Now we need a parody article telling us the Whitehouse started hosting a fediverse instance. For once I don’t think people would eat that onion, lol

This is the worst Weekend At Bernie’s sequel, and that includes the weird, racist voodoo one.

Yeah, that tracks with what I see, at least. Either it’s used as an excuse for layoffs that likely would happen anyway given the market, or they’re just included in a workflow without firing (the US was already in bad shape after COVID, with tech companies already laying off people they over-hired during lockdown)

I’ve got a friend who pays under the table to a guy to write and edit instructional videos, and still does that since there’s never enough videos to produce for her project. Just, now, the guy uses AI in his workflow and… I’d say maybe produces at about the same pace (fact checking the AI takes time, lol).

But basically, AI didn’t replace her copy writer / editor, they just scaled up (or at least, attempted to, lol).

It’s a foolish strategy, as we know the great baristas of Portland are a far greater threat than any baristas ever encountered in Los Angeles. Their oat milk lattes oatier, their half caf flat whites flattier… the California National Guard may be no match.

It’s kind of a who’s who of questionable comedians. Curious from a moral perspective: if one takes the gig and donates their proceeds to a charitable cause, are they off the hook?

Another thing I’m reminded of is, I’ve heard many big comedians have had a gig at a corporate event at one point or another (I’ve heard some refer to them as terrible audiences lol). In that world, you’re kinda trained early on to never turn down a gig… but if they were to headline a company event for say, Nestle or United Healthcare or something, are we ok with that too?

Was gonna say, those exact names would be the people I expect to not go. Atsuko and Marc in particular would really surprise me.

Lol, maybe the perception that Democrats can’t do anything is kind of working in their favor when they actually are doing something.

Too bad PS4 emulation isn’t quite there yet. You can, however, pirate the fuck out of the earlier games, DLC and all. Truly a better way to play, cause that DLC was hella expensive.

Apples and Oranges; all people had to do was cancel subscriptions (plus Jimmy was well liked in the industry). Clear target, low risk, no effort. Hell, if it was just Sinclair, people would have no idea which channels were theirs and have a harder time boycotting.

Gaza is a lot less clear… I mean, anywhere from direct action and volunteering, to… not voting in 2024? That message is only now breaking through to (some) governments. And Palestine doesn’t really have powerful allies and have been tormented for decades, so it’s good that at least some people now want to do something just for the injustice of it all. Hell, now we even have the added risk of getting fired! (Edit: or fucking arrested if you’re in UK, oof).

If you’re already using ublock to skip their ads, does boycotting YouTube help? Genuine question, on the one hand you’re giving them metrics but on the other, you’re using their resources without really giving them anything.

I was thinking about this deal and… I guess it makes sense the Saudis want in on the gaming industry. I recall a long while ago an old article about the industry (probably second hand via Polygon) that noted just how much Saudis whale on mobile and loot box games. It was so disproportionate, their nobility was like 2% of a mobile title’s revenue… literally just a few big families.

So my thinking is, EA, being the kind of shitty company it is, is actually probably pretty popular among Saudi nobility. That and FIFA, of course — imagine pay to win when you have infinite money.

Y’all upset about all this… orbital heating? We really should reduce the amount of gassy leakages from cars and cows.

He’s an ass who thinks everyone is out to get him, but as your friendly Internet psychologist I do want to remind you all that it’s ok to have self affirmations.

I’m not sure Kash is even doing it right, though lol

I prefer to not bloat my gaming experience anymore then I have to, and I already get get annoyed when I’m playing on Windows and haven’t completely disabled that said Xbox game bar.

I think my line stops with in game overlays. Steam and most emulators have that, and that’s kinda fine to me (adds to the console feel). I just don’t want AI draining my resources as I’m playing, that’s asinine, and MS doubly so since they’re a redundant layer on top of my overlays.

Hyperbole, much? What a bananas way to say you like a fun remake of a relatively solid JRPG.

That is correct. Actually an economist on NPR suggested that the main theory is that access to those workers tends enable some places (in this case the Hyundai plant) to open more locations since they can scale better.

That’s not to say you can have zero rules, but it doesn’t historically come at a cost the same way off shoring does (and it’s usually still more expense than offshoring, though for manufacturing that’s getting obvious hiccups).

While the FCC is being weaponized by MAGA, I can’t imagine any show or news outlet is safe. Not just because of POTUS being a snowflake but because they want to rewrite history and change the narrative.

I’m hopeful that with the genie out of the bottle, this can be reversed with a vengeance. Sanity needs to hold out long enough for these people to be out of power, though, and I’m not certain it will without people fighting back on a united front.

It’s a fantastic documentary; as an LA native, I recommend playing through the story to better understand our diverse culture of shallow rich folks, inner city gents, and meth-addled drug countrymen.

In fact, pirate it to truly honor my culture. Lol

Listen, as someone who fell in love with a trans woman decades ago (my ex), it’s more plausible than you’d think. I didn’t go shoot up people since I wasn’t raised right wing, but love does make you do crazy things!

Given their lawsuits, emulation is 100% the right way to piss them off. Lol