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Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games
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Comment on What do you think of robots in the military? in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve LinkIf they could fight with drones and ensure said drones don't harm civilians, I see no issue. It could even be nice if no one ever died in wars. Even against enemy soldiers, what difference does it...If they could fight with drones and ensure said drones don't harm civilians, I see no issue. It could even be nice if no one ever died in wars. Even against enemy soldiers, what difference does it make if a human shoots them or a drone, dead is dead. That said, I can't see it happening, people on a screen will not seem real and atrocities will happen. Once the enemy drones are down people will be thrown into the fight as a last resort. In wars, cities are bombed, industries taken out, anything to cripple the enemy and they all come with casualties. Drones would likely just drag all that on, creating really long lasting wars.
The biggest issue though, is once that gate is opened even a small country, with enough money, could theoretically unleash a tidal wave of small drones set to kill anything with a heartbeat. Imagine some terrorist builds a million drones that don't need commands beyond setting them to go to a spot and kill everyone along the way, entire cities could be killed before anything is done and even then who knows how long you'd have murderous robots on the loose. Each drone could have an AI with a prompt that reads something like "You are a rogue robot in a horror video game cautiously, but swiftly murdered all [players] between these coordinates, sometimes connecting with your fellow rogue robots to accomplish this efficiently, going into hiding to shake off resistance only to reappear when their guard is down".
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Comment on Sokoban idea in ~games
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentI like it, good work! ^_^ Lvl 1-8 seemed just right for a starting point. Level 9 might be a leap too far as it took a while and I half gave up at one point so I'm sure many would just give up...I like it, good work! ^_^
Lvl 1-8 seemed just right for a starting point. Level 9 might be a leap too far as it took a while and I half gave up at one point so I'm sure many would just give up there. The rest after that were various lvls of difficulty but harder than the first few (except 9), which is good.
The only confusion I had was what speed was for up until I had to use it in one of the later levels, so that could be introduced a bit sooner I think. Though, maybe I'm not thinking of it right since this could be extended to have quite a few levels so the later levels now might still still be considered early levels.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentWouldn't Tildes already be piped into LLMs that use internet scrapings for their dataset since it can be viewed without logging in?Wouldn't Tildes already be piped into LLMs that use internet scrapings for their dataset since it can be viewed without logging in?
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Comment on Railway solar project turns unused track space into energy in ~enviro
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentBelow the article it looks like it says they estimates their 100km test strip will produce 16MWh per year. That works out to 4.48GWh of electricity produced by SNCF in France.Below the article it looks like it says they estimates their 100km test strip will produce 16MWh per year. That works out to 4.48GWh of electricity produced by SNCF in France.
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentThat's good to hear. I can imagine it getting out of hand rather easily, like someone posting somewhere like r/nazis getting banned from most of reddit despite popping in just to troll them.That's good to hear. I can imagine it getting out of hand rather easily, like someone posting somewhere like r/nazis getting banned from most of reddit despite popping in just to troll them.
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentReminds me of this time 3 years ago that I was banned by a sub I didn't even know existed. I was posting against a conspiracy on r/conspiracy (it's fun to disprove them) and r/justiceserved set...Reminds me of this time 3 years ago that I was banned by a sub I didn't even know existed. I was posting against a conspiracy on r/conspiracy (it's fun to disprove them) and r/justiceserved set their bot to permanently ban anyone who participated in the sub. I got a good laugh out of that one at least.
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Comment on Industry initiative launches Euro-Office as true sovereign office suite in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentFairly sure it's corporate speak.Fairly sure it's corporate speak.
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Comment on Donald Trump says it's 'not possible' for the US to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: 'We’re fighting wars' in ~society
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentI'd say even some Americans don't want to see posts about our Idiot-In-Chiefs latest mouth noises.I'd say even some Americans don't want to see posts about our Idiot-In-Chiefs latest mouth noises.
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Comment on Disney reportedly keen on buying Fortnite developer Epic Games in ~games
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentAm curious, can a majority owner force minority owners to sell their shares?Am curious, can a majority owner force minority owners to sell their shares?
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Comment on Disney reportedly keen on buying Fortnite developer Epic Games in ~games
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentSo another EA? :(acquire other, more successful companies and attempt to extract every bit of nostalgia or goodwill anyone has towards that company and turn it into profit to allow it to continue to devour anything of interest.
So another EA? :(
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Comment on Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a twenty-year-old game in ~games
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentThat's great! Didn't realize this was still going on! It's amazing all they've done and the level of organization required to do it is crazy, they're basically a game developer. Definitely need to...That's great! Didn't realize this was still going on! It's amazing all they've done and the level of organization required to do it is crazy, they're basically a game developer. Definitely need to make the next game I play Morrowind with both these mods, hopefully I don't get lost in collecting mods to use with it. lol
I remember first playing Morrowind and being amazed at the immersion, hadn't ever played a game like it before. Bethesda was always great at building worlds that were just fun to explore with little details to find all over and great lore. I hadn't played Daggerfall or Arena, so being a "small" island didn't bother me. Took me several years just to finish the game, I'd always get distracted by side quests, exploration or managing my bins of junk, collections of every type of book/armor/weapon and shelves of ordinator helmets and soul gems.
The biggest project I did was creating a big castle dedicated to Azura (if I remember right, I "creatively" called it Azura's Castle). Threw all kinds of stuff in there like a big garden, lighting effects and statues, to the point frame rates weren't great. It was a lot of fun, the feeling was like building in Minecraft due to how easy the editor was to use. I can see how they'd have fun creating Tamriel, especially if they can focus on what they like to do.
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Comment on Anthropic rejects latest US Pentagon offer: ‘We cannot in good conscience accede to their request’ in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve LinkSounds like your typical AI company making their product out to be Skynet when it's really just an advanced Autocorrect. That said, the pentagon has a legit reason. AI has a lot of possibilities...Sounds like your typical AI company making their product out to be Skynet when it's really just an advanced Autocorrect.
That said, the pentagon has a legit reason. AI has a lot of possibilities for both cyber warfare and regular warfare. If we don't at least look at the possibilities, we could show up to the next major war without proper cyber defenses and as the only one without aimbots for their soldiers.
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Comment on I built a space simulation that runs in the browser and it feels good enough to share it now in ~space
SteeeveTheSteve LinkHa, what a fun simulator. I spawned a planet between Mars and Jupitor... Io and Europa got jealous and broke away from Jupitor at some point. They've been hanging close but not too close. Then I...Ha, what a fun simulator. I spawned a planet between Mars and Jupitor... Io and Europa got jealous and broke away from Jupitor at some point. They've been hanging close but not too close.
Then I spawned a massive gas giant between Neptune and Uranus. Neptune butted heads a couple times with the newbie then left the system for a while. Uranus just did a spin around it and launched a bit behind Neptune. They eventually came back only to get scared and left again.
Finally, placing the biggest gas giant right around mercury's orbit with the arrow pointed out and time set to year/s made for a neat pattern. It apparently dragged the sun with it as it spun creating increasingly intricate patterns. I had set it to green, it's now black. My goal was a black hole... did I succeed? :D Oh wait no, if I center on it instead of the sun the green comes back. Just added a couple more to it... wow the patterns are neat!.... Oh no the sun just got launched! It's disasterous, the green gas giant went one way and the sun and new gas giant went the other, the center of the solar system now stands empty! Planets are shooting off in straight lines.
Hehehe, destroyed the solar system, 5 stars from me! :D
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Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentAmber alert was a military state of high alert in the UK up until 2006. Before 2006 the UK used the "Bikini Alert State", the US Alert State is called DEFCON.Amber alert was a military state of high alert in the UK up until 2006. Before 2006 the UK used the "Bikini Alert State", the US Alert State is called DEFCON.
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Comment on Humble Bundle Books: (Almost) the entirety of Discworld for $16 in ~books
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentAaaannndd bought, with a bit extra added for good measure. Perfect timing, these are on my "to read" list and I've been meaning to check out humble bundle. Thanks for the heads up! :DAaaannndd bought, with a bit extra added for good measure.
Perfect timing, these are on my "to read" list and I've been meaning to check out humble bundle. Thanks for the heads up! :D
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentLooks like it's from at least 1842 and thought to originate from their coloring, which looks like a design you'd find on a carpet back then....Looks like it's from at least 1842 and thought to originate from their coloring, which looks like a design you'd find on a carpet back then.
https://reptilestartup.com/why-are-carpet-pythons-called-carpet/
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Comment on Crunchyroll to end ad-supported streaming at the end of 2025 in ~anime
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentI hope not, I try to do things legit, but that'd just force me to raise the ol' Jolly Roger 🏴☠️ again if I were unable to block those. I refuse to waste my time on ads, commercials already took..."pay for it AND we do all the ads anyways"
I hope not, I try to do things legit, but that'd just force me to raise the ol' Jolly Roger 🏴☠️ again if I were unable to block those. I refuse to waste my time on ads, commercials already took enough before I stopped watching TV.
It's not even beneficial to the companies advertising since I'm LESS likely to buy an advertised product and sometimes anything else from the brand if the ad was annoying enough.
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Comment on Do you feel like you’ve had many lives so far? Why, why not? Which? in ~life
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentChanges are not always bad, but they are not always good. So no change seems just fine, so long as you weren't a terrible person, in a terrible state or faking who you truly are. That said, it...Changes are not always bad, but they are not always good. So no change seems just fine, so long as you weren't a terrible person, in a terrible state or faking who you truly are.
That said, it sounds to me like you changed plenty, they don't have to be big to make you different than HS you. It might be that to you nothing changed, but it's possible you've just changed too slow to notice. Surely you've matured, but getting married and having kids both change people. Then it sounds like you take less risks and learned to make better choices, that stuff affects who your are.
Think of the way someone who last saw your kids years ago might say "they've grown so much". That statement might seem odd to your kids because to them the changes happened so slowly that they don't see they've grown 2 feet since that person last saw them.
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Comment on US hemp industry plans next move after Donald Trump signs THC ban in ~society
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentStill feel the need to explain, but that's a good idea, this is all spiraling too much.not replying further
Still feel the need to explain, but that's a good idea, this is all spiraling too much.
The main thing I do is collect everything. I don't know why, if it isn't nailed down I pick it up.. actually, if it's nailed down and the game still lets me I'll pull the nails and pick it up too. In Baldur's Gate 3, I even take the bodies and chests. Often using the chests/crates/barrels/etc... to send the bodies to camp. Depending on the game, I might limit this to once per area where loot re-spawns so fast that at some point you'd become paralyzed in an infinite cycle of looting. Some like TESO I have huge issues not looting everything. If the game allows me to drop loot, I will stack it outside a dungeon until I've cleared it, only to pick it all up and use some potions to haul it home or some other method (poor horse). I built an entire castle just to house my totally-not-stolen items in Morrowind.
Makes playing an upstanding character rather difficult. Picture a Paladin that goes back to throw some gold in a drawer to pay for all the junk that was stolen because she doesn't remember what among everything taken was stolen from that house (quite a lot can go missing before a Klepto realized their magic bag is nearly full). Is RPing in singe player weird?
Aside from "collecting", the other thing is I almost never finish main quests in open worlds due to going on side quests, sometimes exploring/experiencing the world or some other distraction. I once tried to finish Fallout 4, really psyched myself up for it too! A week later, after needlessly fortifying half the settlements, I realized I got sidetracked somewhere and tried to get back on track only to go down a series of side quests and then I ended up at a new settlement and one that I hadn't fortified was attacked....
The world is Ending!
Me: "Sure old lady, I'll take time to find that rare flower for your dear husband's grave! Is that ash falling from the sky? Weird weather you folks have out here."