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Comment on Sean Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison after apologizing for ‘sick’ conduct (gifted link) in ~music
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Comment on Sean Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison after apologizing for ‘sick’ conduct (gifted link) in ~music
Eji1700 Link ParentIn thought max for what he was facing was 11 years?In thought max for what he was facing was 11 years?
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Eji1700 Link ParentThere's a third answer in that "sometimes what you think will work, will do the opposite" which is mixed with "while yes there's money to be gotten from higher/better taxes on the rich, that's not...There's a third answer in that "sometimes what you think will work, will do the opposite" which is mixed with "while yes there's money to be gotten from higher/better taxes on the rich, that's not going to solve everything".
Things like wealth taxes are floated frequently, which are conceptually and practically problematic. They likely will not work, and the countries that have tried them, have had many of the problems predicted.
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Comment on A better way to watch YouTube in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkMy counter point to many of these "well i did this and it worked" things is that in my case, youtube often just gives the fuck up. I do something similar to what several people are posting, and...My counter point to many of these "well i did this and it worked" things is that in my case, youtube often just gives the fuck up.
I do something similar to what several people are posting, and can scroll about half a page until youtube just says "Uhh yeah maybe try something new" and shoves garbage at me.
In general i've found the best way to use youtube is to subscribe to channels you like with an RSS feed, so you actually get notified easily of their content and can quickly and easily decide if its something you want to watch.
For finding new content, meh? Rarely the recommendations will hit me with something that matters, but yes even with careful pruning there's just simply the fact that youtube does not promote content I like. It does exist, i've often found it myself through other means, but the way these algorithms work means that if you're not enjoying the same thing as other people, then you're not going get the same content.
The amount of...loud obnoxious drivel in my eyes (ESPECIALLY livestreams), that other people seem to enjoy is just overwhelming.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Eji1700 Link ParentThe man is a grifter. His claim of being the "best trader ever" at citibank or whatever is an outright lie, and his presentation of economics is basically no better than the people who tell you...Gary's Economics
The man is a grifter. His claim of being the "best trader ever" at citibank or whatever is an outright lie, and his presentation of economics is basically no better than the people who tell you that we're hiding the secret to free energy.
Someone already did a pretty good dive into how his claims don't remotely track:
https://birchlermuesli.substack.com/p/copy-garys-badeconomics/comment/104505656The frustration (as you can see in the comment section below in the link) is the neverneding one that most grifters abuse.
Yes, wealth inequality is a thing. Yes housing prices are nuts. Yes inflation is a problem. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Gary's "model" however does not actually explain ANY of it. He knows what we all know. Some people are better off than others (and ourselves). He then just happens to have the answer you were looking for, ITS THEIR FAULT!
And you know, it probably is on some level, but his "argument" doesn't actually add up or solve anything. This is like racing to someone saying "the ocean temperature is rising" which yes yes it is, and following up with "So obviously we should put more ice in it" and...well just no. That's not how this works.
So to his key point, it's not ignored. It just isn't. It's a massive topic of discussion and central to current models. Economics is a constantly evolving field and never going to be perfect, but to imply they're pretending it's not there is outright lying to the public.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentSeconded. The extremist left being it's own thing, it's still extremely frustrating how many SERIOUS voices on the left don't even have a bare bones understanding of economics. Believe it or not,...It’s frustrating having to explain this all the time, especially to left-wing people, even though I am one myself.
Seconded.
The extremist left being it's own thing, it's still extremely frustrating how many SERIOUS voices on the left don't even have a bare bones understanding of economics.
Believe it or not, sometimes you sit down and spend a lot of time, effort, and money working with very very smart people to seriously solve problems like "how do we feed everyone" or "how do we get this thing to the most people" or "how do we not solve this problem for 10 years before devolving into anarchy or dictatorship" and you come up with answers that are not "what if we all just did everything perfectly and got along".
Hell to be very clear, a lot of answers for "what would a good capitalist economy look like" do NOT include things like "free markets for impossible to shop items like health care" and "centralized horizontal or vertical monopolies". Things most can agree on, and yet somehow it seems that by even mentioning that there might be a lot of good evidence for why you might not want a 100% planned economy means you're somehow for the status quo.
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Comment on Bluesky melts down over Jesse Singal in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentThis just goes back to my core problem with twitter style media in that it's DESIGNED to cause confusion, non sequitors, gotchas, and everything else awful from the UI/UX down.This just goes back to my core problem with twitter style media in that it's DESIGNED to cause confusion, non sequitors, gotchas, and everything else awful from the UI/UX down.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
Eji1700 LinkSome things I've always really like about this game: It's one of the few RPG style stories that just hits right. The escalation of WHY the heroes and party are involved feels so natural, and it...Some things I've always really like about this game:
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It's one of the few RPG style stories that just hits right. The escalation of WHY the heroes and party are involved feels so natural, and it really captures the "are we out of our league" moments that are so often glossed over, but make perfect sense given where all this started.
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It was VERY well balanced in that if you have a decent understanding of the mechanics and just use your skills/upgrade your equipment a player shouldn't need to grind at all. It's there if you want it, but every fight can be beaten, reasonably, by just taking them as they come. Obviously some people will "click" with it better than others.
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Holy hell the settings and the music. A huge part of what makes this game is the phenomenal art direction from top to bottom. Not just Toriyama's characters (which, i'd argue are the weakest part), but the actual worlds you visit and how they're presented. The music is top notch and drives everything home.
It drives me bonkers that this game did sooooo much right, and yet very few games seem to have even learned from it, let alone tried to iterate.
To that point, chained echos is a totally different game, released in 2022 on steam, that I strongly recommend for those of you who, like myself, can blaze through CT in an afternoon, or finish CT and maybe want something similar. It does have flaws (i haven't even finished it because the writing is ehhh, and so it's sitting on my backlog), but the combat and gameplay is the first thing in forever that feels like it's trying something fresh, but also learning from what CT did.
So rambling done i'll mostly stay out of the topic. I've got the game damn near memorized as it was on my list of SNES games i'd get bored and just beat again in an afternoon on the weekend (shared with MMX and Super Punchout). Don't want to spoil anything and already had to go over this post a few time to be extra careful on that.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentSo in theory Cosmos Cloud handles it, and has a nice little "check this box" for it, but I believe it's the router not playing nice with it. The local box has the .local domain, i have, once, been...So in theory Cosmos Cloud handles it, and has a nice little "check this box" for it, but I believe it's the router not playing nice with it.
The local box has the .local domain, i have, once, been able to access a .local domain from another machine on another vlan, as intended, but i haven't been able to replicate. Not even sure where to go for logs on this one so i'm probably doing my writeup soon and then i'll see what people say.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Eji1700 LinkLocal server part 2, local access. They claim you can just throw a .local url on an app and it'll handle it in mdns. In practice....not so much. Still figuring out that part.Local server part 2, local access.
They claim you can just throw a .local url on an app and it'll handle it in mdns. In practice....not so much. Still figuring out that part.
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Comment on How I escaped MAGA. Critical thinking woke me up. in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentIt's probably also worth pointing out just how r/atheism really boils down to r/notChristianity in practice. Christianity is one of the big 3, but it comes off as very self centered to damn the...It's probably also worth pointing out just how r/atheism really boils down to r/notChristianity in practice. Christianity is one of the big 3, but it comes off as very self centered to damn the entire religious world based on the actions of the worst American Zealots and grifters.
This does of course undersell the other side of the equation, what with basically every major religion or religious organization having literal centuries if not more of atrocities to their name, but I've found the focus on religion an odd one. I don't know of any group that has managed to wield influence or power over a quarter of the globe and come out looking remotely clean.
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Comment on The rise of 'conspiracy physics' in ~science
Eji1700 LinkAngela has a video out about it. Haven't watched it yet but for those who want: Nebula https://nebula.tv/videos/angelacollier-conspiracy-physics-and-you-and-also-me/ YT...Angela has a video out about it. Haven't watched it yet but for those who want:
Nebula
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Comment on Will an AI actress really become ‘the next Scarlett Johansson’? in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah that's, to me, where the real discussion lies. At the end of the day, an actor can show up and shoot the scene. Yes the set and crew has to be ready, but you can do a LOT with a little...Yeah that's, to me, where the real discussion lies.
At the end of the day, an actor can show up and shoot the scene. Yes the set and crew has to be ready, but you can do a LOT with a little depending on budgets and needs.
Taking an existing actor and adjusting things in post vs just straight up fabricating one for every scene strikes me as something that's a lot of work when you can just put a person in a green suit and have them move around, but then do you get the chemistry and the unplanned reactions that can make some scenes?
Obviously animation has been planning out scene by scene since forever and there's no improv to make the scene there, but animation is notoriously expensive for that exact reason. I do see the cost of the next generation of actors mostly going down, as AI can be used to smooth things out or fix scheduling conflicts/stuff in post, but I'm also not sure it's ever going to be worth all the effort it's going to take compared to "hey show up on set and read your lines".
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Comment on What game is your personal "Silksong"? in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentIt really was glorious given that V was such a mixed release. Hits the perfect middle ground between the insane speed of FA with the heavier feel of older AC games. And every game should have...It really was glorious given that V was such a mixed release. Hits the perfect middle ground between the insane speed of FA with the heavier feel of older AC games.
And every game should have sekiro stance breaks at this point. Gives such a fun payoff for so many weapons
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Comment on Will an AI actress really become ‘the next Scarlett Johansson’? in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentThis strikes me as kinda naive. Had AI been around pikachu would’ve been designed with it. Same with just about any other example. Massive corporations stumble on gold all the time because they...This strikes me as kinda naive.
Had AI been around pikachu would’ve been designed with it. Same with just about any other example. Massive corporations stumble on gold all the time because they pay the people who create it. Shit someone came up with baby yoda and printed Disney millions.
The only reason this is even a question is because it’s an AI being used to replace a person and I think we’ve covered that.
Also I take great issue implying Halo wasn’t always a house hold name after the (much better) Halo 1.
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Comment on Will an AI actress really become ‘the next Scarlett Johansson’? in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentI mean, when the mascot is the product, such as an AI actor, i'm assuming that will not be the case. Again you've got plenty of animations with characters who are "linked" to their voice actors,...I mean, when the mascot is the product, such as an AI actor, i'm assuming that will not be the case.
Again you've got plenty of animations with characters who are "linked" to their voice actors, and this is just one step farther. And that's before you get into the weirder stuff like "Fake relationships" and what not that are found in a variety of scenes.
The only real point of failure to this, which I think is huge, is getting something that is actually anywhere near that good. The parasocial relationships thing we've got piles and piles of evidence people are fine with. It's just the uncanny valley and making it worth the hassle(since now you're replacing one actor and their team with a literal team of people and software that make the actor) that's the stumbling block I see.
To be clear I don't see this panning out any time soon because of those issues, just don't think the OP's take maps to the many many examples we've seen otherwise. Hell vtubers are already basically this.
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Comment on Will an AI actress really become ‘the next Scarlett Johansson’? in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentEh think you’re underestimating the potential value. Brand images are insanely valuable even though there’s no “Betty Crocker” and theres certainly no Master Chief but both move sales.Eh think you’re underestimating the potential value.
Brand images are insanely valuable even though there’s no “Betty Crocker” and theres certainly no Master Chief but both move sales.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 labels common beliefs as terrorism “indicators” in ~society
Eji1700 LinkThe indicators: anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity, support for the overthrow of the United States Government, extremism on migration, extremism on race, extremism on gender...The indicators:
- anti-Americanism,
- anti-capitalism,
- anti-Christianity,
- support for the overthrow of the United States Government,
- extremism on migration,
- extremism on race,
- extremism on gender
- hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,
- hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion, and
- hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on morality.
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Comment on Starship was doomed from the beginning in ~space
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentI cannot understand how our design plan for rockets being. “Well maybe this total scam might have a use “ is remotely acceptable. I think there’s also plenty of evidence that neither of those...I cannot understand how our design plan for rockets being. “Well maybe this total scam might have a use “ is remotely acceptable.
I think there’s also plenty of evidence that neither of those outcomes are likely, and if they were the intent there are better ways to approach it.
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Comment on Starship was doomed from the beginning in ~space
Eji1700 Link ParentYes. I’ve basically been screaming stuff like this since the project started back before musks complete fall from grace. The plan has always from day one been batshit insane and makes no logical...- Exemplary
Yes. I’ve basically been screaming stuff like this since the project started back before musks complete fall from grace.
The plan has always from day one been batshit insane and makes no logical or physical sense given what we know and what we’ve done.
It has always included WILD projections that have no basis in reality and NASA is, in my eyes, well aware they are wasting their time on this.
We already had this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJsPvmFixU&pp=ygUMSSB0b2xkIG5hc2Eg which brings up, in very nice way, how totally fucked this all is form a core level. “Well maybe it’s actually X refuels” is NOT something you can have be a question mark at this stage of development.
At best, absolute best, from the start we were maybe getting starship in orbit, and that’s it. It looks like that isn’t even happening.
The moon was always unlikely, and you can tell how bullshit this all is because the claim was Mars and that was 10000000% dumb on its face for a million reasons and in my eyes showed just how many people like the “dream” of science more than the reality.
Ahh okay, and yeah just confirming since there’s a lot going on in this.