Geth

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[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

I have also never read the books but that last season throws every character development out the window in a show all about characters and just rushes through scenes ignoring any build up to conclude to whatever shit the writers thought no one would ever guess because it was more important for them to not be guessed than to make it make sense.

It is objectively a horrible season, doubly so in contrast to the first one.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He sees the content and interacts with it on his own instance so he is not in fact "here". Unless you are trying to somehow claim ownership of this community because it's hosted on the lemmy.world instance.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

The momentum and attention Linux is getting lately is beautiful to see. Hope it keeps going strong for long enough to make it mainstream.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago

I wasn't on the list but I feel included now. Thank you deranged manchild of the fediverse.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah this type of satire has lost all meaning and amusement when we realized there are many people taking this shit seriously and they have voting rights.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't think there's any positive environmental impact tbh. Plastics made from petrol tend to be made from by-products of the gas industry and are cheap and readily available. Plastics made from bio-sources sound eco, but actively require land and water to produce and it's not like they break down somehow better when released in the environment so are in fact net worse. Sounds like green washing to me.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 weeks ago

How many people have pushed back on the goons terrorizing your streets using assault rifles? How many are willing to actually carry weapons against their oppressive leadership?

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well no I don't and I agree but the problem with the great filter theory is that currently the only way to prove it is real is to confirm it through human extinction which is paradoxical for us as a species.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Technically a great filter would assume the species is extinct before it goes intergalactic, but if billionaires can somehow survive on their own on a wasteland planet and achieve long range travel and leave a detectable mark on the universe, then the filter did not in fact apply even with a fraction of the population remaining. The great filter doesn't care if the working class gets to be the one to leave the mark, only that the species overall does. Also the marks left can just be endless capitalistic destruction and ruin.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

We may be inteligent as a species but we are not wise. Since we exist already as a species in this universe, adding just one attribute doesn't seem that outlandish to obtain a better more successful version of us that can avoid the filter. Even for us, we don't yet know if the filter is real and if it will apply to us or we will only cause it to other unfortunate species that share the same planet as us.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

On one hand supporting a product with parts only for 6 months after it's discontinued is unacceptable. On the other hand, most manufactures don't even do this or offer parts at all. It's a pretty sad state of affairs when it comes to right to repair.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

I've tried this many times over the years but when the walls are already heated up and the temperature outside stays high during the night it makes very little difference to confort levels. The heat just radiates from the walls and heats the inside air all night. Until I got proper air conditioning installed I just suffered during the summer.

 

I think what's difficult to grasp is how easy they kidnapped Maduro. If it's as easy as a few months of training, simulation and intelligence and then just do it, how is it possible that none of the other much worse world leaders have not had this happen to them until now? Has this ever even happened in recent history?

You're telling me the US had the capability to eliminate any of the worst ones in much more problematic countries and chose not to because there was no oil in it for them? That's a grim thought.

 

Like for many other people, Valve single player experiences were one of my favorite of all time growing up. I considered both Half-Life and Portal to be masterpieces. It's true they've always been distracted with multiplayer games as well, things like Counter-Strike or Team Fortress and I did play them for sure, because I was a kid and I had all the time in the world.

These days I'm not a kid anymore and so when I game I tend to look more for memorable experiences instead of mindless grinding. Obviously I remember Valve as the experts in creating memorable experiences and I would like them to keep fully exploring those talents. They don't have that many employees, but they do have all the money in the world, no external pressure, no publisher to shit on them, it's just their developers and artists and a vision. But then they use all that and create this. An Overwatch looking moba shooter, really? I'm sure people will like and play it, but is this the results of the vision and ambition of a company like Valve?

It doesn't have to be Half-Life. I remember them saying that they dont want to do another one in the series because they are looking to innovate and make something truly original. My body is ready, give me anything. I can't imagine a moba shooter really fits with this description. I'm wondering how such a low hanging concept even becomes a real product at a company as ambitious as Valve.

I hear people are having fun with the new game and I'm happy for them. I am no longer the target audience and I wish them good luck with it. In the mean time let me hear your thoughts on it. Would you like to see another single player experience from Valve?

 

I've been using sync for a while and occasionally I go looking in the settings for the feature to hide read posts automatically, instead of having to do it manually. Other Lemmy clients have this so I was convinced sync should probably have it as well, I just can't find it. Does this exist? If not, is it something that could be added? Thanks!

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