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ryven

@ ryven @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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  • ‘It shows such a laziness’: why I refuse to date someone who uses ChatGPT

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  • Honestly, I don't use ChatGPT but I'm under no delusions that my "original thoughts" are any better than its. Most of them are just lifted wholesale from books, TV, social media, conversations I had with people who are smarter than me, etc.

  • It should be illegal to introduce any enemy or challenge where you perform perfectly and then you lose through cutscene bullshit

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  • DMC5 does this, it's great! It even unlocks the next difficulty, just like if you had gotten the normal ending.

    (Well, I don't know if there's an achievement, but there is a special cutscene.)

  • US teacher shot by six-year-old student awarded $10m by jury

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  • This doesn't jive with my life experience at all. If my family could have "programmed" me, I would have turned out very differently. Also all my siblings are wildly different people.

    The development of living beings is a messy process and there are significant uncontrollable elements.

  • If you don't understand it instantly you will never get it

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  • This image would be funnier without the caption, I think.

  • Sounds about right

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  • Does Gemini edit images? If it does my guess would be that at some point someone asked Gemini to obscure the identities of the original posters instead of doing it themselves (see: they have the same profile pic but different handles, and the reply has the wrong handle in the "replying to" section). I bet this is also why the color is all fucked up.

  • "I used to be with it"

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  • Edit: The original explanation I had here was that a laser burns pits in the CD material but that was wrong, apparently only pressed discs use physical pits in the material. The laser used in a home CD burner changes the color of a photosensitive dye on a recordable CD. So I think actually "burning" is due to a misunderstanding (which I had until I just looked it up) of how a home CD writer works.

  • What are your thoughs about YouTube clickbait?

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  • I use Youtube a lot. If I see a video from a creator I don't know, or from one I don't care that much about, and the thumbnail sets off my clickbait alarms, I just open the three dots menu and click "Don't recommend channel." I don't think it's a big problem, but it does annoy me and this significantly reduces the amount that I have to put up with it.

    Sometimes if a thumbnail is borderline I'll open it in a new tab so I can entertain it for a few minutes and see if they pay off. If they don't, they get "don't recommend"ed.

    I've also done this for creators who put the "like and subscribe" ask before I've actually seen the content they're asking me to subscribe to, if I'm in a particularly petty mood.

  • 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment

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  • This is the second or third version of this story that I've heard in this comment chain and I'm having trouble searching for articles about the original incident, hits from the new one are flooding the results. Do you happen to have a link to more info?

  • 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment

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  • Also, because this isn’t anywhere near the first time Emiru has been attacked in public, she points out that she’s spent tens of thousands of dollars for her own private security, and wasn’t even allowed to bring her preferred bodyguard with her because he’s permanently banned from Twitch events due to restraining a stalker during a previous event.

    What the fuck? They banned her bodyguard for protecting her and then asked her to come back without him? It's like they wanted her to get assaulted.

  • Top US Army General Says He's Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions

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  • List of video games notable for negative reception

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    Has InZoi been better than the Sims in your opinion?

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  • I played one zoi through most of the idol career track. The career gameplay is very similar to Sims 4, in that you go to your work lot and try to perform all your work tasks before the end of the day. Similarly to Sims 4, I didn't feel like there was a meaningful sense of progression in my skills and career. I went from having 0 in the career relevant skills like singing and dancing to having them maxed out in, IIRC, a little over an in-game week, in which time I didn't perform in any idol shows because that didn't seem to be implemented: work was always training, never performing. (It's possible this has been updated since I played, which was in April, or that performing is hidden behind the very last level of the career track, which I don't think I reached.) Like Sims, you never struggle to advance a skill or have any kind of challenge to overcome, you can improve at anything indefinitely by practicing alone. I started a romance with a coworker, but it wasn't very interesting: it didn't cause drama at work, it didn't affect how my other coworkers thought of me (which was mostly "not at all"), and it wasn't clear to me if the other zoi had any skills, interests or hobbies outside of work. Similarly to the Sims, I think we were at the point where I could have proposed after only one date, which mostly consisted of hanging out at the park. It seems like, similarly to Sims, the actual game mechanics are fairly basic and you need to invent a good deal of your own fun.

    I liked being able to customize items by importing textures. The AI texture generator isn't any good, but the option to noodle around in GIMP and then put my texture on something in the game is neat. I also imported images to make custom posters for my zoi's room. There is also an option to turn a photo of an object into a 3D model of a decoration to place in your house or wear as an accessory, which I had mixed results with but was at least novel.

  • Damned Yankis

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  • Do the githzerai reject violence? They have a whole order of psionic warriors called the zerth. I got the impression they think violence should be used responsibly when it is necessary to defend the freedom of sapient beings against tyranny—they certainly don't regret the rebellion against the illithids, for example.

  • Brb making a Furby Deck

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  • It's a "Secret Lair." These are alternate art versions of cards that already exist.

  • Autism proof

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  • This "fact sheet" looks like Lockheed Martin marketing material. I feel like an enthusiast's fact sheet would be more likely to focus on the plane itself instead of the programs and partnerships.

  • Rock Band 4 to be delisted on tenth anniversary following the expiration of its licenses

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  • I have so many good memories of playing Rock Band in college. I just picked this up for PS4 for like $10, but it looks like the instruments are going to cost an arm and a leg...

  • Truly

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  • The machine seems to be called "Cashnado Alert" so I think you're onto something about the touch screen mechanics.

  • I need to contact a Pro Max adult

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  • Granddad was the Adult Pro Max in our family. Since he passed, Mom and I are both bad at adulting, so we just call each other to commiserate. :P

  • Sunday Is Gaming Day: What Are You Playing Weekly Thread

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  • I always assumed the "gaslight everyone" thing was intentional—that the true power of the wild card was to always be able to play the role that will draw out the aspects of their confidantes' personality that most strongly resonate with their Arcana. This is the power that makes the protagonists the most powerful Persona users, more important (edit: or maybe equally as important) than the ability to bond with any persona.