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  • This is how it is

    This is in fact not how it is–hence the down votes.

    Sex determination is a complicated mechanism that isn’t solely reliant upon chromosomes.

    The “XX is female and XY is male” take is a reductionist rudimentary explanation for the nominal case used to teach children about the basics. In reality there are more combinations than just those two for human chromosomes, and there are situations that cause different manifestations and development periods regardless of one’s chromosomes.

    Sure, most of the time that’s how it is, but it isn’t universal. Which is why using some pseudoscientific “chromosomal truther” interpretation to define either sex or gender is a bad, alienating ideology.


  • Initial development trends toward “female” characteristics. If an embryo has XY chromosomes then normally a gene on the Y chromosome will start to express which pivots development toward “male” characteristics.

    If there’s a mutation on the responsible part of the Y chromosome then that expression may not happen stunting the development of “male” characteristics.

    Certain disorders can prevent the development of sex organs entirely which can lead to the testes failing to develop and subsequent hormone releases to not happen stunting the development of “male” characteristics.

    Other disorders can result in the initial sex organ development, but prevent adequate hormone production which stunts the development of “male” characteristics.


    Since “male” characteristics occur later in the development cycle (and not always when they’re otherwise “supposed” to) at the point of conception all zygotes are of “the sex that produced the large reproductive cell” and since the current administration views zygotes as fully developed people the current administration accidentally classified all humans as female.


    Incidentally there being multiple methods by which one’s sex can be determined incongruously from the typical indication of one’s chromosomes is just one reason why anti-trans bigotry is stupid.






  • I grew up in an evangelical Christian household. I was taught constantly that sex was an amazing experience and basically the best fun someone could have without drugs, but you definitely weren’t allowed to do it. This message was repeated for 20 some years.

    When I hit puberty this meant I got the illustrious combo of constantly thinking about sex and constantly feeling guilty about thinking about sex.

    When I finally did have sex it was fun, but like, no where near as exciting as it had been hyped up to be. It was kind of a let down, but at least I had that knowledge now.

    I can absolutely understand why young men fall into the incel trap or harbour objectifying opinions of others. And if your father fell into that trap, well, you’re gonna have troubled teenage years that will be even more difficult to find normalcy from.








  • Honestly not that big a deal.

    Dude was sentenced in September of 2011 to 17.5 years. He’d have been released in February of 2028, so about 4 and quarter years from now. He’s already served about 75% of his sentence. He’s spent the last 4 years on house arrest.

    Everyone involved in this scheme went to jail and had to pay restitution, and this guy’s off the bench, retired, and thus incapable of re-offending in the same way.

    This seems like a textbook case of the President’s commutation powers, and now the state won’t have to spend extra money on him.

    Biden commuted just shy of 1500 sentences and the media latched onto this case because it’s sensational. If this is the worst of the bunch then it was a good move.

    Our incarceration goals should be to reintegrate people into society not just to put unsavory people in time out.





  • It depends on your jurisdiction, distribution platform, and the AI you use.

    In the US and distributing on Steam you can use AI assets, but you do need to indicate your use of AI.

    Keep a couple of things in mind though:

    • Your future customers may not appreciate that you used AI and you will get downvoted reviews solely because you opted for AI
    • You’ll likely have a better result making as much as you can yourself and using AI to fill in the gaps (i.e. if you have an interior scene, make the models and lay stuff out and maybe only use AI for a picture hanging on the wall or a coach fabric material–things that are inconsequential to the actual game play).

    Overall, I’d say if the supplemental use of AI during development is the difference between you finishing and publishing a game and you not, then sure–go ahead and use it, but make clear to prospective buyers how it was used and be prepared for blowback.