Holographic / Crystalline storage.

Xbox One X is still a better choice than the Xbox Series S.

Let me explain:

It has more RAM than the Series S, so Xbox One titles and backwards compatible titles will run with Xbox One X enhancements that the Series S cannot run.

It has a physical disc drive for backwards compatible titles, DVDs, Blu Rays, and 4K UHD movies. The Series S is discless.

The only downside are newer games that are exclusive to Series S/X, but really, how many are there? Cyberpunk 2077 plays on the One X.

The new Forza won’t run, but the older ones should!

Source: Put the Xbox Series X and PS5 in the living room, moved the Xbox One X and PS4 to the bedroom. Still use it!

The Cell - Trailer here:

https://youtu.be/eIpy4p_yMV0

Impress a cat.

Heard all the good things about Disco Elysium and found it on sale for the Steam Deck… Could not stand playing a character with traumatic brain injury. I thought I did something wrong generating the character, no, fanbase assures me that’s the way it’s supposed to be… Refunded it in less than an hour.

65" and it’s impressive with ONE drawback… Samsungs HDR implementation SUCKS. Suuuuuuuucks.

Without HDR, everything is bright, crisp, and clean.

With HDR, it’s dark, muddy, and unwatchable.

I’ve done all the firmware updates, RTINGS calibrations, NOTHING works.

Well, nothing except disabling HDR on every device attached to it.

I bought one on the premise of both PS5 and Xbox Series X releasing 8K content.

We got:

The Touryst - Not a bad game, but not needing 8K either.

https://youtu.be/DNGA_XnWVMg

Ori and the Will of the Wisps supported 6K, GREAT game.

https://youtu.be/4nUYBcp_WP0

On the PS5 Pro (through PSSR upscaling)

F1 24 (at 60 FPS)

Gran Turismo 7 (at 60 FPS)

No Man’s Sky (at 30 FPS)

Pure Pool Pro (at 30 FPS with ray tracing)

[REDACTED] (at 60 FPS)

The Callisto Protocol (at 30 FPS with ray tracing)

And that’s it…

They can, but they also don’t meet the corporate dictate of “Everyone use AI.” 😉

Not at all wrong, just showing what can be done with virtually zero effort and time.

I could most likely perfect it in a few minutes more, still a fraction of the time of doing it by hand. I’m not extending a proof of concept to win arguments on the Internet. 😉

But as I noted at the bottom of the comment, which apparently nobody bothered to read, there are ALREADY royalty free libraries for this kind of thing. So it also has to be faster than searching libraries that are already there.

Of course that action is it’s own time sink as anyone who has gone looking for “the perfect font” can tell you.

It did get maybe 90% there in a minute which is faster than a person would do it. Not a perfect tile, maybe take a few more interations. But not awful for cobbled together in a minute, and if your job is to come up with 50 or 100 different textures, still better than doing it by hand.

But as I noted, there are also already royalty free libraries for this stuff as well.

I don’t, it’s the UU folks, and each UU church is slightly different. You can see my personal opinion at the bottom. 😉

I mean, the UU church is still a church after all, but without a lot of the toxic trappings. You aren’t going to get anyone telling you the only way to get to heaven is through Jesus for example.

https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/beliefs/christianity/views-jesus

"UUs may view Jesus as a moral exemplar, practicing the compassion, generosity, and mercy that he preached. In his own life and in stories like the Good Shepherd and the Good Samaritan, Jesus calls us to connect: to transcend pride and selfishness and choose instead to love and serve, to do good, and to care for each other.

For some, Jesus is a prophetic leader and an instrument of the divine. They may or may not believe Jesus was the son of God or was resurrected but share with Christians a conviction that his witness has the spiritual power to redeem mistakes and save lives. Many describe a personal relationship with him that strengthens and inspires. Jesus calls us to discover new life and truth by following him.

Others view Jesus as a reformer and dissident, an underdog and ally. He was executed as a political criminal because of his teachings, but his life made an impact, then and now. He called out injustice in his own community and in the government. He stood with and spoke up for the most vulnerable, and he challenged his followers to feed the hungry and visit the imprisoned. Jesus calls us to transform, to resist the unjust systems that divide us, and reshape them for good."

Personally, I wouldn’t be comfortable with any field of thought other than “Jesus was a literary fiction, constructed by the early church as a method of control over an illiterate populace.” but then that’s why I don’t go to church. 😉

Well of course not, AI did it in 1 minute. 🤣

Check your local Unitarian Universalism (UU) branch.

https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/article-ii-study-commission/about-article-2

"Section C-2.1. Principles.

We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote

The inherent worth and dignity of every person;

Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;

Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;

A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;

The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;

The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all;

Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part."

867-5309!

Does it scale to other instruments? Violin? Piano? Ukulele? LOL.

I could see using AI for tasks that are so mind numbing and mundane it might actually be cruel to make a human do it.

“I need a perfectly tileable concrete wall texture for a video game, make it light gray with random spots of yellow and white paint.”

Took about a minute.

But then, if you’re going to do THAT, there are already royalty free libraries where it’s already done.

Remembering phone numbers.

Most famous?

Beyonce - Break My Soul:

https://youtu.be/iz1rIp1-b-Y

Least famous?

Chris Smither - Place in Line / Leave the Light On (I waffle)

https://youtu.be/MztnxPiiDbI

https://youtu.be/rBsPGIYWtdA

The files are sorted by the numeric year first, up to 1950.

The two files for 1950 are together, as they should be.

But the letters are sorted alphabetically, so XI comes before XV. It doesn’t see that they are numbers, it’s reading them as letters.

If they want it sorted correctly, they should rename the files:

“1950 - 018
1950 - 019”

That would work. Interestingly enough, so would:

“1950 - Eighteen
1950 - Nineteen”