AlecSadler

@AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For me the beauty of some games is the knowledge of the writers involved in a story or the composers for the music.

  If I know upfront it’s all AI generated I think that’d ruin it for me. But I realize that’s just my opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  lol values

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who uses AI regularly for software engineering and ~2/3 of the time find it effective…

  …there is no way it can produce quality games or gaming experiences.

  I look forward to watching EA collapse. Get rekt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you are in the US, and a karen threatens to call ICE on you, what's the best course of action?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Kill them and hide the body.

  Or call ICE on them. The last person I saw laughing about ICE activity is literally an overstayed-visa immigrant from Australia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kmart broke privacy laws by using facial recognition technology, commissioner finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t realize KMart still existed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨White mold fungi split their genome across several nuclei, with implications for future gene editing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gattaca.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Software Engineers Paid To Fix Vibe Coded Messes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the only thing that gives me solace for future gigs.

  But it absolutely decimates junior devs and that really sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A month remains.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I could get an RDP solution as seamless and performant as Windows RDP + a window manager that can be controlled without a mouse a la Power toys - I’d probably switch full-time and stop dual booting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember beans?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Furbean

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk is trying to silence Microsoft employees who criticize Charlie Kirk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Elon Musk should be next IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Posting for the "Now guys he was MURDERED! Don't celebrate!" Crowd⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem with this is that it will be used to increase violence against non-white cis males.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Bank Recently Changed Their Interface to Move Money Between Accounts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My bank did the same and I totally moved money the wrong way and fucked up and over drafted.

  Luckily I don’t get overdraft fees with my bank. But who the fuck designed putting destination first after years of it being second?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Despite common belief, at least here I’m OR, we dems have A LOT of guns and ammo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m down to do it, I just need to figure out a way not to get deported over it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Trump and corporations have hobbled US labor watchdog⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In short, they need a quorum to be effective, the Trump administration has ensured they don’t have one.

  And if they get one soon, it’ll be a takeover by key players, so it’ll still be ineffective if not proactively destructive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sketch AF, so, no.

  I got something like a 70% discount on new triple paned windows for my whole house simply to be a neighborhood “demo” house. They still told me straight up if I didn’t like the work, to leave an honest review to that effect.

  I had 2 sliders, 11 windows, 7 skylights replaced for under $10k and it made a night and day difference in heating, cooling, and noise. And because of my HOA at the time, I couldn’t abide by the “lawn signs” agreement so they waived it. And then COVID hit so I was excused from ever having to talk to anyone about the service.

  I lucked out, yes, but all that to say they still said I should be honest in all interactions. If a company is enforcing not being honest, that seems suspect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Billion-Dollar Game Built in a Dorm Room⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Love it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fifth Circuit Ruled That the NLRB Is Unconstitutional⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 for union violence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For one of them, yes, but it costs more than they want to pay.

  For the other…sort of yes, but it goes out 50%-70% of the day for some dumb reason I’ve yet to figure out. The company has no plans to fix/improve it…and they’re the same company offering the dialup backup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, I have rural family in areas where dial up is still their only internet option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Canceled my Perplexity subscription (that I got for free…lol) after their last shitty scandal.

  Fuck this company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shhhh, they don’t need to know this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just see this as future job security.

  Oh, AI fucked your codebase? Well, it’ll take twice as much time to undo it all and fix it, my rate is $150/hr. Thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US education⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait so the above is actually real? And there are worse things in existence?

  Wtf…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phonecall campaign to tell MasterCard & Visa to stop censoring adult content⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand this fully, from a profiteering gluttons standpoint, why wouldn’t they want to process anything and everything and make all the money they can?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oof⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What are the gains?

  Everyone I know with PhDs don’t really get paid more for doing the same job(s) I do.

  And some are in research so it’s just a constant stress of continuing to get funding and stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it just my area or has this been an insanely humid summer?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oregon here, it has seemed oddly humid feeling to me personally. I’m super sensitive to humidity and heat though.

  It isn’t like the south, but definitely more than I recall historically.

  It rained today randomly so that doesn’t help either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not how I wanted to start my week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(Laser) Printer go brrrr⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit. I’m going to have to pay attention to the next time I print a bunch and headaches…I’m beginning to think there might be a correlation that you just solved for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

  Hmm, darn, was hoping this came first.