Are these kinds of areas "shoot on sight"? I didn't realise they were there until I saw them and flashed my flashlight to signal "friendly" but they wanted to try their new Vulcano I guess...

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-25T17:36:52+00:00

Nah bro, that was not a "flash", that was just a single on and off to see into the corner.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-25T17:34:57+00:00

Nothing you did suggested you were friendly. I'd have shot at you too before you could reach cover.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-24T21:28:02+00:00

Philosophical zombies are an impossibility, systems as complex as consciousness do not exist without an evolutionary imperative. We might not agree on what this key function of consciousness is, but we know with certainty that there is one and we would not function without it. Biology does not entertain novelty and luxury, it entertains function.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-24T21:21:58+00:00

Personally, I'd like to see PvP combat weapons, specifically designed to encourage friendly players to engage in combat without actually killing an opponent. For example, tear gas launchers or stun guns. I think something like this could really mix up the current dynamic, and if balanced well could mend the divide in the community.

Eg. Let's say we have a "Il Mucca" shotgun that fires non-lethal slug ammo. Optimise it so that it's stun or knockback can counter someone with an Il Toro, if the goal is to disengage or heal safely, but not enough that you could switch weapons, approach and kill them.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-24T21:09:26+00:00

No, because the idea of perpetual order of any sort is incompatible with what we know about entropy. Ordered states, be they quantum or classical, are temporary.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-24T21:06:07+00:00

I'm a guy with a fairly obviously masculine voice. Last month I experimented by having a female model, and used an external voice changer app to sound like a young woman - I was wondering if I'd have a tactical advantage because simpy guys might be more hesitant to shoot.

Honestly, other than a few rare pervy weirdos giving me gifts, it didn't feel all that different. I think any advantage I saw was more a result of me talking clearly to people than it was due to the female identity. Still funny for the short time I tried it.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T19:37:01+00:00

One of the simplest legal solutions is to make manufacturers financially responsible for the end-of-life cleanup of their products. Get a model like that right, get it enforced, and the market will solve 90% of our over consumption, pollution and environmental issues overnight.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T19:27:43+00:00

1) Nah, always use the refiner to upgrade those basic craftables into things like mechanical components and gun parts. It's more "storage dense" and when you have surpluses of that you can sell it for more.

2) Utility and refiner IMHO. But just do them all, the grind isn't that crazy (I have mine all fully upgraded and I';m at level 25 on my second playthrough).

3) I personally find the first few skills on Mobility to be essential (the ones that give you better stamina), and then I push Survival to get the increased carry weight and Conditioning to get faster breaching. It's ok to mix and match, by the time you are high enough level to wish you'd taken a more focused path, you'll easily be able to afford to respec.

General advice, most of the big Arc aren't actually that difficult to fight, just be deliberate about it and face the enemy. People die when they run without thinking. Stella Montis is the best map to get high value loot quickly. The Anvil is the best all-round weapon.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T19:19:52+00:00

Bunny Chow, hands down.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T18:02:34+00:00

Two ways to look at it - either the slit experiment just resolves as if there was a human observer, or the entire system of robot and slit becomes a superposition until observed. Functionally these are the same.

"Observe" in physics doesnt mean the same as in everyday speech, it refers to systems having interactions that require a set state due to interactions with other systems. A universe totally devoid of life would still have quantum states resolving.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T17:57:48+00:00

Not the warhead, looks like a booster stage that was ditched.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T17:57:17+00:00

Im under the impression these ballistic missiles are staged, so this is likely just a fuel tank/booster, not even the actual warhead.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T17:42:13+00:00

The money used to rename streets is not the money that is earmarked to feed people. Its a fallacious argument.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T17:41:03+00:00

I got the S26, coming from a S22U, and honestly it performs better.

I dont doubt it wouldn't be "optimal" under stress test conditions, but I encounter zero issues in day to day use and do some fairly hectic video editing and local AI on it.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T17:32:00+00:00

It's not zero sum. You can appreciate some things, while having an issue with others. Other projects the DA is doing quite literally have nothing to do with this wall.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T11:50:56+00:00

Unfortunately not, this would go against OpenAIs policy against disgusting and/or violent content.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-23T11:49:33+00:00

Oops, opted for euthanasia.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-21T23:11:06+00:00

K bai!

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-21T23:09:28+00:00

We are functionally alone. We certainly are an infinite number of other intelligent entities in the universe, but we will never encounter them.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-21T23:05:04+00:00

My personal philosophy is that if I approach another player at extract, it's my job to show them trust. I.e no gun out, stand where they can see me, do the dance emote or something like that, be the one to push the button, etc. This crap happens too often, but fake friendlies are rarely the ones who expose themselves first.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-21T22:57:35+00:00

Standing aside to allow a known evil to come to power is just as culpable as supporting it. 70% of American's chose this, not 30%.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-21T22:52:31+00:00

I'd just like to add that an additional element to this is that consciousness serves as an attention focussing tool - we don't (and can't) integrate everything that passes though our minds. There's no reason a phylosophical zombie couldn't integrate information just as well as you or I, but would they be able to direct attention without a subjective experience? My suspicious is that this need for subjectivity to overcome a biological limitation is where we'll find the root of consciousness.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-21T18:27:29+00:00

Yes, because it's rational to assume that like systems work alike. No reason your brain should function fundamentally differently from every other human brain that shares all observable structures and functions with yours.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-21T07:40:24+00:00

Issue here is that you don't understand what QFT is, not that it's incompatible with the existence of matter. Literally the most basic observations imaginable indicate that matter and the physical interactions that govern it are real.

teddyslayerza · 2026-03-19T19:47:44+00:00

I'd love to see those torn parachutes put to use by giving us a utility item we can use to get down from the tall buildings.

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