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Is pegging?

Asking for a friend.

The internet was successful because it was predictable and reliable and filled a previously unserved purpose. LLMs could possibly serve a purpose creating text that doesn’t need to be correct or accurate, but it won’t replace anything that requires any level of accuracy or accountability because the design is inherently flawed due to being a prediction algorithm.

There are uses for pattern matching AI that will continue to be tools used by humans to help focus efforts in massively complex work, but they won’t ever be foundational replacements.

Now this is pod racing a shower thought!

Audition is great because the buildup and hints along the way mean the ending doesn’t come completely out of left field.

Both Russia and China have long histories of centralized authority.

Most western powers have been comparatively short lived, constantly expanding and fragmenting into new power structures. That includes the US, which has always had back and a forth infighting between state level and federal powers. I give the current regime a decade more (they have been building up for decades) due to speed running the few things they could use to placate the populace into the ground.

There are always individuals who put themselves first, even in completely horrible groups.

Yes, unruffed is the one YPTB mod who is cahoots with the other three mods (of other communities) that are all doing the mass bannings, and even using each other’s moderation as an excuse for more bans.

Example of mass banning (multiple communities, many users in a short time span)

Note I am perfectly fine with the last one for no down voting allowed for that community. It is stupid and rules don’t show in the main feed, but no down voting is in the rules and they were banned without being accused of more than what they did.

Off the top of my head.

unruffled at dbzero hypes up the conspiracy that everyone who gets banned for vote manipulation/whatever deserves it. I think they posted something about the brigade menace and treat a handful of down votes on something as the end of the world.

cryptagion at dbzero does mass bans for one or a few down votes

mystic mushroom at dbzero does mass bans for one or a few down votes

Also jet at hackertalks does mass bans for one or a few down votes

Think there was one other too but can’t remember their name. The complaint is that they don’t understand what lurkers are (vote but don’t comment) or that people might browse all and not care about AI but down vote something because it is awful. Then they make ridiculous accusations and accuse anyone who disagrees with them of being a troll.

If they just banned down votes and banned anyone who down voted with the reason ‘down votes not allowed’ then they would not be getting the widespread negative reaction that they are getting by accusing people of brigading or vote manipulation or ‘anti-ai harassment’ and all their other stupid and insulting made up ban reasons.

Looks staged, yes.

Ex hockey players can pretend.

Looks staged and isn’t funny.

It is a take one and leave one setup so they can’t be stolen and the same books aren’t expected to be out there for long periods of time.

Perhaps the most well-known is the extensive beach library at Albena, a restort on Bulgaria’s Black Sea. Designed by German architect Herman Kompernas, it’s built to withstand the sun, water, and wind, and equipped with a vinyl cover to protect the books in rain. It reopened this May with more than 6,000 volumes in 15 languages, all totally free to take — and visitors are encouraged to leave their own tomes for others.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/libraries-on-the-beach

Well, I wasn’t ever interested int Pooh blood and honey because of the prosthetic design, but this doesn’t have that downside and it looks like a fun time.

The publisher delaying the game would allow them to keep the $225 million so of course they are going to say it isn’t ready.

See how this works?

Also one of the YPTB mods is in a group with like 3 others who all:

Flood user modlogs with unfounded accusations of vote manipulation and trolling.

Think that people browsing All should know the size and history of every community before downvoting a single post. Also don’t understand what lurkers are and assume intent.

Take downvoting very personally.

Early release was supposed to be in 2024. We have halfway through 2025.

Lead devs have said the game is ready for early release, so they are likely taking a break from a game they feel is being delayed by the publisher. The publisher is whining about expectations, not obligations or anything along those lines.

I’m with the devs on this one, project burnout is real.

Confidence isn’t a good description either, since there is no thought proces or motivation. It is a bullshit machine, spewing out something that looks like a coherent response.

Or a more accurate way to say it is AI is terrible all the time but it is easier to notice when you know at least a little about the topic.

A publisher trashing devs of a beloved game with personal attacks certainly was a bold move.

However, instead of participating in the game development, he chose to focus on a personal film project.

We are deeply disappointed by the former leadership’s conduct, and above all, we feel a profound sense of betrayal by their failure to honor the trust placed in them by our fans.

So professional!

They did not have any reason to personally attack the leads except out of spite, and odds are high that doing so will only anger the player base towards the publisher.

Trashing the devs was a terrible idea, and what they wrote was clearly petty and spiteful.

However, instead of participating in the game development, he chose to focus on a personal film project.

My assumption is that Krafton expected the leads to put in 12 hour days 7 days a week to meet ridiculous expectations and the leads took some vacation time or something along those lines. That would match up with common publisher behavior, especially the ones that trash people publicly.