Typically NPC dialogue also serves more than immersion, such as helping the player solve a quest or find a hidden thing. Some are for world building, too, but even that might be risky with AI since you may end up with inconsistencies that would actually be counter to immersion in the long run.

Like, you don't get actors to ad lib whole scripts in a movie no matter how versed there are in the story.

If you read, she was estranged from her family and faced housing instability. Her post-acting life was not good and she needed social help long before her illness.

I was going to mention the same thing. Even the "smartest man alive" would be in those useless upper bounds.

To explain that upper bounds issue to others, imagine being the top score on a leaderboard. Some of that's going to be random chance and other factors, even if most of the time you score in the top 1% of scores consistently.

Television... Radio... Newspapers... You can get disinformation and propaganda from wherever you want, really.

It might be in reference to Mirai Sentai Timeranger, but the costume doesn't seem right and the katakana is just Mirai Good, so... idk.

I ended up being quite ok teaching over zoom, but I'm young(ish) and treat it like a streamer. Utilize chat, especially.

I'll still admit that good professors read the room to stay engaging though; doing so without cameras, it's more up to your imagination.

That's ... Literally called Nitro Circus?

We really are doing the whole Bread and Circuses thing now literally, huh?

I've noticed some installers have at least a voting system (e.g. Octopi) which helps... slightly. At least in knowing what the right package name probably is. Crowd source reviewing is probably the only option for such a vast and open system, even if it can be gamed sometimes.

I was thinking that too, like downloading random .exes and complaining your Windows got a virus. At least now a days, Windows .exes have a signing process that warn you, but that's just like using non-AUR sources; they're verified.

But we like Linux because it doesn't give you a big scary full screen warning every time you try to open something... so IDK. If that's what you need to keep you from installing malware, get off Arch.

Not jealous, but am curious if we were to shoot the guy, if all the money comes pouring out like rings out of Sonic.

We've known that for decades... that was the whole point of pushing to get rid of spanking in the 90s; kids model that behavior.

Not quite, it's a guy who bought the slot for his own show, same guy you end up seeing super late at night with Comics Unleashed. He's a weird dude.