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[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it feels like the entire time he's really trying to link these games to actual deaths during war that seems pretty tenuous, largely due to his own "ick" factor that "his thing" is being used by the military.

The section in the middle where he essentially asks all his interviewees basically "have you killed anyone" is pretty awkward. Like, of course these people don't really want to talk about that. Nobody wants to go around thinking they're directly responsible for preventable deaths. It's like he wants someone to just say "Am i the baddie?" like that Mitchel and Webb sketch.

It also completely glosses over the way that "play" is often just training for something more violent. Tag is a fun game until someone brings a knife. But there's a world of difference between "you sunk my battleship" and the Bismarck. It's like he's somehow taken the stance that video games cause violence in the most roundabout way possible.

It's a shame because the video is good but it could be so much more interesting diving into examples about how these games actually work and are used instead of hemming and hawing the whole time over his imagined Cluedo to murder piperine.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

IDK, it's been a long time since I watched the episode but isn't that literally the point? That any amount of critical thinking makes their views make no sense?

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you have about 20 minutes or less if you crank the speed, this podcast about laugh tracks is pretty interesting.

https://slate.com/culture/2018/04/decoder-ring-explores-the-history-and-meaning-of-the-laugh-track.html

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 40 points 2 weeks ago

Whoever found and cited [10] is doing God's work lol.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ok, I'm a bit out of the loop but is Deadlock actually any good? Like, most of what I've heard is that it just isn't very fun. Even though they kinda fell apart the auto battler and the card game from Valve were generally fairly well received from what I remember. But everything I've heard about Deadlock is that it's not fun, and is bringing the worst elements of DOTA with it.

Maybe since it's barely even a thing yet, it might wildly change since that's part of the Valve MO.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

Joe Pera Talks With You might be my favorite show of all time. The way it makes fun of the midwest with such love, and is both hilarious and heartfelt just hits different.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 1 points 4 weeks ago

Ah, ok. The Unifi stuff is a bit weird like that. I recommend installing the controller on a computer if you continue to have issues. You don't have to run it all the time, just use it for config and then turning it off is fine. It'll give you way more information and control over exactly how the AP is set up.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Which model is it? As far as I'm aware all the Unifi APs need the controller for config. It doesn't need to stay running unless you want a couple features for large deployments but you do need to run it to set things up initially. The Air Max / uisp lines are the ones with web based config.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Do you have a continuously running unifi controller or is it only running when you do the config? Does it do the same thing with the controller opposite to how it is now (ie if you aren't running it does it do it when you leave the controller on)?

Are you running the 2.4 and 5 as separate SSIDs or the same one?

Are you on the latest controller and firmware?

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's the second video, and it starts at like 4 or 5 minutes in. It's almost the entire video long.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 5 points 1 month ago

To be honest, they seem to be taking a very media literate approach (impressively so, they definitely learned some stuff about YouTube and how to do this kind of thing) to this whole thing, so I kind of get the "farming for views" stance.

But I get it since that means they are actually getting traction instead of just being a thing that drama YouTube talks about for a week and gets swept under the rug. The video notes he's a very powerful figure in a relatively small town, so they need media pressure on their side.

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 136 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Ill post this comment here too since it's the same video, but you might want to put a content warning on this video, it's pretty rough.

The first video is largely about him running illegal lotteries, which is pretty terrible given the scale they operate at, but it's something that the average person might not know about or really think about it being essentially child gambling.

This second video is an interview with a former employee who was put in solitary confinement for a video that never made it to YouTube because it was actually just them torturing him. Like, legitimate Geneva Convention war crime torture. Constant noise, no idea what time it is because you can't see the sun, constant lights so you can't sleep, constant monitoring, and him running until his feet bled.

If any of it is anywhere near true they need to be sued off the face of the planet in addition to going to prison.

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