CarnivorousCouch

@CarnivorousCouch@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is that the cotton gin led to more slavery as cotton production became more profitable. The machine could process cotton but not pick it, so more hands were needed for field work.

  Wiki:

  The invention of the cotton gin caused massive growth in the production of cotton in the United States, concentrated mostly in the South. Cotton production expanded from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales in 1850. As a result, the region became even more dependent on plantations that used black slave labor, with plantation agriculture becoming the largest sector of its economy.[35] While it took a single laborer about ten hours to separate a single pound of fiber from the seeds, a team of two or three slaves using a cotton gin could produce around fifty pounds of cotton in just one day.[36] The number of slaves rose in concert with the increase in cotton production, increasing from around 700,000 in 1790 to around 3.2 million in 1850."

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  See also; the cotton gin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I came here to recommend this, too. This game lets you really hit a nice vibe with the movement. Has co-op, too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But if you saw where this was going and said it too early, this perspective means you’re now responsible for people not taking you seriously now!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skill issue⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Counter Strike was way better when this was the vibe. I am so tired of competitive this and gun case that. I’ve never been interested in 5v5 scrimming in any serious way, but that’s all CS2 wants me to do.

  I want gun game, I want wc3, I want ZM. I want quirky custom maps and quake sounds and !bet ct all. I want to fuck around with new friends on a server for an evening, not to sweat my balls off throwing practiced smokes on dust2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Civilization 7 Outlines Crucial 1.1.1 Update as It Struggles to Compete on Steam Against Civ 6 and Even the 15-Year-Old Civ 5⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Big agree. Figuring out over building with the interface was so frustrating! Seeing city connectivity too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Civilization 7 Outlines Crucial 1.1.1 Update as It Struggles to Compete on Steam Against Civ 6 and Even the 15-Year-Old Civ 5⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I am enjoying the age mechanic as a new approach to the formula. It’s not without its flaws, but in previous Civs after a certain point I just stopped playing/didn’t finish games when the outcome was clear. I’m doing that less now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Civilization 7 not fun?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. For what it’s worth. I played about six hours today and had an absolute blast. Definitely some UI weaknesses, but I’ve been focusing more on the big changes to the gameplay loop, and I like them so far.

  But I’m just some random online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I am not impressed by A.I.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This was an interesting read, thanks for sharing.