ChocoboRocket

@ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Praystation 5⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The misalignment is killing me.

  Blue swoops in way lower on the left

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs tell Supreme Court they don’t want to disconnect users accused of piracy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re ensuring their money keeps flowing. This isn’t about altruism - it’s just their Greed incidentally benefits us.

  ISPs are trying to mitigate exposure to lawsuits, prevent costly tracking and tracing responsibilities, and make sure customers can keep paying instead of losing their internet privileges (and their internet bills!)

  That peasants like us find this favorable is an unintended bonus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God of War Ragnarök - PC Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough, I assumed you gamed on both and stopped for PS5 because they made PSN mandatory and I somehow was unaware.

  Can’t justify a gaming PC when PS4 pro was pretty cheap and my gaming hours are not what they used to be

  I can justify a not so new console every 5 or so years as they hit my value for money sweet spot, and reduced gaming hours due to life.

  But the upfront cost for a decent rig to replace consoles entirely is not what I want to use my money for (for now!)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God of War Ragnarök - PC Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had my PS4 pro for years and never had PSN, is it required for PS5?

  Or just for online play, which I do not care for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is Lemmy better than Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Less chat bots on Lemmy, and they seem to be easily identifiable and ignored/reported.

  Lemmy isn’t quite at that sweet spot where there are enough daily users to get niche content and information from a group of knowledgeable people - but some communities seem to be quite active and helpful already.

  I’d love to get to the point where we have a big science/history community and get some non-celebrity AMA’s that have genuine interaction.

  I’m more than happy for Lemmy to stay “underground” for a good while, slowly building communities. Once things hit a critical mass and wind up on corporate radar, lemmy will get swarmed and another migration will happen with the same core groups that joined lemmy early.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t this how Walmart failed in Germany?

  Basically the “roadmap to success” used in other countries failed in Germany/Europe mostly because that “success” was only achievable through “human rights abuses” and “violating labor laws” that aren’t troublesome in parts of the world where labour rights are neutered at every opportunity, and large portions of the population people are too impoverished to afford necessities elsewhere

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve wondered about this, killing the “company” never really seemed like that big of a deal, as the structure (both physical building/tool/systems and operationally) don’t simply vanish. You still have the knowledge and skillsets in the population, and the supply chains still exist.

  The real problem with these “too big to fail” entities is that the people pulling the levers that cause failures never have any consequences whatsoever.

  Yeah, you’ll always need banks, energy, transportation, defence etc - operational mechanisms for exchanging goods, building, buying etc will never go away or ‘fail’ - but their operational practices absolutely could and should change

  I’m so sick of the wealth class abusing absolutely everything to guarantee themselves more money than they could ever spend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Galaxy S10 til the wheels come off⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been getting the Samsung ‘plus’ models several years after they come out for a couple hundred bucks and still can’t find a reason to upgrade from the S10+

  New phones are way too expensive for a better camera and marginally faster apps, which would be entirely out matched by a dedicated camera at the same price.

  Surprise surprise, I also drive an old ranger that has aux but no Bluetooth so everything works out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everything old is new again.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People saw it, but if you remember Taxis before Uber it wasn’t exactly great either.

  No-shows, demanding flat rates double what the meter would charge/refusing service, various forms of harassment, etc.

  Turns out when there is very little competition, businesses treat their customers like shit.

  Uber definitely does some things better than traditional taxis. Things like work flexibility are great, but workers still need better protections and pay (aka, a union).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israeli Government Has Spent $8.6M on Campaign to Influence US, European Policy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  $8.6 million Seems like a paltry amount for buying politicians in several governments when you consider the amount of money wealthy people have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I totally understand why women would pick bear, as bear society doesn’t bend over backwards to victimize women.

  Most power structures cater to the people who abuse power, police, church, courts etc all tend to go crazy easy on men who abuse women.

  Republicans want to take away women’s rights/independence, police who assault women are often protected and don’t face consequences, and most religions literally view women as a subspecies that serve men.

  Maybe the average man is totally normal and helpful, but the history of violence between men and women is like 98% men killing women with heaps of Rape, confinement, physical/mental abuse etc.

  The worst any Bear could do is kill someone in 1-2 minutes.

  It’s also incredibly loaded in that being alone in the woods with a bear is “natural” and being alone in the woods with a strange man already sounds like a horror movie plot/murder news story.

  There’s also the constant “stranger danger” fear women will pretty much always experience because men can pretty consistently and easily overpower most women. All women seem to know at least one or more women who have been sexually assaulted, or had their drink spiked etc, so it’s not some obsession with crime shows or scary movies driving this fear.

  Answer ratios would probably change depending on the area, would women be less inclined to pick bear if they were in a library instead of the woods because it’s unnatural for a bear to be in that environment?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I made a porn scroller, AMA.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Been using this for a while since you originally posted it!

  Love gif style porn and this is one of the best ways to mow through them.

  I’m pretty much a monkey who’s too distracted by tits but is there any features/tips for using it I may have missed in pre-nut fog?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forget billions of years: Researchers have grown diamonds in just 150 minutes⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Diamonds actually get their value because a single entity (DeBeers) owns something like 80% of all diamonds in the market.

  They dictate the price by throttling supply and naming a price. People are willing to pay as a flex but you are right in that DeBeers markets “real” diamonds and “lab grown”.

  It’s mostly done to capture different market segments, and to keep up the value of their stockpile of nearly unlimited diamonds already mined by people who are essentially slaves.

  That being said, if there was a market for diamonds soaking in vials of oppressed orphan blood (with provenance of course) DeBeers would absolutely sell it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fossil fuels⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe if you’re on shrooms or LSD, yeah “it’s all the same if you use what they make maaaaaaan”

  But only if you ignore the power dynamics behind wealth, and are aware of the concepts of bribery, temptation, and unlimited influence.

  Or the fact that people want greener options but they are intentionally unavailable, sabotaged, prohibitively expensive (but never subsidized), or publicly demonized in media with disinformation and propaganda.

  Between consumers and corporations, only one gets to call all the shots

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to revitalize this sub?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget to make sure it’s a “complete” or “GOTY” post, nothing worse than waiting for a bad deal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$70 titles are doomed to go “the way of the dodo” says Saber Interactive CEO⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t played Baldur’s Gate 3, but the game seems to have done quite well by being a well thought out and executed game.

  I tend to avoid advertising as much as possible, so I mostly hear about stuff through Lemmy/reddit and have no idea if there was a massive budget for commercials, events, billboards etc etc.

  It’s pretty rare that a really good game/movie slips through the cracks, not saying that these companies shouldn’t advertise - but a quality product will end up advertising itself through word of mouth.

  Would be pretty interesting to see what kind of games companies would produce if most of the marketing budgets were largely spent on improving game quality and experiences instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Night Wanderer is a sci-fantasy Soulslike that blends sword-fighting with cybernetics⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This game sounds fantastic!

  The Night Wanderer, a new sci-fantasy Soulslike RPG with metroidvania level design – yes, yes, tick those genre boxes! - in which you are a grim bearded swordsman exploring an alien world that looks a bit like pre-industrial Scandinavia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cisco to lay off more than 4,000 employees to focus on artificial intelligence⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI isn’t good enough to replace workers, but it could probably replace C-suite executives at astronomical savings to the company

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me IRL⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I.R.S. Deploys Artificial Intelligence to Target Rich Partnerships⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they kind of already do that.

  All the taxes I manage to evade (buying/selling a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff from Kijiji/marketplace) wouldn’t really affect me.

  But scraping hedge funds and professional tax dodgers would put a ton of cash into public funds, so I’m all for it.

  Kind of hate that argument “if they can take millions from greedy billionaires, imagine how many millions they’ll take from you!” is a shit argument that defends serious tax evasion.

  First they came for the billionaires, and I did nothing, ‘cause fuck em’ that’s why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you suggesting that anything about the internet hasn’t reduced attention spans?

  Especially as it’s becoming more accessible and common for younger people to get more exposure during key points in brain development.

  It goes beyond simple accessibility and engagement, if young people are not participating in these social media’s it can become harder to connect with your peers - so you’re almost socially punished for not embracing and participating in brain rot (all social media, not just Tik Tok).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could we improve men’s mental health?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if you have been greatly wronged by everyone you trust, that doesn’t necessarily mean you were ever even around trustworthy people.

  There’s so much to experience beyond pain, loneliness, distrust and suffering (outside of incurable medical pain)

  It does exist and it is available to you, but when anyone has their trust destroyed beyond repair multiple times it will take work to let the pain go and look inward and forward to get what you want out of life.

  For all I know, you’re the asshole in everyone else’s life and you blame them for breaking your trust - or you are a complete victim who has been taken advantage of every step of the way and it’s impossible to conceive of a person existing who isn’t working every angle to take advantage of you.

  You do have agency and you can control how you think and feel about most things. It sounds like you are convinced that life only exists in a single, permanent, unchangeable state - and if you don’t attempt any change in this perspective it will become a self fulfilling prophecy.

  But once you realize the control you can exert over these thoughts and perspectives you’ll hopefully realize that despite other people, when you’re an adult life is what you make of it, not what it makes of you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could we improve men’s mental health?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, you don’t have to accept the current state of the world as good or natural because of therapy

  Honestly, the world seems like it’s always been a brutal place. Nature is fucked and most things die being eaten alive.

  But you’d probably have to accept the state of the world is currently happening and that should be accepted becw, well, it is, regardless of good or bad.

  Give it a try homie, talking things out with a professional can give you perspective of your own opinions and how they are formed, and how to process them in a way that is helpful.

  It sounds like you don’t want to accept anything that might suggest your opinions or beliefs may not be 100% correct, or that someone else might be “more right” than you - which doesn’t sound healthy.

  Therapy isn’t some trick, it should help you understand and accept your own limits as a human, healthy boundaries with others, how to begin trusting people or how to identify those who are more likely to be trustworthy, and give you better understanding of your own agency and how to let go of things that are beyond your control, or individual abilities to influence/change.

  No amount of therapy with teams of the world’s greatest therapists will matter if you don’t want to understand and grow into a better version of yourself though!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Esoteric runes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Great work detective, you’ll make captain with this case closed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2023 might be the best year for sequels and worst for new IPs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m generally a patient gamer, but I shit a brick when I heard Deadspace was getting a ps5 remake (still on ps4, but not for long). I have hard copies for my Ps3 but my disk drive is kaput.

  I’ve just bought my first full price game in about 20 years with REmake4 and am loving it (can’t wait to play on PS5 when I get one, but might hold out for the upgraded ps5 expected for Christmas 2024)

  Armored core VI looks amazing, considering getting VR specifically because it looks like the perfect VR type game, but VR sure ain’t cheap.

  There’s also a new final fantasy and the second entry for FF7 remake comes out this year I think

  My video game cup runneth over for the first time in a long time.

  I’ve generally been happy playing the classics in my library and haven’t spent much time dedicated to gaming lately, but I have also only had PS4 for about 2 years now. Loved horizon zero dawn, thinking about trying RDR2 after REmake4 and hopefully the price of armored core 6 drops a bit by the time I’m finished!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI is ruining the internet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Only thing I heard about zoom is their back to office?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do ya call that space in the crease of a fin or a leg or a tentacle?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Bobs burgers called it a finger crotch, which probably works for tentacles but less for the others

  Legpits seems legit as is

  Fincrease?

  Wingflap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anyone else? i made this to represent my struggle.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  At the grocery store I’ll buy almond/oat etc ice cream, but sometimes the ice cream shops only have dairy, or your at friends/family and they only have regular ice cream.

  Lactose is in nearly everything from chips, to baked goods, to some Asian noodles, sauces, and everywhere in between.

  If I’m outside of the home and planning on eating I’m strapped with lactose pills

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anyone else? i made this to represent my struggle.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I get them from Costco

  I still buy lactose free milk (costs a comparative fortune) but have been toying with the idea of just cracking a lactose pill (they’re powder with gelatin capsule) and simply adding it to the milk

  If a lactose pill is like 25 cents and 4L of lactose free milk is $4 more expensive, I’m thinking it’s time to run some experiments.

  For me, ice cream works great with lactose pills, it’s when meals have some cheese that my coverage gets spotty, probably has to do with the ice cream being the only thing I’m eating while meals have lots of non lactose stuff that can prevent lactose pills from hitting all that dairy