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Zortrox

@ Zortrox @lemmy.sdf.org

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  • Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

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  • Not sure how well it holds up since nobody mentions it, but Tiny Tank was fun when I was a kid!

    You're a sarcastic tank and fight other huge robots after they took over the world basically. You have 4 spots on your tank to put a lot of different weapons and could upgrade them during the level with positronic brains from enemies to make them more advanced (e.g. homing missiles, faster firing, etc.)

  • Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one)

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  • I can't be sure since technology has so many different factors, but splitting a single Ethernet out into multiple with a network switch won't really affect it much if at all. Cat5e cable/jack (common for most cables) gets 1 gigabit, so unless you have a gigabit connection and maxing out the connections already, you shouldn't notice it.

    As for WiFi, even though a lot of newer technology is great, it's not going to beat Ethernet.

  • I knew I should have turned off auto-update ugh

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  • I was in a previous update wave, and it made me switch to Jellyfin too. I cast from my phone to my TV, and they did something that made subtitles basically impossible to load via Chromecast. Even trying to automatically burn in subtitles didn't work for this mode.

    Also, while a "minor" nitpick, Chromecast used to show random movie/TV show posters when you connected and also show the media details when you selected something, now it just shows a big PLEX logo all the time unless playing something.

  • They'd go outside more if they could WALK anywhere

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  • It's depressing to think that you're right. 40 years ago it looked like this, and now it looks like this too. We have civil engineers and research all around the world that shows how to build better, more human infrastructure and transportation, but America decides that this is what it needs to be. 🙃

  • Americans voted for Trump, but don't support his agenda

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  • I just want to point out that I wasn't the person calling them morons.

    To be fair, I think a lot of this is people being self-centered (which I get is an insult too), but perhaps I'm being pedantic at this point. Lol

    On that point though, people that voted for Trump I feel are self-centered because they think it will help them personally, ignoring all the other lies and/or bigotry he's said. The people that didn't vote though are just as self-centered for not taking the time or being too apathetic to get their vote in, knowing that he would harm people if he got elected.

  • Americans voted for Trump, but don't support his agenda

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  • While education and public services that promote education are being funded less, the average American has access to the internet via a computer or smartphone.

    Yes, you still need to be educated on knowing how to do proper research, but a simple search of, "how do I research" gives some good results.

    At this point, people just want to think they're right and never check other viewpoints or even look at themselves and why they believe their own beliefs. In my opinion it's a culturally inherent thing about "rugged individualism" instead of anything about a failing education system.

    Finally, being empathetic towards other races and cultures takes 0 education. And if you want to know if you're on the right or wrong side of something, it takes barely any effort to search and learn about it.

  • Meritocracy of Serving Capital

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  • Yeah, but that's basically the point. Posts like this are nice to have because they inspire a different way of thinking of what could be. I would love for democratically-elected leaders that are well-educated and actually serve those they represent and vote/make policies that are backed by facts and research. The system we have now realistically works well to an extent, though there are large problems. And as much as most people don't want to admit, it's going to take large, slow efforts at the bottom in order for the changes at the top to happen.

    Also, back to the point about elected officials not representing the people, I actually think they do for the most part. The bad part is that the people that vote those politicians in are people that reject facts and research themselves and/or blame others for their problems. But again, the large, slow effort is needed at the bottom to talk to neighbors and family members that they are wrong and try and help them see things not from a hateful world view.

    All that to basically say that I understand reality, but I can still wish for a better system and better people haha

  • Meritocracy of Serving Capital

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  • I think just using "science" as a catch-all term makes it harder to comprehend what a society would look like. Instead, I try and think of it by using research-backed policies.

    • This research shows that providing free childcare results in better educated students, happier families, and less crime later in life.
    • This research shows that having walkable cities reduces pollution, better supports small businesses, and makes our population healthier.
    • This research shows that getting yearly vaccinations, washing hands, and wearing masks when sick greatly reduces the spread of germs.
    • Banning abortion makes women more at-risk for dying during childbirth and ends up having families make risky decisions since a fetus isn't actually a person yet.

    Then after all the research and actual peer-reviews (not just for-profit journals having a say), policies would be made to support what makes for a better society.

  • Google Pulls “Dear Sydney” Olympics Ad After Backlash To Its Portrait Of A Young Girl Using AI

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  • My wife and I saw this ad in the theatres before the movie and just looked at each other like, "what the fuck?".

    Even making it from the daughter's perspective would have made it so much better. AI is helpful for writing to get some ideas, but why is it so hard for companies to understand people want human interaction in their projects... Who was that ad even for?

    As a final note, the "just like you" felt so weird and made me uncomfortable; it took the daughter's voice away basically.

  • Where Harris’s Potential Running Mates Stand on Climate: Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors who welcome clean energy and a senator concerned by extreme heat

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  • I would love Andy Beshear to be the VP. He handled the Covid pandemic awesomely in KY and has been doing a lot of things for greener energy / extreme weather responses. Also, he values education and universal preschool. The only thing I fear is that if he does become VP, KY is going to choose a conservative governor that undoes all he has done.

  • AT&T now says data breach impacted 51 million customers

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  • The US desperately needs to rework its citizen ID system. I'm tired of having to spend hours freezing and unfreezing multiple credit accounts after so many of these breaches. It's not too hard to have a secure system since companies don't care to protect confidential information.

    Also, it was disclosed to AT&T in 2021 and they're just now admitting to it? Then only offering 1 year of identity theft protection?? If a SSN breach occurs, they should be made to pay for lifetime identity theft protection. Then if they don't want to pay that, they can use the good ol' lobbying system to advocate for a more secure citizen ID.

  • Haier, the air conditioner maker, takes down open source third-party Home Assistant integration

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  • Being informative is one part to let people know what was going on, but I feel like the biggest part of his "bitching" is actually being one of the larger voices pushing for right-to-repair and consumer protection. And with that came new bills/laws that even Apple and Google are backing.

    His messages are/sound aggressive because they are. We need that passion to actually implement change.