Just a nerd who migrated from kbin(dot)social.
I understand where you’re coming from, but that means they care about making sure that the number goes up, rather than fluctuating wildly. And they absolutely don’t want rugpulls (unless they’re the ones holding the rug). That’s the kind of stability I’m talking about. No tycoon actually wants a free market, they want the regulations to make sure that they have a chance to corner the market and protect them against their enemies.
Honestly, this is a huge step forward. I know it sounds dumb, but regulating the crypto market as securities will help provide stability to crypto and help classic securities become more adaptable. I’ve been waiting since day 1 for the SEC to step in here.
As ways to block people from getting it out of the library, I prefer this to other methods. Remember, libraries are usually funded based on circulation numbers - so to the members of this church, I say please dive on the public library and borrow a lot of books and media, and make them have it get marked as delinquent and get written off so they can buy more stuff.
So, they’re doing a great thing to the library!
Honestly, I loved SC3K. SC2K was just a gateway drug.
Call the bank, explain the situation, and see if they can give you a reasonable workaround.
So LLMs operate like blind people - like every other web scraper and chatbot to exist.
There is no such thing as good or evil. There’s only the things that make us feel good and things that do not. For some people, the things that make them feel good are also things that make others feel good; but there’s a lot of people who only feel good by causing others to feel bad.
The only thing that matters is balancing what makes you feel better with the things that make the people you rely on feel better.
Mayday would prefer against that, since it causes hassles with her existence.
Anyone who’s a fan of mecha anime or games already knew this. The human body is a comedy of errors masquerading as a marvel of bioengineering. We’re just fish who forgot how to swim and learned how about economics.
Following Washington’s guidance is what I call it.
You as a person don’t need direct representation, usually (though having a lawyer ready us always a benefit). The only way to stop the social media companies from extracting value and facilitating harmful criminal behavior is to stop their actions completely. Yes, that affects people. Yes, that means people won’t be able to use an online service. But if all social media went away tomorrow, the only one I’d actually miss would be YouTube.
Fediverse instances have a different structure, and what should happen is that the owner of each instance that wants to operate in Nepal should register with the government, and only federate with those who are also registered. Otherwise, you’ve lost out on a country that barely us a blip on the Internet radar, with the exception of rich, entitled, jerks ruining Everest and adding to the colossal body count.
No matter what, it’s not worth dying for. Protesting in favor of big companies is dumb from the start. Protesting in favor of niche platforms is dumb. Don’t risk your life for anything but life-and-death situations.
Agreed, but I also can’t believe how quick some people are to provoke the government into action like that. It’s going to sound cold, but there’s no social media company I’d protest for, and I certainly wouldn’t be there if I thought it would provoke a violent response.
They’re not banning all forms of social media. They’re trying to stop fraud crimes and they’re demanding a guaranteed human being who will be the liaison for criminal investigations.
Even if you see nefarious purposes behind that, it’s not worth your life.
Ongoing development of mbin and attention to the platform as a whole. His lack of overt politics compared to the Lemmy devs also makes me happier. Plus, as an admin, he’s mostly hands-off in my n experience, certainly not a micromanaging mod.
I wish I had your sense of unbridled optimism.
The reason we didn’t have Alakazam in some Pokemon media? Screw that guy.
So what you’re saying is, mine deeper, dig up more wells, and frack 'til the planet cracks? Because seriously, if we can’t turn back, we need to lean in and go with it.
Another kbin.social refugee here. I only moved when it was obvious that Ernest wasn’t coming back. So instead, I decided to lean on Melroy, who’s been an awesome admin and dev.
So, Ernest, I wish you nothing but the best. Thanks for kicking off a small revolution. And Melroy - thank you for taking up the torch.
My experience is that basically, if you actually want to do anything meaningful with video, you need to host your own instance, because no one wants to be beholden to the bandwidth, especially if it gets any uptake. In which case, obviously, you’re on your own for the costs. The only way I can see PeerTube working is if a few of the medium size YouTubers & Twitch streamers with decent monthly Patreon takes band together and fund it that way.
Check the vids from Gamers Nexus.
The NES version specifically, I can’t defend. But the DOS, C64, and SMS versions are interesting, because they’re really proof of what would be codified as the Covert Action Rule, or the simple adage of programming, “do one thing, well”. Note that in the NES port, none of the minigames are done well. But I think David Crane created a pretty solid concept, hampered by a number of unfortunate factors.
The start of the game is a business simulation. The game doesn’t want you to actually think about the business side of things, but wants to make money important. This ends up contributing to a bad idea, because rather than looking at the economy as a core element, it ends up getting shoved to the side. Frankly, it would be better if you started off like, say, Animal Crossing, or SimCity, where you have a loan you must pay off, but you’re given the tools you need to do so. The PC versions feel less clunky in this respect, because the business side is more front-and-center.
There’s a lack of real clarity about what’s going on in the map minigame. There’s a lot of moving parts, but not a lot of rhyme or reason behind them. The PKE doesn’t really react to player actions, but nor is it a steady timer. Central Park West (the Zuul building) doesn’t really have any significance. And frankly the driving minigame is pointless if you don’t have the vacuum. It’d be better to just have to buy gasoline.
The ghost-catching minigames are short and annoying, but are actually the only part of the game worth any time investment.
Then you have the dreaded tower climb. On the NES, the controls for that section of the game are simply inexcusable.
The big fight at the end doesn’t feel conclusive, and the ending is… well, it’s awful, let’s be blunt. That’s why it became a meme.
And yet! It’s stuck with people because it’s so awful a game but so near the edge of being good if it was made with more focus. I haven’t played any version of the game in several years, but I remember every step of it. I remember the Ecto-1: traps, proton packs, ghost vacuum. Vacuum for money, grab free-floaters to stop them from forming Stay-Puft until you’re in the black. Then Stay-Puft, the stairs, and Zuul.
Consider that Crane went from Pitfall to all of that. Seriously, in terms of game design, it’s a huge leap forward, and yes it stumbled hard. Oh, and if you want a fair comparison, look at Autoduel for the C64 (one of Lord British’s pre-Ultima games), since the Ghostbusters game was built on the bones of a Car Wars game.