SmoothOperator

How are Nazis and aristocrats considered progressive? Not sure I understand the political compass part...

Well, if by AI you mean large language models, they tend to do better at language tasks than math tasks. So a better example might be that it's easier to get an LLM to write a statement for you and checking if it's correct than writing the statement from the bottom.

The square root was just a clearer example. In the case of OP, it might very well be easier to have an LLM propose relevant case law and then check if that case law exists and is relevant, rather than having to find it yourself from square one.

Hmm, you're probably going to get a lot of answers assuming you wanted to do secure communication, not secure journaling. Different beasts I would think.

It's actually often easier to check an answer than coming up with an answer. Finding the square root of 66564 by hand isn't easy, but checking if the answer is 257 is simple enough.

So, in principle, if the AI is better at guessing an answer than we are, it might still be useful. But it depends on the cost of guessing and the cost of checking.

The handholding is too much, I agree, but I had honestly forgotten it since I turn off that and the minimap at the start of each game. It doesn't seem to skip any dialogue, I've at least not seen any dialogue online that wasn't in my game, but I guess I wouldn't know.

Overall the games are indeed not that challenging if you know a little about what you're doing, but I appreciate that you can set your own challenge, and be rewarded in-game for e.g. silent assassin or suit only runs.

Interesting - how are the old games better? To me, the World of Assassination trilogy is peak hitman, a condensation of all they've learned from the past many games, and an all-round improvement on Blood Money.

The newest games are genuinely the best in the genre. The live service parts are very interesting ways to build on the fanmade blood money contracts, and experiment with the genre, but ultimately not worth the always online requirements.

That being said, the games are hardly predatory. Genuinely the best Hitman has ever been.

Not a big fan of either team - I honestly think Blooded and Novitiates both do it better. But I admit there's something cool about the mechanical legs.

Absolutely. Both me and my siblings. My parents were in an okay spot at this point, but they supported us to do far better.

Times were pretty borked compared to now, at least in this country.

Fellas, is it gay to really really like a girl?

Looks like a right hand gripping the table

Or maybe they're perfectly capable of a stable relationship, they just also enjoy casual sex. Maybe even at the same time in a non-monogamous context.