k0e3

@k0e3@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I see, thank you for the explanation. I’m ashamed to say I never knew how any of this worked. I just knew it magically got me the games I wanted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m so confused; I thought MC and VISA were payment processors. So when I buy a game off Steam, I have two companies handling my money?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is killing off Windows 11 SE, its Chrome OS competitor⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL Windows 11 SE existed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with essentially everything you’re saying but can’t wrap my head around the last sentence. Would you mind elaborating so I can add more fuel to my rage?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Collective Shout Purge Sees Horror Games In Crosshairs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, that’s actually their logo? A butthole?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamers Bombard Visa & MasterCard With Emails and Calls Over Steam and itch.io Censorship⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I love how facts are just rendered to perspectives now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI Seeks Additional Capital From Investors as Part of Its $40 Billion Round⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m hoping it’s going to be another WeWork situation for SoftBank — not because I have anything against SoftBank — but because I’d love to see OpenAI die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AdGuard is yet another app to block Windows Recall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  so many of my regular tasks depend on tools made for Windows. Ok but the OP is taking about people who just use their computer for browsing the internet, so how is this relevant?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI Seeks Additional Capital From Investors as Part of Its $40 Billion Round⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He looks like he’s trying way too hard to look cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI Seeks Additional Capital From Investors as Part of Its $40 Billion Round⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s he stupid? Why didn’t he just ask ChatGPT for the perfect price point?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and Windows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  MS ruined living rooms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the first news about Americans doing something smart in a little while. Great job!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan using generative AI less than other countries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember when we used to talk to the producers of the used panties?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan using generative AI less than other countries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We probably don’t have the workforce to replace since we won’t open up to immigration lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan using generative AI less than other countries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Methinks you are romanticizing a culture you don’t live in by only seeing the positives you like.

  That’s kind of an insulting assumption as I’m Japanese and live in Japan. So while I may have a biased opinion, I wouldn’t say it’s romantisizing.

  In fact, I’d say you’re the one that seems to be making assumptions based on snippets of our culture that you see on the internet. The weird vending machines that sell letters from your pretend grandma to used panties aren’t found everywhere you go — they’re in specific locations for the novelty.

  Also having regular vending machines for drinks and food doesn’t exactly contradict my point. The vending machines are more for the customers’ convenience. They’re not installed specifically for removing human contact. Yes, we lose human contact as a result, but it’s a tradeoff to better serve customers whereas most companies that deploy AI support agents probably do so to save a buck.

  Sorry about the rant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan using generative AI less than other countries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard\read there are many racist, paternalist, hierarchical and collectivist traits,

  We definitely have all that!

  Also, I found it interesting that someone mentioned how you used “collectivist” as a negative feature of Japanese culture. While it certainly could be, it’s actually nice to see when people are genuinely wanting to help each other. The problem is our hierarchical culture where some shitbag on top takes advantage of our collectivist mindset for their own gains.

  *Everyone else is working unpaid overtime, why can’t you?! *Almost nobody being worked overtime is going to say that. Workers will take it for the good of the imaginary “team” because some manager convinced them it’s the right thing to do. Luckily, probably thanks to my Canadian upbringing, I’ve always been able to say no to ridiculous shit like this. That, and I work for myself, so the only ones who boss me around are my wife and kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan using generative AI less than other countries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It might actually be China. All the robots I see here are the one with the cat face and I’m pretty sure that’s where they come from. We don have remote control robot cafes where people with physical/mental disabilities to serve you using avatar bots which is cool!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan using generative AI less than other countries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Japanese people tend to make a big deal out of the “human touch,” especially when it comes to service, so I can see how companies aren’t jumping on to the hype. We’re also pretty slow to adopt change.

  Oh and maybe the shit exchange rate makes it expensive to use the service as everything is pretty much foreign tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTuber PatMan QC has passed away 😔⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a Japanese person, I’d say this is pretty conventional. But manga panel orders can be pretty chaotic, just like our writing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTuber PatMan QC has passed away 😔⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you mean from the panel where she’s putting the mits on to the part where she’s showing them? Then, yeah, since we also write top to bottom in a vertical line, we can also go from bottom to top when going to the next line.

  Another commenter says the mangaka screwed up, but I don’t agree. Japanese writing is chaotic, so this manga is pretty conventional. Here’s what we have to deal with when it comes to reading the news paper.

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  The text within the fuchsia line is one article. You start reading from the green line — top to bottom, left to right. You’d think it would keep going that way until the left edge of the paper, but for some reason, they decided to put a second article, so the green paragraph’s height is cut in half. Then we start the yellow paragraph and you’d think the article is done when it reaches the left edge of the green paragraph, but nope, there’s one more paragraph starting from the blue arrow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTuber PatMan QC has passed away 😔⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re putting them on. It’s right to left with Japanese manga.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So it’s just what pre-LLM bots have been doing, except it probably spews more toxic fumes and wastes more electricity than ever before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk's AI firm deletes posts after chatbot praises Hitler⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll diagnose him as a Nazi then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2's price won't be impacted by Japan's new tariffs, but its games might⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that Nintendo’s policy is fucking you and the good friends in Europe and Australia, but it still makes the title misleading. My (Japanese) government didn’t impose the tariff on Nintendo products — the Americans’ did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2's price won't be impacted by Japan's new tariffs, but its games might⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do they mean by Japan’s tariffs? It’s not ours, it’s the stupid Americans that’s imposing them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Just Proved They're No Different Than Google⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it’s the video format, presenter, or the fact that nobody ever thought one is better than the other so it’s not even interesting info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It helps with translating. My job is basically double-checking the translation quality and people are essentially paying me for my assurance. Of course, I take responsibility for any mistakes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China hits 1 TW solar milestone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oops, I missed that! Thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China hits 1 TW solar milestone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why wouldn’t it just stay a linear graph?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And nothing of value was lost.