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 Topic: Batman: Arkham Knight |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 4073
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 29th Jul 2026 09:45 Subject: Batman: Arkham Knight |
| The development team also needs to be made up of a very specific combination of people to be able to create legendary games. But look at Rocksteady, almost all the talented people are gone or moved on ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1472
Views: 145144
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 28th Jul 2026 08:37 Subject: The AI Thread |
Most speeches, commercials, dissertations, music etc. were already low effort, plagiarized slop before LLMs, and it was progressively getting worse.
AI appeared just in time and fulfilled a massive ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1472
Views: 145144
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 24th Jul 2026 17:15 Subject: The AI Thread |
So Green and Blue -> Bomb
Purple and Red -> Protest
The Orange ones have priority (because of the trillions gallons of water they use) and at the bottom you can donate to Ukraine
Got it
:lo ... |
| Topic: Fucking heat |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 392
Views: 71351
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Forum: The Bitching Session Posted: Thu, 23rd Jul 2026 15:04 Subject: Fucking heat |
It's true, the American GFS weather model sucks and has been off for quite a while now. Temperatures are usually too high and it has become increasingly inaccurate.
Best to use forecast with the Euro ... |
| Topic: Fucking heat |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 392
Views: 71351
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Forum: The Bitching Session Posted: Thu, 23rd Jul 2026 11:23 Subject: Fucking heat |
| Weather models are back predicting another hellish heatwave in Europe starting around July 28-30 |
| Topic: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount, 2022–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 63
Views: 13459
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 23rd Jul 2026 10:26 Subject: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount, 2022–) |
Star.Trek.Strange.New.Worlds.S04E01.Valles.Marineris.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-FLUX
The cringe continues |
| Topic: The Odyssey (dir: Christopher Nolan) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 257
Views: 24430
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 23rd Jul 2026 09:58 Subject: The Odyssey (dir: Christopher Nolan) |
All this was because of the stupid Mel Gibson meme. AI is not yet ready to make good enough feature length films, but at the current rate of progress we should be there in about 1,5 years.
Besides ... |
| Topic: Madmax17's AI slop corner |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 3
Views: 204
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Forum: Jokes, Stories, Quotes, Web games, Cool Links Posted: Wed, 22nd Jul 2026 00:53 Subject: Madmax17's AI slop corner |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wbtt2JxP7g
Short film by Blomkamp, made with Seedance 2. Kinda derivative and like a shitty SyFy production, but on a technical level we're making some strides.
... |
| Topic: The Odyssey (dir: Christopher Nolan) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 257
Views: 24430
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 20th Jul 2026 01:43 Subject: The Odyssey (dir: Christopher Nolan) |
Not gonna watch it until the Web-dl so I can't rate it for some time but it looks like the woke casting and misplaced modern language was not enough to ruin an otherwise well done movie.
If its good ... |
| Topic: The Odyssey (dir: Christopher Nolan) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 257
Views: 24430
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 18th Jul 2026 12:39 Subject: The Odyssey (dir: Christopher Nolan) |
Forget RT. But Imdb user scores are usually the most trustworthy because the ideologues cancel each other out
Unweighted mean is at 7.7/10 at the moment, weighted mean is 8.3/10
So not that bad. In ... |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 45034
Views: 3706412
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sun, 12th Jul 2026 12:26 Subject: The last watched movie. |
| Like Sound of Freedom, which was also crappy, these movies fill a void. There's apparently a high audience demand for right wing/religious stuff currently but despite everything nothing gets greenlit ... |
| Topic: Football thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 13134
Views: 925191
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Forum: The Sports Bar Posted: Fri, 10th Jul 2026 13:56 Subject: Football thread |
It's a very interesting final phase, I'm rooting for Norway but everything can happen. The only team that's almost certainly not going to make it is Switzerland.
These are my odds
Quarter:
BE - E ... |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 45034
Views: 3706412
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 7th Jul 2026 00:43 Subject: The last watched movie. |
Passenger (2026) - 7,5/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33763941/
Conventional horror movie but pretty well done. Enjoyed it |
| Topic: Football thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 13134
Views: 925191
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Forum: The Sports Bar Posted: Mon, 6th Jul 2026 00:18 Subject: Football thread |
Great game by Norway  |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 45034
Views: 3706412
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2026 12:22 Subject: The last watched movie. |
No, the Zahler movies are great. He only made 3 movies so far, there is also Bone Tomahawk which is my least favorite but its still a good movie.
Uwe Boll is a hack, the only serviceable movies he ... |
| Topic: Fucking heat |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 392
Views: 71351
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Forum: The Bitching Session Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2026 01:57 Subject: Fucking heat |
The heatwave will end on Monday in France and between Tuesday and Thursday in Central Europe.
Some weather models are starting to predict another heatwave forming in mid-July.
But it's subject to ... |
| Topic: Fucking heat |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 392
Views: 71351
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Forum: The Bitching Session Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2026 17:46 Subject: Fucking heat |
I have various little climate zones at home now
Aircon room: 21,4°C
Aircon adjacent room: 25,8°C
Top floor room: 31,6°C |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 45034
Views: 3706412
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2026 01:42 Subject: The last watched movie. |
Uwe Boll movies are often a bit psychopathic. That's exactly what I like about him 
Too bad he lacks the directorial and writing talent and the budget often sucks. Haven't watched Vigilante ye ... |
| Topic: Fucking heat |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 392
Views: 71351
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Forum: The Bitching Session Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2026 01:33 Subject: Fucking heat |
The fan with ice bottles is actually not a bad idea. It's much better than evaporative cooling, since the bottles are sealed and no water evaporates so humidty does not increase.
Just have to stay i ... |
| Topic: Fucking heat |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 392
Views: 71351
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Forum: The Bitching Session Posted: Fri, 26th Jun 2026 14:21 Subject: Fucking heat |
EU decided to ban sale of residential air conditioners with R32 refrigerant in 2029, I wonder how that's going to work since almost every system is using R32 at present.
The environmental impact o ... |
| Topic: Fucking heat |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 392
Views: 71351
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Forum: The Bitching Session Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2026 16:07 Subject: Fucking heat |
| I still have a brand new Daikin Perfera Multisplit stored downstairs, but I decided against installing it because its costly and not worth because I will sell the house in 2 years and take it with me ... |
| Topic: The Boroughs (TV Series, Netflix) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 5
Views: 910
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 22nd Jun 2026 13:30 Subject: The Boroughs (TV Series, Netflix) |
https://deadline.com/2026/06/the-boroughs-the-duffer-brothers-series-canceled-netflix-1236958579/
Duffer Brothers’ Series ‘The Boroughs’ Canceled By Netflix After One Season
Too bad. It wa ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1472
Views: 145144
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sat, 20th Jun 2026 11:29 Subject: The AI Thread |
The environmental arguments against AI are all a pretense to rile people up. The water usage claims are a wild piece of viral disinformation. It's mostly left leaning media propagating this.
But when ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1472
Views: 145144
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sat, 20th Jun 2026 11:19 Subject: The AI Thread |
| Still nothing compared to the anti-AI extremism that's still coming. Data center bombings, assassination attempts and very large protests are likely. |
| Topic: Widow's Bay (Apple Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 10
Views: 2189
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 18th Jun 2026 02:58 Subject: Widow's Bay (Apple Series, 2026) |
The finale was a bit underwhelming though since they left a lot open for season 2...
Hoping there will not be a 2 year wait |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1472
Views: 145144
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 17th Jun 2026 03:40 Subject: The AI Thread |
AI being abstract is the base layer of the hate it gets. Like with crypto and GMOs, there is a similar reaction there. People usually react with diminishment, avoidance, or disgust.
In addition to ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1472
Views: 145144
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 16th Jun 2026 00:50 Subject: The AI Thread |
| How much did you spend on it while it was available? |
| Topic: Widow's Bay (Apple Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 10
Views: 2189
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 11th Jun 2026 02:04 Subject: Widow's Bay (Apple Series, 2026) |
| Very good show. Only one episode left. |
| Topic: 007 First Light (IO Interactive) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 328
Views: 41073
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 10th Jun 2026 12:34 Subject: 007 First Light (IO Interactive) |
| The game had a 7 year development cycle. That means the characters were created around 2020/2021. A very special time |
| Topic: What is the ugliest sounding language? |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 33
Views: 1693
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Forum: The Useless Void Posted: Mon, 8th Jun 2026 02:34 Subject: What is the ugliest sounding language? |
If you hate cats and their meows, you'd hate Thai.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69v-9S8ho5Q |
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