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I haven't read a whole lot, but so far: Madame Bovary. We had to read it in high school, because it was culturally significant and because it caused a large amount of controversy when it came out due to its subject matter. When I was reading it though, it felt like I was reading a literary version of every TV soap opera ever. It was a slog to get through and I was bored and annoyed throughout.
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Hm, didn't know about that. By the way, what is the word that is showing up as removed?
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2w ago
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So they are, statement withdrawn. I wasn't paying that much attention to the signs in the background and sure enough, the rightmost sign's M and R look a bit off and the "Investing in" part is completely scrambled.
onlooker
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Is it AI generated, though? AI generated images usually mangle letters pretty badly and everything seems to be legible here.
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3w ago
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Seriously. Didn't they make billions last year? That number should be much, much higher for Zuck & Co. to actually start giving a fuck.
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3w ago
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I'm sure it's a very capable email client, but the UI just didn't mesh well with me.
onlooker
3w ago
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Not really sure. Somebody wire me an obscene amount of money and I'll report back. Probably.
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3w ago
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What's wrong with Newpipe?
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3w ago
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When life seems hard
and you're stuck in a rut
there's no better help
than a face full of butt.
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4w ago
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Exactly. There's no moral dillema here. I'm keeping the switch in the "left" position and welding it in place, just in case.
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2mo ago
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And mine. And probably everyone else's since the only banking app I can find on F-Droid is something called Varengold.
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2mo ago
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To be clear, XMPP is the name of the protocol, not the app. If an XMPP app with a Discord-like UI is what you're after, then Converse.js is probably your best bet. Here's what it looks like.
onlooker
2mo ago
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"It has a gradient so you know it's AI." <- Uh, what does this mean?
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2mo ago
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Good for them. That's what sick days are for.
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2mo ago
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omg, how is this scene still being taken out of context after 10+ years? In the scene mentioned, Tidus, the protagonist of the story, is feeling depressed and Yuna, the summoner who Tidus is guarding, tries to cheer him up. One of her methods is forcing(!) yourself to laugh. It looks ridiculous, it sounds ridiculous, heck, the other characters watching the scene think it's ridiculous and even Yuna herself at some point tells Tidus he should probably stop. The laugh sounds forced, because it is. And intentionally, at that.
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I wanted to add Invasion of the Booby Snatchers, but then I realized that in this context the aliens aren't the ones doing the snatching.
onlooker
2mo ago
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How about a pet rock?
onlooker
2mo ago
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What, no Microsoft Word?
onlooker
2mo ago
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Nah, I didn't forget. It's just that Pitchford's list of screw-ups is so extensive that if I wanted to list of each and every one, we'd be here all day.
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Good. I hope that sleaze Pitchford loses a mountainload of money on this. I absolutely hate the guy, he's a liar and a thief. And arguably, depending how you look at it, a pedophile.
As a short reminder: Borderlands was originally meant to look like this. Then, at the MTV Asia Awards 2006, an artist by the name of Ben Hibon premiered a neat-looking animated short by the name of Codehunters. You can see it here. Witchford saw this and wanted to use the artstlye for his new game. He and Ben had a back-and-forth for a while and then, radio silence.
2009 comes around and Pitchfork's new game Borderlands is released. And to say that it looked familiar to Codehunters would be an understatement. Kitschford, being an upstanding and virtuous citizen that he is, straight-up aped Codehunter's style. No discussions or agreements were made with Ben and as such, despite Borderlands becoming hugely profitable, Ben didn't see a cent. And that is why I will always hope for the Borderlands IP to crash and burn. Or, at the very least, for someone to actually pay Ben Hibon for (unknowingly) creating the game's artstyle. Anyway, rant over, thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Lately I've been thinking about Voxatron, an incomplete yet fun little top-down-ish shooter game from 2011. I love the way it looks and plays, so I've been wondering if there are any other games with the same aesthetic? It's a bit hard to explain, but what I liked specifically about Voxatron was how the characters and the environment were animated. Everything seemed to snap to an invisible three-dimensional grid, or in other words, voxels didn't rotate. Here's [an example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TvOZAdAngg). What I'm not looking for is a game that is made of voxels, but is animated like polygons, if that makes sense. Like [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nxryAvQCmo). I'm not really sure what term to use, because searching for "voxel games" was not very fruitful for me. Search results encompassed everything from Minecraft to Severed Steel. I imagine animating a game in such a way would be super time consuming, but I still have to ask: are there any games that fit this criteria?
FYI, the article is in Spanish: https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/noticias/desarrollador-summerfall-studios-carga-bobby-kotick-1385082
For those unaware, The Triple-i Initiative is a group of indie studios whose purpose is to highlight fan-favorite games and hype up established indie classics as well as new IPs. So, without further ado, here are the trailers. Names in bold are new releases, the rest are updates to existing games: - **Slay the Spire II ([Reveal Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsWNkTY_Ydk))** - Risk of Rain 2 ([Free Content Update ft. Dead Cells Crossover Skin & More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGuqgP50emQ)) - **KILL KNIGHT ([Announcement Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wge79T1THPI))** - Shadows of Doubt ([Console Announce + Sharpshooter Assassin Launch Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd-7eMshP0o)) - My Time at Sandrock ([Cross Platform Multiplayer Announce Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFnQqVoCQQ)) - **Dinolords ([Teaser Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3rSJHWXZ-o))** - **Gestalt: Steam & Cinder ([Release Date Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOiEH1YWfyk))** - Vampire Survivors ([Operation Guns DLC feat. Contra + Playstation Announce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7qW3CRX1Xw)) - **Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn ([Composing Vengeance Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiTw5ouVyjc))** - **Never Alone 2 ([Game Reveal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfLd0b7bUFo))** - **Cataclismo ([Hogar's Hope Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZfkvj1jLI))** - Death Must Die ([Act II Reveal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA_1asFUmi0)) - **Endzone 2 ([Gameplay Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz6Y_zdmnvo))** - Dyson Sphere Program ([Free Content Reveal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5sKq_VU6YQ)) - **UnderMine 2 ([Announcement Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp3egh4JsQk))** - **Norland ([Early Access Release Date Announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VV0KVdC3x8))** - **WHAT THE CAR? ([Steam Date Announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS_XschFMAQ))** - Darkest Dungeon II ([New FREE Game Mode 'Kingdoms' Coming in 2024](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7YFzd-_HOg)) - **RKGK ([Developer Intro & Game Reveal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncJhsw4rH6o))** - **Broken Roads ([Official Launch Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4tAXNbUSDQ))** - Ravenswatch ([Fall of Avalon Update](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xMVfdOtt3A)) - **Cat Quest III ([Opening Animation Reveal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvhHKoJ10vc))** - **Hyper Light Breaker ([Mini-boss Reveal Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Py1NPFeiac))** - The Last Spell ([Dwarves of Runenberg DLC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbXLbeCFBFc)) - **Laysara: Summit Kingdom ([Surprise Launch Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egz4mbCVPMg))** - **Wizard of Legend 2 ([First Look at Gameplay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nwdKqTbE_M))** - **Let's School ([Beloved School Management Sim Announced on consoles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtWtR0_E9RQ))** - Brotato ([Abyssal Terrors DLC & Local CO-OP Update Announcement Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydwch5dgMWE)) - **Tchia ([Nintendo Switch Release Date](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX9e8vqFy70))** - **Streets of Rogue 2 ([Official Gameplay Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbb_P_f-yw))** - Old World ([Behind The Throne DLC Announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JGcPQkEAPY) - Palworld ([Arena Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Mh7HXZ4sE)) - **33 Immortals ([Beta Gameplay Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jOqj9Ekk2w))** - **MOUSE ([Spike-D Gameplay Teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5PsCONnfNs))** - V Rising ([Legacy of Castlevania Gameplay Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXp8NLnsqv0)) - **The Rogue Prince of Persia ([Reveal Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5RIwH6jQUQ))**
Not to say I hate the genre, I actually love me some Dusk or Turbo Overkill, but why, oh why are they called **Boomer** Shooters? These games clearly took inspiration from 90s FPS games, which 👌, but they were played mostly by Gen Xers and Millenials, not Boomers. When games like Duke Nukem 3D or Quake were out, Boomers were what? 30 to 50 years old? I'm sure some of them played FPS games, but there is no way they were the majority. Whenever I see the term Boomer Shooter, my mind goes to games like [Shootout! for Magnavox Odyssey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uZTvp7YUiQ). Can't we call them something else, like Retro FPSes or something? Anyway, rant over. Thank you for your time.
EDIT: We decided not to pursue further diagnosis, because we wouldn’t know what the hell we’re doing anyway, and decided to start the RMA process instead. It might not even be the reason why the PC won’t turn on, but I’m not comfortable with putting that CPU back into his PC again. Once we get a replacement, we’ll see what happens. If it’s still busted, we’ll just take it to a local shop. Thank you everyone for your for your suggestions and insight, they are very much appreciated. My friend called me to take a look at his PC that wouldn’t turn on. Upon inspecting his CPU, I noticed a silver bump at the bottom. I’ve never seen this. Can anyone tell me what it is?
www.eurogamer.net
Archive.org mirror: https://web.archive.org/web/20230914133443/https://www.eurogamer.net/unity-bosses-sold-stock-days-before-development-fees-announcement-raising-eyebrows This shit can't be legal. Do we have any lawyers on here?
So, I heard several people now mention HAARP as the cause for all the natural disasters that have been happening lately. And here I thought the cause was rampant pollution and global warming! But seriously, I'm looking at the HAARP page on wikipedia and it seems to be an array for studying the ionosphere? How in the hell do you go from "we're using this to see what's happening way up there in the sky" to "this causes tornadoes"? Who even started this garbage?
This is an email I came across at work. I seriously can't believe they're trying to justify being stressed. It may not be as caustic as other posts you see on here, but it still kinda pissed me off.
A continuation of this: https://lemmy.ml/post/427773/
blog.brixit.nl
Post was not made by me, by the way. I didn't leave (or join) PINE64, it's just the title of the article.
This is hilarious. Blizzard created Diablo Immortal with the express purpose of getting their foot into the Chinese market. Then some genius at Blizzard had the brilliant idea to make a post on Weibou (a social network in China) to make fun of Xi Jinping: [Picture of post](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/b9b4aa88-e394-4821-8944-c6693f5060a7.webp) Welp, there goes that Tencent money. Couldn't have happened to a nicer company, too.
Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ubisoft-vp-says-players-dont-get-nfts-but-cant-explain-what-there-is-to-get/
For me, they're more trouble than they're worth. For wanting to support your favorite artists, I'm rewarded with unskippable trailers and FBI warnings, and if you want to play Blurays on PC, well... Just take a look at [this](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray#Playback). Keydb files? BD+ decryption? What happened to just putting the stupid disc in the machine and hitting play? With pirated movies and shows, I just double-click on a file and away I go. Why would I ever want to go back to Blurays?
There are so many options out there, it's kind of dizzying. I'm looking for a cheap solution that I could hook up to a TV and ethernet, so it could run a flavor of Linux (or BSD) and play videos at 1080p. Bonus points if it can handle 1080p@60 FPS. Other than that, it would be used for light web browsing. I was looking at Raspberry Pi 4, but is there anything else you would suggest?