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- Comment on PC gaming fan Steven Spielberg says he "can't do controllers," prefers keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
The d day level of medal of honor was a serious moment. It's like "yeah, you keep dying and it's frustrating. You're watching all these other people die. But that's what it was actually like."
There was a moment where I had made it to the buildings and looked back and saw my brothers in arms being mowed down and it's a different experience than seeing it on TV.
- Comment on Major flaw found in CUPS - time to run Linux system updates 1 month ago:
It seems like the thing to do if you don't use printers is to erase the cups packages from your system to close that port. Not sure it's even patched yet.
- Comment on Openblack is a an attempt to recreate lost god game Black & White in a modern, open source game engine 2 months ago:
Glad to see a Black and white open source recreation, but you're correct in this regard. I have black and white on my PC right now in a dark corner.
- Comment on Roblox has been banned by the Turkish government due to child safety concerns 2 months ago:
"Like, you can say, 'Okay, we are exploiting, you know, child labour,' right? Or, you can say: we are offering people anywhere in the world the capability to get a job, and even like an income,"
Bahahahaha
You've convinced me. Let's eliminate child labor laws.
- Comment on Roblox has been banned by the Turkish government due to child safety concerns 2 months ago:
It always seemed kinda sus, glad I started a matrix homeserver instead.
- Comment on Minetest 5.9.0 brings performance improvements, a godrays shader and work towards SDL2 2 months ago:
I should learn SDL2...
- Comment on Fallout London's developers working on "huge" patch to come after its hotfixes 3 months ago:
No worries, I've done the same at times.
- Comment on Fallout London's developers working on "huge" patch to come after its hotfixes 3 months ago:
I know, I've already played it.
It's a joke, and it doesn't work nitpicking over the definition of "a game".
- Comment on Fallout London's developers working on "huge" patch to come after its hotfixes 3 months ago:
If the game wasn't massively buggy at launch, could you even call it a fallout game?
- Comment on Social-Media Influencers Aren’t Getting Rich—They’re Barely Getting By 4 months ago:
That's the customers. Dealers, especially as they rise above ground level, want to look wildly successful so they can attract kids who think they'll be rich. It was written about extensively in the book freakonomics.
- Comment on Republicans Poised To Kill Bump Stock Ban—Even After Many Once Supported Restrictions 4 months ago:
Trump undoubtedly had to "do something" after the last Vegas shooting politically, so that was his "something"...
- Comment on Social-Media Influencers Aren’t Getting Rich—They’re Barely Getting By 4 months ago:
Drug dealers have a similar problem too where they need to look rich as part of their brand which is a major burden when you're not rich.
- Comment on Federation Issues As Of Late March 2024 7 months ago:
Ironically, this post federated.
- Comment on Hasbro exec says Baldur's Gate 3 "proved for us that people really wanted great D&D games," supports Larian's plan to "take the time we need" 7 months ago:
The particularly hilarious part of this is that moments later Hasbro ditched Larian.
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- Comment on double slit 7 months ago:
It's really frustrating that people who don't understand this experiment have insanely taken into assume that a magic particle spell understands if a human being is watching or not.
- Comment on drafting 7 months ago:
There's definitely something to be said for trying to get it mostly correct the first time.
- Comment on Steam breaking records again hitting over 36 million players online 7 months ago:
It's pretty funny that most of the top games are like 10 years old or more.
- Comment on What games do you replay regularly/annually ? 8 months ago:
Incredibly, in spite of the fact that I've been paying for 25 years, I very rarely go for any of the alternative endings, other than the developer ending if you beat lavos the first time.
- Comment on ancestors 8 months ago:
You know, I know it's a joke, but if you think about it there's probably a lot of behavioral instincts that we rely on go surprisingly far back in the evolutionary chain.
- Comment on What games do you replay regularly/annually ? 8 months ago:
Chrono Trigger. I've played it on so many platforms it's a bit mind blowing
- Comment on Security Alert: Avoid Large Gatherings over the Next 48 Hours 8 months ago:
Us embassy: "you're cool. Don't come to school tomorrow"
- Comment on 8 months ago:
I tend to think that it's the diversity that makes it worthwhile. Some people are going to want just one user operating their own hardware and software, some people are going to want to build communities that are lightly moderated, other people are going to want to build communities that are heavily moderated, and what gets moderated and why will be quite different.
I know "Web 3.0" is supposed to refer to crypto stuff, but I think the real web 3.0 is this -- different communities connecting together (or not, such as the case may be) and no centralized governance to speak of besides that which each community wants to apply. I mean, how cool is it that you and I are talking on completely different software platforms through a community intermediate that's a third completely different software platform?
I guess the real question is about something that's as monolithic as bluesky, but you can already connect with platforms like minds and it's just another type of community.
- Comment on 8 months ago:
Everyone will have a different opinion, but US jurisprudence prior to section 230 of the CDA basically asks the question "Are you willing to take on responsibility for everything you host?" If the answer is yes, then you should be openly trying to moderate everything. If not, then you should just have an open platform for the most part.
Might just be the old internet guy in me but I think I prefer that way of looking at the world.
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- Comment on What is an average person living in the US supposed to do about corporations raising prices? 10 months ago:
If companies were just greedy they could have raised prices at any time before. They didn't because they're trying to find the optimal point between supply and demand to make the most profit (as we all do -- are you willing to take a pay cut or eschew a raise you can probably get?)
All the money pumped into the economy is why they could raise prices -- not just in 2020, but pretty consistently for the past 20 years. Lots of normal people are getting screwed but it's fine for these companies because guess who gets much of the money being printed? Hint: donors.
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- Comment on Walter Koenig was bitterly disappointed about his role in Star Trek VI 10 months ago:
As for the story of the war and some of the characters stories... The age of heroes like Kirk in their prime is over, the federation is losing the war. Younger crews weren't properly mentored and so lack the knowledge of the aging heroes and so are not doing well at all, and the older crews dont have the vigor to engage in total war. Meanwhile the Klingons seem to be doing just fine, being both vigorous and wise, hence why they decided to start a war sensing a weak federation. Kirk would slowly over the course of the movie learn that it's not so bad mentoring top people. Bones would struggle after watching the young men come into the sickbay dead realizing in just a few years his final destination would be upon him, and he'd be making mistakes and cracking. Spock would share his struggles with his grandfather dying and would speak logically about death like nimoy did in "I am Spock" and it would help McCoy put death into perspective. Scott would learn he drank because he didn't think he had anything better in his life until he saw the new batch of engineers trying really hard to keep the ship running but lacking know-how and one of the engineers would come to him with personal problems and he'd realize he had more to offer than just work. Spock would do some brilliant work as a seconded science officer and later would use his skills as a diplomat to help end the war with the Klingons once the Enterprise becomes the focal point of a passing of the torch where the old crews realize they need to build up the new ones which makes the Klingons realize their time has passed to attack (with a little prodding). Uhuras work as a communications officer ends up front and center as she is a second diplomat working with Spock near the end of the movie. Checkov would realize that while he isn't happy with his past all he can do is move on to his future. Sulu would have a whole b-plot where he talks at desks about strategy and helps see several ambushes by the Klingons in advance which is part of what helps end the war.
Ok but that's it...
- Comment on Walter Koenig was bitterly disappointed about his role in Star Trek VI 10 months ago:
I think the ending needs some work but I like the concept.
I don't know if the boomers could write a story about getting old wisely, particularly not way back then. I like the idea of showing different characters managing getting older, both in positive and negative ways, and perhaps some characters having an arc.
Kirk would definitely be trying to keep living his glory days. He already looked like an idiot wrassling Klingons in Star Trek 3, by 6 he should be seeing the consequences of his insistence on playing hero, a washed up captain with a growing number of failed missions because he keeps trying to go down and fight the bad guy and kiss the lady and he just isn't capable of it anymore. His arc would be learning to let go of the day to day battles, and leaning into his wisdom earned by a lifetime of work in the field to help raise the next generation of people who will be taking over after him. In the actual canon just as Kirk never faced the Kobayashi maru challenge head on, his character never actually faced aging head-on and died in a battle including 3 old men.
The idea that McCoy would stop being a doctor is dumb, many doctors practice until they die of old age. His arc would be about coming to grips with the reality that he has a limited amount of time left and what that means.
Spock would be an investigation of what it means to have more time since he'd be a young man in Vulcan terms, looking at aging from an alien perspective, but hey we introduced a new family member last movie how about we introduce sarek's dad who is in the final stages of Vulcan decline and the consequences of having people be such reliable pillars for so long and then losing them.
Scotty's story of becoming a drunk stays, it's too interesting to not do something with.
Uhuras story should be a future reflection on a life for a woman that was much different than the life of a woman in the 60s when TOS first aired, an opportunity to show how different gene's future was than the present of 40-60 years ago.
Contrasting to Kirk who was the captain in his prime winning all the fights and getting all the chicks, Checkovs (sorry Koenig) character would be a reflection of a life of regret, of opportunities not taken. His arc would be about making peace with his past self and taking steps to constructively manage his future.
Sulu could be shown taking an entirely different path, such as a strategic command, and his arc would be about using his wisdom and experience from the enterprise adventures to advise the fleet.
With all this, I think two huge threats are too much. Galactic war or youth worms, and I think Galactic war makes way more sense for the last hurrah.
You'd start off with a captains log and the on a routine mission to transport Spock in his role as a diplomat to mediate a dispute on a planet. Smash cut to a battle between Kirk and a klingon. The dialogue would suggest Kirk quickly sniffed him out with his experience, but while he puts up a good fight ultimately he loses the fight. He beams up and a space battle starts with a klingon ship. He issues competent commands and wins the battle but just a beat too late so the ship takes some hits and some people die. Later he's admonished by Starfleet command and given an ultimatum that he either accepts a role as an admiral commanding fleets or he can retire, and he can make the decision when he gets back to earth but for now his first officer is in command of the ship. Just as they are about to set a course for earth they get a message that war has broken out with the Klingons and the Enterprise is needed immediately to participate in the war effort.
Anyway better stop here or I'll write a whole script lol
- Comment on Popular Fediverse Accounts 10 months ago:
Funny that some of the most popular accounts are completely insufferable.