OmegaMouse

OmegaMouse , 4 months ago to books in My review of “Orientalism” (1978) by Edward W. Said

I’m not familiar with this work, but it seems like a fascinating topic and still as relevant today as it was back then. Thanks for the summary/review.

OmegaMouse OP , 4 months ago to nostupidquestions in Is the combined knowledge of humanity safer than it has ever been?

I guess something like this (data stored on glass plates ‘Project Silica’) would store the data safely for a much longer period. What I’m not entirely clear on is whether it would still be possible to read that data in the far future - it seems to rely on some kind of machine learning to decode it.

OmegaMouse OP , 4 months ago to nostupidquestions in Is the combined knowledge of humanity safer than it has ever been?

Do you reckon the physical copies would last longer than digital?

OmegaMouse OP , 5 months ago to nostupidquestions in How does data sent over the internet know where to go?

Ah gotcha! Yeah it’s pretty neat seeing the ways in which the instances intermingle. Some communities stay pretty niche and used only by local users with the same interests, whereas others are melting pots of every instance. I guess it’s a bit like a society with little towns and bigger cities.

OmegaMouse OP , 5 months ago to nostupidquestions in How does data sent over the internet know where to go?

Root federated?

OmegaMouse OP , 5 months ago to nostupidquestions in How does data sent over the internet know where to go?

Thanks, this is a good summary. It’s useful to know about the dynamically changing route - that explains a lot.

OmegaMouse , 5 months ago to pcgaming in Critics must rescore Dragon's Dogma 2 in light of microtransactions

Oh I don’t want to portray it positively. I agree it’s shit. It just seemed to me that it’s possible (personally at least) to play the game and ignore the microtransactions. But no doubt that’s not the case for everyone

OmegaMouse , 5 months ago to pcgaming in Critics must rescore Dragon's Dogma 2 in light of microtransactions

Mixed feelings about that - it sounds like you can still access those features so I don’t think it really affects the base game at all. From what I remember about the first game, you had to be sparing on the waystones to start with, and it required a bit of work to get the item necessary to redo your character - so not much has really changed there. On the other hand, adding these microtransactions in the first place is a stupid idea and the publishers are shooting themselves in the foot by adding them. Should that really change the reviews of the base game though?

OmegaMouse , 5 months ago to technology in AI is creating fake historical photos, and that's a problem

Interesting article, and a worrying trend. Stamping a bit of text like ‘Generated by Midjourney’ is ridiculously weak protection though. I wonder if some kind of hidden visual data could be embedded within AI images - like a QR code that can be read by computers but is invisible to humans.

Just found the wikipedia page for steganography. Have any AI companies tried using this technique I wonder? 🤔

OmegaMouse , 5 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Hungry-Man Dinners are bullshit

The first image is kinda low res, and I initially read it as:

Remove him from the brownie. Slit him over chicken. Cook on HIGH.

OmegaMouse , 5 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Definitely deserves a place in the food pyramid

Is penis a valid substitute or would I need to take any supplements?

OmegaMouse OP , 5 months ago to nostupidquestions in How does data sent over the internet know where to go?

Ah yeah this and @MelastSB 's comment clarify the routing table thing. Before I was assuming they just blindly forwarded stuff until one router knows where to go, but if they have a rough idea from the IP address prefix that makes more sense.

OmegaMouse OP , 5 months ago to nostupidquestions in How does data sent over the internet know where to go?

That sounds like quite a messy and inefficient process! But I guess as long as it can be done quickly enough, it doesn’t really matter?

OmegaMouse OP , 5 months ago to nostupidquestions in How does data sent over the internet know where to go?

Oh wow, this unlocked a memory! Pretty sure I watched back in school. Quite informative, though it felt like it skipped a lot between leaving the host computer and reaching the destination - is it just the same process over and over until it reaches the right place?

OmegaMouse OP , 5 months ago to patientgamers in Thoughts on a few recent games

Personally I loved BOTW, but I guess I didn’t go in expecting a traditional Zelda game. I think it does some really neat stuff with its world, different from a lot of other open world games of that time. But yes if you want a recent and classic feeling Zelda, SS is perfect.