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- Comment on What are some good cooperative shooters? Hidden gems? 1 day ago:
Yup!
- Comment on What are some good cooperative shooters? Hidden gems? 1 day ago:
Prodeus is a fun multiplayer DOOM-like with old school vibes
- Comment on RIP FaceID, Hello Palm Recognition: How Veins In Your Palm Are The Next Biometric Boom - Yanko Design 1 day ago:
I was curious, so I had to look it up. Turns out, Aristotle found and already written treatise on the idea of palm reading… I know it’s not exactly palm “finger” printing, but even our ancestors knew palms were unique.
- Comment on RIP FaceID, Hello Palm Recognition: How Veins In Your Palm Are The Next Biometric Boom - Yanko Design 1 day ago:
It does sound like something an idiot would do!
- Comment on RIP FaceID, Hello Palm Recognition: How Veins In Your Palm Are The Next Biometric Boom - Yanko Design 2 days ago:
Why do people assume that a new biometric is more secure than the ones already in use? In all cases, an authority figure only has to knock you out and they have all the access they need.
Even Spaceballs shows just how easy this is to defeat.
- Comment on Framing Logic - The Insane Influencer Logic That Tricked Million of People 3 days ago:
I love the format. Thanks for a new channel!
Unfortunately, the people that really need to watch and understand this will immediately shut their brains off at the 4:00 mark. If they were able to keep up, they probably have a modicum of critical thinking skill, and likely wouldn’t be duped by this woman in the first place.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 1 week ago:
Arr, matey
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 1 week ago:
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- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 1 week ago:
I’ll add Factorio to the list of games that deserve the $80 tag. $40 for base, $40 for Space Age expansion. Or don’t get Space Age and go with the mod that spawned Space Age (although not exactly the same).
I get it’s a bit of a niche genre, though. The factory thing the way Factorio does it isn’t for everybody.
- Comment on Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet 1 week ago:
You’re right, I guess the original thing by Jack Dorsey (Bluesky Protocol) was non-profit, but since becoming its own entity it is for-profit now. I conflated the two.
They consider themselves a Benefit Corporation, which I just learned is likely for-profit pretending to be socially aware.
- Comment on Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet 1 week ago:
Let’s see here… ahh yes, it’s a company run by a board with a CEO based in Amerika. Who gives a shit if it’s non-profit or not, the users are not in control. No thanks.
- Comment on China begins assembling its supercomputer in space 1 week ago:
All I can say is that the Wiki article is not the show or the manga.
- Comment on China begins assembling its supercomputer in space 1 week ago:
We just keep inching closer and closer to Planetes instead of Star Trek
- Comment on The 'deprofessionalization of video games' was on full display at PAX East 1 week ago:
I have also worked on many engineering teams, both as management and engineering. Still, the execs are the ones that get left behind. The juniors at least have knowledge and ability to continue honing their craft. If they’re passionate about it, they will push through and make it work.
The execs just extract money, even in the scenarios you presented, and without any developers they can’t accomplish shit.
Having said that, I get what you’re saying, but again that is something that exists without this idea of “deprofessionalization.” Juniors get the shit end of the stick in a lot of industries, even outside development and engineering. On the flipside, so do seniors when the execs aren’t willing to pay what they’re worth, so they hire green juniors instead.
- Comment on The 'deprofessionalization of video games' was on full display at PAX East 1 week ago:
People in between will be left out.
The way I interpreted this was, “the execs will be left out because they can’t do any of this themselves.” They don’t even have the ideas.
Also yea, Factorio is an impressive game. Even the modders are insane, and I don’t really run into bugs ever. Well… software bugs that is.
- Comment on Watch This Cybertruck Self-Destruct in Shallow Water 1 week ago:
Ehhh, the OG air intake on my RAV4 with 30" tires is about that distance from the ground. Just a little bit of water sucked in that way could cause problems.
Having said that, a simple snorkel solves that and I don’t have to flip a switch to use it.
- Comment on Star Wars Shows the Future of AI Special Effects and It Sucks [404 Media] 2 weeks ago:
lmao… the TED talk is hilarious. Midway through, he starts explaining how Jurassic Park did vfx, basically showing how absolutely beastly and talented they were overcoming challenges in practical effects at that scale; then goes on to show this slopshit garbage.
It’s really sad that it took the “artist” 2 whole weeks to make this.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto 4 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S reportedly in development, could release this year 2 weeks ago:
My comment isn’t just about Rockstar, although they did also do some milking with GTA3 as well. Recently there was TES IV, plus all the Skyrim editions, from Bethesda. Now Gears of War is getting a remaster. In recent years, remakes and remasters from AAAs seem to have increased. Last of Us is another example.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto 4 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S reportedly in development, could release this year 2 weeks ago:
The original will probably run better, too. I bet this is another TES IV situation where they stitched UE5 on top of the original game engine. The release pattern of being completely quiet, then random leak, then it drops is eerily similar.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto 4 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S reportedly in development, could release this year 2 weeks ago:
I guess AAA studios are hollywood now. Unable to create something new, put a new coat of paint on something from the attic. Milk the audience with nostalgia.
- Comment on Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill [404 Media] 2 weeks ago:
The modern luddite may want to set their sites on certain data centers…
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 4th 3 weeks ago:
I was going to try and do some hunting for potential RPG Maker gems, but then I searched the tag on Itch 😅 I’ll probably stick to the Multiverse mod for FTL…
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 4th 3 weeks ago:
doing roleplay in my head and making up story
I used to love doing that. With the tech mods, I always RP’d I was sent ahead of a colony ship to get production and residence setup and ready.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 weeks ago:
It’s just one option. You can always go to the artists’ shows and pay cash at the merch table.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 weeks ago:
Yep, living the dream will do that some times.
I wish there was a more focused metal channel. There probably is, I just don’t know about it. If you follow KEXP, Audiotree, and Amoeba Green Room Sessions they do have those kinds of performances from time to time, though.
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 3 weeks ago:
Only 4? Pretty sure you could double your catalog for the price of one oblivious remaster
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 3 weeks ago:
Just so you have more reference. Original link is in OP’s link, but I think they had too many tracking arguments in the URL so wayback didn’t work. Always test before going live!
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 weeks ago:
I miss What.CD so much for this reason. They had the “Artist Web” on every artist and album page that linked you to similar music, and even showing which links were higher percentage matches.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 weeks ago:
Someone else mentioned a similar comment. Pirating isn’t the only option in escaping the streaming services, though. BandCamp, for instance, you can download your music. They even have a special day every year where 100% of every sale that day goes directly to the artist. They just did that yesterday, actually.
- Comment on Spotify 30 minutes of uninterrupted... Just kidding 3 weeks ago:
I tried Spotify for a couple of years, paid for it even. I have nothing good to say about it, not even the music discovery part. At least, in terms of personal use. It prevented me from listening to what I wanted to listen to more than half the time, even if what I wanted to hear was on the platform.
I get what you’re saying. You’re right that they are different things in some scenarios. For a generic DJ (think weddings, school dances, etc.), it becomes a crucial utility. Service almost any request without having to lug around hard drives/records and have to anticipate what will be requested. Although arguably, that was part of the art of being a DJ for hire at one time, knowing your audience and music well enough so you only bring what you’ll need.
At the end of the day, said services can just disappear for several reasons. That happens, and you’re shit out of luck. You’ll have to either start pirating or start paying for a new service. Either way you’re rebuilding your library.