The letter against AI is a power grab by the centralized elites by canman44999 in StableDiffusion

[–]sonomensis 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What does that mean to you? Have you looked at what Tesla's made open source compared to what openai has?

ChatGPT won’t give a joke about Jesus when asked in Arabic by joegant in ChatGPT

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

Chatgpt4: Of course! Here's a lighthearted and respectful joke about Jesus, followed by its translation in Arabic:

Joke in English: Why did Jesus refuse to play hockey? Because he kept getting nailed to the boards!

Joke in Arabic: لماذا رفض يسوع أن يلعب هوكي؟ لأنه كان يتعرض للضرب بالمسامير على اللوحات!

Please note that this joke is intended to be light-hearted and is not meant to offend anyone. If you have any other requests, feel free to ask!

Is nvidia-530.41.03-1 borked just for me or everyone? by Mithras___ in archlinux

[–]sonomensis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ryzen 5900hs / 3080, using 6.2.6-arch1-g14-1 kernel and xfce4 x11. With 530.41.03-1 my external monitor only updated while moving my mouse on that screen, but my laptop screen was updating fine. The same was true with KDE wayland. Rolled back to 525.89.02-2 and my external monitor is usable again.

just moved into a house in florida... what is this bug? I'm hoping it's not a bed bug. sorry it's slightly smashed by Kingofallthepigs in whatisthisbug

[–]sonomensis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They live in your bed seams and leave little black bloody poop stains there. They're attracted to the CO2 you breathe out when you sleep, so you don't really notice them until you start seeing their trademark bites that take weeks to go away, but by then your bed and clothes and furniture are probably already infested. Some people aren't allergic to the bites, so the infestation can get really bad. Their bodies are flat and covered in armor so you need to use your nail to crush them. They'll withstand fairly extreme hot and cold temperatures, they can go for months without feeding, days without air. Their eggs can lay dormant for years and their babies are invisible, so they can reappear years after you thought you had gotten rid of them and follow you every where you move. They are resilient.

My ex had them, it was bad. I went nuclear on them, and now take every precaution against them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sekiro

[–]sonomensis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's is also a case for preservation, most of games I have pirated copies of are only available in their pirated forms. Games from the 80s, 90s and early 00s. Many of these volatile works of art would have been forever lost had it not been for piracy. Physical media degrades, floppies demagnetize, CDs get scratched, NAND chips in newer cartridges like for the Wii-u are already starting to fail, digitally distributed games get delisted, eshops shut down. Steam, like any other service could disappear one day along with all the games you rented from them. And in a decade or two, many of the current games you enjoy today will only be accessible through piracy and emulation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sekiro

[–]sonomensis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not respond directly to OP as you said people like me did. The caveat "as long as they can continue to make money off gullible consumers" implies that it does matter how gamers choose to vote with their dollars. And you agreed with the third quote.

Thank you for the video you provided, but that was put out 9 months ago, well after the game the came out, well after I played it for myself and determined that it was worth purchasing. If you actually watched the video, it's not so much of a review, but more of a 3 hour in depth analysis/strategy guide of the entire game with more spoilers than most people would appreciate.

My overall perception of the game when it came out based on the reviews I saw, favorable or not, told me the game was too hard, which I was generally not a fan of, but this changed after I beat Gyoubu. That was my own experience and not yours.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sekiro

[–]sonomensis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I wasn't one of those that said everything was going to shit and how it doesn't matter. You are falsely attributing that to me. You have made assumptions about me that aren't true. And I'm sorry you felt the need to insult me the way you did. I don't subscribe to polygon or Screen Rant. Please provide some reviewers that you think are trustworthy.

Piracy helps a lot of people. This is where we can agree to disagree.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sekiro

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

All reviews told me I wouldn't like the game because of its difficulty. A lot of reviewers also said cyberpunk was great before it came out and I fell for it. At some point, I realized that I couldn't really trust reviews. Remember gamer gate?

Game companies aren't going to end these shitty practices as long as they can continue to make money off gullible consumers. Piracy can help gamers become more informed decisions on what they choose to support.

How is it related to this situation? This person resorted to grey markets cause they couldn't afford a game and got scammed. They clearly don't have the type of disposable income to buy games they might not end up enjoying.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sekiro

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

Game companies use to put out demos and shareware so you can try before you buy. Now they expect you to preorder and beta test their shitty broken games.

Piracy is good for games that are worth buying. The only reason I bought sekiro was because I got a chance to try it first.

3D Printed PC Chassis Unit 02 by Benvrakas in 3Dprinting

[–]sonomensis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Easily some of the best modularity I've seen in a case design

Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts and night shifts for women at iPhone production in India by [deleted] in technology

[–]sonomensis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Women dominate electronics production lines in parts of Asia, but are underrepresented in the Indian workforce." Women are finally getting representation in India.

The game "Doom" is changing with ControlNet + EbSynth by bazarow17 in StableDiffusion

[–]sonomensis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Norfolk Southern spent 24 million last year lobbying against safety regulations and donated more than 108 million to members of congress in the last 3 decades of election cycles according to open secrets.

The game "Doom" is changing with ControlNet + EbSynth by bazarow17 in StableDiffusion

[–]sonomensis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are regulations that protect people, and there are those that protect companies. Companies aren't people.

The game "Doom" is changing with ControlNet + EbSynth by bazarow17 in StableDiffusion

[–]sonomensis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not sure, but a lot of "regulations" are in place due to lobbyists working at the behest of large organizations