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  • It's a side effect of the "no algorithm" philosophy. Without anything to suggest what you might like generating high amounts of new content let's you dominate the feed. News is easy to generate on a daily basis.

    The thoughtful channel that puts out a video once every two weeks gets on the feed once every two weeks. Then low effort garbage like man carrying things gets on the feed every day.

    They need to at least let users block channels from their feed.

  • Crunchyroll Accidentally Reveals They've Been Using ChatGPT for Sub Translations
  • It can't be worse than some of the netflix translations.

    I just watched Apothecary Diaries with the wife. The subtitles are basicly fanfiction. I know characters reply wakarimasu a lot but you don't need to make up dialog. The new stuff often conflicts with the actual story.

  • Metallica copyright strikes U.S. government
  • That's stuff created by the government however there are also fair use provisions carved out for the government. I've had military guys claim the govt has complete fair use which I doubt.

    I know congress can ignore copyright for debate and argument. So a member of congress pass around copies of material to other members of congress regardless of copyright.

    I'm also pretty sure the government can't legally start streaming all the Disney movies to federal employees without permission. I'm not sure where the line between these twoexamples is however.

  • Can you see magic eye pictures?
  • So depending on why you might be able to train it. If you don't have a lazy eye and have good vision you may want to look into it.

    If your brain is just not fusing two good images there is a good chance you can train it to do so. Having done experiments in this field I can tell you it makes a measurable difference in performance.

    A good read on the subject is below. The part where she first sees a tree in 3D is a good example of what you are missing.

    Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions by Susan R Barry

  • Anyone dream of this?
  • That's a much latter version. AFIK The Sun, Moon, and Talia is the earliest. Relevant bit below.

    After a time, it happened by chance that a king was out hunting and passed that way. One of his falcons escaped from his hand and flew into the house by way of one of the windows. It did not come when called, so the king had one of his party knock at the door, believing the palace to be inhabited. Although he knocked for a length of time, nobody answered, so the king had them bring a vintner's ladder, for he himself would climb up and search the house, to discover what was inside. Thus he climbed up and entered, and looked in all the rooms, and nooks, and corners, and was amazed to find no living person there. At last he came to the salon, and when the king beheld Talia, who seemed to be enchanted, he believed that she was asleep, and he called her, but she remained unconscious. Crying aloud, he beheld her charms and felt his blood course hotly through his veins. He lifted her in his arms, and carried her to a bed, where he gathered the first fruits of love. Leaving her on the bed, he returned to his own kingdom, where, in the pressing business of his realm, he for a time thought no more about this incident.

    Now after nine months Talia delivered two beautiful children, one a boy and the other a girl. In them could be seen two rare jewels, and they were attended by two fairies, who came to that palace, and put them at their mother's breasts. Once, however, they sought the nipple, and not finding it, began to suck on Talia's fingers, and they sucked so much that the splinter of flax came out. Talia awoke as if from a long sleep, and seeing beside her two priceless gems, she held them to her breast, and gave them the nipple to suck, and the babies were dearer to her than her own life. Finding herself alone in that palace with two children by her side, she did not know what had happened to her; but she did notice that the table was set, and food and drink were brought in to her, although she did not see any attendants.

    https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0410.html

  • Can you see magic eye pictures?
  • Yes. They require stereoscopic vision. When I was doing research on 3D displays about 10% of subjects had to be rejected because they were stereo blind. They had no idea they were that way.

    One woman said that explains why she had the nickname clunk in high school. She had a habit of rearending cars.

  • Anyone dream of this?
  • It's way worse in the original story.

    It's a cursed thorn that keeps her asleep. Prince comes along and rapes her in her sleep. Then leaves her pregnant and still unconscious.

    Nine months later she gives birth. The baby crawls up searching for a nipple and starts nursing on her finger. It sucks the thorn out of her finger lifting the curse and she wakes up.

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  • Back when cell phones were uncommon I did the sentence merge thing. When the GF came home I said "Hi mom." Instead of "Hi [GF], your mom called." She and her coworker who had come over for dinner didn't know what to say.

  • "Insect Hive Queen" (Art by Aeolys)
  • I think Royalty is a must have for me. Combat is a big part of the game and it improves it a lot.

    Psycasts give you options beyond a big firing line. Ultra tech swords, hammers, shields, and much better armor make melee useful. With those combined you can play a tall colony instead of a wide colony.

    It also adds more interesting reward quests.

    After that ideology vs boitech is what interests you.

    Ideology allows you to change what makes your pawns happy or sad and what they are good at. It also gives access to reverse ageing and fixing scars and missing parts.

    Lots of role play with mechanics. So you can be transhumanist, mad max raiders, drug cults, or nature loving hippies.

    Biotech adds child birth, genetics, genetic engineering, vampires, robots and pollution. The genetics are somewhat OP but fun. The robots ate kind of meh.

    Pollution is a fun idea but implemented in a very dumb way. It's basicly stockpile this stuff until late game when you get a magic pollution destroying machine. I would like a mid game option that gives something to do with it even if it's complicated and time consuming.

  • RimWorld - Odyssey expansion and update 1.6 out now!
  • I've played a lot of rimworld and I think the main problem with it is the developers solution to difficulty after the early game is just more and bigger raids.

    Everybody starts building kill boxes to deal with raids being the only challenge after midgame. Developers response is new types of raids that bypass kill boxes (drop, breacher).

    Give us some different threats or ways to mitigate raids like paying off raiders or building outposts.

  • www.cbsnews.com Delta plane crashes, flips upside down while landing in Toronto from Minneapolis

    Authorities say 21 people are injured after a Delta Air Lines plane flipped upside down while landing amid wintry conditions Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

    Delta plane crashes, flips upside down while landing in Toronto from Minneapolis

    Authorities say at least 18 people are injured after a Delta Air Lines plane flipped upside down while landing amid wintry conditions Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

    The Federal Aviation Administration says 80 people were aboard Flight 4819, which originated from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

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    www.theguardian.com Baltimore bridge collapses into river after being hit by cargo ship

    Mayor says rescue efforts are under way after vessel crashed into Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending vehicles into water

    Baltimore bridge collapses into river after being hit by cargo ship

    A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a large boat collided with it early on Tuesday morning, sending multiple vehicles into the water.

    At about 1.30am, a vessel crashed into the bridge, catching fire before sinking and causing multiple vehicles to fall into the water below, according to a video posted on X.

    “All lanes closed both directions for incident on I-695 Key Bridge. Traffic is being detoured,” the Maryland Transportation Authority posted on X.

    Matthew West, a petty officer first class for the coastguard in Baltimore, told the New York Times that the coastguard received a report of an impact at 1.27am ET. West said the Dali, a 948ft (29 metres) Singapore-flagged cargo ship, had hit the bridge, which is part of Interstate 695.

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