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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 8h

Sure, but you're forgetting the important part - that suggestion was made by someone with a *vagina*. Can't have that.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 9h

Also Equilibrium was a totally underrated flick.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 9h

Positions on AI were entrenched while the technology was still gestating. Anything produced post-techlash is in the "default negative" bucket for a large swathe of people who felt burned after decades of the "default positive" bucket. Hopefully we find equilibrium, not just more pendulous swings.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 12h

Keep them up to date with the current state of the game? As gameplay systems are implemented and finalized this won't be the lift people seem to imagine. Turning a 2026 ship into a 2030 ship is orders of magnitude easier than going from a 2015 ship to a 2026 ship.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 12h

I feel like I'm in the minority here, but I have no problems taking them at their word on the ship plans. Can't buy old versions outright, but they'll be available - sure, they've already introduced alternate ways to acquire ships. No reason to think they wouldn't expand that.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

And they chose irrelevant benchmarks. Faster to startup? I start Steam on two occasions - on boot, and when there's an update. 10 milliseconds faster from "background to your library"? Sweet, that totally saved my eyes a single blink. Thanks, Tim!

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Even worse, the book was, "Stay On Target: Focus Techniques for the ADHD Brain"

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's legitimately messed up how they've managed to dull the instinct to *protect children* by pulling that lever so. fucking. many. times. The moment any politician mentions "protecting children" my bullshit detector goes into overdrive.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I always thought it was prescient, and the contradictory nature stems from acknowledging that there are valid issues at the core of the behavior its criticizing. The whole endeavor does feel somewhat schizophrenic, which, I mean... you know, make sense.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This looks good and all, but it's noteworthy that we're at a point where we had Miami Vice in '85, then Miami Vice (2006), and now Miami Vice '85 - so named to differentiate this reboot from the reboot while signaling that it's set in '85, like the original, that's just Miami Vice (1985).

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Which is frustrating because the character *had* to seem "cool" in a generically adolescent way for the message to actually land.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

But then the passing lane would be free again so everyone would use it to pass making it congested again. You're right in an optimal scenario but there's a point of oversaturation.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

You're assuming maximal use. If that's not the case then there's improved traffic flow when there is a distinct passing lane and travel lane. There's tons of research on this one too look up.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think the point here is that when there's a critical mass of traffic everyone wants to pass the car in front of them so therefore everyone would use the passing lane, making that just as congested as the travel lane.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The schadenfreude is too sweet for that to be real. I mean, I know we have idiots among us, but those are special cases.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yeah, people generally don't actually suck as much as we've been led to believe. The problem is usually that the flight crew doesn't know about the tight connections, so they can't announce it.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Well that explains the stupid name.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please, please, don't platform this dude just because you like his take on one topic. I don't want to throw out pejoratives here, but at consider that the kid's a climate change denier and allow that to color your perception of other views he may have.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The more I look at it, the worse it gets.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The hero's journey is profound for children as a metaphor for the growing up, and is narcissistic because children are egocentric. As an adult, casting yourself in that youthful interpretation is the magical thinking of an immature mind. To an adult it should be comfort food, and nothing more.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This satirical conversation probably never happened. Nazi: "I'm a Nazi! Here, have a cookie. From a Nazi!" Casey Newton: "While you and I may have disagreements, I think we can all agree that cookies are great!" Nazi: "Nazi cookies!" Newton: "... just give me the fucking cookie."

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Could also be related to the success some people have had using the psychology of abuse to jailbreak the things.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Eh, you know what? Fuck it. If they want to shovel money into a content creation machine that keeps a few thousand people gainfully employed for a few years, I say go for it. Who knows? Maybe they'll accidentally make something good.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Requiring rapid adaptation to arbitrary friction as a means to delay a technology defined by its rapid adaptation is a losing game.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The instinct to respond by increasing friction is most worrying, because that's liable to have the opposite impact. It's like when everyone was saying that "em-dashes are AI." OK, add, "no em-dashes" to the prompt and AI is done. A human who's accustomed to them has a much harder time adjusting.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I stubbed my toe this morning. Why people stub their toes more Social contagion can help explain increased toe stubs - and offers a way out of the toe-stub trap.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I trend towards "least harm" with this. AI, in some capacity, is not going away. Should a chatbot be a part of a kid's toy? No - that seems patently obvious. But they're growing up in an AI world so they have to know what it is - and *isn't.*

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Well yeah. It's expensive and time-consuming to bake edible clocks.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How much of MS's involvement in key touchpoints was due to its scale and position in the industry, compared to something specific to the company culture?

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For some people in some industries I can understand it because that's still where the conversation is. I don't agree and that isn't my choice, but I understand it. It's like smoking in the 90's - sometimes shit was decided on a smoke break and you wanted to be there, even if it wasn't healthy.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

True, and related was that the distance tended to mitigate the immediacy of problematic behavior, making that less-frequent contact more broadly positive. Everyone's some % asshole, so the more contact you have the more likely you are to deal with the shit.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's so they can release a version where "intentionally blank" is redacted and use it to launch a conspiracy theory about Obama and, I don't know, let's go with alien hairdressers turning our dogs gay?

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah yeah yeah all that legal mumbo jumbo - but, you see, he really *wants* "marriage" to be for religious* folks** only. I mean, it's not like he's a Justice of the Supreme Co... oh. *approved religions only, please **please use attached color swatch to validate individual

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

... having a final damage model will lead to substantial rework down the line. I'm also very interested in what they do with the atmospheric FM. There's a lot of opportunity there to elevate (no pu... ok, yes, yes it was intended) the gameplay.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't mind the idea of Master Modes but ideally power management would be robust enough that MM would effectively become presets. I really think Maelstrom is going to be the glue that ties everything together. The FM needs to be fun and rewarding in isolation, but tuning it for combat without ...

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You're just trying to bait people. That's the Super Mario World map.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh right. Well it's hard to take it seriously when it's always talking shit.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Surely whether you're liberal or conservative the best way to dress online is just comfy pants and a t-shirt?

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes we're serious about butts. It's one thing we cannot lie about.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hot take, had the Waymo not been there a car driven by a human might have been, and that human would probably have been traumatized and might have wondered if they could have "done something" to prevent a death they were not responsible for. I love cars, and also cars are a stupid way to do transit.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And then Palmer with the "optimistic sport coat that totally fit a few years ago."

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"How would you like the drape, sir?" "I want a jacket, not drapes! You know what, you're fired! GROOOOOKKKKK!! Get me a suit! Make it look like I'm a kid wearing his dad's jacket!"

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

jfc I would think the richest man on the planet could hire a fucking tailor.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's also related to social capital. We minimize the value of social capital, but it's intrinsic to human existence. Need to fix your roof? You can use an abstracted notion of value to have a stranger do it, or ask friends and neighbors to help with the understanding that you will later help them.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah, but you've got to admit that Jane Austen fucking killed it with her werewolf/aliens erotica.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Not upbeat" is pretty far from "all negative." Al's a tool with voice as UI - an "it," not a "who" - and I don't need tools to be upbeat. I need them to be functional, and if I'm being an idiot I want to know. I've actually got a rock with "yes" painted on it that's remarkably accurate for that.

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No one of consequence @stackman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't agree with that premise. I want an AI assistant to be helpful, and that's it. Upbeat? I know I'm cynical but I presume that most upbeat people are 80% faking it. I don't need AI to do 100% that. Interested in my needs? No. Respond to my expressed needs? Sure - that's it's one job.

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