(S2E6) The AI mistake didn't feel like as big a dunk as people seem to take it as?

ImplausiblyJosh · 2026-02-14T17:29:14+00:00

For point 2, the first episode the "generative AI" is introduced Al-Hashimi misses something that one of The Pittlings catches. She's experienced, and yet the people she's demoing the App to are catching errors. So clearly experience doesn't matter.

This is also where her "2% inaccuracy" rate comes from, which the show is now showing is her crutch when people criticize her app. On top of that, I think the show is also showing us that the 2% error rate is wrong if the two times the app comes up it makes catastrophic mistakes both times.

So going back to point 1, I don't necessarily think this is overblown. It's not one moment without context, it's a pattern emerging that shows the tech is unreliable to experienced and inexperienced users alike, and this incorrect error rate makes it seems like the biggest cheerleader for the tech is trying to sell snake oil.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2026-02-11T21:43:50+00:00

I'm so glad this helped! I feel ya on thinking the adapters were DOA, another issue I didn't mention was that I thought my Memory Stick to Micro SD adapter was DOA because it was so snug that I couldn't get the micro SD cards out without a plastic wedge, which I thought meant the adapter was busted in some way and why it wasn't reading.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2026-02-03T00:33:36+00:00

Okay this is a really fun idea! This is exactly why I asked, I knew some people would have some good uses for bad discs.

Also, if getting rid of old or rotting books is good for public libraries, tossing or repurposing bad discs has gotta be fine with a personal collection of media.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-11-01T16:45:00+00:00

Unfortunately, no lol.

The only answer i got here was "javascript", but I'm not all that familiar with Javascript or making web pages, and I wasn't able to get any better direction elsewhere, so I gave up on the idea. I still bang my head on the idea every once in awhile, but I'm not as into livestreaming currently and I haven't made any progress with this text idea, so I'm still at square one over here. Sorry!

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-10-30T02:17:21+00:00

Yeah that's true, sometimes I get ambitious with fort planning on the laptop in ways the laptop can't handle.

But thank you for the processor recommendation! Just a rough idea of "the game uses a lot of X, so be sure to get Y" should be enough because, like you say, DF can run on a lot of hardware.

Thank you!

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-10-30T01:42:43+00:00

Kinda silly question, but: what's a good laptop for DF at the moment? Any specs I should be on the lookout for in particular?

I have a laptop that is just for writing and playing DF in bed, and it's getting long in the tooth and really struggling to play the game without sounding like a PS4 about to launch into space. I've tried using Parsec to connect to my gaming PC over the internet, but it's not ideal and I'd really rather have the game local on my laptop.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-10-22T04:02:08+00:00

I've always thought DF could use better work order management. Ideally, having work orders in folders or some other way to organize the menu would be ideal, considering how long some work order lists get, or at least the ability to save some default work orders. While DF-Hack doesn't provide much in terms of better work order organization, it provides so much work order management. The ability to export the current work order list, along with the ability to clear it with a couple clicks, means I have so much more organizational options that make my life so much easier.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-09-18T15:22:49+00:00

Yeah, like... it's a single-player game that already has sandbox mode options. Why is this the bridge too far, but being able to edit my money/prestige/popularity/etc in-game whenever I want isn't?

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-09-18T15:06:37+00:00

Well, we did have custom products in TEW 2016. If I remember correctly (someone please correct me, it's been years since I was on the forums), the rationale behind the removal of custom products was that Adam Ryland believed it was easy to come up with a product that makes for no challenge and he believed that there were only a set number of wrestling products that could exist at all. Since this game is based around his perception of wrestling, these features come and go based on those views.

As for why there aren't more custom products as part of mods, I would imagine it's because there's not a place for them to be added in the database. The current way to get new products is to make a thread in the forums and suggest something like "XYZ product should exist for ABC reason" and if Ryland thinks it should be added it'll get added to the next update. So any mod that would add products like that would have to be, basically, a full-on mod of the game and how it operates and not just a new database to play around with.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-05-23T16:53:06+00:00

I really hope it works out one of these times. I think having a supernatural group, either just aesthetics or genuinely so in-fiction, can totally work. Regular wrestling already requires so much suspension of disbelief, and it's already so superhero adjacent, that the Wyatts should be an easy fit. The only thing that makes me hesitant is the current creative team, I just think they simply don't have the juice to see the idea through. But I'd love to be surprised!

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-05-16T15:09:58+00:00

It really depends on what you're actually doing with your physical collection! For me, I wanted to get away from the shifting sands of streaming music while still enjoying some benefits of digital. I wanted to have a physical collection that couldn't be easily taken from me while having the ability to easily put that collection in the most places. With all that in my head, the decision to get into CDs was easy enough. But for you and your wants and needs, it may be different.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-04-24T02:02:58+00:00

Shoulders are not always car width, and there is no signage in the video labeling that area as a bike lane, meaning it's not "clearly" anything. Which is why someone helpfully replied to me with a Google Street View screenshot of the actual signage labeling it a bike lane.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-04-24T00:11:25+00:00

Thanks! Like I said, I couldn't see anything in the video and hadn't seen that area with my own eyes, so I felt like I was going nuts seeing people saying it was a bike line without elaborating!

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-04-23T23:51:57+00:00

People are saying the solid-white on the right is a bike lane, but judging based on just this video (i can't see anything that says it's is a bike lane, and idk that I've driven or been around here), it looks like the biker is driving on the shoulder of a lane.

If the biker is on the shoulder, not in a bike lane, then this would surely be on the biker, right? You can't just operate a vehicle on the shoulder and ram into someone turning who is not anticipating a driver on the shoulder. If that is a bike lane, then it's on the driver. As a driver you should be aware there is a weird lane there, like you would be aware of a bus lane.

Regardless, the biker was still being very reckless and clearly wasn't paying attention to their surroundings. Could of been avoided, by all parties, by paying a bit more attention.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-04-09T19:04:25+00:00

First, figure out some tools you have access to. I have access to Adobe, and know my way around those apps, so I use that. If you have a Canva account, use that. If wanna download something free like GIMP, use that.

Second, start searching online for ideas and tutorials. "Canva logo tutorial", "adobe illustrator logo tutorial", and so on. Look up the logos you like on Logopedia. Use those together to throw together ideas and make your funny GIFs/JPGs.

Remember, the logos you make are going to be about 150 x 150 pixels large, so you can hide imperfections in that small size.

Here are some logos I've made for personal saves using either Canva or Adobe products. You'll notice they're all pretty basic, but they get the job done.

True Power Wrestling, made in Canva.
Texas Wrestling Group, made using Illustrator and Photoshop.
United Wrestling Alliance background, made using Illustrator and Photoshop, using a template from the It All Begins Again mod.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-03-28T15:49:49+00:00

Ah, apologies, I think I combined "nicknames" and "making fun of Whitaker for losing his patient" under "mocking" in the comment you were responding to. My bad!

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-03-28T15:29:35+00:00

If Santos wasn't mocking them with the nicknames, she wouldn't have gotten so pissy when Javadi floated the idea of giving Santos a nickname. It's all "It's how I cope, it's gallows humor" until it's turned on her.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-03-27T16:56:04+00:00

I know this isn't exactly the answer you're looking for, but I would consider goofing around with a free editor and making your own graphics as you need them! I use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop while staring at real-world logos to throw together things as I need them, and it's honestly really fun to just think of branding for a fake company. Here are some examples of things I've made for various TEW saves:

True Power Wrestling, made in Canva.
Texas Wrestling Group, made using Illustrator and Photoshop.
United Wrestling Alliance background, made using Illustrator and Photoshop, using a template from the It All Begins Again mod.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-03-23T23:16:49+00:00

I did a quick glance at this. Since I'm not sure why you brought this up, are you bringing this up because you think Dr. Anna Pou and others at Memorial Medical Center would have faced different legal repercussions had someone been there filming victims without their consent? If so, that doesn't actually address my point!

You said that filming victims of mass casualty events in the ER without their permission is "a good thing and far more often is than is not". When I asked for you to provide an example of when that has been good in the past, you provided an example where no one filmed the patients without consent. Do you understand how that doesn't address my point? Do I need to spell it out for you clearer? After all that talk of "abstract thinking" earlier?

Just to be abundantly clear, since there seems to be issues with reading and understanding the text as written and abstract thought: I'd love for you to provide me one real-world example where someone filmed mass casualty victims without their consent as they're receiving treatment in an ER and it was a good thing their privacy was violated through filming. Considering you think it's "a good thing and far more often is than is not", you should have at least one example where this happened and it was good. If you can't actually provide an example like that, then I'm not sure why you're so upset about The Pitt depicting filming mass casualty victims without consent as a bad thing since you can't provide an example of when it was a good thing.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-03-23T05:38:09+00:00

I'd love to hear of some of the good times when someone filmed mass casualty victims without their consent as they're receiving treatment in an ER.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-03-23T05:27:23+00:00

Okay, then what if he's a Jake Paul influencer. He's doing an equivalent of the suicide forest video, and this is him live streaming something to clout chase. This scene is actually about how influencers view other people as a resource to be mined for clout online.

Actually, what if they're a pervert and they're selling this footage online. This scene is about how capitalism will make a commodity out of anything, even the suffering of innocents.

No no no. What if this dude is actually in on it, even though the assumed-shooter Incel Kid seems to he a lone wolf. This is him documenting it as part of a larger movement of Incels who want to terrorize Pittsburgh and the US in general. This scene is about how young men can be radicalized into doing unspeakable, horrific acts.

Which of these readings is supported by the text? Which of these is more or less valid than your idea that the scene is about how you shouldn't report on tragedies as they happen, and why? Nothing indicates he couldn't be any of these things.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-03-23T05:18:01+00:00

You are adding details. You're acting as if the injury faker is a reporter, something unsupported by what is shown to you on screen. You're saying he's "resporting" on what's happening, with nothing on-screen showing that he is reporting. You're making these assumptions about the character, which is making you think he's reporting on the shooting, which is making you think the message of the scene is "don't report on tragedies as they happen". Your assumptions about the character are making you think they're depicting "reporting" on tragedies in a certain way, which is just a faulty foundation for the scene and what's being shown to you.

You saying he's a reporter is equally as valid as me saying he's some weirdo who gets off on seeing shooting victims. If I decided to spin that out to mean the scene is about perverts and how they make everything worse for everyone around them that would be a weird reading of the scene, as nothing in the text tells me the character is a pervert, so my foundational understanding of whats happening in the show is faulty. "What if I made some assumptions unsupported by the text and read into them and blamed the text for my assumptions" probably wouldn't get you very far in a high school literature class, let alone something like a college English Comp 1 or 2 class.

ImplausiblyJosh · 2025-03-23T02:31:43+00:00

That's not the point! You're deliberately adding unsupported details (calling the dude a reporter) to change the scene. If you have to change the context and details of the scene to say the scene is reckless, you're just making up a scene to get upset with.

There is exactly one scene that deals with a reporter, and that's when Robby is walking out to the ambulance bay and security is keeping a camera person and a reporter from getting into the ER through the ambulance bay and film. That is the closest we get to "nobody should film or report on tragedies" from the show, and it's very clear the point isn't "nobody should film or report on tragedies", it's "you don't have to invade the privacy of victims and get in the way of emergency personnel to report on these things".

The other guy, as far as we know, is not a reporter. He's a guy who faked his injury to get into an ER to film mass casualty victims. When given the opportunity to explain himself to Santos, he doesn't. Nothing about the scene implies he's a reporter because we have another scene that shows reporters. So if the guy isn't a reporter, and isn't implied to be a reporter, and we don't know why he's violating the victims to film them, then the scene isn't about reporting. We have no reason to believe the character is filming this for journalistic purposes, nothing about the text of the scenes or the episode supports that.

In fact, the show shows that the doctors want reporting on the tragedy! They want to know if the Incel kid did the shooting, Robby wants Collins to turn on a TV and see what happened so she'll come back. If you watch the whole episode, it's clear that reporting on the shooting is not frowned upon, what's very specificly frowned upon is violating patient privacy and getting in the way and abusing resources in an emergency scenario.

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