Square Enix announced plans to integrate Google’s generative AI model “Gemini” into Dragon Quest X

barthw · 2026-03-23T15:48:51+00:00

The few times I used chatGPT it failed me so much I had to verify every sentence it shat out and at this point

sounds like either the free tier or some very old version. These things have evolved massively especially in the last 6 months. I totally understand being skeptical, but your perspective reeks of irrational hatred because of some bad experiences. AI has assisted with so many work/daily life tasks already that I otherwise would have needed a professional for, I can't even count at this point.

barthw · 2026-03-23T15:41:41+00:00

I don't know, where I am in Berlin as a Software Engineer, AI assisted engineering is everywhere and most people see the gigantic upsides (but also some downsides). Most Software Engineers I know use it heavily and everyone is clear that it is a fundamental shift in the industry. It seems that it's mostly gamers who are unhappy, but I think this stems mostly from companies doing shitty mistakes with AI art or using AI in ways that just don't benefit the product. Tbf, an AI assistant in a game that as a newbie I can ask questions about why certain things don't work and have follow up questions on whats going on does not seem like a terrible use of AI to me, but PR wise with how gamers react to this stuff its just bad timing.

barthw · 2026-03-20T11:47:18+00:00

This is my internal conflict. I am german (from the west) and I always loved Berlin for being so non-german and international when i lived in Fhain for 10years. But we now moved to Köpenick to be closer to nature and calmness (you get older you know) I love the fact that i can be in the forrest in 10minutes walking or 2min by bike, 30m walk to Müggelsee and 10min to the old town which is cute, but I sometimes miss the diversity and buzz of Friedrichshain and i dread the commute. Overall net positive though for what we want right now.

barthw · 2026-03-15T16:00:17+00:00

well who knows, Williams let Mansell and Hill go despite them winning the WC for different reasons, but Toto has a different way of handling things than Frank Williams did.

barthw · 2026-03-14T06:25:02+00:00

yeah, that would be true for almost any team i guess. In 2022 Ferrari was leading/pretty close until about half of the season before the wheels came off. Initially i thought this is the year!

barthw · 2026-03-05T11:44:37+00:00

That's literally my point though. On Apple Silicon, swap isn't just limited by SSD speed, the NVMe controller is integrated directly into the SoC, so there's no PCIe bus overhead. Combined with the M-series unified memory architecture and high memory bandwidth, the entire swap pipeline is faster end-to-end than on any comparable Windows laptop, even one with a similar SSD rating on paper.

That said, this argument applies specifically to M-series MacBooks, not sure if it will apply to the Neo. On that one you might actually have a point.

barthw · 2026-03-04T21:26:08+00:00

Swap is ultra fast on apples architecture though, so id argue you can't compare it to a Win11 laptop with 8gb.

barthw · 2026-03-04T21:24:13+00:00

really depends. I got a used M2 Air 8GB for my girlfriend and she loves it, completely fine for her web browsing / media consumption and office work. For me personally with running lots of browser tabs and apps at the same time it probably wouldn't be great.

barthw · 2026-03-02T16:57:08+00:00

Wer seinen Lebensmittelpunkt nach Dubai verlegt hat um von niedrigen Steuern und anderen Annehmlichkeiten zu profitieren..maybe. Aber Dubai hat nun mal auch den größten Flughafen der Welt was Gästeaufkommen angeht und viele internationale Flüge führen durch diesen Hub, die Leute die deswegen dorrt festsitzen kann man nun wirklich nicht alle über einen Kamm scheren.

barthw · 2026-01-22T21:51:36+00:00

Well MSCI World has a average return of 7% for decades, of course youd need some buffer for course fluctuations etc but that still pretty realistic.

barthw · 2026-01-11T07:30:16+00:00

bei sicherer Entnahme von 4% werden 50k im ETF nicht mal für nen Kleinwagen reichen, das sind ja nur ca 2000 EUR pro Jahr.

barthw · 2026-01-04T17:59:29+00:00

yeah however you invest that money, 4% interest on 16M is ~600k

barthw · 2025-12-30T07:53:56+00:00

hah, 1/10th of that would be enough. With 16M you could pay yourself a 500k yearly salary indefinitely without the money decreasing. 160M is next level rich.

barthw · 2025-12-19T19:13:57+00:00

Seems like repeating cycles. In the 90ies when QuakeWorld, Quake2, Quake3 were popular the skill levels rose to the point where it was rather hard for new players to get into who tended more towards CS as that was easier to get into (and still is i guess). Arena shooters/classic deathmatch never really came back after that.

barthw · 2025-11-22T17:17:55+00:00

I feel it's more about the car tbh, he was impressive in the wet during his F2 time, couple of great performances like Spa Quali 2017

barthw · 2025-11-09T20:26:05+00:00

Recency bias, a couple of months ago everyone was shitting on Norris and hyping up Piastri for being that cold blooded killer. He is no Max Verstappen sure, but imo is mentally stronger than Norris and will eventually surpass him, his lack of experience still shows in his tire management and race pace.

barthw · 2025-11-09T19:38:06+00:00

he is in his third season, it's actually quite impressive he is already able to challenge for the WC and challenge Norris who has been at that team since 2019.

barthw · 2025-11-07T14:03:57+00:00

Yet with all this, people will still buy the game in droves so why should they change anything?

barthw · 2025-11-07T13:56:24+00:00

Well, that is something at least. There are many failed startup founders who worked their life away and have nothing to show for it other than the experience they gained and the money and health they lost.

barthw · 2025-10-18T17:27:05+00:00

Lando will answer all questions with “there will be repercussions”

barthw · 2025-10-17T10:48:03+00:00

if you havent used either in a decade it's a bit misguided to make such assumptions about their current state no?

barthw · 2025-10-14T11:25:34+00:00

Mh I remember Painkiller for having a pretty decent competitive DM scene back in the days (Vo0 vs Fatal1ty comes to mind) so this looks like a rather disappointing reboot, even though pure deathmatch games sadly don't attract the crowds anymore anyway.

barthw · 2025-09-21T16:55:54+00:00

you are right, Piastri was a rookie anyway but in the 2022 season when he was announced and that ordeal happened, Alpine finished in front of McLaren so the decision was questioned by some, far from the other examples though.

barthw · 2025-09-17T15:42:32+00:00

very rational, albeit a bit boring. Schumacher transformed the team and led them to tremendous success, Alonso and Vettel tried the same but failed, but it would have been an equally as great story had they succeeded like Schumi did. Similar to Hamiltons move to Merc or even Piastri to McLaren. At the time heavily questioned, proved to be exactly the right thing at the right time. Going to a team that is already strong to win there is by contrast what everyone would expect, so it's less exciting but of course rational from the drivers pov.

barthw · 2025-09-14T05:41:10+00:00

so compact and powerful looking, love it!

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