Always has some mighty fine wine though.

Tbf, something in a store has to be available before you can steal it, if it is sold out or not yet released it’ll be harder.

And really in this context “theft” is like “piracy is theft,” as much as I also don’t like AI, nobody else was deprived of the banner simply because db0 generated it. Piracy isn’t theft (and the owner of the Pirate instance isn’t likely to be persuaded by that argument at least, even if you disagree…)

And tbf, “well it was trained on actual artist’s work” and so was almost every artist in history, that’s kind of how it works to a degree. The greats separate themselves but a lot of human created art is derivative.

I mean there’s plenty to get mad at AI for, personally I’m not a fan of how people are using it as a brain replacement, how it enables further the ubiquitous spying, how people want it to replace humanity, oh and y’know literal actual murder robots in the form of autonomous loitering drones is probably a bad idea, and coming soon to a town near you. But that said “theft” isn’t super high up on my list, personally.

Though this could arguably fit under brain replacement, but more accurately I’d say it was “talent replacement” which is a little more defendable imo, like everyone should be able to think for the most part, not everyone can draw well. Does it affect how much I can appreciate the art in question? Absolutely. But it’s not necessarily dumbing db0 down just because he can’t draw for shit.

Does anyone know how to download content off those weird Roku channels? I’d like to download a bunch of stuff off of one before they (I assume) shut it down.

Well humor is subjective, but beyond how I feel personally, uhhh yeah people do it all the time and it never gets called out as body shaming or any such thing, nobody cares. Bald, fat, ugly, small dick, all are fair game, especially if you have at least one other undesirable trait. Andrew Tate is balding, Trump is fat and has a little dick, anyone who has a large vehicle also has a small dick, anyone who owns guns has a small dick, the British have a small dick, etc, it’s everywhere and everyone else seems to love it.

Yes.

Sex pistols will always be punk rock.

Well not to be that guy but they never were, they were started by a designer clothes store owner to sell his clothes, they were sellouts before they even began.

They imitated punk pretty well though.

But your point stands and I do agree, just a bad example lol.

“Stupid bitch thinks he’s smart because of his college degree but doesn’t know dick about machining.” Is a less sexist and more accurate interpretation, your degree doesn’t mean you’re better or smarter than anyone else just because they chose another path. This has fuck all to do with sex, race, whatever.

E: Hurt a couple elitists’ feelings on that one I see lmao. Sorry, you’re not better than anyone just because your piece of paper says so.

By far. Such a disappointment.

And Fallout 4 was the same, fight me (probably not you “fight me,” I bet you agree based on your TES opinions.)

Honestly I’m inclined to agree with that, and that’s my problem with it. It shouldn’t be the most interesting part but since everything else was so boring it ended up that way.

The major disappointment was that after III and IV had such rich lore and worlds, but by V they must have fired the guy that could write. Having seen what they could do vs what they released was just sad.

Not even just “they don’t adapt,” Skyrim’s side quests might as well not exist they’re so damn boring. “Oohhh a race war” who cares I want to steal cool and varied stuff!

The expansion helped for sure, Shiv Isles.

True though it was for sure smaller (unless you ever tried to “no fast travel” rule yourself then you’ll find out how big it is real quick lmao), but (and I concede Morrowind is just better, it just is there’s no way around it), but while Skyrim was large, effectively “who cares” because it was empty and dull and drab and gray. Cyrodiil is smaller but it’s absolutely gorgeous and vibrant throughout (even in the snow covered regions so that’s no excuse.)

Furthermore, my fundamental issue with Skyrim is the quests are just…dull. The main line is ok (Oblivion’s was better and Morrowind’s better still), but the side quests are abject dogshit, and the side quests historically were my favorite part. I stole a goddamn Elder Scroll, I snuck past every Ancestor Moth, I became the mother fucking Gray Fox, and in skyrim “hey you remember that same dumb silver vase you stole from one dickhead’s house? Steal it again from another dickhead’s house. Gray Fox? Whodat?” I loosened the bolts on a man’s stuffed moose after sneaking through his crawlspace to avoid his paid security, and got a bonus for it, and eventually became The Speaker. In skyrim “go kill that guy. Cool do it again.” The most memorable part of The Brotherhood in skyrim was from oblivion, by Lucian Luchance’s ghost.

I’m gonna be real, I kinda didn’t like skyrim and don’t think I’ll get 6. I’ll replay the oldies. My only real complaint with Morrowind is beast races can’t wear helmets and boots (I understand “human ones wouldn’t fit” but think given their existence in-lore it would make sense for them to have seen humans wearing them and gone “hey let’s do that for our shape.” I do however accept that the Cats and Lizards might still not though, Argonians being newly freed and technologically behind, and the Kitties need their claws but should have helmets, even if only leather.) My only real complaint with Oblivion is I wish they’d have left a bunch of shit from Morrowind like crossbows etc.

So is Oblivion, though in terms of “better” it belongs in the middle spot it happens to occupy numerically as well.

Though tbf “underage people sharing nudes with each other on snapchat and looking at porn” doesn’t necessarily mean you have to kill the children immediately, you can give them some time.

Besides, it’s “you have three months to create and implement code that tracks the ages of all your users and all activity across all apps for the ones under 18, and then use that to stop their cameras from working when nudity detected, and stop their messaging services when nudity detected, and stop their internet when pornography detected.” I don’t think we need the follow up “lethal force engaged” just yet, but you never know they may start blowing up computers like Mossad’s pagers when a kid googles “boobies” soon enough.

Unironically the answer seems to be mainly “don’t.” I’m with you (I hate making people feel uncomfortable personally, but it shakes out the same) and have been trying to make sense of it, so far I’ve got:

Bars: OK

Dating apps: OK

Work: Right out don’t even think about it. This includes any combination of worker/customer, worker/worker, and even customer/customer. Women supposedly don’t like to be asked out in those situations.

And then you’ll hear men say “go to the gym” and women say “I don’t like being asked out at the gym” so that seems off limits unless you’re seeking men.

Common advice is to “find a hobby” but women hate being asked out while they’re just trying to do their hobbies as well according to them. Ok so then “you don’t ask them out there, you become friends and hope they’ll set you up with a single friend.” It also necessitates a hobby that isn’t solitary, which just isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

So basically the best I’ve got so far seems to be “drink more, discard online privacy, or pray.”

But then also “just ask, be polite, and take no for an answer, if they get offended at that, that’s their problem” has been thrown around, and figuratively praying to a god I don’t believe in hasn’t been working so far, so I’m considering trying that out.

Actually, ironically, while I made the joke that “make friends and then hope they set you up with someone” = “pray,” another piece of advice is “meet them in church,” which supposedly works real well, but I don’t think lying about my religion is a good foundation to a happy relationship, personally. If you however have no such compunction or are religious, that may work.

No, you are the one ascribing the reason without any evidence to support it, of course the article doesn’t back up your delusions, but that is the point, the article does not back up your delusions.

Ohh you don’t know poor people? I know more than one person without internet at home that just torrents at a friend’s house, I’m one of them. Honestly I prefer it this way.

Then maybe just buy a Mac and get 99% of the benefits of a *nix system without needing the appropriate knowledge.

Yup, no poor people, got it. Linux is free using your existing hardware, Mac not so much. Moreover they’re not much better than windows when it comes to privacy and control over your own hardware. Not really sure what benefits you’re talking about because it sure as shit ain’t those, unix based file system maybe, woohoo.

Meanwhile I’ve been using linux for about 7yr without needing to know that garbage because “stick go into hole” works just fine for everyone but you.

He would prefer you sending him a simple WhatsApp message with your pictures instead of having to mess with a thumb drive.

He also cares about privacy actually, so no whatsapp. Delta Chat, but then Image Compression.

No. I need my hourly incremental backup of my entire drive to be fast.

You don’t keep a spare spare spare of your most important files? Do you even offsite backup? Up your paranoia game my guy, skill issue.

If your argument hinges on “intelligent design is real and The Creator™ made men hate tattoos” you need to prove the first part before the second can be “true.” If intelligent design is not real then no creator made men hate tattoos, simple as.

I don’t have internet spawning from my ass, so it works better in non-connected environments.

More importantly I have no fucking clue what any of that means, but I can plug rectangle into rectangle hole. And absolutely 0 “how to install linux” tuts come with your set-up, so I’m gonna guess most new people don’t know how to either. “Do network magic because some dickhead wants to remove all ports” isn’t going to be a selling point for them.

Can I SCP my dad the pictures of my vacation from 3 states away? Maybe. Would he prefer I mail him a “zip drive?” Yes. Not everyone on earth is a 1337 H4x0r like yourself there zero cool.

You really need your monthly 3rd redundant backup of your .kdbx file to be lightning fast? I can wait the .03 seconds it takes to transfer I’m not in as much of a hurry as you.

Me. Linux distros (either install media or straight live boot disks like Tails), moving files larger than like fucking 2gb without relying on spyware or self hosting a cloud service, redundant backups of your most important files, rescue disks, and MORE! Only $16.99 for a limited time while supplies last see comment for details.

Furthermore I shouldn’t have to get rid of an old A device that still works just because they remove the ports. I don’t care how old it is let me use my external CD drive with the USB-A to Mini-USB (yes mini lmao.) Wish I still had an attached optical disk drive tbh.