Basically he's saying they get a blank check for AI tools.

My understanding is this: Tokens in AI wording are essentially measurements of computational time and power. You subscribe to ChatGPT for $X and you get #Y tokens. Each prompt costs a number of tokens depending on how long it takes and how much computational power it takes. The newer and more impressive models that use newer hardware (potentially more power) and expect better results also cost more tokens.

Basically rent a basic sedan for travel for $50 a day or a new sports car that goes faster and burns more gas and looks cooler at $500 a day. Maybe a pickup with practical hauling space for $300 a day.

That's what people are paying for when they subscribe to ChatGPT or Anthropic. That's how those companies make money, especially at scale for large companies.

I've used Mastodon since soon after Twitter was sold. Then when Reddit started killing third party client access I came here too.

I still use Reddit since it's just got the user base, but I'm trying. I run !gamedev@lemmy.world for the fun of it. (Just don't judge me by the least few weeks of upkeep; life has been life-ing. I try to find a few worthwhile news stories to link a day, ideally practical, but sometimes just interesting industry news.)

Is there any tool that makes it easy to host videos on my website and emulate the YouTube watching experience?

Like, people go to my website, watch the video in a player, then when it ends they get a few tiles either of other videos I have up, or recent videos from others I've approved? Maybe it just pulls links and thumbnails from specific RSS feeds I list somewhere on the backend?

If this is as good as they get, they should be embarrassed about how much money they've spent on this stuff. Oh, I prefer the brand of product that I bought multiple times? Shocking!

I'm not surprised though. I bought a microwave through Amazon about a year ago. They showed me other microwaves for like a month after. So dumb.

Yeah, that's another term for the Federal Reserve.

Tetris - The "Citizen Kane of games" that everyone has been waiting for came out before we were taking games seriously. The recorded narrative that makes you feel is literally you getting apprehension, anger, grief, elation, and pure flow state oneness while you yourself play the game, and sort blocks into lines. This game is a slap in the face of anyone that thinks we need the trappings of film to be art.

Portal - Just such a novel game and mechanic, a clever and fun tone, everything fit together properly. Some days I'd change this out for Quake as the mirror of this.

Shadow of the Colossus - What a fucking game.

Dwarf Fortress -My "everything" game. I just want it to keep growing.

And I don't know about the fifth. I'll have to get back to you. Maybe Quake, maybe a GTA, maybe Minecraft. I just don't know.

/edit: Final Fantasy 6 - I'm not saying narrative is bad in my earlier explanation. I'm just saying it's not inherently the medium's strength. But this is great. And the community's mods ("romhacks") are just chef's kiss.

I agree! And the entire film felt like it had annoying background music in a lame "80's straight to VHS" movie kinda way. Or a mediocre montage of what could've been a fine movie. I think this a choice undercuts moments of work between the two of them that could've been used for the tension of figuring things out.

Then again I felt the same way about Fantastic Four: First Steps.

There's some different opinions on the role of AI in game development. Some people only accept it as a coding assistant. Some people say no to even that. But I think you'll find that most people on Lemmy in general say they would rather interact with a person a little broken English than interact with AI against their will.

Please consider others when making a post for a community. Also consider that if people begin to think "oh, is the person that uses AI all the time" every time they see you post, they may avoid your posts and your work in the future. You don't want that either.

I'm 45 now. If you would have told me at half my age how angry and sad I am in general, I probably would've been very confused and broken hearted. I guess the time is important for the desensitization.

I mean, definitely a lot. But probably not as many as we think? But I'm just guessing here.

Yeah, I get the general concern at buyouts, but that's a completely fair take in 2026. Hope SteamDB did well for themselves. But I really haven't used Nexus Mods in forever, and have no idea how it's holding up. Fingers crossed.