@ben I (recently a TV news producer,) had a pal in that line of business asked what could be done for them, aside from actual money. (The honesty of which was, to me, equal parts refreshing and disappointing.) She pointed out how stations often don't even list producers on the website as part of the newsroom. I like what you're saying there, but who knows what will happen.

@YoSoyFreeman Dracula and Frankenstein are worth the hype if you've somehow gotten this far without reading them. Sherlock Holmes books are mostly (if not all by now,) public domain and usually cheap. Don Quixote is often called the first modern novel, though I haven't yet it in decades myself.

@dbat @afreytes There's something to be said here about confirmation bias. (And again, politics...)

@afreytes (It's not. But it is. But it's not.)

@afreytes It blows my mind when people talk about how revolutionary it is and how it passes the bar, etc. Then real lawyers use it and get in trouble with the judge because it makes up cases for reference.

@threexs Ahhh, my place didn't even have that on the app. Wild. (Though, 20% off when you order more than $15 is a wild discount to rob everyone of and shows how much profit they're making.)

@threexs I mean, I agree there. They all do that, but you're right McDonald's is crazy. 20% off every order? They're screwing everyone else. But the rise in drink prices in particular are wild to me. (And wild I've not seen anyone else complain about it. But maybe it's like you're saying since everyone is eating out less.)

How does a soda or tea at a fast food place cost $3? A year ago a large tea at McDonald's cost $1. Insanity.

I went to a talk lately that was mostly about something else, but the speaker came out with:

“If you only remember one thing from this talk, remember this. Everyone in this room who likes helping people, raise your hand.”

Every hand, or nearly every hand, went up.

“If you like asking other people for help, keep your hand up.”

Almost every hand went back down.

“As you can see, people like helping you. When you ask for help, you’re making them feel good, even if you don’t like asking.”

I’ve genuinely forgotten the rest of the presentation but I won’t forget that.

I know you do not know me. But I would like you to do something for me. I am serious:

The next time you see your mom, please give her a hug for me. Yes, for real.

You don't have to actually say it is from me. Say nothing if it makes it easier to do. Or say a weird dude reminded you hugs are great and moms deserve as many hugs as possible.

(thanks for boosts!)

@morgan3d Several years ago it was "put on hold" and I don't know if that page has been updated since? https://www.pcgamer.com/in-the-valley-of-gods-is-officially-on-hold-as-campo-santo-works-on-valve-projects/

So I watched 4 hours of pro wrestling tonight. (AEW, 8pm-12am EST.) Man I enjoy it. I applied for a junior writing position at WWE recently. Heard nothing back of course. But what a job that would be.

@lertsenem I'm sure it will, thanks!

Anyone got a good general resource/reference for making pixel art/sprites?

My secret hobby is feeding story ideas to the 404 Media crew via Signal group chat. This was one of them! https://www.404media.co/spam-blogs-ai-slop-domains-wowlazy/

Some other gems I found in Bing's index. From their index dates, looks like this State Dept spam blog was live for *months*, from last October until about six days ago.

@henriquelalves Hey! I hope you don't mind; I'd like to start sharing your posts on a small community I run, https://Lemmy.World/c/gamedev .

Just found out a high school friend moved to Raleigh, NC (states away from where we grew up) the exact month I did in 2022. Shame I didn't realize that before I left.

Point being: it's a small world after all.

My cousin bought a Switch 2 and I've played it some. I find the joycon-plastic-controller-grip thing incredibly uncomfortable. I think the square shape pushes the hands into vertical angle than a typical controller? I dunno. I mostly play with the joycons detached and my hands at my sides. It feels nearly slothful, and fantastic.

Mario Kart World is cool. The constant unlocks of racers is an interesting approach, as are the variants.

I'm also finally trying The Messenger. Good stuff.

@afreytes I'd do the same with my desktop if I could play Warzone on it. Sigh. Maybe I'll dual boot just to mess around in the future.