Vodulas
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- 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 4 days ago:
Altman already has plenty of mud on him.
- Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears 1 week 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 1 week 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 2 weeks ago:
That is just the British term for being laid off/fired.
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 2 weeks ago:
No voice, video, or game streaming in IRC though
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 2 weeks ago:
Nice, that works fo voice for sure.
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 2 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 2 weeks ago:
No voice in IRC though
- Comment on Engadget's favorite games of 2025 4 weeks ago:
There is so much game in that game
- Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 5 weeks 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] 5 weeks 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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. 1 month 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.
- Comment on My Car Is Becoming a Brick: EVs are poised to age like smartphones. 1 month ago:
Yeah, one of the founders is from OG Tesla. Still not putting a deposit, but makes me more optimistic.
- Comment on My Car Is Becoming a Brick: EVs are poised to age like smartphones. 1 month ago:
I feel like the Telo has more bonafides than the Aptera. At least one of the founders has shipped a car in the past (original Tesla Roadster). Slate has Amazon backing, so will probably happen, but also Amazon…
- Comment on My Car Is Becoming a Brick: EVs are poised to age like smartphones. 1 month ago:
The all had 200-250 mile ranges. Less than 320, but fine for most folks. Now there are so many good EV options, the only downside is cost nowadays. We need a good, compact, inexpensive EV with decent charging speeds. The Bolt almost does that, bit the charging speeds are real slow
- Comment on My Car Is Becoming a Brick: EVs are poised to age like smartphones. 1 month ago:
There were other options that just weren’t well advertised/known. KIA Niro/Hyundai Kona, Chevy Bolt, and Jaguar I-Pace all existed in 2019 in addition to the 2 you mentioned.
- Comment on Five years from launch the PS5 is a roaring success, so why doesn't it feel like it? [Eurogamer] 2 months ago:
The only reason I got a PS5 was because my PS4’s HDMI port got damaged somehow. The controller is a significant upgrade if games use it, but not a lot do. Looking back, I probably would have been fine without it at all since I have a Steam Link and that works great in the TV
- Comment on Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like 2 months ago:
Especially true with fridges. In door water and ice being big points of failure.
- Comment on Absolum is a beautiful, slow-progressing, arcade-ass Roguelite | Rogue 3 months ago:
In this case the article references specific arcade beat-em-ups that the game reminds them of, so I don’t think it is off base.
- Comment on ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says 3 months ago:
This has been going around lately, but the arbitration clause has been in the ToS for at least a year, but probably since the beginning. Not saying it is a good thing, but it is already far too late. The new update just added “resources” for arbitration. You know, arbitrators that are paid by Discord