#silico games

[dreamerinsilico]

"Wow, I feel like shit because I predictably stayed up too late the night before going back to work," they said this morning. "I'll go to bed early tonight," they said this evening, not believing a word of it.

anyway, it's 2:19 and all I want to do is survival/chore sim

Steam has noted that I have played another 18 hours of Medieval Dynasty since my "Not Recommended" review, and asked me if I wished to revise it. :P The answer is no; I don't give "Recommended" reviews to games that are only really for a very tiny sliver of one of my gaming niches, even if I do actually have a lot of fun with them. Do I like this game? Yes, especially after I looked up a video tutorial for villager management, which is basically required; WOW the game does not tell you how any of that shit works... Would I rec it to anyone who has not played at least two Stardewlikes, and/or Valheim, and enjoyed those games immensely? No.

(Exception: if you tried Valheim and generally liked it a lot but got frustrated with the corpse runs, probably you will like this game.)

Would I rec it to Crusader Kings fans? Well, generally no, but if you also like don'tstarvelikes (yes I WILL keep coining these genre monikers) then sure. Because it is nothing at the fuck all like CK.

Anyway, it's a stupidly tedious town (not city)-builder sim with survival elements that seem brutal until the first time you die and find out you can respawn with all your inventory intact. I am a masochist who kind of perversely enjoys the memory of the 3+-hour repeated attempts to recover my corpse's inventory in Valheim on multiple occasions (what can I say, there's really nothing like doing your sixth naked viking corpse run in the plains and praying that you saved enough stamina to outrun the deathsquitos who will inevitably come for your ass. It feels epic?), but given the prevalence of quests in MD and how much of a pain in the fucking ass it is to acquire resources in the early game, I prefer the respawn mechanic.

Go for the Woodcutter's Hut (or whatever exactly it's called) basically first for villager-assignable buildings. They can make logs so much more efficiently than you can.

Also please only cut down maple trees unless you're in a very tight spot; they give you twice the logs of birch or spruce, no need to waste tool durability on the others.

[faaun]

we sang in the aeroplane over the sea tgth ☆

[ripchaos69]

It’s alright. I’ll be fine.

Death be like-

[boombox-fuckboy]

i would absolutely love a podcast rec based on my username :)

Your username always makes me think of Long Story Short Productions, but in your order it's gotta be:

Unseen

Urban Fantasy • Anthology • Supernatural

Stories from a world much like our own, from humans and fantastical beings on the other side of The Call, a mysterious force that prevents most humans from knowing, comprehending the magical world that exists interwoven and alongside it. From the shop clerk of a magic store, to a fae conman in a magical speakeasy, to a harpy dandy trying to avoid his engagement, these are all well written, made, and voiced and highly enjoyable.

[tatangadragon]

Silico(PPG) and Egg(Game and Watch: Egg) shenanigans.

awesome!!! love your art

[tothepointofinsanity]

Something with Silico from PPG and Egg from Game and Watch

Had to actually look up Silico from PPG again because for whatever reason I completely forgot about him despite having watched most of the initial show back then. Thanks for reminding me that this silly guy exists./pos I crush him in my hand because you made him swear.

I like that Egg is just lying There. He is slaying. I love it.

[tastydregs]

Scientists Working on Merging AI With Human Brain Cells

Assuming Control

A team of researchers just got a $600,000 grant from Australia's Office of National Intelligence to study ways of merging human brain cells with artificial intelligence.

In collaboration with Melbourne-based startup Cortical Labs, the team has already successfully demonstrated how a cluster of roughly 800,000 brain cells in a Petri dish is capable of playing a game of "Pong."

The basic idea is to merge biology with AI, something that could forge new frontiers for machine learning tech for self-driving cars, autonomous drones, or delivery robots — or at least that's what the government is hoping to accomplish with its investment.

In Silico

And the researchers aren't shying away from making some bold claims about their work.

"This new technology capability in the future may eventually surpass the performance of existing, purely silicon-based hardware," said Adeel Razi, team lead and associate profess at Monarch University, in a statement.

"The outcomes of such research would have significant implications across multiple fields such as, but not limited to, planning, robotics, advanced automation, brain-machine interfaces, and drug discovery, giving Australia a significant strategic advantage," he added.

According to Razi, the tech could allow a machine intelligence to "learn throughout its lifetime" like human brain cells, allowing it to learn new skills without losing old ones, as well as applying existing knowledge to new tasks.

Razi and his colleagues are aiming to grow brain cells in a lab dish called the DishBrain system to investigate this process of "continual lifelong learning."

It's a highly ambitious project that will likely take quite some time to complete.

"We will be using this grant to develop better AI machines that replicate the learning capacity of these biological neural networks," Razi said. "This will help us scale up the hardware and methods capacity to the point where they become a viable replacement for in silico computing."

More on the research: Researchers Teach Human Brain Cells in a Dish to Play "Pong"

The post Scientists Working on Merging AI With Human Brain Cells appeared first on Futurism.

[techswings]

What You Need to Know About GPU-Accelerated Workstations

Designing workstations should stay aware of new equipment and programming advancements that are becoming crucial for PC helped plan (computer aided design) and PC supported designing (CAE) experts. Large numbers of these arising advances wouldn't be imaginable without the register power conveyed by illustrations handling units (GPUs).These GPU-helped innovations incorporate high goal 4K showcases, expanded and augmented reality (AR/VR), photorealistic delivering direct from computer aided design records, man-made brainpower (artificial intelligence) includes that convey already unfathomable help to engineers, intuitive CAE utilized forthright in the plan cycle, and generative plan (transformative algorithms).Choosing the right GPU can futureproof your designing workstation over the normal lifecycle of proprietorship, permitting you to increment efficiency, support item development, and embrace arising advancements with negligible disturbance.

Why GPUs Matter to Engineers

GPUs are driving in-silico reproduction and plan approval, which is progressively dislodging the requirement for tedious and exorbitant actual models. This can bring about decreased costs and abbreviated plan cycles while conveying prevalent items.

Strong GPUs are expected for item planners utilizing AR, VR, or blended reality (MR) to lead configuration surveys or assess ergonomics.

GPUs will keep on assuming a major part in supporting remote endlessly telecommute, which will proceed with even after the pandemic decreases. Reevaluating 3D plan work processes to be adaptable, extensible, and efficiency helping will require new GPU-controlled programming advances. The requirement for progressing remote work with geologically scattered groups requires expanding GPU use for video conferencing devices like Zoom or Microsoft Groups the entire way to industry driving instruments for computer aided design, CAE, and 3D plan visualization.GPUs can address time-to-showcase challenges by empowering strong innovations like delivering, intelligent CAE, and generative plan. These GPU-based advances help designing experts in investigating new assembling strategies to create imaginative plans with energizing new highlights.

Capabilities of Modern GPUs

Current GPUs should be essential for a versatile sped up figuring foundation fit for dealing with each responsibility — whether dealing with server farm computer based intelligence, edge man-made intelligence, huge information examination, information science reenactments, or expert perception of all kinds.The best contemporary GPUs convey constant beam following, which supports proficient representation, movement, and club or customer gaming. GPUs with specific equipment for AI calculations can utilize artificial intelligence to quickly denoise renders, give predominant enemy of associating, or convey novel elements that can't be accomplished without simulated intelligence. These elements engage designing experts by changing their GPUs from a framework part to a functioning assistant.For case, six workstation illustrations cards inside the NVIDIA RTX line (the A6000, A5500, A5000, A4500, A4000 and A2000 12GB) can convey constant photorealistic beam following with their specific RT Centers. These cards likewise highlight Tensor Centers for man-made intelligence speed increase and loads of cutting edge GDDR6 ECC memory to guarantee the GPU has better admittance to the information it needs.

Basic Building Blocks that Every Engineering Workstation Needs

The following features are basic building blocks that every engineering workstation needs:

Access to massively parallel processing power.

High-performance networking for remote work, design reviews, and large models or designs.

High-capacity, high-performance storage, with a RAID implementation for backing-up critical design data.

The Essential Business Metrics of Engineering Workstations

It is important to consider the following business metrics when selecting an engineering workstation:

Cost of possession: Does it give areas of strength for an on venture (return on initial capital investment) and unsurprising future expenses? Adaptability: Does it uphold fa assortment of figure, illustrations, and simulated intelligence concentrated jobs? Biological system joining: does it incorporate principles based hardware and driving programming that completely takes advantage of the capacities of GPUs? Versatility: Is it simple to overhaul and effectively adaptable (for example with GPU memory pooling) with the capacity to incorporate into complex work processes? Efficiency: Does it offer liquid, intuitive execution that empowers imagination and permits extra or new plan prospects to be completely investigated? Imagination: Does it have the exhibition to "move" of the innovative strategy and permit clients to plan or reproduce various methodologies in-silico before actual models are created? return for capital invested of scaling: Could it at any point uphold GPU responsibility data transmission prerequisites yet in addition scale out in a layered stockpiling framework? Many designing apparatuses now require extra handling execution and capacities that main GPUs can give. The right GPU futureproofs designing workstations by allowing them to oblige developing and continuous designing patterns.

[majoracats]

I’m bored so:

Let’s see what happens and maybe after this i’m going to draw some random doodles about that

[dreamerinsilico]

boyfriend dungeon more like girlfriend dungeon, amirite?  valeria supremacy!

[thechangeling]

I totally think Jinx is autistic/adhd. Not that I need to list proof or anything. As an autistic person with adhd i should just be able to say I hc a character as autistic or adhd or having both because I identify with them and that's that. But I felt like making a list for me and my friends. This is based on the symptoms and traits that I personally have. You might not relate to all of this if you're also autistic or adhd or comorbid like me and that's ok. We're all different.

Note: Autism is usually comorbid with things like, psychosis, bpd and ptsd or C-PTSD and Jinx probably has some of those as well. However I won't be talking about that because im not diagnosed with any of those things. (I think I might have C-PTSD but I'm not sure.)

-She has meltdowns. The first clear example of this is in episode three and then twice in episode four. Although those meltdowns are clearly caused by flashbacks due to her trauma, the reaction she has afterwords reminds me of a meltdown and it's very similar to how she acted in episode three when she was told to stay behind by Vi because she wasn't ready. The crying and screaming mixed with throwing the box to me was a clear meltdown. Meltdowns aren't always stereotypical rocking back and forth and aggressively stimming. Something they're angry, screaming and crying and throwing shit. That's what my meltdowns are like.

-she's very creative and a out of the box thinker

-She's a good shot. Autistic people have the ability to maticulously focus on very tiny details. In my experience this can make you better at things like archery or shooting.

- She displays clear signs of emotional dysregulation which is a symptom of both autism and adhd (very intense emotional outbursts and drastic changes in emotions, I get this is also a PTSD thing but still)

- she hyper focuses on her projects and has a clear special interest in building her makeshift grenades and bombs and stuff.

- She talks to herself and inanimate objects. (I do this a lot, it helps me process my thoughts). I get that this is probably because she's having auditory and visual hallucinations but the line between living in your imagination and actually hallucinating can get blurry. Believe me.

- She moves in a very ADHD way. She's always traveling on the balls of her feet in a very bouncy hoppy way. She moves with so much chaotic energy, all over the place. Also the way she sits is very autistic, always propping her feet up, or leaning over and hugging her knees to her chest. People call it the gay way of sitting. She also moves her hands a lot when she talks.

- She loves things that stimulate her and give her dopamine. Ppl with adhd are lacking in dopamine so we tend to favor things that give you quick and large doses of dopamine like video games. I think this is why Jinx loves the chaos of battle, the fighting and explosions. She finds it stimulating. Basically flashy flashy boom boom make brain go wheeeeeee. This leads me to my next point.

-Jinx is sensory seeking. The stereotype is that autistic people are all sensory avoidant, unable to handle bright lights and loud noises, but some of us are the exact opposite. Like me. Jinx is a very tactile person, she always hugs the people she's closest to (Vi and then later Silco), she puts her feet on Silco's lap when they're talking in episode 4 and presses her face to his and strokes/touches his face in episode 9. She blasts loud music in her workshop and she clearly loves watching things go boom.

- She's different. A huge part of Jinx's character is that ever since she was a kid she's always been the odd one out. She has trouble fitting in and belonging even with her own sister, but she wants so badly to belong. This is a huge part of being autistic or being neurodivergint in general tbh. People don't really like Jinx except for Vi and Silico and even they lose patience with her at times because she's a lot. She's a "problem" she's a shit starter, she can't be controlled. Growing up autistic/adhd you constantly get the message that you're a fuck up and you tend to internalize that as you get older.

- She's impulsive.

- She likes being up high. This is something that's pretty common amongst the autistic people I know and it's also true for me.

- There is also the scene where she takes an idiom literally which is classic autism. "They did a number on her?" "oh yeah which number?"

-She's loyal. Loyal to Vi until her sister (from her point of view) leaves and abandons her and then extremely loyal to Silco until he threatens to kill Vi. And even then after she shoots him she still apologizes and clearly regrets it.

-She has a huge problem with lying. This could also be a result of her trauma but in my experience autistic people place signifant value on honesty and being honest. I know I do. Anytime she catches anyone in a lie, especially someone she cares about or even THINKS someone's lying, she loses it. I also don't think she ever lies in the show. She may fake vauneability to get people to lower their guards around her but she never actually lies.

That's all I can think of for now. I adore Jinx and my heart breaks for her. I just so so much of myself in her. Poor lost girl. She just needs to be loved.

@littlx-songbxrd @have-a-holly-jolly-angstmas

[ripchaos69]

Escape from

[silicoded-blog]

‘ it’s the hostile takeover song. i’d like to... turn it up. perhaps i will. ‘

[ariana-senpai]

Ppg anon here. Dude, I love all of them lol. But I’ll name a few Gang green gang, Fuzzy Lumpkins, The rose gnome, boogie man, silico and HIM. There’s others but I can’t name them lol

Wow, I remember GGG. Looking them all up is quite a trip down memory lane. Fuzzy Lumpkins, too! Omg. Boogie Man is the slickest mf in the game.  I don’t recall Rose Gnome or Silico, though. Must’ve missed their episodes.

But HIM. That’s my boy right there. I’ve had a crush on that red bastard and his high heels since I was a kid.

[rnainframe]

every! single! one!

can you tell my mood dropped hard like halfway through

angel; do you have a nickname?at the moment lars is pretty much just a nickname because my mom won’t let me get a name change

awe; how old are you?19!

baby; favorite color?red!

bloop; spirit animal?that’s not a very good term iirc but i guess wolf?

blossom; favorite book/movie/song?book: wolves of the beyond is very near and dear to memovie: the world’s end, the thing 1982, the incredibles, deadpoolsong: i have... so many

blush; what was your stuffed animal as a child?

her name is baby, she’s dressed up, and i still sleep with her to this day,

breeze; most precious childhood memory?sitting behind my dad and watching as he plays games on the psx and gamegear, i mainly remember ristar and sonic on the gamegear and silent hill on the psx

bright; mermaids or fairies?both!!!

bubbles; do you have a best friend?@aceiou @gruvu

buttercup; showers or baths?showers, submerging my body freaks me out

butterfly; dream destination?a road trip to visit all my frands

buttons; are you religious or spiritual?spiritual, mainly superstitious

calm; favorite scent?a kind of cologne my dad used to wear

candlelight; what did you dream about last night?my brain reminding me of my deep-seated desire to reconnect with an asshole i used to crush on despite me wanting to bury it for good

charming; have you ever been in love?yes

cozy; eye/hair color?i think the name of my hair color is light ash brown? people confuse me for ginger and blond though somehow

cuddly; what’s your favorite time period?80s/90s, also the aesthetics of the 20s~50s

cupcake; favorite flower/plant?succulents, roses, lilies

cute; what did you get on your last birthday?clothes, something useless from my sister, a panic attack

cutie pie; most precious item you own?baby, my phone, my sketchbook, a paw print from sadie the people that put her to sleep sent us

cutsie; what makes you happy?i’m too numb rn to really know

daisies; describe a moment when you felt free.i think the last time i got to go anywhere with friends and without my mom involved was last summer

daydream; how do you want to be remembered?like my dad, where people try to remember him fondly while ignoring the glaring bad shit about him, hhhH

daylight; favorite album of all time?smoke + mirrors from imagine dragons, in silico from pendulum, no culture from mother mother

dear; zodiac sign?sagittarius on the traditional zodiac, ophiuchus on the updated zodiac, my animal is the rabbit

delightful; concerts or museums?museums, concerts get me overloaded unless it’s a band i really like

dimples; have you ever written a letter?yeah

dobby; dream job?i don’t know anymore

doll; how do you like to dress?comfortably, ideally masculine

dovey; any paranormal/magical experiences?my dad haunts my house

dreams; do you want or have any tattoos?i wanna get either an eye coming out of my shoulder of a shamrock in memory of my dad, something simple and space (and/or wolf) related in white ink, uhhhhmaybe the pokemon league symbol somewhere

drizzle; do you believe in aliens?they’re out there

euphoric; talk about someone you love.ace is adorable!!!! i love them so much, their voice, their face, their fashion, their art, their writing!!!!!!

fairy; do you have a pet?ginger morkie named rusty, i wanna get another lab sometime

fluffy; ocean or mountain?mountain

forever; where do you feel time stop?sitting outside at night when it’s snowy, it’s so quiet and magical feeling

froglet; are you a good plant owner?unfortunately no

garden; how many languages do you know?one, trying to learn german or danish or irish

gem; who are your favorite tumblrs?aceiou, gruvu, bunjywunjy, bogleech, weirdmarioenemies, uuhhhh

giggles; what is your aesthetic of choice?either space or red+black glitch stuff

glittery; do you like anons? why/why not?when they’re nice

glow; list the top 5 things you like about yourselftoo numb for that rn

heart; silk or lace?silk feels nice to touch but i wouldn’t wear either

honey; coffee or tea? how do you take it?coffee, cappuccino mixed w/ hot chocolate and a lot of creamertea, raspberry or peach iced tea

hugsy; do you enjoy people watching or bird watching more? why?birds don’t judge you

hunnybunch; what sounds help you sleep?white noise - the sound of a fan, the sound of rain, etc

jewel; what’s your favorite kind of weather?rain, especially stormy

jiggly; what do you usually like to do on weekends?every day is a weekend. i have no life. i am rotting

joy; do you laugh loudly or giggle more?i wheeze or silently laugh. i used to have an ugly loud laugh

kinky; do you blush easily?i blush when embarrassed or crying

kisses; what romantic cliché do you wish for most?spending every moment loving on the person i’m with, every day being like the first day we met

kitty; what’s your favorite time of the day?sunset to night

ladybug; what’s your favorite artist to listen to when you’re sad?mother mother

love; what is your favorite season and why?autumn. it’s not as depressing as summer

lovey; what is your favorite flavor of macaron and ice cream?i’ve never had macarons, but i love bunny tracks and peanut butter cup and bear creek caramel and

magic; what are five flaws you have?you think i can narrow it down to just five

moonlight; do you prefer soft pastels, warm neutrals, or cool darks?warm pastels, warm neutrals, warm and cool darks

munchkin; what do you look for in your significant other?idk but i got it

paddywack; how would you describe a perfect date?wandering around mainstreet and old town st charles, eating at rt weilers, getting ice cream at riverside sweets, then having sodas from the old soda shoppe, ideally in autumn

pebbles; how do you spend free time by yourself?sleeping, wasting away on the internet, the likes

precious; what is something valuable that you learned in your life?don’t get attached, everything will go bad someday

pretty; do you like to cook or bake more?baking is easier but i feel more in control when cooking

prince; how would you describe your handwriting?horrible, illegible

princess; do you play any instruments? if not, are there any you wish you could play?i used to play the recorder, then the flutei want to learn the guitar but i’m so bad at it that when trying to tune a very expensive guitar i got as a gift when i still had passion for it i broke a string

prinky; how do you relieve stress?i don’t

pumpkin; what is your favourite kind of fruit/vegetable?strawberries, raspberries, bananas, pomegranates, pickles, broccoli, tomatoes, pumpkins

rainbow; what was the last line of the last book you read?i can’t focus on reading anymore

roses; what is the most significant event in your life so far?my dad’s death.

smile; what is one thing that has greatly affected you?my dad’s death.

shine; art or music?i’m not good enough at art to deserve picking it, and i’m an audiophile (not! a! fetish!), so

shimmer; do animals tend to like you?i get too rough without realizing it. rusty probably doesn’t like me. he just licks me and sleeps by me whenever he doesn’t have my mom to love on.

smitten; do you collect anything?bottle caps, can tabs, pokemon merch, empty pill bottles

smoochies; how many pillows do you sleep with?four at the head of my bed (two go unused), one plain blue body pillow to hold, like five other pillows to add pressure to my legs

snuggle; what is your favourite candy?peppermint kisses

snuggly; do you have a camera? if so, what kind?phone

sparkle; do you wear jewelry?i used to wear necklaces all the time. they all break because of how i stim with them. my mom doesn’t trust anything around my neck anymore

spooky; sunrise or sunset?sunset

sprinkles; do you like to listen to music with headphones or no headphones?headphones

starlight; what was your favourite show as a child?crashbox, digimon, power rangers, pokemon, total drama

soft; describe your favourite spot in your house.my room. 

soothe; digital or vinyl?digital

squeezed; who do you miss right now?read over some of the questions and ask me again

sugary; what traits do you value most in friends?can i trust you

sunshine; do you prefer for things to be practical or aesthetically pleasing?both

sweet; do you find it easy to open up?too easy

sweetie; do you like kids? if so, do you ever want to have any?they are sensory nightmares

thimble; is there somebody you look up to? who are they?edd gould is dead

toot; what is something you find unique about yourself?my ability to get completely numb over the dumbest bullshit

tootsie; what kind of friend are you?a bad one

treasure; what was something that made you smile today?nothing so far

velvet; are you an early bird or a night owl?night owl

whiffle; if you could have a magical power, what would it be?shapeshifting or invisibility or mind reading

whimsical; do you prefer doing stuff at home or going out?ideally i wanna go out but only if i trust whoever i’m with to understand that i burn out fast anymore

whiskers; do you usually wear makeup?no

wiggly; are you a messy or tidy person?i obsessively organize things but am very messy

wispy; do you like the place where you grew up? do you think you will live there when you get older?i have no choice, i legally own the house i’m in now. i can’t go anywhere without dragging my mom along. i’m trapped

wobbly; have you ever wished upon a star?i wish to have good birthdays. they never come true

[majoracats]

Algunos de mis personajes favoritos de franquicias, juegos, series y personajes originales/ Some of my favorite characters from franchises, games, series and original characters

List(left to right):

1.- Ba-boom (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze) 2.- Hota Wata (The Powerpuff Girls movie) 3.- Andrew Oikonny (Star Fox) 4.- Grookey (Pokemon Sword/Shield) 5.- Mandrill to Aggretsuko

6.- Onsen-san (Yume Nikki) 7.- Bloody Mary (Twisted Metal Black) 8.- Noroko (The Black Heart) 9.- Hashi (The Black Heart) 10.- Petscop protagonist

11.- Silico (The PowerPuff Girls (2016)) 12.- Calypso (Twisted Metal (2012)) 13.- Leon Powalski (Star Fox) 14.- Apollo (Animal Crossing) 15.- Sprocket (Animal Crossing)

16.- Rikter to FakeSmile13 17.- Beatrice to @lovely-lauren-arts 18.- Pluto Galaxicos to @martincart 19.- Pompom to @z-t00n 20.- Unknown Clown boi to @ariadnathegreat

Blank to tsulala https://www.deviantart.com/tsulala/art/BLANK-80-Percent-Meme-172589591