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  • When a website tells you that you broke a rule, but doesn't tell you what the rule is.

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  • The rule is essentially hidden if what I think are innocuous images contain a some image violating TOS. Which image is in violation? Which section of the TOS is it violating? I have no idea, therefore no idea how to follow the rule in the future.

    They are not legally binding

    So they have no duty of care with user’s personal data or privacy.

    I don't recall making a legal complaint. Something can be legal but mildly infuriating.

  • When a website tells you that you broke a rule, but doesn't tell you what the rule is.

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  • I use a variety for different things. My point isn't imgur specifically, but how these hidden rules exist on different sites.

  • What's your favourite story from history that is actually false or exaggerated?

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  • Myth: "The Polish military committed suicidal cavalry charges against German tanks in WW2."

    The myth was originally spread by Germany as propaganda to emphasize how Germany was technologically superior. The myth has largely stayed alive because it has become romanticized into a heroic act.

    The truth is that Polish cavalry charged German infantry, successfully taking ground against them. German tanks counter-attacked and Polish cavalry sensibly retreated but some were killed. Images of the aftermath were used to start the myth.

  • Do you sing to your pet or have other silly interactions with them?

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  • "Stupid cats need the most attention."

  • Games that I finished this year so far. Probably the best year of gaming for me since 2007

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  • My Steam recents:

    Everything that's got a finishable campaign here I've completed, with the exception of MCC where I only played Halo CE and ODST to completion.

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Sales Are Down 50% In Europe

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  • To put the headline in perspective:

    Despite all the numbers being down, Black Ops 7 was still the best-selling game in terms of units and revenue in Europe for the week ending November 16 (its launch week). Battlefield 6, it’s main competition right now, came in fourth in both units sold and overall revenue.

    Even with huge drop, COD is still raking in cash. While I personally think the current direction of COD is terrible, these sales numbers are unlikely to be some kind of fundamental course correction wakeup call to the publishers.

  • What are your favorite souvenirs? What's the story behind them?

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  • I figure that the Swiss Army knife my dad got me for Boy Scouts is really up there. Self explanatory why I suppose.

  • New ‘Star Trek’ Movie In The Works At Paramount From Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley

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  • I could have sworn Discovery was connected with Bad Robot, but it looks like I was wrong.

    It still has a "JJ Abrams sensibility" - frantic space combat, overly emotional characters, a lot of flashy but meaningless tech (the hologram communicators as an easy example) and visuals (the way the bridge was often shot). It was very much trying to be loud and new, while throwing in a lot of surface level references to try and give it some franchise credibility (this USS Discovery is a rejected Phase 2 concept design).

    It all came together in a loud, unlikable soup that felt inauthentic to the franchise. There was some course correction later on, but too little, too late. Strange New Worlds went the right direction, while the Section 31 movie tripled down on all the worst aspects of Discovery.

    In any case, I agree - the D&D movie was a lot of fun, and while I wouldn’t want a ST movie to strike that tone, I’m interested to see what they cook up.

    I don't want the Trek movie to have the DND movie tone either, but more like when that movie was made they understood the correct tone to match the franchise. It felt authentic to what DND players experience. If the Trek movie has the same care in figuring out what long time fans want, it will be good.

  • New ‘Star Trek’ Movie In The Works At Paramount From Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley

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  • That's good. The repercussions of the Bad Robot era have really derailed Trek in a way it's just started healing from.

    While Discovery wasn't in the Kelvinverse, the connection to Bad Robot probably gave it that similar style. The Section 31 movie wasn't connected directly to Bad Robot as company, but it did share a writer.

    Strange New Worlds has been a huge step in the right direction, though it came directly out of Discovery, making it kind of a prototype for modern live action Trek trying to both be "gritty" and classic Trek at the same time. I think it has mostly succeeded, but now that it's proven there's an appetite away from Bad Robot era Trek, I hope the new series goes further.

    While I hope whatever they make doesn't share a tone with the new DND movie, I appreciate that the DND movie was obviously well versed in the setting and knew what fans were about. Applying that same mindset to Trek would be great.

  • what do you think about the humanoid robots going mainstream in 2026

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  • I can't agree more strongly. The ad for the Neo felt like a cult recruitment video. It's targeting people in their feels, not appealing to sensibility. Huge red flag. 99% of footage of a Neo in motion has been with in remote controlled by a person in a VR headset.

  • I finished all (current) main quest content for Death Trash

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  • I often agree with this, though for Death Trash given the slow pace of major updates I figured I'd just jump in. It only took me about 10 hours to beat the main content, and a few more hours poking around to feel finished with the game. This isn't something like Zomboid with a big sandbox element to sink hours and hours into.

    Honestly, at the pace it's being updated I don't know if it will get a huge proper ending.

  • What have you looked up on Wikipedia recently?

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  • I double checked myself on some Chauchat machinegun facts, and then kind of went into a rabbit hole of inter-war French armament.

  • what do you think about the humanoid robots going mainstream in 2026

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  • In 2026 the Neo robot, the figure 3 and the Tesla bot are going mainstream in countries like America and I’m pretty sure other western countries.

    I am skeptical. The Neo robot is basically a Mechanical Turk with extra steps.

    I can't prove it but the Figure 3 gives me even more vaporware flags.

    As for the Tesla bot, it's the least scammy of the bunch, but this is on the "we promise to put robots in your house in 2026" scale. It wouldn't be the first time Tesla overset expectations.

    None of these companies are straightforwardly showing extended, unedited footage of these robots operating in full AI mode in an uncontrolled realworld environment for a reason.

    Humanoid household robots are the new (edit: I suppose not new, but resurging) fascination, but they are dumb. If someone wants to automate away chores it's going to be by increasing smarthome capabilities and integration, and/or by having improved standalone robots and automation, like roombas, if they aren't going all in on integrated smarthome tech. Success in automation will be with specific use robots and pieces of automation, ideally working together, not a Cylon lumbering around.

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • Ziggy's done messing around.

  • Theory vs Reality

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  • TLDR "If you're explaining, you're losing." is a good guideline for aesthetic visual design choices.

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • I grew up eating what most people consider very spicy food. I don't care what level of spicy other people are comfortable with, but I've found that amongst certain types of people I have to be discreet about my preference for spicy food. Some people find it a novelty to gawk at which is just awkward.

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • If an art work has been popular for years, has won dozens of awards, is used by experts as an example of excellence, isn’t it ‘objectively’ good?

    In this earlier definition looking for objective merit, it leans heavily on professional opinion. If a small number of individuals not thinking a work that is "objectively good" is good doesn't change that, then the opposite must also be true. Therefore, if we have a situation where the critical consensus is that a work is bad, and only a small number of people think it is good, then we have a piece of art that is "objectively bad" by using the critical standards, but which is held onto by a small number of people who disagree.

    At the top of this discussion I didn't define "art" merely as visual pieces (I actually used examples of movie and games). So that art could be anything expressive- music, books, plays, movies, games, and beyond. I can think of art and artists not appreciated in their time, and then over time critical perception turned around.

    This is all a long way of saying critical opinions are at the end of the day still opinions. That's why even critics disagree with each other.

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  • saying that something is objectively good does actually mean “for the majority”, because there is no singular point of absolute goodness to compare it to.

    I agree completely that people use it like this.

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • If a piece of art was created 100 years ago and every professional critic of the time thought it was trash without any merit, and then 100 years later the critical reception of that same piece had changed and it was considered a piece of high art, is that piece of art objectively good? Objectively bad? Was it objectively bad 100 years ago and then somehow became good?

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • If an art work has been popular for years, has won dozens of awards, is used by experts as an example of excellence, isn’t it ‘objectively’ good?

    If I don't like that piece of art, am I wrong? Am I objectively incorrect of the opinions inside my own head?

    Lots of people dislike award winning movies, songs, and games. Are those people measurably wrong? No. The plural of subjective opinions is not an objective one.

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    I cast fireball

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    Metal storm on a budget

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    That's right commie, this laser needs a mere eight D batteries to pinpoint your location.

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    Illustration of an English feudal soldier preparing his crossbow, mid-1300s.

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    Restricted data once again leaked on War Thunder forums

    ukdefencejournal.org.uk /classified-data-once-again-leaked-on-war-thunder-forums/
  • Wargaming @lemmy.world
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    Warhammer: The Old World - Grand Army of Cathay Up Close

    www.belloflostsouls.net /2025/06/warhammer-the-old-world-grand-army-of-cathay-up-close.html
  • Wargaming @lemmy.world
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    The Satyr Brutes Terrorize the Forest! (WGA releases satyr brutes box)

    wargamesatlantic.com /blogs/news/the-satyr-brutes-terrorize-the-forest
  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    Result 1 of mixed media workshop

  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    Gallery of black and white/WIPs of drawings linked in post

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    Look upon my noncredible friction works and despair

  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    A place of honor

  • Wargaming @lemmy.world
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    Preview of the Civilians/Survivors Men Box...and a Bonus Teaser!

    wargamesatlantic.com /blogs/news/preview-of-the-civilians-survivors-men-box-and-a-bonus-teaser
  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    A sight to be seen.

  • Art Market @lemmy.world
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    Patreon self-promotion, and plans for the future.

  • Greentext @sh.itjust.works
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    Anon draws

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    The neon demon

  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    New community for art commissions

  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    Old sketch, untitled

  • Wargaming @lemmy.world
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    No Limits Third Dynasty rulestesting - Loft Full Of Lead blog

    coronasan.wordpress.com /2025/06/06/new-rules-testing/
  • Games @lemmy.world
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    Atomic Heart 2 Announced At Summer Game Fest

    wolfsgamingblog.com /2025/06/06/atomic-heart-2-announced-at-summer-game-fest/