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Comment on With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work in ~tech
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Loopdriver LinkJust finished red dead redemption 2. Just the masterpiece i imagined it was, storywise. The gameplay is more or less what you'd expect from rockstar. Only the ending is too watered down anyway......Just finished red dead redemption 2. Just the masterpiece i imagined it was, storywise. The gameplay is more or less what you'd expect from rockstar. Only the ending is too watered down anyway... Great.
And now I am trying elden ring. It does no disappoint though I was really lost at the beginning. In fact I am not 100% sure an open world is OK for soul games even if I really enjoy stumbling upon small dungeons and discover them with the torch. I preferred sekiro combat system, to me this seems... easy? Anyway I have killed two bosses... so... I still have a lot of road ahead ^^
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Comment on The home-working revolution is harming younger workers: Bosses who insist on a return to the office are demonised — but turning up is better for your career in ~life
Loopdriver LinkUhm... it could be true that showing up may now slightly increase your chance your boss will remember you when it's time to choose promotions and bonuses but it depends... maybe your boss is still...Uhm... it could be true that showing up may now slightly increase your chance your boss will remember you when it's time to choose promotions and bonuses but it depends... maybe your boss is still a moron.
Anyway, when I read there articles what I understand is that the biggest problem is that bosses and middle management in general are inept to do their job. In the office most of their inability was hidden micro managing the workers so they could call it a day, in a WFH they don't know what to do and they whine and try to gaslight their workers saying "it's for their interests to come back" for it will (eventually) pay in the end.
The solution should be: let the workers work how they feel more comfortable and teach the middle management to really do their job...
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Comment on What was your first computer game? (Soundcheck question 2023) in ~games
Loopdriver LinkFirst game i played... pong. (looking at the dusk while slowly smoking a cigarette... ^^) but it was my uncle's The first videogame i owned was a clone of Pengo i used to play on the commodore vic20.First game i played... pong. (looking at the dusk while slowly smoking a cigarette... ^^) but it was my uncle's
The first videogame i owned was a clone of Pengo i used to play on the commodore vic20.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Loopdriver LinkCyberpunk 2077 here. Seems like I picked it up at the right moment. I am 25 hours in and i am enjoying it a lot... maybe the fact i did not read anything about the main story so far played on my...Cyberpunk 2077 here.
Seems like I picked it up at the right moment. I am 25 hours in and i am enjoying it a lot... maybe the fact i did not read anything about the main story so far played on my favour because every twist is unaspected. The graphic is stellar and the occasional glitches don't break the immersion... actually i am enjoying it so much i am thinking to buy the dlc and have a new run with a complete new build once i will reach tge end (i am mostly a stealthy netrunner but i am curious to see the game from a gunslinger pointer of view). -
Comment on Fun things to do as a family with teens? in ~life
Loopdriver (edited )LinkI play chess and learn french w/ my son after dinner both activities are fun for both so i don't get bored... and help doesn't play along just to please me. During the weekend we play guitar (he...I play chess and learn french w/ my son after dinner both activities are fun for both so i don't get bored... and help doesn't play along just to please me.
During the weekend we play guitar (he is starting music at school), play videogames, watch 80s movies ( the blues brothers, ghostbusters, that kind of stuff) and if the weather is nice we walk or hit the local library.
I suppose you have to find what they like or could like... and that you like too and build on top of that.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Loopdriver LinkI've recently upgrade my rig and I've played... in sequence: Horizon Zero Dawn: I really Really REALLY liked it. I have done everything i could... collected this, that, found hidden corners in the...I've recently upgrade my rig and I've played... in sequence:
Horizon Zero Dawn: I really Really REALLY liked it. I have done everything i could... collected this, that, found hidden corners in the map, etc... the gameplay looks - to me - as a mix of Tomb Raider (the reboot) for the combat system and the Witcher 3 for the openess of the map and the way the quests are treated. I tried to stretch my gameplay time a little bit because i really didn't want it to end. But having killed every kind of machine, collected every dress and done even the most mondane sidequests just to see where they could took me... i moved to...Wolfstain II: the new colossus: cool story, cool characters, cool design. Finished the main storyline and killed a few high nazi generals, done the DLC. I will keep it there to do all the side quests just to unlock the true ending of the game.. but in the meanwhile i am now playing...
Control: I like the aestethic of the game and i like the lore. I'm still at the beginning so i have more questions than answers. What i didn't like was that the game starts without a real beginning. You're just there and though they explain the reason the protagonist enters in the Federal Bureau of Control something is amiss. For the rest. good shooter, good level design, for now a little repetitive but the story hooks me. I guess i'll finish the main story but i won't go after the sidequests unless i need extra ability points :D
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Comment on Bosses dislike work-from-home but suspect they’re stuck with it in ~finance
Loopdriver Link ParentThis is a very good idea and i would like the company i work for would apply something like this. The very idea to commute, go to the office to respect the quota and... zoom call around the clock...really important IF you want to progress quickly. But it's more than senior leadership rarely adapts to new things and just wants the status quo, despite how much more beneficial it is for workers to have flexibility.
We agreed one day a month in the office, but that is not "come to the office and code". It's an in-office out-of-office, I.e. "Don't get me on Teams, Slack, Zoom... I'm here to talk and socialise with my team" and it has worked amazingly.
Come to the office, Refinement, Sprint Plans, Storymappings, Retros and pints / activities. That's how the office SHOULD be used, not as a place to break spirits.
This is a very good idea and i would like the company i work for would apply something like this.
The very idea to commute, go to the office to respect the quota and... zoom call around the clock drives me crazy (and it happens all the time i go there).
That would be probably useful to really create a "workplace culture" that otherwise i have no idea what it really means or allow me to know my colleagues a little bit more outside of the usual coffee break where noone talks about anything and just whines about zoom calls and stress :)
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Comment on Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office. in ~life
Loopdriver LinkWhere i work we have an hybrid model (more or less is 50/50) but you are allowed to work from home for long stretch of time as long you keep the quota along the year. I have seen that some people...Where i work we have an hybrid model (more or less is 50/50) but you are allowed to work from home for long stretch of time as long you keep the quota along the year.
I have seen that some people do not like WFH and to the office almost everyday (for different reasons... usually personal) others, like me, tend to hoard the office days during winter so they are free for the other months (and if we could we wouldnt touch base at all).It's very hard to find a solution that satisfy everyone but I think that maybe there is some truth in the article. I hate to go to the office because I fell unconfortable there, i do not have a desk i can call mine, it is usually crowdy and noisy and if I want to concentrate i need to blast my ears with loud music.
Should i have an office, a real one, it would be bearable but now it is like to work in the ikea cafeteria.I would like to add that it would be ok and even better to have a small group office... let's say 4 ppl. In this case i think mostvif the critics would vanish. A small group can be quiet, ppl tend to help and know each other more, ppl would really "network". I think you could get the best from working from the office without the downsides of the open office.
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Comment on Autoenshittification: How the computer killed capitalism in ~finance
Loopdriver Link ParentI have just finished to read it and I found it really interesting. Somehow i feel we are going there or at least we were going there full speed during the startup craze (i remember a machine to...I have just finished to read it and I found it really interesting.
Somehow i feel we are going there or at least we were going there full speed during the startup craze (i remember a machine to make orange juice that squeezed juice packets, it just miserably failed but seemed to fit the description of some appliances in the story). Now I dunno but the article shows how the phenomenon is becoming more subtle and it is starting to be applied to more essential things like cars and such...My take away is:
- The more we try to create a system to control the human behaviour ...the more we create a cage that gets smaller and smaller
- Gotta buy new appliances that are not smart once mine will fail (hoping they can still be found :)
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Comment on Autoenshittification: How the computer killed capitalism in ~finance
Loopdriver LinkI remember that in a P.H.Dick 's novel ( i think Ubik) there is a point where one guy lives in an apartment full of machines that run on coins. If u wanted a toast u had to insert a coin in the...I remember that in a P.H.Dick 's novel ( i think Ubik) there is a point where one guy lives in an apartment full of machines that run on coins. If u wanted a toast u had to insert a coin in the toaster, a 10 mins shower was 2 coins. U wanted to go out? The door expected to be paid. And so on and on during the day.
A death of a thousand cuts.Reading this article made me think of that novel.
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Comment on Nostalgia -- what programs do you miss? in ~tech
Loopdriver Link ParentOh god... i thought i was the only one i remembered k-jofol. For i while i used it instead of winamp because I really loved some skins. Differently from winamp u werent stucked with a rectangle...Oh god... i thought i was the only one i remembered k-jofol. For i while i used it instead of winamp because I really loved some skins. Differently from winamp u werent stucked with a rectangle shape.
Sadly... i moved back to winamp for the same reason. Kjofol was too visually noisy and pretty big for a 640x480 resolution :/
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Loopdriver Link Parentmore or less like me, it's a kind of confort vg for me. When summer strikes i don't play that much, and it also happened i forget about it for months. Then... with autumn i desire to get lost in...more or less like me, it's a kind of confort vg for me.
When summer strikes i don't play that much, and it also happened i forget about it for months. Then... with autumn i desire to get lost in its white fields again. Sometimes i just wander around trying to survive as much as i can and watch the aurora in some cool location dreaming of going in places like those, one day :)
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Loopdriver LinkI tend to love hard, slow games that grow on you. Expecially if have strong atmosphere and allow me to explore. So I am playing The Long Dark (i have 180 hours on that) and trying to survive once...I tend to love hard, slow games that grow on you. Expecially if have strong atmosphere and allow me to explore.
So I am playing The Long Dark (i have 180 hours on that) and trying to survive once again after a pack of timberwolves ate me last time.And I am playing Below. I really love this game... u go down, through different level and deeper u go harder and weirder it gets. And u start to really fear that a misstep could easily end your run... plus it is the perfect lovecraftian game. The only regret is the protagonist is so tiny i wish i could play on a 65' TV :)
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Comment on Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite resistance in ~food
Loopdriver LinkUhm... now i'm sad because i really wanted to try the cricket tagliatelle but they haven't written the restaurant name. Anyway, on a more serious note. I think the push back is because the way you...Uhm... now i'm sad because i really wanted to try the cricket tagliatelle but they haven't written the restaurant name.
Anyway, on a more serious note. I think the push back is because the way you are supposed to cook and eat italian food is usually embedded in culture. You do this and not that, you eat this with that but not now... and so on.
Think about the pizza with pineapple slices on it. For some guys it's a crime against humanity.
But honestly if you like that, eat it. It won't really affect anyone and it doesn't diminish the pleasure of a "standard" pizza to the other.And anyway.... in Italy there are some places where there is stuff with insects in it... like Casu Marzu from Sardinia. So it's not about the insects... it's about the rules people have in their mind.
It takes time i think. Maybe they should try to focus on products for more open minded people? I dunno... energy bars? Restaurants targeted to youngsters?
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Comment on A harrowing vision of mind uploading in the form of a fictitious Wiki article in ~books
Loopdriver LinkThe xmas episode of black mirror (season one) is really about this.... and so the videogame called Soma. This was really interesting to read. Thanks for sharing.The xmas episode of black mirror (season one) is really about this.... and so the videogame called Soma.
This was really interesting to read. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment on Remote work to wipe out $800 billion from office values, McKinsey says in ~life
Loopdriver LinkOk... i suppose we can then calculate how much we saved working from home from car gas, lunches, car crashes, transport ticket, etc. As a society. My guess this second amount is higher than 800...Ok... i suppose we can then calculate how much we saved working from home from car gas, lunches, car crashes, transport ticket, etc.
As a society. My guess this second amount is higher than 800 milions.The money is not lost... just redistributed from corporations and landlord to working people. As it should be.
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Comment on Near-death experiences in ~talk
Loopdriver (edited )LinkI have two moments to share. The first one is from when i was a chili, maybe 5 o 6 years old. I vividly remember i was playing with lego blocks in the living room of my grand parents. I was alone...I have two moments to share.
The first one is from when i was a chili, maybe 5 o 6 years old. I vividly remember i was playing with lego blocks in the living room of my grand parents. I was alone there because... i dunno... maybe they were in the kitchen. And the lego blocks were the classic one, not duplo. I am not quite sure duplo esiste at that time... anyway i was there, playing and there were 2 small pieces 1x1 stucked together. I wasnt strong enough to break them apart so I made the only thing a sensibile child would have done. I tried to separate them usino my teeth and it worked. Sadly one of them flied into my throat and I started to gasp to breath. I was in panic.
I have been lucky enough to barf the piace after a few seconds... i guess... but those seconds lasted aeons in my head.
The second one instead happened when i was 11 years old. It was sunday and I woke up before my parents and I thought.... let's read some comics. The curtains were closed so I decided to turn on the lamp but when i clicked the button it didnt work. So I got out the bed to check and the Jack maybe had a wire that was not 100% covered so I got the shock :/ i survived because the circuit breaker but I remember i was almost paralized for minutes? Every muscles in the body ached.
Anyway... the 80s were wild...
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Comment on What is your favorite “so bad it’s good” movie? in ~movies
Loopdriver LinkI would add Velicipastor. The synopsis sound like... After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first...I would add Velicipastor.
The synopsis sound like...After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a prostitute convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas.
I admit i enjoyed it more than i thought in the beginning.
Same here, more over... most of the ppl suck at talking.
I feel there are some niches where it could be useful. To show how to do something on a gui or irl but not so much at work expecially because most of the ppt I get are just word documents made into slides and I suspect if this vids will get traction I will probably get a word document converted into slides... converted into a video. Nice... :/