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Arc raiders is a horrible game

While I agree that it’s a bit disingenuous to call it’s a PvE game I do think that the feel of it is on the PvE side a lot of the times (but considerably less than half of the time). Especially since the ARC robots are so well done. And I don’t encounter other players in a meaningful way every game.

However, I don’t agree at all that it’s a horrible game. I think that it’s a fantastic game! It’s just released and it has some issues. Apart from a couple of small issues I think it’s a game that does the genre extraction shooting great, runs great, and is the first game in quite a while that feels done and polished and not rushed in any way.

Regarding the shot-on-sight and camping I think it’s a double edged sword. Of course it doesn’t feel good to die, especially by camping. But it would not feel good to extract if there was no risk/stress before doing so.

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As a Swede I can attest to that the biggest difference is when approaching 0°C or around 0°. It’s due to the air humidity. There’s still a bit humidity in the air around 0° but when that’s gone you don’t feel too big of a difference after that.

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I switched 3 months ago and have the same experience as you. Got on the $25 tier that has access to all AI assistants/GPT models through their “Kagi Assistant”. So I basically swapped my ChatGPT subscription for the Kagi one which also has the search.

What’s nice is that I can maniacally search for stuff I’m looking into without them being bombarded by ads for it for a month after. Feels refreshing!

Would recommend.

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Is Lemmy becoming too ideologically homogeneous? Thoughts on political diversity in the Fediverse.

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I think you provide the perfect example of what OP is talking about.

In my experience this kind of comments and “far left” views are the norm on Lemmy. I think that in this regard Reddit had (I have not been there since the API shutdown) a much more balanced and wide spectra of political views. Not to mention that everything wasn’t political there. Here I feel like everything takes a “far left”/Marxist turn.

To me, this homogenous political environment turns me off and is one of the primary factors behind me not really using Lemmy that much.

To be clear I do not think that your views should be silenced and whatnot. Just agreeing that this is indeed a “far left” echo chamber.

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ARC Raiders is now Steam Deck Verified

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As I understood it they have explicitly made that the deal with the voice actors. To use their voices for training a model and use for generating voiced dialogue in game. Which leads me to believe that the voice actors have probably been compensated fairly and on agreed upon terms.

This makes it different than just buying/using general voice models that has just scraped the internet of audio content and never hiring or compensating any voice actors.

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`Hope sex will eventually be acknowledged as a sport`: Group in Sweden to hold a sex championship, each ‘match’ to last for 45-60 mins

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I have heard it on multiple occasions in Swedish podcasts. Apart from the the other response you got with a source from the Swedish Sports Confederation, I found you some news articles on it. They are in Swedish, since it’s the source.

Here’s his first inquiry to get it classified as a sport: https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/strippkungen-vill-att-sex-klassas-som-sport-riksidrottsforbundet-rasar And here’s on the sex event he wants to hold:

https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverige-uppmarksammas-haller-sex-masterskap/

https://www.st.nu/2023-06-07/strippkungen-dragan-bratic-startar-tavlingsverksamhet-i-sex

https://www.jp.se/2023-01-19/strippkungen-dragan-bratic-vill-att-man-ska-tavla-i-sex-perverterat-trams

He’s known for these kinds of things in Sweden. He has gotten in a fight with McDonald’s over logo infringement with his strip club sign:

https://twitter.com/Kiisk/status/1316124522735636481

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Let’s talk about your favorite side quests

The two that came to mind was the ones you brought up. Especially “By Three They Came”. I didn’t understand at first where it was going. But as soon as I understood that it ties into the intro cinematic I was floored!

But there’s a quest chain in Zarbinzet where a girl is possessed, which was quite cool.