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Comment on OpenAI adds former US NSA chief Paul Nakasone to the board in ~tech
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Comment on What slow-burn game is worth the time? in ~games
Minty LinkFor me this describes Raft, a unique survival game. You're placed in a vast, open ocean, starting with nothing more than a small wooden raft and a hook. The primary goal is to survive by...For me this describes Raft, a unique survival game. You're placed in a vast, open ocean, starting with nothing more than a small wooden raft and a hook. The primary goal is to survive by scavenging garbage from the ocean and gradually expanding and enhancing the raft, while managing hunger and thirst, and fending off a hungry, hungry shark.
In time you discover big and small islands and other sites, as well as scattered notes and environmental storytelling pieces. The slow pace encourages careful planning of your explorations and strategizing raft construction. By the end of the game you're swimming (ha) in options, though. Plus there's co-op.
What gripped me in particular? Hard to tell, honestly. At some point I just found myself practically addicted, and waiting for the next chapter to release.
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Comment on Microsoft's Recall AI feature is now indefinitely delayed in ~tech
Minty Link ParentI think they don't mind Orwellian nightmares. It'll get encryption and a mechanism that censors financial information and passwords, then it'll get released anyway. After the PR disaster dies down.I think they don't mind Orwellian nightmares. It'll get encryption and a mechanism that censors financial information and passwords, then it'll get released anyway. After the PR disaster dies down.
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Comment on YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos in ~tech
Minty Link ParentThey don't even have to inject anything malicious in the ads. Most of the time they are misleading already, including but not limited to mimicking e.g. download buttons, they frequently link to...They don't even have to inject anything malicious in the ads. Most of the time they are misleading already, including but not limited to mimicking e.g. download buttons, they frequently link to scams, and can also link to something malicious in another location. There are laws against some of these, but zero enforcement from even the biggest corpos like Google or Meta. Some people are even getting ads for illegal gun dealers and other such ludicrous abuses.
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Comment on What video games have had you taking real-life notes? in ~games
Minty LinkSubnautica. I printed out a large, blank map of the game ocean, and started carefully charting the positions of my outposts, resources, cave locations, wrecks, Leviathan sightings... and paths...Subnautica. I printed out a large, blank map of the game ocean, and started carefully charting the positions of my outposts, resources, cave locations, wrecks, Leviathan sightings... and paths using those as waypoints. It's not often I get so immersed (ha) in a game like this, and it was an unforgettable experience. Shame the sequel didn't vibe.
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Comment on Box office: ‘Furiosa’ just barely beats ‘The Garfield Movie’ in disastrous Memorial Day weekend — the worst in decades in ~movies
Minty Link ParentToo loud, bad mixing, and yet you can still hear some teenagers left and right, and then you notice somene who decided to look at memes instead of watching the movie, and then someone (sorry) has...Too loud, bad mixing, and yet you can still hear some teenagers left and right, and then you notice somene who decided to look at memes instead of watching the movie, and then someone (sorry) has (sorry) to go (sorry) pee, so (sorry) you have to move.
And then, to your horror, you start to empathize...
Not to mention projection image quality often just isn't sufficient anymore.
I'll pass.
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Comment on How are you dealing with AI generated results in your searches? in ~tech
Minty LinkI survive using Google with uBlacklist Chrome extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublacklist/pncfbmialoiaghdehhbnbhkkgmjanfhe which allows me to easily block garbage results.I survive using Google with uBlacklist Chrome extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublacklist/pncfbmialoiaghdehhbnbhkkgmjanfhe which allows me to easily block garbage results.
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Comment on Why were Ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats? in ~humanities.history
Minty Link ParentI'd like to add ground up mummies were used as paint pigment "mummy brown" which on at least one occasion, and probably a few, was used to paint a mummy.I'd like to add ground up mummies were used as paint pigment "mummy brown" which on at least one occasion, and probably a few, was used to paint a mummy.
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Comment on Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice in ~tech
Minty Link ParentI've been thinking the same. I can't take it any other way, they're genuinely embracing this stereotype, monetizing on it. Handwaving the risks as just fiction, yet blind to their realistic...I've been thinking the same. I can't take it any other way, they're genuinely embracing this stereotype, monetizing on it. Handwaving the risks as just fiction, yet blind to their realistic equivalents.
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Comment on It’s time to bury the defective detective in ~tv
Minty Link ParentPlus there's a reason why the trope is overused—it has been used to great success before. Hence, cheap imitations.Plus there's a reason why the trope is overused—it has been used to great success before. Hence, cheap imitations.
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Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech
Minty Link ParentDNS propagation is usually faster than that. For me, right now, twitter.com stays as twitter.com and x.com stays as x.com, with neither redirecting to the other.DNS propagation is usually faster than that. For me, right now, twitter.com stays as twitter.com and x.com stays as x.com, with neither redirecting to the other.
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Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech
Minty Link ParentNot true, it's also art-stealing T-shirt bots and porn bots. And other bots.Not true, it's also art-stealing T-shirt bots and porn bots. And other bots.
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Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech
Minty Link ParentIf anyone were to make such a decision, it would be him.If anyone were to make such a decision, it would be him.
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Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech
Minty Link ParentI always read such an X as Χ, pronounced "chi". With Twitter, this could end up "Chitter" (close enough to the original), but I too lean more towards "Shitter".I always read such an X as Χ, pronounced "chi". With Twitter, this could end up "Chitter" (close enough to the original), but I too lean more towards "Shitter".
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Comment on Valve's next game may have just leaked / Deadlock appears to be a multiplayer hero shooter that combines elements of Overwatch, Valorant, and Dota 2 in ~games
Minty LinkDeadlock is already a game (1996) of which I have always had some smoldering embers of hope for a remake or an adaptation. I suppose with this trademark the dream becomes ever more distant.Deadlock is already a game (1996) of which I have always had some smoldering embers of hope for a remake or an adaptation. I suppose with this trademark the dream becomes ever more distant.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Minty LinkBlack Mesa. It's excellent. Perhaps the best game ever made even better. Can't wait to get to the Lambda complex.Black Mesa. It's excellent. Perhaps the best game ever made even better. Can't wait to get to the Lambda complex.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Minty Link ParentAnd now imagine being imprisoned for 12 years for having a misplaced rainbow flag in your luggage.And now imagine being imprisoned for 12 years for having a misplaced rainbow flag in your luggage.
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Comment on Students invent quieter leaf blower in ~engineering
Minty Link ParentThey'll refuse to purchase because electric.They'll refuse to purchase because electric.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Minty LinkSo, misplacing two stray .22 bullets. Irresponsible? Yes. Warranting foreign imprisonment for up to 12 years? Cruel and unhinged.So, misplacing two stray .22 bullets.
Irresponsible? Yes.
Warranting foreign imprisonment for up to 12 years? Cruel and unhinged.
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Comment on GPT-4o in ~tech
Minty Link ParentThis story is extremely iffy, as competent prompters are entirely capable of such adjustments. Inpainting, outpainting, transfers, all that. This is equivalent to hiring artists that can't draw....This story is extremely iffy, as competent prompters are entirely capable of such adjustments. Inpainting, outpainting, transfers, all that. This is equivalent to hiring artists that can't draw. I'd say it actually kind of encourages company execs to invest in generative AI if they know that.
Regarding voice acting, you can instruct adjustments somewhat (I figure significantly more with GPT-4o), and then generate with redundancy to pick the best fitting performance. That's how I do when generating lullabies (with XTTSv2), that's how people do with ElevenLabs. This would mean that a company would still need to hire someone to listen through it all very patiently, with an ear for this, and possibly still require a voice actor to provide and license voice samples for cloning.
While nuclear or rocket secrets are intuitive to protect, I feel like this is not so with AI or AGI. That despite government and experts' concerns, the attempts to keep this secret will rather quickly fail.