limflick

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Comment · 4 months ago
Finally a job safe from AI!
Comment · 4 months ago
Hell, Google pays Junior Engineers less than that in Bangalore.
Comment · 4 months ago
Could you give me an example differentiating detail oriented work vs analysis oriented work?
Comment · 4 months ago
I was shopping for washing machines last summer and looking at huge "AI" stickers on the more expensive ones gave me a headache.
Comment · 4 months ago
>obfuscate your privacy.

Edward Snowden says hello.

Comment · 4 months ago
> they consistently fail to understand the very delicate choices that it made to ensure optimal performance.

Do you have an example?

Comment · 4 months ago
I'd imagine it'd be a reasonable tradeoff for disabled people who can't use their hands.
Comment · 4 months ago
As someone who's still learning English, this is one thing I'd never use AI for, at least not in the near future, simply because thinking and structuring my thoughts before typing is the same as it is before speaking and actually talking to other people can't be outsourced to AI.

But I imagine if I'd been a native speaker I wouldn't mind using AI like OC does since it's a convenience. Same way I use a calculator for two digit multiplications in real life but spent years learning to do it manually in school.

Comment · 4 months ago
Phrasing, I wasn't blaming anyone, just curious about the technicalities.
Comment · 4 months ago
Couldn't that also cause glitches since optimizations meant for HL2 might not work for, say San Andreas? I understand some optimizations might be universal but I can't help but think about unexpected behavior.
Comment · 4 months ago
> to rename the game executable to hl2.exe

This seems genuinely unbelievable. Does anyone have a technical explanation for this?

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Comment · 4 months ago
That's what all the Physicists tell me.
Comment · 5 months ago
I always think about how relatively bug-free older games like GTA San Andreas are, since if they ship with some game breaking bug it's pretty much permanent. You could say this about software in general, but with games, especially non-linear ones I'd imagine there'd be more edge cases involved (I've never developed a full game myself, so I can only speculate).

In paper mario 64 (20001), there was a game breaking bug where I got enough star points (or whatever they're called) and got the prompt asking me to level up. But I was already levelled up to the max, and the game wouldn't let me proceed without levelling up. I couldn't roll back to the previous save game because every time I beat the boss I'd get enough points asking me to level up again and I'd be stuck. These days a simple patch would do the trick.

I can't imagine a game like Cyberpunk 2077 coming out in 2004 in the state that it did.

Comment · 5 months ago
AGI in the next 20 years is more likely than all the roads in my country getting fixed anytime in the future.

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