gcheliotis

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[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can imagine this being initially an accidental discovery like oh every time so and so’s body interacts with the WiFi signal it’s the same pattern… until someone starts exploring this further… and then some engineer or their manager started looking for applications for this. In my experience engineering researchers especially are very good with coming up with use cases for whatever tech they’re working with, with little ethical consideration.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh no, just got one similar to OP’s but the MFC series with extra copy/scan features after a great experience with the old equivalent Brother model I had for about 20 years with near zero problems!

I realized the new model was surprisingly cheap and with features I always wanted on the old one (which was now starting to show its age in a few ways), so I made the upgrade. Hope I won’t regret it.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Here is a very urgent thing. We can't stress enough how urgent this is. Also would you like to do a load of pointless shit for these random people that have no bearing on anything?"

Lol every RPG ever. Though some pull it off better than others by somehow connecting more pieces back to the main quest.

I think CDPR have has this issue since the Witcher 3 tbh. They know how to make amazing story based games, with nice enough writing and characters, and some lovely grey area decisions where there's no real right and wrong, and then mar it with boring open world design.

Yes absolutely, although I don’t recall this being quite so egregious in the Witcher. But that was a long time ago, I may not remember it well.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah early on at least it seems like one is encouraged to do side missions to get eddies. That seems to be the main motivation to me at the stage I’m in.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also surprised it’s still buggy after all this time. Nothing too serious, but still. Treating it as a flawed but pretty action adventure game with neon lights is the only way.

Maybe CDPR underestimated the effort to create a convincing modern metropolis open world. It’s a whole different ball game to the small villages and towns of the Witcher. Maybe they’ll get it right in the sequel, if they make one.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (7 children)

CP2077. Love the looks. Gameplay is fine. City is mostly backdrop yes, most of the focus seems to have been at crafting a bombastic main quest line. So far so good, just wish there were more depth to the city and its systems.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Tbh I always loved the idea of an opinionated car GPS/AI, just for fun, I always thought it would be hilarious if it gave instructions with an attitude or responded to the driver in kind, depending on what you throw at it. Still not buying a Tesla, just saying.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean yes race does intersect, it’s a longer discussion, I guess I’m just tired of this “whiteness” critique because it feels cheap and easy, hence intellectually lazy. Anything that happens in the west politically can be linked back to whiteness one way or another. I don’t think it’s been particularly helpful as a critique, in fact I think it has backfired and probably needs to go.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Very well said. I wish I could articulate this as well as you have here.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

FYI, the manosphere is replete with non-white males, and that is not even including the inherent male chauvinism in other cultures. I’m sorry but the critique on whiteness is a little lazy intellectually.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Jesus Christ you guys with the personal attacks 😳

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

There were subtitles for fuck sake 🙄 I didn’t have to interpret anything. Also, Iranian state TV. There is very little that is ambiguous about the video or what the lady in question represents. Also, I seriously doubt she’s a “journalist” as we like to imagine them, doing investigative work, field work, serving the people, and uncovering the truth. Probably just a mouthpiece for the theocracy on state tv.

 

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