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Comment on Big balk: On Big Walk, Independent Games Festival, and the present unpleasantness in ~games
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Comment on Big balk: On Big Walk, Independent Games Festival, and the present unpleasantness in ~games
unkz Link ParentOn the contrary, I find that your expanded context only drives the point in better and in more detail. I don’t think I misrepresented a single word.On the contrary, I find that your expanded context only drives the point in better and in more detail. I don’t think I misrepresented a single word.
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Comment on Big balk: On Big Walk, Independent Games Festival, and the present unpleasantness in ~games
unkz Link ParentNo, I read the whole screed. I get it, the author hates AI and thinks that the existence of it is a “noxious political project” and any use of it at all crosses an “ethical boundary” so obvious...No, I read the whole screed. I get it, the author hates AI and thinks that the existence of it is a “noxious political project” and any use of it at all crosses an “ethical boundary” so obvious even a 6-year old should understand. Users of AI are “unscrupulous actors” doing the moral equivalent of “lying” and “cheating” — anyone who doesn’t align with this belief should “fix their hearts”.
I broadly disagree.
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Comment on Big balk: On Big Walk, Independent Games Festival, and the present unpleasantness in ~games
unkz LinkAll I’m really taking from this controversy is that I don’t think the IGF awards are aligned with what I think is important about games and I probably won’t pay attention to their awards because...All I’m really taking from this controversy is that I don’t think the IGF awards are aligned with what I think is important about games and I probably won’t pay attention to their awards because they probably won’t be surfacing or platforming the best games. They’ll be awarding the best people can manage to do with a lot of effort for the sake of effort. Which is fine — people have a right to want only the finest artisanal bits and bytes made by free range programmers, but I’m not super interested in that personally.
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Comment on Finland says it will restrict entry to the country for Russian athletes because of the war in Ukraine – change takes effect from Monday in ~sports
unkz LinkIt’s really the only reasonable position. Russian international relations should not be normalized.It’s really the only reasonable position. Russian international relations should not be normalized.
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Comment on Canada launches the Real-Time Rail, bringing 24/7 payment infrastructure to the national economy in ~finance
unkz LinkUnbelievable that this is actually happening. We’ve been talking about it for a decade, and I was of the opinion that it was going to just fail to launch ever. Goodbye EFTs! You won’t be missed in...Unbelievable that this is actually happening. We’ve been talking about it for a decade, and I was of the opinion that it was going to just fail to launch ever.
Goodbye EFTs! You won’t be missed in the slightest.
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Canada launches the Real-Time Rail, bringing 24/7 payment infrastructure to the national economy
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
unkz Link ParentI actually got frustrated that no fitness app did the precise things that I wanted, so I made my own with Claude. I still use Hevy for lifting (via API substantially) but most of my cardio is on...I actually got frustrated that no fitness app did the precise things that I wanted, so I made my own with Claude. I still use Hevy for lifting (via API substantially) but most of my cardio is on my own software now. I don’t know about public apps, but you can absolutely connect up to most sensors via Bluetooth and do your own logging and analytics without ever involving the cloud.
For hardware specifically, I’ve integrated with Whoop heart rate and cycling, and also my Apple Watch/Iphone for display.
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Comment on Those Vegan Cowboys (vegan, real cheese) in ~food
unkz Link ParentWould there be any point? Like, wouldn’t they be essentially equivalent to pasteurized milk products? My understanding is, raw milk cheese gets its flavour from microbes and enzymes that aren’t...Would there be any point? Like, wouldn’t they be essentially equivalent to pasteurized milk products? My understanding is, raw milk cheese gets its flavour from microbes and enzymes that aren’t destroyed by the heat but lab grown casein would be even more pure and free of microbes and enzymes.
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Comment on A couple of posts about AI and the Independent Games Festival awards in ~games
unkz Link ParentThe thing is, inference can’t become too expensive. Frontier models might stagnate (although I can pretty much guarantee we are not at the end of the improvements from simply throwing more data...The thing is, inference can’t become too expensive. Frontier models might stagnate (although I can pretty much guarantee we are not at the end of the improvements from simply throwing more data and hardware at the problem) but we can already run super capable models on commodity hardware. Basically anything powerful enough to play decent video games is enough to run a coding agent. It doesn’t even matter if the curve stops exactly where we are right now, today because we already have an incredibly useful level of AI.
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Comment on A couple of posts about AI and the Independent Games Festival awards in ~games
unkz (edited )Link ParentThat’s fascinating. Will programmers somehow stop using it en masse? Why will they do that? Or what do you mean by AI no longer staying? To give you some idea of where I’m coming from, imagine...I will agree that I don't think "AI is here to stay”
That’s fascinating. Will programmers somehow stop using it en masse? Why will they do that? Or what do you mean by AI no longer staying?
To give you some idea of where I’m coming from, imagine OpenAI and Anthropic go bankrupt tomorrow and their services shut entirely down. Deepseek weights are open source and virtually as capable, but I can run them on my desktop. There’s no way to put this genie back in the bottle, is there?
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Comment on Chinese whispers in Dhaka: 1000s of vloggers film suburb, claim they’re in ‘dirty’ India. No one knows why. in ~tech
unkz LinkFound this other source which may actually be the only source https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/ietymx1n03 Very weird. I could understand one or two vloggers out there farming engagement but...Found this other source which may actually be the only source
https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/ietymx1n03
Very weird. I could understand one or two vloggers out there farming engagement but this seems vastly too large in scale. Who could be directing this and to what end?
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Chinese whispers in Dhaka: 1000s of vloggers film suburb, claim they’re in ‘dirty’ India. No one knows why.
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Comment on Historic voter turnout powered US Democrats’ blue wave in ~society
unkz Link ParentIn fact the variability of access is key to proving my point. Mailing a ballot to every voter only increases turnout by 2-4%. Making it easy to vote isn’t the issue. Making these people care in...In fact the variability of access is key to proving my point. Mailing a ballot to every voter only increases turnout by 2-4%.
Making it easy to vote isn’t the issue. Making these people care in the slightest about voting is.
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Comment on Historic voter turnout powered US Democrats’ blue wave in ~society
unkz Link ParentDon’t forget that people can vote by mail pretty much any time they want. The low turnout is because people do not care at all about voting.Don’t forget that people can vote by mail pretty much any time they want. The low turnout is because people do not care at all about voting.
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Comment on Infinite Sudoku - a little timewaster I made in ~games
unkz Link ParentAha. Well, perhaps not quite as optimal for your use case but close, you can use the lasso tool and select cells using the pencil and fill multiple pencil marks at once. This seems pretty useful...Aha. Well, perhaps not quite as optimal for your use case but close, you can use the lasso tool and select cells using the pencil and fill multiple pencil marks at once. This seems pretty useful to me, like if I’m eliminating a naked pair/triple from the rest of the house/row/col I can quickly select them, then remove all three with three button presses while staying in pencil mode.
For me, I’ve found that i often quickly go through a sequence of permanent marks as I use the selected cells as a sort of visual cue to eliminate candidate cells as if I were entering the numbers directly. But I usually do this with all the pencil marks filled, so it’s easy to see. Sounds like you do only some pencil marks as you fill permanent numbers?
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Comment on Does Shawarma Law give a more definitive answer on whether or not a Hot Dog is a sandwich? in ~food
unkz LinkIf lettuce in a shawarma is a lie then I don’t want to know the truth.If lettuce in a shawarma is a lie then I don’t want to know the truth.
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Comment on Infinite Sudoku - a little timewaster I made in ~games
unkz Link ParentWell that’s my intended behaviour, so eg. if I see multiple cells where I know the answer is 2 I can quickly select all of them and then write them in with a single press of the 2 button. How were...Well that’s my intended behaviour, so eg. if I see multiple cells where I know the answer is 2 I can quickly select all of them and then write them in with a single press of the 2 button.
How were you expecting it to work?
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Comment on Infinite Sudoku - a little timewaster I made in ~games
unkz Link ParentI couldn’t figure out how selecting squares works on goodsudoku but I implemented what in my humble-ish opinion is way better with an explicit lasso mode, that I actually use exclusively now. You...I couldn’t figure out how selecting squares works on goodsudoku but I implemented what in my humble-ish opinion is way better with an explicit lasso mode, that I actually use exclusively now. You can select multiple cells and write them all at once in either pencil or pen mode, and in pen mode it automatically deselects so you can use the keypad to highlight a different number. I flew through today’s easy puzzle in 2:01 with this mode.
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Comment on Infinite Sudoku - a little timewaster I made in ~games
unkz Link ParentThere’s a big keypad option now, and writing a number deselects the cell so you can use the keypad to choose a new number to highlight. Some of the messages were hard to read in dark mode too so I...There’s a big keypad option now, and writing a number deselects the cell so you can use the keypad to choose a new number to highlight. Some of the messages were hard to read in dark mode too so I fixed that. Also a lock option to zoom in the puzzle and disable panning which is a bit nicer to work on. I’m not really sure how the cell selection works in goodsudoku — it seemed super finicky, like I could only hold and drag so it was impossible for me to pick what I exactly wanted.
I’ve seen Trump’s games, so if they were given an award for being a great game then I would not be ok with it because the games are low quality racist trash. That would go against my idea of what a great game is. But, if it turned out that Trump owned Bethesda, for instance, I wouldn’t stop liking Fallout.