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#1

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Solmyr - Today at 11:07:04 AM

As Ottoman, aren't you supposed to kill all your brothers when you ascend?

Yes but the second cousins flood the court.

I kept getting the "claim throne" CB on various countries throughout the game. And near the end I ended up inheriting the Yemen-Somalia union. I'm the Turkish Habsburgs.

#2

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:52:09 AM

I found these presentations from Yann LeCun interesting despite the fact that he works for Meta.  It's possible he is just talking down his competitor's books, as Meta lacks an industry leading LLMs, but he seemed on the level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETZfkkv6V7Y&t=3090s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvNCVYkHKfg&t=3122s

#3

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:37:36 AM

Market cap measures only one thing: how much people are willing to pay for the common stock of the company. Stock price is inherently forward looking: people buy stock not based on the earnings of the last year or even this year, but the expected value of all projected future earnings.   Market cap is thus a measure of worth in that one sense but not necessarily others.  And because projections into the future are always highly speculative, especially for companies operating at technological frontier, market cap valuations are inherently subject to fluctuation and revision.

#4

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 10:37:06 AM

This is the moment I, once again, hammer that it's all Reagan's fault.

#5

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 10:35:55 AM

On my side of the Canadian 2 solitudes, a lot of Arabic slang are making their way into the Québécois accent. I don't find it that jarring but it does make every kid sounds like they are trying to make it big on tiktok.

#6

Gaming HQ / Re: Cities:Skylines

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 10:34:12 AM

You are blaming the developer where you should blame the publisher. CS2's irrelevancy is on Paradox's shoulder.

#7

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 10:29:21 AM

Speaking of accents, Canadians are now frequently using the American silent t.

It's still a bit jarring to my ear, but I am old and shouting at clouds.

#8

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 10:27:33 AM

I've only played endless so far. I'm starting to wonder when I'll get a prompt to go to the other province.

I really like the change where it seems the game is pushing you to have big cities on multiple of islands instead of only 1 big & a lot of smaller one.

#9

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:23:31 AM

I think I might give this a patch or two before going back to it

Smart move.  I'm targeting around 1.11 or 1.12.  That's the usual sweet spot.

#10

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:20:35 AM

From a post on their forums about "the released state of the game being unacceptable in 2025":

In a section complaining about the UI:

For a series known for complex but functional interfaces, this is honestly embarrassing.

What a noob.
Doesn't he know that buying a Paradox game on release means buying in to the open beta test?

Don't worry guy, 2026 is just around the corner.