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New comment by Paratoner in "Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies broadcasting times"

Paratoner — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:58:16 +0000

I never understood this attitude from native speakers towards their own language. I am a fresh NL citizen, and have struggled SO MUCH to assimilate into society largely due to this prevalent mentality of "dutch sux actually, we can all speak english amirite guys??" its so bafflingly self-destructive to your own culture. But go off I guess.

New comment by Paratoner in "Nvidia DLSS 5 Delivers AI-Powered Breakthrough in Visual Fidelity for Games"

Paratoner — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:17:56 +0000

I am watching the same videos. I simply fundamentally disagree with the premise that "studio lighting everywhere" = better and photo-realistic. But besides all of that, most video games do not actually go for photo-realism as an artistic direction, they bake their lighting in certain ways, intentionally add shadow to create ambience, plus 10000 other things I am unqualified to discuss here. But again, feel free to enjoy what the AI sloppinators are offering, you are on the winning side of that battle as far as investments and bubble-making goes. I simply gave my view on it and regret the direction we are collectively taking, willingly or kicking and screaming towards infinite dogshit.

New comment by Paratoner in "Nvidia DLSS 5 Delivers AI-Powered Breakthrough in Visual Fidelity for Games"

Paratoner — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:54:15 +0000

I hope we take a moment in the future to dissect the fascinating minds of AI tech bros, who have no clue what the heck they are talking about. You see a clear last gen AI yassifier that screws lighting in scenes and looks horrid in motion, and your prn-addeled brain thinks: "GENERATIONAL LEAP! LET THE GOON GAMES BEGIN!" In a way I pray for the coming end.

New comment by Paratoner in "Nvidia DLSS 5 Delivers AI-Powered Breakthrough in Visual Fidelity for Games"

Paratoner — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:51:05 +0000

what does that even mean? Remakes have artists working with original creators to remodel characters in a way that keeps the original art's spirit, failing which they do get the backlash they deserve. This prnified AI filter "touch-up" is not the upgrade you AI evangelists think it is. But keep it coming, I'm sure once we've burned through enough forests we'll reach the desired outcomes.

New comment by Paratoner in "Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)"

Paratoner — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:34:13 +0000

Did you even read the article? No, even just the Title? Nothing is ever impressive I guess. Certainly not a 60 years running manufacturing process where your childhood pieces can be passed down and combined seamlessly with a set you just bought for your kid. So trivial and easy to do guys.

New comment by Paratoner in "OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25M gift"

Paratoner — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:18:31 +0000

I'm not gonna do anything, and passively throw my hands up and let the world end, because eh, wcyd amirite bros? unlucky!

New comment by Paratoner in "We Need to Die"

Paratoner — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:24:17 +0000

Good reductio, and good showcase of how little you know of your true nature. This is just a disagreement on the fundamental nature and needs of a human being. If you think an eternity would go great for you, more power to you. We'll see when/if that happens who's right, and who's delusional. Its pointless to make my case to transhumanist techbros on this website.

New comment by Paratoner in "We Need to Die"

Paratoner — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:19:28 +0000

> for dozens of years

Yeah, that's not eternity. And if you read the article at all you'd know the argument is not against life extension, it's about having constraints, horizons, and deadlines to give meaning and urgency to things.

New comment by Paratoner in "Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?"

Paratoner — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 19:42:41 +0000

It's always the people who have no clue what they're talking about, whether in physiology or philosophy, who insist on speaking so confidently on matters of physical activity and the meaning of life. No, your reductionary argument about the purpose of something like the gym should not be "remembered". People partake in labor and even seek hardships for many individual reasons, most of which do not involve "faking" anything at all. Keep inhaling the data-ist technobro coolaid though, it's awesome to be always online.

New comment by Paratoner in "ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team"

Paratoner — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:01:00 +0000

Goons arresting gooners. In the year of our Lord.

New comment by Paratoner in "Larry Ellison – 'citizens will be on their best behavior' amid nonstop recording"

Paratoner — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:19:17 +0000

> Whether we like it or not,

Seems to be an awful lot of that recently to justify anything, from mass surveillance to crypto fascism. "Its just how things are guys, law of nature!". As citizens of a civilized society, we collectively get to shape and orient how legislation is put into practice. But ofc, if all you and people like you have to offer is pre-deterministic fallacies, then we are indeed screwed.

New comment by Paratoner in "Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version"

Paratoner — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:33:37 +0000

Not sure why this is getting downvoted, you are absolutely correct. The unhinged weirdos are still a minority, but less and less ashamed of their own behavior online. No doubt that dev is better off remaining unnamed in this instance.

New comment by Paratoner in "South Koreans feel betrayed by workforce detentions at Georgia Hyundai plant"

Paratoner — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:56:04 +0000

And it works the way things are unfolding since the start of this year, highly knowledgeable person sir?

New comment by Paratoner in "996"

Paratoner — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:27:26 +0000

Yeah and that's a dystopian dogshit reality to aim for. (Not necessarily implying you are saying that)

New comment by Paratoner in "OpenAI announces AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn"

Paratoner — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:06:03 +0000

These types of comments have to be ragebait or troll farms. In what world does a fully functional adult with a modicum of education think giving free access to his thoughts to corporations and governments is "so hecking cooolll!!!" ???

New comment by Paratoner in "House to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias"

Paratoner — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:28:37 +0000

This is has to be ragebait by a pathetic troll. You haven't even read the first 4 lines of the page you've linked, where it refutes your argument that "this is specific to Trump". At least work a little on your clown material.

New comment by Paratoner in "Model intelligence is no longer the constraint for automation"

Paratoner — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:08:47 +0000

I'm endlessly fascinated by the way these Humans (probably) speak of their follow peers as though they are a problem to solve for.

> Longer term, we can reduce the human bottleneck by

Thank God we have ways to remove the thorn in our(?) side for good. The world can finally heal when the pursuit of fulfillment becomes inaccessible to the masses.

New comment by Paratoner in "Facts will not save you – AI, history and Soviet sci-fi"

Paratoner — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:02:27 +0000

Oh, data gods! Oh, technocratic overlords! Milords, shant though giveth but a crumb of cryptocurrency to thy humble guzzler?

New comment by Paratoner in "Big Tech Killed the Golden Age of Programming"

Paratoner — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:25:10 +0000

> How do we determine what excessive employment is?

Idk perhaps we have a slight hint in the tens of thousands of workers Microsoft _alone_ has laid off in the past year? I'm sure there is no way to intuit that big tech has indeed been over hiring with a clear disregard for its individuals beyond their utility at fixed points in time.

New comment by Paratoner in "I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bullish about LLMs"

Paratoner — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:28:54 +0000

Did you also do that while mewing and listening to an AI abridged audiobook version of the laws of power in chinese? Don't forget your morning ice face dunks.