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  • Chemtrails Aren’t Real. So Why Are Politicians Passing Laws About Them? Banning chemtrails is “like banning unicorns or banning Bigfoot,” says one weather expert

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  • Yes, "chem trails" aren't real. But weather modification absolutely is and you can read government pages detailing the programs since the 60's. We ABSOLUTELY have been putting chemicals in the atmosphere to attempt weather alteration.

    Whether this is a good or bad thing is not my point. My point is all these bullshit articles attacking a strawman that doesn't exist. These programs do exist. Conflating them with the chemtrail conspiracy is bullshit tho.

    Here's a government website detailing Santa Barbara, California's cloud seeding program that has existed since the 80's

    Cloud Seeding (Precipitation Enhancement) | Santa Barbara County, CA - https://www.countyofsb.org/2548/Cloud-Seeding-Precipitation-Enhancement

    This is what those laws are targeting, not "every planes condensation trail is actually a secret government device spewing mind control chemicals". Stop calling it "chemtrails" when the very real "weather modification" programs are right there.

  • After GOTY pull, Clair Obscur devs draw line in sand: 'Everything will be made by humans by us'

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  • No, I said nuance is important. That's why I don't think the devs are villains. But logically you can't get a "no AI" award if you used AI. It's be like entering a handknitted blanket contest and using a machine to start the first row. It's not "100% handmade" anymore.

  • After GOTY pull, Clair Obscur devs draw line in sand: 'Everything will be made by humans by us'

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  • This. I don't think they lied. Thay made an honest mistake. But you can't reward them for that. It's not fair to those who didn't make the mistake.

  • After GOTY pull, Clair Obscur devs draw line in sand: 'Everything will be made by humans by us'

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  • Exactly this. I'm not making a moral judgement, just a logical one. They used AI, thus don't qualify. Feel free to debate whether that award should be that way, but that's how it is right now.

  • After GOTY pull, Clair Obscur devs draw line in sand: 'Everything will be made by humans by us'

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  • Except that they used the placeholder AI textures so that they would have a functional build to test on. They didn't just try it and decide it didn't work. They literally used it produce part of the rough draft and even shipped the game with some of those placeholder textures accidentally still in there. It was actively used in this instance to "do work".

    It wasn't "well let me see what this looks like... No that's all wrong... Nevermind". It was "well let's get this AI to make some placeholders so we can continue working on this and we'll slap the real textures in later". Literally removing work from a human(concept artist), which is the complaint of anti-AI people. Funny enough, I'm pro-AI and even I'm agreeing with the anti-AI people here. You want a "no AI was used" award? Then don't ever use AI. Simple.

  • 'Directly implicates Trump': DOJ releases — then pulls — 'bombshell' Epstein letter online

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  • It's on Reddit and other places too. Your coworkers haven't heard of it yet because it dropped in the middle of the night. Stop expecting everyone else to be as terminally online as yourself.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • Look, I explained how it developed and why it's used that way. I also explained the difference between a "full stop" and a "period". If your reading comprehension is that terrible, maybe don't get involved in discussions about linguistics because it clearly went right over your simple minded little head.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • It's really only a "full stop" when it's the last or only sentence, not just any sentence with a period. It's related to phones only adding the period if you hit space twice. So by default, single sentences never have it because you don't continue typing. So actually putting it in is intentional for many people and they are in fact making a statement akin to "this is my final word on the matter".

    It's the difference between

    "Can you help me with this?" "No"

    And

    "Can you help me with this?" "No."

    That extra "." after "No" wasn't strictly necessary, so by including it on purpose, you're making a statement. That's the general thought process going on with people who find it passive aggressive.

    You can also go back even further to T9 typing and texting shorthand and see that punctuation was largely ignored due to message size limitations and difficulties typing on a phone in general. It's something that has evolved over time due to the medium. The main issue is people who have gone through this transition see it one way, and people who are used to more formal writing suddenly joining the internet see it another way. I would say it's more like regional accents. Both are correct depending on context.

  • Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan

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  • It's incredibly obvious you're a moron, stop that before you get reported.

    Fucking loser.

  • Solved Problems (by kplx)

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  • While better, even those were terrible at first. The first ones were charged for almost as much time as they were used for. We've come a loooooooong way with battery tech, mostly for the better. At this point, battery waste is almost entirely a recycling infrastructure problem(we need more facilities doing it and more people turning them in instead of dumping them).

  • Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan

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  • In what world is more steps and more potential issues the easier method?

    That's what I'm wondering as you're over here performing surgery and the rest of us are just plugging it into an adapter. But you clearly don't get that.

    So Mr. Smartass, since this whole thing is about 3DS cartridges, let's see your magical way to hot swap those batteries. Let's see your SO EASY way. Constantly jerking yourself off claiming your some expert and you're not even talking about the carts that matter here. So let's hear it. Otherwise you were just being a pretentious ass showing off shit that's not even relevant here.

    Touch some grass loser.

  • Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan

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  • You're removing a panel from the cartridge. That's literally more complicated than plug and play. You also need to make sure not to be a dumbass and connect and pins while removing the battery so you don't short anything. Fairly easy? Yes. Easier than PLUGGING IT IN LOKE NORMAL? No.

  • Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan

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  • It's not about the battery. You have to change it regardless of method used. But it's easier to just dump the memory and reload it. Then you even have a backup. You're just being pretentious honestly. I mean, it's not even about those games, it's about 3DS carts and you're over here jerking yourself off that you can change GBC carts.

  • Turn ‘Em On: Modern Nintendo Cartridges May Have A Limited Lifespan

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  • Yeah that's nice and all, and I get it, but the original person is referring to it being a HELL of a lot easier to just plug the cartridge into a USB adapter and dump the file to a PC. You know, instead of modifying their Gameboy or cartridges like that. But sure, if that's "easier" for you, cool. Most people don't want to go that far and aren't comfortable and "plug and play' is in fact easier.

  • Solved Problems (by kplx)

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  • Yup, thank God each device just has one lithium battery, instead of the HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS of alkaline batteries you'd go through in the life of a device in the past. You got about 6-8 hours of gameplay in a GameBoy from 2 AA batteries. Kids played these every single day. You have any idea how many we went through?

    Or stereos/walkman of the time using even more? Stereos used 4-12 C/D batteries and lasted maybe 2 hours.

    You have no idea how incredibly better you have it with lithium batteries and the waste they create. We used to buy alkaline batteries by the 24/48 pack as a regular grocery item.

  • Life finds a way

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  • It literally damages the photosensitive cells they use to see. Like hella amounts, bruh.

  • Life finds a way

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  • Those "light sensitive cells" are literally the eyes.

  • Imprisoned Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell seeks release, citing 'new evidence'

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  • A lawyer can't advise you to, or knowingly allow you to, lie. She's likely planning to commit perjury and is either insulating her lawyers or preventing them from ratting her out as they are mandated to. It's also possible she's planning to throw her lawyers under the bus.

  • If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?

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  • I wish we treated corporate crimes as personal crimes committed by the CEO. If they want the cover of personhood, then they get everything that comes with that. See how fast they want to return to being corporations. As it is now, they get the best of both worlds as it suits them.