Banzai51
@Banzai51@midwest.social
- Comment on Can AI do 40% of your job? Block’s Jack Dorsey thinks so. 6 days ago:
Remember boys and girls, AI doesn’t have to be as good as you to take your job. Just has to be good enough. Because AI doesn’t go home for the night, it doesn’t take vacation, it doesn’t take sick days, it doesn’t care about holidays, it doesn’t go to the bathroom, it won’t go get a cup of coffee, it doesn’t need pay and benefits, it doesn’t require payroll taxes be paid…
And now think about how the economy seems to have shifted to catering to the wealthy. Vegas only wants the high rollers, everyone else fuck off. Car companies have priced all their vehicles like luxury vehicles even if they didn’t do anything to make them luxury. Companies know only the wealthy will be able to buy anything in the near future.
- Comment on Ford is fighting against physics to build affordable EVs 2 weeks ago:
Remember boys and girls, the Maverick was a small truck that started at $20,000. It is now $35,000. Base. They can do it, they just don’t want to, and every time this concept comes up the price goes up. Next month they’ll be talking about a “cheap” $40,000 truck.
- Comment on Need help choosing a NAS. 1 month ago:
But everyone believes they’ll wait and try again.
- Comment on Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal 1 month ago:
What software are you using on the RPis as a client to Music Assistant?
- Comment on Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal 1 month ago:
Some.bands do that. Most do not.
- Comment on Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This 1 month ago:
The Pedo in Chief won’t stop him, won’t allow the DOJ to act, so he will get away with it.
- Comment on How ATSC 3.0 aims to win over cord-cutters in 2026 1 month ago:
No they’re not. All but one major network DRM’d the whole works in my area. They want to turn OTA TV into Cable/Streaming. FCC should force them to give up the public airwaves leased to them for doing that. Make them broadcast over the internet like every other DRM’d pay service.
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 1 month ago:
There goes the neighborhood.
- Comment on Foreign tech workers spurn US as if it were a rabid dog 2 months ago:
And Europeans and their governments are currently talking of denying all Americans immigration. Europeans are for more xenophobic, and refuse to see Americans trying to leave the US want to leave this all behind.
- Comment on Welcome to the FPS vibe shift: At the end of 2025, it's clear that casual shooters are back in a big way. 2 months ago:
Because dev studios have proven the last few years they can’t handle anything more complex.
- Comment on Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox 2 months ago:
Mozilla: Continuing Netscape’s legacy of shitty leadership.
Mozilla: Still pissed they only shipped a browser and email client instead of obtaining W O R L D D O M I N A T I O N!!!
- Comment on "It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban [Eurogamer] 3 months ago:
Wonder if they have a deal with Epic or some other Steam rival to be the centerpiece in an anti-trust lawsuit, the same way Oracle propped up the corps of Netscape.
- Comment on Five years from launch the PS5 is a roaring success, so why doesn't it feel like it? [Eurogamer] 3 months ago:
My opinion is it is the turmoil in the games. Big money bought out many studios and brought a focus to shareholder value rather than games people want to play. Enshitification is everywhere. Doesn’t matter what your platform if choice is, last few years haven’t been great for gaming.
- Comment on The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer] 3 months ago:
What was the wait for Diakantana?
- Comment on Meta denies torrenting porn to train AI, says downloads were for “personal use” 4 months ago:
Meta is training sexbots, isn’t it?
- Comment on 4 months ago:
And I’m still here with a 1080p TV. Because my previous ISP had data caps, I’m not convinced my current ISP won’t move to data caps, and there isn’t a lot of good 1080p content out there besides DVD/BluRay and my Rips.
- Comment on How's gaming and streaming on T-Mobile home internet? 4 months ago:
I’ve had T-Mobile 5G internet for several years now, and no issues. I’d say I’ve had to reboot the router more than with Comcast. But our area has also gone through a lot of tower upgrades. I’m not a competitive FPS player, mainly playing MMOs and nothing unusual. Streaming content has been fine.
It’s going to depend on how good your local signal is. T-Mobile phones in my area work well, while they don’t work as well when I visit my parents in another state. So the 5G Internet will follow suit. If you don’t have T-Mobile phones then you’ll have to pay attention to friends or reviews in your local area.
- Comment on Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck 4 months ago:
In 1980, sure.
- Comment on Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck 4 months ago:
Boohoohoo, I’m a conservative and I’m so oppressed!
- Comment on Taylor Swift, Defender of Artist Ownership, Allegedly Uses AI in Videos 4 months ago:
One thing has nothing to do with the other. Just more, “Get a horse,” anti-AI energy.
- Comment on Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? 5 months ago:
Meh, lots of them earned it.
- Comment on Bluesky rolls out age verification for users in Ohio | TechCrunch 5 months ago:
People here actually believe companies should just accept fines and their execs accept jail on their behalf rather than the company comply with laws they don’t like.
- Comment on Is it true Star Citizen players are "melting down" because of the No Man's Sky update or is that just clickbait? 5 months ago:
I’d say it’s clickbait. The hardcore SC people act like other games don’t exist and won’t say a peep about them. Those of us that have sunk money into SC but play other games too will just play whatever suits us at the time. There is plenty to bitch about SC without comparisons to other games’ updates. When we do compare to other games it tends to be generalized like, “Online games have had working doors, elevators, and inventory since the 1990s.”
- Comment on Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it' 5 months ago:
Aggressive? Hell no. I’m just not being Pollyanna.
- Comment on Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it' 5 months ago:
I’ve heard this bullshit before.
- Comment on Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it' 5 months ago:
Ahhhh, the old “I don’t see that” cope. Balance this against the hundreds of others that say otherwise.
- Comment on Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it' 5 months ago:
Disagree. It is still a buggy mess. Many missing features that they promised. Lots of missing basic features of MMOs like no guild chat, no in game guild rosters, elevators and doors still don’t consistently work, they struggle to connect the game loops, game loops don’t consistently work, etc, etc.
- Comment on Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it' 5 months ago:
Just 2 years, Turkish!
- Comment on They thought they were making technological breakthroughs. It was an AI-sparked delusion. 5 months ago:
- Comment on They thought they were making technological breakthroughs. It was an AI-sparked delusion. 5 months ago:
But, but, but, my science fiction reading says all AI is trying to kill us!!!
There is a lot of, “Get a horse!” out there.