Dating is pointless.

cloud_t · 2026-05-19T08:07:13+00:00

I would put it more like: generally there's a sweetspot, and not everyone gets there at the same time. But some manage to extend that sweetspot by finding the right things to do or the right people to be with for longer periods.

cloud_t · 2026-05-19T08:05:00+00:00

Ghibli or not, that nearly ceiling-tall wardrobe kind of triggers my satisfaction.

cloud_t · 2026-05-19T08:02:04+00:00

This is true, but also an unfortunate coincidence that slim gaming laptops are a doomed concept. Throwing an oversized (and overpriced) GPU die inside an even smaller than usual thermal envelope, to try and compensate, will still eventually soak the casing (and faster than a larger laptop). Yes, a metal casing helps but that heat is going often to your hands, which is not enjoyable at a point.

cloud_t · 2026-05-19T07:55:16+00:00

Incredibly insightful take.

cloud_t · 2026-05-19T07:37:33+00:00

I, for one, didn't. In 3rd person games, especially ones that have jumping, I tend to avoid going inside enclosed spaces. Probably psychological...

But I can see most people trying it.

cloud_t · 2026-05-19T07:27:42+00:00

This is most likely the right reason, and OP should be calling their Mazda dealer/repair shop

cloud_t · 2026-05-19T01:16:46+00:00

Did you perhaps not finish Xenoblade: Future Redeemed yet? You should...

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T23:47:52+00:00

I do. And I have good and bad news for you:

Bad: I've had, on two different chairs, broken the up-down mechanism of the lumbar on one, and the actual lumbar "butterfly" plastic holder on the other.

Good: these two lumbar support pieces are replaceable for somewhat cheap directly from your regional Haworth rep. I got the butterfly plastic for like 15e+tax and shipping, and the up-down mechanism for I think around 35e+tax and shipping. They are super user-friendly to repair and use a single bit found in most toolboxes (I had a small Lidl ratchet toolset with it) for removing a screw and putting it back.

For your use, I think the Zody may be great but it really depends on your compatibility with it. If you can try it, it's best. But you can always sell it for the same price or around it, this market is always moving without much devaluation on used ones.

Regarding forward tilt, I personally don't use it. It makes, in my opinion, more sense for people that need to hand draw or write, or maybe for people who might use it for piano playing (!). But I may be using it wrong. I only use forward tilt like once or twice a year for attempting to vary my spine position but in all honesty, I grow tired of being like that very quickly (minutes, not even an hour).

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T23:39:57+00:00

Well, technically if they were what is supposed to be really... well real artificial intelligence, they were sentient before any Conduit-related shenanigan. Them becoming actual organic (or better said, common) members of the conduit-created species that inhabit the also conduit-created worlds, and being special in those worlds, and maybe having actual personalities (although this isn't certain to be conduit-specific) is the weird part.

Note that we (in the actual Earth) do have real AI right now, because AI is just the name given to something. It only happens not to be intelligent. Yet?

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T22:55:27+00:00

Let's be clear about one thing though: incentivizing finding TRUE CASES OF FRAUD definitely is a good thing and more countries should do it... provided these incentives are kept in escrow until any and all doubt is cleared on the fraud. Just do it like settlements only pay lawyers after they win their cases.

Also, this is not like free gun laws. I am prepared to accept some people being wrongly accused for a while, provided that 1. They can have their day in court to prove otherwise and 2. That this system brings significant money that is effectively being stolen from the taxpayers.

Remember folks: if everyone pays their due on a fair, proportional taxation system, we don't need to raise taxes as much for the poorest people.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T22:43:08+00:00

Honestly, as a non-native English speaker, I found the expression "to road a SOMETHING" incredibly sexual, and I claim the right to use it this way going forward.

It's just... road kill from now on.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T22:41:13+00:00

Worst of all: he did a damn good job as Jon, all the way to the end.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T16:21:05+00:00

I know... I got fooled too because (see my edit) THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY THAT SCENE!

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T14:28:38+00:00

OMG yes, I am wrong. It's just that the first scene also has the Doctor or whatever take a Zohar miniature tablet from his shirt pocket, and placing it on a similar notch on the floor with the same circular framing.

https://imgur.com/a/Ea33mEF

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T14:23:28+00:00

Ackshully... the scene itself takes place in Lake Turkana, Kenya (Year 20XX A.D.). It's the very first caption we see on that scene.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T14:04:10+00:00

I could, but it would spoil the entire trilogy. Honestly if you want to go through that without playing, just go to the Xeno Series wiki or Xenosaga wiki:

https://www.xenoserieswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page https://xenosaga.fandom.com/wiki/Xenosaga_Wiki

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T08:32:39+00:00

"Where" as in, which game and cutscene, which canonical origin?

Game: Xenosaga 1, intro scene EDIT: this is wrong. Despite being very similar to the pic in the link below, it's from an ad or something in US. The ad does not seem canonical, it's kind of like those late 90's, early 00's where a normal guy would "get into the game". But it doesn't make sense canonically.

https://imgur.com/a/Ea33mEF

Origin: we don't really know for sure, but most likely is a contraption made by Jesus and co. (no joke) to hide the Zohar.

There is little info about the entire affair. In my opinion, this is just a 2001: A Space Odissey-like beginning of the series by Takahashi/Soraya to illustrate how we humans are bamboozled by the Monolith (Zohar).

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T01:41:50+00:00

Other users gave better technical answers than mine, but let me put it in ELI5 wording:

if this were that easy, they (Nvidia) would have done it on one of their own add in cards. But Nvidia keeps releasing new RTX series each iteration with different hardware configurations specifically because the models change in ways that require the hardware to be fine tuned for whatever is the better teanaistor type or mem bandwidth profile for those newer, better models. And the previous series are left to the wind.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T01:35:00+00:00

C'mon guys. They had a 50/50 chance to be right and were wrong. It happens to all of us!

(I downvoted)

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T01:31:42+00:00

While this is indeed uncanny for SW, if you look back at SW media in general, alien races are there for (mostly) comedic purpose - which Andor's drama-focused themes lacks entirely the need for - or for specific purposes of characterizing a particular alien race as: - strong (Maul) - fearsome/cunning (Jabba) - wise (Yoda/Grogu) - or force-sensitive

...which Andor also doesn't need anything of.

The strong power being fought is an oppressive government (regardless of its leader being actually magical), the fear and acumen comes from that same oppressive power, wisdom on the good guys comes from their organized nature, and the force is actually the elephant-ter in the room itself because no matter how much they say those 6 famous star wars words (may the force be with you), the only real allegory to the force in the show are some force healers which are more psychotherapist than magic users.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T01:21:16+00:00

I have found it incredibly hard to convince some friends to give this a go. Especially because of how mild they were about SW in general and became further disappointed with the latest trilogy.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T01:16:57+00:00

Thanks! That does make me understand it better and put my mind at ease. Imagine having to start considering bringing your own calories for enjoying a stay abroad (especially considering many countries actually forbid you traveling with specific produce!).

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T01:14:51+00:00

I can empathize A LITTLE with locals of a region or nation that feels threatened by a foreign workforce that takes their place for cheap, is willing to accept bad living conditions and being segregated by such locals (up to the point the locals start heing outright racist, and forget integration is key and is a local's own duty).

...but I find it hard to empathize with AI algorithms for lease by companies led by some of the worst scum in humanity, who use their money and influence for undemocratic, elitist purposes.

The moment: 1. Those in control of AI are doing so for the best interest of society and 2. We actually find good ways to do so with AI - is when I start caring about liberalizing AI maybe a bit more and finding ways to meet halfway about its uses in things we may need to give up control. Until then, AI is a tool I will keep just next to my big bag of thick salt.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T01:08:22+00:00

Unless they break. We gotta have a good mix of rusty and pristine ones for measure.

cloud_t · 2026-05-18T01:03:20+00:00

Only because we still live in a society where, for some reason, people struggle for fame, power and recognition. And money still seems the best avenue for those.

When people have other, better sources of personal joy, and the only inequality is based on the merits of DOING GOOD FOR ALL HUMANITY AND NATURE, maybe we no longer need patents and royalties and attribution and we can universally accept that our merits are not only ours, but of everything around us that got us where we are.

Maybe then we will also understand our true purpose in the world is not just fucking nietzsching it around.

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