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Notices by Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 80

  1. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Oct-2021 08:13:26 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    For the 3 people I follow for whom it is relevant, I'm currently watching the Dota 2 The International 10 tournament with about 12 hours delay, and I'd like to enjoy the surprise of finding out who will win the few remaining series today and tomorrow, please no spoiler!
    In conversation Saturday, 16-Oct-2021 08:13:26 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  2. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Oct-2021 14:30:02 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Nice.

    "Steam is removing NFT games from the platform."
    www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/s…
    In conversation Friday, 15-Oct-2021 14:30:02 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  3. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Oct-2021 16:40:05 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan

    ♲ @ArpiAppa@twitter.com: “…convicted of manslaughter for experiencing a miscarriage…”

    For anyone wondering what the “endgame” of abortion bans and restrictions could possibly be — it’s this. The worst is already happening to Black and brown women across the country.

    https://twitter.com/NAPW/status/1448415711668363268

    In conversation Thursday, 14-Oct-2021 16:40:05 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  4. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Oct-2021 10:15:04 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    After Twitch's complete data leak that I didn't hear about from #Twitch themselves, I realized I didn't have explicit two-factor authentication set. When I set about to do that, I remembered why: the process requires to submit your phone number and email address to a 3rd party.🤬
    In conversation Thursday, 14-Oct-2021 10:15:04 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  5. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Oct-2021 15:30:04 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I haven't looked into the Squid Game show at all but this is a useful reminder that no entertainment is apolitical.

    ♲ @hermit_hwarang@twitter.com: Ok I’m gonna stop contributing to Squid Game discourse soon but the reason the apolitical consumption of it is so disturbing is that the show’s premise of mass killings being hidden from society isn’t fictional for south Korea. It’s a huge feature of our modern history

    In conversation Wednesday, 13-Oct-2021 15:30:04 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  6. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Oct-2021 15:15:17 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    As the famous The Critic meme goes: "And nothing of value was lost."
    In conversation Wednesday, 13-Oct-2021 15:15:17 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  7. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Oct-2021 15:05:11 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan

    ♲ @mbeisen@twitter.com: because of vaccine mandates we’re losing teachers who don’t believe in science, healthcare workers who don’t believe in medicine, and police who don’t believe in public safety…

    In conversation Wednesday, 13-Oct-2021 15:05:11 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  8. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Oct-2021 18:30:05 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan

    ♲ @jelenawoehr@twitter.com: They're not "male dominated" industries, they're "industries from which women and non-binary people are actively excluded."

    "Dominated" implies there was, at some point, a fair competition.

    In conversation Tuesday, 12-Oct-2021 18:30:05 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  9. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Oct-2021 18:33:01 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I just cancelled my #Netflix subscription over the release of Dave Chappelle's latest special fully leaning into transphobia and the mishandling of the very predictable fallout, even internally. It all seems to be tied to the co-CEO Ted Sarandos.
    www.theverge.com/platform/amp/…
    In conversation Monday, 11-Oct-2021 18:33:01 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  10. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Oct-2021 09:59:01 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Off the cuff review of Disco Elysium

    Since I installed Disco Elysium: The Final Cut by ZA/UM a week ago, I practically inhaled it, playing it every chance I got, for as long as I physically could, until I finished it yesterday night in about 30 hours.

    I knew I wanted to write about it because I have Opinions™ but when I opened a new blog post about it, I couldn't come up with any structured text. I still feel the need to write about my experience, and as a result the following may be a little discombobulated.

    First of all, Disco Elysium is a full-on artistic experience. The graphic style, the music, the writing all are outstanding in their own right. The gameplay is also pleasing. The role-playing mechanics are clear and satisfying, with meaningful choices and a welcome tinge of randomness for tension.

    As with most other RPGs with multiple choices within a linear story, I won't play it ever again. I enjoyed my playthrough that I made mine, and I don't want to learn the limitations of the choices, I don't want to find out about the narrative funnels I would be forced through.

    Still, the game is pretty forgiving, and through the excellent inner monologue interjections, the game is able to regularly hint as negative dialogue outcomes to avoid them. It also affords to go meta and comment on some the player's actions rather than the actual character, which got some well-deserved laughs out of me.

    The political content added in the Final Cut has been mostly disappointing. The game's nihilistic message doesn't leave a lot of room to develop any political ideology, and it results in a shallow criticism of all the presented ideologies that eventually amounts to absolutely nothing. Additionally, using some real-world political ideologies (communism, fascism) was confusing as the historical context, important to define these terms, wasn't the same at all. I developed this point earlier: friendica.mrpetovan.com/displa…

    I also noticed in the credits the mention of the hosts of the Chapo Trap House podcast as voice actors, and combined with the aforementioned lack of political substance of the game, it confirms my belief that this podcast and the larger "dirtbag left" culture it represents has less to do with politics than entertainment.

    #videogame #videogames #DiscoElysium #review
    In conversation Monday, 11-Oct-2021 09:59:01 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  11. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Oct-2021 09:48:03 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brian Ó
    Why "weird"? Trolling is based on shared assumptions, and in this case I don't believe the assumption is that solid to begin with.
    In conversation Monday, 11-Oct-2021 09:48:03 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  12. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Oct-2021 09:10:48 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I believe the #Pokémon universe gives kids unrealistic expectation about how well-funded scientific research actually is.
    In conversation Monday, 11-Oct-2021 09:10:48 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  13. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Oct-2021 08:39:37 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Anarkingu Gidora
    Of course, but I feel it only works as a reminder of something obvious, which it apparently isn't for everybody.
    In conversation Monday, 11-Oct-2021 08:39:37 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  14. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Oct-2021 08:28:57 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    The "We live in a society" memes would be funnier if the global pandemic didn't painfully show that many people didn't believe they actually do.
    In conversation Monday, 11-Oct-2021 08:28:57 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  15. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Oct-2021 10:04:34 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I may have received the most interesting unwarranted recruiter email yet:
    Enigma Labs is an anonymous group of engineers, physicists, investigative journalists and entrepreneurs who have worked across space tech, aviation, data science, government, news and private intelligence. For centuries humans have sought to understand our place in the cosmos. Yet an Enigma remains in the skies above. It deserves our attention and collective intelligence. For the first time, we have the tools to answer this question. They’re looking for a seriously talented Backend Engineer, interested, let’s chat!

    If you’re interested in:

    🛸 Building the first transparent data, media and community platform advancing the global understanding of UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) and securely connecting UAP experts.

    🛸 Joining a well funded and fast growing company!
    In conversation Saturday, 09-Oct-2021 10:04:34 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  16. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Oct-2021 18:50:06 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan

    ♲ @gregeganSF@twitter.com: “The truth is that we could not differentiate between armed fighters and farmers, women, or children, ” Lisa Ling, a former drone technician with the US military who has become a whistleblower, told me. “This kind of warfare is wrong on so many levels.”

    technologyreview.com/2021/10/07/103… https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/07/1036456/opinion-afghanistan-drone-strike-warfare-failed/

    In conversation Friday, 08-Oct-2021 18:50:06 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink

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      After 20 years of drone strikes, it’s time to admit they’ve failed
      from MIT Technology Review
      The very first drone attack missed its target, and two decades on civilians are still being killed. Why can't we accept that the technology doesn't work?
  17. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Oct-2021 18:45:05 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan

    ♲ @dilanpcook@twitter.com: very normal country



    pbs.twimg.com/media/FBIhrcPUUA…
    In conversation Friday, 08-Oct-2021 18:45:05 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  18. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Oct-2021 16:17:09 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I don't think anyone should profit off running water, distributing electricity, disposing of waste or healthcare. The profit model runs directly against serving the people.
    In conversation Friday, 08-Oct-2021 16:17:09 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  19. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Oct-2021 10:29:36 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brian Ó
    No, advertisement is just one of several factors that go into a purchase, and not the main one either. It is suggestion, not mind control. Again, if advertisers are doing their job successfully, you would think ads aren't built to appeal to your cognitive outlook because you wouldn't be able to link them with any specific behavior when they already are in your head.

    The only way to be safe from ads' suggestiveness is to not be exposed to them. Any self-rationalization about their supposed lack of effectiveness is a win for advertisers.
    In conversation Friday, 08-Oct-2021 10:29:36 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  20. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 08-Oct-2021 10:11:04 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brian Ó
    Surely the trick isn't to make people consciously NOT want the product while insidiously making them subconsciously crave it. That would be absurd.
    Why not? Especially in the US, people like to believe they have free will when in fact most aspects of theirs lives are controlled by corporations. So it would be a good strategy to NOT have people make the link between an ad and a purchase because it would feel forced and backfire.

    I believe that the fact that you believe you're unaffected by advertisement when you may actually be is the exact goal American advertisers are shooting for.

    I can't comment about the "ice cold" part because American restaurants are pouring about ten times too many ice cubes in the drinks I order, including tap water, so I do believe Americans like impossibly cold beverages.

    Still, I get your drift, and in the same vein car commercials also are absurd. They show mid-size sedans in exciting environments even though they are made and mostly used for commuting. They show empty cities, romantic attraction to the drivers, sinuous mountain roads even though they know their product will never be used in either circumstances.

    But it must work, otherwise they wouldn't pour billions of dollars in their ads, right?
    In conversation Friday, 08-Oct-2021 10:11:04 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
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