streblo's recent activity
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Comment on World of Warcraft: Forever | Cinematic trailer in ~games
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Comment on Cold-weather vegan recipes in ~food
streblo LinkNo shade to my vegan friends, but my wife was a veg for many years and I have eaten my share of lentil soups and stews and I'm just not a fan. A mushroom walnut bolognese is a simple recipe to...No shade to my vegan friends, but my wife was a veg for many years and I have eaten my share of lentil soups and stews and I'm just not a fan.
A mushroom walnut bolognese is a simple recipe to make that is actually very good. Like it would probably make it into my top 10 pasta sauces.
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: The Showcase in ~creative.timasomo
streblo Link ParentThanks! Yea I don't really play the game or have any plans to either. These are the Leagues of Votann, essentially GW re-introducing squats/dwarfs into the setting which I think was 2021? '22 maybe?Thanks! Yea I don't really play the game or have any plans to either.
These are the Leagues of Votann, essentially GW re-introducing squats/dwarfs into the setting which I think was 2021? '22 maybe?
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Comment on 2026 United States midterm elections megathread in ~society
streblo Link ParentIt was an admitted side question, just an open curiosity. The kind of thing where if it doesn't interest you, you can just not respond? The only reason I responded is because I feel like you're...I certainly didn't ask for their opinion about agriculture and water usage and the numbers don't actually matter because that isn't what the politics are really about. The point of the post was missed with a contribution, no matter how small, to the problem with zero self awareness.
It was an admitted side question, just an open curiosity. The kind of thing where if it doesn't interest you, you can just not respond? The only reason I responded is because I feel like you're being rude for no reason.
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: The Showcase in ~creative.timasomo
streblo LinkAlright, I managed to finish on time despite being sick so that’s good. Here is my final result. It’s an album of the project progress, finished results at the end. Pretty happy with how these...Alright, I managed to finish on time despite being sick so that’s good.
Here is my final result. It’s an album of the project progress, finished results at the end. Pretty happy with how these guys turned out, but I definitely made a couple of mistakes. And yes, I did manage to lose the primed head I had so one of them is headless until I prime my next batch of stuff. Don’t mind the decal shifting in the last photos, they hadn’t set when I took the picture and I didn’t notice they shifted until later, but they have been fixed!
Thanks Timasomo, I really did not feel like painting near the end of the month but the added pressure kept me going :P. I’m always going to remember painting these guys because I was putting on the finishing touches while watching the US midterm results roll in. Talk about cathartic!
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Comment on 2026 United States midterm elections megathread in ~society
streblo Link ParentIs it ironic? It seems to me like it was more of an attempt at a gotchya. A single AI query has about as much to do with data center water usage as a few google searches.Is it ironic? It seems to me like it was more of an attempt at a gotchya. A single AI query has about as much to do with data center water usage as a few google searches.
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Comment on 2026 United States midterm elections megathread in ~society
streblo Link ParentI didn't say anything about regurgitating what it says. Even just as a search tool to access research it's extremely powerful. And yes it can pick something out of a body of text and misrepresent...I didn't say anything about regurgitating what it says. Even just as a search tool to access research it's extremely powerful. And yes it can pick something out of a body of text and misrepresent it but you are not encountering 'wild misstatements' in 2026 with the latest AI models.
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Comment on 2026 United States midterm elections megathread in ~society
streblo Link ParentSearching via LLM is extremely useful. It can search more effectively and efficiently than anyone and it can point you to the original source and traverse cited papers more quickly as well. It's...If only that could be searched by any means besides asking Chat.
Searching via LLM is extremely useful. It can search more effectively and efficiently than anyone and it can point you to the original source and traverse cited papers more quickly as well. It's not 2024 anymore. Pretending this is surprising or not true does you no favours.
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Comment on 2026 United States midterm elections megathread in ~society
streblo Link ParentTrump has no mojo left. It's done. The spell has broken. I'm sure they'll try some shit, I just don't think it will work.Trump has no mojo left. It's done. The spell has broken.
I'm sure they'll try some shit, I just don't think it will work.
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Comment on 2026 United States midterm elections megathread in ~society
streblo LinkI listened to Trump calling into Fox and it was immediately clear to me. It's over, it's really over. This is the end. The Trump era is dead.I listened to Trump calling into Fox and it was immediately clear to me.
It's over, it's really over. This is the end. The Trump era is dead.
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Comment on itch.io reveals just how much AI slop is flooding gaming storefronts in ~games
streblo Link ParentI think the end result is kinda obvious. Reputation from either game developers themselves, curators/reviewers, or friends will be the main differentiator. Like you say, enforcement is probably...I think the end result is kinda obvious. Reputation from either game developers themselves, curators/reviewers, or friends will be the main differentiator. Like you say, enforcement is probably not feasible and any value left in a non-curated list of games is quickly diminishing.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
streblo (edited )LinkWhile waiting for WoW: Forever I setup a new Azeroth Core server to try some of the more recent AI assisted playerbots. I have written about using playerbots before, using the CMangos vanilla...While waiting for WoW: Forever I setup a new Azeroth Core server to try some of the more recent AI assisted playerbots.
I have written about using playerbots before, using the CMangos vanilla server. This time I checked and there is a lot more development in azcore, which is a wotlk server implementation. It's pretty neat. There is a plugin module called dungeon clear, which uses nav meshes to have an AI tank run a dungeon for you. It works very well. You can just follow along as a very bad DPS player or healer and the bots are very good. So good in fact that for the classic dungeons (wotlk balance also a factor) I had to turn them down to use white gear only as otherwise the content was trivial. The bots even do mechanics like lighting the torches in that ST fight where you summon the Avatar of Hakkar.
A couple of scripts later in combination with LFD and I can login, create a character, set it's level and gear and run any dungeon I want as a passenger. The dungeon clear mod populates the LFD group with the missing roles and away you go. Not the most exciting thing to do, but still pretty neat. I'll probably revisit this when raid content is inevitably added.
Edit: Also, when I setup CMangos a few years ago it took me a few hours reading docs and getting a database partched etc. and then I had to write a bunch of macros myself to do various things like create my group. I had deepseek flash set this up on the weekend in ~15 minutes and created a bunch scripts that run against azcore's API to do gearing etc, character movement, etc.
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: Final Updates in ~creative.timasomo
streblo LinkI’ve gotten all the orange highlighting done. I just need to paint+highlight the shields and then pick out a bunch of tiny details on both models. And then the bases. It’s coming down to the wire....I’ve gotten all the orange highlighting done. I just need to paint+highlight the shields and then pick out a bunch of tiny details on both models. And then the bases.
It’s coming down to the wire. I should be good! And I have been taking pictures but I will upload them all at the end.
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Comment on Proposal: For sensitive topics, if a thread is intended for a particular demographic, there needs another thread open for everyone to discuss without having to join the targeted thread in ~tildes
streblo Link ParentI think assuming fragility on behalf of someone who responds to bait is making a pretty big assumption. Take ACAB as an example. I am not a cop and I am sympathetic to the fact that a lot of cops...I think assuming fragility on behalf of someone who responds to bait is making a pretty big assumption.
Take ACAB as an example. I am not a cop and I am sympathetic to the fact that a lot of cops do seem to be bastards. However, I roll my eyes when people use that term because it’s wildly unproductive from a “if everyone does this, the needle moves in a worse direction” perspective. If you use #AllXYZ tags you will only drive people away from your argument rather than get them to try and understand it.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
streblo LinkI made Canadian goulash/gulyás this week, which yes thank-you I did invent. It’s just traditional Hungarian gulyás with a moose roast instead of beef. It was quite tasty! Definitely going into my...I made Canadian goulash/gulyás this week, which yes thank-you I did invent. It’s just traditional Hungarian gulyás with a moose roast instead of beef.
It was quite tasty! Definitely going into my fall recipe repertoire.
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Comment on #YesAllMen #NotAllMen #MaybeSomeMen How to be better? in ~life.men
streblo Link ParentFor sure. Totally understand if rosco was disappointed in himself for not checking in and making sure. That’s not how I initially read it, but that could just be my reading skills.For sure. Totally understand if rosco was disappointed in himself for not checking in and making sure. That’s not how I initially read it, but that could just be my reading skills.
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: Week 3 Updates in ~creative.timasomo
streblo LinkI have... accomplished nothing this week! I should have a lot more time this week though, so I'm not really stressing.I have... accomplished nothing this week!
I should have a lot more time this week though, so I'm not really stressing.
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Comment on #YesAllMen #NotAllMen #MaybeSomeMen How to be better? in ~life.men
streblo Link ParentI don't know, obviously we are missing the most important bits of context here (maybe @rosco has more) but without any further info I would have a hard time reading the above as "weird behavior"?...But he was really nice and told me not worry about it
I don't know, obviously we are missing the most important bits of context here (maybe @rosco has more) but without any further info I would have a hard time reading the above as "weird behavior"?
Of course, things like that can definitely be problematic and I don't want to minimize how important consent and reading signals from your partner are but at the same time I think I understand why young people are having a lot less sex if that's considered weird/creepy these days.
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Comment on If you use your computer in a dark environment, buy a monitor light! in ~tech
streblo LinkI go full mushroom and embrace the darkness.I go full mushroom and embrace the darkness.
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Comment on Nova Scotia [Canada] to host massive data centre to power Anthropic's AI assistant Claude in ~tech
streblo Link ParentI think this is much better than the alternative in which this data center is built in the US. I'm all for more Canadian data sovereignty, we should be building out Canadian compute even if it's...I think this is much better than the alternative in which this data center is built in the US.
I'm all for more Canadian data sovereignty, we should be building out Canadian compute even if it's with some US dollars.
In my opinion, there is no reasonable opposition to any singular data center if they are far from residential areas and powered responsibly. Obviously exceptions can apply, e.g. at scales that put strain on the grid or vastly increase residential power bills.
Yes I have been playing as well. I have a dwarf shaman at 29, having a blast!