The original light novel only had three volumes, and even though it was recently revived, it’s possible they ran out of material and started adopting the web novel.

But I agree, this episode, and most of this season lacks the charm of season one.

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Perhaps if the major sites and search engines had not spent the last decade filling the results with ads and SEO’d click bait trash people wouldn’t be embracing AI as a way around that mess. Of course it’s only a matter of time before the AI results get “optimised” as well.

Edit: not to mention, cookie prompts, notification requests, newsletter sign up requests, pay walls, and a host of other nags.

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Lately I’ve seen people get stuck at the pament step. The screen is begging them to pick a payment option and they just stare at it, clueless, until a staff member comes over.

Coke zero > pibb zero > dr pepper zero > diet coke >>> diet Pepsi

I’m on the last day of a business trip and seem to be deep in Pepsi territory (first time I’ve ever even seen Starry.) Diet Pepsi is OK, but I’m hoping there is a coke vending machine on the other side of airport security at this small airport.

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In my experience the people relying on Excel cannot be bothered to learn Linux or job scheduling. So instead they get 10-20 thousand dollar dedicated workstations for excel, spss, etc.

Thankfully the newer hires are more flexible.

This is why the James Webb telescope was delayed

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Your bones are wet

The ritual of unmaking the bed can help some people, who experience difficulties sleeping, mentally prepare for sleep.

Fell behind on several series from last season, some I’ll finish, some will just be in the queue forever. Starting this season behind as well…

Finished:

Apocalypse Hotel - 5/5 - My favorite new series for the season. Just a wonderful mix of creative situations, crazy, heartfelt, character development, etc. The show had range but never lost itself and ended well.

A Ninja and Assassin Under One Roof - 5/5 - My other favorite new series for the season. I put Apocalypse hotel just over it, but this is the one I want more of and will likely watch again in the future. One of the best opening episodes in a while. It hit a bit of a rough patch early but recovered (and those episodes work better with the later context.)

Apothecary Diaries - 5/5 - Remains excellent. This part fell a bit short of expectations compared to the novel, but may also have been the most challenging part to adopt (lots of political world building and interconnected plot threads all pulled together at once.)

The Unaware Atelier Meister - 3/5 - Seemed to have potential, enjoyable enough, but also rather forgettable.

I’m an Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire - 3/5 - Trash, but watchable, especially for the brief bits of mecha and space fleet battles.

Killing Slimes 300 Years - 3/5 - I remember really enjoying the first season. Watchable, but the slice of life bits aren’t always my thing. I think what made the first season for me was the steady drip of new, interesting characters. This season, starting with an established cast, had less of that.

Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl - 3/5 - First have was enjoyable. Interesting premise, avoided several harem tropes. But once the initial story bit was done and the love interests confessed, it sort of turned into filler and I lost interest.

Unfinished but plan to continue:

Once Upon a Witches Death - Seems like a good show overall. The serial nature and lack of focus on the overall plot made it less compelling to keep up with.

Aharen-san - I remember loving the first season, not sure why I started skipping this one, so will probably pick it back up.

Dropped:

Witch Watch - Watched a few episodes. It has its good moments, but too many annoyances. Might give it a second look.

Summer Pockets - Watched the first episode, was interested, but not hooked

Kowloon Generic Romance - Watched the first episode, was interested, but not hooked

Too-Perfect Saint - Watched a bit, read the first two light novels, they were fine. Don’t feel the need to continue the anime.

Brilliant Healer’s new Life - Read a few of the light novels. Too much of the stuff I didn’t care for, not enough plot or character progression. First few episodes were fine, but I never planned to finish it.

The Beginning After the End - Watched a few episodes, picked up the light novels, got burned out on the plot escalation.

This Season, First Impressions

Secrets of the Silent Witch - Excellent start. Better than expected. Really looks like the people making the anime have read and care for the source. Hopefully it keeps up, especially once it gets into the actual story.

Reborn as a Vending Machine - Picks backup where it left off. Seems to be beyond the light novels now. I’m not sure about this demon load subplot, and I don’t know that the novelty of the series can sustain the story. But maybe.

Plenty more in the queue, some I’m sure will be excellent.

30% might be high. I’ve worked with two different agent creation platforms. Both require a huge amount of manual correction to work anywhere near accurately. I’m really not sure what the LLM actually provides other than some natural language processing.

Before human correction, the agents i’ve tested were right 20% of the time, wrong 30%, and failed entirely 50%. To fix them, a human has to sit behind the curtain and manually review conversations and program custom interactions for every failure.

In theory, once it is fully setup and all the edge cases fixed, it will provide 24/7 support in a convenient chat format. But that takes a lot more man hours than the hype suggests…

Weirdly, chatgpt does a better job than a purpose built, purchased agent.

Livesavers candy got me through several physics lectures in college.

Lately I’ve started taking dove dark chocolates on longer road trips.

TotK felt more empty to me, but that’s probably a combination of already knowing the map and lacking Kass.

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Yeah, I don’t see AI as invaluable, at least not as it is now, but microwaves? I personally would not want a kitchen without one.

So a tool that is largely useless for people with training, experience, and time. But invaluable for others who figured out how to incorporate it into their work flows as well as those who have no time and simply need to eat something.