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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tim Sweeney says Epic Games Store is open to devs using generative AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It'll prevent indie artists from having their work plagiarized over and over without payment from indie "devs" who honestly shouldn't have the right to exist as "developers" if they can't afford to actually hire artists and such.

  It'd be one thing if they made an agreement to get assets from artists for cheap or for free as a favor, but just plain putting them all out of business permanently by letting a machine steal their work forever is another thing entirely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller Its Balls, Study Finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren't human beings also just primates too? I think this'd apply to us as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In its first week, Immortals of Aveum had a peak count of just 751 players on Steam.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not surprising, but disappointing. The premise was interesting (first person magic shooter) but the execution was tepid. The presentation / atmosphere, the generic graphics, the dopey dialogue, the lack of an interesting story. A lot of the success of games like Halo is how the world sucks you in with its atmosphere and storyline, I think developers really underestimate how much that matters in a single player game. Cinematogrophy is important, the feel of an experience is more than the simple gameplay of moving a character around and pushing buttons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨victims of the poloygyny :(⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, while I don't like what these guys do. I definitely think they have some mental illness issues that should be treated, and some of them may be neurodivergent or have some physical issues with their brains or bodies that might make them unhinged that could be possibly treated with medication.

  Dead serious here. People this bad generally have been abused / brainwashed when they were young, and some of them seem to have certain disabilities. Not saying they don't act like total trash, just that there's probably reasons behind it for at least some of these people. Plus, nowadays there are online cults waiting to pick them up and brainwash them when they're vulnerable. Used to be you had to go in person to a cult in the past.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are all made of carbon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, you are the GOAT!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is this funny?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Kind of, but more "slightly amusing" than funny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7th Grader FORCED To Give Birth Due To GOP Anti-Abortion Laws | The Kyle Kulinski Show | Secular Talk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Too true. What's bonkers is that rules on this vary state by state. You move across state lines, and sometimes it feels like you're in an entirely different country. I used to favor "States' Rights" and flexible, empowered local governments who could respond to nearby challenges more surgically than a larger, more lumbering government bureaucracy further away.

  Looking back, I see that now that I was naive, and that what I had was an ideal, and wasn't the reality. Republicans always seem to turn "States' Rights" and "Local Authority" into a way to flout sensible Federal laws and do horrible shit like this instead of what they claim to be doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twitter/X new ID Verification - First Look⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not so sure about that, I feel like average people are waking up to technological bullshit like this more and more every year. Yeah there'll still be an overly high amount of idiots, but I've learned that even older people can change and question things like this.

  You can only get so many "We're giving you 2 free years of identity theft protection because we got hacked and your personal information got stolen." from big companies like your cell phone company, credit check company, etc. before you're like "Hey, anything I put online can get stolen by criminals...."

  Even if you're a tech-unsavvy type. At some point the light bulbs turns on and you put 2 and 2 together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit like this is why monopolies and oliglopolies don't work. I hope people complain AND jump ship in big enough droves for this to change. Self-hosting and the old fashioned "buy your own music permanently" option are good too.

  I don't use streaming services, I just buy MP3's (or AAC's on iTunes or whatever they're using nowadays, it's been a while) and keep them locally and on the cloud. Never liked most Streaming Services' recommendations anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It even fits in my pant pockets.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  From the place Deadpool and all those 90's heroes do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000-a-year package with a mixture of anger and admiration⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely true. It's kind of like any physically intensive job that you can only keep up for so long before your body gets messed up to the point where you have to quit early. That "big money" isn't forever, it has to be saved up while it's earned for retirement later, which might be sooner rather than later due to physical disability.

  Plus there's the lack of holidays, and in fact crazier work hours with fewer breaks and no days off during the holidays, because that's when there's the most shipping going on. Much harder than coding or other tech work in air conditioned rooms and breaks during holidays, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy.world's servers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Gigabyte? Pshh, no wonder! Should've used Asrock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikihow brutally kills 36 year olds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Good advice from 1901. Especially the bit about not marrying women older, taller, or wealthier than you. Especially all 3. Even if she's like 1 day older, 1 inch taller, or $1 wealthier than you. You gotta man up and not tie that knot!

  /S

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was like that when I was young. Now all my plans involve me forcing myself to do 1 or 2 productive things a day besides the stuff I have to do, and then just calling it a day and pushing aside the rest of the stuff I probably should do till tomorrow. Or more realistically, the next weekend or holiday.

  I don't lie to myself anymore, I just admit that if it's not 100% vital, it won't get done quick, if at all.