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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

This is no shitpost

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but for what

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's actually pretty funny a lot of times, I didn't realize it's supposed to be part black comedy going into it. Definitely an entertaining movie

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Interesting, I didn't even know there was a book. The article you linked mentions the film writers said the book was meant to be ambiguous and they wanted that same angle for the movie. I found it hard to not think Bateman was completely detached from reality by the time he gets to the ATM, though I thought it was at least somewhat believable to that point iirc.

The movie (and book I guess) seems to be told from the perspective of Bateman (he narrates and is in almost every scene) so I thought it seemed up in the air if anything was real or just his imagination. I took from it that he himself definitely cannot tell what is fantasy and reality and you were along for the ride with his perception. His murders and their aftermath were pretty outlandish ie dragging the body bag with a huge blood trail past the doorkeeper, the collection of bodies that all mysteriously vanished overnight, the overdramatic helicopter spotlights into his windows during the meltdown phone call, etc. I think the only realistic murder really was the hobo where he could just leave the guy there. And if some were fake idk why any of them would be real.

I have the image of Bateman being just permanently aloof and fitting the 'dweeb' description his lawyer gave while nothing happened but him staring off into the distance daydreaming/hallucinating all of his batshit fantasies or maybe scribbling ferociously into his calendar.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

The wild thing to me about anyone idolizing the character in American Psycho is that it's all but outright stated outright that the guy lives in wonderland and hallucinated all of his wild power fantasies except maybe being rich. He's outright called a dweeb by his lawyer at the end once he has a complete mental breakdown. It's like someone idolizing Nicholas Cage's character in Vampire's Kiss.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Would be cool if Nintendo just made games instead of being a patent troll that rereleases the same 10 games over and over again.

I don't see why anyone buys their shit except for nostalgia at this point.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why bother submitting vulnerability reports just because some AI claims one with no POC?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

For sure, thus why I said it's a pipe dream. We can dream though, maybe we will figure out some kind of solution one day.

I maybe could have worded my comment better, people definitely should not actually assume they are talking to real people all the time (I don't). But there should ideally be a place for people-focused conversation and forums were originally designed for that purpose.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I think when posting on a forum/message board it's assumed you're talking to other people, so AI should always announce itself as such. That's probably a pipe dream though.

If anyone wants to specifically get an AI perspective they can go to an AI directly. They might add useful context to people's forum conversations, but there should be a prioritization of actual human experiences there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

About time! Been using an addon for this, I wonder how the features stack up.

Highly recommend using groups for people who open too many tabs, I categorize them and they function well as temp bookmarks. Also recommend using another addon called autotabdiscard so you don't nuke your RAM.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Using a VPN will prevent your ISP from selling your IP logs to data brokers. It also obfuscates your IP to websites you visit to make their fingerprinting less precise. All your ISP can see is that you're connecting to/from a VPN server through an encrypted tunnel and maybe some metadata like amount of data transferred.

Hard to compare value to free stuff like encrypted DNS and an ad blocker but a VPN definitely has protections you wouldn't get otherwise.

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

Wow that's pretty great savings, a lot of what I saw basically said to expect to pay over a normal listing. Seems like a pretty good deal considering the amount of customization I assume you get, you just need somewhere to live while it's building.

Do you have any resources for what you used to plan your build? Or did you mostly hire professionals to figure it out?

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