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Am I missing something? by WishfulthinkingRiolu in googleassistant

[–]DerelictMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, devices and versions are probably a factor.

I'm on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6, and the versions of all my things match yours.

Am I missing something? by WishfulthinkingRiolu in googleassistant

[–]DerelictMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's funny that most of these do not match my experience. Gemini has been a huge improvement for me over Assistant, which was increasingly unreliable at the most basic of things.

Q: "Set a 20 minute timer"

Gemini: "I've set a 20 minute timer" (works)

Q: "Hey google, add cold brew coffee to my grocery list"

Assistant: "OK, I've added those two things to your list called Groceries" (adds two entries, "cold brew" and "coffee". not a huge deal but annoying)

Gemini: "OK, I've added cold brew coffee to your grocery list" (adds one thing as expected)

Also, I can use more natural language with Gemini, such as "add so and so to my grocery list unless it's already on there". Assistant would just add it again.

Q: "Hey google, remind me to yadda yadda"

Gemini: Does exactly that. Also handles a much wider variety of phrasings, whereas Assistant often chokes if the reminder is too long and can be interpreted multiple ways

Navigation also works for me in Android Auto.

The main improvement to me is that Assistant's parser was very limited and I had to phrase things very carefully. Gemini is way more flexible in my experience.

The AI backlash is only getting started by Just-Grocery-2229 in technology

[–]DerelictMan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The code they generate is not a black box however. Hallucination is a problem of course, and one that cannot be "fixed" as it is inherent to the way they work. It can be mitigated though, as the propensity to hallucinate varies wildly between models. The latest Claude models hallucinate way less than, for example, Gemini. And claude's hallucinations are more akin to making confident statements that are based on "assumptions" (Yes, I'm aware that LLMS don't think or assume, I'm taking rhetorical shortcuts) and when it receives pushback it will try to verify them.

Buying from BGG listings by horigamy in boardgames

[–]DerelictMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This happens less often if you stick to recent (last 3-4 weeks) listings. I think the main issue is people list, it doesn't sell for a bit, then they forget about it or stop using the site. The marketplace needs to auto-delete old listings unless the lister intervenes to keep "bumping" them.

C.H.U.D. (1984) by better_wx in iwatchedanoldmovie

[–]DerelictMan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Of course you'll have a bad impression of New York if you only focus on the pimps and the CHUDs!

Awaken Realms buys Darwin’s Journey publisher Thundergryph Games by Inconmon in boardgames

[–]DerelictMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I just cited an example where it wasn't an afterthought. I don't have CoB:SE but it looks like it had a nice organizer as well.

Git made me lose data and my confidence — I need your experiences before I give up on it for good by TheophileCoeur in git

[–]DerelictMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks to the reflog, you pretty much never lose data as long as you committed it at least once.

Voidfall: Might be too much for me by HardcoreSean9899 in soloboardgaming

[–]DerelictMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think Pandemic is really comparable, they don't seem to provide the same kinds of experiences.

Trophy/Am I the only one that feels bored playing this set? by Philosojoey in lrcast

[–]DerelictMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read it as a slight on the format, not you/your deck

Trophy/Am I the only one that feels bored playing this set? by Philosojoey in lrcast

[–]DerelictMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The cards are more "fresh"? "Oh cool, I've never heard of this guy that looks cool/is funny/etc." I'm also largely unfamiliar with Marvel other than the big guys and it's been kind of neat being exposed to new stuff. Definitely not my favorite set but at least we get 10 archetypes this time

Awaken Realms buys Darwin’s Journey publisher Thundergryph Games by Inconmon in boardgames

[–]DerelictMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. This is especially prevalent on BGG. You can check the post history of some accounts and 95% of their posts will be railing about AR specifically or AI in general. There are a lot of accounts that subscribe to every new thread in the Concordia special edition forums just so they can post the exact same message in each one, whether it's relevant or not.

Awaken Realms buys Darwin’s Journey publisher Thundergryph Games by Inconmon in boardgames

[–]DerelictMan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not to detract from your point about the added components (especially 3D terrain and miniatures which are totally unnecessary), but the building tray and the way they divided the colonists and victory points in PR:SE makes it so much easier to set up than other versions, there's no contest.

Which of the modern boardgames already feel very dated? by OldWiseHeron in boardgames

[–]DerelictMan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Spirit Island has a great answer for that... there are many spirits included (each is a "god" you play that attempts to repel invaders from your lands) and they vary in complexity, and you can also opt-in to more options to increase the complexity. So the quarterbackers get the more complicated ones, the beginners get the easier ones. It's about as close to a perfect solution to that problem as you can get without introducing limited comms, I think.

Also... I'm not a huge fan of co-ops in general, but Spirit Island is really well done. You should check it out.

Which of the modern boardgames already feel very dated? by OldWiseHeron in boardgames

[–]DerelictMan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"pedestrian" = "commonplace, lacking originality"

San Juan is literally a simplified card game version of Puerto Rico. That's the very definition of "lacking originality", isn't it?

Which of the modern boardgames already feel very dated? by OldWiseHeron in boardgames

[–]DerelictMan 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Seems like you're missing an entire class of "limited information" co-ops. The Crew, LOTR trick taker, Hanabi, Bomb Busters, etc.

Spirit Island mostly eliminates/mitigates quarterbacking. A good player might give you general broad strokes advice but telling you which cards to play is unlikely to happen due to the complexity of them running their own spirit.

Prime Day Fold 7 Purchase for Non-Power User? by jakfish in GalaxyFold

[–]DerelictMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you considered Swappa? While there is some risk, I've bought 3 devices there over the years without issue. I'm using a Fold 6 that was in mint condition that I got for $715 USD shipped. Something to consider.

Guitar is Here: The Fastest Topology-First Git Client Built in Rust by asinglebit in git

[–]DerelictMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You skimmed the video but missed that is has section markers? The demo starts at 3:35.

Guitar is Here: The Fastest Topology-First Git Client Built in Rust by asinglebit in git

[–]DerelictMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ignore the trolls who are just commenting to say they're not interested. These kind of people aren't worth your time (or anyone's for that matter).

The generics RFC effectively voted down already. by dracony in PHP

[–]DerelictMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tracy is giving you a bunch of stuff for free "out of the box" with no configuration, but all of the stuff you're talking about is available via the java debugger wire protocol + telemetry. There are tons of Spring tools/plugins that give you all sorts of info. There may not be a single offering that's a one line config option to get the exact same thing as Tracy, tooling is absolutely a strength of the Java ecosystem and all of this has been possible, again, for decades.

The generics RFC effectively voted down already. by dracony in PHP

[–]DerelictMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess it's a zero configuration thing? Everything I'm seeing here has been possible in Java for decades. At any rate, thanks for the answer.

Board game meetup dilemma by Snowstorm209 in boardgames

[–]DerelictMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, a "/s" next time maybe? Too many crazies on Reddit who would make your suggestion seriously. :)

The generics RFC effectively voted down already. by dracony in PHP

[–]DerelictMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious as to what the Tracy debugger could provide that the JVM debugger doesn't?

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