Whitebrow
@Whitebrow@lemmy.world
- Comment on Oh no 1 day ago:
- Comment on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers 3 days ago:
Of course they know what a slicer is. Most of these people existed long before pre-cut loaves were sold at the stores.
- Comment on I could quit AI anytime I want to 4 days ago:
Not sure the nature of the QA you perform but as somebody who was forced to use AI QA for a bit in a ticketing system for support purposes, my 2 cents is: don’t.
I did the exercise for 2 months where I double checked all the stuff it spewed as summaries of actions, recommendations, wrap up info and applied codes vs stuff that was actually happening in the tickets, it was consistently inconsistent and while on the surface as a quick check it looks fine, the moment any scrutiny is applied it falls apart.
- Comment on BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… 1 week ago:
Ah, the “I feel too good to work today” sickness
- Comment on Looking for a game where reading an immersive in-game manual is one of the main gameplay aspects 5 weeks ago:
Not really a manual, but more of a 4th wall derailment into a fever dream of sorts? With a lot of reading while navigating a mystery? And some match 3 tower defence action in between?
Titanium court.
- Comment on "Gen Z won't understand this but back in my day, if you ever saw as many ads as you do on social media today, it meant you had at least 3 viruses on your computer" 1 month ago:
Our propaganda.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
The “ghouls” you speak of are just people who were able to afford shit back in the day.
Healthcare, a house, a few vacations abroad per year, kids and their education, all on (for the most part) just 1 job.
If you had all these things, yes, you’d probably be more FISCALLY conservative to preserve whatever amount of money you had saved and use it for retirement
Nowadays that reality has changed and was twisted into something that doesn’t reflect what it was, but the saying remained the same.
Basically shit doesn’t mean what it used to mean and people forgot that language and concepts evolve or erode over time.
Or if we want to make it more visual, on a scale from 0-100 where 0 is full liberal and 100 is full conservative, the needle was moved so far to the right that the “you’ll grow more conservative as you grow older” is now on the left side of the current status quo.
- Comment on UPDATE: I'm a dev who has been working on my game for 2 years and my game title appeared on another Steam game as they plan to release before I do. 1 month ago:
You need to have a bundle with both games in there called “The Milgram Obedience”
I’ll take a free bundle key for this contribution if it comes to fruition, thanks
- Comment on Electronic Arts has launched EA Advertising, a way for brands to integrate ads in games 2 months ago:
Weirdly enough, there’s been A FEW of these types of games that were based either on a specific product or a specific brand, and they were for the most part, weirdly well done for the times they released in and actually sorta fun.
Off the top of my head, Pepsiman for a specific product and the whole lot of Lego games if we’re talking about a whole product line.
I think that whole genre is called advergames
- Comment on Any other games that have a similar vibe to My Summer Car? 2 months ago:
Pathologic series and Gothic 1 remake
- Comment on Xbox Plans Significant Layoffs as It Transforms Under New CEO 2 months ago:
And when it does they’ll pivot to ai again, but this time, actual Indians
- Comment on How can I earn 100$ (before tax) in 24 hours? 2 months ago:
Pawn shops or jewelry stores that buy stuff might be options
Odd jobs like washing dishes at short staffed restaurants might also get you a day’s wage if you’re lucky to know some people in the business
- Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200 2 months ago:
Correct. They’re also manufacturing slightly less than they did the year prior iirc.
- Comment on It has what kids want 3 months ago:
Teaching babies how to snort powder for breakfast must be exhausting.
- Comment on Military Grade 3 months ago:
No. Mil-spec is an actual certified standard
Military grade is basically just “we made this shit to look like it’d be good as a prop in a movie” no actual standards, just good enough to sorta kinda sometimes work and is made as cheap as possible.
- Comment on Story of my life 4 months ago:
Still no bitches tho.
- Comment on Space weather fans be like 4 months ago:
Yeah. Wasn’t a storm, just cloudy.
After reading a bit about it, it seems low level cumulus clouds will clear due to the shifting weather, due to the onset of colder climate of the sun being partially blocked, those clouds clear out and basically vanish by the time the solar eclipse starts.
Won’t work on storms or such, but if it’s just cloudy, by the time the eclipse is in full force, you get a clean view.
- Comment on Space weather fans be like 4 months ago:
There’s an interesting phenomena that happens when there’s a solar eclipse, the clouds clear out shortly before the eclipse begins.
Not sure if it’s consistent or why that happens at all, but that was my experience with it during the last eclipse.
- Comment on "That is an $11,000 gold texture": Steam researcher says "supporter packs" make a lot of free money because PC gamers love to spend on their favorite games 4 months ago:
TLDR: Supporter packs and game soundtrack as “dlc” is basically free money
- Comment on How come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us? 4 months ago:
Appreciate the kind words. I have had various approaches to try and “treat” this over the course of the last 15+ years, including the ones you named, like I mentioned, not exactly a new phenomena on my end.
If there was a suicide booth or a euthanasia clinic for people who just want to peace out, I’d have visited it 15+ years ago or any day since then, including today.
Also while I understand the notion that access to substances and firearms and whatnot might increase the risks of impulsive momentary courage (or stupidity), an average home and convenience store offer many items which can effectively facilitate the deed, don’t need to be super elaborate with hugging a grenade or slobbering on the barrel of a shotgun for an effective method… granted if the plan is to go out with a bang, who am I to stop it.
Sucks about the tumor though. May you easily outlive the expectations if you so desire
- Comment on How come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us? 4 months ago:
I can see where you’re potentially coming from.
But I don’t think you comprehend how violent an act of suicide in almost all cases.
It takes an insane level of commitment to go through with that the first time, more so for the subsequent attempts.
Also of the people who really aim to end it, succeed on the first try.
I don’t know about you, but if given the choice, I probably wouldn’t be here. There’s nothing particularly wrong with me physically, I just don’t want to be here.
Been the case over a decade ago. Pretty much back as long as I can remember. Still the case today.
- Comment on How come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us? 4 months ago:
And shouldn’t need to be terminally ill or old.
If I wanna peace out (humanely) at any age past adulthood, I should be able to.
- Comment on DST 4 months ago:
I wish it was that simple.
Most large (and probably majority of small) cities experience this phenomena to some degree, most noticeable are ones that have aging architecture that wasn’t built to accommodate the ever growing heat.
It’s not even a question of using blackout blinds or putting UV reflective film on your windows or painting the roof white or even running the AC for as long as your wallet will allow you to.
The walls get hot. The ground gets hot. The roofs get hot. The air itself is hot. And it’s getting hotter (referring to the last decade+ as a trend)
Any reflective surface gets progressively more aggressive (glare and redirected heat) and anything that is not reflective is absorbing the heat at unprecedented levels the stronger the sun rays get, any dwellings not specifically engineered to deal with any of these heat phenomena are subjecting its dwellers to the consequences of not having any policies that would force these dwellings to be habitable in summer months.
This isn’t a problem that can be solved by simply packing my shit and moving, this is a systemic problem that we’re (more or less world wide) failing to address since the whole global warming thing is not being actioned at nearly the urgency it warrants.
With all the above said, there’s also the question of job availability and housing affordability, which is adding extra layers to this already delightful shit cake.
In short: It’s not that I don’t want to live with the penguins and caribou as my neighbours, it’s that I can’t afford to.
- Comment on DST 4 months ago:
Man, screw DST. I just want my room to have a chance to cool down a bit from the blazing sun and incessant climbing temperatures before I go to bed.
- Comment on Nintendo Lowers Pricepoint For Digital Versions of Switch 2 Games 4 months ago:
Very few of them do, grand majority are just game key cartridges.
- Comment on What Phone do you guys use? 4 months ago:
Same here and the battery is holding up pretty well even after all these years which is a nice surprise
- Comment on Prisoner peeing on the libs? 5 months ago:
I guess they took the L in more ways than one
- Comment on When you know you have great friends 5 months ago:
Dibs on plants
- Comment on Awkward interaction with my doctor 5 months ago:
If it can be corrected in 30 seconds or less, mention it so they can address it, if it’s something that can’t be fixed on the spot or quickly, then no.
- Comment on Tune a fish 5 months ago:
If I want the tuna salad, I’ll order tuna salad.
Also if I’m walking up to a sandwich shop or a restaurant that serves tuna steaks on a grill or something of the sort and say “I’ll have the tuna” the assumption is, they know I what I mean (variance for multiple dishes not included).