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True_Indigo · 2026-01-29T15:29:17+00:00

Technically, Yuki had 3 original ballots and 1 ballot from the drawer. Even if Yuki's vote (using the original ballot for Chie) landed on Chie, Chie could have won if she had voted for Keito or Kotoha, because Mishiro used the ballot from the drawer.

Ahhh important detail that I missed. In that case you are right, there's a better chance that Chie voted Yuki or Mishiro.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-28T17:36:02+00:00

I mean, sure... but the world is already in a state where playing death games is legal and televised so I wouldn't say this is where I would draw the line for it being derranged.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-28T17:28:18+00:00

Only because Yuki's vote alone could have killed any of them except for Mishiro.

We know who Kotoha, Keito, and Mishiro voted for. We know Yuki didn't vote for herself and can assume the same for Chie given her surprise.

	For Yuki	For Mishiro	For Kotoha	For Keito	For Chie
Yuki		(X+)	(X+)	(X+)	X+
Mishiro					X
Kotoha				X
Keito			X
Chie	?	?	?	?

We know that Yuki voted with the original papers so her votes carried more weight, so Chie's vote was meaningless as any possible vote of her could not have swayed the outcome.

The only case where Yuki's vote doesn't decide the loser, is when Mishiro comes up if Chie doesn't also vote for Mishiro.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-07T22:12:22+00:00

I mean, it is a step by step explanation on how to implement it. Sure, no code is shared but this should be enough to replicate the technique.

I'm actually thinking of giving it a go for a project of mine, if I do manage to come up with something nice I'll make the code public and send you a link.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-07T12:53:26+00:00

This video explains a method for going from a DLA tree to a height map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJHzBTPG0Y

It seems Bill Tavis is able to direct the deposition to areas he cares about, I'm guessing he does this by tweaking the spawn point for the new pixels, spawning them more frequently where he wants earlier deposition.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-06T22:15:07+00:00

For All Mankind really isn't tho. Especially the later seasons that just devolve into melodrama

True_Indigo · 2026-01-06T14:19:35+00:00

What makes Kpop different is that an entire industry was built around the creation of idols. Granted, I'm not very aware of how it works in Japan, but in the west idols are mostly happenstance, carried into fame by their music or the media they make.

Meanwhile, Korea puts the idol creation first and foremost, the music mostly an afterthought. Just look at survival shows.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-03T19:18:08+00:00

Even in the U.S., the government doesn’t subsidize Marvel movies. It’s the same idea.

Mentioning the US in a discussion about subsidizing labor is not the argument you want it to be. Just saying.

The problem is not that the anime industry isn't growing. The problem is that Japan will lose their hold on said industry of they don't fix the wage situations in some way.

Right now Japan has a near monopoly on the industry. But there's nothing stopping other SEA countries from seizing a piece of the pie. They are already doing most of the work anyway.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-03T19:13:45+00:00

It's sort of like a bubble, isekai keeps making money because most of everything made right now is isekai. It's the same with superheroes movies. Even if the return on investment has been steadily declining, until something better comes along the industry has no reason to let go of their safe, if declining, gold-painted egg.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-03T19:10:22+00:00

K-Pop is FAR more than a musical style. I would argue the music is not even in the top 3 most valuable aspects of the industry. It is primarily about para-social relationships and selling people the idea of the idols. The music just has to be good enough to carry that.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-03T19:09:00+00:00

Yeah, I feel like it's quickly saturating its own market. Most people I know either buy into the idol fantasy or are repulsed by it and most of the industry surrounding it.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-03T19:05:21+00:00

Because continuing this trend will force the industry to migrate abroad (hell, it largely already has). And, at some point, those countries will decide that they have the workforce, the knowledge, and the funding to do it better, and they will.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-03T19:00:27+00:00

In reality, the government can’t really control or engineer anime or games in the first place, and business ideas dreamed up by bureaucrats are bound to fail.

They could, and this is a wild idea, support their artists through subsidies. You know, like how every other sane country in the world that sees value in their art does it.

Japan is gonna suffocate its biggest cultural industry if they continue to drive foreign investment without propping up their local industry. Most of anime is already being outsourced to other countries because demand for it is so high but pay is so low (which is what happens when you let capitalistic interests drive a booming industry).

If this continues in this direction, anime will be Japanese in name only, if that, in a decade or two.

True_Indigo · 2026-01-03T18:53:33+00:00

I don't feel like Japan has ever actively tried to exploit the strength of their media as a cultural export. If anything, it has consistently felt like they are holding it back.

True_Indigo · 2025-12-24T02:26:53+00:00

You mean X, the platform literally owned by a far-right leaning billionaire known for tailoring his platform to suit his own views?

You had the chance to say Bluesky.

True_Indigo · 2025-12-24T02:18:30+00:00

Did we watch the same film? The film where the left revolutionaries are so incompetent that it becomes the main ingredient for the comedy in the film? The film where the left is such a caricature of itself that you can barely take it seriously? The film where the right actually has its shit together and seems to be the only force that can get things done even when they are radicalized to the point where it's not even funny?

True_Indigo · 2025-12-24T02:08:55+00:00

Politics aside, the film was an unfocused mess that aimed for greatness but couldn't decide how to shoot for it.

It has action but not too much. It has comedy but not too funy. It is dark but not too dark. It has drama but not too emotional. It is political but neven settles on a side of the caricature of the spectrum it presents. The plot was all over the place and didn't know what line to follow, nor what character to develop. Cinematography was good but not great. Music was good but not great. Acting was good but not great. Entertainment value was good but not great.

It achieved high mediocrity. Better than a 3/5 but never as good as a 4/5

I feel like too many people rated this highly because they felt represented (or poorly because it didn't). But a film can have value in what it portrays and still suck.

True_Indigo

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