[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

So a government issued id linked to whatever your watching is going to fix this problem?

Because that's the only way to implement this

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submitted 3 months ago by thallamabond@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

TL:DR

$45 'stable' release, comes with same unfulfilled promises from 8+ years ago.

I really enjoyed this game, I have over 1000 hours on steam and have no idea how much I played on ps4. Hell, the reason I built my pc was to play this game (and custom cod zombies). That being said, I would not pay $45 for the current 'stable' release, probably worth it under $10.

My main beef is $45. Thats how much you charge for a finished game, but this is far from finished. Their own roadmap includes crossplay, weather upgrades, a wardrobe, NPC's, and bandits. This roadmap is 18 months long, if they can deliver all of their promises the game will be 12 years old then. (They will not)

NPC's and bandits are especially interesting to me, because I bought this game for pc in 2017, not too long after reading this blog post

https://joelhuenink.tumblr.com/post/144526427828/bandits-weve-got-the-heavy-bandit-armor-done-and

This is just about how every alpha has gone since then, big youtube and twich promotions, lots of promises, and then, a small, incrimental update.

Last, but not least, the current game kind of sucks. The hitboxes are better than when they first updated the UNITY engine after a16, but still shit. There is a spot in the zombie's shoulder that if you hit them with an arrow, the game chokes for a couple of frames then they do a cool spin. Each and every poi has invisible barriers (and has since a16) which cause agro, so walk in room, back out, slowly hit with (object). Skill progression is tied behind xp based points, reading rng magazines, and there is a perk that increases your loot, but there are other perks to increase the specific magazine loot.

Really didn't play much since a17, but I've played a few hours of each alpha since. This 1.0 is no different, but I cannot get over that price.

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago

"Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded," Trump talking about a disabled veteran to Mark Milley

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-disparaged-disabled-vet-severely-wounded-in-afghanistan-report-2023-9?op=1

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 90 points 4 months ago

Such a good word to describe Biden. Tepid. Like a beer that's been sitting while i worked outside, or maybe the last sip of coffee. Not the best, but better than nothing.

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 56 points 7 months ago

"What are they going to do, protest?" ...this guy probably

Also just want to point out this is just a great example of incremental fascism

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 52 points 8 months ago

Just a massive gift to the for-profit prison industry at a time when evictions are at all time high.

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 46 points 8 months ago

Some quotes from the candidate:

"There's no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth. And yes I called it filth. And if you don't like that I called it filth, come see me and I'll explain it to you."

He claimed that the Marvel movie Black Panther was "created by an agnostic Jew and put to film by satanic Marxists" that was "only created to pull the shekels out of your Schvartze pockets"

This is just the tip with this guy, more can be found here

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Robinson_(American_politician)

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 61 points 8 months ago

People with families cost more, they always want time off to do 'stuff'. Truly dedicated employees forgo families, time off for 'stuff'. The best employees will spend a good portion of their money just to come back to the office, just because it's demanded.

Signed, Management

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago

One year? I'm guessing six months, what a time to be alive!?!

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 72 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Party of personal responsibility says the website has to stop THEIR children from watching porn.

"Law enforcement isn’t expected to police sites. Instead the bill set up a process for parents whose minor children are able to access pornography to sue providers."

https://www.wral.com/story/major-pornographic-website-blocks-nc-access-days-before-new-law-takes-effect/21213582/

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 139 points 1 year ago

"Biden officials pushed hard to make that program permanent but couldn’t overcome opposition from centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who argued the government’s spending was stoking inflation."

F@#& Joe Manchin!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thallamabond@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

SAG-AFTRA has gone on strike for many reasons, but one that stands out to me is an effort to make digital copies of extras and maintain the rights to use them in perpetuity. There are many implications of this, from people losing an opportunity to work, to Ethical implications ex:your likeness is used in a movie/tv show/commercial you would not want to be involved in.

I wanted to take a look at some of the past examples of entertainers likeness' being used posthumously.

Fred Astaire Vaccuum Commercial

Bob Ross Paints the Mountain Dew

Tupac Coachella Performance

Prince Posthumous Album

Whitney Houston Hologram Tour

Anthony Bourdain Voicover

Amy Winehouse Hologram Tour

Paul Walker Furous 7

Peter Cushing Rogue 1

Carrie Fisher Rogue 1 Turns out this is incorrect, Fisher passed after filming of Rogue 1. It was Rise of the Skywalker

There are definitly more examples out there, if you know of any, post them here.

On a personal note, I find this all to be deeply unethical without specific permission granted by the entertainer.

Some souces:

Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave

Dead celebrities are being digitally resurrected — and the ethics are murky

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WYSK: There funded by dark money PACS, but some good reporting has brought out these names: David Koch, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Mark Cuban, Harlan Crow, and Michael Bloomberg. Some of there members are most famous for stopping big bills. Joe Leiberman, for example, single handedly stopped the single payer portion of the ACA. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsen Simena kept the John Lewis voting rights act from passing, and famously kept the senate from repealing the filibuster.

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