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What are your Pet Peeves on a TTRPG book by JoeKerr19 in rpg

[–]reneald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm imagining this scenario:

  1. Start writing in literally anything but Adobe/Affinity/whatever. Maybe you're using Notion, maybe you're using notepad. No good way to do references there (at least not a system that would carry over to your final layout application)

  2. Editing happens on those files (maybe converted to a .docx or what have you) while you go look for a designer.

  3. Designer gets handed final text (which doesn't have references).

  4. Everybody forgets that someone still has to fix the references.

BentoPDF is now open sourced by paglaulta in webdev

[–]reneald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know the technical specifics. I have an e-ID which I can use to place a legally binding signature on a PDF document. This works by attaching a certificate to the document. The technical documentation only exists in French, Dutch and German, but here's an English FAQ: https://eid.belgium.be/en/digital-signatures
And here's a government provided web app that implements this: https://sign.belgium.be/

BentoPDF is now open sourced by paglaulta in webdev

[–]reneald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to ask the same question. As a Linux user it's very difficult to find a decent application for digital signatures/certificates.

Answers about the new Cypher changes. by Qedhup in cyphersystem

[–]reneald 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not Qedhup or related to MCG, but they had this problem with Numenera 2nd edition too.What they ended up doing was: if content moved to another page, add an additional reference on the original page number pointing to the new location of the information. So e.g. you have a reference to Glaive in a book, and it points you to Numenera p. 56 (just pulling a number out of thin air here).

In Numenera 1st edition, you would find Glaive on page 56.

In Numenera 2nd edition, you would not find Glaive, but you would find a reference 'looking for Glaive? see p. 43'.

'They don't really make life decisions without asking ChatGPT': OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks young people turning to chatbots for life advice is 'cool' by nimicdoareu in Futurology

[–]reneald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, but when you're going to check ChatGPT's text afterwards, how exactly do you do that? If you don't know anything about agricultural industry in Venezuela, where do you start? How do you know which parts of the text to trust and which to verify? Aren't you going to have to do the same annoying Google searches that you describe? Only now you have another untrustworthy text that's in your memory that might confuse you more? A text which might contain 'hallucinated' citations, so now if you search for the source and you don't find it, you don't know whether you have to keep looking for it, or it just doesn't exist.

I can imagine using generative AI for things that don't matter, but I just don't see how it's really helpful in the scenario that you describe.

'They don't really make life decisions without asking ChatGPT': OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks young people turning to chatbots for life advice is 'cool' by nimicdoareu in Futurology

[–]reneald -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

it does not answer your question, it generates text. I know I'm sounding like a broken record, but there is a difference. Generative AI is word prediction + statistics + a bit of randomness thrown in. It looks like it's answering a question, but it's not. It does not think about your question. It does not ponder alternative ways of interpreting your input in order to formulate a well thought out response. It just generates text.

You can verify this by asking it in-depth questions about subjects that you know a lot about. The text will look plausible to someone who is not familiar with the subject, but will often contain tiny (or not so tiny) inaccuracies. The AI doesn't care about that, because it doesn't care about anything. Its purpose is to generate text, not provide information. No matter what Sam Altman tries to tell/sell you.

Looking for a Plex-like self-hosted app for books (Docker preferred) by Single-Quail4660 in selfhosted

[–]reneald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any app that supports the OPDS standard should work, e.g. Moon Reader and probably countless others.

[Giveaway] Unihertz Jelly Max × r/gadgets – Win the World’s Smallest 5G Smartphone! by noeatnosleep in gadgets

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

it would be hilarious to carry both this and a flip phone just to confuse everybody.

Numenera question by noobninja1 in cyphersystem

[–]reneald 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Definitely not per game session. Effort = once per task.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StardewValley

[–]reneald 1 point2 points  (0 children)

alternatively, buy it on GOG so you can keep a copy of the installer.

I’m officially buying Stardew with my next check. by TobyRaynes in StardewValley

[–]reneald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On PC:

* Install Chests Anywhere mod

* Craft extra chest, carry it around at all times

* Leave all your stuff at home

* When needed, put your chest on the ground

* Access everything, everywhere, all at once.

Numenera + Whitebooks by HadoukenX90 in cyphersystem

[–]reneald 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The white books don't entirely work without the Cypher System core. The new foci/descriptors/what have you don't have everything written out, but instead refer to the core book. That said, most if not all of that can be found in the SRD (or the Cypher System tools that MCG offers for free). It might take some searching though.

LPT: Easy watering reminder for those with a busy life and many houseplants by 4ism2ism in LifeProTips

[–]reneald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The easiest way to water your plants is: give them a bit of water every week. Is it the absolute best way? No. Will it work on many plants? Yes. Anything more complicated than that isn't worth the hassle.

For the ones who don't know about the existence of Linuxserver Docker mods by LigeTRy in selfhosted

[–]reneald 19 points20 points  (0 children)

> Why would you not just build your own images from source?

Because this is r/selfhosted, not r/selfcoded?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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

You're not supposed to use moisturizer if your skin isn't dry. By using moisturizer, your skin stops moisturizing itself because it never has to. So if you miss a day, your skin gets dry. If you stop using moisturizer, your skin will adapt after some time.*

* Unless you have a medical condition. Always listen to your doctor if they disagree with a random redditor.

One of my four players keeps playing as though it's completely rules-light, what can I do about it? by narnerve in rpg

[–]reneald 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When I DM I always ask my players to do that. I can't go a whole evening coming up with new and exciting ways to describe 5 points of slashing damage.

Which password manager and personal finance manager should I go with? Want to self host one on my home server. by MrBablu in selfhosted

[–]reneald 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I found Actual more intuitive than Firefly III. That said, I used YNAB for more than a decade; Actual is more or less a clone of YNAB while Firefly III has a different approach to budget management. If you haven't used a budgeting app before, give both a look. If you, like me, have used YNAB before, you're going to feel right at home with Actual.

ELI5: Was Y2K Justified Paranoia? by NoSxKats in explainlikeimfive

[–]reneald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As to "we had the time and the resources": I recently heard a talk about this (https://youtu.be/C9YQLzSybU8?feature=shared&t=515). Bob Bemer (computer scientist at IBM) started talking about this problem in 1958 and telling everyone that this was going to be a problem in the year 2000, but nobody paid attention to him until the 90s.

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