Caesar Slaad (AKA Alan)
@caesarslaad.bsky.social
Gamer. Engineer. Father. Space Nerd.
I play MtG (mainly EDH and Limited), Tabletop RPGs, and Board Games. SF, superhero, and Fantasy fan. I believe in freedom and justice and hate bullies.
I play MtG (mainly EDH and Limited), Tabletop RPGs, and Board Games. SF, superhero, and Fantasy fan. I believe in freedom and justice and hate bullies.
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AI chatbots are wrong 60% of the time www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
AI Search Has A Citation Problem
We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.
www.cjr.org
March 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
AI chatbots are wrong 60% of the time www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
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Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment
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"Virtue signaling": a phrase invented by those who've smashed their own moral compasses and are pissed off that others' can still find north.
January 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Virtue signaling": a phrase invented by those who've smashed their own moral compasses and are pissed off that others' can still find north.
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The internet used to be a pile of links to cool websites. Then we spent two decades with working search engines and people didn't need to know where everything was.
Then google broke itself with AI.
I've made a website to catalog niche sites that do one cool thing really well, for free. #NoAI
Then google broke itself with AI.
I've made a website to catalog niche sites that do one cool thing really well, for free. #NoAI
Links That Burn
What Is This?
The internet used to be a bunch of links to other places, with cool stuff on each website. Then we spent a couple of decades with search engines that worked, and people stopped needing t...
links.booksthatburn.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:53 AM
The internet used to be a pile of links to cool websites. Then we spent two decades with working search engines and people didn't need to know where everything was.
Then google broke itself with AI.
I've made a website to catalog niche sites that do one cool thing really well, for free. #NoAI
Then google broke itself with AI.
I've made a website to catalog niche sites that do one cool thing really well, for free. #NoAI
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ME: and make mine a double
WAITER: your..your tater tots?
ME: you heard me
WAITER: your..your tater tots?
ME: you heard me
December 12, 2024 at 2:23 PM
ME: and make mine a double
WAITER: your..your tater tots?
ME: you heard me
WAITER: your..your tater tots?
ME: you heard me
At @narukamiknights.bsky.social suggestion, here's my class of 2024!
I'm not 100% sure about the format and I have a lot of decks, so I'm going to focus on decks that *either* premiered or retired this year. In some cases I'm not to sure precisely when some of these started.
I'm not 100% sure about the format and I have a lot of decks, so I'm going to focus on decks that *either* premiered or retired this year. In some cases I'm not to sure precisely when some of these started.
Time for one of my favorite articles of the year: my Commander Class of 2024!
This is my year in review: what I built, what was un-built, and what graduated to 2025.
Links to my Moxfield lists are provided, along with commentary on key cards.
Enjoy :)
This is my year in review: what I built, what was un-built, and what graduated to 2025.
Links to my Moxfield lists are provided, along with commentary on key cards.
Enjoy :)
Commander Class of 2024 - Card Kingdom Blog
Commander Format Panel member Kristen Gregory talks about the decks she’s built, taken apart, and upgraded through the year. How many will make the cut for a new year of Commander?
blog.cardkingdom.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:11 PM
At @narukamiknights.bsky.social suggestion, here's my class of 2024!
I'm not 100% sure about the format and I have a lot of decks, so I'm going to focus on decks that *either* premiered or retired this year. In some cases I'm not to sure precisely when some of these started.
I'm not 100% sure about the format and I have a lot of decks, so I'm going to focus on decks that *either* premiered or retired this year. In some cases I'm not to sure precisely when some of these started.
1 like = 1 TTRPG in my library/I wanna play
(And quote this, #ttrpgsky. I want to know what's in your TTRPG library too!)
(And quote this, #ttrpgsky. I want to know what's in your TTRPG library too!)
December 2, 2024 at 8:36 PM
1 like = 1 TTRPG in my library/I wanna play
(And quote this, #ttrpgsky. I want to know what's in your TTRPG library too!)
(And quote this, #ttrpgsky. I want to know what's in your TTRPG library too!)
If you are looking to build an #EDH deck around the Iron Man secret lair card, you could find a lot worse starting place than the Mishra's Burnished Banner precon, which can be had for about $45 right now.
#magicthegathering
#magicthegathering
November 23, 2024 at 3:51 PM
If you are looking to build an #EDH deck around the Iron Man secret lair card, you could find a lot worse starting place than the Mishra's Burnished Banner precon, which can be had for about $45 right now.
#magicthegathering
#magicthegathering
Characteristics of cedh players who drop into our casual EDH pods:
- will not do casual mulligans
- will peek at their top card before deciding whether to mulligan
-will peek at your hand
- will not do casual mulligans
- will peek at their top card before deciding whether to mulligan
-will peek at your hand
November 16, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Characteristics of cedh players who drop into our casual EDH pods:
- will not do casual mulligans
- will peek at their top card before deciding whether to mulligan
-will peek at your hand
- will not do casual mulligans
- will peek at their top card before deciding whether to mulligan
-will peek at your hand
Recent events have filled me with stress. For todays indie RPG, I've opted for something a bit more light-hearted: Brindlewood Bay, where the PCs are a retired ladies' mystery book club. If you are in the mood for something offbeat, take a look!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/brindlewood-...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/brindlewood-...
Brindlewood Bay
Brindlewood Bay is a tabletop roleplaying game that combines Murder, She Wrote with H.P. Lovecraft. In it, you play a group of elderly women, members of the local Murder Mavens Mystery Book...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Recent events have filled me with stress. For todays indie RPG, I've opted for something a bit more light-hearted: Brindlewood Bay, where the PCs are a retired ladies' mystery book club. If you are in the mood for something offbeat, take a look!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/brindlewood-...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/brindlewood-...
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Don't distribute your audiobooks through Spotify. Laura Horowitz explains why.
Laura Burrows Horowitz on Instagram: "The most INSANE clause I’ve ever seen. #reader #bookstagram #books #readers #author #authors #writer #writers #authorsofinstagram"
98K likes, 1,716 comments - laura_horowitz_narrator on February 15, 2024: "The most INSANE clause I’ve ever seen. #reader #bookstagram #books #readers #author #authors #w..."
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February 16, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Don't distribute your audiobooks through Spotify. Laura Horowitz explains why.