nathris

@nathris@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could we use AI to update 4:3 media to 16:9?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to see AI Voyager episodes like people are doing for the Simpsons and family guy. Basic 3d models interacting with each other using generated dialog.

  Just Janeway and crew wandering the Delta quadrant violating the prime directive in the name of coffee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no continent called “America”. We have North America and South America.

  When someone says “South American” I don’t think Alabama I think Brazil or Argentina.

  The term “North American” is commonly used when you’re describing something that applies to both Canada and the US. Eg. “North American sports teams”.

  We commonly use the term “Central American” when referring to Mexico, El Salvador, etc. because even though they are technically in North America there is a strong cultural divide, similar to how the middle East is technically Asia, but you’d never refer to someone from Saudi Arabia as “Asian”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  D4 was dead the moment they announced D2R. Why would I pay $80 for a game with microtransactions and battlepass when I can pay $50 for a game that comes complete in box?

  They should have taken D2R kept the mechanics and just rolled new classes, maps, and items.

  I don’t want a new game, I just want more content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Making a button to do this is apparently far too difficult⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I can increase my cellphone plan with the click of a button.

  If I want to decrease it that same button redirects to a live chat where I have to talk to one of their agents.

  Their agents will genuinely give you a better deal, but for some reason can’t change your plan to a lesser one without breaking your contract, causing hundreds of dollars in extra fees.

  The brick and mortar agents can do it in 2 minutes with no hassle. You walk in and say I want this plan, show your id, sign the change request and you’re done.

  I don’t even think they are doing it on purpose. Why would they have a button that connects me to someone they are paying to convince me to give them less money per month? They cut my wife’s bill in half because she is month to month.

  It’s just Hanlons Razor. Supreme incompetence.