I’d love to see more niche content. I post to my city and country comms regularly, but there isn’t a lot in either.

It’d also be nice to see a few more viewpoints. Generally we all agree with each other. Any disagreement tends to be nitpicky and minor, rather than conversation worthy.

Computer needs practice to get program right.

I’m betting a corporate slavery jihad of environmental degradation.

It’s a really strong lock. It has to be.

might drink and drive gallop

Or the AI on shopping websites saying “I’d recommend this model…”

We don’t have a pronoun for “this non-human unit”. LLMs are marketed as conversational, so they need to conform to the limitations of English.

One could argue that “we” or “one” would be more appropriate, but that would sound stilted in many contexts.

I’d prefer linguistic markers to distinguish between people and machines, but we haven’t gotten there yet.

Don’t do catnip. Not even once.

The meh humour cheapens the tiddies.

I really like the treatment of metahumans in the earlier editions. I really like orcs getting the short end of the stick in terms of lifespan and appearance. It makes a dark setting even darker.

And no real humour. I realize it’s in the eye of the beholder, but this stuff is just meh with tiddies.

I fucking love Shadowrun.

My group doesn’t like magic with their cyberpunk dystopias, so I’m stuck playing Cyberpunk RED. Which is fine. I’ve picked up a bunch of the fun non-magical stuff from SR, and borrowed a few of the megacorps.

We’re still having fun, but I still want metahumans and magic.

The lore and setting are perfect.

The decking/net-running problem is definitely a thing, tho. Doing it well requires the GM to build a really tight scenario, which is hard to do on a regular basis.

The identifying site doesn’t need to record IP or other identifying information. It just needs to answer “yes” or “no” when queried about the current user. It could use a similar handoff mechanism to oauth.

The cost of a hack turns into getting a list of people in the region, rather than people who use a given service. Arguably, that’s less problematic.

I’m still fucking amazed that I can just put my phone on a fancy circle and it sticks there until I pull it off. I’ve had that thing for like a year and it still feels like magic.

Also:

That’s been my experience too. My players are much harder on themselves with hard fails than I would be.

I’m fine with horny, but bland is unacceptable.

Playing with friends. I don’t find games a fun solo experience, nor do I line playing with randos, but I like cooperating with folks I know on a challenge.

The headline seems to be explained by

Both companies and other food firms, are legally obliged to maintain strategic reserves of critical items, such as flour, sugar and cooking oils. These are held in dedicated warehouses or underground bunkers that have back-up electricity generators.

There’s a fair bit of unquestioning glazing, but I think the overall idea comes across.

It took a few listens for me to realize how creepy Every Breath You Take is.