Rhynoplaz

@Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it everywhere?⁩ ⁨⁨24⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a deep cut, but I had Spider Man cartoon maker on CDROM back in the 90s. The police always played the same radio chatter on repeat, so it was ingrained in my brain. I hear it every now and then in the background of police TV shows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it everywhere?⁩ ⁨⁨28⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  I was at a gas station while traveling when I first heard the Sonic sound. I was looking around everywhere trying to figure out where it was coming from and if I had possibly gone insane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Player Spends $32,000 on NBA 2K25 in Just Five Months⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  “We’ve spent 30 years underperforming and manipulating our customers to get where we are today! We’re not about to let some noob take a slice of our pie just because they came up with this wacky idea of a ‘Fun game that’s reasonably priced!’”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any good Android games that aren't roguelikes?⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Stardew Valley is on Android.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re up for a wild ride, try their history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have some very old CDs, mostly retro video games. Is there a way to pull the games and data off the CDs for preservation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I forgot about that! Good times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: US Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem publically bragged about killing her puppy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on your definition of pro life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the tyranny of voting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or, maybe those posts were just elitist gatekeeping, and nobody really cares.

  I won’t say you’re wrong about the power of the first vote, I see myself doing the same thing, but sometimes things just get down voted on their own merits as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, now you’ve just gone and ruined it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you went to an island, and formed a new country and forcibly inject everyone there with a drug that makes them happy, you new country could surpass Finland as the "Happiest country in the world"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Only the first one is forced.

  After that, you’re begging for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it okay to eat after brushing in the night⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, who’s to say what “most” people do. Different cultures and whatnot, but I’ve had enough dental issues that I can verify that they will NOT have any problems for a very long time… until they do, and at that point, there’s a LOT of pain involved and no way to repair the damage done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's now more people that complain about AI then there is AI content on Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m very in the middle, I don’t like to use the AI features that are being shoved into everything, because they rarely do what I need effectively, but there are functions of AI that are very useful in specific cases.

  We should be talking about the effects of AI, the good, the bad, and the impact it will have on other fields. AI is happening, and it should be guided on the most positive path possible, but the stance of “AI BAD!” is just as useless and ignorant as trying to shove AI functionality into a gumball machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is probably a advance civilization out there were much more advance in the battery technology compared to them. They just happen to found first a way to run electronics much more efficient.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of Fallout and how they have more advanced technology in some fields, but are extremely retro in others because they focused on nuclear energy instead of microprocessors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heretic + Hexen re-release - Launch Trailer | Nightdive Studios⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I spent some good time with these two!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨capital letters are 99% useless⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, this argument feels much more convincing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does ads generate money for the ones who display it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So, I sold Internet ads for a while. (I know, I’m not proud, but I had a family to feed.) We would sell packages of views.

  Like, for $100 I could have your ad appear 20,000 times in a month. And for a little more, it would target a specific demographics like families with children, retired folks, or Republican homosexuals with cats. And for a little more, we could target those demographics in specific parts of the country. And for a little more we could target anyone who walked into your competitors location in the past 3 months. (If you took your phone anywhere, we knew it.)

  I can’t remember all the other targeting we had, but it got creepy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does ads generate money for the ones who display it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “We’re basically known by every potential customer in our field. We advertise often so that they don’t get the impression we’ve ceased to exist.”

  This is exactly true. I hate advertising, but there’s no denying it works. As I heard one ad salesman say, “Do you really think there are people who don’t know what Coke is? Yet, they never stop telling us. The only reason Coke ads still exist is to keep a Pepsi ad from being there.”

  They assault us on a subconscious level. It doesn’t matter if the commercial is funny or heart warming or horribly offensive. Anyone else getting thirsty? I sure could go for a Coke right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it okay to eat after brushing in the night⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They should, because they will.

  I’m pretty sure most people actually do brush their teeth before bed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's now more people that complain about AI then there is AI content on Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Just like how the radio would cause children to stop reading, television would rot your brain, and video games cause you to kill your family.

  I’m not even pro AI, but all this whining from grumpy old men is annoying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We dont talk about love no more because we are weak bitches.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Who isn’t talking about love any more?

  If you’re part of that group, why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ads song getting stuck in your head is like virus pop up ad⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Just ask RFK Jr!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone say "What ho!" anymore?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They must, otherwise, why else would the acronym THOT exist?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feeling insecure about going to a 'girlie pop' concert as a 30 year old man, am i overthinking it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  While you’re there, you’ll probably see someone twice as out of place as you, and immediately forget about them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It must have been a whole lot more difficult to design and build tall buildings before computers existed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like you’re arguing, but every one of those statements support the idea that “we have made these things easier to make”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is kindness often viewed as a sign of naïveté?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Pessimists, like everyone else, feel that their way is the right way, and if you aren’t as miserable as them, you must not be doing something right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three questions about superpowers, which is the best, and which is the worst?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How about Spontaneous existence?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people like the Punisher comics?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s too bad the name Captain America was already taken, because this guy sounds slightly more accurate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It must have been a whole lot more difficult to design and build tall buildings before computers existed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know, I think more difficult is accurate.

  Look at any major building project from a hundred years ago. How many man hours would it take from concept to completion? A similar project today could probably be finished in less than a quarter of the time with half as many people. Sure, they are doing it differently, but the tools make it easier so we can make more of them faster.

  Referring back to your example, today’s cars were impossible to make then because making a basic car was too damn hard to begin with, once that task got easier, they could focus on making slightly more difficult ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you think he realizes he's mumbling in this scene?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How did I know it would be this scene? 😂

  You must be writing a thesis on Wallace and Gromit!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does water necessarily seep in your butthole when fully immersed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No. The sphincter’s job is to prevent seepage in both directions.

  Doesn’t mean it can’t happen, but it typically does not.