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posted by martyb on Monday September 17 2018, @05:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the out-of-this-world! dept.

Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a remarkably rich, open-ended physics-based space program simulator. The types of spacecraft and missions you can design and simulate, particularly with a very active modding community is practically endless. Do you want to fly the Enterprise? Which one? Perhaps see if you can survive out of Andy Weir's The Martian?

PCGamer has an article on a person who has logged more than 4000 hours on KSP. The user, known as ShadowZone in the Steam community, spends many hours designing and implementing complex spacecraft as well as calculating flight plans. It is an interesting read for anyone who has given this game a try, and if you're not careful you may learn something before it's done.

When I first spied the 39-year-old father of two discussing his playtime on Twitter, I wanted him to answer one simple question: What do you even do in Kerbal Space Program for that length of time? Well if you're Daniel, you spend it building staggeringly complex machines to then launch on missions so daring it'd make Arthur C. Clarke sweat—all while rediscovering that childish sense of wonder that makes space so captivating to begin with.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday September 17 2018, @05:50PM (12 children)

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Monday September 17 2018, @05:50PM (#736082)

    Written by a bitter person who's idea of fun is work.
    Just fuck the hell off. I would say someone who works all of their life away has lost far more than this person.
    I enjoy my life, and I'm sure the subject of this article enjoys his.
    I seriously doubt you enjoy yours.
     

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @05:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @05:59PM (#736091)

    My job used to be to play ksp. Except all I had was C. It paid well.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @06:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @06:10PM (#736097)

    Different AC here. Who said anything about a job, besides you? Also some people enjoy their work.

    And fuck you, hostile wanker!

  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @09:40PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @09:40PM (#736214)

    Or, maybe I should call them Soyboys.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @10:24PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @10:24PM (#736253)

      Get that suit and tie back on and get your ass back in the office where you belong. Fucking workaholic square.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by realDonaldTrump on Monday September 17 2018, @11:30PM (7 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday September 17 2018, @11:30PM (#736279) Homepage Journal

    The greatest builder is me, and I'm building the greatest wall you have ever seen in your entire life. I don't do it for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it. Building is my art form.

    "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." -- Confusious

    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday September 18 2018, @06:03PM (6 children)

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday September 18 2018, @06:03PM (#736625) Journal

      If you love doing anything for eight hours straight then you're probably not a very bright person.

      • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday September 18 2018, @08:39PM (5 children)

        by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Tuesday September 18 2018, @08:39PM (#736717) Homepage Journal

        But here you learn the rewards of hard work and perseverance, never, ever give up. Never quit. Persevere. Never, ever quit. You learn the satisfaction of building a molecule, flying around the Moon or earning a cyber badge after mastering a certain skill. There’s no better feeling than an achievement that you’ve earned with your own sweat, tears, resolve, hard work. There’s nothing like it. Do you agree with that?

        In life, in order to be successful -- and you people are well on the road to success -- you have to find out what makes you excited, what makes you want to get up each morning and go to work. You have to find it. If you love what you do and dedicate yourself to your work, then you will gain MOMENTUM. And look, you have to. You need the word “momentum.” You will gain that momentum. And each success will create another success. The word “momentum.”

        And remember this, you’re not working. Because when you’re doing something that you love, like I do -- of course I love my business, but this is a little bit different. Who thought this was going to happen? McKay from Buzzfeed, of Buzzfeed, kept saying, "oh, Donald J. Trump is a Fake Candidate, he'll never run!" He went on MSNBC, he bet one year of salary that I would never make it to the Iowa ballot. He got it all wrong, but I won't hold it against him. Nor does he have to pay the one year salary to me that he guaranteed if I ran -- I let him off the hook. And remember not only did I run in the primaries, I won. And in the general, I won again -- overwhelmingly. In spite of MASSIVE Voter Fraud. I was inaugurated -- beautiful Inauguration, biggest crowd ever. And in less than two years we've eliminated more regulations than any administration has ever eliminated. Meaning, in 4 years, 8 years or in one instance 16 years. We’re, you know, having a good time. We’re doing a good job.

        Doing a good job. But when you do something that you love, remember this, it’s not work. So you’ll work 24-7. You’re going to work all the time. And at the end of the year you’re not really working. You don’t think of it as work. When you’re not doing something that you like or when you’re forced into do something that you really don’t like, that’s called work, and it’s hard work, and tedious work.

        So as much as you can, do something that you love. Work hard and never ever give up, and you’re going to be tremendously successful. Tremendously successful!!!

        • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday September 18 2018, @09:46PM

          by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Tuesday September 18 2018, @09:46PM (#736753) Homepage Journal

          (cont) BuzzFeed, they were the ones that said under no circumstances will I run for President, and were they wrong!!!!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @02:06AM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @02:06AM (#744458)
          " I was inaugurated -- beautiful Inauguration, biggest crowd ever."

          [Citation Needed.]

          • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday October 05 2018, @02:20AM (2 children)

            by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Friday October 05 2018, @02:20AM (#744463) Homepage Journal

            "This was the LARGEST audience to EVER witness an inauguration -- PERIOD -- both in person and around the globe." Sean Spicer. whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-sean-spicer [whitehouse.gov]

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 08 2018, @02:38AM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 08 2018, @02:38AM (#745777)

              Wikipedia has this to say about Sean Spicer [wikipedia.org]:

              During his tenure as White House press secretary, Spicer made a number of public statements that were controversial and false,[5][6][7] and he developed a contentious relationship with the White House press corps.[8][9][10] The first such instance occurred on January 21, 2017, the day following Trump's inauguration. Spicer repeated the claim that crowds at Trump's inauguration ceremony were the largest ever at such an event and that the press had deliberately under-estimated the number of spectators.[11][12][13] After this statement was widely criticized, Trump aide Kellyanne Conway said that Spicer had presented what she called "alternative facts" regarding the inauguration's attendance numbers.[14]

              So you are quoting a claim that was soundly criticized and debunked! SAD!
              Cf: Washington Post [washingtonpost.com] CNN [cnn.com], CBS [cbsnews.com], NYT [nytimes.com], Time [time.com]... and I won't bother to list any more because you've already complained about too many links in a prior comment.

              • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Monday October 08 2018, @06:33AM

                by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday October 08 2018, @06:33AM (#745834) Homepage Journal

                You're quoting the WikiPedia. Who said we have concentration camps. They put us in their list of so-called concentration camps. They're not concentration camps, they're detention centers. As everybody knows. Fortunately we got that one fixed. Although, it took a guy from Slovenia. And hopefully we can fix the one about Sean.

                And the #AmazonWashingtonPost [twitter.com], @CNN [twitter.com] (the absolute worst), @CBS [twitter.com], the crooked failing @nytimes [twitter.com] & Time Magazine. I'll tell you, these are some of the most dishonest human beings on Earth. They don't care about what's good for America. They only care about RATINGS. Because they're dieing. They do a story about me, it's TREMENDOUS ratings for them. Guaranteed. Big ad money. And they stay in business a little longer. They go, "oh, there's a scandal with the President," folks pay attention. True story or Fake story, doesn't matter, they'll do anything for a buck. And this story, very fake. They took pictures at different times. Obama, when his beople were already there. Me, when my people were still coming. They put them next to each other. And they go, "oh, look at all the White!" Well, Obama didn't have the White. The floor covering. We were the first that had that. So of course it looks different. Much whiter. Obama, you don't see the White. Because he didn't have it!!!

                By the way, Time Magazine. Always always they used to call it the Man of the Year. Even when it was a woman. Until they gave it to me. And they made it, Person of the Year. They used to call it Man of the Year, but they can't do that anymore. They call it Person. They want to be politically correct. That's OK. That could be why the magazine business isn't so great. Anyway, who cares?