How is this supposed to work with Oblivion's race system? Males and females have different stats.
For example, a male Redguard has more strength than a female Redguard, and a female Bosmer has more personality than a male Bosmer.
in 2024 human internet traffic only accounted for 50.4% of the total
It's really important to note that traffic doesn't mean content or posters. Traditional web crawlers that index websites for a search engine are bots, for example, even though they're only "reading" pages. It's not surprising to me that a significant chunk of web traffic is automated tools, especially when you consider how much data corporations and governments are looking to ingest today.
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While I understand your concerns about the authenticity and quality of AI-generated content, there are several compelling reasons why using AI to write social media posts can be beneficial.
Firstly, efficiency: AI can generate content quickly, allowing creators to focus on other aspects of their work, such as engaging with fans or creating new content. This efficiency can be particularly valuable for those who manage multiple platforms or have a large following.
Secondly, consistency: AI can maintain a consistent tone and style across various posts, ensuring that the creator's voice remains recognizable even when they are unable to post personally. This consistency is crucial for building and maintaining a strong brand identity.
Thirdly, creativity: AI models like GPT can suggest innovative ideas and angles that a human might not initially consider. These suggestions can spark creativity and help generate more engaging content. For example, an AI could propose unique hashtags, trending topics, or even humorous memes that resonate with audiences.
Fourthly, accessibility: AI can make social media management more accessible to those who may struggle with writing or have limited time. This inclusivity allows more people to participate in online communities, which enriches the overall digital landscape.
Lastly, education and growth: As AI tools evolve, users can become better at discerning between human-written and AI-generated content. This process enhances AI literacy and encourages critical thinking among users. Over time, people will become more adept at recognizing automated responses, fostering a more informed and discerning audience.
In conclusion, while it's important to be mindful of the potential downsides, such as reduced authenticity and increased reliance on technology, the benefits of using AI for social media posts are substantial. It can enhance productivity, foster creativity, ensure consistency, and broaden accessibility. As long as we approach this technology with caution and continue to develop our AI literacy, it has the potential to greatly enrich our digital interactions.
-This is from 24B Mistral Small Instruct running on a regular workstation PC. I agree, this is only going to get worse in all respects, but it's already accessible at an unavoidable level. Any platform that rewards content, whether monetarily or with likes/upvotes/fame, is going to be flooded with AI. Even video generation is doable with a regular desktop at this point, and India has already created thousands of AI YouTube channels to chase ad revenue.-
Although I mostly agree, I think you need to reframe your perspective a bit on:
There really wasn't much of a different way of talking than my parents or any other adults. No real slang barriers.
Remember that internet and texting slang and abbreviations were new, and your parents may have struggled to keep up with terms like "lol" and "brb". Parodies of the era like this are a good example. Resources such as Urban Dictionary really started taking off about 15 years ago for similar reasons.
It was, a bunch of people came back for the last days too. Really sad to have a game I played for almost 20 years disappear because of politics. The wiki is still around, but has been made read-only.
Drawings aren't people. Society is free to detest and shame people who enjoy loli all it wants, but the law shouldn't be involved. Zoom out for a moment, and it's very easy to see how allowing the government to decide what content is legal will quickly apply to a lot more than just anime. Anyone here and paying attention should be adamantly against more government regulation, especially when it's for thought-crime.
Have you considered using something like SillyTavern? I imagine the Lorebook functionality would help a lot if you're not looking for the model to make things up on the fly. Something like this is probably a good place to start: https://characterhub.org/characters/mrnobody99/dungeon-master-c473276e
Nuance is weakness in a polarized political climate.
For a recent example, say you're arguing with a leftist about the January 6 pardons. The leftist says they're all violent insurrectionists. You reply that the overwhelming majority were peaceful. The leftist jumps on the words "overwhelming majority" as an acknowledgement some amount of violence happened. You're now arguing from a position of weakness.
Even if you insist this example proves your theory correct, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme. You must work in a binary, because the opposition will use ALL nuance and exceptions to their advantage. It's no different from the phenomenon of the right becoming less conservative over time, because each compromise drags them further to the left, while the left refuses to compromise on their own ideals.
You need to be unyielding, and even if you acknowledge a situation has exceptions, you cannot vocalize them.
I don't think it was cope. This is a pretty extreme 180 from the first game and there was a lot of conflicting evidence about the leaks, so a week or so ago it made sense to wait and not jump to conclusions. I was suspicious of the initial Musa leak because it seemed too perfectly on the nose to be real.
With clear evidence, obviously anyone rational has since jumped ship. I never preordered thankfully, but I pulled the game from my wishlist and will never buy it. I usually wouldn't bother leaving a comment to say I changed my mind, but if you want to know where everyone is, the answer is still here. But everyone looks the same now that we're all in agreement.
simply because it felt like a gayop.
I had the same thought. It was particularly odd that the screenshots were only from one source, when there are a ton of review copies out in the wild.
I really hoped it was fake, very disappointed to learn it's not. The first game was excellent because of the strong historical focus that was placed above all else. I wouldn't be surprised to learn there are many other ideological changes in KCD2, and the leaks are simply some of the most flagrant. Glad I didn't preorder, but it's a real shame to see this happen to KCD.
If they were fake you think he'd say so.
I don't agree. First, you already have plenty of review copies out in the wild. You'd think we'd have corroborating proof if the leaks were real.
Second, I don't see how he can address individual rumors like this. You already have multiple controversial leaks. If he addresses even a few, he gets forced into playing whack-a-mole with the rest, along with whatever else people want to concoct between now and release day. If they're truly fake, there's no reason to create that sort of bad publicity.
And if they're real, the only plausible reason we don't have more evidence yet is that they're behind an area of the game that's currently locked for review copies. In which case we should have an answer shortly after release, and there's no reason to stir the pot until then. Unless you preordered, it's not hard to wait and see, and be outraged/relieved in the near future.
There needs to be more resistance to their constant warping of language. It's easy to not care about labels like this personally, but the average person doesn't follow these rapid definition changes anywhere near as closely. Allowing "woke" and other words to be quickly rebranded is very dangerous, because the typical person only has a vague understanding that "woke" means "bad/thing I don't like." Once terms like "woke right" enter common use, that same person will simply conclude that some of the right is the same kind of bad as the left.
This has already happened to other derogatory terms, like snowflake. All original meaning has been lost, and now it's something you'll see spammed as a reply on Reddit or news comment sections when you suggest reducing immigration.
free to comment on what's mentioned or add a bunch I KNOW I missed.
One of my favorites this season, The Do-Over Damsel Conquers The Dragon Emperor. It's similar to Tearmoon Empire in theme, where a princess is given a chance to go back in time to correct fatal mistakes. However, instead of dealing with governance issues like Tearmoon, it focuses more on the impacts of arranged marriage. There's also a lot of comedy and (age gap) romance, if that's to your taste.
I'm amazed it's still on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bymsOrfxOMo
From the original Twisted Christmas album.
A very important caveat: this isn't a real campaign ad.
vtubing...is an extension of idol culture
This is the best answer, although someone unfamiliar with idols might not understand what it means.
Idols often play a character or persona in a more sanitized and scripted way vs. what you'd get from a regular streamer or entertainer. The very nature of vtubing is wearing an anime avatar, so it perfectly lends itself to idol culture and the expected facade. Add the anime aspect and some voice acting, and you have the perfect storm to bridge the gap between idols and existing anime fans.
Vtubing has become too broad to make sweeping generalization, but Hololive at least is essentially an idol organization. Maybe they're not everyone's cup of tea, but they uphold very high standards compared to your average Twitch streamer.
This is an issue for both AMD and Intel. To summarize it, there used to be a lot of headroom left in processors for safety and efficiency. Why gain an extra 5% of performance if it costs 30% more power (and heat) and doubles the failure rate? But in today's world, both AMD and Intel need every last drop of performance to show continued improvement and out-sell each other. On top of that, motherboard manufacturers are incentivized to do the same thing, so they push voltage (power) even further, right out of the box. Combined, this causes modern processors to balance on a knife-edge between maximum performance and failure.
In AMD's case, processors were overvolting so severely that they damaged the socket. For Intel, they also overvolted their processors, but to a slightly lesser degree that causes permanent damage (erosion) ultimately resulting in failure.
If you buy current hardware, the safe bet is to adjust the voltage and other settings yourself. I have an Intel 13900k myself (paired with an RTX 4090 too), but I have both undervolted from their factory settings. Because we live in a backwards world, reducing power from the factory settings actually results in better performance than the average for my hardware.
This right here. Without going into explicit detail, I was part of a case against the federal government thrown out because there wasn't standing yet (even though the negative impact, or harm, was imminent, it hadn't happened yet). After the government took final action and there was clear harm with no further recourse, it was thrown out again for Cheveron deference (the court has to defer to the federal agency that wronged you because they're the "experts," and of course the agency you're suing is going to say they're right).
It's next to impossible to sue the government, because you need to carefully stand up dominos to make the perfect case, and then have pockets deep enough to roll the dice on taking the case all the way.
I was just searching for information about a drug that I was prescribed
If you want the actual data it was approved on, go here: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm. Look under "Approval Date(s) and History, Letters, Labels, Reviews for NDA XXXXXX" and click on the "Review" link for the original submission. That will take you to the full approval package, where you can review the original efficacy and safety data.
Wasn't this always the case for most DMM content? I used to play KanColle at release, over a decade ago, and even then you needed a VPN to play. The workarounds always involved grabbing page-specific links, particularly your unique API link for the game window, which would expire after a set amount of time and require you hop on the VPN again.
That's not at all the same. This sentence is a demonstration of criminal accountability, where the government is forcibly punishing the parents using the judicial system. Your example is one of material accountability, where the parents are freely choosing to buy something to replace what their kid broke.
Yeah, people begged for DoA Xtreme 3 to be released in the West, but it was explicitly cancelled because of censors here:
"It's due to cultural differences. The West has its own thinking about how to depict women in games media which is different from Japan."
As for the "lack of censorship," that game even has a pole dance mechanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS-nU62TK18
My favorite NES co-op game is Jackal. For a good versus NES game, North and South.
For arcade/MAME, The Simpsons is a solid co-op classic.
The original game was the same, Cyrodil is supposed to be a big mix of different races. There was no political motive behind it back then, although I can understand how it might seem and feel differently under today's fatigue. For any named NPC, check what they looked like in the original; I bet it's the same.
Far too many people treat ChatGPT/AI as some omniscient resource. It's not, and it's not an authoritative source on anything. Especially for recent events that don't exist in training data yet. ChatGPT "research" is worse than citing Wikipedia.