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Happy birthday! 30 is a great age IMO because you're not yet old, but old enough to stop being seen as a kid.

I played through the end/epilogue again. Much more fitting close. This resolves my main criticism. Also, they seem to be implying in it that they will be releasing either future games or expansions for this cast of characters.

You missed the most important one: Myth 2: Soulblighter!

Motorcycles were already the correct way to get around in the game. This is insulting to cars at this point.

It's fucking Baldur's Gate 3. It's the most game that ever gamed. It's the game pitch that every nerd would talk about making but never could and would never have the budget to do. But Swen fucking did it. The mad man in armor did it. The only possible criticism I could raise was it ends somewhat abruptly after everything is said and done. But they just released a giant patch with a massive epilogue (that I will be playing this weekend), so I guess that's not going to be a criticism after all. Also, they added penis physics. It's BG3. TotK was excellent though, and SM2 has the most fun traversal out there.

Happy birthday! As someone who has dropped ~all attention to fitness over the last decade, I can confidently say you should not do the same!

I am watching! So far, I'm enjoying this season more than 3. Very glad to be done with Gordo's kids.

There is still a world of difference between that and where the character starts

I love this ending to the arc. Makes me feel like anyone who didn't play Dark Urge resist missed out and I kind of think it should have just always been the MC story.

Agreed. I've found there is a sweet spot in community size for discord for technical discussion Q&As. Too small, and no one is around or the right people aren't there to respond. Too big and any topic/question you bring up gets easily lost the fire hose of messages. (Which I've observed on both sides of the Q and A).

Incidentally, verification without exposing identity is technologically simple without the blockchain. The main hurdle is making sure an org is actually doing the vetting in the first place. You just need good old-fashioned signing. No blockchain needed. And with the advent of Passkey tech, this might get *much* easier to use in practice. I even have some designs I've been thinking about as part of my "I want to re-invent how we publish" overly ambitious plans that will never happen

There is research that looked at this for image generators. The outcome was not good! Probably exists for language models too, but I don't recall any.

The real fun begins when new generative models are trained on old generative model content.

I was worried this would be the case, but no, it's not like that. Without giving much away (since what I'll say is explained very early) the main character is the child of a westerner who traveled to Japan and a Japanese woman. The MC has been Japanese since birth, but their split race has made them an outcast.

Regulating diet is wildly complex. Regulating smoking is not. Also, it's at least possible for a parent to eat poorly themselves while giving their children a better diet. That's far less easy to do with smoking.

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There were some good moments but I recall having one too many wtfs at the shortcuts they took. It’s too bad because it could have been a gold standard series if they took a breath. But yeah it didn’t ruin the rest of the series for me. It’s not like it was mass effect 3 bad

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I think it was still great for one more season after the books, but they were probably still leaning on stuff Martin already knew for that. "The Door" episode is one of my favorite "twists" in tv/movies because it wasn't a twist for a twist sake. It actually explained things and brought a new perspective on a long standing character.

A reminder: the board of Open AI isn't a usual corporation's board. They are a relic from The "non-profit" era and deliberately do not have the same fiduciary duties as a regular board. If they think it's in the best interest of "humanity" to tank the company, they can, and that's exactly where we are Was this "convert from non-profit to "capped" for profit" ever a good idea? Of course not. Most everyone involved in the higher up workings of Open AI are practically out of an episode from Silicon Valley.

Sure. Might as well.

Yes. If by some miracle he actually finishes this book, I wouldn't be surprised if he actually decides he needs 3 more books to finish it though.

I'll be blown away if he finishes this before he dies.