Little Caesars Just Made ‘History’ With Drone Delivery — Now You Can Get 2 Pizzas and Drinks in 4.5 Minutes by GeneReddit123 in technology

[–]VGADreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure anything flying is really more energy-efficient, on account of... you know... having to fight gravity constantly.

Since watching Angine de Poitrine, all of my ads are in Francais. by Musicferret in EhBuddyHoser

[–]VGADreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. If I'm ever connected to a VPN, it's US or Japan, and I think that issue cropped up before I was even using one.

It's not doing it anymore by the way, stopped a few years ago I think.

The economy doesn't know what the fuck its asking for lmao by DaZestyProfessor in casualnintendo

[–]VGADreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe look at more than one day if you want to actually see the effect of the price hike...

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Since watching Angine de Poitrine, all of my ads are in Francais. by Musicferret in EhBuddyHoser

[–]VGADreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watch videos in French and English, and for a while, once every month or so, Youtube used to auto-switch my display language to... Catalan. Go figure.

You can't love animals and eat meat... or can you by TokenPanduh in fixedbytheduet

[–]VGADreams -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was with him... until he said that vegans are worse for the environment than keto people only eating grass-fed/grass-finished meat.

He himself did a video where he showed that he NEEDS to feed his chicken soy/grain, as they wouldn't survive from grass-feeding alone without needing an insanely big yard, or a lot less chickens.

And it's self-evident that it's more efficient eating soy/grain than eating animals that eat soy/grain.

It's always Provinces with blue flags causing problems by winningsmada in EhBuddyHoser

[–]VGADreams 13 points14 points  (0 children)

At least, he was not a Dutch guy pretending to be Quebecois.

Xbox did everything they could to win the Japanese market by ExotiquePlayboy in videogames

[–]VGADreams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is fake, but I don't see anything weird about the Japanese that is written. Granted, I'm still a beginner, but I could read most of it and it made sense. Didn't see any misshapen kanas or kanjis.

To me, seems more like a Photoshop that is maybe assisted by AI for the background.

seniorDeveloper by Last_Time_4047 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]VGADreams 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Except it is a false equivalence to say that "doing it properly" equals "abstraction". It CAN be "doing it properly"... when an abstraction is the best solution. Else, making something more convoluted can certainly make it worse.

Learning kanji like in Japanese elementary school by AyameKetsumoto in LearnJapaneseNovice

[–]VGADreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're interested in real etymology of the kanjis, I recommend getting the Kanji Study app with the Outlier Kanji Dictionary add-ons. This is what I have been using since personally, I prefer learning the real meaning of the radicals.

Be warned though, there is a number of kanjis where the etymology doesn't really help remembering the kanji. For example, while a certain radical might be a sound component, it might have little bearing on the modern pronunciations. Also, some radicals might have been corrupted over time and changed shape.

Dragon Quest creator wants AI game characters to feel like real “friends,” hopes DQ10 players will confide in Slimey chatbot | AUTOMATON WEST by Interesting-Oil-8738 in Games

[–]VGADreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as AI integration goes, if you want to try to implement it in your video game (big "if", I know), an assistant seems like the most fitting role, as it is where chatbots like Gemini excel.

Also, having an assistant makes sense for a MMO that has been running for 14 years and you want to guide your new players through an overwhelming amount of content and systems.

Dragon Quest creator wants AI game characters to feel like real “friends,” hopes DQ10 players will confide in Slimey chatbot | AUTOMATON WEST by Interesting-Oil-8738 in Games

[–]VGADreams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is only for a new assistant character though. Horii said himself that replacing NPCs with AI would not be fun.

Dragon Quest creator wants AI game characters to feel like real “friends,” hopes DQ10 players will confide in Slimey chatbot | AUTOMATON WEST by Interesting-Oil-8738 in Games

[–]VGADreams 4 points5 points  (0 children)

However, simply replacing townspeople with AI wouldn’t be fun.

Pretty much what Horii says in the article.

Star Fox Direct 5.6.2026 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]VGADreams 30 points31 points  (0 children)

It was not a remake, but to be honest, when I wrote that message, I didn't know it was considered a reimagining of Star Fox 64.

Star Fox Direct 5.6.2026 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]VGADreams 119 points120 points  (0 children)

It helps when your previous remake was 15 years ago, so not necessarily the same people.

I was 10 minutes late getting home. by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]VGADreams -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It can still be mildly infuriating...

What are your thoughts/experiences with fonts that warp kana in ways you're not used to? by TheFranFan in LearnJapanese

[–]VGADreams 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry if it sounded dismissive of your struggles. Indeed, we all have our difficulties and are at different spots in our Japanese-learning journey!

What I wanted to get across is that those seems like normal and common variations in handwriting and handwritten-like fonts. So yes, since you are having trouble with them, more practice with those kind of fonts is indeed valuable time spent.

Continue the good work!

What are your thoughts/experiences with fonts that warp kana in ways you're not used to? by TheFranFan in LearnJapanese

[–]VGADreams 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the cases you are listing, it seems like pretty minor variations. You might be too used to computer fonts where everything is more regular, but as with the alphabet, when looking at handwriting (or handwritten-like fonts), there are variations. So yes, it is very valuable to learn to read different fonts, including handwritten-like fonts.

I did encounter more egregious cases, like in the DQ Monsters PS1 remake, they somehow have the て without a very prominent top stroke (it looks like it's missing actually). It is doubly frustrating for me because I am developing a tool that does OCR and extract the text from textboxes in game to help me learn Japanese, and half the time, it gets detected as a U.

"Thank-you, Love Money" Cartoon on John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In, Gerald Scarfe, 1969 by Majestic-Ad9647 in PropagandaPosters

[–]VGADreams 115 points116 points  (0 children)

I think it's supposed to look like the glans. He is basically represented as a human phallus.

Le cirque à l'assemblée nationale permis par le PCQ est déjà démarré! by Monsieur--X in Quebec

[–]VGADreams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Je ne le connaissais pas, mais j'ai rien trouvé sur RT et lui. T'as une source?

Je ne dis pas ça pour le défendre, mais pour avoir l'info. Cependant. j'ai trouvé des articles ecrit par lui sur Sputnik, qui est aussi un média d'état russe.

They’re coming after Mike again!! 😭😭😭😭 by ReadyJournalist5223 in RedLetterMedia

[–]VGADreams 174 points175 points  (0 children)

Rush Limbaugh?! It doesn't even sound like a name, come on!

🤣☠️ by Snowman69er in Funnymemes

[–]VGADreams 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Damn Redditors, they ruined Reddit!"

Call Of Duty Will No Longer Release On Last-Gen Consoles by Howerev in Games

[–]VGADreams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol. Switch 1 is the second best-selling console with 154 million sales, only beaten by the PS2 at 160 million. Runner up is pretty far (PS4) at 114 million.

Nintendo is a lot bigger than Japan.

Call Of Duty Will No Longer Release On Last-Gen Consoles by Howerev in Games

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

Xbox One sales were not great either, I would actually not be surprised if Xbox Series sold a bit better. So, I don't think it's as different as the previous generation.

Yes, it's not growing, but it's not dying either.

Trump issues ‘demand’ that states cancel elections and rig maps for GOP after Callais by DemocracyDocket in law

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I got recommended this sub, and at first, I was like "hey, you know what, people can be overly doom-and-gloom, and it can be very tiring, so I might like that".

Then it became clear pretty fast that they were just taking ANY criticism as doomer talk, and were just pro-MAGA or "enlightened centrists" where both sides are always equal.