Vespair

Yep, this is the move 👍

Fucking bonkers. Between this an McD's changing their ToS to say using their app waives any right to non-arbitration dispute, something needs to be done about companies trying to effectively write new laws into their ToS. This shit is beyond egregious

This! God, please.

It's still packaged with that awful and invasive nProtect GameGuard garbage though, so be be aware of what you're buying before you make the choice.

I fully agree with all of this and will add that he's also obviously a nazi or at least nazi-sympathizer as well.

I definitely wasn't speaking about Elon fucking Musk here because he has never been directly responsible for anything of value in the world, far as I can tell.

But still abstractly my point stands, assuming we're identifying people with actual contributions to society rather than just the money to buy the contributions of others.

Maybe the better approach is that we as audiences should understand that no real person is a saint and that whether or not it leaves a bad taste in our mouths, otherwise morally reprehensible people can still be responsible for profound achievements and progress.

Somebody else brought up Freud already, who many would call a deeply unethical man and whose conclusions are often debunked or thought better of in the modern era... Yet the impact of Freud, despite these shortcomings, remains basically inarguable.

I think the problem is that in the past 20 or so years we've started to read acknowledgement in media as endorsement by media, but those are two very separate things.

So when politicians support tons of policies that harm, starve, and needlessly incarcerate millions of living American humans, no big deal, but if one fucking dog gets harmed suddenly we give a shit.

Cool. Our empathy for our fellow man definitely isn't broken at all.

Also unable to load this image on ~~boost~~ Thunder

On ~~boost~~ Thunder I'm seeing "unable to load image"

edit: ooops wrong client

I think VR + generative AI is a clear pathway to Star Trek's holodecks. Imagine being able to just say "I want to play a game I've never played before, in an Amazonian rainforest", and then the AI renders the game and environment for you in VR. We're genuinely very close to that reality.

The only right answer is:

"I mean she's not my top pick of your friends for a threesome, but if you can't talk Ashley into it then yeah I guess she's fine."

I do use alternatives, but I mention Google because it's what's relevant to the conversation at hand.