AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor
@AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on TechCrunch: Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data 1 day ago:
The enemy of my enemy is not necesarily my friend. However, when two of my enemies start killing each other, I can’t help but to cheer for both of them, hoping for one to kill the other.
- Comment on Research reveals “non-existent” enforcement of industry-led standards on loot boxes 6 days ago:
While I agree regulation must be enforced, let’s not forget that if a kid is playing on a phone that has a credit card saved, is enterely their parents’ fault.
And same if the kid has access to the card itself.
Laws to regulate lootboxes are a must, and I believe this kind of products should be treated as gambling. But FFS, it’s your kid, take some responsibility on what they play and what they buy. A 10 years-old can’t open a bank account or a credit card by themselves, so the card is their parents’. You are doing something very wrong as v parent if your kid can dispose of your credit cards unchecked and freely.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies 1 week ago:
No shit! 80€ for a game that’s a fake physical edition on consoles is outraging. As much as the price on pcs where the physical is not even a possibility.
Good thing, I hope the sales keep low for a while to serve as an example of what to not do.
- Comment on The Telegraph has deleted this sob story 1 week ago:
That’s so sad… I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
Wish they had to live with 10% of that money each year.
- Comment on Tumult in U.S. Treasurys shows Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' might be disaster 1 week ago:
Yeah, because there’s still a slight chance that he dies in a horrible way in the middle of a natural disaster sending the whole maga movement in disarray and ensuing a kind of chaos that stops the gop from doing anything for months (or, ideally, years).
- Comment on Tumult in U.S. Treasurys shows Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' might be disaster 1 week ago:
Good! As a non american person suffering indirectly from the cunt’s “politics” with nothing to do but to look in dismay as he fucks over the whole world, I’m gonna take whatever that fucks his country as schadenfraude. I’m sorry, Americans, you have fucked the whole world badly with your president, if his bills fuck your country, it’s on you and only on you.
- Comment on A year later, Apple Vision Pro owners say they regret buying the $3,500 headset 2 weeks ago:
If you could buy this thing at their asking price it means that you either had spare money to spend on it as if it was nothing or you were dumb enough to buy an item you didn’t need for an amount you couldn’t afford.
And in both cases, I don’t have sympathy for you.
- Comment on Call to defederate from feddit.org over zionism 2 weeks ago:
If in a table there are 11 people sitting with a nazi, in that table there are 12 nazis.
- Comment on A Brutal message to Americans who are whining about Chinese dominance in electric cars, claiming it's ''unfair'' 4 weeks ago:
It’s been years that I’ve been saying that europe and america fucked up big time with EVs. I am a middle class person who wants to buy an electric car. What are my alternatives? Either a +40k € car from the traditional brands that offers me the bare minimum in battery capacity or a BYD that costs under 30k offering me something acceptable. Now, why should I not pick up byd? Because it’s chinese? Well, don’t want me to buy chinese? Then fucking make a car people can afford?
In europe, for an electric car of a non chinese brand it’s either 40k for the bare minimum, or +60k for the luxury segment that I can’t afford anyway.
- Comment on US | Amazon says it will not show tariff costs on goods after White House rebuke 5 weeks ago:
So pussies.
- Comment on It's kinda crazy that we willingly give money to companies in advance (say for gift vouchers and pre-orders) 5 weeks ago:
It is crazy. Reason why I never do it. I can’t find a single good reason to use gift cards instead of money.
And for digital game preorders? That’s even dumber. The, publisher is not going to run out of bits, if you purchase after the launch, your digital game will be delivered all the same. But I guess corporate shills need to feel that they are helping the poor multi million corpo…
- Comment on Cucumbers taste like the white part of watermelons 1 month ago:
Fun fact: cucumbers and watermelons are actually part of the same family: the cucurbitaceae.
- Comment on Former SIEA President Says Players Will Pay $80 For Switch 2 Games 1 month ago:
Lucky you it’s only $80. In Europe they are going for 90€, so I guess we’re passing the 100€ barrier on any game with dlc.
And people will pay. These are the fanatics that can’t live without a mario game.
- Comment on US | Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs 1 month ago:
Now listen, there are offences and offences. I’m fine if you like a different sports, team, but pineapple on pizza? There are things one can’t forgive.
(/s just in case, put whatever you want in your food)
- Comment on Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing 1 month ago:
That’s oligopoly for you, mates. The only reason behind prices is greed. And more than half of magastan either voted for this or enabled it by not voting at all. So enjoy it, I guess.
P.s: Sorry, I don’t have any more fucks to give, I’m tired of being screwed by the magastanian asshole even though he’s not my president and I couldn’t even vote in the elections of that country.
- Comment on He thinks they'll just GIVE him money? 2 months ago:
This.
He probably knows (PROBABLY) that the numbers don’t add up. But he also knows that magats are not the smartest creatures, so they will believe anything their dear leader says, even if it’s a plain lie.
- Comment on Recommend me a steam deck game 3 months ago:
If you want a big open world game, I can recommend Mad Max, you can find it in fanatical (a legal and trusted store) for $2.49. I had a lot of fun with it and it will give you tons of hours of fun.
www.fanatical.com/en/game/mad-max
I actually recommend you that site for steam keys since they often do bundles very cheap to help your library grow without spending a fortune.
- Comment on The Devil's Panties doesn't miss 3 months ago:
Apparently we’re not oppressing them enough.
- Comment on Shovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea' 3 months ago:
That’s the problem with many modern AAA games. They lack innovation. Since they only look to maximize profits, they stick to reliable formulas that are known to be profitable.
This is the reason why I only play indies nowadays. How many AAA studios have new ideas? Sure, we see, every now and then, a new game that really feels new, but they are rare. Meanwhile, the indie sphere cooks new things constantly. Sure, not all are pretty or good or polished, but at least they try new things!
- Comment on CNN Freaks Out Over Elon Musk Changing His Name On X To “Harry Bölz” 3 months ago:
Rules for thee, not for me. Or something.
You can’t expect them to be coherent or logical or anything; they voted for trump.
- Comment on Looking for a free speech Lemmy instance 3 months ago:
No, that xkcd is relevant because that’s exactly what free speech means. Your government won’t arrest you for saying stuff, but for the same reason you are free to speak, we are free to act within law against you.
And there is no law forbiding people from boycotting or unhosting or simply not listening to what you say.
You are free to speak, we are free to listen.
- Comment on Looking for a free speech Lemmy instance 3 months ago:
So you are a racist. Got it.
- Comment on Looking for a free speech Lemmy instance 3 months ago:
You are not going to find “free speech” instances federated with everyone, because what you are looking for is an instance allowing bigotry and racism, things that most of lemmy don’t like.
- Comment on USA | Musk Shows Us What Actual Government Censorship On Social Media Looks Like 3 months ago:
Anyone still thiking those assholes are “free speech warriors” is an idiot who deserves whatever happens to them.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director thinks GTA 6 might have the "clout" to normalise a $100 price tag 4 months ago:
Oh well, looks like it’ll be another gaming gen in which I will buy zero AAA games.
- Comment on South Korea | 'I got rape threats over claims I put a feminist symbol in a video game' 4 months ago:
A bit like Japan.
Their technology might be more advanced than ours, but their society is stuck in the middle age.
- Comment on 41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI 4 months ago:
I was talking today about this with a couple of colleagues.
In my field (industrial programming) there’s a real fear that we’re going to be substituted by AI. And… I think it’s probably going to happen. And it’s going to be reaaaaaally fun: because things will go like this:
one day, my boss will realize that chatgpt can make a program for a machine in 10 minutes instead of 2 weeks. And with zero knowledge about programming, he will fire me.
Then, chatgpt will create his next software for a machine, and he will start making money like crazy because he cut the costs to a fraction and reduced shipping times to almost zero.
And things will go nicely. But one day, the machine that works under the software chatgpt made, will injure or worse, kill a person. And my boss will then learn the hard way that chatgpt can’t be held responsible for that death and him, being the only one left, will be charged for that death.
Soon after that, he will start looking for new positions again, either as “software advisors” who check the code before it’s shipped so he can discharge the responsibility on them, or as programmers to do what they were doing some months ago, but this time, for more money, given the precedents.