I'm so tired of GTA.

I finished Vice City and it was great.

GTA IV didn't click with me at all, I hated the characters and the endless busywork.

GTA V was considerably better, but I never got around to finish it, I just moved on to other things.

And now the ridiculous hype for GTA VI.

I mean I get it, it's a very polished product, maybe the most polished game ever. But I'm just so tired of it. I like driving, I like shooting, I like adult themes and humor, but it's the same every damn time. And it seems to get more contemporary with each iteration. I'm not from the US and I'm not that invested in whatever is happening there. GTA looks to be 110% focused on increasingly specific North American societal issues, judging from the trailer. I'm not into it, which isn't a problem in itself, but the endless bombardment with the hype on every conceivable channel is grinding my nerves.

I know I can't change it, just needed to vent for a minute.

Enjoy GTA VI, I'm sure it will look amazing and set standards for quality and polish. I'll enjoy a gameplay trailer and hopefully some silence once the initial rush is over.

I was looking around for parts when I stumbled upon the HP Omen 16L. With an RX 9060 XT, an AMD Ryzen 5, 1TB SSD and 16 Gigs of RAM it looks quite capable and it costs just 999,- EUR.

Am I missing something or is this actually a good deal? Building a rig just from comparable components didn't come cheaper.

The product: https://www.galaxus.de/en/s1/product/hp-omen-16l-gaming-desktop-pc-tg03-0154ng-pc-1000-gb-16-gb-radeon-rx-9060-xt-pc-66284936

From his latest article:

One of my sources has come forward and brought me a story that will possibly burst the AI bubble. The reason they brought this to me is that I’ve shown — and will continue to show — that I actually give a shit about this industry and the people in it. If you’re wondering what the story is, know that it’s the information I’ve wanted for years, delivered as I have always wanted it, and I will treat it with the reverence it deserves. Imagine what the worst possible thing for me to get would be and you’re probably close.

Link: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-slowing-down/

I must say I'm pretty excited.

I finally installed my two panels, plugged them in and they started producing right away.

250,- EUR for the whole 500W setup, no battery.

It's really more of a hobby project but it feels great. I opted for the modern thin flexible panels and they are super easy to install.

Handelsblatt erstaunlich basiert.

I just received information by my city today that a rather big street close to me will be completely reworked. All street side parking spaces will be removed to make space for larger cycling and pedestrian paths. In the same mail there was information about extended fixed station car-sharing offerings, for those times when you actually need a car. There is always one in comfortable walking distance.

See? It's no so hard. People voted for this and now they're getting it. I love my town.

I bought a nice sweater from the ESA merch store and now I'm looking for more euro-centric apparel. Give me your recommendations, it can be from any EU country and doesn't have to be state sponsored, but it should be official, no bootlegging. I'm really open to a wide variety of suggestions. European companies, institutions, even will known brands, if it's clearly European I'm interested.

The official ESA store: https://shop.esa.int/

This video came up in my recommendations randomly and now I'm fully on board.

https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/hledger ![email protected]

I recently discovered hledger and setup importing for all my accounts over the course of a weekend. The clarity is amazing and it's changing how I view my finances.

All that's missing is a community around this fantastic tool, since it's got incredible depth. So here it is!

Money - it is quite important.

I discovered the world of plain-text accounting and specifically hledger just recently. With some perseverance I managed to import a whole year of transactions for just one bank account and it's already eye-opening.

It is also a real rabbit-hole, hence this community.

I always hear the ai companies clamoring for gigawatts of "compute" so they can finally "grow" due to the immense "demand". But somehow people can just start up clawbot and burn through millions of tokens just fine, I never hear about anyone being denied access to LLM usage. The same for businesses, they're being sold ai crap left and right and there is never a bottleneck or a queue. In fact, there seems to be plenty of "compute" to go around, far more than needed, really.

Has this ever been pointed out to the ai CEOs? Has this been discussed or explained?

Didn't expect someone to make it into a game, but ok.

... but still, it's such a satisfying achievement. It took me so many attempts, but now I known I can do it. Next time I'll be prepared even better.

A nice bonus was using my insanely overpowered wand, it just destroyed everything in it's path. If I kept using it for too long, my framerate would seriously drop, it was glorious. I also got the achievement for the gods being "enraged", which is nice.

Noita is such an addictive game, really one of the best.

After a long absence someone mentioned Noita in passing and now I'm back in. Starting runs every evening, getting slightly better over time. I'm still a novice, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of things slowly. My biggest enemy is my own greed. I'm sure I can get much farther once I can discipline myself.