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Comment on Ineos has opened a carbon dioxide storage site off the Danish coast, as momentum builds in Europe for the fledgling but expensive technology in ~enviro
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Comment on Can two friends complete a game no one has ever finished? (gifted link) in ~games.tabletop
MimicSquid Link ParentThere's a version for Tabletop Simulator. No promises on how much bookkeeping is done for you, but at least you can't accidentally knock over any of the pieces.There's a version for Tabletop Simulator. No promises on how much bookkeeping is done for you, but at least you can't accidentally knock over any of the pieces.
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Comment on Control Resonant | Launch trailer – 24th September 2026 in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentComparison is the thief of joy. Enjoy your experience without letting that guys' sick combo that obliterated the boss that you've been struggling with distract you. No matter how much cooler he...Comparison is the thief of joy. Enjoy your experience without letting that guys' sick combo that obliterated the boss that you've been struggling with distract you. No matter how much cooler he looks.
I mean... be content within yourself. Yeah. That.
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Comment on Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore in ~music
MimicSquid Link ParentI really sympathize with everything you've said here. I was in a situation very similar to your friends, though in 2016 rather than 2020. We agree wholeheartedly about the terrible genocide in...I really sympathize with everything you've said here. I was in a situation very similar to your friends, though in 2016 rather than 2020. We agree wholeheartedly about the terrible genocide in Palestine and the way that Israel conflates support or disapproval for a range of concepts into moral cover for their actions. I don't think that you're wrong for wanting peace for yourself or for those close to you. My stated visible disagreement with your prior comment is a tiny disagreement on a pile of synchronicity of feeling and opinion, and I apologize for focusing on your desire to have places and times to shelter from the reality of the world than on Ed Sheeran's desire to avoid making a stand.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
MimicSquid LinkIn anticipation of Graveyard Keeper II, I've been playing the demo. It's excellent. If you liked the first one, the second is that, but with more polish and more to do. One thing that is kind of...In anticipation of Graveyard Keeper II, I've been playing the demo. It's excellent. If you liked the first one, the second is that, but with more polish and more to do.
One thing that is kind of interesting that's not really about the game is that there are some people who're swearing up and down that the in-game opening cutscene is AI and that the game should be boycotted because of it. In the past I've been potentially open to such critiques, for all the reasons someone might be against generative AI. But the cutscene is lifted wholesale from the prior game that had been released 8 years ago. It couldn't be AI.
Lazy Bear (the developer) is a solidly mediocre developer. They make middle of the road games with a few fun concepts and occasional amusing writing. They're true-blooded human mediocrity! It seems like for creative works "It's AI!" is just a thing people say now regardless of whether it's the case. What do we do with that?
If I were a more conspiracy-minded person, I'd suspect that pro-AI people are using AI to push spurious anti-AI claims everywhere they can to flood the zone. If everything is AI, what is there to fight? As it is, I'm just getting tired of looking for new interesting things.
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Comment on Why we built Pion in ~tech
MimicSquid Link ParentMy point is more that this is a system that is new to trying to handle employees and employer/employee dynamics, much like a person who has never done it before. In both cases there's the...My point is more that this is a system that is new to trying to handle employees and employer/employee dynamics, much like a person who has never done it before. In both cases there's the expectation that there can be improvements. This AI system can learn the ropes losing other people's money, and it won't ever retire or lose its life savings and never run another business because it can't afford the startup costs.
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Comment on Reginald Pikedevant - Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk) (2011) in ~music
MimicSquid Link ParentYeah, I saw that too. More than many things, this puts me in mind of 1984, where the past was actively rewritten to extend the truth of the present moment further and further into the past.Yeah, I saw that too. More than many things, this puts me in mind of 1984, where the past was actively rewritten to extend the truth of the present moment further and further into the past.
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Comment on Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore in ~music
MimicSquid Link ParentI agree that it's nice to have places where you're not thinking about politics, but the very fact that you can have some spaces where the politics in that space are invisible to you is an...- Exemplary
I agree that it's nice to have places where you're not thinking about politics, but the very fact that you can have some spaces where the politics in that space are invisible to you is an indication of the ways you're in the cultural majority. It's not that the politics aren't there. you're just in alignment with them and so you don't think of those choices as "political". Everything is political, even when you don't see it.
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Comment on Why we built Pion in ~tech
MimicSquid Link ParentYou know who also does a terrible job dealing with an adversarial/abusive employee? People who're running a business for the first time. Most humans are really terrible about maintaining...You know who also does a terrible job dealing with an adversarial/abusive employee? People who're running a business for the first time. Most humans are really terrible about maintaining appropriate work boundaries when they're first in the position of managing other people, especially when it's a small business and there's just a few people. The AI could be worse, but it also doesn't have to lose its life savings failing at its first business. It can be bad at it and then it can get better since it has a pile of capital that's not its own to learn on.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
MimicSquid LinkI'm playing the demo for IGTAP: an Incremental Game That's Also a Platformer, a game that is exactly what it says it is. The better you do at the platforming challenges, the faster your clones...I'm playing the demo for IGTAP: an Incremental Game That's Also a Platformer, a game that is exactly what it says it is. The better you do at the platforming challenges, the faster your clones will do it. The faster the clones run the course, the faster the number goes up. There are hidden upgrades in the world on top of the ones next to the explicit challenge courses, so exploring is beneficial. As someone who enjoys both of its influences, it's a fun little game. Definitely optimized for controller play, though.
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Comment on Nintendo - Customer appreciation sale in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentThank you for the clarification. I agree, my outrage is conditioned on the goods in question. If Nintendo raised its prices and kept the tariff refunds, I'm not furious. When those prices come for...Thank you for the clarification. I agree, my outrage is conditioned on the goods in question. If Nintendo raised its prices and kept the tariff refunds, I'm not furious. When those prices come for essentials and people are buying groceries on layaway I feel incredibly strongly that all of us should be made whole (even as I don't expect that justice will ever be served.) I think my disconnect was seeing the claim of moral failure on the part of companies when the discussion was about Nintendo. I agree that the government and corporations are experiencing a moral hazard, where they're getting the upside and we're all getting the downside. I'm just much angrier about food costs than about video games.
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Comment on Israel’s culture minister threatens to revoke the citizenship of ‘NAZA’ filmmakers in ~movies
MimicSquid LinkThere's nothing like trying to squash any mention of something to make clear a government is confident in the righteousness of their choices and secure in the knowledge they're doing the right...There's nothing like trying to squash any mention of something to make clear a government is confident in the righteousness of their choices and secure in the knowledge they're doing the right thing. No one can stand to have their righteousness shown to the world.
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Comment on Nintendo - Customer appreciation sale in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentYeah, anything like that from the current administration would be a mess. I'm thinking of things like capping the price of bread for two weeks while grain is being distributed from a reserve. If...Yeah, anything like that from the current administration would be a mess. I'm thinking of things like capping the price of bread for two weeks while grain is being distributed from a reserve. If the manufacturers know that supply will be restored shortly and they're being watched in the meantime, it can limit speculation and price gouging, as well as stopping price stickiness at the new higher price. But it's a small tool only of benefit when used as part of a larger set of actions. This administration has no sense for or ability to use subtle economic actions.
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Comment on Nintendo - Customer appreciation sale in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentI think that there is a case for price caps as a short term action paired with other governmental support for industry as part of a larger effort to maintain price stability for essentials, but...I think that there is a case for price caps as a short term action paired with other governmental support for industry as part of a larger effort to maintain price stability for essentials, but games and most electronics don't qualify.
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Comment on Nintendo - Customer appreciation sale in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentAs not the person you were responding to, would you like to actually lay out your moral case as opposed to leaving it as an exercise for the reader?As not the person you were responding to, would you like to actually lay out your moral case as opposed to leaving it as an exercise for the reader?
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Comment on Deepfake crisis spreads across Finnish schools, workplaces and military – law does not prevent the creating of such material in ~tech
MimicSquid Link ParentAnd beyond that, there's no longer a need for specialized software to make a deepfake. There would need to be guardrails built into all image editing software to restrict the portrayal of a human...And beyond that, there's no longer a need for specialized software to make a deepfake. There would need to be guardrails built into all image editing software to restrict the portrayal of a human being without proof of permission to use their likeness. Without that level of restriction, I don't see what technical solution could actually come close to stopping this. Unless the goal is to be able to punish photoshop for existing, laws banning the software will either be so narrow as to be useless or so broad as to catch a lot of software not intended for this use.
Going after software that specifically advertises itself for this purpose is good, but we'd also have to have mechanisms for punishing the individuals who use the software to create deepfakes.
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Comment on Homes on stilts built above parking lots ('Hope Rise', Bristol) in ~design
MimicSquid LinkAs someone half a world away in a region known for its earthquakes, my first impression was that these were designed to pancake as soon as the first bad quake hits. But the UK is probably fine? I...As someone half a world away in a region known for its earthquakes, my first impression was that these were designed to pancake as soon as the first bad quake hits. But the UK is probably fine? I suppose homes on stilts range from entirely necessary to entirely deathtraps depending on the particular flavor of disasters your region gets.
Irrelevant disasters aside, I'm always glad to see options for increasing housing density. It's not as robust as replacing a parking lot with a larger building with internal parking, but it's a lot faster.
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Comment on What is your "when I found out about 9/11" story? in ~talk
MimicSquid LinkI was in the rec room on my college campus watching it on the big TV that was mostly used for Smash Brothers. I don't recall if I had any classes I missed for it, I just sat and watched. I don't...I was in the rec room on my college campus watching it on the big TV that was mostly used for Smash Brothers. I don't recall if I had any classes I missed for it, I just sat and watched. I don't know that I really understood what it would do to the American psyche. Mych as it was a time of loss of innocence for me as a person, so too was it a change for the country. I don't know how to untangle adulthood from post-9/11 America.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentThis description changed my mind about trying it out. That seems like a very reasonable system.This description changed my mind about trying it out. That seems like a very reasonable system.
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 nominations topic in ~games
MimicSquid Link ParentOh, yes. Sorry about that. I was conflating it with its sequel, the 13th hour. Thank you for the correction.Oh, yes. Sorry about that. I was conflating it with its sequel, the 13th hour. Thank you for the correction.
So it's greenwashing. They're spending a little bit to protect their good name and be associated with solving the issues.