Mobile is the only place where it matters. On a desktop, in a browser, you can use plugins to kill shorts, but there’s no workaround like that on mobile.

tbh, the concept of tiktok-style videos is really good for science and small useful info bits.

What? That’s… absurd.

I mean in the context of science, how is a tiktok style short video in any way superior to a longer form video? I mean there’s some really great science content on YouTube, vertasium, smarter every day, 3 blue 1 brown, minute physics, etc. But if you only watch a short snippet of video, what you’re cutting out is the entire scientific method, the part where they ask the questions, investigate, form a hypothesis, explain some experiments. Invariably, the short skips right to a conclusion, without any of the context. It’s like providing the right answer on math homework without showing your work, it’s functionally useless. It’s like science candy, it tastes great, but has zero nutritional value.

I can’t see any way to avoid concluding that YouTube shorts are terrible for science.

My gut instinct is that the acceleration only makes it easier.

That’s exactly what Putin has been doing for years. Unfortunately Putin is pulling it off quite well.

We’re just going to take Ukraine, and then likely whatever country looks easiest to take next. But if anyone else got involved in these conflicts I will totally launch my nukes all over the place! You just watch, I’ll do it, I’m fuckin nuts!

Don’t even think about sending troops, because that would add fuel to an already dangerous situation (that we manufactured and could totally end at any time).

None of them can be saved? That seems statistically unlikely.

But back up a bit, that comment I made is a general truth, it doesn’t just apply to this situation. When someone is wrong, you correct them, that’s generally just the right course of action.

Exactly, and these platforms are only mainstream now, many of them had much smaller userbases before the X takeover of Twitter.

There’s nothing wrong with preaching to Nazis. Sure, most aren’t likely to really listen, but they are the people who need to hear this most.

You don’t write people off because they’re wrong, you correct them.

I read “Alright let’s see pictures of your super nice rack”

And then I clicked before bothering to read the rest of the sentence.

Was not disappointed though.

Sure but 1 in 5 boys has a girlfreind that goes to a different school, you’ve never met her, but she’s super hot.

That’s complete and utter bullshit. Either stand behind your product or don’t ship it universally. Pick a lane. Either it’s worth using it or isn’t, so which is it?

This wishy washy bullshit paints a picture of an embarrassingly inept organization, is that really what you’re trying to project Microsoft?

I wish I could upvote this harder.

Your hitting on one of the biggest ongoing issues that Lemmy faces. I’m really not sure how best to combat the echo chamber though. I mean I see the problem clearly, but I don’t actually know of a solution.

What if I like my insulated echo chamber?

Well if that were the case, then you would suck.

Well, while I agree with that sentiment, you may be looking at it the wrong way.

It’s not that locking your doors gives them permission, it’s that they’re just doing it whether you lock your doors or not.

Imagine you’re the NSA, imagine you’re already spying on every American who isn’t using a VPN (not because you have any legal right to, but because you can). Now ask yourself, where’s your biggest blind spot?

This is why they want legal permission to spy on people using VPNs. If they can do it legally, they can just walk right into a VPN’s server room and install whatever eyes they want on the inside.

All I’m saying, is that there is no constitutional justification for this, they don’t care. Their plan is simple, spy on everyone, fuck the law.

That’s how Handsome Jack runs a company!

“I’m… not… choking you! This… is called… strangulation.”

You know what, I remain not at all sold on Firewatch, or Edith Finch. I get that it’s a new genre, but they just didn’t do anything for me. Weirdly, Come Home did work for me a bit more, despite not being all that different.

Oxenfree on the other hand, I thought that game was really brilliant. It really evoked that feeling of being 16, hanging out with friends trying to be cool, sussing out who likes who, etc. There’s a sense of adventure and terror in being that age, and with the addition of just a little bit of creepy mystery, you’ve got a real great recipe for a unique experience.

I also really liked their system for interrupting characters’ monologues and being able to get back to them later with a quick “oh, what was I saying?”, it’s essentially like being able to pause a cutscene, actually play the game for a bit, then return to it.

I couldn’t finish it.

This is certainly on me, but I just couldn’t handle the story. Without too many spoilers, the game’s story includes a tragic death, and when I played the game I was actively dealing with a recent death in the family and when I got to that part of the story… I just couldn’t go any further.

And while this is a special case, it’s also typical for how I play games, I play to escape the emotional social dilemmas of my life. Give me a strategy game, a puzzle game, a factory game. Give me some abstract puzzle to solve, a system to optimize, an army to outmaneuver; the last thing I want is a deep story with complex characters. Emotions just add weight to the experience, and my whole objective is to try to shrug off some of that weight for a while.

It’s sad, but this is the world we live in. It’s constantly disappointing.

But I do want to push back a bit, the people getting scammed are not incredibly stupid, they’re incredibly vulnerable. They’re often people who are generally less tech savvy, but also they’re people who don’t have a lot to lose, it’s a bit counterintuitive, but it’s easier to scam people who take money very seriously.

Trust the math. You don’t need to accept risk if you can check the math yourself.

That’s what cryptography is about.

I understand this happens to a lot of apps…

Yeah, what does that even mean? And why would anyone want it?