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- Comment on Petrichor 1 day ago:
Your ape’s first anthropogenic climate disaster.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 2 days ago:
Nuclear has gone the other direction. Nuclear power is more expensive now than it was when it began, and is only getting more expensive.
Ask why? don’t just stay with oil companies PR talk points. Nuclear is expensive because innovation has been artificially stifled. A huge part of this, is the insistence to forbid newer designs and more modern improvements, and instead force new plants to use old technologies and models, as well as arcane and arbitrary administrative processes . Nuclear power is expensive (in the US), because it was made expensive by refusing it all the factors that typically reduce costs of technologies.
It doesn’t matter though. Nuclear power could’ve help us survive climate change…40 years ago. It’s too late now anyways. Even if we covered the whole planet with solar power and stopped every single combustion engine in existence, we are already on the way to living in a hellscape. We must focus on survival of the species now.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
They already do, but against other left-leaning democrats. The dems have to stop pandering to the right or else they will never win anything.
- Comment on How do you go about evaluating sources of information for truth/credibility/etc.? 3 days ago:
The discussions here are a bit prosaic, though valid, but on a higher philosophical view you can check Descartes Discourse on the method. It is the basis of all natural sciences and the philosophical foundation of science and rational truth establishment. Maybe grab an explaineer on those ideas.
There are further developments that discuss the sociological proceeds of the scientific community. But the best start point is to always check any statement of truth and fact for four things: controversies, criticisms, corrections and praises. With those four elements you can assert for yourself the credibility of a source’s claims.
- Comment on Anon plays pretend 3 days ago:
OP left no indication of whether they enjoy or not. Just that it is hard. And it is hard. Broadcasters are trained formally to do it. It requires improvisation skills, acting and physical and mental stamina. But, it can also be very rewarding. Like most things in life, there’s some level of initial discomfort and hardship involved in getting to do or experience cool things. You get to choose what you want to face or not.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 4 days ago:
The argument I’m replying to is a classic “not perfect, thus not worth it”. Its disingenuous and it calls for disingenuous. We are also pursuing renewables in despite of their political and technical flaws. The point is that all the flaws that OP exposes about nuclear power also applied to renewables (at one point in history solar power was 10x more expinsive than nucluar) and also to oil. They are status quo defending arguments designed to halt thought, paralyze action and scoff change. Just because it isn’t perfect doesn’t mean it isn’t better.
- Comment on Anon plays pretend 4 days ago:
Get a producer or anyone with you and talk to them. That’s how radio and TV broadcasters used to do it. They would talk to the console or camera operator. Eventually it becomes natural to talk by yourself. It does look like unhinged behavior without the context.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 4 days ago:
Yes, of course. Because oil has never depended on outside countries that are openly hostile. No sire, no war has ever been fought because of gas and oil, ever in history.
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- Comment on Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release 5 days ago:
Digging on Concord was funnier for longer than its server were online.
- Comment on What good thing just happened in your life? 1 week ago:
Didn’t happen in my life, but in the life of a family member and that makes me very happy as well. My sister got a permanent job at a place she did an internship in last year. It’s a job in her career, half the number of hours she is currently doing working at a spa, making more money, and it’s a 90% remote role. She gets to be with her 8yo son, my nephew, almost all the time he is at home now. It also means my brother in law can take more hours at his job, thus overall getting to live more comfortably.
- Comment on Is "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy considered a good book? 1 week ago:
Hunt for red October is far more thrilling if not as realistic. The characters are far more unique and interesting, though jack Ryan and anything navy/CIA is just propaganda. At least it is fun to read propaganda.
- Comment on In the event you believe a contract killer is in breach of contract, who adjudicates? 1 week ago:
This is the fuel underneath the 8 years long plot of Barry.
- Comment on Nintendo sues a streamer for streaming ten games before their release 1 week ago:
True that, the tri-core PowerPC is quite a unique challenging mess. But underneath it is just the same processor.
- Comment on Nintendo sues a streamer for streaming ten games before their release 1 week ago:
I know it is hard to believe. But the gamecube, Wii, and wiiu are the same machine. Same architecture and family of processors (IBM’s PowerPC). That’s why the wiiu is just a Wii with a beefier CPU (three Wii cores slapped together), and then a newer more powerful GPU sticked to the side. The switch 2 will just be a newer version of the Tegra.
- Comment on Why are most mobile games trash? 1 week ago:
Have you ever sat in front of a casino’s slot machine. They are also trash, awful and disgusting. But they’re also engineered with the worst dark pattern psychology to manipulate any human being that sits on it to keep playing and be so addictive that people will burn their money just to keep playing. The qualities of fun, and additive are independent of each other. A game can be very addictive and really bad at the same time. Unlike slot machines, they have the advantage of constantly sitting in your pocket and going with you everywhere you go.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 2 weeks ago:
One of McConaughey’s most iconic characters. The fact he is introduced as a crazy evil antagonist but transitions to badass bro of the protagonist by the end of the movie is genius.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 2 weeks ago:
It flopped at the box and was regarded as a ripoff of the matrix’s aesthetics by critics. But it was well received by home audiences. I remember it fondly as a quick to syndication movie. It definitely has some lows in quality at points and the plot could’ve been stronger. But its highs were very solid.
- Comment on Star Citizen player reports CIG is making him sign an NDA before getting a refund 3 weeks ago:
SC is a scam. Of course they’re willing to break the law to keep the money they stole.
- Comment on What's the point of a long-distance friendship? 3 weeks ago:
You’ve never shared your intimate personal life with anyone? Your fears and woes, and happiness and triumphs? One of the wonderful qualities of deep friendship is the ability to withstand long stretches of being apart and still shine as brigth as the last time you met. I have a couple of people right now who I haven’t seen or talked to in years. But I have the utmost certainty that if I were to pick up the phone and write them “hey, can we talk?” I would get an almost immediate response, despite the timezones. And the conversation would flow as if we just talked yesterday. That, is friendship to me.
- Comment on Star Citizen Expose Paints a Fairly Bleak Picture: 'There's No Actual Focus on Getting the Game Done' 4 weeks ago:
SC is a scam. They sell ships for real money that only half work. The game is riddled with bugs, quests don’t complete. Users state is regularly wiped so there’s no point on progressing in it and instead of finishing the game they ask players for much more money to work on tiny niche technical problems that sound super important on presentations but don’t move the needle even a little bit towards a finished game. At best, it is video game history most expensive physics toy. In reality, when you scrutinize their finances executives have pocketed most of the money raised and devs have been paid poor wages and overworked to a constantly moving target. They have never finished a single roadmap item, but they have announced to fanfare at least 5 different development roadmaps that are the very definition of scope creep. Lots of announcements but never a release. Any competent studio would’ve delivered at least three completed games in the same timeframe for that amount of money. They’re an online asset store that sometimes let’s you fiddle with the digital models, not a video game.
- Comment on The Tesla Robotaxi is Confusing... 5 weeks ago:
SpaceX wins have nothing to do with Musk. It’s the literal army of engineers doing the work. Tesla’s event was a bunch of dudes in remote controllers showcasing 5 year old technology trying to sell it as future tech. Musk is a con man, all he knows how to do well is sell bullshit. Nothing he has ever promised has ever been delivered. What the engineers that work for him have promised, without the smokes and mirrors of stock trading theater, they have some what delivered.
This “move fast break stuff” worship is just an excuse to hurt others without consequences and to deflect responsibility. For that matter, SpaceX is forced to deliver without the seagull manager meddling because they’re overwatch by the government. Putting trust in a company even though you know for certain they cannot deliver and are scamming you out of your money is either shilling or insanity.
- Comment on The Tesla Robotaxi is Confusing... 5 weeks ago:
He is, watch the vídeo. Longwinded list of criticism, controversies and red flags in a single event, then back to shilling. “If anyone is gonna deliver, it will be Tesla”, god, it even sounds like an ad read.
Tesla is faux futurism. They don’t promote an utopia, but a fascist capitalist dystopia. Where tech has made it so you don’t have to talk with poor people anymore. Talk to your robot maid instead, and get shuttled around so you never have to interact out of your class bubble.
- Comment on The official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing 5 weeks ago:
In this comment: Someone who is not familiar with the history of Nintendo selling pirated versions of their own games and ripping off pirate emulators then passing them as their own.
- Comment on The official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing 5 weeks ago:
Rom pirates usually trim and sign their releases, specially if they have to break or decode any encryption. These pirate’s signatures have been found in official Nintendo releases. Some of their own emulators have also been found to run piracy emulation software. They are pretty much hypocrites.
- Comment on Anon tests something 5 weeks ago:
There’s nothing gayer than being a man. You always have a dick in close proximity and the only way to get off is playing with that dick. That’s super gay.
- Comment on Joy & Curiosity 5 weeks ago:
You’re gonna miss the tune for when the display dies but the controller still works. It’s actually there for user input feedback. It could’ve been anything else, but if it has to be there, it might as well be something pleasant. Picture an appliance that screamed every time you pushed a button.
- Comment on How is anime and manga more popular than comics and western cartoons? 1 month ago:
The overlords decided that comics are for selling shit to nerds and cartoons are for selling shit to children. Now that nerds are all over 30 there’s no need for comics anymore, duh!
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But in general, Japan is still way more into paper publishing still. Much more than the western world.
- Comment on Are there Cozy shooter games? 1 month ago:
Give GUN JAM a try. It’s a rhythm shooting game, the stakes are as high or as low as you want them. There’s only a minimal story and you just focus on the music, aiming and staying on the beat. Can be a lot of flow state fun.
- Comment on Ubisoft Director Claims "Non-Decent Humans" Are Wishing For Company's Demise 1 month ago:
I suppose that I’m not a decent persona because fuck Ubisoft. I hope all the devs and working people in that company find better jobs, with better pay and better life-work balance, and they all have stable and successful lives. But I have absolute zero simpathy for a millionaire’s wallet. I hope the employee abusing and unethical monetization company dies a gruesome and humiliating death.
And to come from the monetization director, the scummiest position inside. I will never tire of saying this. Fuck Ubisoft, and fuck Chassard for trying to guilt trip his customers as well.
- Comment on I'm tired of every game being live service 1 month ago:
In ten years? If I had to guess the average life span of live services games I’d say about 18 months. Heavily skewed by the survivors. The shortest lived one only worked for 13 days. Only the very popular ones survive past 5 years and there are a handful of 10 plus. I know it’s hard to believe, the average gamer is oblivious to how over saturated the videogames market is. Despite executive’s delusions, time and money are actually finite. Not all games can demand all of it, at the same time.