AwesomeLowlander
@AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Australia has a $127,000 housing affordability question 1 day ago:
So you’re in agreement with Kohler
I am not. He’s clearly implying that current density is just fine, when the reality is that there is plenty of reason to densify and cherry picking a single extreme example at the other end of the range is disingenuous at best.
- Comment on Australia has a $127,000 housing affordability question 1 day ago:
He clearly thinks that being the 859th-least-dense city in the world is bad, or at least an opportunity to be denser, but a lot of people would say it’s just fine. One of the world’s densest cities is Giza, in Egypt, where 4.4 million people squeeze into 98 square kilometres, not much larger than the size of Sydney’s Parramatta, where fewer than 300,000 people live.
Maybe not so much sneaky as blatant. Going from the density of Australia to Giza is a bullshit comparison.
- Comment on Australia has a $127,000 housing affordability question 1 day ago:
Bullshit article that tries to sneak in the usual anti immigrant, anti densification bullshit
- Comment on Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update 2 days ago:
Same scam that is done on elections to give the illusion of choice but the puppet master never changes
Fuck off with that ‘both sides the same’ bullshit. We’ve very conclusively proven that no, one side is much fucking worse.
- Comment on Adult games hit once more, as Valve seemingly denies Early Access to games with mature content 2 days ago:
18+ in this discussion refers to sex and nudity, not violence.
Valve axed smut games
They have NOT axed smut games, which is the primary reason we are still capable of having this discussion.
They chose the boring and predictable path of lowest resistance which is the exact opposite of what they‘re being praised for here. Of course it‘s mildly annoying for Valve and they would rather sell whatever they want but they‘re not fighting for customers here at all.
Weird how the smut developers, the ones who are most affected by this situation, have a diametrically opposed view of the situation than you do.
- Comment on Steam is now blocking NSFW updates for published adult-only games, according to a raunchy RPG developer 3 days ago:
Yes, the devs who are the actual people affected by this issue, how dare they bootlick!
- Comment on Adult games hit once more, as Valve seemingly denies Early Access to games with mature content 3 days ago:
In the Reddit thread about the rejected NSFW updates, Crimson Delight have only good things to say about Valve’s handling of the situation. “I have to say the reviewer was kind and forthcoming, we didn’t feel threatened or bullied in any way, and we got the feeling they were trying to do their best to help devs navigate the process,” developer Frenzin writes. “But the fact of the matter is that Valve has payment processors breathing down their neck, and the rules keep getting stricter as time goes on.”
“Valve isn’t the problem here,” Frenzin continues. "The big credit card companies are. If anything, Valve has stood up to them and pushed back. They could’ve simply nuked the 18+ section of Steam, but they didn’t, they stuck up for developers. Obviously adult games make Valve money, but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of Steam’s catalogue. Silksong itself probably earned Valve more than most NSFW titles put together.
“Given that we’re erogame devs, we’re against any sort of censorship (as long as the content isn’t sexualizing minors or nonconsensual in any way),” the developer comments. “But it’s important to understand where the real problem lies, and it’s not with Valve.”
- Comment on "Valve must stop making excuses": Steam under fire for "significant price disparity for PC games," causing regional pricing that's "often 20% to 30% higher than the dollar equivalent" 3 days ago:
In the Reddit thread about the rejected NSFW updates, Crimson Delight have only good things to say about Valve’s handling of the situation. “I have to say the reviewer was kind and forthcoming, we didn’t feel threatened or bullied in any way, and we got the feeling they were trying to do their best to help devs navigate the process,” developer Frenzin writes. “But the fact of the matter is that Valve has payment processors breathing down their neck, and the rules keep getting stricter as time goes on.”
“Valve isn’t the problem here,” Frenzin continues. "The big credit card companies are. If anything, Valve has stood up to them and pushed back. They could’ve simply nuked the 18+ section of Steam, but they didn’t, they stuck up for developers. Obviously adult games make Valve money, but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of Steam’s catalogue. Silksong itself probably earned Valve more than most NSFW titles put together.
“Given that we’re erogame devs, we’re against any sort of censorship (as long as the content isn’t sexualizing minors or nonconsensual in any way),” the developer comments. “But it’s important to understand where the real problem lies, and it’s not with Valve.”
- Comment on Steam is now blocking NSFW updates for published adult-only games, according to a raunchy RPG developer 3 days ago:
In the Reddit thread about the rejected NSFW updates, Crimson Delight have only good things to say about Valve’s handling of the situation. “I have to say the reviewer was kind and forthcoming, we didn’t feel threatened or bullied in any way, and we got the feeling they were trying to do their best to help devs navigate the process,” developer Frenzin writes. “But the fact of the matter is that Valve has payment processors breathing down their neck, and the rules keep getting stricter as time goes on.”
“Valve isn’t the problem here,” Frenzin continues. "The big credit card companies are. If anything, Valve has stood up to them and pushed back. They could’ve simply nuked the 18+ section of Steam, but they didn’t, they stuck up for developers. Obviously adult games make Valve money, but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of Steam’s catalogue. Silksong itself probably earned Valve more than most NSFW titles put together.
“Given that we’re erogame devs, we’re against any sort of censorship (as long as the content isn’t sexualizing minors or nonconsensual in any way),” the developer comments. “But it’s important to understand where the real problem lies, and it’s not with Valve.”
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 5 days ago:
3 more days to cover, then. Hop to it!
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 5 days ago:
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- Comment on Is it true that the natural lifespan of humans is only 38 years old and we only live past that because of loads of modern medicines/technology? 6 days ago:
Asking this because none of the 38 year olds I know are taking any medications and they look really young
The basis of science is making your own observations and drawing your own conclusions. You’ve done the first half, now on to the 2nd.
- Comment on James should have used his money 6 days ago:
There’s a whole list of reasons why Vaporeon is
- Comment on Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun 6 days ago:
Unfortunately (or fortunately?) I’m a completionist. I’ll either get everything or nothing. Which means games with lots of DLC are generally a no no for me.
- Comment on Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun 6 days ago:
Would have picked it up, but for the number of dlc inflating the price
- Comment on Mmmm... Yeah. It checks out. 6 days ago:
Leader*
- Comment on 6 days ago:
“If the big tech companies and the VCs throwing their money at large-scale humanoid training spent only 20% as much but gave it all to university researchers I tend to think they would get closer to their goals more quickly,” Brooks said.
To be clear, he’s not saying the goal is unachievable. He’s just saying they’re going at it in the dumbest way possible.
- Comment on I love authoritarians yum yum 1 week ago:
Newborns are typically exposed during birth, not while growing in the womb.
Oh interesting. I hadn’t considered they could be isolated from it during pregnancy.
- Comment on I love authoritarians yum yum 1 week ago:
In the context of this discussion, you HAVE been exposed to the virus. To use your analogy, you’re hitting the test button when your house is already on fire. Hence the reason why I asked the question in the first place
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
I didn’t claim to like football. I do however actually like etymology.
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
You want to use the word football exclusively to refer to soccer because your goal is to be exclusionary
No, our goal is to use our already understood terms the way we understand them.
You don’t want those stupid Americans to talk about your favorite sport.
They’re welcome to. I don’t watch ANY sports. The closest I get to it is arguing with online trolls.
But I really want to talk about soccer with y’all a lot
Sure, go ahead. Nobody’s stopping you.
rich history and culture associated with the word soccer in favor of the word that British aristocrats used to distinguish themselves from working class soccer fans
Go read the link I posted about the etymology of the word football. Why are you discarding that rich history and culture?
what you’re willing to sacrifice just to keep me out of the conversation.
You have a highly inflated opinion of yourself if you think the English speaking world made language choices with you in mind.
- Comment on The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games 1 week ago:
I’m not sure there’s any solution to this problem. Returning to the era of gatekeepers would be a regression, and the increased democratization of game development has led to more creative and interesting products all around. This glut may be intimidating for players, but it also presents them with more choices than ever before, so long as they can ignore the FOMO of not jumping on every new release as soon as it hits.
But for the companies investing hundreds of millions of dollars into games that need to move huge numbers to break even, this is no small challenge. And it’s just getting harder every year.
Solution is simple, stop spending millions of dollars on the same bloody IP and cash grabs and give your devs some freedom.
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
Oh well. He didn’t really have a leg to stand on, so I was just taking some cheap shots at the Americans ☺️
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
~100% of English speakers will recognize the ambiguity
Everybody outside of said countries will consider ‘football’ to refer to, well, football, without any ambiguity. They may be aware Americans are idiots about it but it’s not something that comes up in daily conversation.
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
we use it to refer to Canadian rules football AND Gaelic rules football AND American football
‘we’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, considering that’s like 5% of the world population that would refer to it that way.
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(word)
It’s been around for almost a millennia.
And I’m not proposing a new standard, I’m continuing use of a standard introduced by working class Brits in the early 20th century, so that xkcd really doesn’t apply at all.
It means something specific TODAY. You’re suggesting to have it mean something new and different. It doesn’t matter if that meaning was used a century ago, that’s not what the comic is referencing.
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
‘football’ as a name has been around for centuries with no confusion, until American exceptionalism led to them inventing their own version of the game. The only confusion today is coming from the US. Your proposed change however, is the equivalent of this:
imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png
It would not do anything except make the situation even more complicated.
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
Let’s just use “football” as an umbrella term for all games played on foot
There goes baseball, handball, volleyball, and pretty much every other game involving balls that isn’t played in wheelchairs.
- Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot) 1 week ago:
Hands, tongue, boobs… Oh wait, wrong balls
- Comment on EU postpones anti-deforestation rules as bloc signs trade deal with Indonesia 1 week ago:
One thing I’ve never actually seen anybody address - demand for cooking oil is increasing. Palm oil is by far the most land-efficient of all the vegetable oils, with the rest producing far less oil per acre. For all those who urge boycotts of palm oil, do they not realise using other vegetable oils actually exacerbates the problem by requiring even more land?
