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- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 3 days ago:
That’s a very good analogy. Yeah, this is stupid. What’s even dumber than the concept itself, is freaking out over it and selling stocks. This technology should not intimidate anyone, it’s impressive by some metrics, but it’s not in any way effective at creating a video game.
- Comment on 6 days ago:
Here’s what’s weird about it, when you have that much money, you don’t tend to work for anyone.
Why get involved in some complicated spy game? You’re rich, you don’t have to do shit, and in fact you’re so rich you can do whatever you want… with children… I mean can you picture those same people who feel they are above the law, being beholden to anyone?
- Comment on xkcd #3199: Early Arthropods 1 week ago:
Ok, well first off, hunting spiders are a thing, so arachnids can be effective predators without webs. So what do those spiders use web for? I believe they use them to make those fuzzy egg sacks or nests, so protective structures in general. I could totally see that evolving first, the ability to make silk for building nests. Actually many different species have evolved something like that, using excretions to aid in nest building, birds, ants, fish, insects, it’s actually a relatively common trait to develop. Nests are good for hiding, protection from the elements and thermal insulation, a home is nice to have!
I could see it become beneficial if some spiders then developed sticky nests, sometimes bugs might wander in and get stuck, free meal. And then after that, some might develop larger nests, the greater the area of this sticky nest, the more effective it is. And that basically gets us to modern sliders.
- Comment on Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab 2 weeks ago:
Well it’s rather than being about effort, it’s more like, in the end, which of these people best understands how to make a table?
- Comment on Android won't kill sideloading after all, but new verification rules will make it harder 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know, it’s possible that the number of people already interested in sideloading and savvy enough to do it, but not savvy enough to get over this new hurdle, may be a very small number.
I mean there are already some roadblocks to sideloading and scary messages about safety and security.
- Comment on xkcd #3197: Cost Savings 2 weeks ago:
Meeting with the House Committee on Space…
This sounds like a workable plan, but the first stage of the shed needs to be built in Houston. Also the shed door is an issue, doors are traditionally handled at Goddard in Maryland.
But this proposal completely ignores my constituents from California, they will need to be included somehow! If you want this proposal to go through at all, find something for JPL and AMES to do.
- Comment on 'What the f***': Modding arch-sorcerer casually invents Minecraft x Hytale crossplay, defies laws of god and man alike 2 weeks ago:
And it won’t work nearly as well as most people would think.
Well that’s wrong, because I would think this wouldn’t work at all.
- Comment on Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... ads 2 weeks ago:
Yeah sure, the os gets regular updates, banking apps get updates.
When it comes to digital devices, convenience and security are in a constant tug of war, ultimately we have to make a choice. And when I make that choice I remember that this isn’t a company phone, there’s no customer data at risk, no important info to be breached. And still the number of times I’ve been hacked: 0
- Comment on Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... ads 2 weeks ago:
Nova launcher works great for me, I haven’t let it update in years. Looks like that isn’t going to change.
- Comment on Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 - supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segments | Tom's Hardware 2 weeks ago:
So when that happens… Is there gonna be like a memory auction? Will I have to buy a whole ai training rig just to get the RAM?
I’ll just take your best guess.
- Comment on Big AI has PC users furious. Nvidia and Micron's weird emotional appeals make it worse 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, some honesty would be refreshing.
Though to be fair, when that actually happens you know what we call that? “X company just said the quiet part out loud”.
So yeah, there’s kinda no pleasing us either…
- Comment on Big AI has PC users furious. Nvidia and Micron's weird emotional appeals make it worse 2 weeks ago:
Lol
“Our viewpoint is that we are trying to help consumers around the world. We’re just doing it through different channels. […] What’s going on right now is that the TAM [ed: Total Addressable Market] and data center is growing just absolutely tremendously. And we want to make sure that, as a company, we help fulfill that TAM as well.”
Let me translate that for you:
Yes we definitely want to support the consumers, but hey look, the thing is, these data centers want to buy a lot of memory, and guess what, they’re willing to buy it in bulk even at huge mark up! Like just think about that… We’re gonna make so much money!
But uh, yeah uh, I feel you, that sucks bro and I appreciate you. But, dude, seriously, look at all this money! Stay strong guys, tweet about us! And don’t forget, if you want to be informed about the best memory deals, definitely sign up for our newsletter! Just put your email right in this field…
- Comment on "Not A Single Pixel" Of The New Ecco Game Will Be Generated By AI, Insists Series Creator 2 weeks ago:
You know, I recall playing this at a friend’s house decades ago and being totally, utterly, stuck on the first level for like… many hours.
So yeah, you may be right about that.
Was there like, a maze in that level? I think I remember a maze that ultimately led to a smaller area of open water, where you were just like “well fuckin’ now what?”
- Comment on Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch 2 weeks ago:
As someone who’s worked in IT for years, it’s my opinion that different is worse.
I don’t really mind supporting multiple operating systems, it is a little more of a hassle, but it’s far better than supporting users on systems they’re not familiar with. As much of a nice idea it is to “streamline” an organization by putting every machine on the same os, in my experience it actually works better to put everyone in whatever os they’re most comfortable with. For a lot of people computers are hard, period. And needing to learn new systems just to do their job is the kind of thing they have nightmares about.
When it comes right down to, any modern operating system will do just fine, they’re shockingly similar in the end. Plus, in many industries upwards of 80% of a user’s work may be in a browser anyway. So that’s where I stand, people should use whatever they want, and making people change isn’t a great idea.
- Comment on "Not A Single Pixel" Of The New Ecco Game Will Be Generated By AI, Insists Series Creator 3 weeks ago:
I’m gonna have my kid add No AI used" to his lemonade stand sign. He’ll probably double his profits.
(so probably like $4).
- Comment on Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show 3 weeks ago:
Reality TV. Reality TV never changes…
- Comment on Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show 3 weeks ago:
Yeah… this seems pretty on brand really.
Actually, out arms really well themed, a needed up reality show is exactly the kind of thing you might find in a vault. The thing to remember though, is that Vault-Tec is supposed to be satirical… Bethesda should not become Vault-Tec because that would be unethical… Right Bethesda… Right?
- Comment on "Not A Single Pixel" Of The New Ecco Game Will Be Generated By AI, Insists Series Creator 3 weeks ago:
Ok sure, but how much of the game will actually be generated by dolphins?
This will probably be just another example of HUMAN appropriation when plenty of dolphin developers are struggling to even find work in this industry. Maybe when dolphins are literally the subject matter of the game we could consider inclusivity in its development?
#dolphin_life #PhinsInGaming #NotMyEcco
- Comment on 'Signal' President and VP warn agentic AI is insecure, unreliable, and a surveillance nightmare 3 weeks ago:
I’m surprised to learn that the CEO is not Moxie Marlinspike, my understanding is that he created the signal protocol. Perhaps he has nothing to do with the apps that implement signal?
- Comment on Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical” 3 weeks ago:
Ok, noted. Troll identified and blocked.
- Comment on No fire sale for firewalls as memory shortages could push prices higher 3 weeks ago:
Man, that headline is… forced.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 3 weeks ago:
Copper? Is there really a copper shortage?
I mean, the supply is pretty large for that. You’d think that electrical rollout in developing nations would have a higher impact than all the ram in the world.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 3 weeks ago:
I have to agree. I mean come on, cpu coolers? There’s nothing proprietary about them, nothing particularly high tech or difficult to produce, it’s a heat sink and a fan… Fancy ones may have a coolant loop, but still… I just can’t see any reason that prices would go up noticeably for such easy to manufacturer, commodity parts.
I’m just saying, it seems a little early to start screaming “the sky is falling”.
- Comment on Let's end Anti-Circumvention. We should own the things we buy! 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know, it sounds like a pretty convincing argument to me.
And it’s a strange take to say “you’re waiting your time trying to get legislation passed” I mean, that’s one of the primary ways you change things in a country…
- Comment on China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible 3 weeks ago:
You could say that of any infrastructure. Bridges are expenses, ongoing maintenance for them is a burden our children will have to bear. But I expect they’ll be willing to do it.
The fact is, most of what we do affects the next generation, we just don’t think about it, or can’t quantify it. The only difference with nuclear is that we can quantify it.
- Comment on China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible 3 weeks ago:
This is true, the waste issue is different with these two technologies, but I don’t think it’s all that significant in either case.
Fission produces some awful waste, but what I like to point out is just how little it produces. My favorite example is nuclear submarines. Nuke subs have to come to port every so often for food, equipment, supplies, etc, but not because they’re low on fuel. They don’t carry a lot, about 500kg (half ton) and that lasts them a very long time. So how often do they need to be refueled? Once, most subs are refueled just once in their ~30 year lifetime. Some subs will be decommissioned before ever refuelling, using just one set of uranium fuel rods for their whole life.
Given the tiny volume of waste produced over such a long time… We can figure out the storage. Even if the solution is costly, there’s really not much to store, this is very manageable.
- Comment on Pet Peeves with Games? 3 weeks ago:
When you’re watching a dramatic cutscene, but then someone needs your attention, so you hit esc… which skips the cutscenes instead of pausing?! What the actual fuck? The button that pauses the game in every other context now (surprise!) skips the cutscene? Why would you do that?!
- Comment on China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible 3 weeks ago:
I gotta be honest, as amazing as the promise of limitless fusion energy is, I’m really not optimistic that it’ll be a major or even an important technology for the energy sector, at least for the next 200 or so years.
The thing is, we already have fission power and we’re struggling to use it right now. And fusion has almost all the same strengths and drawbacks, but bigger. I do believe we will achieve sustainable fusion, probably soon. But I’m certain that while it will “work”, it will also prove to be the most expensive form of power generation with the largest upfront costs that the world has ever seen. And I don’t expect those prices to come down for a very long time.
Personally, I think anyone who expects fusion to be some kind of miracle technology is kidding themselves. And if people really want a miracle technology in the energy sector, look at geothermal, that’s the only tech I see that has any potential to become cheap, limitless, and constant.
I do think fusion will have good applications, but it will likely remain niche for a while. I definitely look forward to seeing spacecraft propelled by ion drives and powered by fusion, it would be amazing to be able to get to Jupiter and back in on tank of (xenon) gas.
- Comment on How we get to 1 nanometer chips and beyond 3 weeks ago:
No no, quantum computing is more about using the quantum properties of particles to do computing in ways that you simply can’t with traditional computers. If you write your program to accommodate this kind of computing, you can essentially design programs to test all possibilities simultaneously - a pretty neat trick.
Right now we’re talking about photonic computing, simply using photons as the circuitry within a processor rather than electronic circuits using elections.
Though I’m not an expert on either, so I’m probably the wrong person to ask for more information on the subject.
- Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination 4 weeks ago:
You don’t think Linux is a Disenshittification solution for PCs?
Because that’s essentially what we’re talking about. You want to run a custom android os, perhaps security and encryption oriented, or perhaps drm defeating is your goal. That all becomes possible if it’s simply legal to do whatever you want with your devices and your software.
Disenshittification isn’t something you wait for companies to do, it’s something you take for yourself! And it’s a whole lot easier to organize and do that if it’s officially legal.