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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Not quite. It’s different than movies, because one person can purchase assets. Typically most talented developers aren’t also incredibly talented artists, animators, and composers. There are certainly people out there that could do that, but the same could be said for indie films made by a group of friends in their spare time with licensed music and improvised sound effects.

You can’t just compare a solo indie dev to a feature film like it’s not apples to bananas. Comparing an indie film would be more apt.

I’d say that solo indie dev games would be similar to that one web serial in the early days of YouTube, Marble Hornets, I think it was. It was interesting enough (I only saw bits and pieces personally) that it had a very dedicated fan base, but was made by like.. three friends or something.

Game studios making triple a titles are more comparable to a triple a movie (that’s where AAA comes from - A list actors, A list studio, and A list something else. Triple A games have massive budgets for the same reason movies do. Marketing, voice actors, sound design, composers, animators, developers, project managers, interns, assistants, game designers, etc.

Triple A games also amusingly have directors and producers just like a Hollywood film does. In all honestly, video games are like interactive movies. We’re seeing now the end stages of that imitation with so many blockbuster sqls and nostalgia grabs in both industries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I don’t have any skin in this game. I just wanted to point out that you went from “given how privacy invasive this particular entity is”

To

“… assuming… how little we know… could potentially”

That’s a pretty big leap from a bold and confident assertion that an entity is doing something all the way to saying that entity maybe could be doing something but we don’t know. It’s just a weird logical leap to me, and I felt compelled to mention it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hate when cashiers bag my groceries. I have the large reusable bags, and they put like 4 things in each. Why? I always tell them I’m going to bag my own at this point anyways just to get my grocery bags full.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gen X is not boomers. Gen X is the “lost generation” which is ironic considering the context here. They were between boomers and millennials, and are typically the parents of millennials and some gen z.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

OLED is a massive upgrade. Each pixel is its own backlight instead of having an array of leds. So you get actual black, because there is no light there. The contrast and color is amazing.

But OLED is the new plasma. They don’t have burn in anymore, but if you don’t have it in a very dark room, the glare will make you go insane.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I do t use it for anything other than messages on my phone. I think the new ui is a huge improvement personally.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I actually like it lol. I guess I’m in the super minority.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Couldn’t the same be said about the TOS updates though? Would they not need to prove it was delivered?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

When I am comparing branches or working on multiple tickets at a time, separating each instance of my IDEs, as well as Jira tickets and Confluence documents related to the specific projects into their own little sandbox. This way I can more easily remember which windows and browser tabs go with each project.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

My dad works at Nintendo!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Awesom! Thank you. I didn’t realize it had a better nutritional profile. I wonder what the calories are like. I will have to look into it again for my breakfasts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think Soylent tastes pretty good honestly. It’s just not great to be the only thing you love off off. It gets a bit monotonous after a couple weeks.

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