Honestly, this lawsuit is laughable. James Earl Jones himself allowed his voice to be used to train AI before his passing, and his family has given their blessing on this implementation in Fortnite.

Besides, it's not like this Darth Vader AI is replacing any jobs; it's a chat bot, capable of giving live responses to players across many live matches ongoing around the world. Unless it is feasible to hire a massive team of Darth Vader voice actors to be able to respond to player requests to "force choke me daddy Vader" live across hundreds of ongoing matches while staying completely in-character 24/7, their argument about Epic Games "replacing voice actors with AI" holds no water.

just hang towels in front of and behind it lmao

he should be the one wearing headphones. you do not deserve to be gaslit into suffering through this poor excuse for "accommodations" for him.

multipoint bluetooth headphones exist. open back headphones exist. make him use them.

if he's not willing to budge, you'll need to separate the TV from your PC; one has to be relocated to a different room, preferably as far as possible. that plus shutting the doors should be the maximum amount of effort you'll put into accommodating your partner. if that is inadequate, i recommend couples therapy; or just dump him.

I've had a cube for quite a few years now for casual fidgeting. My current best time is just under 50s using this official Rubik's Cube guide (plus a few personal optimizations).

I've tried my hand at proper speedcubing algorithms, but they're just a bit too complex for me to handle, and I'm perfectly happy where I am at with my cube.

Anyways, be proud of your son, and don't kick yourself for not knowing how to solve it. At this point it's a memorization game, and if that's not your cup of tea, that's fine!

I agree with you, but only if everyone is paid a living wage, aka universal basic income.

It's because the comic strip's style and history didn't fit the story being told. If anything, it was a massive tonal shift compared to previous comic strips in the whole webcomic.

The author was used to the 4-panel comic layout, which was great for comedic setups and punchlines, and didn't know to switch to something more appropriate for such a somber subject in Loss. That's why Loss feels lifeless, rather than sad.

There are so many great ways to add tension and emotion in comic form through panel layouts, compositions, style, and shading; if Loss had employed any of those to convey a compelling emotional story, it would not have been so badly received, even if posted in the same webcomic series.

play an MMO game. plenty of ways to break into friend groups there.

just learn at your own pace and don't burn yourself out. if you're enjoying what you do, you're good to go. if you have an off day where you're just not feeling it, then take a day off from it.

any fucking thing with touchscreens or touch buttons. those stupid things barely ever work and imagine not being able to use your appliance once that shit breaks.

bro doesn't know the difference between "stay safe" and "play safe"

based take

Not really an answer to your question, but Firefox + Ublock Origin will fix that problem for you.

technical art and programming for video games

English, Cantonese, Mandarin, German, Japanese

I'm native at the first two, fluent in Mandarin, currently learning German, and Japanese I learned by watching Puyo Puyo gameplay.

you're mixing up sex and gender.

sex is the genitals you are born with.

gender is a societal role, stuff like "males are supposed to be strong and emotionally distant" and "females are supposed to be beautiful and submissive to males".

one does not necessarily have to lead into the other equivalent. why can't men wear dresses and makeup? what makes something "boyish" or "girly"? why does a "male" or "female" label define what a person can and cannot do for the rest of their life? do they not get a say in what they want to be defined as?

the only, only useful thing about biological sex labels is for medical and sexual purposes, and yet we base almost everything else in life and society around it. that's just an inefficient use of space on an ID card.

Oh man, I had that phase in my teenage years where I was absolutely obsessed with all that EDM music. My tastes are more varied now but I still enjoy those absolute headbangers.

• I.Y.F.F.E - Jurassic
• Lock N Bounce - Illusions
• Rameses B - Full Force
• xKore - Full Russian
• RIOT - Overkill

Monstercat Uncaged is still a great label to search through if you want more of this high energy stuff.

no you become a YCH

i didn't learn art from tutorials; it's mainly some passion, some practice, and then going to art school where i learned new techniques, then stopping and finding my true passion in game programming.

anyway, a couple of tips:

• draw what you see, not what you think you see; to illustrate, take a picture, flip it upside down, and try to copy that in procreate
• pay attention to negative space; that's the space between objects. if you're drawing a still life of a fruit bowl, focus on area around the fruit bowl.

so you're saying that big bara men powerfucking each other is the gayest thing in existence?

i'm down.

yo his work is sick