Eji1700's recent activity
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Comment on Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 | Announce trailer in ~games
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Comment on Amazon to allow EPUB and PDF downloads of DRM-free Kindle titles in ~books
Eji1700 LinkGlad to see it, but i'm also glad I got waaaaaaaaaay aware from kindle and amazon forever ago. Pocketbook Era has served me well for years now and i go through libro.fm and similar sites for...Glad to see it, but i'm also glad I got waaaaaaaaaay aware from kindle and amazon forever ago. Pocketbook Era has served me well for years now and i go through libro.fm and similar sites for ebooks/audio because i'm utterly sick of DRM.
Ignoring the whole "well can I loan this book" thing, it was MASSIVELY frustrating when I suddenly wanted to move my titles to a different device or start backing things up and was constantly kicked in the teeth. As always DRM that makes the consumers life worse than the pirates is always such a crap shoot.
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Comment on Order of the Sinking Star | Official announcement trailer in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentI suspect that plus some level of Stephen sausage roll/baba is you style escalation of mechanicsI suspect that plus some level of Stephen sausage roll/baba is you style escalation of mechanics
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Comment on Divinity | World premiere trailer from The Game Awards 2025 in ~games
Eji1700 LinkLooks good (horrifying). I wanted to get into DS2 but it didn't quite grab me. Lots of little things with how the armor was on everyone, the fact every fight very easily devolved into "oh god...Looks good (horrifying). I wanted to get into DS2 but it didn't quite grab me. Lots of little things with how the armor was on everyone, the fact every fight very easily devolved into "oh god we're all on fire" and other small things.
BG3 was fantastic and being tied to the DnD rules I think helped them iron out their issues from DS2, so i'm excited to see them head back to their original IP and really knock it out of the park.
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Comment on Supergirl | Official teaser in ~movies
Eji1700 LinkLooks eh? Maybe it's just because i grew up on that Batman Animated Series era, but another "oh life sucks, better drink away my woes, ugh" story is what i've seen them do to startrek for 10...Looks eh? Maybe it's just because i grew up on that Batman Animated Series era, but another "oh life sucks, better drink away my woes, ugh" story is what i've seen them do to startrek for 10 years. Still haven't seen superman though so maybe i'm missing something.
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Comment on After 42 years, Gainax officially closes in ~anime
Eji1700 Link ParentMostly? It’s got a nice “what the fuck” per minute ratio and it’s gorgeous. She’s no stranger to weird stuff and felt it was kinda odd by the end but she enjoyed the experience.Mostly? It’s got a nice “what the fuck” per minute ratio and it’s gorgeous. She’s no stranger to weird stuff and felt it was kinda odd by the end but she enjoyed the experience.
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Comment on After 42 years, Gainax officially closes in ~anime
Eji1700 LinkJust showed my wife FLCL S1. I know as others have said the talent is long gone, but there's very little I can even put on a similar tier as to their best works. The era ended long ago but it's a...Just showed my wife FLCL S1. I know as others have said the talent is long gone, but there's very little I can even put on a similar tier as to their best works. The era ended long ago but it's a shame to see it enshrined.
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Comment on Is OpenAI Today’s Netscape? Or Is It AOL? in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentThat's kinda why I had cache in quotes, as I realize it's more akin to what you're suggesting, although it depends a bit on what you're seeing the LLM used for. You might improve docs, expand a...That's kinda why I had cache in quotes, as I realize it's more akin to what you're suggesting, although it depends a bit on what you're seeing the LLM used for.
You might improve docs, expand a library, etc. Hell i'm seeing cases where they have an AI generating API calls EVERY TIME THEY NEED THEM, where it takes a single developer to say "hey let me just save that code and execute it next time we need this". We're talking "do this process" is the input, so it would be trivial to map.
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Comment on Is OpenAI Today’s Netscape? Or Is It AOL? in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentI think smarter companies are using this time to "cache" their AI output. Take the most common requests/results, look at them, hard code those, congrats you're no longer using "AI", or more...I think smarter companies are using this time to "cache" their AI output. Take the most common requests/results, look at them, hard code those, congrats you're no longer using "AI", or more accurately LLMs, for those requests.
It leads me to wonder at what point the AI companies are going to turn their API's into "blackbox" models where you just have them process on their side and don't get to see the output so they can keep the reliance.
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Comment on Without looking, do you have a vague idea of your coordinates? in ~talk
Eji1700 LinkI would not know. My dad would. He would be disappointed that I do not.I would not know.
My dad would.
He would be disappointed that I do not.
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Comment on Paramount launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah I don't think I was being clear but I was trying to indicate as much (without having had time to really dig into the news today).Yeah I don't think I was being clear but I was trying to indicate as much (without having had time to really dig into the news today).
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Comment on Paramount launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentIt's actually one of the more interesting questions in regards to globalization, capitalism, and democracy, but probably not the topic for the full discussion, and it doesn't much matter because...Any sane democratic country would not allow this deal takeover to happen, but we are obviously way past thay point in th US.
It's actually one of the more interesting questions in regards to globalization, capitalism, and democracy, but probably not the topic for the full discussion, and it doesn't much matter because we're well into "isn't this a fucking monopoly" territory before you even get into ethical/moral standpoints.
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Comment on Paramount launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentI'm not paying close attention but the claims are that Paramount doesn't have the funds but is instead being backed by the Saudi's. I don't think this is conspiracy/secret, but I also haven't...I'm not paying close attention but the claims are that Paramount doesn't have the funds but is instead being backed by the Saudi's. I don't think this is conspiracy/secret, but I also haven't bothered to vet it myself besides seeing people ramble about it.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Eji1700 LinkMore Holder of Place. Still highly recommend. Finally tried slice and dice. Better than I expected (most videos I’d watched made it seem math heavy). Great time killerMore Holder of Place. Still highly recommend.
Finally tried slice and dice. Better than I expected (most videos I’d watched made it seem math heavy). Great time killer
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Comment on Paramount launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentExtremely unlikely given one of the main points of this sale is that WB has valuable IPs that investors feel the current management can’t leverage, which is a fairly accurate assessmentExtremely unlikely given one of the main points of this sale is that WB has valuable IPs that investors feel the current management can’t leverage, which is a fairly accurate assessment
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Comment on Rapid Support Forces massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah for what it's worth I'm not going to say that there aren't successful methods to mitigate things and my post is mostly just downsides as an example, and the truth is more in the middle. It's...Yeah for what it's worth I'm not going to say that there aren't successful methods to mitigate things and my post is mostly just downsides as an example, and the truth is more in the middle.
It's just that you can't be sure any method is going to work, people being...well people. It's not easy to walk in and figure out who the "bad guy" is once they know you're trying to kill them.
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Comment on Dell CEO pledges $6.25 billion to ‘Trump accounts’ for American children in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentHonestly I think more people should do this given how often and badly most families miss their retirement goals. It opens a lot more problems but I do think the ideal is to get one started when...Getting started early on retirement savings is important and recommended, but before 18 is exceptionally early.
Honestly I think more people should do this given how often and badly most families miss their retirement goals.
It opens a lot more problems but I do think the ideal is to get one started when you’re having a kid along with the “college/career” fund.
As always with the nature of inflation and interest you’re probably better off doing it now rather than later and it might help severely reduce strain on later life problems.
Of course that’s easy to say and much harder to do. Saving for a kids retirement sounds nice but not if the car NEEDS repair or you’re barely able to handle the (gross) college fund stuff
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Comment on Rapid Support Forces massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentAnother point to consider: There is still no real substitute for large numbers of boots on the ground. No amount of tech allows 1 person to beat a hundred. Yes with MASSIVE logistical support you...Another point to consider:
There is still no real substitute for large numbers of boots on the ground.
No amount of tech allows 1 person to beat a hundred.
Yes with MASSIVE logistical support you can get a helicopter up and wipe out a bunch of people, but at the end of the day you have to have boots on the ground to do anything. Providing people who could die and are VERY expensive to equip and maintain is already a huge hurdle.
And then for what? Why are these people trying to kill each other? What about a bunch of foreigners telling them to stop will fix that? A bunch of rich countries send in troops and tell them what to do? That’s going to magically solve the underlying incentives for such atrocities?
This is why countries like China only focus on their interests. It’s not just because they may not care, but because even if they do they don’t have a good solution. You can focus on “this mine will be defended enough to ship X amount of Y per month” and maybe it helps, maybe it doesn’t, but at least there’s a clear goal and a cost for the money and lives spent.
The alternative is send god knows how many people for God knows how long to try and play peacekeeper/tutor/industrialist at absurd cost with questionable gain.
All this when no country is so rich and modern that money couldn’t have been spent locally to improve their own citizens lives instead
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Comment on Rapid Support Forces massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentOr turning around and funding terrorist organizations or all sorts of other problems. There is no easy “magical uplift this country out of hell” solution when things get this bad. No matter what...Or turning around and funding terrorist organizations or all sorts of other problems.
There is no easy “magical uplift this country out of hell” solution when things get this bad.
No matter what you do, even with only good intentions, you’re always influencing cultures massively outside your sphere with only the most vague of realistic expectations.
People want to think that things like Soviet/CIA coups are bad only because they had bad intentions, but they miss that often there’s not a ton of likely good outcomes (or at least the perfect ones they imagine)
This is before you get into the nightmare of things like “yeah we spent 100m arming this militia for maybe good reasons, but fuck your local societal issues”
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Comment on Rapid Support Forces massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentIt’s odd because I’ve seen arguments that this doesn’t actually meet the technical definition: Whiiich might not technically meet the definition of what the RSF is trying to do, but it clearly...It’s odd because I’ve seen arguments that this doesn’t actually meet the technical definition:
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such
Whiiich might not technically meet the definition of what the RSF is trying to do, but it clearly gets into the “who cares” side of things since it’s sure as shit an abominable atrocity if you horrifically kill a large number of people, even if the intent is more arbitrary.
Tank the difficulty would make it mostly a formality orrr maybe just watch a stream of it?