Manticore

@Manticore@lemmy.nz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t exactly disagree, it’s just that bad faith AI games will inevitably use this possible interpretation to excuse using AI much more extensively. If you want to flag AI use for like… googling stuff, then we should differentiate it from those who use AI assets in their final product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m OK with that tbh. If we normalise disclosures for any use of AI, ever, the some AI vibe-code slop gets declared the same way as a meticulously crafted game (but the devs used AI for research/brainstorming), or even ‘devs used Google and they may have been inspired by the search AI’ etc

  I think AI as a tech is pretty cool. I think using AI is less cool, since it is using far more resources than we can afford to give it, so I avoid using AI at all, even if I think the tech itself is morally neutral.

  And I think the way we’re using AI is horrifying. Not just how companies push it, but the common use, too. People are outsourcing their thinking and comprehension to AI, and their own personal development is stagnating. This is particularly terrifying in children and college students. Would I rather than a doctor/social worker/financial advisor that gained a degree through AI and couldn’t adapt to real world struggle? Or none at all? Hmm.

  I think there is a space for devs to use AI and not have it undermine what they’re doing, is what I mean. And so I don’t want to label those people the same as the ones who’ll get AI to do everything. Otherwise, with how much AI is used on our behalf even without consent, the AI label will become the norm… at which point, it ceases to mean anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley Creator Says 1.7 Update Will Contain 'More Character/Social Stuff' and a New Farm Type⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah each times Sean does this shit, forums and chats are filled with people mock-angrily ranting that now they need to f8bd som more friends to buy it for lol

  And that meme of the dad with the belt? There’s a version on the reddit sub of Sean’s avatar “ITS FREE UPDATE TIME” (sometimes they put the update img on the belt), and the cowering kid being like “SEAN PLS NO! I have money”

  Warframe is also the only f2p model game I’ve ever actually felt fairly treated in, they’ve even changed systems when they noticed they were ‘too’ profitable and didn’t feel comfortable with how that was affecting the players paying for them. Warframe is a live service game by design, but it also has a community of players happy to pay for it because they love it and want to show that to devs, rather than being strong-armed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley Creator Says 1.7 Update Will Contain 'More Character/Social Stuff' and a New Farm Type⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kinda insane what No Man’s Sky is doing, too. They recently pushed an update to design and build your own corvette-class spaceships. NMS isn’t even a live service game! Wtf Sean

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*Yawn*⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You read the word Yawn several times in a meme, guess what

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I knew it wasn't Monica⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thats the second living president.

  (Deadass I read the title literally and went looking for the second one, immediately locked eyes with Busty McPresident)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ANTI PEE PAINT⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of Europe charges to use them though, whoch i find weird. Imo they should be funded by public budgets the way libraries, school buses, roads etc are.

  Like, of ya gotta pee, ya gotta pee. If you gotta pee and you don’t have any Euros on you, what else are you supposed to fucking do?? Literally what are your options at that point?

  I’m sure some people would do this anyway but I suspect a lot of them can’t/won’t pay for a public toilet and aren’t close enough to a private one. It’s a UX issue

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨eel butts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably doesn’t need as much intestine as we do, so the length of that tube is sufficient. Or perhaps most of the ingestion is done in the stomach.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sponsors maybe? Adding features because somebody influential wants them to be there. Either for money (like shovelware) or soft power (strengthening ongoing business partnerships)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love DeArrow so much. Best addon I’ve ever donated to, very worth it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's all a game for them and we are always the losers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the ‘we’ in ‘we allow’ is also congress

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmmm who could it possibly be?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ngl I suspect a smaller brand using sneaky bait and switch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I figured it’s an issue with haggled that haggle for haggling sake, and not about the value of the item.

  If I want to sell something on marketplace, I put the price up, because I know somebody will ask for a big discount for a quick sale. I’m happy to move this faded couch set for $100, then I’m listing it for $200… and selling it for $100 to a person who offers to pick it up, too.

  It’s that kind of reasoning and makes haggling pointless imo, because sellers either don’t take your lowball or they knew you’d lowball and charged high to start with so they have room to negotiate.

  But as that one JC Penny guy accidentally proved, people love the illusion of good deals more than they love good value.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to petty lane⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m reminded of a story somebody shared on reddit years ago.

  An arborist, working with his team. One of his crew had the chainsaw kick and come back and severely main him. He’s bleeding so fucking fast. They need to get him to hospital, and they can’t afford to wait for the ambulance to arrive.

  The woman in front won’t let them past. She’s going slower and slower to make a point. They’re honking at her, but she lines up with another lane to box them in. That car slows down too.

  The guy is fading fast.theyre using his shirt to staunch the blood, but it’s not enough. After several minutes, they finally have an opening they can take. They speed past her little car, throwing the bloodsoaked shirt out the window to slap wetly on her windshield.

  They meet up with emergency services - first, a cop. The woman pulls over to talk to the cop about their reckless driving. While arguing, the ambulance arrives. The injured crew member, and the storyteller, are taken to hospital.

  It’s too late. He dies.

  …don’t fuck around man. You never know. It’s no worth it. Do the safe thing and slow down or pull over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hear thats what European Truck Simulator 1, 2, and American truck simulator are excellent for. Driving around on long roads with meditative scenery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Came to Bargain: Use OneDrive for Device Backup, Opt into Loyalty Program and Use Their Products Till You Earn 1000 Points or Pay $30 and They Might Give You Security Updates till Oct 2026.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ESU is inherently bullshit. So they’re going to make security upgrades for the OS millions of people are using, but you only get them if you pay? Even though they’re committing dev time to make and deploy them?

  What a gift. Either you’re paying ESU and there’s no dev work (rip off grift) or it’s literally a ‘protection fee’ for dev work they’re doing anyway (nyeehhh nice PC ye got there, be a shame if we extorted you for it)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s just the money their making itself. They keep deciding that subscriptions make money by removing ads.

  Like, why not subscriptions that actually add something gainful? Nope, it’s just ads, or subscribe to less ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are techbros so bland that they really can’t think of literally any fucking way to make money that isn’t just ‘ads’?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft announces new Windows changes in response to the EU's (DMA) Digital Markets Act for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default unless opened⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you, I’m not American but MS has so many ‘features’ that have been destroying my sanity, I will look into this tool when I’m back at my desktop 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft announces new Windows changes in response to the EU's (DMA) Digital Markets Act for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default unless opened⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re in the US,

  Is it US specific, or do you just mean if you’re not in the EU?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you think freewill truly exists?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It absolutwly can be small talk.

  Small talk is a low stakes way to build rapport without exchanging any information that is intimate, vulnerable, or confrontational.

  Talking about the weather is boring small talk. I hate boring small talk very much, but small talk in general is important for building rapport with people you don’t know well enough to be vulnerable with.

  Talking about pop culture, like [TV SHOW] or [LOCAL TEAM], are also small talk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This graph but with fediverse apps?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reddit is definitely for opinionated people that can’t keep their mouth shut. And has quite a few bigots too. So this chart is unrealistically complimentary of redditors - I’m guessing you found it on reddit, which explains the judgemental opinion about TikTok and Insta.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VCs are starting to partner with private equity to buy up call centers, accounting firms and other "mature companies" to replace their operations with AI⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t the MO for venture capitalists to run businesses into the ground, make them owe debt to themselves, cannibalise businesses from the inside and then run away with a profit while they bankrupt?

  Not surprising to make a decision that kills a business because the entire point is to kill the golden goose

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rule 34 rule⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps majority is the wrong word, rather she is the most popular with horny humans. Im not referring to humans in general but pointing out that I’m saying Lisa is no. 2 on a ranked list. People are freaking out over Maggie when Lisa is also right there and far higher.

  So I suspect they’re both on the list for the same reason, and Lisa is higher because her adult version is used way more often and is more familiar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rule 34 rule⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would have to be, Lisa is incredibly high also and I find it hard to believe that the majority of horny humans would choose a 9(?) Yr old. But she’s been depicted as an adult a bunch of times

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low quality cropping will officially launch on Lemmy in 2025⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Standing still in place for a few hours is waaay more uncomfortable than pacing and walking around. Shifting the weight on our feet really helps

  I can’t imagine how awful these would be, especially with how cramped they’d be packed in (otherwise they’re no smaller than chairs). God, you couldn’t even bend down to scratch your knee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no, the mines will be so bad for my authentic supple human skin, and my favourite mammilian activity of breathing air

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like emdashes. I learned the alt code for en and em dashes just so I could use them. There is a difference between a hypen and an en dash, and a double-hyphen is but a simulacrum of the em dash!

  • Hyphen is just for double-barrelled words
  • An en dash is useful – at least sometimes – for inserting side thoughts
  • ah boy I sure hope my em dash isn’t interrup—
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cash is expensive for stores to manage, count, and sort. That’s the actual reason they want it gone, not tracking. Sure, we’re being tracked, but that’s not the point. Thanks to our phones, our personal lives have already been completely disseminated.

  Cashless is about making things easier for businesses that struggle with handling cash. A cashless society acts like consuming goods from those businesses is the only reason money exists, and that’s wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cards themselves have been very useful. They’re much l8ghter and harder to steal money than carrying hundreds in cash in your pockets.

  It’s cashless that is a concern, not the existence of cards.