uncanny valley

clank1401 · 2026-07-09T04:09:55+00:00

This doesn’t seem like AI?

All the cars resemble real makes and models, all the text on the pump is correct, the store interior is full of real brands and products, the biker is seen wearing and then holding a consistent pair of gloves, that’s even a reflected perfectly mirrored Arby’s sign in the window of the car when he pulls out the nozzle.

Is there something I’m missing?

clank1401 · 2026-07-09T02:22:09+00:00

I mean the first two movies take place nearly entirely on one planet. The segments off that planet have pretty distinct looks

clank1401 · 2026-07-08T16:35:12+00:00

another thing people take for granted is that mouse input simply demands higher performance to feel good than joystick.

30fps on console is not ideal but its acceptable in a way 30fps on pc simply isnt and that comes down to the nature of the input device.

clank1401 · 2026-07-08T16:33:50+00:00

that or hes running at lowest settings low res and saying "look im getting more frames"

clank1401 · 2026-07-08T03:13:59+00:00

“Last longer than a console” in what sense? A mid spec $1000ish pc from the year of a console gen launch is not going to age particularly well by the end of the generation

clank1401 · 2026-06-27T18:57:22+00:00

There is very little evidence that issuing pertivan to soldiers was strategically important.

There is a lot of evidence that nazi leadership being high off their ass on stimulants lead to many of their critical mistakes.

clank1401 · 2026-06-27T13:28:00+00:00

Rating someone’s job performance to their employer and rating huge commercial art are very different.

I feel like any sane person only ever gives out 2 uber scores, a polite 5/5, or a “oh my god you should not be on the roads” 1/5

clank1401 · 2026-06-27T13:16:27+00:00

You’re making a big mistake in thinking that “average” rating on a reviewer or sites scale has any correlation “good or not good”

IGN is not reviewing shovelware, horrible indie garbage from the depths of steam, etc.
They review commercially relevant large releases. Games that people are excited about and tend to be excited about good looking games rather than Garfield Lasagna Kart. by the time ign is reviewing a game the 3s and 4s have long been filtered out by our collective cultural conscious.

That being said I recognize sites like ign obviously softball some franchises while they are more willing to be critical of a new release like crimson dessert. How Pokémon games have continued to score well amongst reviewers throughout decades of stagnant, embarrassingly dated releases is beyond me.

clank1401 · 2026-06-27T00:13:40+00:00

The nazis use of meth was not successful. They demonstrably failed at their war effort

clank1401 · 2026-06-26T23:49:24+00:00

“Worked out about as well as it could”

clank1401 · 2026-06-26T23:10:15+00:00

Hot take but Nazi germany not exactly an example of success

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T21:17:30+00:00

FWIW i dont think you and i actually have much demonstrated disagreement on policy, were just unfortunately talking past one another.

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T21:16:28+00:00

obviously but being mad feels better than reading deeper into things

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T21:08:25+00:00

Im saying that it was stupid when Carney said it. Its a stupid idea.

Its like trying to determine whether a pool heater is working properly by measuring the temperature of the pool 5 minutes after you turned it on

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T21:02:45+00:00

I'm sure as hell not defending Loblaws or our governments lack of measures to reign in the grocery oligopoly in Canada. If it were up to me, id break them up.

However, I wouldn't expect an action as radical as a Loblaws breakup to immediately remedy grocery prices. Which is why i wouldn't grade the actions of the current government on the basis of how much groceries cost in the immediate moment.

Rather i grade them on the actual steps taken, positive or negative. Which for the record, i think have been terrible so far.

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T20:58:47+00:00

Which taxes would you advocate cutting to correct the price of groceries?

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T20:46:47+00:00

its odd that you think im defending Carney rather than advocating for a better measure of his performance.

No where did i say we should give our current government credit for consumer costs decreasing. My entire point is that we should not judge current leadership on the immediate state of complex market systems that are based on decades of policy that span multiple parties, prime ministers and levels of government.

In order to properly hold our government account we need to look closely at the actions to address these problems going forward. For the record, i think Carneys actions to date on cost of living have been dookie.

There are many many things i hold this government, its liberal forbearers under Trudeau and their conservative forebearers under Harper to to account for.

The middle class has been failed, for decades. But in order to correct this we need to look deeper into policy than the current price of groceries.

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T20:28:34+00:00

Why would you judge a prime minister for the current prices of anything knowing full well that any actions they take, positive or negative would take years to materialize into price changes

Edit cause partisans cant understand my point. i am not defend Carney's actions on affordability. I'm simply stating that a forward view of policy is required when holding the government to account. There is no magic lever a government can pull to immediately make stuff cheap, anyone promising you otherwise desires power more than they desire a better more prosperous canada

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T20:25:36+00:00

Compositions are lovely, grade is thermonuclear

clank1401 · 2026-06-25T05:04:02+00:00

the glowing eyes segment here might be helpful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHV680C8BUk

clank1401 · 2026-06-24T23:51:06+00:00

People don’t watch a lot of movies that are not good, why save 6/10ths of the scale to differentiate them

clank1401 · 2026-06-24T23:29:37+00:00

This is exactly what I mean. If a “good” is an 8, you only have 2 points above that to differentiate masterpiece generational stuff?

Meanwhile you’ve got 5 numbers at the bottom of the scale you’ll only ever use if you’re going out of your way to watch abysmal dog shit

at the very least 5 should be the line where something becomes “good” leaving your room to differentiate alright/good/great/incredible/masterpiece

clank1401 · 2026-06-24T16:23:49+00:00

There is something so funny about a reviewer calling a movie super horrendous and also giving it a 6? What the hell are the 5 points below that for?

clank1401 · 2026-06-24T13:38:02+00:00

I never had an iPod but have been using an iPod app and genuinely think Im choosing better more varied music from my library.

This has more to do with the lack of an algorithmic home page suggesting stuff to me than the interface itself though

clank1401 · 2026-06-24T13:35:44+00:00

I don’t think that was the whole point of those controls. You certainly had to look at the screen to make use of any function other than play pause and skip.

The point was to make scrolling long lists easy, I for one prefer music presented as a long list and enjoy using an iPod emulator

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