taiyang

@taiyang@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨phonetic alphabet⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Y’all laugh but the US adopted this alphabet back in 2025.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The person who mounted a spice rack into the fucking studs so a fridge won't fit there⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is clearly a load bearing spice rack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game franchises you like, but wish were anothet genre of video game?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “I like FF7 but I wish instead of a JRPG, it was a generic ARPG” said an SE exec at some point, apparently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always funny to hear the young try to figure out stuff from the past.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Given the number of people who know what a cassette tape is, I always find these jokes about floppies unrealistic. But a shitpost is a shitpost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We thought it would be free forever⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve simply evolved our methods, although it’s crazy spending any amount of time on a mainstream social media because it’s remarkable just how many people seem to have no idea you can pirate things. Limewire and Napster were so mainstream, comparatively.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perhaps the only appropriate use of AI⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Quiet city montage… lol.

  I’m old enough to remember an April Fools Day bit Adult Swim once did where every show just had consistent, random fart sounds including serious anime like Ghost in the Shell. I’m certain this LLM would approve of such a work of (f)art.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Must've been the wind⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True. I think Tetra mod might let you, at least. Although I think you need something for the binding still so it’s not 1:1, lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Must've been the wind⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A few mods let you do this. You shouldn’t, but you could.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mario⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It is hopeless…

  Because it’s the fucking red coins BEFORE you get the that star so you need some fancy jumps to get it and no matter how hard I try I can’t seem to do it and ugh I’m never gonna get that sweet RA badge-- hopeless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meanwhile in California⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A little unfair since Chevron is often 50 cents to a dollar more, but it’s still pretty bad. 5.60 a gallon at the cheapest. We still tax our gas though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You after telling your friends for the 179004th time today that they should just stop complaining about Windows 11 and just use Linux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Weirdly, nothing so far with my latest swap has needed extra attention, but having to manually mount drives every boot (or adjust the config) might confound a former Windowsian. At least with my distro, anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California father arrested after repainting crosswalk, adding stop signs near children’s park⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, always weird when I see local news on my Lemmy feed.

  FYI, South Bay is especially car brained, even my LA. We have a major refinery, some car manufacturer HQs, and I’m pretty sure more mechanics per capita than most of Cali. Long history with the automotive industry going back to the founding of a lot of these little cities.

  It’s a shame, too. The beach cities are lovely places to walk and somehow have terrible biking and public transportation infrastructure. The people there can be a bit entitled, though (and it’s it just me or did this guy do it right outside his fucking home? Lol). But I don’t know a solution, it’s practically every other day someone is mowed down 'round here by a muscle car, and the areas East of El Segundo have a lot more waking families since we can’t afford cars.

  A little hope, though. I saw they mentioned the Sawtelle area too. I used to live there, and not only did they 180 on that case, Stoner Park is now surrounded by mini roundabouts. So change does happen after this type of thing, and their jurisdiction is LA itself, not a smaller city in a city.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Nippon Ichi Software president says the “salaryman-ification” of Japan’s game industry is why there are fewer “individual creators” like Hideo Kojima and Suda51 - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s something rich about this coming from Nippon Ichi’s former head, the company that brought us the artistic masterpieces known as the Disgaea series. Truly visionaries, lol.

  (PS I like the games and tbf, they’re… unique).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today’s layoffs (Epic Games official post)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kind of wild but Fortnite makes (or made?) way more money than UE royalties, like magnitudes more. UE is a boon to the industry to be sure, but somehow 5% of games’ revenue simply isn’t the same as insane people spending money on stupid skins and dances.

  Now is UE was used for 20 games as big as Fortnite, they’d be fine but most AAA companies won’t use UE if they expect a huge haul, with a few exceptions of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨betrayal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fake, since real Minecraft fans very much were not into it. Unless they’re kids, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capcom says it 'will not implement assets generated by AI into our game content,' but still plans to use AI to 'enhance efficiency and boost productivity' in game development⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like they’re just covering their asses because the c-suite wants their AI summaries in emails and shit, but the devs know using it for anything is creative suicide. That, and maybe localization still wants their AI tools, which predate LLMs but probably get lumped in anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨workplace enrichment activities⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t worry, Riolu doesn’t get their weakness to fire until after their evolution! Plus, he’s wearing his protective Focus Sash, so he’ll be fine (assuming he doesn’t get severe oil BRNs)!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨so i have an ultimatum...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Real question while we shitpost; if they require a 4 second video can you just wear a disguise for fun? I’ve got neat prosthetics I don’t get to use often.

  And if so, which aspects are best to cover up? Bushy unibrow? Demon contacts? Pointy ears? Crazy nose? Forehead ridges?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ShitpostID: 4185519047⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just likes but also… whatever threads calls a retweet. What human being freely echoes an advertisement? Lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Spoke To Game Devs And All Of Them Hate DLSS 5: 'What The F***, Nvidia?'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen it in reverse; people who saw the initial yassification of characters they admittedly didn’t really know we’re impressed by the “rendering” but after a few days, have realized that perhaps it isn’t the creative intent to make everyone look like AI slop.

  Plus even if the tech ends up being good, the demonstration (and subsequent response) is very much not. Shadows getting washed out, people’s arms disappearing, and other things, people looking it over realize it’s not even doing what it wants to do.

  Maybe it’ll work out when the creators have control over it and can prevent it from undoing important stuff, like a character’s plot related scars or lighting effects used to show players where to go, but that’s all suspect until proven otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nationalism tells you your nation is what to be proud of, but that’s dangerous and manipulative.

  Instead, focus on the people. You can be proud of the people who are protesting, people who are running secret grocery runs for people hiding from ICE, people promoting progressive or scientific thought in threatened educational spaces, and so on.

  There are still plenty of us left in the US, some against our will, and you can still be proud of them for still trying when so many others have given up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My Internet is significantly not conservative, hehe. But yes, yes they did and it’s depressing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This clears things up⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We all know what happened to Lincoln’s eagle-griffin but what ever happened to his sword, the Emancipator? He didn’t have it on him during his assassination, but it wasn’t at the White House either…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I looked at some of the demo images and if it reads old lady, it decides to quintuple the wrinkles and go full witch. But otherwise, yeah, whore gun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Put the shoes on⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even more true if you’re one of many who remove shoes in the house. Shoes are an outside thing only and if they’re the only thing you have on, something has gone tricky terribly awry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fascism bad.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good question, but it’s technically not sociology so… maybe not? Oh wait no, psychologists also acknowledge racism as existing so probably illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fascism bad.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Since we’re sharing fun facts, conservatism and authoritarianism is unsurprisingly correlated with high levels of obedience in things like the Milgrim shock experiment replications. Something akin to 90% compared to the original 60% (which was already quite high since they only had white men at the time).

  They’re also more likely to choose selfish options in things like the prisoners dilemma, too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its Over 😔⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the 21st century, if your friend doesn’t send a meme without any context at random intervals, are they really your friend?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw one other person mention RetroAchevements and I second their love for adding it to older games-- in these cases, though, they’re a passion projects by fans and while they maintain a leaderboard, the main thing to be is it legitimizes some retro gaming by disabling save states and cheats while still having sets for modded games. I think it sets a good standard for what the industry should be doing.

  For instance, it checks those boxes; it’s opt-in by default and there are privacy options, although hardcore mode requires rich presence for enforcement of the rules. There’s still the softcore option though. The sets have rules about what you can make, leaving grindy and multiplayer stuff as subsets. And again, modded/hacked roms get support, since all it takes is a user wanting to develop it (except Pokemon Clover, that’s banned for pretty good reasons lol)

  At this point, it feels more legit than Steam, Xbox or PlayStation achievements. If the industry adopted a similar model, most of your concerns would be addressed although it’s likely impossible since developers often have to write achievement code that fits all platforms.

  (Oh, and if you can’t tell, my answers to the questions, mod use makes it irrelevant on PC and permanence does matter to me, although not for any good reason: RA badges are nice to look at. Lol)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avocado. Is it really so untasty or I am doing something wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird Asian hack for ya, Avo + soy sauce on rice is weirdly very good. Wife does that sometimes, sometimes with other stuff like natto.