It’s not AI but the system making use of it which has been, is and will continue to be the problem.

Give a group of capitalists a single stick and they might hit one another to own it. Give them a single nuke and…?

The success story suggests that a smoke-free society can be attained more swiftly through a comprehensive, non-prohibitionist approach. This involves embracing both traditional measures and innovative solutions, catering to individual preferences, ensuring affordability, and providing easy access to safer nicotine alternatives.

Seems obvious when you put it like that. Banning can create a sort of Streisand effect, and steadily increasing tax doesn’t do much at all. Hope the safer alternatives don’t incentivise excessive usage.

We’ll prod mother nature to produce more water for us. The hubris is mind blowing.

Some people really think we are masters of the universe and have only each other to compete with.

It does seem like a move designed to both placate and stir the hive. I think there are 17 goals, most are behind.

Moved into a new apartment after a remote work trip through europe.

Got necessary furniture, whitegoods and home wares, set up utilities. Started a new job, and managed my side business during off hours. Started learning Rust because i aim to contribute in small ways to Lemmy and build a ui. Had a sesh with my delta green group.

Was a busy week, but i feel oddly addicted to the level of activity. Learning rust is going a bit slow but I’m enjoying it!

Don’t remove half the game!

Ah yes! I followed burnout and pgr. Also rally sport challenge was pretty special.

Some good recommends here, cheers!

Up until a week ago, it was in person. Now I’m looking at virtual tabletops.

Trackmania! Man, the original was a hoot and i spent way too long in Trackmania; Sunrise. The tracks are still second to none, and the track editor; powerful. It allows you to save as many ghosts as you want and then produce a video. This was mind blowing to a younger me; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UcQmJwTnBg

Moved into a new place, need to get some stuff for my home. Like towels, lamps, mat, utensil tray, bin, plastic containers… I’m headed to a factory outlet and I’ll try not to get carried away.

Might get a sound system if I’m not careful

Hope we don’t have to waiter very long.

Good points and well written! Would give you gold if i could. The word fragmented in this context has positive connotations of resiliency, variety and freedom.

Did an adhoc eurotrip from east to west. Porto in Portugal was fantastic. Colourful city and people. It spans a river edged with cliffs. As the sun sets a dense fog rolls down the river from the sea and blankets the place. When the city lights turn on through the fog, it looks magical.

Agreed… Augmented reality is going to be a nightmare hahah

There are ways around adds; alternative apps, addblockers, roms and privacy focused browsers. The only mandatory adds are on street corners imo

If adblockers didn’t work, I’d be living alone in the woods somewhere.

My brother and I were on holiday in Hawaii. Not the tourist part, but a hidden hippie village where clothes are optional.

I’d planned to hire a car, but one was only available a couple of days after we arrived. Our accomadation was a 3hr walk from any food, save the (very tasty) homegrown organic breakfast served at the place we were staying.

So we spend the first day walking, talking and enjoying the scenery. We take a detour in the hopes of scoping out a local bike hire place. We find it just as rain starts coming down in earnest. It’s closed.

It’ll be late by the time we get back to the accomadation, but that’s fine. Phones have lights. Not a problem.

Later, we’re walking down a slim road lined with bushes and trees. It’s dark and still warm. We’re two hours from the accomadation, phone lights out, listening to music and stepping off the road each time a car passes.

It’s basically one tarmac road with a driveway every two hundred metres. A truck puts its blinker on and pulls over just ahead of us.

The driver asks us where we’re headed. We say up the road. He says he’ll give us a lift, he just needs to collect some stuff from a place he’s been staying. Nothing seemed dodgy, locals had already been very helpful and friendly.

We’re getting air, gripping the trailer, sitting in the back of this truck as it speeds through the jungle of trees. This driver knows the area.

We pull up to a house/castle. It’s a two storey house, with the flat stone facade of a fortress. It’s completely dark. Nobody is home so I’m already feeling this is off.

Driver says he’ll just be a moment. He heads into the house through the back, using his phone light. A dog starts barking. He’s not turning any house lights on. He brings out some basic bedding, we help tuck it into the back of his truck. Okay, he was staying here temporarily, makes some sense…

Then he’s on the second floor, still using his phone light, throwing things out a window, telling us to load it up! A wall clock shaped like a ships wheel. A drawer, like from a chest of drawers filled with random junk.

Nope. We left. Got the address and walked off into the darkness. Called the police for an hour, and the next day, but didn’t get anyone on the phone.

That’s the story of how my brother and i accidentally helped rob someone… We think.

Bravo! Great story. Shame you got rid of the burns… but probably for the best.

Welcome to the PatientGamer™ club! Nobody can really claim to be starved of good games. Play a few year old acclaimed games then come back! Starfield will be baked (optimised and modded) to perfection.

Kingdom hearts had some amazing original pieces and spins on classics.

One of my fav from the piano collection; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqmBRC6IOAs&t=11

Of course Halo 1, 2 and 3 aaand sims 2.

Same boat! Here are some i picked up;

• Planescape Torment - rpg & adventure,
• Darklands - old skool rpg & adventure,
• Spiritfarer - simulation & adventure,
• Papers Please - simulation & puzzle,
• The Captain - rpg & simulation,
• Shadowrun - rpg & strategy,
• Baldurs Gate II - rpg & strategy,
• Don’t Starve - action & adventure,
• Rimworld - simulation & strategy,
• FTL - strategy & simulation

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Agreed, feels like a fresh start without some of the noise. Reddit will be bleeding users for a long while. A large number of power users have jumped ship and many of them technically apt. Lemmy will improve very quickly now. New UIs and features.

I’m excited.