redwattlebird

That would be a fair assessment.

From the concept artist industry perspective, all the concept art was done using GenAI and a skeleton crew of artists to make it work for film. So I don't think this film had much of a budget and is aimed at fans of the game in general.

They'd enslave us for pure processing power, that's for sure.

Net negative, I'd say, especially in the long run.

By training LLMs, you're neglecting to train the entry level workers who grow to be seniors. If we keep going down this rabbit hole, there will be no one who knows 'the old ways' and understand why we do things a certain way.

Additionally, the energy consumption and land occupation is massive and far outweighs the benefits, making things more scarce, especially since more people will lose their jobs.

For the tiny % of people who actually put it to good use, there's 100x more abusing or mishandling it.

You've clearly never tried to fix anything at least within the last decade.

When things are glued and there are no exposed screws, this means that you can't replace parts and it means that in order to get inside to see what broke, you need to break it open very carefully. This means that in most cases, they break beyond repair and force you to buy a new one.

If you can break it open carefully, because everything is glued in (or in some cases just punched in during manufacture), you can't replace anything because there's nothing you can mount the new part to.

Phones are not appliances; they're electronic devices and are much more complicated BUT should be repairable, as they used to be back in the 90s.

And have you seen the inside of a device that's glued in? It is definitely NOT water tight. The glue is hard and cracks, and the purpose of the glue is not for IP, but to just keep the part in place and save 2c on each screw.

But I digress... Check out IFixit. Hopefully after going through some points on what the benefits are for right to repair, you'll change your stance on this.

Well, they worked forever because you could get them fixed. They will break down but you could repair them yourself or get it repaired. Unsure about whitegoods, but small appliances these days are expected to end up in landfill; no exposed screws and everything is glued in.

Been on Linux for gaming for almost a year now and completely windows free since November last year. It's glorious.

I use Arch, btw.

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out.

Disco Elysium for me! Didn't understand it and thought it was weird. On the third try, it was amazing. I finally understood what it was trying to do. It was an art piece and I don't think I'll ever have that same journey again for a long while.

The cost keeps increasing. That's hilarious.

But of course he was building a bunker. There's literally no surprises there. It'll be the new den of rape for sure.

I think this question pits parents and others against each other, when it shouldn't. Parental leave is necessary to raise a child. But at the same time, workers in general need leave for mental health among other things.

I also think this is more of a problem for places like America where leave is really, really unfairly distributed and there's basically no worker protections. There should be plenty of medical and annual leave, as well as government support in case medical leave isn't enough to get better.

I'm painting an iron maiden for my misbehaving dice. Had to share it with my TTRPG group.

I hope this is the tip of the iceberg for what's to come.

Seize your country back!!

The first step is always the hardest after decades of oppression and misinformation!