voytrekk
@voytrekk@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on a tale of two Labor Day messages today 5 hours ago:
Doing things differently than the rest of the world is an American tradition. See the measurement system and healthcare.
- Comment on Minimum wage isn't survivable anymore 4 days ago:
I live in a decent sized city in the US and I would say the only thing low might be transportation. Rent here can be lower, so they would offset.
- Comment on Dana White isn’t a fan of college athletes getting paid: “It’s a problem. Money ruins everything” 1 week ago:
The issue with money in college sports is that some schools just have a ton more money to pay athletes than others. They should take it up with the NCAA to ensure fair competition and not just remove money from college players. Many players getting paid in college will not go pro, so this is their chance to get paid for the sport their college makes plenty of money from.
- Comment on Nearly 25% of U.S. workers are "functionally unemployed," economic analysis finds 2 weeks ago:
Because of the lack of income majority of the population, companies have chosen to pivot to a more luxury focused economy. They are the only group to have actual wage growth.
We really need to revamp labor lwas in the US. Minimum wage has not increased in 20 years and there are two many motivations for companies to hire employees at a part time level so they need multiple jobs just to make ends meet. A few policies could correct that.
- Medicare for all means no requirements for employers to provide health insurance for employees regardless of hours worked.
- Mandatory vacation time based on hours worked. 4 weeks or equivalent for workers means companies will need to hire for the amount of time an employee is needed instead of multiple employees being part time.
- Full time employee minimum ratios. Make companies have a certain percentage of their employees be full time. If they need to go below that limit they need to justify it to labor boards. They will need to renew that exception each year.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Maybe I should get a refund for Destiny 2. I bought the game on launch and they gave since vaulted a large portion of their content.
I would love for Steam to make this an official policy, but they have to be careful to not anger publishers too much. They also have to risk monopoly accusitions, despite PC being an open market.
- Comment on How the tables have turned 3 weeks ago:
That should be McDonald’s, not tacos on top. The taco is already on the bottom.
- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 4 weeks ago:
I’m not opposed to that. Would need to have a limited number of unverified sick days as Americans would abuse it, at least for a time. If you go to a doctor and they say it is necessary for you to be off work for 3 months, then an employer would have to respect that. There would also need to be punishment for retaliating against employees that have long sick periods.
One compromise is businesses could be compensated by the government for sick time employees use beyond what is given by company policy. If someone has to take two weeks and they were only slotted one, the government will give a fixed amount per day that does not exceed that employee’s daily wages.
- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 4 weeks ago:
10 is better than what we have, but don’t start with what you are willing to negotiate down to. Start strong and be willing to compromise if that is what is needed. I don’t think mandatory minimum days off is a controversial issue except for the ruling class.
- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 4 weeks ago:
Two weeks or 10 days isn’t enough. Push for at least 20 days like most of the world has. Also force companies to provide sick days instead of using a shared pool. You shouldn’t have to sacrifice a vacation because you got sick of had to go to the doctor.
- Comment on 'Locking a gameplay trailer behind a Netflix subscription is a new level of greed' — GTA 6 callout Rockstar for 'paywalling' the game's extended look 4 weeks ago:
I don’t see the need to pay. It’s not coming to PC right away, so I have plenty of time to watch full gameplay before I would consider picking it up.
- Comment on "Don't unionize, just get a better job." When you unionize, you ARE getting a better job. 4 weeks ago:
Mostly the cost of living there. 100k in NYC is closer to what 60k would be like in a cheaper part of the country.
- Comment on PSBLACKOUT (boycott of PlayStation) 1 month ago:
It will convince some, but probably not enough to make a difference. Sony is betting that the increased revenue per customer will greatly offset those choosing to leave their platform.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Games would ship with multiple discs if required in the past. The issue with no disc at all is that the license cannot be transferred.
- Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open 2 months ago:
I think the frame won’t be impacted as hard. Most of the costs will come from the VR components, which haven’t really gone up.
- Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open 2 months ago:
This machine is designed to be played on a 4k TV. Upscaling may help, but it will hard limit the machine in the future.
- Comment on Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI will officially begin on June 25 2 months ago:
Makes it easier for us to not preorder.
- Comment on Day 697 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 2 months ago:
Great game. I have yet to play the sequel, but it’s on my list.
- Comment on 10 Careers Once Considered Stable Are Now Seeing Major Layoffs (Latest Data) 2 months ago:
Military is too unstable with the frequent government shutdowns. You would have to be part of something that is mission critical avoid inconsistencies.
- Comment on Valve Reaffirms Steam Machine Summer Launch 2 months ago:
I’m excited for the frame, just worried about the cost.
- Comment on StarFox (N64 Remake) Gameplay Reveal 3 months ago:
Gameplay looks fine, but I’m not buying a switch 2 to play.
What’s up with Fox’s appearance tho? He looks like he’s cone out of retirement being overweight. Remaster doesn’t mean you have to have realistic visuals that alter from the style of the original.
- Comment on Xbox Game Pass is getting a price reduction. 4 months ago:
Cutting out Call of Duty to bring the price down is smart. The franchise is one of the bug reasons why they bought Activision-Blizzard and missing out on game sales for the subscription probably didn’t work out in their favor.
I will be curious if they cut any other franchises out in the future.
- Comment on Anyone else looking forward to the new Starfield dlc and update? 5 months ago:
It looked interesting enough that I might pick up starfield. I will likely be waiting for a sale tho.
- Comment on Confirmed: PS5 console prices are being raised by $100 | VGC 5 months ago:
That could indicate a duopoly if the Xbox brand wasn’t struggling so hard.
- Comment on BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes) 6 months ago:
A few years back when Sony purchased Bungie, they stated they wanted to focus more on live service games. I think they wanted to release 10 live service games over 10 years. That means they need a variety of their studios working on them, even if it isn’t their specialization. This is definitely a Sony decision and a stupid one at that.
- Comment on I wish I could do executive orders 🤔 6 months ago:
Nobody would want them though. Maybe we could move them all to Texas and let them be independent again.
- Comment on Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face 6 months ago:
I guess I’m going to be a teenager again! If only it meant I could not go to work and spend 8 hours a day playing games.
- Comment on Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face 6 months ago:
But more wasteful
- Comment on Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually) 7 months ago:
Updating all of my games is a huge boost. I also enjoy the sync feature as I may play the same game on my desktop, HTPC, and Steam Deck. I like GOG allowing installing without their launcher, but I still just install games through Heroic Games Launcher for the same reasons as above.
- Comment on After Black Ops 7's weaker launch, Call of Duty will no longer do back-to-back releases in the same series 8 months ago:
CS players aren’t having to pay for a new game every year either.
- Comment on 9 months ago:
Standardized design, sure. I would argue you could get something more powerful at a comparable size for not too much more. My HTPC is about the size of a shoe box yet has a R7 7700X and a RX 6900 XT.