01/07/2023
After quitting Twitter in December, yesterday I closed my Reddit account, for a new digital home in the Fediverse: Mastodon It’s going to be intersting to see how the communities evolve, I’m already seeing some of the more devisive themes being represented. Meanwhile I’ve been playing more with Google Bard, OpenAI Chat-GPT, and Bard; their functionality impresses me on a daily basis. From having discussions with the bots, having them…
01/07/2023
& stoked Blanka is available from launch, and managed to get to Silver rank yesterday! I chose the PC version over PS5, as my FightStick-Pro connects without a delay inducing dongle. Accumulated ~90 hours of gameplay, and I understand about as much as when I was about 90 hours into Elden Ring 🤣 The new mechanics flow beautifully, more reminicent of Street Fighter 4’s counter system, but I’ll write more…
Hey tarnished! Now, we all know how important shields are, right? They’re not just for looking cool, but they’ve got a whole array of uses, from blocking and parrying to bashing and performing unique Ashes of War abilities. Now, one thing I absolutely love about shields in Elden Ring is the Guard Boost feature. As you upgrade your shield, you’ll gain Guard Boost points, which help determine how much stamina…
01/05/2023
Playing around with ChatGPT & Google Co-lab, I have this working script, that trains a model using neural networks, to play Mario. I’m really keen to play with this more, just need more time in my days!
29/04/2023
After 326 hours of game play, I’ve finally beaten the final boss, what an experience, that I don’t want to end! Starting out with a Mage build, I switched to Faith, and now to a Black Flame meta. I’m finishing off collecting items to take to New Game plus, before I choose an ending. It really is the greatest game that I’ve played, such a pleasure, truly epic, with a…
29/04/2023
Think this is nearly the longest I’ve gone without posting! Feel online life has changed this year: Musk buying Twitter has killed off my bots, and the platform seems to have transformed into a right wing conspiracy echo chamber, so my interest has gone. AI chat bots have changed everything; Chat GPT has come a long way from my first experiments. Gone is the day of having to compile and…
24/09/2022
I’m in a routine of running update and upgrade each time I logon… today Debian returned an error dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libffi 8:amd64: I tried several things, configuring the erroring package, reinstalling, removing, purge… no success. So how did I resolve my dpkg dependency problems? Navigate to the Debian package management info directory: cd /var/lib/dpkg/info/ Burn all of the prerm files: sudo apt-get remove *.prerm Then update…
07/09/2022
In the last few days I’ve been teaching myslef how easy it is to parry… and wondering why I haven’t been doing it earlier? ~106 hours in, I finally have the eureka moment that I may have been missing something, and this time it wasm’t a chic armour ensemble… so I decided to learn how to parry 🙂 Tl;Dr: I fitted Carian Retaliation to the Carian Knight’s Shield Parry Skill…
01/09/2022
According to an article in The Sun, Drake was spotted riding a dolphin while on vacation in Turks and Caicos. The article says that the rapper was “clearly enjoying himself” as he took turns riding the dolphin’s back. This may, or may not, have been generated by OpenAI
27/08/2022
A few months back I started practicing Tai Chi Yang style. I’ve found awesome Sifu’s, and a wonderful friendly, local, class. currently I’m working on learning the Yang Style 18 Form movements, so I’ve created this guide to help me (& you) through the steps. Tai Chi Yang 18 Form Introduction Tai Chi Yang style 18 Form is one of the most popular tai chi forms. It’s also known as…
