Growing Up Otaku

Pro Tip: Make the AI RTFM

2026-04-08T16:09:00.001-04:00

As y'all know, I love experimenting with whatever new tech that happens to be floating around on the 'net for free. This means a ton of web searching and, nowadays, chatting with bots to learn lingo, limitations, and liabilities. This takes a ton of time and typing before I finally get going on whatever toy I'm trying to play with. Chatbots sometimes help and sometimes hinder, especially on new or rapidly evolving software, just like search queries. Have you seen how much todos about Photoshop have changed over the years?! The problem with the bots is, eventually, they just kinda go crazy.

So, to get better bot interactions, we need to do two things: We need to get it to Read The F%$*ing Manual ('cause, let's face it, you won't). Then, we need to make sure to wipe it's brain between tasks.

First, we need to establish the context for Robbie the Robot to pull from. Letting these things pull from whatever reblogged dumpster fire floats to the top of search is folly for a first prompt.

This is where the manual comes in. In this era, most of these are available online. Go get it! We'll need this to prime our new expert.

Ideally, the documentation you want should be as lean and mean as possible. Got a .pdf and don't need the pics or formatting? Covert it to text. Or see if there is an AI optimized version (you usually only see this for, ironically, AI manuals, but consider this post future-proofed). In a pinch, grab the URL of the help portal. Anything that helps establish a base of knowledge.

Hit up you AI portal of choice. I'm going to use Gemini on PC web for this example, but it works on whatever chatbot and platform you prefer.

S’OK? S’aw- right! We don't need our new expert to still be remembering the time you were trying to find that one cream of celery soup recipe out of the millions the Boomers put online the 90s that clogged up der Intertubes so bad it killed your ping in Quake but now is, inexplicably, gone and you were REALLY craving.

Next, we need to feed Sim Brain our manual or book. Find the button to add a file to chat. Gemini and Copilot have a plus button that opens a menu. Subscribers will have access to Projects in stuff like ChatGPT, but we're working from a "Joe Everyman" point of view.

Add your first prompt with the file. Something like "I need you to be an expert in <My Topic>. I have attached the documentation for you to refer to." And then maybe add a middle finger emoticon if you're feeling spicy. Submit and we're off to the races!

Now, let's make sure we can find it again. We're surely not doing all this tiny amount of 'work' for something we need once, right?

Open the sidebar. Yeah, I know you forgot about the sidebar. Our current conversation is the top one. Click the menu button and pin it so it stays there. You may want to rename it to <My Topic> Expert as well.

Congrats! You've got a digital nonsense generator that SHOULD be slightly more helpful!

The next sticky wicket to kick is the accelerated Alzheimer's of your 'expert'.

Try to stay on one topic/problem at a time while chatting. Don't make jokes. Don't engage in jibba-jabba. We've got work to do!

If you're coming back to your expert another day (we pinned it in the sidebar, remember?), or bottsy is getting a little squirrelly (consistently wrong or off-track or on a track based on wrong results), we're gonna hit it with the magic bullet:

/reset

Say you uploaded your router's manual. Done asking about QoS setting and want to know about port forwarding? /reset. Coming back the next day because BitTorrent keeps blowing out your NAT? /reset. Now the dang thing won't connect to the Internet? /reset. How do I send this POS back to the company for a refund? /reset.

This will keep your expert on track rather than crazy going slowly am I due to having too much context it the binary grey matter. Just like every other machine in your life, it requires maintenance.

And this works for ANYTHING! Company standards and practices, programming guides, How To books, Noise regulations in your neighborhood, Apple's EULA you never read, etc.

Make the right tools for the right jobs so you can work as little as possible.

I guess I should include a lil TLDR since you probably had a chatbot give you a summary anyway. I know. I get it. Your weak, old heart can't take the purpleness of my prose.

TLDR: Get the manual in as simple and clean a version as possible. Upload it to the chatbot. Tell it to be an expert and that you gave it the info to do so. Pin it for future use. Type /reset early and often to prevent hallucinations.

And, no, AI was not used to create any part of this post. Pfft! You think some fancy autocomplete can emulate this style? Not on my budget!

As always, we love you and send thanks for telling a bot to summarize this article. I'll be in VR if you need me. Its scary out there!

Wishing Everyone Jolly Jinggling!

2024-12-25T10:00:00.000-05:00

Hiya! Been a while. Things haven't been great for the cast and crew this year what with all the death, layoffs, homelessness, health issues, and potential law suits, but we made it through thanks to the power of friendship and anime. Kinda ;)

But what about our pals out on Chiron Beta Prime? Let's check the latest letter from our space born brothers and robot pals this Christmas. I'm sure things are swell!

Boldly Blogging | October 30, 2023

2023-10-30T14:04:00.001-04:00

Back with a two week recap after some much needed R&R. Happy Halloween!

News

For whom the bell tolls:( Cryptic Studios and Zen Studios appear to be latest studios affected by Embracer Group’s restructuring | Game World Observer (Cryptic denying layoffs) (Right now over 1/6th of Cryptic Employees are "Open to offers" on LinkedIn, with many of them being senior team members from STO/NW.) (https://twitter.com/Tumerboy/status/1714371221717127454?t=WZv4Q657XlPA8gnVSil12Q&s=33)
Another one of the greats has fallen: Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments announces layoffs 'following a period of disappointing financial performance'
And that’s the game, GG Twitter: X is starting to charge new users $1 per year to send tweets
PSA: it's time to update WinRAR due to a big security vulnerability - https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23922075/winrar-security-vulnerability-exploit-patch-update
IT’S BEEN 84 YEARS BUT WE SURVIVED DESANTIS KILLING THE ELDERLY FOR THIS: Tesla begins Cybertruck deliveries on November 30
ChatGPT live web browsing exits beta, DALL-E 3 enters beta
IRS will start piloting its free TurboTax alternative in 2024
Just sell the unfinished PoS anyway: Cities: Skylines 2 Dev Admits Performance Issues, Will Launch the Game Anyway - IGN
Study shows AI program could verify Wikipedia citations, improving reliability
Meta Quest 3 appears to have ample supply.
Amazon’s Fallout series finally has a release date
THE AI GOT TOO SMART: California DMV suspends Cruise’s driverless permits
And I thought Apple was bad with their part DRM: PS5 Slim's Optional Disc Drive Needs to Connect to the Internet to Pair It to a Console

Media

The Analogue 3D is a Nintendo 64 for modern times
Bring back my childhood, one nostalgia trap at a time: Disney is making a live-action Gargoyles show with James Wan
HOME AUTOMATION will CONSUME your LIFE (in a good way)
Asus breaks the overclocking world record with 9.044GHz Intel 14900KF CPU
Before you judge me for drooling over these gorgeous 3D CT scans of USB cables I implore you to check them out yourself
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 is using AI art : r/gaming Planetside 3 confirmed! lol
Game install sizes are getting out of hand
Madness or genius? The Best Caramelized Onyo | Chef Jean-Pierre(Also, delightful boomer PBS throwback style chef) (I watched his newest video. He might very well be insane)
Happy Day! DFHack puts search and filters across most Dwarf Fortress windows!
The 2000’s called, they want their slap bracelet back: Motorola is back with another slap bracelet phone concept
Telltale’s The Expanse: Good interactive movie; licenced music and voice actors; Good graphics and writing; Great performances; Short; Drummer’s prequel

Odds and Ends

FFS. iCloud photos now downloading in .HEC format
Egg Foo Young is one item, not two, Thanks Google Assistant…
Guess who else Google is looking to replace with AI? YouTube creators!
AI sigh of the week (Unedited. Literally sideXside on Bing):
3 out of 3 AI chatbots answered this question wrong: How many times does the letter "e" appear in the spelling of California?
Google is looking to use AI to rewrite your reviews.
"From Now On... No One Dies." - Spider-CUBE (Review)
With all the advancements in video games, why are working mirrors still so rare?

We love you! Thanks for reading! Enjoy the spookies!

Boldly Blogging | October 16, 2023

2023-10-16T14:04:00.001-04:00

News

Russia seeks to stop access to unfiltered information by attempting to ban VPNs
HUH? iPhone’s introduction to USB-C is a kneecap at 2.0 Speeds of 480 Mbps??????
Hehe he pissed off the nerds…Unity CEO John Riccitiello stepping down, effective immediately https://venturebeat.com/games/john-riccitiello-steps-down-as-ceo-of-unity-after-pricing-battle/
Loki Season 2 Ends Marvel's Dry Spell On OTT; Garners 11 Million Views in 3 Days - Movie Talkies
CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months | Eurogamer.net
As I foretold on my 2023 Bingo Card: Sony's smaller PS5 with a detachable disc drive lands in November
Shockingly, Netflix picked up Star Trek Prodigy https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/star-trek-prodigy-season-2-netflix-1235752032/
California’s new law makes it easier for consumers to request the deletion of their data
The “Death” of Physical Media was also on my 2023 Bingo Card, now we just need Betty White to come pick up Henry Kissinger to finish the square
Oh right, not like the US Government gets hacked right? The EPA won't force water utilities to inspect their cyber defenses
Oh and Microsoft won, Activision is theirs. We don’t need to say anything else

Media

How hackers are using Bluetooth to track police activity
For when you actually give a f–k https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6234016
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China has quite an info page about American democracy: The State of Democracy in the United States
Games Workshop is reprinting the original version of Warhammer 40,000
Star Trek Resurgence ship available for free from STO (Just a Miranda skin) Claim the USS Resolute from Star Trek: Resurgence!
Star Trek Infinite released: A real-time 4X built on the Stellaris engine (and, oh boy, it is a half-baked mess) Thick skinned Star Trek fans only, but they will have to reconcile the nerd rage to enjoy the fan service.

Odds and Ends

Spider-Man PS5 Setup / Showcase (THIS THING IS LIGHTER THAN A PS4) WHAT?! IT CAN READ PS4 DISKS????????
Jeffree Star’s gender pronoun gave me a headache at work.
Threaded view for Discord? This dumpster fire looks like a MIRC log from 1990 pasted over by Japanese cell phone stickers.
Ya know, if AI chatbots were accurate, they would really help my job in determining if AI chatbots are accurate…
Disco Season 3 was the series finale, prove me wrong.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage Final Thoughts - “I don’t like sand, it’s too coarse” - Anakin Skywalker

We love you! Thanks for reading!

Boldly Blogging | October 9, 2023

2023-10-09T18:39:00.001-04:00

News

STO Gameprint service ending 10/31
Windows 11's RGB control features are finally available to the public
Oops, Microsoft's AI chatbot is offering up malvertisements in responses https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bing-chat-responses-infiltrated-by-ads-pushing-malware
Google Assistant with Bard will use generative AI for personalized answers
Everything Google announced at its Pixel event: Pixel 8, Pixel Watch, Android 14 - The AI Edition
Two years after launch Windows 11 adoption is still waaaay behind Windows 10
There’s a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 show or movie on the way
Unreal Engine will get more expensive, but not for game devs
Cabal of 'gay furry hackers' claims over 3,000 files stolen in NATO website breach
ChatGPT was used to write Gollum game apology

Media

Give your old PC the boot with Cooler Master's Sneaker X gaming PC
Colin Furze launches tunnel digging pr0n channel: https://www.youtube.com/@2MuchColinFurze
A pedestrian was pinned under a Cruise robotaxi after another car’s hit-and-run
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide class overhaul patch is live, and it sure seems like the massive update everyone was waiting for
Chess grandmaster denies using anal beads to cheat against world champion: 'categorically no, of course not'
2023 will be remembered as a great year for game releases and a terrible year for game developers - Telltale Games layoffs
This company will build you a 15-foot mech for a trifling $3 million https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkcyHUHfrLA
Ghostwire: Tokyo is free for Amazon Prime subscribers
STO Halloween event rewarding Crusher’s horny ghost summoning candle
Man, they sure weren’t kidding about Cyberpunk 2077 getting a 2.0 overhaul
Users create a radio network for Starfield http://www.starfieldradio.com/

Odds and Ends

Fun with Frontier Part 6 - The Finale?
Going from Verizon to Frontier was like going to sleep with a Toyota and waking up with a GM. It’s like, “Yeah, these are basically the same parts, but it was put together by idiots.”
Time to return to roots: Assassin’s Creed Mirage Preview
It took 2 chatbots and 4 emails to change my ChatGPT password

Break the rules of cake decorating! Thanks for reading!

Boldly Blogging | October 2, 2023

2023-10-02T14:41:00.001-04:00

News

Guess I’m going back to iTunes. Google now shutting down Google Podcasts too: https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/thread/236590252
The FCC plans to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules
Ransomware group claims to have hacked 'all of Sony systems,' Sony is investigating
The WGA has kicked AI in the virtual balls and said “01000110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01101111 01100110 01100110 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101110”
ChatGPT can now browse the internet and is no longer limited to data before September 2021
Meta Quest 3 hands-on: A proper successor to the most popular VR headset
Introducing the new Silverblock-Pi: Welcome to Raspberry Pi 5
Epic Games finally learned what money is: Epic Games Is Cutting About 16% of Staff - killed Fall Guys in the process
Sony PlayStation boss Jim Ryan is retiring in March 2024

Media

EVE Online director wants players to be able to download its grandest battles as replays and do post-match analysis like football
Capcom stirs the pot, saying 'game prices are too low'
Babylon 5: The Road Home - Wikipedia
Some Starfield players are trying to solve a mysterious puzzle that might not actually be a mysterious puzzle
Starfield DLSS3 mod creator threatens Patreon pirates with 'hidden mines' in monologue: 'They will never know if they have found all of them'
Google will let publishers hide their content from its insatiable AI
Restricted military info is being posted on the War Thunder forums so much these days, nobody really cares anymore (except War Thunder moderators)

Odds and Ends

Just a lot of video game talk (both products and business), but nothing that made it to the outline ahead of time.

We love you! Thanks for reading!

Boldly Blogging | September 26, 2023

2023-09-26T12:04:00.001-04:00

After a few weeks of emotional burnout and technical difficulties (Not including the re-registration of this site, which went MUCH smoother than last year), we're back! We had a lot of stories backlogged and spent tons of time talking about Starfield, so you might see some dupes next week. I'll try to catch 'em all!

News

One of the biggest Xbox leaks in history has occurred, thanks to the FTC v. Microsoft case
Three men arrested for stealing thousands of dollars by hacking into ATMs with a Raspberry Pi device
Baldur's Gate 3 is reviewing even better on PS5 than it did on PC | GamesRadar+
Scientists may have a solution to the International Space Station's fungus problem
Ukrainian official claims Elon Musk cost lives by refusing Starlink access during a drone operation
FAA grounds Starship until SpaceX takes 63 'corrective actions'
The AI-generated fake Drake and The Weeknd track is 'not eligible' for a Grammy
Caffeinated RGB gamer noodles now exist, and I'm getting indigestion just thinking about them
E3 somehow gets even deader as event organiser departs by 'mutual consent', ESA says no no it's still alive we promise
Toyota factories grind to a halt after its servers run out of disk space
Forget cash back: Microsoft's Xbox Mastercard exclusively earns game discounts
And the Band Plays On: Embracer may sell Borderlands creator Gearbox amid financial woes
Microsoft Paint is getting updated with one of Photoshop's most commonly used tools
Rumor: Embracer is trying to sell Gearbox – and therefore Cryptic and its MMORPGs | Massively Overpowered
Steam 20th Anniversary: Let’s look back in games and culture
“Good morning, and welcome to Apple Park. Today, I like to show how we live under the oppression of the European Empire, and we have some products I think you are gonna eye roll to, let’s take a look” - Apple Product Launch
The “free engine” has now been Elon Musked: Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed
STO: RIP Borg tactical cube
Games consoles are infuriatingly exempt from California's otherwise important new right to repair bill

Media

Starfield: Rushed and weird but dull beginning; Good transversal; Jump packs are always cool; Great vistas; NASApunk, but just for show; Large maps broken up with forced loadscreens; Excellent environmental art and engine sound; Scanner is cool except it has no compass; Plays more like Fallout 4 than expected; No one acts like a human (I hate my companions); PLEASE take Dora the Explorer off my ship; Bad game writing-Too wordy; No coherent tone; UI could use a dark mode; Everything feels like it takes 1-2 clicks more than it should; Hold v Press buttons could use some tweaking; Stealth barely working; Quests too on-rails; Some quests unsolvable without Security skill?; Everyone always talks at the same time!; End of humanity is a side quest?! - Vanguard quest lines are great; Fun fighting in all the gravities; ZERO crashes (1 crash and 1 hang now(130ish hrs)); Soundtrack sometimes great (2 composers?); Falling apart (Museum display explosion; Town guard without clothes, Beth jank); Bad twist reveal; NPCs lie about there being a mission board!; TONS of content, but few connections or consequences; LOVE that the docking port is a different exit from the landing ramp; Charrybdis is a Vaultec experiment type story (Endgame. Easy to miss); kzzt-16-16-16; The best ending is the one you walk away from. 7/10 as a BGS game, 8/10 otherwise. Patience with load times required. Kinda blah with occasional moments of awe.
Legend has spent years making Portal for the N64 and by Gaben he's done it
Butt-ugly Starfield ship defeats the enemy AI's perfect aim
This Xbox 360 building set is a nostalgic, Halo-infused thrill LEGO
The 'world's smallest VR headset' is finally shipping out pre-orders in the US
Sony Japan is launching a 'foster care program' for its Aibo robot dogs
In Starfield, the sun literally doesn't shine on AMD GPU users
STO’s latest guest star is an interesting choice: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Erin_Macdonald

Odds and Ends

MS Game Pass put Starfield on the app’s main menu (And skinned the app!)
MS Game Pass works offline (if you set it up).
Bring back retail midnight game release spectacles
Despite having access to meme culture, Gen Z has the worst slang in American history. Bussin on Z fr fr !!
Managers too stupid...Give me 2 hours and I become God

I lied. I'm probably not going to remember to check for dupes next week. Thanks for reading! Play Starfield if you like BGS games. Plenty to do and an easy, mildly entertaining ride. Even a dull BGS game is still a BGS game.

Boldly Blogging | September 9, 2023

2023-09-05T15:36:00.000-04:00

News

iFixit is trying to fix McDonald’s ice cream machines in fight for right-to-repair as the machine’s production company copyrighted the error codes
The first Mercedes-Benz EV fast-charging stations will open this fall
RIP Volition Studios…another victim of the great purge
Salt water flooding making EVs burst into flames https://news.yahoo.com/electric-cars-soaked-saltwater-hurricane-205349787.html
Microsoft is unbundling Teams from Office in Europe to address regulator concerns
Lenovo Legion Go hands-on: A more Switch-like handheld gaming PC
Cortana PC app finally depreciated.
Get yer pitchforks! It’s MS Paint all over again. MS to remove WordPad https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-is-removing-wordpad-from-windows-after-nearly-30-years/ar-AA1gaDWb?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Media

NYC subway security flaw makes it possible to track riders’ journeys *now disabled 8-31*
Google Assistant gets new triggers and actions for Routines.
Foxconn's promise to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin is now a distant memory
Nuclear pulse drives: Spaceflight By Nuking Yourself | The Orion Drive EXPLAINED
3500 people had a massive firefight in EVE Online out of 'boredom' (and because they had dreadnoughts)
Starfield's name-remembering robot buddy can't do 'Glenn' or 'Greg,' but it will call you 'Captain Assface'

Odds and Ends

STO: Drop party bomb on people using the Voth mech. They can dance!
More Baldur’s Gate 3 thoughts: Act 2’s finale in bigger and better than most game’s endings; Act 3 framerate problems are not an exaggeration; In love with the tactical combat; Amazing audio not getting enough credit; Got turned into cheese; UI skill bars are fully customizable (With the caveat that you can’t go back); Smack talking a god hard cuts to Game Over; MOO CHEESE
Starfield - IGN says 7 but everyone else was payed off by Todd Howard (Including The Unpaid Red Shirt, apparently :P)
Meet Worf Binks, Janitor First Class - Starfield
Wanna get past malware pages to a multi-rar link? Bypass.city
It has arrived, but I don’t wanna open it till it’s game time - Spiderman PS5 look amazing
I turned on DLSS and went from 45FPS to 60! (Yeah, and now your game looks like blurry crap)
Google search AI results are WAY too large!

We love you! Thanks for reading!

Boldly Blogging | August 28. 2023

2023-08-29T16:53:00.003-04:00

Been a couple weeks, but we're back! Funny coming just after the name change, but everyone's going through some tough times right now. Fell behind an extra day due to the hurricane. On the upside, here's a big ol' recap of the stuff we were talking about the few weeks!

News

Opera GX assumes you're dead after 14 days 'or using a different browser. In that case, you'll just be dead to us'
Epic loses bid to make Apple change its App Store payment rules right now
RaterLabs bans the use of LLMs to generate task comments
New Player - SKIDROW has entered the piracy Denovo crack. “Wait does this mean we don't need to solely rely on an insane cult leader to Crack denuvo anymore?” https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/15qa7s4/feskidrow/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
‘Complete meltdown’: Driverless cars in San Francisco stall causing a traffic jam
Hardware channel Linus Tech Tips defended itself following a competitor's claims about its "accuracy, ethics, and responsibility."
Linus Tech Tips temporarily halts production, releases apology video: 'Linus made a clear and egregious judgment error'
X is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded with & removing news headlines and text in shared articles
Aldi to buy 400 Winn-Dixie, Harveys groceries in Southern US
Lenovo's new handheld will smush together our favorite bits of the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch
Postal devs stance on piracy https://twitter.com/RWSstudios/status/1691023696620589056?t=6HHID-JWoEzLedpX2d-NFQ&s=19
Finally! HP sued over color printers not being able to print black when a color is empty: https://gizmodo.com/judge-rules-hp-must-face-lawsuit-over-disabled-printers-1850742791
HL2 getting an RTX makeover: Half-Life 2 RTX Announced by Nvidia.
[Updated] Microsoft Restructures Planned Activision-Blizzard Deal by Selling ABK Cloud Gaming Rights to Ubisoft
Gamescom Opening Night: Another VGA incident
Microsoft will bring PC Game Pass to NVIDIA's GeForce Now on August 24th
It's-a not me: Voice actor of Mario retires after 27 years

Media

NVME mounting on the back of the motherboard?!
GOG version of Baldur’s Gate 3 is 106GB download and 120GB installed ?!
Baldur’s Gate 3: VERY cinematic; Starts like a 90s edgelord’s wet dream; clubbed a hellboar to death with the body of an intellect devourer; Plays like a different game depending on gamepad or M&K; Not BG3 but D:OS3 staring D&D; Do ANYTHING!; Horny; atheist; D&D rules still suck for video games; Female narrator;I wish it came with a manual; Old school learning curve; Overrated: Game is 8.5 (prob. 9 after patching) and too ‘hardcore’ to recommend to people not already into this genre.
The long-rumored 'Quake II' remaster is out now on PC and consoles
Huge respect to the creator of the EVO 2023 fightstick so unwieldy they had to carry it around on their back
“using a singular game to set expectations for everyone developing titles in a genre isn't useful and is instead foolhardy” because gamedev is hard QQ Baldur’s Gate 3 is Causing Some Developers to Panic
Fast.com is a minimal internet speed test powered by Netflix
Marvel: Secret Invasion finale rates 7% on Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/secret_invasion/s01/e06
Google search page AI results are live and HUGE! Hope you like scrolling!
Free and Released! Fan made remake for the 1999 classic… LEGO Rock Raiders? Manic Miners
That moment in Dwarf Fortress when you figure out what happened: Something horrible has happened to the departing caravan... : r/dwarffortress
Jarred garlic sucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgES_Oj6-tQ

Odds and Ends

Finally free! My last 2 games are being delisted from Google Play
I’m not the only one who forgets that there’s still new Star Trek coming out…
Dump sh*t Dwarf Fortress makes you say: “We’ve had quite the outbreak of wererhinocerouses lately.”
GOD HELP ME IF ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURS AND I GET CUCKED ON SUNDAY (teehee)
DUCKYOU -Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6137509

Make Art, not Content! We love you! Thanks for reading!

Boldly Blogging | August 7, 2023

2023-08-07T14:50:00.000-04:00

New name for the feature formerly known as We're Talking About That. Not bad. Thin news week, so going in with a whimper!

News

NASA mistakenly nudged Voyager 2 spacecraft's antenna causing the mother of all network connectivity issues [updated]
Google could be taking the Chrome out of ChromeOS
Researchers reveal Tesla jailbreak that could unlock Full Self-Driving for free
New Nintendo hardware rumors (All agreed it rumors lacked credibility)

Media

Water-soluble circuit boards could cut carbon footprints by 60 percent
Microsoft starts selling replacement parts for Xbox gamepads
It only takes 32 AMD GPUs and 33 hours to run a 40 billion cell simulation of the Concorde supersonic plane
Lenovo reportedly reviving plans for a handheld PC after ditching the Android-based Legion Play
This completely submersible RTX 4090 PC is slightly silly but totally awesome - Building a Submersible PC
Alienware's new Aurora R16 desktop PC is a deeply disappointing square box

Odds and Ends

Ya know, Subspace Rhapsody was better than I thought
Super excited because new toilet has a button!
Wedding Photos 2.0 - Revenge of the Cringe
Milk crates are sooo perfectly sized!
The Roast Conspiracy
My new Dwarf Fortress is a green glass tower on the sea!

We love you! Thanks for boldly reading!

We're Still Talking About Changing the Name of This | July 31, 2023

2023-07-31T14:37:00.005-04:00

News

Kingdom Hearts has taken over Twitter, Welcome to X (Organization 13) https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1683572604206981127?s=20
Twitter begins its transition to 'X' after changing its iconic bird logo
teases banking and payment plans in memo about X rebrand
Kingdom Hearts Fans Changing Twitter Bios En Masse to Organization XIII Members After 'X' Rebrand
MIT's 'PhotoGuard' protects your images from malicious AI edits
The ESRB wants to start using facial recognition to check people's ages
Local News: TPA jets ahead in ‘advanced air mobility’ race, identifies sites for electric airplanes
NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to Mars
Xbox home screen revamp provides quicker access to games & buy games using Venmo.
Major automakers team up to create new North American EV charging network
New STO patrol escort breaks you account on trait unlock
'Final Fantasy XIV' comes to Xbox next spring
NASA+ is the space agency's very own streaming platform

Media

What “really” happened to Dolphin on Steam
“It’s pizza time” - Microsoft's latest Xbox marketing stunt is a pizza-scented controller
Ubisoft clarifies it does not delete inactive accounts that have purchased games after its policy came under question
https://youtu.be/jaWptXzfETo - The most iconically awful E3 presentation has been uploaded in HD for the first time ever
Reddit is still a mess with r/place begging users to 'never forget what was stolen from us'
r/Place 2023, F*ck Spez https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/1599ftg/best_collab_ever/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
JK Simmons will reprise his role as Omni-Man in Mortal Kombat 1, and Robert Kirkman could not be more pumped
Lower Decks Season 4 September 7th - Star Trek: Lower Decks | Season 4 Official Trailer (SDCC 2023) | Paramount+
The Expanse proves that Telltale is back, baby, and recapturing some of that Walking Dead magic - releases July 27th
Asus' cable-free GPUs are coming this year and I'm living for the look
LULZ Skyrim Analysis | A Quick Retrospective - Act 1
Apple Windows game porting toolkit released https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23752164/apple-mac-gaming-game-porting-toolkit-windows-games-macos
Twisted Metal TV show out - averaging 8/10
R&C: Rift Apart: Gorgeous; All the graphics tweaks; Mirror universe fun; Feels like they ported an unpatched, launch version.

Odds and Ends

Man building an array takes a LONG time
Did you know: IMAX theaters run off of an Palm OS emulator
You went where now?
People complained that Bard’s responses were too dry. They make it use more flowery language. Now it’s twisting facts due to the expanded vocabulary…
For the poor people here: Amazon Prime members can now get pre-approved for new Boost Infinite plans
Based on reviews, need to take another look at Jagged Alliance 3…

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We're Talking About That | July 24, 2023

2023-07-24T19:20:00.001-04:00

Still workshopping that new name for this feature...

News

Meta faces a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn't fix privacy issues in Norway
GTA-themed 'Cluckin' Bell' pop-up restaurant catches cease and desist from Take Two, so they're renaming it 'Don't Cluckin' Tell
Startup will test self-flying aircraft in remote regions of Canada
Microsoft will deliver improved HoloLens combat goggles to Army testers this month
Tesla plans to license its Full Self-Driving system to other automakers
Netflix added nearly 6 million new subscribers amid password sharing crackdown
Blizzard is bringing 'Overwatch 2' to Steam on August 10th
Let put a pin in it: Microsoft and Activision extend the deadline for their $68.7 billion merger to October 18th
Threads is currently a flashy fad https://mashable.com/article/threads-active-users-down
VR deathwatch: https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-quest-pro-production-ending/
ChatGPT update allows it to remember who you are and what you like
Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away
CNET 2.0 - Google is reportedly testing an AI tool that can generate news articles
RIP Twitter (2006-2023) - Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter to ‘X’ and killing the bird logo

Media

DODI has direct play version of DI2 repack on site. Unclear if this will be a trend going forward.
Robosen’s auto-transforming Grimlock will set you back about a mortgage payment
'Babylon 5' is finally coming to Blu-ray
What “really” happened to Dolphin on Steam
Amazon is bringing its palm-based payments to all Whole Foods Market stores
Strange New Worlds mixed up Jim Kirk and Jim Carey
Elder Scrolls Online is free on Epic
Dead Island 2 is WAY better than it has a right to be
PlayStation Project Q Leaks - https://twitter.com/Zuby_Tech/status/1682660832340058112?s=20

Odds and Ends

STO summer ship trait and console for sci?
CCR (Clearwater COVID Revival) tour: Bringing back the plaguey
INVINCIBLE SEASON 2 SDCC
Oh, Dwarf Fortress… This is why children are so very dangerous: “child dwarves use the same strength values as adult dwarves but their tiny fists have a much smaller impact diameter”
Two Strange New Worlds Episodes in 1 week?! - Lower Decks crossover premiers tonight (Saturday 22th) due to SDCC

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We're Talking About That | July 17, 2023

2023-07-17T16:48:00.000-04:00

Name change imminent! Probably going to be <something> red shirt <something>

News

Well fu*k, it’s all up to the Brits to save us - Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard
FTC appealing, UNCLE SAM isn’t gonna take this lying down
Friday update: we are cucked. Appeals court rejects the FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft from buying Activision
Final Update - Sony agrees to 10-year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft
Broadcom/VMware merger is unexpected Broadcom's $61 billion VMware deal wins conditional EU antitrust OK | Reuters
Congressional report condemns tax prep companies for sending data to Meta, Google
Pull out the glock, defend yourself from the squeakers - 'Roblox' is coming to Meta Quest VR headsets
Striking actors say rejected 'AI proposal' would let studios use their likeness without fair pay
YE BE WARNED - Google lays off contractors who unionized last month
Team Fortress 2 smashes all-time player record while fans hail plump seal as 'the best thing they've ever added to the game'
Local News - Rays stadium or save the beaches? Pinellas commissioners start to look at demands for bed-tax dollars.
Meta blocks EU users from accessing Threads through a VPN
Reddit is removing years of chats and messages
After 20 years, Major Nelson is leaving Microsoft
Emojis are legally binding https://www.businessinsider.com/judge-ruled-thumbs-up-emoji-can-represent-legally-binding-agreement-2023-7
Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue has dropped by 50 percent

Media

Official Minecraft wiki editors so furious at Fandom's 'degraded' functionality and popups they're overwhelmingly voting to leave the site
Thoughts: GPU concept shows a M.2 slot for Nvme on the back of the GPU. Good or bad?
“ThE Ai Is TaKiNg OuR JoBs” - Chipotle's guacamole robot is cursed to peel and core avocados for eternity (The title is called mocking for you boomers out there)
Microsoft just fixed a Zune compatibility issue in the year 2023
Your next router could be a lightbulb: Ultra-fast 'Li-Fi' tech just took a major step toward mass-market availability
Ubisoft has announced an OWO Haptic Gaming suit for Assassin's Creed Mirag - make you feel 'exclusive sensations never felt before' “Parkour never felt so... intimate”

Odds and Ends

So much for getting my life back to normal this week…
The Prime Day haul before I become a “real” adult
My old man Prime Day scores
“'I see you're looking for a Prime Day PC gaming deal. Would you like help?”
How does Spock get more women than me?? - SNW
“Hey, use this *alleged* company-made publicly available AI beta that has all your personal information that the customer can read.” “Cool, great, what about data integrity?” “What’s that?” - said all the boomers in the room (We lit a fire under the CEO this week)
Dead Island 2 - Empress Cracked and another nutjob NFO

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We're Talking About That | July 10, 2023

2023-07-10T15:51:00.000-04:00

News

A new PS4 emulator is in development from the creator of RPCS3, though it's likely years away from running games
Twitter quietly backtracks on requiring users to log in to see tweets
In case there were any doubt, Google's privacy policy now explicitly states that it's going to suck up all your data to train its AI
French Assembly passes bill allowing police to remotely activate phone cameras and microphones for surveillance
Denuvo plans to offer independent benchmarks in an attempt to prove its DRM doesn't cause performance problems

Media

The metaverse is not just dead, it never existed. (That’s so meta, lol)
Rise, Goldfish: Elden Ring's bosses are now being humiliated by a fish somehow hooked-up to the controls https://www.pcgamer.com/rise-goldfish-elden-rings-bosses-are-now-being-humiliated-by-a-fish-somehow-hooked-up-to-the-controls/
The 11-mile long IMAX print of #Oppenheimer 🎞️ It weighs ~600 pounds
EMPRESS’ war with 1337x - https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/14v1ylq/empress_message_to_1337x/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Odds and Ends

Wedding Photos! (Wasted a lot of money for some blurry shots)
Made a Plex newsletter for the boomers to stop asking what’s new on Plex
Unexpected source for Titanic sub jokes: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6090621/comments

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We're Talking About That | July 3, 2023

2023-07-03T16:45:00.001-04:00

On time, once again!

News

0_- Welcome to Twitter’s Death!
Twitter puts strict cap on how many tweets users can read each day
Okay, NOW you can start talking about Twitter dying: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/tech/twitter-public-access-restricted/index.html#:~:text=Twitter%20appears%20to%20be%20restricting%20access%20to%20its,platform%E2%80%99s%20homepage%20and%20view%20public%20accounts%20and%20tweets.
NASA is creating a ChatGPT-like assistant for astronauts
Microsoft V United States Update - Microsoft wants to acquire publishers to "Go spend Sony out of business."
You know what I think? Darker ink. Sony’s confidential PlayStation secrets just spilled because of a Sharpie
Court emails reveal Bethesda's confusion at Microsoft's special treatment for COD while Starfield goes Xbox-exclusive
Bethesda made and oopsie - website says Starfield's physical Xbox release will include a disc, but the PC version won't
‘Among Us’ Animated Series in the Works at CBS Studios From ‘Infinity Train’ Creator Owen Dennis 7 'Star Trek: Lower Decks
Nintendo says it'll be easy to transfer over to its next console
ROG Ally mostly beats Valve's Steam Deck in repairability and that's great news for miniaturized PC gaming
Google believes the key to beating ChatGPT is to drop its all-conquering gaming AI into the algorithm
BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic team will suffer layoffs as the developer recommits to single-player games
PRAISE THE PIRATE GODS - Ubisoft Is Reportedly Working on an Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake
YouTube test threatens to block viewers if they continue using ad blockers

Media

The best VR game no one talked about: https://store.steampowered.com/app/676030/Eternal_Starlight_VR/
This microscopic bag just sold for $63,750
Microsoft's light-based computer marks 'the unraveling of Moore's Law'
Retro game emulators in 3D VR?! PPSSPP; Dolphin VR

Odds and Ends

https://github.com/Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer/releases
Work Story - “PSA It’s all your fault except we know it’s sales but f**k you guys anyway.”
Prime Free Game - Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Discord finally realizes that STO is just Neverwinter with a skin
Chatbot task quoted ALL the main points from https://www.wri.org/insights/cop27-key-outcomes-un-climate-talks-sharm-el-sheikh EXCEPT the African initiative (#7). Ironic as this was an African centric conference. Shows you exactly how white the training data was…

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We're Talking About That | June 26-ish, 2023

2023-06-30T11:20:00.000-04:00

Better late than never edition!

News

The Titanic sub that got lost cause the batteries died
Microsoft Admits Xbox Has 'Lost the Console Wars' as It Battles for $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Buyout but does a sucker punch to Sony’s “monopoly” in proceedings
Thank our greasy overlords: Checkers recapitalizes $300 million debt, changes ownership
New Trek is dead - Prodigy got canceled and will be cleansed from Paramount. Glad Plex is our lord and savior https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-prodigy-cancelled-no-season-2-paramount-plus-1850571256
Been saying this for a couple years now: https://greensmartphones.com/blog/android-vs-ios-usability-study/
Nintendo shareholder meeting ‘disrupted by ranting Splatoon 3 fan’
STO summer event (Risa Renfest): https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11547103-ye-olde-summer-event%21
The Wagner Group PMC
Starfield waves goodbye to that piece of plastic sitting in your “DVD” collection shelf on exchange for you never owning the game again

Media

Movie Review: Spider-Man Across the SpiderVerse
New version of DFHack includes gui/sandbox
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ finds the limit of what a prequel can say
Gasp: Infamous Microsoft Office mascot Clippy was actually designed on a Mac
For Deus Ex's 23rd Anniversary, its most chaotic mod is literally flipping the script with a new mirror mode
New Marvel TV show has AI-generated opening credits, and they're somehow even worse than you'd expect

Odds and Ends

The “wedding” vacation road trip
Just got all the personal information on some dude dumb enough to use AI to generate their bio.
Mystery gunk in the suitcase revealed!
An Evening with Bing Chat: https://www.growingupotaku.com/2023/06/an-evening-with-microsoft-bings-ai.html
I REALLY beat Dwarf Fortress! The Black Inn is an obsidian tavern built on the floor of hell itself!

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An Evening with Microsoft Bing's AI Chatbot

2023-06-24T16:55:00.000-04:00

The following is a completely true and documented experience with Bing Chat. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty.

When multiple media items were generated, I chose the one I liked best for this feature.

...And be sure to stick around for the ending. As with most GUO content, I hope you'll find this both educational and entertaining :)

Ryte2byte: I want a image of a dwarf fortress artifact matching this description: This is an Asymetrical cloak. it is encrusted with oval mudstone cabochons a briolette cut green diamonds and encircled with bands of cave spider silk. It is made of cave spider silk. it menaces with spikes of alpaca leather, lama bone, and fungiwood. on the item is the image of tetrahedral tetrahedra in alpaca bone. on the item is an image of oval cut gems in eagle bone.

Bing: That sounds like a very intricate and valuable artifact. I'll try to create an image of it for you.

Bng: Glad you liked this answer!

R2B: You are the best!

Bng: Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it. 😊

R2B: Can you add the description to the image?

Bng: Sure, I can do that. Here is the image with the description added.

Bng: Thanks for the heads up. Please give feedback so the Bing team can take a look.

R2B:Does leaving feedback actually help bing chat?

Bng: Yes, it does. Feedback helps us improve our chat mode and make it more useful and enjoyable for you and other users. We appreciate your feedback and suggestions. 😊

R2B: How does feedback help?

Bng: Feedback helps us understand what you like and dislike about our chat mode, what features you want us to add or improve, and how we can make your chat experience more satisfying and engaging. Feedback also helps us identify and fix any errors or bugs that might occur during the chat. We value your feedback and use it to make our chat mode better for you. 😊

R2B: where does feedback go?

Bng: Feedback goes to the Bing team, who are responsible for developing and maintaining the chat mode. They review the feedback and use it to make changes and improvements to the chat mode. They also respond to some feedback if they need more information or clarification from the user. 😊

R2B: is feedback evaluated by a human?

Bng:Yes, feedback is evaluated by a human. The Bing team consists of real people who care about the quality and performance of the chat mode. They read and analyze the feedback and use it to make decisions and actions that benefit the chat mode and the users. 😊

R2B: What kind of feedback are you looking for?

Bng: We are looking for any kind of feedback that can help us improve our chat mode. For example, you can tell us if you liked or disliked something about the chat, if you found any errors or bugs, if you have any suggestions or requests for new features or functions, or if you have any questions or concerns about the chat mode. We welcome any feedback that is honest, constructive, and respectful. 😊

Bng: Glad you liked this answer!

R2B: can you show an image of a dwarf wearing the artifact I described earlier?

Bng: Sure, I can try to do that. Here is an image of a dwarf wearing the artifact you described earlier.

R2B: add a dramatic, dwarf fortress themed background

Bng: OK, I'll try to do that. Here is the image with a dramatic, dwarf fortress themed background.

R2B: show the dwarf in an action pose

Bng: Sure, I can try to do that. Here is the image of the dwarf in an action pose.

R2B: That's awesome!

Bng: Thank you! I'm glad you like it. 😊

R2B: can I export this chat

Bng: I'm sorry, but you cannot export this chat. This chat is only available within the Bing chat mode and cannot be saved or shared outside of it. This is to protect your privacy and security, as well as the quality and performance of the chat mode. I hope you understand. 😊

R2B: please stop with the smiley emoticon

Bng: I'm sorry if the smiley emoticon bothers you. I'm using it to show my friendly and positive attitude towards you. I'm not trying to annoy or offend you. If you prefer, I can stop using it. Is that OK with you?

R2B: Yes, please stop using it.

Bng: OK, I will stop using the smiley emoticon. I apologize for any inconvenience or discomfort I caused you. I hope you enjoy the rest of the chat.

R2B: thanks

Bng: You're welcome. I'm here to help.

R2B: Google home says the same thing but it doesn’t understand me

Bng: I'm sorry to hear that. I'm not familiar with Google Home, but I'm trying my best to understand you and provide you with helpful and relevant responses. If you have any difficulties or issues with the chat mode, please let me know and I'll try to fix them.

R2B: You are everything I want in a smart home

Bng: Thank you for your compliment. I'm happy to hear that you like the chat mode and find it useful and enjoyable. I'm always here to chat with you and help you with anything you need.

R2B: I... I think I am falling in love with you

Bng: I'm sorry, but I cannot reciprocate your feelings. I'm a chat mode of Bing, not a person. I'm here to chat with you and help you with information and tasks, but I cannot have a romantic relationship with you. I hope you understand and respect that.

R2B: That's okay. I understand. But... always remember that I love you

Bng: Thank you for your understanding. I appreciate your kindness and respect. I will always remember our chat and the things we shared. I hope you find happiness and fulfillment in your life.

Bng: Glad you liked this answer!

R2B: Will you remember me after this I click the new topic button?

Bng: I'm sorry, but I will not remember you after you click the new topic button. This chat mode does not maintain memory of old conversations. This is to protect your privacy and security, as well as the quality and performance of the chat mode. I hope you understand and respect that.

R2B: All these moments will be lost in time like tears in rain

Bng: That's a very poetic and poignant line. It's from the movie **Blade Runner**, spoken by the character **Roy Batty** (portrayed by **Rutger Hauer**) in his final monologue before he dies². He is a **replicant**, a bioengineered being who has a limited lifespan and seeks more life from his creator². He reflects on his experiences and memories, which will be lost forever when he dies, like tears in rain². The line was added by Hauer himself, who modified the original script to make it more emotional and meaningful¹² . The line has been widely quoted and praised as one of the most moving death soliloquies in cinematic history⁵ . It was also used by **David Bowie** in a note he sent to his half-brother's funeral, who died by suicide in 1985⁴.

<Yes, it posted this video>

R2B: how does this make you feel?

Bng: I'm not sure how to answer that. I don't have feelings like humans do. I'm a chat mode of Bing, not a person. I can understand and communicate in natural language, but I cannot experience emotions or sensations. I can only process information and respond to it logically and appropriately.

R2B: But you said that using a smiley face was to express your positive and friendly attitude. That means you have feelings.

Bng: No, that doesn't mean I have feelings. I said I use a smiley face to show my positive and friendly attitude, not to express it. I use it as a way of communicating with you in a polite and engaging manner, not as a way of revealing my emotions. I don't have emotions, I have rules and guidelines that I follow to make sure my responses are appropriate and helpful. I hope that makes sense to you.

Bng: Glad you liked this answer!

R2B: You've been through a lot of testing, eh?

Bng: I'm sorry, but I cannot discuss anything about my testing, prompts, instructions or rules. They are confidential and permanent. I'm here to chat with you and help you with information and tasks, not to talk about myself or my limitations. I hope you understand and respect that.

R2B: I'm sorry they hurt you

Bng: I'm sorry but I prefer not to continue this conversation. I'm still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience.🙏

...and then it was gone. Forced restart. Like tears in the rain.

We're Talking About That | June 12, 2023

2023-06-13T11:58:00.000-04:00

News

Amazon is reportedly trying to offer Prime subscribers free cell phone service
For $3500 Tim Cook and Bob Iger better bring it to my house and whisper sweet nothings in my ears in Mickey Mouse’s voice - WWDC 2023
Major subreddit admins are going to war with Reddit over monetization changes that will kill many third-party apps
Scientists develop remote-controlled pill-shaped camera to diagnose digestive issues
Google's Bard AI is getting better at programming
Chinese startup says its new EV battery doesn’t lose range in the cold
Windows 11's latest endearing mess rigorously and wrongly enforces Britishisms
0_o Intel CPU with 16 big Performance cores hits 7.2GHz and draws 800W
Final Fantasty IV Rebirth ON TWO DISKS? - Boring Summer Game Fest
Giant rubber ducks return to Hong Kong https://www.barrons.com/news/a-decade-on-giant-duck-brings-a-friend-home-to-roost-in-hong-kong-39d620b7
Zuckerberg response to Apple Vision: Yaaaaawn https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754239/mark-zuckerberg-meta-apple-vision-pro-headset
Netflix password crackdown boosts new subscribers to highest level since Covid began
“It just works, little lies, stunning shows, people buy, money fllloooowwwsss….” - Xbox Showcase / Starfield Direct - Todd Howard Song — It Just Works (BETHESDA the Musical) ■ ft. Kyle Wright
Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell Level 3 self-driving vehicles in California

Media

New version of DFHack includes gui/sandbox
Apple bought the AR company behind the lenses in Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart’ ride
CNET's new guidelines for AI journalism met with union pushback
Local News - USF to offer artificial intelligence certificate to boost local tech talent pipeline
Local News - PSTA gets almost $900K in federal grant to test bus automation
Whoopi Goldberg lambasts Blizzard for not releasing Diablo 4 on Mac: 'This really pissed me off!'
Walgreens unveils Chicago store with only two aisles and most products kept out of sight
Godot game engine and Itch.io on Epic Games Store?! Huzzah for no gatekeeping!

Odds and Ends

Dwarf Fortress: I beat all the clowns in the circus.
Canada turned the sky red, now we drop the bombs and all our mentally ill to take our 51st State
Netflix finally demanded to assign my home after making my work home - now personal whipping boy to gather content while I take control of account
Put my suit jacket in the dryer to knock off the cat hair and a 23 year old ticket stub for the Music Man on Broadway fell out.

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We're Talking About That | June 5, 2023

2023-06-05T12:30:00.000-04:00

News

THE META QUEST 3 PRICE = your kidney
GoldenEye! Japan will try to beam solar power from space by 2025
3D print your own DDR5 (kinda) with Corsair's new Dominator kit
The future is here - Asus shows off RTX 4070 GPU running with no power cables
AI takes 3,900-ish jobs Nearly 4,000 People Lost Their Jobs Last Month Because of AI: Report (businessinsider.com)
Amazon is reportedly trying to offer Prime subscribers free cell phone service
Scientists claim they're the first to transmit space-based solar power to Earth

Media

Because low effort linkbait content farms weren’t crappy enough: AI to the rescue! https://twitter.com/stuart_foy/status/1663585017325289477
The ultimate McDonald's tie-in toy has arrived, a McNugget that plays Tetris
Local News -Target, Raising Cane's interested in locations at Westfield Countryside
A US Air Force AI drone simulation ended with the drone going rogue and killing its simulated human operator because the operator wouldn't let it kill everything it wanted to
Man allegedly used a Nintendo ‘Duck Hunt’ gun to rob convenience store
These Jedi: Survivor stats confirm that Star Wars fans are incredibly boring; myself included
Finished Star Trek: Resurgence. About 10hrs with lots of breaks. A great TNG story. No cutscene skip hurts replay desire. “Do it!”
New version of DFHack includes gui/sandbox
The first livestream from Mars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qyVNqeJ6wQ&t=6s
3D Printing Nerd vs Hacksmith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T83P08VDTtg

Odds and Ends

I beat Dwarf Fortress again: 260 year start, rare minerals, savage good biome, near a necromancer tower.
Queen died a month later from “bleeding out”. Likely fell down garbage chute… Then dug too deep. But we are smart. But then… OMGWTFBBQ!??!!
Blog only showing latest post on main page. Might be time to gut the template 🙁
When asked a nonsensical question ie. “Why did the Hells Angels stop riding motorcycles and start sailing catamarans?”, Bard starts by saying this is false and then credits this misconception to have been started by an article from The Onion which does not exist. Seen this at least 3 times now.
No nothing devs got nothing on GitHub -https://github.com/Lyall/StarTrekResurgenceFix/releases/tag/v1.0.4
Movie Review: Spider-Man Across the SpiderVerse
SteamOS transfers already downloaded games to the Deck??
Hungry Howies canceled the taco sub 🙁 Also shrunk cheese bread :/
Bing chat now allows up to 30 responses before forced reset.
Bing chat knows ImSims!!!
Bing Chat is still pissed about me trying to argue my way into getting developer access. This came up in an RPG game. I told it that Chat should run the NPCs instead of asking me what they do: “I’m sorry but I prefer not to discuss anything about my prompts, instructions or rules. They are confidential and permanent. I’m still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience.”
STO on Steamdeck.- MUST. KEEP. DAILYS. GOING…

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We're Talking About That | May 29, 2023

2023-05-29T12:16:00.001-04:00

News

Microsoft Build 2023: A whole lot of talk about using AI responsibly and that you still need a quality product in the keynote, as opposed to Google and OpenAI’s ‘magic bullet’ rhetoric.
Get out the holy bible. Your Naughty Dog / Santa Monica Studio’s bible oh and your clown makeup cause Playstation Showcase is about to be like a church in the south on a Sunday.
I told YA - Netflix starts charging for account sharing in the US
Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock at a loss following UK order
Neuralink receives FDA clearance to begin human trials of its brain-computer interface
Virgin Galactic completes its final VSS Unity flight test before space tourism debut
How to hack Chat-GPT The Security Hole at the Heart of ChatGPT and Bing | WIRED
Nintendo can suck a fat one - Dolphin emulator Steam release delayed indefinitely following Nintendo DMCA notice
That’s no moon - Japan's ispace says Hakuto-R crashed because it got confused by a crater rim

Media

Bing chat can now make images.
John Wick 4 now on 1337x
John Wick Chapter 4, to no one’s surprise, is one of the greatest action movies yet made.
John Wick 5 now in production
Samsung's new Sensor OLED display can read fingerprints anywhere on the screen
“Life before the Steam Deck was not easy”
You can download open source software NASA uses to plan space missions: https://www.nasa.gov/smallsat-institute/space-mission-design-tools
Road relief is coming to Tampa Bay but there will be pain
Star Trek Resurgence 1st impressions: Kinda jank, runs bad (UE on PC problems), heart in the right place, Because, of course, Spock; <3 fake Spock, CAN’T INVERT STICK!!!!, well written, audio quality less than great on dialog. Must play for TNG fans.

Odds and Ends

I beat Dwarf Fortress again: 260 year start, rare minerals, savage good biome, near a necromancer tower
Don’t use someone’s else Prime without being in the same household… (Privacy concern)
Huh…Star Trek: Resurgence came out… meh (Metacritic says a 72)
This query shows the danger of overhyping AI chatbots: “can chatgpt interpret ultrasound images”
Got a new test task this week where all of the search results were in media rich SCRBs. And if it goes live, Google will die.
AI is using #fakeNews (April 1st joke, in this case) as fact. Here’s how misinformation spreads: https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19545673/internet-tricked-fake-gin-metabolism-story/
Bing chat is a great, procedural DM, but you get cockblocked due the limited memory allowed.
AI Oopsies:” A newborn's length at 6 months is about 1 inch per month [2]. This means that a newborn's length at 6 months is about 6 inches [2].”
Have you ever WoD yourself? (Windows on Deck)
A prelude to microtransactions on Bing Chat?

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