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Starfield is almost three years old now and in that time I have yet to see a single piece of fanart or meme or anything about the contents of the game itself. The extent to which they spent years on that game only for it to be met with a resounding cultural disinterest is fascinating

I'm sorry but I have to say, if you are planning on buying GTA6, especially day 1, I actually think less of you. Between the removing features for pricier versions, removing physical but costing more, and now needing a subscription service to see a trailer, this is a company that hates you.

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‼️ACTION ALERT: The Senate Commerce Committee is holding “kids safety” circus again, this time considering both KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) & SCREEN Act, two of the most dangerous censorship & age verification bills on the table! CALL YOUR LAWMAKERS & TELL THEM TO OPPOSE 📲 248-331-8665

The image is a graphic poster with a vibrant red background and contrasting dark purple text. At the top, it contains the message: “Senate Commerce Committee is taking up KOSA + SCREEN Act THIS WEDNESDAY” in bold white letters. Below this, in a larger, informal handwriting-style font is the phrase “TAKE ACTION” in yellow. At the bottom of the image is a phone number, “248-331-8665,” displayed inside a rounded rectangle in dark purple. The overall layout is eye-catching and designed to attract attention to the call for action regarding legislation.

The SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.

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Call your senators even if you think you have one that will not listen. Sacrificing everyone’s privacy is an incredibly high cost. Australia had a similar law that is already showing that it doesn’t protect kids. The idea that this protects kids is a Trojan horse for surveillance on the internet

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 2w ago

‼️ALERT: KOSA is moving next week to the Senate Commerce Committee for markup! Call your reps today, again tomorrow, and all weekend leaving messages opposing this dangerous censorship bill. www.badinternetbills.com

🚨 Senate Commerce Committee has just announced a markup on KOSA and other kids safety bills next week 🚨 So if you're in the US, now's a very good time to call your Senators! @fightforthefuture.org's Bad Internet Bills page makes it easy ... www.badinternetbills.com

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Blake C. Stacey@blakestacey.myatproto.social · 2w ago

Punchbowl reporting that the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a mark-up for #KOSA next week, citing "a person familiar". Nothing on the Committee website itself yet. punchbowl.news/article/tech... #SaveSpeech

share.google/HNAU0YHdbDTj... Friendly reminder to take some time today to CALL YOUR REPS And MAKE FUCKING NOISE About these bills. Link above will help you find your reps!

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Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 3w ago

The KIDS Act will effectively create a new mass surveillance system, EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social wrote for @coindesk.com. Your current online usage is not necessarily linked to your specific identity; if this bill passes, that will likely change.

I say this utmost sincerity: There's no context where I'd want myself or anyone younger or older to be given a tool that just regurgitates praise and validation for them regardless of their own actions or entitlements. It's literally part of why Ch*tGPT is actively harming society

And of course, as comes customary with any genAI project, this shit stinks. Stuttering audio, controls that only sometimes respond, and 60FPS didn't even work for me. One might argue genAI coding could work with polish, but the contradiction is that nobody who cares about polish uses genAI.

Idk who needs to hear this but if you've ever seen your oomfs get into game dev and post their progress and said "man, that's so cool, I wish I could make a video game too" You can just do that Like actually all you need to do is start, it's only as difficult as you allow it to be