Sunsofold

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  How deep do you want to go down the rabbit hole?

  Do you trust your memory? Is how you remember it really how it happened? If someone else tells you it happened another way, is there any way to tell which one, or even if either, is correct?

  If the memory happened long ago, how much of the body that was there then is still here now? Is any of it?

  How much of your knowledge can be trusted? Do you still believe thunder is the sound of clouds bumping together, or some other old story from your childhood?

  If you have a memory of a dream, or a hallucination, is it a memory of a real event? If you don’t remember that it was a hallucination, does it become real for you?

  Step out of self-focus for a moment. What is a memory? The resonance between a perceived pattern and the stored pattern in the pattern-recognition system in your head. If the pattern isn’t perceived to trigger the memory, do you still remember? If the connection is malformed, and the smell of chocolate reminds you of the taste of cheese, what does chocolate taste like when it isn’t in your mouth? If the connection is fully broken, and you forget your name, who do you become? Who are you if, after living longer as this new self than as the old self, your brain heals and restores your memory of who you were?

  Is the body that holds this memory you? Where are the edges of that object? Materials move constantly in and out of the visible bounds thought of as your flesh, through lung tissue, through skin, through disgestive tissues, eyes, teeth, all of it to varying degrees. Nothing is impermeable. When oxygen is absorbed by your skin, carried to a neuron that forms part of the pattern that tells you you had a chicken sandwich last night, is chemically bonded to another molecule and expelled again, when it is part of you? Is it part of the memory?

  Research shows ones personality can be changed by as little as how long it has been since lunch. Are you a different person when you are hangry?

  How much of you is your memory? If your memories go away, how much of you remains? Does any?

  Is there even a you? The you you are now is clearly almost nothing like the you you were as a child. Are you still the same person? If yes, how? If no, when did the transition happen from one to the other? If information is part of what makes you you, are you even the same person you were when you started reading this comment?

  If there is no real separation between you and the things that move in and out of you, is memory anything more than a cycle of reactions, matter and energy triggering chemical changes triggering chemosyntesis, chemotaxis, osmosis. Do even those things exist, or are they merely more patterns of information found to assist the pattern of matter that stores them in the function of preserving that information?

  WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, PHILOSOPHY RABBIT HOLE!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Outsiders, studio behind Metal: Hellsinger, is being closed by Funcom⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I always preferred BPM to Hellsinger but that’s depressing. I was just listening to a discussion of the EA stuff from someone who has worked in the industry and he’s thinking the outlook is bleak going forward, that EA is likely to get the ToysRUs treatment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll recommend Kinetica. It’s a one-of-a-kind racing game where you race through gravity-defying tracks as a person in a kind of iron-man negligee with wheels while listening to old-school techno.

  Shadow of the Colossus is one of my favorite games ever, battling entities big enough that you run around on top of them, subtle storytelling, an enormous map for the time it was made, and fairly large even by modern standards.

  The Tenchu games are also good: ninja stealth assassination.

  Dark Cloud 2 is a kind of fun game. Smack your way through dungeons with a wrench and use the bits to build villages for your allies.

  Bloody Roar is a favorite for fighting games. Fight to BIOS energy then transform into a wilder form, like a mole, a bear, etc. and you can kick people through the edges of the arenas into new areas to fight.

  Devil May Cry is a classic.

  Ratchet and Clank, classic.

  Time Splitters is reminiscent of even older games.

  Red Faction 2 wasn’t a bad little shooter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT'S A TRAP⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds an awful lot like someone looking to arrange a containment breach. Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT'S A TRAP⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I ignore the question and go to the IT and maintenance teams to put a series of blocks, physical and communication-system-based, between the maths and philosophy departments. Attempts to breach containment will be met with deadly force.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbreeze says sorry, reverses price increase on Payday 2 DLC bundle: 'We definitely didn't handle this right'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I do, because it broadly displays a bad approach. If a thing should be in the game, it should just be in the game. There is no reason the developer has to gate things behind a payment. Terraria, Minecraft, Stardew, and so many others, all managed to keep adding content without pretending that DLC was anything more than a way to pay out for shareholders. The invasion of microtransactions into gaming has been nothing but harmful, deceptive, and malignant, and I refuse to participate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rhythm Doctor - Official Release Date Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s kind of cool, I guess. Good luck to them. I didn’t bother getting that far because I haven’t burned out my attention span badly enough to desire anything approaching that level of pointless visual noise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbreeze says sorry, reverses price increase on Payday 2 DLC bundle: 'We definitely didn't handle this right'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone I know wanted a recommendation for a multiplayer game recently. One of the games I remembered existing was Payday 2. DLC and subscriptions involved? Never-fuckin-mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rhythm Doctor - Official Release Date Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Aside from not looking like a game I would play, I kind of doubt the words about it being a trailer are in the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So...how the fuck do I trust *anything*?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m unsure weather to recommend it because it sometimes seems like a kill-or-cure solution, but maybe read into philosophical nihilism. (Not the popular notion of nihilism, which is as connected to philosophical nihilism as popular conceptions of anarchy are to philosophical concepts of anarchy, which is to say almost not at all. Also, read the books, don’t try to watch youtuber attempts to interpret them.) Nietzsche and Henri Bergson are, for the most part, said to be approachable reading for a competent reader.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the difference between pansexual, bisexual, and omnisexual? How do I know which one I am?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t try to align to an external orientation. A word won’t help you have good relationships. Just get on with loving who you love. The only thing you need to express to someone else is your feelings about them as an individual, and none of those orientation words will help there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'My Advice to Users Is to Accept Reality and Tune, or to Not Play' — Randy Pitchford Is at the 'Get a Refund From Steam' Stage of the Borderlands 4 PC Performance Backlash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t played 4, but I played 1, 2, and a bit of the presequel or whatever it was called. They were essentially all the same game. Run, shoot, run, shoot, hear vaguely off-color joke, run, shoot. Is there any particular reason to bother with an overpriced remake of the same old game? Is there a reason for worrying about 4KUHD textures on a game where the aesthetic is cartoony? If you’re a 9 year old who’s never played, and it’s all on mom’s dime, I could see being tricked into buying it by the advertisers, but why is anyone else excited about it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UNDER THE THC 🎶⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So you’re saying they’d get so high they die, and the THC will still be in their systems when the human cooks and eats them. Might have an idea why they were doing this ‘experiment’ then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s essentially the thing that makes LLMs as unreliable as they are in everything else; they run on probabilities that have no anchor in reality. The game is just another contained reality to which the model has no direct connection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you ever feel full and hungry simultaneously?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most common reason for this is thirst.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do school shooters know how to use guns?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It takes real, practiced skill and/or quality equipment to hit a bullseye at long range, or to kill an armed opponent at short range quickly and cleanly enough to not give them the chance to shoot you back. It takes no skill to hit an undefended, person-sized object at <10 meters, the distances involved in most indoor locations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will I become a bad person in a year?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Morally? No.

  Legally? Be careful. Some places have allowances in laws to permit relationships between closely aged young people, even if one is technically a minor. Some places do not. Check your local laws. If it’s not explicitly laid out as an exception, a bad breakup, a bad parent, or even an unlucky encounter with a nosy cop can seriously damage your life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What percentage of the world population ages 30+ do you suppose is capable of financially supporting themselves & living & thriving independently?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ~0%. Everyone is reliant to some degree on others. Even if you grant a tropical paradise to somewhat ease the physical needs, even survival is a team activity, and no one thrives under forced solitude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Awooga⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  B to GGG in a few months? That’s almost a b-movie horror plot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are fossil fuels vegan?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Eggs are really small potatoes?’ Got it. Off to make some potato salad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the name of the type of man I'm attracted to? (pictured)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The mockery in ‘chav’ is not about class, but choices in relation to class. Class is not chosen. That particular ‘look’ is certainly chosen.

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  This is a young man in a pub. They might call him working class, but few would call him a ‘chav.’

  The young men in your provided images are absolutely the sort who would be called chavs, not because of something intrinsic to themselves, and not because they work for a living, if they do, but because of the choices they have made in how they present themselves to the world.

  The chav look is not respected because it simultaneously follows neither the unwritten rules of modesty and dignity that the working class often use to claim moral superiority over the wealthy, nor the unwritten rules of ‘tasteful conspicuous consumption’ used among the wealthy as their in-group lanuage. It is part of a subculture within working class spaces that attempts to draw esteem via conspicuous consumption, but without wealth. It is a subculture which has ‘bought in’ on the consumerist ethos which says ‘who has the shiniest hat, and the most attention, is the best person.’ The message is subtle, but present.

  You can be attracted to the aesthetic, just as some people are attracted to the aesthetic of prison inmates, serial killers, fascist uniforms, etc, but the real-world versions of those things are not something to hold in esteem, regardless of how hot they might be. You aren’t the first person to be attracted to an aesthetic tied to a problematic culture, and you won’t be the last.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you apologize, even if it's not your fault just to make the other person feel validated?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to treat words fairly literally and try to be precise, so if I say ‘I’m sorry,’ it’s because I am sorry. If I want to sympathize, I can say other things. (‘That’s awful.’ ‘Those bastards…’ etc.) On occasions where I have not felt sorry because the other person has reacted emotionally to something , I tend to ask questions. Calmly giving people a chance to feel heard can often help.
  In most cases, though, I try to move people toward solutions-oriented thinking to prevent spiralling. Asking questions lets them put the problem into words, helping them switch from a defensive emotional stance to an open brainstorming stance. Giving people a goal can make them feel a sense of progress, giving them distance from the problem and possibly netting a better final result than even might have happened without the inciting event.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what does it mean being nice to your coworkers to you?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Masking techniques

  For prying questions, pick up some evasive answers. The response only has to vaguely imply an answer. Use ‘I’m not sure’ or ‘I don’t know’ where applicable.

  To skip chitchat, skip the locations it starts if possible, and just look like you are in a hurry if you can’t avoid them.

  Learn the signals for uninterest, like not looking at them, one word/grunted responses, beginning work, etc.

  Keep in mind though, the purpose of the ritual is to let people feel good about their time working together. If you negate it, you will not have that positive impression in their minds. They will think of you negatively, which will absolutely cause you other problems. It might be worth spending 15 minutes of ritual as insurance to reduce likelihood of problems later because everyone thinks you are a prick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Modded MC, specifically TFC packs

  It hits almost all the right points to lock me in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blackbird Interactive acquires full ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker IP⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Worried Blackbird was a publisher for a moment. Shipbreaker is great. I beat it twice (normally and no clones) and still play for relaxation. Captain Shack mentioned it during a stream a few days back and I was just thinking how it’s probably the only game where i’d actually willingly buy a DLC for a new set of ships or a sequel with the ability to add ships as workshop mods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Instead, investors did the fucking, and now here we are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My new laptop chip has an 'AI' processor in it, and it's a complete waste of space⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  patiently waits for paper to publish

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Begun the kernel wars have⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You could also just not play games that think they are allowed to access the kernel at all. Seems safer, more affordable, and basically without downside. They aren’t even that good of games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How much do you trust your father? This could go great or terrible. She could be a friend’s daughter who he genuinely thought would be a catch, or she could be a prostitute he’s trying to use to manipulate you. You’d be in a better place to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My new laptop chip has an 'AI' processor in it, and it's a complete waste of space⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct, for killer functionality to work you have to connect the camera to an automated turret system.