a raid to tackle it.

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