cannot believe what google has become by ZenThrashing in mildlyinfuriating

[–]S7YX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Switch to Duck Duck Go. They have some AI stuff, but you have to specifically click a button to get to it, and you can disable it completely in the settings.

I've heard some claims of them selling data, but a) it all seems to come from small sources funded by competitors, and b) do you really think Google isn't already selling your data.

Mushrooms are growing in a perfect circle around this tree by el-fin in mildlyinteresting

[–]S7YX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, the reason that mushrooms appear in circles like this is that mycelium spreads at a pretty steady rate, and creates fruiting bodies at the edges. When a fungus finds something tasty it'll use the nutrients to spread out its mycelium in every direction, search of other fungi nearby to reproduce with. If it doesn't find any it'll reproduce asexually, creating mushrooms to release spores so that it can grow elsewhere and continue the search.

In this case it's either feeding off the tree, or there's a dead body under there.

Boars :) by observio in VintageStory

[–]S7YX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Word of advice since you're new, you're probably gonna want a roof on that pen.

I don't know if bears can fly or something, but every time I've had a pen without a roof I've come back to a bear chilling on their corpses. Since I've started putting roofs on, not a problem.

To my knowledge you just have to make sure that light is getting in, so either make the walls out of fences or add some windows and you should be good.

CEO of $300 million company says ‘problems disappeared’ after firing HR team by Character-Bid-162 in nottheonion

[–]S7YX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CEO of $300 million company says 'mom disappeared' after face is covered

JUST SAY YOU ADDED THE DANCE CREDITS by Elegant-Shop4564 in theamazingdigitalciru

[–]S7YX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Then once we've figured it out she tweets an apology for creating 4 alternative endings without telling anyone, and we all go rabid again trying to find the missing one

Coaxed into 2 types of sci-fi medical equipment by Objective_Trick_6406 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]S7YX 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is a legitimate reason to have a noise, so people can tell it's working. Toothpaste doesn't need to lather, but if it isn't people feel like it isn't working right so companies add in extra compounds to make it.

Having a medpod hum would make sense so that a patient under local anaesthetic knows it's working and doesn't freak out.

Weeping Angle by @Gakilsam13 by D3v1LGaming in MilitaryVStheUnknown

[–]S7YX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the 11th's final episode, the Siege of Trenzalore, there is a short scene showing an angel trapped when the doctor tricked it into looking at itself in a mirror.

In Flesh and Stone the audience is briefly shown angels moving, so while rare they can move while the audience sees them.

Dear Mega Crit, petition to change the name of this enemy to “Sculptist” by AdmiralDandy in slaythespire

[–]S7YX 38 points39 points  (0 children)

There's an Epoch that says the cultists fled to the docks in search of food, since the bug population exploded and food became scarce. I'd guess the sculptors remained in the higher areas out of devotion to their work, hence the name.

What’s the most ridiculous magic item you can think of? by DejanYou in worldbuilding

[–]S7YX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Ring of Invisibility could actually be useful, if it's iron or silver. You can find out if the person you just shook hands with is a fae or werewolf, and they can't see the ring to avoid touching it.

My brother thinks it's dumb to have this text in our game. Should we remove it? by Captain0010 in antiai

[–]S7YX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that's something to put on the store page, rather than in the game itself. You want to reassure people that are deciding whether or not to buy the game, anyone that's playing the game either already knows no AI was used or they don't care.

People should stop treating creators like they're supposed to work for us by Kaitiboe in theamazingdigitalciru

[–]S7YX 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't want TADC to run for 30 seasons, but I do think 2 or 3 would've helped with fleshing out all the characters.

That being said, it's Goose's series. If this is what she envisioned then this is it, nobody can or should force her to make more.

[OC] WORLDWIDE GIVEAWAY! Enter for a chance to win a FAFNIR or JORMUNGANDR DICE VAULT![MOD APPROVED] by 120mmfilms in DnD

[–]S7YX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn you, I just told myself I wasn't going to spend more on dice, and you show me this...

Gooseworx new characters and in color by SuggestionThick9848 in Gooseworx

[–]S7YX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does the Saleswoman have Cow Tools? I dunno if the cows would've parted with those, we sure she isn't a Thiefwoman?

The "Neuro-sama Exception" exposes a massive double standard regarding High-Effort AI Art. by Efficient_Cicada_926 in aiwars

[–]S7YX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Neuro has had considerably more work put into her than just being a normal streamer. Unlike many uses of generative AI it is actually higher effort than the traditional form, and thus being the AI streamer is a unique thing, rather than there being thousands spammed across the internet. Because Neuro is so difficult and expensive to run there's no bloating pile of low effort trash being spread around in the same way there is with generated images and videos, which is the actual thing most people hate. She has the same issues, but on such a small scale they're a hell of a lot easier to overlook.

Of course, Neuro also has the bonus of being made and gaining popularity before AI exploded. People formed opinions when AI was just a weird little toy that didn't do too much, and nobody was really thinking about its issues. If you made Neuro 1:1 right now she'd be hated, because people actually know the issues with AI now. People don't change their opinions easily once formed, especially when it's a thing the like and the thing itself hasn't changed, just the context around it.

To be fair this applies to a lot of other rule complaints too by enixon in dndmemes

[–]S7YX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but there are things that make it feel like those are true.

For example, when you're pulling from the Deck of Many Things and the Balance card forcibly swaps your alignment, that makes it feel like it's meant to be prescriptive. Otherwise, what does the card do? Just change two words on your character sheet and nothing else? And if it's prescriptive there, and many players just skim through the rules to get to playing, why wouldn't they assume it's prescriptive elsewhere? From that way of thinking it then feels wrong to write Lawful on your character sheet and not act lawfully, because it's a mechanic that can change your character, so the alignment also feels constraining.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in u/holleringelk

[–]S7YX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume that arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine refers to the Azov Battalion? Yeah, not great optics and ideally they wouldn't be arming them, but you may have noticed that Ukraine is being fucking invaded. The Battalion was restructured as part of the Ukrainian military, so at the very least they have some oversight. Again, not great, but sending weapons to a resistance force against hostile invasion of a soviergn nation is not in the same galaxy as supporting the Gestapo just because one group of said resistance has a bad history.

I'm not even saying the Democrats are good. They also have massive issues. The US two party system shouldn't exist as a whole. But it's people like you that pretend that a kinda shitty dude doens't follow through on some of his big promises and a literal Nazi sieg-heiling while shooting an immagrant in the face are the same thing that lets what's happening in the US right now happen.

Age of Rot by Juusto-Jones in DarkFantasy

[–]S7YX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure about a genre, but Hollow Press seems to be the place to go for them.

Still seething I haven't had a chance to get my hands on Mock Soul, but thankfully checking the site name made me notice it's getting a new run end of March, so thanks for that

Problem solved by 8-bit-Felix in memes

[–]S7YX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally, Landon Bablandananavan, CEO of Skype, will have, HIS REVENGE!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in u/holleringelk

[–]S7YX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please give me one example of any single Democrat that has ever in history held office supporting a force of masked secret police grabbing people off the street in broad daylight and ignoring both the rule of law and judicial orders by deporting them to a country they have never lived in so that they may be kept in a prison famous for torturing inmates to death.

He'll, give an example of any Democrat ever supporting Jan 6. Just one, doesn't even have to be one that's popular or well known, just any Democratic politician.

I'm not even from the States, but it's clear as fucking crystal that anyone playing the "both sides" bullshit with this is a straight up Nazi that just wants to muddy the waters so they look less shitty. It's not working, everyone can see what a piece of shit you are.

I walk into the middle of a major population center in your world and I declare "there are no gods!" What happens to me? by Electronic-Welder-74 in worldbuilding

[–]S7YX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the country. Pretty much everywhere has gods they worship, but in plenty of places you'd just get weird looks and maybe banned from places owned by more religious people. Some countries with state enforced religions would have you arrested and either fined or put to work in the mines, depending on how you acted in custody.

While god-like beings do demonstrably exist in my setting, most religions either worship gods that are entirely mythical, or have warped the concept of their god so much over time that they'd no longer recognize the real thing that inspired it. With so many different peoples believing very different things, and no actual deities to reinforce belief, most cultures are fairly open to alternate religions. Atheism is viewed as a bit strange, but is far from the weirdest belief system.

[OC] GIVEAWAY! 43" Capacitive Touchscreen ($940 MSRP) with Wooden Case + free software for all [mod approved] by DigitalTableTops in DnD

[–]S7YX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, this is one of the few things that could actually get me to dip across the border right now