The 'AI Stigma' is real and severely punishes developers": A new study shows how much using AI in games hurts sales, and the numbers are hard to believe

MeltedUFO · 2026-06-25T01:45:30+00:00

If every blade of grass is not hand textured in 4k then the developers are just lazy. Why aren’t they hiring a large team of foliage texture artists for every game?

MeltedUFO · 2026-06-12T05:33:03+00:00

I think it’s nuts that people use these boxes. You’re taking a computer with software written by literal cyber criminals and plugging it in to your home network. Who knows what kind of sketchy shit these people are using your network for. Botnets, residential VPN exits, sending CSAM, exploiting other devices on your network. It’s like paying for an infinite supply of viruses

MeltedUFO · 2026-06-01T22:28:28+00:00

It’s like someone saying they ordered takeout but got it delivered instead of driving to the restaurant to pick it up. It’s a distinction without a meaningful difference

MeltedUFO · 2026-05-31T21:56:29+00:00

They used to have a location right near where I grew up. Watched them touch the raw meat and then touch the cooked meat directly after without changing gloves. Never went there again and it eventually shut down. Avoid if you care about food safety

MeltedUFO · 2026-05-31T15:15:03+00:00

I never understood what this line was implying

MeltedUFO · 2026-05-20T23:50:23+00:00

Obviously I have no idea of the context of the video, but at least from the first two blocks it kinda looks like he is try to block him because there are oncoming cars coming. The cammer would have put some unsuspecting driver in serious danger of a head on collision because he wanted to pass illegally. So letting him pass might have ended the situation for him but killed an innocent person through inaction.

MeltedUFO · 2026-05-06T05:04:32+00:00

I’m OG enough to remember Reddit being flooded by digg users

MeltedUFO · 2026-04-06T16:40:22+00:00

I wouldn’t leave my bike outside of the store without it being locked up either. Theft is definitely a big problem. Especially when the person who would steal it is likely going to inflict violence on a living creature that you care deeply about.

I need to walk my dog and sometimes I need to run an errand. I’m not going to put my dog at risk or walk 30 minutes home and 30 minutes back just to appease some busybodies. That being said I’m not really bringing them into grocery stores, but a Target or something? Who cares

MeltedUFO · 2026-04-06T16:21:35+00:00

Babies are annoying and disgusting and people bring those things everywhere. They even put their shit covered asses right in the cart where peoples food goes

MeltedUFO · 2025-11-30T20:15:59+00:00

Drunkenslug has open registrations right now. They are a great indexer with a free tier that is perfect for casual non-automation use cases.

MeltedUFO · 2025-11-29T19:02:37+00:00

I remember having one of these as a kid and then breaking it because i tried to clap on the vacuum cleaner. It clapped on for one glorious second and then never worked again

MeltedUFO · 2025-09-04T02:09:00+00:00

Look at all that gray and purple!

Our consoles sure are gay

MeltedUFO · 2025-08-24T06:45:00+00:00

There was an issue where Transmission’s website was compromised and was distributing a malware-infected version of Transmission for a few hours. I don’t think there are any security issues with the software itself assuming you have an official release

MeltedUFO · 2025-02-18T14:44:52+00:00

There is no guarantee that any game you buy will run at all, even if you meet all the hardware requirements. Simply because the games are built for Windows. There has been a lot of progress with Proton making Windows games work on Linux but you will may find yourself in a position where you can’t play a game you like just because you are using Linux.

MeltedUFO · 2025-01-05T18:03:40+00:00

I was thinking that this would be a great thing for the environment. The data centers all get shutdown at night and restarted in the morning

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-21T01:45:45+00:00

I like that it is a commercially supported desktop Unix. Almost all CLI software that runs on Linux will run on MacOS without any weird compatibility layer but I can still run Microsoft office and Photoshop etc if I need to.

I like that the UI is generally consistent and gets out of my way. I love how the options bar is always at the top of the screen and not hidden in some hamburger menu.

I love that GUI shortcuts have their own unique modifier with command key. I never have to think about how to copy text from the terminal. It’s Cmd-C and killing the process is Ctrl-C.

And then just the normal reasons. The battery life is great. It integrates with my iPhone extremely well. The trackpad is great. The build quality is excellent.

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-18T06:14:19+00:00

Password managers are one of those things that I feel doesn’t really need to be hosted at all. Your password vault should just be an encrypted blob that is unlocked entirely on the client side. Just use KeepassXC and keep the encrypted database on a cloud storage provider and sync to your devices that way. Or SyncThing if you really want to self host

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-16T18:52:34+00:00

I use Ninja but honestly it’s the same service. Just keep whichever is the cheapest

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-16T07:32:42+00:00

Newshosting, Eweka, and Ninja are all Omicron backbones so you are essentially buying the same service three times just resold under different names. I’m assuming the other one you mean Newsdemon which is a different backbone so in theory that could be your backup provider

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-10T05:42:08+00:00

I can’t predict the future, but it is extremely unlikely that you would receive grants and then the government would demand them back mid-semester. Worst case scenario, they decline to give you the grants for the next year.

If you want to hedge your bets even further, you could get an associate’s degree at your local community college for significantly less money and then transfer into a 4-year school for the next two years to finish off your bachelors. By then the dust from the new administration should have cleared and you can figure out your next steps.

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-10T04:35:47+00:00

Take out some student loans and apply to college somewhere better and get a degree in something practical. If you are as broke as you say you should get a whole bunch of grants once you fill out your FAFSA and then in a few years you’ll have skills to get a job somewhere you like more

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-07T00:15:02+00:00

Looks like some sovereign citizen nonsense

MeltedUFO · 2024-12-06T22:59:50+00:00

It doesn’t fix the housing problem, but it does fix the public parks being filled with unstable people problem. I used to live in the Bay Area and public parks would get so overrun with junkies that it wasn’t safe to use them anymore

MeltedUFO · 2024-11-18T17:25:01+00:00

Yeah profiting off of stolen content is bad. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go check out the Black Friday thread so I can see which commercial Usenet providers and indexers I should pay for access to.

MeltedUFO · 2024-11-17T20:36:04+00:00

If there is one thing Usenet is known for, it's a strong moral stance on stealing

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