TheRealKuni

No More Mages is a very short (for now) but also very inexpensive (for now) beat-em-up platformer in early access that was made by a fellow lemming. He made it known to me in a comment a few months back, I picked it up, finished it quickly, but definitely felt it had been worth tossing a couple of dollars at a fellow Fediverse user for! I’m looking forward to what happens with it in the future.

One day an AI might be, it won’t be an LLM though.

I’m no expert, but I feel like that’s akin to saying a human may be intelligent, but it won’t be Broca’s area of the brain.

I would think a true AGI would involve a lot of different neural networks doing different things. And an LLM could end up being a useful component of allowing it to communicate. Though who knows how the model would need to change if its language prompts are inputs from other neural nets.

And I have to imagine at this point major AI models aren’t just LLMs, that’s just the part we interface with.

Again, I’m very far from an expert. What I do know is that the current MASSIVE push with the technology* we have now is causing more harm than it’s worth.

*edit: typo

I’d say most about this hobby is not complete shit. There are many games with live services and micro transactions, but not all of them. And even those that have them, you can usually avoid them.

Costs are certainly going up, unfortunately, but that’s not because of the hobby being shit. That’s because of the AIpocalypse (hardware) and monetary inflation (game prices).

Okay so make it consistent then?

Easier said than done.

There is no Federal VAT, and each state decides its own tax policy. Most states charge a “sales tax.” Some states charge more, other states charge less. These are set by the state and depend on each state’s overall budget and taxation structure. For example, a state like Tennessee that doesn’t collect income tax may require a higher sales tax to meet budget demands, whereas a state like Oregon that collects a high income tax may have no sales tax at all.

What’s more, some states let local municipalities charge sales tax. Alaska actually charges no state sales tax, but allows local sales taxes. Several states have both a state and local sales tax. So even within a state it can be different depending on where you are.

So instead our prices don’t include tax and we just know we have to throw on anywhere from 0% to 11% depending on our location.

In order for pricing to include taxes, you’d have to display a different price for every state or municipality. Or, we’d have to get everyone to agree on one VAT standard, which will not happen because different states have wildly different ideologies regarding taxation.

I kinda doubt it. CEC lets it turn your receiver and TV on when it turns on, and off when it turns off. And lets it adjust volume. Stuff like that.

At the end of the day it’s still running Linux and my understanding is that streaming services don’t trust Linux users.

At this point my Xbox exists for exactly three reasons.

1: BluRay player
2: Borderlands 4 with a friend who only has Xbox
3: Stream my PC to the TV with Moonlight so I can play PC games on the couch.

I can’t fault you for your opinion. I loved the game, but it definitely isn’t for everyone and I know plenty of people who share your view. And I understand the complaint! It just doesn’t bother me the same way it does you. To each their own, you know?

used to make good games…

The last two new games they made were, if I am correct, GTAV and RDR2. The two games I mentioned as having loved. What “used to”?

stop defending these companies who have already proven to not give two fucks about you

Where was I defending anyone? I said I expect the game will be good because the last two they made I loved.

and want to extort more and more from you.

They haven’t gotten a dime from me for anything except game releases, so if you’re trying to complain about GTA Online or Red Dead Online…that ain’t me. As far as I’m concerned, they made products I liked that I paid for. And my guess is the next one will also be something I like.

grow a pair of balls FFS… actually stand up for what’s right

I don’t think falling in line and following your feelings on this topic would be me growing a pair of balls…

and stop caving to your simple mind of, oh but it’s kinda fun

RDR2 was art. That game made me cry. It told a beautiful, tragic story any told it incredibly well. “It’s kinda fun” is hilariously reductive.

But even if it were only kinda fun, it’s a video game. That’s the whole point, right? It’s supposed to be entertaining. It being a piece of art is just the cherry on top.

Apple TV is a pretty awesome device. Fun fact, you can install Moonlight on it to stream your PC to your TV, and it has controller support so you can use it to play your PC games on your TV. If you’ve got the Ethernet version it’s even better!

Hahaha

I get it, but…it’s gonna be a banger. Rockstar may be a terrible place to work, but they make good games. GTAV and RDR2 are among my favorite game experiences.

I just wish it were releasing for PC at the same time.

Honestly I kind of hate the remote. 😅 I know a lot of people like it though!

Yep. I’ve got an Apple TV plugged into mine. The LG panel itself is great, no need to use their smart services.

Hey man, I’m not saying Nintendo shouldn’t fix the issue. I’m just saying there are options.

For anyone who is stuck with stick drift and isn’t in the French government and thus can’t use this to get their JoyCons repaired, you can get TMR joysticks for Switch and Switch 2 JoyCons for like $20-$30. Like Hall effect but better!

Oh hooray. Let’s go backwards in time.

Sony, Microsoft, you fucking dipshits. The RAMpocalypse is making hardware a premium and you’re going back to the hardware exclusivity nonsense?

I had not heard of the YPJ before. Remarkable group!

Yeah but how else am I supposed to shut the thing up so I can ignore it when I’m at a restaurant? Should I just let it keep screaming? I mean, I do that, too. No one else is trying to have a nice night out, right?

-every shitty parent

Oh that’s great. The NSA has definitely shown it can be trusted with backdoors, after all.

(Massive /s in case it wasn’t obvious.)

Liberty Media owns Formula One Management (FOM), the company responsible for the production of F1 as a piece of media, while the International Automobile Federation (FIA) is responsible for the rule formula itself, the stewards, marshalls, race director, etc.

So when the person said, “no one outside of the US has heard of either” they were wrong. Liberty Media certainly isn’t as well-known a name as Formula 1, but it owns Formula 1.

Man, what is even happening at Intel? Apple and AMD have made them look absolutely pathetic, not to mention their own processors grenading for fun.