Other than a slew of Nintendo titles that maybe hopefully will come down in price (the patient gamers’ bane), I have my eye on the next time Divinity: Original Sin 2 goes on sale. A friend who never plays anything other than WoW loved playing Larian’s newest with me and I’m trying to get her to pick this up. Pretty sure...
Late to the party, everything that needed to be said has been said. Still, let me add my voice to the choir: KISS has never been cool. KISS is the opposite of cool.
I'd argue that Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb belongs here: AFAIK it's about a band manager injecting the strung out musician with drugs, so he can get up and perform the show that night.
“Spanish consultancy AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded negative hourly electricity prices for all but one European energy market it analyzed during the first week of April, including in the Spanish and Portuguese markets for the first time. It also registered an all-time production record for photovoltaic energy in Portugal...
I love all the ritualized behaviour, secret meanings and unexpected taboos - standing up when someone of higher status stands, elaborate rules for serving and eating, tapping the table to thank the server, never refuse a toast from a superior, stuff like that....
So many companies cut their workforce as much as 10-15% citing that those jobs can be fully automated by the use of AI but I am still waiting to see any meaningful price cuts of their products from the said companies, etc....
Exactly. And the same thing will happen when fusion energy is figured out: energy prices remain the same, almost 100% of revenue gets pocketed as profit. "Limitless free energy" my ass.
Remember when Taylor Swift urged her audience to go out and vote? I can't escape the feeling that riffing constantly on her carbon footprint is a retaliation for that. They finally found something about her to latch on to.
Kind of sick of devs being such cunts and denying the criticism so publically.
Well this was going to be their next big cash cow game that they keep re-releasing for 10 years, and they find it hard to accept that it's not working out.
Check out Alan Dean Foster's 'The Damned Trilogy'. There's a millennia-long galactic war going on between two alien alliances, and when humans are dragged into it, it turns out they are pretty much the most formidable fighters of them all.
YARRR (slrpnk.net)
Games that still need more patience: what games released a year ago (or older) are you waiting for a sale on? Or that need another patch?
Other than a slew of Nintendo titles that maybe hopefully will come down in price (the patient gamers’ bane), I have my eye on the next time Divinity: Original Sin 2 goes on sale. A friend who never plays anything other than WoW loved playing Larian’s newest with me and I’m trying to get her to pick this up. Pretty sure...
Kiss is still cool though (i.redd.it)
What are songs about the music industry that you like?
Negative electricity prices registered in nearly all European energy markets (www.pv-magazine.com)
“Spanish consultancy AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded negative hourly electricity prices for all but one European energy market it analyzed during the first week of April, including in the Spanish and Portuguese markets for the first time. It also registered an all-time production record for photovoltaic energy in Portugal...
Interview (lemmy.zip)
edit: Her name is “Daisy”.
What's the most interesting traditional or formal politeness behaviour or table manners in your culture? Or for any service personnel, in your restaurant?
I love all the ritualized behaviour, secret meanings and unexpected taboos - standing up when someone of higher status stands, elaborate rules for serving and eating, tapping the table to thank the server, never refuse a toast from a superior, stuff like that....
Sounds like a good plan to me (sh.itjust.works)
you left this at my place (slrpnk.net)
Bottomgear (slrpnk.net)
Where are all those price cuts thanks to AI implementation m
So many companies cut their workforce as much as 10-15% citing that those jobs can be fully automated by the use of AI but I am still waiting to see any meaningful price cuts of their products from the said companies, etc....
response to recent trends rule (lemmy.cafe)
here are some hyper-polluting individuals:...
On January 8, 1996, the Seychelles adopted its current flag, the third design since its independence from the UK.
What makes urine yellow? Scientists discover the enzyme responsible (phys.org)
Starfield design director calls out unfair game criticism: 'Don't fool yourself into thinking you know why it is the way it is' (www.pcgamer.com)
Spread the love (startrek.website)
James Sloyan
Sergiy Galyonkin (Steam spy) announces departure from Epic Games (twitter.com)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/95a18f70-d155-448e-acf6-265382b3ae2f.webp
Unity introducing new fee attached to game installs (www.gamedeveloper.com)
In Ukraine, a drone with a jet engine and a flight range of 400 kilometers has been developed (odessa-journal.com)
https://files.catbox.moe/6f4bsx.jpg...
Any sci-fi with aliens where humans are not the less advanced race?
What the title says, I’m tired of the trope where humans are the least advanced in the universe....