@JackTheIntern
The left: Don't hate the Jews
Also the left: We hate "the white men who control the banks and the media"
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The left: Don't hate the Jews
Also the left: We hate "the white men who control the banks and the media"
🤔
@jeffcliff @HOLOCAUST It isn't that humans evolve quickly, it's that only the ones that survive survive.
It's the reason why westerners can process lactose and asians are generally lactose intolerant -- the westerners who couldn't handle one of the most important parts of the western diet didn't survive, whereas the asians who developed the ability to process lactose had a disadvantage processing a thing nobody ate.
It can happen fast, but the process isn't nice. It means everyone who doesn't have the trait dies out.
It's the reason why westerners can process lactose and asians are generally lactose intolerant -- the westerners who couldn't handle one of the most important parts of the western diet didn't survive, whereas the asians who developed the ability to process lactose had a disadvantage processing a thing nobody ate.
It can happen fast, but the process isn't nice. It means everyone who doesn't have the trait dies out.
@Babad MOST people voted against his party in the last election. Just remember that.
(Now, a huge chunk voted for worse, but that's another thing altogether)
(Now, a huge chunk voted for worse, but that's another thing altogether)
games should cost ~90 €
@saxnot @waweic I think that if you wanted to see that games are more expensive, you would need to take the integral of price over time for similar properties.
Whereas previously tier 1 video games would have a few months at peak price and then they'd quickly fall to bargain bin prices, I've noted that top tier games seem to stay at elevated prices much longer than previously. Witcher 3 is 5 years old, and it's still over 50 dollars on steam. In the past a 5 year old game wouldn't even be on the radar, forget about being priced nearly as much as it was back then.
Hell, Skyrim is 10 years old and it's still $20. Not that long ago a 10 year old game might be in a $20 compilation pack of a dozen great games, not alone by itself.
The peak price may not be as high, but the area under the curve would be much higher I believe.
Whereas previously tier 1 video games would have a few months at peak price and then they'd quickly fall to bargain bin prices, I've noted that top tier games seem to stay at elevated prices much longer than previously. Witcher 3 is 5 years old, and it's still over 50 dollars on steam. In the past a 5 year old game wouldn't even be on the radar, forget about being priced nearly as much as it was back then.
Hell, Skyrim is 10 years old and it's still $20. Not that long ago a 10 year old game might be in a $20 compilation pack of a dozen great games, not alone by itself.
The peak price may not be as high, but the area under the curve would be much higher I believe.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/us-general-tells-british-special-forces-stop-rescuing-people-in-kabul-youre-making-us-look-bad
At some point you just have to admit they're kind of evil...
At some point you just have to admit they're kind of evil...
@lain The idiots will never realize that the government chose the winners and thus this isn't unregulated capitalism.
In terms of #peertube instances, I've been really been impressed with https://peertube.biz
Not only do they have a lot of videos I like, and they also federate with other instances, but they are quick enough that I don't miss youtube not buffering when I view videos hosted there through fbxl video (FBXL's peertube instance)
Not only do they have a lot of videos I like, and they also federate with other instances, but they are quick enough that I don't miss youtube not buffering when I view videos hosted there through fbxl video (FBXL's peertube instance)
@tpostmillennial
>Jagmeet Singh believes Maxime Bernier needs to be excluded from the federal leadership debates for "dangerous and divisive rhetoric that is counter to science."
That fascist wouldn't know science if it came up and stuck a boot up his fascist arse.
>Jagmeet Singh believes Maxime Bernier needs to be excluded from the federal leadership debates for "dangerous and divisive rhetoric that is counter to science."
That fascist wouldn't know science if it came up and stuck a boot up his fascist arse.
@stone_toss
>what are your thoughts on http://poal.co ?
Not federated. What's even the point?
Lotide is federated, and it can be followed using mastodon, pleroma, or soapbox. It's super light so you can host an instance on not a lot of hardware at all.
Why would anyone use yet another centralized service that can subverted by one bad actor?
>what are your thoughts on http://poal.co ?
Not federated. What's even the point?
Lotide is federated, and it can be followed using mastodon, pleroma, or soapbox. It's super light so you can host an instance on not a lot of hardware at all.
Why would anyone use yet another centralized service that can subverted by one bad actor?
@TheFreeThoughtProject wtf its the same guy but one is wearing glasses.
Is that cop abusing government cloning technology?
Is that cop abusing government cloning technology?
@Shadowman311 You mean the people who were peacefully chanting death to America turned out to be bad people?
Snopes, get on this, clearly it's fake news!
Snopes, get on this, clearly it's fake news!
@gbrnt @tindall One thing I've been pretty consistent about in my writing is that the powers that be have done a great job of tricking us into either ignoring our best interests or using the things we actually want to push things nobody in their right mind should want.
I believe people will wake up to this reality, but on large scales this sort of thing takes time. Until then people (and this isn't a partisan thing, people on every part of the partisan spectrum including from authoritarian to libertarian have been duped) will support policies that clearly are against their interests.
Immeasurable damage will be done before people realize the full extent of what's been going on.
I believe people will wake up to this reality, but on large scales this sort of thing takes time. Until then people (and this isn't a partisan thing, people on every part of the partisan spectrum including from authoritarian to libertarian have been duped) will support policies that clearly are against their interests.
Immeasurable damage will be done before people realize the full extent of what's been going on.
@gbrnt Don't plan anything physical tomorrow.
You might be fine, but most people I know irl who got the second jab were knocked on their ass the second day. I slept a full 24 hours with an intense fever waking up only long enough to grab something to eat and drink. That much probably won't happen to you, but your immune system is probably going to be in overdrive that day battling the protiens your body is producing. Lesser versions of the same thing happened to a lot of people.
You might be fine, but most people I know irl who got the second jab were knocked on their ass the second day. I slept a full 24 hours with an intense fever waking up only long enough to grab something to eat and drink. That much probably won't happen to you, but your immune system is probably going to be in overdrive that day battling the protiens your body is producing. Lesser versions of the same thing happened to a lot of people.
games should cost ~90 €
@saxnot @waweic that's a good point. I'm old school and develop my own game engine from scratch, but you don't need to at all, there's tools that are great without having to spend that upfront. That alone means your development is focused on the game stuff instead of the broader ecosystem stuff.
Stuff that used to be super high end is now common. Music tools are cheap, motion capture is commonplace, 3d tools can be free if you don't mind a learning curve, compare all that to the beginning when you had to develop all your tools before you could even start worrying about anything.
One advantage id software had back in the day was their work with softdisk where they slowly developed and iterated on tools and engines with each new game. Their rudimentary platform games became a scrolling Mario demo became Commander Keen and Duke Nukem which ultimately became keen 4 and Duke Nukem 2, all building on earlier engine work. Today a team making commander keen can use a game maker studio that could take care of a lot of the stuff id needed to work miracles and put a lot of time into making, such as smooth pixel*pixel scrolling and pixel*pixel movement.
Stuff that used to be super high end is now common. Music tools are cheap, motion capture is commonplace, 3d tools can be free if you don't mind a learning curve, compare all that to the beginning when you had to develop all your tools before you could even start worrying about anything.
One advantage id software had back in the day was their work with softdisk where they slowly developed and iterated on tools and engines with each new game. Their rudimentary platform games became a scrolling Mario demo became Commander Keen and Duke Nukem which ultimately became keen 4 and Duke Nukem 2, all building on earlier engine work. Today a team making commander keen can use a game maker studio that could take care of a lot of the stuff id needed to work miracles and put a lot of time into making, such as smooth pixel*pixel scrolling and pixel*pixel movement.
games should cost ~90 €
@saxnot @waweic I think it's arguable that games should cost significantly less than they used to.
Simple economics. There's way more games than there used to be and they have effectively unlimited distribution. You don't need to pay to manufacture boxes or disks, you just copy a few bits on the steam store or epic store or gog or xbox or playstation or nintendo store.
You have supply that's exploded exponentially and demand that's only increased linearly, that's a recipe for lower prices.
Where does the extra money come from? It doesn't. Yes, there's microtransactions and loot boxes an all that, but that's a different product than the games themselves. Lots of customers never buy a single microtransaction or loot box, and other customers stay away from games that have that sort of thing.
The music industry had the same problem -- unlimited supply and stable demand -- and they had to make up the difference not by finding new ways to monetize, but by reducing their spending on the product. That's one reason why music tends to suck now, companies can't afford to take risks on gambles that might not pan out.
Simple economics. There's way more games than there used to be and they have effectively unlimited distribution. You don't need to pay to manufacture boxes or disks, you just copy a few bits on the steam store or epic store or gog or xbox or playstation or nintendo store.
You have supply that's exploded exponentially and demand that's only increased linearly, that's a recipe for lower prices.
Where does the extra money come from? It doesn't. Yes, there's microtransactions and loot boxes an all that, but that's a different product than the games themselves. Lots of customers never buy a single microtransaction or loot box, and other customers stay away from games that have that sort of thing.
The music industry had the same problem -- unlimited supply and stable demand -- and they had to make up the difference not by finding new ways to monetize, but by reducing their spending on the product. That's one reason why music tends to suck now, companies can't afford to take risks on gambles that might not pan out.
@BenKTallmadge 😐 wait no biden would never lie on the campaign trail you're lying I did not hit her I did naught oh hi mark
@yogthos It's ok mate, after this the federal reserve bank branch on the moon extended its QE program. Despite the meteor crashing through the planet stonks are at all time highs!
@thegergo02 @jeffcliff @racuna synapse was a dream to install but immediately pegged my (admittedly very low end) server. Had no choice but to find something lighter.