Notices by xianc78@gameliberty.club

@Suiseiseki @eliseo01 @SuperDicq It seems like it's better to use proprietary software than to ever touch the evil cryptocurrencies, in his eyes.

@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config I'm afraid that you can't have that kind of culture on a decentralized network in this political climate (which I don't think is going to change anytime soon). The only way you can have it is on a centralized network with moderation to keep all the political posters, blackpillers, etc out.

For example, there are a couple of imageboards and textboards out there that strive to be more comfy instead of complaining about how much they hate the world, but those admins realized that they either need to sacrifice freeze-peach and/or be relatively obscure in order to keep it that way.

The fediverse has neither of that going for it. Yes, there are more laid-back instances on here that try to replicate that pre-2014 experience, but it is inevitable that users get dogpiled by Poast and NCD users who think they own the network. You could also just have an isolated, webring-like network of whitelist instances, but that kind of defeats the purpose of decentralization in the first place. You might as well just have a Ning site.

@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config
>4chan i still regularly see plenty of people mature enough to ignore all that and save the threads with useful contributions anyway. hopefully that makes more sense. it isn't so much the moderation, it's the community's temperament. fedi has always eaten one another alive; we're schismatic and that's a shame

The difference here is that we have likes, reblogs, follows, blocks, etc and it's much easier to post a short meme and get a bunch of those than it is to make an effort post. On imageboards, all you have are (You)s and everyone is completely anonymous so nobody is building any positive or negative reputation (unless you make it obvious that all your posts are coming from the same person).

Microblogging is basically the polar opposite of imageboards. Everyone has accounts, followers, blocks, etc and therefore has a reputation. This enables personality cults and constantly picking sides. It also doesn't help that many people who came here after 2021 were on sites where such behavior was encouraged (like KiwiFarms). Part of the reason why I hate most Poast users is that they are the types that were spending most of their Internet time watching MisterMetokur videos back in the 2010s, so they've surrounded themselves with people who like to make lolcows out of those they disagree with or who they think are weaker than them.

@mr_penguin Are you asking if people think you're a bot or a federal agent?

@Fullmetal2255 Holy shit, four spooks!

So I've just read Ask Iwata, a book by Shigisato Itoi which has a collection of essays that Iwata made about his life and work ethic he made on Itoi's website (basically a posthumous autobiography) along with interviews with Miyamoto and Itoi about him and how he was different from other CEOs.

It was rather interesting. It seems like Iwata was truly different from other CEOs, but I guess that's mostly because Japan probably doesn't have an equivalent to the Ford vs Dodge ruling that puts shareholders as the top priority. That's why I compare him to Gabe Newell in that sense.

There were also some other interesting facts like how Iwata was inspired by Itoi marketing the Mother series for kids and adults which is why the Wii was heavily advertised as a family console.

However the one thing that resonated with me is one part when one Nintendo employee (can't remember which one) was talking about him. He said that he was nicknamed "Kirby" and that's because people will leave out boxes of candy and other junkfood for him and he will gobble all of it. No wonder he died from cancer at 55. Semi-related, but I've also heard that Masahiro Sakurai does not like the taste of water for some reason and he is a huge Diet Coke addict to the point that Nintendo leaves a mini-fridge of Diet Coke for him every time he directs a new Smash game.

Moral of the story: take pride in your work and enjoy your success, but please take care of your health.

@LukeAlmighty He could've just created one figure and one frame and animated the thing with AI.

@LukeAlmighty The new joy-cons lack the IR sensor that was present in the OG Switch's right joy-con.

So let's see here:
>Marginally better graphics
>Games that are enhanced with the Switch 2, but you have to pay extra for the enhancements
>Only compatible with certain microSD cards
>A Mario Kart that allows you to drive in between races
>Even more unnecessary smartphone integration
>PORTS PORTS PORTS
>Deltatroon

The only good things I can say about it are the fact that Nintendo finally added built-in voice chat for their first-party games (not that shitty smartphone app) and the re-releasing of GameCube games.

Funny that when I was watching the Swtich 2 direct, I can clearly tell that the guy on the right with the curly hair was not excited about the thing. He probably agrees with me on this.

@beardalaxy I think they really wanted to focus AI because otherwise custom content would require users to have some basic scripting knowledge, which is extremely uncommon for the target demographic of this type of game. It's a brilliant idea in theory, but in practice it results in a ton of bugs and AI hallucination and as @SuperDicq said, if effectively renders the game SaaS, otherwise it would require a REALLY beefy PC to run.

Though AI facial animations are just some useless gimmick for creating social media videos.

It seems like I'm the only person who realizes that the Tesla riots are a psyop made to get people to actually buy those cars. No better way to get people to buy those backdoored, botnet cars then to make any opposition to them look cringe.

@LukeAlmighty This one hasn't said no to me yet, but sometimes gives me garbage results.

https://dezgo.com/image2image

@icedquinn
>GPT just shits out copypasta and everyone is fawning over it. its wild.

It seems like everyone forgot about Cleverbot, but that was marketed as an instant messaging tool for people without friends.

@icedquinn Maybe people would feel okay about it if they know for sure that the entire thing runs locally. AI upscalers have been around long before the whole AI craze and don't receive anywhere near the level of hate.

I simply cannot be excited for the Switch 2 no matter how many new gimmicks or new games they show. Honestly, I can't be excited for new consoles at all anymore.

It used to be that every new console generation promised a new experience. That doesn't happen anymore and the fact that Nintendo's next console is simply called "Switch 2" feels like a reflection of that. I always felt that unique names for consoles brought excitement because it seemed like each new console brought a completely different vibe, even if it was from the same company.

And I don't see the point in shelling $200-$400 dollars for marginally better graphics. Graphical leaps don't happen anymore and we have already reached lifelike graphics with games like Unrecord anyway (portable devices still have a long way to go for games like that but still). The only benefit of having more processing power at that point would be for larger worlds and AI integration, and many people do not want the latter.

@lanodan @allison People blame that for it's failure over there.

@allison It just reminds me of how the Japanese call the Xbox "the no-box".

@allison
>TGM 4
>releasing on 4/4

Do these people realize the connotation that the number 4 brings in Japanese culture?

@Suiseiseki @beardalaxy
>You think many people know how to make mechanical coin-operated mechanisms or TTL circuits anymore?

I still see gumball machines.

@Suiseiseki @beardalaxy This has nothing to do with software.