Psythik
@Psythik@lemmy.world
- Comment on How soon do you get there? 4 days ago:
As someone who had a dad with undiagnosed ADHD, I had the opposite problem (he refused mental health treatment because he was a Boomer). We were always late to everything. And because he was a Narcissist too it was always everyone else’s fault.
- Comment on Wise words 1 week ago:
You mean Fuck or Freat?
- Comment on Super late to the party but Control is really good… 2 weeks ago:
Well that explains why I couldn’t get into it; I’m way too ADHD for this game.
- Comment on It used to be a library 2 weeks ago:
I know, I just wanted an excuse to hate on Furries.
- Comment on It used to be a library 2 weeks ago:
Yeah but I want to return to the days when normal people used the internet for fun, not just the freaks.
- Comment on It used to be a library 2 weeks ago:
The pioneering days of the internet are over. We left the Golden Age of the web and are now in the Mafia-controlled phase as you pointed out. If history repeats itself it’ll be decades before anything gets better.
- Comment on EA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceled 2 weeks ago:
So I guess this means that we’ll never get that KotOR remake then…
- Comment on GTA 6 Digital Preorders Already Topped 6 Million and $594 Million, With PlayStation Accounting for 74%, Sensor Tower Estimates 3 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ll just wait for the inevitable PC recompilation + multiplayer, and then enjoy GTA Online for free. (And then pirate the PC version when it comes up as a double fuck you to Rockstar.)
- Comment on Bloodborne is now on PC natively with online features like massages, bloodstains and co-op 3 weeks ago:
Why do you have such little faith in the scene? Anytime a torrent contains something nasty in it, the community lets everyone know about it almost immediately. I’ve been downloading cracks, hacks, keygens, and repacks since the 90s, and I’ve never had an issue with a virus/trojan/crypto miner/etc. Use common sense and you have nothing to worry about.
- Comment on Sony is losing exclusives as their games get ported to PC with AI 3 weeks ago:
You know, I always assumed that we’d get a PS4 emulator eventually, thanks to the console running on a PC architecture. I just never thought to consider that we don’t actually need a PS4 emulator, because we can just make the games run natively on PC instead, thanks to the console running on a PC architecture.
- Comment on Fandom won’t allow adblockers 4 weeks ago:
Since you’re into YouTube extensions, also consider adding Enhancer for YouTube and DeArrow. The former adds more features to the player (my favorite is the ability to fine-tune playback speed with the scroll wheel), and the latter removes the clickbait thumbnails and returns to the old method of auto-generating the thumbnail (taking a screenshot of an interesting segment of the video and using that as the thumbnail, just like the old days). That way the content has to actually be interesting before I consider clicking on it.
And on Android the only thing you need is YouTube Morphe, which is a modded version of the YT app that includes an adblocker, SponsorBlock, DeArrow, Enhancer, an AI slop filter—and so much more—built right into the app. It’s a must-have for any Android user who watches YouTube.
- Comment on Fandom won’t allow adblockers 4 weeks ago:
Don’t take career advice from Joe Piscopo
- Comment on Why? 4 weeks ago:
Well just because you don’t utilize all the features of USB-C, that doesn’t make them unnecessary.
For example: my PC refuses to POST after replacing the CMOS battery and I cannot for the life of me figure out why. So in the meantime I’ve been using a USB-C dock for my phone which breaks out the port into full-sized DisplayPorts and USB-A ports, that way I can use my phone as a desktop PC until I can figure out what the hell is wrong with my actual PC. I’m extremely grateful that USB-C has all these standards built-in, otherwise I’d be completely without a computer. The built-in desktop experience on Android works well enough for most tasks.
- Comment on Fandom won’t allow adblockers 4 weeks ago:
Firefox with Ublock Origin doesn’t have this issue. (Or whatever Firefox derivative you prefer.)
- Comment on Why? 4 weeks ago:
Beat me to it. A lot of times, things lasted longer simply because they were less complicated. A phone cord is two wires. A USB-C cable has up to 16, and there is a lot more bandwidth being sent though them. Not to mention all the fancy handshakes that have to be performed in order for all the various standards the cable supports to actually work as intended. Along with high speed data, you’ve got things like ethernet, HDMI/DP, Thunderbolt, etc. all going down a single cable. A phone cord only has to send analog voice. Honestly it’s a miracle to me that USB-C even works at all, let alone semi-reliably.
- Comment on Fandom won’t allow adblockers 4 weeks ago:
CEO is a bigot
- Comment on EVERY CHANNEL IS OWNED BY ONE MAN NOW 4 weeks ago:
Yeah but broadcast television is dead, so while this is bad, it’s not as bad as it could be if everyone wasn’t already streaming everything.
- Comment on Skate has been de-live serviced by ReSkate, a modding platform downloaded 350,000 times—devs say they will comply if EA's lawyers come knocking 4 weeks ago:
$20 says most people will give it a week and then realize there’s no substance to this game and quit.
- Comment on Skate has been de-live serviced by ReSkate, a modding platform downloaded 350,000 times—devs say they will comply if EA's lawyers come knocking 4 weeks ago:
If Tony Hawk is your only skating game experience, you’re going to be disappointed. The controls are completely different; instead of hitting buttons to do tricks, you move the right joystick. It’s intended to simulate real life skating. You’re not going to pull off a Triple Impossible in this game.
Also, unless you mean microtransactions, there’s nothing to buy. The game is F2P so go ahead and grab it from Steam and then see for yourself if you like it or not.
- Comment on Skate has been de-live serviced by ReSkate, a modding platform downloaded 350,000 times—devs say they will comply if EA's lawyers come knocking 4 weeks ago:
How is that supposed to work, when the entire premise of the game is to skate with others? You’re just going to be alone in that giant city? Sounds boring.
- Comment on As it lays off developers and closes studios, Xbox gets into the movie business 4 weeks ago:
Yes that’s the problem! Nintendo only has a handheld option available at the moment; where’s their home console?
Also, why did they downgrade their handhelds by replacing the 3D display with a boring 2D panel? That was the 3DS’ best feature! No one else does glasses-free 3D; why get rid of your best gimmick?
- Comment on As it lays off developers and closes studios, Xbox gets into the movie business 4 weeks ago:
As someone who has been around since the third console generation (NES, SMS), honestly I feel like we are living in one of the worst eras in gaming history, second only to the crash of '83 (but I wasn’t there for that so I can’t confirm).
It really sucks that Nintendo is winning the console wars. Between suing their fans for making their games better, and them being seemingly unable to release a console that can keep up with modern performance standards.
I mean I’m not in this fight —my last console was the 360—and I’ve been PC exclusive since, but still, we need healthy competition or things are only going to get worse for gamers.
- Comment on Make Congress Earn Average American Wage. 4 weeks ago:
Where can I find a job that pays that much? I’ve never passed a $40K salary in my life.
- Comment on I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? 5 weeks ago:
I thought we all agreed two years go to let this meme die because Steven Chowder (a well-known grifter) is the guy in the photo.
- Comment on Day 811 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 5 weeks ago:
Wait, really? I hope you’re right because every time I fire up MCC to relive old memories I’m left disappointed because nobody is playing. I guess they all just moved onto the real PC port.
- Comment on Day 811 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 5 weeks ago:
Damn I wish I still had friends, but the effort of maintaining friendships in my 30s is too mentally draining. Still, I miss having moments like this with the bros.
- Comment on The bosses don't pay their workers. Workers pay their bosses. 5 weeks ago:
Damn has there ever been a time where a working class American was paid a fair wage? Other than the brief period after WWII up until Reagan, that is.
- Comment on Bill Gates: People saying AI will create more jobs don’t understand what’s coming 5 weeks ago:
No I’m saying that I don’t have to trust it because I instructed it to put two independent sources next to every claim it makes. I just check the sources.
- Comment on Bill Gates: People saying AI will create more jobs don’t understand what’s coming 5 weeks ago:
By writing instructions to insist that it double verifies every (non obvious) claim with a minimum of two sources. I also told mine to always assume that the initial prompt is missing crucial context, and to ask as many follow-up questions as necessary until it has enough information to provide the answer to the question I’m really asking. (For speed and efficiency you can even make it give you multiple choice options to click on.) Because sometimes the problem isn’t with the LLM, but with the user asking the wrong questions.
Using those two instructions alone, I’ve encountered considerably fewer hallucinations, and when I’m still not certain, I can simply click on the sources linked next to every single claim the AI makes.
- Comment on Anon has beef with Nickelodeon 5 weeks ago:
Yikes, good point; didn’t really consider that racism might have played a role. Damn.