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brsrklf ,

French public services tend to switch between FOSS and proprietary software, depending on the politics of the time.

In my little corner of it, they're leaning toward proprietary right now, especially since a big Microsoft ecosystem deal was kind of forced on us and we're supposed to go all in. Who knows how long it'll last though.

brsrklf ,

Hey, I backed that Kickstarter a long time ago!

Time to revisit it I guess.

brsrklf ,

The article made that joke too, and... Yeah it's spot on.

brsrklf ,

Still think those people should have gotten a playdate instead, it's more fun and certainly not less useful (which is, not at all).

(When I first heard about the r1 I immediately thought it was weird how the 2 devices looked alike, I've since learned they shared the same designers).

brsrklf ,

force everyone's data into their OneDrive account. OneDrive now at capacity, you must upgrade to ensure all your data is backed up and retained.

If it's made without any agreement from the user (hundred pages long EULA doesn't count), time to GRPD the fuck out of them.

brsrklf ,

The French branch filed bankruptcy 10 years ago.

Some of the stores became Micromania-Zing (owned by gamestop) which amazingly enough still exists.

Yeah, those have been primarily funko pop stores for years too. Their new games are like 20% more expensive than everyone else, and their second hand games priced like everyone else's new.

brsrklf ,

Game doesn't exist anymore where I live, but the last thing I bought from a similar store (down to overpriced games and being mostly about merch) was a 8bitdo controller several years ago. I was there, price was not excessive, and it was slightly more convenient than having one delivered.

Beyond that... I went a couple times just to pick up a free event pokémon on 3DS, and nothing else, and I think the last actual game I got from them must have been Order of Ecclesia on the DS.

brsrklf ,

How dare you.

brsrklf ,

Perhaps perplexity has privileged pipelines for perpetrating its pumping purposes.

brsrklf ,

I did see a few low-poly, very PS1 or N64-looking indies recently, even going as far as mimicking the weird texture wobbling from the PS1.

But Penny's big breakaway is not really low-poly, or something that looks like 5th gen/PS1. Not graphically anyway.

Though it's mechanically rather retro, with the focus on move combos, scoring and speedrunning. It's almost more of a linear kind of skate or jet set radio-like game than a platformer.

brsrklf ,

I prefer GameCube control for MP1 and 2 too.

Though MP3 did the wiimote control very well IMO (duh, it was made for it, but still, in this case it added something).

I have not tried MP1's switch remake though, I only played the original MP and MP2 on gamecube and then Trilogy on the Wii.

brsrklf ,

EU cultural values include resisting against corporations doing whatever they want with our data. Let's see meta try to reflect those.

brsrklf ,

Anyway, no matter from which parts of the world it's trained, we're talking about 2024 Facebook content. We've seen what Reddit does to an AI.

Can't wait for meta's cultured AI to share its wisdom with us.

brsrklf ,

The way I understand their description, they really want emergent stories rather than any written plot, so I wouldn't expect any kind of specific objectives from it.

Interesting, but as any procedural game, it will be a difficult balance between believable, consistent simulation and unexpected stuff keeping things exciting.

brsrklf ,

conscientious

I think you mean consensus, general agreement.

Conscientious is an adjective applying to people, and it's a personality trait associated with acting responsibly and following one's conscience.

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brsrklf ,

Officially they say it's to comply with law and that they're not using that data to train AI.

That kind of panic is bound to happen when people start wondering what cloud services can do with their stuff.

The answer is simple : in theory, everything. Abuse will happen. Say no to SaaS as much as you can.

brsrklf ,

Okay, I'm all for good, complete education, but blaming people not understanding media on
"too much STEM" is a bit ridiculous.

brsrklf ,

Sorry, dude, what you said must have been very interesting, but at some point I just stopped reading to optimize a watermelon workflow instead. Weird.

brsrklf ,

This is what bothered me in the original discussion, making it seem like being in STEM somehow doesn't prepare you at all for critical thinking in general. On the contrary, I believe too there are people who develop it in part because of the S in there. It's not necessary, but it's an important tool.

Hopefully people don't need a college degree in literature to understand basic subtext. We ask kindergarteners to do that with Dr Seuss.

brsrklf , (edited )

Paraphrasing : those expectations are not too high, they're the direct result of the games' budget.

Yeah, okay, let's admit that for a second. It's not like they have no control over the scale and budget of their own games. Seems to me this still counts as unrealistic expectations...

brsrklf , (edited )

Foamstars was a new IP, so they didn't count on brand name to carry this one.

Unless they thought "Square Enix" would be enough to hype it, and yeah, for a game that far away from their usual, that would be completely disconnected from reality.

brsrklf ,

Buy Game on Platform A.

Go to Platform B and tell them : see, I bought Game already, let me play it here too.

Platform B : "who are you and why should I care?"

Proving your digital ownership never was the problem. The problem is those platforms are different companies and have no reason to honor a purchase from somewhere else.

brsrklf ,

Maybe it's a Star Trek stardate ?

brsrklf ,

Golden-plated cement boots, dropped from above the Mariana Trench.

brsrklf ,

No way they can enforce that. I hope nobody is going to intimidated by this.

brsrklf ,

Embargoes do get a bit of backlash sometimes, but not nearly enough.

When I am aware they are a huge red flag for me in any case.

brsrklf ,

I don't know. Even if the outcome is just that the implant just stop working, with no other issue, it's looking pretty bad to me.

Since it required literal brain surgery just to be installed, which I assume is already a serious risk, it's not something you want to potentially be useless.

brsrklf ,

The appeal is the form factor

Looks like a red playdate.

Difference is, playdate is a fun toy, and that looks completely useless.

brsrklf ,

I don't see any discussion below my honest opinion.

I do see a downvote though, whoever disagreed with me apparently preferred that to discussion too.

brsrklf ,

That "Atari" was already Infogrames buying itself a new name in the early 00s. It had already changed hands a number of times since 70s/80s Atari, and had basically nothing to do with it anymore.

brsrklf ,

Waiting for this on the Switch. The slight reduction on early antes should help for going further more consistently. With some decks my runs are often cut short by a bad draw before I had a chance to get good combos.

brsrklf ,

Except they're not just saying "we don't like this" and moving on. They're using dogwhistles ("woke" is only the first one) and 4-chan level type of slurs in their cries of conspiracy. It's a thinly disguised hate club, games are only an excuse.

They tried to progressively hide it from their group's front page, editing its language several times, but it was still there in the discussions in and around the group.

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