Idk, here they are pirating stuff a the expenses of a single modder from what I gather. And just to sava 5 usd? Really? A soft drink costs more and it’s probably unhealthy. There’s work behind these things, that ain’t free, you get it? I get it it’s a patreon, but what are they supposed to do if they aim to make a living on that?
I see. Well there’s not way you could know this if you’re out of the loop. Anyway, if you’re not fine with the price tag just don’t buy it and don’t use it. No need to pirate this, it’s not a life saving tool
It’s a rabbit hole. You know those iceber charts right…it’s like starting at the tippy top and reaching Marianas trench. If you’re still at the top of the iceberg it’s time to reconsider that and take into account other’s experiences.
Not really, his supporters are dumping so much money for his legal defences, he’s got 3 PAC, of which he’s using 2. On top of that it appears that he’s OK with investing his own money if that weren’t enough. And he’s got billions of private funds…
I am looking at this for about 5 seconds and it looks like safety and logistics nightmare. It’s so cyberpunk, except the entire genre was meant to be a critique of a decaying and hypercapitalistic society, not a guidebook. Not sure how cyberpunk became cool despite the fact that it is based upon a dystopian imagery of what a city would look like in a dehumanising future
Writers in medium can also choose to make their content premium only. However it’s not always worth the subscription, and so many of them keep posting abvious feel-good type of article or boosting their social media pages.
Rates of severe disease may be staying at relatively low levels, but experts agree that there are probably more infections than the current surveillance systems can capture....
I completed the cycle of jabs and now I don’t need another one for a while here, when it come to covid, and I suggest doing the same if you haven’t, this is Still a virus and it’s no joke. Now I’m waiting for the flu shot to be released here, cause after the experience of the last year’s flu I say never again.
Article on popular science: prompt injection attacks are a new risk associated with the interation if llms into other services. •prompt injection attacks imply the use of a prompt that bypass safety restrictions of a given ai / llm, which cannot differentiate between illicit instructions and inputs. •a proper prompt...
Evidence that dozens of women were groomed into online sex work by members of influencer Andrew Tate’s “War Room” group has been uncovered by the BBC....
Money. They think that his money, regardless of its nature, is an achievement. That’d be the some as sympathising with bankman fried, cause he got money doing what he did, and they see money=power; while also ignoring the quality and the stability of one’s life: good relationships and proper wellbeing are not things that go hand in hand with huge sums of money, even more so when they are the product of serious crimes. The truth is that doing what he did for his fans means big jail time and misery. I couldn’t imagine growing in this age, bombarded by this kind of information all the time. To me the most controversial thing was an unsuccessful trip with my family, yeah imagine that today…
I installed the official Reddit app and went on it to see what the old place was looking like now. My inbox was filled with spam. The “home feed” shows subs I never subscribed to. There are so many ads. Between the ads and the the extra subs in the feed, it’s hard to just scroll. I also noted a lot of spam in some of the...
•there’s a lot of content on the surface, but most of it comes from automated accounts and reposts. Posting anything on any subreddit is increasingly hard. Mods and users do what they can
•the anti spam automated system is off the roof, you can easily trigger that with a new account, and both mods and users can fall victim of that.
•the recommendation system is liquid filth. You touch a post once, now you’re getting flooded with content from that subreddit. You can turn off the recommendation system deep in the settings, certainly not in a user friendly context.
•notification galore: even if you turn off those recommended posts, those can be notified by the app (or via email) at any given time. So I accidentally interacted with some awful subreddit, now I’m getting said subreddit notified at 4 am. Not even kidding here. Not even tiktok dared to send me as much notifications as the reddit app/website.
•lots of hate speech. If you leave the good subs, you can find openly racist posts (muted shitpotlicssay after n-word posting, both in the title and in the comments) and extremism in general.
Unfortunately it’s still a useful resource for technical subs, which are still good, but reddit as a whole is fvched beyond belief.
Honestly it’s what there is to it…those are my biggest gripes with that. I recommend using old reddit or just the site and turning off notifications. If you use their app as they want you to use it, it’s bad…
More than half of U.S. dog owners expressed concerns about vaccinating their dogs, including against rabies, according to a new study published Saturday in the journal Vaccine. The study comes as anti-vaccine sentiments among humans have exploded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic....
True for any pet…I lost count of how many kittens are impossible to save because they grew as strays. So many of them. I try to do something and I feel like sh1t after seeing how many of those attempts failed, it’s depressing and i am a tad too sensitive for this. Neuter your pet please, I don’t want to see any more neglected pets…
Pets are now often considered to be a member of the family, and their health-care decisions are weighed with the same gravity. But the consequences of not vaccinating animals can be just as dire as humans. Dogs, for example, are responsible for 99% of rabies cases globally. Rabies, which is often transmitted via a bite, is almost always fatal for animals and people once clinical signs appear. A drop in rabies vaccination could constitute a serious public health threat
At some point it becomes a matter of public health and safety.
I think it’s still true, after all the success of minimalist games (like vvvvv) and similar concepts is a tangible proof of that. Than, if we go back to the past, both atari and nintendo games used the in-game gaphics on the cover art. I remember getting into games cover art after that avgn cover art christmas episodes…side note: they’re still fun, give it a watch of you want.
If you really want to experience the magic of a good and a terrible covert art check the us version of ico compared to the japanese/eu cover art. Now, that’s gonna be fun…
You’re right on this…that was to say that minimalism never disappeared. I mean, as the technology evolved we adopted complex and detailed graphics. Of course, that was what they could do with what they had. Still, some atari games were complex, if not cryptic, some would be now full arg. Like that swordquest series, with modern technology that would have been a huge arg.
There’s as many gb emulators as possible, for a while i used nostalgia emulator (great ui and functional save state feature) but you can also run retroarch and other multiemulators. The one thing you need is the rom, but that is another story.
It used to be that you would do a search on a relevant subject and get blog posts, forums posts, and maybe a couple of relevant companies offering the product or service. (And if you wanted more information on said company you could give them a call and actually talk to a real person about said service) You could even trust...
I’ve actually gone back to the old way, find a realiable site or publication and then add my links to the browser, very old school but still absoultely relevant. Also, since llm are a thing, i use the for extra searches with things like perplexity ai. I also appreciate chronological feeds, so that i am the one to pick and choose what to see and not some automated system that i don’t truly trust. With some exceptions, clearly.
Just 48 hours before the first day of school, the Arkansas Department of Education announced that Advanced Placement African American Studies wouldn’t count towards graduation. They said they’re reviewing the course for possible indoctrination....
In the meantime, we also have a clear example of actual indoctrination:
“We cannot perpetuate a lie to our students, and push this propaganda leftist agenda, teaching our kids to hate America, and hate one another,” she said."
I can’t do much about any of this but i can say that you certainly cannot prevent people from discussing this in other settings, and i (hope) think this “ban” will just raise awarness on these themes
According to Elon Musk’s own math, the company formerly known as Twitter has lost 90% of its value and could be worth just $4 billion (finance.yahoo.com)
[meme] How would you rather see this land developed? (lemmy.world)
Starfield players pirate the DLSS mod after the developer locks it behind paywall (www.gamescensor.com)
Schools in France send dozens of Muslim girls home for wearing abayas (www.aljazeera.com)
Schoolgirls who refused to change out of the loose-fitting robes have been sent home with a letter to parents on secularism....
18+ JBP has got u bro (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Need a plate of generic, insipid platitudes with a giant helping of bad science and misogyny?
You’ll be back… (i.imgur.com)
I thought advertisements were supposed to be enticing... (i.imgflip.com)
I forgot Mastodon was on F-Droid, shoulda checked there first
Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge (arstechnica.com)
Highway Median Stations: The Worst Type of Train Station (www.youtube.com)
You can't imagine how much this annoyed me... (lemmy.world)
It seems like everyone has Covid-19. Here’s why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests (www.cnn.com)
Rates of severe disease may be staying at relatively low levels, but experts agree that there are probably more infections than the current surveillance systems can capture....
Cybersecurity experts are warning about a new type of AI attack (www.popsci.com)
Article on popular science: prompt injection attacks are a new risk associated with the interation if llms into other services. •prompt injection attacks imply the use of a prompt that bypass safety restrictions of a given ai / llm, which cannot differentiate between illicit instructions and inputs. •a proper prompt...
Andrew Tate: Chats in 'War Room' suggest dozens of women groomed (www.bbc.com)
Evidence that dozens of women were groomed into online sex work by members of influencer Andrew Tate’s “War Room” group has been uncovered by the BBC....
I Tried Reddit Again and it Sucks Now
I installed the official Reddit app and went on it to see what the old place was looking like now. My inbox was filled with spam. The “home feed” shows subs I never subscribed to. There are so many ads. Between the ads and the the extra subs in the feed, it’s hard to just scroll. I also noted a lot of spam in some of the...
More dog owners are questioning vaccines like rabies after COVID (www.pressherald.com)
More than half of U.S. dog owners expressed concerns about vaccinating their dogs, including against rabies, according to a new study published Saturday in the journal Vaccine. The study comes as anti-vaccine sentiments among humans have exploded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic....
The cartridge art was always so kickass. You just had to use your imagination quite a bit... (startrek.website)
YSK if you've seen something traumatic, playing Tetris for a couple of hours afterwards can drastically reduce the chance of it becoming a deeprooted memory and causing PTSD (www.ox.ac.uk)
ox.ac.uk/…/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-tr…
How do people find good information on the internet these days?
It used to be that you would do a search on a relevant subject and get blog posts, forums posts, and maybe a couple of relevant companies offering the product or service. (And if you wanted more information on said company you could give them a call and actually talk to a real person about said service) You could even trust...
Arkansas drops AP African American Studies course (www.ualrpublicradio.org)
Just 48 hours before the first day of school, the Arkansas Department of Education announced that Advanced Placement African American Studies wouldn’t count towards graduation. They said they’re reviewing the course for possible indoctrination....