jacksilver
@jacksilver@lemmy.world
- Comment on Do it for your country's debt! 22 hours ago:
Printing money isn’t usually a good idea as it generally causes inflation/devaluation of the currency. So while the US could do it, the outcome would probably be devastating.
In basic terms, the more of something you have the less valuable it becomes. This works for things like trading cards/collectibles, but also applies to money.
A good real world example of this recently was the pandemic. Between reduced spending (due to be cooped up) and stimulus money (ppp loans, checks, etc.), a lot of Americans came out of the pandemic looking to spend. This huge surge in spending meant a lot of people fighting over a set amount of goods (since during the pandemic manufacturing took a hit). So high demand and low/constrained supply leads to rising prices. So while people have more money, that doesn’t necessarily mean they can buy more things.
- Comment on The Nintendo Switch tops the DS to become the company's best-selling console of all time 1 day ago:
Yeah, it might be like the Wii leading into the WiiU. Twilight Princess was originally going to be for the GameCube, but turned into a wii launch title and was followed by Skyward Sword late into the Wiis lifetime. That resulted in the WiiU never having its own Zelda, instead sharing BOTW with Switch during its release.
So it’s possible with BOTW released with Switch and TOTK late into the switches lifetime that we’ll see the same thing happen on the switch 2 (and it won’t get an exclusive Zelda).
- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 2 days ago:
Yeah, I think a lot of people forget that Google (and AI research like this) pumps out a lot of work like this that shows amazing new advances. However, that doesn’t mean any of this is near ready.
Here is a 2018 paper about using world models (a concept where a model is developing an understanding of a “world”) that used it to create an interactive Doom AI model - arxiv.org/abs/1803.10122 just to show that this stuff has been in the works for a long time.
- Comment on Can anyone explain why? 3 days ago:
It was never the avacodo toast preventing millenials from buying a house. It was the $34 Billion they each spent every year on booze.
If only they knew how to budget.
- Comment on Anon recaps the DCEU 1 week ago:
Haha, sorry to ruin your day, but I did see it!
Having watched young justice (and some other DC shows) I was familiar with the hero so checked it out. It was a decently fun movie for a somewhat lesser known hero. I think the weakest part was that, like most superhero movies, the big bad was a carbon copy of blue beetle (can’t recall if it was his arch nemesis Black Beetle or some other iteration).
I’d say of the DCEU movies I’ve watched, it was one of the better ones.
- Comment on What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing? 2 weeks ago:
I think the jump rope and volleyball moons in Mario Odyssey were pretty bad. They didn’t really connect to the gameplay and just felt tedious to get.
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 3 weeks ago:
It was the best selling console in the US this holiday season, but not sure how it’s sales compared to previous years. It also was on a big discount which definitely helped.
- Comment on Trump Administration Live Updates: President Expects Impeachment if G.O.P. Falters in Midterm Elections 4 weeks ago:
They need a majority in house and senate to impeach and convict. Conviction is how Trump is removed, impeachment just means he did enough to investigate any wrongdoing.
- Comment on How Are You Guys Handling This? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, I figured that hadn’t changed, but was too lazy to actually look up the source, thanks for adding it.
However, with box64 you can emulate x86_64 on arm, however I think macs don’t have the gpu integration. Crazy thing is on some phones with snapdragon chips you can emulate games up to cyberpunk 2077 decently well.
- Comment on How Are You Guys Handling This? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think bazzite runs on ARM macs.
- Comment on 'Backtracking Development Again Was Out of The Question' — Nintendo Says Metroid Prime 4's Open World Hub Was a Victim of The Game's Lengthy Development 4 weeks ago:
To be honest I think BOTW has had a negative effect on Nintendos approach to game design. While BOTW had its highlights, TOTK doubling down on a very large empty world without real dungeons got boring fast.
- Comment on I ditched Netflix Premium for 4K Blu-ray, and I might never go back 4 weeks ago:
You can get an hdmi switcher for pretty cheap. They usually use a remote, but some can also autosense active ports and switch automatically.
- Comment on Ska ftw 5 weeks ago:
D&D: world is broken let’s adventure
- Comment on Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else? 5 weeks ago:
I mean if you back to the Greeks and Roman’s, they also had some big payouts for sporting events.
- Comment on Finally, Common Ground... 1 month ago:
Yeah, people always seem to forget that it’s about what you can purchase, not the $ amount. Similar to living in a city vs a rural area, the cost of food/housing varies widely even in the same country.
- Comment on My review on the AYN Odin 3 2 months ago:
Just a note, I’m pretty sure Arm is only “efficient” in low power modes. I’m not sure there is much (if any) energy saving when running heavy loads.
For example, running heavy ML workloads on a Apple Silicon still burns through battery.
- Comment on A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again 2 months ago:
It’s 2D, but the fire mechanic is pretty fun - Wildfire
- Comment on Gaming Pet Peeves 2 months ago:
Lies of P did a great job of color coding things (and generally being more leinent/realistic with timing). It can still be a hard game, but the most approachable parrying based game of that ilk.
- Comment on One hour into Gears 5 and I feel its a lot better than 4 2 months ago:
It’s definitely more interesting than 4. It’s been a while since I played either, but remember thinking 5 felt like a better game all around.
- Comment on Had to look this up 2 months ago:
Sorry to disappoint, but Velma is Indian in the reboot, as Mindy Kaling is Indian.
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption Coming to Netflix, iOS, Android, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 2 months ago:
Yeah, I’m surprised the original commentor is getting downvoted. This console generation has been terrible, PC is doing better, but really only due to smaller indie games.
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption Coming to Netflix, iOS, Android, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 2 months ago:
I think you get access to mobile games through your Netflix subscription. I know they released some games that were only playable on android through them.
- Comment on 'The PS5 is only in the middle of [it's lifespan],' says Sony CFO 2 months ago:
Based on this we’d expect the PS6 by 2027, meaning there is only one year left for the Ps5 as “current Gen”.
Sure the “lifespan” of the console will be longer, but most people think of it in terms of the console being the current generation of consoles.
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 2 months ago:
I absolutely agree with you, I got to a point where I had solved the “main” puzzle, but was struggling to complete other puzzles (that I knew the solution to) simply due to room draws.
I wanted to love the game, but it held itself back on the RNG design. It can be so detrimental to the game that I wouldn’t recommend it to most people.
- Comment on Whatever happened to pickup artists? Did they evolve into alpha males or ascend to a higher plane? 2 months ago:
Isn’t this basically what turned into the “Manosphere” with people like Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate, and Charlie Kirk.
Basically moving away from explicitly “dating” to general “manliness/Alpha” stuff, but still preying on typical male insecurities.
- Comment on "The King" (Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon) 2 months ago:
It’s 20% off right now on Steam. I’ve been eyeing it but during the fall sale I decided to go with Lords of the Fallen over this.
- Comment on Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations? 3 months ago:
Long Story Short - it’s not all rainbows and butterflies, but a realistic family working to get by.
Modern Family - Antics of an extended family. Since it’s a comedy it’s usually pretty wholesome and each family unit brings something different to the table.
While there are definitely more out there, I figured these would be good suggestions as they really focus on family dynamics.
- Comment on No One Wants A $100 GTA 6, Analysts Say 3 months ago:
I don’t know, it feels like the US is at least heading towards a tipping point.
- Comment on The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market 3 months ago:
I have the Boox Palma I think. It’s basically just a phone with an e-ink display. Since it runs android, it means that I can use it with my self hosted services like “AudioBookshelf”.
The device itself is nothing special in my opinion. Maybe the screen is better than my old kindle (hard to say). Only real reason I got it was form factor and android OS so I could customize it.
- Comment on Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement 3 months ago:
I believe it’s the same thing I noted in another comment - lemmy.world/comment/19924290
Basically session key vs rotating session key, but to be honest I only skimmed your link as it got dense fast.