TommySoda

@TommySoda@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They are so desperate to push this and it’s pretty obvious why. Companies have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into AI like it was going to revolutionize literally everything and are now forcing it on people to make up for the fact that they were wrong. Don’t get me wrong, AI has its uses, but their whole “solution for everything” mentality is really starting to backfire and they are just trying to make a profit off their investments. Basically “we spent way more money on this than we should have so you better use it or else.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And as soon as that happens, I’m out. I’d rather just opt out of the modern internet. I already have to deal with my information getting leaked from various different services at least once every couple years it seems. I can change a credit card or an password, I can’t change my ID.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube rolls out new profanity guidelines for creators, utilizes AI to identify teens⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This whole age verification thing is going to destroy the modern internet as we know it today. Mark my words, but I have a feeling that if government issued IDs become a necessary component to access these platforms worldwide I cannot see these platforms surviving long term. People already don’t trust these platforms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Protest footage blocked as online safety act comes into force – The Free Speech Union⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Took 'em less than a week to weaponize it. Gotta protect those kids, am I right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It would help if there weren’t millions of dollars, entire organizations, and even the government that is trying to silence them and cover this up. This isn’t an issue of people not believing the women as I’m sure the average person has been sceptical with this from the beginning. The problem is that the guilty are rich and powerful enough that they can make their problems disappear. The problem isn’t that the people want to know who’s guilty (I’m sure most of the names won’t even be that surprising) it’s that they want to know why the guilty are getting away with it and why the government is actively protecting these monsters. Its the fact that they can get away with whatever the fuck they want, even raping children, and still get to live their lives like nothing ever happened. It’s why everyone on both sides of politics don’t really care who’s on the list, they just want some actual fucking consequences.

  The rich and the elites already get away with so much bullshit, and if we let them get away with something as awful as this we might as well give up on calling ourselves civilized.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch.io apologise for "frustration and confusion" after delisting thousands of NSFW projects⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same religious organization that went after them NSFW games on Steam. Like the games or not, it’s always a slippery slope with this kind of censorship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Opinion] Western media and politicians suddenly realise Israel is starving Palestinians⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Took them fucking long enough. And it’s not that they finally realized it, it’s that it’s too big to ignore now because they let it go this far. You wouldn’t need to report on starving Palestinians and genocide if you didn’t literally deny it for years. This is what being complacent does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump faces backlash as 69% believe Epstein details concealed, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You also have to take into account people that are not sure or simply don’t care that much and have no opinion.

  Just 17% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the case, a weaker rating than the president received on any other issue in the poll. Among Republicans, 35% approved, compared to 29% who disapproved and the rest who said they weren’t sure or didn’t answer the question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furor as ‘hoax’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they’re not pissed about whether or not he’s on the list, they’re pissed about the fact that he’s part of the swamp that he promised to drain. We’re talking about the people that said they’d vote for him even if he shot someone in the middle of the street. They never cared about whether or not he was on the list they just wanted him to draim the swamp. And everyone on both sides of the political spectrum know that the people in charge on both sides were involved with Epstein and don’t care who they are.

  If you go to conservative communities online they’ll say “yeah but what about Biden?” If you go to liberal communities they’ll say “yeah but what about trump?” The only reason we think the other side is okay with Epstein is because we’ve both been told that the other side has that position. But in reality, everyone wants them released regardless of political views.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are numerous tools already out there for parents to use to monitor and censor what their kids see online. Schools have been using it since the Internet came out and it’s only gotten more robust over the years. Not only that, but kids always figure out a way around this shit and will continue to do so until the end of time because that’s just what they do. The only thing this does is punish everyone and implement more surveillance. And since people are people and kids are kids, there will be workarounds within days even without a VPN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While I share your pessimism, I also know that some of these dudes are just scared to lose their job. I’m not saying that they are innocent just that they are in the same boat we all are with our jobs. If I got fired I’d be bankrupt in a month if not less. I’m sure there are plenty of ICE that we don’t see that are freaking the fuck out. The only ones we see in clips online are the ones that will immediately volunteer when asked if they want to go arrest some brown people.

  And to reiterate, that does not make these guys innocent. They are complacent and watching this happen without lifting a finger to help. The “just following orders” crowd, if you will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what I do too. I’ve bought it for all my friends or have convinced them to get it. Feels like I’m a drug dealer trying to push it on everyone I know lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But at the same time there are plenty of indie devs that sell games for $30 and then have a few $15 DLC on top of that after a few years. Not throwing shade at those other devs, more just saying that the dev for Stardew Valley could have sold DLC and nobody would have questioned it but chose not to. You could be like Stardew Valley and keep the game cheap, free updates, and frequent sales or you could be like Factorio and refuse to ever put your game on sale and up the price every couple of years and come out with a $20 DLC. And I’d be shocked if Stardew Valley has made less money than Factorio in the long run, especially with it being the in number one place right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And I’d say that it is 100% deserved. Stardew Valley is a once in a lifetime kind of game and has one of the best developers you could ask for. Free new content and updates for 10 years and it’s still like $20 and frequently on sale. The developer actually tweeted out once that if he ever charged for new content that he’d want everyone to publicly shame him.

  “I swear on the honor of my family name, i will never charge money for a DLC or update for as long as I live. Screencap this and shame me if I ever violate this oath.”

  Stardew Valley is the gaming industry at its best and one of the best indie games out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time travel doesn't work unless you also have teleportation. If you travel to the past/future, Earth will be in a different position in its orbit, and you'll die in space.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But that’s the point that I’m trying to make. It’s probably my fault as I’m not very good at explaining things like this, and I’m not disagreeing with at all. I’m just saying that there is no way to have a machine or method of travel with a fixed point without knowing its relation to other objects. Just like you can’t know the trajectory of the Earth through space without knowing its relation to other objects. What I’m saying is that regardless of your “fixed point” you will have to do the same math, just in a different order depending on your point of reference. We are dealing with relatively here so the only variable that changes is your point of reference while the math stays the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time travel doesn't work unless you also have teleportation. If you travel to the past/future, Earth will be in a different position in its orbit, and you'll die in space.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But that’s the thing though. How can you determine the Earth as a reference point without knowing how it relates to other objects in space? “Here” is as useful a coordinated system as a fake absolute positioning system. “Here” is just your relation to other objects. If you don’t know what your relation to those objects is you can’t determine where “here” is, or the Earth for that matter. Whether it’s the machine or the person operating it, something or someone has to calculate where the Earth is in order to use it as a reference point.

  If you are driving away from your friend and 20 mph, from your perspective they are moving away from you at the same speed while you are the one that’s stationary. The only thing determining your location, or reference point, is your relation to each other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most people's earliest memories are at around 3 or 4 years of age, which correlates with the age kids start asking "why" for everything. Kids start asking why when they become self-aware.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember reading something just the other day that said we form memories in the womb… I’ll be back imma find a source.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Micro$oft is like the new EA. This is the exact same shit EA did 10 years back when they bought up dozens of studios, milked the shit out of them, and then closed the studio so the executives could get bonuses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time travel doesn't work unless you also have teleportation. If you travel to the past/future, Earth will be in a different position in its orbit, and you'll die in space.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But if you’re in a moving car and “pop” back a few seconds while the car doesn’t you won’t be in the car anymore. If it worked more like rewinding a video you wouldn’t need to do much, but I’m assuming OP means literally going “poof” and now you’re back in time. If that’s the case, you would still need to know how Earth is moving through spacetime. If you don’t know your relativistic relationship to the Earth and every other object in the universe then how would you know where you are or your own relativity compared to the Earth?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet i still can’t click on icons on the taskbar to bring up a window that is behind another. Gotta use “alt+tab” until I get to the window I want to show up. At first I just thought it was my PC at work but I later found out that it’s every PC in the entire building. It’s absolutely infuriating that features that’ve worked for 30 years are now suddenly broken in Windows 11. I started migrating to Linux for my home PC and it has only made me hate Windows even more when I go into work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just in case you forgot, getting rid of video games is part of Project 2025. Republicans have had a vendetta against them since Mortal Kombat came out in the arcades back in the 90s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says 'not going to stand' for Netanyahu's continued prosecution⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m so tired of hearing this man say “billions of dollars” over and over again with absolutely nothing to back it up and people just going like “yeah, totally. Billions of dollars.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So basically, they are saying “we invested a fuck ton of money into this so you better fucking use it.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI wins $200m contract with US military for ‘warfighting’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  OpenAI wants the money and the military wants to never have to deal with accountability. That way when they bomb a wherever they want and just say “it wasn’t my decision, it was the AI” and then OpenAI can say “we need more money to make it more reliable. Also we need more training data from the military so it won’t happen again, can we have it all?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail only to be taken into immigration custody⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine going to work, paying your taxes, and just living your life when one day you get taken by people you don’t know and shuffled around to different countries and prisons for literally no fucking reason over the span of just a few months. Can’t talk to your family and probably don’t even know where you are half the time. This can happen to any of us and you’ll never know it’s coming until you are already being detained. It’s so disgusting, inhumane, and horrifying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia tells US not to strike Iran, warns of nuclear catastrophe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the only country that doesn’t think Iran has nukes is Iran. Can’t say that I trust what Israel, the US, or Russia have to say on this matter either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I cannot think of any reason they would do this unless they were just actively trying to kill people. We’ve known that asbestos is bad for 100 years and they finally banned the last kind of it very recently. This doesn’t even make sense economically as it’s not even in high demand. It would be cheaper and more economically viable to leave it exactly where it is. Next thing you know they are gonna start putting lead back into gasoline for literally no reason besides “fuck you.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Outer Worlds 2 Can't Be Anti-Capitalist When It's Charging Us $80 To Play It⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure if it was up to the developers and creative minds behind the game this would have never been an issue. Sure, things like inflation have made the process of making games more expensive, but it’s not like the extra money is going to actually go back to the developers. I’m so sick of this “games are more expensive to make” bullshit while they treat their employees like garbage and make them work ungodly hours. Micro$oft makes more money in one day than most of us or any of the developers will ever see in our entire lifetimes yet they need to lecture us on why we need to give them more money.

  To be clear, I hold no grudge against the actual developers of this game. The first one was pretty decent and I’m sure this next one will be relatively good as well. But remember that we are talking about the company that forced Arkane to make Redfall when they had no desire to make it and after it failed fired everyone at Arkane Austin and closed the studio. This isn’t about making their money back to cover the cost of development, it’s about making as much profit as possible with the least amount of effort possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Your dick sounds pretty good to me.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Persona 4 Revival - Teaser Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No worries, I appreciate the follow up. Glad it’s coming to them all.