Vinny_93
@Vinny_93@lemmy.world
- Comment on Have you noticed 16 hours ago:
Pretty much yeah
- Comment on Have you noticed 18 hours ago:
It’s interesting because a form of therapy I’m currently in is all about noticing bad thoughts and defusing from them
- Comment on How is spontaneous betting (as portrayed by comics and movies) supposed to work? 19 hours ago:
There’s loads of things in tv shows that just skip the boring, logistical parts. Nobody wants to see a bookkeeper painstakingly taking leaflets and bets in orderly fashion.
Besides, if there’s no record whatsoever, what’s to stop a bookie from taking money from the losers, and telling the winners ‘prove it’? Besides a knuckle sandwich, that is.
Another one is basically any desk job, but particularly IT jobs in TV and movies. Even the most elite hackers don’t just insert a thumb drive in a laptop, hammer the keyboard and yell ‘I’m in’. Mr. Robot is the only show so far where hacking is portrayed somewhat believable, and it’s still mostly social engineering.
As for programming, the only show I’ve ever seen who do a realistic way of describing VC funding and agile project development is Silicon Valley, but even there you’ll find the most boring things are just omitted.
Point is, it’s just difficult to make administrative tasks interesting enough to keep the attention of viewers.
- Comment on Rematch | Official Launch Trailer 1 day ago:
Except you have the added fun to pay for this
- Comment on The joy of quitting a shit job with an asshole boss 2 weeks ago:
In the Netherlands, by law there is a minimum of one month’s notice. If the employers fire you, the notice time is doubled. So if a company would require three months notice it means you can still work there for 6 more months after you’re fired.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 2 weeks ago:
A third option is that there is a third pizza eater who also ate 4/6th of their pizza and gave 2/6th up Marty in exchange for the 2/6th Marty didn’t eat.
Or yeah maybe it was a larger pizza.
- Comment on What's your ideal TV series length and style? 3 weeks ago:
It really depends on the show. If it’s something with a compelling story, like an action drama or a mystery, I prefer 40-60 minutes with 6-10 episodes per season. Depends on how strong the writing is. Shows that do it right: Severance, Andor, Slow Horses.
If it’s more comedy focused, like a sitcom, 20 minutes an episode is fine. A little over if necessary is fine. Shows that do this well: Shrinking, Most animated comedy shows like Rick & Morty…
- Comment on Disney’s Lilo & Stitch Beats Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the Box Office 3 weeks ago:
The fact that parts of this headline could have occurred in 2002 shows the creative bankruptcy of Hollywood
- Comment on Explains crossfit 4 weeks ago:
Again?
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Content Filters. There’s are lot of communities dedicated to lemmy how to’s and it’s kinda dependent on the app you use where to click specifically.
- Comment on i broke 5 weeks ago:
He said ‘I’ll see you next week’
- Comment on What is the most "Indie Feeling" game that is definitely NOT from an Indie Studio? 1 month ago:
Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps?
Made by a smaller studio but published by Microsoft
- Comment on Amy Poehler, Mike Schur Reunite for Peacock Comedy ‘Dig’ 1 month ago:
Michael Schur is keeping busy though. I’ve been following most of his stuff and it’s all pretty similar. Which is good. I like the work he does with Justin Spitzer as well.
- Comment on Liquid Trees 1 month ago:
Green shit on your terrace, leaves fucking everywhere, looming threat of bird shit on your head, seeds everywhere, roots growing through everything, blocking the sun at every step, tough lessons in gravity for things kids climbing them, lot of damage when it’s stormy out.
But nah trees are great, really.
- Comment on Half Life 3 1 month ago:
Yeah they did. But at this point Half Life 3 has a mythical status they will never be able to measure up to.
- Comment on Half Life 3 1 month ago:
Considering every Half Life showcased Valve’s new tech in the Freeman narrative, one could argue Alyx was our Half Life 3. It had everything: the signature storyline, new gameplay, new tech. What more are we expecting from Half Life 3?
- Comment on Pam Bondi claims Donald Trump has saved 75% of American lives in first 100 days 1 month ago:
Clearly 75% of Americans have no control if it comes to fentantyl. No matter the quantity that arrives anywhere, it’s like bees to honey with these people. They eat it, brush their teeth with it, stick it up places where the sun don’t shine…
It’s basically a miracle they’ve lasted this long without Trump.
/s just in case.
- Comment on Juan 👍 1 month ago:
It’s called AI vs Arjen but it’s not always about lying. The first one was taking a picture, the second one was lying and the third one was creating a recipe from ingredients in a fridge.
- Comment on Juan 👍 1 month ago:
There is a Dutch talkshow host who takes on AI in some tasks every now and then and he matched up with ChatGPT to see who was a better lier. They tried to convince one half of a twin that the Eiffel Tower was made of a sort of Dutch spiced cake.
- Comment on Juan 👍 1 month ago:
After three days in the desert sun The planet began to turn red
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 month ago:
In the Netherlands, if you don’t have a will, it all goes to the spouse.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 month ago:
This was Meppel but every municipality in the Netherlands has a free marriage half hour. It varies what day it is but it’ll usually be early morning.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 month ago:
We have the option. If you get married you can get married in ‘(beperkte) gemeenschap van goederen’, which means ‘what’s mine is yours’. Caveat is that anything you owned before you got married will not be taken into account.
Then there’s ‘huwelijkse voorwaarden’ which means ‘what’s mine is mine’.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 month ago:
I didn’t get married for the love or the religious reasons, it’s just way easier when you buy a house together. Now, if I die, all my stuff automatically belongs to my wife.
- Comment on The Crew 2: Offline Mode Update 1 month ago:
The case by noyb referenced single player games. Stuff like session start, duration et cetera was being tracked.
I was one of the people that signed the SKG initiative after The Crew was taken offline. Not because I loved the game so much but it’s the principle. I payed for it and should still be able to play it.
- Comment on The Crew 2: Offline Mode Update 1 month ago:
On the same day noyb files a complaint including an accusation that in just 10 minutes, a single player game called to the servers 150 times
- Comment on Nintendo apologizes as Switch 2 demand overwhelms supply in Japan 1 month ago:
As long as Nintendo exclusive games are well-developed, they can easily get away with this. Especially since they squash any ‘competition’ (read: emulators).
And yeah, most likely Nvidia will take the hits for any supply chain issues, which may run back to TSMC and ASML in due time.
- Comment on Nintendo apologizes as Switch 2 demand overwhelms supply in Japan 1 month ago:
This message gives me several thoughts.
- A company like Nintendo easily has the means to predict demand more accurately;
- Chip production will be stained to meet high demand;
- Saying it’s in high demand will drive up demand, now that people will see it isn’t available and everyone in Japan seems to want one;
- After the launch, some were skeptical about the console. I wonder if this is an action taken to mitigate lower sales.
All in all, this ‘apology’ seems more like corporate strategy than anything sincere.
- Comment on Sanctuary City [Chicago] cancels Cinco de Mayo Parade over fears of ICE raids 2 months ago:
The land of the free, everyone.
- Comment on Can you believe it? 2 months ago:
Are you okay