MimicJar

@MimicJar@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The psychological scarring is an interesting point, but that only works if you know why the snap happened.

  By the end of Infinity War most of Thanos’s army and underlings have been defeated. Thanos then (within a few days/weeks) goes into retirement. So he’s not spreading word of his accomplishments or reasoning.

  Carol mentions at the start of Endgame that a lot of other worlds need her help. So she could spread some information on what happened, but I’m not sure it’s going to really stick. You need the trauma of Thanos actually showing up (or his underlings and then the Avengers filling in the gaps).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but that was lazy remake, this one they put effort into, probably.

  FWIW I did enjoy this remake, but it did have some janky looking cutscenes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great Depression: Part Deux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not “real cheese” it’s “Real Cheese™”, it really tastes like cheese.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American public transit⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Define “walkable”. The side of the road is considered “walkable”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Paul took the clips in stride, initially putting on a grave voice and decrying that “this AI is getting out of hand,” only to buy into the trend by acting camp in a response video posted to TikTok on Monday.

  Proof? That video response sounds like AI.

  But his girlfriend, Dutch professional speed skater Jutta Leerdam, wasn’t impressed. “I don’t like it, it’s not funny!” she told him in a video. “People believe it.”

  Proof? That video sounds fake. Maybe this is all a ruse by the girlfriend to slander Jake Paul.

  I don’t actually believe that, but this article is written based on videos uploaded to TikTok, there is no proof any of the events described took place.

  Things are about to get much worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True. And Holly Hunter will probably be a great captain. But Picardo is who brings me to the table.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just here for Robert Picardo.

  The show dies look that great based on the trailer. However of our characters start of terrible and grow, this could work out well. I’m just not sure that’s the show we’re getting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Web is Going to Die⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t that depend on what you’re watching?

  You can watch reality TV on YouTube, or traditional television.

  You can watch educational content and documentaries on YouTube, or traditional television.

  Hell you can watch some traditional TV shows on YouTube or traditional television.

  YouTube is just a platform for hosting content. Now they may have a “better” algorithm compared to traditional television, but that doesn’t really change much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mary Wiseman’s Tilly Will Be In ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,’ But Not As Much As Expected⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird. I assumed this was going to be her spinoff show. I thought it was a weird choice, but I was willing to see what they wanted to put together.

  I hope whatever this is now is something good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I suppose it's better to find this out 35 years later than never at all.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Although it’s a move that is useful only when you are crossing through the final Goalposts.

  Photo shows Mario about to go through a keyhole.

  Boy I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've been alive for the entire narrative of the internet and it's crazy to think any of the newer generations will be able to sort it all out for themselves.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So I’ve always felt this way about video games.

  Can you imagine a kids first Mario game being Mario Wonder? That’s a twist on Mario games, it’s not the base Mario!? They won’t understand what makes it an interesting new game!

  But the thing is, it’s fine. Everything new is old. Plus it’s the Internet, it’s impossible to actually sort out everything.

  Like, what is Roblox? I know it’s some online game. Then I saw John Green play Roblox with his daughter. It was a dress up simulator. That’s Roblox?

  Or how about the song Gangnam Style? I remember when that reached 1 billion views on YouTube. That was a moment. But then remember Despacito? When I first heard that song it was already at 1.2 billion views. How could I clearly remember the first billion views video, but completely miss it happening again?

  Think about the entirety of history that happened before you. How did you sort that out?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think if you’re looking for a recommendation, both Strange New Worlds and Enterprise are better than Discovery.

  If you were ok with Picard season 1, at worst you’ll be ok with Discovery.

  I will say that Strange New Worlds is technically a spinoff of Discovery, so a watching Discovery first makes more sense if you’re planning on watching them all eventually anyway.

  Discovery has good episodes, but probably more bad episodes than good episodes. If you’re binge watching, which you can do now that it’s all been released, it won’t be so bad. If you watch a bad episode, you’ll come across a good episode soon enough. When we had to watch week to week, it was rough going bad after bad, week to week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simpsons fans are the Star Wars fans of animation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve watched every episode of The Simpsons and every Star Wars film and TV show.

  Which kind of fan am I?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Purpose of Difficulty | GMTK Mini⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the run back is fun for some people and I think the game should deliver the best version they can for those people. For me, it’s just not fun. The reward is smaller than the frustration it causes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Purpose of Difficulty | GMTK Mini⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It took Silksong coming out for me to identify why I wasn’t a fan of Hollow Knight, and it’s touched on in this video.

  It’s the runback.

  The Dark Souls series of games have the same “problem”, and it’s why I don’t enjoy them either.

  I’m a huge fan of Celeste, Super Meat Boy, the Ori series. When I fail at these games, I’m right back in the action.

  I’m not against having to learn boss patterns, I really enjoyed Cuphead because after I’ve failed I’m right back in the action.

  And while it’s an easier game by comparison, Shovel Knight was a fun game. The checkpoints were plentifully and I could increase the difficulty by destroying them.

  But when I played Hollow Knight I reached a point where I was just running to the boss and dying. Then again. And again. And again. I wasn’t getting better. And the time it took to get back just took too long and wasn’t fun. It wasn’t a rage quit. I was having fun at one point… But then the game wore me down and eventually it wasn’t.

  I don’t think the game needs to change. Although I think adding difficultly modifiers would be a good idea. I played through Metroid Dread on normal difficulty and after beating it was having so much fun I immediately played it again on Hard difficulty. If there were a mode with more checkpoints in Hollow Knight and Silksong I might give them a shot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DC Cinematic Community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that I’m against new communities, any reason you made a new community instead of joining !dc_studios@lemmy.world ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  True, but this book is the best thing Microsoft has made.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we can find information by asking GenAI, who needs the Web?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  who needs the web?

  Generative AI that’s who. For it to spit out information, it needs information. The argument may be that it is better at collecting all that information in one place and returning an answer, although we know it hallucinates responses. But to even begin a response it needs data, it needs the web.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, you’re right, season 3, fixed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t seen the most recent episode yet, but so far the best episodes this season have been the silly episodes.

  Strange New Worlds season 2 spoilers

  - Episode 1, the second part of two parter. Neat trick to make the Gorn sleep but otherwise boring. - Episode 2, a fun Trelane/Q wedding episode. (Silly) - Episode 3, zombies I think. - Episode 4, hologram episode, the best parts of which were the over the top parts. (Half silly) - Episode 5, the best serious episode exploring the ruins and solving puzzles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Section 31 was perfectly passable as a non Star Trek thing. If it were a random sci-fi movie it had fun moments. As Star Trek? Good lord it was garbage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[OC] Hank Hill Catches Up on Pokémon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile, Bobby’s outside playing in the tall grass pretending to be a Rattata.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what video game deserves to be in a museum?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Assuming a single game, Minecraft. It should be a kids museum style where you can build things. You can make each room a different biome or structure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I ain't got no time to maintain some stupid little plastic bread clip. I got a landlord to feed.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pfft, I just eat the entire loaf in one sitting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Security vulnerability for Nvidia drivers on Linux/Windows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  do not click

  gottem

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed.World is now open⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s exactly what piefed does actually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed.World is now open⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reddit sorta half did it with the “other discussions” or duplicate tab.

  As an example,

  old.reddit.com/…/a_clicktocancel_rule_intended_to…

  I never saw any apps implement it, but it does look like it was part of the API, but maybe it wasn’t robust enough.

  I also know at one point, and possibly still, is that it lacked URL normalization. So for example, exanple.com/headline and example.com/headline#topstory would be treated as two different articles.

  Similarly youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ and youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

  Would be treated as separate articles.

  These are all fixable problems, but require work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Summer Games Done Quick 2025 started a few hours ago⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that Doom or Sonic 2 or Goldeneye or other 90s games aren’t guaranteed a place every year

  FWIW Sonic 2 was the game that kicked things off this year.

  But also I think the goal should be either showing off new tricks or showing off new games. Older games are going to have fewer new tricks. Obviously sometimes a barrier is broken or a new category is put together that has interesting gameplay, but in general we probably will see fewer old games.

  That isn’t to say that old games should go away completely, but if there is a bias towards newer games, it makes sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But you are not buying a game, you are renting it.

  I absolutely agree that companies shouldn’t be able to say they’re selling you a game. They should make it 100% clear that you are renting it.

  I’m also onboard with requiring p2p/LAN functionality for multiplayer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I pay to see a film in a theater, I don’t own the film. I don’t get to watch the film again after it leaves the theater.

  While I pay to see a concert, a play, or a musical, I don’t own those performances. I don’t get to see them again. They generally aren’t recorded (Although that is changing in some limited cases.)

  I do think a game dying is terrible and I do think games should be clearly labeled (so people can make an education decision if they want to rent the game).