KoboldCoterie
@KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
- Comment on US | White House says furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay amid shutdown 36 minutes ago:
“The legislation that ends the current lapse in appropriations must include express language appropriating funds for back pay for furloughed employees, or such payments cannot be made,”
Hope you’re listening, Dems. You better not fucking cave again without getting this in addition to everything else you asked for.
- Comment on PSA: Stop using Imgur for now 1 day ago:
Didn’t know that! I use an always-on VPN and I’ve never had issues with Catbox (but imgur blocks me), for what it’s worth.
- Comment on PSA: Stop using Imgur for now 1 day ago:
Nope! It’s an image host, not a social media platform, which in my opinion is the best thing about it.
- Comment on PSA: Stop using Imgur for now 1 day ago:
Catbox is basically what Imgur used to be before it went to absolute shit. You upload images, you can link to them. That’s it. You don’t need to create an account, but if you do, you can see everything you’ve uploaded. It’s free. Not really sure what more you can ask for in an image host.
- Comment on [serious] when was the last time Donald Trump went swimming, has he ever swam? 1 day ago:
He should absolutely try it anyway. Maybe after the Fed mints those coins with his face on it. Just give him a room full and let him dive in head first.
- Comment on Meta greenlights Facebook, Instagram ads based on your AI chats 6 days ago:
If the chats are taking place on their platform, why wouldn’t they?
- Comment on If someone lower-ranked is sleeping with a superior, they should at least get some authority in return. 6 days ago:
Or he asked a subordinate to fuck, and she answered, “What’s in it for me?”, and he wishes he had a good answer.
- Comment on OpenAI's new Sora video generator to require copyright holders to opt out, WSJ reports 1 week ago:
Imagine if all copyright claims worked this way. “Nintendo didn’t opt out of me using their content, so I made a Mario game.”
- Comment on Michigan governor asks to 'lower the temperature' after church attack 1 week ago:
“Lower the temperature of rhetoric” was the actual quote.
‘Lower the temperature’ is a bit of a weird phrase to choose after a church gets burned down.
- Comment on It's official: EA is going private. 1 week ago:
It’s not so much about the shovelware crap they release every year, but rather about the IPs that they own but aren’t doing anything with.
- Comment on YouTube Music is testing AI hosts that will interrupt your tunes 1 week ago:
Spotify has this currently. It’s an AI DJ that will introduce blocks of music similar to what you’d expect from a radio DJ. I don’t think it’s too popular, but I actually kind of like it. It’s definitely more interesting to listen to than just putting on a playlist - it pulls in music you’ve liked / favorited and plays genre-centric or themed blocks, and sometimes tosses in new stuff that Spotify thinks you might like. You can freely skip tracks, and if you skip a few in a row it’ll take the hint and move onto something else.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
“Trash mods” on Reddit, who block and ban you for not agreeing with their views… completely different…
I have faith in Lemmy mods
Go post something that paints Russia / China / North Korea in a negative light on .ml and see how long you keep your faith in lemmy mods (and even admins). Not to burst your bubble… most mods here are fine, but every platform has those mods that push an agenda.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
My middle school social studies teacher used to give extra credit on things if we brought in a newspaper clipping with a spelling error circled. I didn’t understand until years later that getting us to read the paper was the goal, but it sure worked on me.
- Comment on Starbreeze says sorry, reverses price increase on Payday 2 DLC bundle: 'We definitely didn't handle this right' 1 week ago:
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I actually like these “DLC Subscription” type things, particularly for older games with tons of DLC. There’s a huge barrier to entry for someone trying to pick up an older game, and being able to pay $5 or $10 and ‘demo’ all of the DLC for a month is a nice way to see what’s worth buying or if the game is even going to have enough longevity to make buying the DLC worth it.
Obviously when it’s accompanied by a huge increase in the price of the DLC, it sours it considerably, but at its core, the subscription itself is not a bad thing.
- Comment on Both Sega and PocketPair are taking jabs at Nintendo and I'm loving it 1 week ago:
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed still holds up as, in my opinion, the best kart-racing game out there, for sure beating out all of the Mario Karts. Got high hopes for Sonic Racing Crossworlds.
Similarly, very much looking forward to Palfarm, assuming it’s real (which it seems to be). Fuck Nintendo.
- Comment on 100% free - The Leviathan's Fantasy (on Steam) 2 weeks ago:
Why does this work (and why is it a morally grey area)? I’m so confused by this.
- Comment on Path of Exile 2 is free to play this weekend (Aug 29 - Sept 01) 5 weeks ago:
I don’t need an EA key, and I’m not really one for jokes, but for some reason you just reminded me of this wild article I read recently - you might have seen it; apparently there was a short-term art exhibit featuring Salvador Dali’s works at some museum a couple months ago. The arrtwork had been displayed for two or three weeks already when it was discovered - by a patron, no less - that every single one of the works on display were forgeries. Absolutely wild. Apparently nobody inspects the Spanish exposition.
- Comment on Path of Exile 2 is free to play this weekend (Aug 29 - Sept 01) 5 weeks ago:
I bet they’re going to get a ton of sales off of this, because the campaign - especially the beginning of the campaign - is a masterpiece. Absolutely fantastic gameplay. It’s not until you get most of the way through and into the endgame that the cracks start to show, but oh boy do they show.
Strongly recommend that anyone who plays this this weekend and enjoys it give the reviews a good read if you’re considering buying it. Also, you should know that the game will be free to play once it’s out of early access.
- Comment on Let's put ice in the wine and chocolate in the hummus 1 month ago:
It’s all ‘pasta’ in my house. Including the spaghetti.
- Comment on ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Gets September Release Date After Seven Years in Development (Gaming News Roundup) 1 month ago:
If they didn’t want to over hype or give false hope on development for the game, maybe they shouldn’t have hyped the game off the back of their first game more than 6 years too early, idiotic choice imo.
Hey, just in case you’re unaware, they kickstarted the original Hollow Knight, and one of the stretch goals (which was met) was a second playable character (Hornet) as a DLC that backers would get for free. While they were making that DLC, the scope just expanded to the point of it being an entire standalone game (Silksong). They had to communicate to backers that they were forestalling the promised DLC in favor of a sequel; the cat would have been out of the bag then whether they wanted it to be or not. Better for them to announce the sequel publicly at the same time, rather than have it leak via their Kickstarter update.
- Comment on hawk alignment 1 month ago:
I don’t think anyone could argue that Tony is a Hawk.
- Comment on Trump says US air support possible for Ukraine security guarantee 1 month ago:
I like to think that’s why they do it. It’s not “US offers possible air support for Ukraine’s security guarantee”, it’s “Trump says…”
- Comment on The dreaded police station interrogation 1 month ago:
We desperately need an active Boomer Humor community, so all of this stuff can be corralled into one easily blocked place.
- Comment on A dedicated section in my Steam library 1 month ago:
Well, you can’t just make a statement like that without showing us which one. That’s against the internet law.
- Comment on A dedicated section in my Steam library 1 month ago:
You can buy more ‘favorite game’ showcases (with the Steam ‘points’ you get when you buy games, not actual money), so if you wanted, you could have them all.
- Comment on A dedicated section in my Steam library 1 month ago:
There’s a ‘Favorite Game’ showcase that highlights a single game!
View your profile, then click ‘Edit My Profile’. Click down to the ‘Featured Showcase’ item on the left nav, choose ‘Favorite Game’ from the dropdown, choose the game you want, and click Save. Voila!
- Comment on A dedicated section in my Steam library 1 month ago:
Why not a dedicated showcase on your Steam profile? Arguably even more prestigious, since they’re limited in quantity.
- Comment on What are the best free mmorpgs for a beginner? 2 months ago:
If you enjoy the old school vibe, City of Heroes has been revived through a community effort, and is free with all of the original content plus some new stuff. This has been given official blessing so it’s not going to disappear suddenly.
- Comment on Grandma is on her own 2 months ago:
True equality!
- Comment on What is wrong with being "Black Pilled"? 2 months ago:
The term is connected to misogyny. If someone just wants to give up dating and that’s the end of it, there’s no reason for anyone to be ticked off by that idea. It’s the doomer attitude surrounding it and the effects of it that cause problems. You used the term ‘black pill’, which has specific connotations - it’s not simply choosing to give up dating.