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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the most delicious irony imaginable, the notorious early 2000s 'You wouldn't steal a car' anti-piracy campaign may have used an 'illegal' font⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Sligthly off topic but I think this actually may be some kind of Mandela effect, because I think a large number of people actually think the commercial said ‘You wouldn’t download a car’ because of all the memes but it actually said ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could I render the computer-generated graphics from Toy Story (1995) in real time using a single modern home computer?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I also work in 3D and I wanna say yes. If we’re talking solely about the technical aspect, real-time render today can definitely hold up to, or even surpass, the quality of renders from 30 years ago.

  If it would look exactly the same and how much work it would be to recreate the entire movie in a real time engine is another question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could I render the computer-generated graphics from Toy Story (1995) in real time using a single modern home computer?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But you could definitely get something that looks as good (or better) as Toy Story using eevee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digital media – a threat to democracy? The evidence is piling up.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In Europe we have public news broadcasters in every country, so relying on corporate news isn’t a huge problem.

  Anyway, a news outlet pushing propaganda and misinformation is not nearly as dangerous as a social media platform doing it via algorithm. The fact that the algorithm can give you exactly the kind of propaganda that will resonate with you is extremely dangerous.

  Not saying privately owned news outlets with a huge reach aren’t a problem, they definetely are, it’s just a whole other dimension.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digital media – a threat to democracy? The evidence is piling up.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Corellation is not causation but in this case it is very suspicious and studies like these show that there might be causation That’s why I said it’s not proof but needs to be studied further.

  And yes, of course I mean centralized, profit driven social media. But that is the overwhelming majority of social media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digital media – a threat to democracy? The evidence is piling up.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well put, this is exactly the problem. I remember the early days of facebook, twitter and instagram when there were no algorithms and your feed was just posts by people you follow in chronological order. Discourse was much more tame back then. We urgently need stricter laws that regulate these algorithms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digital media – a threat to democracy? The evidence is piling up.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad this is finally being looked at because I’ve been saying this for years and I feel like the vast majority doesn’t realize how bad this is.

  If you look at social media use and the rise of the far right over the last 15 years, they pretty much go hand in hand. Sure, that isn’t proof for anything, but it’s alarming and needs to be studied further.

  In Germany, we have safeguards that prevent a single media outlet to gain too much power over controlling the public opinion. We have this for TV stations, news papers etc. Just not social media. Because social media wasn’t even on the horizon when this law was put in place.

  I think it’s insane that we just let foreign profit driven companies steer the public opinion and discourse in our society and we finally have to start to heavily regulate them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Do Sites Keep Shoving Features We Don’t Want Down Our Throats?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Youtube without unhooked, UBlock Origin and sponsor block is pure torture. Can’t live without them anymore. Luckily there is revanced on mobile as well, which basically rolls all of them into one app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The key card thing is seriously infuriating, both from a consumer standpoint and from an archivists standpoint.

  Basically you own a game cartridge, but as soon as Nintendo shuts down their servers for whatever reason it becomes a useless piece of plastic. They really don’t want us to own anything anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#EverythingHappensForAReason⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Francis better get them cheeks out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#EverythingHappensForAReason⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get it either. Is OP saying that christians can’t show their bare ass online? Because I don’t support that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 236 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is still one of the absolute best games ever made. No other game feels so alive. It’s almost scary how easily you can get lost in it.