tea

I have the feeling that this is where we are (and have been) regarding politics and national borders with the current population levels. Local politics has slowly, over the course of centuries, been losing to national/federal politics. I feel like democracy works best when it's in the sweet spot for not being too big (where good ideas are easily drown out) and not being too small (not being able to effectualize good ideas on a scale that matters).

I sometimes think the world would be better served if we went back to a nation-state size that promoted regional powers instead of global superpowers. I don't know it would necessarily always be better because eras of recent history where there is no clear dominant regional power, you tend to get more wars. :/

I wasn't talking about AI slop. With "slop," I meant mindless games that don't take any position on anything.

IMHO, the best games are ones that make you feel something or question something critically. You can have games that make a political statement and are fun to play. Helldivers, GTA, BioShock, Disco Elysium, etc. If you're uncomfortable with the point that a game is making, then that's on you (and is the point of OPs comic).

There are certainly plenty of games that take no political stance on anything that I'm sure you can numb your mind with. Just play something else if you are feeling too judged.

If you want mindless slop, then play it. It certainly exists. Real art and proper storytelling makes you feel things and reflects the the world we live in.

The lucky person who owns this account is swimming in gas rewards, I bet.

Yeah, it sucks though. It feels like building a PC has been inadvisable more often than not. Thanks to the GPU prices being ridiculous a while back. Now this. It's crazy that you have to time building a PC between these stupid waves.

What is it actively doing now with AI? There is the ai sidebar, but if you don't use that it isn't used, right?

It works. I can tell you are annoyed because you ended your last sentence with a period. Otherwise I would have had no idea.

Only 11 more months before the midterms. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if congress does not punch back, this will be fodder for a house oversight committee to look into the failure to release the files in the way intended by the law.

I don't know if you misread their comment, but that's what they were saying. Keeping the names secret makes it (continue to be) a national security risk.

I think we are reaching a moment where corporate greed is pushing people towards a tipping point. It feels like people are getting squeezed on everything and are seeking areas where things are still customer friendly.

The whole IP is dead to me. It won't get any of my attention, free or not.

She was such a bag of dicks, wan't she? Pseudointellectual and edgy teenagers read it because it feels like a rite of passage to get through the bad writing and long drawn out meanderings, and it's controversial. Then you realize she's just an asshole...