Zorque

@Zorque@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today is June 1st, the start of Pride Month. This scene from "Blood Oath" weighs heavily on my mind.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honor is a flexible concept, especially for Klingons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stellar Blade removes its region lock on Steam, now available in most of the world⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So not exactly a hell freezing over situation, more of a blue moon?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stellar Blade removes its region lock on Steam, now available in most of the world⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But a game doesn’t have to be on GOG to not have DRM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stellar Blade removes its region lock on Steam, now available in most of the world⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t DRM often get removed after a game wanes in popularity as it’s no longer worth the price to keep up the Denuvo license?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that the Australian Prime Minister said CEOs of multinational corporations conspired to undermine his elected government⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Slowly over time.

  Luckily there’s plenty of younger douchebags to take their place, so we don’t have to worry about them running out!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shout Studios have uploaded What We Left Behind to YouTube.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Star Trek: F•r•i•e•n•d•s?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs seem designed to funnel people to capitalist cloud services⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Capitalist institutions push capitalism? What kind of world is this!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Time To Go Back to Web 1.0⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You dont have to call yourself capitalist to be capitalist. The main difference between modern western capitalism and classic monarchy is the collective perception of divine right. Now that perception is completely personal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Washington state falling out of love with Tesla?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, two people who are clearly the masterminds behind everything and not rodeo clowns meant to distract the general public.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Bad Mother? In Defense of Star Trek's Lwaxana Troi⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s that one episode where she relives the trauma of losing her first child.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Common diabetes drug helps chickens lay more eggs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It is a part of human society, though. Exploit animals, nature, each other… kind of what we’ve been doing for most of our existence. Well, the ones in power at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So in the mean time we should just abandon students to the people fucking up the system?

  One can’t just snap their fingers and make everything better, reality does not work that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So they should go into private education do only the rich or lucky can get a good education?

  Or do you think that teachers are the ones directing public education policy?

  Or are you saying that somehow not participating in a flawed system will somehow fix it?

  The entire purpose behind policies that hinder quality education is to drive skilled educators away. To choose not to participate is the best way to expedite the goals of those who benefit from poor quality education.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You will, they’re just overworked and undersupported.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Happens When AI-Generated Lies Are More Compelling than the Truth?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably the same as non-AI generated lies that have been used by politicians for years to stir up their base.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And maybe cotton candy will shoot out of my butt and feed all the starving orphans.

  The frog jumps out when it’s uncomfortable no matter how slow you heat the water, despite what the meme tells you. The issue is that there’s plenty of people more than willing to provide yet another pot of water to boil for the frog to jump into, because the frog just wants out, it doesn’t care where it goes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not really a die toss because the people with power maintain that power and have the most influence in what comes out of that shit-pool. It needs a functional shakeup at the deepest level, and not superficial changes at the surface level to make an effective difference. Otherwise things will just continue to repeat until we destroy ourselves. The problem is that kind of shakeup requires that people remain vigilant and involved for their entire lives, which isn’t going to happen if their only concern is that their own lives are getting disrupted and they want it to go back to par, which is our current standoff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump suggests lower China tariff, says 80% 'seems right!'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you need to go on a training montage, then! Start playing Eye of the Tiger and shooting BBs at a side of beef and all that. If it’s what you really want, of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump suggests lower China tariff, says 80% 'seems right!'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  After you, buddy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta Reportedly Eyeing 'Super Sensing' Tech for Smart Glasses⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What does dystopia mean to you? This is akin to having sticky notes to remember things, just in a more compact convenient application. Having social lubricant is also not really a bad thing. If anything it can help people keep from isolating themselves from others.

  It can be abused… but then again so can sticky notes. The problem isn’t the technology, it’s the application. Keeping track of friends and colleagues and having simple prompts to encourage interaction is good, keeping databases of dissenters and subjugation tools not so good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down. I just didn’t expect them to be such losers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, it’s kind of a prerequisite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"A watched pot never boils" is actually advice for keeping your pot from boiling. Because a soup boiled is a soup spoiled.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Global warming: Hold my CO2…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically my shit is edible, technically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People in the office who don't take used K-Cups out of the machine are the new equivalent "you kill it, you fill it"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But your “fair and balanced” puts all the onus of clean up on the next person. Kind of like how parking far to one side of a parking spot puts all onus of creating enough space for people to get out of their car on the next person.

  It’s passing the buck because you can’t be bothered to clean up after yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People in the office who don't take used K-Cups out of the machine are the new equivalent "you kill it, you fill it"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re the kind of person who parks all the way on the passenger side of a parking spot, aren’t you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People in the office who don't take used K-Cups out of the machine are the new equivalent "you kill it, you fill it"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who used to take care of office supplies (I was in accounting, btw) because everyone in the office is lazy and doesn’t wanna deal with complex things like grounds and filters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is it’s not the last resort, far from it. We still have some semblance of democracy, no matter how often people are screaming that it’s all lost already (like yourself). We still have options, just because so many people choose not to consider them doesn’t mean they don’t exist, it just means it takes more effort than lighting a bottle of alcohol with a rag in it on fire and tossing it at the people you blame for all your inconveniences.

  Yes, we have a problem at the federal level, and yes it’s going to be hard to fix it. But it’s not the only thing that matters, and treating it like it is is how we’ve lost so much ground already. People gave up long ago because everyone keeps telling them their thoughts don’t matter, that everything is already broken and there’s no way to fix it. Not because it’s true, because it’s the easiest way to get people to stop resisting effectively.

  You want people to do something meaningful? Stop backing them into a corner by telling them they have no options left. Cause as we’ve seen already it just means they give up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That we think in absolutes, and either are hyper violent or apathetic, both of which lead to no real resolution? Yeah, definitely a real problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you organize that many people you can get what you want without resorting to a form of violence that will really only create a power vacuum, not a better future.

  Violence is just cheap and easy, as long as you don’t have to think about the consequences of your actions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK JR just told us Elon Musk can't use the toilet unassisted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people also wear a label as a badge of honor, or as an excuse for their malign actions. Elon has little to lose with his claims, and so much to excuse.