I didn’t say it wasn’t perfect. I said it was a mistake.

It’s not irrelevant. Using a corporate mascot as a symbol against another corporate mascot/product isn’t going to spread the message Louis intended. You argue the people complaining about it aren’t getting his point, but do you really think it will/has survived the word-of-mouth spreading it? The game of telephone that viral trends like this follow is lightning fast and warps messages in extreme ways. And it’s not much of a stretch to assume that, if MS churned out a new Clippy chatbot, people would rally around it to spite the others since they have no understanding of why they were doing it in the first place.

*Also, people already mischaracterize the sincerity of early tech giants. I’ve certainly seen many people lament “the good Internet” of the mid 2000s, as if the very issues we have today weren’t percolating back then. None of those companies were ever good or harmless, the idea that them or their products are “different” now is naive, and relying on that naivety to push for change is a mistake.

it literally [skirts] the entire issue

It literally doesn’t, as those companies can make these demands for whatever reason they want. The problem to solve isn’t “how do we appease the unreasonable processors”, it’s “how can we stop relying on these processors entirely”, and that’s a much bigger issue than Valve can solve on their own.

Also, again, Steam already has this system. If that isn’t enough to avoid the issues, adding another proprietary economy certainly won’t.

Ew, no. Proprietary currencies are just a way for companies to trap extra money into their ecosystem. It’s not a solution to anything. Just an excuse for additional bullshit.

Also, Steam already has this and has for a long time.

Ooohhh, so that’s what “vibe coding” is.

Ok, I was gonna reply bemoaning us never getting more seasons of The Dragon Prince after their post-season 3 hype, but I just went to double check and found there’s four more seasons?! Just under a different name?? How did I miss this? Time to catch up, I guess.

I’d put yt under ph, but only just. Everything else, ph paved the way. And tbf, another porn site probably cleared the way for yt, though I couldn’t tell you which one.

“You need to cut the fat so we can buy more companies that we will use as ballast just like you.”

Like, I get some companies will feel like they don’t have a choice if they want to stay open, but man…it really feels like a terrible idea to sell out to these people. They don’t care about anything except their own bottom line, and every asset they pick up will be used and discarded with that in mind.

Radiolab has an interesting episode about people having to deal with being considered “Null”: https://radiolab.org/podcast/null

Mom?

Same thing with RottenTomatoes ratings. A fresh rating just means the reviewer thought it wasn’t terrible, and the “freshness” rating really doesn’t say anything about the actual quality of the movie.

Tay was an accident. This is the result of the team behind it trying to get it to align with its owner, with a predictable outcome.

I do wonder if they planned for it to be this blatant, though.

It’s at least a little funny that they struggled so hard to stop it from punking their own posts, and the only solution is apparently turning it into a hyper-nazi bot.