mrcleanup

I think of it in a way that parallels the invention of the power loom. Weaving was still around afterwards, but it absolutely transformed the industry. Hand weaving was still around, but it wasn't economically viable anymore except as a luxury or hobby.

That transition led to riots as it destroyed people's livings. This will absolutely be transformational.

These days you can still find hand woven stuff, but it is medicinally expensive. Once a certain amount of control and consistency exist for AI image making, it's going to be the only thing most corporations and people use unless they are looking for a luxury experience or hobby.

As a reader it's important to recognize that this is a different turn of the wheel.

I can't believe no one has mentioned the Star Trek the Next Generation episode where Moriarty tries to escape the holodeck and they basically put him on a flash drive running a simulation of the galaxy to solve the problem.

Bazzite was my first go at Linux. For that it was great. It proved I didn't have to give up my games if I switched.

Why learn the language of a second world country when you can learn the language of a first world country?

Kidding/not kidding

5th stage of grief... Acceptance.

We know we're fucked and the government believes it's role is to wield power, not help people.

We learn who we are and what we want by trying different things. If you aren't sure about something, try it. And it's ok to discuss it in advance to set guidelines or expectations if you need to.

The one thing that's non negotiable is respect. If you invest time in someone you don't really respect, eventually that time ends up wasted.

If you have trouble trusting, start small. Lay your head on her lap while you watch a movie or something.

I just got it yesterday, don't worry your day will come!

Just puncture a hydraulic line, right?

because all of my coworkers and I keep failing these really hard tests, we aren't allow to study during downtime on the clock.

Well there's your answer. It sounds like they are tired of making losing investments.

I think you are getting too caught up in their stating "1995". Video game graphics had already improved a lot by then. By talking about "pixelated" they probably really mean mid to late 80s technology. Heck, even in 1995 they were still using digital video disks the size of records.

When you compare that to the amount of memory in video game consoles, they had to keep things simple and couldn't afford to go fill professional digital audio.

I think people may be missing a big factor in their replies. The graphics and audio on video games is digital, but music and video used in the rest of the world had been maturing for quite some time as analog.

Think about a record, you are capturing the vibrations of the noise directly into physical media. Digital requires translating that somehow into a pattern of 1s and 0s, and at the beginning, we just weren't that good at it and memory chips were just painfully small at that time.