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3d ago

What profession do y'all hate with deepest of passion
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network_switch @lemmy.ml 3d ago
Generically sales people. People that call themselves hustlers. Whatever grind mindset that the people who talk that up the most always ends up being people ladder stepping salespeople

3d ago

New Halo Campaign Evolved Report Claims Heavy Outsourcing and Major Gameplay Changes

They've been doing a bad job of writing new stories. Fumbled it already with 4, 5, and Infinite. Maybe put enough time after Infinite for people to not groan as much as before about the next antagonist pivot

3d ago

Chinese GPU maker, [Lisuan Tech], sells out over 30,000 gaming GPUs within 48 hours despite lukewarm benchmarks — LX 7G100 proves hype trumps performance

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 3d ago

Toms Hardware is such a weird rag now in how it baits on geopolitical yellow journalism Weird to see a formerly well regarded tech journalism site using politisphere-bro low brow terminology like paper tiger

2w ago

Europeans still in denial about the empire using them for imperialism tho

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 2w ago

Europeans are a willing partner in American imperialism. When their imperial empires crumbled they lined up to be American imperialism beneficiaries and in the case of France, they've never stopped being a major imperial power it's just decade after decade post-WW2 their coercive power have receded to shorter distances around the world. Europeans are most in denial over their own imperialism

2w ago

SATA drives ain't dead: Kingston announces it has shipped 100 million A400 SSDs

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 2w ago

I used to pack my towers with sata drives. Wanted the same but faster and didn't like this 2-3 m.2 nvme slots age. This may work itself out someday. Pcie 5 x1 is 4GB/s bandwidth. Pcie 6 8GB/s - I wouldn't need any more than a bunch of x1 slots and a cage to mount a bunch of x1 speed NVME drives in

3w ago

What's the most toxic mentality that people have nowadays?

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 3w ago

Where do you want to go with that? That can be said about the treatment of every non-white European people's by white Europeans around the world. Native Americans are still very present in the US just ignored. People in the US and Europe also seem to pay no care for refugees from wars brought on by their countries imperialist/colonial wars. Nor do they seem to recognize native hispanics as native Americans nor people in the Middle East as people indigenous to those lands. American, European, Australian, etc tourists don't seem to recognize people other than natives on reservations in the US and Canada as indigenous to any lands. These can be said to discourage every civil rights activist in the past to present. Can be said to anyone working for the ACLU today. Those in medical research in NATO countries today. People today have to work towards something.

The spirit of America and European countries have been for the last ~600 years, marked by slavery, genocide, colonialism, imperialism. Going forward it will be something. It's far from as bad as it once was but it's trending back towards overt imperialism again and internal opposition has to be better than they were in the past because in the past they were terrible at it.

People that leave the US, France, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Australia, etc countries to poorer countries to take advantage of their relative wealth to live out life as a wealthy conservative are not contributing to society in their home country nor the country they're trying live a life of tourism in. And it is no surprise that conservatives succeed so much in politics when lean lefts are so quick to give up and recluse themselves from politics of not just where they were born but every country in the world so they can just enjoy themselves. Live life. Focus on their own spirituality. On their own art. Mental health. There's no balance. It's all just consumerism and hedonism dressed up for the art district. Etc. It's being selfish and self-centered

4w ago

What's the most toxic mentality that people have nowadays?

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 4w ago

People have warped views about where is worthy of living. In the US people are all about big coastal/hip cities. Like Portland and Austin aren't coastal but they're still hip. That wouldn't be so bad if they didn't trash on non-coastal cities. I don't know how these people think to build some sort of working class solidarity when you shit on the homes of the majority of peoples who may not want to live in a dense city environment

Similar to that is weird exoticism of people in other countries and their lifestyles. Like I've known people that have moved from the US to Ecuador to escape growing fascism and I'm puzzled that they must have done zero research into this. Same with moving from the US to France because they're anti-imperialist and I'm just puzzled. France has been continuously imperialist for centuries. No pause.

Then the ones that self-style as a refugee when moving to a poorer country. You're moving from a wealthy country with your savings and many of your belongings, often keeping your job but working remote, often keeping your citizenship. These people have more in common with European colonists in America than someone escaping war in southeast asia 50 years ago or like Sudanese refugees today. These people are also very awkward to talk to these actual refugees and their children especially when they're living wherever they can in a country to make it rather than like Seattle

All that really to say about how little interest people want to be a part of uplifting their home communities. Their countries communities. I don't care how little you care for Oklahoma because of politics, you should want people to thrive there. Especially if you fancy yourself some social progressive that cares about native Americans

And this warped view ends up having people spend so much money on things that aren't needed to make them happy. Maybe you see way funnier stuff at improv shows in New York City. That doesn't mean you can't have a good time at one in Omaha Nebraska. You can help grow that. Too many people that just want to move to a city and consume and get pissed off that the cities with built out amenities are expensive. So then move to a cheap country and continue to contribute nothing. Just consume. So move to Ecuador to be rich and contribute nothing culturally nor politically to prevent some fascistic rise they "fled" growing in the US or France or UK, etc

I view it like a supercharged American moderate that MLK Jr spoke about that people love to cite. The American moderate shares that video to claim they're not a moderate. People in wealthy countries find any reason to not have to be a part of change and hope they can move to their ideal community that will entertain them. And in the case of moving to a poorer country, their ideal home wasn't actually leftism and setting up their communities to thrive in the future - it was being rich. It's a lot worse today I believe because of social media. A lot of people consume enough self help books and socializing tips YouTube along with lifestyle influencers and now we have an impotent leftist movement. Approach to lifestyle like a wealthy conservative but wrap it in messaging of wellness, socialism, whatever

1mo ago

Intel has reportedly cancelled discrete gaming GPUs for the upcoming Xe3P Arc "Celestial" family — gaming GPU remains uncertain even for the next-gen Xe4 "Druid" lineup that lands in 2027

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

If they continue with competitive in handhelds graphics, that'll at least keep the ball rolling on driver maturation

1mo ago

The People Who Put Emulators on Your Steam Deck Now Want to Sell You a Linux Console

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

I wish them success so that they can scale up and provide good customer service

1mo ago

Trump considering raising refugee cap to bring in more white South Africans

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

Where they'll struggle to find work to live a comfortable life

1mo ago

Steam Controller review leaks, but price of Steam Machine accessory may disappoint

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

It's not shocking considering the price of console controllers

1mo ago

[PlayStation] [DRM] Licenses now requires an online check-in every 30 days.

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

Consoles are a closed off wasteland

1mo ago

What browser do you all like?

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

I have Firefox and Waterfox installed. No strong feelings either way. I just like having numerous browsers

1mo ago

Rocknix now adds official Steam support to Android handhelds, turning them into mini Steam Decks (Linux + Proton games)

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

Qualcomm was relatively quick with the 8 Elite gen 5 open source adreno drivers. I think they recognize that we may be finally entering the premium gaming on ARM and they can benefit from Android phones and handhelds and soon in the future more handheld Linux gaming pcs

1mo ago

Bomb threat at home of Pope Leo’s brother: Police

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 1mo ago

Let’s not act like the pope and Catholic Church haven’t been terrible to people across the world for much of the last couple of thousand years. There’s been no pope in my lifetime I’ve respected. This won’t will unlikely change that streak by the time their time passes

2mo ago

AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 2mo ago

I find this a bit entertaining especially hearing advertisers and executives occasionally vent on stuff like this. A huge portion of modern people especially the younger they are:

Don't go outside
Don't read billboards, bus wrap advertisements, bus stop advertisements, ignore advertisements in sporting arenas and uniforms, etc
Use adblockers online/ignore online advertisements
Mute the television when ads are on
Don't have television subscriptions
Pay for streaming services at a level that removes ads
Watch like no advertising shows like award shows or late night/daytime talking head interview shows
only watches TV for the finals of a sporting league championship and when advertisements comes on mutes the TV or focuses on their friends or phones
Don't discuss advertisements with friends like people did in the past
Show up to the movies late to avoid advertisements
Generally have an anti-consumption/anti-advertisement attitude even if they are consumerist. Being advertised to is an annoyance enough to buy something else
Throw away mailers immediately without reading
Ignore people trying to advertise on the street/passing out flyers
Don't answer the door
Don't answer the phone
Generally has no idea when anything new is coming out and mostly exists in a social bubble
Practically no monoculture
Doesn't read emails unless they specifically searched/expected it
Etc

Besides the not going outside and problems that can arise from being in a social bubble, it's all good stuff to me. For decades advertisers and businesses have optimized everything for selling products and now people are so desensitized to it to not care. Like no one actually cares about times square takeover advertisements anymore. It's not a big deal.

"OMG it was advertised all over time square." Responded with: "I live in Wichita." "I live in India." "I'm from NYC and tourist just look at them, they don't read them. Fuck no I don't read them. I don't fuck with times square."

It's actually incredibly hard to advertise media now. Advertisements have to manage to seem organic or come off as predatory. So in comes the influencers but no influencer is as influential and trusted as a prime time advertisement before social media/YouTube went mainstream with people children to elderly. The vein to sell souless AAA/blockbuster media is busted

2mo ago

DaVinci Resolve 21 is Now a Lightroom Alternative: RAW Editing, Tethering, Masking, and More

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 2mo ago

Another to try in my wheelhouse of free RAW editors. Now I’m mostly chill to just use RapidRAW. After that Darktable. Then RawTherapee. Still got to try ART (Another RawTherapee)

2mo ago

Israel condemns Spain over ‘antisemitic hatred’ after Netanyahu effigy blown up

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 2mo ago

At this point when I’ve heard it said so many times for anything that isn’t just cheering on or silence that I usually expect those saying it to be racist and certainly Islamophobic and very likely genocide apologist

2mo ago

Amazon’s idea of improving Luna involves stripping back most of it

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 2mo ago

Back in 2009 I was a lot more naive and optimistic. I really believed Steam needed competition to improve and needed major competition. I was pretty excited to see Amazon doing a store and Microsoft doing Games for Windows Live (until I learned they were charging to play online multiplayer and had a 3 time install limit until you had to call support to get that reset). I was excited for EA Origin. I kept Impulse installed. The only store that got better was Steam. In the case of Origin and Uplay, they got worse. GFWL died and the Windows 8/10 Store was worse. EA never changed. GOG at least released GOG Galaxy. Amazon never improved. Desura died. Bethesda Game Launcher and Rockstar Club were trash since day one. Battle.net/Blizzard was stable but just Blizzard games and I think a CoD showed up one year. EGS came out without a shopping cart and no user reviews. Steam kept getting better

2mo ago

Amazon’s idea of improving Luna involves stripping back most of it

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network_switch @lemmy.ml 2mo ago

That just sounds dumb. Amazon has been selling digital PC games since 2009 and it’s just about the most bare bones digital PC games store out there. Luna from my testing has great quality but a puny library. For local download and install gaming, it’s barely any more convenient than like itch.io. It’s takes the top spot as the most comically poor run digital games platform across consoles, mobile, pc because they been at it for 17 years while being one of the worlds largest companies all that time that also happens to specialize in both physical goods and digital goods retail. It’s incredible how bad they are at this and how few people actually know that Amazon has been selling digital PC games for 17 years