Jesus_666

@Jesus_666@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks, Google. Very cool.⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I do get pestered about mine, including full-screen popups about it. If I do agree to view it I get an error system because they couldn’t collect that data due to my privacy settings.

  You’d think they could check for that before bombarding me with disruptive popups. (Then again, Discord is 50% disruptive popups these days so it’s part for the course.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YOLO⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No, poppers are various alkyl nitrites. Hydrofluoric acid is a different thing altogether. It has no psychoactive properties but will give you nasty chemical burns.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's this ram price surge thing going on in the memes? Is this gonna affect pre-builts, laptops, tablets, phones, and other electronics?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what happens when you get distracted while posting. Thanks for the correction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's this ram price surge thing going on in the memes? Is this gonna affect pre-builts, laptops, tablets, phones, and other electronics?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To put in context how much they are driving up demand: OpenAI just bought 40% of the global wafer production from two of the three major RAM manufacturers, Samsung and SK Hynix. SK Hynix (best know for their Crucial brand) decided to drop out of the consumer market entirely.

  Of course the other AI companies are going to try to nail down supply as well. If they get similar deals, 10 € per GB of DDR5 will look cheap.

  This will increase the cost of computers, phones, and laptops, both directly and indirectly (e.g. GPUs will also become more expensive; VRAM doesn’t grow on trees). We’re already at a point where Samsung Semiconductors reportedly refused to sell RAM to Samsung Electronics. I fear we might enter into an age of 2000 € basic office PCs and 1000 € mid-tier phones if the AI bubble won’t pop first. Even when it does, the repercussions will be felt for some time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those two studios for the game because it was Hardsuit’s idea to make the game in the first place and TCR barely kept Paradox from canceling the have after they kicked Hardsuit out of the project.

  I think it basically went like this (simplified):

  Hardsuit: “Hey Paradox, we wanna make Bloodlines 2. We have everything worked out, we have the best possible writers involved, and it’s a real passion project; here’s our pitch.”

  Paradox: “Wow, that pitch convinced us completely! You get all the green lights in the world!”

  Hardsuit: “Now keep in mind we’ve never done a project on this scale before so we’ll need plenty of time—”

  Paradox: “We set you on an extremely aggressive schedule. Surely that’ll motivate you into delivering perfection!”

  Hardsuit: “That’s literally the exact opposite of what we need.”

  Paradox: “But it’s the exact non-opposite of what you get. Now chop chop, we already gave the release date to the press.”

  Hardsuit: “We’re not getting the game done in that timeframe.”

  Paradox: “No problem; we’ll delay a little bit. Surely nobody will mind.”

  Hardsuit: “It’ll take more than ‘a little bit’. We told you that—”

  Paradox: “Okay, sure, whatever, the game’s canceled now. Don’t call us back.”

  TCR: “Hey, can we try to salvage this? We really wanna see this made. But we’d like to throw away all of the writing, characters, and gameplay. Everything except the setting, really.”

  Paradox: “Okay, sounds reasonable. But make it snappy.”

  TCR: “We’d also like to change the name because what we can deliver won’t really be a proper sequel to—”

  Paradox: “Bloodlines 2 it is. Good discussion. Glad we talked about this.”

  TCR: “That’s literally the exact opposite of what we asked for.”

  Paradox: “Can’t hear you; too busy launching the sequel to one of the most beloved cult classics in the action RPG genre.”

  Customers: “Well, this is a pretty bad sequel. Decent game but they really shouldn’t have called it Bloodlines 2. We’re disappointed.”

  Paradox: “The only logical course of action is to swear to never release a non-strategy game ever again because nobody appreciates our art.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon travels overseas⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In a similar vein, Germany has a neat labeling system¹ for the conditions under which animals (for meat, dairy, etc.) are kept. There are five levels, each of which has specific minimum criteria per type of animal. Basically, 1 and 2 are shit-tier, 3 is semi-decent, 4 is vaguely free-range, and 5 is “organic” (as vaguely defined as that term is).

  That makes it easier to avoid buying from animal torture dungeons, plus it stands to reason that products from animals kept on better conditions have a better chance of being of good quality.

  The labels are voluntary. However, you can find them on a good number of products, especially since a label with one of the higher levels has marketing value. I know I definitely prefer products that are at least level 4.

  Notably, there are efforts to pressure supermarkets into abandoning level 1 and 2 products altogether, with Aldi having promised to do so for most products by 2030 and other chains giving weasely but vaguely affirmative statements.

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  ¹ Yes, the website doesn’t seem to be fully translated. But at least the level definitions are in English.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon travels overseas⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And the overuse of sugar is because the sugar can mask cheaper ingredients and lower amounts of spices.

  Why sell an instant curry full of expensive spices if you can cut half of them out and just replace them with sugar and salt? Why use decent meat if you can just use cheap shitty meat and add sugar to hide the fact that it’s flavorless? Why use real cream in the sauce if you can add some skim milk powder, palm oil, a thickening agent, and yet more sugar at half the price?

  Or food is getting enshittified and it’s having a real impact on our health. But since public health doesn’t factor into food companies’ bottom line that’s not just tolerated but desired.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A hypothesis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The logic board has the CPU built in, that’s true. However, the Framework 16 has a swappable GPU and all models make the ports independent of the logic board through a USB-C-based expansion module system. So that’s even a few parts other manufacturer might consider unreasonable.

  (Also, to be fair, I forgot one other thing most laptops let you swap: The WiFi/BT card, if only because it’s cheaper to have that on a swappable module.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A hypothesis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, asterisk. Most laptops let you swap the storage and RAM and many let you swap the battery. Beyond that it usually gets difficult.

  Framework let you swap everything, which is a major difference. But of course you pay for that privilege; modular design has its costs.

  Still, good on you for getting a cheap upgrade. No need to throw away a perfectly good laptop if you can make it work fast again with a new SSD.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anime titles be like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m actually cool with this. It tells me all I need to know, although a shorter title like “generic pseudo-fantasy schlock with video game mechanics #3456” would’ve worked as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They need to bring you in to feel their power over you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hotel cubes? You mean non-adjustable shared desks with 10 cm high felt partitions which do absolutely nothing to keep you from hearing the espresso machine with perfect clarity no matter where you sit. Also, every team contains at least one consultant who remotes in from another country so all meetings have to be on Teams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is forever alone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm. I met both of my girlfriends (sequential, not parallel) at meetups for a certain online community. And I wasn’t even looking; it happened organically.

  Turns out that if you go where people are basically guaranteed to share at least some of your interests, it becomes much easier to find someone you gel with.

  Protip: Don’t go looking to find a partner, try to make friends. If one of those friends ends up dating you, so much the better. If none do, you still made friends and that goes a long way already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A fair point, although I wasn’t aware of much of it when I bought the game. I still play it because, well, the money’s already spent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what I use but save syncing is still in beta and the absence of the (admittedly minor) Galaxy-exclusive stuff in CP2077 kinda irks me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty minor (stuff like a t-shirt with the Galaxy logo on it) but it’s kind of annoying that it’s locked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They could try to offer a proper Linux Galaxy client, though. Especially since CP2077 locks some minor things behind being launched from Galaxy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thank goodness⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just love how you just assert that your information is properly sourced while providing no sources at all. Beautiful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon watches Lord of the Rings⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Call the Ghostbusters, duh. They ain’t afraid of no ghost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They have a right to feel smug⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have screens on my 3rd floor windows. Mine are attached to the window frame with little velcro strips but I think there’s other systems as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1919 (correctly)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The start of old comics, characterized by being a violent choleric who deals with annoying people. Check out !truecomics@midwest.social.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before modern-day authoritarian regimes, did people living under abosolute monarchies talk criticize the monarchs? Or did they just stay silent in fear of persecution?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  More specifically, “absolute” refers to being above the law or other oversight. An absolute ruler is not bound by the laws that govern everyone else; being able to rule by decree is a consequence of that as there can be no laws that prevent this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh cool⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re not all that afraid of what’s out there. They spend most of their time trying to make friends and messing things up by acting like American tourists.

  In fact, most of the reason for why humanity is so powerful towards the end of the show is that several of the powerful species have befriended humanity and have given their tech to them.

  It’s still milprop but milprop that places a surprisingly large emphasis on diplomacy and dealing with people in good faith. You know, what the USA typically don’t do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Marathon AIs weren’t all bad.

  Leela meant well but was completely outclassed.

  Durandal had been rampant since before the first game and only reached some degree of stability once he stole that Pfhor ship. He was basically designed to be unstable. While he was certainly an asshole with rather loose morals, he also made sure that Leela could warm humanity about the Pfhor and that his S’pht allies got what they wanted. He’s on the verge of being an antihero.

  Tycho… Well, we only saw him after the Pfhor rebuilt him and that version of him is pretty clearly a villain.

  Thoth was barely conscious until he merged with Durandal. I can’t say much about him. He is possibly involved with altering the timeline after the W’rkncacnter was released so I’d book him as a good guy.

  (I am mad at the new Marathon but for different reasons than the AIs.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vi undrar, är ni redo att vara med?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mind you, the anime part came from some guys on the Internet combining a sped-up version of the original song with some dancing from the opening of a hentai show. (Or game? I don’t remember.)

  Then it went viral and the label marketed the hell out of it.

  The original song is just another piece of generic dance music: Four on the floor beat; lyrics that vaguely describe dance steps; catchy because Swedish producers can’t produce non-catchy songs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arriving⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In stereotypical winter you can’t add enough layers since if you do add layers so your face doesn’t hurt you get accosted by the police because going to public places in a balaclava hasn’t been legal since the late 50s.

  In winter as it actually happens you need fewer layers but they need to be waterproof because winter means rain at +2 °C.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨when ur higher than sagan⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw the term “bio resonance” and immediately knew that this ostensible medical practitioner couldn’t get in touch with reality if they used a special reality-seeking pole constructed from a thousand dousing rods.

  I used to work adjacent to the medical field, close enough to have to deal with a certain kind of medical practitioner a lot. For some reason, that part of medicine attracts people who believe in the supernatural so I’m familiar with bullshit from anthroposophy to quantum healing.

  That shit gets real wild real fast. Bio resonance is already terrible (it’s basically the same kind of bullshit Scientology’s “E-meters” pretend to do but now as a “therapeutic” device with thirty buttons). But the worst must be quantum healing.

  In quantum healing, actually seeing the patient in person is not necessary. Neither is knowing a lot about the patient. In fact, the less the practitioner knows, the better. Just give them a picture and a really vague description of the symptoms and the person (or pet; it “works” for those, to), and the practitioner will do something at some point in the future that will have some positive effect on either the person or the universe as a whole, even if it’s not obvious. Source: Trust me, bro.

  And they charge real money for that shit. Real medical practitioners who went to real university and have a real degree in human medicine.

  Absolutely incredible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anons brother has some strong opinions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s literally how many German private houses are built: Autoclaved aerated concrete with a brick cladding. Looks nice and provides a lot of thermal insulation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the dream⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And there’s your dressing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tried naming the states from memory as a European⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Four colors. Deserts are colorless; you’d need forest racists as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Off topic⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By that measure, most movie theaters also shouldn’t be showing movies – very few of them have the precise setup a given movie was mastered for. If the movie was made with IMAX laser projection in mind, it should only be down in theaters with such projectors even if this excludes 95% of theaters. Likewise for rumble seats. Or theaters with Atmos sound systems if the movie was made with DTS-X in mind.

  Of course this leads to the conclusion that it’s financially unwise to release movies at all because any movie will only ever be able to be shown in very few theaters and will not recoup its production costs.

  Or, you know, you release it for multiple projection and sound setups and accept that there is a close enough level of fidelity for a given use case. Which leads us back to actually properly mixing it for the home release because the people who have IMAX laser 3D projectors and 12,000 W sound systems are not going to be using Blu-Ray in the first place.