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- Comment on More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC 17 hours ago:
I’ll only address journalism as it relates to video games/reviews, but my opinion is that there are better ways to communicate information about a game than reading about it.
For me the big one is simply seeing it played. I’ve read beautiful reviews of games that when it comes time to play do not click for me. Watching someone else play it gives me way more context and appreciation. My go to for this is simply youtube. I skip the middle man entirely. I get a wide range of videos from different players in an easy to access format. Others I know use twitch to similar effect. As the options for providing this information grow, older media lose footing. I’m not surprised at all. I’m not sure we should lament it, truthfully.
- Comment on Banana 17 hours ago:
How dare.
- Comment on Another WSJ banger about why the poors aren't doing more 19 hours ago:
I think lack of accountability is a common trait among americans in general though. Everything is someone else’s fault. The individual is sacrosanct. They can do no wrong.
- Comment on Historians never talk about the "good old days". 2 days ago:
Management (mis)using kpi is a classic example.
- Comment on Is there any way the average American can insulate themselves from the AI bubble bursting? 3 days ago:
Risk tolerance is definitely a thing and I’d argue being all in on the s&p500 is already poor diversification. Global broad market etfs would fare better. The worst thing to do regardless of tolerance or portfolio is selling at crash.
- Comment on Landlords are parasites 3 days ago:
Precisely. When comparing against home ownership, people often only consider the mortgage.
- Comment on Landlords are parasites 3 days ago:
As always, you have to run the numbers. Ownership also comes with hidden costs. Property taxes and maintenance aren’t cheap.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 4 days ago:
Don’t think the comparison is valid. While there will be creepers at hooters, they are more likely to already be social and accustomed to the norms. They’re out and about. Whereas there’s an undeniable mass of socially inept users that streaming specifically caters to. They have zero concepts of socially appropriate behaviour and interactions.
The older single man angle has nothing to do with it.
- Comment on Took me a moment 1 week ago:
It appears you do not, in fact, get the joke.
- Comment on DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026 1 week ago:
TIL DirecTV is still around.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 1 week ago:
Haven’t played it, but the concept is being able to drive around after, between, or even during races to do exploring and side adventures
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 1 week ago:
Have you played Mario kart world?
- Comment on Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models 1 week ago:
That’s a horrible idea for so many scenarios. Maintenance, repairs, accidents, sales, accidental death… Yeah, no.
- Comment on Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica 2 weeks ago:
Every single one. Lol.
- Comment on The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe 2 weeks ago:
That budget is the key. You have to demonstrate/convince the purse holders first. This isn’t always an easy task.
- Comment on Hurr hurr hurr 2 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t say we know. It’s an educated guess, but it’s incomplete.
- Comment on Alien: Isolation is too long because the Alien is too clever, says former Creative Assembly writer 2 weeks ago:
As a patient gamer I have a high tolerance but I prefer my games on the shorter end. 20 hours sounds like the sweet spot to me for core gameplay to be honest. I can also respect the stance of wanting longer too though.
- Comment on Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem 2 weeks ago:
Gotta hand it to her, it’s done wonders for recognition. No one’s mistaking the name.
- Comment on Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such?? 3 weeks ago:
Because it’s all fake and the authors changed.
- Comment on Reddit stock falls for second day as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet 3 weeks ago:
Yeah reddit’s a weird one. Their financials, aside from this year, are also horrendous. Not sure what value they really bring.
- Comment on Messenger is an absurdly slick, perfectly lovely free pocket world exploration game you can play in a browser 3 weeks ago:
This blew my mind. What even is the tech stack.
- Comment on A question for the ages 4 weeks ago:
Settled ages ago. And the legs are on the bun.
- Comment on Costco Confirms It's Removed Xbox Consoles, Calling It A "Business Decision" 4 weeks ago:
Aren’t tariffs hitting across the board on electronics? Costco is still selling computers, phones, televisions, and other consoles. Seems like this is very much a branding thing.
- Comment on Those who are hosting on bare metal: What is stopping you from using Containers or VM's? What are you self hosting? 4 weeks ago:
You sure you mean bare metal here? Bare metal means no OS.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
I really enjoy Ramit Sethi’s take on this; he encourages what he calls living a rich life. Yeah you should look to your financial future but you have to balance it with your life now. It’s sad when you’re limiting yourself out of fear. He’s an advocate for spending where it brings you value (and only you can decide that), and aggressively cutting out the things that don’t.
- Comment on whats your dumb purchases? 4 weeks ago:
Vehicles are notoriously not investments except for some incredibly exceptional cases. Glad you enjoyed your time with it. That’s the best you can hope for.
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 4 weeks ago:
It’s not vague at all. It’s a classification that needs to meet three criteria. The lack of this classification is why it was taught that pluto was a planet, but once these things were formalized in 2006 it became clear that pluto no longer met the criteria.
- Comment on YSK: there's a browser extension called "SingleFile", which allows you to save a page into a single HTML file. 4 weeks ago:
I’d imagine some sites with computations and modeling that are more niche. Software cost models, financial planning sites, statistics calculators and the like would be good candidates I would think.
- Comment on Study into inverted versus uninverted controls suggests we can stop having pointless arguments about it 5 weeks ago:
Yes we can.
- Comment on Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates 5 weeks ago:
This is a prime example of legislators not understanding technology.