AlecSadler

@AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For me the beauty of some games is the knowledge of the writers involved in a story or the composers for the music.

  If I know upfront it’s all AI generated I think that’d ruin it for me. But I realize that’s just my opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  lol values

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who uses AI regularly for software engineering and ~2/3 of the time find it effective…

  …there is no way it can produce quality games or gaming experiences.

  I look forward to watching EA collapse. Get rekt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you are in the US, and a karen threatens to call ICE on you, what's the best course of action?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Kill them and hide the body.

  Or call ICE on them. The last person I saw laughing about ICE activity is literally an overstayed-visa immigrant from Australia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Republicans warn Australia of ‘punitive measures’ over recognition of Palestinian state⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, don’t insult trash like that. US Republicans are far, far, far, far worse than that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JD Vance backs mass ‘doxing’ campaign to find and harass Charlie Kirk critics⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This won’t end well for him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Every Nazi who remains alive will kill women, children and old folks. Dead Nazis are harmless. therefore, if I kill a Nazi, I am saving lives." - 
Lyudmila Pavlichenko.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kill one Nazi and people lose their minds…kill tens of thousands of Nazis and it becomes a statistic? 🤷‍♂️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨White mold fungi split their genome across several nuclei, with implications for future gene editing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gattaca.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Software Engineers Paid To Fix Vibe Coded Messes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the only thing that gives me solace for future gigs.

  But it absolutely decimates junior devs and that really sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A month remains.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I could get an RDP solution as seamless and performant as Windows RDP + a window manager that can be controlled without a mouse a la Power toys - I’d probably switch full-time and stop dual booting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember beans?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Furbean

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well seeing as everyone at some of my jobs are openly calling Charlie a shithead, I’m not too worried

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Incarcerate them for cheap labor

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh l I was thinking it’s because people pronounce it Connedicut

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem with this is that it will be used to increase violence against non-white cis males.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Postal traffic to U.S. fell 80% after Trump administration stopped exemption on low-value parcels⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They want to pilfer the USPS coffers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deportation? There's an app for that.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooo, good idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hm I’m not sure I’d say it’s perfect? I thought 70-80 was?

  My cardiologist said it isn’t really “danger zone”, but if it were like 100+ it might be concerning.

  I have had all the scans done, including a close look at my hearteries, and everything came back (surprisingly) clean.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m f’d my resting BPM is like 90.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Despite common belief, at least here I’m OR, we dems have A LOT of guns and ammo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chhoto URL v6.3.0 is out now: A simple, blazingly fast, selfhosted URL shortener with no unnecessary features; written in Rust.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’d be awesome. Unfortunately most of my experience (and I realize that is my experience) has so many packages dependencies that 50MB is impossible.

  Don’t get me wrong, I am proficient in JS/TS so being able to work handily in NodeJS is great, less context switching, but I feel like so many companies in contract for just jam a square peg into a round hole because - and it just makes things painful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chhoto URL v6.3.0 is out now: A simple, blazingly fast, selfhosted URL shortener with no unnecessary features; written in Rust.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, for myself personally if it were written in NodeJS or Python or something I’d be less interested.

  And I don’t even care about Rust. It’s just that everything and their sister is written in NodeJS and Python. I say this as someone who founded a company that uses Python.

  Also the more I hear about actual Rust adoption the more willing I am to consider it for the next big thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  wahhhhhhh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK a slice of bologna can make the paint on a car peel off due to its high level of salt and lactic acids⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t have the same sticking power though, unless maybe you mandolin them into thin slices…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK a slice of bologna can make the paint on a car peel off due to its high level of salt and lactic acids⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my thought too, did he just have them on hand and ready all the time?

  Or were they like…sour smelling slices he kept in a weird tupperware on the passenger seat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sketch AF, so, no.

  I got something like a 70% discount on new triple paned windows for my whole house simply to be a neighborhood “demo” house. They still told me straight up if I didn’t like the work, to leave an honest review to that effect.

  I had 2 sliders, 11 windows, 7 skylights replaced for under $10k and it made a night and day difference in heating, cooling, and noise. And because of my HOA at the time, I couldn’t abide by the “lawn signs” agreement so they waived it. And then COVID hit so I was excused from ever having to talk to anyone about the service.

  I lucked out, yes, but all that to say they still said I should be honest in all interactions. If a company is enforcing not being honest, that seems suspect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Billion-Dollar Game Built in a Dorm Room⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Love it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oracle?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait people eat at A&W? Is it any good?

  There are multiple around me and I feel like I never see anyone in them and I myself have never been in 40+ years.

  I have been to most every other fast food place more times than I can remember.