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- Comment on Video games 1 day ago:
There’s not all that much fact checking about something like that. It’s not like they claimed something and got one small detail wrong. It’s just a blanket statement that is unsubstantiated. Assuming they have common knowledge of the industry they’re in, it takes just one game that is not coin-operated and has some save functionality to make the original statement invalid.
- Comment on Video games 1 day ago:
I try to “vote with my wallet” on these things whenever I can.
- Comment on Video games 2 days ago:
I’ve got a suspicion that this is one of those “say something intentionally stupid so that everyone jumps on the train to correct you and create engagement”.
- Comment on I'm not sure they will 3 days ago:
I’m afraid you’ll find that for some people they don’t - just like they didn’t work before AI.
- Comment on The American Dream, minus 60% 3 days ago:
I have a problem with the fact that the top maybe 1% (I don’t know the exact number, could be less than 1 even) owns more than the rest in total.
- Comment on Rich ppl live longer 4 days ago:
Is this an US joke I’m too European to get?
- Comment on German joke 6 days ago:
Protection from what? Ze Germans?
- Comment on It's never been about helping people 1 week ago:
Yeah, why don’t these guys just stop being poor and homeless?
/s
- Comment on Simply Bananas 2 weeks ago:
The Moon landing was staged, but Kubrick insisted on shooting on location.
- Comment on business is business 2 weeks ago:
The audacity to ask for the raw, unprocessed photos for a lower price, and then complain that they look boring.
That has the same energy as going to a restaurant and asking for the raw ingredients.
- Comment on business is business 2 weeks ago:
That’s why it’s important to set expectations in advance. 50 images shot in the same setting and processed in bulk with maybe minor adjustments to each is something very different from 50 images that you have to touch up every single one.
- Comment on business is business 2 weeks ago:
I don’t disagree with the notion, but phrased like this it’s kind of like trolling/clickbait - getting people to engage regardless of what they’re saying.
- Comment on Flat earthers 2 weeks ago:
Flat Earth Society has members from all around the globe.
- Comment on Flat earthers 2 weeks ago:
Birbs aren’t real.
- Comment on Love Wins 3 weeks ago:
It’s not, but think of how many times it’s used compared to the wireless.
- Comment on Love Wins 3 weeks ago:
They do keep them for some time. Think of how desktop motherboards still come with PS/2 ports even though 99% of mice and keyboards are USB. And with laptops, many new ones still come with a couple of USB A ports and an RJ-45.
However, as with everything in tech, some things have to get phased out at some point. From a manufacturer’s standpoint it’s probably 1) cost saving measures and 2) making space for new things (because you can’t keep all the ports that have been there historically).
- Comment on Love Wins 3 weeks ago:
I think it’s pretty neat to be able to attach one USB-C/Thunderbolt cable to the laptop and drive 3 external displays, 5-6 USB devices and receive power and networking at the same time. I’m shuddering just trying to think of the mess it would be with separate USB/HDMI/DP cables.
As for when using the laptop on its own… anything that doesn’t have a native USB C is easy to adapt, but even then there are many devices that are wireless and don’t need a USB at all.
- Comment on Pathetic 3 weeks ago:
Given enough time, same water would carve the tiles around the drain.
- Comment on All aboard the Pythagorean Express 3 weeks ago:
Got me wondering for a moment… even if it was real, what would be its practicality? Things like this are rarely done so just because.
- Comment on I need an adult 3 weeks ago:
There’s a joke in Bulgarian somewhat related to that. What’s commonly referred to as a prune plum we call something that roughly translates to “blue plum”. The joke goes something like this:
– Dad, what’s this?
– It’s a blue plum.
– Why is it red?
– Because it’s green.
Language is weird, but it’s ironic that our use of it makes it so.
- Comment on Maybe it's time for Penguin 3 weeks ago:
If you only have the file in the cloud, it’s your fault too.
- Comment on I could quit AI anytime I want to 3 weeks ago:
Fair point, but the damage is done, the hardware market will take years to recover (if it ever does), not to mention the negative effect on the environment.
- Comment on I could quit AI anytime I want to 3 weeks ago:
I’m not anti-AI, but I’m most definitely anti-corporate greed. I wish there was moderation in all of this. I wish there were regulations instead of letting companies blindly buy hardware before it’s even made based on what they or their competitors might be doing 2 years from now. Fuck that.
With that said, yes, AI is a helpful tool, yes, I’m using it every day at work, and yes, I can do without it no problem - just like I have for many many years.
- Comment on Wow. okay. Didn't need to go that hard. 3 weeks ago:
Some of my favourites, might’ve been mentioned here:
Wisdom has been chasing you, but you’ve always been faster.
You have a unique way of contributing to the discussion without adding anything.
- Comment on Friends. 4 weeks ago:
If you go in with the predisposition that it won’t be funny, then of course it won’t. Go watch something else.
- Comment on How to move a sofa 4 weeks ago:
Yeah. You know how I got a guy for everything? Well, they’re all in New York. My suit guy, my shoe guy, my ticket guy, my club guy. And if I don’t have a guy for something, then I have a guy guy to get me a guy. And oddly enough, his name is Guy.
- Comment on The perfect date 4 weeks ago:
I see the duality in this but I still think both are valid. When telling the time, there’s usually no point in including the seconds since they’ll have changed before you finish saying the whole thing anyway. In spoken word IMO it makes sense to go from more specific to less specific, and even not include extra parts sometimes (e. g. “today is the 3rd” when it’s expected to know the month and, well, year from context, or “it’s half past” to someone whom you’ve told the time a couple of minutes ago).
- Comment on The perfect date 4 weeks ago:
He formats dates, how else would he look like?
- Comment on thoughts and prayers for science 1 month ago:
Sadly, no religious person is going to be moved by that.
- Comment on “Teaching crabs how to read” 1 month ago:
Wow, that sucks. Hope you’re out of there soon.