To say we have a “complicated” history with The Escapist would be putting it mildly.
(You, uh, can look forward to more on that in some future episodes of the LRR20 retrospective podcast…)
So I absolutely feel for those individuals who were fired or resigned—Yahtzee’s always been a good dude to us, and Nick Calandra in particular helped us get ownership of Unskippable back—but, I don’t know… I frankly will not miss this brand.
I don’t have any nostalgia for “The E” 😐
Xbox is Cutting Support for Unlicensed Peripherals, Hurting Accessibility - Access-Ability
It seems like XAC inputs are unimpacted, but I will be a lot more critical of Xbox if that's not the case.
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To clarify what I'm getting at here, I see lots of folks look at how trains work and assume this would be the most efficient way to make a car (or other vehicle).
But there's tons and tons of real-world data out there which proves a series-hybrid drivetrain in a car just isn't that great. Every automaker trying a series-first approach has mediocre fuel economy compared to those parallelizing it.
Trains do it for flexibility/robustness more than they do energy-efficiency b/c that's the priority
Spinning a generator to make power which you then use to spin a motor introduces losses.
Diesel-electric locomotives are mainly solving the complexity of getting thousands of tons of steel to move with a (relatively) small diesel engine. Much easier to use electricity than design a mechanical transmission that could handle that.
But if you could feasibly spin the wheels with the engine, it would be more efficient to cut out that step - which is why most hybrids cars do this whenever possible.
An observation:
Many people seem to be under the impression that series hybrid drivetrains (where the ICE powerplant turns a generator which powers a motor) are superior to parallel hybrid (where the ICE can spin the wheels directly).
I think a lot of this comes from knowledge of diesel-electric locomotives, and trains are known to be efficient. But, in fact, those trains would be even more efficient if they could parallelize the diesel engine - that's just really hard, and isn't the point.
Podquisition 458: Semi-Conscious Life
Games we played this week include:
El Paso Elsewhere
Amanda the Adventurer
Model Builder
Deep Rock Galactic Survior
Forza Motorsport 2023
Dynasty Warriors 9
Helldivers
https://soundcloud.com/jimquisition/podquisition-458-semi-conscious-life
I want something else. Like a bed. Games we played this week include: El Paso Elsewhere (8:30) Amanda the Adventurer (30:00) Model Builder (35:00) Deep Rock Galactic Survivor (49:30) Forza Motorspor
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