It’s basically just burning through the credit they’ve paid Google and making their numbers look like the ad was effective, but conversion was low

Google has been caught doing similar things to make their metrics look better

This does hurt advertising in a nebulous kind of accelerationist way, but it does end up with more ad money being given to Google

Because AI is the first form of automation that doesn’t run on humans. Theoretically.

Now, can AI replace humans? No, obviously not at this stage. It can help humans do more, but only an idiot would trust it to do something important without a human in the loop

Is it? Yes. They are firing people and letting AI attempt to make the difference. They’re cutting entire departments in some cases

Their plan is “go die lol”

I can’t find the original posts… Search engines are unusable these days

But the one that stood out to me was when he was saying his preferred wars to fight in would be ones like the Philippines or Afghanistan, so that he could get the rush of combat without the danger of actual opposition

Most of the posts people are freaking out about are ignorant shit I have no problem looking past… Casual bigotry is something you can grow out of easily with experience

But the dude has a thing with violence and war I find more concerning… But he does seem like a principled progressive, so I think it’s worth giving him a shot

I think it was more of a crazy story tattoo than a Nazi tattoo to him

This guy was listing wars he’d like to fight in, because they were against civilians. This guy does not see the world in a normal way set all

But hey, his positions are on point. I’m not going out on a limb for him, but maybe chud-coded progressives are a viable strategy

I feel like a lot of people are finally understanding what the cloud is because of this

Because they don’t work as phones, at least not for practical use

No one has cracked it yet, some projects seem to be getting close, but the radio in a phone is a very complicated and poorly documented black box

Cut the problem into tiny pieces, then group it back together with nice clean connections

Code in nice straight lines. Like good cable management - behaviors should flow from cause to effect, and as much as possible should flow through the main channels

Decide how you organize things, and stick to it. When you see code you don’t remember writing, you should be able to say “if I were me, how would I do this?” and immediately know the correct answer

And if you agree to their new terms of service (there’s only an accept button when you open the site), you agree it’s not discord’s fault!

Such innovation.

Because it’s not a pixel, so I can’t run graphene out of the box, and having my phone working is a key component of my job

Pixel is running something close… But as for what their adding? All kinds of stuff, from camera features to launchers to subtle tweaks

But the reason no one is running stock android is the reason the Linux phone project is so difficult… The drivers

Your phone is basically running two sets of firmware. One controls the radio, coordinates with cell towers, handles data both as an Internet connection and a set of old cell protocols we still use sometimes (like phone calls and public alerts), plus hardware backdoors.

And then there’s Android, which has some degree of control over that mess, but it has to be custom fit to each black box or you get bugs, because they’re all different

The only way to run stock android is through an emulator, and even then most developers just use the pixel builds

Basically no one runs stock android. It doesn’t exist

But if you’re asking if I run OEM android, yes I am

There’s no digital ID in my system, there’s digital disclaimers and parental locks on the devices

The way we’re going now is digital IDs, they would try to throw it in regardless, but under my plan there’s no place where it could come into play

You could go further than that… Mandate that all new devices and app stores must have a parental lockout available out of the box

Then when you get your kid a phone or computer, you just set up the permissions. This already exists to a large extent, this would just standardize it all to turn it into a usable system

If they were serious about protecting children, they would have a device level lock and force web pages and apps to positively affirm they are “safe” for minors

That would work, this clearly won’t. This is just censorship, you can’t sanitize the Internet, you can only carve out walled gardens

I think you meant we. We ALL lose

Ok, but like… You could be having the experience you want if you plugged your current controller into a computer (not even a particularly high powered one for this game), spent an hour or two messing around with it, and if you struggle with the modding process people would help you? I’ve found a mod that does exactly what you want on nexus mods, it changes the game speed on the fly

Link if you’re interested

I’m not being elitist when I say you can’t make a game for everyone… You literally cannot. You can’t be the same handful of people who spent 7 years polishing every aspect of a game to tune it just right, then also keep track of a granular set of difficulty sliders throughout the process. These are incompatible design philosophies, you can’t make a game like Silksong like that

No, you should have a button through the workshop where you can add mods to slow down the game, take less damage, or whatever else you want or need. Let people rebalance the whole damn game if they want, if that makes you enjoy the game I’m happy for you

It should made easier then it is right now with proper workshop integration so it can be done in just a couple clicks. I’d support calling for that

What I don’t want is for team cherry to be pressured to change the game. It’s amazing as is, it’s extremely well thought out in how it challenges you even as the difficulty people complain about prepares you for future challenges. But people who will never enjoy it for what it is instantly demand it be watered down

You think a speed slider is going to make this game accessible? That’s not how this game works. This game is impossible at every challenge until it isn’t. That is the game. It’s rhythm and reaction, if you can do it slow you can do it normally

If I didn’t have a friend who played smash with three fingers and his hip on a heavily modded controller, I wouldn’t have the instincts to be able to play this game. He kicked my ass every time, despite nerve palsy that left him with half of one working hand

This game is not for everyone. And I don’t mean because of abilities… I’m not that good of a gamer. This game is for people who don’t accept their limits

If you make every game for everyone, you make slop

I don’t care if you can enjoy it without putting the effort I put in. I just don’t want a way for myself to make it easier. That’s it.

Fuck off, this is a masterpiece and I love it so much I’ve developed a new callous on my thumb and had to take a day off. I’ve overcome every challenge, I’ve dealt with the frustration, and victory was all the sweeter for that.

I don’t care what you do or don’t enjoy, don’t fuck with my game. I don’t care if you watch a playthrough or mod the game so you can enjoy the story.

I’m not being elitist, I’m pissed because people are trying to ruin the masterfully crafted artistic vision of the best game I’ve played in years

This game isn’t made for them, it’s made for me. It’s the full package, it’s amazingly well balanced, and truly a lovingly crafted work of art

If you want to mod the game to make it easier, I have no problem with you, or people who use it

But I don’t want a win button in my wonderfully challenging game. I don’t want this to be ruined with temptation. That’s what would cheapen the experience