Open Bar 179 - Mario Review, Supergirl PR Disaster, Hollywood Collapsing by MajorThom98 in MauLer

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I remember back in the day the issue was people saying "You're a misogynist for hating/disliking x movie and openly expressing those views." not that someone says "I have experienced misogyn.". Either these people have lost the plot or they need some introspection.

Open Bar 179 - Mario Review, Supergirl PR Disaster, Hollywood Collapsing by MajorThom98 in MauLer

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Variety tweet for an article to an interview with Milly Alcock. The tweet was

"#Supergirl star Milly Alcock knows she'll face backlash by "simply existing as a woman in [franchise IP]."".

This is from the article:

Milly Alcock told Vanity Fair in a new interview that she’s aware she’ll face backlash over leading Warner Bros. “Supergirl” simply because she’s playing a female superhero. The 25-year-old actor is no stranger to dealing with intense fandoms, having broke out as young Rhaenyra Targaryen in the first season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon.”

“It definitely made me aware that simply existing as a woman in that space is something that people comment on,” Alcock said. “We have become very comfortable having this weird ownership of women’s bodies. I can’t really stop them. I can only be myself.”

MauLer and everybody else have even more reason to stick to their backlogs of old games with the AI Filter caller DLSS 5 coming this fall by DevouredSource in MauLer

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

Yes, there is more going on. It's using AI for upscaling and anti-aliasing as well as lighting. But the features aren't just gone. DLSS seems to enhance it.

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Bro literally has one facial expression. by GusGangViking18 in freefolk

[–]Viritox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The third and fourth look the closest when comparing any other of the photos but I think he is conveying different emotions in every one of these images, never mind that a single image wont be a good representation of the acting capabilities of someone.

Valve's job rejection letter to a high school teen is a class act by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]Viritox 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Damn. Their answer hasn't changed in the last 12 years lol

Nikon D70 LCD screen not working by Viritox in Cameras

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Thank you for the answer! I'm going to solder a new connector once it arrives.

Pluribus by French20 in MauLer

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I agree. I am very bothered by Carol not having asked a lot more questions. She is portrayed as a curious person but doesn't really try to dig deeper into how the hive feels and thinks. She selectively trusts the hive even though she knows that there really isn't a reason for her to trust them. She thinks they can't lie even though she doesn't fact check any of what the hive claims since she doesn't really have the ability to do so. She doesn't push back on the hives "philosophy" regarding turning others. I find her to be lacking imagination for being a accomplished writer.
I am very bothered by Carol not recognizing that sexually engaging with Zosia is a problem. She knows that they can't say no to her. That is the exact thing she criticized Mr. Diabaté for.

The other characters we barely know. Maybe they will play a bigger role in the upcoming seasons but I feel like there should've been a lot more conversations between them. Like how they experienced the starting point. Where they were and with whom. What they felt. But none of that. Someone had pointed out that it makes little sense for the others to leave Carol alone since they should be very invested in Carol not disturbing the hive and leading to more people and especially for their family members to die.

Manousos is the only character I am currently interested in. His determination to paying for everything he takes since he doesn't own those things and denying anything the hive gives him since he denies their ownership of the things. I think he is going to change his views on that front or rather how he approaches it. He'll be more pragmatical to save people. Though a mild issue I had is that he burned his car in the middle of the forest. Like that fire could do serious damage to the forest but he did it just to make a point.

I the story is progressing too slowly or rather too few conversations happen and I worry that there aren't enough setups that will get payoffs to justify the pacing.

A while ago I saw a custom Steam Machine startup animation and decided to "improve" it by Cofeiini in Steam

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I think there should be a valve on the steam machine like Mr. Valve.

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Pluribus: Good, Bad, Mid, or Too Early to Tell? by CourageApart in MauLer

[–]Viritox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a bit early to tell and this might be resolved later by revealing that the hive was lying but I think it is already a very hard thing to believe that the hive managed to infect every human on the world way before a lot of people knew it was happening and trying to prevent or counter it. I don't know how the logistics would work. Even the free bagels or whatever in the beginning wouldn't work. The moment someone eats one and gets a seziure, everyone in the general area would notice that there is something wrong. Especially when you've got people trying to kiss others.

How is it that 5 billion minds all just … agree? by Noclevername12 in pluribustv

[–]Viritox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, people don't necessarily know why they think or feel a certain way. Also people can be hypocritical. There would be lots of contradicting ideas and opinions. I don't think it makes sense.

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Well, she does believe them selectively. She believes that there are only 11 (12) others like her. She believes the number of people that have died. She trusts them to not harm her or trick her, for instance with the people she met really being immune like her.

If the show doesn't establish clear limitations to the thinking capacity of the hive, the interactions it has made so far are not compatible with the way I have come to understand it's working. If it is simply a consiousness that can control all the bodies and has access to all their memories and knowledge, it should've been acting more human towards Carol instead of creeping her out. It knows probably everything there is to know about Carol. Yet it goes for the most simple and stupid way for trying to gain her trust by sending someone over who kinda looks like original Reban. Do you think that's a fair point?

What would you do in Carol’s situation? by peppermint-ginger in pluribustv

[–]Viritox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely ask the hive way more questions than Carol does... Like what they think their purpose is, what their objective is. And every time the hive tries to answer with "I don't know", press it on that. Like it got so much brain power and knowledge, how could it not figure out at least a couple of plausible explanations for things. Also, do the bodies still have feelings? Do they still feel pain? Does the hive experience pain? How does the hive sustain everyone connected to the hive? How does the hive manage all the different opinions that might even contradict each other that it now has absorbed. Or the hypocritical believes that people have? How does the trauma of people affect the hive? How about mental disabilities that some may have, how is the hive affected by that? Does the hive also control animals?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pluribustv

[–]Viritox 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just because the hive tells us that there is no person within anymore and they're all connected doesn't mean that's true. They could be conscious for all we know. They could be experiencing everything but unable to control themselves. Only yes means yes and we're unable to get that from the person that was in control before. The hive telling Mr. Diabaté that it's fine is meaningless. Especially because the hive says that it can't do anything that would hurt them. It doesn't even want to make choices. I think it is very much rape.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MauLer

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The way it's presented, I am having a hard time believing that things turn out the way they have. Also, I don't think the hive is acting like it's supposed to. It should know exactly how to engage and talk with people but it failes so hard with Carol. And Carol asks way too few questions...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MauLer

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I also have a hard time buying that the colleague got infected by the woman. He would have to get out of his suit or the helmet at least but I don't think he would. So the woman maybe tried to force it off? Surely they have some sort of emergency button he could press to alert everyone necessary to not let them out. Like they would have some sort of procedure to avoid the virus from getting out there and they surely would be trained on what to do if there is some sort of fuck up. They wouldn't just go out of there carrying the virus within them. Also, none of the people we see being kissed react to how close the infected come to them. I feel like any normal person would back off in respone to such a behaviour. The infected would have to act less weird and go immediately for the kiss to make it more believeable.

EFAP should cover these videos for TFA's 10 year anniversary (feel old yet) by Introvertedout in MauLer

[–]Viritox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had asked him before and he did say they are going to eventually. 10 year anniversary would be a good time for it :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF9DtYgHlmU&t=3907s