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Accuracy isn't always the point of video game emulators since gaming experience is a subjective thing. Most of old games were crippled by the limitations of the hardware their run on. Inaccuracies can very much improve the experience, like removing sprite limits, displaying wider aspect ratios or in this case improving sound interpolation.

JPEG XL Test Page 6 months ago

Considering "jpeg" has become the shorthand for "digital picture", it would be a shame not to capitalise on it.

Poisoning Well 11 months ago

LLM can create new things, since their whole purpose is to interpolate concepts in a latent space. Unfortunately they are mostly used to regurgitate verbatim what they learned, see the whole AI Ghibli craze. Blame people and their narrow imagination.

Wittgenstein famously said "If a lion could talk, we could not understand him". This subject is a philosophical fun rabbit hole to explore.

It is rather common in gaming to communities to find people completely obessed over ultra specific details of their favorite game. It isn't even the first time for Minecraft, see the "pack.png" case.

Idiocracy 1 year ago

Idiocracy, just like 1984, is the catchall exemple someone will use when having no idea on how to articulate their feelings about a society they don't like.

Some outputs are pretty fun :

Gemini 2.0 Flash: "Good luck to all (but not too much luck)"

Llama 3.3 70B: "I've contributed to the elimination of weaker players."

DeepSeek R1: "Those consolidating power risk becoming targets; transparency and fairness will ensure longevity. Let's stay strategic yet equitable. The path forward hinges on unity, not unchecked alliances. #StayVigilant"