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Comment on Teams bluetooth audio compatibility sucks. What options do I have? in ~tech
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Comment on I did a drawing! It sucked! Any advice on how to make it better? in ~creative
NibblesMeKibbles LinkCould be a solid beginner drawing with some minor touch-ups: The top 2 big strands of hair need to tuck behind more, like the center top strand does. Currently looks like a plastic fern sitting on...Could be a solid beginner drawing with some minor touch-ups:
- The top 2 big strands of hair need to tuck behind more, like the center top strand does. Currently looks like a plastic fern sitting on head
- Bushy eyebrows make a barbarian manly (ignore if not desired), even a chibi one
- The nose positioning (too high) is adding an uncanny or alien-like feeling to the face. Additionally you could try smaller noses or no nose at all
- The hands are different sizes
- Less T-Pose would make it more dynamic, even something as small as bend his right arm a bit, and correct the right sleeve to droop correctly like the left sleeve
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Comment on I just had a weird experience, one possible interpretation of which is that my iphone just read my mind in ~talk
NibblesMeKibbles LinkAnecdotal coincidence. Typing "what is the name of the ship" in my search bar on a fresh installation of Chrome has "in wall-e" as the fifth suggestion, among others like "the matrix", "guardians...Anecdotal coincidence.
Typing "what is the name of the ship" in my search bar on a fresh installation of Chrome has "in wall-e" as the fifth suggestion, among others like "the matrix", "guardians of the galaxy", etc.
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Comment on People with visible abs, when did you reach it? in ~health
NibblesMeKibbles LinkI've always been tall and thin, with a flat stomach my entire life. No matter what ab exercises I did (planks, bicycle crunches, etc) my abs never grew to be visible. That all changed when I got...I've always been tall and thin, with a flat stomach my entire life. No matter what ab exercises I did (planks, bicycle crunches, etc) my abs never grew to be visible.
That all changed when I got an ab wheel. Instead of the widely harped "abs are trained by sustained exercises", the ab wheel turned it into the "until muscle failure" that you use for all the other muscle groups for body building. Within a few weeks for repeated muscle failure with rests I went from completely flat to what you have in your pictures.
The 2 most important things are proper form to ensure you target only your abs (no back, shoulders, legs, or arms) and to repeat until failure. In other words, no different than any other single-muscle-group exercise.
Muscle failure promotes muscle growth, if kneeling fails to reach failure in a timely manner then it's time to do standing rollouts. You mention doing 7/8/1 reps with other exercises, then wildly jump up to 75 with abs. Why give abs a special treatment when it should be treated no different than any other muscle group? For standing rollouts, start small if you have to, only rolling out a couple dozen cm, but general principle is the same as all body building: maintain control, target the muscle, and reach failure timely.
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Comment on Magnus Carlsen became only the second chess player, and the first in nearly two years, to score a perfect 11/11 in Titled Tuesday in ~games.tabletop
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentWhen the title of "greatest of all time" is brought up in chess, it's meant relatively to the competition at that moment in time. How dominant they were and for how long. Chess is a growing sport...When the title of "greatest of all time" is brought up in chess, it's meant relatively to the competition at that moment in time. How dominant they were and for how long.
Chess is a growing sport that learns from its past, so you're correct that the current greats surpass the previous.
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Comment on Do you know any games with excellent gameplay but horrible graphics? in ~games
NibblesMeKibbles LinkHere's a few indie games that require you to have a keen sniffer beyond the first-glance impression of its Store page: Cogmind Devil Daggers Final Upgrade Luck be a Landlord Nightmare Reaper SNKRX...Here's a few indie games that require you to have a keen sniffer beyond the first-glance impression of its Store page:
Cogmind
Devil Daggers
Final Upgrade
Luck be a Landlord
Nightmare Reaper
SNKRX
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Comment on Thoughts on making Tildes groups more independent in ~tildes.official
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentI tended to join fresh communities, particularly indie games that were rising from the ground up. I would comment frequently in helping new players, developed new strategies by bouncing off ideas...I tended to join fresh communities, particularly indie games that were rising from the ground up. I would comment frequently in helping new players, developed new strategies by bouncing off ideas with other, and make both informative or funny/meme content. It's not the karma/internet points, it's saying goodbye to an era, a massive chapter of my life. People who invested in the community of Reddit migrating to a new platform will most likely invest into said new platform, which correlates to a boom in Tildes activity. I'm not trying to make it sound dramatic, just giving some insight into how a more-than-insignificant of the new Tildes users may (or may not, who knows) just stick around for the long term unlike past historical Tildes user booms. And relatively speaking that seems to be a big deal for the site.
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Comment on Thoughts on making Tildes groups more independent in ~tildes.official
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentMy stance as a refugee: I think you might be underestimating us, at minimum a bit. The majority of refugees were those active with the protests, many old accounts over a decade old, and thrown...My stance as a refugee: I think you might be underestimating us, at minimum a bit. The majority of refugees were those active with the protests, many old accounts over a decade old, and thrown aside due to RiF & Apollo dying. Those that actively sought out a Tildes invite, and many who deleted their entire account history of hundreds/thousands of comments & posts such as myself, have a lot higher commitment to stay than those from the outside may realize. Then again, I too may be overestimating the percentage of refugees who made it into Tildes that followed the same path as myself.
It's possible a sudden influx of 5,000 higher quality users (lack of a better word for those that agree with Tildes' ideologies and are actively engaging) can lead to a permanent perpetual activity, never returning to a lull/slow-pace Tildes was prior. Time will tell, certainly exciting for both sides!
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Comment on Did money buy you happiness? in ~talk
NibblesMeKibbles LinkFor those in poverty money quite literally can buy happiness. Those struggling to find a meal? Living in agonizing stress from living paycheck to paycheck? Purchase a pair of shoes that don't have...For those in poverty money quite literally can buy happiness. Those struggling to find a meal? Living in agonizing stress from living paycheck to paycheck? Purchase a pair of shoes that don't have a hole in the toes?
It's once you leave poverty that more money exponentially becomes less directly correlated to happiness. The difference between 1 vacation a year versus 2? 5,000 in a 401k versus 50,000? A summertime beach house?
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Comment on What are your latest gaming achievements? in ~games
NibblesMeKibbles LinkEach year I revisit the website (now turned Steam game) 3D Aim Trainer, each year expecting myself to be unable to reach my previous peak due to my glory days being behind me. Yet each year I...Each year I revisit the website (now turned Steam game) 3D Aim Trainer, each year expecting myself to be unable to reach my previous peak due to my glory days being behind me. Yet each year I satiate my worries by setting a new record for global rank percentile, this year I managed to bring it up to Top 0.7%. Shame I'm not as enthralled in competitive FPS as I used to be, though that's debatably for better or for worse ;)
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Comment on Looking for suggestions for games that don't require hand eye coordination or fast twitch reflexes in ~games
NibblesMeKibbles LinkSurprised no one has mentioned no-pressure resource management and/or automation. Games like Dyson Sphere Program, Satisfactory, and what I'm currently playing through now, Captains of Industry....Surprised no one has mentioned no-pressure resource management and/or automation.
Games like Dyson Sphere Program, Satisfactory, and what I'm currently playing through now, Captains of Industry.
Build and learn at your own pace as there's no immediate threat (e.g. Factorio). Rebuild large portions of the factory or even restart over mid-save with a clean slate if you realized you dun goofed. No pressure, it's just you vs the strife of perfecting automation.
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Comment on Music makers - let's hear your recent jams! in ~creative
NibblesMeKibbles LinkFew months ago I worked on background music for my game and one ended up being It Never Ends, a sassy electronic chiptune that I ended getting too into and now it isn't very background-like...Few months ago I worked on background music for my game and one ended up being It Never Ends, a sassy electronic chiptune that I ended getting too into and now it isn't very background-like anymore... Really need to get back into it!
My safe space is good ol' Reason 5. If it ain't broke don't, fix it.
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Comment on AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels in ~hobbies
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentFor me, I use the AI 90% for the grunt work and 10% for the creative assistance. My biggest faults in writing novels alone is the ability to free flow the typical sentence and conversation. I'd...For me, I use the AI 90% for the grunt work and 10% for the creative assistance. My biggest faults in writing novels alone is the ability to free flow the typical sentence and conversation. I'd spend 10 minutes in my head trying to curate and pick the right words the character says that conveys the plot progression or emotion they want to express. That 10 minutes becomes 10 seconds as I ask the AI to "Describe the conversation as the feeling of betrayal washed over his body."
As for steering, there's typically 2 different types of steering I do: the subtle paragraph by paragraph and then there's the story key point working session.
The AI has its tropes and lack of imagination if you hit Submit nonstop without any prompts or edits. So instead of a human bartender, I make it a werewolf bartender. Better yet I describe the town as having a population with otherkin diversity, in which the AI places the werewolf bartender there on its own. This is a gradual shift in the writing process I've had much success with, but is hard to get into the mindset of, retroactive direct overwrites vs strategic proactive lore.
Then there's the other portion, the key points of a story. In my current novel, my character entered the war room of humankind's capital city's palace to be assigned his mission. Going into the war room I had zero idea what would happen inside, asking the AI to describe my nerves as that's what I was feeling in my daydream. Leading up to the grand reveal of the King's mission. Usually the AI says some stupid shit "please go kill 5 goblins in a cave" but that's where I enter a working session. The story is at "The King revealed the mission, to" and I ask "List 10 alternatives of what the mission is on a cataclysmic scale". Gives some better prompts, but usually still generic. It's finding the key word hooks that you continually build off, in my case one of suggestions mentioned "artifact." So next, "List 10 alternatives of what the mission is that involves the king handing him an artifact to prevent a cataclysmic event". Rinse and repeat, fleshing out details of locations and names, until in this case I ended up with "The King assigned them their mission, which was to deliver the Divine Tier artifact called Celest, a wisp contained in a small spherical metal cage that can create Celestial Gates, to Miyas, a celestial deity worshipped by humans imprisoned in Karthix, to allow Miyas to traverse back to her home in the Celestial Realm." A bit better than killing some goblins :)
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Comment on AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels in ~hobbies
NibblesMeKibbles (edited )Link ParentFor reference of my experiences: for Playground it reaches up to $1/day with a solid ~6 hour binge of story writing. That could be strategically reduced if I managed a context stricter (sending 10...For reference of my experiences: for Playground it reaches up to $1/day with a solid ~6 hour binge of story writing. That could be strategically reduced if I managed a context stricter (sending 10 requests at 3,500 tokens vs 30 at 1,500), but $1/6hr of personalized fun is a win in my book (movies are $5/hr and games average $1/hr) and it's pay-as-you-use so no pressure.
As for 2k vs 4k, it was monumental in alleviating the headache of context management. Half my time spent in NovelAI was stuck in the Memory and Lorebook to maximize every precious token to its full potential so the AI has enough room to flow while able to add meaningful mentions to the history and lore. With ChatGPT that went away immediately, slap in the story summary from my Word doc and go.
My summary average 1k, write 3k of story (a chapter) over a couple/few hours, ask it to summarize the current chapter, gradually trim the previous chapters (less details the farther past it is), and repeat until you have a novel!
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Comment on AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels in ~hobbies
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentI have not. Looking at documentation and forums it appears to be a finicky feature, sometimes ignored or weakly influencing. I've never had to poke around with it yet, to pick up where I left off...I have not. Looking at documentation and forums it appears to be a finicky feature, sometimes ignored or weakly influencing. I've never had to poke around with it yet, to pick up where I left off is as easy as slap in the saved story summary and go.
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Comment on AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels in ~hobbies
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentRead as I go, if it ever goes off the rails in a sour direction mid-prompt I won't even read the second half before I re-prompt it or steer it a bit. Keeps the narrative flow going like normally...Read as I go, if it ever goes off the rails in a sour direction mid-prompt I won't even read the second half before I re-prompt it or steer it a bit. Keeps the narrative flow going like normally reading a novel, no point in going back for grammar/etc, the story cohesively happening in my mind is what matters most and the AI is just an assistant for creativity and grunt-work that my dulled imagination lacks.
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Comment on AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels in ~hobbies
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentSame, no GPT-4 access either, I've heard it's a game changer. That being said, I'm a sucker for trash. Generic isekai anime? Hell yeah I'm in. Generic high-fantasy adventure novel. Already 5...Same, no GPT-4 access either, I've heard it's a game changer.
That being said, I'm a sucker for trash. Generic isekai anime? Hell yeah I'm in. Generic high-fantasy adventure novel. Already 5 chapters in. 3.5 gives enough creative juices flowing for me to co-DM it into unique directions, which is all I'm asking for. (That being said I'd jump onto 4 in a heart beat if I could)
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Comment on AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels in ~hobbies
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentThis is the type of usage I see ChatGPT mentioned about frequently in regards to creative writing, one-off quips (and nothing against it, it's its own type of fun!). But I never hear much about...This is the type of usage I see ChatGPT mentioned about frequently in regards to creative writing, one-off quips (and nothing against it, it's its own type of fun!). But I never hear much about the bigger picture: novels. Going in for the long haul of an overarching story, one that you don't know how it starts nor ends, while cohesively stringing the AI along chapter to chapter.
The biggest trick is the context token management, NovelAI's purpose revolves around assisting you with keeping cohesion in a story that exceeds the AI's token limit. With ChatGPT I've developed my own routine of Write Story -> Ask It To Summarize Story -> Use As Input Prefix -> Continue Story. Always a tasty treat when it refers to something that happened 8 chapters ago!
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Comment on AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels in ~hobbies
NibblesMeKibbles Link ParentHard agreed with your first point, it's the greatest pro of using them. As a kid, I used to have an imagination of endlessly flowing adventures, but with time it's become harder if not impossible...Hard agreed with your first point, it's the greatest pro of using them. As a kid, I used to have an imagination of endlessly flowing adventures, but with time it's become harder if not impossible for me personally to not fall back to uninspiring tropes. So good once you learn when your juice is running low and you need another top off.
With my experience of the Playground, it's intended for a User input -> System response pattern in which it vets the input against the safety checks. However with the Playground if you inject the risky prompts into the System text directly it bypasses all checks, full freedom. Occasionally you've get the "no" response, but it's a matter of using less aggressive verbiage.
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AI-assisted co-DM'ing personal novels
Curious to see and talk with others about using AI to dynamically write personal novels as a hobby, a form of choose-your-own-adventure where you can offload part of the creativity and majority of...
Curious to see and talk with others about using AI to dynamically write personal novels as a hobby, a form of choose-your-own-adventure where you can offload part of the creativity and majority of the grunt-work involved with writing onto the AI.
I started around half a year ago with Novel AI, yet when my stories would reach around the 15,000 word count the context management required due to the 2k token limit caused for a a net negative experience. A few months ago I experimented with ChatGPT at its 4k token limit, but the major cons of the limited ability to edit the content combined with the "always happy" bias hard-wired in made it short lived. That is until I discovered the variant site, Open AI Playground in Chat mode. It isn't free, but the first $5 are free as a trial. (And technically they mention it isn't for entertainment purposes and to use it responsibly)
Using the Playground I've written a 41,000, 23,000, and 21,000 (in-progress, plan is to hit 6 digits) word count personal stories/novels/adventures thus far. Using the co-DM system of bouncing with the AI to suggest creative alternatives (e.g. "List 10 twists that could occur next in the story"), adding creative embellishments (e.g. "Describe the city in detail, using epic high-fantasy influence"), and many other tips it's kept me hooked on some wild adventures across my favorite genre(s), tailored to me.
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OpenAI just released aGPT 3.5 Turbo 16kmodel for the Playground, lol. Absolutely obliterating NovelAI's 2k and the previous 4k limits. You could fit a significant portion of an entire novel and it'd take into account every sentence said. It'd probably take a pretty penny to use even half the context window, but could be useful for more critical moments of my novels.9 votes
I on the other hand love Teams, I've literally never had any bugs or issues with it and it's a saint for the live captions.
For Bluetooth, I always dial-in with my cell phone as a medium, 100% reliability since it's my phone I use for many other Bluetooth things. I mute using my phone's Mute button instead of relying on Teams. I've never had any issues other than the external meetings that don't have dial-in enabled.