So. For those of you who didn't pay attention to the details of the legal spat between Krafton and Unknown Worlds, allow me to give you some details of the finest legal comedy of a generation.
Krafton CEO looks at the hype surrounding Subnautica 2, goes over the contract between Krafton and Unknown Worlds, realizes he'll have to pay out bonuses and freaks out because shelling out those bonuses will make him look like a pushover.
CEO goes to his legal department, asks them to come up with a plan to weasel out of paying bonuses. Legal tells him the contract is iron-clad and to accept the loss.
CEO refuses to take the loss, asks ChatGPT for a plan. ChatGPT says the exact same thing the legal department did.
CEO demands a plan from ChatGPT, which dutifully spits out a plan at this point because clearly the CEO is a goddamn idiot.
CEO deletes the chat logs, failing to understand that 'delete' doesn't permanently remove things.
CEO follows plan, and is surprised when Unknown Worlds sues for breach of contract despite being told by both humans and an LLM that is exactly what would happen.
Court does not go well for Krafton's legal department. It comes out that after ignoring the sound legal advice of human beings, the CEO went to ChatGPT and asked for a plan. When asked for the logs by the court, Krafton's legal team states they were deleted, thus that it's simply herersay. Judge goes "Oh, that's okay, we'll have our IT folks recover them." Krafton's legal team is astounded that's even possible.
The chat logs are recovered. It comes out that even ChatGPT was in agreement with Krafton's legal department, and only spat out a plan after being asked a second time.
The judge, now thoroughly done with the stupidity of Krafton's CEO at this point, rules in favor of Unknown Worlds. Her ruling doesn't simply undo the scheme, but effectively leaves all control over Subnautica 2's development in the hands of Unknown Worlds, including the early access release date, reducing Krafton to just publishing out of contractual obligation. Krafton must also return all social media platforms for Unknown Worlds and Subnautica 2 to Unknown Worlds' control. Financial damages will be determined at a later date.
Krafton proceeds to violate the court order in less than 72 hours by trying to set an early access release date before returning Unknown Worlds' social media platforms.
Summary: In trying not to look like a pushover, Krafton's CEO now looks like a complete idiot who's going to have to fork over bonuses, plus court-mandated damages, plus whatever comes out of violating the court's orders. Krafton's legal department may as well come to court dressed as clowns after this. I suspect Unknown Worlds might buy the rights to Subnautica back after all this and either relegate Krafton to just publishing or find a different publisher for future games altogether.
just found out that accidentally in love by counting crows was literally made for shrek. they didnt just choose it. it didnt exist before. they asked counting crows to make a song for shrek 2 and thats how we got one of the best songs ever made. insane.
I truly enjoy how much Animorphs is like “here are our young heroes, each with a distinctive trope to fill in the group!” And then it makes you watch how the pressure of each person’s role grinds them to dust. And also they have homework.
#IM SORRY THEY DO HOME FUCKING WORK IN ANIMORPHS??????
Yeah they're students. If they don't keep their grades up or if they miss too many classes (or miss classes at suspicious times) then they risk drawing the attention of the faculty and/or their parents, some of whom are the enemy and some of whom can just make future espionage a whole lot harder. There are multiple missions where they're like "okay, this is incredibly time sensitive but it'll take a full day or longer so it has to wait for the weekend and we'll have to all lie to our parents about sleeping over at each others' houses. It's gonna have to be done at the last minute because we've gotta go to class. Also, remember to get that English paper finished, we can NOT afford to have you grounded right now."
These have been out of print for an age, and the authors have given their blessings to share the PDFs. Here's everything, including companion/side books and the non-canon Alternamorphs books, in reading order:
All of the Animorphs books by K. A. Applegate, as well as the other books set in that universe. I got them here. I am not the one who collec
how terrifying metamorphosis must be for the caterpillar has no concept of what it is doing, or what a butterfly is, or what will happen to it as it spins itself the cocoon. we r more alike than different
Even cooler, recent research has determined (through classic conditioning of caterpillars) that these insects generally retain their memories from before metamorphosis into their new form!
forgive the version of you that didn’t know what to do and could not have foreseen what the right choice was, if there even was one. forgive the version of you that made a choice and regretted it.
on “the blond,” “the older man,” and other crimes against third-person limited
You know that thing where a story is written in tight third person limited — we’re meant to be inside someone’s head, seeing the world through their thoughts — and then suddenly the narration says “the blond frowned” or “the shorter woman sighed” about a person the POV character knows really well?
That’s called antonomasia — using a descriptive label instead of a name. And it’s fine when we’re talking about strangers: “the cashier handed her the receipt,” “the tall guy blocked the door.” The POV character doesn’t know their names, and we just need a quick way to tell people apart.
But the moment it’s used for someone the POV character already knows, it breaks immersion. Because that’s not how our minds work. We don’t think “the older man smiled at me.” We think “Mark smiled.” Or maybe “my boss” if that relationship matters in the moment.
Third person limited means the narration sits inside someone’s perception. Their inner monologue is the story’s voice. So when you switch from “Mark smiled” to “the blond smiled,” you’ve pulled the camera away from their mind and turned it into an outside shot.
If you want to create distance or irritation, you can do it on purpose —
“The idiot from accounting emailed again.”
That’s character voice. That’s judgment. That works.
But otherwise?
As soon as your POV character knows someone’s name, use it. While we do tend to worry about repetitions, names rarely register as such to the readers.
If you need variety for rhythm, use relational or emotional identifiers that make sense in their head: her friend, his partner, their teacher, the person they loved.
Because inside someone’s thoughts, there are no “blonds” or “brunettes.”
So I work with a few retired firefighters who have cool license plates on their cars with the Maltese cross, the symbol of the fire service, and I’ve always wondered, huh. why do none of the firefighters on the wee woo show have those plates?
Well. As it turns out. Graphic design is not the passion of the California state DMV.
But that got me curious. Do other states have plates as ugly as this one? So I rated them
Alabama
2/10, has a maltese but the shape of alabama sucks. weird tread background.
Arizona
7/10, graphic design IS their passion. this one fucks but loses points because it shares a design with the police plate even though arizona has crazy vanity plate diversity
Arkansas
3/10. Boring. Standard plate + ugly maltese. points for the colors
California
We've been over this. 0/10.
Colorado
All Colorado plates look like this with different colors but the mountains of course deserve points. 5/10
Connecticut
No effort. 3/10
Delaware
Pretty sure they phased out these plates, probably because Delaware functions largely on a volunteer system? 6/10 because the black is cool
Florida
6/10 but loses points because this is a charity plate and anyone can get these. Also crazy gas mask work.
Georgia
Return of the fucking tread pattern. 5/10 though i actually like their maltese
Hawaii
Loses points bc its a basic plate + maltese BUT. Rainbow. 6/10.
Idaho
Absolute 10/10. fucking god tier. everyone go visit their interactive specialty plate guide RIGHT NOW. they're doing crazy work at the idaho dmv
Illinois
Home state bias but i also like the axes crossed under the maltese. 7/10
Indiana
5/10 cause she's boring but i think "Career Professional" is a funny thing to put on a firefighter plate
Iowa
4/10 with points for the red border. but she also boring. good maltese tho
Kentucky
Approved in 2020. too much murica. 3/10
Louisiana
Ugly ass maltese. 2/10
Maine
No imagination 4/10 cause the maltese looks crisp
Maryland
The maltese is kinda cutesy kinda fun, matches the font. 5/10
Massachusetts
6/10 for the fun firefighter in the maltese. i think it is red but the picture makes everything look orange
Michigan
Home state bias pt 2. but only a 6/10
Minnesota
why is there a web address on here. 2/10
Mississippi
boring. 2/10
Montana
two malteses AND a skull. 8/10
special mention: their search and rescue plates ft. bigfoot
New Jersey
trying too hard. 5/10
New Mexico
i wish this was in their teal + gold plate but alas. 6/10
New York
yeah pretty good. new york plates just feel classic so 8/10
Nevada
The last good one. another 10/10 great work guys.
everyone else is pretty boring so im gonna skip over the rest and give them all 3-5/10 until we hit
Wyoming
9/10 YEEHAW (it's just the standard plate but it's a good fucking plate)
I close my eyes. I enter my Mathemagical Mind Palace. I see the object before me. I'm working out the differential equations. The derivative of the function with respect to time is equal to a constant times the second derivative of the function with respect to distance from the origin. A billion vectors rendered in with ray-tracing. I see the phase portrait. I see the three-dimensional manifold in a four-dimensional space. The shadows on the wall and the ancient beings who make the shadows. I peer into the amethyst eyes of the unyielding serpent. I have done my calculation.
Out of the suggested cooking time of "18 to 20 minutes", I will be cooking this pizza for: 19 minutes.
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