emptyother

joined 1 year ago
[–] emptyother@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why should everyhing be in threes and so damn final in big entertainment land? I like the "will return in Story Title n+1" endings. Even when it never even materializes. Or the eternal spinoffs of spinoffs (which a lot of Star Wars kinda already are). Or the crossover in other works as a background character easter eggs (which I believe Star Wars have done occasionally too). Or Marvel type crossovers (but comics, the MCU multiverse thingy crossovers are getting a bit tiresome by now) (also no, dont bring wolverine into Star Wars, please) (no, not Deadpool or Spiderman either) (oh, the alternative is putting mandalorians in every Star Wars you say?).

Anyway, let the protagonist and closest allies survive, let him walk into the sunset, and be open for more adventures another day. In their own or as a mentor in someone else's story.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And I thought it was us middle-aged (40+) and older who was the only one who still used them literally. Gotten the impression that younger generations invented non-obvious meanings that spread in trend waves, then stopped using emojis when it became too hard and social anxiety-inducing to keep track of the various interpretations of what a "slight smile" might possibly mean to the receiver. 🙂

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Shame I can only see squares there. I wonder why. I can see wikipedia's. Does this work? Two hieroglyphs: 𓂀𓀀

Edit: It does, I can read those in my own comment.

Edit 2: Windows issue? I can see them on Android/sync for lemmy.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Linux itself isn't a company. And cant be bought up even if Linux Foundation is taken over. And its not like you support Linux Foundation when you download one of the free distros.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The alternatives.. That once they shows a bit of growth and promise gets bought up by a bigger and greedier company, that then gets bought up by one of the big corpos and carefully discontinued in favor of their own product.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But I don't want another biggest movie. Wish they could keep'em small, constrained, cheap, and focused.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You might already heard this one but I didn't learn until a relatively recent internet meme that its only here in Norway that something being "complete texas" means its completely chaotic and messy.

Also I'm using "what the fir forest" ("hva i granskauen") as a replacement for "what the hell" and I have no idea where I've picked it up.. Nobody else around me do, not even family. Works just as fine though against pain and annoyances.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

Well, we have to do something about IP laws then.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 15 points 3 months ago

Its doing pretty well when its doing a few words at a time under supervision. Also it does it better than newbies.

Now if only those people below newbies, those who don't even bother to learn, didn't hope to use it to underpay average professionals.. And if it wasn't trained on copyrighted data. And didn't take up already limited resources like power and water.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago

Or YOU could hack the company by stressing him about bugs and offer your help to fix them.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Got free-running vision after enough Mirrors Edge. Not literally painted red, but might as well been.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Of course they dont. Not a chance with that much video added every hour. Also everything gotta be automated. And in favor of those who can make the most legal trouble. And thats companies, not the many various smaller IP-owners.

Just rubs me the wrong way that only Google are finding this business worth it. None of the other companies, even with massive amounts of storage and cdn infrastructure, are able to compete for long.

 

Hey, remember that mission in Mass Effect 3, I think.. Where you meet Tali and have to move from shadow to shadow to let the suit cool down between sun exposure? Or Chronicles of Riddick, where they had to get in cover before sunrise or get disintegrated by extreme sun radiation? Or Pitch Black, where some very aggressive animals came out at night? Jedi Knight Academy with its acid rain and having to cover under rocks while shield recovered?

I love Starfield so far, but the suit exposure and suit protection gone warning that barely have a consequence was a bit unimpressive. I was hoping for some kind of game mechanics to it. Instead I just dont care anymore, I just stay away from gas pockets and pop some medicine to fix random unavoidable afflictions as I go. Nobody cares if a suit has slightly less or more chance to get one affliction or the other. The beeping sound from suit protection is barely audible anyway (is there a problem with my sound?). And protection either last infinite or is gone within seconds. And doesnt seem to be related to actual temperature (or wind, or atmosphere).

I hope someone eventually mods in some cooler effects and consequences.

 

Sync for reddit used to be able to hide the vote buttons too on the cards and comments. I nearly never use the downvote button anyway, so hiding it in the 3-dot meny prevented me from misclicking it. I usually only showed the upvote and save button.

I'm not entirely sure where to post suggestions, so I post it here. Maybe get some feedback on who else would(n't) want it.

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