calliope
@calliope@retrolemmy.com
- Comment on America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle [404 Media] 16 hours ago:
This has been happening for an entire decade now. I wish they’d stop acting like it’s new.
The 2016 U.S. election was affected by foreign facebook activity. Specifically, a lot from from Macedonia.
- Comment on 'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Ray Romano chokes up over sound advice late Peter Boyle once gave him on set 1 day ago:
During the pilot episode, I’m a young guy who just got fired from news radio and here I am again attempting a show and I’m nervous," Romano recalled.
“And Peter is the great Peter Boyle, this iconic guy. He’s an imposing figure. I didn’t know then how sweet he really was.”
“I hadn’t really had a conversation with Peter,” he continued. “Our paths were crossing [on set] and he just stops me, and I haven’t said anything to him… he could tell I was a little nervous and he just looks at me and he goes, ‘It’s just like water. Just let it flow.’ And then he leaves.”
“At that time, I’m like ‘What does that mean?’ And even though as an actor I didn’t know exactly what that meant, but I do now,” Romano said, while getting emotional. “Just the gesture of him reaching out to me…”
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January 4 days ago:
Yuck. Figures it would be something selfish.
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January 4 days ago:
Why wait? Just quit now
- Comment on The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming: From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? 5 days ago:
RIP Kevin Mitnick! Ghost in the Wires was a fun audiobook, and I really enjoyed the 2600 documentary Freedom Downtime when it was released.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 6 days ago:
“The fact that people are unimpressed that we can have a fluent conversation with a super smart AI that can generate any image/video is mindblowing to me."
That’s your killer feature? “But you can converse and it can make any image!”
- Comment on In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation 1 week ago:
This is exactly it. Money was involved too.
Apparently “I didn’t know the prostitute was 17!” works in Florida as long as you’re a Gaetz.
- Comment on In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation 1 week ago:
Holy shit so this is the actual details.
Matt Gaetz was twice her age. Even if she was 18, he was 35. Gross buddy!
- Comment on Parkinson's sufferer wins six figure payout from GlaxoSmithKline over drug that turned him into a 'gay sex and gambling addict' 2 weeks ago:
If it came on suddenly after taking the medication? Yeah. Absolutely. That’s actually what doctors are relying on, is being informed when things change.
I have literally gone to the doctor and asked if my embarrassing side effect could be because of a medication. It was, so I stopped taking that medication.
- Comment on Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision 2 weeks ago:
This woman and her lawyer are a fucking embarrassment.
Imagine thinking this is a good use of the supreme court’s time.
- Comment on Parkinson's sufferer wins six figure payout from GlaxoSmithKline over drug that turned him into a 'gay sex and gambling addict' 2 weeks ago:
Did he not tell his doctor for several years that he was all-of-a-sudden addicted to sex and gambling?
Maybe it’s just me but I would think “wow, this is unexpected behavior. Maybe I should talk to my doctor about my sudden urge for gay sex.”
- Comment on Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation | The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass. 2 weeks ago:
We know why. They’ve literally been talking about loyalty to one person for an entire decade now.
The media are the only ones pretending to be confused.
- Comment on Mystery of Evil Clown-Led Trio’s Doorbell Cam Horror Show Solved in Shocking Twist 4 weeks ago:
Unshocking twist.
the trio were actually relatives staging a prank.
- Comment on ‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’ 4 weeks ago:
As I fume, I wonder why I’m so angry. I suppose I feel offended that anyone would think this is what humans want from companionship: a voice with no interiority giving the verbal equivalent of a thumbs up emoji.
Strangely, a lot of fully-grown people think this is what humans want from companionship!
- Comment on Name a game that you found SO FUN, but no one talks about it anymore. 5 weeks ago:
I loved the semi-open world concept, I still miss the radio DJ!
They made it feel like things were actually happening in the world of the game, which most games still don’t do well.
- Comment on Name a game that you found SO FUN, but no one talks about it anymore. 5 weeks ago:
SSX Tricky and SSX 3. Both were quite fun to play and I’ve played them both in the past few years.
- Comment on What is the most overrated game gamers hype up? 1 month ago:
To me, Rockstar Games are cool as world simulators and storytelling engines. My issue is that they plop lazily-designed gameplay on top.
No one ever talks about the core gameplay loops of these games, the thing that makes you progress through the storyline.
They talk about the storyline, but they don’t talk about the mediocre gunfights you have to wade through to watch a cutscene or hear dialogue. Wave after wave of anonymous enemies, like videogames haven’t changed since shooting galleries.
They have to introduce essentially unexplained superpowers (slowing down time) to make it remotely interesting. And even then, I would argue most people are just trying to get through every single mission.
Or the terrible movement/driving/riding physics. I didn’t finish GTA4 (also a “10/10 game”) because some of the missions relied on the abysmal movement.
It’s like… a Rockstar game is like going to IKEA. You’re going to be led through a lot of stupid crap, just because they want to keep you there longer.
- Comment on FCC could roll back rule requiring ISPs to list every fee, apparently, there are too many 1 month ago:
This was passed during the previous administration, so of course they’re trying to get rid of it.
“It’s not good for consumers it’s bad for business!”
- Comment on Can a person who is a convicted felon/ rapist even get nominated for the Nobel Peace Price? Extra points if you can ELI5 that. 1 month ago:
Ah, we’re to “blame Obama for this” instead of blaming the senators who outright refused to look at Supreme Court Justices for a year.
- Comment on What flavor are marshmallows? 1 month ago:
Huh! Apparently the main places you can taste castoreum nowadays (should you want to) are niche foods like Swedish liqueur. Otherwise it’s (understandably) quite expensive.
I was curious and found this article amusing as well:
- Comment on What flavor are marshmallows? 1 month ago:
That natural flavor? Vanilla.
- Comment on 2022 vs. 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket prices 1 month ago:
The 2022 World Cup was literally built by slaves. It has a way of keeping prices down.
- Comment on this level is amazing 1 month ago:
It’s one of my favorite sequences from any game!
- Comment on Shortly After Xbox Game Pass Prices Spiked, the Page to Cancel Game Pass Subscriptions Was Overwhelmed 1 month ago:
I really appreciate this, you just saved me at least $20.
Microsoft’s user experience is awful at every step in a browser. I wanted to like XBox but it’s clear why they’re losing.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 28th 1 month ago:
I played some Crusader Kings III.
I haven’t played much (under 10 hours) but I started one of the “easy” starts and it isn’t going poorly. I always hit the point in complex games where I’m not exactly sure what to do.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Correct, in the book they have multiple groups of soldiers that run ahead of there is a vanguard.
I’m reading it too because I read it over a decade ago and making it into a movie seemed stupid to me. So I wanted to know how stupid.
- Comment on New "symbolic image compressor" posted in r/computerscience turns out to be AI hallucinated nonsense 1 month ago:
Oh! That’s way worse.
Hopefully he’s in high school or something and it’s an immaturity thing.
Otherwise, no doubt all of the skilled people on his team want him gone.
- Comment on The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games 1 month ago:
Which city builder? I think I have 300 hours in Cities Skylines by now
- Comment on FearNoPeer (FNP) is open for application signups for its 2nd birthday! Everyone is welcome to apply! 1 month ago:
If you’re new, you might only have one tracker
Ah, I see we have different ideas of the definition of “new”
- Comment on Forza Horizon 6 Japan setting confirmed 1 month ago:
It’s not just you! Forza Horizon has been the main series of video game I looked forward to. I loved 3 and 4.
It didn’t take long for 5 to concentrate fully on the weekly bullshit and making the game more about puzzles than driving.
This is the first Horizon game in over a decade that I couldn’t care less about. It just feels like a sad shell of the previous games.