TommySoda
@TommySoda@lemmy.world
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Mods Have Already Been Published Online 2 days ago:
Is there one to get rid of the “piss” filter they put over the game? That’s really my only complaint so far.
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - Official Trailer 2 days ago:
A deluxe edition does seem a little lame for a remaster. But at the same time the deluxe edition is still cheaper than Starfield and I’d much rather play this.
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - Official Trailer 2 days ago:
I straight up got emotional during the trailer and announcement stream. Oblivion was the first RPG of this kind that I ever played and was one of my favorite games in middle school. Hopefully it’s a stable release because I wanna play that shit as soon as I get home from work.
- Comment on The Oblivion remaster is real: Doubters in shambles as developer Virtuos accidentally leaves the door open to trailer screenshots and assets 5 days ago:
And it looks like they added the classic “piss filter.” Not gonna lie, if I can’t turn it off that’s a pass for me.
- Comment on U.S. House Panel Says China's DeepSeek AI Is a 'Profound Threat' to National Security 5 days ago:
Yeah, I guess that’s a good point. In my brain that made more sense but now I realize it makes no sense at all.
- Comment on U.S. House Panel Says China's DeepSeek AI Is a 'Profound Threat' to National Security 5 days ago:
I nooo if only we didn’t defund all of our cybersecurity! Who could have seen this coming?!
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 5 days ago:
Oh yeah, they are literally everywhere. And a lot of them are impersonating people that haven’t switched from Twitter yet to take advantage of it specifically.
- Comment on Free speech until you disagree with my support of fascism... 1 week ago:
Yeah, I got banned from there yesterday for calling that exact user an asshole. He got mad and said “no name calling or you’ll get banned!” I’m okay with the outcome.
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remaster is real - Eurogamer 1 week ago:
“Hey you, you’re finally awake.”
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remaster is real - Eurogamer 1 week ago:
My only thing is that I hope they fixed some of the blaring issues with the original. I still go back and play the Oblivion from time to time, but I usually have to spend 4 or 5 hours just downloading and installing mods. My biggest gripe with Oblivion has always been enemy scaling. Unless you do the main quest first you’ll be fighting the strongest enemies in the game by the time you get around to it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yeah… This is literally designed to hurt people and help Twitter. Some of my older family members don’t even have a smart phone. And if they do the only social media they use is Facebook.
- Comment on Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says 2 weeks ago:
If it was marketed and used for what it’s actually good at this wouldn’t be an issue. We shouldn’t be using it to replace artists, writers, musicians, teachers, programmers, and actors. It should be used as a tool to make those people’s jobs easier and achieve better results. I understand its uses and that it’s not a useless technology. The problem is that capitalism and greedy CEOs are ruining the technology by trying to replace everyone but themselves so they can maximize profits.
- Comment on The Sims Competitor inZOI Sells 1 Million in a Week, Krafton Declares It a ‘Long-Term Franchise IP’ 2 weeks ago:
I’ve seen some people play it because it seems pretty cool. Although it doesn’t look amazing and seems pretty shallow, but at the same time it’s only $40. The price tag alone is almost enough for me to give it a try. Any of the Sims games are hundreds of dollars at this point if you wanna buy the DLC. And that’s on a decent sale, too.
- Comment on The Sims Competitor inZOI Sells 1 Million in a Week, Krafton Declares It a ‘Long-Term Franchise IP’ 2 weeks ago:
Which is really unfortunate because The Sims 4 was my least favorite of the franchise. Probably only played it for about 20 hours over the years while I have hundreds in 2 and 3.
- Comment on Or more 3 weeks ago:
And he was the best friend I ever had.
- Comment on I mean......if you really think about it..... 3 weeks ago:
No, I just don’t get it. :)
- Comment on I mean......if you really think about it..... 3 weeks ago:
Honestly, as a huge anime nerd, these names are getting a little ridiculous. It doesn’t stop me from watching them, I just don’t get it.
- Comment on Civilization 7 Outlines Crucial 1.1.1 Update as It Struggles to Compete on Steam Against Civ 6 and Even the 15-Year-Old Civ 5 4 weeks ago:
My philosophy is that Civ 5 and Civ 6 are just fine. My friend was going to buy 7 on release and I was like “yeah, but you can just go play Civ 6. It’s not like it’s a bad game just because the new one is out.” And I’m glad I convinced him otherwise because of how “okay” Civ 7 has been so far. Nothing against the game, I just already have the last three Civ games with all DLC and there is still a mountain of content that we already have to play with each other.
- Comment on Americans under 30 are so miserable that the U.S. just fell to a historically low ranking in the world happiness report 4 weeks ago:
I’ll let you know when it happens. :)
- Comment on Americans under 30 are so miserable that the U.S. just fell to a historically low ranking in the world happiness report 4 weeks ago:
Jokes on you, I turned 30 a few months ago.
- Comment on You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use. 5 weeks ago:
As someone that has pretty decent vision, I enjoyed reading this font very much. Imma have to download it just because it’s pleasant to read.
- Comment on Majority of AI Researchers Say Tech Industry Is Pouring Billions Into a Dead End 5 weeks ago:
If this is their way of making AI, with brute forcing the technology without innovation, AI will probably cost more for these companies to maintain infrastructure than just hiring people. These companies are already not making a lot of money for how much they cost to maintain. And unless they charge companies millions of dollars just to be able to use their services they will never make a profit. And since companies are trying to use AI to replace the millions they spend on employees it seems kinda pointless if they aren’t willing to prioritize efficiency.
It’s basically the same argument they have with people. They don’t wanna treat people like actual humans because it costs too much, yet letting them love happy lives makes them more efficient workers. Whereas now they don’t want to spend money to make AI more efficient, yet increasing efficiency would make them more less expensive to run. It’s the never ending cycle of cutting corners only to eventually make less money than you would have if you did things the right way.
- Comment on Majority of AI Researchers Say Tech Industry Is Pouring Billions Into a Dead End 5 weeks ago:
Technically in most cases progresses on a logarithmic scale when innovation isn’t prioritized. We’ve basically reached the plateau of what LLMs can currently do without a breakthrough. They could absorb all the information on the internet and not even come close to what they say it is. These days we’re in the “bells and whistles” phase where they add unnecessary bullshit to make it seem new like adding 5 cameras to a phone or adding touchscreens to cars. Things that make something seem fancy by slapping buzzwords and without needing to actually change anything
- Comment on Filing: DOGE broke Treasury policy with unencrypted email 5 weeks ago:
I’m just waiting for these incompetent fuckwits at DOGE to fuck something up so catastrophically that it backfires on them tenfold. I’d take GeekSquad running the government over these guys.
- Comment on What Fediverse services do you use? 1 month ago:
I know, I’m a mad man. But I stand by my principles of seeing boobs at work.
- Comment on What Fediverse services do you use? 1 month ago:
I open the links too.
- Comment on FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’ (read: multi billion contract with Musk) 1 month ago:
Yeah, imma have to go through our equipment to find out if they go through with this. If we do have to replace it, this shit is not cheap.
- Comment on What Fediverse services do you use? 1 month ago:
Mostly Lemmy for me but sometimes Pixelfed. I’m also a psychopath and browse “everything” with all NSFW filters turned off while at work, so I’m probably not a good judge.
- Comment on Realistically, how feasible is it to 100% boycott a massive corporation (such as Amazon) for an extended period of time? 1 month ago:
If you strive for perfection you will always fall short. Just do what you can. I started actually going to stores instead of buying things online, but sometimes that is not feasible. If I absolutely have to buy something from Amazon, I canceled my Prime and just wait longer for my packages. As for the other services Amazon provides I have no idea. Look for alternatives as best you can.
The goal is more about giving as little money as possible to Amazon as possible. You don’t have to go cold turkey and cut it all out if it causes problems for you. Use this time to research alternatives for the future as you pivot away.
- Comment on FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’ (read: multi billion contract with Musk) 1 month ago:
GPS isn’t just for google maps. I’m a land surveyor and we literally use GPS every single day. Without it we’re basically fucked. We do hydrographic surveying and without GPS we’d have to basically go back to analog as 90% of the equipment on our boat would be useless. Good luck figuring out how much water is left in the Colorado river without it.
The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will be completely fucked without it as it’s built on decades of data and monitoring. You can’t just look for “alternatives.” Y’all know what a GEOID model, state plane, or ellipsoidal height are? Because I’m pretty sure these cucks don’t and whatever Elmo has is not robust enough for the precision that is required for what we use GPS for. And without shit like that you couldn’t hit the broad side of a city.