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@paco @BenAveling it is just a stupid electronic device

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  • curtadams@urbanists.socialC curtadams@urbanists.social

    @paco @jerk I'm embarrassed to say I've gotten the American Heiress in Obsession and not won. My play times haven't been quite as long as Jerk's - we've never hit 4 hours - but I agree the box time is a joke.
    (Obsession is a real hoot to play, tho.)

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    @CurtAdams Actually we hit 4h only twice, with one being embarrasing 5+ hours. The majority of our plays it with 2P, though. I also have witnessed plays, where a player, me included, with early AH didn't win. Sometimes by being unable to recover from the prestige hits (certainly by oberdoing it) along with bad luck on the builders market and/or guest draw.
    Regardless, a wonderful game, if only the rule books would have been better. Beautiful and interesting lecture, though.
    @paco

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    • klausfiend@dcerberus.comK This user is from outside of this forum
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      #572

      @paco Things are truly in a bad way when satire is just reality with a slightly different speech cadence.

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      • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

        Ad on the DC metro at the Pentagon station. I don’t even know where to start with this.

        #uspol #trump

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        @paco 😬

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        • jivens@beige.partyJ This user is from outside of this forum
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          jivens@beige.party
          wrote last edited by
          #574

          @paco

          I don't know, but I have personally talked to engineers working on projects like this, and man... there is no lack of enthusiasm. It gives you a profound feeling of ick to talk with them.

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          • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

            The conch, the reef, his wife, and her lobster

            #SeaFoodAMovieOrPlay
            #HashTagGames

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            @paco
            Well played!

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            • slothrop@chaos.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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              #576

              @paco Obligatory smartass reply, mentioning that individual change is pretty pointless in the absence of society-wide measures to address the climate catastrophe; and that the concept of a personal “carbon footprint” was invented by BP to deflect responsibility

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              • axels@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                @paco it's like coal and oil, once people get hooked it's over! We will just keep digging our own graves.

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                • slothrop@chaos.socialS slothrop@chaos.social

                  @paco Obligatory smartass reply, mentioning that individual change is pretty pointless in the absence of society-wide measures to address the climate catastrophe; and that the concept of a personal “carbon footprint” was invented by BP to deflect responsibility

                  paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @slothrop Fair enough. The point of the poll is that I realized a lot of my left-leaning friends do a bunch of things like recycling to help the climate. And then they use LLMs that do orders of magnitude more damage. These same people wouldn't throw trash in a creek or soda cans into the landfill, but they'll use LLMs for the most trivial purposes with minimal provocation.

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                  • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

                    @slothrop Fair enough. The point of the poll is that I realized a lot of my left-leaning friends do a bunch of things like recycling to help the climate. And then they use LLMs that do orders of magnitude more damage. These same people wouldn't throw trash in a creek or soda cans into the landfill, but they'll use LLMs for the most trivial purposes with minimal provocation.

                    slothrop@chaos.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @paco Yes exactly! Not least due to the fact that you can’t even run a Google search anymore without interacting with an LLM.

                    And there’s the total failure of our political leaders to address the environmental impact of “AI”.

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                    • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

                      @slothrop Fair enough. The point of the poll is that I realized a lot of my left-leaning friends do a bunch of things like recycling to help the climate. And then they use LLMs that do orders of magnitude more damage. These same people wouldn't throw trash in a creek or soda cans into the landfill, but they'll use LLMs for the most trivial purposes with minimal provocation.

                      arisummerland@beige.partyA This user is from outside of this forum
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                      #580

                      @paco @slothrop Gross!!!

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                      • acdingman@sandiegourbanists.comA This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #581

                        @paco I'm trying to think of a year in my adult life when I have not done everything except avoiding air travel. Which means those things are just part of the baseline, not "reduction".

                        (Some years, I flew twice weekly for work and then again on vacation.)

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                          @paco I guess it really depends on if they're a frequent flier already O.o

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                          • erwinrossen@mas.toE This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @paco Why is this a poll where people can spew their gut feelings? Why don't you look it up and show us the real numbers?

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                            • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

                              When I use NoScript in Waterfox, I often don't load much javascript. It can lead to some broken stuff that is funny. Think of all the ads, autoplay videos, and other crap I don't see at the bottom of this techcrunch article.

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                              @paco
                              I ended up turning off No script because between uBlock and an extensive hosts file, it tended to only break sites that actually needed it.

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                              • v_perjorative@mastodon.org.ukV v_perjorative@mastodon.org.uk

                                @paco
                                I ended up turning off No script because between uBlock and an extensive hosts file, it tended to only break sites that actually needed it.

                                paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @v_perjorative Yeah. I’m with you. On my work laptop I have been running no script for almost 10 years. I’ve just gotten used to it. About 18 months ago I started a whole new personal laptop, and I went with ublock but not no script.

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                                • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

                                  When I use NoScript in Waterfox, I often don't load much javascript. It can lead to some broken stuff that is funny. Think of all the ads, autoplay videos, and other crap I don't see at the bottom of this techcrunch article.

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                                  @paco I browse with js disabled by default (via uBlock Origin) and my favourite is a perfectly readable news article with an “enable JavaScript to make our site work!” banner across the top

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                                  • allanb@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @paco 😆

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                                    • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

                                      This is my cousin "Second Romantic Subplot" and her sister "girl who probably will betray us later."
                                      #KungFuSat

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                                      @paco #kungfusat
                                      Introductions should clarify everything right from the start in that way. It would simplify life.

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                                      • sharazluke@mastodon.worldS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @paco 😂😂😂

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                                        • allanb@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @paco When in doubt, lick it!

                                          Every 3rd grader know that!

                                          #KungFuSat

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