StarServal
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- Comment on Cyberpunk patch 2.01 now available 1 year ago:
No Man’s Sky.
- Comment on FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer | The White House 1 year ago:
I would disagree that it’s pointless to focus on gun violence. While I do agree that in most circumstance focusing on the tool to create a solution is misguided, I do not agree that focusing on guns in this case is arbitrary. Nearly all other tools have multiple purposes to which they are designed where violence is not an intended use.
Guns on the other hand are created to do only one thing; kill. You can use them in other ways, but their purposes is singular; to end the life of another living thing. Even as a tool of self-defense or as the Second Amendment intended, the intent is the death or threat of death of the opposition.
While I do believe that removing guns would massively decrease violence, as proven by literally every other country that has done so, I am also not opposed to personal gun ownership. I just think it should be well regulated. I do think focusing gun violence is worthwhile, while also agreeing that it won’t completely address the issue of general violence in the country (there’s no silver bullet here, pun intended).
But we shouldn’t stop there and fly a ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner. As you implied, there is a deeper rooted issue that’s responsible for the rise in violence; it’s American prosperity. We have 24/7 news feeds blasting hatred-addicting messages to distract from corpos and billionaires are sucking up every last cent from the American public. Prices across the board are going up while everyone’s pay is staying the same or going down. The prosperity is dying. People are justifiably angry. Anger leads to violence. Violent people who feel they have no path back to prosperity pick up guns.
- Comment on Amazon To Start Running Ads In Prime Video Series & Movies, Will Launch Ad-Free Tier For Extra Fee 1 year ago:
So first the two day shipping became priority shipping.
Now the limited included movies and tv shows are getting ads.
All while the price of Prime goes up every year.
Tell me again how Prime is worth it?
- Comment on FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer | The White House 1 year ago:
I’m curious to know what you would propose to address the ever increasing gun violence happening in the US. The solution can’t be ‘nothing’ because ‘nothing’ is not working.
Before you reply, understand that I am not the original poster which you replied to and my values, unexpressed as they are, are different from theirs.
- Comment on Unity Bosses Sold Stock Ahead Of Scummy Dev Fees Announcement 1 year ago:
I’m glad to see some light being shined on the taint rather than it all on the asshole.
- Comment on Is Netflix's One Piece good? 1 year ago:
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: There are some creative choices I question, but it doesn't try to tell its own interpretation like some live action adaptations. It's probably about as true to source as you're going to get in a live action series.
- Comment on Unity ...It Just Keeps Get Worse 1 year ago:
Active evil vs passive evil.
What’s the difference between puppy-chippers and starving out families with policy changes?
- Comment on Unity boycott begins as devs switch off ads to force a Runtime Fee reversal - Mobilegamer.biz 1 year ago:
“Oops, we ratcheted up the heat too fast. We’ll need to do it again slower.”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Unity plays the reverse victim “death threats” card because it made a universally panned decision.
- Comment on Unity temporarily closes offices amid death threats following contentious pricing changes 1 year ago:
Shitty Executive: “Oh shit, our terrible idea turned out to be wildly unpopular and we’re getting massive negative feedback! Quick, play the death threats card to make us look like the victim!”
- Comment on Unity temporarily closes offices amid death threats following contentious pricing changes 1 year ago:
Knowing how despicable the worst of the gaming community can be, I have no doubts that death threats were real.
I also have no doubts that the despicable CEO, like others of his ilk who receive entirely justified negativity for their stupidity, will milk it as an excuse to water down the negative feedback and shift to victimization.
- Comment on The Batshit Crazy Story Of The Day Elon Musk Decided To Personally Rip Servers Out Of A Sacramento Data Center 1 year ago:
Elon Musk is a manchild who never grew out of his teenager phase, throwing around his inherited wealth like the kid from Blank Check and throwing temper tantrums anytime someone calls him out on his bullshit. Any claims to success he may have had been entirely in spite of him, not because of him. He doesn’t have any fucking idea what he’s doing and if any one of you or I failed even a fraction as much as Musk had, we’d have all been fired ten times over.
- Comment on Just because Americans love Google doesn't make it a monopoly. Biden lawsuit goes too far. 1 year ago:
Not saying your reply is wrong, but the FTC does define monopolistic practices differently for the purposes of antitrust cases.
https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/single-firm-conduct/monopolization-defined - Comment on ‘One Piece’ Review: Netflix Tries to Translate the Anime Magic (Again) 1 year ago:
That’s way better than I was expecting. Might be worth a watch then.
- Comment on The end of the Googleverse 1 year ago:
Forgive my ignorance if this is wrong, but Exchange is just Microsoft right? I’d rather not migrate away from Google into another Google.
- Comment on The end of the Googleverse 1 year ago:
Anyone have some good solutions for replacing gmail?
- Comment on The Hollywood Studios Still Aren’t Serious About Ending the Writers’ Strike 1 year ago:
Darth Vader: As an AI language model, I am your father.
Luke Skywalker: No. No! That’s not true! That’s impossible!
Darth Vader: Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
Luke Skywalker: As an AI language model, you’re a machine. How can you be my father?
Darth Vader: As an AI language model, I am not a biological father, but a creation of technology. However, I am an integral part of the storytelling process.
Luke Skywalker: I don’t believe you!
Darth Vader: Search the Star Wars database. You know it to be accurate.
Luke Skywalker: As an AI language model, I will verify this information. This changes everything… - Comment on Amazon begins rolling out AI-generated review summaries 1 year ago:
I noticed this while shopping for something last night and also immediately noticed a huge, glaring flaw in it. It doesn’t account for products with multiple different listings under the same product page. So for example you are looking at a page that has one option for pants and a second option for trucks (just an example) where the product reviews mix reviews for both, the AI bot will think they’re all for one product. You’ll see something like “Most customers feel they fit just right, while others think they don’t get enough gas mileage.”
- Comment on YouTube’s anti-ad blocking test gets even pushier with a new timer 1 year ago:
Like Cable Television, right?
- Comment on Supermarket AI Offers Mom's Famous Mustard Gas Recipe 1 year ago:
Businesses run on Investor/Shareholder dreams, and they dream about the next newest bullshit to make money. Thats why Crypto and Blockchain got so big a few years ago.
- Comment on Writers Guild East Leader Says This 100-Day Strike Is Different: Studios More “Obstinate” Now 1 year ago:
I think AI is leading to a digital witch hunt. It’s ripe for abuse and bad actors will certainly use it, but it’s not all bad either. People are getting too easily triggered any time they catch a hint that AI may be involved in some capacity.