pjwestin

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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 26 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Die Hard 2.

Original line: "Yippee ki-yay, mother fucker."

Censorship line: "Yippee ki-yay, Mr. Falcon."

There is no one named Mr. Falcon in the movie.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago

They’re leaving a more divided place where the middle of both parties has been eroded and each year, big bipartisan legislation seems a more elusive goal.

Calling bull-fucking-shit on this, "both parties," line. We just saw Schumer roll over and play dead for the worst budget deal in Senate history. 4 years ago, the Democrats let all of the most progressive portions of the BBB get hollowed out by 2 centrist Democrats. The Democratic, "middle," hasn't eroded, they're calling all the shots.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago

Most of the in-costume stuff is, and the Black Ranger doesn't break dance in that. But there's usually an out of costume fight with Putties before that.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think it was probably an even bigger mistake to have the Black Ranger fight with break dancing Kung-Fu moves, but what do I know.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Yes! And there's no, "Thumbs Down," or, "Not Interested," option, eo you can't make him go away! Every fucking time I watch Last Week Tonight I have to see this smug dipshit's stupid face.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Why would I buy a device that I don't really own, i.e. the manufacturer can pull the rug from under it at any time and render it completely useless?

Yeah, this is why I'm so fucking pissed about the lack of non-digital games. I understand that games have tons of updates, and that the idea of a physical game has been declining for years, but there was at least still a physical, 1.0 version of a Nintendo game I could buy and play on my Switch. If Nintendo no longer sells that product, they no longer have a product I want.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's not my place to tell you how to feel about Obama. He was certainly competent and effective in many ways, and if you feel that makes him, "good," fine. However, he used drones to assassinate American citizens, he created an opaque drone warfare program that Congress has no oversight over, and he prosecuted more people under the Espionage Act than all other presidents combined, none of whom were actual spies.

Whether you believe he was justified in these actions or not, they have downstream consequences, all of which benefit Trump. When Obama criticizes Trunp for attacking journalists, it is more than fair to point out that hypocrisy. We have an authoritarian president right now, and if we're ever going to take back power from him, we've got to acknowledge how we got here and take corrective action.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Nothing happens overnight, and it's not being edgy to point out how we got here. Bush got us accustomed to an unending wat on, "terrorism," Obama used drones to target terrorists in any nation without national approval, and now Trump will deport protesters for aiding terrorism and bomb Yemen over signal.

Bush attacked the Press for, "giving aid and comfort," to our enemies, Obama prosecuted leakers and publishers under the Espionage Act, and now Trump will openly bully publications he doesn't like with frivolous lawsuits and threats of prosecution. History didn't start in January.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I actually like Nintendo's devices, though. Sony and Microsoft produce basically the same product every generation, but Nintendo usually tries something different. But $80 games with no physical option is fucking disgusting. I'm pretty sure they've decided that physical media is a threat to their abusive IP practices, and their going to finally destroy game preservation once and for all. This is the final straw for me; I'll just pirate anything I want going forward.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

It didn't even need to take someone's job. A summary of an article or paper with hallucinated information isn't replacing anyone, but it's definitely making search results worse.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

Maybe if a service isn't ready to be used by the public you shouldn't put it in every product you make.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 69 points 5 days ago (16 children)

Maybe that's because every time a new AI feature rolls out, the product it's improving gets substantially worse.

 

Seriously though, don't do violence.

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