DupaCycki

@DupaCycki@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t use Windows

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like in this entire discussion, people almost always forget Windows actually costs money, and quite a lot of it.

  Even if Linux-based OSes weren’t superior in every possible way… they cost nothing versus Windows 11’s $139 USD price tag.

  Linux doesn’t even need to beat Windows at everything to win. And yet it still does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Elder Scrolls VI: Official Name Reveal⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Now reveal what a piece of shit it is.

  Or is that coming after the next Skyrim rerelease?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would another program like Roosevelt's WPA turn America around quickly from the shitty place we are in?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Americans are the victims of 250 years of manipulation, brainwashing, abuse, and violence.

  I’m sure virtually anyone would be as uneducated and miserable if they were born in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Mobile can mean tablets, too, most of which have much bigger screens than the Steam Deck.

  Except ‘mobile’ here only refers to iPhones and iPads, so it’s just a couple of devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the charge? Taking a leaf? A succulent aloe vera leaf?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I told everyone and they did the same. I think you just sparked a revolution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please, for the love of sanity stop using Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a post about shit. Close enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be better⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. To me it seems that they kind of do, but maybe only partially.

  Unless you can reliably prove that people have complete free will, that social engineering and propaganda aren’t very effective, and that it’s at all possible to get out of trauma/addiction/terrible habits without outside triggers and/or support.

  Each of these is by no means certain, and very difficult to prove. Our societies kind of assume everyone has a free will that cannot be meaningfully impacted by default, but there isn’t a whole lot of empirical evidence for it.

  Whereas the impact of the first 3-4 years of life on the kinds of people we become is already very well documented in psychological literature. So is the effectiveness of manipulation, including social engineering and propaganda. Each of these usually has its own chapter in most psychology textbooks.

  If you’ve ever spoken with a psychiatrist, psychologist, or a therapist, you’ll most likely have heard some statements contradictory to this post as well.

  I don’t know if this idea does anything good for anyone. It looks to me like it creates unnecessary animosity between people, and further pits them against each other.

  Instead, you can be understanding, and offer assistance where possible. I can guarantee you it always provides better results than just expecting other people to ‘be better’ and shaming them if they’re not.

  And don’t forget to look at yourself, too. Are you good enough to demand better from other people? Or to judge them if they don’t meet your expectations?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After all, why not?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If not for the Marlboro at the bottom, I would have been left puzzled what the top left item is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tim Sweeney Is Still Crying About Steam AI Disclosures⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At this rate, all games made in Unreal will automatically need AI disclosures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It used to be a library⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Capitalism is a machine that turns all freely accessible public goods into paid products and services.

  But hey, look at the GDP rising. Don’t you feel richer?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Farewell, BioWare: The End of an RPG Giant⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  BioWare died long before this shutdown. And keep in mind not a single person who worked on their best games still worked there yesterday.

  (Okay, maybe one or two did still work there, but you get the idea.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA: Ruin Everything⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  BioWare itself was a corporation, and that’s the problem. It ruined itself just as much as EA ruined it.

  An outcome like this is inevitable when your goal is infinitely compounding returns on investments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do I have to pay tariffs for importing the following stuff into the EU now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, if the tariff means Nintendo gets less money, then it isn’t all bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6 Digital Preorders Already Topped 6 Million and $594 Million, With PlayStation Accounting for 74%, Sensor Tower Estimates⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Take-Two/Rockstar shareholder spotted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6 Digital Preorders Already Topped 6 Million and $594 Million, With PlayStation Accounting for 74%, Sensor Tower Estimates⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pirate it and seed, even if you’re not gonna play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the 3DS worth purchasing despite it being "obsolete" today?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought one for the first time earlier this year, and absolutely love it.

  Depends on what games you like, but you should be able to find something to enjoy.

  Switch lineup has replaced it

  Fun fact: Switch isn’t really a successor to the 3DS, but rather the result of a series of cost cutting to the actual 3DS successor, which was, of course, originally going to be a dual-screen console.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm tired⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also because people come together during major crises.

  And unfortunately, it does not look like we’ll be able to get rid of capitalism (and more importantly capitalists) without either a mass uprising or a devastating catastrophe (like total ecological collapse).

  Currently we’re about to reach the latter, which I don’t think is preferable, but perhaps it’ll turn out well in the end. I sure hope so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Best I can do is ban software decompilation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over half of workers regularly skip lunch on the job due to high food costs, increasing job pressure⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure it’s close to 0% in the EU. Definitely is in my country, and it’s among the lowest quality of life ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has nothing to do with prostitution. There’s no money involved, and nobody gains anything material.

  I believe the idea is to just hook up, but with people you know and like, instead of strangers. Safer, probably cheaper, and maybe even beneficial outside of the obvious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the deep freeze⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He might be management or HR. They’d never buy an extra machine even if half the common workers were lactose intolerant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wealth inequality will destroy America.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a top 1 percenter, I feel seriously offended by the suggestion that I’d sit anywhere close peasants, let alone at the same table.

  /s obviously, because I wouldn’t be on lemmy if I was anywhere close the top 1%

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Console market craters as Xbox sales crash 33% to the lowest since launch 25 years ago, PS5 sales drop 25%⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Clearly this is because people are just tired of buying physical goods. They want digital consoles!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeff Bezos claims AI could allow 3-day workweeks; man who won't give employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Him paying just a little bit of taxes could give Americans a 3-day workweek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At least my dick is minty fresh⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your inefficiency disgusts me.

  Use soap or shower gel, and you clean it at the same time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dream job?

  Any job that is 20 hours a week or less, pays enough to live well, and contributes something meaningful to society.

  So exactly 0.002% of jobs in any capitalist shithole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon hates C++⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d be surprised how few game devs actually touch any code. It’s not just artists or designers. Even the ‘programmers’ increasingly rely on visual tools instead of coding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Christa Pike at 18 years old when she was sentenced to death. She is now 50 and they are supposed to kill her this week⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The girl had pretty much the worst life imaginable in any rich country, leading to an extremely predictable outcome.

  I’ve read this exact story many times, and it always ends the same.

  For that she gets 32 years of pointless suffering, and then a failed attempt at death penalty.

  If only there was money to fund help for such people. Anyway, let’s spend another billion dollars on bombing children in Iran.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Christa Pike at 18 years old when she was sentenced to death. She is now 50 and they are supposed to kill her this week⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not about either justice or revenge. It’s mostly about getting rid of troublesome people, because they’re bad for business.