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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification"⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what’s important in this drama is that, despite their evil monopoly shit they’re guilty of, Valve really does do the right thing sometimes to win consumers. Gamers want AI disclosures, even if devs don’t.

  That’s why it’s not surprising to see that statement from Sweeny, and why it’s not surprising that people still hate the Epic Games Store.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Brazil Just Succeeded Where America Failed' as Coup-Plotting Ex-Pres Bolsonaro Arrested⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  De Moraes said Bolsonaro’s tampering with his monitor fed his suspicions that he would attempt to flee the country in “the confusion that would be caused by a demonstration organized by his son," according to The Associated Press.

  Looks like it’s time for another arrest

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no “simple fundamental flaw” in AI that people don’t know about. It bothers me when people who have never thought about x in their life think about x once, make an obvious observation, and then go off acting like nobody else is smart enough to have made that observation. It’s narcissism. It’s annoying.

  Please prove me wrong though. I would love to see this grift come crashing down all because you saw something that nobody else saw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently (a few months ago) built a new high-end server for my homelab, and bought 512GB of DDR4 ECC RAM for around $510. I just looked it up, and those exact same modules are around $2.5k to $3.5k for the same amount. That’s more than I paid for the entire machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🔥🔥🔥⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t matter. It’s a rumor that one US president sucked off another US president, except there’s a sliver of credibility in it. It’s one of the least likely things imaginable, yet here it is showing up in a context where you can’t just completely dismiss it as an obvious shitty joke. This is probably going to become one of the most iconic and significant memes in American history, even if it turns out to be false. Our great grandkids will be joking about it in their locker rooms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🔥🔥🔥⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But the emails also show that they knew how to get politicians to owe them favors. Pretending like Bubba is someone so Trump owes him one is well within the behavior we’ve seen discussed in the files.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn those headphones you have are from the pre-enshitiffication era. Cherish them!

  The headphones work without the app fortunately, but you need it to control EQ settings, isolation settings, and install firmware updates. They’re kinda like the shitty software that PC gaming peripherals ship to control LED colors or whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m using “Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones” manufactured in 2024, according to the app. I can’t find any model number, but I just looked up the order in my email and it turns out I’ve actually only had it for a little over a year, and the price was a ridiculous $380. Luckily, I only ended up paying around $200 because I had reward points with the vendor, but I would definitely not recommend these to anyone at $400. At $200? Maybe, but I wouldn’t buy it again at that lower price.

  My ears fit in the cups, but they still get tired sometimes after wearing them the entire day. Idk what to tell you, I guess my ears are too big and brush up against the inside of the cups? It’s not a real issue for me, and doesn’t happen often, which is why I didn’t even mention comfort as being a problem.

  Do you really not experience any of the software issues I mentioned? The Bose app even says I’m on the latest firmware version.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually have been using those Bose QC over the ear ones for a few years now (and I already had to replace the pads once), and they’re not great. IIRC I paid like $300, and they’re definitely not worth that much. I’m not that picky about sound quality, but the UX is terrible. Powering it on is a crap shoot. Sometimes you press the button, and 5 seconds later it plays a sound to indicate it turned on. Sometimes it takes 10 seconds, sometimes more. Sometimes it doesn’t even turn on, and you just sit there doing nothing waiting to see if it decided to turn on this time, or if you have to hold the button for ~30 seconds to get it unstuck. Sometimes that sound that plays when powering on even gets interrupted by the bluetooth connection notice. Sometimes, it gets stuck in a loop switching between sound isolation modes, just endlessly saying “Aware. Immersion. Quiet.” until you intervene.

  It’s also hard to simply wear them around your neck when your ears get tired and you just want to use them as tiny speakers. This is for two reasons. First, the placement of the physical buttons on the side of the cups means that they will accidentally get pressed when the cups collide (which will happen when you wear them around your neck). Second, they will constantly pause whenever they get close to your chin, as they’ll think you took them off your head. That part is overly sensitive, and they were too cheap/lazy to add a simple sensor to detect the rotation of the cups to know when they’re not being used over-ear.

  And finally, the battery life is not good enough to last an entire work day, so you’ll have to connect them to power… except, for some reason, connecting a usb cable to charge causes it to shutdown immediately. You can use them while charging, but you have to power them back on/reconnect them after connecting the cable, which means you have to play the annoying waiting/guessing game again with the power button!

  I have other complaints, but whatever. When they’re working, they’re fine, but I’m probably done with Bose. These little issues on such an expensive product left a bad taste in my mouth. I don’t know how Sony’s over the ear headphones compare, but the in-ear ones I have are amazing simply because they work as intended 99% of the time without any of this kind of bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol this reminds me of that time the US Air Force built a giant compute cluster using PlayStation 3s. Idk if Sony sold those at a loss, but they certainly didn’t see any game purchases coming from the US Department of Defense

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They make some pretty good bluetooth headphones though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • New home console (called “GabeCube”)
  • New Steam controller
  • New VR Headset (called “Steam Frame”)
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  BTW, to answer your original question: just because someone is a lawyer doesn’t mean that can’t also know how to sew. I wouldn’t be surprised to find a darning egg or two in a legal professional’s briefcase. They do have to wear fancy suits, after all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me when Valve releases a phone⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These types of posts worry me because I can’t tell how much of it is a joke, and how much of it is sincere. It’s starting to feel like the healthy skepticism towards Valve that existed before is now mutating into Apple fanboy shit.

  Valve is a monopolist. Maybe you happen to like them, but they’re still a monopolist. They have a monopoly on PC gaming, and you’re cheering for them to have a monopoly on smartphones? Maybe you think they’ll be “better” monopolists than Apple or Google, but they’re still fucking monopolists. Monopolization is the root cause of the enshittification epidemic, and a lot of the inequality and just obviously-broken shit in the economy. It’s no coincidence the Trump admin is so eagerly supporting consolidation, and his FTC has stopped absolutely zero mergers.

  This is the non-political version of the “leopards ate my face party” joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This fascist wave is really bringing out all the cockroaches in our society. It’s a good thing you can’t erase anything on the internet, as this type of evidence will probably be useful in the future.

  You’d better get in on a crypto grift, Kelly Shue of the Yale School of Management. I suspect you’ll have a hard time finding work within the next 1-3 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨card game shop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … You bathe in your bathroom sink?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨card game shop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why can’t you use a washcloth inside a shower? Why do you think sitting in a pool of your own grime is cleaner than having a shower wash it down the drain?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨card game shop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My partner tells me on the rare occasion when I smell bad, so there’s no reason to think they’re saving my feelings. I can also smell the change.

  Is that the case? Or do they only tell you once the smell becomes unbearable? Usually, when you reach the point that you can smell your own stank, it’s really bad for other people. Have you had an open conversation with them about this? It’s an awkward topic for most people. If you’re so adamantly defending your point here on the internet anonymously, I wonder if you’re more defensive about it IRL, and off-putting to people who would otherwise be honest with you.

  In any case, one of us is delusional here. You? Me? I don’t think we’ll reach a consensus on that one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨card game shop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like, you’re trying to make your point sound reasonable and well thought-out, but then you write stuff like

  I don’t wash in the shower what I wash out of the shower.

  Wtf does that mean? Your hands? Your face? Your asshole?

  I’m not a doctor, but I’ve been on this earth for enough decades to have met all kinds of people with different showering habits. Those that don’t shower daily are easy to identify, either by their smell up close, or by their oily skin from a distance. Maybe you’re an anomaly, and should be studied by doctors for your superior anti-stink genes?

  My partner wouldn’t lie to me about this, which I know because sometimes they do tell me I need a shower.

  Different people have different sensitivity to smells. I’ve known two people who have no sense of smell (and one of them habitually stinks). Maybe your partner likes your stench? Maybe they just tolerate it because they love you?

  Again, I don’t care how you live your life, esp since it’s unlikely I’ll ever have to smell you. I have no ill-will towards you, and hope you live a long and happy life. But for the sake of curiosity and internet conversation, I’m not backing down from my position if all you have is a “just trust me bro”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨card game shop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not anonymous on social media? That’s always a mistake.

  affects skin that i don’t soap up in the shower.

  Dawg, what’s the point of showering if you don’t wash your entire body?

  There’s no valid excuse for not bathing every day, except if you’re camping or something. If you really are having negative skin reactions, you should go see a dermatologist. I’m not a doctor, so maybe I’m wrong.

  You say that you don’t stink, but you also don’t bathe every day, so I’m not going to trust your judgment on matters of hygiene. You should try to get an opinion from someone who wouldn’t lie to you. I have a cousin who doesn’t regularly shower, and he tries to hide it by slathering himself with cologne, but that just makes him smell like body odor and cologne. I tell him he smells like shit, but he doesn’t care. He readily admits that he is just too lazy to shower every day.

  Idk why I care so much about this. It’s your life, be gross if you want to. Just… Don’t lie to yourself, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨card game shop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I try to shower as infrequently as I can without stinking because it fucks up my skin every single time.

  Could you go into detail? Is it the soap, or the water that fucks up your skin? And how does it get “fucked up”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  some good old fashioned free market competition

  This kills the billionare

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone involved in this is not a good person (incl the streamer), but for the purposes of public safety, has anyone identified the individual that did it? Was he at least arrested? You don’t do something like this without being dangerously fucked in the head.