Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

So, a while back, I found a GIF of the KDA girls where Ahri tries to pull off Evelynn's(?) glasses only for there to be another pair, and piles form around them as she keeps trying only for more to be underneath. Do you think the same thing would happen if you tried pulling off Kaeya's eyepatch?

Voice lines in the game also have me wondering who makes the better breakfast: Noelle or Fischl?

So, one of Noelle's voice lines has me thinking:
1) "Inherited from my grandfather" my ass,
2) Do you think Kaeya has a special eyepatch he pulls out specifically for when he needs to pull the "inherited from my grandfather" bullshit? Maybe he actually did inherit one and he saves it for those occasions? And,
3) Do you think Kaeya has a bulk supplier of eyepatches? I mean, from the sound of it, he buys a lot of them. Surely someone sells them to him in bulk

I'm making good progress on this blog post, but now I need to figure out mixed strategy Nash equilibria for 3+ possible actions. I think I've figured out how to do it, but we'll find out tomorrow. For now, I rest.

G'night, y'all!

Well, not sure if the blog post I mentioned yesterday will get finished tonight. One of the temples on my glasses came off and I'm waiting for the glue to dry, so for the next couple hours, I don't have the ability to see clearly more than maybe half a meter, so trying to write a blog post is right out

Decided today to take a break from Genshin Impact (because I have played waaaaay too much of that recently) to instead start writing a blog post in which I attempt to apply a tenuous understanding of game theory to the game show Blank Check. I don't know if it'll end up actually making sense and being, well, correct, but damn it, I'm gonna finish it and publish it! Expect it either tomorrow or Friday (maybe Saturday).

@KitRedgrave The problem is that unless you specifically infinitely move in multiples of 2π, it still doesn't pan out. Sure, we can keep moving on and on but it will just move up and down, constantly fluctuating. You can never define a value if you're just constantly moving across sine. To define a value in this case would inherently be to define a stopping point.

So, uh, I, uh, finished the quest where Lisa takes you on a date (or, rather, has you take her on a date) under the guise of retrieving library books, and, uh...

Is there a way to tell her I'm gay? I'm playing the male character and I'm honestly far more interested in a lot of the guys (Kaeya ) than any of the women. Can I tell her to knock it off because I'm gay?

I'm sorry, but the fact Xinyan's voice acting is done with a very deep southern drawl does not work for me. It just feels so fucking wrong. Why did they give her a southern drawl?!

So, I started playing Genshin Impact and, well, so far, it's certainly a video game. Honestly, the only thing I have to say about it right now is HOLY SHIT Kaeya is hot. Like, damn. There are few men who I can say I've been as attracted to as I am to him, but fuck is he hot.

Anyways, to wrap up, Android really needs to have properly different sounds for different emergency alerts, cops should really think twice about how they're doing this whole "blue alert" thing, and I now have severe alerts turned off because I don't give a shit about cops getting shot by guys who fled, even though it means I'll probably miss, like, flash flood warnings.

Okay, so now add on the latest stupidity: blue alerts. On some level, the thinking might be reasonable. If a guy who's shot someone is on the run and poses a threat to safety, it makes sense to warn people. But, a guy who shot a cop then fled does not a "severe threat to life or property" make. So, if you end up issuing those too liberally, you risk making people turn off "Severe Alerts" the way they turned off AMBER alerts.

And, mind you, wireless AMBER alerts aren't a bad idea in and of themselves. But they shouldn't have the same sound as a thing telling you to hide because a tornado's about to touchdown!

If AMBER alerts sound the exact same as, say, an earthquake warning, an evacuation/shelter-in-place notice, or a tornado warning, why would you keep AMBER alerts on? After all, if the two sound the same, how are you supposed to tell if your phone is going off because of a missing child or a serious threat to yourself? And with the fact that AMBER alerts can get issued in the middle of the night, why take the risk of being awoken by one of those just for a missing child?

Let's talk emergency alerts real quick. Specifically, let's talk WEA on Android. So, on Android, there are a few different categories of alerts. These range in severity from tests, to public safety messages and AMBER alerts, all the way up to "extreme" threats. As far as I'm aware, all of these produce the exact same alert on the phone. In particular, they have the same alert tone. Do I even need to say how bad a fucking idea this is?!

I think the most interesting thing to see going forward (assuming they are actually releasing Windows 11) is what Microsoft's plan is for those who have Windows 10. My Windows 10 product key worked in this leak, but is that liable to change going forward? Will they expect Windows 10 users to pay up like going from 7 to 8, or will they just get Windows 11 like a lot of folx got 10?