curiousaur
@curiousaur@reddthat.com
- Comment on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee" 1 day ago:
How has valve been overcharging when devs and publishers set the prices on steam?
- Comment on Valve will face that £656m UK lawsuit accusing them of overcharging Steam customers, as tribunal rules it can go ahead 6 days ago:
Yeah I’m at a loss for why valv is at fault here. The dev sets the price of the game. If the game is only available on steam, well that’s the devs choice too.
- Comment on Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge 1 week ago:
You are correct. The issue is one of projection. CEOs and MBAs think AI is amazing and can replace everyone because it can replace them. They are the ones replaceable. So they think AI is so amazing and they should use it to replace everyone else.
Folks doing actual work with meaningful output absolutely can and should use AI as a force multipyer where applicable, but they know they’re meaningful work can’t be fully replaced.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
So that’s what they meant by techno feudalism.
- Comment on I can still smell them 3 weeks ago:
Usually what would happen is the residue builds up on the parts that feed the tape up so it would stick, and lose index. The hammer would land between caps because the tape wasn’t advanced the distance it needed to be.
If you clean all that off so the tape consistently advanced the correct amount you wouldn’t have issues.
- Comment on I can still smell them 3 weeks ago:
I wasn’t that into noir when I was a child.
- Comment on I can still smell them 3 weeks ago:
The paper cap guns just need to be maintained. You have to clean out the residue that builds up or the paper won’t cycle smoothly through it.
- Comment on Electric motorcycles with solid-state batteries seem to be coming soon. 3 weeks ago:
I watched that exact video. I still don’t think it’s ever more efficient to have a hubless wheel vs a good central bearing.
- Comment on Electric motorcycles with solid-state batteries seem to be coming soon. 3 weeks ago:
Well thanks for correcting me, that is wild. I can’t imagine it’s actually pragmatic.
- Comment on Electric motorcycles with solid-state batteries seem to be coming soon. 3 weeks ago:
The rear wheel of the bike in the picture tells me all of this is completely fantasy.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
We’re Gundams.
- Comment on Bicycles should be allowed on the road with the full rights and requirements (tags, inspections, and insurance) as motor vehicles. 4 weeks ago:
Turn the car lanes into bike lanes, no need for a car in a city.
- Comment on 'It's not a clone of D:OS2': 6 big takeaways from our interview with Larian after the reveal of Divinity 1 month ago:
Oh, I hated divinity, but BG3 is one of the best games there is. I hope you can trust my review, because I’m sad thinking of you missing it.
- Comment on 'It's not a clone of D:OS2': 6 big takeaways from our interview with Larian after the reveal of Divinity 1 month ago:
I just hate the terrain effects of 2. Oops, the ground is all cursed, electrified water. I hope they do away with that.
- Comment on Waymo Just Reprogrammed Its Robotaxis to Drive Less Safely 1 month ago:
Yikes. I was just in SF for work. One of the things I liked best about wayno as a pedestrian is that you could confidently step out into the road in front of them and they would always slam their breaks so hard it never hit you, and the occupants would be all pissed about it
- Comment on Stretch marks 2 months ago:
I think stretch marks are cute.
- Comment on Feeling that groove 2 months ago:
Fourier transformation.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
That’s a bad take. Look at PC prices. What equivalent PC could you build for $1000? This is going to be 800+ and still the best value in the PC market. Until they get steam OS on arm and you can put it in a 600 Mac mini.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
This is absolutely where it’s going to be.
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption Coming to Netflix, iOS, Android, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 2 months ago:
Who the fuck cares about PS5 and XSX gamers?
- Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn 2 months ago:
Oh shit you’re right. I’m more lucid that I was when I wrote that and see how dumb it sounds.
- Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn 2 months ago:
If the mirrors are reflecting light into a dark part of earth, they are taking it away from a place that’s experiencing daylight.
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 2 months ago:
False
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 2 months ago:
What do you mean by that first sentence?
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 2 months ago:
This is just logically wrong.
If birth control was only made for men, and 90% of men were on birth control, you could end up with far more pregnancies than if it’s for women and 90% of women were on it.
The conclusion is exactly the opposite of the argument.
- Comment on Feel like I'm missing out on something 2 months ago:
Crunchwrap
- Comment on Banana 3 months ago:
Its almost as good as potato!
- Comment on Condiment udders 3 months ago:
Evolution would arrive at the most efficient without external motives.
- Comment on ‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app 3 months ago:
I think that’s the point of all this. It’s currently way too cheap for the consumers. Adjusted for inflation from the 80s, an album would cost over $30 today. Each album. To get infinite music for $10 a month, yeah the artists are getting screwed.
- Comment on We interrupt your happiness to bring you this special message from our sponsors 3 months ago:
It’s the one right after the disorder that is allowing yourself to be advertised to. Chumpism I think it’s called.