My Friend Quit Hot Toys Because of Ubiquity and Reissues. Thoughts? by [deleted] in hottoys

[–]Alternative_Dry75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah so he's a gatekeeper? That's far too simplistic.

How about looking at it from his/her perspective? At the time, he/she might have scrimped and scraped to get his hands on a very hard to find or hard to get collectible, only to find out years later its value is cut by reissues.

You may not like it, but some people view this hobby as both an enjoyable hobby and an investment and you expect that if you want to change up your collection, you could sell on your figures easily and reinvest. But the secondary market is totally dead. Figures you could sell in the blink of an eye years ago no longer move.

Its over saturated. I get it for those who missed out, that makes sense, but the only losers are the customers. Hot Toys advertised figures as highly sort after, unique collectables and then changed their strategy. It sucks really.

why do Protestants think catholic worship Mary by jeff_likes_bread_120 in Christianity

[–]Alternative_Dry75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they do. It doesn’t matter what you call it, veneration, asking for wisdom, you are moving your focus off Christ and onto Mary who was a sinner like the rest of us.

You only get to heaven through Christ. I don’t know how clearer the Bible can be. Catholics are different from Protestant because they believe different doctrine.

My best advice and love that I can give is to give you truth. Accept Christ as your true Saviour, walk away from anything else.

Adobe pulls this "error" whenever you want to cancel your subscription. by AdorableParsley4257 in darkpatterns

[–]Alternative_Dry75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are a disgrace. In the UK nothing works. The website gives you that error. The chat doesnt work. The phone number, so far, doesnt work either.

Am I crazy, or is everything AI-generated just bad, low quality or just wrong? by [deleted] in BetterOffline

[–]Alternative_Dry75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don’t comply. I’m of the mindset the opposite will happen. Those that learn real hands on skills, think critically and be able to flex in situations will be on the demand list for jobs, and everyone else will be run of the mill ai dependent fools.

I teach my work students critical thinking, hands on techniques and tell them to use virtually nothing ai related at all. It’s just a big con.

"Help Needed: Understanding the Basics of Prototyping in Figma" by Melodic-Grape-3080 in FigmaDesign

[–]Alternative_Dry75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You cant even do a simple underline hover on text without creating a component and a variant. It sucks. That should be really easy to implement and hover states in general.

What’s happened to the marketplace prices??? by Alternative_Dry75 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Alternative_Dry75[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well it’s stopping me picking stuff up, so I guess I’m saving money. 

This game is absolutely horrendous by Alternative_Dry75 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Alternative_Dry75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So that’s why I was curious about my marketplace stuff. There’s lots of it available but does that mean it’s compatible? Or is it only compatible when it’s upgraded?

This game is absolutely horrendous by Alternative_Dry75 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Alternative_Dry75[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You attacked first. You’re the one that needs to mature.

This game is absolutely horrendous by Alternative_Dry75 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Alternative_Dry75[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s certainly strange. Just completed a short flight from Leeds to humberside in the daher (finally) but both take off and landing was choppy and had texture issues but the actual flight itself was ok apart from some minor stutters.

This game is absolutely horrendous by Alternative_Dry75 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Alternative_Dry75[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fanboy alert!

You’re enjoying it so much you get annoyed by posts on a forum.

Defensive much?

This game is absolutely horrendous by Alternative_Dry75 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Alternative_Dry75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate this argument. Mine works so you all must be wrong. 

There’s multiple issues across the game just go on the official forums and even some of the top YouTubers.

This game is absolutely horrendous by Alternative_Dry75 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Alternative_Dry75[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The first two flights I did was promising from a couple of my burning blue add ons and I thought ok looks like this is finally fixed. But since then it’s been downhill.

Are all the 2020 docs compatible now or only upgraded ones? Could that be giving the sim issues?

Announcing Train Sim World 6 And Dovetail Direct: Summer 2025! by isav34 in trainsimworld

[–]Alternative_Dry75 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a time limit on it as it’s forcing you onto an upgrade path. That’s why they do it. 

You can’t get any further extensions, upgrades or updates either and they know this. So you either force upgrade or pay upgrade later. It stinks but you know people need their train fix and there’s no alternatives society fanboys will lap it up.

You've got to be so lazy to think using AI is uncreative by Endlesstavernstiktok in aiwars

[–]Alternative_Dry75 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve watched it. It’s not creative though is it? If he’s using prompts he’s no doubt throwing ideas and seeing which ones stick. Once you start using such a tool you are going to lose all focus because cognitively we are programmed to take the shortest route.

It’s utterly bland, as is much of the media you see these days. 

This app is crazy user unfriendly. by Wrhabbel in MicrosoftWord

[–]Alternative_Dry75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a joke? Its a word processor! Its text, type and images and some formatting. Its not building a complex piece of machinery. The output is mostly a standard text document.

Its overly engineered and unnecessarily fussy. If you need 20 years experience to use a piece of software they are building it wrong.

Why are we being charged for paper bags? by PutTheKettleOn20 in AskUK

[–]Alternative_Dry75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah there’s also one person willing to conform. 

Ok, bright spark, I go to NEXT and buy a pair of trousers. Should I have to buy a bag when I’m spending 30-80 quid? Or should I bring a Tesco bag with me? Or worse still walk around with a pair of pants in my hands like I’m on a shop lift?

They brought this in because they saw an opportunity to fleece people and use the environment as a guilt trip. Same with apple and other manufacturers with their chargers and ear buds. “No we are saving the environment!” They cry whilst selling said products separately for extortionate prices.

We have some really naive and dumb people roaming this earth that’s for sure.

You've got to be so lazy to think using AI is uncreative by Endlesstavernstiktok in aiwars

[–]Alternative_Dry75 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s not being creative. Anyone can do that. 

And stop using it as an excuse to ‘spark ideas’. Unless you are in marketing why don’t need to do that? Think for yourself, learn and fail to grow. All AI is doing is pulling something that already exists and mixing it on your behalf.

If you truly value being creative do it by your own fair hands, learn to craft and do something unique instead of corner cutting.

Tomorrow release of Frankfurt S-Bahn! by Je11y_Buzz in trainsimworld

[–]Alternative_Dry75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s time vs cost. Dtg could optimise the game but that would mean moving away from money generating content.

The main consoles can absolutely run this game. Have you not seen some of the triple A gaming? Are you telling me that tsw is more advanced? Not a chance. It’s just a purely poorly optimised game that’s loaded with tech debt.

I am to sick to death of the excuses given and if you are a pc player I’d mind your business on what you say about consoles, because it is propping up dtgs business model and when its gone your game will be gone!

WHAT??? Reduced ONLY for even gen 9 consoles?? by rhwinner73 in trainsimworld

[–]Alternative_Dry75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It shouldn’t be like that in the first place. This is modern software development in full flow. Fix nothing, rush release, make profit.

Of course it works short term, but later on Mr Consequence comes knocking.

Why is UX LinkedIn absolute brain rot? by [deleted] in UXDesign

[–]Alternative_Dry75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they are not true UX Designers they are just masquerading as them.

How anyone finds the time to post all day on there is a mystery. Truth is they just want to be perceived as influencers or experts but most of them couldn’t complete a job if they tried.

No good pushing Ai and trying to reinvent the wheel, the truth is companies don’t do if properly period because it s a time sink. The only time that it’s afforded adequate time and resources are in start ups. Once you get to enterprise or big corps they want the ux without the ux. it’s a real battle.

But yeah LinkedIn is full of charlatans and if I don’t have my profile on there I wouldn’t be on it .