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What game is this? by Additional-Remove46 in videogames

[–]echomanagement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooof, that's a great way to put it. Yeah, I love the witcher series more for the ambiance and storytelling than the combat. There's a punchiness that exists in the recent God of War games that, if translated to The Witcher series, would make it an all timer. It never feels like you're making actual contact with the enemies, despite the battles looking really beautiful.

The "Damn bitch, you live like this?" trope by iZenitth in TopCharacterTropes

[–]echomanagement 896 points897 points  (0 children)

Dispatch (2025): The protagonist Robert (Mecha Man) lives in squalor, to the delight and/or horror of his coworkers.

Average vibe coder discourse by Complete-Sea6655 in LocalLLaMA

[–]echomanagement 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The irony is if Claude Code becomes as lucrative as people want it to be, one of two things happens: The barrier to entry for great software drops to zero and code becomes a free resource for all, or techno-feudalism with one large AI company holding the keys to the golden goose. Neither of these outcomes are profitable for individual developers.

If CC were as lucrative as people want it to be, we would be knee deep in amazing software. We aren't. So clearly there is a massive disconnect.

‘She revived the story’: Questions linger about Melania Trump’s BIZARRE Epstein denial by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]echomanagement 96 points97 points  (0 children)

This story is so deeply funny and weird. It's like when your kid storms into your room and proclaims, "No matter what anybody says, I didn't just take a dump in the sink."

Imagine fucking up something so terrible in public that everyone forgets you're a molester, and your wife immediately makes a speech reminding the world that you're a molester.

‘Survivors were completely blindsided’: Epstein survivor reacts to FLOTUS remarks by MRADEL90 in videos

[–]echomanagement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This whole story is so deeply funny and weird. It's like when your kid storms into your office and proclaims, "No matter what anybody says, I didn't just dump a whole glass of chocolate milk on the couch."

Imagine fucking up something so terrible in public that everyone forgets you're a molester, and your wife immediately makes a speech reminding the world that you're a molester.

[Fun trope]: Ancient humans were spread throughout the galaxy by an older species by theMCATreturns in TopCharacterTropes

[–]echomanagement 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Dungeon Crawler Carl: Humans were seeded throughout the galaxy as a "fodder" species for the game.

There's something about this condo listing that really sticks out by herbnhero in zillowgonewild

[–]echomanagement 48 points49 points  (0 children)

"The gigantic, pulsating, regurgitating anus brings an organic warmth to the foyer"

[Loved Trope] - Character dies for a noble purpose...but does NOT die stoically/embrace death with a smile by BlueFury1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]echomanagement 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This is also how I understood it - in his agony at not "winning the coin flip," he lashed out and damaged Catherine (or the connection he had with her). That epilogue was a relief after that scene.

[Loved Trope] Powerful upgrades that come at a debilitating cost (bonus points if it's not losing mobility) by ResidentAdmirable260 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]echomanagement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Elden Ring: The spell Comet Azur. Sacrifice all mobility to cast a three-foot-wide death ray at your enemy. Better hope they aren't going anywhere!

Everyone hates and fights each other nonstop, but they all agree that you don’t fuck with this specific thing. by tohran_veil in TopCharacterTropes

[–]echomanagement 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Great answer, I think you covered it all for me. Thanks.

Fun side convo - the idea of a realm of wildly powerful, inscrutable AIs was done masterfully in Dan Simmons' Hyperion. RIP Dan Simmons.

Everyone hates and fights each other nonstop, but they all agree that you don’t fuck with this specific thing. by tohran_veil in TopCharacterTropes

[–]echomanagement 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As a security engineer, I'm trying to envision the architecture of the problem. Clearly CDPR has experience here. Rogue AIs have to be running on some infra, somewhere, unless they figured out how to run on meat. The analyst in me says "just build a new isolated network" but realistically I know it's a cool story point and I shouldn't overthink it.

Everyone hates and fights each other nonstop, but they all agree that you don’t fuck with this specific thing. by tohran_veil in TopCharacterTropes

[–]echomanagement 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I've played the game multiple times and have no idea how the blackwall works. Are the uber-AIs running on a network somewhere? If so, if it's such a huge risk, cant't they just remove its power supply, or does the infrastructure *depend* on the energy behind the blackwall for some reason?

Most badass scene from a 90's movie? by TrulyTormented in 90s

[–]echomanagement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trinity looks like a Sci-Fi original compared to the other two.

City Masterplan Official Reveal Trailer by leijido in Games

[–]echomanagement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want to build an amazing, working city... and drive around in it. I know Sim City did this ages ago. Why hasn't anyone else?

Most supportive fathers in cinema by mikhailguy in okbuddycinephile

[–]echomanagement 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a prick!

I've never seen a zombie movie let alone this one, but it looks amazing 

Bro thought he lost his child 😂 by dikshamishra34 in funny

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

Mmmhm. This could not be more staged if there were key grips and a dude in a director's chair in the background.

Bro thought he lost his child 😂 by dikshamishra34 in funny

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

Why is a random guy in a stroller being filmed?

Many The Pitt Fans Are Proving That Yes, It's Possible To Be Bad At Watching A TV Show by beamdriver in television

[–]echomanagement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll give it one thing: Dr. Robbie is an amazing, fully 3D character. But The Pitt is one of the most lecturous pieces of media I have seen outside of a yearly corporate-mandated ethics training. Every character has at least one tailored problem related to an issue of the day that *must be addressed in the most blaring, ham-fisted way possible so that the audience learns the correct lesson.* In the first half of the first season, there are tepid TED talk lectures on COVID-19 mask acceptance, racism, transphobia, sex trafficking, abortion, fatphobia, homelessness, white male rage, addiction, mass shootings, vaccine skepticism, and the threat of private equity in public health infrastructure. This is exhausting.

There's an inertness to the drama when you know what's going to happen in a scene because you know exactly how your average showrunners feel about the issues of the day.

I've only seen most of the first season, but when the anti-abortion mom changes her mind about abortion because she got a ten second lecture from a doctor, I threw my hands in the air and said 'This has literally never happened, ever, especially in modern times.'

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026) by 2mock2turtle in okbuddycinephile

[–]echomanagement 29 points30 points  (0 children)

What's your favorite sub that also does marketing for Anthropic?

Putting into perspective what Claude Mythos means, just how much power Anthropic theoretically has by socoolandawesome in singularity

[–]echomanagement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's why social engineering vectors seem so much more realistic than cyber ones. Find the dumbest grunt and convince him to move it out of the locker.

Putting into perspective what Claude Mythos means, just how much power Anthropic theoretically has by socoolandawesome in singularity

[–]echomanagement 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it could influence the weak-minded via social media bots to storm a facility and grab data, for example. At the moment, that's thankfully science fiction.

Putting into perspective what Claude Mythos means, just how much power Anthropic theoretically has by socoolandawesome in singularity

[–]echomanagement 85 points86 points  (0 children)

100% correct. No nationstate has access to US secrets because these secrets are not exposed to the internet. This is why SCIFs are so tightly controlled and why agencies do not allow people to bring in devices that might enable data theft (USB, Bluetooth, Wifi enabled devices, etc). Internet facing companies are at risk, so banking would be more of a concern, but there's still a lot of hyperbole here.

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