MeetInPotatoes

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The anti-AI sentiment in the free software communities is concerning. (lemmy.world)

Whenever AI is mentioned lots of people in the Linux space immediately react negatively. Creators like TheLinuxExperiment on YouTube always feel the need to add a disclaimer that “some people think AI is problematic” or something along those lines if an AI topic is discussed. I get that AI has many problems but at the same...

MeetInPotatoes,

Potato colored in my case.

MeetInPotatoes,

No information about Alpha Centauri 2? I posit an AC quote then:

“Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.” -Commissioner Pravin Lal, ‘U.N. Declaration of Rights’

MeetInPotatoes,

Exactly. And the entire reason I like to kill stuff in video games is that I have zero desire to do it in real life.

MeetInPotatoes,

I use it to scream into the void and be completely uncivil because I’m civil and soft-spoken in the rest of life. In other words, I go to the dumpster when I feel like treating Trump supporters like trash :)

MeetInPotatoes,

Seems like his job was to “manage” the community in the control sense.

MeetInPotatoes,

Right, but cynics like ourselves need to jump on the proof that we were right to spread our jadedness to the masses.

MeetInPotatoes,

The whole article was poorly written honestly, but yeah, that part really felt off. If the only thing they care about is money, then by nature our only real means of protest is to affect their money.

MeetInPotatoes,

Agreed, pre-orders are a thing after all…but it’s possible that it still works too often and also that gamers are becoming a bit more jaded about marketing. I don’t buy anything till the Metacritic and Steam reviews are out, and I only watch gameplay videos any more cause who cares about the cut scenes? I’m sure I’m not the only one. Consumers eventually learn their lessons but then a new crop of consumers comes up.

Counterpoint: Call of Duty 27 should be out soon.

MeetInPotatoes,

What if it IS a search engine? Maybe there’s a site out there that posts every question to a random fediverse sub!

Matter of fact, let’s make one. We’ll just use scripts to post every question to social media but program it to say the wrong thing first so that it gets instant results when everyone jumps on the “person” who was wrong. Brilliant!

MeetInPotatoes,

As a white middle-aged guy who spent most of my youth waiting tables for a job…No.

MeetInPotatoes,

I live in America and the people (princesses) here drive pickups for very different reasons.

MeetInPotatoes,

I’ve verified throughout our fox network that there are no foxes in any henhouses at the moment. They’ve been instructed to take steps to ensure that no foxes end up in any henhouses accidentally going forward and the foxes tell me that they are truly sorry this time. Despite past reassurances of not being evil, they were in fact…evil. We are rolling out an internal audit system with the help of a 3rd party partner who owes us lots of stuff. We plan on letting the advocacy groups check out our henhouses as long as they agree to be bound by an NDA.

MeetInPotatoes,

I for one would much rather see the screenshot.

MeetInPotatoes,

This is the same as Trump saying he was just challenging the results of the election.

Namely, nobody is trying to prosecute him for his legal challenges…and nobody is complaining that games are too entertaining. They are bold strawman arguments that most people see through immediately. “Complete bullshit” is now a common argumentative tactic.

MeetInPotatoes,

In counseling, we call those process addictions. Internet gaming, sexual addictions, gambling, shopping etc. are all process addictions. Psychological addiction isn’t precise enough as any chemical addiction could have a strong psychological component as well, and almost always does because addictions create habits of use and habits are difficult to break. Also, for instance, we might have to ditch our drinking buddies when we have alcoholism because being around them triggers our urge to drink psychologically.

MeetInPotatoes,

You’re intentionally dumbing down the topic to make your point sound better. You’re simply describing the binary, whether addiction could be present or not. There are so many more obvious factors to consider. Addiction rate of users, personal and social impacts of that addiction, intensity of addictive behaviors, frequency of use in addicts, target demographic, marketing etc.

There’s a reason gambling has a minimum age requirement, and loot boxes are a way around that to make money by letting children gamble.

MeetInPotatoes,

I agree with this, but we give them till the age of 21 to practice and develop those skills. The entire argument is not letting gaming companies introduce gambling to kids before their brains have fully developed.

MeetInPotatoes,

The sad part is while this validates everything sane people have been saying about January 6th, Trump and his minions will just say this proves that the system is broken because they’re going after a good man who was just doing his job etc.

When you have zero morals, the bullshit writes itself.

Google Allows Creditors to Brick Your Phone (lemmy.world)

I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they’re on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can’t be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?...

MeetInPotatoes,

though that get murky with overseas tech entities.

I mostly agree, but you gotta admit the EU has been sticking it to the tech giants lately.

MeetInPotatoes,

I’ve been staring at this pic for an hour and I can’t think of any possible rule it would violate besides “no giant rat balls.” Which seems fair but unlikely to exist yet.

MeetInPotatoes,

Nobody: I wish I could see my poop from all angles.

MeetInPotatoes,

Arizona State Univeristy self-imposed a ban from going to a bowl game this year in college football to address their recruiting violations…they’re 2-7 on the season…same vibe.

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