[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

We actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

If anything is close to having a consciousness and experiencing an array of emotion, including suffering. That's a mushroom, much more than a plant.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I'm sorry, I'm of the mind of not endorsing with my use, the products of those who want me dead.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Undo is a function of the Android API, not the keyboard. All phones can do it. It is usually the app's responsibility to implement its button because the feature extends beyond the realm of text input.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Playing Windows only games from the epic store on a steam deck running Linux is a weird but pretty awesome flex. Emulating Nintendo games on it is the ultimate fuck you to Nintendo.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

They're already consolidating in streaming services that bundle content packs.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

For every AirPower there's a $999 ProStand. Apple is just a greedy company, like everyone else in tech. They are just more picky on the bullshit they sell, but they still sell bullshit.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

As someone with the opposite problem, too formal and not very good at casual writing. Truth is, formal writing is robotic and in today's context it is regarded as awkward except in a few places. Most of the samples online that the bots are trained with are overly formal examples. 99% of cover letters are never published online, so that's an area they're lacking. What they have access to is the awfully generic slop that's impersonal and meant to sell online workshops about writing cover letters.

There's a very difficult task in making formal writing feel natural and warm. I would advice instead to aim for transparency. A cover letter is supposed to highlight a match between your skills and personality, with the company role's needs and work culture. It's not a cold sales pitch, you must show that you did your due diligence about getting to know the place before applying for the job. As long as it sounds like the genuine you talking, not a façade, it doesn't has to be too formal, just keep the content and vocabulary professional. How you would talk in the workspace with a coworker that you don't know too well yet. A cover letter is more like corporate flirting than lawyer speak.

As for material, read the basic common sense guides online, but, and it is a big but. Also read a lot in general, specially in English as it isn't your first language. Unlike LLMs humans are actually intelligent and we can use experiences from other contexts, and good writing in general shares common principles across all genres. Even if every genre has specificities, they're usually an addendum or exception of general good writing. Variety is the spice of life.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 48 points 5 days ago

It's incredible how supporting Israel was about "securing an ally in the region to avoid another major armed conflict in the middle east", and has now turned into Israel dragging the US into another major conflict in the middle east. It's either US foreign policy officials didn't learn anything from the past dozen conflicts or they literally want this to happen every time.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

They're starting to get stale though. Sometimes yes, there will be a 15+ years old thread that's still relevant, but there will also be so many cases that the latest post is 2+ years old and no longer applicable or outdated.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

Most tolerable is far more accurate.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

AAA games don't have a production quality or even a development time problem. They have a far more existential one. A gameplay focus problem. These are games made with profit as first priority, not fun. They have confused engagement and addiction with gameplay quality. Live services poisoned their design language. This is why they want more, faster, at higher budgets. The fallacy is that more, faster, more graphically demanding, will magically make them all the money.

I want less games, with lower budgets, that take longer to make, have less graphic and animation fidelity, that pay better to their devs to do their job well. And I mean it.

The video games market is already overflowed for its size, yet somehow these companies are inflating their budgets like balloons instead and charging ever more and more for shittier games that somehow cost more to make. This isn't sustainable. AI won't fix any of these issues.

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Same title as the video. Game dev writer Alanah Pierce offers her POV on the recent layoffs from Epic Games.

This is one of the few industries that consistently and continuously posts record profits while also firing everyone who put in the work to make the success possible.

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I don't mean system files, but your personal and work files. I have been using Mint for a few years, I use Timeshift for system backups, but archived my personal files by hand. This got me curious to see what other people use. When you daily drive Linux what are your preferred tools to keep backups? I have thousands of pictures, family movies, documents, personal PDFs, etc. that I don't want to lose. Some are cloud backed but rather haphazardly. I would like to use a more systematic approach and use a tool that is user friendly and easy to setup and program.

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