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Re:GitHub New pull request overview page in public preview on Sunday November 08, 2026 @02:51AM (#50411235)
UI change that will have small effect. IMHO PRs are going to die in their current form.

We need some sort of summary mechanism or invariant prerequisites to keep track of with tools. When contributions start violating them, we might need a PR to update the architectural invariant or roll them back. This is a decision when a person needs to have a look and act.

Re:GPT-5.6 Sol can beat Factorio on peaceful mode on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:59AM (#50323291)
AI playing video games is a funny twist of faith. We call the AI-controlled characters NPCs, but now we've become NPCs watching AI play itself. How weird is that? At the same time this might help AI learn better - each game is a new system, a new set of rules to make sense of, each one has a unique tutorial aimed at human intellect to keep engagement, as well as teach you how to play.

As much as games are similar, especially within the same genre, the nuances are important.

I'd personally be impressed the moment the AI manage to play the games following those newances and being efficient as well as effective.

Re:I wanna live an NPC life on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @05:47PM (#49543018)
Living is not the same thing as filling an empty space in a game. An NPC is just that - add some extra background staff so that a city feels live-like. You are alive. Go live.

NPCs immitate life, but very pourly. Do not take them as an inspiration.

Don't try to ignore the world around you as it is the direct opposite of a game world which is static.

Real life is dynamic, changing and if you behave as an NPC for a long time, you are going to have a bad time eventually

Re:A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video] on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @04:54AM (#49519605)
Another example when technology can be just used to do cool things, art, and not only be useful (besides beiing a learning experience by the author)
Re:Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:46AM (#49509760)
worth noting the 0.00% came from 72 fixed scenarios, so its a coverage number more than a safety one. a chain that wasn't in the set was never going to show up in it.