Buttons

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[–] Buttons@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good call, the shape arranging mechanic existing in board game form before Tetris, and the "challenge approaching from the top of the screen" thing was a staple of many many Atari and arcade games.

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Name a game you have enjoyed that isn't a ripoff.

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Okay. You don't like the word "similar" I guess. What word would you use?

It is certainly not the same.

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 179 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (51 children)

Patents and video games huh? We can't ignore what John Carmack had to say about this:

The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying.

--John Carmack

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (11 children)

If we allow this to continue, we will end up with more content for players to enjoy.

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (11 children)

They didn't copy Pokemon, they created new content that is similar to Pokemon.

Do you believe it is wrong to create new content that is very similar to existing content that people enjoy?

Is it wrong for Pocket Pair (Palworld's creator) to create new content that is similar to existing Pokemon? Is it wrong for GameFreak to create new content that is similar to existing Pokemon? Morally speaking, why are the answers to those questions different?

[–] Buttons@programming.dev -2 points 1 month ago (8 children)

You mean the CCP is not an "individual or group"?

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If Trump is allowed to carry out his deportation plans, he'll deport American citizens ("by accident"), I guarantee it.

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Let me tell your about prizefighters...

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 10 points 2 months ago

Putting the 5 in PS5

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I, like the OP, was also studying math from a textbook and using GPT4 to help clear things up. GPT4 caught an error in the textbook.

The LLM doesn't have a theory of mind, it wont start over and try to explain a concept from a completely new angle, it mostly just repeats the same stuff over and over. Still, once I have figured something out, I can ask the LLM if my ideas are correct and it sometimes makes small corrections.

Overall, most of my learning came from the textbook, and talking with the LLM about the concepts I had learned helped cement them in my brain. I didn't learn a whole lot from the LLM directly, but it was good enough to confirm what I learned from the textbook and sometimes correct mistakes.

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