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Comment on AI is a mass-delusion event in ~tech
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Comment on USB Wi-Fi adapter suggestions in ~comp
gt24 Link ParentMy wifi router wasn't quite getting along with the neighbors having their own powerful wireless signal. What made the issue worse was that my router was automatically choosing the best wireless...My wifi router wasn't quite getting along with the neighbors having their own powerful wireless signal. What made the issue worse was that my router was automatically choosing the best wireless channel which then, for some reason, had their router automatically choose a new channel which conflicted with my router which then chose a new channel and continued the channel switching mess. This likely was related to minor environmental differences... but still, channels kept switching which kept causing issues.
Once I used a Wifi analyzer app on my phone, I manually set what looked like the best channel at the time and just stayed there. That cleaned up a lot of issues (because their router was likely "automatically" realizing that my router wasn't moving from the channel it was sitting on and just kept their router on channels away from mine).
Try setting a router Wifi channel manually and see if that makes things better. If it doesn't then you can go back to automatic later.
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Comment on My classroom will be AI-free this fall in ~humanities
gt24 Link ParentJust my own hypothesis... People are great at doing many different things. When modern internet society became established (and specifically talking about primarily text based experiences), we...What's your hypothesis? What commonality does the first world have that is seeing the decline in literacy rates in so many countries?
Just my own hypothesis...
People are great at doing many different things. When modern internet society became established (and specifically talking about primarily text based experiences), we were presented with an informational "window" of text and other material that had a large amount of un-helpful content (advertisements, "nonsense wording" to help search engine rankings, pointless internet comments, etc.). People are good at finding patterns and started to exercise that sort of metal activity to extract the "useful bits" out of a webpage.
Before the internet, when presented with a passage of text (from a book or article), generally the whole thing was worth reading. There was some parts that "didn't get to the point" so people back when learned to skim past those sections. Still, they were reading and generally learning useful reading skills.
Now, with the internet, people are extracting tiny bits of useful information. They may extract a sentence or two... or a few words strung together... or simply skim what they extracted to get the gist of that idea... but overall, they are not finding a point in reading (or even barely comprehending) most of the narrative. Most of it advertisements and search engine ranking nonsensical fluff after all.
That internet experience is set in as habit before introduction of books and articles in a school setting or otherwise. As such, the habit likely extends to that new medium where the new reader sees no point in the book or article at all (since they cannot easily extract the "few word" punchline from a 200 page book). Reading has not been an exercised skill so reading speeds are slow. Efforts to read a book or article are high. Going back to the familiar "extract a sentence from the internet" skill is easy. Therefore, reading overall has suffered.
I (with no research at all) am not aware of any studies that would compare and contrast how different "literary presentations" would influence learning how to read. That being said, I would imagine that the internet (generally as it stands now) would be an overall negative way to introduce such a concept.
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Comment on Is there still an arcade gaming scene? in ~games
gt24 Link ParentThe arcade near me is Past Times Arcade which features about 400 pinball machines. Notably, they did a video about their Black Knight pinball table (on Youtube here). The interesting thing is how...The arcade near me is Past Times Arcade which features about 400 pinball machines. Notably, they did a video about their Black Knight pinball table (on Youtube here).
The interesting thing is how large that arcade is (and that it is in Northeast Ohio). When I hear of other arcades, they don't seem to be "larger" than what we have. For instance, the Pinball Hall of Fame seems to only have about the same amount of machines (368 according to this page). I figured that arcades in larger towns would inherently be larger...
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Comment on Is there still an arcade gaming scene? in ~games
gt24 LinkThere is an arcade near me that primarily has pinball machines from all eras (including modern ones) and arcade machines as well (with some modern ones). It is a newer facility but they are able...There is an arcade near me that primarily has pinball machines from all eras (including modern ones) and arcade machines as well (with some modern ones). It is a newer facility but they are able to survive because the machines are "free play" (and just work without you putting money in them) and you are charged a fee at the door to enter the facility ($20 for the whole day). As such, people can play anything and everything and have a pretty full day experience for a notably cheaper cost than going to an amusement park (and they don't need to drive to the farther away amusement park either).
At least for that facility, having an expansive amount of machines makes the $20 entry fee feel appropriately priced.
In addition, this approach (pay for entry and not at the machine) allows you to play on a pinball table or an arcade for a decent amount of time even if have a talent for losing the games quickly. You don't have much hesitation for trying a new game because the try "didn't cost anything" and your not financially penalized or rewarded based on your game skill. As such, what is there is more like a "PC game" in that you are deciding how much time you want to put towards a game as opposed to "your quarters and skills" deciding that for you.
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Comment on What do you think about Medium nowadays? in ~tech
gt24 LinkMy only direct interaction with Medium is when I read Admiral Cloudberg plane accident analysis articles on there (which is something I learned about from Reddit). It is better than the...My only direct interaction with Medium is when I read Admiral Cloudberg plane accident analysis articles on there (which is something I learned about from Reddit). It is better than the alternative source for that person's articles (that being Imgur). It simply is me, the reader, accessing a specific content creator. I can go directly to their content and read everything posted without needing to create any account. Still, I want to read what that person posts and I learned of them elsewhere on the Internet (and not on Medium).
When you go to Medium's main page, you have an option to start reading right on their main page. This presumably would encourage you to stay on Medium to read some awesome content creators which Medium would feature. Instead, I get a notification that I must create an account to go onwards. There is nothing encouraging me to do such a thing... and while I can start clicking around on the top menu of the site to learn more, it would also assume that I would be driven to find a reason to create an account. Still, clicking around on the menu pages doesn't quite give a good reason to me to create an account unless I want to write something.
A creator has many different platforms on the Internet which they can post their content. They have to feel comfortable using whatever they want to use. When Admiral Cloudberg was using Imgur, an image hosting site, as an article posting medium, I was going there and reading the content. It was clunky and a bit goofy to read articles on Imgur but the content was worth it. So it didn't really matter where that person posted content since it was worth it to me to figure out how to read that content wherever it was posted.
As such, Medium just feels like a place for creators to use. The creators then find the readers. As a reader, I don't feel a direct desire to try to engage with Medium to maybe find someone's content that I may possibly want to read. It would likely help Medium more if certain high quality creators were featured for everyone to learn about (even people without accounts) with (at worst) deeper searching being restricted to account holders.
I think I'm a bit burned out on having to create an account in order for me to then learn about why I would even want to interact with something in the first place.
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Comment on I used to teach students. Now I catch ChatGPT cheats. in ~tech
gt24 LinkOne paragraph from the article seems like something AI may have trouble with. I don't think AI would do well creating a first draft, refining it based off of feedback in a realistic manner, and...One paragraph from the article seems like something AI may have trouble with.
I have said this sort of thing to students from time to time, in explaining why most of their grade—all of it, in some cases—is based on such long-term writing assignments. Such assignments have been the most powerful teaching tool in my arsenal, particularly when they are developed in stages: a first draft followed by feedback, followed by a revision, and so on. Assuming that the student puts in the effort, the paper inevitably gets better through such a process.
I don't think AI would do well creating a first draft, refining it based off of feedback in a realistic manner, and then iterating each time. I would imagine that the "wheels will fall off the bus" at some point as the AI is typically expected to give the answer as opposed to an emulation of a iterative writing process.
While iteration can be a difficult thing to embrace for students trying to cram completing an assignment in mere hours before it is due, it may be beneficial to emphasize that iteration more since it is where AI could have a decent amount of difficulty (so I hypothesize, I haven't tested this myself).
One last thing that may help is an introduction of a physically printed source that AI would know nothing about such as an essay provided by the instructor (or a larger body of work). Since it is unique to the professor, AI will hopefully have not seen it to refer to. The AI would need to know of it first requiring effort from a lazy student to enter it (either by typing or some sort of OCR). Still, I would think that the AI would tend to not focus on the newly entered work with a ton of weight, will not cite it correctly, and will just be given a more difficult time figuring things out. When the student's work is submitted, they can then be asked to write a quick opinion on that source since they should have reviewed it when writing their work.
Basically, AI doesn't know everything but that is a claim without proof... so perhaps it helps to introduce something that the AI doesn't know about to prove that point.
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Comment on Download and transfer for Kindle books discontinued on Feb 26 in ~books
gt24 (edited )Link ParentFrom what I read, logging in on that device is "weird" now. I'll quote the necessary bits below and provide the link as a source citation only. If you follow the steps below, it should work......As it stands, I'm unable to access the kindle store and attempting to register the device results in an invalid username/password error despite double-checking I had the credentials correct and using them to log in on a browser.
From what I read, logging in on that device is "weird" now. I'll quote the necessary bits below and provide the link as a source citation only. If you follow the steps below, it should work...
Victoria7500
3y agoDo you have two factor authentication on your Amazon account? I ran into this issue when I reset an old Kindle a while ago, following these instructions from the Amazon website did the trick.
To log in with Alternate Sign-In for Two-Step Verification:
Enter your sign-in information and click Submit.
You'll receive an error message saying that your email and password combination is incorrect.
You'll receive a security code through text message, voice call, or authenticator app.
Enter the security code at the end of your account password and click Submit. For example, if password is "abcdef" and the security code received is "12345," enter "abcdef12345" as your password.
From another link, for accounts without 2 factor authentication you would still be sent a code anyway. You use that code instead of your password when asked for the password.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump to issue executive orders to end birthright citizenship, limit gender identity — incoming official in ~lgbt
gt24 Link ParentYour comment made me look up what that meant. I seem to be a bit behind on random new acronyms. To save people a bit of a search, here is a Wikipedia page with more information....TIL the term “JAQing” too.
Your comment made me look up what that meant. I seem to be a bit behind on random new acronyms. To save people a bit of a search, here is a Wikipedia page with more information.
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Comment on How to pass the time when you have nothing to do at work and just your phone? in ~talk
gt24 LinkThere are some things you can read on the internet which will take up a large amount of time to get though all the content. First off is Admiral Cloudberg's articles about plane accidents. A...There are some things you can read on the internet which will take up a large amount of time to get though all the content.
First off is Admiral Cloudberg's articles about plane accidents. A typical article will take 30-60 minutes to read and there are certainly a ton of articles to go through. They are all at https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/
Second is Damn Interesting which also posts long form articles. You have a few hundred you can dig through there. They are at https://www.damninteresting.com/
XKCD (known for their comic strips) has a What If series of articles that they created. They later on made several books. Still, you can read the articles on their website (even though the articles are shorter than the ones I previously mentioned). The first article is at https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/ and each other article can be accessed with the arrows at the top (or by incrementing the number in the URL).
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Comment on How to pass the time when you have nothing to do at work and just your phone? in ~talk
gt24 Link ParentIf you are from the United States, you can get a Library card and then you can (most likely) use the Libby app. That app lets you borrow a digital book from Amazon Kindle and then read it on your...If you are from the United States, you can get a Library card and then you can (most likely) use the Libby app. That app lets you borrow a digital book from Amazon Kindle and then read it on your phone using the Kindle app. Amazon will handle returning the book at the end of the loan period or you can return it early if you prefer.
Each library offers different services so you may have to look around to find one that allows you to receive Amazon Kindle book loans. At the very least, it is a free way to read books and pass the time.
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Comment on Is Google doing its darndest to squeeze out Firefox or other browsers? in ~tech
gt24 LinkFirefox isn't Chrome. Firefox may need configuration to work more like Chrome. Below are a few of my experiences... DNS over HTTPS will encrypt your DNS requests and send them to a DNS server of...Firefox isn't Chrome. Firefox may need configuration to work more like Chrome. Below are a few of my experiences...
DNS over HTTPS will encrypt your DNS requests and send them to a DNS server of the browser's choosing. Different DNS servers act differently. Chrome uses Google DNS and Firefox uses Cloudflare DNS. Still, you can configure each browser to use different DNS servers of your choice.
(The following is based on what I read from Reddit long ago and I cannot easily find a source to verify this information. You can still experiment with this option below.)
Google DNS likes to let people know where you are location wise. Cloudflare hides your location. If your location is known, you will be provided with web servers (CDN servers which mirror web content) located closer to your location so that the internet is faster. If your location is not known then you will be given a generic server which may be generally overloaded. However, to get that closer server, your location is known to others... so it is a speed and privacy tradeoff. Regardless, the two CDN sources may behave differently so you may want to figure Firefox similar to Chrome to see if that speeds things up.
This tended to be an issue with Youtube in past (as far as I recall) and I'm not sure if it is still an issue now.
You can change this in Firefox Settings, in Privacy, you can sent DNS over HTTPS to increased protection which allows you to specify the DNS over HTTPS server you prefer to use (for example, https://dns.google/dns-query is for Google's HTTPS over DNS server). The default protection setting only uses Cloudflare's service.
(Below is based on experience.)
Many folks wonder over to Firefox now because Ublock Origin will soon not be supported on Chrome (Ublock Origin Lite will work but it isn't quite the same thing). What you may not know is that Ublock Origin is slightly more powerful on Firefox and may be configured differently than what you expect. It should behave the same when the settings are the same as what you used in Chrome.
In Settings, in the Privacy section at the top, are 4 check boxes... One of those check boxes was never available on Chrome. There are i icons at the far right to explain each option.
When enabled, the last option (Uncloak canonical names) can cause Firefox to behave significantly worse (notably, this option is not available in Chrome).
When enabled, the first option (Disable pre-fetching) can cause Firefox to start slower. Ublock Origin is able to stop Firefox from doing anything until Ublock is ready to block ads. This means that Firefox can start a bit slower and that this checkbox will work if enabled. Chrome, on the other hand, won't wait for anything and may load some ad related stuff in before Ublock can come online. Chrome starts faster due to that. However, this checkbox doesn't quite work in Chrome because Chrome sometimes just pre-fetches things anyway.
You can configure the other options as you see fit.
The summary is that Firefox and Chrome are different and the same extension on both browsers also behaves differently. It seems, from my experiences, that the differences tend to favor Firefox being slower but also protecting your privacy more. You can configure the browser to your tastes and recover the speed you are used to.
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Comment on Hey, monthly mystery commenters, what's up with the hit-and-runs? in ~tildes
gt24 LinkI'm likely not a "mystery commenter" but I will provide my two cents since that seems to be requested. I grew up reading books and I quite like reading books. Most of the interactions I have with...I'm likely not a "mystery commenter" but I will provide my two cents since that seems to be requested.
I grew up reading books and I quite like reading books. Most of the interactions I have with places such as Tildes is to read the various commentary posted by others which gives more value to a submission than the parent article itself. Stepping into that sort of conversation means that I feel that I have something useful to provide towards it and I typically feel that my contribution would not be all that useful.
Others tend to post whatever thoughts I have and tend to do so with more eloquence than I feel I could provide. Still, quality aside, there was likely a conversation that sparked from that comment that went in whatever organic direction it wanted to go. It seems a bit disruptive to reply to an earlier comment in that chain with a different point of view since it implies that I want to derail the ongoing conversation. Regardless, it seems like a lack of replies just reinforces how my commentary wasn't all that interesting or helpful to anyone reading along.
Posting anything in a typed manner can expose grammatical issues. I can tend to repeat myself or repeat comments stated ad nauseam by many other people. Such literary weaknesses can be pointed out by others and used by them to attempt to destroy the intentions of my comment. I do understand to a degree - reading something with literary issues can be a bit annoying. The issue is more myself than others, at least I think. I read what I type, judge it harshly, and choose not to post anything in the end.
Getting back to the original topic, that of the "mystery commenter", I theorize that the internet provides an easy out for them to duck out of any conversations. In real life, you are physically in a conversation and have to find some way to exit the conversation when desired (usually by creating a made up thing that requires your immediate departure). On the Internet, you can just vanish. It is easier with platforms such as this because you will tend to not know who I am (since my username is barely noticeable at the top of this topic anyway). It was harder on forums since my user information tended to have a forum signature, profile image, and other easy to notice identifying marks. I could "become known" to the community and feel more at ease when I notice other familiar people. Here... it is just random blue usernames above a see of seemingly anonymous comments.
Regardless, if I find some apparent way to contribute then I may send in a comment. If this were a forum then my long winded narrative would become legendary. However, since this is more of a Reddit like place, I tend to try to keep my comments brief and terse. Hopefully this longer comment serves to spark a bit of thoughtful contemplation.
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Comment on The Steam Winter Sale has begun (Dec 21st - Jan 4th) in ~games
gt24 Link ParentI have purchased and am having fun with Time Wasters. You are in a space ship in a singular area of space trying to fend off an alien invasion. Your ship will generally automatically shoot at the...I have purchased and am having fun with Time Wasters.
You are in a space ship in a singular area of space trying to fend off an alien invasion. Your ship will generally automatically shoot at the nearest thing but you can control where it shoots as well (and some weapons work far better if aimed). The key is that your ship can boost in a direction and you will really want to do that. There are things in space which you can fly over to get a beneficial effect. The "time cubes" (or whatever cube like thing you find) can be traded in for level upgrades or is used for currency on the main menu for unlocking things. You will fight some larger boss ships as well which breaks a few things up.
You fly as a specific captain of the ship but if you upgrade that character enough then you can "recruit" them to be on your ship (where "recruit" means "select them during a level upgrade"). If your captain (or a "recruit on your ship") has a high enough level, you can upgrade their associated specialty weapon to its' "super level" (kind of like how weapons in Vampire Survivors can be upgraded to a "super level" as well with other weapons).
Regardless, that finished game is certainly worth the $4 it costs right now during the Steam sale.
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Comment on Unity reveals plans to charge per game install, drawing criticism from development community in ~games
gt24 Link ParentThere was a time when DRM meant that you could only reinstall your purchased copy of a game only a few times (for example: Spore could only ever be installed 3 times). This era of oppressive DRM...There was a time when DRM meant that you could only reinstall your purchased copy of a game only a few times (for example: Spore could only ever be installed 3 times). This era of oppressive DRM meant that games always needed the ability to internet verify the installation and that legitimate games may eventually not work anymore because of installation limits.
Unity's plans encourage developers to reintroduce that sort of thing again...
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Comment on Retired Maj. David Grusch tells Congress the US is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs in ~society
gt24 Link ParentTime is even more "brief" than most people realize. We had an effort to reach out and try to contact alien civilizations (SETI) by either listening for signals or sending one of our own. From...Time is even more "brief" than most people realize.
We had an effort to reach out and try to contact alien civilizations (SETI) by either listening for signals or sending one of our own. From Wikipedia, it seems like we sent a signal out in 1974 (which will be our generic example). We will assume the signal was sent to a nearby star (since the original signal was sent to something about 25,000 light years away). We will assume the star is a more reasonable 25 light years away.
It takes 25 years for the signal to arrive at the example star (we will assume has alien life). The life there has to be able to receive the signal and so happen to be listening in at the time. They also have to be able to send a signal back and have the appropriate will and desire to do so. Also, they would need time to prepare and send the signal. They send the signal for about 25 minutes constantly.
It takes 25 years for the signal to travel back. It has been 50 years since the signal was sent. Back on Earth... it is likely we are not listening. For examples, we aren't listening to "that specific star", the political will has changed and defunded the program, the radio telescope that would listen to such things does not exist anymore (in other words - Arecibo Telescope), and maybe the equipment just had a scheduled maintenance cycle where it was turned off for about an hour.
Regardless, we only had 25 minutes to hear the signal and it would have arrived 50 years or a bit more after we sent the original signal. Missing that signal means that two civilizations never contact each other. In other words, that brief moment of time was only a very specific 25 minutes. When we were sending a signal in 1974, we sent it to something 25,000 light years away. While it isn't impossible, I highly doubt that anyone will be sitting around here 50,000 years in the future listening for a response.
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Comment on A political gap in excess deaths in the USA widened after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, study says in ~health
gt24 Link ParentThe article mentions Ohio. Notably there, when requesting to vote on a specific day you are asked if you want a ballot for a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent (issues only) ballot. What...Wait, can you not vote freely among all available options?
Can you register towards more than one available party to keep your options open at election days?
The article mentions Ohio. Notably there, when requesting to vote on a specific day you are asked if you want a ballot for a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent (issues only) ballot. What you request will determine your "political party" but how you vote is secret. This is only for certain elections so this only comes up periodically if you opt to vote every single time.
You are able to make a different decision each time you go to vote in one of those certain elections and I think it updates your "party" to match the last requested ballot type.
Regardless, the party is wanting to hold an "internal vote" to help decide how they want to proceed in a future election (meaning what candidate is going to be "their candidate" for that future election). They have government assistance in carrying out that vote (meaning that their questions are put on an official election ballot) but what they do with those results is up to them. While this may have a negative association where the government endorses certain political parties, this does keep the voting action inside that party as something more credible than if the party figured that out on their own.
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Comment on Nostalgia -- what programs do you miss? in ~tech
gt24 Link ParentGoogle searching away, it seems like they were able to rescue the old source code for Neko and that person just straight compiled it for other newer targets like 64 bit Windows. The app does seem...I wonder if they are still a thing...
Google searching away, it seems like they were able to rescue the old source code for Neko and that person just straight compiled it for other newer targets like 64 bit Windows. The app does seem to work on my PC but has bugs in regards to my multiple monitors (likely related to not understanding that the 2 monitors run at different resolutions). More info is at the link below and the github source code is at the second link.
https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/03/27/neko-x64/
https://github.com/neozeed/neko98
Neko also has their own Wikipedia page.
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Comment on System Shock remake discussion in ~games
gt24 LinkThe game was good. It brought the older System Shock into the modern era but it still felt the same as the old game in regards to the level design and general asthetic. The updated graphics made...The game was good. It brought the older System Shock into the modern era but it still felt the same as the old game in regards to the level design and general asthetic. The updated graphics made the levels easier to understand when compared to the older game.
The game had some interesting bugs that seems to hint that the staff may have had issues testing or coding the game. The game feels a bit more janky than it should and also has some oddities in the gameplay that people seem to find annoying as well...
Some Bugs and Oddities - Minor Spoilers
Bug (fixed) - Medbays being "occupied" after you use them so you couldn't use them again. I think this tied in to quick saving and quick loading which, if you see the "BOOM - DIE" part below, is something that you would be doing a ton of.
Bug (fixed) - Reactor self destruct "already activated". Apparently, when you complete that bit of the story, an achievement is unlocked. If you have the achievement, you can NEVER do that part of the story again (because you already done it) meaning you cannot reload older saves or restart the game.
Oddity - To get a desirable inventory perk, you have to play a chess game against the AI. Notably, you have to play a chess game well. The suggestion is that you go to a chess playing website and have the AI there play against the AI in the game... (this may have worked better if a logic probe could have been used to bypass the chess game)
Oddity - Sensaround confirms that there is an item at this location... but the item must have glitched out of the level...
Oddity - Security level entry door locks when you enter preventing you from back tracking. You likely kept some odd "plasma cores" in various crates on prior levels not knowing what to do with them. You get the Plasma Rifle on the Security level but have no way to go back to the prior levels to get the ammo for it (and there is no cargo lift on the Security level either).
An interesting frustrating tidbit is how you are playing the game and suddenly you "BOOM - DIE". Apparently this is done by pretty much silent Autobombs (think of an angry and explosive roller skate). Another enemy (Cyborg Warrior?) tends to throw sticky grenades that you barely notice (by sound and maybe by sight) so you tend to first notice those bombs by "BOOM - DIE". It was especially fun when one of those decided to throw a grenade into a door jam before I entered a room and right before I quick saved... so when I quick loaded from a "BOOM - DIE", I walked in the room only to die again... it was "fun" to try to find that grenade so I can shoot it and blow it up.
Considering that essentially everything else attacking you doesn't instakill you and clearly informs you that they are responsible for you dying, it seems odd that you get instakilled "BOOM - DIE" style in such a way that you have no idea what happened. It emphasized quick saving and quick loading which likely caused some bugs...
Still, the game was certainly worth playing and I am glad it was remade. I hope that they eventually make a System Shock 2 remake as well.
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Comment on DisplayPort: A better video interface in ~tech
gt24 Link ParentI had this problem as well and it drove me nuts. It could be that the affected older Samsung monitor had some sort of lingering design flaw... or the motherboard and video card were disagreeing......I use DP, but it gives me more grief than HDMI. Across multiple devices, cables, and screens, monitors just won't turn back on when waking the PC and it'll force a reboot.
I had this problem as well and it drove me nuts. It could be that the affected older Samsung monitor had some sort of lingering design flaw... or the motherboard and video card were disagreeing... or the cable wasn't quite up to snuff... but I just decided to try HDMI cables when trying to troubleshoot the cabling angle. HDMI works but I never did figure out why display port was such a headache.
Strangely enough, that same monitor was fine with an older computer on display port using that same cable.
The issue with newer "cabling" (that being USB C, display port, etc) is that it is difficult to determine what is the problem when something goes wrong. A person can be frustrated trying to get a USB C to HDMI adapter to work and it isn't easy to prove what is wrong without experimentation. It isn't easy to determine what features a port supports, if the cable would even allow for that thing to work, if the device being plugged in will even work without issues, if some software is causing the issues somewhere, and so on. It just makes troubleshooting a bit too much like "just try everything and hope the problem just goes away eventually".
It seemed, to me, like older ancient ports didn't have such headaches. Then again, I may have simply been lucky enough to not run into problems back then.
I do think that the "internet pollution" concept will become a rather insidious problem. When AI answers a query, it is unclear how that answer was obtained (and perhaps that could never be figured out). The answer can be wrong, have omissions, and/or have hallucinations all the same. A person may or may not trust what the AI directly says to them however they may eventually learn to not really trust what another person says to them either if that other person is just repeating the errant output that they read from an AI.
The fallout of such an "AI information pollution" event is that people will feel like distrusting most everything they hear replacing that trust with "what they feel like trusting" (that being what they want to hear). While this isn't a new concept (with misleading books and goofy internet sources telling people whatever they "feel like trusting"), I feel that the concept will become more broadly practiced. When it is increasingly believed that all information you can reasonably access is tainted with being inaccurate, it does make researching anything a bit more frustrating and less desirable.
Bringing this back to the core AI weakness of "it is unclear how that answer was obtained", the AI is working as sort of a "black box" that gives "that answer". Without the ability to know how the answer was obtained, it sort of conveys that "how the answer was obtained" doesn't matter so long as the answer "sounds good enough" since most people will only believe what they "feel like trusting" anyway.
I know, I am doing a lot of "hand waving" through the overall thought process here and coming to a large conclusion that would certainly require far more evidence to back it up. Likely the end result will be far less dramatic than what I concluded. Still, the increase of information being "good enough" for people who "feel like trusting" what they want to hear is a bit concerning.