swordgeek
@swordgeek@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 day ago:
Punitive damages can be awarded for bad-faith bargaining, which definitely seems to be the case here.
It’s a stretch perhaps, but that’s what I think would be reasonable.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 day ago:
Probably not really feasible - it will require constant connection to a back-end server to play or some bullshit like that.
But even if you can, that’s not the answer. The proper action is to deny them entirely. Don’t play the game, don’t play PUBG, don’t do anything that expands their reach, money or not.
They need to suffer with NOBODY playing this game. They need to suffer by people deleting their Battlegrounds accounts. Software piracy is what makes games legendary.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 day ago:
Oooh, there’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.
$250M PLUS legal costs PLUS $250M in punitive fees. That should hurt them a bit.
- Comment on Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game 1 day ago:
Gen X weighing in. That’ll only last you so long, then your body starts to rebel no matter what.
- Comment on 2 days ago:
It depends on who “we” are.
If you’re in the US, then bad news buttercup - you’re already under the thumb of a ruthless insane dictator, and the economy is the last of your worries.
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 3 days ago:
I guess I’ve just given up and assume everyone would just cut us off. I’ve really only seen negativity twords the US, so that colors my view. There’s also my buddy from Japan who advised me to say I was Canadian when traveling internationally due to the negativity he’s seen directed at the US when he’s traveling Asia and Europe.
Speaking as a Canadian, your friend from Japan can fuck right off.
Even the good people from the US (and there absolutely are some - some of my dearest friends are from SoCal) are not Canadian, and either (a) can’t pull it off, or (b) skew the rest of the world’s view of Canadians.
So please don’t.
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 3 days ago:
Oh, there are two simple answers to this:
- He will NEVER accept accountability for his actions. If he feels like it, he’ll eat a live baby on TV and walk away untroubled.
- He will be held accountable when (and ONLY when) the people hold him accountable.
He will never stop until he is in jail or dead. And the same is true for most of his sycophant followers.
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 1 week ago:
Even republicans don’t want fascism.
Um, sorry but have you been paying attention for the last eight years?
The people left in the GOP are driving at full speed towards a fascist dictatorship. It’s not Trump, it’s the entire cadre of sycophants and Nazis he’s set up to protect him.
Laura Loomer’s “Alligator lives matter” didn’t suggest that? Nor the fact that she was celebrating the creation of a new concentration camp to round up and possibly murder ALL Latinos in the US? (And selling merch to go with it!)
What about Kristi Noem filming propaganda in front of cages full of prisoners in El Salvador?
The six SCOTUS judges who are eagerly giving Trump every immunity and power he wants?
Ron DeSantis creating a second one-stop deportation centre?
The US Republican Party ARE fascists, and are ecstatic over how things are turning out.
If you call yourself a Republican and are against this, you’re either a hypocrite, or a liar.
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 1 week ago:
That’s true, but some of your dystopian ideas require the entire planet to fall into collapse and ruin. Eventually the odds are pretty good that the rest of the world (assuming we’re in decent shape ourselves) will start to provide humanitarian aide to the US.
And stating that “most of the world hates the U.S.” is definitely a sign that you don’t quite understand how we feel about the US.
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 1 week ago:
Strikes me that you’ve forgotten about the rest of the world.
- Comment on Why do so many homes in rural areas have a front yard full of junk? 1 week ago:
…southern US…
I’d say that fundamentally it’s because it’s culturally accepted in those areas.
“Everyone does it” is a frighteningly strong impetus to do something.
- Comment on Is it morally wrong for an immigrant or naturalized citizen to "keep a low profile" and avoid speaking up against the government in order to minimize the risks of denaturalization/deportation? 1 week ago:
Absolutely not.
We all have to make personal decisions about safety and risk, for our own unique situation.
While not in the US, I’m a straight, white, middle-aged dude. My risk in loudly speaking out is probably still orders of magnitude lower than yours is by staying quiet. If there are any moral decisions to be made, I’d say that it’s my moral duty to use my overly-consequential and protected voice to stand up for the vulnerable and suffering.
There is no moral flaw in trying to survive within your means - and if that means keeping your head down, then hopefully I and many others will have your back.
- Comment on Randy Pitchford asks fans if they'd swallow future Borderlands exclusivity deals, almost 10,000 people say just put your damn games on Steam 1 week ago:
I’m just here to say my god, that article was horribly written!
If this is what humans are cranking out, maybe I should reconsider my opinion of LLMs.
- Comment on If you have cut off mainstream music streaming, how do you discover new music or artists and songs like what you're listening frequently? 1 week ago:
I ask my friends. Well, friend.
Honestly, the recommendations from Spotify are often terrible, but occasionally give me something I like. I believe that free Spotify still has recommendations, does it not?
- Comment on What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes? 1 week ago:
Portal I and II.
Psychonauts I and II, with the caveat that there used to be a HUGE skill spike in the penultimate chapter of #1. I gather they’ve softened it, but don’t know how much.
- Comment on Trump Mobile launches $47 service and a gold phone 3 weeks ago:
Why mention it? Because the media has a DUTY to call out a corrupt government! Because they’re not doing their job!
- Comment on Is it weird I sleep with an old blanket I've had since I was a young girl? 3 weeks ago:
It’s unusual.
It is absolutely NOT weird. If anything, it makes you more human.
- Comment on Trump Mobile launches $47 service and a gold phone 3 weeks ago:
No discussion in the article about fraud or conflict of interest.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 weeks ago:
My experience is that they generally are, but if they’re not they’ll be very friendly in suggesting that they’re not the right venue for you.
If that sounds weird, go (or phone) and ask them. If they say “Well we’ve got a pretty hardcore community here,” then that’s a sign that maybe it’s not where you should start. But gamers, on the whole, LOVE sharing their passion with new people.
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- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 5 weeks ago:
Just finished playing Morrowind for the first time in decades. Half-tempted to go back and do it all again as a pure mage.
Failing that, I have so many games in my catalogs that I’m not sure where to start. Maybe Portal Revolution, maybe Brütal Legend, or maybe I finally get into the Witcher III. I keep trying to like Ride, but racing games never feel remotely like actually riding or driving a vehicle and I always spend my time in the weeds.
- Comment on Why don't people like Melon Tusk get tired of the shit they gave you pull through literally every day ? I mean doesn't the guilt of bad decisions pull them down enough like the rest of us ? 5 weeks ago:
I had a cousin who probably could have been diagnosed as a psychopath. He had no sense of right or wrong, of good or bad. The only think that registered with him was who he could manipulate, and whether he could get away with it.
It was interesting to see. At a family funeral, he started goading his brother, talking about how much time he had to golf (in jail, no less) while the brother had to work all the time. He thrived on being an irritant to get his own way.
- Comment on My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so? 5 weeks ago:
I have very very little respect for people who cheat in a marriage instead of getting out; but it is clearly not your mom’s choice to make.
If you’re closer to your dad, then stay with him. Explain to your mom that you’re not trying to attack her, but choosing your own well-being first (as you should).
- Comment on Am I weird for avoiding flying on prop planes, and only fly on jets? 5 weeks ago:
Yes, yoy are. But so what? You’re not hurting me with your weirdness, so go hard,
- Comment on How does AI-based search engines know legit sources from BS ones ? 5 weeks ago:
I’ve thought a lot about this over the last few years, and have decided there’s one critical distinction: Understanding.
When we combine knowledge to come to a conclusion, we understand (or even misunderstand) that knowledge we’re using. We understand the meaning of our conclusion.
LLMs don’t understand. They programmatically and statistically combine data - not knowledge - to come up with a likely outcome. They are non-deterministic auto-complete bots, and that is ALL they are. There is no intelligence, and the current LLM framework will never lead to actual intelligence.
They’re parlour tricks at this point, nothing more.
- Comment on How does AI-based search engines know legit sources from BS ones ? 5 weeks ago:
In other words, “fancy auto-complete.”
- Comment on Are their any romance movies where there is a male protagonist who is a part of the manosphere? 5 weeks ago:
WTF do you mean?
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 month ago:
Glad to hear it.
I’m tempted to add Red Dead Redemption 2 to the list, but it’s too new for me to decide yet.
I think it belongs. It was the greatest storytelling game I’ve played in a decade or more.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 1 month ago:
- Portal 1/2 of course.
- Grim Fandango. (Flawed yes, but absolutely a masterpiece)
- Psychonauts.
- Fallout New Vegas.
- System Shock (the original).
- The Longest Journey.
- Mass Effect. Maybe.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Short answer: easier than most people think.
Read Ken Thompson’s article Reflections on trusting trust for some tangential hacks.