TommySoda
@TommySoda@lemmy.world
- Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year 9 hours ago:
Google getting rid of all the things that made people want an android phone over an iPhone.
- Comment on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector 3 days ago:
Imagine bribing politicians to get tax breaks as those same politicians start to take more of a cut than the other side would have taxed you. I’m starting to think everyone that is rich and powerful are also incredibly stupid.
- Comment on Gamers Nexus big story about GPU smuggling got taken down. 4 days ago:
Just downloaded it. Thanks my guy.
- Comment on Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the 'Antithesis of Wikipedia' 5 days ago:
Already got it downloaded. It’s only like 100 - 150 gigabytes or something like that. Got it on my PC, my laptop, and my external hard drive. I don’t trust the powers that be to keep it intact anymore so I’d rather have my own copy, even if outdated.
- Comment on AI at the World’s Biggest Games Event(Gamescom) Booked Random Meetings for Attendees 6 days ago:
I like how every company is pushing to replace programmers with AI yet it can’t even do the job of a receptionist.
- Comment on Google CIO Calls Trump Admin’s Climate Denialism “Fantastic” | Ruth Porat called for data centers to be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear 1 week ago:
Sounds to me like those fossil fuel companies are using those new subsidies from the Trump regime to bribe other companies into switching. And since most tech companies only think of short term profit they’re totally down to go with the option that gives them a discount. Tech companies get cheaper energy while the fossil fuel companies get to make more companies dependent on their product for longer. In the short term, these tech companies will make truckloads of money. But in the long term, not updating the infrastructure to the modern age and actually going backward will only doom them, especially on the global market.
- Comment on Final Fantasy X programmer doesn’t get why devs want to replicate low-poly PS1 era games. “We worked so hard to avoid warping, but now they say it’s charming” - AUTOMATON WEST 2 weeks ago:
And some people just like ass more than others. I personally think the PS1 aesthetic is charming when done right. But that’s just my opinion, totally fair to disagree.
- Comment on Final Fantasy X programmer doesn’t get why devs want to replicate low-poly PS1 era games. “We worked so hard to avoid warping, but now they say it’s charming” - AUTOMATON WEST 2 weeks ago:
Nostalgia turns it into an art style and aesthetic. The same thing happened with pixel graphics. We’re going through the ages of video game graphics again as people that grew up with those games are now the ones creating the games. In a few years i bet we’ll start seeing games with the aesthetic of GameCube and the PS2 games.
Personally I think it’s a good thing. When it turns into an aesthetic it never truly dies and it makes the style timeless. We’ll be seeing pixel graphics and PS1 style graphics in games until people get bored of it, which they never will.
- Comment on YSK about Changing your Profile Picture to Clippy 2 weeks ago:
If you could explain how you got to that conclusion I would love to know. Not trying to be rude, just interested in where it’s coming from.
- Comment on Google search boss says AI isn’t killing search clicks 2 weeks ago:
That’s not what the data said back in March. I highly doubt it’s gotten better.
- Comment on NASA's carbon tracking satellites are on Trump's chopping block | The satellites targeted for removal are the only ones monitoring Earth's greenhouse gases. 3 weeks ago:
And I’m sure his loyalists aren’t even competent enough to know the difference either. They have their heads so far up their ass you could probably show them a video of a completely different satellite burning up in the atmosphere and they’d believe it.
- Comment on GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out. 3 weeks 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 NASA's carbon tracking satellites are on Trump's chopping block | The satellites targeted for removal are the only ones monitoring Earth's greenhouse gases. 3 weeks ago:
Just leave it up and say you took it down. Don’t even stop publishing the data. It’s not like he’s smart enough to actually go back and make sure you actually did it and he’ll forget about it entirely in like a week. And it’s not like he’s actually going to check. What’s he gonna do? Go to space?
- Comment on Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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. 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 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 5 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’ 5 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 1 month 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] 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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. 1 month 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. 1 month 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. 1 month 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 1 month 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.