i used opera for around 13 years. i knew about the flaws but i was simply used to it, and as long as adblock worked i couldn't be bothered to switch to anything else
then my laptop broke and only that happening gave me the incentive to install something else, i was starting from (close to) scratch anyway
it'll take a lot of effort for people to abandon what they know, even if they'll be moving towards something better
as a fresh linux convert all of my games work on linux thanks to steam. it even runs my ancient 2007 arcade-esque game that i was sent in an email from the dev better than windows used to
valve has put in the work for us, and now no gamer can use that as an excuse
it wasn't satire, it was a warning of what could happen if you mix (at the time) sci-fi technology with human psychology
holograms of celebrities were a thing sure, but they said one liners or pre-recorded phrases. here we are talking about an AI that mimics a person's speech being put in a hologram that will probably also use AI to mimic behaviours
Be Right Back - Black Mirror... it wasn't supposed to be a documentary. it wasn't supposed to be a documentary. it wasn't supposed to be a documentary it wasn't supposed to be a documentary it wasn't supposed to be a documentary it wasn't supposed-
some of that basic advice still boggles the minds of leaders today
"always leave a way for your enemy to escape, a hopeless enemy fights to the death"
oh what was that? grind all the money out of everyone so they feel hopeless and feel like there's no way out? yeah great idea let's do that - apparently every profit centred institution
good actions for wrong reasons are... still good actions. you want to hire black actors to pander to minorities? sure, it'll still help a little child imagine themselves as the hero, and help the actor show their skill. you want to hire a sensitivity consultant because it'll look good in the credits? please do, at best they'll really help, at worst they'll get a free paycheque.
and if a race swapped character acts the same way as they did before? well alright, as long as it's not completely nonsensical. obviously there are social and cultural differences but the world is vast, plenty of personalities out there.
we become what we do. this inclusiveness might be caused by pandering today, but because it's being done at all, tomorrow it'll be the norm
not the best way forward, but better than not moving at all
the problem with reddit is that it used to be amazing, and is still the best place to ask questions (though with the number of bots this is slowly becoming less and less true).
i still vividly remember the time when i spent 2 weeks messaging microsoft support that insisted that i need to replace the device i just bought, even though i repeatedly told them the device works fine with a different machine so something must be wrong with my PC. so i got frustrated and asked the same question on reddit, within a few hours someone diagnosed exactly what was wrong, and gave me tips on how to fix it (or well, in that case i needed to walk around the issue rather than fix it)
and even now whenever i look up tech issues the first results that actually have thought behind the words (instead of sponsorships for whatever driver updating software company bought the article) it's usually on reddit
it's such a shame it's been aggressively going down hill, it could've truly stayed the front page of the internet for decades. all it had to do was not get worse for the user
i used opera for around 13 years. i knew about the flaws but i was simply used to it, and as long as adblock worked i couldn't be bothered to switch to anything else
then my laptop broke and only that happening gave me the incentive to install something else, i was starting from (close to) scratch anyway
it'll take a lot of effort for people to abandon what they know, even if they'll be moving towards something better
i use Zen now :) it's nice