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  1. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    Opus 4.5 has been a huge upgrade in quality in my experience

    Opus 4.5 has been a huge upgrade in quality in my experience

  2. Comment on What private companies are you happy doing business with? in ~talk

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    Wow I never would’ve guessed. Good to know!

    Wow I never would’ve guessed. Good to know!

    1 vote

  3. Comment on What private companies are you happy doing business with? in ~talk

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    I’d love to see more well known successful companies with this sort of structure. It just seems like the right incentive structure for a sustainable company with a good product

    I’d love to see more well known successful companies with this sort of structure. It just seems like the right incentive structure for a sustainable company with a good product

    13 votes

  4. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    After just finishing and loving Circe by Madeline Miller, I’ve jumped into her prior book, Song of Achilles. I’m not nearly as smitten, and I think it comes down to pace as well as Patroclus as...

    After just finishing and loving Circe by Madeline Miller, I’ve jumped into her prior book, Song of Achilles.

    I’m not nearly as smitten, and I think it comes down to pace as well as Patroclus as the viewpoint. Now that it seems the Trojan war is getting into swing, I imagine and hope it will pique my interest more. I don’t hate it though and I’ll definitely finish it. Circe was maybe a 9.5/10 for me so that’s a high bar to clear as a comparison point.

    Miller is a very skillful writer in balancing a modern tone with a mythological one, as well as managing the complexities of character and narrative when dealing with gods and prophecies.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on What are your predictions for 2026? in ~talk

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    I predict some sort of market correction to AI companies. I have my doubts it will be a dotcom bubble or that all AI companies will fall apart, but I think something is gonna burst when the...

    I predict some sort of market correction to AI companies. I have my doubts it will be a dotcom bubble or that all AI companies will fall apart, but I think something is gonna burst when the numbers are this bad in a nonzero interest rate environment. I suspect the bigger hit will be a lot of the silly startups that have gobbled up VC cash with dubious products. Will any big firms collapse? Maybe, OpenAI seems the most precarious, but they may have enough inertia to power through. I think companies will stop cramming AI into everything as they continue to get bad feedback and bad ROI.

    A few substantial model improvements could completely knock out my prediction, but this is where my gut is at the moment.

    7 votes

  6. Comment on Introducing Surfboard for Tildes in ~tildes

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    Agreed! I’m sure it’s been asked before, but is the overhead of getting it into the App Store too onerous to consider? I’d happily pay a few bucks for it.

    Agreed!

    I’m sure it’s been asked before, but is the overhead of getting it into the App Store too onerous to consider? I’d happily pay a few bucks for it.

    9 votes

  7. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. I’ve read Never Let Me Go by him which was great but very sad. Klara and the Sun deals with similar themes of love and meaning of soul, but has a different...

    Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. I’ve read Never Let Me Go by him which was great but very sad. Klara and the Sun deals with similar themes of love and meaning of soul, but has a different tone (albeit still a sad undercurrent). Very humanist, lighter science fiction isn’t usually my cup of tea, but he does a great job keeping it interesting. I’m gripped by it and the small worldbuilding mysteries he sprinkled in; I’m worried it’s winding up for bigger tragedy, but who knows! I only have 100 pages left.

    It’s certainly a good palette cleanser of a book on my Sanderson completionist quest. Next I’ll likely be reading Mistborn Era 2, but maybe I’ll finish the year with one more novel(la) before embarking on that series. Dune and Circe have both been on my list for a long time, so we’ll see if I have the motivation to finally pick them up before the year runs out.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on Without looking, do you have a vague idea of your coordinates? in ~talk

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    Yes but just to the precision of my region, not my city exactly. I know my latitude strongly because there’s a brewery based in my hometown named after its latitude, and I’ve learned my new...

    Yes but just to the precision of my region, not my city exactly.

    I know my latitude strongly because there’s a brewery based in my hometown named after its latitude, and I’ve learned my new latitude in relation to that.

    For the full coordinate pair it helped that as part of my old job I constantly had to run tests against fake locations to validate data and I would regularly input my region’s coordinates into a form, so it’s kind of ingrained into me. If I ever move away it’s extremely unlikely I’ll ever learn my coordinates again.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Games: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~games

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    So PvPvE means you can kill players, or you can kill the “environment”. In extraction games this takes the form of some NPC that adds a layer on top of it being purely PvP. In Tarkov and...

    So PvPvE means you can kill players, or you can kill the “environment”. In extraction games this takes the form of some NPC that adds a layer on top of it being purely PvP. In Tarkov and Marauders, these are NPCs that look like players but are generally much dumber and easier to kill. In Hunt Showdown these are zombies; it also has bosses which make the game loop much more interesting than most extraction shooters. In all of these games there is some balance between killing players versus killing the NPCs, and that balance is largely dictated by the risk/reward. ARC I think positions itself in a way that PvE feels like the default, so much so that many people in the community see those who do PvP as “villainous”. Obviously that’s a little extreme and the game mechanic exists so it’s a valid way to play, but the result is the community leans much more towards friendly and helpful interactions (relative to other games).

    Would it be suitable to someone who prefers PvE. Yes with the big asterisk being can you stomach the PvP i.e. can you be okay with players killing you. If so go for it! I am in that camp myself and on the rare occasions I’ve chosen to hunt other players I feel terrible about it. I primarily help players, and only PvP out of defense and I have a good time. I do get frustrated when I feel like I’m encountering an inordinate amount of PvP (and losing), so I think it may depend on your threshold for that and what players you run into. The robots (aka the ARCs) are very fun and engaging to fight in this game.

    Also using mic is a must in this game and you can get a lot of fun interactions and random team ups if you do

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Games: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~games

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    I have played so much Arc Raiders! I’m absolutely enamored by it. It scratches the itches that DayZ and Hunt Showdown scratched without being nearly as sweaty or time consuming as either of them....

    I have played so much Arc Raiders! I’m absolutely enamored by it. It scratches the itches that DayZ and Hunt Showdown scratched without being nearly as sweaty or time consuming as either of them. The PvPvE works really well and the community (on PC at least) is really good. Having days (usually weekends) where everyone shoots on sight or lies about being friendly can be quite demoralizing, but I think that risk keeps the game interesting. My only complaint is the gear management is still a bit wonky right now. I’d really love to see them make crafting and re-gearing after a wipe more seamless. In other extraction shooters I struggled with gear fear, in Arc I struggle with “regear fear”; I have plenty of gear/materials I just don’t want to take the time to craft and equip it again!

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Games: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~games

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    Always love to see love for Timberborn! One of my favorite colony management games for sure. Hours melt away when I play. Satisfactory too as far as sims go… even just reading it mentioned makes...

    Always love to see love for Timberborn! One of my favorite colony management games for sure. Hours melt away when I play.

    Satisfactory too as far as sims go… even just reading it mentioned makes me want to start a new factory.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Critics Choice Awards nominations: ‘Sinners’ dominates with seventeen nominations in ~movies

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    Wow I forgot that was released this year! Very strong contender for my personal favorite of the year, but probably slightly beat out by One Battle After Another. The music and the overall tone was...

    Wow I forgot that was released this year! Very strong contender for my personal favorite of the year, but probably slightly beat out by One Battle After Another. The music and the overall tone was just so fun. The perfect level of fun and campy (particularly with the blood) while still being serious and compelling.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

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    How do y’all maintain your exercise patterns with colder weather? Maybe it’s because I only bike and don’t go to a gym, but once the weather turns my consistency falls apart. The sad thing is I...

    How do y’all maintain your exercise patterns with colder weather? Maybe it’s because I only bike and don’t go to a gym, but once the weather turns my consistency falls apart. The sad thing is I don’t even live somewhere cold enough where snow or anything is a concern, I’m just lacking in will power apparently!

    2 votes

  14. Comment on 2025 Spotify Wrapped is now out in ~music

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    I’m so glad I found Hot Mulligan this year! They really scratch that perfect nostalgia pop punk vibe I didn’t know I needed

    I’m so glad I found Hot Mulligan this year! They really scratch that perfect nostalgia pop punk vibe I didn’t know I needed

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Uber and Lyft prices vary for the same rides in ~transport

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    What’s the app for your city? I doubt I live where you do but I’m curious to check it out (and maybe I’ll remember it if I visit some day)

    What’s the app for your city? I doubt I live where you do but I’m curious to check it out (and maybe I’ll remember it if I visit some day)

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Gotham Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ takes Best Feature in ~movies

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    My favorite movie of the year! Pretty long but I never felt bored during it. Amazing writing, fantastic cast. Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro are incredible in it.

    My favorite movie of the year! Pretty long but I never felt bored during it. Amazing writing, fantastic cast. Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro are incredible in it.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Uber and Lyft prices vary for the same rides in ~transport

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    Similar to the other reply, how does one typically request a ride? By phone? App?

    Similar to the other reply, how does one typically request a ride? By phone? App?

    2 votes

  18. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson as I continue my Sanderson completionist quest! I’m about halfway through and loving it. It’s a much more whimsical, fairytale-esque tone than any of...

    Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson as I continue my Sanderson completionist quest! I’m about halfway through and loving it. It’s a much more whimsical, fairytale-esque tone than any of his other work and I think it really works for the story. As always the broader Cosmere overlap is perfect: subtle enough that those without context won’t be confused, but substantial enough that Cosmere readers will have treats to enjoy.

    The world he builds is definitely one of the weirder ones and I don’t think would work with any other tone. I’ll be curious to see how I feel about it once I finish it, but so far I’m hooked!

    2 votes

  19. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    My parents would always make it as a good luck dish for the new year, but it’s so good that we’d usually have it a lot around this time of year. It freezes and reheats great too!

    My parents would always make it as a good luck dish for the new year, but it’s so good that we’d usually have it a lot around this time of year. It freezes and reheats great too!

    1 vote

  20. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    Mostly things to warm the soul during these colder months! Potato leek soup, Japanese curry, a simple sausage and tomato pasta. Once it hits December I’ll feel the season is finally here to make...

    Mostly things to warm the soul during these colder months! Potato leek soup, Japanese curry, a simple sausage and tomato pasta.

    Once it hits December I’ll feel the season is finally here to make Hoppin John. Of course I could make it any time, but it only feels right to me in December and January.

    2 votes