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  • Can a chatbot be a co-author? AI helps crack a long-stalled gluon amplitude proof

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  • Absolutely not. It’s a tool that they used successfully, and they can put it in their method or whatever, but it’s not a person. We never describe other scientific applications as authors, even though they are often essential to reaching a goal or understanding. Think about all those proofs using computer based exhaustion methods and the like. I think people are confused because an LLM interacts so human like. But it is still quite a logical statistical algorithm, as long as we don’t go towards genuine general intelligence with reasoning capabilities and an own identity / “soul”, it is absurd to act like it’s a person. And the situation of a truly conscious and independent AI is still very far off, if it’s even possible at all, in my opinion.

  • Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue

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  • What types of projects do you contribute to? Do you indicate that your contributions are done using AI?

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    The Witness, 10 Years Later, Still Refuses To Explain Itself

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  • Doesn't that depend on the sudoku though?

    Or do you mean that there were puzzles that were harder to solve than even the hardest sudokus in the world?

  • Europeans set to launch an alternative to X. It’s called W

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  • I am a huge proponent of privacy, anonymity and freedom of information and I also totally support this idea.

    A public place where people have to speak as their public selves is useful to have and doesn't mean other spaces have to be removed. Especially for official communication from public entities, I prefer them to use this than some other sites that are rampant with bots, imposters and the like.

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    Gaming as an exercise in trust, growing and healing.

  • What are some albums that mean way more to you than the sum of their parts?

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  • A very different vibe, but

    A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets

    The songs on this album are all good, but as a whole, this is one of my favorite albums ever. I'm not even really into this genre (rap / hiphop...) but the story it tells and the way it delivers is so human and recognizable that it is ingrained in my soul forever.

    Life, falling in and out of love, friends, doubts, it is all delivered in such a pure and honest way. The final song is just the cherry on top and has one of the biggest catharsis moments in any music.

  • Christmas / New Year Steam Game Giveaway

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  • Yeah that one really felt like a perfect match!

  • Christmas / New Year Steam Game Giveaway

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  • As you can see in the amount of games and genres I hovered up last year(s), I am interested in a lot of stuff.

    Mostly interesting, meaningful games which are not too long and have a good narrative or emotional impact. I also love a good puzzle game, as there the emotional impact comes from solving the puzzle and appreciating the design. But also big blockbuster experiences if they are well designed and have a captivating narrative. My favorite games I played this year are:

    • The Last of Us Part I
    • Monument Valley
    • God of War Ragnarok
    • The Case of the Golden Idol (waiting for a price dip on the sequel)
    • Thank Goodness You're Here!
    • If Found...
    • Outlast
    • Platonic
    • Cocoon
    • The Walking Dead: The Final Season

  • Christmas / New Year Steam Game Giveaway

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  • I've done a few, but must sleep now, I'll continue tomorrow morning :)!

  • Christmas / New Year Steam Game Giveaway

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  • How old is your daughter?

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    Christmas / New Year Steam Game Giveaway

  • What is the most overrated game gamers hype up?

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  • This is an ideal scenario for piracy I feel. I pirated it at first, unsure if it would be for me. Now I own it on both Switch and Steam :).

  • What is the most overrated game gamers hype up?

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  • Most certainly! I've been playing this game for ages so I 'm unsure what advice is beginner friendly and what not, but let's see...

    1. Indeed, use any opportunity to throw away one of your starting Strikes (and to a lesser extent, the Defends). Strikes are by far the worst non-curse cards, dealing only 6 damage for 1 cost and taking up a slot in your five card draw each turn. You'll obtain way better cards and want to increase the chance of drawing those, which is why you really want to remove bad cards as frequently as possible. (At shops and events).
    2. Do not avoid elites! These are the special looking enemies on the map and they are the only fights who drop Relics. Having good Relics and building your deck around them is essential to winning this game!
    3. Don't pick a card at the end of every fight, only pick the cards that you really want. A small but predictable deck is way better than a massive deck full of OK cards. Seriously, this is one of the most important things I learned, the skip button is there to be used.
    4. Pick cards and relics that increase card draw. A big issue in Slay the Spire is drawing a bad hand and not having the necessary cards for that turn in hand. Lots of cards, relics and potions will allow you to draw extra cards during your turn, which can often make the difference between life and death in this game. Especially towards the end when you have more energy, it becomes extremely important to be able to spend it on good cards, and increasing the cards you draw per turn gives you more options to play good cards.
    5. Finally, keep trying. Different enemy types attack in their own pattern every time. Even when you lose, you start to learn their mechanics and how to best counteract those. There are three elite types per act, and three end boss types per act. For the end bosses, you can actually see on the map which one you will have at the end of the current act! So in total, there are "only" 9 different bosses* and 9 different elites. Once you get to know them, you'll realize their strengths and weaknesses!

    There is a tenth secret boss at the true ending, but let's not dwell on that for now :). Suffice it to say that the pro players have win streaks of 20+ on the highest ascension difficulty (ascension 20) while always taking on this extra final boss. So this game is insanely tactical and almost any run can be salvaged to win even on the highest difficulty!

    Enjoy your journey :). Oh, and start with Ironclad, he's the most straightforward character!

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  • Did you ever give Slay the Spire a go? I was also quite sceptical about roguelikes, but now it is by far my most played game ever at a whopping 600 hours.

    The beauty of it is that it is quite easy to understand, but with an incredible amount of depth to it. You'll start out having trouble winning your first ever run, but that's when the fun begins. There are 4 characters, each with their play style and cards, and there are 20 ascensions to unlock, each being a more difficult version of a standard run. In the end, you'll gain such a deep understanding of the balancing and tradeoffs at play that you can't not be amazed at this achievement in game design. Baalorlord is a great YouTuber and Twitch streamer who is also one of the best players in the world. He was able to do a consecutive winstreak of 20 wins on the highest ascension, showing that this game is RNG based but has a tremendous amount of skill involved too.

  • We Are All antifa Now

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  • A nice article. I share the author's dislike of Antifa techniques and behavior and also see it as not constructive. Counterproductive, but in no way terrorist. However, this designating of Antifa as a terrorist organization allows them to take any form of dissent and claim it is Antifa, in effect turning any form of protest into a crime. Nasty stuff, literal forced radicalization so that any form of opposition can be characterized as crazy, violent and dangerous for the rest of the population, which is almost never actually the case.

  • Remember episodic gaming? Former Telltale devs are bringing it back for the release of Dispatch, and there's a chance it might work this time | Eurogamer

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  • Telltale was severely mismanaged. They expanded way too quickly and created incredible amounts of debt based on the idea that all their games would be as successful as The Walking Dead. I do believe that there is a place for episodic adventure games, just with a small enough scope and expectations.

  • Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive

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  • You can read it if you add archive.ph/ in front of the link (replace the www with it). It really is a well written article. I also don't like paywalls, but I like good journalism and as they are still figuring out a way to earn money on the web I also understand their choice for these types of strategies.

  • Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn

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  • There is a difference between telling and putting videos on the internet of you masturbating.

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  • As someone who lives in Europe (Belgium), this sounds absolutely insane. If a prison were to do something like this here it would be all over the news! Simply disgusting.

  • Japan’s national library says it won’t be preserving Switch 2 Game-Key Cards | VGC

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  • In Belgium publishers are obligated to send a single copy to the national library, so in that case the only public funding that is wasted is the extra storage space, which would be rather minimal. I don't know if Japan has similar rules, but I wouldn't call it a "massive" waste compared to some other places where public money is spent.

    I studied some courses on archival, so I am probably biased. I think preservation is important, and even in this case I would prefer for them to be archived too, as the box and box art are also part of the piece and of cultural significance.

  • Israeli military says first stages of assault on Gaza City have begun

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  • This just makes me so incredibly sad. I don't know how it is in other countries, but here in Belgium, and by extension some of Europe, the public is becoming more and more aligned with the Palestinians and even governments are starting to stir. It's just so fucking sad that it has to take so many lost lives and homes before anything gets going...

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    "Beehive", an unnofficial, unsanctioned, unassociated Mineclonia server with seed "beehaw" is up!

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    Join the "beehaw" seeded Luanti server (Minecraft clone)

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    Let's discuss: God of War

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    Let's discuss: Donkey Kong

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    It's my birthday today

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    Let's discuss: Grand Theft Auto

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    Let's discuss: Pokémon

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    Quick UFO 50 Cartridge Appreciation Post

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    Let's discuss: Like a Dragon / Yakuza

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    Let's discuss: Assassin's Creed

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    Let's discuss: UFO 50

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    Let's discuss: Platformers

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    Let's discuss: Uplifting Games

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    Recommend me your favorite linear games!

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    Let's discuss: Final Fantasy

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    Let's discuss: Visual Novels

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    The Midnight Walk - Reveal Trailer

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    Hell is Us - Gameplay Reveal Trailer