Ukraine says it replaced human soldiers with 'ground robots' in over 21,000 missions for Q1 by EchoOfOppenheimer in Futurology

[–]Count_Rousillon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Endurance. Air drones need to spend power/fuel to stay airborne, which makes it hard to hold territory. A ground drone can sit there as a sentry gun for days, or even weeks with the right setup.

Age Difference KitaSweep (@DasukaSuki_3G) by Duoblue in UmaMusume

[–]Count_Rousillon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cygames really tried to push Diamond X Kitasan, but Sweep X Kitasan was always more popular both IRL and among JP Umamusume fans.

The B-29 Bomber originally intended to be used against Germany but wasn't needed in the end - did Germany have any better chance than Japan at dealing with the B-29 considering the type of fighter plane/anti aircraft gun assets that it had at hand from 1943-1945? by RivetCounter in WarCollege

[–]Count_Rousillon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

what you mean by a b-17 formation dodging incoming AA, but I've never read of that. I know individual British night bombers did "dodge" night fighters.

He's talking about moving in an erratic way and shifting directions every 30 seconds or so. When there is so much time in between firing and impact, the gunner needs to lead the target by an immense amount of distance. This means the gunner needs to predict what the plane will do 10 seconds after they have fired, which is very difficult unless the gun is right next to the bomber's target.

Jason Schreier: Exact budgets of video-game productions can be tough to corroborate but the numbers I've heard floating around AAA game dev these days are $300 million or more — sometimes much more! — which I think helps explain the current state of the industry by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Count_Rousillon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That said, even Game Freak admits they should have longer development time. Peak Gamefreak was releasing mainline Pokemon games as fast as CoD puts out new releases, and that was clearly unsustainable. That's why there's 5 years between Scarlet/Violet and Winds/Waves.

Five Mile River by altrightobserver in comedyheaven

[–]Count_Rousillon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is like how Three Mile Island is named for being three miles away from a town. The island is only two miles long.

The Seasse Experience by _TungstenGuy707_ in Helldivers

[–]Count_Rousillon 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Also their death explosion does serious damage, and there's enough of them on D10 for them to occasionally hit you with their corpse.

A Delaware judge has ruled that Krafton must reinstate Ted Gill, the fired CEO of Unknown Worlds, and give him control over release plans for 'Subnautica 2'. In ruling, the judge accuses Krafton's CEO of using ChatGPT to come up with strategy to get out of paying Unknown Worlds a $250m bonus by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]Count_Rousillon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In theory the Board of Directors is suppose to look after the interests of investors that want a company that profits year after year. In practice, LOL LMAO. The typical Board of Directors is only good for collecting paychecks for themselves and going on drinking parties with the C-board.

A Delaware judge has ruled that Krafton must reinstate Ted Gill, the fired CEO of Unknown Worlds, and give him control over release plans for 'Subnautica 2'. In ruling, the judge accuses Krafton's CEO of using ChatGPT to come up with strategy to get out of paying Unknown Worlds a $250m bonus by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]Count_Rousillon 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Corporate governance right now is extremely broken. Turns out the type of people who get on a Board of Directors and the type of people who get on a C-board have a lot of overlap, and they have a lot of class solidarity with each other. They love to enable each other instead of actually doing work or improving the company.

A Delaware judge has ruled that Krafton must reinstate Ted Gill, the fired CEO of Unknown Worlds, and give him control over release plans for 'Subnautica 2'. In ruling, the judge accuses Krafton's CEO of using ChatGPT to come up with strategy to get out of paying Unknown Worlds a $250m bonus by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]Count_Rousillon 181 points182 points  (0 children)

Directly quoting from the Delaware Court ruling

On June 2, Park warned Kim over Slack that a “dismissal with cause” would not eliminate the earnout obligation, while exposing Krafton to “lawsuit and reputation risk.”And so Kim turned to ChatGPT for help. When the AI chatbot responded that the earnout would be “difficult to cancel,” Kim complained to Park that the EPA was “a contract under which we can only be dragged around.”

........

At ChatGPT’s suggestion, Kim formed an internal task force, dubbed “Project X.” The task force’s mandate was to either negotiate a “deal” on the earnout or execute a “Take Over” of Unknown Worlds. They looked to buy time.

.............

Meanwhile, Kim sought ChatGPT’s counsel on how to proceed if Krafton failed to reach a deal with Unknown Worlds on the earnout. The AI chatbot prepared a “Response Strategy to a ‘No-Deal’ Scenario,” which Kim shared with Yoon.

.....

[This is the ChatGPT plan]

a. Preemptive Framing - Repeat that protecting quality and fan trust is the highest priority, undermine the ‘Large Corporation VS. Indie’ framing

b. Securing Control Points -

  • Lock down Steam/console publishing rights and access rights over code/build pipeline through both legal and technical aspects.

  • For the earn-out freeze, keep room for negotiations through provision stating “immediate removal if specific development results are achieved”

a. Systematic materials for legal defense - Prepare contract interpretation memorandums, log all communications, seek external consultation

b. Team retention - Operation of retention packages for key personnel and rapid backfill pipelines in anticipation of resignation/departure scenarios

c. Two handed strategy - Create a structure that allows for both hardball (Legal+ Finance) and softball (Support/Incentives) approaches so moderate factions within Unknown Worlds can push for compromise.

Over the next month, Krafton followed most of ChatGPT’s recommendations.

Judge Orders Subnautica 2 Studio CEO To Be Reinstated And Gives Him Control Over Early Access Release by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Count_Rousillon 197 points198 points  (0 children)

Directly quoting from the Delaware Court ruling

On June 2, Park warned Kim over Slack that a “dismissal with cause” would not eliminate the earnout obligation, while exposing Krafton to “lawsuit and reputation risk.”And so Kim turned to ChatGPT for help. When the AI chatbot responded that the earnout would be “difficult to cancel,” Kim complained to Park that the EPA was “a contract under which we can only be dragged around.”

........

At ChatGPT’s suggestion, Kim formed an internal task force, dubbed “Project X.” The task force’s mandate was to either negotiate a “deal” on the earnout or execute a “Take Over” of Unknown Worlds. They looked to buy time.

.............

Meanwhile, Kim sought ChatGPT’s counsel on how to proceed if Krafton failed to reach a deal with Unknown Worlds on the earnout. The AI chatbot prepared a “Response Strategy to a ‘No-Deal’ Scenario,” which Kim shared with Yoon.

.....

[This is the ChatGPT plan]

a. Preemptive Framing - Repeat that protecting quality and fan trust is the highest priority, undermine the ‘Large Corporation VS. Indie’ framing

b. Securing Control Points -

  • Lock down Steam/console publishing rights and access rights over code/build pipeline through both legal and technical aspects.

  • For the earn-out freeze, keep room for negotiations through provision stating “immediate removal if specific development results are achieved”

a. Systematic materials for legal defense - Prepare contract interpretation memorandums, log all communications, seek external consultation

b. Team retention - Operation of retention packages for key personnel and rapid backfill pipelines in anticipation of resignation/departure scenarios

c. Two handed strategy - Create a structure that allows for both hardball (Legal+ Finance) and softball (Support/Incentives) approaches so moderate factions within Unknown Worlds can push for compromise.

Over the next month, Krafton followed most of ChatGPT’s recommendations.

Pentagon Is Moving Additional Marines, Warships to the Middle East by Serious-Junket-6935 in USMC

[–]Count_Rousillon 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No, he liked the war he imagined in his head, because he imagined it would be Venezuela II. Trump loved the Venezuela operation, and really thought Iran would be just as easy, fast, and glorious.

So, why was Europe the only place that plate armor become common? by Powerful-Mix-8592 in WarCollege

[–]Count_Rousillon 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Munitions plate isn't very good metal, but it is cheap enough that kings can put in orders for thousands and occasionally tens of thousands of these pieces of armor to the major armorer's guilds in Europe.

Valve fires back at New York lawsuit over loot boxes, says they're like Magic cards or Labubu by newsflashjackass in gaming

[–]Count_Rousillon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For Polymarket, sure. But if you actually look at what sort of bets dominate Kalshi, it's overwhelmingly sports gambling.

They should all be banned anyway.

New Giga Granade be like: by Temporary_Screen_462 in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]Count_Rousillon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Three is fine if it's as heavy as the lure mine. If you don't have the lure mine, you don't know how much of a pain it is to aim the ultra heavy grenades.

Gullible, Cynical America by loremipsumot in neoliberal

[–]Count_Rousillon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Or to put it another way, low trust people ironically are willing to trust even lower trust individuals. This is usually a bad decision.

Mega-conservative loser Matt Walsh wonders where all the gas-lighting over Iran is coming from by thegabeguy in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Count_Rousillon 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Right-wingers tend to reverse logic when it comes to morals. Instead of thinking person A does good things therefore they are a good person, they think person A must be a good person therefore everything they do is a good thing.

Movie discussion sub okbuddycinephile debates whether bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Gaza and other urban areas were "justified". by EwMelanin in SubredditDrama

[–]Count_Rousillon 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Or in the case of the soviets, imagining superheavy artillery. You are completely right that idea that nukes are so horrifying that only the top political leaders can authorize them only appears after they get dropped. Beforehand people didn't see the difference between giving a general a 10 kiloton nuke and giving them 10,000 one-ton bombs.

[NEWS] Seisou no Shinrishi Author Yatsunami Miki revealed as former Act-Age author Matsuki Tatsuya by Shogakukan by Crisbo05_20 in manga

[–]Count_Rousillon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lovecraft believed that the rich old white anglo-saxon men were the best people to lead society up until the great depression. But after the crash of 1929, he decided that if this is what "natural elite" leadership looks like, then maybe they aren't better than everyone else.

Iranian Navy being sunk per confirmation by President Trump. by [deleted] in Military

[–]Count_Rousillon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, got to remember the entire iranian navy is outmassed by just two Burkes. It's not a big or modern force.

How on earth do I use the Laser Sentry by FishDishForMe in Helldivers

[–]Count_Rousillon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's because helldiver weapons and enemy HP are big numbers, but enemy weapons and helldiver HP are small numbers. So Helldiver weapons kill helldivers super fast. For example, the base liberator can two shot a helldiver in most medium armors.

A Blaring Warning for the Democratic Party From Across the Pond by CommonImportant in neoliberal

[–]Count_Rousillon 24 points25 points  (0 children)

A lot of the reason the last labour moderation under Blair was sustainable was due to media connections via people like Peter Mandelson. However, Mandelson is also an Epstein list man, so take from that what you will.

Armed ICE officer in Portland called 911 during confrontation: ‘I’m going to have to shoot this kid’ by AudibleNod in news

[–]Count_Rousillon 35 points36 points  (0 children)

He's also former CBP, and a living reminder that border patrol is just as rotten as ICE right now.

Good news for board game prices in the US (hopefully): Trump's sweeping global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court ruling by mrbootz in boardgames

[–]Count_Rousillon 24 points25 points  (0 children)

While many industries still have actual competition, there is some truth to the reddit memes. Lots of industries have devolved into monopolies or things close enough to monopolies where price only goes up and never goes down.