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- Comment on The Highguard Website Is Down As Players Brace For The Worst 1 week ago:
The whole thing was rigged to fail. There appears to have been almost zero outside input during the development. All the feedback they got were from internal sources or carefully vetted content creators - ones that rarely say anything bad about a game.
They created an echo fart-sniffing chamber.
They released a few updates almost right away which were received positively but it doesn’t appear that the company had the money to ride out a few months of poor microtransactions.
No open beta, no Early Access. They disappeared from social media right after the trailer dropped then, when they returned, all they did was whine.
Thousands of players quit and uninstalled before finishing the required tutorial.
I’m sure a lot of the creatives and devs are capable of creating great things. Management created an environment of groupthink, not of questioning and innovation.
- Comment on Remedy's new CEO is a former sports betting guy and EA executive who aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value' 2 weeks ago:
Nah. It’ll be an online hero shooter.
- Comment on Preview Episode 5 Of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ With 13 New Images From “Series Acclimation Mil” 3 weeks ago:
The screen looks like a thumbnail for YouTube video on one of those AI-slop documentary channels.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 5 weeks ago:
That makes way more sense.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 5 weeks ago:
Latin was my major - vita is life. Vitus doesn’t exist in Latin. I think they just made up a Latin-sounding word and ran with it.
- Comment on Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... ads 5 weeks ago:
I switched to Niagara a few months ago and bought it. It’s been working great for me. No regrats.
- Comment on Winter 2026 Anime Season Kickoff and General Discussion Thread [2026, Week 02] 1 month ago:
Your description sold me. I watch anime to escape reality. If I want to watch a bunch of jerks being edgy and shitty, I can just turn on the news.
- Comment on Winter 2026 Anime Season Kickoff and General Discussion Thread [2026, Week 02] 1 month ago:
I saw “Sentenced to be a Hero” pop up and I flagged it to maybe watch it later but I’m not going to bother.
You saved me a precious hour that I can now spend on doing something productive. Like gaming.
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 1 month ago:
The US has directly captured or supported the overthrow of multiple heads of state. Nobody has ever done anything and they won’t now.
Too many Americans are actually supportive of this so there won’t be any major domestic repercussions. Maybe some hearings in Congress.
America is not going to fix itself. The corruption is built in. For the last 50 years (roughly), the system has been changed to make the people dumb and complacent; to make the President a puppet king who answers to the wealthy.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 1 month ago:
Very interesting. I’ll have to look into it. Fortunately, I have family on both sides who were very into family history; they were diehard Mormons.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 2 months ago:
I was hopeful for a moment then realized that my Canadian ancestors would have been British.
- Comment on Are we deprogramming empathy in the US? 2 months ago:
You’re referring to the 1560s/70s, right?
Seriously, though, stripping away empathy has always been a tactic throughout history used by the greedy and selfish to get their way.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 2 months ago:
Thanks for the link!
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 2 months ago:
My router points to adguard, so I’d probably just run pi hole on the minipc.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 2 months ago:
I haven’t heard of Sceptre. I’ll take a look.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 2 months ago:
Very true. I’ll need to buy a pi and play with that first.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 2 months ago:
I was thinking I’d do a pinhole and maybe a minipc. I’ve never had much luck with casting.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 2 months ago:
I’m trying to avoid Amazon but I’ll look there to see what I can learn.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 2 months ago:
That’s what my search keeps coming up with - commercial display models. I don’t know enough about them to make a good decision, though. I guess I’ll keep digging.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 2 months ago:
I will need to replace my TV next year and I’m really not looking forward to it.
I will be hooking my two consoles (Series X and PS5), then all I need is something that I can put Emby and SmartTube on.
Are the Onn sticks still a good option?
- Comment on [DISC] The Useless Idol and Her Only Fan in the World - Ch. 50 2 months ago:
I don’t want to wait another 3 months to see the cake!
- Comment on Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro Bed Temp Issue 2 months ago:
Okay. I’ll contact their support and go from there.
I really do appreciate the response!
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- Comment on Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100 2 months ago:
You can buy a flamethrower drone for removing wasp nests. You can say it’s an amalgamation of Mage Hand and Fireball.
- Comment on Somali TikToker deported from US for spy kidnapping may be innocent 2 months ago:
Anyone deported by the US has a high probability of being legally and literally innocent.
- Comment on How Google Disabled Movie Reviews at the Request of Film Studios 2 months ago:
They misnamed the website. It should “mediocre” not “medium.”
- Comment on AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner | Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures 2 months ago:
Some food bloggers understand this and have a button to take you straight to the recipe. So many don’t, though.
I just want a recipe for peanut butter cookies, not a web novel, Jan. If I want a story with the recipe, I’ll go watch “Good Eats.”
- Comment on Norwegian Man Arrested for Playing Dorei to no Seikatsu 3 months ago:
“The 24-year-old suspect, from Sør-Rogaland, was charged with possessing the game as well as other illegal files.”
He had more than just the game, apparently.
Later in the article, it does explain that games like this do fall under Norway’s CP definition.
- Comment on Self hosting Sunday! What's up, selfhosters? 3 months ago:
I think I get it. I’ll look into after I get home from work today.
- Comment on Self hosting Sunday! What's up, selfhosters? 3 months ago:
I don’t understand how that’d work but I’ll look into it. Thanks for the info!