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yon

@yon@sakurajima.moe

I like anime and manga.

Gunpla is fun!

Computers are fun too, sometimes.

Video games can entertainโ€ฆ

I blog now!

I can code.

This should be updated further at some point really. Or should it?

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fujiwara, to random
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Am I just dumb or are the menu layouts in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth just a little cluttered?

yon,
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@fujiwara Iโ€™ve been playing Fallout 4, the menus are FF7:R are amazing in comparison:)

18+ anianimalsmoe, to Anime
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Holo's new wolf form in Spice & Wolf looks more like a big dog than a scary wolf. I mean, a giant dog is still scary, but I'm not sure they got their art references right.

yon,
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@anianimalsmoe That looks cuddly. A real wolf is a lot more respect inspiring for sure.

anianimalsmoe, to random
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Ok, my tooth pain is probably from a tooth with dying nerves (RIP ๐Ÿฆท). Gonna do a root canal. Also, all my existing fillings are busted and leaking.

This is gonna cost me ๐Ÿ’ธ.

yon,
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@anianimalsmoe :( Take care!

chikorita157, to random
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Forgot about this one, but Kaori shown with a lip fang.

yon,
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@chikorita157 And Iโ€™m all โ€œI like how that actually looks like a Fender bass and not some noodle monstrosityโ€:)

anianimalsmoe, to manga
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Oh, so like shitty AI translated anime on Crunchyroll, but for manga. 19 million dollars series A investment to flood the market with mistranslations?!

They claim that a translator is going to do a double check, but at that speed that they promise, very sus.

This AI boom is getting annoying

https://www.cbr.com/manga-ai-translation-international-release/

yon,
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@chikorita157 @anianimalsmoe Swedish and English is quite close and it still wonโ€™t work well.

I think because a good translation for fiction needs to be creative, not generative. It canโ€™t draw from a table of potential options as it misses the cultural aspects for instance.

Itโ€™s not that a lot of these algorithms are useless, itโ€™s that someone is hellbent on cutting staff.

Wish I knew Japanese. Only language with a lot of entertainment I want direct access to. Honestly can do without the rest. Which is kind of odd.

yon,
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@anianimalsmoe @chikorita157 Thereโ€™s a tipping point where the tools stop helping I think. Like a bell curve.

For instance dictionaries must have helped. Ways to look up cultural aspects as well. Stuff like rhyming dictionaries and thesauruses. Then digital versions instead of paper. Editing on computers instead of however the analog way worked.

But to get a worse translation to fix has got to be more work, if itโ€™s suppose to end up being a good one. Because itโ€™s not grammar/words only, as we know. Itโ€™s like translating in jokes basically.

They clearly want to not have staff at all. And I think thereโ€™s where the WGA/AGA failed. Because they didnโ€™t want to be copied, when the goal is to remove them all together. U.S. laws wonโ€™t matter when itโ€™s all made on some low cost country server park in the end.

While I donโ€™t like bad translations and bad experiences, itโ€™s something Iโ€™ve lived with anyways. They always underpaid translators and shitty customer service is pretty much a staple.

What I think is a big proper issue is the further pooling of wealth due to all this. In simplified terms, if weโ€™d taxed AI (and other post scarcity services some made a killing on) and used it for real livable UBI there would be more of a pressure to produce better entertainment (and services and other things).

I mean thereโ€™s groups of people who translate manga without getting paid now. If it wasnโ€™t illegal and they didnโ€™t need to live off it I think they would keep doing it. As a hobby.

(Sorry slightly uncoherent. Been some tough months lately:/ Hope the general idea came through.)

anianimalsmoe, to random
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Definitely have an infection causing fever and delusions. Literally when I close my eyes, I'm suddenly fletching arrows in some Japanese setting, and when I open them, I'm sweating all over my pillow feeling feverish (but not actually at fever temps yet).

My fever dreams when I was young used to be space-sci fi themed, so I'm familiar with this situation.

yon,
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@anianimalsmoe Only had fever dreams a few times, always nightmarish in a mundane way. As in personal situations vs The Great Old Ones horror.

unseenjapan, to Japan
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A restaurant in Tokyo had to close temporarily after its owner ranted on social media about a non-Japanese couple who came to the store. Learn why the remarks are so controversial - and how some Japanese restaurants are struggling with the influx of tourists.

https://unseen-japan.com/izakaya-closes-japanese-only-controversy/

yon,
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@unseenjapan I absolutely see that if you move and live somewhere you should learn the local language. I mean, I did. So Iโ€™ve got that going for me.

But the idea that you canโ€™t go anywhere you donโ€™t know the language is just silly.

I do understand that tourist arrive and behave very disruptive. Iโ€™m not ok with that. Pretty sure nobody took offense when I visited Tokyo in the late 90s. I was pretty quiet and generally respectful.

But not knowing the language is silly. Thereโ€™s also far better solutions to this. For instance those apps to find places to eat? Have them list only places that can help people out who speaks other languages.

Also put photos in your menus, or make a simpler menu with photos. I ordered food by pointing several times by myself. Worked wonders:)

My Japanese history is spotty. I only know little bits and pieces. But it feels like thereโ€™s a wave of isolation going on again. Which would be a terrible thing in my opinion. Hopefully things turn out differently.

neatchee, to random
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I'm honestly annoyed with PC gamers' response to Helldivers 2 requiring PSN accounts.

Refunding a game you've played for >200hrs because you have to make a new account? It's so childish.

If you're worried about a data breach or something, do what most security-conscious people do: use a unique username/password.

If you're in one of the few countries where PSN isn't an option you have a legit argument once they actually lock you out but the devs already say they're working on that problem.

If you're getting btfo because Sony wants your gameplay data, I have no sympathy.

I have plenty of issues with Sony. This ain't one of them

yon,
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@neatchee Gameplay data? As in statistics on what people do or donโ€™t do in games? Just trying to figure out what you meant by it.

I donโ€™t think statistics is inherently bad, and Iโ€™m not surprised if company A knows I bought product B from them.

The scary part is when they start tracking important things on individuals. Anyone that can pull out health, religion, race, sex, gender, etc on individuals is a huge issue.

yon,
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@neatchee Yeah I was guessing it was something like that. Itโ€™s going to be โ€œYon plays a game in genre a, letโ€™s push another game in genre aโ€ after all.

I mean it doesnโ€™t even remotely work on me, but the in game metrics to improve things would be nice, or what type of games people like.

That said, if I was in charge of the giants like Nintendo, Sony, or XBox Iโ€™d run a bunch one 5-20 people studios whose sole job it is to make one game a year. Small Indy styles. To find new genres.

Having more accounts is a pita, but this ainโ€™t the worst Iโ€™ve seen. At least itโ€™s not a Bethesda account when you are on XBox (thatโ€™s where you should save, merge all accounts into one and have those people work on something better).

yon,
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@neatchee Thinking more in general. Ending up with a lot more accounts than I can manage really. Everything wants a dang account:/

Iโ€™d say some companies just want the statistics, but others very clearly want to hone in on individuals. Sadly any tries to stop it is just cost of doing business:(

But the general anger around a game isnโ€™t proportional. Itโ€™s a โ€œswear a bit by yourselfโ€ thing, not an act out one. Itโ€™s not SCOTUS taking away human rights. Itโ€™s a game.

(And Iโ€™m saying that as a gamer that seriously donโ€™t want to loose saves and such things.)

yon,
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@neatchee One of the reasons why I think accounts should be separate for the fediverse. Would be nice to be able to use one sign in for multiple servers and types of servers and have multiple identities with that.

Imho.

(Also a serious, and sad thought. If a single game is your whole identity, you are addicted and it could affect your life.)

chikorita157, to VintageComputing
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Apparently, you cannot install After Dark 4 on a Japanese version of Mac OS 8.6.

Wait, region locking was a thing. :meowfacepalm:

yon,
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@chikorita157 Wasnโ€™t the Japanese version of After Dark updated separately? I remember hearing about that.

yon,
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@chikorita157 I believe the Japanese version was sold by a different company so itโ€™s a Japanese only version. But thatโ€™s what Iโ€™m trying to remember from conversations. Not actually used it myself.

anianimalsmoe, to random
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    yon,
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    @anianimalsmoe So sorry to hear this:( Itโ€™s really stressful.

    chikorita157, to random
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    Of course ATT is doing this because of lack of competition, basically an oligopoly.

    All Telco and Cable companies should be treated like a utility.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/att-announces-7-monthly-add-on-fee-for-turbo-5g-speeds/

    yon,
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    @chikorita157 All utilities should be ran by the government.

    Internet and telephony should be utilities.

    Treated isnโ€™t good enough, stuff like water and electricity has gotten privatized with terrible results:(

    Oh and energy shouldnโ€™t be private either. Imho.

    skinnylatte, to food
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    As an immigrant I can find approximates of the food I miss in Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indian and Indonesian spots but the stuff I really miss: random โ€˜cheap foodโ€™ and โ€˜Malaysian / Singaporean Hakka versions of colonial British foodโ€™. No one does food in those categories, obviously. (If youโ€™ve ever visited and been puzzled by โ€˜western foodโ€™ thatโ€™s what it is: a Hakka take on 1800s British officer canteen food, for reasons. Like colonialism)

    Now making โ€˜cheapo breakfast glutinous riceโ€™

    yon,
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    @skinnylatte As a Scandinavian in the U.S. I miss good bread. Seems we canโ€™t get it here:(

    yon,
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    @skinnylatte I swear itโ€™s the flour and/or yeast. I canโ€™t even succeed with baking myself:( And Iโ€™ve succeeded with baking in the past.

    yon,
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    @skinnylatte Iโ€™ve heard that King Arthur and Red Mill is highly regarded. Should give that a go.

    Lots of types of flour I canโ€™t even get here. Which is a bummer. Because a lot of the good stuff isnโ€™t white bread.

    anianimalsmoe, to Anime
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    I keep hearing stuff like the Solo Leveling BluRay flopping, but people always forget that streaming, overseas revenue, merch, and collabs form a majority of an anime's income compared to disks.

    Some estimates say that disk sales were ~20% of anime income in 2006 but is less than 1% in 2022. Otaku mass buying BRs is a thing of the past

    yon,
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    @anianimalsmoe Arenโ€™t they selling in the 1,000-20,000 range in the first week? Anime BD canโ€™t be much of an income for them. Almost a loss even.

    fujiwara, to random
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    I wish I could just delete my Microsoft Teams account so users are forced to put in tickets instead of messaging me just saying "HELP" :ChikaREEEE:

    yon,
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    @fujiwara Put an AI chatbot to work:)

    Have it ask all the questions you need answered and then say you will get back to them, but the both field the ticket.

    (Wish I was just joking, but honestly I think it would work!)

    Also: Neuro-Sama. The zingers:) That would be a good service rep.

    anianimalsmoe, to Anime
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    I guess this is where all the animation budget of the Spice & Wolf remake went.

    A wolf girl moving her ears and hands around

    yon,
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    @anianimalsmoe I need Haro ear flaps :)

    chikorita157, to apple

    The Power Macintosh 8100 Project โ€“ Part I โ€“ Initial Setup

    https://amausaan.tokyo/the-power-macintosh-8100-project-part-i-inital-setup/

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    yon,
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    @chikorita157 No anime themed desktop etc?:)

    yon,
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    @chikorita157 @chikorita157 Post screenshots when it happens :)

    Wish I could type a TM on the phone. I can on Mac keyboards.

    chikorita157, to random
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    Still setting up the games on the Power Macintosh 8100. You might be wondering, why just use the G4 MDD.

    With some older games, it might need 16, 4 bit, or black and white color modes, which the modern PowerPC Mac (G3 and G4) can't even do. I did run out of memory trying to load Macintosh Garden in Claszilla and Finder crashed, wanting me to reboot the machine. Also playing early and mid 90s games runs better on a period correct Mac.

    Maybe maxing out the RAM might be a good idea, so I can turn off virtual memory for good.

    The machine will fly when the G3 accelerator is installed.

    yon,
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    @chikorita157 Also locking you out of your computer is BS. Iโ€™m all for the tech in general, as long as Iโ€™m in charge. I.e. I want to turn it on, and I donโ€™t want it required.

    Also open the damn specs. Iโ€™m very mild with these things, but specs should be open.

    They are working on Linux (which you probably knew), and have gotten pretty far. Super impressed by all their work. And it doesnโ€™t just benefit Linux itself, anyone else now have open source code available.

    3-5 years, and support two generations back. Itโ€™s not like they canโ€™t update it/bring out new versions of apps and new apps etc. Even add new APIs. Just keep things stable for us users. Plus no change for the sake of change or even worse, partial updates that are then abandoned:(

    Itโ€™s suppose to be mature software.

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