Neato

Kbin knows the article is totally fucked and just trying to insert a little bit of brightness to combat the existential dread.

Good AI.

Wow that’s a huge variety of utility apps. And most people are used to granting permissions to apps at this point without considering since most have that pop-up.

For defense? No. For extermination? Also no but it makes it more deniable.

Bayonetta is my only exception for this. Because she’s got guns in them heels. Also because her character clearly wants them.

Fun fact: bg3 added dick physics.

That said, I’ll usually always play a male character in a Souls title, because [insert valid reason for inconsistency here.]

I often do this when I want the character to mesh with the build. If I’m playing a character with a great shield and giant hammer, I’ll want a big beefy character that is often easier to create in game as a male body. And when I play a quick assassin, I often pick female. It’s like the opposite of how anime weapons work.

FYI: as someone I think would like incongruent in girl mode, I went as Dr Frankenfurter (creation scene, was cold) for Halloween this year and went all out: full makeup, fishnets, shaved legs, 4" platform heels, etc. It was very fun and could be a good entry into what you might want to do. Also: you can always dress up at home just for yourself.

I play in 2 games and run 1. As a player I play both characters who share my gender and one that doesn’t. At the table I run there’s a guy who plays a woman, and used to be another.

It’s never caused issues or confusion. So for anyone interested in playing like this, feel free to do so! For pronouns I’ve also found success in referring to characters instead of players with names unless explicitly talking to the player, but that’s easier as a GM.

I don’t relate with masculine characters at all. No idea why as I don’t identify as a woman. I have very little association or ownership of my gender.

Also character creators traditionally don’t have a ton of options beyond the binary. Hair, pronoun options tend to be most of the extent.

Also feminine bodies tend to be more interesting. More curves and interesting shapes while a lot of masculine bodies are rendered as blocky.

Bad faith is trying to pretend that antizionism in 2023 is different to antisemitism.

This argument is bad faith. Or you’re just plain wrong. You can pick.

You’re all over this thread defending Israel and now you’re equating Jewish people with the Israeli government. Bad faith arguing.

Musk HATES hates public transportation. Which is weird because he’s in a private jet when he travels anyways.

Dystopia on top of dystopia. Need a special fund to not die when sick. Job makes you do extra. labor just to afford health care.

It’s because these employees needed these bonuses. They were essentially a normal part of their compensation. Now it’s being held hostage.

Your company is abusing it’s employees. Imagine if it was something other than exercise how abusive it would be.

With how a lot of jobs have a lot of their pay based on nearly mandatory bonuses, this is basing pay on controlling you outside of work.

Requiring things outside work is unpaid overtime.

Russia has been getting bounced back reliably for years. But it’ll be hard for any army to fight without munitions.

This is a great tactic if you support Russia.

The one a few years ago that stopped flights in Europe was a basaltic one?

It’s stealing. Training is theft. It is NOT like “a person looking at art in a museum and gaining inspiration”. AI has no inspiration or creativity. It’s an image autocomplete algorithm using millions of other people’s images as bases to combine and smooth out. That’s all it does. If I took a bunch of Monet paintings and creates some brushes in Photoshop and used it to create a new work, those brushes would still be theft. At best, it’d be a collage art piece I’d have to credit Monet for.

Do you like, have any information that would show why this isn’t happening due to more complicated details? Or did you just post in order to talk down to someone without making any salient points whatsoever?

I’m surprised the military industrial complex isn’t just loaning them the ordinance they were buying. Ukraine is slated to win easily if they can keep supplied. Most likely financial aid will resume from the US and EU. So those loans won’t take long to pay off. And then the industry has another nation to buy their bombs.