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Comment on I want an RPG with reverse leveling in ~games
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Comment on I want an RPG with reverse leveling in ~games
thumbsupemoji Link ParentI mean, it seems like this is a straightforward concept to test: @sunset pick a game you like, I think Skyrim would fit but doesn't matter get your rules straight do a playthrough & rigidly adhere...I mean, it seems like this is a straightforward concept to test:
- @sunset pick a game you like, I think Skyrim would fit but doesn't matter
- get your rules straight
- do a playthrough & rigidly adhere to them & see if it's fun
My guess is that it will not be lol, & that's why there aren't really examples of this—if I throw a dart & pick any open-world game I've played, I invariably found some rando spot I was underleveled for early on, fought the dude with the thing one million times until I beat him, & then became like a toddler with a bazooka: that's my fav. playstyle lol, but if I said "There needs to be more games where they give you a giant overpowered weapon at the beginning," I mean maybe? But also I can just do that.
Honestly I think once you try to actually get it set up clearly before playing, it'll sort of come apart because it's contradictory to the theory & dopamine levels &etc that make people actually want to play games—like you want to play buddhist Monopoly & start with all the money & properties & then have to give them away. Like I play games to get that feeling of being so cool because I can fly now or beat that big guy finally, going the opposite direction seems like it would only work if you were playing a walking sim as a dementia patient or something, a slow decline. Eeesh.
Now: if you wanted a game with some shinobi master who was the greatest blah blah & could do anything, but to progress you had to sacrifice some things to focus your energy on others, ending as like the all-time greatest at one skill, I would want to play that game—but that's just regular leveling with a handicap lol
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
thumbsupemoji Link ParentYeah, & idk if i were @deimos, after seeing so many ideas take off & experience incredible success, & then almost all of them slowly descend into rampant inescapable shittiness... i mean it's...Yeah, & idk if i were @deimos, after seeing so many ideas take off & experience incredible success, & then almost all of them slowly descend into rampant inescapable shittiness... i mean it's working so i'd probably leave it alone too
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Comment on Cargobike recommendations and advice in ~hobbies
thumbsupemoji Linkthese are obviously much nicer bikes lol, but we did very well with a bright orange radwagon until everyone was too big for itthese are obviously much nicer bikes lol, but we did very well with a bright orange radwagon until everyone was too big for it
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Comment on What I learned about billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s private retreat in ~society
thumbsupemoji Link ParentUnfortunately they are only a foundation giving to other organizations—i haven't cracked the philanthropy-to-individuals pipeline but as someone who's also been looking for a job, I feel yaUnfortunately they are only a foundation giving to other organizations—i haven't cracked the philanthropy-to-individuals pipeline but as someone who's also been looking for a job, I feel ya
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Comment on What I learned about billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s private retreat in ~society
thumbsupemoji Link ParentSending now, godspeed lolSending now, godspeed lol
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Comment on What I learned about billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s private retreat in ~society
thumbsupemoji Link ParentI know of at least one billionaire foundation whose director after the founder passed away announced "Hey, we are unable to give this money away faster than we are making money, if you need some...I know of at least one billionaire foundation whose director after the founder passed away announced "Hey, we are unable to give this money away faster than we are making money, if you need some lmk." And I mean there's still an application, it's a process no matter what, but they seem to really mean it; once that exponential compound interest ticks over, things get crazy.
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Comment on Gemma needs help in ~comp
thumbsupemoji Link ParentI had the same thought, why can't I DPO my own brain lol But really it's not that we don't understand consciousness (we don't), it's that this is not that, and I don't think this article is...I had the same thought, why can't I DPO my own brain lol
But really it's not that we don't understand consciousness (we don't), it's that this is not that, and I don't think this article is necessarily trying to be sensationalist but it ends up that way for sure: emotions are way up the ladder past consciousness/AGI as far as our own complexity & understanding, to say nothing of model analysis or replication. This is like where they realized if they told the LLM they were an "expert" programmer & to "try harder," it would A) output better code, but also B) leave comments like #omg omg i am so stoooopid lololol omg i do not deserve to live#—not because it was suddenly conscious & having an existential crisis, but because it said Ope, gotta pull out the "expert coding" examples & copied what they did, which was make better code but also panic a lot.
What we're doing to LLMs far in advance of them being conscious is making them, for good or for ill, like us: If you are abused as a kid & then have children, and you are 100% going to break the cycle & treat them better, then you may still have lingering effects & habits that they will pick up that you learned as a consequence of trauma, even though there is no current reason for them to learn them. We are preemptively scarring whatever AI we end up with lol
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
thumbsupemoji Link ParentIt's great that you're trying! Also yeah it's tough lol. I wish they were applying for grants, I can appreciate a good scam, but no they just register their business idea, make a website, and then...It's great that you're trying! Also yeah it's tough lol.
I wish they were applying for grants, I can appreciate a good scam, but no they just register their business idea, make a website, and then keep paying those fees every year or whatever for... three or four ideas now. I think that's just the part some people enjoy.
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Comment on Sturgill Simpson's new album released early on YouTube (Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight) (2026) in ~music
thumbsupemoji Link Parenti think most people who go to "This is Sturgill Simpson" on Spotify are gonna be kinda over it after ten minutes or so lol—for anyone who doesn't love cowboy anime, i don't know if this particular...i think most people who go to "This is Sturgill Simpson" on Spotify are gonna be kinda over it after ten minutes or so lol—for anyone who doesn't love cowboy anime, i don't know if this particular playthrough is on an album or not but it's choice, as is his cover of The Promise from MSCM. For me, I just wanna split a case of natural light with the guy.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
thumbsupemoji Link ParentYeah I hadn't ever heard that he grew up a pastor's kid, but reading that made me feel pretty certain that he did, & sure enough lol—it's the compartmentalization; I'm glad he's still thinking...Yeah I hadn't ever heard that he grew up a pastor's kid, but reading that made me feel pretty certain that he did, & sure enough lol—it's the compartmentalization; I'm glad he's still thinking about it at all, after everything they had to deal with. Honesty is the best way tho imo
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
thumbsupemoji Link Parentyeah i had vague memories of seeing that first one when it came out, and i was not impressed—I'll put it like this, my wife will watch some ghibli movies, and that's the extent of her anime...yeah i had vague memories of seeing that first one when it came out, and i was not impressed—I'll put it like this, my wife will watch some ghibli movies, and that's the extent of her anime desires; she was not interested in Chainsaw Man, understandably, but I just sort of had it on rewatching and after that slow start she was absolutely hooked lol, we finished the first season that night. So idk if you're looking for something or not, but dang it is very different from what I thought it was & I would def. recommend finishing it.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
thumbsupemoji Link Parenti don't see anyone asking so i'm curious if you've seen Chainsaw Man & what you thought; if not, do you have a moment to talk about Chainsaw Man, I have some literature lol jk /s ...unless? It...i don't see anyone asking so i'm curious if you've seen Chainsaw Man & what you thought; if not, do you have a moment to talk about Chainsaw Man, I have some literature lol jk /s ...unless?
It really caught me by surprise, I generally avoid over-the-top gore because, just, why, but I was actually blown away by both the anime & the manga.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
thumbsupemoji Link Parentyou and @balooga don't have to wonder about David Bazan, he does great solo stuff & introspective house tours and it's fantastic if a bit depressing (but that's kind of his whole thing, nothing...you and @balooga don't have to wonder about David Bazan, he does great solo stuff & introspective house tours and it's fantastic if a bit depressing (but that's kind of his whole thing, nothing wrong with it, I love a fellow eeyore). I saw him open for Jimmy Eat World a while back & he outdid them honestly.
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
thumbsupemoji Link ParentGotcha—ok I'm good there then, because neither would I haha, mainly because I've had that type of conversation with coworkers I've been at it with for literal years, so they're already on the...Gotcha—ok I'm good there then, because neither would I haha, mainly because I've had that type of conversation with coworkers I've been at it with for literal years, so they're already on the inside & it still comes back to bite you somehow.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
thumbsupemoji Linkchainsaw lord chainsaw chainsaw I blew through the first volume-ish, watched s1, read through reze + the 1980s image comics-esque international santa claus arc lol, now i'm debating on reading...chainsaw lord chainsaw chainsaw
I blew through the first volume-ish, watched s1, read through reze + the 1980s image comics-esque international santa claus arc lol, now i'm debating on reading through the school volume or savoring it & trying to drag it out like i always do things i love this much, gosh. Spy X Family was a game changer, i thought anime shows were all like pokemon & dragonball & I found out I was wrong, but chainsaw man is on another level entirely. The last thing I thought this Fujimoto guy was gonna throw at me was a story about the abuse of the impoverished by their employers (not that it's not timely lol but dang).
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
thumbsupemoji Link Parentbingo the saddest "bingo" lolbingo
the saddest "bingo" lol
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
thumbsupemoji Link Parentsomeone explained to me, and it was painful but it tracks, that the farther away you are from actual measurable work, the more money you can make. And I think when we had decent safety nets (or if...someone explained to me, and it was painful but it tracks, that the farther away you are from actual measurable work, the more money you can make. And I think when we had decent safety nets (or if you have the benefit of living in a place that still does), it was a better tradeoff, but at this point I'm not sure the gamble is worth it honestly—it's just nuts to live in a world where you trade your knees for enough to pay the bills, and then we have robot knees but they don't pay enough for us to afford them. Something's off.
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
thumbsupemoji Link Parentis there not some way we can Office Space all these boomers into pitching in some of this money they don't need? I don't care if they call it taxes or socialism, I want inis there not some way we can Office Space all these boomers into pitching in some of this money they don't need? I don't care if they call it taxes or socialism, I want in
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
thumbsupemoji Link ParentHeard lol. I already have too many degrees in the wrong things, and I asked but they said I can't respec this late in the game : ) DMing you, we've run into each other on tildes before & I feel...Heard lol. I already have too many degrees in the wrong things, and I asked but they said I can't respec this late in the game : )
DMing you, we've run into each other on tildes before & I feel like we have a lot in common...
Balatro does this to me lol