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- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 day ago:
4k tvs existed before the content existed. I think the larger issue is that the difference between what is and what could be is not worth the additional expense, especially at a time when most people struggle to pay rent, food, and medicine. More people watch videos on their phones than watch broadcast television. 8k is a solution looking for a problem.
- Comment on Whatever happened to cheat codes and guide books? They were the best part of gaming they just kind of dropped of the earth is there a rhyme or reason for this? 1 week ago:
Christmas presents for the gamer who has everything. I got my son a Breath of the Wild encyclopedia, and he spent hours reading about different enemies and collectibles. It even had a map of korok seeds that he could scratch off (although he gave up when he learned what the reward would be).
- Comment on Whatever happened to cheat codes and guide books? They were the best part of gaming they just kind of dropped of the earth is there a rhyme or reason for this? 1 week ago:
Oh yeah, a lot of games introduced cheats as easter eggs. NBA Jam set the standard for a lot of cheat variables.
- Comment on Whatever happened to cheat codes and guide books? They were the best part of gaming they just kind of dropped of the earth is there a rhyme or reason for this? 1 week ago:
Three things have changed.
First, GameFaqs put all of it online for free. Why would you buy a book? It’s now a relic of the old web, but it’s still there, filled with cheat codes and guides for all your games. Strategies evolve as players learn new things, so forums have replaced prescriptive guidebooks to accommodate new ideas.
Second, game development has changed. Cheat codes were originally tools for developers to function test. To test a particular level or feature, devs would have to play the actual game. Modern games are not as linear, and modern developers can throw together a test environment on the fly. Game components are more like isolated microservices, so modifying the game to test features does not need to be baked into the code.
The third thing is that everything has an online multiplayer now. Cheats are fun when it’s just you against the machine, but online competitive play is ruined when your opponent has infinite health. Online cheaters still exist, ruining multiplayer for entire communities, but their aimbots and shit cannot be officially sanctioned or promoted in a guidebook.
- Comment on Why cool air is becoming a luxury many Americans can't afford 1 week ago:
Building codes. Building codes are the worst example of regulatory capture that nobody is talking about. The way we build homes and offices in the US and Canada is absurdly wasteful and bad for people.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I don’t. It’s part of the call and response of the meme.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Speak for yourself
- Comment on 1 week ago:
*serfs but yeah
- Comment on Dan Da Dan Issues Official Apology Over "Hunting Soul" Copyright Controversy 1 week ago:
In the statement, the committee explains that the piece was created as a way to capture the same intensity and passion that YOSHIKI and X JAPAN represent, aiming to elevate the anime’s dramatic impact. However, the team admitted that they failed to give YOSHIKI and his group prior notice, acknowledging that this oversight caused unnecessary concern.
Translation of their “apology”: It wasn’t copying, it was an homage. We’re sorry you didn’t understand that.
- Comment on YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE 2 weeks ago:
Ugh that drives me crazy. The human eye is a perfect example of observable evolution. Organisms exist with every stage of eye development, from a photosensitive spot to a more advanced convergent evolution of our eye. And the human eye is poorly designed for it’s current use, resulting in a significant percentage of people requiring corrective lenses.
- Comment on advertisement 2 weeks ago:
Ugh, fine, I’ll eat the poop I guess.
- Comment on advertisement 2 weeks ago:
Ok, but like… Couldn’t they isolate and identify the bacteria strains and then make them fresh? Maybe 2 or 3 generations removed from direct poop? And like wash your hands between handling the poop and making the pill? Or does that defeat the purpose?
- Comment on healthy nutrition 2 weeks ago:
Isn’t this just binge eating? I assumed I had a disorder.
- Comment on Google will pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of children using YouTube 2 weeks ago:
How much privacy for children can you buy back with the $30 million?
- Comment on UK Withdraws Apple iCloud Backdoor Demand Following US Diplomatic Push 2 weeks ago:
Three things seem likely.
First, Apple said absolutely not. British people would need to import their own Apple products, and the UK isn’t a big enough market by itself to force the change.
Second, the US intelligence probably shared that we have access already and they can have it too. Even if that’s not true, that’s what it looks like if you read between the lines, and a wink is as good as a nod to a conservative who gets their news from social media. So Apple doesn’t have to compromise their customer privacy, and the UK gets some political cover from the implication that Apple can’t actually protect their customers’ privacy.
Third, Apple may have simply conceded but won’t admit it publicly. The US administration, in exchange for gold baubles, negotiated a compromise where Apple gives the UK the back door, but the UK does not admit that they have access.
I don’t know which one happened, but all three seem plausible. It could be a mix of any of them, or maybe something else entirely. I dunno, I haven’t had coffee yet today.
- Comment on Anthropic says some Claude models can now end ‘harmful or abusive’ conversations 2 weeks ago:
That’s probably part of it, and all of this is pretty silly.
But maybe an upside is that if people stop being shitty to chatbots, maybe we can normalize live customer service agents ending interactions when they become abusive. Maybe Claude is monitoring live agent conversations, making and documenting the decision to terminate the call. Humans have a higher threshold for abuse, and will often tolerate shitty behavior because they err on the side of customer service. If it’s an automated process, that protects the agent.
Of course, all of this is wishful thinking on my part. It would be nice if new tech wasn’t used for evil, but evil is profitable.
- Comment on If I invented a shirt that caused cameras to be damaged when filmed/photographed, would I be committing a crime by wearing the shirt at events with cameras? 3 weeks ago:
This reminds me of a movie or a tv show where people were sneaking into a compound and disabled the security cameras with a laser pointer.
- Comment on Hell is short staffed atm 3 weeks ago:
The torture department has been outsourced and will be delivered via zoom. Please make sure your laptop is plugged in and your camera is working prior to the next millennium.
- Comment on Aspergers officinalis 3 weeks ago:
Wait… How do we know that someone didn’t just buy some and stuck them in the ground to make us think that this is how they grow?
- Comment on "I support it only if it's open source" should be a more common viewpoint 3 weeks ago:
Sure, and I recognize that it’s not a great metaphor. But I’m thinking about it from the developer side. Open Source software is not motivated by profits, and profit motivates a lot of developers. Some of the best software projects were actualized by a few committed individuals who were passionate about the purpose. But then you have Microsoft which tries to tie bonuses to lines of code, and ends up with bloated garbage because peoples is peoples.
Open source is good, in the same way free lunches for school children are good. The benefits are innumerable. But it’s not feasible to expect every developer to commit to open source projects when their efforts might not be rewarded.
- Comment on "I support it only if it's open source" should be a more common viewpoint 3 weeks ago:
It’s not a perfect metaphor.
- Comment on "I support it only if it's open source" should be a more common viewpoint 3 weeks ago:
“I only eat food that’s free.”
I fully support open source software, but it’s not feasible under the current economic system to expect everyone to exclusively contribute to open source projects.
- Comment on Caption this. 3 weeks ago:
Kellogg’s abandoned the promotion with half the camel undiscovered, after a child choked on a metatarsal bone.
- Comment on They don't make 'em like they used to 3 weeks ago:
Literally cannot imagine the word “bunghole” except in his voice.
- Comment on Trump deploys National Guard to tackle Washington crime 3 weeks ago:
It begins.
- Comment on Reverse Mermaid 🧜♀️🐠 3 weeks ago:
Because there’s no sea creature that looks like a fish head with human legs. Manatees look like human torsos with fish legs. If you see a manatee from above the water, you’ll understand why a sailor might think they saw a mermaid. All mythological creatures sort of resemble real animals.
- Comment on Isn't Batman's questioning Superman because he is an unknown entity basically the same reason Lex Luthor has against Superman? 3 weeks ago:
Lex would also hurt innocent people to hurt Superman (or benefit himself). Batman only hurts bad people when it is necessary.
- Comment on Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases 3 weeks ago:
But then how can you create an artificial divide and pit one generation against another?
- Comment on YSK The World’s Most Common Passwords 4 weeks ago:
All I’m seeing is asterisks
- Comment on President Trump calls on Intel CEO to resign 4 weeks ago:
Or, he has some inside information that the Intel CEO is going to resign and wants to pretend he has that kind of power.