jacksilver
@jacksilver@lemmy.world
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption Coming to Netflix, iOS, Android, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 1 day ago:
Yeah, I’m surprised the original commentor is getting downvoted. This console generation has been terrible, PC is doing better, but really only due to smaller indie games.
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption Coming to Netflix, iOS, Android, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 1 day ago:
I think you get access to mobile games through your Netflix subscription. I know they released some games that were only playable on android through them.
- Comment on Reddit mod jailed for sharing movie sex scenes in rare “moral rights” verdict 2 days ago:
The qoute says the “authors”, so this law is not exclusively tied to actors, but generally works of art and the people involved in creating it. Thats why I called out things like remakes.
And while you are right that in many of my examples there would probably be contracts to avoid these issues, my point was to show how easy it is to break this law (and that copyright owners do it all the time themselves).
Also, fair use for parodies is not a thing in all countries - not sure if it is in Denmark.
- Comment on The excellent CloverPit has sold over 1 million and gets a Hard Mode update 2 days ago:
I thought this game was just okay, “Luck be a Landlord” is a better slot machine based rougelite. Additionally, the mystery horror setting of this game doesn’t really go anywhere.
- Comment on Reddit mod jailed for sharing movie sex scenes in rare “moral rights” verdict 2 days ago:
Yeah, it also seems weird cause things like remakes, parodies, trailers, etc. all would technically violate that law.
- Comment on 'The PS5 is only in the middle of [it's lifespan],' says Sony CFO 3 days ago:
Based on this we’d expect the PS6 by 2027, meaning there is only one year left for the Ps5 as “current Gen”.
Sure the “lifespan” of the console will be longer, but most people think of it in terms of the console being the current generation of consoles.
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 1 week ago:
I absolutely agree with you, I got to a point where I had solved the “main” puzzle, but was struggling to complete other puzzles (that I knew the solution to) simply due to room draws.
I wanted to love the game, but it held itself back on the RNG design. It can be so detrimental to the game that I wouldn’t recommend it to most people.
- Comment on Whatever happened to pickup artists? Did they evolve into alpha males or ascend to a higher plane? 1 week ago:
Isn’t this basically what turned into the “Manosphere” with people like Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate, and Charlie Kirk.
Basically moving away from explicitly “dating” to general “manliness/Alpha” stuff, but still preying on typical male insecurities.
- Comment on The age verification effect: adult site traffic plummets, VPN use soars 1 week ago:
Yeah, I think that’s a safe assumption. While discord and telegram aren’t inherently bad, I think they carry more risks than just going to some site like pornhub.
- Comment on The age verification effect: adult site traffic plummets, VPN use soars 1 week ago:
The article mentions this. They only mention a 77% drop in visits from the UK, but VPNs have seen increased use. So most likely people in the UK are using VPNs to view porn (however, they don’t mention other countries numbers being up or down).
Additionally, they call out that most likely people are also going to sites not following the law. This has always been a big issue with these laws, in that they push people to more extreme/unregulated sites rather than actually curbing the behavior (which is a problematic goal in the first place).
- Comment on "The King" (Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon) 2 weeks ago:
It’s 20% off right now on Steam. I’ve been eyeing it but during the fall sale I decided to go with Lords of the Fallen over this.
- Comment on Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations? 2 weeks ago:
Long Story Short - it’s not all rainbows and butterflies, but a realistic family working to get by.
Modern Family - Antics of an extended family. Since it’s a comedy it’s usually pretty wholesome and each family unit brings something different to the table.
While there are definitely more out there, I figured these would be good suggestions as they really focus on family dynamics.
- Comment on First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine 3 weeks ago:
Ahh I overlooked the “polyhedron” part. Thanks!
- Comment on First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine 3 weeks ago:
I read through this and something I couldn’t quite understand is - is a sphere able to “pass through” itself. If not then that seems like a baseline proof that such objects exist, then the question is “are there any convex polygons”.
- Comment on They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you? 3 weeks ago:
Oh god, I actually played this year’s ago. Great game!
- Comment on They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you? 4 weeks ago:
When you want a trpg and end up with a weird school Sim.
- Comment on They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you? 4 weeks ago:
I agree with you, it was too much walking Sim for my liking.
Little Kitty Big City is a much more fun cat game in my opinion. Slight mix of collectathon, platformer, puzzle game that does a good job of making you feel like a cat.
- Comment on They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you? 4 weeks ago:
I agree with you, the game seems mediocre at everything it does (platforming, puzzles, etc.) and there are much better “games as art” out there.
www.gorogoa.com always comes to mind (although it’s definitely a “harder” puzzle game).
- Comment on No One Wants A $100 GTA 6, Analysts Say 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know, it feels like the US is at least heading towards a tipping point.
- Comment on Tech industry grad hiring crashes 46% as bots do junior work 4 weeks ago:
Honestly I think AI is a scape goat here. Tech has been doing layoffs and reducing staff since covid ended and I think they’re just rolling with the AI excuse to both make AI sound more competent and to take some heat off of them.
- Comment on The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market 4 weeks ago:
I have the Boox Palma I think. It’s basically just a phone with an e-ink display. Since it runs android, it means that I can use it with my self hosted services like “AudioBookshelf”.
The device itself is nothing special in my opinion. Maybe the screen is better than my old kindle (hard to say). Only real reason I got it was form factor and android OS so I could customize it.
- Comment on Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement 4 weeks ago:
I believe it’s the same thing I noted in another comment - lemmy.world/comment/19924290
Basically session key vs rotating session key, but to be honest I only skimmed your link as it got dense fast.
- Comment on Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement 4 weeks ago:
I think the biggest thing here is that beyond just a session key (to make sessions secure from each other), this approach uses a rotating session key. That means each transaction in a sesssion is unique ensuring forward and backward secrecy.
I may have read it wrong plus cybersecurity is not my forte.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, but both the Palestinian and Israeli side (assuming that’s the border on the right hand side) look worse for wear in the “after”. Most likely cause it’s wet vs dry season.
Seasons really change how things look, especially at that low of a resolution.
- Comment on need games recommendation 5 weeks ago:
It’s possible you like the risk-reward elements of rougelites? If so (and with some gambling themes) you may like these:
Note: Like Balatro both these games have android/ios versions.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
ಠ_ಠ
I can’t tell is this is a joke playing off the Ai bubble being “17 times” larger or if you’re serious.
- Comment on I balance my checkbook every day. I manage my bank acount . Why does the goverment have so much problems with this? I get large payouts and such but it always seem they are in the neg?? 1 month ago:
To add to this, some spending is done in chunks for the year or doled out every month.
Some money may be given back to the government if it isn’t spent.
Some money is purposefully cryptic in its spending for national security reasons.
There are a lot of things that make it difficult to accurately track things against the entire government, which is why auditing individual departments/agencies is how it’s usually done. However, even then it should be better than it is.
- Comment on this level is amazing 1 month ago:
I liked Arkham City, it felt more like the game they initially wanted to make. Batmans movement is a bit smoother, you get some fun gliding elements, and it opens up the map so there is a bit more of an exploration/investigation element.
I think Arkham Knight might have gone too large, and I feel like the batmobile sections felt too tank like.
- Comment on Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word 1 month ago:
It could be good to layer in standard machine learning (ML), and it already does have some features (like line of best fit).
However, in today’s context AI means LLMs, and that is not a good fit due to its unpredictability.
- Comment on Which career to pursue? 1 month ago:
Based on what you wrote, it seems like you need to take a step back and look at the whole picture. Why are you at school and what do you want to study.
Goin to school can help you position yourself for a career, but is usually primarily about becoming educated (and isn’t for everyone).
If you’re primarily concerned about a career, then focus you’re studies on something you feel capable in. Physics requires a lot of mathematics (and nowadays usually some programming). Programming coursework may have mathematics, but usually relies more on logic than math. Writing is a great way to work on communication skills and analysis, but will have a less direct career path after school (becoming a professional writer is no guarantee).
On top of all of that, most people won’t even end up working in their field of study.
At the end of the day, no one really knows where the economy is going long term. That means there isn’t a surefire path to success, and why I recommend you think harder about what you feel good about pursuing.