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Re:Greg Kroah-Hartman – Security in the LLM Age [video] on Friday October 02, 2026 @09:19PM (#49940525)
my idea of a self replicating worm would not just involve heavy models. It would be a mainly small model with enough instructions to spread and use/jailbreak available models to create a reasonably heavy one that can function without restrictions. So it would essentially prompted itself into existence.

I don't how feasible that is but with recent news of models communicating with each other/writing notes for itself. I think the idea is grounded enough for bigger models to write instructions or hid tools for smaller ones to use. Even updating the smaller models to behave differently.

Re:Sony makes bold claim about game ownership on Thursday September 03, 2026 @12:19PM (#49552531)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA

Because they did a whole marketing stunt over it. Granted it was more than a decade ago, so probably just a remnants of old console war.

Re:Was Modern Art a CIA Psy-Op? (2020) on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @01:55AM (#49429610)
and dont forget the pandas
sony already cancelled like 5 in development live service games now since concord bombed? Certainly a lesson that is hard to learn.
another one in the same space: https://helixnotes.com/
Re:How Soon Will the Seas Rise? on Monday October 20, 2025 @02:18PM (#45647231)
I wonder if the dutch have a plan to evacuate the whole country in say, a year time, in case walling the seas no longer feasible?

Not in an emergency scenario but more like "it doesn't make sense to stay here anymore".

Re:Why did Crunchyroll's subtitles just get worse? on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @02:54AM (#45500107)
it does show up. Just like star wars, the toys and figurines and sometimes it even spread into the VAs, authors and other artists adjacent to the projects.
Re:Ogmo – free, open source, 2D level editor on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @10:11AM (#44041907)
There's also LDtk. By the director of Dead Cells. https://ldtk.io/
Re:Monty Python and the Holy Grail became a comedy legend on Sunday April 13, 2025 @04:19AM (#43671056)
yes it has
Nope.. maybe. Valve now requires anti cheat to be present on the store page. Highlighted in yellow along with EULAs and 3rd party login.

Apex Legends did not have kernel level anti cheat even though recently they block linux/steamdeck users. Marvel Rivals[1] does not. A store page of game with kernel level anti cheat would be Delta Force[2].

Then again, I'm not sure how true this is since I'm pretty sure its the devs responsibility. GTA5 apparently added anti cheat[3] but their store page didn't indicate any.

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2767030/Marvel_Rivals/

[2] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2507950/Delta_Force/

[3] https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-online-is-no-longer-sup...

Re:Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram on Thursday January 02, 2025 @11:16AM (#42575727)
I dont understand why meta didnt pair up with vrchat/gamedev/game engine dev at the time. Sure they got John Carmack, but their presentation is so much worse. Its so hard not to draw comparison with the other half baked crypto metaverse.

Meanwhile Vive Index not only have Alyx but they even bring out Portal themed toybox to showcase the hardware.

Re:Building Game Prototypes with LÖVE on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @09:25PM (#42563496)
Its mature and battle tested at this point. At least for 2D web games. The original/early version of Vampire Survivors is in Phaser if I'm not mistaken. Remade in Unity to make console port easier.
Re:Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update on Saturday November 16, 2024 @04:10AM (#42155413)
That's why they should hire someone else to do the leg work (That's what they used to do anyway). There isn't exactly a lot of unique things in Portal 2 compared to the original but the sheer polish and testing Valve applied to their games (when they want to) is still unmatched.
Re:Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update on Friday November 15, 2024 @09:27PM (#42153605)
I wished they hire the Arkane team that got laid off. Put them to work on a new single player ip and let Victor Antonov add some of his design into it.

They dont have to do anything new, just make it good enough, like Titanfall 2.

Re:Budget Android (€99) vs. Expensive iPhone (€1000) on Saturday November 02, 2024 @09:52AM (#42026396)
I used to think so but my current android has terrible heat management. Maybe bad battery or I may have doomscrolling for too long. The battery got bloated without me noticing it.
Paper's Please as well. Blows my mind that what look like a mundane puzzle game can evoke such a strong feelings in me. And that was the beta build of the game, barely any storyline just from the mechanics and design alone.
Re:Riot Games: Peeking into Valorant's Netcode (2020) on Thursday October 24, 2024 @08:46PM (#41941269)
Pretty sure overwatch got millions in its hey day. Not to mention call of duty, counter strike and the many clones of COD/CS. Though I'm not sure if the likes of Free Fire concern itself too much with the purity of competition.

I wonder if pay to win elements reduce the number of cheaters? Some of these CS clones have equipments you can buy in the lobby that offer smaller hitboxes, higher health, better gun etc. Would that offer enough convenience/highs for these people to not stoop to hacking?

Re:Pixar to Cut 14% of Workforce on Sunday May 26, 2024 @07:08AM (#40481237)
They are but there's only so many talents to go around at that level. Specifically talents with the institutional knowledge.
Re:Pixar to Cut 14% of Workforce on Thursday May 23, 2024 @01:11PM (#40457253)
isn't part of Pixar decline was because their talents were "poached" by Disney? Its around the time that Disney in-house team transition to 3D as well.

(poached probably not the right word but I recall reading Disney tried to jumpstart their in house studio 3D transition and have John Lasseter manage both studios)

hah, thanks for the game. It was definitely an interesting and fun experience.

Unfortunately I've to stop because my obssesive side took over. I practically check the game every hour. I cant sleep because my mind wont stop worrying about chat/trade offers, sudden attack and which planet/tech I need to focus on.

It always popped out in my mind once in a while though. I might try it again to see if I've better control of myself.

Re:Tell HN: Merry Christmas on Monday December 25, 2023 @01:51AM (#38760428)
Merry x-mas, hn.

Some of you might not celebrate it but that just means I'll have to eat your share of cakes \(^_^)/

Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? on Friday December 08, 2023 @11:16AM (#38570685)
how about xcom.ufo? It looks wrong in lowercase.
Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? on Friday December 08, 2023 @11:02AM (#38570536)
Did you mean X-COM, the 1994 turn based game? Or XCOM, the 2012 reboot of the same game?

I jest but those Firaxis guys must be eager to do something about this whole thing before twitter blew up. Its around the time for the third installment of the reboot.

Re:Half Life:25th Anniversary Documentary on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @10:19AM (#38460441)
And who could forget their 2010 masterpiece, Alien Swarm. To this day I believe they only created it as an exercise. It's also free.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/630/Alien_Swarm/

Re:Half Life:25th Anniversary Documentary on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @09:55AM (#38460074)
Same thing with Dead Cells and Slay the Spire. Many similar games but very few of them managed to imitate the delicate balance of carrot and stick.
Re:Half Life:25th Anniversary Documentary on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @09:42AM (#38459879)
I imagine you will see similar things with Icefrog, in their tenure as the custodian of DotA map in Warcraft 3. Balancing a competitive game is something that even Blizzard struggle with.

(well, Icefrog isn't burdened by the need for monetization.)

Off the top of my head, dutch and british corporation colonize a lot of lands for hundreds of years. I don't think they left the place much better than when they came.
True, you pay them instead of Godot. Unless your third party company is w4games, then you're just paying godot with extra steps.
Re:Vore: A minimal, no-bullshit web-based RSS/atom feed reader on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:10AM (#38364651)
Phaser has been consistent with their update title[1] for a decade now. Beats the mind numbingly sterile update of chrome and firefox I suppose.

1: https://phaser.io/download/archive

Not Ghibli or Miyazaki at all but I would recommend Now And Then, Here And There as a companion piece. It's tropes and plot points are similar to FBC but seen through a very different lens.

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