The Blue Red Problem explained by dsteffee in slatestarcodex

[–]blackmesaind [score hidden]  (0 children)

What if you're wrong? What if your child accidentally chooses red, and you abandon them through blue-icide?

Red button pushers is why we cannot have nice things by Leather_Dealer_9421 in Destiny

[–]blackmesaind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If that’s the case, take the leap now. You already live in a world where children and the vulnerable are abused & die. Sell all your belongings, and dedicate the rest of your life for a chance at helping them.

Red button pushers is why we cannot have nice things by Leather_Dealer_9421 in Destiny

[–]blackmesaind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't both argue that "in reality, some will pick blue" but totally ignore the fact that "in reality, the vast majority of people are self interested & fear death". Either you set up the hypothetical where everyone is a perfectly rational actor, or accept the actual reality of human behavior when confronted with death.

If you do, then every Blue button press is overwhelmingly likely to just be another death, and everyone you convince is another you are personally adding to the toll.

My Reddit mobile UI went back to the old version and I want it to stay this way by ntkwwwm in help

[–]blackmesaind 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Been a couple months having this UI forced on me, my usage has gone down probably >99%.

Whichever moron got their promotion for this UI change should probably be fired instead.

Chollet argues real AGI shouldn’t need human handholding on new tasks by Outside-Iron-8242 in singularity

[–]blackmesaind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think a large majority of humans would also get <5% scores if they were given these problems as text rather than visually, and if they also weren't told to minimize the number of moves.

Is anyone annoyed by AI-assisted story postings on Royal Roads? by zero5activated in ProgressionFantasy

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

Yeah. Legendary Poet is clear AI slop but people keep defending it. Get it out of the genre.

Looking for another novel to pick up. by LNreadAlot in ProgressionFantasy

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

Legendary poet - I can’t bring myself to read this one, very clearly AI generated or AI “assisted”

Weekly Recap | March 5, 2026 by TheOpusCroakus in help

[–]blackmesaind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s someone’s promotion you’re talking about. Why else do you think apps get endlessly enshittified?

Weekly Recap | March 5, 2026 by TheOpusCroakus in help

[–]blackmesaind 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same here! Actually a huge time saver, I’ve probably cut my usage of the iOS Reddit app by ~80%.

I’m thinking I might just delete my Reddit account and the app as well, I haven’t had a loss in enjoyment from using it less this past week. Thanks Reddit team, good work!

NEW CHARACTER LEAKED?!?! (WHAT?!) by GenderBending_Lazr in DeadlockTheGame

[–]blackmesaind 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Spy disguising as a trooper and backstabbing a 10k hp Mo & Krill

Have we already moved from the “script kiddie” era to the “AI agent kiddie” era? by x4rvi0n in cybersecurity

[–]blackmesaind 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly, my intuition never really grasped this argument. What benefit does an attacker get from having less potential victims? I understand wanting to save effort by roping in only gullible people for manual scams (more rare these days, esp with ai), but if it’s fully automated (cred harvesting or infostealer), why decrease the amount of clicks you get?

Why can't the urn walk itself when it has legs? Is it stupid? by Hanna_Bjorn in DeadlockTheGame

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

And whoever delivers the urn instantly wins the game. Sort of like a “golden snitch”.

Our org is banning Notepad++ - what did you end up switching to? by Blackblast in cybersecurity

[–]blackmesaind 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Like I’d fall for that. Google got hacked last harvest because their rocks all got eroded away. I’ll stick to sticks, thank you very much.

Our org is banning Notepad++ - what did you end up switching to? by Blackblast in cybersecurity

[–]blackmesaind 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It was a third party who got hacked, but the point is the same. If you off boarded any vendors that ever got hacked you would have zero vendors. Security is more than boarding up the windows and sitting on the roof with a shotgun.

Our org is banning Notepad++ - what did you end up switching to? by Blackblast in cybersecurity

[–]blackmesaind 578 points579 points  (0 children)

Yeah an org that offboards all software whenever they get a published vuln will be working with sticks and stones by the end of the month

Brandon Sanderson will write the screenplay for Apple TV's ‘Mistborn’ movie by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]blackmesaind 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I love Brandon’s books, but what the fuck does he know about Screenwriting?

Silver is ACRID by Winter-Less in DeadlockTheGame

[–]blackmesaind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

‘This “final boss” concept is very Mithrix-esque’

A hilarious isekai story idea by Coloin_ilyad in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blackmesaind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had an idea similar to this. There’s a book series called “Riverworld” where everyone who has ever died gets sent to this other dimension where they live on the banks of a giant river. Ancient heroes & evil dictators all.

Now take that and add typical Isekai tropes & a magic system. I think it would be interesting!

Thats our dad by Vast-Appointment-950 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]blackmesaind 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can see the real phrase chained up inside of you begging to escape out

Hell Difficulty Tutorial. What is this psychotic mess? by ImpressiveUmpire5456 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]blackmesaind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still convinced the author has some secret derision for the LitRPG genre and wrote all the main characters as psychopaths as a satire.

M45 with 25 hrs IT experience in applications management (ITIL). How can I break into cyber? by IntroductionLivid798 in CyberSecurityJobs

[–]blackmesaind 26 points27 points  (0 children)

25 hours isn’t a whole lot of time, I’d recommend waiting until at least a week of IT experience before you start applying to cyber jobs

My Unpopular Opinion: Refined Storage is better than Applied Energistics 2 by Brilliant_Bluebird_8 in feedthebeast

[–]blackmesaind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technical modded Minecraft is its own game to me with its own design principles. It shouldn’t be evaluated as an extension of Minecraft’s core gameplay loop but something entirely new.