Zerk Dungbit
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Being considerate of others is conducive to social cohesion?
Wow. Who'd have thunk it.
Wow. Who'd have thunk it.
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Being considerate of others is conducive to social cohesion?
Wow. Who'd have thunk it.
Wow. Who'd have thunk it.
It's basically because they had an insane degree of data duplication to reduce HDD load times...
...which they apparently never actually benchmarked(???), and it turned out to be completely unnecessary.
...which they apparently never actually benchmarked(???), and it turned out to be completely unnecessary.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's basically because they had an insane degree of data duplication to reduce HDD load times...
...which they apparently never actually benchmarked(???), and it turned out to be completely unnecessary.
...which they apparently never actually benchmarked(???), and it turned out to be completely unnecessary.
Bootleg Clue board ahh house
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bootleg Clue board ahh house
Neither option holds water.
This admin demonstrably does not need elaborate "false flags". They can make stuff up whole-cloth and it works just as well, because people who like them want to believe it.
A jihadist would not need a several-year infiltration op just to shoot two random NG members.
This admin demonstrably does not need elaborate "false flags". They can make stuff up whole-cloth and it works just as well, because people who like them want to believe it.
A jihadist would not need a several-year infiltration op just to shoot two random NG members.
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Neither option holds water.
This admin demonstrably does not need elaborate "false flags". They can make stuff up whole-cloth and it works just as well, because people who like them want to believe it.
A jihadist would not need a several-year infiltration op just to shoot two random NG members.
This admin demonstrably does not need elaborate "false flags". They can make stuff up whole-cloth and it works just as well, because people who like them want to believe it.
A jihadist would not need a several-year infiltration op just to shoot two random NG members.
Ooh, is that poseable or static?
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ooh, is that poseable or static?
It's because the debate usually works backwards from the conclusion and basically serves as a vector to fight over in-group/out-group status. It's not something most people have an interest in solving from a scientific basis, and therefore it will be recycled forever by definition.
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It's because the debate usually works backwards from the conclusion and basically serves as a vector to fight over in-group/out-group status. It's not something most people have an interest in solving from a scientific basis, and therefore it will be recycled forever by definition.
True, and therein lies the deeper realization.
Modern people have the luxury of believing or disbelieving stuff because they want to, or because they don't care.
The problem is fundamental. AI just lends it a layer of deniability which is convenient, but was never mandatory.
Modern people have the luxury of believing or disbelieving stuff because they want to, or because they don't care.
The problem is fundamental. AI just lends it a layer of deniability which is convenient, but was never mandatory.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
True, and therein lies the deeper realization.
Modern people have the luxury of believing or disbelieving stuff because they want to, or because they don't care.
The problem is fundamental. AI just lends it a layer of deniability which is convenient, but was never mandatory.
Modern people have the luxury of believing or disbelieving stuff because they want to, or because they don't care.
The problem is fundamental. AI just lends it a layer of deniability which is convenient, but was never mandatory.
...and that's why they call it the liver, baby!
The way it just *snaps fingers* keeps on livin'!
The way it just *snaps fingers* keeps on livin'!
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
...and that's why they call it the liver, baby!
The way it just *snaps fingers* keeps on livin'!
The way it just *snaps fingers* keeps on livin'!
Computer, one pickle, 15 inches in diameter.
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Computer, one pickle, 15 inches in diameter.
It really is the perfect storm - Mamdani is just a natural at being charming, and Trump is incredibly vulnerable to flattery and well known for holding opinions solely on the basis of who he talked to last.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It really is the perfect storm - Mamdani is just a natural at being charming, and Trump is incredibly vulnerable to flattery and well known for holding opinions solely on the basis of who he talked to last.
(The fundamental difference between the parties in question, then, is that one acknowledges that minimizing the evil is good in principle which leaves the way open for improvement, while the other intrinsically disbelieves this at best and actively revels in the evil at worst.)
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
(The fundamental difference between the parties in question, then, is that one acknowledges that minimizing the evil is good in principle which leaves the way open for improvement, while the other intrinsically disbelieves this at best and actively revels in the evil at worst.)
A lot of folks also do not reckon with the aspect that evil is a constant. Even with good intentions and the best of times, someone somewhere gets screwed. You're not going to eliminate this, but you can minimize it.
The idea that your system will avoid it is only tenable as long as it is imaginary.
The idea that your system will avoid it is only tenable as long as it is imaginary.
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A lot of folks also do not reckon with the aspect that evil is a constant. Even with good intentions and the best of times, someone somewhere gets screwed. You're not going to eliminate this, but you can minimize it.
The idea that your system will avoid it is only tenable as long as it is imaginary.
The idea that your system will avoid it is only tenable as long as it is imaginary.
Tbf it's sort of redundant because you could add "(furries)" to the end of literally any named entity here and it would work.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Tbf it's sort of redundant because you could add "(furries)" to the end of literally any named entity here and it would work.
Can't really blame them, the cables are rich in fiber.
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Can't really blame them, the cables are rich in fiber.
...literally everywhere?
"Don't die" is kind of like the singularity of motivations, where normal politics breaks down.
"Don't die" is kind of like the singularity of motivations, where normal politics breaks down.
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
...literally everywhere?
"Don't die" is kind of like the singularity of motivations, where normal politics breaks down.
"Don't die" is kind of like the singularity of motivations, where normal politics breaks down.
To describe it another way, just the design emphasis in general is different. EFT is a lot more concerned about being milsim "realistic" in it's gunfights and everything else is kind of secondary to that, while ARC is way more concerned about being playable as a game and as a whole.
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
To describe it another way, just the design emphasis in general is different. EFT is a lot more concerned about being milsim "realistic" in it's gunfights and everything else is kind of secondary to that, while ARC is way more concerned about being playable as a game and as a whole.
There are a lot of mechanical differences, which make the flow of play very different.
Mainly, ARC's AI enemies are designed differently, ARC is in third person where EFT is in first, and ARC is on the whole way less harsh (progression is easier, gear difference is more subtle, TTK is longer).
Mainly, ARC's AI enemies are designed differently, ARC is in third person where EFT is in first, and ARC is on the whole way less harsh (progression is easier, gear difference is more subtle, TTK is longer).
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
There are a lot of mechanical differences, which make the flow of play very different.
Mainly, ARC's AI enemies are designed differently, ARC is in third person where EFT is in first, and ARC is on the whole way less harsh (progression is easier, gear difference is more subtle, TTK is longer).
Mainly, ARC's AI enemies are designed differently, ARC is in third person where EFT is in first, and ARC is on the whole way less harsh (progression is easier, gear difference is more subtle, TTK is longer).
This.
The market is extremely saturated, and even the most no-life players imaginable have a finite amount of time available. They're not gonna give up on a game they have a time investment in and cough up full price for a new release unless what they're offered actually looks notably impressive.
The market is extremely saturated, and even the most no-life players imaginable have a finite amount of time available. They're not gonna give up on a game they have a time investment in and cough up full price for a new release unless what they're offered actually looks notably impressive.
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This.
The market is extremely saturated, and even the most no-life players imaginable have a finite amount of time available. They're not gonna give up on a game they have a time investment in and cough up full price for a new release unless what they're offered actually looks notably impressive.
The market is extremely saturated, and even the most no-life players imaginable have a finite amount of time available. They're not gonna give up on a game they have a time investment in and cough up full price for a new release unless what they're offered actually looks notably impressive.
You of all people surely know. The media no longer has any tether to the founding principles of uncovering truth and informing people. They will simply do whatever it takes to maximize engagement, and this headline does that along several vectors (hype for some, ragebait/correctionbait for others).
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You of all people surely know. The media no longer has any tether to the founding principles of uncovering truth and informing people. They will simply do whatever it takes to maximize engagement, and this headline does that along several vectors (hype for some, ragebait/correctionbait for others).
Thing is, they have always existed in a spin cycle on this topic.
For a long while now, the unspoken synthesis MAGA position has been that child abuse is basically a property crime. Their political betters are divinely ordained to spend those children - Anyone else doing it is stealing from them.
For a long while now, the unspoken synthesis MAGA position has been that child abuse is basically a property crime. Their political betters are divinely ordained to spend those children - Anyone else doing it is stealing from them.
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Thing is, they have always existed in a spin cycle on this topic.
For a long while now, the unspoken synthesis MAGA position has been that child abuse is basically a property crime. Their political betters are divinely ordained to spend those children - Anyone else doing it is stealing from them.
For a long while now, the unspoken synthesis MAGA position has been that child abuse is basically a property crime. Their political betters are divinely ordained to spend those children - Anyone else doing it is stealing from them.
In the end, this is the inevitable end-game, isn't it?
One way or another, he's gonna go, and the grift sphere around him is only naturally inclined to find a way to juice that event, in whatever form it takes, for all it's worth (in money, clout, and political capital).
One way or another, he's gonna go, and the grift sphere around him is only naturally inclined to find a way to juice that event, in whatever form it takes, for all it's worth (in money, clout, and political capital).
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In the end, this is the inevitable end-game, isn't it?
One way or another, he's gonna go, and the grift sphere around him is only naturally inclined to find a way to juice that event, in whatever form it takes, for all it's worth (in money, clout, and political capital).
One way or another, he's gonna go, and the grift sphere around him is only naturally inclined to find a way to juice that event, in whatever form it takes, for all it's worth (in money, clout, and political capital).
This, and also, "using AI tools" is inherently an extremely ambiguous hackable metric to the point where it's basically worthless. E.g., you could make this claim and have it technically be true because a company uses a MS software environment and Teams has copilot in it now.
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This, and also, "using AI tools" is inherently an extremely ambiguous hackable metric to the point where it's basically worthless. E.g., you could make this claim and have it technically be true because a company uses a MS software environment and Teams has copilot in it now.
The russians already safari hunt civilians with drones themselves, and "selling literally anything for enough money" is kind of an institutional feature of the russian armed forces. Statistically, it feels like a given.
I guess the counter-proof is that offers of this would have leaked by now.
I guess the counter-proof is that offers of this would have leaked by now.
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The russians already safari hunt civilians with drones themselves, and "selling literally anything for enough money" is kind of an institutional feature of the russian armed forces. Statistically, it feels like a given.
I guess the counter-proof is that offers of this would have leaked by now.
I guess the counter-proof is that offers of this would have leaked by now.
Possible - I may have been confusing it because of it being the one where they definitively passed down M.
Anyway, even so, retconning that part would probably be the least insane way to make this work. That, or just giving up and declaring that every actor change (more or less) is a full reboot.
Anyway, even so, retconning that part would probably be the least insane way to make this work. That, or just giving up and declaring that every actor change (more or less) is a full reboot.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Possible - I may have been confusing it because of it being the one where they definitively passed down M.
Anyway, even so, retconning that part would probably be the least insane way to make this work. That, or just giving up and declaring that every actor change (more or less) is a full reboot.
Anyway, even so, retconning that part would probably be the least insane way to make this work. That, or just giving up and declaring that every actor change (more or less) is a full reboot.
(Yes, because in the larger scheme of things, this is also already true of literally every other soulsborne game's story)
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
(Yes, because in the larger scheme of things, this is also already true of literally every other soulsborne game's story)