SmoothLiquidation
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- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Alpha Centauri was awesome, but so were a lot of the other games. Colonization was a lot of fun. Call to Power is the civ game I want a real sequel to. Going way into the future tech was a lot of fun, and being able to build cities at the bottom of the ocean.
Of course, I think the whole franchise has gone downhill since Civ IV, so take my opinion as you will.
- Comment on I never noticed it was him in X-Men: Apocalypse 4 weeks ago:
This was very common in old-school Hollywood. It’s why we have the term Movie Stars. People would go out of their way to watch an Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cary Grant, whoever movie, when the people who were really good character actors slipped in the background just making movies better.
- Comment on Every base is base 10 5 weeks ago:
Ahh yes, let’s introduce floating point rounding errors for one half. Sounds fun.
- Comment on Geography is neat 1 month ago:
I went through there last summer. It was a total tourist trap.
- Comment on Geography is neat 2 months ago:
Which is on an indian reservation, and requires an entrance fee to go look at it.
- Comment on ))<>(( 2 months ago:
This is why every calculator should be a RPN calculator.
- Comment on That gourmet luxury blend... 3 months ago:
You are being downvoted but HFCS and honey are almost exactly chemically identical. They have to inspect honey farms to make sure it comes from bees since looking at the final product you can’t tell the difference.
- Comment on That gourmet luxury blend... 3 months ago:
I’m American, and honey blend implies to me that it is a mix of different types of honey. Like clover honey and whatnot. Kinda like a Red blend wine is a mix of different wines, not 50% merlot/50% rubbing alcohol or something.
- Comment on Video game actors speak out after union announces AI voice deal 5 months ago:
Honestly, the problem is that “AI” is a dumb term that is way over used in these situations. Outside of Science Fiction, AI has generally been used to describe what “the next big thing” computers can do.
Using a term like “Large Language Model” to refer to ChatGPT explains what it actually does. Or Deep-Learning Text to image models for the image generation.
I remember playing around with TTS on a Apple ][ plus as a kid, there is nothing new about that, but using statistical models to have them imitate a voice is new, but just lumping them all in with Artificial Intelligence, is just dumb.
- Comment on Video game actors speak out after union announces AI voice deal 5 months ago:
Yeah, but matching TTS to a character’s voice is where you would need it.
- Comment on Video game actors speak out after union announces AI voice deal 5 months ago:
This is one sector where I am actually happy for AI to be available. I want to play a game where the NPC’s can say my character name.
That being said, I also want the voice actors to be compensated fairly. Maybe the guilds can set up a deal where using someone’s voice for training data is included.
- Comment on Anon is Icelandic 5 months ago:
I learned that hummingbirds are native to North America and they don’t have them in Europe. That made me sad for all of them over there.
- Comment on 92% of young people would sacrifice other perks for a 4-day workweek—here's what they'd give up 7 months ago:
“Let’s disco-dance Hammurabi!”
- Comment on Roman numerals, man... so close! 8 months ago:
I always liked to use year instead of number. That way it sorts the same and if there end up being more than 9 I don’t have to go back and rename it to 09.
Now I use Jellyfin with the auto collection plugin. It does a great job of grouping everything correctly.
- Comment on Is It Still Worth Going to the Movies? 8 months ago:
Why do they still sell candy in plastic wrappers in movie theaters??? Nothing like trying to watch something and the idiot family behind you just goes rustle rustle the whole time.
- Comment on Is It Still Worth Going to the Movies? 8 months ago:
That is only true for the top of the line theaters. The mid to low range are not worth it.
I went to see Avatar 2 in a DTS certified theater in my town and was severely disappointed. Even the opening DTS advertisement where they try to brag that “this is black” looks way better on my home system and overall I wished I just waited for the 4K to come out and watched it at home.
- Comment on Loki, WandaVision & The Mandalorian Become First Disney+ Shows to Get Physical Releases 10 months ago:
This is great news for people who actually want to own their media instead of just renting it.