Theharpyeagle
@Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world
- Comment on xkcd #2932: Driving PSA 2 days ago:
Nothing gets me closer to road rage than people waving me on when they have the right of way at a four way stop. Like yes thank you that’s very polite, but we both could’ve been through this intersection if you’d gone when you were supposed to.
- Comment on Blast! 5 days ago:
I feel this so hard! Sometimes I wanna be a little quiet, mysterious, wait for them to come to you. But someone says anything that remotely interests me and I’m suddenly jabbering like a turkey.
- Comment on Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says 1 week ago:
I really feel conflicted about this. I hate Musk as much as anyone and think this experiment is a little irresponsible, but if I were going through what that guy is dealing with, I’d probably want to give it a try.
- Comment on Gender-specific toilets to be required in non-residential buildings in England 1 week ago:
Have people been unsafe in unisex bathrooms?
- Comment on This is not a stereogram. If you look at it a certain way it will not resolve into anything. 1 week ago:
Whoa the crossed eyes thing is wild. The human body is weird.
- Comment on blast me off, fam 1 week ago:
Soda is in ounces until it reaches a liter. Alcohol is ml until you get to 40 ounces. Milk is always pints, half gallons, and gallons. Why?
- Comment on Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app 1 week ago:
I think the issue is that people were expecting a custom (enough) OS, software, and firmware to justify asking $200 for a device that’s worse than a $150 phone in most every way.
- Comment on All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week 1 week ago:
DVDs but they can also come to your house and snap the disc in half without offering a refund. Now that’s customer service.
- Comment on All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week 1 week ago:
One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue. The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.
- Gabe Newell
gamesradar.com/gabe-newell-piracy-issue-service-n…
Still as relevant today as it was 13 years (dear god) ago. Sure, not every pirate would pay for media, just like not every pirate pays for games, but charging increasingly more money for a worse product is going to push people towards a solution that basically allows you to search for and watch anything you want, ad-free.
There’s people practically begging to spend money for certain shows and movies to be available, but they’re just not available on any streaming service. What else are they going to do?
- Comment on kissies 1 week ago:
You’re not wrong to be grossed out, but dog kissies give me the big dopamine so I allow it.
- Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling 1 week ago:
Well, it’s been shown with previous releases and this one that Windows gets really pushy about upgrading long before EoL for the previous OS, so I can understand the frustration. Especially annoying if you’re running something like a kiosk or a TV app that doesn’t have mouse/keyboard readily available.
- Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling 1 week ago:
SAME! I like to have my taskbar at the top of the screen, and seeing that Microsoft had absolutely no intention of allowing it because of their oh so special start menu sent me over the edge. Been full time on Linux Mint for about a year now and I’m loving it. Proton and Lutris have made it surprisingly viable for gaming, to the point where I can runmost games without any troubleshooting.
- Comment on Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’ 2 weeks ago:
We can always hope for another Enron.
- Comment on ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US 2 weeks ago:
So we’ll be taking care of those other companies any day now, right?
- Comment on A photography depicting the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza - 2565 BCE. 2 weeks ago:
You have a curious and beautiful mind
- Comment on TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out 2 weeks ago:
My point is, why isn’t that the law were making? Does it not address the same problem?
- Comment on TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out 2 weeks ago:
How so? If you’re concerned about propaganda, require every company operating within the US to show users exactly what data is collected and allow them to delete any or all of it as desired. Show users to the technical extent possible to show what data has connected them to suggested videos or ads. Put the power of users’ hands to understand and control how they are targeted.
- Comment on TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out 2 weeks ago:
And again, there are ways to at least attempt to address that other than just passing the ability to control the algorithm to another opaque company.
- Comment on TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out 2 weeks ago:
And your evidence for this is?
- Comment on TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out 2 weeks ago:
What about, say, giving users control or at least insight into what data is collected?
- Comment on TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out 2 weeks ago:
If it was actually about privacy then the US would be introducing data transparency and control laws (which only kicks in here if TikTok doesn’t sell to a US company). Whether it’s the US wanting to stream their own bullshit to kids or just that sweet sweet ad revenue, this is in no way about privacy or “protecting the children”.
- Comment on "Yeah, but what if we used AI?" 4 weeks ago:
But they unironically would rather spend more on insurance than risk having any of their money go to the poors.
- Comment on But how would they be able to live on that? 4 weeks ago:
I mean, it’s the same as other progressive taxes. If he is worth less, he pays less.
The issue I have with the “net worth is not liquid money” is that they clearly have access to some kind of money to pay for their extravagant lifestyle. There has to be some fair way of taxing that wealth the way income is taxed.
- Comment on Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, this same article can be written for Mini Golf games, or shmups, or visual novels, or any other genre that’s relatively easy to develop for. Once one gets popular, others will jump on because the barrier to entry is fairly low. Lots will be low effort clones, but some will really try to build something new.
- Comment on Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden 4 weeks ago:
Everyone and their mother is playing Balatro, and for good reason. Super fun deck builder based on a normal playing card deck and poker hands. Great music and visuals, too.
- Comment on It's always gets sloppy after the bars close 4 weeks ago:
Sloppy joes are great, just make sure to have a hearty, toasted bun so they don’t get too sloppy.
Honestly it’s been a few years since I had one, know what I’m making next week.
- Comment on Slay the Spire 2 - Reveal Trailer 5 weeks ago:
I really hope so, defect was my favorite.
- Comment on Please Plan Accordingly 1 month ago:
We have a pup in the raptor phase right now, complete with too much intelligence for his own good. He’s a headstrong bastard with a strong taste for mischief and bathroom trash (he has a weird thing about pads, it’s fucking gross), but I just can’t stay mad at him when he gets all sleepy and snuggly.
- Comment on CFCs 1 month ago:
Models suggest that the concentration of chlorine and other ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere will not return to pre-1980 levels until the middle decades of the 21st century. Scientists have already seen the first definitive proof of ozone recovery, observing a 20 percent decrease in ozone depletion during the winter months from 2005 to 2016. In 2019, abnormal weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica dramatically limited ozone depletion, leading to the smallest hole since 1982. Models predict that the Antarctic ozone layer will mostly recover by 2040.
- Comment on Why don't we hear more about the 2017 Las Vegas shooting? It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, we never found a motive, and it seems no one ever mentions it. 1 month ago:
The mental health care thing is so frustrating.
Let’s enact some gun control laws because most guns used in mass shootings are bought legally.
“No, it’s a mental health issue!”
Well, then let’s fund mental health services and increase access to them.
“No, that’s not my problem.”
Played out again and again. I mean I know it’s all just deflection, but dammit at least try to have a consistent position.