Zorque
@Zorque@kbin.social
- Comment on Cannes crowd boos Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis 17 hours ago:
I think it's actually pretty short as Cannes standing ovations go.
- Comment on Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone Can’t Let Go Of Stardew Valley 22 hours ago:
Some people can do two things.
- Comment on Ubisoft Cancels The Division Heartland 2 days ago:
I'm sure they can churn out a bunch more half-finished board game and game show adaptations.
- Comment on Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves' 3 days ago:
More importantly, the system we all accept (willingly or not) requires that people be employed to survive.
It's not a matter of wanting to be employed, as needing to be employed.
- Comment on Fallout inspired RPG game in EXCEL 4 days ago:
Maybe they have one of the shitty adblockers for some reason.
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam 1 week ago:
It is like No Man's Sky in that most people who weren't fanatical about saying it had a huge turn around stopped caring about it after a year or so.
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 1 week ago:
Because corporations make things based on the demand of those individual people. They don't exist in a vacuum. And they're not going to change because someone on the internet rants about them. Their only incentive is profit
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 1 week ago:
And of course the land couldn't be used for anything else... like natural ecosystems.
Just because land exists doesn't mean it needs to be pillaged to feed our desires.
- Comment on we love those power laws 2 weeks ago:
... and steel was brought up.
- Comment on we love those power laws 2 weeks ago:
Steel, I believe, needs much higher temperatures and purified inputs.
- Comment on If presidential immunity is absolute.. 2 weeks ago:
Is impeachment the only thing the House can do? They can't enact any other kinds of legislation? Current legislative efforts not-withstanding.
- Comment on If presidential immunity is absolute.. 2 weeks ago:
Aren't most of the claims of immunity because congress is supposed to be the one that holds the president accountable? So as long as the House doesn't hold the president to account, they can do anything... but clearly Democrats are more willing to prosecute those in their own party than Republicans... so it's far more likely that Biden would face consequences for his actions than Trump did.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 3 weeks ago:
They were called pagers back then.
- Comment on doggos 3 weeks ago:
And "clouds"
- Comment on Former Blizzard president wants to be able to leave a "tip" after completing $70 games: "I wish I could give these folks another $10 or $20" 4 weeks ago:
I'm sure they got their year-end bonus of a half-spent $25 starbucks gift card.
- Comment on Former Blizzard president wants to be able to leave a "tip" after completing $70 games: "I wish I could give these folks another $10 or $20" 4 weeks ago:
Ah yes, we must spread tipping culture to all facets of life, clearly.
There are other ways of showing appreciation than throwing money at people. The problem is their livelihood is dependent on that kind of financial gratitude because of the actions of you and your ilk, Mr. Ybarra.
- Comment on space 4 weeks ago:
You'd also need to solve time travel.
- Comment on magic beneath the forests 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, I saw that X-files episode too.
- Comment on Star Wars Outlaws' $110 and $130 editions prompt a collective sigh from potential players tired of season passes and ill-advised early access periods 5 weeks ago:
That assumes they'll actually fix the game breaking bugs and system compatibility issues.
- Comment on Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 5 weeks ago:
In a row?!
- Comment on 1000 years from now physics is forgotten and all that remains is the legend of two hobbits, Charm and Spin, and their quest for the Higgyboson. At this point, is physics true? 5 weeks ago:
Sorry, this is anuse, argument is next door.
- Comment on Public trust 2 months ago:
It's not all of medical science, no. We know a great deal. But that only pertains to general study, and not specific cases. We don't know shit about someone, medically, until we do tests. Even then, we can't do an in-depth dissection of them (because that would be wildly inhumane) so we can mostly only go off surface level information. Even for more in-depth information, say with x-rays and MRIs or blood tests, it still only general knowledge. Each person is unique, and has unique characteristics. So we need to take what information we have and try and match it to previous cases to determine what it could be.
Sometimes it's really easy. "You have a cold, go drink some water and get some rest". Sometimes it's not, they have some obscure neurological disorder that only affects .0000001% of the population (at a guess).
- Comment on Public trust 2 months ago:
99% of medicine is throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
Social distancing was an easy way to make it less likely to spread based on similar viruses. Until they had more verifiable ways it was a quick and cheap answer to a complex problem. Sometimes those are necessary, especially when millions of lives are on the line.
- Comment on How might a public flogging of an authoritarian ruler in 2024 impact the world? 2 months ago:
Well Iraq hanged theirs and they're doing great, right?
- Comment on How Star Trek's Future Works - Money, Work and Property 2 months ago:
Things that can not be replicated, or are too complex to replicate easily.
I'm sure, given enough energy and processing power, you could replicated just about anything... but if they already exist naturally, why bother? If it takes less energy to mine, or mix, or harvest latinum than it takes to replicate it, then replication doesn't make sense for it. That goes for just about every other physical thing as well.
- Comment on 👁️👁️ Evolution 👁️👁️ 2 months ago:
If it's intimidating to us... are we the predators?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
If you need medical help... why aren't you accepting that help? Medication is often a part of that help. If you have problems with the medication, you should talk with your doctor, not act like a petulant child.
- Comment on Why were online subscriptions once rare, but now they are everywhere? 3 months ago:
It's a similar reason retail stores try and push their loyalty programs, it's a more guaranteed source of income than a one time payment.
- Comment on New Star Trek Movie Director Is A Fan And Directed The ‘Black Mirror’ Trek Episode “USS Callister” 3 months ago:
Well, as long as it's nothing like that episode, it should be fine.
I remember an episode of CSI years ago where they were investigating the murder of someone who was rebooting a very Star Trek show into something super dark and gritty, with none of the hope and positivity the original show had. That seems to be the trend of a lot of Star Trek properties the last few years, and it makes me think the writer of that episode was quite prescient.