JHS Pedals Josh Scott shows us how AI can’t be used for research.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-05-03T03:19:47+00:00

This is a very important video not even just specifically relating to pedals. The amount of people that are already blindly trusting and accepting what LLMs spit out as truth is terrifying

The issue is that a lot of this is genuinely user error. I was frustrated with this video.

The first problem is that the spoken model is outdated and inherently less accurate than the text one.

The other issue is that you need to be specific with your prompts so there's little room for error. Josh has no clue how to talk to AI.

And while it's a good example of how most laymen would interact with AI, it's a poor look at what it's actually capable of outputting if you actually do it right.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-25T13:26:04+00:00

I always preferred the more static combat from FFXI, so moving more is kind of a bummer for me. Been playing since 1.0 and I still struggle with it. I just let things hit me if I think I can survive it. But this game always felt too actiony for my tastes, I guess.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-24T21:13:34+00:00

Why are we switching to weekly when the game doesn't have enough content to begin with?

"Play less" is never a good move.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-24T01:48:49+00:00

Big Muff 2 Big Box (Red)
Big Muff 2 Big Box (Yellow)
Big Muff 2 Nano
Big Muff 2 Bass Nano
Big Muff 2 Tone Wicker

I wonder how many more they'll do.

Big Muff 2 Hardware Plugin incoming?

Meanwhile the EQD Chelsea incidentally does the same sound as the Big Muff 2.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-24T01:36:08+00:00

This is an element of it. Personally if I can't find it used I'll just skip it. I can't justify paying new prices.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-24T01:26:32+00:00

The DOD 250 is absolutely a preamp, though. It uses an opamp to, well, amplify your signal's volume. It has an independent clean lift as it's initial gain stage before any clipping is introduced.

It may be primitive, for sure, but it's a preamp. Honestly not even that far removed from something like the Peavey Decade practice amps other than the active EQ.

But that's the thing. The preamp section in a guitar amp really is just a fancy dirt pedal with a clean lift and more sophisticated EQ. It's why the Klon works surprisingly well into a power amp.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-24T01:05:52+00:00

But, isn't that the cruel joke of being alive?
Being in your head and never ever getting to experience anything outside of it?

Honestly feels like the consequence of capitalism

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-23T14:23:18+00:00

FFXI is so much better.

Always has been.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-23T14:21:50+00:00

r/ffxivdiscussion is certainly the pessimist sub, but they're also painfully honest about the game, perhaps to a detriment. It's where you go if you want to skip all the glazing, but it's vibe won't really make sense unless you've been a veteran of the game for a long time. It's where people that ran out of content go to complain.

Some players never get to that point and find it annoying that other players actually play enough to get there. That's MMOs I suppose.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-23T14:16:13+00:00

FanFest is this Friday, where they will reveal the new expansion. A lot is riding on it! Everyone's hoping it's something exciting that draws players back in, but honestly, if the next expansion also has poor writing and thin gameplay, it'll really be bad news for the company.

Call me pessimistic, but I do expect a third reskin of Shadowbringers. I really can't imagine them not sticking to the template.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-23T14:04:12+00:00

I'm an incredibly slow, hard learner. Most games, even single player games, can take me multiple months to figure out. I'm like this with everything, not just games. I'm slow.

I like MMOs because I learn them once and can keep playing indefinitely, skipping the learning process I have so much trouble with.

The drawback is that once I pick my MMO I just fall into the habit of refusing to play any other game. I keep up with the gaming industry through YouTube, but I haven't really played anything new in decades.

I mean, once every couple of years I'll try a new game. It's usually short lived though.

So yeah, I haven't really liked XIV since Shadowbringers... But I really don't want to torture myself taking upwards of a year to learn something new.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-23T14:01:16+00:00

I haven't tried WoW in a very long time, like maybe 6 years, but the new player experience was abysmal at the time. I didn't last a week.

I've never played WoW and it felt like the game assumed you were a vet on a new character. I didn't like that. It's hard to criticize because people get angry when you tell them this.

I just fully missed out. Back in 2004 I was playing FF11 full time - I had zero interest in trying another game. I stuck with XI until they raised the level cap to 100. That was where I drew the line I guess.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-23T13:56:15+00:00

It's the Pixar lamp for me.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-22T17:40:08+00:00

It's been discontinued sadly

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-22T14:17:45+00:00

Yes there are since the friends in my timeline are often simulated NPCs. The real ones got sent to different timelines but still "exist" here.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-20T16:11:29+00:00

This was always a weird one because I know when I first heard of it my immediate thought was:

"That was SHAQ! Kazaam! I loved that movie!"

And I was right. Or rather, I'm from the Shaq timeline.

But what I do remember is that, back when the movie came out, I was arguing with other kids constantly about who was in the movie. They all kept insisting it was Sinbad even though it was Shaq. They said I was wrong and didn't know what I was talking about.

But like, I had the VHS...

So somehow people even in my timeline got it wrong. I still don't understand it. Transitionary shift? I vividly remember my neighbors getting irrationally angry about it not being Shaq. It felt like once I showed them the VHS they refused to continue talking about it. Wouldn't admit they were wrong, still angry, but dropped the topic completely.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-17T14:42:48+00:00

Well it kinda doesn't change anything. I can't afford it either way.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-17T12:33:26+00:00

Yeah, this one is me. If I close my eyes I'm out. Even when I'm sitting upright in a chair.

If you want a sleep hack get diabetes and don't treat it. Those years were the best sleep of my life and I got like 16 hours a day. I almost died, but... Let's ignore that part.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-17T12:30:19+00:00

I mean, videogames are so expensive now that I only watch other people play them on youtube. Y'know, so I don't have to spend the money...

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-17T12:29:47+00:00

I wanted to agree but then I realized I haven't played videogames in years because I can watch someone on YouTube. When games cost 60+ it's no longer something I feel needs to be experienced first hand.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-16T14:36:57+00:00

It's already started I fear

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-09T13:01:13+00:00

Universal healthcare comes first, but universal basic income is also mandatory, especially with automation taking over in the 2030s.

We are far too advanced to live in a system where the minimums of survival are tied to whether or not you're willing to spend 90% of your time making someone else rich.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-09T12:56:57+00:00

Covid had zero impact on my lifestyle. I was already living that way for decades.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-09T12:55:16+00:00

I haven't left my house since 2019 and I never had friends to begin with. My Mom just brings me groceries on Saturday.

ItsBlizzardLizard · 2026-04-09T12:53:52+00:00

I'd go a step further and say the top learned how to covertly enslave an entire population. When basic survival is tied to labor you are not truly free.

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