ushmel

@ushmel@piefed.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No Man's Sky: Voyagers update releases today, introduces customizable "colossal, fully furnished, completely bespoke Corvette-class starships"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They've released a ton of content and game enhancements since 5 years ago. I just picked it up a couple of months ago and I'm floored by how good this game is. Yes, it's all randomized/procedurally generated and that's why it's so vast. The story is okay but not AAA amazing, but definitely check it out if it's been a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "AI" the end of truth?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The major news outlets ran interference on a literal genocide for years now. I don't think AI will change much besides making the rubes rube harder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨95% of Companies See ‘Zero Return’ on $30 Billion Generative AI Spend, MIT Report Finds⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank god they have their metaverse investments to fall back on. And their NFTs. And their crypto. What do you mean the tech industry has been nothing but scams for a decade?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Undergrad psych degree is pretty popular with social workers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dedicated music server or all-in-one media server?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They recently added support for that, i believe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palestine was the problem with TikTok - Congress seemed to think a scrolling video platform was a national security threat. What changed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The pressure campaign worked and TikTok has been neutered ever since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wyoming launches first state-backed stablecoin on seven blockchains⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What is even the point of a stable coin like this. It's literally pegged to the dollar. It's a worthless exercise from a worthless state

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  TikTok shop also sells glock switches (to make them automatic pistols), galaxy gas/nitrous tanks and god knows what else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech bosses spend millions more on personal security⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Waymo 😩

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Crazy we have that too and we're still losing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 394 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Games pretty old and it has a show about it too, but yeah. Big ass spoiler lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech bosses spend millions more on personal security⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm glad I played cyberpunk 2077 bc this is playing out exactly like a cyberpunk dystopia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech bosses spend millions more on personal security⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Firms like Blackwater usually start as private VIP security. Gotta build that rep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK government to use AI to predict crime locations by 2030⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  UK is completely off the rails, man. I feel bad for anyone who jumped ship from USA after Trump got elected. Y'all's liberals are worse then ours by a long shot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The hidden mental health danger in today’s high-THC cannabis⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every time you experience psychosis, it increases your chance of experiencing it again, independent of your previous risk. Each episode makes it more likely. Unfortunately drug induced can make it worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By Azura, an Oblivion Remastered modder's dropped collectable Adoring Fan skill bobbleheads all over Cyrodiil⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy title gore

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn't you guys elect a liberal party? Wtf is going on

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  "hey guys maybe military intelligence dudes aren't telling the truth." big brains Microsoft, big brains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IBM and Moderna have simulated the longest mRNA pattern without AI — they used a quantum computer instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  right after we break customer/technical support jobs, we'll mass produce a processor that can break all known encryption. we'll be rich!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm not a gaming stats expert but if they don't track the mobile and f2p game spend with the general gaming spend, then that's kind of a bogus stat to draw the article's conclusion from. Most "mobile gaming" people I know spend more money on those games than I do on Steam with an incredibly long backlog of games I'll never play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It's actually less boring now that they use a pitch clock to speed things up. Some people hate it, but I don't usually want to be stuck at a baseball game for 5 hours because the pitchers are having a bro-off. My team also sucks lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They're spending their time scrolling. The GenZ equivalent of television. GenZ is also getting older. The median age is over college graduate age. They're simply working more or doing other things besides video games. Not everyone is a Paradox gamer. I'm sure the GenZ Paradox gamers, PC gamers, and FPS/sports enthusiasts are all still buying the same games. But the people growing out of it might buy 1-2 per year and play ~10 hrs per month. The "youngest GenZ" is about 13 years old now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Steam Did Not Respond To Us": Collective Shout Defends Calling On Payment Processors To Ban Adult Games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Conservatives are always triggered by porn references

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Assistant Is Basically on Life Support and Things Just Got Worse⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it's not the same, but my ecobee is fine and i think it avoids most mass surveillance stuff. They nuked the API but beetstat.io is cheap and nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First they came for steam, then they came for itch.io .⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  lol they're Australian? Jfc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve are now removing a bunch of sex games from Steam to keep banks and card companies happy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they make 2-5% on the transaction so they'd be making money on literal incest games. If Steam wanted to defend the incest games, they could make an alternative payment pathway that excluded the card system, but they probably also want the incest games gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starlink: The newest asset for rebel and jihadist groups in West Africa⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems trivial if they accept visa style gift cards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Reddit has been meme slop since the IPO (and earlier) but it's still chugging along with fools buying outfits for their little reddit alien thing