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Comment on Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur's GOTY wins over use of generative AI [for now-removed background assets] in ~games
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Comment on Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur's GOTY wins over use of generative AI [for now-removed background assets] in ~games
unkz Link ParentAt the rate models are becoming capable of running on local hardware, I’m seeing this as less and less of a concern. Pretty much all of the best in class image models are perfectly capable of...At the rate models are becoming capable of running on local hardware, I’m seeing this as less and less of a concern. Pretty much all of the best in class image models are perfectly capable of being run on my (admittedly powerful) workstation. LLMs are still generally only effective on cloud scale hardware, but I think that will change in the relatively near future.
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Comment on Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur's GOTY wins over use of generative AI [for now-removed background assets] in ~games
unkz LinkThis is just silly. AI is the perfect tool to make Indy games competitive with major studios. We should be celebrating the use of AI for field leveling in these industries.This is just silly. AI is the perfect tool to make Indy games competitive with major studios. We should be celebrating the use of AI for field leveling in these industries.
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Comment on As a reindeer herder, I am watching Norwegian renewable energy projects threaten our land, livelihoods and an Indigenous way of life the state once tried to erase in ~enviro
unkz Link ParentI find it odd to constantly see this repeated as some sort of undisputed fact. Did people say this when windmills were invented too? Because nowadays they are considered charming and quaint....Wind farms are ugly.
I find it odd to constantly see this repeated as some sort of undisputed fact. Did people say this when windmills were invented too? Because nowadays they are considered charming and quaint. Personally, I love wind farms.
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Comment on As a reindeer herder, I am watching Norwegian renewable energy projects threaten our land, livelihoods and an Indigenous way of life the state once tried to erase in ~enviro
unkz LinkI don’t question that this is meaningful to them, or that the history here is ugly. But “this is our culture” isn’t a trump card. Climate change is a global, existential problem. Decarbonizing at...I don’t question that this is meaningful to them, or that the history here is ugly. But “this is our culture” isn’t a trump card.
Climate change is a global, existential problem. Decarbonizing at scale is not optional, and it’s not cost-free. Every energy transition disrupts someone’s way of life. Coal towns, fishing communities, dam projects - many people have lost jobs, land, and entire futures. The issue is, the alternative is worse.
Indigenous land rights should mean real consultation, mitigation, and compensation. They shouldn’t mean a permanent veto over nationally critical infrastructure. If every historically rooted land use could block renewables, large scale decarbonization simply wouldn’t happen.
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Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech
unkz Link ParentBut aren’t you shaming them with this post? But in a way where nobody can judge whether they deserve that shame?But aren’t you shaming them with this post? But in a way where nobody can judge whether they deserve that shame?
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Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech
unkz Link ParentBut that’s kind of what you are doing, except you aren’t giving their side of the story?But that’s kind of what you are doing, except you aren’t giving their side of the story?
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Comment on How Nick Fuentes’s coordinated US raids and foreign fake-speech networks inflate his influence in ~society
unkz LinkJust wanted to point out how dumb this one paragraph is. Come on now. There’s lots of actual evidence here, but this ain’t it.Just wanted to point out how dumb this one paragraph is.
Fuentes Himself is Involved in Coordination: His manipulated reach is not accidental; full show transcripts reveal hundreds of real-time commands to “retweet this” and “retweet me,” establishing raid-style amplification as a core operating method. These directed raids built the behavioral infrastructure of his account and laid the groundwork for consistent X policy violations by the anonymous and foreign network now amplifying him.
Come on now. There’s lots of actual evidence here, but this ain’t it.
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Comment on I don't care much for symbolism in ~creative
unkz LinkI’m always reminded of Steven King’s approach to symbolism. He writes without any conscious regard for symbolism, but then after he is done he reads his work and looks for the symbolism and then...I’m always reminded of Steven King’s approach to symbolism. He writes without any conscious regard for symbolism, but then after he is done he reads his work and looks for the symbolism and then he goes back through and emphasizes what he found in its nascent form. In that way, it isn’t too forced but it still adds depth to the writing.
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Comment on At dusk, fifty people went to San Francisco's longest dead-end street and all ordered a Waymo at the same time in ~transport
unkz Link ParentNon-zero chance someone gets their ass kicked by an angry Uber driver.Non-zero chance someone gets their ass kicked by an angry Uber driver.
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Comment on Finland cut Russian energy imports and closed the shared border, erasing €12 billion in trade. The shocks deepened the Nordic nation's deficit, already strained by defense and welfare spending. in ~society
unkz LinkThey should get credit for actually taking a hit to stand up to RussiaThey should get credit for actually taking a hit to stand up to Russia
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Comment on A post on X claiming that Denmark has introduced an IQ threshold of at least 85 for sperm donors has sparked confusion, debate and memes, but ultimately is misleading in ~health
unkz Link ParentMaybe the original on X (which I refuse to use), but it has popped up on instagram and Reddit for me. I think it has more reach than you think.literal shitpost on X that was seen by less than 20k people
Maybe the original on X (which I refuse to use), but it has popped up on instagram and Reddit for me. I think it has more reach than you think.
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Comment on You’re probably using the wrong dictionary in ~books
unkz LinkTLDR: Thesauruses exist and are more suitable for some writing purposes than dictionaries. A long time ago Noah Webster wrote a thesaurus and called it a dictionary. The author John McPhee likes...TLDR: Thesauruses exist and are more suitable for some writing purposes than dictionaries. A long time ago Noah Webster wrote a thesaurus and called it a dictionary. The author John McPhee likes to use this thesaurus.
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Comment on Why humanity needs a Lunar seed vault in ~space
unkz LinkI wonder if it might be more plausible to just genetically sequence these seeds and print them later once we have the requisite technology.I wonder if it might be more plausible to just genetically sequence these seeds and print them later once we have the requisite technology.
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Comment on How to actually feed America (food bank logistics) in ~society
unkz LinkI never would have guessed that food banks employ a market based approach for distribution, or that they would employ negative value bids.I never would have guessed that food banks employ a market based approach for distribution, or that they would employ negative value bids.
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How to actually feed America (food bank logistics)
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Comment on Against 'Metroidbrania': a landscape of knowledge games in ~games
unkz LinkThe list is missing 12 Minutes, which I highly recommend.The problem there is that there's very few games that actually meet this description. Out of the list above, the only ones I'd put in that list are Animal Well, Outer Wilds, and Tunic.
The list is missing 12 Minutes, which I highly recommend.
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Comment on The DoorDash problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon in ~tech
unkz Link ParentI don’t entirely agree with the premise. For me, I think there are other aspects which are comparable in importance. like you said, upsells. Insulating me from upsells and advertising on that “buy...If the value of the AI is figuring out what to purchase
I don’t entirely agree with the premise. For me, I think there are other aspects which are comparable in importance.
- like you said, upsells. Insulating me from upsells and advertising on that “buy now” page is something i want.
- that last mile of completing the purchase is still something I don’t want to have to do
- privacy and profiling — I think there are ways agentic buying can operate that preclude websites from associating my agent’s browsing from profiling me. All the stores know is that some cloud entity with a clean cookie jar was looking for X product.
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Comment on The DoorDash problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon in ~tech
unkz Link ParentIt seems to me like a lot of people’s perception of how an AI assistant can’t work comes from a place of not having had an actual human personal assistant before. With USB cables, it’s not like...It seems to me like a lot of people’s perception of how an AI assistant can’t work comes from a place of not having had an actual human personal assistant before.
With USB cables, it’s not like you don’t have any control. You ask for a thing, it asks you if it found what you want. For a toaster, it can show you a selection of options — if you don’t like them, you can do your own search. Or tell it to go look again with guidance.
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Comment on The DoorDash problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon in ~tech
unkz Link ParentAnd even supposedly trustworthy Youtube influencers are notorious for being exposed for taking kickbacks and otherwise being corporate shill.And even supposedly trustworthy Youtube influencers are notorious for being exposed for taking kickbacks and otherwise being corporate shill.
Almost all successful “Indie“ games are still multimillion dollar operations. AI tools have the potential to open the space to motivated single individuals.