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  1. Comment on What's a reasonable amount of time to spend on an RPG campaign? in ~games

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    I completely agree with you on shorter games which is why I look for titles like Hylics.

    I completely agree with you on shorter games which is why I look for titles like Hylics.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen releasing February 27th on Nintendo Switch in ~games

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    I am curious what they'll do with the event Pokémon, if anything. Unfortunately, my expectations for Pokémon games are extraordinarily low after the recent releases.

    I am curious what they'll do with the event Pokémon, if anything. Unfortunately, my expectations for Pokémon games are extraordinarily low after the recent releases.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on ‘Sonic 4’: Kristen Bell to voice Amy Rose in ~movies

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    I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I'm a little disappointed since the third film actually felt like the weakest one to me. Can't underestimate the pull of Shadow I suppose.

    The three movies have surpassed $1 billion at the global box office, with the latest installment becoming the highest-grossing film in the series, earning over $490 million.

    I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I'm a little disappointed since the third film actually felt like the weakest one to me. Can't underestimate the pull of Shadow I suppose.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on ‘Sonic 4’: Kristen Bell to voice Amy Rose in ~movies

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    It's unlikely considering they really twisted his leg and gave him a literal golden script to return for Sonic 3.

    It's unlikely considering they really twisted his leg and gave him a literal golden script to return for Sonic 3.

  5. Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech

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    They've had a lot of open security audits since then, so I trust them enough for smart cams. Definitely more trustworthy than Ring.

    They've had a lot of open security audits since then, so I trust them enough for smart cams.

    Definitely more trustworthy than Ring.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on The AI disruption has arrived, and it sure is fun (gifted link) in ~tech

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    Feeding an LLM thousands of raw data cells to manually transform is an awful idea that inevitably results in hallucinations somewhere along the way. Using an LLM to create a script or function is...

    When you can't check the AI's output it's hard to tell if it's actually getting the right result or just getting a result that passes a cursory glance.

    Feeding an LLM thousands of raw data cells to manually transform is an awful idea that inevitably results in hallucinations somewhere along the way. Using an LLM to create a script or function is more reasonable, but it's still not very accessible to someone that has never heard of R or pandas.

    22 votes

  7. Comment on Tesla 'Robotaxi' status check eight months in: a complete joke in ~transport

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    Surely the company, no? The backseat passenger clearly can't be responsible.

    Surely the company, no? The backseat passenger clearly can't be responsible.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Tesla 'Robotaxi' status check eight months in: a complete joke in ~transport

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    There are hundreds of billionaires. I highly doubt anyone here can name more than 20 off the top of their head. Ultimately, the ones you're thinking of are celebrities first and foremost. Being...

    just accept that because our society is bought by billionaire and they want us to personality worship them.

    There are hundreds of billionaires. I highly doubt anyone here can name more than 20 off the top of their head. Ultimately, the ones you're thinking of are celebrities first and foremost. Being interviewed by the media is simply what they do.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Zohran Mamdani reverses campaign promise to expand rental assistance in New York City in ~society

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    Housing works like hermit crab shells. Developers always want to market their new buildings as "luxury" even when they're not. Over time, those "luxury" buildings become the workforce housing of...

    Why would the private market ever build low-margin housing on expensive property, when luxury housing is so much more profitable?

    Housing works like hermit crab shells. Developers always want to market their new buildings as "luxury" even when they're not. Over time, those "luxury" buildings become the workforce housing of the masses, and the cycle continues.

    This same pattern even plays out in socialist countries which use lottery methods to distribute housing. Even when the new development is subsidized, it's likely to have higher demand. It takes time.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on Zohran Mamdani reverses campaign promise to expand rental assistance in New York City in ~society

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    France has insane height limits, and Paris will remain strangled till they accept that the city needs to grow up, not just out.

    France has insane height limits, and Paris will remain strangled till they accept that the city needs to grow up, not just out.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Zohran Mamdani reverses campaign promise to expand rental assistance in New York City in ~society

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    Killing demand is how cities die. Many of those "old retirees" are people that made the city great in their younger days, and they're likely essential community members. Why squabble over the...

    Killing demand is how cities die. Many of those "old retirees" are people that made the city great in their younger days, and they're likely essential community members.

    Why squabble over the limited housing supply when we could focus on abundance for everyone?

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Zohran Mamdani reverses campaign promise to expand rental assistance in New York City in ~society

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    NYC hasn't built enough housing for decades, so it's not surprising rents keep growing. Too many people focus on "empty apartments" and "rent control" when those are tiny bandaids on a bleeding...

    NYC hasn't built enough housing for decades, so it's not surprising rents keep growing. Too many people focus on "empty apartments" and "rent control" when those are tiny bandaids on a bleeding artery.

    10 votes

  13. Comment on SciFi and cosmic horror storytelling in games in ~games

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    Look Outside is another excellent cosmic horror game. It's one of the few that really captures the full experience and minutiae of eldritch entities.

    Look Outside is another excellent cosmic horror game. It's one of the few that really captures the full experience and minutiae of eldritch entities.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on new Date("wtf"); How well do you know JavaScript's Date class? in ~comp

  15. Comment on The right in the US is coming for same-sex marriage with an insidious new campaign in ~society

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    We reached out to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Thomas for comment and did not receive a reply by publishing time.

    We reached out to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Thomas for comment and did not receive a reply by publishing time.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on AI doesn’t reduce work—it intensifies it in ~tech

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    Or they speed up a bad process and create more future work as the article discusses. We've all seen a well-intended process that made everything worse.

    Or they speed up a bad process and create more future work as the article discusses. We've all seen a well-intended process that made everything worse.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Spotify will soon sell hardcover and paperback books through its app, in partnership with Bookshop.org in ~books

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    Weirdly, YouTube Music works since it was carved off to focus on music. Amazon Music is also focused on music afaik. I can't wait for the launch of Spotify Music!

    Weirdly, YouTube Music works since it was carved off to focus on music. Amazon Music is also focused on music afaik. I can't wait for the launch of Spotify Music!

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month in ~tech

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    If a human can't tell a difference, I'm not sure how any model would be able to either. We run into the same situation with LLM text.

    If a human can't tell a difference, I'm not sure how any model would be able to either. We run into the same situation with LLM text.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month in ~tech

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    Are you saying that LLMs are grooming children? Billionaires are bad, but there are only 3,279 billionaires globally which is not nearly enough people to explain the tens of thousands of minors...

    Are you saying that LLMs are grooming children? Billionaires are bad, but there are only 3,279 billionaires globally which is not nearly enough people to explain the tens of thousands of minors abused every year.

    6 votes

  20. Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month in ~tech

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    Can you explain what this looks like? Any sufficiently detailed description sounds like a compressed photo to me, and they're explicitly not sending those. Fully collecting everyone's personal...

    This leaves room for them to create data points about your face from the video, send those data points, and then reconstruct your face from those data points.

    Can you explain what this looks like? Any sufficiently detailed description sounds like a compressed photo to me, and they're explicitly not sending those.

    Fully collecting everyone's personal data isn't something every company does. Discord isn't Facebook. What are the incentives to lie and deal with storing this data?

    1 vote