PieMePlenty

@PieMePlenty@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So marketing? What’s the problem here? Should they have spent it advertising on radio?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨90s band alignment chart⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My first thought exactly. To do so, we must bend space itself? We’d need a wormhole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We no longer own our products.

  This is a popular saying but its not as clear cut. You have choice. You can own the products you use or buy. So why don’t you?

  Yes, the software we used yesterday is no longer a one time purchase today. However, you still own the software you bought yesterday and you have choice to buy new software which you will own or you can subscribe to a service providing the updated version of the new software. Example:

  I can still use a purchased copy of Adobe Lightoom from 2010.
  I can buy a new license for Affinity Photo today and use it forever.
  I can pay to use Lightroom as a service.

  Imo, the only price you pay is the trek you take into unfamiliarity brought on by using new software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not from the US but maybe, some day when I’m old and grey, I’ll visit one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  While many (if not most) countries have national parks, the policies surrounding them are different. A simple thing like camping is often restricted in European parks, mixed land use is allowed so you are more removed from pure non human nature. As a result, the experience of visiting one may be vastly different - depending on what you are doing. American national parks are exceptional not because they are the only country that has them - which isnt true as you pointed out, they are exceptional because of the governing policies surrounding them.

  I’d surely visit one, before I left, because the experience isnt going to be the same in any other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Its too bad that some people seem to not comprehend all chatgpt is doing is word prediction. All it knows is which next word fits best based on the words before it. To call it AI is an insult to AI… we used to call OCR AI, now we know better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Announce Virtual Game Cards (Digital Game Sharing)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get why they needed a 14 day limit. Sounds half baked to me. Steam, although with its own limitations, still does a better job at game sharing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The children are safe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m the same but I may just be getting older. Last game I was hyped for was Cyberpunk 2077 coming off of the stellar Witcher 3 and having followed both games I loved, W1 & W2. Sometime before it released, I just dropped all hype for it and haven’t felt the same after. Haven’t even played it yet either.

  Today, I let myself be pleasantly surprised by games I never thought I’d like. I really liked Death Stranding and I’m waiting for its sequel but still no hype… I haven’t even seen the trailer yet and I doubt I will… I’ll buy it and go in blindly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half Life: Alyx is Five Years Old Today⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It wasn’t “my” Half Life but it was a damn good one. It felt true to the series and that brought a tear to my eye. The writing, the environments, the soundtrack all felt very Half Life without compromise. I didn’t like that it was a VR title but I understood why they went that route. In 2D, it would probably lack in depth (in more ways than one).

  I borrowed a VR set from a friend to play it and bought the game at 60% off, which it frequently drops to. I’d urge anyone who has a VR capable PC to try and play it some way but VR is always going to restrict access to this. I’ll probably play through it in 2d Mode (via mod) some day in the future to try and relive it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  protest is storming and taking control of the representation of authority in the country.

  Jan 6. 2021… just the other side protesting though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fence it, let it regrow and let lose a shit ton of chickens. Market free range eggs.
  If you lease it to a farmer, you’re no better than a landlord and I don’t see why the whole of lemmy doesnt start pissing on you right away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When building a home server, could a used/cheap PC do the job?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you aren’t worried about power costs, yes, it’s worth it.

  I calculated the power cost required to run a 100w PC 24/7 for 2 years, equals a new mini PC. So I just bought a NUC which draws 7-8W. Less noisy too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game is it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I once went on a role playing server and it had really nice people on there. Everything was civilized too, they had police officers walking around lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yall guess who showed up in my dms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So whats the scam?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avowed review by Fully Ramblomatic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like someone is abusing sponsor skip on this video.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FuckYourHeadlights - A community for people to organise and vent about ridiculously bright lights⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My samsung microwave that the need to beep 10 fucking times. Shut the fuck up already. God damn it. Instead of giving us the options to turn off these noises and lights, we are given other functions we never use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  never forget that spez admitted to silently edit user comments that criticized him

  I guess thousands of redditors saying ‘fuck u/spez’ over and over got to him. I wonder it such comments would fly today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FuckYourHeadlights - A community for people to organise and vent about ridiculously bright lights⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or LED’s in modern electronics. I have a wine fridge that insists on telling me its temperature in the brightest possible blue segmented display. And apparently, I must be informed of the temperature at all times because I cant turn it off. Blue LED on the subwoofer brighter than the sun. I had to put a yoshi plushy infront of it to block the light. Wireless phone charger next to my bed… you bet that puppy needs a bright ass light to light up my sleeping area… FUCK! Electrical tape is my best friend today, I use it to cover up any of these stupid LEDs now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox360BadUpdate not permanent software mod for Xbox 360⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tony hawk again? I remember I used THPS 3 or 4 to mod my og Xbox last year since you could run code thought loading a save game through it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaires shouldn't exist⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not op, and any Marxist feel free to step in, but 100% tax is technically communism. And I mean full final stage communism where money no longer exists. If income is taxed at 100%, then money no longer needs to exist since… well you never really see it. The tax is spent on everything. You work if you can and everything that can be, is provided for you. Purely from an economic point of view.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck Gaming News #2⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shoutout to a great top down racing game on deck: Circuit Superstars. Simple, cute, clean presentation. All racing, no fluff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🪨 Rock on 🪨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Get a job in the forest industry and you’ll be: exercising daily and getting ripped. Sisyphus has a job, it was pushing a boulder up a hill for eternity. Personally, I’d go nuts because I crave mental stimulation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why am I getting gore on my racism app?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because people are sick and if you put an upload button on any website, the sickness will spread through it. Instagram has content moderators and probably AI to filter it but if you have more sick people uploading this shit than moderators, well it gets through. Believe me, they dont want to host it because its not advertiser friendly and alienates users… there is no incentive to them hosting this, as you said, they arent rotten.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck Gaming News⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for this. Keep em coming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨John Oliver promoted alternatives to big tech in last night's episode, including Mastodon and Pixelfed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bluesky is what happens when someone with a corporate mindset wants to make something new and good. Mastodon happens when hobbyists get together and make something. Ive heard BlueSky has a board of people in charge to make sure it doesn’t end up like twitter. Exactly what one would expect a company to do. Make sure something doesnt go wrong? Put a few people in charge. Mastodon just has the whole community. I may be wrong here as I dont use either. Right now Im just wondering what will happen when BlueSkys provider comes knocking with the hosting bill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chad rule⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The applications aren’t that good. That’s the only thing keeping me from switching completely. Subtitles, aspect ratio, audio track selection just don’t work as expected. In some cases I can only pick the aspect ratio and no subs and sometimes the other way around? Also if I have no subs for a movie, I can’t search for them on the fly - good feature of plex. As it stands, jellyfin video player is not up to my standards and I can’t switch yet. I use it for porn though. That works fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facepalm on multiple levels⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He can do 20 more years. Weekend at Bernies is also possible. No crazy scheme is off the table in today’s America. Trump may also just be laying of the red carpet for some even crazier lunatic. Elon? Nothing is off the table at this point. Fuck me and the bleak possible future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please donate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know anything about manga. Is it really that expensive?