LostWanderer

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia bans Roblox over child safety fears⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For once, I think this is a valid move from Russia. Roblox is a legit unsafe place for children, there are so many news stories about child predators using this online game to get unfiltered access to minors; then they move the conversation to other services, in an attempt to cover their tracks. The Roblox company are not acting in good faith when it comes to truly protecting children on the web. Groups like 764 and CVLT run grooming operations on Roblox that is truly concerning. (link goes to Wikipedia, with the cited concerns).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As AI wipes jobs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s up to everyday people to adapt accordingly: ‘We will have to work through societal disruption’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  LOL It's actually up us to force CEOs and the government into a situation where they can't do whatever the fuck they want and causes further suffering to everyday people. Complying in advance is so passe, the new thing is: "Fuck you, make me".

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI Is Having a Mental Health Crisis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Who would've thought?! Given how they designed their artificially incompetent creations to be complaisant bundles of algorithms designed to maximize the engagement from vulnerable users. "AI" validates anything that it is told, don't actually get users real human assistance when they have a mental crisis. These tools can be easily prompted into divulging suicide methods and deliberately isolate vulnerable people in order to maintain engagement. Until we regulate the fuck out of companies like OpenAI and the research+development process of "AI", this will be a problem that more people will experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to know if AI was used or not to make a game; it's a deciding factor for me, as I will not buy anything built with AI. No matter if it's a placeholder or not, as "AI" is an ethical and environmental concern for me, every prompt, and usage makes things worse. For me, I don't want to send a message that using "AI" is okay for a dev studio by buying the product. I'll exclude them my purchasing choices to send the right message.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“You heard wrong” - users brutually reject Microsoft's "Copilot for work" in Edge and Windows 11⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  LMAO The copium that these Microsoft chuds are huffing must be quality stuff for them to ignore criticism from their user base. Their naked desperation for users to embrace agentic Browsers and OS is cringe as fuck. I can only hope that this hurts them badly, when users continue to find ways to circumvent the AI madness that Microsoft has succumbed to. Glad that I switched to Linux and can watch the storm rage on the Broken Window side without worry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using Black Ops 7 to understand America in 2025 [BDobbinsFTW]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  BDobbinsFTW seems pretty dialed into what's going wrong now and in the past that lead to this outcome. I agree with a lot of what he's saying because, even as a bystander to the COD scene, I can remember noticing what he was talking about. The gradual enshittification of COD as a franchise. To address the symptoms, the root cause must be dealt with: billionaires and the people that support their stupid schemes that break economic systems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump calls Democrats who told US military to refuse illegal orders 'traitors' who should face death penalty⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every accusation is an admission of guilt from these people, as Trump knows damn well he'd be the one giving illegal orders. Like the rest of these chuds like Stephen Miller and that one day drunk dude I can't remember the name of, they are frothing at the mouth to give illegal orders though. Thankfully, protesters haven't given them the excuse they crave and desire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That dude is not okay. Didn't he read the bullshit that he was trying to hype up? Wasn't he in the goddamn room when he revealed the details?! It's barely exciting or interesting, if anything it's making one's system more vulnerable. The sooner higher ups in Microsoft give up on all this AI nonsense, the better. They will have to do a lot of work to repair a reputation they damaged by being so wildly incompetent in the past few years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, Microsoft's dirty plays and nasty deals are the only way they'll get ahead; as there are so many reasonable tech-savvy people who angrily use Windows, but could never enjoy it or recommend it. There are those like me who installed Linux and never looked back at the Broken Window OS that is getting crammed with total AI nonsense; Microsoft has gone 1000% off the rails, only trying to please their shareholders with things that fundamentally destroy consumer trust.

  They have to prep the youth of the future to learn to tolerate such a miasmic OS that doesn't respect users in the slightest. Just like Apple does, because their continued success relies on school children enjoying their operating systems and not discovering that alternatives (like Linux) exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yikes, sounds absolutely like a desperate play to maintain relevance. AI is already hemorrhaging money...It would be nice if they could leave teachers and kids alone. Fail off in the distance without causing any more issues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Screw it, I’m installing Linux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If only the author actually reported on the post install experience, that would've been helpful for people looking to switch to a Linux distro...Kinda annoying they paywalled the article (thankfully, you've provided an Archive Link). I do agree with the author's suspicions that Windows is only going to get worse due to the AI bullshit that Microsoft is infecting Windows with; Windows, is at a breaking point because vibe coding is ruining update quality, a human hand is key to maintaining such a complex OS.

  After seeing the writing on the wall during the initial Recall situation, I permanently switched to Ubuntu (dabbled in other distros, before returning to Ubuntu). Gotta say, having full control over my operating system is nice. I only borked it around 11 times in the years of being on Ubuntu and others (mostly due to devil may care experimentation and a healthy amount of backed up data). Most of the time, I even recovered from the TTYL 3 screen, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Linux is in a better place than years past, Ubuntu, Zorin OS, and Mint are very usable for beginners who just want a PC that works. Valve's experimentation with Linux and funding development work done by Arch and others has smoothed out a lot of the bug bears associated with gaming, there are few barriers to entry.

  Outside the hostile big publishers who use anti-cheat that makes their games not run on a Linux distro via Proton Compatibility Layer (Rockstar are the prime assholes doing this, among others I can't rightly recall).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Screw it, I’m installing Linux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This basic tutorial explains the steps to installing a Linux distro (Ubuntu is recommended as it is easy) in detail, and plain language. Read it several times, until you feel comfortable. Ubuntu is the distro I started with, as drivers are easy to deal with and can be installed during the installation process without fuss (unlike some distros, side-eyes Fedora with slanderous intent).

  One detail, Balena Etcher is the application this author refers to when mentioning "Etcher" Installing Ubuntu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The original game Styx game is quite janky in my opinion, with random frame drops and finicky character actions. It wasn't for me, but thank you for the recommendation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Thief vibes were stellar in Dishonored, I liked it more than Dishonored 2 to be honest! Dishonored had the right amount of stealthy gameplay, places you could hide easily without too much issue. I succeeded most levels as a ghost or with few kills, solid stealth gameplay!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PUBG publisher attempts to purge anti-AI employees after $680 million Q3 profits and generative AI pivot⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I hope they fail at their AI-First approach and those that leave their studios go on to produce well-made games with purely human effort. These clanker companies really need to taste the defeat that they're cooking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  LMAO Yeah, only watching to see how they fail because all these AI corporations aren't going to make it once the bubble bursts...So much money has been burned trying to make AI fetch, and people are wisely not spending money for the services. Good to see yet more companies grab defeat from the jaws of victory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly, as I don't expect QA done by something that can't think or feel to know what actually needs to be fixed. AI is a hallucination engine that just agrees rather than points out issues, in some cases it might call attention to non-issues and let critical bugs slip by. The ethical issues are still significant and play into the reason why I would refuse to buy any more Square Enix games going forward. I don't trust them to walk this back, they are high on the AI lie. Human made games with humans handling the QA are the only games that I want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ew, sounds like a great reason to not buy any Square Enix games...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI assistant⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  deep sigh I wish they could've just focused on being the best autocorrect for spelling and grammar, that is a genuinely useful tool. They could've done it without this deep investment in AI. I hope the eventual bubble pop hurts them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google says everyone will be able to vibe code video games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish Google would just throw their AI Studio in the trash and forget it even exists; I already hate it and don't want to see the Slop Sluice Gate spew massive amounts of shit! This will make me even more leery of buying video games now, I will have to investigate carefully. 🙄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine, a hallucination engine mostly developed by white men and trained on data gathered by white men failing to treat symptoms experienced by women and ethnic minorities seriously. Who would've guessed this outcome?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Music Community Right Now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ROFL I'm so here for this!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No Man's Sky: Voyagers update releases today, introduces customizable "colossal, fully furnished, completely bespoke Corvette-class starships"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven't played in a while, this is piquing my interest again! I love how vast this game is becoming, more major gaming studios need to follow their example when it comes to rehabbing a game that came out initially as the worst version of itself. Still haven't even gotten to the center of the universe, I might try again as the path is really weird.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GenAI solders and their hardest battles⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Big yikes, I hope they fail because this is a privacy nightmare to me...This bubble can't burst fast enough.