Jeremy / SG
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Jeremy / SG
@shaogens
Former Funcom Dev QA. Amateur Photographer. Cooker of various foods.
North Carolina, USA Katılım Mart 2012
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@BT @DanielSmidstrup Definitely a lot of AI made posts, though in my feed i get way more pro-AI ones than not. Wonder how the algo is deciding who gets the pro and who gets the anti...
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@DanielSmidstrup Poorly generated AI posts, typically ragging on AI. Effectively where dreams go to die.
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X is full of Founders
Reddit is full of bot
LinkedIn is full of ...
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@DJK1NG_Gaming I remember the announcement, at whatever convention it was. They did not once ever say it was a new console, only raved about the power of the tablet. Dont think the actual console was visible.
Honestly, i dont even remember if they ever properly clarified it was a new system.
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Can yall stop being revisionists with the Wii U.
The Wii U failed because Nintendo failed to convey what the system was, trash marketing and lack of third party support due to extremely low sales, did not try to talk to third party developers and give more engines support.
SillySquirtle@Silly_Squirtle2
Does Nintendo not realize this is why the Wii U Failed
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@HoegLaw i've seen some studios use the term "iii" for highly funded indies. Maybe thats where this.. uh... "game" falls into.
Course, Dustborn got government subsidies (Norway & USA!) as well, but wouldnt call it iii, and still technically indie i think.
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@HoegLaw i think game development has gotten a lot more diverse, and the term Indie isnt cutting it anymore. I would argue the average gamer believes it means self funded, and/or a group making the game part time.
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You all are making me defend freaking Mixtape and it is making me sad.
I’m honestly not sure there’s anything more ‘very indie’ than seeing whatever economic development fund is local to the devs in the opening credits. Given that most funds have size thresholds (they’re intended for development), there’s little that could be more indie. Seriously go look at the logos in any random indie game. Chances are you’ll see one or more. No, you don’t have to like it, but come on.
Perma Banned ထ🔨@GiveMeBanHammer
Oh…so it looks like not only did Mixtape get funding from the Larry Ellison’s daughter, it seems they also got funding from the Australian Taxpayers too, via the government. How quaint, very Indie. What kind of makes me wonder personally, is why they needed even more funding, from taxpayers even; when Anapurna could just throw money at them without problem. You’d think they wouldn’t take the grant and let the government use their share to fund another properly bootstrapped indie dev team with no wealthy backer that need it more… Every little bit helps I suppose.
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I'm seeing The Expendabelles come up again this week. If you see people freaking out over this project acting like its some new travesty, remember: it has been an idea/in the works since 2012, and those people do no research on the topics at all.
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@ivanrouzanov Even on new hardware, vista had too much change and yea, bugs.
I remember spending 10 minutes trying to find the network adapters window in vista for first time, and i was on the verge of tears cause it was so fucking obtuse and buried.
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Vista had to be rushed out due to the massive delay caused by Longhorn. It was riddled with bugs, no other release of Windows saw that many hot fixes between RTM and GA.
Dave W Plummer@davepl1968
I didn't work on Vista, so here's my hot take: Vista was great. But it sucked on XP hardware, so it got a bad rap from people upgrading older PCs. On then-current hardware, it was really nice and visually elegant!
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@ThePrimeagen They've been known to do shady things in the past, especially with locking things into their proprietary methods.
but people keep wanting to hand wave this shit cause "they so friendly to new users!"
From just last year as reference: all3dp.com/4/bambu-labs-c…
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People also have this bad memory of how "good" a pencil works with cassette tapes. They did not work well at all. Just another drop in the ocean for things Mixtape got wrong.
youtu.be/58EitSEFzo8?t=…
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So this week has confirmed that the easier a game is for a journalist, the higher the score it will receive.
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@memeticsisyphus Yeah, one of the biggest blunders of that guy.
There is an old quote that i think of often:
"The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe." -H.L. Mencken
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George W Bush used to say “the desire for freedom resides in every human heart” and it’s one of the falsest things he ever said. God rained down plagues and practiced miracles to deliver the Hebrews from slavery; a few weeks in the desert and they contemplated returning to servitude.
Most men want security, food, and an easy life. They would sacrifice almost anything to achieve it, including the higher virtues, maybe even especially the higher virtues. The Last Man closer resembles the common man, which is why religion was and is so important. Virtue must be encouraged.
slovborg@n00rdung
how does one even get to this. it's like they read nietzsche & decided "hmm I want to be The Last Man, comfort & complacency sounds swell"
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@obscuravpn "dont be evil" was a diversion from almost the start. Reminds me of how Warren Buffet is one of those guys saying "i should be taxed more!" but in lower key interviews he brags about how his secretary pays more taxes than he does.
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@ouranometrian2 Amusing part here, soyboy berating a woman saying no one will take her seriously doesnt know how to write a simple idiom correctly.
Course, since he went on a whole rant about it with countless posts, maybe he could indeed "care less."
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its like the most milquetoast selfies as far as selfies go. Id have more problem with the people having a gd heart attack over a clothed picture than the person in the photo.
oh, I saw on social media you have a picture of yourself? care to explain that? huh?
Paul W. Swaney III@paulswaney3
Young people massively underestimate how their public social media can kill high-paying job offers I have personally seen 5 offer letters pulled in NY over social media content. All were 300k plus total comp roles. Real cases If you are aiming for 85k forever, you are probably fine If you want bigger things, read this
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With starfox all the rage this week, i'm reminded of an old comic about their team building exercises.
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@AlphonsUnem I checked out when he started doing new episodes of good eats again, and was talking about a 2 day process for a steak.
Like, the original G.E. run was a good launching point for ideas and howto, but i've moved in a totally different direction than him of today.
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@RobertFreundLaw Weird, a similar suit was made in NY back in 2020, and it failed:
harrisbeachmurtha.com/insights/new-y…
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Here's a lawsuit filed today about "the Ferrari or Prada of canned tomato varieties."
We're talking about San Marzano tomatoes, of course.
California consumers say that Cento Fine Foods falsely advertises its tomatoes as being "Certified San Marzano."
The tomatoes allegedly are "inauthentic, and indeed illegal in Italy."
ICento was ejected from the Italian Consortium that approves San Marzano tomatoes in 2011.
The Consortium "is the only entity which can certify and approve San Marzano tomatoes."
Following an Italian police raid of Cento's operations in 2010, a manager was convicted of criminal fraud for selling counterfeit tomatoes.
Yet Cento continues to give the "false impression that [its product] contains Consortium certified San Marzano tomatoes."
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so, from the photos i've seen... the steam controller is just a playstation controller, but bloated. and still with this backwards braindead positioning of the left analog stick.
like, i was never going to buy it to begin with, but at least this removed any temptations.
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Secret heuristic: if you see "idk" in a tweet, stop reading. 100% accurate.
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@KatraApplesauce @ArthurBoreman If you've had a biscuit that had a taste/texture similar to a scone, then sad to say, that was not a southern biscuit.
Biscuits are incredibly light and fluffy, often times more buttery, and definitely not sweet unless jam or honey was added.
add'l info kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2023/01/3…
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@ArthurBoreman southern style buiscits are just copies of british scones lmfao
and SF style sourdough isnt really a thing, it might be amazing for americans but its just ordinary sourdough in europe lol
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Here’s another thing: almost all of the bread I’ve had in Europe is widely available in the U.S.
Even small towns often have bakeries cranking out passable ciabatta and rustic boules. Every major city has multiple spots making authentic baguettes.
The reverse is not true.
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