I'm quite happy to wait as long as it takes. Concerned Ape has long since earned my trust on this.

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On paper, I should really love Terraria, but after several attempts I haven't been able to find the "fun". It's obvious it's a great game, but there's a spark that totally eludes me, even though I have liked similar games. Which is a pity since other people seem able to easily find the "fun".

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Given his earlier statements, I wonder how much "AI" is going to be stuffed into this one.

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The bit about brainwashing in universities is kind of a red flag, so it's no surprised he was gullible enough to buy the AI hype. Good that he's backing off on this at least, but I doubt I'd be interested in anything he makes going forward.

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Quoting: juxuanuOn the other side, as a solo game developer being able to generate some assets for your game can mean your project is now feasible.

It'll only cost you all your ethics! A bargain!

That said, with the way public opinion is heading, particularly in the indie gaming space, I don't imagine having people find out you used AI on your game is going to gain you any fans, and some will likely see it as a betrayal. Word spreads fast about stuff like this so it's a heck of a risk.

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I'll be honest, for a new user who's not familiar with Linux, or like me an established user who's bad with complicated tech stuff, what really matters is ease of being able to type "problem + distro name" into a search engine and have a reasonable chance of a cut & paste solution 95% or more of the time.

If I didn't have as much Linux experience as I do, the freakin' mess that is trying to get instructions on how to set up Nvidia drivers on Fedora would have driven me screaming from the distro altogether. And if I was new altogether I'd be back on Windows and hesitant to look again. That's what matters far more than whether the OS is optimized for gaming, whatever that even means these days.

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Nice! I was really grabbed by this with the first demo.

Probably going to skip the second and just wait for the full release.

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Quoting: LoudTechieI don't think more chatbots and such will make Firefox better, but there is one recent AI feature of Firefox that although I don't use it I think is very good.

The build in translation capability. I had to download all kinds of sketchy extensions to get that to work right for my uncle and now I can just flip a setting.

As far as I'm aware, and I am no expert so I could easily be wrong, but translation is generally Machine Learning (ML), rather than Large Language Model (LLM), which the chatbots and generative AI are built on. It does fall under the "AI" umbrella, but doesn't have the same issues as LLMs such as rampant plagiarism, enormous energy use, black box processing that cannot be audited, generating misinformation, etc. So therefore not really a big issue despite both being under the same umbrella.

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Nah. Mozilla's burned too much goodwill with their various stunts and I honestly don't trust them any more. It's off to Waterfox for me.

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Quoting: CharlieTheMadHatterIt's sad to see Mozilla making the same bad choices. Prioritizing shareholder profits seems to come above everything else.

It's nonprofit. So, are this shareholder profits in room with you?

Mozilla Foundation, who owns the source code, is a nonprofit.

Mozilla Corporation, who makes the browser, is, well...a corporation which can make a profit. This is the entity who's worried about market share and adding AI.

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