Modva
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- Comment on In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return? 2 days ago:
That’s up to Trump, because your vaunted checks and balances are gone.
Think he’s going to show restraint? Insight? Empathy?
- Comment on Microsoft accused of creating a monopoly on US government systems through free upgrades 2 days ago:
Do we want them to start charging for the upgrades?
- Comment on Why do the majority of women still take their partner's last name? 4 days ago:
I think each woman has her own reasons (some people actually like traditions) but I have the impression that, globally, women are not the same as what we see online. I think today the taking of a surname does not indicate ownership or property, at least to most modern women (and men).
I don’t think any woman thinks like that anymore, or perhaps not many, so the motivations would then also be obviously different.
- Comment on The Great Migration to Bluesky Gives Me Hope for the Future of the Internet 1 week ago:
I’m really enjoying Bluesky strangely enough, not normally my thing.
- Comment on In the context of the leaked Warcraft II remake, do you still trust Blizzard to produce good games? 2 weeks ago:
It’s not the Blizzard that used to make games we loved anymore. It’s just a name now, and behind that a corporation focused on maximum profit exclusively.
- Comment on Peter Todd in hiding after being “unmasked” as bitcoin creator 4 weeks ago:
Has there been any movement from those wallets in the years since Satoshi went dark?
- Comment on “Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says 1 month ago:
Any one want to guess who will really end up paying for the price hike?
It’s not AT&T.
- Comment on Unity cancels the stupid Runtime Fee 2 months ago:
Doesn’t matter, company will just try it again later in some other way. The decision making process that went along with trying to change the monetary model under the feet of developers is still there. The greed.
Corporates gonna corporate I guess.
- Comment on W for earth 2 months ago:
And for them to both be eclipsing at the same time, crazy odds… or, dare I say it, astronomical
- Comment on Deadlock from Valve has very quickly risen up the most played list on Steam 2 months ago:
I might be the only person not playing it at this point 😂
- Comment on Elon Musk wants to implant millions of people with Neuralink brain chips 2 months ago:
With his ethics there’s no way I’d let any company controlled by him attach itself to my brain.
I have a hard time imagining that for any profit driven corporation, but most especially him.
- Comment on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Delayed AGAIN — This Time to the First Half of 2025 2 months ago:
Well, rather this than a bad release
- Comment on Space Marine 2 feels even more explosively, grimly, and hilariously authentic to the Warhammer 40,000 universe than the first game 3 months ago:
Thanks for the heads up.
- Comment on Does everyone hate Google now? | Google's story over the last two decades has been a tale as old as time: enshittification for growth 3 months ago:
We demand infinite growth. Why? Because shareholders want to buy shares and sell them later for more.
Do anything it takes to make that transaction happen, cut people’s jobs en masse, whatever.
Forever.
- Comment on Trump’s ‘no choice’ comment on EVs reveal partisan divide over green tech 3 months ago:
He’s broadcasting to all businesses and billionaires that anyone who strongly supports him gets their back rubbed right back.
He’s not saying EVs are great, that we should support them because it’s good policy, the right move for America etc.
Its simply quid pro quo.
- Comment on A Black woman has never lost the general election for POTUS in US history but 46 white men have lost 3 months ago:
I like Kamala. You have a real shot at taking Trump out with her. The stakes could not be higher. Maybe for the world. He is a truly dangerous person.
I wonder if I can get the next statement out without venom coming back at me, but I’ll say it anyway:
I think you guys should try hard to steer the rhetoric away from anything polarizing (race or gender), and do everything you can to create inclusion (from anyone). I’m seeing a lot of things like that, and I don’t think it plays out into more support. And there’s nothing more important now than maximizing support.
- Comment on Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter's Revenue Plunges 5 months ago:
Can’t remember the last time I was on Twitter. Turns out I don’t need it. Turns out I’m just a little happier without it.
- Comment on V Rising 1.0 review: one of the slickest survival games gets even slicker 6 months ago:
Playing this now, it’s really good. I last played just after EA launch, a lot has been added and refined.
- Comment on US labor official calls on companies to exit China's Xinjiang over forced labor concerns 6 months ago:
Shareholders don’t care about anything other than a rising share price, and one of the ways to get that is through cheap labor.
Responsible operation? Don’t make me laugh.
And just to be clear: They’re not responsible for those crimes themselves, no sir. No way.
- Comment on Larian have two new games in the works, "fueled by the very same fire" as Baldur's Gate 3 7 months ago:
I will buy anything they make next.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
I’m holding something the size of a mobile phone with no screen or buttons. Specs are that it supports up to 400mb/s NNB, or Native Neural Bandwidth.
Fortunately it’s the newer wireless model so I don’t have to worry about cable management in my hair.
- Comment on What web services do you subscribe to? 7 months ago:
1Pass NordVpn ChatGPT YouTube Premium
- Comment on Ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick looks to buy TikTok amid shutdown fears - Dexerto 8 months ago:
This guy is an incredibly dangerous parasite with apex predator instincts. Fucking up games is one thing, but stepping closer to the social fabric is a next level concern.
- Comment on ChatGPT's Growth Is Flatlining: Where Does It Go From Here? 8 months ago:
Yup. Shareholders are the problem, who bought shares at price X and want to sell those shares at X+Y.
And they will do anything to get it.
- Comment on ChatGPT's Growth Is Flatlining: Where Does It Go From Here? 8 months ago:
Jesus Christ, can we leave things alone that aren’t infinitely growing
- Comment on I'm a US citizen, people in other countries, what do you think when you read stories like these about the US health care system? 8 months ago:
That story is horrific, I can’t imagine living like that.
When I have a medical emergency (or even if it’s just a possibility) then I go straight to the ER. I might have a small administration cost to pay, but it’s easy enough to manage that I don’t have to give it a second thought.
My job isn’t linked to my healthcare, that sounds like insane leverage.
- Comment on Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount | Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions 9 months ago:
Motherfuckers tried to get away from responsibility for their own systems?
Air Canada, disgusting.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
There are many to blame, but we have to start executing somewhere, might as well be here:
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3 boss says gamers don’t want mass subscriptions 10 months ago:
There are many different reasons than to pursue continually escalating profits.
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3 boss says gamers don’t want mass subscriptions 10 months ago:
Those top level folks are sometimes “incentived” by bottom line targets and other end targets. So sure, you do get greedy people inside private companies.
I don’t think shareholders driving for infinite profit is easily disregarded.