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#41

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

Last post by Syt - Today at 03:17:20 AM

Scheduled for Q3 release - Dungeons of Hinterberg.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1983260/Dungeons_of_Hinterberg/

Armed with a sword and a tourist guide, explore the beautiful alpine village of Hinterberg and uncover the magic hidden within its dungeons! Master magic, solve puzzles, slay monsters; all this and more await you in Hinterberg!

Welcome to Hinterberg, a new tourist hotspot in the idyllic Austrian Alps! You play as Luisa, a burnt-out law trainee taking a break from her fast-paced corporate life to conquer the Dungeons of Hinterberg. There are plenty of dungeons to find and adventures to be had in Hinterberg – will Luisa be sent packing on her first day, or remain to become a Master Slayer? Only one way to find out...

Snowboard down a glacier, zipline through the forest, climb a mountain, or have a coffee by the lake... There's no shortage of places to discover while you're out looking for your next dungeon!

Monsters lurk around every corner in Hinterberg, and your sword and magic skills are essential for keeping them at bay. Harness the wind, conjure a snowboard out of thin air, or freeze your enemies in a jelly block!

Braving a dungeon requires more than just cutting-edge sports gear and a good sword arm: Hinterberg's dungeons are full of puzzles that will surprise and challenge

Spend your nights forging friendships with the locals and other adventurers! Some of them will help you get stronger or teach you new tricks, others are just here for excitement and selfies... But good relationships don't just make your stay more memorable - they're the key to becoming a better slayer!

#42

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Josquius - Today at 03:00:53 AM

As AI content proliferates, there's also concern that we could end up in a model collapse situation as AIs ingest other AI-generated material and end up regurgitating other low-grade synthetic data.

Interesting. An AI inbreeding depression.

I hadn't thought of that but it does make sense.
Even just thinking of images. As all that AI generated shit starts to take over you'll be getting copies of copies of copies....
Though I do suppose the good copies will be the ones to be spread more so have the most influence?

#43

Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 02:46:09 AM

So Trump is really burnishing his anti-woke credentials, what with all the napping he is doing in court...

He's nearly 80. Can't expect him to be awake in the middle of the day.

#44

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Josquius - Today at 02:43:47 AM

Threats don't have to be explicit to be worrying.
Back when I had fascists threatening my family it was never explitilcy saying anyone would get hurt. Just they'd be seeing me around, if my parents still lived in such and such address, I better be careful with what I say, etc...

For a business little things can hurt. They make a lot of noise about how it's in line with anti semites, no doubt leading to review bombing and all manner of other petty sabotage that really adds up.

So you think they were implicitly threatening bad Yelp reviews.  Ok.

Thats the least of it. And this kind of thing can have a huge impact on a business.
When its a simple matter to just kneejerk fire somebody at the slightest hint negative attention could be coming your way, then you'll do it.

#45

Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 01:58:41 AM

I was geeked when I heard about the napping on NPR but there's no video, so didn't happen.

#46

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 01:57:58 AM

Threats don't have to be explicit to be worrying.
Back when I had fascists threatening my family it was never explitilcy saying anyone would get hurt. Just they'd be seeing me around, if my parents still lived in such and such address, I better be careful with what I say, etc...

For a business little things can hurt. They make a lot of noise about how it's in line with anti semites, no doubt leading to review bombing and all manner of other petty sabotage that really adds up.

So you think they were implicitly threatening bad Yelp reviews.  Ok.

#47

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Syt - Today at 01:20:15 AM

#48

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Josquius - Today at 01:18:04 AM

What we did have was a pretty clear threat to a business not from the person employed but from those shouting about them being anti semites.

What were they threatening to do?

Threats don't have to be explicit to be worrying.
Back when I had fascists threatening my family it was never explitilcy saying anyone would get hurt. Just they'd be seeing me around, if my parents still lived in such and such address, I better be careful with what I say, etc...

For a business little things can hurt. They make a lot of noise about how it's in line with anti semites, no doubt leading to review bombing and all manner of other petty sabotage that really adds up.

#49

Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 01:15:17 AM

So Trump is really burnishing his anti-woke credentials, what with all the napping he is doing in court...

#50

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 01:10:43 AM

No you didn't. Cuts in corporation tax and income tax applied countrywide. Not just to the City (who had a hugely adverse reaction to something you claim benefited them)

I was expecting you to come up with some kind of bonfire of financial regulations.

Obviously taxes are national. Do you really think it possible a tax could be set just for part of the country?

What she was able to do in her five minutes in power is just a fraction of what she wanted to do. "Unshackling the city", "if London does well Britain does well", "Singapore on Thames".
It's just wrong to suggest she didn't very much have a intent grounded in neoliberalism and trickle down economics that put the city at the core.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just double down instead of admitting you might possibly have got something wrong. Yawn

I always admit when I don't know something.
In this case what I'm saying is the British political equivalent of the sky is blue. Basic knowledge.
Countless articles out there around this. E.g.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/14/liz-truss-neoliberalism-free-market-economics