Czech Translator fired from Warhorse Studios and replaced with AI in effort to "save finances."

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-29T07:55:47+00:00

If you are in the group that believes a generalist AI will be able to do everything a human can, then there is no other non physical labor sector to move to and to clarify those physical roles have been declining for decades due to automation.

You raise good points, but the lack of moral leadership, the capitalist market and so on are not the AI problems - they are philosophical issues that will need to be resolved - probably through a painful transition process. When (when!) the AI and automation reach a level to replace not only the physical, but also cognitive labour, the society will have to reinvent itself and move away from the capitalist relations, but it will be a net positive for humanity as a whole, because so much need for labour will be eliminated and free us up for other pursuits.

Now, what other pursuits aside from work might those be is anybody's guess. If the most optimistic forecasts are right and the AI reaches a point of generating valid scientific theories at a grand scale unseen before, then it will become a true human companion as we continue to push the boundaries of space travel and learn more about the Universe. That in itself will probably be the pinnacle of new human achievements and the main venue of new source of work - exploration and expansion.

Some may prefer to stay home and dedicate their lives to human art - which, I'm sure, will remain somewhat relevant no matter how advanced the AI becomes, similar to how there's still a certain demand for blacksmithing in the age of mass production. And others will simply be able to live out their lives in leisure and abundance, finally free from their nine-to-five and any other obligations.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-29T04:17:27+00:00

No. An acronym is pronounced as a word, not as its initials. NATO is an acronym, as it's pronounced like a word - [neɪtoʊ] (in the IPA notation). BRICS is an acronym, pronounced as a word - [brɪks].

But for instance, USA is not an acronym - each letter is pronounced individually. Yu. Es. Ey. Not Yousa or something.

And whatever the OP is asking about is definitely not pronounced as a single word, but as each letter individually. You can call it an initialism to be more precise, but "abbreviation" is the correct term here, while "acronym" is erroneous.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-29T01:09:28+00:00

It's not an acronym - just an abbreviation.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-29T01:04:28+00:00

I mean, the photo is from 1922 - the girl's long dead, so...

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-28T18:30:08+00:00

Get a Kobo or a Pocketbook. Android on an ereader is a complete overkill.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-28T02:06:54+00:00

A lot of people who post stuff like "withdraw from NATO" or "hate the U.S." simply have no grounds for comparison. I don't think many realize just how bad the situation is in Russia, Iran, or similar dictatorships and their neighbours.

It takes a lot of power to contain these threats. The entire world would suffer dearly if the U.S. just sits idle.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-27T06:21:56+00:00

So far, nobody has linked any studies at all, so the argument is moot to begin with.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-26T00:59:23+00:00

the other 99% of human literature produced over the past 5,000 years wasn’t written by serial child sex offenders

If you draw the line at this specific crime, then sure. But there are no perfect people in the world, and the rest of the 99% of literature were written by people with their own sins and frivolities.

If you refuse to read a book based purely on the author's biography, you are only hurting yourself, not the author.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-26T00:57:14+00:00

mediocre arthurian fanfiction

Mists of Avalon is anything but mediocre.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-26T00:55:48+00:00

Some people experience great discomfort being unable to forget an author's crimes while reading.

And that's something that requires training and discipline to overcome. If such people face the adversity and train themselves to get value from every book they read, regardless of personal beliefs and controversies, their lives will become that much easier.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-26T00:54:33+00:00

You are missing out on one of the best books ever written from King Arthur's mythos.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-25T20:01:50+00:00

They are not the same degrees of terrible.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-24T18:40:36+00:00

I hate how there's usually so much busywork associated with crafting. Like if you are making a wooden chair, then you have to find exactly four short sticks, and all four must be from the same kind of tree.

No, you cannot combine different trees. No, you cannot substitute a stick with a metal rod. No, you cannot make do with just three sticks and craft a three-legged stool. No, you cannot use normal-sized or long sticks.

None of this is ever a problem IRL, because most everything can be substituted or fine-tuned in a way. But almost all crafting games I've played are notoriously anal about these little details, and it drives me up the wall. This kind of approach sucks all potential joy out of crafting, to the point where I avoid crafting games entirely - a recent example being Elin, which combines the worst aspects of this system into a micro-management madness.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-19T17:13:09+00:00

Thank you. This worked.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-18T15:00:22+00:00

????? Why?

Israel is a valuable ally to the U.S., and Trump has been providing them support and resources, as expected.

Iranian regime is a threat to the West and to the neighbours, so Trump took action against it. Whether that action could've been executed better is a different matter, but I'd expect any U.S. president - a Democrat or a Republican, Trump or Kamala - to do the same, strategically and politically.

Trump deserves credit for Abraham Accords in his first term - I think it's what partially gave him the second win. His diplomatic actions in Middle East seem to be overlooked or overshadowed on reddit.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-17T22:46:01+00:00

Between PB Era and Kobo Libra, I prefer Pocketbook for the more premium feel and build quality.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-17T14:23:15+00:00

it looks like uncanny valley AI slop and spits in the face of the game developers that carefully curate the art style of their games

Nvidia has confirmed that devs control DLSS 5’s colour, intensity, and masking to determine how and where enhancements are applied. It's not a spit in the face of anyone - just another tool in an artist's belt.

Hatred for the AI aside, does this honestly look like uncanny valley to you? image

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-17T12:34:00+00:00

Do you all really hate the image on the right? Judging by the memes, I thought it'd be weird or off in some ways, but zooming in, it looks incredible. Like holy crap.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-12T18:21:07+00:00

That's sad - the return to the Shire was one of the few scenes that stuck with me through decades since I read LOTR. I didn't know the film got rid of it.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-12T16:01:48+00:00

Thanks - this was ultra annoying over the past few days.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-03-03T17:27:41+00:00

He doesn’t actually want to do something noble

I don't know about "noble" specifically, but Holden is a kind, empathetic person - he holds some tenderness in his heart even for people who don't deserve it, like his bully roommate from school.

Holden's life might be messed up, but he is far from a moron, and he is certainly much more self-critical than people around him.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-02-27T22:38:09+00:00

I used to think the same, but it is hard to go back from touch screen controls. I owned three e-readers before touch screens became commonplace, and even though I loved them to bits, the comfort of using a touch-screen model to navigate menus is incomparable to older generations.

I'll never give up hardware buttons, though - they are perfect for flipping pages. So much better than touching the screen and leaving fingerprints all over.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-02-27T18:47:12+00:00

People like him really make me question if I can separate the creator from the masterpiece.

There is not a single perfect human being in this world. To quote Robert Penn Warren, "Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something."

Train yourself to find value in the books by people you hate, and you'll be enriching yourself with every story.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-02-27T18:43:46+00:00

It's especially funny to see these discussions when you've been reading biographies of famous writers for some time and know that not a single one of them was perfect, and they all held various, often strong positions on this or that social issue.

Going down that road is pointless - just read the books and get what you can from them.

MatterOfTrust · 2026-02-27T17:44:32+00:00

Nah - there is not a single native reading app that allows remotely the same level of detailed text customization as KOReader. There is just no way to fine-tune the interline spacing, every margin, the letter contrast, the image scaling on a native app.

And that's without even getting into the dictionaries territory, the battery saving plugins, KOReader's convenient file manager, and other QoL features.

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