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    Paradise

    That bugged the shit out of me. Not to mention what the fuck the reactor cooling towers had to do with the main doors being open or closed. The 'oh if there's low O2 then the doors will automatically open' I can buy sort of ( though this 'feature' is pretty pants on head in a sealed bunker...
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    Palworld (Pokemon with Guns and Bukkake, minus the Bukkake)

    They did, but they never successfully sued anyone over it. Although I guess 'success' there should be 'patent was challenged and upheld' rather than 'opponent ran out of money defending against our lawsuits'. The latter they managed pretty effectively.
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    Palworld (Pokemon with Guns and Bukkake, minus the Bukkake)

    You can't patent game rules and mechanics - adding 'on a computer' shouldn't make any difference. That's one thing going for US patent law I guess. I'll agree that changing that is stupid, and will end up in disaster when no-one can make anything without getting 300 separate licenses from...
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    Spring 2026 Anime Thread

    I have no clue what's going on with Daemons of the Shadow Realm, but I am all in. I am a big fan of the apparent genre (spoilered in case you were like me and had no idea what it was about going in) and the execution seems pretty good.
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    NVidia GeForce RTX 50x0 cards - 70% performance increase, but AI > you

    In fairness, 'start with something simple then scale it up a lot' is the leading explanation for human intelligence. I agree it is unlikely though, but despite grandiose claims from Altman, I doubt anyone is seriously expecting or wanting AGI out of the LLMs. 'Why should I do anything for you...
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    NVidia GeForce RTX 50x0 cards - 70% performance increase, but AI > you

    No, the approach for coding tools has changed quite a lot - they don't work the same way that the chatbots do anymore. Individual steps do, but there's a much larger shift in terms of orchestration and mixed-in non-llm tools, as well as changing ways that context inputs work to avoid the...
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    NVidia GeForce RTX 50x0 cards - 70% performance increase, but AI > you

    Nah, the 'it's just a chatbot!!' is not even remotely accurate. In the coding 'game', it is now a fantastically valuable tool. Is it replacing expert humans ? Not yet at least, but most people drastically underestimate the amount of expertise in any given field. Is it replacing offshore...
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    NVidia GeForce RTX 50x0 cards - 70% performance increase, but AI > you

    I don't think you need a more sinister explanation here than 'money'. Why sell someone something when you can rent them something indefinitely instead ?
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    NVidia GeForce RTX 50x0 cards - 70% performance increase, but AI > you

    A dirty secret of the stock market - no-one has any idea what the fuck is going on either, it's bullshit all the way down. The winners are the people who correctly predict how other people who have no idea what they are doing are going to react to things.
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    Winter 2026 Anime Thread

    So I have mixed thoughts on the ending for Territory Defense -
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    LitRPG

    There's not much of a common theme with that list, so not sure on similar to the existing ones. Hmm - the other ones by Blue Core author are pretty good if you haven't checked out Paranoid Mage or Systema Delenda Est, both of those were good and are finished. Similiar to Chrysalis - Syl maybe...
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    Reacher

    Zero interest, because after watching the bodycam video the jury would laugh so hard that he'd need to pay THEM damages as well.
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    I thought the pilot was ok, but the second episode was so bad I stopped watching.
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    The Beauty

    It started pretty well, flailed around in the middle and then abruptly ended without going anywhere interesting. As far as the trans thing goes, it turns you into what you want to look like, so there's no deeper message there - unless you want to also intuit some deeper meaning into Kutcher's...
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    Paradise

    That scene was in 1997; introducing time travel is close enough to supernatural that the same complaints would probably apply. It would also be painfully stupid because after inventing time travel you decide to be pointlessly cryptic - not even no name, or no gender, it doesn't even say what...
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    Paradise

    No, but that dude being just normally crazy is still a reasonable explanation. I.e. instigating incident for the mother being a cunt, and no deeper meaning. We'll see I guess. I was a little disappointed at them for the kind of casually upbeat portrayal of the bunker buddies though. 7 people...
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    Winter 2026 Anime Thread

    First one was pretty fun, entirely apart from the inherent entertainment in the modern military vs swords and sorcery ( I don't know why there are so few examples of this ? ). It's played mostly straight, but it doesn't take itself too seriously, and there's a fun sense of humor through it...
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    Mewgenics

    Yeah, there is just so much stuff, even just the basic gear let alone the set bonuses. I only just unlocked the throbbing domain, which appears like it has a whole new tier of unique items. My cat collection is kind of a mess now though, pack of deformed mutants ;p
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    Winter 2026 Anime Thread

    Hell mode is more fun than I anticipated. The edgelord/wholesome meter is pretty much the opposite of what I was expecting. I lol'ed at the MC's defensiveness about being a degenerate multiboxer.
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    Mewgenics

    This just has so many funny interactions. Just had a tank with wrestlemania and preemptive counterattack. Stuff runs in to attack and he suplexes them, leaving them to attack empty space in the wrong direction, while also covering his back against backstabs. Wrestlemania is great in general...
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    Ryan Coogler's The X-Files

    What does that actually mean ? That article says only one person has been cast so far, and the picture of her obviously isn't in character/costume for the show.
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    A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight

    I lol'ed. Dunk looked like someone hit him in the head with a hammer.
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    A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight

    He absolutely could have gotten that to work, it's all a matter of perspective. Consider the original obtaining of the unsullied - that was 100% deranged psycho behavior, but readers/watchers cheered, because 'fuck them slavers!'
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    Spider-Noir

    Lots of money left to loot in the cabins while the passengers run for the lifeboats ? 8)
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    The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin

    I am pretty sure I read the book, and I still wasn't sure what was going on. It's not awful or anything, just a bit boring. It didn't help that whoever was doing the sound mixing learned everything they knew from watching Tenet. "whisper whisper whisper BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...
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    The Beauty

    I thought the same thing, or at least it wasn't an improvement.
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    StarRupture

    I am pretty sure there are bugs with long distance rails - one of the first things I did at the beginning of the game was run a rail from a quite far he3 mine back to the starting area, and that line often has huge gaps in the throughput, even though it is buffed by l2 storage at both ends. It...
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    StarRupture

    Fuuuuuuuck. I only just realized I'd been accidentally playing nightmare mode because I expected it to work like Satisfactory. For those who may be in the same boat - the basic level 1 rail junctions come with automated smart switchers built in. In non-Satisfactory terms, that means you can...
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    Winter 2026 Anime Thread

    Noble Reincarnation - Anime isn't short on amazing, genius, super special boys. The MC in this one though is in serious danger of his dick actually falling off if they suck it any harder. It's actually a little sad, makes you want to give the writer a hug and tell him that his dad is never...
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    Ball x pit

    First free expansion is out now. New building that enables endless mode ( just continue after killing boss ) New classes, equipment, balls, etc. Nothing that changes the game much that I've seen, some of the new combos are pretty cool though - landslide in particular ( when it hits something...
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Look, expecting the writers to know anything about the lore of what they are writing is clearly unreasonable, and probably racist.
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    A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight

    I'm having some trouble believing that no-one remembers him after that scene. That guy 100% spent his life with women huddled together giggling as he walks past.
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    Dust Bunny (2025)

    I really liked this one. It's very Bryan Fuller with a fairy tale style tone, kind of like a storybook version of The Professional. The reactions to the FBI busting in, yelling 'Get down on the ground' were classic.
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    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    DS9 also has episodes where Sisko and son build a sailing ship.. in spaaaaaace.
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    That's the main cast for s2, not s1, and obviously not the full crew.
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    WorldBox - God Simulator

    Looked interesting enough to wishlist it, but you should have gone with their store page image https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1206560/extras/1d45579da9a721f5c7193aa9af62cdcb.webm?t=1727687171
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    I think you are proving Hoss' point there with 'I didn't actually watch it, but a ragebait video I watched said it, so it must be true'. The show is terrible enough already, you don't need to invent reasons to hate it ;p ( Also, obviously there were white men in S1 discovery, starting with...
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    The Beauty

    The similarities are mostly superficial - the Substance is about cloning and consciousness transfer, where this one is about a virus that makes you younger and hotter ( metaphorically and literally ). The bad guy of the Substance is the main character's vanity and self-loathing, and the bad guy...
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    For All Mankind

    S4 annoyed me because the premise was unbearably stupid ( Helios recruiting unqualified desperate chumps and paying them minimum wage to work on mars ). It was still watchable though if you don't think about it too hard.
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    What did you just read?

    Uh, no ? That's not even a little bit accurate. That is though. I'd never complain about people not liking the same things, and the book definitely isn't for everyone.