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  • Paul took the clips in stride, initially putting on a grave voice and decrying that “this AI is getting out of hand,” only to buy into the trend by acting camp in a response video posted to TikTok on Monday.

    Proof? That video response sounds like AI.

    But his girlfriend, Dutch professional speed skater Jutta Leerdam, wasn’t impressed. “I don’t like it, it’s not funny!” she told him in a video. “People believe it.”

    Proof? That video sounds fake. Maybe this is all a ruse by the girlfriend to slander Jake Paul.

    I don’t actually believe that, but this article is written based on videos uploaded to TikTok, there is no proof any of the events described took place.

    Things are about to get much worse.







  • Wouldn’t that depend on what you’re watching?

    You can watch reality TV on YouTube, or traditional television.

    You can watch educational content and documentaries on YouTube, or traditional television.

    Hell you can watch some traditional TV shows on YouTube or traditional television.

    YouTube is just a platform for hosting content. Now they may have a “better” algorithm compared to traditional television, but that doesn’t really change much.



  • Inside out socks is the answer! The seam truly is evil and I can’t understand why no one else seems to notice.

    I expect many of the “no socks” people would be happier if they just turned them inside out.

    *(For anyone looking to try this, I’ve been told you need to start with new socks, you can’t convert right-side in socks to inside-out socks.)



  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlWhy?
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    Computers were either Windows or Mac, they couldn’t be anything else, that was a fact. Then I saw someone using Linux and had so many questions. How? I was given a Knoppix live CD, went home, and booted my home PC into Knoppix and it changed my perception of computers.

    I didn’t change over immediately but eventually Ubuntu was handing out install CDs and YouTube was full of wobbly windows and desktop cubes. It wasn’t useful but it looked cool.

    I still needed Windows for gaming, but for day to day it was so much easier to use Linux.

    Eventually my gaming was exclusively on the Switch and then was I was looking to play certain PC games the Steam Deck was available, so I bought that.

    I think Windows 8 was the last one I used and I’ve never had any desire to go back. Linux is just easier.



  • So I’ve always felt this way about video games.

    Can you imagine a kids first Mario game being Mario Wonder? That’s a twist on Mario games, it’s not the base Mario!? They won’t understand what makes it an interesting new game!

    But the thing is, it’s fine. Everything new is old. Plus it’s the Internet, it’s impossible to actually sort out everything.

    Like, what is Roblox? I know it’s some online game. Then I saw John Green play Roblox with his daughter. It was a dress up simulator. That’s Roblox?

    Or how about the song Gangnam Style? I remember when that reached 1 billion views on YouTube. That was a moment. But then remember Despacito? When I first heard that song it was already at 1.2 billion views. How could I clearly remember the first billion views video, but completely miss it happening again?

    Think about the entirety of history that happened before you. How did you sort that out?




  • I saw an early showing yesterday and would agree it was an excellent film. It is a long film at 2 hours and 50 minutes, I checked my phone (to see the time) right around the 2 hour mark, not because I was bored but because so much has happened I had to wonder how much was left.

    I went into the film knowing almost nothing, having just seen the trailer. It’s fast paced jumping, as the title suggests, from one battle after another, but you will have moments to breathe.

    I expect there are people who won’t like the film. It does just keep going and doesn’t always explain what is going on. The film will generally fill you in eventually, but it can be a little frustrating at times not being 100% clear what’s going on or what certain character motivations are.





  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.worldThe Purpose of Difficulty | GMTK Mini
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    It took Silksong coming out for me to identify why I wasn’t a fan of Hollow Knight, and it’s touched on in this video.

    It’s the runback.

    The Dark Souls series of games have the same “problem”, and it’s why I don’t enjoy them either.

    I’m a huge fan of Celeste, Super Meat Boy, the Ori series. When I fail at these games, I’m right back in the action.

    I’m not against having to learn boss patterns, I really enjoyed Cuphead because after I’ve failed I’m right back in the action.

    And while it’s an easier game by comparison, Shovel Knight was a fun game. The checkpoints were plentifully and I could increase the difficulty by destroying them.

    But when I played Hollow Knight I reached a point where I was just running to the boss and dying. Then again. And again. And again. I wasn’t getting better. And the time it took to get back just took too long and wasn’t fun. It wasn’t a rage quit. I was having fun at one point… But then the game wore me down and eventually it wasn’t.

    I don’t think the game needs to change. Although I think adding difficultly modifiers would be a good idea. I played through Metroid Dread on normal difficulty and after beating it was having so much fun I immediately played it again on Hard difficulty. If there were a mode with more checkpoints in Hollow Knight and Silksong I might give them a shot.