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Atomic

@ Atomic @sh.itjust.works

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  • There is a big difference between guns and guns. I don't know where you are from, but are you sure that you are not even allowed to own a hunting rifle for hunting?

    I wouldn't say I have a strong opinion on guns. I suppose that might be subjective but I don't consider myself a gun-nut or anything. If you're just curious, the answer is deer and wild hog, but mostly wild hog. For one they're invasive, and secondly, I think they taste really good, so win, win. But it's a lot of work, not the shooting part, but afterwards to take care of the meat and all. You need to send it in for testing as they could have parasites that are dangerous to humans (even when cooked). I would like to hunt moose at some point but I'm not really in any rush, it's also highly regulated.

    As my opinion on guns, I think they should be allowed where it's reasonable, provided the person have a valid weapon license. I see no reason for full or semi-automatic rifles in civilian hands. I'm pretty sure some semi-automatic rifles are legal. But I disagree with it. And it's possible they will ban them soon. I know it's possible to get license for pistols. But it's very rare. You are not allowed to have them for self defense.

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  • I'm not missing the point where payment processor aren't police. But they still need to follow legislation in the region they operate.

    First of, it's not "Point in case", it's "Case in point".

    Second, I can honestly say. I have no idea how many payment processors does or does not authorize payments regarding legal porn for various websites. Feel free to link an article or source that investigates that particular topic.

    If you look at the post. They claim "Possibly related to PayPal because people in certain regions have not been able to use it to pay on Steam."

    If this was PayPal taking a stand on a corporate level against porn games on steam. Why would only certain regions be affected instead of everyone?

    The obvious answer, is that it's only certain regions, because of their legislation. If PayPal wish to do business in their region. They have to follow their laws for those customers.

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  • What I'm shooting at isn't relevant. What is relevant is that it's significantly quieter. A gunshot is quite distinctive and can be heard over several kilometers. It can cause unnecessary stress for a lot of animals who, justifiably, are terrified by the sound. A suppressor will drastically reduce the range of the sound.

    Let's say I want to shoot in a new sight, or see how a new bullet flies over various distances. It is highly appreciated by everyone. Humans and animals alike, that I'm using a suppressor.

    An added benefit is also that the recoil is reduced

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  • I'll be the devils advocate here and say that it is so much more pleasant to shoot with a suppressor. Both for you, and everyone else around.

    Personally, in this modern age. There's not a lot of reasons to NOT use one. It's not even that expensive to thread hunting rifles. I think it cost us ~150€ excluding the suppressor.

    And I say this from the perspective of a licensed hunter. (And I'm not even american)

    But yes. 27 of them is quite ridiculous

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  • Most people never bother to read anything beyond the title of the post. Let alone click the link to the article.

    Now, i don't know how everyone sees up/down votes. But I always thought that content and comments that is relevant and promotes discussion is good. And comments that aren't are bad.

    Rather than a measure of others opinions.

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  • Honestly. I'm glad he made the title what it is. Makes it obvious when people comment without even bother to open the article.

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  • My brother in christ. Are you allergic to reading the articles you comment on?

    Or are you not aware of how aging works?

  • Does anyone else find it suspicious that there wasn't any criticism on here about Stop Killing Games until after it hit 1.4M signatures?

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  • Attention work both ways.

    People who were not aware, now are. From all sides.

  • I think my IT guy hates me...

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  • I miss my IT days, they were fun. I once saw a USB flashdrive taped to a postcard. It was the old owners friend who had sent him pictures from a meet up.

    I loved it. The old guy wanted to send pictures. And send them he did.

    Also did my last favor for a guy who needed a long ethernet cable for something at home, I said sure, but we need it back by next week. He never returned it. So I told him "I'm not gonna argue, either it's on my desk tomorrow or I'll send your department an invoice so we can buy a new one."

    It was on my desk next day in a tangled pile.

  • I think my IT guy hates me...

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  • We installed remote access on all employee computers. Among other details, it allowed us to see machine uptime.

    I would tell certain people/liars that I'll fix their problems over lunch and to make sure they save all work before leaving.

    Then as lunch came along, I'd just remotely reboot their computer.

    Fun fact. "The IT Crowd" is actually a documentary.

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  • Sure. If that's your opinion regarding art that's ok. We don't have to argue about that. It's subjective and will change from person to person.

    Regardless if something has utility or not. The point remains the same. You often want things you yourself is unable to create to an acceptable standard.

    I'm not an AI fanatic. I do not believe AI makes everything better. But I do believe it can make certain things easier if used correctly. And I also think it's a big difference between someone sloppily making an entire story arc with AI, rather than someone that uses AI to fill in some of blanks.

    And again. This is all subjective. But just some food for thought.

    Clothes have both utility and artistic expression. But do you really care if a person made your pants, as long as they look good, are comfortable and of high quality?

    I'm not trying to change your mind. Just explaining my reasoning behind my opinion.

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  • I want to include paintings as decoration on my walls where I live. But I don't want to paint them.

    I want a bed to sleep in, but I don't want to build it.

    I want food to eat. But I don't want to grow it myself, nor would I like to raise, feed, care, and slaughter the animals I eat.

    So... Maybe I want some trivia, an easter egg if you'd like, about something weird and funny. Despite not wanting to write it myself.

  • GamingOnLinux: Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed

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  • The article specifically mentions PayPal.

  • GamingOnLinux: Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed

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  • There needs to be a lawsuit against Visa because PayPal stoped authorizing payments to steam in certain regions?

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  • You are still refusing to acknowledge that regional legislation can easily prohibit purchases from sources that facilitate illegal products.

    I have never heard of a case where payment processors refuse to authorize payment of a legal product because they don't like the product.

    Do you comprehend how big of a problem it is if a payment processor can't authorize payments to steam? That's not something they do for the fun of it. It's because there are legal hurdles. Everyday they can't authorize payments is lost revenue, and risk of losing customers.

    I'm sorry, but you will just have to source your incest porn games from somewhere else.

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  • I'm not even sure those titles are legal everywhere.

    Allowing digital purchase of illegal products can very well be criminal for the payment processor in certain regions.

    I mean just look at those titles. "Incest daughter - BDSM".

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  • Here's what i think is likely. For one reason or another, they get excessive refund/chargeback requests regarding these types of titles and decided to act as they don't think it's profitable.

    I don't think they care what so ever what you buy, as long as it's profitable for them.

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  • I didn't say anyone would hire a writer that hates writing. You keep asking rhetorical questions about things that no one brought up.

    Why are you making a narrative video game without a writer

    I answered this already in the comment you replied to...

    People can be passionate and want to create things despite not being adept at every single aspect involved. You keep creating scenarios in direct opposition to what I've explained and then tell me your scenario doesn't make sense.

    Why someone would need story-driven pieces of prose in PacMan? I don't know buddy. You tell me. I never suggested anything of the sorts.

    I've had great discussions with other people. But you seem intent on bad faith arguments and straw-manning every chance you get.

    None of the justifications make any real world sense to me.

    It's very telling you see it as "justifications", as if I would have to justify my opinion on the matter. It is what it is based on my experience. I have no doubt, there are a lot of things that make no real world sense to you.

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  • But not everyone thinks that writing that kind of stuff is fun. Not everyone enjoys that part of creativity. I know lots of people that love the creativity of solving problems with code. but writing reports is the most boring thing in the world.

    If you have people in your studio that are fantastic and love writing that kind of stuff, that's great! I'm sure the quality of that is noticeable. I genuinely do believe that when it comes to art in any shape or form. A skilled human could do a way better job than any A.I.

    But I can also see a world where you work in a smaller studio, you're a tight team of a few really great and passionate programmers, but writing literature just isn't your thing, it's not what you enjoy, it's like if someone asks you to dance. Looks great when others do it but you just feel awkward and would rather melt through the floor so no one has to see you.

    But that's the thing. It's just opinion. No right or wrong. Just different thoughts on a subjective topic. You would probably enjoy writing up something like that. Me, I'd love to give a few ideas to get inspiration going. But to actually write it all up in an interesting way is just not something I would enjoy. And it would take forever...

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  • I'll just reply with my 2 cents on your two points. This is the kind of topic where there isn't a right or wrong. Just different opinions and people thinking differently. I hope you have a nice vacation and with that, here goes.

    I know from personal experience that what you would like to do, does not often co-exist with the time you're allowed to spent on it. I would have loved to refine so much, add better function, create a more robust framework to allow expansion of future functionality. But the machine is going out to a show in 4 weeks. It doesn't need to be refined, it doesn't need to be perfect. But it does need to work and be functional.

    I did not use A.I for that project. Along with it, I had to create a UI that worked on a touch-screen. I had never done anything of the sorts before. I did study up and learn the basics in order to create the UI. Honestly, using A.I did not even cross my mind. It wasn't a question of wanting or not wanting. It literally did not even occur to me that it's something I could have used. But thinking back. If I had, maybe I would have saved a few hours and could have used that to finish some "almost done" functions.

    Everyone is different, and I'm sure most devs are super interested in the details, they're just, different details. The detail of certain text might not be as important to a dev as the detail of a certain framework and building it in a specific way to allow for future implementation of... whatever.

    I'll end it with, I'm sure there are devs of your description as well, that would rather die than let some machine taint their vision of what their project should be.

    I suppose I see it from a very practical point of view. Rather than an artistic point of view. But I do understand the concern. And should quality start to suffer as a result, I'm sure my opinion would change.