slauraure

joined 2 years ago
[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 6 points 15 hours ago

Oh so that’s what happens when you give the most talentless, bigoted imbeciles, that couldn’t dedicate two hours to learn a little image/video editing, the tools to generate content.

No, not downplaying the effort it takes to master these skills. This is just how long I imagine it takes a normal person to learn how to splice a few clips or make some memes/shops in gimp.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 6 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Don’t worry, Trump will bail them out with hard-working people’s taxes.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago

Replaying Dark Souls 1 because it feels like home.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 11 points 3 days ago

So a terminally online person is going to tweet about how they saw some idiot pretending to read the Metamorphosis on the metro?

Yeah this is rage bait. Just read what you want and enjoy your life.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I thought Spotify would load up a bunch of AI tracks into their generic playlists (think Chill Easy Listening Jazz) so they won’t have to pay any royalties on those plays, thus keeping higher margins for themselves.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I’ll normally tell my managers etc. when they have an idea that would not work well in the real world. However, many people seem like they have an almost theistic belief in the power of AI (maybe because they’re deeply invested) so I’m holding my tongue at work.

For the time being I’m doing my job properly but if I’m forced to do things a certain way even if it’s clearly worse I will comply and let them waste their money. I’m tired and I won’t police decisions above my pay grade.

Still biding my time and waiting for the bubble to pop and the next buzzword trend to arrive.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah that’s the one. It’s sad that people take what guys like this say at face value. He’s obviously got ulterior motives (own live service game in the works and/or paid by industry) to oppose regulation that would only benefit game enthusiasts.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

For real. It’s not hard to understand at all and he’s clearly misunderstanding on purpose.

With DRM being so prevalent these days I’m worried we’ll just have decades worth of games we can’t play one day because publishers want us buying their new games and re-releases of old games.

I make a point of buying physical copies for console where possible and from GOG otherwise. Especially when I am likely to want to replay the game a few years later.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

So the fish won’t feel pain after all.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Apparently some gamer streamer with a much bigger platform put out a bunch of videos criticizing the initiative and intentionally misrepresenting their goals.

He also refused to talk to the guy behind the initiative to get clarifications whilst still putting out more videos dunking on it. Most likely the critic got paid by the industry to muddle the waters and turn people against their own interests (as per usual).

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wish people would boycott but most people don’t know or think about right to repair, game preservation etc.

Nintendo is selling record numbers of Switch2 and they can just keep phoning it in because they have proven that people are willing to pay a subscription to rent emulated copies of their childhood games whilst replacing drifting joy cons every month.

Doubt this will be the end of Nintendo even though I would be happy to see some consequences for companies that clearly hate their paying customers.

[–] slauraure@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is super relatable but I did get a job in a highly specialized field outside what I took my degree in. Mostly luck due to having friends vouch for me and an excellent mentor teaching me on the job early on. Now I couldn't dream of making that kind of money doing so-called unskilled labor.

Sometimes I do think about career changes to something that would let me switch off and think less about work after-hours. Usually comes down to having to start at the bottom of the career ladder again and for some silly reason worrying my colleagues would think less of me for switching fields.

Sorry I'm rambling but your comment resonated with me.

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