Alabaster_Mango
@Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca
- Comment on This is crazy. Why don't you just take their car ? 4 days ago:
I think “the time” should fit “the crime” though. Taking away someone’s vehicle could negatively impact their ability to earn money for things like food and shelter. Also getting the food to the shelter becomes more difficult too, especially if public transit is poor or not an option. Stuff like this has a greater impact on lower income individuals too, and they already have it bad enough.
To me, revoking a license or seizing vehicles is a consequence where punishment is the goal. A speed limiting device has more room for rehabilitation I think. Whenever it comes to punishment vs rehabilitation I’m always on the rehab side.
- Comment on This is crazy. Why don't you just take their car ? 4 days ago:
All cities have fantastic public transit at all times, this is known. /s
Also what’s with the rural hate outta nowhere?
- Comment on Exploding 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳 1 week ago:
Ok, that makes sense. I figured that, if anything, it would be frost weathering. That’s not an “explosion” in my mind though. Perhaps when a crack forms a lot of the tension in the wood is released and it can cause a sudden jolt or shift? If all the snow and frost on a tree suddenly jumped off after a loud crack I could see someone calling that an explosion. Definitely a lot of misleading terms and info kicking around. Thanks!
- Comment on Exploding 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳 2 weeks ago:
Ok, I live in Alberta, Canada. I grew up in the woods of Northern Alberta. We can get week long bouts of -40°C/F and I have NEVER seen or heard of exploding trees in the area. Are American trees just weak, or is this fake?
- Comment on A Steam dev is deleting his own game after girlfriend made him realize AI is bad 4 weeks ago:
I went to a rural Canadian school, thank you very much! Please don’t run away tho, you went through all the work to set up your lil’ soapbox and everything. Let’s chat.
Here’s why your earlier comment is (in my humble opinion) very silly. You used a bad comparison. And I’m not just talking about the bringing up Hitler bit.
Learning how to shit next to the toilet is stupid.
First off, nobody needs to learn that. That’s an inherited skill. Secondly, it’s bad in the context of the post. Learning how using AI is wrong is an objectively positive thing, but your example is someone learning negative things. It’s bass ackwards, as the kids used to say ('twas me).
What would you prefer the dev do? You can’t change the past, so what actions should he have taken to align with your obviously superior moral code? Self flagellation? Volunteer for a drawing-and-quartering position?
You can keep up your current act if you want. Attack anyone and everyone who even tries to better themselves. Pat yourself on the back while you’re at it, but I don’t jive with the punishment-only model of reformation. If this guy realized he was doing something wrong and changed his ways then I think that’s a good thing. Leaning should be encouraged, not punished.
P.S. immediately bringing up Hitler as a comparison is silly, and makes you look silly. Try to not do that, and also try to use comparisons more grounded in reality.
- Comment on A Steam dev is deleting his own game after girlfriend made him realize AI is bad 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, bring out the Hitler comparisons! That’ll show me lol.
- Comment on A Steam dev is deleting his own game after girlfriend made him realize AI is bad 4 weeks ago:
I dunno, is learning stupid?
- Comment on Github Banned a Ton of Adult Game Developers and Won’t Explain Why 4 weeks ago:
Let me preface with the fact that I know nothing about Git or GitHub. Could you just have one “project” and have the readme be links to your Codeberg/Forgejo/GitTea projects?
- Comment on Anon asks out a girl 2 months ago:
@a4ng3l@lemmy.world 8 hours ago:
We had to rely on so many tricks when tinder was not a thing
@a4ng3l@lemmy.world now:
I also never partook into this sort of approach
I think I safely assumed you were in support of, and possibly engaging in, that approach based on how fervently you were advocating for it. If you are not supportive of it you should have used less self-inclusive language, or been slightly critical at some point. Say stuff like “people did x” instead of “we did x” for example.
To be clear: I never said it wasn’t happening. I said if one were to behave like that it would be called out as weird. Granted, I was in the dating scene at the tail end of the “Pre-Tinder” era. Sites like PoF and eHarmony were around, but lots of dating and mingling was still being initiated in the IRL sphere. Online dating was still seen as a new thing for nerds after all. I am sure things were different in the early 90s and before.
Something being, as you’ve described, standard procedure not so long ago does not make it inherently good. Doesn’t make it inherently bad either. Just have to reassess stuff every now and then.
- Comment on Anon asks out a girl 2 months ago:
Well I hope you’re either happily in a relationship or some kind of merry recluse because things are different now and I doubt your “tricks” will work so well. We’re trying out this new thing where we act like women are people, and we pretend that they don’t want to be prayed upon by thirsty dudes at every venue. Not everyone is on board yet but it’s catching on.
The block thing is kind of sad. Is that how you normally go through mild disagreements? Blocking and being blocked? Cause that would suck. It’s cool guy, I am not hurt. I personally don’t want to live in an echo chamber of only things I agree with. How would I get into arguments with strangers?
P.S. I don’t actually think this was an argument. That was just for the joke.
- Comment on Anon asks out a girl 2 months ago:
you went out with them to smoke, asked / give some lighter and voila.
So you didn’t just barge into their group conversation. Cause that would be weird right?
You should also give up on this whole “wizend internet elder” schtick. I was also going to bars and youth places before Tinder, and behaviour like that of the 4Chan guy would definitely be called out as strange and unwelcome.
- Comment on Anon asks out a girl 2 months ago:
You get the difference though, right? Like, it’s one thing if you’re going out to a place known for mingling and you hook up with someone. It is a completely different thing if you’re at a place to hang out with friends and a complete stranger saunters up to say he’s been eavesdropping on you.
- Comment on Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic 2 months ago:
Mostly flesh and steel! I loved the added challenge of that and how it made me rethink my comfortable routes.
In Dishonored 2 you can reject the Outsider entirely and do a zero powers run. That one is fittingly called “Only flesh and steel”.
- Comment on Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic 2 months ago:
Raphael Colantonio, the creative mind behind Dishonored, has started a new studio! Here’s an article about their next game
- Comment on Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic 2 months ago:
I mean, it really isn’t though. You can totally play it that way, yeah, but that’s only one option. The story reacts to how you play and the decisions you make. I find the low chaos (less or non-lethal) ending to be my favorite. Also canonically Corvo isn’t a raving lunatic murderer, so if you’re looking for the “True” story experience that’s the way to go. He still kills some people, notably the Lord Regent, but spares others.
- Comment on Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic 2 months ago:
And a few comics!
Novels
Dishonored: The Corroded Man This takes place about a year before Dishonored 2, and POV characters include Emily and Corvo. I really liked this one. Especially how it expanded on the relationship between Corvo and Emily. Some neat character insights too. Emily is canonically a beefcake.
Dishonored: The Return of Daud This one follows Daud during the events of Dishonored 2 as he looks for the Twin-bladed Knife. Really cool concept that is once again brought down by Daud and his Daud-ness. “Woe is me, I killed the empress! Who can I push this blame upon to heal the hole in my black heart?!”. I’m making my way through though. It does show a bit more of Gristol that is outside of Dunwall.
Dishonored: The Veiled Terror I haven’t gotten here yet. It follows Billy Lurk after Death of the Outsider, and how she deals with the consequences of the ending of that game.
Comics
I have not read these at all yet, and they may be hard to find.
Dishonored: The Wyrmwood Deciet Dishonored: The Peeress and the Price)
There may be more, but those are the only ones I’ve heard of.
- Comment on Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic 2 months ago:
Dishonored is my favorite video game series of all time! I play that thing every year, lol. Love the stealth challenges and all the ways you can approach things. I really enjoy the sequels too, and this year I’ve finally gotten into the books. Fantastic game. Also they leaned heavy into the style, so 13 years later it still looks decent. Not nearly as aged-looking as “realistic” graphics from that time. Those still look decent too, all things considered. But stylized graphics tend to fit their current limitations better than pushing for realism.
- Comment on Slightly Unfair 3 months ago:
I’ve been saying this since day one! It always seemed like a huge scam to me. Just trying to bait racial tension for personal gain. And yeah, it was just a normal digital clock that got taken out of the shell. The news was saying he made it himself, but it was obviously a mass-produced item.
- Comment on Behold, a better mousetrap! 6 months ago:
Demon Core’s got what mice crave! It’s got
electrolytessubatomic radiation! - Comment on Behold, a better mousetrap! 6 months ago:
Radiation made the giant mouse, and it’s the only thing that can get rid of it!
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- Comment on Does the "White Power Ranger" seem like an odd title? 7 months ago:
Makes sense still. There are several colors of Power Rangers, and they are always referred to as the [Color] Power Ranger.
Does this sound off to you?
Hey honey, the clown cancelled for little Bobby’s 4th birthday, do you want me to call the Blue Power Ranger to replace them?
- Comment on Deathloop is free to claim on Epic Games 8 months ago:
And yet you didn’t capitalize Mario. Interesting. Image
- Comment on Deathloop is free to claim on Epic Games 8 months ago:
Is this now a fight between random internet strangers? Are we supposed to use slurs? (JK, just in case)
Totally fair! Nothing can appeal to everyone, and I would never be accused of having average tastes. Loads of people seem to like Mario Cart, but playing it makes me want to Kyle my way through a wall. I had just played Prey Mooncrash, and was jazzed up on the loop mechanic. If I played again I may feel differently.
- Comment on Deathloop is free to claim on Epic Games 8 months ago:
I play every Dishonoured game every year, and Deathloop feels similar. It’s more like a new book from your favorite author, but in a different genre than they usually write in. Definitely feels closer to Prey gameplay wise (I also highly recommend Prey).
There is not as much interaction with the story NPCs, and there is less of a focus on stealth. I found myself murdering way more than with Dishonored. That said, I really enjoyed the powers offered in the game, the quick “restarting” of the loop, and the overall story was good.
- Comment on Deathloop is free to claim on Epic Games 8 months ago:
I really enjoyed Deathloop, so here’s a recommendation from a random internet stranger 👍
- Comment on Yes, this is 8 months ago:
This is why I only listen to flac versions
- Comment on Random Screenshots of my Games #61 - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog 8 months ago:
Neat, someone else played this game! I really enjoyed it myself. Dropping a comment so I remember to read the whole post after work.
