Stovetop

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What I'm playing 🐭📖 Moss: Book II | You can high-five the mouse!⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
I think it works best sitting down. The scenes are generally a fixed perspective, but you do at least want to give your head a bit of room to look around because sometimes there’s small details hiding behind parts of the environment you can peek around, and honestly it’s just a beautiful game to take in.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨beamed poop...⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
And it moves us all, from surface to ship!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨beamed poop...⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Can get beamed up, shit and all, but rematerialized from the pattern buffer without shit.

And then the extra matter from the unrestored shit will get repurposed by the replicators for tonight’s dinner.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Battlefield 6 cheats day 1 of early access. Depite kernel level anti cheat, forced secure boot TPM 2.0⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
I am not sure what the user above is thinking, but to play devil’s advocate:

One thing that modern AI does well is pattern recognition. An AI trained on player behavior, from beginner level all the way up to professional play, would be able to acquire a thorough understanding of what human performance looks like (which is something that games have been developing for a long time now, to try to have bots more accurately simulate player behavior).

I remember someone setting up their own litmus test using cheats in Tarkov where their main goal was just to observe the patterns of other players who are cheating. There are a lot of tells, a big one being reacting to other players who are obscured by walls. Another one could be the way in which aimbots immediately snap and lock on to headshots.

It could be possible to implement a system designed to flag players whose behavior is seen as too unlike normal humans, maybe cross-referencing with other metadata (account age/region/sudden performance anomalies/etc) to make a more educated determination about whether or not someone is likely cheating, without having to go into kernel-level spying or other privacy-invasive methods.

But then…this method runs the risk of eventually being outmatched by the model facilitating it: an AI trained on professional human behavior that can accurately simulate human input and behave like a high performing player, without requiring the same tools a human needs to cheat.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unneccessary long context menus on YouTube Music⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Even better
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unneccessary long context menus on YouTube Music⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Definitely ways they could make that cleaner.
- Remove from queue: have this as an option only from the queue itself, not from the song currently playing.
- Go to: merge into a single “Go to…” button, press it for a submenu listing Artist/Album/Song Info
- Report: Useless. Vet your own shit, Google.
- Pin to Listen Again: Just use “liked songs” like a sane person.
- Dismiss queue: same as remove from queue.
- Stats for nerds: should only be visible with an advanced or developer option in the app settings.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charging to tour rental properties...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
It’s only 50 cents if you’re looking at 10 other properties managed by the same service. In practice, it’s $5 if you were only looking to tour a single place.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charging to tour rental properties...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
You do that when you submit an application, not when you are just looking. Those details are none of their business if I have a look and decide no.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation 6 Console And New PS6 Handheld ‘Canis’ Specs Leak, It’s Claimed - Insider Gaming⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t think that’s a bad thing, though. It’s not like I’d be bothered if someone with a GPU 5 years older than mine is able to play the same game on PC.

This is what consoles just should be. No longer locking games to specific generations, letting newer hardware run older titles better, and letting developers continue developing for lower hardware targets to include more people.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
The issue though is that Chinese companies have the ability to tap into the massive domestic market in China in addition to international markets, while non-Chinese companies are locked out of the Chinese market unless their Chinese competitors get a cut. So the Chinese developers who get that additional profit from domestic Chinese players end up with a lot more financial weight to throw around than non-Chinese developers, who easily end up getting bought out or pushed out.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

Traditional devs need to be ready to compete

I think that is the problem, though. The Chinese market is inherently anti-competitive.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamers Bombard Visa & MasterCard With Emails and Calls Over Steam and itch.io Censorship⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Smartwatch-sized screenshots too for some reason?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The european mind can't comprehend this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Honestly better stats for the US than I thought they’d be. Surprised that my state’s obesity rates are better than any number of European countries despite the situation here still not seeming great.

Wondering if that is an endorsement of things my state is doing right or an indictment of the countries in Europe that are somehow worse.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Idibiks Oiho⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Sorry, not looking to be accusatory, that’s on me for my own lack of additional context.

Most of these buildings are abandoned due to white flight. The resources needed to support and maintain urban communities are disproportionately allocated to white, suburban growth, and the shells left behind were intentionally kept out of the hands of minority communities and left to rot.

In my area, a lot of old mill towns have had their mills be repurposed as community centers, offices, business hubs, etc. after the mills were left abandoned for a number of years. The latest project near me is a beautiful looking conversion for subsidized housing for 60+ year old residents.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Idibiks Oiho⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Sure, if you think it’s better to strip old buildings of value to make wealthy brick buyers happy instead of repurposing those old buildings for the public good of underserved communities.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Idibiks Oiho⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Related note: a lot of salvaged brick is stolen. Old rust belt cities like Detroit, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, etc. have so many abandoned brick buildings. People set fire to the building to collapse the wooden supports, and when the mortar holding the bricks together is heated by the fire, the pressure of the hose from responding firefighters helps flake it off and clean the brick. Then people show up a few days later, grab all of the undamaged bricks from the rubble, and sell it to unscrupulous distributors who flip it for a premium on new developments looking for that expensive aged brick look.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 update introduces Power Saver option with a trade-off | Polygon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
And yet still no Discord streaming support…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK announces £30 million funding package and tax breaks as it aims to be the 'best place in the world to make games'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
£30m is basically pocket change to Amazon and Microsoft, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they drain the fund anyways before closing the studios the funds were intended for.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These totally legitimate comments⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I am fascinated by the creativity of this comment section. Great work!!! 🫘🎎🧖
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the live-service dream crashed back down to earth? | Opinion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Honestly, I’m not even a fan of this take. This essentially boils down to “I don’t care if a company has shitty business practices as long as only people dumber than me fall for them.”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 367 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
One more year! One more year!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you've given up on Civilization 7, Civ 6 is free with all DLC expansions for a limited time on Epic Games Store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Had no idea. I’ve been using the PS5 version, though.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you've given up on Civilization 7, Civ 6 is free with all DLC expansions for a limited time on Epic Games Store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Every Civ game has a less than complete start until everything is rounded out by expansions. People were saying the same about Civ 6 at first, and Civ 5.

It’s fine to say that Civ 7 isn’t there yet, because it’s honestly not, but I think it’s a bit early to “give up” on it given the usual track record of the series.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 365 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing (One Year Anniversary!)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Congrats on 1 year!

As someone who never has much time to play games these days, honestly just seeing your posts has helped keep the passion alive. I love seeing all of these games I enjoy still being appreciated today. Thank you!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
In the US at least, they actually do, in many cases. If you are in a drought region, your water utilities can be shut off if you’re wasting it all on watering a lawn or filling a swimming pool, for example. ISPs cut people off all the time for torrenting, sometimes even if it’s not pirated content (though it was ruled not long ago that ISPs aren’t utilities anyways).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
They’re saying that is the reverse argument, not the state of things today. As in, the only solution would be to force payment processors to do business with anyone and everyone.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨puff puff pizza⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Taco pizza
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fafo⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Die?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LIMBO and INSIDE are being delisted from GOG on July 17th⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Inside was better than Limbo for me, if that helps. Limbo was cool, but Inside had crazy atmospheric storytelling.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 358 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Night and day difference between game Bill and show Bill, too. Both characters are interesting explorations of attachment vs isolation in their own ways.