Lenguador

Lenguador, 11 months ago

So, thus far, the cost of ITER is less than the Manhattan project, but it has taken longer. The adage that it is easier to destroy than to create comes to mind.

It does seem like ITER could be more transparent, but the article is overly hyperbolic about one of the most important civil works going over time and budget.

America has spent 5x the ITER budget on Ukraine so far (and rightly so). I wish we lived in a world where that money could have supported research projects like this instead.

Lenguador, 11 months ago

The article also contrasts Intel's quantum computer strategy vs others, it's not just the announcement in the title.

Lenguador, 11 months ago

Soul Reaver.

The game has a strong atmosphere, with an interesting gameplay mechanic where you can move between the underworld and the overworld. In the underworld, the geometry of everything twists and warps and different enemies spawn, which adds another dimension to the puzzle elements of the game.

The world building, atmosphere, voice acting, music, puzzles, and combat are all great for the time.

There's an upscaled version of the opening cinematic here to get a feel for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkkmm9vqbHQ

Lenguador, 11 months ago

Another reason to block an instance is language. For example, https://feddit.de is a non-English language instance, I'll never interact with anything from there.

Though, perhaps that's a separate issue. Maybe users should be able to set their language(s) and content can be blocked if it's not in your language(s).

Probably best to do it hierarchically, where instances have a default language, magazines can override the default instance language, and posts can overwrite the default magazine language.

Lenguador, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

There's already:

https://kbin.social/m/ai
https://kbin.social/m/ArtificialIntelligence
https://kbin.social/m/machinelearning

I don't think the UI is doing the heavy lifting to make these links easy to use outside of kbin. To join from, for example, lemmy.world, I think you write: https://lemmy.world/c/ai@kbin.social

But unfortunately, federation is still a bit broken.

Lenguador, 11 months ago

Yeah, on closer inspection it looks like kbin is still having federation issues

Lenguador, 11 months ago

Inspired by this photograph

Lenguador, 11 months ago

Old fantasy books often come with low resolution grey-scale maps. I enjoy taking those, making SVG copies, and colorizing them.

Lenguador, 11 months ago

Really glad to hear it, thanks!

I enjoy a lot of Feist's earlier works. If you've only read The Riftwar Saga, I strongly recommend Daughter of the Empire as he really fleshes out the Tsuranuanni.

The Serpentwar Saga and The Conclave of Shadows are two other series of his I'd recommend as well.

Lenguador, 11 months ago

Your images aren't working for me (I get 404 when I click the link).

But I understand what you're getting at and I agree it would be better.

Another improvement would be to put the magazine in the post as well, because in mobile you have to scroll all the way to the bottom to remind yourself which magazine you're in.

Lenguador, 11 months ago

As in, "I made this content, I'm not posting content I found somewhere else".

Lenguador, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

Various ideas, maybe mix and match.

1. Increasing censorship and fragmentation. Other countries follow in China's footsteps and the internet of the future looks more like islands than a global web.
2. Augmented Reality: similar to how your phone without the internet is increasingly becoming abnormal, so to does experiencing the world without augmentation become an uncommon and alien thing. The internet becomes stereoscopic and omnipresent.
3. Companion Robots: Now you can touch the internet. Not only do you have your ideal sexual companion, but also a friend and a slave and a savant. For the first time, humans no longer have any advantage over technology. The value of human companionship declines, and birth rates plummet. You rarely browse internet forums anymore, you talk with your companion, who interacts on your behalf and presents a social interface for you.
4. Neural Link: the is no longer anything meditating your connection to the internet/technology. The internet is as much a part of you as your hand
5. Artificial intelligence becomes so good that it replaces everything in the internet. You no longer talk to people, you talk to stimulated people. You no longer choose a movie to watch, you describe what you want to see and it's generated live
6. AI becomes so powerful that there is no need to work. Your neural implants are so stimulating there is no need to move. You have no purpose and no ability to avoid succumbing to the reward signals evolution has hardwired into your brain

Lenguador, 11 months ago

I'll certainly watch Dune. Denis Villeneuve did an excellent job creating a strong atmosphere, particularly the audio.

Blue Beetle looks like a stock standard super hero movie. I've been bored of those for a while, so will give it a pass.

Wes Anderson has a strong style in Asteroid City, but I just don't see how that style improves the experience. Whatever he's trying to do, it's not something that speaks to me. Though I do like the idea of a deadpan/casual approach to an alien invasion.

None of the other movies interest me.

Lenguador, 11 months ago

Why not allow magazines to form mini federations? So magazines across instances (or even in the same instance) could agree to share posts.
Then, when you post to a magazine, you can choose to post just to that magazine or to all federated magazines.

Lenguador, 11 months ago

I mentioned here how it would be good to allow magazines themselves to federate, to reduce community fragmentation.

Certainly already there's m/ai, m/artificialintelligence, and m/machinelearning on this instance alone. It feels a bit spammy to post to all three (plus extra work).