Posts by Looming
(DIR) Post #AkxeuNXQ8a6CShbMq8 by Looming
2024-08-14T15:05:47.323517Z
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@mike @john @AdamStuartSmith I enjoy an easy dunk on AI as much as anyone but "I asked the recipe program to make a recipe with deadly rat poison and it made a dangerous recipe!" isn't all that shocking.
(DIR) Post #AlSJcuCRt8ArPXNQo4 by Looming
2024-08-29T10:03:22.567416Z
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@drmambobob I would wager vaccine fear is at least in part more prevalent because the most basic pill anyone will ever take in their life, the painkiller, is pretty much 'immediately' effective. A vaccine on the other hand is preventative, you may never even know it actually had an effect and in the worst scenario it might actually cause some of the symptoms of the disease it is meant to prevent.But it's not like fear of pills and tablets is terribly uncommon either.
(DIR) Post #AlipegDn8V2fhQFnTk by Looming
2024-09-06T09:17:38.296196Z
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Following @\drmambobob@ecoevo.social has been a great decision for reasons too silly to even explain.
(DIR) Post #An8m9GNCwOkSzPjA9Y by Looming
2024-10-18T19:32:56.454203Z
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@sun @david OddDon't/Care is usually pretty widely accepted
(DIR) Post #AnhXejUB9GnI7phaUq by Looming
2024-11-04T14:05:26.914537Z
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@markwitton I believe there's a Bluesky/Activitypub available I need my fix of paleoart :2050:
(DIR) Post #AnhXitfREf6ErSxDrk by Looming
2024-11-04T14:06:12.081290Z
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@markwitton *bridge
(DIR) Post #AnvqadnpLHMN4m1vrE by Looming
2024-11-11T11:43:33.784685Z
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@woodpunk is that a short scale or a long scale billion?
(DIR) Post #Aq40WMZlyCBpxk7Ps0 by Looming
2025-01-14T05:56:43.980517Z
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@why You never had to deal with some ceiling slime?
(DIR) Post #Arn6AuTH4mWGErz8c4 by Looming
2025-03-06T21:54:11.775534Z
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Let me all remind you that, in Family Guy lore, Peter Griffin canonically had his own eyes replaced with those of a hobo whose death he was responsible for.
(DIR) Post #AtmW3tVUldSurrSvDc by Looming
2025-05-05T10:53:45.010503Z
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@lain This is peak character design
(DIR) Post #Au3jMHVWsGuNbktk8G by Looming
2025-05-13T18:12:49.846572Z
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@Moon I still regularly think about this @sun
(DIR) Post #AvlYoj3jeSWi7OYmi8 by Looming
2025-07-03T19:34:06.898711Z
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@sun @Noraweed So, local idiot and non-dev here, but is it really that difficult to say at the start of a project "Okay, this needs to have an End Of Life plan at the end" and then keep that in mind during development?
(DIR) Post #Avlamzq2Up4JUFSOMy by Looming
2025-07-03T19:56:12.752294Z
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@sun @Noraweed >you have to architect your game around preservation which may not match market realities.I don't think I get what you mean. What part of putting in the End of Life plan prevents its from being ran exactly the same way as it would have without the End of Life plan? I also don't think that we are talking about a small subset of customers but I wouldn't know where to pull data from on that lol
(DIR) Post #AvlcIyHnu0z7tTFpUu by Looming
2025-07-03T20:13:11.775906Z
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@sun @Noraweed So, then preservation of this type of game is simply not possible without forcing a change and putting the burden to adapt on the publisher?
(DIR) Post #Avlfw6hGrgxJ8SWG36 by Looming
2025-07-03T20:53:53.050970Z
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@sun @Noraweed Oh god, this post went everywhere and nowhere as I typed it.Well, in the hypothetical scenario that the ECI goes through, the multi-billion dollar industry will work with the EU to figure out what may be acceptable and what may not.That's one of the two or three reasons why 'reasonably functional (playable)' is used in the wording of the ECI. The alternative wording that actually preserves the goal of 'stop killing games' would have been to say "make it work exactly as it did before" which would have been a much tougher sell on all fronts, I think.Anything else like labeling or stickers may be argued as consumer rights wins, but doesn't aid the goal of games not being killed. But I think we may be on the same page then anyway. 1.) If there is more of a burden than the initiative's FAQ lets on, then that should have been clearer. (I mean, I have personally very little knowledge on this but even assuming you are not deceiving me here (You obviously aren't, I've seen you post often enough to know that you are always being very good faith), I would still want to hear from more devs and tech persons to really solidify my opinion on this.)Though I also find it personally a bit difficult to criticize them for that when the first and only loud dev to really publicly critique it was Mr. "I won't talk to Ross or anyone involved with the initiative because it can eat my entire ass". Now the initiative is almost over. 2.) You don't like the EU making the law and possibly fucking it ALLLL UP. Stop Killing Games says, "Well, this is the only chance we see and we'll march on with it. Unless you have an alternative?"And I am from the hysteric "oh god, please preserve the created art" camp, so I weigh the danger of the EU possibly being really stupid and crazy with it way differently. And usually, I also would be in the "Eh, government intervention?" camp.
(DIR) Post #AvljKoIUi9XLAjOwAS by Looming
2025-07-03T21:31:57.827595Z
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Sometimes I forget how pleasant a late night stroll with the doggo is.
(DIR) Post #Aw37itZ4TnN72tUVrk by Looming
2025-07-12T06:55:19.758379Z
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Wait, why have I never seen a fight about PolycentricHow am I supposed to build an opinion about social media technology without seeing people argue about it on social media first?
(DIR) Post #AxDlenDKbP97fyxbxQ by Looming
2025-08-16T08:02:00.188571Z
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Bring Her Back was pretty good. Seen a lot of people say "oh, it's so different from Talk To Me" but to me it actually felt very similar, just a little more expertly done.Also seen folks say that they didn't like that Andy just died like that - but for me that whole thing worked pretty well. Shocking but made sense for the story. If this had turned into a more traditional hero narrative, we couldn't have had the same kind of impact in the ending. I liked it but I can see why it might not land for others.
(DIR) Post #AzNGFcmAA8wIJMsm1o by Looming
2025-10-19T17:41:24.863535Z
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@mushroom_soup I had to think for like 20 seconds what a "tw" was That term really has gone out of use huh
(DIR) Post #AzpN31euZaP0xJSiae by Looming
2025-11-02T07:09:29.360253Z
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@mushroom_soup Only 2 pieces of candy for a phone number? This guy is off his rocker and clearly not stepdad material.3 is the correct number of candies.