exscape
@exscape@kbin.social
redditor since 2008, hoping kbin/the Fediverse can entirely replace it.
- Comment on Two chemists walk into a bar 1 week ago:
And on kbin it shows as strikethrough, so the 2s are crossed out.
- Comment on Vanguard takes screenshots of your PC every time you play a game 2 weeks ago:
Even if encrypted this doesn't sound like something compatible with the GDPR.
- Comment on What do you personally use AI for? 3 weeks ago:
Mostly for finding information that for whatever reason can be difficult to find using search engines. For example, I've used ChatGPT to ask spoiler-free questions about plot points in books I'm reading, which has worked rather well. It hasn't spoiled me yet, but rather tells me that giving more information would be a spoiler.
Last time I tried to look something up on Google, carefully, I got a massive spoiler for the end of the entire book series.
I also use it for code-related questions at times, but very rarely, and mostly when using a language I'm not used to. Such as when I wrote an expect script for the first (and perhaps only) time recently.
- Comment on FF Evangelists 1 month ago:
I'm never giving it up out of principle, but I dunno about the RAM usage. Firefox was above 7GB last I looked. I have RAM to spare though, so I don't really care.
- Comment on Sometimes when I say danke (thanks or thank you) some of my friends will say (and the spelling is wrong but it's as close as I can get) they will say danata or maybe it's dinata. 2 months ago:
Swedish too. I've always assumed the implicit meaning is roughly "there is [no reason] to thank me".
- Comment on On the end of Discovery 5 months ago:
Yep, that was beyond ridiculous IMO. Not sure how they felt it made enough sense to turn into a big season-long thing, affecting the entire future timeline of Star Trek.
Though I think Species 10-C (season 4) was an awesome episode that is rather underrated.
- Comment on Why advertise on YouTube? 6 months ago:
Ads work way better than you think. Perhaps the most important thing they do is to make you aware the brand exists, and to keep it in mind when you're looking for a service/product. You're way more likely to buy something you've heard of, even if it's from ads.
- Comment on What's Your Favorite, Not at All Epic, Star Trek Quote 8 months ago:
- Comment on Star Trek executive producer wants more Strange New Worlds episodes, and I’m nervous 9 months ago:
I'm not sure how it's madness. An episode can be bad in itself and not contribute anything of value to the greater story arc, in which case I don't see why it's wrong to see it as bad.
- Comment on Star Trek executive producer wants more Strange New Worlds episodes, and I’m nervous 9 months ago:
TNG was great, and the best episodes are incredible, but most episodes were fairly mediocre. I feel SNW's average is higher, and it's probably in part for having LESS than half the number of episodes per season.
I think they'd be fine with 12, maybe even 14, but beyond that I don't they could keep it as great as it's been.
- Comment on How ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Brought Its Delightful Musical Episode to Life: ‘You’re Like, Wait, Spock Is Singing Now?!’ 9 months ago:
It does move the plot forward in many relationships though, worth watching for that reason alone.
I also mostly cringe at the musical parts, but overall I don't regret watching it. - Comment on When Baldur's Gate 3 came out, Steam's overall bandwidth consumption went from around 18 Tbps to 146 Tbps 9 months ago:
I wouldn't say it's overhead. When you zoom a bit it's more like a third party view, except you can move the camera around.