In all fairness it seems like it would work. Being a complete background character doesn't get you close to anyone, and might even be suspicious. Meanwhile a weird order is a conversation starter, and why would a spy be drawing attention to themselves like that?
Plus it does paint a sort of nouveau riche character, explaining how they might fit in a posh area while not being recognised: they're new and they just made it to those circles. They're someone who might not be committed to any specific factions or could potentially be more easily manipulated.
It's a good persona to approach and be approached while explaining away any oddities. Yeah, it's also a suspicious position, but that's where you trust your agency to have the background checks pass.
Where is the "Steam states" part of this? This looks to be a specific game's EULA, it even mentions Klei specifically.
To be clear I don't disagree that Steam has the ability (physically and legally) to remove access to games, I'm just confused about what the picture is showing.
They did, but things were different. Obvious main difference being that we didn't have centralised store apps with launchers that already do the functions you need: download, setup, updates, news, etc. (well Steam does, with workshop integration for mods and everything)
Nowadays people see launchers as an extra unnecessary step, usually requiring another account for no good reason, and, importantly, a data harvesting tool. That last one is the reason I usually see people hating a launcher. The other issue is I've seen a lot of complaints about is launchers simply breaking stuff for some people and not letting them play their game (especially on Linux).
Oh how horrible, civil servants trying to reach out to people through familiar and comforting media.
And holy shit, the Telegraph still presents GTA as some sort of ultraviolent game that idolises crime? I thought we'd have moved past that by now, but I guess their readers haven't been exposed to pop culture in decades then. Better not watch John Wick guys, you might be tempted to become hitmen for a crime family.
Well that's a pretty extreme statement. I'll admit World and Wilds are obviously different from the older games in some ways, but how is Wilds "garbage beyond belief"?
I'm genuinely curious, because so far I've seen quite a few people here claim it is somehow awful, but no one says why. Most of the negative reviews I've seen before have been about performance. I've also seen a few mention the game being too easy, but the end game has been spicy enough after they released some new monsters. I could see complaints about content initially, but it's not like Tri had many large monsters on release either in comparison, it's always the expansion that brings in a bunch more.
That, and it had significant performance issues for many people, along with some texture glitches. That's why I added that little parenthetical bit about the games not being perfect on launch. World was a big shift and also had some launch issues.
I would say that's not down to some "design by committee" art/design choice though. I'd very much agree with issues around Capcom's monetisation (character edit vouchers, a million cosmetic packs) and their launch model (e.g.: wait another year and have all those title updates already in). But I disagree with them being pure cash grabs that are somehow artistically stunted by some corporate process to some major degree.
Maybe they should bring back the mandatory "gather 20 mushrooms" quest though for completeness I guess.
See, this would resonate more of the recent Resident Evils and Monster Hunters weren't, as they seemed to be, also loved by old fans.
I'm specifically a Monster Hunter fan since Tri, and I think World, Rise, and Wilds have all been fantastic entries that took the DNA of the franchise and allowed it to evolve. World and Wilds have moved the franchise to finally being able to show it takes place in a real living, breathing world. To me that shows the artistic vision is very much there.
I'm not saying the games are perfect (especially on launch) or there aren't changes people (including myself) will disagree with, but there's no way I'd call them "barely purchase-worthy". Especially not because of artistic constraints (and I'm very much including game design in that).
I wish that was the case for me. Unfortunately, even when I get internal emails about AI in science events at best it's unclear. But often it's generative AI. At this point I'm kinda just forced to assume it means genAI unless stated otherwise.
Though I guess part of that is that most research groups will specify the kind of machine learning they use. So if it's left as AI then it's usually generative.
Outside of that though it is true that (as seen in OP) most news articles will just label any model as AI, diluting the term entirely. And it's probably a neural network if it's from a reputable research group (such as in this case: a University of Cambridge group running actual human trials).
I could've launched the game, but I had to go to the original Reddit post to see the rainbow pic. I don't actually know if I would've noticed that if it wasn't pointed out. "not-so-subtle" indeed. /uj
GB News... Yuck. Though good job, looks like the BBC has almost the same article.
Either way, looking at the actual published paper, they used DIOSynVax's tech. No mention of LLMs or AI anywhere. All I can find is "computational biology" and "self-improving algorithms".
In other words: this is using the current genAI boom to hype up/get clicks on something almost certainly designed using well-established machine learning algorithms. Oniony headline I guess, but otherwise it's just bad journalism in my opinion.
God I fucking hate the way the term AI is used for everything now. Usually it means an LLM or some other form of generative model in laymen's circles, but people so happily mix it up with other tools.
Don't worry, I'm sure being harsher on trans and gender-nonconforming people will improve the situation! That will definitely help with girls and women feeling like they have to dress and act in certain ways to avoid unwanted behaviour!
Fuck's sake this sucks. I hope Labour's plan actually addresses some of the issues raised, but I do genuinely worry any gains will be offset by all the other negative trends in the country right now... And that's before considering Reform potentially gaining power. Urgh.
You mean "condescending"? Yeah, I get snarky if people don't even engage with what they criticise.
Though I guess "condensing" applies, consider the length of the article I tried to summarise in a few sentences.
Anyway, I'm not going to answer those questions. The article goes into plenty of detail of how trans rights and healthcare shifted. Read it. You'll still disagree afterwards of course. I don't necessarily fully agree with their narrative, though I do think the government's/Labour's shift in their attitude to trans people is atrocious and a symptom of larger issues.
If you read the article you'd be aware that that isn't true and is in fact a key point of the argument.
To summarise:
The UK was trans-inclusive from the late 2000s-ish to about 6 years ago. At that point it started slowly backsliding under the Tories. Then suddenly in the past year or two trans rights have been eroded massively (including through the first veto of a Scottish bill since devolution). Legal precedents have been reinterpreted.
It's a violent lurch towards the direction the US went down. And if it can happen to trans rights it can expand to other areas.
And to add my own bit at the end:
Reform are testing the waters with things like "abortion is murder". The government is heavily policing protests. The election system sucks. I think caution is warranted, this is not what a healthy democracy looks like.
I'd like to just point out that this alone is a huge difference. Police in Europe generally do not carry firearms. It's even unusual to see them with weapons at an airport.
I could be subject to police brutality from a random traffic stop technically, but I wouldn't have any chance of a gun being pulled on me.
Yeah... Obviously not great that Polanski bungled up (no pun intended) what counts as his "main" residence for council tax purposes. But honestly, it happens. I know people to have accidentally failed to register to pay utilities, or forgot to register that they moved and this failed to vote in the election. He's admitting it and paying. That's more than most politicians do when accused of something.
Polanski is definitely taking a lot of flak and every mistake seems like it'll get reported on. Can't wait for a "tan suit" or "Dijon mustard" moment. He's had some questionable things turn up about his past for sure though, sadly.
Either way, it shows the Greens are getting popular and I'll take that. If it turns out Polanski is unfit to lead then hopefully someone else can take his place.
I would think they were likely to be getting a job here and getting a visa if they weren't running for MSP. At least you'd hope the UK/Scotland can keep PhD graduates here.
Either way by the laws in Scotland they can vote, so they should be able to run. Beyond that it's down to the electorate and the candidate's party (if applicable) to decide.
"not a British citizen" sounds like it includes people with indefinite leave to remain/any level of settled status. Meaning people who have lived here a long time, and were not here illegally at any point. I personally don't care about the last point, and I think we should support refugees too, but that's where the negative connotations will come from. But regardless: it sounds like this will include people who could be citizens (perhaps if it didn't cost 1.7k).
The backlash is not (mainly) due to mechs. Even the people upset about the mechs are more upset at the fact that it represents mech customisation not coming or another category of gear being placed behind a paywall (or time wall if you really want to grind Difficulty 1). And of course the mech buffs being balanced out by other buffs (including to automaton small arms fire, despite the patch notes explicitly saying that was already in a good place).
A lot of what follows you've already mentioned, but I'll write it out for those unfamiliar anyway.
I mean different people will highlight different things, but really what most people are upset about is one or more of:
changes that affect things that Arrowhead doesn't seem to realise (durable damage increases affecting already-fragile sentries and emplacements)
all new content being locked behind warbonds (and therefore no new endgame progression without paying)
everything being bugged on release (new mech flamethrower and shield both have issues)
fixes being tied to warbonds relating to what needs fixing/balancing (mech durability)
old bugs not being fixed (I'll mention climbing here, though that's a relatively new one)
when fixes or balancing changes do happen they're often balanced out by other changes (mech buff -> more durable damage)
undocumented changes (chargers having no cooldown on turning after a charge)
vague patchnotes ("durable damage increased")
I deliberately mentioned only examples from the latest major patch, but you could easily do this for any other big patch. Additionally outside of patch things:
hostility towards sections of the player base (e.g.: ignoring "hardcore" players)
major orders feeling pointless
creative player solutions getting quickly "fixed"
enemies feel favoured and often get to ignore rules players are forced to follow (e.g.: they can land on buildings, we can't because it's too OP)
While I usually don't even watch races anymore (F1 hasn't been in a fun place recently imo), if I did watch I'd usually watch delayed, not live.
And just to add to the discussion: I use Lemmy and read the news as the main places I could get spoiled. I've not seen the race result from the latter before. So the only source of race result spoilers would be my home feed on Lemmy.
Another compromising suggestion though: what if winners were allowed in the title 24h after a race (preferably by editing)? Though I doubt that'd be a meaningful difference to either side.
Edit: having looked at the race results thread... That was all needlessly antagonistic. And I don't think "just go on a social media and news blackout until you can watch the race" is fair. I guess the alternative is anyone who wants no spoilers can just block this community, but is that a good solution for anyone?
In all fairness it seems like it would work. Being a complete background character doesn't get you close to anyone, and might even be suspicious. Meanwhile a weird order is a conversation starter, and why would a spy be drawing attention to themselves like that?
Plus it does paint a sort of nouveau riche character, explaining how they might fit in a posh area while not being recognised: they're new and they just made it to those circles. They're someone who might not be committed to any specific factions or could potentially be more easily manipulated.
It's a good persona to approach and be approached while explaining away any oddities. Yeah, it's also a suspicious position, but that's where you trust your agency to have the background checks pass.
I can't believe I'm asking this: do superheroes with super strength get enhancements to all their muscles? Which would mean this is less of an issue?
Actually, would that extend to bowel muscles so they never get constipated due to the pressure they can exert?
What the hell is this post doing to my brain?
Where is the "Steam states" part of this? This looks to be a specific game's EULA, it even mentions Klei specifically.
To be clear I don't disagree that Steam has the ability (physically and legally) to remove access to games, I'm just confused about what the picture is showing.
They did, but things were different. Obvious main difference being that we didn't have centralised store apps with launchers that already do the functions you need: download, setup, updates, news, etc. (well Steam does, with workshop integration for mods and everything)
Nowadays people see launchers as an extra unnecessary step, usually requiring another account for no good reason, and, importantly, a data harvesting tool. That last one is the reason I usually see people hating a launcher. The other issue is I've seen a lot of complaints about is launchers simply breaking stuff for some people and not letting them play their game (especially on Linux).
(Generic summary, not specific to Owlcat here)
Oh how horrible, civil servants trying to reach out to people through familiar and comforting media.
And holy shit, the Telegraph still presents GTA as some sort of ultraviolent game that idolises crime? I thought we'd have moved past that by now, but I guess their readers haven't been exposed to pop culture in decades then. Better not watch John Wick guys, you might be tempted to become hitmen for a crime family.
Well that's a pretty extreme statement. I'll admit World and Wilds are obviously different from the older games in some ways, but how is Wilds "garbage beyond belief"?
I'm genuinely curious, because so far I've seen quite a few people here claim it is somehow awful, but no one says why. Most of the negative reviews I've seen before have been about performance. I've also seen a few mention the game being too easy, but the end game has been spicy enough after they released some new monsters. I could see complaints about content initially, but it's not like Tri had many large monsters on release either in comparison, it's always the expansion that brings in a bunch more.
That, and it had significant performance issues for many people, along with some texture glitches. That's why I added that little parenthetical bit about the games not being perfect on launch. World was a big shift and also had some launch issues.
I would say that's not down to some "design by committee" art/design choice though. I'd very much agree with issues around Capcom's monetisation (character edit vouchers, a million cosmetic packs) and their launch model (e.g.: wait another year and have all those title updates already in). But I disagree with them being pure cash grabs that are somehow artistically stunted by some corporate process to some major degree.
Maybe they should bring back the mandatory "gather 20 mushrooms" quest though for completeness I guess.
See, this would resonate more of the recent Resident Evils and Monster Hunters weren't, as they seemed to be, also loved by old fans.
I'm specifically a Monster Hunter fan since Tri, and I think World, Rise, and Wilds have all been fantastic entries that took the DNA of the franchise and allowed it to evolve. World and Wilds have moved the franchise to finally being able to show it takes place in a real living, breathing world. To me that shows the artistic vision is very much there.
I'm not saying the games are perfect (especially on launch) or there aren't changes people (including myself) will disagree with, but there's no way I'd call them "barely purchase-worthy". Especially not because of artistic constraints (and I'm very much including game design in that).
I wish that was the case for me. Unfortunately, even when I get internal emails about AI in science events at best it's unclear. But often it's generative AI. At this point I'm kinda just forced to assume it means genAI unless stated otherwise.
Though I guess part of that is that most research groups will specify the kind of machine learning they use. So if it's left as AI then it's usually generative.
Outside of that though it is true that (as seen in OP) most news articles will just label any model as AI, diluting the term entirely. And it's probably a neural network if it's from a reputable research group (such as in this case: a University of Cambridge group running actual human trials).
I could've launched the game, but I had to go to the original Reddit post to see the rainbow pic. I don't actually know if I would've noticed that if it wasn't pointed out. "not-so-subtle" indeed. /uj
GB News... Yuck. Though good job, looks like the BBC has almost the same article.
Either way, looking at the actual published paper, they used DIOSynVax's tech. No mention of LLMs or AI anywhere. All I can find is "computational biology" and "self-improving algorithms".
In other words: this is using the current genAI boom to hype up/get clicks on something almost certainly designed using well-established machine learning algorithms. Oniony headline I guess, but otherwise it's just bad journalism in my opinion.
God I fucking hate the way the term AI is used for everything now. Usually it means an LLM or some other form of generative model in laymen's circles, but people so happily mix it up with other tools.
Don't worry, I'm sure being harsher on trans and gender-nonconforming people will improve the situation! That will definitely help with girls and women feeling like they have to dress and act in certain ways to avoid unwanted behaviour!
Fuck's sake this sucks. I hope Labour's plan actually addresses some of the issues raised, but I do genuinely worry any gains will be offset by all the other negative trends in the country right now... And that's before considering Reform potentially gaining power. Urgh.
You mean "condescending"? Yeah, I get snarky if people don't even engage with what they criticise.
Though I guess "condensing" applies, consider the length of the article I tried to summarise in a few sentences.
Anyway, I'm not going to answer those questions. The article goes into plenty of detail of how trans rights and healthcare shifted. Read it. You'll still disagree afterwards of course. I don't necessarily fully agree with their narrative, though I do think the government's/Labour's shift in their attitude to trans people is atrocious and a symptom of larger issues.
If you read the article you'd be aware that that isn't true and is in fact a key point of the argument.
To summarise:
The UK was trans-inclusive from the late 2000s-ish to about 6 years ago. At that point it started slowly backsliding under the Tories. Then suddenly in the past year or two trans rights have been eroded massively (including through the first veto of a Scottish bill since devolution). Legal precedents have been reinterpreted.
It's a violent lurch towards the direction the US went down. And if it can happen to trans rights it can expand to other areas.
And to add my own bit at the end:
Reform are testing the waters with things like "abortion is murder". The government is heavily policing protests. The election system sucks. I think caution is warranted, this is not what a healthy democracy looks like.
I'd like to just point out that this alone is a huge difference. Police in Europe generally do not carry firearms. It's even unusual to see them with weapons at an airport.
I could be subject to police brutality from a random traffic stop technically, but I wouldn't have any chance of a gun being pulled on me.
Yeah... Obviously not great that Polanski bungled up (no pun intended) what counts as his "main" residence for council tax purposes. But honestly, it happens. I know people to have accidentally failed to register to pay utilities, or forgot to register that they moved and this failed to vote in the election. He's admitting it and paying. That's more than most politicians do when accused of something.
Polanski is definitely taking a lot of flak and every mistake seems like it'll get reported on. Can't wait for a "tan suit" or "Dijon mustard" moment. He's had some questionable things turn up about his past for sure though, sadly.
Either way, it shows the Greens are getting popular and I'll take that. If it turns out Polanski is unfit to lead then hopefully someone else can take his place.
I would think they were likely to be getting a job here and getting a visa if they weren't running for MSP. At least you'd hope the UK/Scotland can keep PhD graduates here.
Either way by the laws in Scotland they can vote, so they should be able to run. Beyond that it's down to the electorate and the candidate's party (if applicable) to decide.
"not a British citizen" sounds like it includes people with indefinite leave to remain/any level of settled status. Meaning people who have lived here a long time, and were not here illegally at any point. I personally don't care about the last point, and I think we should support refugees too, but that's where the negative connotations will come from. But regardless: it sounds like this will include people who could be citizens (perhaps if it didn't cost 1.7k).
So really, does this say anything?
The backlash is not (mainly) due to mechs. Even the people upset about the mechs are more upset at the fact that it represents mech customisation not coming or another category of gear being placed behind a paywall (or time wall if you really want to grind Difficulty 1). And of course the mech buffs being balanced out by other buffs (including to automaton small arms fire, despite the patch notes explicitly saying that was already in a good place).
A lot of what follows you've already mentioned, but I'll write it out for those unfamiliar anyway.
I mean different people will highlight different things, but really what most people are upset about is one or more of:
I deliberately mentioned only examples from the latest major patch, but you could easily do this for any other big patch. Additionally outside of patch things:
And I'm sure I'm missing things still.
While I usually don't even watch races anymore (F1 hasn't been in a fun place recently imo), if I did watch I'd usually watch delayed, not live.
And just to add to the discussion: I use Lemmy and read the news as the main places I could get spoiled. I've not seen the race result from the latter before. So the only source of race result spoilers would be my home feed on Lemmy.
Another compromising suggestion though: what if winners were allowed in the title 24h after a race (preferably by editing)? Though I doubt that'd be a meaningful difference to either side.
Edit: having looked at the race results thread... That was all needlessly antagonistic. And I don't think "just go on a social media and news blackout until you can watch the race" is fair. I guess the alternative is anyone who wants no spoilers can just block this community, but is that a good solution for anyone?