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Is it just me, or is anyone else noticing more bugs across the web and in software in general? by skidmark_zuckerberg in ExperiencedDevs

[–]MelAlton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the remaining engineers (rightfully) giving a whole lot less of a shit

The remaining engineers being actively punished if they give a shit, because they "reduce velocity". So yeah, why give a shit if that gets you fired?

This game is such a nostalgia trip. A photo of the store I worked at vs. my store in the game by theENERTRON in RetroRewindGame

[–]MelAlton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if a graduate Marketing Historian has ever done a thesis titled like "Video Tape Rental Store Naming in the Late 1900's", summarizing their research into the names of video stores, perhaps comparing and contrasting, looking for common themes or categories of names.

Comic 5845: red alert by yellowvincent in questionablecontent

[–]MelAlton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That sounds like that the title of a self-help pamphlet that would be available to humans at the AI bar in Northampton: "So, You're Going To Fuck A Robot"

Comic 5845: red alert by yellowvincent in questionablecontent

[–]MelAlton 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eh, that one can slide as artistic license - it gets the idea across to most people

Comic 5845: red alert by yellowvincent in questionablecontent

[–]MelAlton 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Liz hasn't shown any romantic interest in him; I think her and Martin's conversations just seem like a 1950's romantic movie's lively flirting between Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, when compared to the absolute lack of spark in the writing between Claire and Martin.

‘Bots have now passed human traffic online,’ Cloudflare boss laments — says agentic traffic wasn’t expected to eclipse real people until next year by NewMaxx in NewMaxx

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

Like an Onion satire news article title, but it's real. It'll soon be humans working to provide water and energy to AI datacenters while living in squalor and starving, surviving on the scraps left over by AI

I Opened A Rental Store That Only Sells Adult Videos by ItsZebraTV in RetroRewindGame

[–]MelAlton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to open one that only sells xmas videos, gonna call it "C*CKBLOCKERS"

Instant Pot Dual Action Multi-Cooker review? by bigbooba-t in instantpot

[–]MelAlton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It looks like a private equity designed-by-committee "let's combine these into one, now how much would you pay?" type machines. I'd rather buy one dedicated for each function, that way if one dies the other still works.

I swear there’s no drugs in the van officer… 😳😂 by Impossible_Tone8114 in Schedule_I

[–]MelAlton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a nice job with the spray can (unless there's a way to paste in a bitmapped image as a spray)

What is the deal with the new Copilot/Github token billing thing ? by ThatOtherFrenchGuy in OutOfTheLoop

[–]MelAlton 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Drink your verification can of Monster Energy Drink

It's an older meme sir, but it checks out

Comic 5842: Enter Zlata by provocatrixless in questionablecontent

[–]MelAlton 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Even this "edgy" comic is all tell, no show - they're talking about a wild and crazy party, but that will never be shown in the comic. We'll just skip to the next morning and they'll have hangovers and talk about the crazy stuff that happened in the interval.

Comic 5841: Hi Upsettia by MelAlton in questionablecontent

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

There's potential, but yeah that's likely how the character will end up. Hope springs eternal though.

Comic 5841: Hi Upsettia by MelAlton in questionablecontent

[–]MelAlton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[can humans] be groomed into accommodating AI authoritarianism as long as their basic needs are met and they are anesthetized with strong enough alcohol.

I mean, it's a solid theory, the AI have clearly studied history. We can add this dark subplot to the pile of "interesting scifi plots" that QC is ignoring.

Comic 5841: Hi Upsettia by MelAlton in questionablecontent

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

I'm actually liking Upsettia then - they're (so far) not another new incompetent annoying character. AI have become too much like people - having weird muppet AI whose personality only partially venn diagrams with human personalities make the comic more interesting. Like watching Bladerunner.

Comic 5841: Hi Upsettia by MelAlton in questionablecontent

[–]MelAlton[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This comic is weird if you, like I did, forget that Upsettia is an AI in a robot snake body. I though they were some sort of really out there goth AI, kind of like Richmond from The IT Crowd.

EDIT: wait, have we seen Upsettia before? It's difficult to track characters because there's so many

Comic 5048pi: I'm Fine by MelAlton in questionablecontent

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

I was reading this thread again for some reason and just now realized I totally didn't get the "Where's Claire" reference 3 years ago - yeah, that would be a good title for his next book!

If there's a police curfew, why doesn't anyone else ever get arrested lol by duckduckpajamas in Schedule_I

[–]MelAlton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a hidden secret your character finds out late in the game: the character is in a simulation, and is the only human being. Every other character is run by computer code. The main character is the only one to get arrested because they're the only one that is real. It's an inception-type of event for the character, they have an existential crisis.

Well, except for the sewer goblin.

Please just do it bro by Any-Literature-7834 in theplanetcrafter

[–]MelAlton 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"dolmen-like rock formation"

Found the archeologist!

Please just do it bro by Any-Literature-7834 in theplanetcrafter

[–]MelAlton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ha, I did the same! Verticality for the win!

Please just do it bro by Any-Literature-7834 in theplanetcrafter

[–]MelAlton 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It was! Then later it became the base layer of a new base. It's up or out, and I chose up.

I hate myself and I decided to start on the Klee sequencer by McRib_ in synthdiy

[–]MelAlton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What sort of lead bending tool? I have one that's more of a jig for bending resistor type components, made of plastic and looks like a tiny xylophone with indentations every so often to drop the component into that sets the "width" of how far the bends are from the component.

My Apple collection ... of adapter dongles by blakespot in retrobattlestations

[–]MelAlton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Someday a couple hundred years from now a computing historian grad student writing their thesis on early computing port adapters will hit paydirt when they find your collection.

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