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The dirty secret to making sci-fi believable
  • I'd argue it wasn't forgotten in the prequels. Most of the characters and plot revolves around and is supported by very large well funded organizations (Republic, Trade Federation, ect) which means the clothing and equipment they have is less likely to be worn down. The same can be seen in the original trilogy with the Empire, storm troopers and imperial ships are well polished and not "used".

  • Nintendo confirms contractor layoffs amid claims of testing "lull" ahead of Switch 2
  • Except that's not what's happening. They aren't increasing their FTE headcount, just screwing over their contractors to save a quick buck. Nothing to celebrate here except corporate greed.

  • MotD Update - Evocati Players Will Autopilot Through the Jump Gates for Friday's Test
  • Something tells me you either haven't played or haven't played in the last few builds.. The game is playable today, it's got a long ways to go before it's finished but it's very playable and very fun.

  • Star Citizen Developer Cloud Imperium Games Hit with Layoffs
  • 100% agreed. Nobody could be blamed for not wanting to relocate for a job and it's honestly kinda ridiculous in this day and age that they're requiring them to. Remote work works!

  • I hate Mondays
  • Well this certainly makes them more bearable at least.

  • Naked Mile
  • No kidding! Way more confidence than I'd ever be able to muster.

  • I know it's nsfw but I hope you see this at work [f]
  • Saw this while I was in a meeting, working from home is great!

  • Bum in your face [f]
  • Yes please

  • Get on top of me [f]
  • So just what's underneath is edible then.

  • One of my bum cheeks looks smaller than the other and I'm hoping it's just an optical illusion [f]
  • Seems perfectly fine to me. Would need more angles to tell for sure though 🤔

  • A spacecraft to deorbit ISS 'not optional,' claims NASA safety panel
  • It is a shame we have to just drop such a monumental piece of history into the ocean. I wouldn't hold out hope we can move up that much mass to a high enough orbit to preserve it though sadly.

  • I had a picture of the back to post as well but haven't figured out how to post multiple pics 🙃 [f]
  • A beautiful example of how teaching someone new knowledge helps everyone!

  • Citizen Con 2023 - Day 2 Impressions
  • I'm late to the conversation here but this exactly my sentiment as well. We're still years from seeing any of the things they showed us actually hit servers that we can play on and experience and then years from them being refined enough to not be a buggy mess that requires wipes every couple patches.

    I'm vaguely hopeful that the SQ42 announcement will at least mean a few more resources dedicated to developing for the persistent universe as that's the gameplay I am more interested in but I am also not holding my breath. Feature complete is a pretty vague state for a studio like CI and without a set in stone release date, it doesn't mean much of anything.

  • Femme fetale look!
  • Absolutely stunning, definitely nailed the look!

  • Elon Musk’s new AI company is staffed entirely by men
  • Elon does seem to be able to speak at least on some level about rocket design. His statements and very public beefs with his own engineers at Twitter however demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of coding for large scale infrastructure like Twitter.

  • Anger from voice actors as NSFW mods use AI deepfakes to replicate their voices: 'This is NOT okay'
  • The issue really shouldn't be about the porn aspect of it, it's the fact that voice actors are basically having their likeness used without their consent, which for an average person is creepy and not cool but for them that likeness is also their means of income. AI is an awesome tool, but using it to mimic specific people without their consent is not okay.

  • Anger from voice actors as NSFW mods use AI deepfakes to replicate their voices: 'This is NOT okay'
  • That stops being valid when they start distributing said mods to other people though. That's just stealing the likeness from people who rely on said likenesses for their income which is pretty scummy and not okay. I don't know what the right way to approach this is, but replicating voice actor's voices without their consent isn't it.

  • Reddit Won’t Be the Same. Neither Will the Internet
  • And to make matters worse Reddit has chased off or straight up removed a good chunk of the moderators who would have helped keep the bots at bay. Now it's an astroturfing playground out there with nobody to stop them.

  • Why Corporate Owned Linux Distributions are a Bad Idea
  • I'm confused on how this is legal? Isn't Linux based on a license that prevents them from doing that? I was under the understanding that was how CentOS came into being in the first place.

  • Any Metroid fans on Lemmy?
  • I'm going to be in the same shoes soon. I just bought a switch finally and started my play through of the remaster of the first one and they really hit it out of the park with it. I hope they follow up with the other two soon.