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[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 3 weeks ago

Additionally to what has already been mentioned: People are susceptible to politics that confirm their prejudices. Right-wing political thought is largely based on confirming that whatever prejudices people hold, they are morally good and justified. Thus elevating an in-group above out-groups. That is a powerful lure.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 2 months ago

Also interesting in that regard Androgen insensitivity syndrome: Despite different root causes, it is something of the opposite of Chapelle syndrome. People who possess XY chromosomes, but possess female genitalia.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago

For anyone who wants to have a look at a full issue of that magazine: A few of them can be found online.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 59 points 2 months ago

My 'I'm No Fucking Predator Or Pedophile' T-shirt is raising question already answered by my 'I'm No Fucking Predator Or Pedophile' T-shirt.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 3 months ago

AI execs: Our AIs are going to be so powerful. More powerful than anything. Soon they could be able to destroy humanity!

Governments: Well, then we better regulate that shit and make sure that doesn't happen...

AI execs: Nooooo! We did not mean it that way!

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago

There is a legitimate reason why we may see "something" in the future.

Ubisoft accepted subsidies from the French government for the production of BGE2, which puts BGE2 in a similar place like "Skull and Bones": "Skull and Bones" was partially financed by subsidies from the Singaporean government. So BGE2 is trapped in the same weird limbo "Skull and Bones" was trapped in for years. Ubisoft has to figure out whether they actually want to finish the game or write a big, fat check to the French government.

We all know how that turned out for "Skull and Bones", so I am not going to get my hopes up.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago

No, you see it's not like education makes you see past your own prejudices and that makes you more liberal. If you are liberal you get awarded an education by the shadowy cabal that controls the education system with DEI measures! This guy only wants a tRuE mERiToCrACy where disenfranchised, downtrodden bigots get a chance to attend university where they are taught about the superiority of their white Aryan race.

/s if it isn't apparent.

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Rally the Veilguard and defy the gods in Dragon Age™: The Veilguard, an immersive single player RPG where you become the leader others believe in. Learn mor...

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 months ago

How often does it need to be said? Do not preorder games based on what they looked like in the trailers!

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago

Seems like Elon thinks he can use Teslas as compute resources without the cars being charged...

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Jason Schreier's original article is here
For those who encounter a paywall, an archived version is here

The important bit in his article:

Last year, Overwatch 2 received a paid pack of three PvE story missions that sold poorly, according to people familiar with the business, which was a major reason for the cratering bonuses. In January, as part of a company-wide reduction in its work force, the majority of the team behind Overwatch 2’s PvE was laid off.
Overwatch 2 developers were informed that the company does not plan to finish any of the remaining planned PvE content and will instead double down on competitive player vs. player gameplay, according to the people familiar.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago

Yeah, Majestic was incredibly interesting because it was an attempt to create an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that was more than just a marketing campaign and could support itself financially. Its failure led to ARGs being abandoned as standalone games and ARGs mostly remained marketing which - ultimately - led to a slow, but inevitable decline of the ARG as a genre when the marketing money dried up.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago

It's a cult. Altman is one of the TESCREAL devotees. He truly believes that he can build the electronic messiah.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!”

In that regard, you cannot make a manager understand a thing that may detrimental to the profits of the company. Because the profits decide upon the size of the manager's bonus - even if the profits are entirely fictional, only exist as a plan, a power point presentation or are pure hype for investors. So managers have a vested interest in insisting that they can circumvent regulations/disregard laws/lobby for exemptions/... in order to make more money, no matter what reality looks like.

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Article about a recent revelation by the Youtube Channel Modern Vintage Gaming: The game "Alien Resurrection" by Argonaut contains a code which allows to run burned CD copies of Playstation 1 games.

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Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country::Tesla is failing to play by Swedish labor rules, unions claim. Now a strike that started with mechanics is beginning to spread.

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Article by crypto crap website CoinDesk: Some Reddit manager hyped their NFTs at a crypto conference

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Article by The Verge, providing details about various subreddits and their mods getting threatened because they are labeled as NSFW

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