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- Comment on Would an LLM AI model trained wholly on consenting open source projects with a license requiring all derivative works be open source licensed still be problematic? 3 hours ago:
Didn’t people say StackOverflow did this to junior devs (perhaps to a lesser extent)?
- Comment on What’s a reasonable tip for a barber? (America) 4 days ago:
Where the heck is “here” that haircuts are closer to $100 than the are to $0?
- Comment on What’s a reasonable tip for a barber? (America) 6 days ago:
Cab drivers have been way too sketchy where I live for my entire life.
Rideshares let me call them through an app, track my ride by GPS, let me see the full fare (including all taxes and fees) up-front, and always let me make 100% of my payment by credit card without complaint from the driver.
If taxis offered that where I live, Uber would’ve been dead on arrival like it is in Korea.
- Comment on When you vote why don't they just say something like this will raise your taxes for this and over here won't. Wouldn't it be simpler? 6 days ago:
Man, people downvoted this like you didn’t post it in NoStupidQuestions! Lol
- Comment on When you vote why don't they just say something like this will raise your taxes for this and over here won't. Wouldn't it be simpler? 6 days ago:
And when politicians make things “simpler”, it works against the interests of the people! Lol
- Comment on What’s a reasonable tip for a barber? (America) 6 days ago:
I tip 15% to all service employees.
My rule of thumb is to tip more to service workers that incur more personal expenses.
Restaurant workers? 10~15%. (They make at least minimum wage where I live just like takeout/fast food workers. I wish I could tip them 0% culturally)
Barbers/hairstylists? 15~20%.
Rideshare drivers get 20% minimum or more if it’s a cheap fare.
- Comment on What’s a reasonable tip for a barber? (America) 6 days ago:
…a haircut/trim is $80 where you live?
It’s under $30 where I live, and some places are cheaper.
- Comment on After laying off thousands, Ubisoft says losing "key talents and skills" is a big danger for the company 4 weeks ago:
The ability to make the same game 20 times and get people to buy it all 20 times.
- Comment on Magical Girl ER is a Japanese horror medical sim where you triage and treat magical girls injured in kaiju attacks 4 weeks ago:
others are against AI in all forms.
I remember when “AI” was what we called computer-controlled opponents, lol
- Comment on Do you think that Trump is the most hated U.S. president? 4 weeks ago:
He’s not the reason why the civilised world sneers at 'Murica, but he’s a huge symptom of it
As a Canadian, I used to sneer at the US like one would sneer at an immature sibling.
Now, “Made in the USA” feels dirty. I don’t feel like the USA can recover its place of former global respect in my lifetime.
- Comment on With a lot of companies no longer doing physical games, then would that give rise to more Piracy? How will video game preservation work then? 4 weeks ago:
With a lot of companies no longer doing physical games, then would that give rise to more Piracy?
Probably about the same. People always find a way.
How will video game preservation work then?
Games are just data, whether physical or digital. What gets lost is the servers for online functionality an such.
- Comment on Settle a debate can potato's and noodles go together and taste great with sauce and other things? (I say it can) However my mother says two starches should never be cooked because it's too much. 4 weeks ago:
“Potato is and noodles” of course.
- Comment on Is the Switch 2 a waste of money? 5 weeks ago:
I have a Switch 1 and really enjoyed it, but I don’t feel the need to upgrade. Better hardware would be nice, but I’m better off gaming on PC anyway.
- Comment on How has Apple tricked so many people into believing that they "just need to get another Apple product"? 5 weeks ago:
Yes, not having legacy ports taking up space is a feature.
This is the first time I’ve heard this in my entire life! Thank you for that.
HDMI is not a legacy port; it’s still a commonly-used display standard.
Also, a dongle takes up extra space compared to simply having a port built-in.
- Comment on How has Apple tricked so many people into believing that they "just need to get another Apple product"? 5 weeks ago:
I didn’t say they did or didn’t have HDMI ports. The comment I replied to said it’s a feature that you can buy a dongle to get the ports you need
- Comment on How has Apple tricked so many people into believing that they "just need to get another Apple product"? 5 weeks ago:
Did you just claim that not having ports is a feature? Lol
If you weren’t being facetious about that, I think you might’ve had too much of that Apple Kool-Aid.
…which is actually probably a flavour of Kool-Aid, lmao
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Based on good laws and regulations in countries where the freedoms of the people outweighs the freedoms of corporations.
- Comment on Guess the game (#003) 1 month ago:
He’s a member of the team!
- Comment on Me_irl 1 month ago:
And it’s usually to fix some absolutely game-breaking bug…that only happens if you do MissingNo-level oddities.
- Comment on Could the Supreme Court overturning Marbury vs Madison be a way to repeal the US Constitution? 1 month ago:
Every corporation has the freedom of speech (measured by profit).
Every corporation has the right to employ bearers of arms, including autonomous bearers of arms.
Every corporation has the right to the money of the consumers, be it through purchases, taxation, or some combination of both.
- Comment on Is gaming better as a kid or an adult? 1 month ago:
I’ve done full-time work and part-time college and still had time for leisure activities. My work weeks were about 60 hours, before getting into errands and such.
I’m not a parent myself, but my friends who are parents have hobbies and we have social interactions and meetups. Sometimes with their kids present, sometimes without.
I can’t speak to your situation. Maybe you are incredibly busy. Either way everyone on Earth gets the same 24 hours per day. And while I was lucky enough to be born in North America, I wasn’t born into any sort of extravagance.
Plenty of people have to plan and schedule leisure activity, including gaming. And there are plenty of options if you only have time for quick bursts here or there. Puzzle games and turn-based games are great for that.
- Comment on Why are sites like Reddit so prone to downvoting people for self-expression or vulnerability? 1 month ago:
I find Lemmy in particular to be very much into using the downvote button for “I disagree” or “That’s not my experience” or “I don’t like this” or “they disagreed with someone who I upvoted”
- Comment on Is gaming better as a kid or an adult? 1 month ago:
Yeah, and you said…
If we prioritized gaming, we would not have any money for the games and hardware or the place to hook it up and use it.
Plenty of people find space in their schedules for gaming. And based on your more recent comment, you probably do have other hobbies or optional activities that you find more fulfilling than gaming…which is great!
Some people game with their families. Some people find time for gaming instead of consuming other media like TV, movies, books, or social media.
If you prioritize other hobbies beyond gaming, that’s great if it makes you happy.
- Comment on Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash 1 month ago:
I guess I think the difference between being robbed and being killed is greater than you do.
I also don’t think “robbing” is the right word to talk about someone who made video games worse…
- Comment on Is gaming better as a kid or an adult? 1 month ago:
“Prioritize” doesn’t mean putting it above everything else.
How do you think most gamers have money for games?
- Comment on Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash 1 month ago:
You’re accusing me of wishing death on someone?
- Comment on Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash 1 month ago:
I don’t even know what you’re accusing me of doing, lol
- Comment on Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash 1 month ago:
“actively robbing the poor” and “actively killing masses of poor people” are two different levels of evil.
- Comment on Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash 1 month ago:
Is it unhealthy to be gleeful for the death of someone who promotes and spreads violent and hateful rhetoric and got hoist by his own petard? This is different than being gleeful about the death of someone who is making a hobby worse in one specific company.
- Comment on Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash 1 month ago:
Charlie Kirk was okay with people dying from gun violence if it meant fewer restrictions on guns. He fought against minority groups’ rights. He was spreading dangerous rhetoric worldwide.
The Ubisoft guy helped found a popular video game company and was probably just a generic rich prick at worst.
The world is better off without Charlie Kirk. I doubt the world, let alone the video game industry, let alone even just Ubisoft, will get any better after today thanks to Guillemot’s death.
There’s a huge difference here.