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Comment on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail in ~tech
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Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel
kaffo Link ParentAnother thing to mention about Norway which I haven't seen in this massive thread yet (might have missed it) Watch out for Sunday here, almost everything is shut. You'll get like essentials (gas...Another thing to mention about Norway which I haven't seen in this massive thread yet (might have missed it)
Watch out for Sunday here, almost everything is shut. You'll get like essentials (gas stations, there's special "Sunday stores" with limited hours and some restaurants open, but almost everything non essential is closed. I got caught out the first time I arrived in Norway to visit and tried to get some shopping in Oslo, ended up having to walk pretty far to find somewhere to get food lol. -
Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel
kaffo Link ParentGood advice! I came here to add that (in my opinion) Norwegian tourism isn't great in the cities. Bergan is fine, I hated Oslo personally. The real good stuff is outside the cities exploring (and...Good advice!
I came here to add that (in my opinion) Norwegian tourism isn't great in the cities. Bergan is fine, I hated Oslo personally.
The real good stuff is outside the cities exploring (and the small towns and villages). If you like walking/hiking it's wonderful for going place to place and getting amazing views.That's not to say there isn't good things to see in the cities, but compared to other European cities it's not got the same quantity of stuff to do honestly.
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Comment on Am I German or autistic? in ~health.mental
kaffo Link ParentInner monologues can be very different in presence. Like @rich_27 said, it can be quite unclear, hard to parse and maybe something you can't control or consciously think about. In my case, it...Inner monologues can be very different in presence. Like @rich_27 said, it can be quite unclear, hard to parse and maybe something you can't control or consciously think about. In my case, it sounds just like I'm talking to be honest. I can vary the voice in my head in the exact same way I do my spoken voice and in a weird way it feels like flexing the same muscle. Though I'd say I do have a little more range in my head than reality. I guess like trying to draw a perfect circle, it's easy to imagine and difficult to actually do without practice.
But then you get much stronger inner monologues which can actually be more than one voice, like a chorus. They can vary a lot in pitch, accent, loudness, etc. -
Comment on Am I German or autistic? in ~health.mental
kaffo Link ParentYeah! I watched a video on it recently. You are in the group of people with very active inner monologues. Are you able to make the voices in your head make accents and talk in pitches that you...Yeah! I watched a video on it recently. You are in the group of people with very active inner monologues. Are you able to make the voices in your head make accents and talk in pitches that you can't do physically yourself?
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Comment on Am I German or autistic? in ~health.mental
kaffo Link ParentMy understanding (likely horribly wrong) is if you hear any voice in your head that you can make say any word it counts as an inner monologue. When you read this text, do you hear the words in...My understanding (likely horribly wrong) is if you hear any voice in your head that you can make say any word it counts as an inner monologue.
When you read this text, do you hear the words in your head? If you try can you make a voice in your head say the words on the screen?
Some people have extreme control over their inner monologue and can get it to have full conversations, imitate all ranges and tones of voice, even sing.Mine is very grounded in that it's exactly like if I was reading out loud, but in my head. I'm "saying" the words I'm typing in my head as I do it in my own voice. Sometimes I stop and think about the next sentence by talking it through in my head like I would put loud.
But I can't do much fun with it. Sometimes if I watch a lot of TV or something it'll get stuck in the voice of a character or something for a bit which is funny. If I remember it I can try and put it on in my head but I'm not very imaginative lol. -
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo Link ParentHa I just read it! I can see where you're coming from on some of the aesthetics. I like the style choice of the game and guess it doesn't bother me too much. I personally enjoyed expanding my...Ha I just read it!
I can see where you're coming from on some of the aesthetics. I like the style choice of the game and guess it doesn't bother me too much.
I personally enjoyed expanding my collection and laying out the store, I felt the conpetionist itch, but I stopped myself as I hope they add more content and it gives me something to look forward to going back.
I'd also like to see them improve and expand the database section, I saw that it was a 1.0 addition, but it doesn't quite feel complete yet. With lack of sorting and filtering, it's difficult to use.
I guess I never thought about tracking the members as such. I guess I was had the asshole business guy mentally of "if they don't like it they can piss off" lol "more will come!". I was a lot more interested in the stats of my videos themselves, which rented well and I might need a second or third copy of.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo LinkSkyrim (Lorerim) I've been meaning to play this for ages but it's been on the back burner, especially as it's another Skyrim mod pack, and we all know we all spend longer browsing and downloading...Skyrim (Lorerim)
I've been meaning to play this for ages but it's been on the back burner, especially as it's another Skyrim mod pack, and we all know we all spend longer browsing and downloading Skyrim mod packs than actually playing them.
This one is completely excellent. I am blown away, it is properly like a Skyrim remake in 2026. I'm playing it in third person, with a controller. A feat I never would have attempted in vanilla Skyrim.
Everything looks and feels amazing. Like AAA quality. There's a couple of small niggles that you'd expect with any Bethesda game, like the camera being an asshole in tight dungeons, the occasional crash in really intense areas and a couple of small weird UI things like the equipment comparison window. But the mod pack with like 6000 mods some how holds together better than vanilla, honestly.It's a requiem mod pack which might be a problem for some. I'll be honest, I loved the idea of requiem and the more I play the more I wish it was more like vanilla levelling, unfortunately. I love the idea that you need to prepare for certain types of enemy and your build/equipment means a lot more. But it really bothers me early game when I pick up a lot of quests I can't even start because I get completely bodied by like dragur and vampires, so need to just put a pin in it and come back later.
Though it's nice to come back eventually and flatten the guys who did me in earlier, so there's some pay off eventually.Also there's a weird "dark souls like respawn" mechanic I had to work around which I didn't much like. The author claims that saving and loading in the script heavy mod pack can cause scripts to get stuck forever in your save game, theb cause crashes as you play longer. Which I completely believe. But the "fix" is to basically turn off saving and instead make you respawn at your last sleeping place. You're encouraged to set your respawn outside a dungeon with a camp site and it's smooth enough... But it's a fucking huge waste of time if you die even a couple of times deep into a dungeon. It's a lot of walking and setting up your spells and equipment etc again. My "workaround" was to add the "simple bedroll" mod to the end of the pack and slap that guy down every 5m in the dungeon. That was good enough for me.
My favorite thing is though it's really not some Skyrim simp pack (like every Skyrim mod pack). There's no nudity, the armour and clothes are all reasonable and not like nude boob armour and all the NPCs (especially the important ones!) look like real people and not like super models.
If someone was looking for a Skyrim mod pack in 2026 and didn't mind the requiem and respawn stuff (you can modify the difficulty in the settings) the I would whole heartily say use this pack. I'm 20 hours in and having a lot of fun!
Retro Rewind
This is a really well made shop simulator where you own a 90's VHS store. It's crammed full of nostalgia and charm. The developers are clearly quite talented as everything they've done and added feels really polished.
There's not much to say here except it's a really good around 10 to 20 hour experience of running a VHS store simulator. The content gets a little dry towards the end but they said they are adding a lot more stuff reasonably soon, and I felt like I got my money's worth already. I think I'll come back when they add it. -
Comment on 3D printers, do you use glue stick? in ~hobbies
kaffo LinkMy input is pretty useless here but I wanted to share. I had this v1 Tevo Tornado (lol) I got in 2016 and I Frankenstein'd the hell out of it. One of the things I added was a cheap ass IKEA mirror...My input is pretty useless here but I wanted to share.
I had this v1 Tevo Tornado (lol) I got in 2016 and I Frankenstein'd the hell out of it. One of the things I added was a cheap ass IKEA mirror to the heated bed (yes not glass, that shit is expensive) and I had to glue that to stop my prints from becoming welded to the print bed.
Other mods included: longer and more numerous z screws, complete extruder swap, new mother board and a custom spool holder/filament routing system.
And then one day I killed it by flashing newer firmware to it and not keeping the working one as a backup lol. Rest in pieces Tornado. -
Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
kaffo Link ParentYeah, I agree, I can completely see that being the normal in the not too distant future too (though it could go a lot of ways let's be honest) However, I think my point still stands. There will be...Yeah, I agree, I can completely see that being the normal in the not too distant future too (though it could go a lot of ways let's be honest)
However, I think my point still stands. There will be engineers today who will refuse to take on that new type of role. They enjoy writing code, not actually doing software engineering or architecture. Never mind learning anything remotely close to a product person. They'll just refuse to learn AI tools and the new skills needed for the role.
There will be engineers who are happy to learn. I'm personally keen. I really enjoy that side of the software engineering job and I do a little product owner stuff which I like. I could see it being quite a fun job.
And then I suspect we'll have a wave of new blood who are extremely into their AI tooling/workflows and have a wildly wide range of skill in actually designing software and/or product skills. Some will be shit and some will be extremely effective. -
Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
kaffo Link ParentI agree. For software engineers, I also see the long term of this being three groups of people. Current engineers who embrace AI and find a way to fit it into their work flow. I suspect the...I agree.
For software engineers, I also see the long term of this being three groups of people.
- Current engineers who embrace AI and find a way to fit it into their work flow. I suspect the majority of the current set of engineers though I have a feeling only a subset of them will be extremely effective (though that's the same as software engineers have always been!)
- New engineers who lacked the interest, time or just found writing code difficult, but really excel with AI tools and other software engineering skills. I think there will be a huge group here. And I think some of them will be extremely effective... A lot will be completely useless.
- Current engineers who refuse or simply can't fit the tools into their workflow. I suspect a minority, but good number, of current engineers who really enjoy writing code and find the technical details interesting. The engineer who hates going to planning meetings because they'd rather just get given the next ticket to do and left alone. I'd be shocked if this brand of engineer didn't become hobby only, or maybe a consultant position. Either way, this engineer won't be getting a 9 to 5 with Google or Microsoft.
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Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
kaffo Link ParentIt's wild to hear how different companies and individuals are using AI. I understand we are still in the wild west period and go honestly, no-one knows how to use it "correctly" but it's crazy to...It's wild to hear how different companies and individuals are using AI. I understand we are still in the wild west period and go honestly, no-one knows how to use it "correctly" but it's crazy to see in the same thread how useful it is to one person and how damaging it is to another.
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Comment on Getting permission from your significant other in ~life
kaffo LinkI'd like to offer a possible option 4: The person feels bad asking for the time to play board games. Yes it's a good social activity and these days it's less "weird" but some people still will see...I'd like to offer a possible option 4:
The person feels bad asking for the time to play board games. Yes it's a good social activity and these days it's less "weird" but some people still will see games as a waste of time. Maybe the partner thinks the games are stupid, and it's a hard sell when they go home to ask for the time, then it feels like "asking for permission".
That said, I'm completely in the camp that it's unique per relationship, you'll never really know unless you know the people really well. Could be any option, combo of options or something you've not guessed. Maybe some dude calls his wife "boss" in the bedroom and thinks it's fucking hilarious to do it in social company, you do know.
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Comment on TV series suggestions in ~tv
kaffo Link ParentI read your list and decided to give Danger 5 a go. The first episode made me laugh pretty hard. Good recommendation!I read your list and decided to give Danger 5 a go. The first episode made me laugh pretty hard. Good recommendation!
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Comment on TV series suggestions in ~tv
kaffo LinkSorry if these have already been suggested, there's a lot in this post already to remember! Landman - excellent show following a landman and his family living in Texas as they deal with the...Sorry if these have already been suggested, there's a lot in this post already to remember!
- Landman - excellent show following a landman and his family living in Texas as they deal with the extreme stress of the oil business. It sounds boring, but this is like a 9.5/10 show in terms of pacing, characters and direction. Huge recommend.
- For all Mankind - I saw this recommended above, alt history where the Russians get to the moon before the USA in the 60s and it starts a huge space race instead of killing it. The first two seasons are peak TV, like 10/10. Then it quickly falls off. I think they must have got a writers room or maybe started to get pushed by publishers or something because the quality completely falls off. I would personally stop at the end of season 2.
- Mr Inbetween - I saw a couple of mentions for Barry and this is Australian Barry but it leans towards the more serious side (still a little funny!). It follows a dude who's essentially a hit man, but he'll do anything for cash really. He has a kid, a brother and a couple of episodes in a girlfriend. How he juggles them all and also deals with the emotional pressure of murdering people is what the show is about. It's very big on "show don't tell" and it's very well done. There are scenes in the show where characters say like a couple sentences but their body language says volumes, it's really well done. And the guy who plays Ray also wrote it and directed it! Must watch!
- El encargado - Real left field one here, this one is from Argentina, so avoid if you don't want to watch subs. It's about a building manager who finds out his residents have a plan to evict him from his completely free apartment in the building by building a pool over it, so he goes rogue and does everything in his power to fuck with them and get his way. It's a very particular kind of humor I think, but I really enjoyed it.
- Judy Duty - This makes me cry laughing, no joke. It's the same producers as the office and you can tell. So they set up a TV court case and make a series like the office right, like a mockumentary thing... Except they've also recruited a completely ordinary member of the public to go on the jury. So you've got scenes of dumb shit happening mixed with the same interview format as the office AND there's this dude who has literally no idea that any of it is fake. It's pure gold. Everyone loves the office, this is a complete slam dunk and should be as popular.
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Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes
kaffo Link ParentI like this thinking. There are many places on the internet to get excited about Harry Potter and ignore the bigotry, but there are few that are willing to do the opposite. And I would...I like this thinking. There are many places on the internet to get excited about Harry Potter and ignore the bigotry, but there are few that are willing to do the opposite. And I would (personally) prefer that we are one of those places that really does actually care.
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Comment on Why Scotland succeeded in ~humanities.history
kaffo Link ParentThanks for posting! The story keeps getting interested after that as well if you're interested. Glasgow had always been the ship building capital of the empire, and in the industrial revolution it...Thanks for posting! The story keeps getting interested after that as well if you're interested. Glasgow had always been the ship building capital of the empire, and in the industrial revolution it was almost like a steam punk city with iron clads, factories lining the river Clyde and a thick sea of smog across the whole city.
Then after the war, we didn't need boats any more... And the whole trade completely imploded. Thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs and ended up in slums. By the late 1900s Glasgow was a shadow of it'd former self. No money, left to rot, the population quickly sliding down the class scale.
Recent years there's been money from the financial sector in Glasgow, and there's been improvements, but it's not ship building capital of the world any more.Definitely worth a read of the history. Aberdeen too. It's also suffered it'd own fall from grace with the oil situation in Scotland.
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Comment on Job hunting absolutely sucks right now in ~life
kaffo LinkAlso software engineering. I'm really sorry you're looking for a job right now, it's definitely very difficult. We've been recruiting this year for all levels, junior though to senior and it's...Also software engineering. I'm really sorry you're looking for a job right now, it's definitely very difficult.
We've been recruiting this year for all levels, junior though to senior and it's extremely rough for everyone. There are volumes more CVs for each position than previous years meaning we've had to do more aggressive screening. Then when it's come down to choosing a candidate a huge amount of it comes down to luck, because we have an unusual amount of choice and sometimes it's just who we interview first or some arbitrary thing like someone has a shorter notice period.I guess it's probably only going to get more difficult. I can honestly see AI making software accessible to a different group of people it didn't before, while probably alienating a group of current developers. Who knows if one group is smaller or larger than the other.
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Comment on Digg has shutdown (again) in ~tech
kaffo LinkI feel like I read it differently? The site was still up in a alpha/beta phase right? It was never "ready" (though I didn't keep up with it so I dunno if they actually did go "live"). Even so, I'm...I feel like I read it differently?
The site was still up in a alpha/beta phase right? It was never "ready" (though I didn't keep up with it so I dunno if they actually did go "live").Even so, I'm reading this as they tried something and considered it a failure, so they are regrouping (with a smaller team) to try something new. Not that it's completely dead.
That said, I'm still not particularly interested personally. Tildes has proved the exact kind of online social experiment I needed for the most part.
The only thing that would get me going would be a social media platform that tried to emulate early Facebook and MySpace. Mostly just a social media space where you are friends with your actual friends and your feed is people you actually know. It'd need to do some thing pretty smart though in 2026 to not end up an Instagram cesspit of meme pages and influences.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
kaffo LinkHaven't posted in a while, but I've been playing a lot of... Survival: Fountain of Youth This is a survival crafting game set on some made up Pacific Island as your part of a crew that goes off...Haven't posted in a while, but I've been playing a lot of...
Survival: Fountain of Youth
This is a survival crafting game set on some made up Pacific Island as your part of a crew that goes off looking for the Fountain of Youth, but of course end up ship wrecked.
I'm one of those people who loves the idea of survival crafting games, but they are all way too grindy. This one, thankfully, is not.
In general, non spoiler, terms. The progression is really nice. There's very little actual gating you from progressing in this game, but there's a lot of stuff to build and craft to over prepare. It never really makes you grind to get all the gear either (except a little mining).
There's a huge complaint on the steam reviews about the number of menus in this game and I get it, the game is menu heavy. There's no animations for harvesting or building like the forest or something, everything is a menu. But it's all done with some reasonable thought put into it. For the early game to mid game you will be deciding how much time, tool durability and stamina you want to put into any action. I felt it was a fun mini game. It does become way less of a problem later when you have gear and food but the menus are definitely a preference thing.
Extremely light progression format spoilers
The game is broken up into 5 islands which you explore one by one. To unlock the next you need to either follow the completely average storyline with hilariously over the top voice acting, find pieces of map around the current island or build the next tier of boat. If you do all three you get a skill point.
I like this progression, it give you a lot of freedom. I've been doing all three the whole time, but I can easily see someone shorter on time just doing one and going right to the next island.
The combat is completely fine, there's base building and a reasonably complicated disease system. I like the cooking and drinking mechanics. The maps are really well thought out and clearly everything is hand placed which is really great to see.
Overall I would recommend it if a. You like survival crafting and b. You can deal with the menus.
I very much agree with this thought. I'm honestly quite excited to see the possibility of that AI could do to change the way of working. Maybe it'll really not have much of an impact and that's not a big deal, that's fine.
Maybe it'll have a much larger impact and we'll see white collar work change in a large way.
But yes, this has happened so many times before to humanity, we've had huge shifts in how we work and we always find new things to do.