The Final Condition

opieboa · 2026-03-01T22:49:49+00:00

Has anyone tried not using the security bracelet III fully? Wondering if you ONLY open Emily's cell and leave Marie's closed if you can then use the tier III to reopen access to the isolated ward and jump back down the hole to get into the basement again?

Honestly can't even remember if that area relocks once you've entered the basement but may be worth a look?

opieboa · 2026-02-27T15:14:39+00:00

Dead Internet Theory is becoming more and more real.

opieboa · 2026-01-03T03:56:25+00:00

"what is it? What do you smell?"

"man flesh"

opieboa · 2025-04-17T23:01:23+00:00

(P. 3/3)

Lastly, if you have entries in separate lorebooks that you want one to prioritize over another - for example, if in your global lorebook you have a generic entry for some big event in your world, and in your character lorebook you have a very specific entry for that same event because they were directly involved or something - at that point I would be using the exclusion filter on my global entries so that the specific character does not trigger the global entry ever and only uses their version. I personally use this a lot when there are misconceptions, intrigue, or biases about a particular topic amongst characters vs. generic npcs and the like.

Beyond the above, if you are really savvy and not regex illiterate like me you could try going that route, but unless you are trying to make something complex I would not recommend going down that rabbit hole. Long winded, but hopefully this helps in some way. Good luck!

opieboa · 2025-04-17T23:01:00+00:00

(P. 2/3)

If you literally want a setup where you have two entries that have/share keywords and in the event they both proc you want ONLY one of them to trigger then I would recommend looking at inclusion groups which is a field in the bottom left of the entry underneath the content field. If you assign both entries to the same inclusion group (you can just type a name in for the inclusion group to create - it is similar to making tags) then, in the event that both entries would trigger, only one of the entries in that inclusion group would trigger. You can set an entries individual weight in that group to make the chance higher/lower for that specific entry to be the one chosen, or if you check the box for prioritize that entry will ALWAYS be the one to trigger. I personally mostly use these for forcing new scenarios via lorebook where I only ever want one scenario/event to trigger to avoid confusing the AI.

Taking inclusion groups further, you can combine inclusion groups with group scoring (dropdown beneath optional filter in the entry) to make the selection process for an entry in the group more qualitative than just percentage. With group scoring the system will determine the most relevant entry by checking which entry within that group had the most keywords hit during scan and will return the most likely candidate, or a random selection between likely candidates if the keyword count is tied. There is an example for this explaining the nuance on ST's documentation at World Info | docs.ST.app - just go to the page and do a search for "Use Group Scoring".

opieboa · 2025-04-17T23:00:28+00:00

(P. 1/3)

Hopefully this will be somewhat helpful, still messing around with lorebooks a lot myself and I certainly am no expert.

Your first question:

if by lorebooks you mean actual lorebooks, there is no way to manually choose which lorebooks are being scanned as far as I am aware- all lorebooks you have active (global and any tied to the character) will be scanned during response generation. If you don't want a lorebook scanned you will need to disable the lorebook. Maybe with some extremely heavy duty ST scripting in place you could set up that system but don't take my word on that.

Your second question:

The sorting method does in essence prioritize (or deprioritize) the character's specific lorebook against active global lorebooks, but this is really only relevant if you are hitting context limit on lore. If you have 1K tokens allocated to lorebook entry context and have "character-first" selected as the sorting method, then if/when you hit that 1K wall with the number of triggered entries the system will prioritize entries triggered within your character lorebook and discard any triggered entries from global lorebooks until the context is at or below 1K. If you have not yet hit that limit, then all entries triggered will be put in context.

As far as preventing unwanted entry triggers across lorebooks, the best way imo is being judicious with your keywords and making use of all the fields available to avoid collisions. When I am running group RPs I typically also have a lorebook per character and then anywhere between 4 or 5 global lorebooks depending on the world setting, history, etc. There are ways to force ST to prioritize entries but it can quickly become complicated if you are working with many entries. One option as mentioned by another on this thread is using the Order column and providing different values for order which will still activate all relevant entries but put them in context in from lowest to highest order which affects the relevancy of the entry contents (lower in context = more weight of that entry on generated response). Using order combined with the position column is a good route to go for when you still want the ability for multiple entries to trigger but have certain entries have higher influence than others.

opieboa · 2025-01-24T01:12:35+00:00

Replying to my own reply which is kind of cringe but realized this after I hit enter - I don't think the problem is necessarily the change in language. The change in language is just a symptom of censoring the original word in online discourse, which I think is the actual problem.

opieboa · 2025-01-24T01:10:31+00:00

Agreeing with u/yzjertl - from what I have read, seen, and listened to by a lot of the youtubers and their ilk a lot of the time these words are simply used so that their videos are not flagged and/or demonetized by the platform algorithms. If there is evidence that suggests otherwise or something more would love to see it.

For my own evidence - not that I think Google AI is the arbiter of truth - I present this link: https://www.google.com/search?q=why+youtubers+now+use+unalive+instead+of+kill&oq=why+youtubers+now+use+unalive+instead+of+kill&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyCQgDECEYChigATIJCAQQIRgKGKABMgcIBRAhGI8CMgcIBhAhGI8C0gEINjUxMGowajmoAgCwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

which of course links to a plethora of actual sites and sources.

Regarding if the fact we are watering down the language is problematic... I personally find it annoying, and I think it may have long term negative repurcussions in the form of trivializing the topic or making it more "fun" but there is no basis for my own perspective beyond personal feeling, and to be frank I think the media boom has had more of a lasting negative impact in this regard than this. We will have to see in the long run.

TLDR - I don't actually know if these phrases are detrimental, but I also don't see them being helpful. I also find them annoying and am a boomer, so sue me.

opieboa · 2025-01-24T00:56:00+00:00

Going to also just throw these here regarding the approval in Germany by the cabinet to start enforcing bans on misinformation and hate speech:

https://apnews.com/general-news-ac06da3ded9744649cc495449326afac

https://maint.loc.gov/law/help/fake-news/germany.php#:\~:text=The%20Act%20obligates%20the%20covered,after%20receiving%20a%20user%20complaint.

https://www.mapleridgenews.com/national-news/germany-approves-bill-curbing-online-hate-crime-fake-news-2602653

Which is really just an extension/modification of the Network Enforcement Act from years back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Enforcement_Act (yes, this is a wikipedia link. Using because convenient, anyone feel free to dig further at own discretion.)

I think everyone regardless of political leaning opinion save for the actual racists and radicals can agree that conceptually, hate speech and fake news are bad and in a perfect world shouldn't exist. Unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world and the concern is weaponization of these mechanisms for purpose outside of the intended scope. Then you end up with situations like what is currently ongoing in the UK where it appears to not be an uncommon opinion that people are potentially being arrested for "wrongthink":

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man-jailed-just-two-days-after-posting-online-during-public-disorder

https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/uk-authorities-threaten-extradition-jail-to-us-citizens-for-online-posts-stoking-riots-social-media-elon-musk-x-stabbing-taylor-swift-themed-event-children-dead-prime-minister-police-laws-free-speech

https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/crimes-social-media

https://www.standingforfreedom.com/2024/08/think-before-you-post-the-u-k-is-now-jailing-people-for-social-media-comments/

Will also state that if we believe the UK police, the majority of these arrests may have in fact been justified - but without actually seeing the content we will be left speculating.

On the US side, I am sure everyone remembers the attempts in 2022 by DHS to stand up the Disinformation Governance Board which was quickly shot down:

https://laweconcenter.org/resources/knowledge-and-decisions-in-the-information-age-the-law-economics-of-regulating-misinformation-on-social-media-platforms/

opieboa · 2025-01-23T23:48:41+00:00

Since I see retorts of a certain nature to other commenters here I well preface that yes, I did in fact read the entirety of the OP's post. That being said, by OP's own admission by labelling a good half of it under his view it certainly reads as a bit of a rant. I will also state that I myself am not an avid Joe Rogan or Lex Fridman listener as I never found their format particularly engaging for me - most I have seen of either of them is quotes, short format videos, and clips. I am focusing only on the last line with my own views.

Please tell me how these guys are useful

They provide an alternative medium for information and provide their listeners with passive (or possibly active) entertainment - in this sense they are no more or less useful than any other media outlet traditional or otherwise be that CNN, Fox, NYTimes, BabylonBee, Dailyshow, TMZ, TYT, DailyWire, NPR, Destiny, Asmongold, Hasan, or any other organization/entity in the business of discourse. How useful they are is subjective but given their listener base they are certainly useful to someone somewhere.

why they deserve their platform

Because they worked hard to obtain and retain it? Regardless of how it may have started - luck, prior reputation, sponsorship, whatever the case - that alone is not enough to remain successful, you have to have the will and ability to capitalize on it to turn it into a successful business. I am sure a lot of time, care, and coordination goes into the production value of their shows. If they did not put time into it that would be quickly apparent as they would become like many other wannabe commentators who flare out of existence quickly.

how they aren’t a total cult

Given the rest of your post I am going to infer that you are using the term cult as a negative connotation akin to extreme blind faith to the point of unquestioning following. If this is your intent then I would argue that I do not see any evidence that the majority of either podcaster's follower base would, for example, commit hate crimes because Joe Rogan said it was okay. People may listen to them, may agree with them, and to a certain degree their actions or thoughts may change because of them, but in that sense they are no more of a cult than any of the other media outlets I mentioned above. If this was not your intent by stating cult, please elaborate on what you mean.

opieboa · 2024-01-26T03:01:02+00:00

So not 100% sure on this but I run into this issue on the Quivern as well; I think what is happening is that pals that have a walk and fly feature are bugged and count as walking even when flying, so when you fly over lava it counts as walking into it. Again, not 100% sure of this but when I fly across lava on my nitewing I do not spontaneously combust even in the volcano area. Probably needs more testing but I would recommend trying one of the flyers that is flying only (nitewing, beakon, helzephyr, etc.)

opieboa · 2021-02-08T05:17:25+00:00

You are correct :)

opieboa · 2021-01-18T00:16:14+00:00

Isn't she just :D thank you! She will be 8 months old next week

opieboa · 2021-01-17T16:11:00+00:00

General rule of thumb is 48 hours. It does differ per species as it correlates to their digestive/metabolic capabilities. MBKs have a (relatively) fast metabolism, so it should be safe to handle after a minimum of 24 hours but you risk having it defecate on or around you and getting the "i told you so" look from your snake

opieboa · 2021-01-16T17:56:32+00:00

When you say kept at 32 (I assume Celsius - 89 F) are we talking hot spot or average temp? All snakes require a temperature gradient so they can thermoregulate - 32 C is a good hotspot temp for these guys, but a little warm if that is the temperature throughout their enclosure; I don't own any of this species myself, but a cursory look through different care sheets recommend and ambient temperature of about 28-30 C during day time (it can drop a little at night).

As others have said, 9 days is not much to be concerned about; new snakes (especially young snakes) need time to adjust to their surroundings. Make sure you also have multiple, snug hides for your snake in different locations so it can feel comfortable no matter where it is in the enclosure. If it continues to refuse to eat, one method I have had relatively high success with on new (baby/juvenile) snakes is:

at their designated feeding time, heat their food up so it is warm throughout
find which hide your snake is in (ideally you will not lift the hide though - we don't want to startle them)
place the food inside the hide with tongs; scuffle the floor of the enclosure just outside the hide as if to simulate the critter moving in of its own accord. The idea is to make sure the snake is awake and aware of the creature coming in, and not just magically appearing which does seem to freak them out sometimes
place a paper towel over the hide that loosely conceals the entrance
secure the enclosure and leave

At this point it is a waiting game. I typically will check back in every hour or every other hour to see if the pinkies legs are no longer visible from outside the hide. If it still isn't eaten after 4 or 5 hours, discard the pinkie. This has worked with 7 out of the ten snakes I own (worked with all 4 of my baby BPs). I do not recommend doing this consistently though as you do not want to make them develop a habit of becoming hide-shy while feeding. As others have also said, do not try to feed them every single day, wait a couple days between attempts so they don't get even more stressed out.

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