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  1. Comment on Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of May 6 in ~news

  2. Comment on Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico in ~tech

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    Simply, because by then they're gone.

    Simply, because by then they're gone.

    10 votes

  4. Comment on US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V in ~tech

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    First of all, I agree with other commenters: you're blowing this entirely out of proportion. Second, minor correction: the Chinese debt trap has, so far, been shown to be unfounded- it was born in...

    First of all, I agree with other commenters: you're blowing this entirely out of proportion.

    Second, minor correction: the Chinese debt trap has, so far, been shown to be unfounded- it was born in an Indian think-tank[1] and just got parroted ad nauseam in some of the more sensationalist media outlets (Bloomberg did their homework, however. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-17/the-myth-of-chinese-debt-trap-diplomacy-in-africa)

    12 votes

  5. Comment on Key moments from landmark US Supreme Court arguments on Donald Trump’s immunity claims in ~news

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    Think that cat's out of the bag mates

    The uncomfortable reality for an institution loath to be thought of as a political actor

    Think that cat's out of the bag mates

    17 votes

  6. Comment on Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed in ~tech

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    I wish. My mom just refuses to use any non-Chrome browser because of the integration. Gonna have to hope Lite mitigates the damage from ads enough, last thing I need to see on her computer is just...

    After Chrome stops the ability to block ads, people will go to Firefox

    I wish. My mom just refuses to use any non-Chrome browser because of the integration. Gonna have to hope Lite mitigates the damage from ads enough, last thing I need to see on her computer is just the sheer amount of malware I used to before I installed an ad-blocker.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators in ~games

  8. Comment on AI and the end of writing in ~tech

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    "bullshitting" is a tad too direct for the messiah complex-laden individuals within that particular area of research

    "bullshitting" is a tad too direct for the messiah complex-laden individuals within that particular area of research

    8 votes

  9. Comment on Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators in ~games

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    Seems to be just https://bitbucket.org/rileytestut/gba4ios stuffed with ads Riley Testut is curiously mum about Delta (the successor project) coming to the App Store.

    Seems to be just https://bitbucket.org/rileytestut/gba4ios stuffed with ads

    Riley Testut is curiously mum about Delta (the successor project) coming to the App Store.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~games

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    It's not going to remain smaller and sadder if large news websites continue to give it oxygen…

    It's not going to remain smaller and sadder if large news websites continue to give it oxygen…

    9 votes

  11. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster. Supposed it's time to stop being a neophyte Final Fantasy fan that only played 7, 7 Remake and 15. :) I can see why people love this game so much. The cast is...

    Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster. Supposed it's time to stop being a neophyte Final Fantasy fan that only played 7, 7 Remake and 15. :)

    I can see why people love this game so much. The cast is endearing, the gameplay is addicting and the premise of finding your party in a broken world is pretty damn cool-- something I remember having been the inspiration for Fantasian, a later game by Sakaguchi and Uematsu.

    Some nitpicks:

    • There are maybe too many playable characters. I ended up picking my "mains" and the rest ended up being very underleveled, which is usually okay in most JRPGs except this game demands you use multiple parties of 4 very frequently.
    • The Chicago font used in the original (and Chrono Trigger) was replaced with a generic pixel font, which wounds me. It looks wrong.
    2 votes

  12. Comment on Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades in ~science

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    Just how many lives were possibly ruined because of this person. I'm not going to jump to conclusions here, but if she IS proven guilty, I hope she gets a life sentence or similar. You can't...

    Just how many lives were possibly ruined because of this person. I'm not going to jump to conclusions here, but if she IS proven guilty, I hope she gets a life sentence or similar. You can't handwave ruining people's lives as shit happens.

    8 votes

  13. Comment on Why is the discourse on Tildes so much nicer than most places on the internet? in ~tildes

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    Other than the points mentioned by everyone else which are all various degrees of valid, also, just size at the moment. It's a relatively small community, which not only makes it easier to...

    Other than the points mentioned by everyone else which are all various degrees of valid, also, just size at the moment. It's a relatively small community, which not only makes it easier to moderate, just statistically, there are less people trying to start fires.

    14 votes

  14. Comment on Akira Toriyama has passed away in ~anime

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    Fuck. I can't speak for his anime work, but I love Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger. Guy was a legend.

    Fuck. I can't speak for his anime work, but I love Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger. Guy was a legend.

    6 votes

  15. Comment on As gangs attack a critical port, ‘Haiti will go hungry soon’ in ~news

  16. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I've been using NixOS on my Linux box and Nix-Darwin on my work Mac. There's a steep learning curve because the documentation is dreadful, but when it works, it just keeps working. That can't be...

    I've been using NixOS on my Linux box and Nix-Darwin on my work Mac. There's a steep learning curve because the documentation is dreadful, but when it works, it just keeps working. That can't be taken for granted on Linux is what I've learned.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Opinion - Israel must decide where it’s going—and who should lead it there: the case for early elections in ~misc

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    Sorry, Overton Window was perhaps the wrong term. I suppose I just mean people with a shot at the driver's seat. Part of me has kind of been hoping any non-Netanyahu candidate would be better but...

    Sorry, Overton Window was perhaps the wrong term. I suppose I just mean people with a shot at the driver's seat. Part of me has kind of been hoping any non-Netanyahu candidate would be better but here we are with a former Labor Zionist Prime Minister-- historically, ideologically opposite Revisionist Zionism that has become the mainstream- attacking Netanyahu on execution and barely on ideology. That scares me.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Opinion - Israel must decide where it’s going—and who should lead it there: the case for early elections in ~misc

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    I try to avoid commenting on this topic on Tildes because, you know, the likelihood of actually changing anyone's mind about this conflict is extremely slim -- but it really is sobering and quite...

    I try to avoid commenting on this topic on Tildes because, you know, the likelihood of actually changing anyone's mind about this conflict is extremely slim -- but it really is sobering and quite amazing to read what is at the furthest left of the Overton Window in Israel at the moment.

    Not one mention of the civilian toll of the military operation in Gaza. It's not even a concern, other than mentioning that the far-right coalition seeks to "seeks to transfer Gazans out of the territory," which is well, literal. The entire worry appears to be that Netanyahu is actually just a bad military leader and is causing Israel PR damage and pursuing unsustainable long term solutions, and repeating the Netanyahu cabinet's talking points about the one agency currently keeping Palestinians alive, that even their greatest ally's intelligence was like "alright, you're blowing this way out of proportion." But hey, I suppose this is what happens when you just get to arrest Israeli citizens who do not toe the government line on the war.

    12 votes

  19. Comment on Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy in ~games

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    You have to remember the Deck doesn't have a much higher resolution than the Switch (720p vs 800p) and to be far better than the Switch all you have to do is switch off dynamic resolution scaling...

    You have to remember the Deck doesn't have a much higher resolution than the Switch (720p vs 800p) and to be far better than the Switch all you have to do is switch off dynamic resolution scaling (a blight in Xenoblade 1 and 2 specifically.)

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Inside Apple Arcade: axed games, declining payouts, disillusioned studios – and an uncertain future in ~games

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    That's really what it boils down to. There's no Phil Spencer at Apple. Arcade always felt like an afterthought-- selling people a solution to a problem Apple is responsible for (predatory...

    At the very top of the company there needs to be a passion and respect for games, and there just isn’t.

    That's really what it boils down to. There's no Phil Spencer at Apple. Arcade always felt like an afterthought-- selling people a solution to a problem Apple is responsible for (predatory IAP-infested "free" games.)

    Unfortunately, unlike say Xbox Game Pass, which has a wide genre span and serious investment behind it (to the tune of the $75bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard), Apple Arcade has not nearly had that level of investment.

    At this point all I can hope for is that Fantasian gets a release on consoles because it is legitimately the best thing to come out of Apple Arcade. But it appears the game was fully funded and published by Apple, so… I guess I'll just keep dreaming.

    10 votes