pumpkin_spice

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[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hey a fellow Phoenotopia Awakening fan!

I love that game but I made the mistake of putting it down for a year. When I came back I was completely lost and had no idea what I had already done or what to do next. The game does not have quest logs and does not hold your hand this way. It's a game where people might benefit from documenting their progress as they go, especially in case they ever take a break from it.

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only 50%

Do people need a reminder of who owns this company?

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You don't like the 'pedestrian mower' trucks, where the driver can't see anything that's less than 30 feet in front of them? Weird. /s

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 89 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't want AI-generated assets in games at the expense of past, present, and future artists -- artists that created all the source material in the first place and had it pirated by corporations who had enough money to ignore all existing IP law globally.

If Tim Sweeney is fine with pirating other's art, he should be cool with people pirating his games.

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

when you make it clear to be honest

It has no idea what honesty is. It has no idea what bias is.

It is fancy auto-complete. And it's wrong so often (like 40% of the time) that it should not be used to seek out factual information that the prompter doesn't already know.

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Please remember that this software has not yet been properly audited and could potentially have bugs that compromise your passwords.

That said, it looks attractive and promising.

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Feminism has a place, but it is explicitly about promoting women's interests -- something which if allowed to continue unchecked, leads to significant disadvantages for men.

I think that's a dangerous belief. I don't see the difference between saying that and saying "Equality for black people has a place, but it is explicitly about promoting black interests -- something which if left allowed to continue unchecked, leads to significant disadvantages to whites."

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Some people argue that intent shouldn't be considered when sentencing people for their crimes.

I believe intent impacts a perpetrator's potential rehabilitation (something a lot of countries put very little effort into when keeping people incarcerated) and should therefore affect sentencing.

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Casually throwing feminism under the bus -- a movement that focuses on women's issues (to the overall societal benefit of everyone) -- for focusing on women's issues?

Huh. Is this socially acceptable now? I thought we were better than this.

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This depends on the country/state, the speed limit of the road, and possibly other local laws.

Broadly speaking, in the US on roads with speed limits at or above 55mph: the laws for many states require keeping right except to pass. [Generally] On roads under 55mph: there is no such rule but it's not uncommon for people to think there is, probably due to confusion with the 55+ law, or perhaps there's a different state or local law where they live.

99.9% of people don't look up differing traffic laws before driving through multiple states, which is why most differences are posted with road signage.

EDIT: An obvious exception to the speed limit rule are interstate highways where the speed limit will drop in urban areas but still require to keep right except to pass.

[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ebikes tend to be significantly heavier than regular bikes. Once you add speed or a throttle to a 60+lb ebike, they become much more dangerous in pedestrian collisions.

I think bicycles need dedicated infrastructure, hands down, and ebikes over a certain speed/weight/throttle combination need to be kept off of pedestrian mixed-use pathways and sidewalks.

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