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@shuffle-the-dm
"my life isn't a crime, I'm not one of those people -"
"you sure? new parameters for Those People just dropped. check again."
And if you truly cannot imagine this, if you're convinced that it will never happen to you, consider this one thing.
Would you want scammers to know the state of your loved one's dementia?
> steam sends me an email
> game you wishlisted is on sale!
> wow, 30% off!
> $50
I can wait. You'll be 80% off one of these days. I'll outlast you.
Venting about feeling isolated due to AI in workplace
Working in a small company, it's really frustrating when we're being encouraged to use AI agents to get summaries of the company's own code and software architecture.
Because...it's actively discouragement from asking others for help? At least if the goal is to do research into a task then it's one's own responsibility to put in time to find the answer first.
Yet when it comes to getting understanding into how code works we're turned to an agent to make a summary up. All so we don't detract from other peoples' productivity? So we ourselves can stay productive?
But interacting with people about the code is one of the big positives of coding (to me at least) in the first place! Collaborating and team problem solving! Discussing what needs researched, discovering the best ways to go about things, coming together later and sharing our findings!
Probably I'm just slow. Always felt like it's near impossible for me to self-research at a decent pace, always need to body double to actually feel productive. Instead now I'm supposed to feel guilty for wasting somebody else's time because these AI agents are our new "partners" in our job, the first ones to go to for help?
Beginning to feel that getting a manual labor job would feel more fulfilling nowadays than this...
omg did you guys hear the latest announcement
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou
Let’s fucking go
This is HUGE.
1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.
2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.
3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."
4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.
TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.
Dodge the barrage, defeat enemies, and brave the Scarlet Mist incident.The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil returns with fresh music and graphics
An official remaster of the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil was announced today, releasing this September. The first time a Touhou game has gotten this treatment, and notably the first time EoSD is available digitally at all (I think). Featuring art and music redone by ZUN, updated gameplay, and notably, inbuilt translations for 10 languages!
Happy to admit that I'm part of the English translation team. Notably the process is still ongoing and the trailer and Steam page use different versions of some text. There's not much else I can say about it at this point, but look forward to it!
I knew to expect a big reaction, but thanks for all the personal congratulations too!
I figure I should circle back around to clarify some of the things that people online seem most curious about. This is all from public sources, not any kind of insider info.
The circle "Shanghai Alice Reprise" formed for this project consists of ZUN and some of his usual collaborators like his wife Kii-san, Jyunya and Curee from AQUASTYLE, and Unabara Iruka from Twilight Frontier, plus some other staff. There is some vague hope of continuing with the remasters in the future. New Touhou games are still going to be done by Team Shanghai Alice i.e. ZUN with some help, just like before. Nothing has changed in terms of the fanwork guidelines either, he wanted to clarify, I guess because there's a new circle involved and all.
Contrary to what I kinda vaguely said, the art is done by other people like Curee (close redraws of ZUN's old art), Jyunya (enemy sprites) and Kii-san (player sprites). The coding is being handled by other people like Jyunya recreating ZUN's old game in a newer engine.
The music is all redone by ZUN himself. It has wider instrumentation and better audio quality, obviously, but I'd say it's still pretty close to the original rather than e.g. some attempt to make "2026-style versions" that'd sound like they came out of FW. I'm not a music person, though.
While the others talked ZUN into this project, it isn't just something he gave his blessing, he is closely personally involved with it. In his own words, until now he's been very busy just making all the music, but now comes the part where he needs to check other people's work and nitpick everything he wants changed (mostly joking). They've had a very tight schedule coming up on this announcement, and still a lot to do in the three months before release.
The release includes both the new version and a close recreation of the 2002 original, down to lacking quality of life features that the new version adds in. (screenshot source)
Audio pls
American naturalization test
So I just found the most useful photo album in existence for tumblr arguments
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Average Reimu Experience During An Incident
Reimu: "Uoooh the weather is so good to laze about and sip tea, I am confident today will be a fine, calm day."
Yukari: "Think again. You are the brown and white Shrine Maiden now, in case you didn't notice."
Reimu: "What in the world are you talking abo--
Reimu: "--oooh, yeah, huh? Actually, where did the color Red go?"
Yukari: "That's what you will be figuring out today, Reimu dearest. This is an Incident, the missing color Red. Remilia is having an existential crisis now that Sakuya started calling her Reimilia Beige. Reisen's kinda bummed out that she has Brown Eyes of Mild Irritation now. You yourself will only be known as the Brown And White Shrine Maiden of Paradise if we let this go on."
Reimu: "Which is. Not terrible? I actually kind of like this. But, sure, it does hurt my marketing in the Human Village. What's my gear gimmick this time?"
Yukari: "Take these glasses, they temporarily return Red to the world around you when you wear them, letting you see things as you normally would... But maybe they will obscure other things only visible while Red does not exist."
Reimu: "Sounds conveniently geared towards danmaku trickery! Well, do we have any leads?"
Yukari, with a smile so bright that it could make the sun burst green with envy: "Absolutely none."
Reimu: "Standard procedure, then! See you later."
*Reimu heroically picks a random direction, rolls up her detached sleeve, and starts beating the tar out of absolutely everyone in the way, including Brown Sekibanki who was the midboss for some reason*
Minor Youkai: "Hiiii! Whatcha doing around these parts?"
Reimu: "I'm trying to find out where Red went. Do you know anything?"
Minor Youkai: "Ah! You are on her trail, I see! I see a lot of people pass through here, given my ability is to detect movement flawlessly in a large radius and poison it conceptually so that my target's movement quite literally dies, so long as we have eye contact. I'm told... Not to let anyone go after her for today!"
Reimu: "I see. But I don't know who 'her' is, and that doesn't really help me, so,"
Minor Youkai: "Hah! You can't fool me! Wait, what those long and cruel needles for?"
*Reimu beats the absolute tar out of this youkai with a suspiciously insane ability by dragging her face across every single surface in a 40 meter radius*
Minor Youkai: "Owwww ok ok I don't know where Red is but I heard the lake west to the Human Village has some weird stuff going on!"
Reimu: "Good enough!"
Obscure Youkai: "Not so fast, Brown and White Shrine Maiden."
Reimu: "Not my name, but who are you?"
Obscure Youkai: "I heard from the people you've been ragdolling that you are looking for my mistress."
Reimu: "No, seriously, who the hell is your mistress, I have no idea--"
Obscure Youkai: "A deft attempt at subterfuge, Brown and White! But a futile one, as well! I will never give away my mistress' location! You know too much, and for her sake, you must DIE."
Reimu: "I don't know a damn thing, my girl, also not my name."
Obscure Youkai: "My ability is that I always know exactly how many steps there are on a staircase or a ladder! Now, have at you!"
Reimu: "Psh, that sounds silly."
*Reimu barely survives an outrageously difficult battle against the most nothingburger ability in the world with a well placed Yin Yang Orb Concussion*
Reimu with a purple brown eye: "Ok! Maybe not so silly! Holy hell."
Mastermind: "I should've known you'd figure out my ploy, Brown and White... Heh. Well played!"
Reimu: "Where. Did you come from. I have no idea who you are. And not my name."
Mastermind: "Hah...! Playing the bumbling fool until the end! Formidable! My name is Ishihara, As In, The Color Blindness Test!"
Reimu: "Hold up, are you the one that stole Red?"
Ishihara: "Indeed!" *the absolute hardest and most climatic track you've heard in your life starts playing* "And no one, not even the STINKY Brown and White Shrine Maiden of Paradise, can take it back!"
Reimu: "Not my name! And that changes things!"
*Ishihara launches an entire arsenal of spellcards with an optometrism and color blindness theme danmaku, like Deceit Sign "Green Blind Perdition - Deuteranopia"*
*But Reimu picks her up by the legs and slams her left and right like Bamm-Bamm in the Flintstones until she explodes and the screen goes white*
*Cut to Ishihara, Obscure Youkai, Reimu, and Komachi for some reason sipping tea at the Hakurei Shrine; the color Red is back if you 1cc'd*
Reimu: "So you are telling me you stole Red because of apples?"
Ishihara: "Indeed! I love the taste of red apples, but I like green apples more aesthetically, so I was wondering, huh, if I seal away the color red, then delicious red apples will look more like beautiful green apples!"
Reimu: "Right, that's pretty reasonable. But never do it again."
Ishihara: "Even though you wear a lot of red, you are pretty interesting, Shrine Maiden... Maybe I ought to pay a visit more often."
Reimu, knowing full well she has no say in this matter: "Don't."
Komachi: "I, too, am in this episode."
Aunn: "Aunn."
Marisa in her route: *Made at least one new girlfriend with the Stage 3 or 4 boss.*
Obscure Youkai, the Stage 5 boss: *doesn't become playable for years.*
Minor Youkai: *Outright kills Reimu in real life with an unreasonably difficult Stage 1 Lunatic spellcard on the next run.*
Id rather shit in my hands and clap
I don’t fuck with it much as a game compared to the Dark series, but the Demons’ Souls cover art fucks severely
these are getting weird
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red & Blue Rescue Team (2005) - Save Selection Screen Artwork © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK
