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- Comment on What is my sexuality if I’m exclusively attracted to traditionally feminine people, regardless of whether they are male or female? 17 hours ago:
This reminds me of that Tumblr post about how the left is so focused on “never being wrong” and how the in-fighting about the most irrelevant shit holds us back
- Comment on The Baldur's Gate 3 cast got a new set of pre-painted minis and—oh, oh no, oh no no no 1 day ago:
I think about half of them are pretty awful. And painting aside, I wouldn’t have recognized Gale (guy with the beard) if not for the context
- Comment on FBI opens inquiry into 764, online group that sexually exploits and encourages minors to self-harm 3 days ago:
They’re investigating the group to see if they can pick up any sweet grooming protips
- Comment on The Enshitification of Youtube’s Full Album Playlists 1 week ago:
It usually takes a couple of “tracks” to notice but the thing that usually makes it obvious to me is how homogenous it all is. AI can’t make a good hook or a catchy tune, it just approximates song structure and spits out a boring average
My stored collection is mostly FLAC, ain’t no way I’m archiving youtube-quality audio lol
Plus half the appeal of using YouTube is discovering new artists! I listen to 5-10 new (to me) albums a week.
- Comment on The Enshitification of Youtube’s Full Album Playlists 1 week ago:
I use YouTube for music 8+ hours a day at work (usually full albums) and it was extremely obnoxious when it started happening.
The way around this for 95% of published albums is to not use user-created playlists. When you search for an album, YouTube usually shows it to you on the right side of the results. Click that instead.
A much bigger (imo) problem is the prevalence of AI albums. I hate when they auto play.
- Comment on Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 1 week ago:
You’re not wrong but what does Russia have to do with anything here?
- Comment on Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range 1 week ago:
I hate driving so much, I moved somewhere 15 minutes from work even though I only go in like 3 times a month
- Comment on ServiceNow acquires Data.World months after snatching up Moveworks 1 week ago:
This looks like a fake headline you’d see in the background of a movie
Business Corp Acquires Service Company
- Comment on Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range 1 week ago:
Now that’s dedication. I’d probably have driven myself into a ditch by the 3rd month of that (but I haaaate driving)
- Comment on Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range 1 week ago:
How good was that job for you to be commuting for 4+ hours a day?
- Comment on Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 1 week ago:
If openai kept buying reddit data after 2022, they are idiots. They let the cat out of the bag.
- Comment on Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 1 week ago:
Bot activity brings “engagement” which generated more page views from actual humans. Literally the only downside of this announcement is the optics of having bots in the first place.
The bots were already indistinguishable from humans on reddit, do you really think that this recent scrutiny is going to lead to fewer bots? Or might it actually lead to better bots?
- Comment on Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 1 week ago:
Is it? Reddit has been full of bots for years.
And if the r/CMV thing didn’t make it apparently, the recent wave of them weren’t “caught in the act” and only became a “problem” when the researchers announced their shitty experiment.
If realistic chat bots can fool the masses, why on earth would reddit get rid of them? It helps their metrics. “Look at how active our site is! Buy stock!”
- Comment on Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 1 week ago:
No they won’t lol
If they didn’t do it already, it’s not gonna happen now. This is lip service to the shareholders
- Comment on Someone made a Rock Paper Shotgun game. Well, pistol anyway 1 week ago:
“someone”
RPS is the early BuzzFeed of the game industry.
- Comment on “No Apple tax means we will lower prices” - Proton announces lower prices for users by up to 30% after US ruling against Apple fees 1 week ago:
Or he’s just shitting on other companies who he knows are too greedy to do the same. Proton is getting positive press for this and he’s leaning into it with a bit of hyperbole
Not saying he’s a genius or anything, he’s just a spokesperson doing spokesperson things
- Comment on McDonald’s reports largest U.S. same-store sales decline since 2020 2 weeks ago:
I haven’t eaten anything but breakfast since they got rid of the cheap wraps but it’s still my go-to “treat” when I have to be somewhere early
- Comment on McDonald’s reports largest U.S. same-store sales decline since 2020 2 weeks ago:
The bacon, egg, and cheese bagel combo still rocks but it’s like $12 now. McDonald’s breakfast was about $6 here five years ago.
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 2 weeks ago:
Frostpunk 2 is great. I think it’s way harder than 1 but maybe that’s just because I haven’t sunk nearly the same hours in
- Comment on Temu and Shein to hike prices 4 weeks ago:
The other reply is correct, they get crazy cheap shipping rates by sending small things. Like every Temu package costs taxpayers money to subsidize it
- Comment on Temu and Shein to hike prices 4 weeks ago:
Should have accomplished it the right way by getting rid of the loophole that makes those sites so profitable instead
- Comment on $666 edition of Doom includes game box that, itself, plays Doom 4 weeks ago:
Limited edition stuff like this is never priced for the masses
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 1 month ago:
Shill has primarily been used as an insult for the past 50 years in the way I’m defining it here. I don’t believe you’ve never heard it used to mean that.
one who acts as a decoy (as for a pitchman or gambler)
Literally on that same page.
a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
www.dictionary.com/browse/shill
a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty
www.dictionary.com/browse/shill
someone who helps another person to persuade people to buy something, especially by pretending to be a satisfied customer
dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/…/shill?q=…
shill n informal, US (person planted to lure customers)
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 1 month ago:
A shill, also called a plant or a stooge, is a person who publicly helps or gives credibility to a person or organization without disclosing that they have a close relationship with said person or organization, or have been paid to do so.
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 1 month ago:
If someone starts off saying “this is a sponsores stream” then yes, that is correct. It’s illegal to not disclose when media is an advertisement in most of the world. I’m pretty sure it’s against the TOS of most streaming sites, too.
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 1 month ago:
A shill doesn’t disclose that they’re being paid to promote a product. The secrecy is what makes them a shill
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 1 month ago:
Yes, someone who promotes a product while hiding the fact that they’ve been paid to promote the product. Streamers generally say “this is a sponsored stream” to avoid lawsuits.
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 1 month ago:
Plenty do, yeah. Though to the marketing team, all streamers are influencers
- Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows 1 month ago:
Sponsoring streams isn’t even close to the same thing as hiring shills
- Comment on Tourists and locals enjoy 'ephemeral' Tokyo cherry blossoms 1 month ago:
I was in Japan while the cherry blossoms were blooming and it was absolutely beautiful