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I love the subgenre where they’re beefing/disagreeing with someone known to have actual experience & knowledge. There was one I first saw several years ago where “The Incorrect Dude” told the other poster to read some particular books. The person he was “correcting” had authored those books.

I’m’a root for the LOCAL kaiju over the AY-leen one!

TIL that the Duracell Bunny- the inspiration for the Energizer Bunny- is still being used in commercials outside of the USA & Canada.

Currently, I’m seeing a lot of AI-generated ads popping up (in games I play for free). One particular subset that concerned me were the ones that were advertising tai chi programs for older men- the “actor portrayals” are all AI. While the first 1 or 2 were slightly off, visually, the last...

When I was in college, Tex-Mex places served one of the cheapest snack meals available. You get your free chips & salsa plus ice water to drink. Order some tortillas & butter. You’re out a few bucks, max. At some fast food places like Taco Cabana, 3 tortillas & butter would set you back 40¢...

Store bought or DIY?

Mom & I decided (for reasons) to work on a new bread pudding recipe. We’re substituting the raisins for a mix of golden raisins, dates and cherries. They’re just coming out of the oven; tiny samples indicate it’s a sweeter dessert bread than our original.

Mod Note: It’s not over the line yet, but some of the posts in here are getting a little bit more heated than they need to be. Let’s keep from getting too much more confrontational.

All this talk of the emergent mystery solving in BB reminds me of an episode of Dawn French’s Murder Most Horrid. In it, she (as a police officer) investigates a murder with Masonic symbolism and customs. And the local masons are seemingly trying to thwart her. After following all the clues...

Answering for myself, not Morrus, I think you’re missing another option. Right now, there’s a pretty vocal contingent of people who believe they can always tell the difference between AI-created content and content created by humans. And like transvestigators, their error rate is pretty high...

Overall, I’m less likely to buy a product made and/or advertised with AI. But I’d still want to know details on precisely how it was used before making a final decision. (And FWIW, even or especially when doing online shopping, looking online for reviews can be enlightening.)

“TO CRUSH YOUR…waitaminit.” I don’t know if I could narrow it down to one, partly because I cook, partly because I enjoy so many different cuisines. And because I cook, I get to enjoy my best recipes much more often than the stuff I can only get when eating out.🤷🏾‍♂️

That was part of my gear shopping plan, FWIW. At any rate, I was just reading the Juggalo face paint was IDed in 2019 as confusing some forms of facial recognition programs. As it turns out, the high contrast coupled with it’s geometric designs break up the face’s features to the point that...

“You’re killing me, Smallby,”

Hell, Spock got some hairy eyeballs in his direction when Romulans were revealed to be related to Vulcans- not exactly widely disseminated info at the time of TOS.

I’ve got plenty of tragic murderhobos in my D&D history, but there’s several who had more positive backgrounds & motivations. A few off the top of my head: My first 4Ed PC was a Dwarven Starlock/Psion whose entire clan had sworn to fend off any incursions from The Far Realms. No sob story- he...

It’s Morrus’s question, but I personally assumed no alien tech.

Cecilia Giménez has died. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5z5p633q5o.amp

IOW, it’s not that HERO can’t do games in the investigative genre, but that its mechanics do not support particular playstyles. It’s skill/talent/powers system is fine for uncovering a set hidden plot that the GM has created, but it doesn’t handle emergent plotlines well at all. …at least, not...