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Comment on 007 First Light fans are requesting refunds after learning about Denuvo DRM addition ahead of launch in ~games
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Comment on Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’ in ~tech
JCAPER LinkI worked at a company where the last paragraph was true. People got too used to having “infinite” money and would create projects without validating if they were worth it in the first place. There...“There’s a sense of entitlement that had festered across the company, and people who felt empowered, felt entitled— but weren’t actually working hard. And this is the number one thing that I had to battle,” Breslo said. “Ultimately, most of those people just had to be let go.”
When he returned as CEO, he said he gave employees who had been hired under the prior leadership structure 60 days to adapt to a leaner, startup-style culture. But the result was that “99%” couldn’t adapt, and Breslow eventually got rid of nearly the entire leadership team and started from scratch.
“They had gotten used to working at a company where they didn’t have to get their hands dirty, and could spend a lot of money, and we just didn’t have that money to spend anymore, and we didn’t have that luxury,” he said.
I worked at a company where the last paragraph was true. People got too used to having “infinite” money and would create projects without validating if they were worth it in the first place. There was a project that cost millions of euros to develop, and I was told that at a meeting - after it was delivered - that someone asked how much money did this project make: there was no answer, nobody knew.
On the other hand, boy do I get strong vibes of Mr. Burns thinking his workers are good for nothings and should work extra hours for free.
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Comment on Buying a high-end PC for the first time - help me to doublecheck what I'm buying? Is 4k a bad idea with the specs? in ~tech
JCAPER LinkThere's 2 things that I would like to touch on, but they're nitpicks. They're not a huge deal and can be solved, just think they're worth keeping in mind: 1- 4k screens: old games hate them. For...There's 2 things that I would like to touch on, but they're nitpicks. They're not a huge deal and can be solved, just think they're worth keeping in mind:
1- 4k screens: old games hate them.
For example, I've been playing "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" with a community patch to enable widescreen and whatnot. On my 1080p monitor, everything looks fine, but on my 4k TV, every UI element looks tiny.
I'm sure there might be solutions to upscale them, but the point is: with my 1080p monitor I don't need to bother, with my 4k TV I need.
This happened to some other games but tbh, I can't remember which they were. But as a rule of thumb, I assume that old games will likely have one issue or another on a 4k screen.
2- Streaming: scaling is annoying
If someday you get a Steam Deck (720p screen) or similar and want to stream games: you'll have kind of the same problem while navigating the OS. Depending on your scaling settings for your monitor, the UI could look very tiny on stream. But to be clear, it's not that huge of a deal and there are solutions - like getting a dummy HDMI port to trick the OS into thinking there's another 1080p monitor, and you can use that for streaming (or just having the patience to change the scaling every time) - It's just something to be aware of.
Personally speaking, I'm planning to get a 1440p monitor in the near future, one with 120hz at least. 4k is demanding and to me it feels a bit overkill for a 27' monitor. It probably looks nicer, but idk. I think it probably won't look much better than a 1440p monitor, but that's just my 2 cents!
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Comment on Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent in ~tech
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Comment on Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentI'm not following. Could you clarify what you mean?I'm not following. Could you clarify what you mean?
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Comment on Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentI get what you mean but.... It's Google: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dr91z0g4zo (TL;DR of the lawsuit: Google collected info from users even though those users had turned off tracking) I'm...I get what you mean but.... It's Google:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dr91z0g4zo
(TL;DR of the lawsuit: Google collected info from users even though those users had turned off tracking)I'm not excusing them, to be clear. Just saying that this behavior isn't out of character for them.
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Comment on Music streamer Deezer allows users to filter out AI music, so why does Spotify not offer the same? in ~music
JCAPER Link ParentThey’re also experimenting with creating their own music with AI, so there’s also thatThey’re also experimenting with creating their own music with AI, so there’s also that
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Comment on Brave Origin (Nightly), a paid, bloat-free version of Brave in ~tech
JCAPER LinkI wonder why Linux get to use it for free... Maybe they hope that way they'll get more feedback and bug reports? Anyway, the removal of Wayback Machine and Tor make it a lesser product for me, the...I wonder why Linux get to use it for free... Maybe they hope that way they'll get more feedback and bug reports?
Anyway, the removal of Wayback Machine and Tor make it a lesser product for me, the rest don't bother me since I just keep them turned off.
But if there is a target audience for this version, I'm happy for them
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Comment on Valve is working on Proton for ARM processors in ~games
JCAPER Link ParentNice, I didn't know about this Will have a watch later today!Nice, I didn't know about this
Will have a watch later today!
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Comment on Valve is working on Proton for ARM processors in ~games
JCAPER LinkThere were rumors for a good long while, but it's (basically) confirmed nowThere were rumors for a good long while, but it's (basically) confirmed now
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Valve is working on Proton for ARM processors
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Comment on Why Portuguese is the most underestimated global language on Earth in ~humanities.languages
JCAPER LinkSome thoughts from a portuguese for anyone interested: Needing a moment to "recalibrate to brazilian portuguese" is just wrong. I don't know anyone who said anything along these lines. The reverse...Some thoughts from a portuguese for anyone interested:
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Needing a moment to "recalibrate to brazilian portuguese" is just wrong. I don't know anyone who said anything along these lines. The reverse might be true though. Both online and in real life, I've heard brazilians saying that we speak too fast so they need to make an effort to understand us. I think it might be due to how much media we consume from brazil ("telenovelas", music, etc), and this will only get more intensified since kids consume a lot of youtube videos from brazilian channels.
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The video implies that Portugal and Brazil make no efforts to campaign for the language, which I don't believe to be correct. "Instituto Guimarães Rosa" (Brazil) and "Instituto Camões" (Portugal) currently have a partnership to promote portuguese over the world. This partnership is new, but 15 years ago every portuguese speaking country made an orthographic agreement to standardize the spelling of several words, so I don't believe that these institutions were sitting on their asses doing nothing since then, or that they weren't doing anything before.
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"Obrigado" sounds like "brigad"...? Maybe it's my bias speaking, but the first and last "o"s are heavily pronounced (especially the first), they should be "audible". I can't think of any accent that omits them, so I'm not sure where this comes from.
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Too small and tired to do anything globally, ehhhhh....... I'm not sure what they mean here. In very recent history, we were in a dictatorship, and this dictatorship was betting hard on keeping our colonies, so much so that we went to war with them. When the revolution happened and the republic took over, the political will was to end the war and let the colonies go, it made no sense to keep the war going. But that didn't mean that we just retreated to our country and cut off all relationships with them, because we didn't... I'm not really sure if I have a point here because I'm not really sure what point they're making.
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They think about Brazil, not about portuguese... Do people think of English when they think about USA or UK? Or Spanish when they think about Mexico or Spain? Genuine question. I just think that it's an odd point, because I'm thinking to myself as I'm writing this and language is not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of any country. But maybe that's just me.
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"Portugal is essentially a Brazilian language that also happens to be spoken in Portugal and eight other countries" Congrats lady, you know how hurt my feelings
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Can't prove it - nor do I care enough to try - but the video feels that it was scripted by an AI.
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Comment on The Eternal Life of Goldman | Gameplay trailer in ~games
JCAPER LinkAaaaannnd wishlisted! I'm not a huge fan of platformers, but the art style won me overAaaaannnd wishlisted!
I'm not a huge fan of platformers, but the art style won me over
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Comment on Proton Meet isn't what they told you it was in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentThey also accept payments in cash via mail. But that latest controversy was a bit of a mixed bag for me. Because - in my mind - if I wanted to use a service where privacy is paramount, I would...They also accept payments in cash via mail.
But that latest controversy was a bit of a mixed bag for me.
Because - in my mind - if I wanted to use a service where privacy is paramount, I would never pay with a debit card. That for me is just common sense, it’s the first thing that anyone looking to track you would check.
On the other, I do agree that Proton isn’t as transparent on these nuances as they probably should be. If your marketing material says that everything you offer gives the customer privacy, it can create a false sense of privacy and you end up using their tools “the wrong way”, which makes you trackable.
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Comment on Proton Meet isn't what they told you it was in ~tech
JCAPER LinkSorry about my comment not being about this article directly but: is it just me, or has there been an increase in negative posts/comments/articles/etc about Proton in the last months? (in the...Sorry about my comment not being about this article directly but: is it just me, or has there been an increase in negative posts/comments/articles/etc about Proton in the last months? (in the internet in general, not here on Tildes specifically)
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Comment on Suggest media in which the antagonist is an idea or an abstract concept rather than a person or intelligent entity in ~talk
JCAPER LinkBojack Horseman Throughout every season, Bojack has to deal with his own flaws - or maybe "nature" would be more accurate. He wants to be a good person, but he struggles to learn that "wanting"...Bojack Horseman
Throughout every season, Bojack has to deal with his own flaws - or maybe "nature" would be more accurate. He wants to be a good person, but he struggles to learn that "wanting" and "doing" are two different things, and people get hurt because of him.
Some antagonists pop up in different arcs, but the constant - and point of the show - is always about a part of him that sabotages everything good in his life, even though he consciously doesn't want to
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Comment on Indie Pass, a PC subscription service for indie games to launch on April 13, 2026 in ~games
JCAPER LinkIn the Browse Catalogue section, if you check the Cozy games, almost all of them are horror games lol That oopsie aside, I'll be keeping an eye it. I'm not sure if it's for me, but I can see this...In the Browse Catalogue section, if you check the Cozy games, almost all of them are horror games lol
That oopsie aside, I'll be keeping an eye it. I'm not sure if it's for me, but I can see this being a good way for a new dev to gain visibility
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Comment on Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence in ~tech
JCAPER LinkI use LLMs for coding and I DESPISE their sycophancy. I learned to rephrase my queries in a way that I talk in third person to avoid having the LLM grovel at my feet. I found that responses from...I use LLMs for coding and I DESPISE their sycophancy. I learned to rephrase my queries in a way that I talk in third person to avoid having the LLM grovel at my feet. I found that responses from Claude and Gemini tend to be more assertive and that they more easily point out faults with a solution if I tell them the idea/code is from some guy
I remember GPT 5 being dunked on for being inferior to GPT 4o, but from what I’ve seen and experienced, they were equivalent. My personal theory is that it’s not that the new model is inferior/less intelligent, it’s that it just doesn’t lick their feet.
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Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes
JCAPER Link ParentI like the idea, but I would argue that it probably would be more beneficial if it was more general and not just about JKR. Like a bot that - based on tags - would fetch the Wiki article of the...I like the idea, but I would argue that it probably would be more beneficial if it was more general and not just about JKR. Like a bot that - based on tags - would fetch the Wiki article of the creator of whatever product is being talked about. Most Wiki articles should contain all of the controversial points of any public figure, so this should work just as well.
I say this because I doubt how a disclaimer made specifically for JKR would matter on Tildes. I may be wrong, but I bet that >95% of people here at least know that JKR is transphobic (or at the very, very least, that she's controversial).
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Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk
JCAPER Link ParentNot sure. It’s not mechanical (thank god) but it’s not silent either. I think I’ll just put up with it. I’m not sure if it would be worse if I suddenly showed up with things to put in her keyboard lolNot sure. It’s not mechanical (thank god) but it’s not silent either.
I think I’ll just put up with it. I’m not sure if it would be worse if I suddenly showed up with things to put in her keyboard lol
I’m anti-preorder as one can be, but I wouldn’t go as far as banning them. Some people do prefer to preorder instead of buying day one - to me the most valid argument is being able to download the game before the launch date.
Instead I just think we should tighten the rules around pre-orders. You started the preorder period without any mention of a DRM? It should be illegal to add it after the fact. You promised the app would have X feature? Then it should have that feature at launch, not the typical Soon”™️”. Etc etc