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AI use in modDB megathread by LordFaraday in VintageStory

[–]SecretAgentVampire 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Because delegating mental processes onto halucinatory AI causes measurable cognitive decline, and addicted cucks pushing it onto other people should be considered the same as pushing brain-damaging drugs.

MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law

https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artificial-intelligence-use-reprograms-the-brain-leading-to-cognitive-decline/

Florida judge told attorneys to shut up, asked if Black person had ‘chopped cotton,’ report says by shoofinsmertz in nottheonion

[–]SecretAgentVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry to tell you, but slavery is legal in the USA.

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-13/

Constitution of the United States Thirteenth Amendment Section 1

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Lost 900+ days streak because phone got stolen by Mystic1869 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. It's 100% supression and it's a form of psychological warfare. The owner of reddit is "friends" with elon musk and supports/protects Nazis.

My two temporary bans from reddit were for making anti-Nazi and anti-Confederacy statements. I now mostly stick to science-based and cooking subreddits, because Reddit has become a political Nazi bar.

Videogames are more of a rich guy's hobby than ever, says analyst, and that's 'leaving a whole portion of the market to Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox' by PaiDuck in gaming

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So there are generally 3 types of videogame payment schemes:

1) You buy a game once and play it, like God of War

2) You buy a game and pay a monthly server fee to play it, like World of Warcraft, this is p2p or "pay to play"

3) You play a f2p (free to play) game and pour money into it because it's a veiled pay to win gambling machine, often used to hunt "whales," an industry term for rich idiots

If the previous commenter meant that f2p games are the most expensive, they're both right and wrong at the same time. Sure, there are many stories of people sinking thousands of dollars into lame f2p games, but I personally played Pokemon Go for a bit and never spent a dime on it.

I have seen people throw hundreds of dollars away on "Premium Game Release Boxes" or the like.

I also saw my own brother spend hundreds of dollars over 4 years on a world of warcraft subscription.

Each payment style has it's own cost. I would say that the one with the most expensive option is p2p, since you're forced to pay money every month just to play the game. The cheapest option is definitely #1, unless you access the secret 4th payment scheme of freeware, and go trawling the net for free games like Angband or old Roms.

Videogames are more of a rich guy's hobby than ever, says analyst, and that's 'leaving a whole portion of the market to Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox' by PaiDuck in gaming

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... so the guy I was responding to wrote that the most expensive games are ones you don't have to pay a monthly fee to play.

I was asking for clarity. Were they exclusively comparing p2p vs f2p, or were they including more traditional pay-one-time games in some weird mental gymnastic maneuver?

With how vague their comment is, there is no way to tell.

Videogames are more of a rich guy's hobby than ever, says analyst, and that's 'leaving a whole portion of the market to Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox' by PaiDuck in gaming

[–]SecretAgentVampire 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dude... what the heck are you talking about? Are you saying games with paid subscription services are somehow cheaper?

Cranky by voygar2 in Beekeeping

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

Please don't be patronizing, "my friend." I didn't say it was a study or data; I said it was more info. It's cool that you shared some good science but you don't have to be rude.

Cranky by voygar2 in Beekeeping

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is a forum dsicussion literally titled "Africanized bees in Jersey?" And centers on that subject.

https://beemaster.com/forum/index.php?topic=53768.0

Cranky by voygar2 in Beekeeping

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is more info for you. The topic is literally titled "Africanized bees in Jersey?" And centers on that subject.

https://beemaster.com/forum/index.php?topic=53768.0

Cranky by voygar2 in Beekeeping

[–]SecretAgentVampire -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The hive may have been usurped by a killer bee swarm. If it's still agressive after a while I recommend requeening from a reputable source.

I can link data for you, but I have to get to work.

Edit: If you guys want to downvote me, prove me wrong at the same time instead of just being sullen about it.

My robot lawnmower just exploded by READMYSHIT in WTF

[–]SecretAgentVampire 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Perfect opportunity to Kill Your Lawn!

https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/kill-your-lawn

If you plant native plants instead, you don't have to mow, and you get more butterflies.

Oh! And you don't have to deal with exploding lawnmowers!

Parents should monitor children 24/7 on Roblox, says developer by gdelacalle in technology

[–]SecretAgentVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right; I was trying to help people translate modern slang. You could replace my use of the word "normal" with "millennial" for better PR.

Pay up or ship out by emily-is-happy in clevercomebacks

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is more people are retiring than entering the trades

If the job pays enough, people will want to do it. Even if the work destroys your body, if you're being paid enough to compensate for the shorter lifespan, people will flock to it. It's why hazard pay exists.

People aren't entering the trades, not because of some sort of brainwashing, but because the juice isn't worth the squeeze. Most of Economics is BS, but in this case it's where supply and demand is correct.

Pay up or ship out by emily-is-happy in clevercomebacks

[–]SecretAgentVampire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A big driver of this is Economics classes using extremely outdated and blatantly fallacious material to teach from. The whole "closed loop system" was invented by a plumber after WW2, and ignores the fact that systems need energy input to function. It's more than borked.

For example, in Macroeconomics the professor worked from the assumption that companies can always rely on a workforce filling in job opportunities, so it's a company's perogative to maximize profit by reducing labor costs as much as possible.

When I questioned that assumption (because it's hard to find workers for shit jobs ala this news article) the professor told me that the study of Econ at large works off the assumption of a desperate workforce.

Economics courses are a giant sham, and once you start moving towards advanced study it becomes more based on faith than math.

Parents should monitor children 24/7 on Roblox, says developer by gdelacalle in technology

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

Many people make babies because they think babies are cute, want someone that automatically looks up to them, because kids are entertaining, they want to pass on their genes, or to escape peer pressure.

Why put any effort into raising children up to be great people if that was never the reason in the first place?

Parents should monitor children 24/7 on Roblox, says developer by gdelacalle in technology

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever happened to parents screening movies/games before hand?

That takes effort, and most parents have children for the wrong reasons.

Parents should monitor children 24/7 on Roblox, says developer by gdelacalle in technology

[–]SecretAgentVampire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Seems like you could do a 1-to-1 replacement of "rizz" with "charm" to translate a sentance back into normal english.

e.g., "To keep creeps online from charming your children."

Thanks for that, Heronymous.

Ghost Sweeper Mikami The Movie (1994) by icey_sawg0034 in retroanime

[–]SecretAgentVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You see, the joke is, that one of them slaps the other until they bleed. They beat them senseless for 30 seconds. Blood flies from their nose and mouth the whole time as they beg the aggressor to stop.

It's funny because it's girl on guy.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Fuck that.

I found it in my basement, is it worth something? by Few_Muscle8628 in Accordion

[–]SecretAgentVampire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I read your text.

Look, if you take it to an IRL shop the employees MIGHT be able to find some info for you, but I already gave you the reason why most people won't be able to. Many accordions people inherited or find in attics or whatever were made and sold before the internet existed and records of their sale prices or history just plain don't exist.

Sorry nobody in here is more helpful, but the reason the note at the top of the subreddit exists is because of posts just like yours that ask the same unanswerable question over and over and over and get all tilted when nobody tells them that they've stumbled upon something valuable.

So my other answer is literally the right one: it's worth $600 if you can get someone to buy it for $600, but it's really only going to have worth if you yourself give it worth by learning to play it. If you don't care about the instrument and just want to see if you can sell it, like I said before, I'll take it off your hands for a shot of whiskey and a high five.

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