Vodulas
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- Comment on Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs 4 days ago:
I had like 2 friends back in my CS 1.6 days that insisted on Xfire, but I paid for a Mumble server shortly after that. Might self host one again…
- Comment on Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs 4 days ago:
Shit, I forgot avout Xfire. Mumble and Teamspeak are still going too
- Comment on Donald Trump just shared an AI video to Truth Social depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys 1 week ago:
I’m so tired of this refrain. 49% of 64% of US voters voted for him, but even that is an oversimplification. The reality is that in some regions it is hard to vote. Waiting in line for hours. It is not a national holiday, so no pay for taking time off to wait in line. Polls often have limited times, and people in the US work too much just to stay alive. And that does not even take into account electoral college bullshit. The right has done so much to make voting hard or even impossible for some.
The US is vast and diverse, which makes hand waving dismissals like this even more frustrating.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yeah, there is that. There is also the fact that even going to the source I cannot find the actual study/data. No idea the sample size, method, or even list if questions. Mostly this feels like clickbait from PC Gamer.
- Comment on Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent 2 weeks ago:
By the time the Cybertruck came out we knew what Elon was. This is not about all Teslas on the road. The article is, but the comment was specifically about Cybertrucks
- Comment on GOG now using AI generated images on their store 2 weeks ago:
Based on the username might just be an annoying troll
- Comment on Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent 2 weeks ago:
Also see a lot in the Seattle area. Plenty of suckers in any given population center
- Comment on Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads 2 weeks ago:
It does not for me.
- Comment on Elon Musk and Sam Altman clashed on X after Musk shared a post about a man who committed a murder-suicide following delusional conversations with ChatGPT 3 weeks ago:
Altman already has plenty of mud on him.
- Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears 4 weeks ago:
Fair. Did not know about the nuance, but in this case it was mostly just pointing out the BBC was not being callous.
- Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears 4 weeks ago:
Does anyone outside the Brits use it though? All this tells you is they are not from the UK
- Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears 4 weeks ago:
That is just the British term for being laid off/fired.
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 5 weeks ago:
No voice, video, or game streaming in IRC though
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 5 weeks ago:
Nice, that works fo voice for sure.
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 5 weeks ago:
That’s fine for some folks, but i game with friends a lot. So far discord is the easiest for that. Been researching alternatives for a bit and might go back Mumble, though
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 5 weeks ago:
No voice in IRC though
- Comment on Engadget's favorite games of 2025 1 month ago:
There is so much game in that game
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI 1 month ago:
Not where I am. There are kids and old people playing alike. Sure, there are some collectors, but there always will be. Hell, the ATLA set has really good jump start packs, which are explicitly for playing
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 21st 1 month ago:
A lot of Peak with my partner. Having a ton of fun
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 21st 1 month ago:
Just gotta get this aluminum factory up, then I’ll be done. What’s that MAM, you’re done scanning a hard drive? New recipe you say. Guess I need to rebuild that aluminum factory…
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI 1 month ago:
despite WOTC’s best attempts For sure. I mean, they sent the Pinkertons on someone that got shipped product early. That they purchased.
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI 1 month ago:
Magic has less staying power than Pokémon
lol, Magic came out 3 years before Pokémon and is currently more popular than ever. Especially with the Avatar TLAB and Final Fantasy releases.
Just because you don’t like a mechanic doesn’t mean it won’t last. Hell, Civilization is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time
- Comment on Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder [TWIV] 1 month ago:
Did you read the whole thing, or even like halfway? Multiple concept artists are quoted in the article saying it makes their lives more difficult. You know, more work in the bad way. The thesis of the article is that it makes the job harder, makes for a less than unique art style, and potentially fewer jobs for artists.
Unless you actually meant “more work” in the bad way, of course. If so, sorry for the rant
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 7th 2 months ago:
I enjoy Nightingale. The crafting system is pretty deep, but the combat is pretty meh.
- Comment on South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage 2 months ago:
advocating common sense is not victim blaming.
You say that, but you also said this in your original statement, which is classic victim blaming:
sometimes people really do get what they deserve 🤷♂️
They did not deserve this. You can say you are advocating for common sense, but the first thing you said was that they deserved to be harmed.
I’ve seen this comment, and I do not find it persuasive. For the first part, how do you know it is a sketchy neighborhood? You could easily walk into a situation you have no way to know is a bad situation through no fault of your own. What if you are there to take pictures in the neighborhood? There are a ton of reasons someone could find themselves in that situation. If you get robbed, the blame still falls on the perpetrator. The person did not deserve to be robbed.
The car analogy does not have anything to do with this situation. You would be walking into a space where you knew you were likely to get hurt, vs this situation where you expect to NOT be hurt.
and one should assume that at least some of the women who were patients there had one. it only takes one person to raise an alarm in situation like that.
And if that were the case, I would assume that detail would at least be mentioned in the article since that could be it’s own story. Honestly it would be a better way to frame this article. All of the little details point to this not being the case and they just mentioned the gynecologist for engagement bait.
- Comment on South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage 2 months ago:
i’ll go out on a limb here and say that records from the lobby don’t make very good “sexploitation” material
The article only states that a gynecologist’s office camera was hacked, not that the footage was used. It sucks, but I can guarantee they put that in there for shock value.
Later it states 1193 videos were made from 133,000 cameras that were hacked, so while nobody but the people with the data can say for sure, it is quite possible it was just a lobby camera.
the article is about camera hacks, not cameras hidden by some peeping tom
Yes, but your argument is that people should have gone elsewhere. People are just giving you pretty reasonable explanations as to why they might not have simply gone to another doctor. Nobody is saying “This is exactly what happened.”
“some” might not, but again, there is no indication these were purposely hidden cameras, so lot of them should.
There is no indication that it was a visible camera in the exam room either. You just made that assumption.
The article says nothing about the circumstances, so everything said is speculation. Assuming the camera was visible and in the exam room is just that, an assumption. Just as you made that assumption, others gave reasons why that may not be true.
You can justify victim blaming all you want, but the fact of the matter is the blame lies solely on the perpetrator. If they did not do the bad deed, then the victim would not be a victim.
You can, and should, have situational awareness, but that is something that comes with experience and practice. Not everyone can prepare for every situation.
- Comment on South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage 2 months ago:
A lot of pretty reasonable ways it could happen.
- It says nothing about it being in an exam room, could have been in the lobby
- Could have been hidden as others have said
- Could have simply gone unnoticed since people would not expect a camera in exam rooms
There are a lot of people to potentially blame here, none of which are the victims
- Comment on Introducing the INDX! Fast and affordable 8-material printing exclusively on the CORE One - Original Prusa 3D Printers 2 months ago:
Uh, what? AFAIK Prusa does not support genocide
- Comment on Introducing the INDX! Fast and affordable 8-material printing exclusively on the CORE One - Original Prusa 3D Printers 2 months ago:
Typically it is different colors of the same material, but you can put different materials in each slot too. Common 3D printing filaments are PLA, PETG, ABS, TPU, and less so ABA.
- Comment on My Car Is Becoming a Brick: EVs are poised to age like smartphones. 2 months ago:
Yup, there have been a lot of battery issues with electric cars. The good news is those seem to be few and far between nowadays.
After that, I bought a Tesla. Downvote me if you want, but it was the next best option.
I can’t and I wouldn’t anyway. Before we knew Elon was a fascist, they were usually a good option (provided you got one from a good run). We bought a used Tesla in 2016. It was a great car, but when someone sideswiped it and totaled it in 2020, we could not in good conscious get another one.