Wow, never knew this existed. I usually don’t use gimp all that much compared to inkscape - so I’m not sure if it’s worth the trouble…but this is very nice. I honestly don’t know what they wouldn’t pull these settings into the default gimp, even if only as an alternative skin option you can select.

The major drawback of gimp for many people is the interface, I think. That’s why blender has really taken off since it’s UI/UX update.

Thanks! I might end up taking you up on that offer and sending you a DM to ask some questions, especially if we don’t end up finding someone else to join.

It would be nice if at the minimum we could have someone experienced look through our setup and ensure we are not missing something critical to properly function/be secure.

Yeah, I’ve been trying to use the LLM to help me make a hybrid system with hueristics/MCTS, but I think it mostly comes down to I don’t know or understand enough about these AI systems to correctly guide the LLM. As for the main game, I know just enough programming to tweak and guide the LLM as a tool to make what I want, but it’s somewhat a shot in the dark trying to navigate creating an AI system. I think if I have to continue on my own, I may just need to start doing more research on how these systems actually work.

Also, the board game, I’ve come to realize is actually quite complex compared to many board games, and has a very high number of possible moves, and varies heavily upon search depth - so I think I’m kind of starting out in “hard mode” if I’m correct.

I understand why you’re getting downvoted, but at the same time - I completely understand the sentiment. In a perfect world, you’re right, we should be able to reuse what we have and our society is utterly obsessed with consumerism. But being realistic and practical - that’s not going to happen for many reasons, at least not in our lifetime.

But I think that creating something that will last, is repairable, and open source is a step in the right direction and is better than the current alternatives. I’m not saying we shouldn’t continue to advocate and push for the ideals of what you are saying - but we shouldn’t push away progress in the right direction as we fight for those ideals. It doesn’t have to be “one or the other” it can be a multipronged approach that advocates for the ideal scenario while accepting small incremental progress as well.

I’m not saying this specific product is or is not the solution (it might be a terrible product or the people behind the product might have terrible intentions, idk. . . But the idea of products build to last, be repairable, and open for improvement, etc etc is a good step forward in my mind. Ehh, my 2 cents.

I think it might largely depends on your 1. Career/job/ or even hobby requirements 2. Where you live (government agencies requiring paper documents, signatures, etc)