Chozo
@Chozo@fedia.io
Hail Satan.
Using Mbin as a backup to my main Kbin account due to tech issues on Kbin.social. May either switch to this one permanently or abandon it, depending on how Kbin's development goes. All my active fedi accounts are linked.
- Comment on What are the most popular conspiracy theories? 2 days ago:
I like the theory that suggests that JonBenét Ramsey wasn't killed, and was instead kidnapped and secretly raised by her captors to be a singer, and grew up to become Katy Perry.
- Comment on I have been staring at this marquee and cannot figure out what "two dance special means" 3 days ago:
We'll tell you when you're older.
- Comment on When did people start saying "have a good rest of your day" 6 days ago:
Usually after 4 PM.
- Comment on Retina e-paper promises screens 'visually indistinguishable from reality' 1 week ago:
This makes me doubt the author of the article's credibility. What exactly is the "perfect resolution" of a hand painted piece of art?
High-enough that you can't distinguish individual pixels with your eye. At least, that's how Apple defines their retina displays; not sure if these guys are following the same standard for that terminology or not.
- Comment on More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC 1 week ago:
It's hard to be critical of something that hasn't been released yet. All anybody had to go off of were statements from the developers, until the product was actually released and people could get their hands on it.
- Comment on Marylin Mothroe 1 week ago:
Someone please tell me more about this moth.
- Comment on Carrot 1 week ago:
Thumbnail definitely had me expecting something else.
- Comment on Manic Stew 1 week ago:
Hyperfixated Sushi
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 1 week ago:
Okay, you define "technology" for us, then. Let's see your brilliant solution.
- Comment on Dead Cells 2 doesn't exist because its devs would rather make what they want than listen to external pressures 1 week ago:
What about this is clickbait?
- Comment on Why are some many people role playing as animals? 1 week ago:
[gestures broadly at everything]
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 1 week ago:
From how she describes it in the video, he apparently held the stalker by the arm until police arrived. It doesn't seem like he roughed the guy up or injured him at all. It really seems like Twitch applied the "no touching" rule to the wrong person.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 1 week ago:
"Technology means what I want it to mean."
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 1 week ago:
Emiru did a short stream going into additional details about the incident, as well as some other fuck-ups by Twitch staff that weren't mentioned in this article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USuIpVAqAw
tl;dw: Emiru calls out Twitch for lying about the situation in their official statements, expresses concern for what sort of response a smaller streamer would've gotten if they were attacked like this, and draws attention to Twitch's lack of security and professionalism. Twitch staffers originally laughed about the situation to Emiru's face, and didn't seem to care until the video went viral. They ran background checks on everybody who signed up for her meet-and-greet event, but the attendees were allowed to bring a plus-one with them, who did NOT have to get background checked. Twitch staff also allowed people to walk around even after their badges couldn't scan properly.
Also, because this isn't anywhere near the first time Emiru has been attacked in public, she points out that she's spent tens of thousands of dollars for her own private security, and wasn't even allowed to bring her preferred bodyguard with her because he's permanently banned from Twitch events due to restraining a stalker during a previous event.
Twitch fucked up big time here.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 1 week ago:
Which posts fit here?
Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.
- Comment on "loops", the Fediverse Alternative for TikTok-style Short Videos, is now federating 1 week ago:
Loops, the platform, has nothing to do with Meta. Also, that article is over a year old.
- Comment on If a girl asks you if you're big, are you supposed to lie or not? 1 week ago:
I usually just sorta hold my hands out in front of me and gesture like I'm describing a fish I caught.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
You should check out Embark Studios' (ARC Raiders dev) other game, The Finals. Literally the most innovative FPS I've ever played, it completely reinvents the competitive shooter genre.
- Comment on itsfoss promotes hyprland on instagram!? 2 weeks ago:
If they promoted it on another FOSS platform, nobody would see it.
- Comment on Tennessee Man Arrested, Gets $2 Million Bond for Posting Facebook Meme 2 weeks ago:
8647
- Comment on nooki is a small, comfy corner of the internet built on AT Protocol. Share posts, stories, and ideas while keeping full control of your data 3 weeks ago:
So... it's a custom wrapper for Bluesky?
- Comment on slur 3 weeks ago:
Yes. Censoring the word "job" is a gen Z meme.
- Comment on Game developers desperate for you to join their Discord "server" 3 weeks ago:
What exactly is wrong with them, in your opinion? A game I play uses a Discord forum channel for their bug reports, and it seems to support all the features I'd need out of a forum: sorting options (date posted vs most recent/"bumped" threads), search, chronological comments, tags, media support...
The only real issue I see with Discord forums is that they're not public, so you can't view them without having a Discord account and joining the server. But as far as functioning as a traditional web forum, they seem to check all the boxes.
- Comment on Can mental health medication change nature of dreams? 3 weeks ago:
Many psychoactive substances can affect your dreams. Usually when I have fully "sober" dreams, they're mundane and ordinary (in the dream, I'll wake up and go to work and talk to my coworkers and then go home), and I generally wouldn't remember too many details after I wake up. When I took SSRIs, I'd have wilder, more vivid dreams that I remember for years. When I smoke weed heavily, I'm unlikely to dream at all and will just kinda "time-travel" to waking up.
- Comment on Game developers desperate for you to join their Discord "server" 3 weeks ago:
Discord literally has forums. Most official game servers that I've seen tend to make use of them.
- Comment on AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel - Kurzgesagt 3 weeks ago:
It's not hypocrisy. "AI" isn't just one single thing, and the way it's used and implemented are more important than whether or not to use it at all. Any tool can be used for right or for wrong, it just depends on who is using it and what they're doing with it.
- Comment on Updates that don't tell me what is being updated 3 weeks ago:
This sort of shit ought to be banned.
- Comment on kya 3 weeks ago:
I used to be really good at reflecting with the rear-view. As long as they were far enough away that I could see their windshield, I could usually land a direct hit. I've had a few instances where I'll see the sombitch slam on their brakes.
- Comment on PSA: Stop using Imgur for now 3 weeks ago:
I don't believe it's FOSS, but Catbox is very simple and allows you to link directly to images/videos that you upload, with no ads and no login required.
- Comment on How realistic is it for me to learn Japanese so that I can experience Anime better? How long would it take to learn? Has anyone attempted this? 3 weeks ago:
Consuming media is a great way to supplement your language-learning, but be careful not to confuse the dialog used in anime with actual conversational Japanese. Just like how nobody actually talks like a Western cartoon character does, Japanese people don't talk like anime characters. Anime dialog is largely dramatized.
Also for what it's worth; depending on what you're watching, the English dubs have gotten way better in recent years. There's a lot of good talent in the dub scene these days, and Japanese directors are getting better at trusting the performance of western voice actors, instead of demanding that the actor sounds the way they think it should sound in English. In my experience, most dubs post-2010 are generally pretty good. Generally.