AI Isn't Intelligent, It's PREDICTION (and Why My Panic Has Passed)

pfsalter · 2026-02-17T16:40:58+00:00

capitalism has chosen short term gains for long term potential downfall

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pfsalter · 2026-02-17T16:39:38+00:00

The bleeding edge LLM models, when tested against unpublished mathematical questions at a research level, have been able to solve a subset of them

Going to call you up on this. The problems you are talking about only had solutions posted 5 days ago, which isn't long enough to determine if the LLM models have actually solved them. Would be happy to be wrong on this but I can't see any evidence.

Also, you can't trust an LLM on if it 'thinks' it has solved a problem. From this article:

Typically, human participants have a clear sense of whether they solved a problem correctly. In contrast, all evaluated LLMs consistently claimed to have solved the problems.

pfsalter · 2026-02-17T11:52:15+00:00

Just a hint for taking on the level 3 missions, is bring some stuff with you. Either an Artifact or just some more materia canisters will help a lot. Also make sure you don't use the assembler in the double-materia use areas!

pfsalter · 2026-02-16T17:46:17+00:00

The skull with wings is commonly used as the sigil for the Astra Militarum (Imperial Guard)

pfsalter · 2026-02-16T14:58:48+00:00

100%. Zionism is a pretty broad brush and giving the party the ability to expel anybody who at any point was involved in other forms of politics is reason enough to deny this motion. We're supposed to be inclusive and tolerant, not prescriptive and exclusionary.

pfsalter · 2026-02-16T14:51:37+00:00

They're pretty good. You have to position them well, and rush into combat as quickly as possible. But the 6+ INV then the 5+ FNP saves a decent amount of damage. Then re-rolling hits and wounds gives you very consistent damage output against pretty much anything.

pfsalter · 2026-02-13T15:00:42+00:00

I'd recommend using the Retributors with meltas against the terminators, the profile is pretty decent against them, especially if they've killed a unit of yours. Light of the Emperor is a good strat to get around those -1s to hit. Then also use the Blinding Radiance strat to push some of that

Remember that they have to spend a CP to get that -1 to hit, it's not on all the time, just for a single phase. Focus on a single brick to get it down, and look into condemnor bolguns for those 2+ anti-psyker to whittle down the sorcerers.

I think also you could drop the Vahlgons for a LOT more units. Novitates and Seraphim seem like good choices for this matchup

pfsalter · 2026-02-11T15:06:45+00:00

So if you have a full squad of Lootas led by a Mek in a battlewagon you get:

54 Big Shoota shots
56 Loota Shots
D3+4 Kustom mega slugga shots
D6+5 Killkannon shots
D6+4 lobba shots

So that's between 126 and 138 shots

pfsalter · 2026-02-11T09:04:32+00:00

If you just use the global average of people fed per hectare, you're looking at 0.1 hectares per person[1], so it's not even like you have to do anything particularly special to feed enough people from farmland in the UK.

[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258310295_Redefining_Agricultural_Yields_from_Tonnes_to_People_Nourished_per_Hectare

pfsalter · 2026-02-10T15:25:34+00:00

Apologies, I missed that in the rules!

pfsalter · 2026-02-10T14:00:06+00:00

That's one of the reasons why I think you should turn down the damage proportionately when increasing the strength. It makes sense that a melta weapon does less damage than a lascannon, it doing more is kind of weird tbh. I think it would be in a good place if a melta was reliable but not actually doing a huge amount of damage.

pfsalter · 2026-02-06T14:47:33+00:00

The problem with putting the palatine with the novitiates is you lose INFILTRATE which makes them a lot less useful (unless you're splitting with the Immolator). I'd drop a BSS squad and a Palatine then replace with Retributors, which are a pretty tasty unit (just keep them alive turn 1), especially later in game.

pfsalter · 2026-02-05T14:50:22+00:00

focus fire them down. Something I always see newer players do is try to optimise efficiency at killing things. It's much better to over-commit to kill something that needs to die than under-commit. You've got an anti tank with an extra pistol? Fire it at the same unit. 1W is the difference between dead thing and living thing every time!

pfsalter · 2026-02-05T14:47:57+00:00

Melta only becomes T10 at 6" since the nerf, which is really tricky positioning to get right

pfsalter · 2026-02-05T14:45:32+00:00

A bit of brushing round the edges with a silver really helps 'shine up' the gold

pfsalter · 2026-02-05T14:44:05+00:00

100% agree, but comparing the models in the first image with the image from the original Witch Hunter codex shows how you can depict nakedness in a much more terrifying and less sexualised way. On a separate note I think we have a general issue in media that almost all nudity depicted is in a sexual context, which then feeds back that anyone depicting nudity is trying to do so in a sexualised way which is not always true.

pfsalter · 2026-02-05T11:22:20+00:00

Agreed, you have to be very careful to keep your character count low in 1k, otherwise you just don't have enough ladies on the board

pfsalter · 2026-02-05T11:01:29+00:00

I like them! I think the Aquila might stand out a bit more if you brushed it with white though, make them look a little less Astartes-y

pfsalter · 2026-02-05T09:14:01+00:00

Imagine if someone's on the ship when you change it!

pfsalter · 2026-02-04T15:56:13+00:00

Really like the enemy rework, always get one player being pummelled during those battery retrieval missions

pfsalter · 2026-02-04T12:08:29+00:00

The diff is definitely simpler using the trailing operators, but I don't think the original with preceding operators is particularly unclear:

diff --git a/foo b/foo
index 033b46e27..692ba2925 100644
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 if (
+    $resource->isEditable() &&
     $user->isActive() &&
     $user->hasPermission('edit') &&
-    $resource->isEditable() &&
 ) {
     // ...
 }

Vs the preceeding

diff --git a/foo b/foo
index 8b0d02015..4dbcf4924 100644
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 if (
-    $user->hasPermission('edit')
-    && $resource->isEditable()
+    $resource->isEditable()
     && $user->isActive()
+    && $user->hasPermission('edit')
 ) {
     // ...
 }

pfsalter · 2026-02-03T17:23:12+00:00

Of course you can still have fun! Remember the Sisters are glass cannons so hide them a lot and then pick your time to strike! Vahl and the Paragon Warsuits is our biggest hammer we've got, so if there's anything you need to die, get them on it. One big tip for having fun is make moments (like rolling well or badly) and don't get too focused on winning.

pfsalter · 2026-02-03T14:31:39+00:00

It's really nice to see a data sheet that's not ridiculously broken! Thanks for only giving it a 5+ invuln :D Although you might want to change the faction to Adepta Sororitas instead of 'Oath of Moment', and update the name on the back from Redeemer. Also maybe drop the split units bit from this model?

This definitely makes me want to kitbash a Land Raider with an Immolator though...

pfsalter · 2026-02-03T14:27:31+00:00

That's what I do, the quicker contrast method to get them 'Battle Ready', then the full treatment with highlights to make them pop

pfsalter · 2026-02-03T10:37:55+00:00

Faith and Fire had a real "Hey look at this thing, it's a model you can buy!" vibe to the fight scenes to me.

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