knitwitt

@knitwitt@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ken? 🤞🏼⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I should do this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gotta catch 'em all...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, I’ve never done that. Starting to think that a user must have created the pokestops after I added them to the map.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gotta catch 'em all...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, I don’t play the game but am around people who do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gotta catch 'em all...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Niantic uses Open Streetmaps to create their pokestops. Somebody probably created a POI on the island based on a real statue or structure which an algorithm then automatically turned into a pokestop.

  Source: I sometimes contribute to OSM and the additions I make often turn into pokestops a couple of weeks after.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe I’m too stupid but I don’t get the analogy. 💀

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough, I think I was also premptivly reacting fediverse to tankies and maybe read your comment as more agressive than it was. Sorry about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks AI for the help⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe if you’re making the exact same type of cake. To me, boxed cakes always taste way too sweet, and I think it’s strange that tyere are no fruit chunks in them instead of powdered fruit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think government pension is probably one the least capitalist ideas out there. There’s no such thing as a pure capitalist society, just like how there’s never been a true socialist society. Only ones that subscribe more to their respective ideas more than their peers. To me, what makes a society capitalist is a foundations belief in a free markets and the voluntary trade of goods and services, and a socialist society is one where the means of production are pushed towards collective ownership.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fascinating, thanks for sharing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think our ecological failures are often misattributed to economic philosophy. Collectivist societies have also caused irreparable ecological harm in the past, so the issue can’t be capitalism exclusive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Capitalism, like socialism, means many things to many different people. At it’s core capitalism is simply a philosophy built around the idea of the free exchange of goods and services between individuals. I don’t think most people would that infinite growth is an essential part of that equation as there are real examples of capatalistic economys that shrink every year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks AI for the help⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s like making a cake using box mix. Of course home made is infinitly better but at least you still have a cake at the end of it.

  Maybe this soulless AI cat guy will have some human spirit put into them when the creator puts them into a really personal digital puppet show that allows them to express themselves through writing and storytelling as opposed to 3D modeling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Assuming that actors literally have no choice at all is a bit short sighted. The original premise of the whole thread was ‘what if that’s just their preference’?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s a bit reductive. Firstly, I wouldn’t describe China as non-capatalist. Secondly, China has a nuanced relationship with environmentalism and green energy as one would expect from a nation that large.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because I believe ecological sustainability is achivable under any economic system!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The soviet union wasn’t exactly great environmental stewards either. Perhaps the problem is a technological gap between industrilization and sustainability.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When EggInDisguise suggests that it may be personal choice and you chime in to say that representation matters as a response, it sort of comes across like you don’t think the actor’s preferences matter over the end goal of changing the media landscape.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, nobody has an obligation to change their body for the sake of normalizing a certain beauty standard. If the actor doesn’t want to grow out it’s their right not to do so. You can’t criticise individuals for industry trends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The media is made up of individuals with their own choices or autonomy. It’s fair to say “I wish this got more representation in media” but it’s entity unfair to criticise specific individuals for not upholding a specific standard. The original premise was “what if being clean shaven was her choice?” in which case it would be nobody’s place to hold that against her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fiona Dourif did a fantastic job portraying Bart in this show. If being clean shaven is how they wanted to appear on screen, I think their right to do so supersedes any obligation they have to ‘normalize’ anything for anyone else. It certainly did not harm the performance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico’s name for US users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Is Run By Fewer Than 80 Staff, Lawsuit Docs Reveal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Valve is profitable because of the reputation they’ve built up over many years as being an incredibly consumer friendly storefront. Avoiding corporate bloat, and focusing their attention on the core aspects of their business consumers care about has allowed them to thrive where many others failed. Valve created and maintained a fantastic product. So yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Star Fox-style roguelite whose dev refused to use AI voices to cut costs is adding an entire "anti-capitalist revenge" campaign about a cat-girl destroying AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  What about partially sighted or dyslexic individuals? Sure, a game like halo would need a lot of modification to be fully blind accessible, but a visual novel, for instance, might not. In my experience most visual novels are built as passion projects on shoestring budgets.

  Lots of existing games have robotic narrators already (e.g minecraft), they just speak with a monotone voice. By incorporating more advance machine learning capabilities the same narrator could be capable of outputting a more nuanced and pleasant delivery for those that need it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Star Fox-style roguelite whose dev refused to use AI voices to cut costs is adding an entire "anti-capitalist revenge" campaign about a cat-girl destroying AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Using a robotic voice could make the game more accessible to blind, partially sighted, and dyslexic individuals. I’m not sure how an AI voice is inherently different than the voice that comes out of a screen reader, especially if it’s trained on the voice of employees or volunteers.