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- Comment on Famous hit song. But you are probably too young to get it 30 minutes ago:
My 4yo likes the line “teacher leave those kids alone!” She sings it quite loudly, but I don’t think she quite gets the meaning of the song, hehe
- Comment on Elevator was taking forever. No problem. Needed to take a quick squirt anyway 32 minutes ago:
It’s a lot funnier when the door opens to just the toilet in view, no door but the elevator door.
- Comment on A girl's gotta make money 1 hour ago:
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- Comment on Following accusations, James Pond Legacy devs say no generative AI was used in creating artwork 2 days ago:
I’ll play devil’s advocate and say there are non-AI render processes that can miss a horn (e.g. working from a clay model and scanned, for instance). I’ll even say that the very-AI looking 2D illustration can simply be a byproduct of a lack of creativity and the fact this is clearly shovelware. I lived through the Wii era, I can attest that shovelware can look this bad without AI, lol.
HOWEVER, it sure as hell looks like AI generated artwork and they could do a lot better defending their process. The irony is … I don’t really think the trailer is AI? It’s… honestly too unpolished and weird to be? Every effect used is something I’m certain I could do myself, lol.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 3 days ago:
I mostly remember DDS, which is my favorite from the series. I don’t remember clearly but I recall a very specific strategy to down him.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 3 days ago:
I think a lot of other games protags get to! Although only on NG+ in some cases.
- Comment on Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town. 3 days ago:
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.
I think being the protag is arguably the best scenario here, assuming I survive the tutorial. The rest of y’all are very fucked, though.
- Comment on It's great to see a politician that's progressive and Not a Millionaire. 1 week ago:
She… she has 66k in bank accounts? I hope they’re at least in CDs or high yield savings; although I guess she gets a pension.
- Comment on this is so dark, Black Mirror couldn’t have imagined it 1 week ago:
Regret is a funny thing since none of us are fortune tellers. When you realize that every decision you make works the same way, you get a lot more chill about life.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I was chitchatting in a jury waiting room yesterday, on the day of the guilty plea, and there’s a fun little “what side are they on” when talking to strangers- especially boomer strangers in California- that happens when Luigi is brought up.
I detected a “Luigi deserves jail time” from her but I could tell she was playing the same game with me so I just nodded along and changed topics. Lol
Though, if I made it to voir dire, I was so ready to preach the gospel of Luigi and go full ACAB to get let go. Can you believe they only pay 15 bucks a day for jury duty if your employer doesn’t cover? Man fuck that, lol.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
The stalking charge, oddly, includes someone dying. Stalking doesn’t usually do 25 to life without that “resulting in death” bit.
- Comment on Title 1 week ago:
Catticus Finch
- Comment on 1 week ago:
:(
Terraria is one of my favorites and I haven’t had a chance to play Calamity. RetroAchevements had, remarkably, added support for the base game and I think there were hopes for set support of this and any other big mods (tracking completion, doing additional challenges, etc). I’m sure this puts some damper on those efforts.
I’ll have up make do with just trying to finish the Completionist set if the craving hits again (it’s insane, every item in the game must be collected!)
- Comment on Every time I take my kid to a playground 2 weeks ago:
“No! It’s much better to face these kinds of things with a drop of sunscreen and hydration.”
- Comment on Mules. 2 weeks ago:
Y’all thinking mules and horses but I’m thinking Satyr for all ones’ Greek mythos or demon sex play needs.
- Comment on 10.99 for a beer with..... ai pictures on it. 2 weeks ago:
While I agree the price is ridiculous (especially as a non drinker lol) I’m not convinced it’s AI. Looking up Brewskey on an image search, you can find images of similar cans going back 3yrs. Very diverse styles, with common themes of monocle and hops.
That said, trying to find literally any info on artists both past and present is proving difficult. Most info is just about how they make their IPAs and any mention of art is all “the art of brewing” which isn’t what I’m after. There are quite a few beer can artists out there though so I bet someone willing to search Instagram or something might be able to find an artist who contributed to Brewskey.
- Comment on Local Walmart just installed cameras in the aisles… 2 weeks ago:
My God that camera is way too easy to “accidentally” tamper with, lol. At the very least, my kids greese covered finger tips while I stroll by.
- Comment on While he got the core idea right, he shouldn’t have compared apples to Apple’s. 2 weeks ago:
“Ceci n’est pas une pipe” turns out predicted the rise of AI image generation. Except I suppose that’s “Ceci n’est pas de l’art.”
- Comment on Absolutely 2 weeks ago:
And yet it’s still weirdly expensive at home. I remember when a pound of ground beef was a couple bucks, tops. Now I’ve seen it as high as $9, albeit the lean kind.
- Comment on The only one country 3 weeks ago:
I mean, he included Japan and South Korea, among others that aren’t strictly “Western.” They are all US allies, though, which makes sense for a US Senator.
- Comment on Anon is 23 3 weeks ago:
That’s a fairly broad take that didn’t really apply to me. I wanted to impact education policy in the US because I noticed how decrepit it was. I was denied that opportunity but managed to get some top tier data analytic skills through the process that I could capitalize on if I was willing to work in the private sector (such as health insurance or financial industry predictive models). There is still massive demand for those skills.
But I don’t do that, not because of sunk cost but because I don’t want to contribute to systems I find immoral. I took a job in a Psychology department, which isn’t my field, since it lets me teach while taking care of my children.
You are right, though, the research field has some serious issues that need to be resolved. There has been some push for open source materials that people can contribute to, but given the current state of affairs globally, it’s not something people can really deal with right now.
That said, a PhD in any research profession is a passion project. You don’t do it for money, but for intellectual curiosity or some other reason. Towards that end, they should be stubborn – they’re already rejecting the idea that education is a means towards profit.
Unfortunately, that also means most PhDs are already wealthy going into it (especially those who can actually afford to finish) which means, at least in education and politics, those perspectives dominate the field. It’s a real problem when they don’t understand how 99% of the rest of us live.
Out of curiosity, which field did you need to leave? Each has their own problems.
- Comment on Anon is 23 3 weeks ago:
I graduated into Bush’s recession, so I went to get a PhD in education. They pay you a small wage to do research, guaranteed for 5 years in my program. Graduated that into a healthy economy that… old professors weren’t willing to retire from. Finally give up after several second place rejections and take a simple adjunct professor job just in time for the pandemic, cutting my classes to a third.
But hey, at least I didn’t get that job at NCES; Trump 2.0 royally fucked all those education PhD federal jobs.
- Comment on Source: Trust me, bro 3 weeks ago:
The funny thing is I live where there’s a lot of mechanics and detailers so I see it rather often because they don’t need to afford it-- they own the machine that does the wrap or know a guy. Lol
- Comment on Source: Trust me, bro 3 weeks ago:
Reminds me I saw a Hatsune Miku car the other day. Honestly, they make me smile and you likely imagine an otaku white incel guy driving it but I look over and the dude looks like a chicano gangster lol.
- Comment on You know it's gonna be hell when the iFixit tutorial says to BREATHE DEEPLY 3 weeks ago:
Just confirms how much I love iFixit, lol.
- Comment on Tragic 3 weeks ago:
But then how will I get my monsters in Monster Rancher 2 without a disk?! Has Sony ever considered that?!
- Comment on Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability. 3 weeks ago:
I’m a RetroAchevements nut and I can confirm many many games were complete jank. I tend to play them out of spite and achievements, but since events have me playing non-classics, I can confirm a lot of nostalgia is just survivor bias.
Like, I had to play Sly Cooper-- good game; followed by Rocket: Robot on Wheels, the game they made before Sly. Interesting game, but the camera made it a chore. Now they’ve made the Ghost of games which might be their legacy. Talented team, but nobody ever talks about Rocket, lol.
- Comment on Anon can't escape 3 weeks ago:
So no one told you you would never find your way
👏👏👏👏
You’re trapped forever, you’re lost, your one life’s D.O.A.~
It’s like you’re always stuck going down some stairs!
When you’re stuck a day, a week, a month, or even a year~ butI’ll be coming for you! (When the rain starts to pour) I’ll be coming for you! (Cause you’ve been here before) I’ll be coming for you! (And there’s nothing you can do~) Dun da da di dum di di dum.
- Comment on Teserract may be opensource, but adding myself would feel disingenuous 4 weeks ago:
Wow, must have been quite the post!
- Comment on Companies laying off staff this year include Meta, Amazon, and Verizon — see the list 4 weeks ago:
I know one that didn’t make the list, but they didn’t do it over AI; just a project that flopped and blew a bunch of money they had to recoup. It’s interesting they didn’t blame AI, but I guess in gaming they can tell that’s not a good scapegoat.