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A look at LitRPG
Ah, Literary Role Play Game novels. Such a dichotomy of pleasure and pain. Pleasure in their premise – a fantasy or (occasionally) sci-fi novel which incorporates game-like statistics to track character progress, all overseen by a gaming “System”. And… pain. Lots of pain, take your pick, this genre has it all: poor spelling, entirely missing
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The Ethics of AI (June 2025)
This short article outlines the ethics of using AI (mainly generative AI, or large language models), as of June 2025. In short, there exists no truly ethical way to engage with AI currently. This article will outline a few of the ways that support this conclusion. Copyright Quite a lot to unpick here, but the
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Running the Elite:Dangerous Market Connector on Linux
I’ve been playing a lot of Elite: Dangerous since I got my Valve Index VR headset. As a result, I decided I’d try my hand at mining, and found myself on sites like EDTools to look for good mining locations. That, in turn, led me to realise that there’s a whole sub-culture of plug-ins and
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pfSense install on Ubuntu
I’m looking forward to installing pfSense on my soon-to-arrive pico PC device, a little fanless unit with four gigabit interfaces. It’s been a long time since I had a proper stateless firewall to administer, and I’m hoping that the performance of this miniature monster will keep up in these COVID-19 ridden times. I notice that
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Just say no
Quick post, just to note my general loathing for Denuvo DRM in games. Both for the fact that it’s DRM generally, but more for the fact that it practically roots your PC, causing slow downs in the games it “protects”. Quotes for protects there, since a quick google will note the various cracked versions that
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