WastedJobe

In engineering/manufacturing, machine learning can be used to monitor performance and predict part failures of machines so you only do maintenance when it’s actually required. Parts are usually replaced when the warranty runs out, but they will often still be good for a while.

Great for film sound too. You’re filming a rainy scene and the rain is way to loud? You had to get the actors into the studio and do voiceover, now you can often just filter it out.

The story is only stupid if you don’t write it well. Think about how Raider of the Lost Ark stays the exact same without Indiana Jones. It sounds stupid, but what makes the story good is the characters and how they interact, their motivations and goals, the journey they take.

You can take any classic story and explain it in a stupid way to make it sound bad. Star Wars is about a kid being radicalised by a crazy old guy and committing acts of terrorism on government buildings, and the vice president is actually his dad. Sounds kinda dumb, but it’s one of the most iconic stories of the 20th century.

As for your own idea, I don’t see what’s stupid about it. Batman’s parents were hella rich and he’s awesome.

Anyway, I recommend Brandon Sanderson’s lecture series about writing Fantasy and SciFi, its on his YT channel.

I hope this brings stoat.chat more attention. It’s promising, but not at the same level in terms of features.

The thing is they aren’t (yet). It looks like the EU might be thinking about introducing some sort of requirement for age verification, but it’s nowhere near decided enough for Discord to demand it globally. There are also methods of age verification that are much better and more secure than what they will use, like the German AusweisApp.

Fog machine fluid. Love that smell. (I realise I could just get a fog machine, but it’s funnier as a candle.)

This depends on whether the other person is willing to do the same. I have a few basic premises which I base my political opinions on, starting with “All humans are of equal value.” If they come to different conclusions from first principles we can agree on, there is an interesting conversation to be had.
If someone has an entirely different set of basic principles, I will have a hard time understanding them, but if they are willing to try to understand mine, I will listen to them as well. I will give no time to someone whose mind is already made up.
EDIT: To more directly answer the question, I don’t think talking to a hardcore, true believer-type nazi will go anywhere, but if someone who had a right-leaning viewpoint handed to them by their upbringing and surroundings is willing to listen, I would at least want to know how they got where they are so I know how to best make them understand my own point of view. Is this the same as empathising? I couldn’t help myself but try to convince them of my point of view.

How do I know which Fedora I am at?

Ready or Not is pretty cool, it’s basically a SWAT simulator. More lore than story though. Don’t know about DRM.

I’m gonna stop being passive and pleasant and start speaking my mind.

The .ml admins are, to put it mildly, far left. That’s why it’s great to have other instances like lemmy.world, feddit.org etc. If you don’t agree with how the admins run an instance you can make an account somewhere else without missing out on content.

They’re puttin’ cameras in the cars to turn the friggin’ trucks gay! (/s for those who don’t know the reference)

Ty and That Guy, if you’re into movies. They are Ty Frank and Wes Chatham. The Podcast started as an episode by episode discussion oft The Expanse (Ty was an Executive producer and co-author of the novel series and Wes played Amos), but they branched out to just talk about any movies they like. Amazing insider knowledge there.