thedirtyknapkin

thedirtyknapkin , 4 months ago to technology in Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available | TechCrunch

yeah, and it’s been getting kind of implemented in parts on the pixel.

thedirtyknapkin , 4 months ago to pcgaming in Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam players in less than six months

baldur’s gate was incredible at this. i think part of that was their mindset wasn’t “how do we make this more accessible to casual players?” they’re mindset was more “how do we make this less tedious and/or annoying for everyone?” like the quick select buffs ui that comes up with every roll. in early access, and other larian games it was still possible to add buffs mid dialogue, but you’d have to like ungroup the buffer, sit then outside, start the dialogue, then sneak them in to hit you with the buff, which might not work right if you already opened the roll interface…

they’ve even added a custom difficulty mode where you can turn off more of their ease of use features. for example, i personally believe the game is better with the “perception check failed” notifications removed. if your whole party fails the perception check, you still know the trap is there… it makes the whole mechanic a bit pointless at times. with it turned off you’ll still do the check, and it’ll still show you if you succeed, it just hides the rolls from you until then.

thedirtyknapkin , 4 months ago to pcgaming in Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam players in less than six months

mod makers need to want to make mods for it first… we can’t just assume that the modders will fix it if there’s nothing worth fixing. multiple modders that have made mods for previous Bethesda games have said they aren’t doing this one.

thedirtyknapkin , 4 months ago to greentext in Completely unbalanced. DEVs pls nerf

humanity basically started by gaming the system. maybe it’s just our nature to lie and cheat and worm our way into position and out of consequence. maybe corruption is just what we’re best at.

thedirtyknapkin , 4 months ago to memes in Grocery store

yeah, genuinely rich people have never gotten their own food at any level. that have people to buy and cook their food.

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Can't even buy chicken in peace

well shit, i didn’t look that close. i just knew it wasn’t PepsiCo.

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Can't even buy chicken in peace

no it isn’t, it’s owned by yum brands, a Chinese restaurant conglomerate. not better, but not pepsico either.

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to nostupidquestions in Do Italian kids pronounce spaghetti like bisgetti or buhsgetti the way Americans do?

shit idk, i avoid kids.

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to technology in George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’

yeah, that’s exactly the point i was trying to get at. it’s all fucked already anyway…

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to selfhosted in Raspberry as NAS, multiple HDDs and an enclosure

yeah, once you have the drives, building the rest of the system can be done for dummy cheap if you look at like cheap used workstations that some company or school is offloading. and it would still probably be a more capable system all around.

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to nostupidquestions in Do Italian kids pronounce spaghetti like bisgetti or buhsgetti the way Americans do?

think someone under 7 years old

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to games in The Day Before studio say the game's downfall was thanks to "a hate campaign"

really? go watch a gameplay trailer then. it’s a whole category that almost every game releases.

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to technology in George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’

and it could still be worse… like i said, technically every single image macro is copyright infringement. and to your question, which I’m sorry, i don’t care about, it’s not what i was replying for, it really depends. performing another person’s song for money is actually a big deal and illegal. so yeah, in your example that’s a very very easy case. weird al is a great example of what you need to do to differentiate. cover bands are often a grey area, but can be gone after, it’s just often easy to get away with.

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to technology in George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’

I’m not trying to say what’s right or wrong it should out shouldn’t be. I’m just saying that if we apply copyright literally and aggressively there’s numerous things that we take for granted that would go away.

thedirtyknapkin , 5 months ago to technology in 23andMe admits it didn't detect cyberattacks for months

that’s kind of fair, but part of the point is that they didn’t even need to access the accounts of people that were compromised. they just needed to access someone who was related to them to access their genetic info.