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- Comment on Campaign asking EU to stop publishers "destroying" online games hit by anonymous transparency complaint 22 hours ago:
At least we know how serious the industry is taking this now. And they still haven’t heard about the Streisand effect.
- Comment on How do you combat boredom? 1 day ago:
Start a family.
- Comment on Vibe coding service Replit deleted production database 2 days ago:
Is this real? Because it sounds like some low effort satire about blindly trusting LLMs and the totally expected outcomes. Surely no one can be this naive.
- Comment on Why doesn't Trump destroy or modify the Epstein files? 3 days ago:
If they tried to alter or destroy the files there is a good chance it would be found out, which would escalate the situation to a whole different level.
- Comment on tchncs.de is powered by donations 6 days ago:
I am sometimes considering launching a proper commercial instance, where membership requires a monthly fee. For me, having a well maintained instance is easily worth a few euros per month and it would be an interesting experiment. But I’d much rather have enthusiasts like Milan do their thing and be able to get by.
Consider this: do you want to go back to ad-financed corporate social media? Because that’s what you’ll get when you want your services “for free”. Enthusiasm scales only so far.
- Comment on We are living in the Pre-"Drone 9/11" era. 1 week ago:
I’ve already given up on FPV freestyle as a hobby, since it’s getting ever heavier regulated and the authorities have very little understanding or tolerance when it comes to bending the rules. It was fun while it lasted.
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- Comment on Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work 2 weeks ago:
They took a huge bet on consolidation and it didn’t really pay off. Now they’re writing it off.
- Comment on Game Pass will "either kill everyone else, or give up", says Dishonored and Prey dev Arkane founder 2 weeks ago:
I tried GamePass PC until a whole bunch of my favourite games disappeared. So I had to buy them in the end l, which, given steam’s usual deals, was about the same as keeping my subscription. It’s not a great deal for discerning customers and people will notice.
- Comment on Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work 2 weeks ago:
Amen!
- Comment on Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work 2 weeks ago:
I get a feeling MS doesn’t want to be in the game production/publishing space anymore. They see bigger growth opportunities elsewhere. I personally believe that it’s a big mistake and the ai bubble will cost them dearly, but chasing very short term profitability has never hurt an executive.
- Comment on Cancer rates in Australians under 50 are rising at a pace that's alarming doctors and scientists 2 weeks ago:
Microplastics, Forever-Chemicals, Air-Pollution, Food-Additives, Processed Food etc. and all even before you’re born. Take your pick or better yet, have them all!
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxi Drops Off Passengers in Middle of Intersection… Handpicked Riders Say the “Performance Was Great” 4 weeks ago:
Never mind, scarier stuff is being released from day one: fuelarc.com/…/tesla-robotaxi-freaks-out-and-drive…
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day 4 weeks ago:
Oof, these highlighted parts from only one video are already enough for me. This looks very stressful, I don’t think I could finish a whole ride with one of these.
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxi Drops Off Passengers in Middle of Intersection… Handpicked Riders Say the “Performance Was Great” 4 weeks ago:
Watching the video that’s still pretty tame. Not good, but nothing to make the news either. I expect much worse.
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxi Drops Off Passengers in Middle of Intersection… Handpicked Riders Say the “Performance Was Great” 4 weeks ago:
I wonder how long the facade will hold. They can’t restrict the service to pro-Tesla influencers forever and the safety guys will have to go eventually. How long before weird or dangerous incidents start to happen? Days, weeks? It won’t take months, of that I am certain.
- Comment on OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of enabling the creation of biological weapons and says it is stepping up testing of such models 4 weeks ago:
Do investors still fall for this?
- Comment on Microsoft accidentally swapped Windows 11’s startup sound with Vista’s 5 weeks ago:
I read through these and it’s 80% AI crap that no one asked for. New features? Recall and copilot trash. Bugs? Problems with Recall and copilot. I’m so glad I switched to Linux some months ago. If Microsoft doesn’t see reason soon, they might just kill windows.
- Comment on Updated to Lemmy Release 0.19.12 5 weeks ago:
Thanks for all the hard work!
- Comment on The Case for Software Craftsmanship in the Era of Vibes — Zed's Blog 5 weeks ago:
Most definitely! And in a couple of years we will hear about the lack of developers again. It’s not my first rodeo.
- Comment on We went from LEARN TO CODE to NO ONE LEARN TO CODE GET A CONSTRUCTION JOB in about a 3 year span. 5 weeks ago:
As a software engineer who uses AI agents daily, let me tell you: now is as good a time as any to learn to code. LLMs won’t replace any developers.
- Comment on The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster: Meta's AI App ‘Discover’ Feed Publicly Exposes Private Chats Without Users Knowing. 5 weeks ago:
Imagine typing deeply personal info into a Meta app.
- Comment on The Case for Software Craftsmanship in the Era of Vibes — Zed's Blog 5 weeks ago:
To me it’s funny that a case even needs to be made. I’ve reviewd enough output of AI agents to confidently dismiss it as largely trash. Given enough time, this hype will blow over and LLMs will be another useful but not revolutionary tool for programmers. It won’t even come close to replacing humans and it will require skilled developers to be used efficiently. Software craftsmanship is as valuable as it’s ever been.
- Comment on Project resource management? Gantt charts, timelines, etc 1 month ago:
- Comment on Seanut Putter Jandwich 1 month ago:
Thanks I hate it.
- Comment on Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks. 1 month ago:
If regular school shootings were no reason to actually do something, why would regular deadly accidents with self driving systems be one? I’m always amazed by what Americans are willing to tolerate.
- Comment on Embracer to spin off Coffee Stain Group – remaining business to be renamed Fellowship Entertainment 1 month ago:
Another publicly listed entity, the path for Coffee Stain is now set. Expect extreme monetization and dwindling quality. It’s not their fault, it’s what the stock market demands. Rip Coffee Stain Studios, I’ll remember the good times fondly.
- Comment on Microsoft set to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs in favor of AI alternative 2 months ago:
Ai search is the worst.
- Comment on Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill 2 months ago:
Those muppets should just have read Camus and dealt with it. Instead, they created their own stupid religion and are now ruining everything for everyone. Good job, idiots.
- Comment on Good shit 2 months ago:
Fernando approves.