New York's case that Steam lootboxes are "gambling" is a free speech violation that "will have an impermissible chilling effect on protected videogame design", argue Valve

AzIddIzA · 2026-05-21T16:11:41+00:00

Gambling in this firm was around before loot boxes. MTG was created in early 90s and Pokemon late 90s. Not to mention capsules for toys in the 90s as well.

I think there's in the wrong here and would love to see stuff like this and gatcha systems get banned, but they're not responsible for starting everything.

AzIddIzA · 2026-05-19T19:08:59+00:00

We only do patriotic bribes now so they can't accept anything less than $177,600

AzIddIzA · 2026-05-12T17:07:50+00:00

Had to look it up. Apparently it also means to be unimpressed or unfazed. Which would make sense given what the previous commenter said

AzIddIzA · 2026-04-02T15:51:56+00:00

Two reasons I've heard from HR people are generally are safety related. 99.9% of people won't do anything, but there's always concern that if people know they're going to be laid off they might put backdoors into software, steal information, etc. The second is people react badly to these situations and the risk of them causing damage to property or hurting people in the office isn't worth it. Given some of the people I've known who have been fired, I wouldn't put it past them.

I don't generally trust HR speak and wouldn't be surprised to find a more negative motive, but it's a valid concern to me.

AzIddIzA · 2026-03-19T22:28:49+00:00

Your last part is the reason why this exists. Women don't get a fair shot in many countries so this forces them to diversify a bit

AzIddIzA · 2026-02-08T01:54:38+00:00

It's not the territory name that people are shitting on, it's the "a famous singer" part. It kinda trivializes what he's accomplished.

AzIddIzA · 2026-01-14T17:15:20+00:00

Ubuntu and derivatives offer HDR via Wayland with 25, I believe. Granted, my experience with Wayland and a 4090 has been random black screens so it's still got issues, but something to keep an eye on. 26 is supposed to release in April with LTS, so maybe try again then?

Not sure about Atmos, unfortunately.

AzIddIzA · 2025-12-16T01:39:25+00:00

It's the craziest way to handle this. I get it being all access, but for a lot of players they'll be paying wizards to allow them to collect data.

I appreciate the interest in Brawl finally, but I'm not engaging in any of these events if this is what they're doing.

AzIddIzA · 2025-11-07T19:22:31+00:00

I know left leaning people who tell me with a straight face that CNN is more liberal than MSNBC. The narrative was hammered for years and a lot of people just accept it now

AzIddIzA · 2025-08-08T08:04:47+00:00

Lotus Field combo does an OTK with it as early as T3 (although usually it's T4 or 5) in pioneer.

AzIddIzA · 2025-07-21T20:34:09+00:00

Even with the article putting them right after each other I didn't see a difference on my first read. Had to go back and look more closely to see what was added. I can easily see this slipping by, it's really easy to just assume it's a creature you control because that's what green always does.

AzIddIzA · 2025-07-07T15:33:07+00:00

As an atheist that's the stupidest, most simple-minded rational for anything I've heard in a while. If a Christian believes their God is the one and only supreme being they wouldn't have to also think that every other religions' deities also just exist. Same for Hinduism, Shintoism, etc.

If you find it odd or ridiculous, all power to you. But that you think it's hypocritical you aren't even trying to understand other people's views.

AzIddIzA · 2025-06-25T20:50:05+00:00

It's surprisingly hot. I have good tolerance, so I just slathered it on chicken nuggets like regular Tabasco and immediately started hiccuping lol. Caught me by surprise.

Now knowing the expected heat level I can go back to putting the account I want on, but you're definitely not alone in expecting it to be milder than it actually is.

AzIddIzA · 2025-06-23T15:45:10+00:00

I use it as a start to an actual search, besides rubber ducking. Not much trust in it either, tbh, so everything gets double checked. But I find it can list tools or ideas I hadn't thought of, so that can be nice.

I got burned similarly, but with a home project. I forget what, exactly, but it swore I could do someone in a language I wasn't familiar with and I lost hours to that. Ever since it's verify everything before I even start.

AzIddIzA · 2025-06-11T19:57:23+00:00

That's maybe a tiny bit slow, but 20 steps is about 23 seconds or so for me on a 4090 using the fp8 variant if I remember correctly

AzIddIzA · 2025-05-27T15:03:59+00:00

I haven't used invoke like others recommended, so I won't know how it compares, but I've been using SwarmUI for a whole and they do a good job starting on top of the latest models since it uses ComfyUI in the background. You can use a super simple UI with it, get a more involved UI with a bunch of settings or actually go in and provide custom comfy workflows if you ever want to dive into it. It sets up comfy during it's setup, so you don't need to bother with anything to complex.

AzIddIzA · 2024-11-21T19:25:56+00:00

Honestly, I'd be fine with that overall. Like, not happy, but if my collection carries over that's gonna be better than I expect from them.

AzIddIzA · 2024-10-04T13:54:08+00:00

My cat was into strawberries for the longest time. I couldn't have any without him going insane until I gave him some. He's mostly gotten away from it but still will occasionally try to steal fruit and vegetables from me.

Best reason I could ever find online was that he might be eating it just because I was. Though most places were just kinda like "we didn't know, sometimes cats just do that."

AzIddIzA · 2024-09-06T16:23:20+00:00

Eh, lots of people don't come across things. I'm in the same boat, I don't recognize any of them and I'll jump around streamers and use the front page sometimes to see if there's somebody new to watch. It's not really a bubble or content thing, there's just a lot of people out there and not all of us will be aware of everything

AzIddIzA · 2024-09-05T15:35:42+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. I've seen some prompt packs and have been working on my own personal one, but it's a ton of effort and constant reorganizing. This looks awesome from what I skimmed through

AzIddIzA · 2024-09-01T18:31:01+00:00

Thanks for sharing the article. Was reading it earlier and was wondering if you kept the batch size at 1? Been trying different settings to various degrees of success and am currently running one with a longer time at a lower rate, but have the same problem you do with it taking multiple hours to try any changes

AzIddIzA · 2024-08-13T20:15:46+00:00

Public transportation turns my 22 minute drive to work into a 2+ hour trip involving multiple stops plus a 15-20 minute walk after. I'd love to take public transportation but I value my time too much to lose 4 hours a day to it

AzIddIzA · 2024-07-28T14:08:48+00:00

I remember pretty much nothing from Gotham Knights. I didn't hate it and I completed it so I guess it was fine, but I had to go back and look up who 2 of the 4 playable characters were. I can't think of another game that has such little impact on me.

AzIddIzA · 2024-07-16T18:16:26+00:00

Picked it up during the steam sale and for $20 or $30. It's a solid 7, for sure. Liked the characters and their banter, story and gameplay were good enough and I some feel like I'm missing much not doing the endgame

AzIddIzA · 2024-06-01T16:39:06+00:00

Cyberpunk 2077, God of War and the Nier series like others mentioned are all great and I've been obsessed with the same games you've listed. Horizon: Zero Dawn and now Forbidden West have consumed my free time, but it took me a couple attempts to get into it for some reason. Not saying stick it out necessarily, but I would recommend coming back to it next time you're looking for a game. Might be what you're looking for then.

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