circuitfarmer

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We've gone from alternative facts to alternative reality.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have considered looking into this. Building one's own TV might be the move.

Have you done it, and if so, any tips?

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I mean, they say both things.

My advice is never use a smart tv of any kind.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It is getting harder and harder to find a dumb TV though.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 1 week ago

It is biased towards the rich. Much of American society and laws are biased towards the rich or biased towards large corporations.

So it is insane, but since it's just as insane as the rest of the system, you aren't supposed to notice.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago

From the headline alone, I knew which party.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 week ago

Another weird Republican snowflake. So many of them lately.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 1 week ago (26 children)

Tons of people still play Skyrim.

Something tells me that, in 10 years, few if any will still be playing Starfield.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

pedophilic

And yet, I don't see any evidence of drag queen or gay involvement.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 71 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Whoever approved this is clearly very weird.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 56 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't play multiplayer because I don't want to be cussed out by a 6 year old.

I play games to have fun. I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think it is important to understand the nuance here. In many ways, the Republican party is now a victim of its own rhetoric.

They have convinced a sizeable portion of the base that Trump won the election, regardless of mountains of evidence to the contrary. That is no small feat for the propaganda machine.

The problem is, there are saner folks in the Republican party -- we have seen many of them come out with very public endorsements of Harris, and that's only the famous ones. The Republicans know they need to stop the bleeding.

But the dumber among their base see this as an ultimatum. Saying Trump lost is playing into what they think is a biased media narrative. Vance didn't answer the question during the debate because to do so would have instantly alienated him from his own party base.

To retain anyone who isn't a bozo and is actually trying to make an informed decision, it would be important for the party to distance themselves from the conspiratorial nonsense once and for all. For all intents and purposes, it is currently impossible for them to do that.

Thus it is good that we speak up with any evidence like this that Team Trump is the same old bunch of weird losers they always have been. Regardless of what concessions they try to make to woo the non-crazies, facts are facts, and alternative facts don't exist.

 

(This post was intended for politics@lemmy.world, but as it seems they don't allow text posts, I'm posting it here)

This post will likely not go over well with everyone and some people may not agree with the premise of the question. Mods please remove if not allowed.

I am curious if the MAGA-esque approach to politics is new for the US, or if there have been other examples of similar political movements which may be considered "cult-like". To better define what I mean, here are some examples:

  • Large amounts of signs bearing a candidate's name being shown by single individuals (e.g. big trucks covered in Trump signs everywhere)

  • Use of a candidate name over the US flag

  • Use of a kind of supporter uniform (e.g. the red MAGA hat)

  • The "alternative facts" of MAGA, where debate can be impossible because supporters believe anyone who is a detractor must be lying

  • In some cases, voter intimidation or coercion from staunch supporters

It seems to me that some of this is new but I'd love to hear other thoughts. I have heard and seen many relatively obvious parallels to German politics in the 20s-40s, but I'm specifically wondering if anything similar has ever been seen in the US before.

 

I know a lot of people hate this kind of feature, but there are significant reasons why I think it would make Starfield better.

If I'm not wearing one and I leave my ship, I start taking damage if the planet is dangerous. The only way around that is to be in 3rd person while in the ship (aside from the workaround below). There isn't any indication anywhere as to whether or not you are in a spacesuit, besides your menu and 3rd person view. There is no way to know while maintaining immersion.

Bethesda's workaround is to auto-hide spacesuits and helmets in atmo. This sucks, because I personally like tailoring the look of my character to the environment. But more importantly, I want to know that I am wearing a pressure suit if I'm out in a dangerous environment. I don't want it to feel like I'm a freecam wandering around -- I want to feel like I'm slogging along in a freaking spacesuit.

What's really strange is: if you put on the broken Constellation helmet, you can see the tape piece from the inside. It has an overlay! Sadly this works for no other helmet. Did they just abandon making the textures?

A similar annoyance with a related system: the quick menu does not unequip items. This would make it super easy to change between a spacesuit and regular outfit and not deal with more menus.

I figure there will be a mod at least for helmet overlays eventually, but damn is it frustrating that they definitely thought about it and only implemented it for a piece of masking tape.

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