WarlordSdocy

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of people are saying they’re not really competition judging off sale numbers but I’d say they are, just PC handhelds aren’t that big of competition. They still are taking away sales as I doubt people with a steam deck are also gonna own a switch or switch 2 unless they already had one before the steam deck came out or are well enough off to afford both and don’t want to deal with emulating. I definitely get Lemmy and myself are a biased audience but I think arguing they’re not competition at all is wrong, they’re just not very big competition compared to Nintendo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean with emulation you can play a lot of Switch games on the steam deck so that does let you get around the closed ecosystem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is chasing an old high⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would also make an argument that the limited technology at the time led to different kinds of games versus what we see now. Sure there’s the obvious things like internet enabled games and being able to get updates but I think even the less thought about things like restrictions on RAM and the power of computers led to restrictions on what you could do which led to specific types of games which aren’t made that way anymore because they don’t have to work around those restrictions. And while in a lot of cases those restrictions going away has allowed for better mechanics and gameplay it also still makes the games different which to people who were used to and liked those games will feel not as good anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s cause the business side keeps pushing for increasingly unrealistic deadlines and will only accept delaying so much before forcing it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean I imagine most people leaving would still keep American citizenship and therefore still be able to vote. Unless they decide to end their citizenship which some might but I imagine most people would still want to keep that option open.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just sayin’ bro⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The way it’s written my mind immediately read it in the voice of Wheatley from Portal 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does this pic show that Elon Musk doesnt know SQL?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean I don’t know a ton about SQL but one thing to keep in mind about SSNs is they were not originally meant to be used for identification but because we have no form of national id and places still needed a way to verify who you are people just started using SSNs for that since it’s something everyone has and there wasn’t really a better option. So now the government has been having to try and make them work for that and make them more secure. The better solution would be to make some form of national id that is designed to be secure but Republicans and people like Musk would probably call that government overreach or a way to spy and track people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon cheats through college⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean I feel like depending on what kind of problems they started off with ChatGPT probably could just solve simple first year programming problems. But yeah as you get to higher level classes it will definitely not fully solve the stuff for you and you’d have to actually go in and fix it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Could make an interesting pricier addon for down the line. Like the release version is just a dock but later on they release an egpu dock that you have to buy separately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will Republicans try another Federal Right to Work attempt?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you in a right to work state? That might be why, at least in Oregon when I got a job as a cashier it automatically made me a part of the union.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You best start believing in a cyberpunk dystopia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but this was also advertising the service, a quadrocopter wouldn’t do that as good. If anything I’m surprised they are just sacrificing the robo dog considering how expensive those are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to boot⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah normally I would feel the same way about this FOMO style of marketing but normally in that case it’s the company selling it deciding to like remove it from sale to create the FOMO need. In the case it’s another company basically forcing this decision on them so I don’t think it’s bad to let people buy it for cheaper while they still can.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At its heart it’s a puzzle game so going in having seen someone do the puzzles will make it not as interesting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ugh i wish⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also imagine on the company side it’s probably more expensive to do that rather than just making it hot enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sid Meier's Pirates, and everyone else in the game, are aware of the date...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can still get that by just playing very small indie games. There’s tons of small games out there being made by just a handful or even one person that have these kinds of little fun things scattered throughout them. They are harder to find by their nature but that culture is still very much alive in the indie space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burning Up⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t mind decimals at all, it’s more that I don’t trust companies to actually deal with supporting decimals when making the switch. Plus the last time I discussed this on Lemmy someone was saying that decimals aren’t even universally used and it might depend on what you get whether you get that precision or not. Either way like the main point of my post was anyways these are minor arguments and at the end of the day there isn’t really a reason to use Celsius vs Fahrenheit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burning Up⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah like the metric system has good arguments for why it’s measurements and weights are better, mainly conversion being easier, but for temperature there really isn’t an argument. I would make an argument for Fahrenheit as it gives more precision without having to use decimals which at least in America isn’t a thing for temperature. But those are pretty minor things and I do tend to agree it comes down to what you grew up with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Contractors can't even sing in their cars now. Unions protect against this micromanagement.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just that most people just genuinely don’t care enough about what’s happening to other people enough to do anything beyond just saying that Amazon is bad. On top of that as Amazon starts to drive other stores out of business it does start to slowly become the only choice for getting certain things. So with those two combined expecting personal consumer choice to really make a difference is not realistic, this is the kind of thing that needs the government to intervene on to force Amazon to unionize and to potentially break it up like is being discussed with Google.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll have a Number 9, a Number 9 large, a Number 6 with extra dip, two Number 45's, one with cheese, and a large soda.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure this is a reference to a meme from a GTA game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon rides a bike⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was specifically addressing people commuting to their job and traveling within their immediate area. That kind of stuff could definitely be covered by biking and better bus/light rail investment without having to go everywhere. The only people who wouldn’t be covered by that are people living in the country and they are a minority compared to those living in suburbs or near big cities and could still be served by public transit using park and ride stations if they have to travel to a bigger city. They would just drive to the closest park and ride station and then use the public transit to travel within the metro area. Of course if they’re traveling entirely within less populated country areas then public transit won’t serve them that well but at that point you can just use cars as a backup. But public transit investments could easily serve the majority of people for their daily travel needs and even if they do have a high cost the economic benefit of making it easier for people to commute to work and to cities for fun day trips will create more economic value over time being a net benefit in the long run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon rides a bike⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why we need good public transit on top of good biking infrastructure. The two working together let’s you get anywhere a car can go while not taking a lot longer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia's criminalisation of peaceful protest is a stain on our democracy⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What else is a protest but a way to cause a disruption until politicians care enough to fix the issue you’re protesting for? If you’re not causing some kind of disruption it’s not really a protest cause people can just ignore you and nothing is gonna get done from it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what a strange timeline we live in⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean if you count every piece of media like that I imagine someone like Marvel or DC would beat them just due to comic books and the fact they’ve been around a lot longer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just don’t see the harm with leaving it not banned. At least for me personally the problem with the culture comes from the fact that servers rely on it to make a living so if you don’t do it you’re denying them that. So if you fix that problem and pay a liveable wage and just allow tips as an extra then sure they might still see someone not tipping as stingy but atleast now it’s not impacting their ability to make a living directly so they can’t be as justifiably angry.

  Cause atleast personally I haven’t worked in the service industry but I have worked minimum wage at a grocery store and I remember they told us we couldn’t accept extra money from customers which I always thought was dumb. I wasn’t expecting people to give me extra money and it was pretty rare that it happened but occasionally a nice person would come through and offer me some extra money for helping them and I thought it was dumb I had to turn that down. It didn’t make me think less of the people who didn’t do that, just would have been a nice extra bonus to help me out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t seen anyone say it should be banned, just not required because the person isn’t making enough money to live off of just the wage they’re paid. I agree it shouldn’t need to be a thing but it should still be an option if you have extra money and feel generous, it just shouldn’t be expected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you saying you think tips should be banned? Like if I offered someone a tip and they accept it should they be in trouble? Cause that’s what I mean when I say no one is saying tipping should be not allowed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think anyone is saying we need to not allow tipping, just stop the stupid idea that restaurants can pay less just because an employee is tipped. They shouldn’t be reliant on the good will of people or the social pressure to tip, that should just be an extra.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks", says publisher of Manor Lords, citing how gamers seem to be trained to expect endless content work now⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I agree with this for bigger game companies the problem is people apply the attitude of deserving infinite content to smaller games as well even if they don’t participate in all the things you talked about. For example with Manor Lord the only thing from what was listed that might apply is it being unfinished since it’s in early access. And while that does come with an expectation of more content the speed people expect it at is wrong especially since this game is basically being made by one person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’ve been locked out of PayPal for years because of their mistake⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember during the GPU shortage I managed to get a new graphics card from waiting outside a best buy for it to open. So I tried to sell my old one on eBay. Gave good pictures and followed all the rules as far as I could tell but because I had never sold anything on their platform before I was instantly banned with no way to appeal. I get they were probably having to deal with lots of scammers but if I could appeal or talk to support I could literally prove I had the GPU I was selling but as far as I could tell there was no option for that. So now I can’t sell anything on eBay unless I get someone else to sell it for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I fucking hate the job search⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What I hate more are the entry level jobs that will be like that. Like bro it’s an entry level job and you’re expecting people to have a super deep understanding makes no sense. Like I get it’s just marketing and a way to lower the number of applicants to get just the really good ones but it makes it so much harder to figure out what level of skill a job is looking for if they all say they want experts with certain skills or tools.