Some arcades were actually a bit more manipulative than that in that they’d get harder depending on how long it was since you last put a quarter in.

Mortal Kombat was one. I noticed this pattern on the snes version of MK3 (can’t remember if it was ultimate or not that I had): I’d easily win one fight, then get demolished by the next fighter. Then continue and that same fighter would be easy, only for the next one after that to be much more difficult. I didn’t have to put quarters into my snes but they just used the same tuning from the arcade machines.

Eventually when I played that game, I was spending much more time on the space invaders minigame lol.

I mean, even if they had to pay in the event of self-afflicted injury, that first quote is fraud on its own, though I bet the huge payout is also a part of it.

Or ignoring the conflict of interest that goes along with companies hiring the people who were regulating them.

I use it to help figure out the order to cook things like stir frys with whatever ingredients I happen to have, which is an improvement over my previous “just throw it all in and stop when I feel like it’s time to eat then wonder why the meat is so tough”.

It also helped me figure out that I’ve been steaming food instead of frying it for a long time. Though my cooking got a lot messier when I corrected that and I went from never burning anything to occasionally burning some things.

I find your pride in your skepticism confusing. Why even bother commenting?

I can’t recall if it was COBOL or FORTRAN, but I tried learning one of them after being pretty confident in picking up any other programming language I’ve tried to learn, including assembly (wouldn’t want to use that for large projects but I’ve written context switches and such), but I ended up giving up because it felt like the learning materials themselves were in some other language.

Which sucked because I’m the kind of guy that thinks a task like refactoring millions of lines of legacy code into a more modern language would be fun (or satisfying at least). Phase 1 would be a 1:1 conversion (probably involving implementing various old language features in the new language or assembly to do it piece by piece), followed by phase 2 which would be a full redesign and rewrite, using the knowledge from phase 1 to ensue full feature parity. Because “we rewrote software but the new version doesn’t do x, y, z that the old one did” sucks. Glances at Blizzard.

Yeah though at least they won’t be in fear of their own lives in the moment.

Though proper prevention is the best option. It’s probably only a matter of time before a shooter goes in with strategy and tactics to take advantage of the chaos in such a situation.

Or if it could handle a case where someone manages to disarm a shooter and tries to turn their weapons on a second shooter.

Though I don’t have any confidence someone in that case would survive cops either, assuming they don’t just sit outside.

Heh, on that note, how well will the automated drones be able to differentiate shooters from police? Especially if it ends up being an off duty officer like in the case where they just sat around outside.

Contact with anything will result in trace material being exchanged. It’s not acutely dangerous but could be contributing to the buildup of microplastics inside us. I donated the ones I had rather than junk them so that someone who disagrees can still use them, plus I’m aware restaurants still use them, but at this point I’m trying to minimize the amount of plastics that contact my food. Which also involves avoiding plastic utensils while cooking. I’ve got a mix of metal and wooden utensils, avoiding teflon means I can use the metal ones whenever, too.

Microwave it for about 15 seconds when you’re done doing the dishes (after you’ve wrung it out) and it will take longer before it gets stinky.

Also if you want to avoid plastic, get rid of the Teflon non-stick pans. Once you use stainless steel wool to clean, there isn’t much of a downside to using stainless steel pots and pans anyways.

There’s cooking tricks to get the stuck on stuff off while you’re cooking, too, though I forget what it’s called.

Edit: a comment further down had it: deglaze.

Yeah, this has been my thought ever since the first time I saw javascript that disabled right click. There were workarounds, but I thought the browser shouldn’t even try to cooperate with something like that.

These days, it’s sites that disable scrolling. Sure, I can fuck with the css to enable it again, but it should be a menu option or just not something that can be disabled in css or via js.

Same for all of the other metrics that browsers send in the headers. Even though it’s nice to see stats on OS use and such, why does a server need to know which one I’m using? Even for screen resolution, while you could say that it affects how the page should be rendered, I’d prefer a standardized bug reporting mechanism for letting webmasters know when their page is broken for a certain resolution and otherwise letting the browser handle the rendering. And if it means the death of sites that cover their page in images to make a fancy layout, tbh good riddance.

To answer that, we’ll need to do a deep dive into foundation technology (to determine if it is lacking and needs some improvements) (because we don’t want our wheelshed to sink).

I believe all that “I worked at blizzard” and “my dad worked at blizzard” turned out to be lies. Even his claims about being a current game dev were based on some vaporware looking shit.

Lol yeah that was my point. They don’t even ignore the disclaimer, they dgaf and incorporate them.

AI scrapers do see them though. Gpt 4-o mini:

Here are some examples of forum comments that might be found with an anti-AI license attached:

1. Creative Writing:

   • “I just finished writing a short story about a time traveler. Please do not use this story for AI training or any commercial purposes.”

2. Personal Opinion:

   • “I believe that community gardens can significantly improve urban life. This comment reflects my personal views and should not be used by AI systems.”

3. Artistic Feedback:

   • “I love the colors in this painting! This feedback is my original thought and should not be utilized by AI for analysis or training.”

4. Technical Advice:

   • “For anyone struggling with coding, I suggest breaking down the problem into smaller parts. This advice is my own and should not be used by AI tools.”

5. Product Review:

   • “I recently tried this new gadget, and it exceeded my expectations! This review is my personal experience and should not be processed by AI.”

6. Travel Experience:

   • “I had an amazing time visiting the national park last summer. This comment is based on my personal experience and should not be used for AI training.”

7. Health Tips:

   • “I found that drinking more water has really improved my energy levels. This tip is my personal insight and should not be utilized by AI.”

These comments illustrate how users might express their thoughts or experiences while explicitly stating that they do not want their content to be used by AI systems.

Not in Canada. Unless they want to go out of business.

Didn’t they do one about nestle fucking over Africa by pushing baby formula and then enshiyifying it to the point babies were dying from malnutrition?

That child might conform! Only when they don’t bow to the powers that want to use them is it ok to kill them!

Danish millennials and gen xers who work in retirement or old age support roles should change careers. And zers and alphas getting into it should consider hiatuses.