Literally every day. I got a new phone without one – P7P, and when I reached to plug my wired headphones in, my next action was ordering a USB-C DAC. It’s stupid that the industry has gone in this direction. An analog jack costs you basically nothing in material costs, it’s like 5mm of plastic and copper, some solder, no more than 0.30-0.52 ¢ on a phone that market retail sells for $900-1200. It’s insanity.
PC Warlock (A): I finish my turn, open the door and take a short rest."
Me (GM): So you what, slump against the wall and take a nap?
PC Warlock (A): “Effectively.”
Me (GM): “You can clearly see an armored bandit in the next room, along with three skeleton archers and another set at the far wall.”
PC Warlock (A): “Can they reach me on this turn?”
Me (GM): “No?”
PC Warlock (A): “Can they hit me with a ranged attack, this turn?”
Me (GM): “Also no”
PC Warlock (A): “Short rest.”
Haha, now show us a map of the size of different stars compared to Sol (ours, in the local solar system).
Sometimes the small stars and communites are the most important. ;)
I mean, it’s a victory if they shout it loudly enough, right? A lie repeated long enough, so it goes:
Company is going bankrupt, users are gone, laying off the bottom quartile of the company, but they stopped the protest! Etc.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/reddits-golden-geese-foul-up-its-ipo-plans-2023-06-16/
It’s like reading the top two lines of a disaster report and declaring victory. Fuck Reddit.
Steam has a sub 2-hour game time no questions asked refund period - what prevents someone from doing exactly what you said using the refund process instead of resale?
I gained sympathy for artificial intelligence and robots from Detroit: Become Human, I think I missed the social message it was portraying in lieu of the science fiction one.
I see an enormous amount of fear and hate being levied out towards artificial intelligence currently around the world, fears it’ll take away jobs and opportunities from real humans, or launch the nukes or something.
I think it’s important to not be racist rowards other humans and organics, but also to be kind to non-humans, machines, and animals. Have compassion towards all sentient beings.
Specialized S-Works bike for $150? Dude, that thing definitely has to have been stolen. They retail for like $4-15K.
I’ve asked extremely high end AI questions on ethics of this nature and after thinking for exactly 14.7 seconds it responded with:
• The ethics of generating images, sound, or other representations of real people is considered no different than active imagination when done for fun and in privacy.
• However, spreading those images to others, without the original person’s consent is considered a form of invasion of privacy, impersonation, and is therefore unethical.
Basically, you’re fine with imagining Robin Williams talking to you, but if you record that and share it with others/disseminate the content, then it becomes unethical.
Hell yeah brother! Space, the outside place!
Er, the final frontier!
I have a folder on my D: called OLDINSTALL.
It’s my entire hard drive from 1996, including DOS.
I think it’s a couple hundred megabytes in size, but the vast majority of the files and games were exclusively in floppy disk format.
I don’t have a floppy drive or any disks anymore.
Hello fellow space alien posting on Terran communications boards.
All of your points are correct with the following exception:
• Matter replicators expend energy to convert it into matter, or do the opposite. It is a lossy process, meaning you do not get 100% as a return. The best S+ or A-5 engineered units are 88-98% efficient.
• Theoretically, fuel in space is “infinite” as stars and hydrogen are literally everywhere, so going to planets to gather resources to disassemble in replicators is both a literal waste of time and energy. Dilithium crystals in the show are a hilarious example of contrived scarcity for plot.
I’ve taken the mass hit and installed gray carpets in key locations of our own ships and instigated a no shoes policy and I’ll tell you what, it’s never been more comfortable :)
You should definitely try installing carpets
If only it worked the other way as well:
Doctor: “Your blood cholesterol is abysmal. Your blood is more similar to maple syrup than blood.”
Subliminal advertising: “Mmm, Coca-Cola means DEATH.”
Never let perfect be the enemy of good
Nice try Anti-P2P :P
She lives in a non-extradition country
Doom (1993), Diablo (1996), amongst others like Chrono Trigger people have mentioned.
I mean, Doom is like a meme at this point “can it run Doom?” And so on.
I recall reading or hearing a rumour that the Vatican had a sealed scroll somewhere which is “to be opened in the event of positive extraterrestrial contact or proof”.
Given secrets of that type don’t often stay secret, it amounts to something like: “God made all life and the creator is in all living creatures” (handwaving).
In other words, the major religions already have their shit prepared.
I’ve noticed wearing an N95 makes the hard gasoline and diesel smells from the highway less bad when cycling-commuting.
Okay, well - I’ve done it for you.
GOFAI: “Pardon me?”