circuitfarmer
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- Comment on Bungie appears to have plagarized an artist's work and style in their extraction shooter "Marathon" according to this Bluesky post 1 week ago:
Should have just used AI, at least then people could debate whether or not it was plagiarism
- Comment on Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project' 2 weeks ago:
Starfield would be fine if there was a way to get from place to place without constant reloads. This is a limitation of the (ancient) engine the game is on, as I understand it.
The thing is, we already have games like No Man’s Sky which do this very well. Starfield may have been better received if it came out 15 years ago, but against modern space games, it just sucks.
That’s ignoring anything else wrong with the game, of course, and there is plenty. But I could get over a lot if it didn’t feel like I was playing a menu instead of flying a spaceship at every change of scenery.
- Comment on Inflation markers 2 weeks ago:
Wait, are you saying adding new trade war strain on an already troubled economy wasn’t the right call???!
- Comment on Prices are out of control 2 weeks ago:
Disagree hard. Diet and Zero are sweeter than full fat coke. It comes out more with alcohol.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 3 weeks ago:
No 4k TV either. I don’t really see the point.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 3 weeks ago:
I really hope this is true. The only thing that will stop Rockstar from the delayed PC release nonsense in the future is actually stopping the double dip.
I ended up with a PS4 just for Red Dead 2. But I still haven’t bought it on PC and have no plans to do so.
The thing is, the PS4 kind of made sense because I also wanted a Blu-Ray player. I still have it for that, so a PS5 would be an impossible sell to me. It’s like Rockstar tries to sell consoles but this time around is one of the worst ever console eras.
- Comment on Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong? 4 weeks ago:
I think CS:2 was far too ambitious, and there were very strange design choices around subsidies which effectively removed any challenge from the game – at first. I just played it the other day, and frankly it has turned around a lot. Decent game now.
KSP2 was just a corporate shit show – devs were well intentioned but ultimately were unable to continue based on factors out of their control. It really sucks because KSP1 is one of the best games ever made and KSP2 had a lot of promise.
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 4 weeks ago:
Damn, you’d really think these bozos would have learned to read a room by now, you know?
- Comment on 34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached? 4 weeks ago:
As others have said, this seems like an ill-formed question. Do you have reason to believe that politicians “cling to the idea that these voters can’t be reached”?
- Comment on Praise jeebus 5 weeks ago:
He seems pretty short for a messiah
- Comment on 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know 1 month ago:
I don’t feel bad. It’s a big number, but it was spread out over 20 years. I’m sure I’d be shocked at a lot of numbers amalgamated over 20 years.
- Comment on Warner Bros. Confirms New 'Gremlins' Movie and 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Sequel 1 month ago:
It made money, though.
- Comment on Warner Bros. Confirms New 'Gremlins' Movie and 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Sequel 1 month ago:
The industry has become completely adverse to risk.
It’s all rehashed slop until the end of time.
- Comment on Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? 1 month ago:
Something something about showing connections between points in a circle… the chocolate starfish of life.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 1 month ago:
It was much easier to fake a resurrection back then.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 1 month ago:
Hm, I may need to rewatch it myself. That also doesn’t match what the link above suggests about interpreting the ending.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 1 month ago:
What did he save?
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 1 month ago:
It is implied that Tom Cruise dies at the end. I think the confusion comes from a voice over, but you never see the character on screen again.
He also does not “become a samurai”. He fights alongside them, but at no point do they call him a samurai.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 1 month ago:
The fun thing about The Last Samurai is that the title doesn’t refer to Tom Cruise. He does not play a samurai in the film. He plays an American officer.
He hangs with a group of samurai, who are collectively the last of their kind.
That said, plenty of people complained about it in its day.
- Comment on I hate the modern web 1 month ago:
Happens to me all the time on a VPN.
It isn’t every IP. I just change tunnels.
- Comment on Civilization 7 Outlines Crucial 1.1.1 Update as It Struggles to Compete on Steam Against Civ 6 and Even the 15-Year-Old Civ 5 2 months ago:
It’s more expensive for a worse game than V or VI, both of which can be had for the price of dirt.
Not surprising.
- Comment on Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this 2 months ago:
I would suggest that the Dixon Ticonderoga is the most reliable, most cost-efficient, and easiest-to-use writing utinsil in the history of humanity.*
Each other option has more points of potential failure and additional complexities over the Ticonderoga. While more complicated tools may net you some improvement in writing style or sharpness, they are massive trade-offs in more basic areas.
This would be much the same question if it were “what car would you drive for the rest of your life” between fancy ones like Ferraris and Lambos to cheaper, more reliable ones like Corollas and Civics. Everyone likes the look of the Ferrari – but the only car for the rest of your life? It’s got to be reliable, or you’re going nowhere. You want to be able to keep driving.
The Ticonderoga guarantees you can keep writing.
*intentionally overselling it for humor. But it is a nice, simple, good-quality pencil.
- Comment on The late 70s Trek series we never got to see 🥹 2 months ago:
I’m still in the hate camp. To me, it looks like a Star Trek ship design made by a primary school student on a cafeteria napkin.
- Comment on What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio? 2 months ago:
Present it as an alternative to social media – one without the kinds of mental health issues and corporate controls.
Present things like electronics tinkering as a life skill instead of a hobby.
It’s a long shot, sure.
- Comment on Anon is waiting for Japan 2 months ago:
I’m implying nothing. Some things are meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
- Comment on Anon is waiting for Japan 2 months ago:
They will and are changing it, to be sure. Whether those changes are positive remains to be seen.
- Comment on Anon is waiting for Japan 2 months ago:
If AI is the chief innovation in the US, then the US is massively fucked.
I’d much rather have a fancy shinkansen.
- Comment on How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now? 2 months ago:
Ah, got it. Thanks.
I took the sentence “From a Republican…” as OP saying they were a Republican who had changed their view.
Wishful thinking, I guess.
- Comment on How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now? 2 months ago:
You said you thought she was the lesser of two evils. I’m not sure how that is believing Trump’s words, as you said in the original post.
- Comment on How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now? 2 months ago:
What period?