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Cake day: September 26th, 2023

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  • I share your view so I agree with the sentiment but I think the facts say otherwise, unfortunately.

    Both sides are contributing to the gerontocracy and the problems associated with it.

    • If Ruth Bader Ginsberg had retired during Obama’s term, Trump would have had one less Supreme Court Justice.
    • Dianne Feinstein wouldn’t let go while in mental decline.
    • Biden is doing the same damn thing as Feinstein but with the freaking presidency. He might’ve been the safe bet to take back the white house in 2020 - but couldn’t the Democrats have coughed up someone who isn’t OLDER than Bill Clinton? That’s fucked up IMO.





  • He’s kind of given out the secret to defeating MAGA. Pity them, don’t hate them. Challenge them, don’t lower yourself to their level. Beat them at the polls, not with a pole.

    The MAGA nuts are victims of the MAGA movement too. They’ve literally been tricked by a failed casino owner nepo baby into thinking that he and other rich people are gonna save the country, share the wealth and fix their sex lives.

    I can’t back up that last part, but I feel like it’s implied by all the incel and anti woman shit they keep drumming up. Coincidentally they really are obsessed with penises which I’m sure says something about them I’m not qualified to determine.












  • I think the games industry will start to use open source tools like Blender and Godot more and more. These options have really matured over the years and compete on features and productivity with commercial options.

    From a business POV - open source makes a lot of sense when you need a guarantee your investment won’t evaporate because a vendor has cancelled a feature or API your game uses. With open source, if you don’t like a path the upstream code is taking you can fork off and make your own!

    Part of the dynamic is also how people are inspired and learning skills. You can learn how to do very advanced stuff in Blender for free on Youtube - why would you pay some private college thousands of dollars to learn an expensive program like Maya to do the same thing?


  • Here are the number of hours I’ve spent on indie games VS AAA titles, according to my Steam library:

    • Indie - Valheim - 435 hours
    • Indie - Space Haven - 332 hours
    • Indie - Satisfactory - 215 hours
    • Indie - Dyson Sphere Program - 203 hours
    • AAA - Skyrim - 98 hours
    • AAA - Control - 47 hours
    • AAA - Far Cry 6 - 29 hours
    • AAA - Max Payne 3 - 43 minutes

    If we’re talking about value - the amount of playtime I’ve gotten out of games with simpler graphics and unique ideas blows the billions spent by the industry out of the water.