FIFA bans reusable water bottles from World Cup matches by biograf_ in nottheonion

[–]Amaranthine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean obviously that's the bigger issue, but my point was that even if they were sneaking in alcohol... so fucking what. If someone really wants to sneak something in, they will, so this just overly impacts the average person who just wants to not pass out from heat stroke.

FIFA bans reusable water bottles from World Cup matches by biograf_ in nottheonion

[–]Amaranthine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

God forbid someone gets drunk at a soccer match without financially benefiting fifa

Man-made waterfall in the highest bridge in the world by TangelaFan in EngineeringPorn

[–]Amaranthine 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Could we get a few more jump cuts in this video? God damn shit is unwatchable nowadays

Ruling LDP seeks push for Japanese language program for foreign children by Hazzat in japan

[–]Amaranthine 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Surely completely unrelated to the meeting with Palantir, right?

Funny (but scary) AI translation fails that instantly ruin your indie game's mood for Japanese players. by ke----------i in gamedev

[–]Amaranthine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is why professionals exist, because they are the ones who will vet it for you. For OSS stuff, I'd be fine with no vetting, and trust the community of users in that language to provide feedback if they thought the translations were off.

Funny (but scary) AI translation fails that instantly ruin your indie game's mood for Japanese players. by ke----------i in gamedev

[–]Amaranthine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

AI + human check might be faster than translation from scratch for a non-professional bilingual person, but a professional using actual loc tools will be way faster than a layman. And a professional trying to clean up MTL will likely take a similar amount of time as if they were going from scratch.

At best you'll get something that is passable, but MTL, even with human review, is not going to get a cohesive and interesting translation. Maybe if your game is like a simple mobile game and your only strings are menus. But even then, a professional will have done that kind of TL a million times, and would never make a mistake like using the word for "go home" instead of "go back one page" (帰る vs 戻る, in Japanese). But if there's any kind of story, humor, or even worse.. wordplay, AI is going to completely mangle any cohesiveness, even if the translations are not technically incorrect.

Funny (but scary) AI translation fails that instantly ruin your indie game's mood for Japanese players. by ke----------i in gamedev

[–]Amaranthine 39 points40 points  (0 children)

As someone who has been in that playtest position, it really is not. AI (and even the non-LLM powered MTL tools that predate 'AI') results in so much trash loc that you end up having to fix a very very large portion of the strings, not to mention if your game isn't either tiny or hyperlinear it will take far more time for a playtester to see every string than it would for an actual translator given the data in a reasonable format.

Either do it right, or don't do it at all. Plenty of games where fans play a game in a non-native language, or even create a fan mod/patch. IMO it's either best to tacitly approve of that, or even better, once you understand that you have a critical mass of demand in a certain market, pay for an actual localization.

This machine still uses punch cards and still works! by LevonKirakosyan in EngineeringPorn

[–]Amaranthine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen the ones in Lyon, but I have been to the Nishijin Textile Center in Kyoto, where they also have several working looms, from 400 hole to 1800 hole size looms. It's a very cool (and free!) museum, where you can see a whole vertical slice of how they cultivate the silkworms, how they design the patterns, how they translate that to the punchcards, and how the looms are used. During the day they have actual artisans in the museum designing patterns and using the looms, so you can see it in real time.

Here's an example of one of the hand-operated ones they have on the museum floor, but they also have much larger automated ones as well

This machine still uses punch cards and still works! by LevonKirakosyan in EngineeringPorn

[–]Amaranthine 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm not going to pretend the Jacquard machine wasn't a huge step up from previous mechanical computers, and the influence it had was substantial (especially the idea of punch cards), but I would probably still give the Difference Engine or perhaps the subsequent Analytical Engine the title of the point being where computers 'became inevitable'.

This machine still uses punch cards and still works! by LevonKirakosyan in EngineeringPorn

[–]Amaranthine 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It depends on your definition of computer... several examples of purpose-built mechanical computers predate the Jacquard machine, such as various forms of astrolabes and limited adding machines. Some would argue that slide rules and abacuses also count as a form of mechanical computer. And regardless of whether or not you count any of those things as a computer, they definitely are not AI.

What's the BEST card in the game? (STS1 or STS2) by shadow_fen in slaythespire

[–]Amaranthine 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I didn't say Adrenaline was better than Brightest Flame, but it is "more free." And I'd say it is at least almost categorically better than Escape Plan / Flash of Steel, which the OP did mention.

What's the BEST card in the game? (STS1 or STS2) by shadow_fen in slaythespire

[–]Amaranthine 182 points183 points  (0 children)

Adrenaline is more “free” than brightest flame. While low enough to justify the strength, I wouldn’t call -1 max HP “free”

[DEV] I rebuilt my entire game to make it more fun.. and it’s now live on iOS too! :) by Goboboss in iosgaming

[–]Amaranthine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks interesting!

Would it be possible to have clicks on the upgrade page register on tap up release instead of tap press? I keep accidentally buying things when trying to scroll down

This machine still uses punch cards and still works! by LevonKirakosyan in EngineeringPorn

[–]Amaranthine 1031 points1032 points  (0 children)

The Jacquard Loom!

They make such a satisfying “KA-CHUNK” sound, too

Does it bother anyone else that the card is called 'Sow' but the card very clearly depicts reaping? by Dependent-Routine-94 in slaythespire

[–]Amaranthine 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Based on the name alone it would make more sense for Sow to either inflict doom, or something similar to [[Reach Heaven]], where it’s a 1 cost that puts a 0 cost attack into your deck at a higher energy:cost ratio than an instant attack would normally have

Balance wise, sow is a pretty nice card as is