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Tbh I don’t use it every day. But also tbh, if something doesn’t play in another player, I know it will play in VLC. Mad respect.

Emperor: “Do it.”

Boy these folks really think there’s no upper limit

Seems like Apple didn’t get the memo as public opinion has turned on having cameras absolutely everywhere. I get that it’s for “visual intelligence”, but that’s just some marketing to try and convince people this doesn’t make you look as pervy as wearing the Meta Raybans.

It’s the Command Nubbin’

Only the 1337 know that they’re really called “stores”. That’s why the command ls exists: list stores.

Obviously I’m kidding. It’s short for list, somehow. Just remove that unnecessary IT.

Don’t worry, everyone, this will be good old fashioned Euro fascism, none of this new shit

I use MPV, mostly because I like the simplicity of the on-screen interface.

But both are great players. No issues with VLC and it is a go-to if I ever have a file I can’t play otherwise (which is a vanishingly rare occurrence).

In a world where every product sucks due to years of cost cutting and shrinkflation, brands mean very little.

Well this hits close to home.

The socialist shithole strikes again! Capitalists love loud ads.

Lol corporate thieves bitching about other corporate thieves is the funniest part of 2026

I mostly believe this, but I also believe it isn’t a negative for Valve.

The hate towards Valve right now is so fucking weird. Is it perfect? No. Are they actively contributing to projects which can break the M$ coalition? Yes.

Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress, and accept the wins. When Valve actually becomes anticompetitive (big when), then speak up. Otherwise you have bigger fish to fry.

Here’s one: Microsoft itself. So tired of hearing shit about Valve from people still booting Windows every day.

my employer has been urging us to do as much as possible by hand

Now that is a palpable irony. So much disruption in this space so some investors could profit off of a tech they don’t even understand.

These people only care now because it’s actually affecting the bottom line.

Did they care when AAA pricing was lifted to $70 (base) as AAA quality took a nosedive? Did they care when “preordering” turned into “premium”? Did they care when microtransactions made some games into spend-to-win machines?

Hell, most of these clowns don’t even play games. Just more rich people putting on the hat they think they need to get away with a “hello, fellow gamers.”

Maybe the industry has a C-suite crisis.

Of course the percentage of people who have ever used a chatbot is going to go up over time.

Yes, and crucially, it never goes down.

It’s like asking: “do you use a motor vehicle?” And then counting everyone who has ever been in a car, a truck, a bus, or potentially even a train as a yes. It plainly conflates active users with exploratory or incidental users.

The only reason to do such things is to inflate numbers because being honest about them makes it look bad.

It’s also annoying linguistically, since Þ usually represents a voiceless interdental fricative, which never occurs as the th in the. English does have the voiceless one (cf. thin), just never in the.

It would be better to use the voiced version, which is a ð. But yes, neither will do anything to thwart AI training.

Definitely agree that its the “oh, how did this happen?” that is hugely problematic.

They either knew they were rolling with AI assets, or they are so disorganized to not have known there were AI assets shipping. Either one offers players a good reason to think the game will be shit and/or misrepresented.

Let’s make Stamos a captain, while we’re at it.

With Bob Saget as cleanliness-obsessed Cardassian Gul Pinesol.

The administration is negotiating a federal preemption of state AI laws

It’s soooo much fun watching States’ Rights be either the most important American tenet ever or a stumbling block to progress, depending on the issue.