Cethin

@Cethin@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Project Rebearth (in development), an MMO city-builder, with a top-down map style view, where players repopulate a 1:1 replica of Earth, releases a demo on Steam.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Like the other comment says, players build cities. A quick search says there are 81 cities with over 5m people each in the world. Most city builders were building at the scale of these large cities, so that means over 81 players would be over the population we have in the real world. If there are thousands of players, yeah, it’s going to get tight. If there are tens of thousands, there’s not enough space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it depends on the situation. I’m not saying to spend time arguing with them. I’m just saying showing them there’s another position that reasonable people they know hold is good. Most people are told the only people who hold a different position than them are crazy people.

  I do care about these people, because they vote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I disagree still. That’s the ideal, but even just seeing that there are other opinions held by people you care about is good. If you live in an echo chamber where everyone agrees with you then you think you must be right on everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the total distraction of community and third-places is I think the #1 cause of the division of political discourse, but second is that people refuse to engage with other human beings on the topic. They watch TV or browse online, and they get one extremely biased view of the world. They don’t share it with other people where they could get other points of view.

  It used to be people would get the paper and talk about it with each other, but that’s taboo now. You take it to an online community who all agree with you. There’s a reason why the infamous Thanksgiving family gathering caused strife. It’s because people were actually having discussions and disagreements. Disagreement is healthy, but people seem allergic to it now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two New Windows Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild — One Affects Every Version Ever Shipped⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It was exploited. That’s how they proved it worked. They just didn’t exploit it to do anything nefarious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is an argument to be made that having secure high paying government jobs harms other sectors by taking employees and raising average pay, forcing them to keep up. We aren’t anywhere near that being an issue though, but there is a limit where more government jobs can make recovery harder, when other sectors go out of business competing with it and there’s nowhere for anyone to go once the government jobs close.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe the correct word to use is fewer in this case, since students are a finite countable thing. Sorry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE CRAZY PILLS⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, there is evidence of harm by fluoride. It’s not as significant as they make it out to be though, and it potentially helps a lot of people. That said, I do somewhat agree with the stance. The US is (currently) a developed nation that has plenty of access to toothpaste with fluoride. Fluoride deficiency is not really a concern here. With that, and the harm it causes, I’m slightly in favor of its removal from water. However, it needs to be done in a way to prevent fear mongering and taking things beyond this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyday AI looks more like the '08 housing bubble⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically, Dutch Disease.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If they can take something like “woke” and use it to mean something bad, we can take infowars and use it for something good (and correct/accurate). Make that usage of the word the default when people hear it, not the other thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  DC2 is still fairly similar with the dungeons (though much less grindy, and far less annoying with running out of water or whatever, from my memory). 2 adds a ton of other things to do though. If you’re tired of grinding dungeons, go fishing, breed your fish for races and events, go golfing, find things to take pictures of for inventing, progress your town for more unlocks, advance NPC quests to add them to your group, etc. 1 is fairly linear with one way to progress. 2 has probably a dozen different activities to progress in, so you can do whatever you want in the moment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From my memory, the misable stuff isn’t the important, but it is frustrating to not be able to get. I would say if you aren’t worried about missing a few unlocks, just accept that you’ll miss stuff and don’t stress about it.

  If you’re the type of person (like me) who finds out they missed something and feel compelled to restart, even if you were never planning on 100% the game, then yeah, use a guide. I wouldn’t use a guide for everything, but I’m certain there are guides that say when misable stuff is coming and how to get them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With MS especially.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans - Xbox Wire [prices going up]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I dint think the comment above is talking about GamePass specifically. They’re talking about the “I’ve been an Xbox customer since…” stuff. That kind of corporate loyalty is a scam. You never should buy a product because you owned the previous one. Do what’s best for you when it’s best for you. Don’t give them any loyalty. Make them earn your purchase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wikipedia is a source, even in academics. It isn’t a primary source. If you’re going to be pedantic, you could at least have the decency to be correct.

  Repeating this doesn’t actually address anything I said though. Presumably you can’t actually engage with what was said because you have no standing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. Meanwhile here you are, policing what people provide as evidence because you only accept something that supports your worldview. You should be a wiki moderator apparently… oh wait, they actually have standards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That isn’t even remotely analogous to this situation.

  One easy way to know it’s the origin is to recognize that every religion is an evolution of other religions on the area. The others are polytheistic. It would only be reasonable to assume Judaism originated from the same practice, and we can observe similarities between Judaism and local religions of the time and find they share some aspects, implying they have the same origin. That origin being polytheistic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wikipedia is a source of sources. You can scroll down to the bottom of the damn page and view the original sources if you really need the originals. No, you’re just using this as an excuse. Fuck off. Everyone can see right through this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I ain't got no Dino in this race.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea, but I would imagine if you bury if it could maybe still work. Not on its own though. The ear isn’t a seed though. It’s a large cluster of seeds. The natural ancestor corn evolved from looks more like wheet, but obviously still not like the wheet we know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I ain't got no Dino in this race.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That weird, because all of our farmed crops and animals are selectively breed, which means planned evolution (usually, but I guess some ancient examples were purely accidental). Evolution is just the process of selection to perpetuate offspring. It being planned or unplanned doesn’t matter. Creationism is just not talking about evolution at all usually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesus was Jewish, but Christians aren't⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure. It’s just not a part of modern day American Christianity, where they worship Supply Side Jesus. Probably all Christians and Muslims should be somewhere near communist if they follow the faith.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, this needs to be praised or they’ll just decide it’s never worth appeasing the left. You don’t need to say they’re a great company or anything, but this is a good move. If they see that they give this up and get nothing in return then guess what they’ll do next time? Absolutely nothing, or maybe shift to the right where they’ll actually be rewarded.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesus was Jewish, but Christians aren't⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As an atheist who tries to do the right thing for people, same. If he lived today, Jesus would probably be a communist and thrown out by Christians.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia’s under 16s social media ban could extend to Reddit, Twitch, Kick, Roblox, Steam, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Discord and even dating apps⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, they get your ID and can associate your account and activity to your person. These are always anti-privacy laws, not “protect the children” laws. That’s just what they say to get people to give up their freedoms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do all American stores have greeters?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, like most people are saying, no. Most stores don’t have dedicated greeters. However, I would say many, if not most, staff will greet you when you come in if they aren’t busy and are near the entrance. It’s not an expectation, rather just a friendly “hello, welcome…” sort of thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's your take on employers banning the use of languages other than English between coworkers at the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not really the same thing. You’re required to use English for communication critical for the flight, as a means to ensure proper communication between parties for safety. It doesn’t mean you can’t gossip between coworkers on Spanish or whatever. You have to do what’s required for the job, but the rules shouldn’t extend beyond that to effect how employees interact on non-work things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's your take on employers banning the use of languages other than English between coworkers at the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I could see an argument that it creates cliques and can cause issues between coworkers, especially since they may feel safe gossiping about other coworkers or things like that.

  However, I don’t agree with that. All of that can happen with everyone speaking English. I don’t think it’s an issue. I think potentially what it could be is the boss not wanting them to be able to communicate discretely. It seems like something that could be an anti-unionization move. Maybe I’m being too cynical, but that’s often what these weird rules that don’t seem logical seems to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh oh lol⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to argue with this too, but the meme says blueshifting, not blueshifted. They’re right, but mostly because the meme is probably written poorly. Maybe they meant it’s accelerating toward us though. Idk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh oh lol⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s even safer. The odds that it’s coming directly at us to “collide” is low. Moving towards us doesn’t mean it’s moving directly at us. If you’re driving down the road, all cars going in the other direction get doppler shifted. They’re coming towards you, they pass beside you (hopefully), and then they’re moving away from you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Analog computing is undergoing a resurgence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what regulations are for. We’ve been asking for CO2 regulations for decades, but the argument is almost always “we can’t reduce dirty energy production until we have enough power to replace it all without downscaling.” Then they invent stuff like crypto to drain any excess power. That crashed, then AI suddenly appears to drain it. I’m convinced it’s all a conspiracy to keep dirty energy companies profitable. The timing is just too convenient.