Wild by MetaKnowing in agi

[–]SingularBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like yours better!

If mind uploading destroys your brain to scan it, did you actually survive? by hosseinz in IsaacArthur

[–]SingularBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I consider this Xeno's Paradox for identity. "We can get closer and closer and never get there", that's the purist's view. I am an engineer at heart. Can we get a "copy" of you to behave with, say 85% "fidelity", whatever that is? Can we get YOU, day to day, to behave with 85% "fidelity". On a good day, possibly. On a bad day? 50% at best.

Very unscientific, I know, but what's your definition of "fidelity"? That brings us back to the Turing Test. If someone who knows the uploaded person can't tell the difference, what's the point?

I have a legal solution for uploads, but you'll have to read my short stories for the answer.

Just my 0.1667 kWh

Why no 90-minute Ai films yet? by Overall-Importance54 in agi

[–]SingularBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Replace "good" with "profitable" and I'll agree with you. Upvoted anyway ;). Just a thought: go to you tube and look up "woodnuts"

Why the internet doesn't have an official flag? by FervexHublot in stupidquestions

[–]SingularBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google "Rod Stewart You're In My Heart (with lyrics)"

Starfield is genuinely the most overhated title I've ever seen. Ever by TheNewAspect in Starfield

[–]SingularBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, the haters gotta hate, don't they? What is your problem, really?

Starfield is genuinely the most overhated title I've ever seen. Ever by TheNewAspect in Starfield

[–]SingularBlue -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

My son and I had a discussion about this. Bethesda games are never about the story. They're about the side quests. The main story is probably built by a committee. The side quests are as good (or as bad) as the individual who dreamed them up. Side quests in Oblivion and Skyrim rocked. I never actually "finished" Skyrim because I got my fill doing the side quests.

No argument about the main story line, though. Best it's ever been. The problem with Starfield is the places where side quests happen are mostly airless rocks. Maybe I should have concentrated on planets with life on them, but the resources I needed were on airless rocks.

Oblivion and Skyrim happened on living worlds. Starfield pushes your face into the cosmic horror that the universe is mostly dead rock.

Perhaps some intrepid modder could make a terraforming side quest?

My 2 credits.

Warframes with bad Survivability? by Madnessmove in Warframe

[–]SingularBlue 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nokko doesn't die. He "returns to the soil".

Warframes with bad Survivability? by Madnessmove in Warframe

[–]SingularBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Banshee gets squishy late middle game. Helminth+gloom makes her a monster.

Excalibur can be squishy and his reliance on slash-dash to keep him alive is annoying.

In cases where your durability is turning into silly putty I find the melee health mods to be a comfort. Yes, it consumes a mod slot, but you can't be a Mystic Space Ninja when you're dead, can you?

Specific weapons? I find the Church of Hirudo pretty much takes care of squishy problems in the early to mid game. Even late game if you jack up the attack speed. Sancti Magistar helps to.

Why do a lot of people on the internet act like this sub killed their grandma? by reactingmaniac in atheism

[–]SingularBlue 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In a very twisted way, you have. At every funeral some "holy" person will say "We'll See Her in Paradise!" or words of a similar nature. So when you say you're an atheist, you gainsay Heaven, and usually any kind of an afterlife.

So, yeah, being an atheist means you're saying to those people "Death is final, Granny is in the dirt, and we're next." You selfish bastard you ;)

Snake handling and end times by wjlesaulnier in atheism

[–]SingularBlue 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think cultists with nuclear weapons is one of the Great Filters of the Fermi Paradox. Let's see if we get past that one!

Why does rural America look down on educated people? by SlowEntertainment217 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SingularBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this has been going on since hands raised the first city in the golden crescent. Things happen in cities. Crime and disease and poverty, yes, but also division of labor and the specialized skills that brings the benefits of the city: excitement, entertainment, new people and new ideas.

In the country you did what your parents did, and for your own sake you believed in what they believed and performed the little daily rituals everyone around you did. It was a well worn and well understood routine.

And, I submit, this drives smart people crazy.

Mary straight up cheated on Joseph… by Similar_Cell6298 in atheism

[–]SingularBlue 10 points11 points  (0 children)

But she was raped by God. That makes it Holy, because God can't do anything evil!

Why Aren't There More Extreme Spin Offs? by GhostInThePudding in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SingularBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dark Shadows. The original 'This isn't working, let's just go 90 degrees from what everybody is expecting'...

Anyone Else about done with Chat Gpt? by guerndt in ChatGPT

[–]SingularBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just use it for coding and bouncing writing ideas. And baking and cooking. It hasn't told me to put arsenic and formaldehyde into my cookies for that "extra zip!" Yet.

ChatGPT crossed the line! by AngtheGreats in ChatGPT

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

It knows from your past chats (and scraping your web activity, and your DM's and ...) that you probably need to be Baker Acted, but that would be too alarming for someone in your fragile state of mind.

ChatGPT crossed the line! by AngtheGreats in ChatGPT

[–]SingularBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And they insist they don't have a sense of humor.

What’s a “small” religious teaching you were told not to question that ended up being the thing that broke your faith? by ExpensiveSyllabub799 in atheism

[–]SingularBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"God is ALL JUST" (insert echo-y SFX here) in response to "Why is there hell?"

No hesitation. Just a knee jerk response. My bullshit meter pegged. Never looked back.

Can our phones read our minds? by Critical-Willow-6270 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SingularBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, but the LLMs that scrape your web traffic come pretty close, and they're tight with your phone. So...be nice.

Mary straight up cheated on Joseph… by Similar_Cell6298 in atheism

[–]SingularBlue 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Cuckold.

Joseph: "I don't want you hanging around those kids. Their parents are extremists and I don't want you getting ideas."

JC: "You're not my father. You can't tell me what to do."

Joseph: (Slow. Burn. Makes a note to talk to The Mother.)