Some notes on piracy
From a Kindle library to music, movies/TV shows and even video games, we don’t really own our media anymore. I have exactly four physical games for my Switch and I think two or three for the PS 4. The rest, adding up to a sickening amount of money, are all digital copies that I’m not guaranteed access to forever...permalink -->
It's ok to disagree
I was talking to a coworker about his experience buying a car recently. Every time the salesman would suggest something, he’d push back like “eh I don’t like that color” or “yeah I don’t really like that brand.” Then the salesman would cave and agree like “oh yeah; that’s an ugly color. I hate Chevys too.”
He got annoyed and bought a car somewhere else. Don’t be a sycophant. It’s okay to have your own opinions, even if you’re a car salesman.
I thought I had this profound thought about picking the people in your life, etc then I realized it’s already a thing:
If you can’t change the people around you, change the people around you
Cheesy? Maybe. But I like it 😜
New VWs will answer some of your questions with ChatGPT
I was just reading about how people don’t want fancy tech packages in their car if it raises the price. Then I saw this article from The Verge:
Drivers in cars that support ChatGPT will need to be subscribed to VW’s Plus Speech with AI service to get it
…the company says when drivers ask for things like restaurant recommendations or for the chatbot to tell you a story, that will go to the cloud
It’s like onboard navigation. A shittier (paid) version of a free thing your phone can do and probably no one wants built into their car
From The Onion
I like Obsidian but I’m realizing I don’t use any of its unique features really. I only use it for post drafts and simple notes. I cancelled my sync subscription and I’m going to try using Strata instead for a while
Found an old promo copy of The Final Cut at a used record store the other day and I can’t stop listening to it 🫨🎵
NaNoWriMo Says Condemning AI Is ‘Classist and Ableist’
Daniel José Older, a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic and author of multiple series including Outlaw Saints, posted his resignation from the NaNoWriMo writers board
I agree it’s dumb to allow AI in a writing contest but there’s been such an uproar from high profile writers on X. You can’t complain about how bad AI is for the planet and how it’s just a grift when you’re posting from Elon’s hellsite lmao it literally has a LLM built in and it’s ran by an actual supervillain. you’re directly supporting that if you use X
CD Projekt Says Cyberpunk 2077 Will Return to Animation
I’m not big on anime and I never played the Cyberpunk games but I was OBSESSED with the anime! Was really bummed out when they said it was one and done. Would be cool to see a spinoff or something like that
A hate hate relationship
I’m lucky in the relationship department. We rarely ever fight and when we do, we might avoid each other for the rest of the day or maybe a couple days if it’s a particularly bad argument but we always approach it in a diplomatic way once we’ve both gathered our bearings. We work through it and come out of the other side understanding each other a little better than before when it’s all said and done.
Former Riot Games employees leverage generative AI to power NPCs
Retail Mage is a roleplaying game that allows players to take on the role of a wizard working as a salesperson at a magical furniture store. The main goal of the game is to earn five-star reviews by helping customers. But it’s really up to the players to decide if they actually want to work or cause chaos. With AI NPCs as customers and human players being able to say and do almost whatever they want, the possible outcomes should vary widely.
Actually a really cool use for gen ai in games
AnandTech shuts down after 27 years
For the past several years it seems as if there has been a trend away from ultimate understanding in content online and towards the tenets of modern mainstream media (sensationalism and the general silliness you see on US cable TV news).
I never read AnandTech but I definitely feel where its founder was coming from when he said this in an interview with The Verge, all the way back in 2011
When I had covid I never lost my sense of smell or taste completely but now that I’m over it everything tastes… different. Never experienced anything like it before 😳
Walked up to the screen door and this little guy landed right in front of me! I hear that’s good luck 😏
Black mold, flies and roaches, rancid smells: No wonder Boar’s Head caused a listeria outbreak!
Boar’s Head deli meat was recalled last month after it caused a listeria outbreak that killed at least nine people and sent 57 others to the hospital…A black mold-like substance was seen throughout the room at the wall/concrete junction…Inspectors also found “a green algal growth…dripping over product being held.”
Eww. I always thought Boar’s Head was a super high quality brand but I guess not 🤢
This Is Doom Running on a Diffusion Model
the diffusion model is trained gameplay footage of Doom to produce the next frame based on the frames that came before it and player input.
the development process for video games under this new paradigm might be less costly and more accessible, whereby games could be developed and edited via textual descriptions or examples images.
this feels like the worst kind of use case for ai that would directly affect human game devs o_O
Corn sweat: crop moisture amplifies humidity and heat in US midwest
One acre of corn, which is a little smaller than the size of an American football field, can can create 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of corn sweat, Clark said.
Can confirm. Source: am in Ohio