VACCARIA'S PROFILE

author=Vaccaria
Late to the party, but I got a few things in mind for this year to reach:

• Make a gam (very important)
  
• Learn Japanese
  
• Earn and save about $1700 dollars(from $2700, because my boss forgot I existed)
  
• Get an actual PC (laptop scrub) (Budget is around ~$900)
  
• Beat the grueling circuit that is your village road.
  

This time I can finally do those things. If not, guess we can just say taking a step is better than standing on the same tile of the floor.

Update! I have beaten the grueling circuit a long time ago, though I tend to just try to loop around back and forth nowadays just to increase my stamina. I haven't necessarily made a complete loop regularly, but even then we take those wins. Considering that I always max out at 10k steps every day, I'd say whatever the hell that circuit is is just nothing compared to what I do daily anyway.

As for learning Japanese? I don't think so. Saving about a few dollars? Unlikely with how I spend these days (I blame gacha even though I know that I should just be doing my job, harhar). I can still try but that means having to compete against a thesis and a fully-loaded subject altogether. Though I realize it's just a me problem because I'm daydreaming most of the time again. Should not do that.

I guess I'm not reaching a few goals this year, but the fact that I've done something means a lot more to my confidence. That's also considering that I'm taking psych tests now and it's doing wonders for my mental health, so we take those chances. It's gonna be hard to change what one can do, but with a little grit and motivation then it's definitely possible.

author=LordBlueRouge
This turned out to be a hot mess of a year.
At end of of 2022, it really felt like 2023 was gonna be..."different" from what 2022 was like?
But it just felt like a variation of what 2022 was.
Lot of unexpected things happened - kind of pushed everything to the side.
I still want get the above stuff mentioned done, but I'm working through it slowly.
Here's hoping next year will be better.

Working slowly is better than doing nothing at all. (don't quote me on that but do make that an RMN quote)

im sorry, brian is with me now

author=Irog
AI competes against most jobs that primarily consist of using a computer. Architects have more to worry about than construction workers.

Yes, that's fair. Though with how much some techs are trying to branch out with it, I doubt it would be just in the realm of using a computer...

Waiting for the RMN vs AI game to celebrate the moment!

author=kentona

author=Darken
you guys should change the rules more, the forums got so active all of a sudden

henceforce all DBZ fangames are banne

i cant believe kentona would say that im crying and shaking and

author=Frogge
I think doing that would've been counterintuitive to the fact that we're not just against AI generated content for bloating the site, but mostly because of the fact that we think it's unethical. I don't think the ban would've been put in place if our only concern was that it doesn't look good, but the bigger issue at hand is that:

- It's trained off of the work of independent artists without their permission
- It reduces the visibility of human artists, not just on this site, but on places like artstation or twitter where many of them depend on their visibility for their livelihood
- It poses the risk of replacing many jobs in the creative industry, which is already a pain in the ass to get into

I'm in support of the ban not just because I don't want the site to be filled with soulless AI crap, but also because I appreciate RMN for taking a stance against something that threatens the creative industry - one that I am trying to be a part of.

Definitely. What I said was just one part of it: a literal hassle for anyone. And I should've iterated that it shouldn't be phrased as the 'easiest' solution. Because any other would just be against what was already talked about. It still is fucked up that even out of all the jobs that AI is competing for, it's the art world that hits it the most. And the fact that what I've seen in Twitter so far are just ridicule and ableism against artists is just as good as an indicator as to what their intention is.

Also yeah, how else am I supposed to say 'skill issue' to AI artists? (don't harass users though pls dont banne me huahahuhuhu)

author=OldPat
...In an environment where their games aren't banned/warned/frowned upon for using AIs, most of them would've probably do that happily and voluntarily (a good percentage of them, at least) and so it would've also been easy for us to filter them out if needed when searching for games, etc etc.

Man, if only there was that environment. Sadly, it just isn't here. Plus I do have faith in the mods here to do their work and catch anyone not abiding the rules.

Not kentona though. Stop being lazy and think of numbers :V