Raistlin's recent activity
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Comment on The jungle huntsman spider of Queensland, Australia, is officially the world’s fastest spider in ~enviro
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Comment on Readers rate poems worse when they believe they're written by AI, despite their ability to detect AI being no better than chance in ~humanities.languages
Raistlin LinkI mean, that seems right. Knowing whether a human did something or not will make a difference in knowing whether it's worth engaging with or not. I might not able to figure out what a poem made by...I mean, that seems right. Knowing whether a human did something or not will make a difference in knowing whether it's worth engaging with or not. I might not able to figure out what a poem made by a poet is, but I know it has a soul. If a machine did it, then it means nothing, there's no purpose in engaging in it.
It's like being handed two Rubik's cubes, one is normal and the other one has some sitckers switched around and can't be solved. I've never solved one if these, but I do like to mess with them. But what wound be the point in trying to solve one that has no solution?
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Comment on Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act in ~society
Raistlin LinkThis is a bit of a different problem, but I can say that our equivalent in NZ, the OIA (and the LGOIMA) is absolutely being abused and needs reform too. The Acts were written with the idea that a...This is a bit of a different problem, but I can say that our equivalent in NZ, the OIA (and the LGOIMA) is absolutely being abused and needs reform too. The Acts were written with the idea that a citizen or resident could access information from a public agency at will, back in the age of pen and paper. They were not written with the idea that people would email fishing expeditions to 200 public agencies in the CC field, and they were certainly not written with the idea that a random bored person could get GenAI to create 10 paragraphs of a technically valid yet impossible to parse request.
Yes, you can ask them to refine and we have the withholding grounds, but that processing still takes time, and the numbers of requests keeps rising.
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Comment on Digimon Adventure tri. 1: Reunion in ~anime
Raistlin LinkIs this just tri, or a re-releaae or a remake? Sorry, content not available in my country.Is this just tri, or a re-releaae or a remake? Sorry, content not available in my country.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentSo far, I've only game over'd two times, once because I got stupid confident with a new partners and chained a bunch of noise in a row, and once against a boss fight with the new black noise. I...So far, I've only game over'd two times, once because I got stupid confident with a new partners and chained a bunch of noise in a row, and once against a boss fight with the new black noise.
I think I just need to figure out which pins I like. I'm trying to use then all because I want to level them and don't want to waste exp, but maybe that's a waste of time and I should just use the ones that feel better to use.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Raistlin LinkI've beaten Stella Glow. First I thought it was a harem anime game. And, well, it's not not that. But it's also genuinely charming, has really engaging characters, and really fun gameplay. I'm...I've beaten Stella Glow. First I thought it was a harem anime game. And, well, it's not not that. But it's also genuinely charming, has really engaging characters, and really fun gameplay. I'm glad I gave it a second chance.
I am now playing The World Ends With You. I had a hard time deciding on Final Remix, Solo Remix or the original, and decided on the original, because I like the idea of having my partner fight at the same time..I don't think I'm good at this game, I feel I'm mostly smashing buttons. But the story is really fun so far.
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
Raistlin Link ParentThis is one things Christians, even formerly Christian atheists, do not understand. Belief in God is not the core determinant of your spiritual views in many (most?) cultures. There are millions...This is one things Christians, even formerly Christian atheists, do not understand. Belief in God is not the core determinant of your spiritual views in many (most?) cultures. There are millions (billions?) of Chinese, Japanese and Indians who pray at shrines, draw fortunes, honour the local gods. If you ask them if they believe in them, you'll get a gamut of answers, but mostly shrugs. Where does belief come into this? The important part is the ritual and practice. They might belheve in the god some days but not others, depending on things.
It is a uniquely Christian (and Muslim, and other universal religions) to define your religious position on whether or not you think gods literally exist or not.
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
Raistlin Link ParentThe wine might vary. Some places also dip the wafer in the wine too.The wine might vary. Some places also dip the wafer in the wine too.
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
Raistlin Link ParentI don't agree. An atheist coming from Christianity is different from one in China, and again different from someone simply raised without religion. Both me and my wife are atheists, but I grew up...- Exemplary
I don't agree. An atheist coming from Christianity is different from one in China, and again different from someone simply raised without religion. Both me and my wife are atheists, but I grew up Catholic and had to fight my way out, whereas she grew up in a society where belief in God just wasn't a thing.
This has practical consequences. She's able to go to a church or a mosque or whatever and sing choirs to God, or close her eyes when people pray to Mary, etc. it means absolutely nothing to her, a Greek pagan might as well be sacrificing a goat to Zeus. Whereas it took me a long time to get out of the Christian-atheist paradigm that grew up with, and start to become able to to go a Mass and not feel a bunch of resentment and arrogance about it. Our atheisms are different.
There's nothing wrong with being an atheist with a Protestant worldview. But what's frustrating is to see an atheist with a Protestant worldview pretend that liturgical languages (a practice going back to Sumer and Akkad) are obviously silly, and vernacular languages so obviously better. Neither is better than the other, it's just different religious traditions.
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
Raistlin Link ParentTo the Orthodox, the Catholics aren't heretics, they're schismatics. Both of them still follow apostolic succession though, and recognise each other as having properly descended from the apostles...To the Orthodox, the Catholics aren't heretics, they're schismatics. Both of them still follow apostolic succession though, and recognise each other as having properly descended from the apostles in one unbroken line.
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
Raistlin Link ParentReligion notoriously also transcends language. Music is part of culture, but like, so is religion. Religion has been a core part of culture since the dawn of history.Religion notoriously also transcends language. Music is part of culture, but like, so is religion. Religion has been a core part of culture since the dawn of history.
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Comment on Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops in ~humanities
Raistlin Link ParentThey're not. Mass doesn't really change, you pick these things up, or ask the priest or your school to explain later if you're interested. Or don't and just sit there and vibe.They're not. Mass doesn't really change, you pick these things up, or ask the priest or your school to explain later if you're interested. Or don't and just sit there and vibe.
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Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages
Raistlin LinkI really do think it's MILFs. We say gifs and radars, right? We usually pluralise acronyms as they are.I really do think it's MILFs. We say gifs and radars, right? We usually pluralise acronyms as they are.
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Comment on Blizzard sues to take down another private World of Warcraft server, Project Ascension in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentYup. There's nothing Blizz can do to win me back, really. Nothing they could realistically do, anyway. They can take down every single pserver and back my computer to take out my personal one, and...Yup. There's nothing Blizz can do to win me back, really. Nothing they could realistically do, anyway. They can take down every single pserver and back my computer to take out my personal one, and then I'd just find a different game. I just don't want to give MS or Blizzard any money, and interact with them as little as possible.
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Comment on Blizzard sues to take down another private World of Warcraft server, Project Ascension in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentSomeone else can correct me, but it seems the Ascension devs turned out to be American. Which, if true, yikes.Someone else can correct me, but it seems the Ascension devs turned out to be American. Which, if true, yikes.
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Comment on Blizzard sues to take down another private World of Warcraft server, Project Ascension in ~games
Raistlin LinkI really hope the pserver community that comes out at the end of this is less... greedy. All these pservers take the hard work from the open source AzerorhCore project, monetise it with cash...I really hope the pserver community that comes out at the end of this is less... greedy. All these pservers take the hard work from the open source AzerorhCore project, monetise it with cash shops, and then contribute nothing upstream, which you're not meant to do under the license. Which sounds a bit rich for a game essentially form pirates, I suppose, but then I don't feel too sorry when they get shut down either.
If they all contributed their fixes and enchancements upstream, not only would the project as a whole be much more developed (which benefits everyone, players and devs), but also pretty hard to take down.
If you're going to run the game as a passion project, like the current City of Heroes Homecoming devs (who cap donations at server costs), then I support that 100%. But if you're going to try to run this as a business, and try to profit off of it, not just cover costs? Then you're playing with fire, and shouldn't be shocked if you're get badly burnt.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Raistlin Link Parent8th century? The Umayyads or the Abbasids, probably, depending on when specifically. I think the Romans are a strange group for the far right and Nazis to latch on to, because while yes they were...8th century? The Umayyads or the Abbasids, probably, depending on when specifically.
I think the Romans are a strange group for the far right and Nazis to latch on to, because while yes they were authoritarian, imperial, etc etc, they were also extremely ethnically diverse. Like, Romans did not give a shit if your grandpa was a Pecheneg, a Gaul, a Punic, etc. They were absolutely cultural supremacists, but if you spoke the right language, wore the right clothes, has the right values, you were Roman.
But I agree, if you already have an ideology in place, you just try to look for things that support it. That's true of anyone, I suppose.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentIt legitimately made Italian fascists angry, and was a point of contention. Like the Germans were trying to steal their revanchism. But Nazi ideology couldn't accept that the mighty Mediterranean...It legitimately made Italian fascists angry, and was a point of contention. Like the Germans were trying to steal their revanchism.
But Nazi ideology couldn't accept that the mighty Mediterranean Romans were civilisationally superior (in their own definition of civilised) to the barbaric German tribes. At least, not without the empire secretly being led by Aryans somehow.
(which just means Iranian, god the Nazis were weird)
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentSure, but I'm talking about Nazis proposing that blonde Aryans ruled the actual classical Roman Empire from Rome in the era of Augustus. Nothing to do with the HRE. They did refer to the HRE as...Sure, but I'm talking about Nazis proposing that blonde Aryans ruled the actual classical Roman Empire from Rome in the era of Augustus. Nothing to do with the HRE. They did refer to the HRE as the First Reich, but it's not what I'm referencing.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentMy wife destroyed that game. I was just happy with the campaign, but she maxed out the Spanish (or Italian?) drug lord factions that you had to go out of your way to reach.My wife destroyed that game. I was just happy with the campaign, but she maxed out the Spanish (or Italian?) drug lord factions that you had to go out of your way to reach.
They sound lovely, ngl. I live in NZ and don't have any of your big ones, but it's always a nice treat to spot a jumping spider or something. We usually take them out if we can, we worry that we'll kill it. My daughter looks observing them.