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  1. Comment on Do you think you're special? in ~talk

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    Absolutely not. I don't really believe that I'm special in any sense of the word. Not really even unique. I would say even that well-meaning family members trying that rhetoric with me has caused...

    Absolutely not. I don't really believe that I'm special in any sense of the word. Not really even unique.

    I would say even that well-meaning family members trying that rhetoric with me has caused me a lot of distress.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of social scurvy in ~life

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    I played against Raise Moon on EDOPro the other day. It was an interesting match; I was flying blind since I hadn't seen it. I do like the theme though, mass draw instead of search is fun (if I...

    I played against Raise Moon on EDOPro the other day. It was an interesting match; I was flying blind since I hadn't seen it. I do like the theme though, mass draw instead of search is fun (if I understood what was happening right).

    As for me, caveat: I mostly play on sims (EDOPro, Master Duel).

    I built Shaddoll on MD (crappy build due to lacking some staples, but OK for my low rank). It's pretty fun, Lev Shaddoll Fusion opens some interesting plays (or sometimes I cheese a win with Winda...).

    I really like Sky Striker, but play that mostly on EDOPro since it's a ton of URs on MD, and I haven't gotten lucky with the Striker secret packs.

    I also want to pick up Fairy Tail at some point (Genesys?), I played the deck in an MD event and it was fun.

    My favorite archetype is Qliphort, just like how they look. Sadly, way too underpowered. I can take games occasionally against other underpowered strategies, or if I open insanely good. It's fun to play though. I pulled off a silly win recently where the burn damage on Qliphort Cephalopod was decisive. Maybe one day they'll get legacy support, though the generational trauma of Towers may preclude that.

    Overall I'd say I'm enjoying the game, though ironically given the thread I do not play IRL right now. Maybe one day I will, but we only have 1 shop that runs a locals around here, and the Sunday crowd looked a bit too young. I'll have to check the Friday night yugioh one of these days.

  3. Comment on There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of social scurvy in ~life

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    Off-topic, but I hadn't seen yugioh mentioned here before. I just recently got back in to it after a ~10-year hiatus. What are you playing these days?

    Off-topic, but I hadn't seen yugioh mentioned here before. I just recently got back in to it after a ~10-year hiatus. What are you playing these days?

  4. Comment on Ploopy A+ | Open source trackball in ~tech

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    As an aside, I always think of Diary of a Wimpy Kid when I see this company's name. Ploopy. I've been using a trackball, the Kensington Orbit Fusion for my daily driver for the past 2 years or so....

    As an aside, I always think of Diary of a Wimpy Kid when I see this company's name. Ploopy.

    I've been using a trackball, the Kensington Orbit Fusion for my daily driver for the past 2 years or so. I like it pretty well. I picked that one because you still grip it like a mouse, but it's a finger ball (did not want a thumb ball). The best part of it IMO is the scrolling ring, which is why I chose it over the similar Elcom model. The only thing I would change about it is I would tilt it; if it was on an incline like some ergonomic mice, it would be perfect.

    I haven't tried this kind of trackball that lies on the table, but it looks uncomfortable since you'd have to hold your arm up over it all day. I'm probably missing something there, but that's what gave me pause when I was looking. I do really like the knob for scrolling on this new Ploopy though, that's a cool feature.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Why normal people aren’t using AI agents in ~tech

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    The Google maps thing drives me nuts, too. That doesn't even need LLMs, this is just a missing feature. I often select a route to specifically avoid certain roads at certain times. Even if they're...

    The Google maps thing drives me nuts, too. That doesn't even need LLMs, this is just a missing feature.

    I often select a route to specifically avoid certain roads at certain times. Even if they're faster, the traffic makes it a miserable drive, and I'm willing to pay the 10 minutes. But when I get to the branching point, it "helpfully" says "I found a faster route!" and automatically tries to re-route me, which I then have to reject. While driving. Bad design.

    It should just be able to take in some settings for "This road is bad, don't use it unless it's a 30 minute diff", or other basic stuff. "Avoid highways" is too heavy-handed.

    Would also be nice to say "start navigating when we get to this point". I don't need turn-by-turn out of the neighborhood, and it is annoying when it interrupts what I'm listening to. But I'm obviously not going to input my destination while driving to delay manually either.

    Lots of opportunity for slightly more intelligence.

    9 votes

  6. Comment on Albums based on a recurring musical phrase in ~music

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    Noise, non-answer I immediately thought of the Siivagunner video where it's the 5s loop from Hong Kong 97, but each loop is a different style
    Noise, non-answer

    I immediately thought of the Siivagunner video where it's the 5s loop from Hong Kong 97, but each loop is a different style

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Rural NY school district will be one of first to bring humanoid robot into classroom in ~tech

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    This is so much creepier than just making a robot-looking thing. At least the inventory checker robot at the grocery store is a flat panel on wheels with googly eyes. I also noticed skimming the...

    The female robot, named Sally, will have a “lifelike appearance” with silicone skin and long brown hair, Kiguel said in an interview with New York Focus. It will be stationary in a seated position but have a wide range of upper-body movements and facial expressions.

    This is so much creepier than just making a robot-looking thing. At least the inventory checker robot at the grocery store is a flat panel on wheels with googly eyes.

    I also noticed skimming the article that their use cases were not exactly compelling. Wow, it can remind people things!?

    This is certainly not "teaching students to use tech". I would disagree with but at least understand if they said "we're adding LLM usage to the curriculum", but "talk to the sex doll overstock" is not something that the "high-paying in-demand tech jobs" require. (Well, I suppose they might, but it's not what they're looking for on the resume anyways).

    8 votes

  8. Comment on Sports entertainment makes me angry in ~talk

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    I don't really see how this can be taken any other way than "needlessly hostile". You just reworded the post from yesterday to belittle the person for their post. I don't feel that saying "it's...

    I don't really see how this can be taken any other way than "needlessly hostile". You just reworded the post from yesterday to belittle the person for their post. I don't feel that saying "it's satire" absolves this of just being bullying. That's the excuse of 2016 prank YouTube. If you wanted to make this point, surely commenting on the actual thread with this would have been better (this comment is a good contribution, why wrap it in the mean sub-tweet instead of engaging with the original post?).

    32 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games

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    I'd like to request SuperHot if it's still available. My favorite game music? Easy enough by franchise, Sonic. Specific game? Really hard, nearly every game has an insane OST. Depending on the...

    I'd like to request SuperHot if it's still available.

    My favorite game music? Easy enough by franchise, Sonic. Specific game? Really hard, nearly every game has an insane OST. Depending on the day, it would be either Sonic CD, Adventure 1, Adventure 2, or Frontiers.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages

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    When I say this (as oft I do), I tend to pronounce as "milves" (easy to pronounce) even though I would spell it MILFs in writing

    When I say this (as oft I do), I tend to pronounce as "milves" (easy to pronounce) even though I would spell it MILFs in writing

    5 votes

  11. Comment on Are there any games that had their development abandoned that you followed where you wish that continued/completed development? in ~games

  12. Comment on Are there any games that had their development abandoned that you followed where you wish that continued/completed development? in ~games

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    As the Sonic guy, Sonic Xtreme (cancelled game for the Saturn). The fish-eye view camera lives rent-free in my mind. Logically it doesn't seem possible to make it a very good game, but it just...

    As the Sonic guy, Sonic Xtreme (cancelled game for the Saturn). The fish-eye view camera lives rent-free in my mind. Logically it doesn't seem possible to make it a very good game, but it just looks so cool.

    Sidebar: this prompted me to look up the footage of it on YouTube again. The video is 20 years old, first time I've seen that on a video.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    Off-topic, but the point about LLMs emulating "distress and affection" reminded me of the demons in Frieren, who don't understand human behavior or even have feelings, but will emulate it to gain...

    Off-topic, but the point about LLMs emulating "distress and affection" reminded me of the demons in Frieren, who don't understand human behavior or even have feelings, but will emulate it to gain psychological advantage over their opponents.

    24 votes

  14. Comment on When did your preferred fighting game franchises peak? in ~games

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    Sonic the Fighters peaked with Sonic the Fighters. (Kidding, but I've seen some competitive matches of this game in the balance-patched community edition that were cool to watch) In seriousness, I...

    Sonic the Fighters peaked with Sonic the Fighters. (Kidding, but I've seen some competitive matches of this game in the balance-patched community edition that were cool to watch)

    In seriousness, I probably played the Dragon Ball fighting games the most. I think Raging Blast 2 was the peak. Not as many characters and not quite as cinematic as BT3 (some models and animations weren't great), the customization was a lot of fun; you got way more variety in super attacks than the Tenkaichi series, you got character-specific normal attacks, and overall I found the fighting more fun.

    BT3 definitely clears in terms of roster and side content though.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

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    For my main computer, my misgivings with Debian are crusty old packages. Bad enough I deal with those at work. Is this true, or just common misconception? I have my "server" (strong word for it)...

    For my main computer, my misgivings with Debian are crusty old packages. Bad enough I deal with those at work. Is this true, or just common misconception?

    I have my "server" (strong word for it) set up with Ubuntu Server, which I don't love for the same reason as you said. Very tempted to swap to Debian at some point, don't care much about bleeding edge features there (most containers anyways...).

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

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    Fedora + KDE. It's a good blend of easy to use and new packages (which I care about for a few things I do). Haven't had many issues with it, so I haven't really looked into swapping. I like KDE...

    Fedora + KDE. It's a good blend of easy to use and new packages (which I care about for a few things I do). Haven't had many issues with it, so I haven't really looked into swapping. I like KDE pretty well, but also used GNOME for a long time and liked it fine.

    I have used Ubuntu, Manjaro and Arch in the past. I didn't like snaps (felt slow, maybe I'm wrong) so Ubuntu's insistence pushed me away from it. Manjaro was OK, but it also just felt like secondhand Arch, so I moved to the real deal. Arch I was very happy with, until I had to set up a new computer and thought "no, I don't want to do all the setup again" (this was before archinstall script, that might have changed my mind). But Arch + i3 served me very well, while I was using it.

    The only remotely tempting thing I see is Arch-like + dw{m, l}. I like that you can actually read the source, and I don't have to learn some new bespoke configuration to customize it (my main issue with i3; I wanted a tiling WM, but frankly have no patience for learning all the configs). I've set it up on an old laptop. I like it, but I'm not yet willing to put in the effort to customize and daily drive it.

    10 votes

  17. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    Wow, thanks for testing it! That seems significant enough that I'll look into setting it up instead. I picked up ollama 2 years ago when it was pretty new, and was the easiest way (especially for...

    Wow, thanks for testing it! That seems significant enough that I'll look into setting it up instead. I picked up ollama 2 years ago when it was pretty new, and was the easiest way (especially for AMD cards, at least that I found) and never really considered anything else.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    What's your experience with the performance diff on Ollama vs. llama.cpp? I like that it's easy to use and was assuming it didn't have much penalty, but if I'm leaving a lot on the table I'd be...

    What's your experience with the performance diff on Ollama vs. llama.cpp? I like that it's easy to use and was assuming it didn't have much penalty, but if I'm leaving a lot on the table I'd be curious to know.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    Been rewatching Dragon Ball from the beginning, just got to the Saiyan saga (watching Kai for the Z portion). I have to say, it's still such a fun watch. Something about the animation, even when...

    Been rewatching Dragon Ball from the beginning, just got to the Saiyan saga (watching Kai for the Z portion). I have to say, it's still such a fun watch. Something about the animation, even when it's sometimes simple or reused, is super compelling. This is my first time watching it in Japanese too, which is interesting.

    Compared to modern anime, I feel like the simplicity in animation helps a lot. The clarity is a lot higher; half the time in high-budget modern scenes, I can hardly tell what the action is even supposed to be.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on First look: Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves | Announcement trailer in ~games

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    Oh, cool! That actually makes more sense looking at the trailer.

    Oh, cool! That actually makes more sense looking at the trailer.

    1 vote