TheFeatureCreature

@TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Confirms a New First-Person Ghost Recon Game is in Development⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  And I can confirm that I Won’t Be Playing It because Ubisoft blows chunks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Star Wars Outlaws flop - Guillemot blames waning interest in the franchise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a waning interest, but it wasn’t the singular reason the game flopped. It’s because it was a painfully mediocre game at an extremely inflated price.

  Mass-produced corporate sludge like Outlaws is exactly why interest is waning. It sucks the soul out of the franchise and makes people lose interest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nebula has certainly improved but I still think they need to put more effort into getting new creators that aren’t political or news. I just did a skim through their uploads lists for various topics and news and/or political (or political ish) content is still the most active. Topics like technology and gaming see far less uploads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The modern internet is very sterile, sanitised, and boring. It is a hollow and empty shell of what it once was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Krafton Delays ‘Subnautica 2’ Game Ahead of $250 Million Payout⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This game is screwed, calling it now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone’s $50,000+ car malfunctioning and killing them isn’t natural selection. That’s not what that term means.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If we lived in any sort of reasonable or responsible world then these cars would be banned from public roads all over the globe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Facebook is just socially accepted malware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI willing to let humans die, blackmail to avoid shutdown, report finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Say it with me now:

  LLMs are not artificial intelligence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robotaxi Drives Double the Speed Limit, Hits Speed Bumps at Full Speed… Tesla Influencers Describe It as “Excellent.”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking forward to the headlines: “Tesla Robotaxi passengers need medical attention after Robotaxi hits speed bump at 70mph”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla In 'Self-Drive Mode' Hit By Train After Turning Onto Train Tracks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tesla’s self-driving is pretty shite but they seem to have a particular problem with railway crossings, as also pointed out in the article. Of all of the obstacles for the self-driving system to fail to detect, the several thousand tons of moving steel is probably one of the worst outcomes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • Costs $499 or
  • Made in USA

  Pick one. You can’t have both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When you’re new to driving and not totally comfortable with it yet - most of your brainpower will be focused on controlling and handling the vehicle and taking your attention away from that to check signage is terrifying.

  This goes away with practice and experience. Eventually controlling the car will become muscle memory and you can devote your brainpower to broader observation of your surroundings and signage. Start with calm back roads, quiet residential streets, and gentle intersections. Preferably an area with a mix of things like stop signs, uncontrolled intersections, hill sops, school/play zones, crosswalks, and so on.

  It can be kinda fun too as you can explore neighbourhoods you’ve never been to before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walmart Expands Rollout of Generative AI Search on App⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You couldn’t pay me to put the Walmart app on my phone, AI or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Firstly: Designing an appealing sports/luxury car is expensive and many companies hire skilled professionals from known design firms to help accomplish this. The design often comes first and much of the car is constructed to fit the aesthetic and theme. Cheaper vehicles are more utilitarian with a more “that’ll do” attitude instead of being designed with artistic intention.

  Secondly: Almost ever car maker has their own luxury brand or subsidiary. Selling cheap luxury/sports cars would undermine their own brand’s prestige and market segregation. There is a reason why dedicated luxury brands will not make budget-friendly vehicles unless legally forced to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Far-right websites got hacked and defaced; 6.5 terabytes of data got leaked.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Social media and news is overwhelmingly controlled or otherwise influenced/flooded by the right or those acting on their behalf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They truly have zero clue how users actually use their software. Not a single person is going to use this just like every other stupid gimmick feature they’ve added in the past and then promptly removed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not wrong, but that is not the point I was making.

  Adblocking YouTube is 100% the best option. I agree there. But if someone does want to pay for membership then YouTube is, by far, the best deal. Their competitors are absolutely horrendous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And if you pay for Premium you get all features and zero ads. Many of the competitors have paid options that still include ads.

  Whether or not Premium is worth it is another debate entirely, but the fact of the matter is that it is simply a better deal compared to other streaming services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steamdeck or....⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They were much too big for my thumbs (going off the theme of the Deck in general being made for hands clearly bigger than mine). Too tall, too wide on top, and while I never had to deal with any drift - the deadzones suck to play games with. I keep a gamepad at my desk for racing and flying games and I switched it to a hall-effect gamepad about a year ago and I’ve never looked back. Potentiometer-based joysticks just feel like garbage in comparison and I think are inexcusable to use in a highend gaming product these days. I ended up using the touchpads instead for many things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steamdeck or....⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Poor ergonomics is actually a large reason why I sold my Deck. It is quite heavy and clearly made for hands bigger than mine, which made holding it for more than 20 minutes quite uncomfortable. Also the joysticks are just awful, awful, awful awful awful. Id say a hall-effect stick mod is basically mandatory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Million⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget the cost and time investment in getting your pilots licence.

  Also there is no way this is going to be legal to drive on public roads in most countries - just look at the massive tail boom that sticks out. This is just a fancy aircraft for people that want an overcomplicated Cessna.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure they will. It’s Microsoft, so I’d expect nothing less than that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t get me wrong - this is awful and is just another misstep in a long line of missteps by Microsoft.

  But I also can’t help but chuckle at this. It is so clear that “AI” as it has been developed today is hitting a peak of what it can do. These corporations are desperate to shove it in every product they possibly can to drive sales and valuations to make shareholders wet and yet the only things they ever advertise AI being capable of are crap like summaries, background removal, background insertion, grammar/typo checking, list making, web searching, etc. Most of it being crap that I have never once heard of a person being even remotely interested in… and why would they be? Why would someone want to edit their photos to add a different sky, new people, etc to create memories that never happened?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Citizen’s new cash shop offerings provoked fresh pay-to-win and predatory monetization accusations | Massively Overpowered⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Load up and play” is a very loaded statement. When I tried it, about a year ago, it was a buggy, glitchy, crash-prone mess that ran like deepfried garbage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Buying a game post-launch:

  • Better prices; often on sale.
  • Fixed and patched up.
  • Extra content often included.
  • DRM often removed.

  No brainer, imo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Government officials have coordinated with Musk executives to pressure small african countries into embracing Starlink⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, but I have to say it. What the heck does this have to do with technology? This is just US politics again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony considers further price rises, as it braces for £500m tariffs impact⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what got me about the RTX 50 series cards from Nvidia. People with 4090’s getting upset at the prices and lack of supply as if they must purchase one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It isn’t. Not yet, at least.

  Most Americans still have jobs, can afford food, can find food, and have their cars and homes. Some have lost some of the former, it’s true, but not enough to ignite any real change.

  Imagine a scenario of Trump enacting martial law and beginning to mass arrest and imprison US citizens in detention camps. Not immigrants, refugees, or tourists - actual US citizens taken from their homes. Imagine the US government gathering troops on the Canadian border. Imagine the government disappearing members of the Democrat party. Imagine the government enacting a China-styled internet blockade.

  Those are the things that will likely spark some kind of call for change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are your thoughts on Bidirectional brain-computer interfaces ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The guaranteed abuse of this technology far FAR outweighs the benefits, imo.

  A better solution to combat those disorders would be to prevent their formation in the first place with early detection and improved medical sciences and procedures.

  The human brain is one of the last places we have left that isn’t entirely owned and controlled by some corporation or state agency. I do not trust any government to regulate it properly and I do not trust a single corporation to develop it with good intentions. It would be abused instantly as shareholders pitch tents in their pants over selling it to law enforcement and advertisers.