[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thinking of your Superman example and an ubermensch having to think about everything, I think several comics and media that have explored aspects of this idea.

I remember reading that there's a Spiderman story arc where it's revealed that Peter Parker is holding back his "true" strength for nearly the entire time he's been Spiderman. It's only been his true strength of character that has made sure that he "pulls his punches" far enough back so as to not kill or harm the people he's fighting or saving.

I also think about Robert Kirkman's Invincible comic/animated series that explores how powerful people decide, either intentionally or accidentally, the fates of those around them, often with dramatic and violent conclusions. Invincible is the story of Superman if Clark Kent wasn't raised by an American family in the mid-West and was instead raised for another more sinister reason.

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I'm getting strong "blue steel" vibes.

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Great. Now you're just making me rewatch allinall's animated video of Pelinal's slaughter for the 30th time: https://youtu.be/E5ix0_W-ouI?si=-2mGt8TDnU5wbwGO

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's a good point about the "AI as a service" model that is emerging.

I was reading that NaNoWriMo has had a significant turnover on their board die to the backlash against their pro-AI stance: https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nanowrimo-ai-controversty-1.7314090

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

How is this different from a delivery person looking in your window when they drop off something to your house? Can a delivery person also just as easily "carry weapons, biohazards, waste"? Why would a drone want to carry those things? Why would Walmart want a drone to carry those things and cause harm, as you seem to be implying here, to their customers? A drone company can be regulated and audited to make sure privacy laws are being followed.

Will an infraction occur with a drone? Probably. And then people will have grounds to sue and laws will be built to protect people and their privacy (I hope!).

Drone delivery is coming - how do you want to see this tech being used responsibly?

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, you're right everything can cause serious harm or kill, but certain things are designed to harm or kill, or designed to look like something that could harm or kill.

Context is a big factor here. A person holding a 6 inch knife in a kitchen? No one is going to bat an eye. They're probably using that knife to prep vegetables. Same knife, same person but they are walking around a market/playground/movie theatre? Suddenly it's a very different situation and context.

Is that stranger with the knife safe? I don't know, but I do know that I don't have anything to defend myself aside from what is around me if they ARE NOT a safe person.

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Yep, you're right. After a quick search, it looks like the American Revolution started in 1765, and the French Revolution started in 1789.

However, I know French policies and political development had a profound impact on the ideas central to liberal democracies, as it could also be said of American policies and political development.

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Agreed. It was great game because the story, but I can barely remember anything about the gameplay aside from the interactions with Elizabeth. Sadly, my final moments were destroyed by a visual bug - right at the climax of the story near the end of the game Elizabeth's hair inexplicably stopped rendering... She was as bald as Sinead O'Connor. It kinda killed the vibe.

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Ah yes, Steven Colbert's "truthiness" still holds true in 2023.

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"Text message"? What are we - barbarians?

Seriously though, using text messages these days means that inevitably you will encounter the green vs blue issue. Android and Apple phones don't play nice with their text messages. Gods help you if you ever get into a group text message thread with multiple Android and Apple phones. Anytime an Apple user reacts to a message it's sent as a separate text message, "John 🤣 to 'Check out this meme'"

At least with WhatsApp it puts everyone in the same texting playground.

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

I'm not the person you're responding to, but the post looks sarcastic to me. Have a good day!

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's looking good to me! As @blueday@lemmy.world said, double check the clearences with the video card between the case, motherboard, and RAM. Try searching for reviews of the motherboard you're looking at, ctrl + F and look for "clearence" or some other related word and see if there are any complaints.

Good idea going for a video card with more RAM.

Since I switched to AMD, I've been a big fan of the Ryzen chips. You get more cores at good speeds and competitive pricing versus Intel's chip. I'm also into supporting competition and voting with my wallet where and when I can. The extra cores will help with video editing, encoding, etc. But, ymmv between Intel and AMD.

My limited understanding with RAM is that after a certain point you are measuring speeds and clocks that will only give you marginal improvements (a difference in a handful of half seconds and seconds between different kits). I would suggest getting the most DDR5 RAM you can afford right now and don't really sweat it too much.

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