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Back when I frequented tech conferences I noticed most folks were either selling something or looking for work, but very few were actually buying or hiring. And while the free food and booze while chillin with familiar folks was fun as hell, it wasn't really financially beneficial. This is the...

I absolutely adore #Paranoia. In fact it may be my favorite setting of all time. But this sort of thing is exactly why I can't run it, let alone discuss it online. People literally default to insipid autopilot in ways worse than #MontyPython fans. And it's especially frustrating given the scope...

This is why AI summaries are a thing. Yet #Bluesky is on your list.

It's not an easy fix because the system already uses both roll under and over depending on the mode of play, for no discernable benefit. There's a lot to like about this game, but the system though isn't one of them.

I probably should mention that in theory I'm fine with this policy and gatekeeping one's communities overall. However in practice this doesn't tend to stay isolated to such communities, and those outside become free game when it comes to threats and harassment. Ultimately it's all speculation...

That's because they trained it on the output of LLMs which were trained at those prices. Models are cheap. The hardware, power, and legal/moral rights to run them on the other hand... Despite its origin you can even query it about #TiananmanSquare. The lack of vision is half the problem...

In addition many conventions have explicitly banned AI art, and given how aggressively antis go after suspects I guarantee they'll enforce those rules when it comes to selling published works at such venues. Sounds like a contract violation. At the very least it implies tagging things as AI was...

I on the other hand find the lack of strong tropes to be a bug, not a feature. It's great that the system became more adaptable, but it came at the cost of its identity, and these settings are more generic now than they originally were.

There's also those frustrating games from art houses which prioritize aesthetics and treat mechanics like an afterthought. Our Brilliant Ruin and Degenesis fit this bill, and while they aren't the most functional games they're damn pretty to look at. Suuure 😉 If by small fortune you mean $70...

I could certainly see #BloodMachines being a thing. Which is all but a requirement if you expect to use original characters. I suspect this would actually be an easy license to get, but anyone involved would be inseparably tied to #Scientology and their agenda. Of all the licenses that hasn't...

If I had to pick it'd be Household and Wildsea.

Good faith engagement doesn't feed hate though.

Quite the contrary, it will enable them to finally eliminate those pesky artists entirely, which is exactly why we cannot permit them to gain, or worse give them, control over it.

Agree completely, which is why I'm glad Funko explicitly took responsibility for issuing the takedown. So who owns the venue? Who sells the tickets? So who owns the manufacturing resources? Who runs the art guilds? But the market is not free, because those at the top have the power to shut...

Hate to break it to you, but AI wasn't the issue here. Once again it boils down to simple incompetence and a cascade of failure. I'm the one running itch.io, so here's some more context for you: From what I ca... | Hacker News I run a domain registrar. "serverHold" is not a status that...

Simply put, the enforcement is not worth the witch hunts. It's the Red Scare for AI, and we all saw how that turned out. Then here's something less standard: You cannot violate copyright with work which cannot be copyright. So are you suggesting AI generated media be protected by copyright...

Probably should use the EnWorld domain name so the accounts can be verified. IE, rpg.enworld.org & publishing.enworld.org. Truly they are a Scotland Yard Detective. What a perfect slogan for a social network. They also call their posts 'skeets'. #Bluesky is 'properly' federated under a...

The other problem with Threat Rolls is that the consequences of partial results are still determined after a roll, which is exactly what this procedure is trying to avoid. Or the other direction. Except for presenting the consequences prior to the roll. Agree completely. But it's not...

The biggest problem with Threat Rolls is that it applies a 3 state system to handle multi-state results, which ends up making things more complicated than they need to be, which is why I suspect Harper's next game engine will move away from it. Which is probably why it was released as a set of...

Wish them the best of luck, but these nostalgia bait 'remasters' just strike me as lazy.