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- Comment on Banana tonight 1 day ago:
@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world undercover?
- Comment on Lara Croft games are the nightmare of any real archaeologist, biologist and paleontologist. 6 days ago:
Is this a job posting from the British Empire days?
- Comment on No looky for you! 6 days ago:
Hold my beer.
- Comment on I hope i don't get downvoted for this 6 days ago:
- Comment on How I discovered my partner was an undercover police officer sent to spy on me 1 week ago:
“This is one of my fears”
I’m so sorry that this is actually a concern that someone legitimately feels. It’s unbelievable to me that anyone could date someone they don’t like, for whatever reason…
sends hug
- Comment on On trees... 1 week ago:
Reddit has broken me. I was expecting a rickroll
- Comment on Batterypunk 1 week ago:
I always assumed this was like a universal truth, but I’ve found a couple of cases recently where they wired it in series despite the batteries all pointing the same way, I was so confused…
- Comment on Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary) 1 week ago:
A good point, but I’m not sure that’s where the bar is. How does it compare to other self-driving systems that have lidar, for instance?
- Comment on Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook' 1 week ago:
To be fair, I’ve read that Sandfall also outsourced a lot of work for Expedition 33, which is how they’ve kept the team small.
I see no issues with outsourcing if done right: not every small developer needs to have a motion capture crew, etc.
If there are companies out there that can provide that for you at a reasonable cost, then you just need to focus on the core gameplay and the artistic aspects of your game.
This way you don’t bloat your headcount with hundreds of people that you’ll have to sack after the project is done, seems like a win for everybody.
- Comment on Portal 2 Community Edition's new, upgraded lighting system (no raytracing required) 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know that I can handle more immersion in the Portal universe, I kinda like being reminded that a 4th wall separates me from murderous unscrupulous AIs.
Hum.
In any case, it looks just gorgeous!
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 2 weeks ago:
It really depends what its used for.
Anything that is public facing would never work without constant maintenance and upgrades, be it a computer OS or some complex piece of hardware.
- Comment on Dammit dad 2 weeks ago:
You’ve seen us with our bowl cuts, honouring the Primordial Porridge.
- Comment on How dare you 2 weeks ago:
This guest remarked how my piccolo custome was cute. I thought I was a bassoon.
- Comment on Popcorn, more like cocporn (I'm sorry) 2 weeks ago:
Ew, chewing tobacco? I thought that’s were everyone stored their cottage cheese.
- Comment on Dammit dad 2 weeks ago:
You underestimate how hot a bowl of porridge can be.
The Porrigean theory has drawn a lot of attention lately from top theoretical physicists, and it addresses this very phenomenon.
It advances the hypothesis that the Big Bang was in fact a Primordial Porridge Bowl in a 4 dimensional plane that was so unbelievably hot that it was immediately dropped on the floor, and the projections of this Primordial Porridge into a 3D plane are what we observe as “our universe”.
- Comment on Reality vs. male delusion 2 weeks ago:
That would probably impress the guys more.
- Comment on Farming beans be like 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on fellow patriots 4 weeks ago:
**FOX News Special Report: Alderaan Destroyed—Emperor Trump Responds to Rebel Threat ** In a decisive move aimed at quelling a growing rebellion, the Empire today confirmed the destruction of the planet Alderaan, a Core World long suspected of harboring anti-government extremists. The response, authorized under the leadership of Emperor Donald J. Trump, marks what Imperial officials are calling a “necessary and proportionate show of strength” in the face of escalating terrorist threats.
White House equivalent officials aboard the Galactic Capitol Starcruiser said Alderaan’s destruction via the Empire’s new defensive installation—the Death Star—was “not taken lightly.” Grand Moff Tarkin, speaking on behalf of Emperor Trump, called Alderaan “a hub of insurgent activity, fake news proliferation, and anti-Imperial propaganda.”
“Alderaan was warned. The Rebels were warned. And yet, they chose to test us,” Tarkin stated. “Thanks to Emperor Trump’s bold leadership, peace and order are being restored to the galaxy.”
**Conservative Reaction Praises Trump’s Resolve ** Imperial Senate Republicans, though now largely ceremonial under Trump’s streamlined executive rule, praised the move. “This shows the galaxy that lawlessness will not stand,” said former Senator Gorran Vale (R-Corellia). “Under Emperor Trump, we are no longer appeasing anarchists. We are protecting hard-working star citizens.”
FOX News political analyst Kayla Deen noted, “For years, Alderaan’s elites flaunted their liberal values, resisted Imperial policies, and even funded Rebel operations. Emperor Trump promised to bring law and order back to the galaxy, and today, he delivered.”
Democrats and Alien-Sympathizers Decry Action
Predictably, fringe left-wing groups and alien rights activists across the Outer Rim immediately condemned the action. The Rebellion, officially labeled a terrorist organization by the Empire, issued an unverified statement claiming Alderaan was a peaceful planet with no weapons. Experts at the Trump Imperial Policy Institute dismissed the claims as “Rebel disinformation.”
Former Senator Mon Mothma, now in hiding, accused the Empire of “committing genocide.” In response, White House Comms Officer Jerrek Dalton told FOX News, “She’s been on the wrong side of history for years. This is about security, not politics.”
**A Stronger, Safer Galaxy ** Imperial markets responded positively to the display of power, with starship stocks rising 4.3% in late Coruscant trading. Citizens across the Mid Rim reportedly welcomed the message of order. One citizen on Naboo, speaking anonymously, said, “It’s about time someone stood up to these entitled planets that think they’re above the law.”
While critics continue to push back, Emperor Trump remains unfazed. In a brief holonet transmission, he declared, “We are making the Empire great again. One rebel world at a time.”
Stay tuned to FOX Galactic News for continuing fair and balanced coverage of the Rebellion, Imperial security, and Emperor Trump’s efforts to restore greatness to the galaxy
- Comment on Skype was shut down for good today 4 weeks ago:
I see Brennan, I upvote. Love the guy, his DnD campaigns are a blast!
- Comment on LibreOffice: We still see people on the fediverse recommending OpenOffice, despite it having year-old unfixed security issues 4 weeks ago:
What? If nothing else, Airflow is massively used. Kafka is also quite very popular, I see those two very, very often.
Even good old httpd, while having lost its crown to nginx, is still powers like 1/3 of the web.
News of Apache death seem greatly exaggerated…
- Comment on Found Lily and Mitch 4 weeks ago:
She’s five, will you give her some time? Jeez…
Anyone can be born gay, but fashion? That takes years to master!
- Comment on Puss ups 5 weeks ago:
I was thinking cock ups, but that strikes me as a call to arms.
- Comment on In heat 1 month ago:
Because we’re human, and that’s a human-made tool. It’s made to fit us and our needs, not the other way around. And in case you’ve missed the last decade, it actually does it rather well.
- Comment on Take the Green Herb? 1 month ago:
With how the day is going, might need to mix it up with a red one…
- Comment on In heat 1 month ago:
Because that’s the normal way in which humans communicate.
But for Google more specifically, that sort of keyword prompts is how you searched stuff in the '00s… Nowadays the search prompt actually understands natural language, and even has features like “people also ask” that are related to this.
All in all, do whatever works for you, it’s just that asking questions isn’t bad.
- Comment on Tesla odometer uses “predictive algorithms” to void warranty, lawsuit claims 1 month ago:
There’s got to be a git repository out there that has a smoking gun in its history…
- Comment on RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted 1 month ago:
I sit down, because I’m the one who has to clean it.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch 1 month ago:
Cool story bro.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch 1 month ago:
You’re utterly delusional. If this system has done anything is to stiffle small, independent producers and consolidate power in megacorporations.
This is the kind of crap you’re defending: patents.justia.com/patent/12268585
This is a random, recent patent from P&G. Read that bullshit, and then tell if if what they’re describing isn’t the most generic design for a diaper or sanitary napkin ever?
“One permeable layer facing the wearer, then a semipermeable layer that tries to only allow liquid to move away from the wearer, then an absorbing layer, then an outer impermeable layer”
Oh boy, if it wasn’t for that patent, I’d be pumping 500 million dollars into building a factory so I can flood the market with my cheap fake products! - said nobody when they read that.
It’s hilarious how far removed from reality your ideal of patents is…
- Comment on Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch 1 month ago:
it costs millions of dollars to get a manufacturing process up and running and in a good enough state to where it can actually work out financially. Without patents, your competitor can just take all of that work and investment and just copy it with the benefit of doing it right the first time, so they’re able to undercut you on cost.
This argument makes no sense. Manufacturing lines are built all that time for unpatented products, plus a competitor can’t just “take all of that work and investment”, they will need to put in money to create their own product, even if it’s a copy they still need to make it work, as well as build their own production capacity.
They’ll be second to market, and presumably need to undercut price to get market share… This is a very risky endeavour, unless the profit margins are huge, and in which case, good thing that there’s no patents…
If the research is so costly and complex (pharmaceutical, aeronautical,…), then it should be at least partly funded by the government, through partnerships between universities and companies.
Patents are not a solution.
