CosmoNova
@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven 3 hours ago:
It‘s especially evident shortly after these announcements. I was looking for a resource to summarize and comment on the Direct but most things I found were posts by what I can only describe as ecstatic fanboys. Honestly I was surprised how little the Switch 2 is actually talked about outside this bubble.
- Comment on Did ChatGPT come up with Trump’s tariff rate formula? AI chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Grok all return the same formula for reciprocal tariff calculations, several X users claim. 9 hours ago:
The United States of America. A nation ruled by word salad.
- Comment on China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant 9 hours ago:
i can’t imagine criticizing a country for building too much high efficiency mass transit in advance
I mean the Nazis did that in preparation for their Blitzkrieg and the Holocaust so there are real examples why building seemingly overengineered and overly excessive infrastructure can be problematic. And besides a demonstration of power, I think some of those railways are exactly that. To transport troops or masses of prisoners quickly and efficiently. God knows they have enough of those.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 9 hours ago:
I have, but going by several reviews the Switch controller still faires the best for me and I hope the new one will do even better. There just isn’t anything that can compete right now.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 10 hours ago:
That’s something at least. Now Nintendo needs to actually advertise their shop and those deals instead of yet another wave of retro ports.
Though it’s probably worth mentioning I’m not going to buy a Switch 2 anyway. I’m more of an observer from the PC gaming sidelines.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 15 hours ago:
I mean with those price tags you expect games to look better. Anything else would be ridiculous.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 15 hours ago:
To be fair, there is no guarantee you‘ll be able to emulate Switch 2 games as soon and easily as Switch games. You just might, but we really don‘t know for sure.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 15 hours ago:
It‘s interesting they abandoned physical media completely and nobody is talking about it. This makes them a direct competitor to Steam and well… let‘s just say I don‘t see 90% discounts in the Nintendo shop any time soon.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 15 hours ago:
Plus the Switch barely had any exclusive games. For a Nintendo console anyway. Perhaps that‘s something Nintendo is working on now, but I doubt it can compete with PC games in terms of bang you get for your buck. There‘s just no way.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 1 day ago:
I won’t lie, I’m only interested in the new Pro controller. My old one has slight stick drift which absolutely sucks of course but it’s over 7 years old and feels so much better than anything else on the market. I also prefer the Nintendo button layout over Microsoft’s so it’s an easy purchase.
- Comment on China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant 1 day ago:
Partially yes absolutely. Some regions with more and more dams have recently experienced devastating floods, suggesting they‘ve tempered with nature a little too much. And yes, some of those new highspeed rails are barely ever used and mainly serve a symbolic purpose, namely connecting outer regions to the Beijing in some way or form. Nearly nobody uses those and the best case scenario for them would be a war so they can transport masses of troops quickly.
- Comment on 4chan's DOGE-inspired April Fools' prank leaves posters seething: ‘This board has been closed by order of the Department of 4chan Efficiency.’ 1 day ago:
While most April fools steal your time and leave you head scratching, this one can potentially give you a lot of time back. I like it.
- Comment on 4chan's DOGE-inspired April Fools' prank leaves posters seething: ‘This board has been closed by order of the Department of 4chan Efficiency.’ 1 day ago:
I somewhat respect that form of protest, actually. Some users fuming over this is probably the point the admins are trying to make.
- Comment on EU Possibly Emerging As One Of The Greatest Threats To Privacy 1 day ago:
Politicians, parties and even countries should be penalized for repeatedly bringing it up just to be shut down. It‘s a waste of time and waste of money. Things like that shouldn‘t be voted on for at least another 4 years once shut down. And no, just changing the wording doesn‘t make a proposal unique. A big brother law is still a big brother law.
- Comment on China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant 1 day ago:
Well you see. Mega projects in authoritarian countries rarely solve actual problem or serve a purpose. They‘re just there to make good headlines and be forgotten because the next mega project or innovation just made the news!
- Comment on Is Baldurs Gate 3's voice acting so great that it ruined other games for me? 5 days ago:
What makes BG3 so great is that it doesn‘t just have voice acting, it has full acting. The actor of Astarion worked for 4 years on it and claimed it was the equivalent to shooting 4 seasons of a TV show. It‘s a huge scope that almost nobody can or want to afford. I mean those studios who can just don‘t take that part very seriously and are eyeing with simply opting to use AI instead. I doubt it will ever be recreated, maybe not even by Larian themselves.
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 5 days ago:
It currently belongs to Viant Technology LLC, an advertising company that’s deeply invested into the AI bubble. Perhaps they’ll sell it off after the crash but honestly, MySpace’s downfall and sellout is kind of what’s wrong with Internet culture anyway so I don’t see any benefit in a restart. I’d rather see a complete reset.
- Comment on 'X' Marks xAI's Spot: xAI has acquired X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion. 5 days ago:
I’m not convinced bundling a losing business with an utterly inflated one is the right move to attract investors but then again you shouldn’t invest in an oligarchy in the first place.
- Comment on Mars Attacks: How Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars threaten Earth. 6 days ago:
Mars colonies are mainly ab terrible idea because companies like SpaceX ruin our living space on earth to get ahead. Just look around their launch sites that have transformed once vibrant ecosystems into a post apocalyptic hellscape. It‘s simply unsustainable to ruin a livable planet in order to colonize a dead rock. The whole Mars mission is a scam from that perspective alone. I think even entertaining the idea of a Mars colony and debating about it‘s independence from Earth is missing the point.
- Comment on Physicists are mostly unconvinced by Microsoft’s new topological quantum chip 6 days ago:
It‘s so funny how headlines about this shifted from surprise, to hopeful to now very doubtful in a matter of days.
- Comment on Nintendo Announce Virtual Game Cards (Digital Game Sharing) 6 days ago:
Let me sell my digital licenses before we talk about them like they‘re comparable to physical media.
- Comment on Musk 'Pressured' Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report. 6 days ago:
Legitimately who cares though? You‘re not in it for the money with Reddit either.
- Comment on Musk 'Pressured' Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report. 6 days ago:
Personally I couldn‘t care less about moderator outrage. Just read the room already and leave. No amount of kicking and screaming will take the platform off the hands of technofascists. You‘re clearly not valued there so why would they care if you cry about their decisions? Just grow a spine already.
- Comment on Grok Reveals Elon Musk Has ‘Tried Tweaking My Responses’ After AI Bot Repeatedly Labels Him a ‘Top Misinformation Spreader’ 1 week ago:
It doesn‘t. It just read about it somewhere on the internet.
- Comment on Intel report says China aims to displace U.S. as top AI power by 2030. 1 week ago:
5 years is like a millennia in the world of AI so this goal males little sense. Too much can happen including another dotcom bubble burst type of event in this time frame. Good luck I guess but it seems a bit random.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 1 week ago:
Headline makes it sound Uni posted this, but it doesn‘t look like it.
- Comment on Tim Cook praises DeepSeek AI, which could mean a partnership is in the works 1 week ago:
After Apple pledged to source their materials ethically and become carbon neutral nonetheless. Of course it was a lie back then but it‘s still chilling to see how little they care to hide it.
- Comment on Nvidia creates gaming-centric AI chatbot that runs on your GPU, locally. 1 week ago:
Can you help me improve my framerate?
Sure I can! First try not to run an LLM on your GPU while gaming. Hope that helped!
- Comment on China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms 1 week ago:
And that guy is likely lying about it too.
- Comment on How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become. 1 week ago:
We even forgot about Twitter during Trump‘s campaign and first term. No way anyone remembers 8Chan.