Megaman_EXE

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xAI workers balked over training request to help “give Grok a face,” docs show⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Does anyone else find it ironic that the employees were hesitant to do this? I’m sure many of them have their reasons for working that job. But it seems funny when AI is built off of stolen data, and then the employees are like “hey wait a minute, though. Don’t use my data.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Splitgate 2 is ‘unlaunching’ as developer 1047 Games cuts staff | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This comes just after the whole “Make fps great again” issue happened. Not a good time to be on that team

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FromSoftware reportedly has another unannounced game that ‘could release next year’ | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From needs to slow their roll a bit. People might get tired. That’s a crazy release schedule. That being said I am curious as to what it’ll be

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Friendslop' Isn't Real, But People Love Posting About It Anyway | Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m digging indie titles taking some risks and trying new stuff. They’re usually decently cheap and fun with some friends. As AAA titles begin to adopt the new $80-85 price tags, indies have a time to shine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo’s Zelda movie has found its princess and hero of time [Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Live action seems like such a weird choice for this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donkey Kong Bananza Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I kinda wish it was more Mario, but I’m excited that they’re trying something new. I’ll definitely try it eventually. Not now, but one day lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You’ve got less than a week to buy this John Wick game before it’s delisted | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Got a 76% critc score and a 60% user score on metacritic for those who are interested

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Forces Dubs Now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds frustrating! I’ve been seeing similar messages on various comment sections now. You would think there would be some kind of QA testing prior to launching this lol.

  Kinda not surprising though, because youtube seems to launch experiments very haphazardly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA-backed car culture site winds down, as Need for Speed series is ‘shelved’ | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been looking for a copy locally for years. I feel like I gotta just grab a copy off ebay at this point

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Forces Dubs Now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure why but I’m able to disable them on mobile. The tricky part is guessing what the original track is. I’m on YT premium which might be why?

  I think the ideal functionality would be having (ORIGINAL) next to the audio track that isn’t dubbed and have that set to the default setting.

  I think if they can get the dubbing correct and actually working as intended, that would be incredible for opening up cultures for everyone. I think crossing language barriers is really cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo is ending the Nintendo Switch Game Voucher service [VGC]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It really feels like the tone has drastically shifted with how they operate. I miss Reggie and Iwata

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA Connect. How do I get in contact with a real Human?? Need Support.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry I don’t have a way to help. I noticed this changed recently as well and was really frustrated by it.

  Believe it or not, a decade ago, EA support was actually good. I know it sounds insane but I had the BEST customer service call with someone from the Midwest US. I was trying to get into the time trials in the game Mirrors Edge. For some reason, I was getting a weird connection error.

  I spoke to this customer service rep who walked me through some bizarre steps, which seemed effectively like clearing the cache of my xbox. All the while, we just shot the shit and discussed games. It was just a casual call, she was genuinely helpful and SO efficient.

  At the end of it I didn’t wana hang up the phone LOL. It was the best customer service call I’ve ever had and it kills me knowing that they axed these people at some point. It was a call that I think is rare to experience nowadays with service reps being overworked and monitored to hell and back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The owner of the company I work for was celebrating this last night. Gross

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to say “but someone could post a picture with the date and their username” and then realized that can be spoofed. And then I thought what about some kind of video? Wait that could probably be spoofed too.

  Maybe you could have it so only real people could get in via word of mouth? But eventually I’m sure someone with bad intentions could enter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are signs that the game devs aren't gamers themselves?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been streaming recently, and one thing that stands out to me is when you first boot up a game and it doesn’t have a start menu with settings.

  I noticed it before, but now I really notice it. If something is wrong with the settings, sometimes that intro is unplayable or a less than optimal experience. So you have to try and skip, fix the issue, and then restart the game and try again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are signs that the game devs aren't gamers themselves?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oooh, grounded felt like they didn’t play test for solo players. The end game suddenly got very grindy, and I decided not to finish because of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are signs that the game devs aren't gamers themselves?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Playing the metal gear collection and this immediately stood out. The cutscenes are long

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s electricity demand is skyrocketing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So I had never tried duckduckgo until just now and it seems they recently added ai summaries, too, lol. Dang it. I’ll try start page in a sec

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I needed to upgrade my pc. If I knew i had reliable security updates going forward, I would keep using Windows 10. Remember when Windows 10 was supposed to be the last windows? Hah

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone play Final Fantasy XIV?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This was also my complaint. I felt like it was missing the cooperative aspect of an MMO that I wanted. I think FFXI is closer to what I want, but it’s understandably older and less accessible for a lot of people. I’m still debating when/if i wana take the plunge and just play that for a while

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s electricity demand is skyrocketing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was wondering about this. AI info on every search seems ridiculous

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was the ONE trailer from this Xbox announcement that I was actually looking forward to. It looked in a fairly playable state, too. I feel like a very broken record, but this is yet another reason why it feels like Microsoft is pulling out of gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Producer Recommends Laid Off Workers Should Use AI To 'Help Reduce The Emotional And Cognitive Load That Comes With Job Loss'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s funny because companies are using AI for job listing’s and are simultaneously getting swamped by hundreds or thousands of applications due to AI as well. AI is completely messing up the job application process. Not like the process was any better prior to AI but now it’s an even bigger mess

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Elder Scrolls Online Dev's Unannounced MMO Was Doing Well and Even Scaling Up as Xbox Cancelation Blindsided Staff⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I had to take a wild guess, it’s higher-ups sacking employees to get a quick payday.

  Microsoft keeps buying up dev teams, promising games, and then prevents games from releasing. I have been questioning their desire to make future consoles, to be honest. It seems like they’re trying to focus on gamepass and maneuvering out of the console market. Especially with their new handheld being made by a different company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone 6 Teardown: Proof Phones Don’t Have to Be Disposable⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The biggest issue that I read was that these phones weren’t getting security updates fast enough.

  If they could figure that portion out and sell them to more countries, I would love to have a phone like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft to lay off about 9,000 employees in latest round [Seattle Times]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like Microsoft has been extremely dodgy when it comes to the future of the Xbox. I bet they’ll just hire more people to fill the gap. It always seems to be “look we’re trimming the fat!” And then “look we’re expanding”. Anything to boost the stock

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Team Has Full Meltdown Over CNN Story on ICE-Tracking App⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They need to be in uniform then. If they don’t want ICE to be assaulted, then they need to have their faces shown, be in uniform, and conduct themselves in an orderly fashion.

  If somebody rolls up in unmarked cars with facemasks on, I would assume they’re abducting someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m soon going to be forced to use an internal ai tool at my job. I’m not looking forward to it. These LLM’s can be helpful in some use cases but it feels like they’re some kind of buzzword magic element to make people think there’s extra value

  It’s like when everything was “artisanal” for a while, and stores were attempting to charge more money because they put the word in the title of an item. It feels like I’m taking crazy pills watching everyone attempt to grift.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, yes, that’s true. Sorry, I’m not sure if it came off that way. It’s not that I’m trying to be friends with a therapist. I just don’t want to feel like I’m being judged or criticized?

  I’ve only had a few therapists, and one didn’t really do anything, and it felt like a scam, another one tried having me do CBT and I didn’t really find it very helpful after a while and another seemed OK but also it felt like I was being scrutinized or judged. They seemed like they were analyzing me without giving me anything to take away from the experience.

  Thank you for the information. I appreciate it a lot. I’ve thought about running something locally but I’m not sure if it is practical yet depending on how long it takes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using AI therapist tools sometimes. I feel torn because I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of my problems are caused by external factors that can’t really be fixed. So would speaking to a real person actually make a difference?

  I would probably like to speak with a real therapist, but it’s expensive, time-consuming, and I’ve never met one that I feel can fully relate to or understand me. I always feel like I’m silently judged or like they genuinely have no helpful way to help me. So… in a way, the AI tools can at least let me talk through things and get to a more stable place mentally when I need it.

  The whole aspect feels wrong, though. Like I realize that I have a problem, but with little to no ways to actively fix it, I kind of have to accept it and / or ignore it. I can relate in some ways to how these people feel. When I’ve been in a vulnerable state, sometimes having a chat bot reply and bounce ideas back and forth can feel emotionally stimulating and reassuring. I find that alarming sometimes when I take a step back and try to process those feelings, though. Then there’s the whole issue of what these company’s are doing with the data and information gathered from their users.