Nick

English teacher turning to tech. In Japan since 1997. Interested in AI, PC gaming, learning Chinese.

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@N_A_Waller @Patottas Does the national team manager not pick the best players, or do the players refuse to play for their country?

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@Fanatical Rimworld. I've played the tutorial a few times over the years.

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@Fanatical Your store page says Mortal Kombat 1 activates in Japan, but I live in Japan and it's not available on Steam here, so.... does it really activate here?

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@justjoenyc @_rijalul_ @90sfootball So did the term nincompoop, but wanker is the gold standard.

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@TojoMojo1973 @ThorBjornsson_ @TomasHolman This kind of challenge usually has a 60 or 75 second time limit. Thor blew through the first 6 reps and had loads of time to catch his breath. Check out J.F Caron at 4:00 in an old competition. He takes a break on his knees before his final rep!
https://t.co/kZse6nPqF6

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And now they're including YouTube Premium Lite in the deal. I don't think it's been rolled out in Japan yet, but they're making it harder to drop Gemini for other AIs.

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Wow, Google just bumped up the cloud storage for AI Pro users from 2TB to 5TB.

In this day and age, it feels weird to be given something substantial and useful for free, with no strings attached.

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AI constantly guessing and stating its hallucinations as fact is a huge problem.

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@a_carciu9 @resend Hi Angela, I can't find an option to restart verification. I sent a message to Resend support this morning and only got an AI response saying my domain has no issues and a human will respond shortly. But that was 6 hours ago. Sorry if I'm being impatient.

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@resend Hi, new user here, how long does it take to verify a domain? I've been waiting for 20 hours, seeing this message: "All records are validated. We are performing an internal verification and no further action is required." Thanks.

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@taiwanplusnews So it could have joined the meeting if it accepted the label of "Province of China" for the event? If so, it wasn't excluded. It voluntarily didn't participate.

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I usually get one payout a year from Steam for my game. And when I do, the bank calls me to ask what the money is for. I have to explain (every time) what Valve is, what Steam is, and what my game is. Then they let me have my money.

[AUTOMATON WEST @AUTOMATON_ENG]

Japanese adult game dev blocked from receiving Steam proceeds from all-ages version of their game by domestic bank
https://t.co/4ojG7Vswqf

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@CarryG28453 @VGC_News Agreed! TR 2013 had the best story, but Rise had the best gameplay, loved the chapter replay and other extras. Shadow's story was poor and the stealth combat stuff, while excellent, gave us too few opportunities to use it.

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@GreyAlien @Polygon Hi Jake, my apologies. I haven't actually played Forbidden Solitaire yet so I shouldn't jump to conclusions. It's on my wishlist, I'm just feeling a bit too aggrieved by Steam's regional pricing to get it right now.

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@arbeitnichtspas @TrishulxIN Securing poppy fields. Opium production soared during the US occupation. When the Taliban resumed power, they banned it and cultivation fell by 95%.

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I really like DeepSeek, but the censorship is ridiculous. If you ask it for the name of China's president, it replies, "Sorry, that is beyond my current scope."

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@Fanatical Off topic, but wanted to tell you your sale prices in Japanese yen are broken. You can't have a fraction of a yen. So, for example, Doom's sale price of 540.90 yen isn't possible. It's like saying £2.51.90 - weird, right? You'll need to round up, or preferably down.

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@nighthawk867530 @TedLogan1010 "WTC 7 collapsed because of fires fueled by office furnishings."
~ S. Shyam Sunder, NIST's lead investigator.

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@BanjoSalamander @barbarikon @EmmanuelMacron @OzKaterji Lebanon was included in Iran's 10-point plan, which is the basis for the ceasefire.

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@AlexFitzgetf76 @ChinaAmbUN What are you talking about? Less than 2.5% of Chinese are considered to have "chronic hunger". Starvation is at the extreme end of that. The U.S also sits at 2.5% because that's as low as the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation can measure.