apparently "rat" is now an insult in games? what the fuck does it even mean? what did i do?
Is anyone else struggling to use the steam frame controllers with the ergonomic grips? Like, my thumbs literally can't reach all the buttons. I have to use my other hands entirely to hit start and select.
People keep arguing about whether or not AI could ever be capable of consciousness, but I still have no idea what the fuck that word *actually* means.
"Internet drama" is going to change a lot over the next year. The ability to run constant surveillance to correlate and deanonymize accounts at scale is becoming cheap enough that individuals can do it. It's impossible to predict what that means long-term, but I would bet money it's bad in the short
"AI won't kill us all" is the superior position because if I end up being wrong, nobody can smugly say "I told you so"
It's kinda wild that I can just load up the entire game of Warframe on my phone whenever I need to check something real quick.
I'm really enjoying Chainsmoker Cat. One of the few shows that has me actually laughing. I was surprised to find that most of my friends find it too gross to watch.
Played a bit more with the Steam Controller (2026) and I really like it, fits really nice in my hands, but xbox still has the best bumpers of all designs.
Despite spending almost 20 years in the PNW, apparently I haven't picked up much of the language, which I kinda already knew
philpax@philpax.me · last mo.sorta checks out for my fucked up Australian-British accent?
Is it just that money creates an emotional buy-in that damps critique? People feeling a need to defend their own investment and support that doesn't exist with free software?
i've got 40kg+ of filament, and none of it is the red i need for this project. i really don't need 41kg+ of filament, but i don't think i have a choice
we're in the "i use my 3d printer to 3d print 3d printer upgrades and boats" phase of ai
Gemini interrupted my podcast and crashed the patron app while I was driving to introduce itself. I had to sit in silence for the rest of my drive. I'm changing my stance and going anti-AI. It's time to burn the datacenters.
It's a little bit unnerving just how expensive a hardware failure would be right now
It's mind boggling that the same team that brought us The Bayside Battleground and Archeia Harmonias also made Clockwork Castletown and The Red Sands
My brain is so trained by jokes where the punchline is enterprise resource planning, that when someone asked for a model for ERP, I actually did think that's what they wanted.
How the fuck did anthropic steal all all English written media and Claude still says shit like "that's a quality haircut you don't need"?
The only time I think the anti smart home people have a point is when it takes me a literal week to update all my lightbulbs
On the rare occasions that I walk through an office, I like to audibly yawn as I walk down an aisle and listen for the wave of yawns from everyone in their cubicles
putting the tifa outfit in mario teaches typing is truly an inspired plan
if valve really wants to sell the steam machine at these prices, they should bring back blades
I've been purely vibecoding a go/c app and it tickles me that so many people would hate that for different reasons.