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RT @GalaxyKate: Favorite advice: charge full price or free. No discounts for being cool or nice or needy. If they are worth free, do it as…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GalaxyKate @corecorina fwiw, i have a quite different rate for arts projects as i do for work for tech companies. there's a fine line to be drawn here between "price segmentation" and "pre-negotiating"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GalaxyKate @corecorina but that's a case of the same skillset applying in two different markets - not that i'm undermining myself and charging people under market rate.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AnyaynA arguable as to whether it counts as crowdfunding... but early access is the model that works. which only works pretty late on, and only for some types of games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AnyaynA crowdfunding works so well for boardgames because you go to funding once you have something you know is fun, can show reasonably accurate mockups and blurbs from people who've played it. but the capital intensive bit comes after that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AnyaynA i would love for someone (like you!) to figure out ways it can be expanded & ways that support could come in earlier in the processPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @lorenschmidt: floral fillPermalink Look on archive.org
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loved Homunculus, backed this immediately @torpordust/1554048496885534720Permalink Look on archive.org
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bad: my website is down good: it's not my fault & i don't need to do anything about it :)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@petra_szeman @penightingale wish you were there <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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compression zonePermalink Look on archive.org
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it's so funny that Twitter has somehow ended up being the only social media platform where you're allowed to post porn @npseaver/1554183111629479936Permalink Look on archive.org
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Tumblr had to crack down when Apple leant on them, but Twitter is big enough to keep on goingPermalink Look on archive.org
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her expression right at the end!!! @bigblackjacobin/1554327668128104449Permalink Look on archive.org
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gonna launch a thing this afternoon, just waiting for Americans to wake up (you can probably guess what it is, lol)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb hello, yes, happy to playtest!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steishere oop, thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steishere thank you!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BonsaiTreehouse that's it!Permalink Look on archive.org
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new project: epicycles a tool for making patterns out of circles v21.io/epicycles/?fPermalink Look on archive.org
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(reposting because twitter didn't pick up on the image tag stuff... apologies)Permalink Look on archive.org
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writeup here: v21.io/blog/epicycles and the dev thread is here, you can see how "let's just play with circles" got out of hand: @v21/1550393137134280704Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nielsen_holly: I’ve started making notes and little plans for short ‘guides’ for made up imaginary walks complete with little maps, and…Permalink Look on archive.org
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and: it's up! go play! @v21/1554498700365414403Permalink Look on archive.org
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@curseofremy yayyPermalink Look on archive.org
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this is neat, apart from the way it completely fails to address the usecase of "what if I want to stop using Apple products" tomsguide.com/news/apple-passkeysPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lazerwalker I have admittedly not really been following, but... 🤞Permalink Look on archive.org
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oh, yeah, it was this: @v21/1554498700365414403Permalink Look on archive.org
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good article about a videogame that you play by playing another videogame cohost.org/cathoderaydude/post/64466-neo-fly-lets-you-larpPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Chettlar yeah, possible i could've optimised the link length down a bit... but i def wanted ways to save cool things i made & i love using the URL for that stuffPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @davemakes: oh it's lovely! https://t.co/TSxsJsmyK6Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno @parkrunUK this is good to hear! I also used the NHS c25k a few years back, was nice to hear Sarah Millican's voice doing itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno ugh, maybe I should do c25k again? I have lost a lot of fitness in the past few years, maybe it's a good structured way to regain it & ease myself into the scary feeling of actually exerting myself again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@OKthanksgames I remember liking Fate of the World!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@OKthanksgames and in a similar policy-simulator vein, worth mentioning Democratic Socialism Simulator, although obviously it's focus is not just on climatePermalink Look on archive.org
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@OKthanksgames the thing Fate of the World was kind of moving towards but ultimately didn't get to, and that DSS really does get is to be explicit about the ways that the simulation is a reflection of the author's worldview. and just... lean into that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@OKthanksgames more thoughts here: @v21/1517097621327855618Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Mr_Considerate: I mention this any time Prevent comes up, but a friend of mine went to a one-day haberdashery course at her local FE co…Permalink Look on archive.org
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if you know me, you probably know of my longstanding hatred of the "squircle", a shape that is neither square not circle. well, today i am pleased to say that i have invented the "anti-squircle". left: bad right: goodPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial the nice thing about this tool i've made is that it exports in SVG, so you can just drop that baby right into your design files.Permalink Look on archive.org
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good artistic advice for more than just drumming youtube.com/watch?v=M_8iD5xS1hIPermalink Look on archive.org
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@aeriflame yes, perfectPermalink Look on archive.org
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"kiki" "bouba" "kiki" "bouba" "kiki" "bouba" etc v21.io/epicycles/?f#W3sibCI6MSwicCI6MC4wMTIsInIiOjAuNjgxLCJzIjotMC4wMSwiYSI6ZmFsc2V9LHsibCI6LTMsInMiOjAuMjM1LCJyIjowLjE3MiwicCI6MC4wMDM5MjQ3Nzg0MjI1MTUzNzQsImEiOnRydWV9LHsibCI6LTMsInMiOi0wLjE1NiwiciI6MC4xNTksInAiOjAuMzgwNTc0MTg0Nzc1NDY4OSwiYSI6dHJ1ZX1dPermalink Look on archive.org
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if you see the swedish campsite, you've gone too farPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KeirRice this is so lovely to hear!! but yeah, turns out the trick is making nice tools??? irritating how often that worksPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nothings mmm, i guess i would say that it is better business advice than it is artistic advice, but it is still good artistic advicePermalink Look on archive.org
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@nothings just because it's art doesn't mean you don't want people to dance to itPermalink Look on archive.org
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the reviews are in @athenaparadigm/1554794194618777605Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @verge: These “CSS crimes” turn social media posts into games theverge.com/2022/8/3/23288689/cohost-social-media-css-games?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitterPermalink Look on archive.org
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@undividual ah, yeah, like some galaxy brained musical notation, far beyond our kenPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KommanderKlobb: Okay it's time for a FLOCK credits thread: Now that we've announced our game (and thank-you so much for all the love fo…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dmierau if you're into prime numbers, you might enjoy my cicacdas series: v21.io/cicadas3.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jeremy_peel: It's not uncommon for devs to go half a decade without anything to show for their hard work - just through sheer bad luck.…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@FreyaHolmer take over my phone without permissionPermalink Look on archive.org
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@wileywiggins oh yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@FreyaHolmer if my apartment was filled with a variety of different cats, of all kinds of shapes and sizes, and then I came home one day and suddenly they were all missing and instead there was a sea of identical cats, all staring at me without blinking... I would not see it as a blessingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@caraellison eerie echoes of you yelling at the MM devs to add a narrative node type on DreamsPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @VitaVirginiaBot: 29 December, 1931 And how happy the sound of your voice made me, coming over the fields, and lighting up the fishmonge…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami just finished a toy for making shapes out of circles within circles!! it's online here: v21.io/epicyclesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@IainL7 yeah, lots of possibilities for "ill-defined lumps being pushed down stockings" in there...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RobGMacfarlane: Please make time to read/share this vital, brilliant piece by @OliverBullough abt the tragic, slow, dirty death of our…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HJosephineGiles: It's time to tell you a story about the origin of the name "Fiona". A good old Scottish name, you might think. And it…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@havocmoth feels different when multiple people have had a shot at itPermalink Look on archive.org
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i think i'm an ep or two behind, but... god, _______ is so annoying in For All Mankind.Permalink Look on archive.org
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the kind of conceptual slippage that makes you look for your keys when you're getting off the undergroundPermalink Look on archive.org
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@leakyeaves I mean, I get why the center of the drama is "exciting things happening to astronauts on Mars" rather than "retirees smoking pot". but. yes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alphachar definitely feels like his death would be likely to prevent a few others!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto @alphachar at the end of watching an ep a few days ago, I was marvelling at how I could watch a show with Karl Rove in it and still be so focused in on the ______-hate.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto @alphachar (but really, very glad they made ___other_person____ a Republican, so much good drama there)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Sketchy_Jeremy: @littlegoodfrog The three white, non-binary subclasses are Uniqlo, Cos, and Lucy and Yak.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @MrPrudence: Cyclographic Transformation of Ordinary Space – The University of Colorado Studies. [1902-03] → biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95467#page/54/mode/1up v…Permalink Look on archive.org
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wanna see something fucked up? these were on sale at the counter at my local pharmacyPermalink Look on archive.org
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was stressed about getting my prescription refill before going to Denmark for a few weeks. put in a request through the NHS App, it said rejected, walked down to my GP, they said "oh! yes, we got that, we filled it, it's at the pharmacy, it's just the system always puts rejected"Permalink Look on archive.org
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honestly one of the least-bad ways the system could fail, but still. i think my empathy but also frustration with this is heightened by doing coding for a living.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BaronNobody bitcoin mouth lollipopsPermalink Look on archive.org
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this has been your regular session of "v does an errand"Permalink Look on archive.org
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“Like many microniche genres of online content, sleep streaming is likely to draw many aspirants, but only a few will reap sizable financial rewards” @ameliargh/1555488489684324352Permalink Look on archive.org
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thinking about her... the big box of chips and cheese i had on the train home last nightPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Docstockk yeah, the scandal is there isn't enough availability of transition care???Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BBCArchive: #OnThisDay 1972: The "King of Rock 'n' Roll", the irrepressible Little Richard talked about letting it all hang out, spread…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@visakanv implemented as a ligature in the new font they commissioned :)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bassem_yutaktik <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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currently in that state before you go away where you only wear clothes you don't like in case you decide you want to pack themPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @v21: v21.io/epicycles/#W3sibCI6MSwicyI6LTAuMDMsInIiOjAuNywicCI6MC4zMTY0MjQ0MDI5NDMwODQ3LCJhIjp0cnVlfSx7ImwiOjE3LCJzIjotMC4wMTMsInIiOjAuODc5LCJwIjowLjM4NzA5MTMwMTI4NDcyNjgsImEiOnRydWV9LHsibCI6NDczLCJzIjotMC40MzcsInIiOjAuMDgyLCJwIjowLjk4MTY2Nzc0MjU5ODgwMTksImEiOnRydWV9XQ==Permalink Look on archive.org
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what is the largest individual bean? no pod, just one bean. how big is it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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my guess is 7cm. the other person in this bed reckons as large as my face, which she reckons is... 25cm? this seems too big on both counts to me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@obandsoller thank you for the helpful answers!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TheManeQuest saw this & thought of you @DilettanteryPod/1556194489940684801Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @themhartman: i wrote about the economic problem of our times: the labor market for crossword constructors newrepublic.com/article/167270/crossword-labor-market-timesPermalink Look on archive.org
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I am accepting this answer of "you are correct, and there is no bean as large as your face" @obandsoller/1556038500058800130Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @gutterdaughter: my fetish is saying some incredibly cornball shit and watching a gal speedrun the five stages of grief as she realizes…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @flaviusb: This Copilot thing is a way to break open source licenses without reducing the protections on closed source code. Whenever we…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Coleo_Kin ok but OCR works pretty good now, it is annoying that Twitter doesn't have it just work in the backgroundPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Coleo_Kin I guess what I'm saying here is that we have nice technology, what's missing is like... sensitively designed tools for using the technology.Permalink Look on archive.org
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$10 in store credit for the mega-corp to scan your palm printPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ellen_perleberg: I have applied for honorary membership in the cult my coworker’s 9-year-old kid runs. Here is everything I think I kno…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @wsbgnl: Anyone who has followed official messaging and public opinion should realize that the premise is false. The normalization of ma…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@profaniti yeah, I might do, actually!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @samatlounge: Right, lots of answers to what's going on @Waterstones in replies. Summary: They have been implementing a new warehouse…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ameliargh: Really pleased to have been able to write up every thought I've ever had about calories for The Guardian's "Why I Quit" seri…Permalink Look on archive.org
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lying here trying to rest in advance of a travel day tomorrow in the hopes of avoiding a fatigue crash... and for some stupid reason, choosing to read tweets about TERF bullshit applied to the definition of the word "disability"Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KommanderKlobb: Really enjoyed @EscapeArcade at the weekend - an exhibition of alt-controller / escape room games in Bethnal Green cura…Permalink Look on archive.org
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getting close to @v21/988050683650805760 territory here, tbqhPermalink Look on archive.org
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kinda funny to me that AI companies are trying to prevent bad things from happening by using keyword filtersPermalink Look on archive.org
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i mean, also q enraging, given it shows a fundamental lack of care & forethought about the impacts their products will have once released. but also a little bit funny.Permalink Look on archive.org
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even funnier when they try to prevent bad things from happening by *appending* keywords @seldo/1549574318111133696Permalink Look on archive.org
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the "magic box" model of AI technology (everyone who knows how to build the box is too expensive to bother with silly problems like making the box produce good things rather than bad things. they have newer, bigger boxes to make!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HSouthwellFE: a depressing note on climate change and how the drying up Rhine perfectly encapsulates what's going to be the big challen…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood v glad to hear this <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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@memotv @mtyka @mykola @quasimondo v much necroing this thread, but... there's also the role of demonstrating the shape of the latent space. whether that's by making tools to navigate it, or pulling points to appreciate. what is the actual moment to moment experience, y'know?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robinhouston wow, that slide is magicalPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jukevox so many dangerously optimistic bits in this article!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jukevox talking about recommendation media as both new, and something that will prevent the reach of bad actors. when, 12 years ago: @v21/836257339330203649Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TedMielczarek this is not entirely fair, there have been huge advances in neural net architectures over the past, what, 15 years? but, yeah, fundamentally they're as good as the data they're trained with.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@llamasoft_ox I feel like "many thanks" provides some crucial context herePermalink Look on archive.org
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this book is very good & I'm not just saying that because it contains a passage which admiringly describes my eyelashes @TheVGLibrary/1556685488102281216Permalink Look on archive.org
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(it's good because it reflects the material circumstances and motivations of a wide variety of devs from across the world, in a way which makes them seem like real people and not mythical tokens whilst *also* being an entertaining read)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort I'm sorry / you're welcomePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RoesslerDaniela: Amidst terrible fomo seeing all the cool conferences, I’ve been dying to share the news of our latest discovery 🥳 You…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @v21: interference ribbon v21.io/epicycles/#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Permalink Look on archive.org
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@emollick if you want a long thread on how much bread weighs... I gotchu @cocteautriplets/1553062819909799936Permalink Look on archive.org
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just read this interview with the Parasite editor (a surprisingly VFX heavy film)... premiumbeat.com/blog/parasite-editor-jinmo-yang/#:~:text=Using%20Final%20Cut%20Pro%207,Pro%207%20when%20editing%20ParasitePermalink Look on archive.org
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and stuff about having an editor on set, so that they can see a rough cut when shooting & be sure they had the shots they neededPermalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort oh hell yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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tiny fluffy clouds from the planePermalink Look on archive.org
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and Mersea Island, with Southend in the distancePermalink Look on archive.org
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@ConnorSherlock sorry I didn't lean over and give you a wavePermalink Look on archive.org
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@lazerwalker just arrived at my brother's house, he was giving me the tour & I reached over to see what tactile response his mechanical keyboard hasPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lazerwalker (Browns, if you're wondering)Permalink Look on archive.org
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"The only factor missing from a characterization as an EM country, Dembik said, is a currency crisis, with the British pound holding firm." please don't tempt fate like this... cnbc.com/2022/08/09/britain-is-becoming-an-emerging-market-country-analyst-says.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @squinkyelo: I did a comic about my kid, the fall of Roe & dirt bikes that appeared in last Sunday's New York Times. 1/ https://t.co/mgD…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pompei79: If you’d been strolling along the colonnaded portico of the Temple of Isis in #Pompeii you’d have passed these depictions of…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @merrittk: Wrote about the dads who got obsessed with a single video game in the 90s or 2000s and then never touched them again https://…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@prettydarke i am nonbinary & i'm definitely trans, but, like... i'm a white British person born male and grew up going to schools where people would run around calling each other "gaaay". so. different context.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @DavideMastracci: Clocking in at 857 hours, the Logistics Art Project is the longest film ever. @darrowvania watched every minute of it,…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AnnaHollinrake @designCaitlin goddamn you guysPermalink Look on archive.org
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@alphachar @martinpi goooooooooooood luck!! (not that you need it, you got this)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mcmansionhell: you don't even have to like sports to acknowledge their cultural importance. you just can't pretend that they're off in…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@polclarissou @everestpipkin the metaphor of "enclosing the commons" I think explains some of the difference between these things & what's happening with large image modelsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@polclarissou @everestpipkin but also it's kind of not about the specific technology and more about the ways they are currently deployed and what forms of power they concentrate. if these image models were open source and you ran them on your own computer the situation would be a little differentPermalink Look on archive.org
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@polclarissou @everestpipkin rather than: the company trained the model, they're the only ones with the beefy computer than can run it, please pay them a subscription to generate the image - which is, again, sourced from the uncompensated labor of millionsPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ZhugeEX: Unity has been working with the US government, military and defense contractors since at least 2011 iircPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @fergal_41: Across three albums in the early 00s - reissued today on @Dominorecordco - Max Tundra laid down the foundations for what wou…Permalink Look on archive.org
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it is the FINAL WEEKEND that you can play my game/art-generator Bytedance at the Escapade Arcade! also a lot of other great games & puzzles. details here: escapadearcade.com/ (in short: £8, in Bethnal Green)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @AustinKelmore: This article interviewing folks about @dontpayuk is great. "She believes warnings about damaged credit scores and debt…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TodePond still need to sort through the photos properly! but I will doPermalink Look on archive.org
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I am on holiday! Here are three nice views and a cursed pikachuPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HJosephineGiles: This is literally how the name Fiona happened in the year 1893, right down to everyone getting the pronunciation wrong…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @53viroqua: #FacadeFriday St. Simeon Serbian Orthodox Church, 3737 E. 114th St., Chicago. Built in 1968, William Pavlecic, architect ht…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I was sceptical, but... I have been using Arc recently and it is a good stab at solving exactly this problem. @maxisawesome538/1558099681435082754Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iznaut either gets real big or doesn't go anywhere, I think. there was that headsup one, too?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@katbamkapow then I would definitely come visit, that's whatPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dingstweets: Games are purpose-built to create & then quickly resolve uncertainty. More importantly, well-balanced games scaffold chall…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@katbamkapow (i mean. I would like to come visit you again anyway. You know what I mean, tho)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly okay, bur consider: I just went out and laid on a blanket in the Danish countryside and took advantage of the lack of moon to see three shooting starsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly wait, nevermind, I remembered we're going to the beach tomorrow, and that beaches would suck if there were no tides, thank you moon, I appreciate youPermalink Look on archive.org
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good essay, scratches the itch of "okay sure, capitalism is bad, but some of these problems are just the kinds of problems that come with being a human" and does a bit more besides gawker.com/culture/failure-to-cope-under-capitalismPermalink Look on archive.org
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@kierongillen @adrianhon yeah, very vaguely familiar, thought it was was probably unfair, but then figured it wouldn't really be a Gawker piece without a bit of slightly unfair inside-media bitchiness.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon oh, yeah, I think people were always getting overwhelmed, but I think in the glorious post-capitalism future that would also sometimes be the case, the trash would still sometimes pile up, you'd feel like your contemporaries were overtaking you etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon I always enjoy reading letters from, say, 200 years ago, where they open by apologizing for being behind on their correspondence.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon yes, exactly!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fireh9lly it is real, but it is also definitely a shitpostPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dannybirchall huh! have a good time - I'm currently just outside EbeltoftPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dannybirchall not going far! spending this weekend at a summerhouse here, then staying with my brother next week preparing for his wedding next weekendPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @WilliamLatham1: New experiments in drawing Mutator Art forms using our new line drawing software developed by Stephen Todd, stylistical…Permalink Look on archive.org
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new frontiers in squircle understanding @aeriflame/1558495254243844096Permalink Look on archive.org
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when I was a kid I went to Camden Market and I saw a cool poster so I bought it. a huge bus-stop sized poster of Perfect Blue. had it up in my bedroom for years before I finally saw the film. anyway, yeah: great poster, great film, would recommend. @slashfilm/1557821399217197058Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dangpzanco technically! these aren't really squircles as properly defined, they're the result of me playing around with epicycles to make a squircle-like shape.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dangpzanco unless by doing so I accidentally found an alternative construction, my math isn't really up to understanding thisPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dangpzanco anyway, some sliders you might enjoy playing with here: v21.io/epicycles/?f#W3sibCI6MSwicCI6MC4wMTIsInIiOjAuNjgxLCJzIjotMC4wMSwiYSI6ZmFsc2V9LHsibCI6LTMsInMiOjAuMjM1LCJyIjowLjE3MiwicCI6MC4wMDM5MjQ3Nzg0MjI1MTUzNzQsImEiOnRydWV9LHsibCI6LTMsInMiOi0wLjE1NiwiciI6MC4xNTksInAiOjAuMzgwNTc0MTg0Nzc1NDY4OSwiYSI6dHJ1ZX1dPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Aquma cute film, fun for all ages!Permalink Look on archive.org
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not entirely vibing with the original thread, but a good example of taking artists' work without consent or compensation, training a big computer on it, then directly selling the results back in a way that takes space & money from those artists @arvalis/1558632898336501761?t=34eHEVwkl-K_MadK_m7MgA&s=19Permalink Look on archive.org
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imagine being ND Stevenson, building a career on telling a certain kind of story & conveying a certain kind of message, then someone rips your work, trains a computer on it, and uses that to generate work you disagree with entirely with your name attached as an abstract stylePermalink Look on archive.org
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if you're going to claim meaning of an artwork is separable from it's style, then: 1) you're wrong 2) the moonlight carries the message of lovePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @_everybird_: BIRD #1,234 Morningbird (Colluricincla tenebrosa)Permalink Look on archive.org
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in the future where the mutant off-ness of current AI art becomes a recognised and sometimes celebrated marker of early 20s aesthetics, they'll train AI models to reproduce them deliberatelyPermalink Look on archive.org
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what happens if you ask stable diffusion to generate deep dream dogs?Permalink Look on archive.org
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the thing is, even if they didn't decide to train it that way deliberately, the training data they'll learn from will be increasingly composed of AI generated images. @v21/1490298544477065219Permalink Look on archive.org
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been reading The Dawn Of Everything and wow do they make a good & persuasive case that cultures can and do choose to embrace or reject technologies based upon the impact those technologies would have upon the way they relate to one another and think about themselves!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rachelcoldicutt a) no doubt! and b) also halfway through, and same!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @_karenmeadows: @atarbuck The perfume of wild and garden flowers on a warm, still day. Before the Industrial Revolution flowers are beli…Permalink Look on archive.org
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a rare example of this rule applying to fossil reconstructions @UnwinnableDavid/1558887693299421184Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial I assume you are, or have, or are planning to read it already. but. big recommend for The Dawn Of Everything.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@comex @iridienne well, "learn" is more of a metaphor than a neutral description of the process - a metaphor used in the early days of computing for things we'd unambiguously describe as copying or recording now. AI is more similar to those early computers than it is a person.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@comex they are definitely more complex - I'd say the most characteristic feature is that they are complex enough we don't understand exactly what's going on inside them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@comex I'd also pick up on the first half of your comment, tho - the other thing about human artists is that they are, well, human. Which means they are part of a society, have aims, can feel shame, etc. AI art has a slight of hand which obscures the responsibility.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @v21: my prediction is that GPT-3 will not buck the trend of AI things no longer being thought about as AI once they become reliable and…Permalink Look on archive.org
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having my traditional pang of envy at the Danish infrastructural support for cycling (this is at a park and ride outside Aarhus)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lewis_gordon yep, that's the onePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HJosephineGiles: There's a poem about this in my book. The Lights are here an analogue for the Aurora, the fishing and the seabirds, al…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HJosephineGiles yes. and I'm now greeting reading this again (and reading it in your voice, too)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @carolrosenberg: Mindfulness. At the souvenir shop at Guantánamo Bay.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @leighalexander: The Rehearsal could be one of the most important series ever made. The future of storytelling is authenticity, context,…Permalink Look on archive.org
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me @ any Wikipedia article about math @fireh9lly/1559444366061625345Permalink Look on archive.org
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maybe i should just get good at math instead. seems like a pain, tho!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TheWhitePube: The Writers Grant has changed to The Creatives Grant = £500 each month to an early-career working class person who makes…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Campster: Could not get "The Treachery of Images, but make it a YouTube thumbnail" out of my head.Permalink Look on archive.org
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i had somehow missed this thread up until now & there are a lot of good illustrations & illustrators in it - i am excited for the book!!! @everestpipkin/1559605617320464386Permalink Look on archive.org
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@purecelain oh, great news!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TabitaSurge: I had a stroke last Thursday while eating a sandwich. I didn't recognise it, the people I went to dinner with 4 hours late…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tinytachyon: easy to make fun of people who seem a bit overdramatic on here but it's probably between "moderately bad" and "very bad" f…Permalink Look on archive.org
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wonder if we're going to see price differentials for running cloud computing stuff in the UK versus somewhere with reasonable energy pricesPermalink Look on archive.org
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maybe that'll only kick in once the blackouts start & they have to start factoring in the cost of regular refueling of the backup generatorsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc i brought it up about text as well as images! but yeah, agreed it feels different. it's the "weaving machines are being used to destroy our jobs & degrade labour conditions" angle - there are very few people making a livelihood writing reddit commentsPermalink Look on archive.org
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i'm aware this argument was lost a long time ago, but: the Luddites were rightPermalink Look on archive.org
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"but progress is inevitable!" - no: @v21/1558912649752109062Permalink Look on archive.org
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@frozenpandaman not easily! but all the building blocks would be there if you wanna build it yourself - i'd probably look for a node websocket library which has pluggable serialisation & then hook that up to a sqlite databasePermalink Look on archive.org
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@frozenpandaman exactly how you send update commands and how you get notified of changes & how that format maps to database reads/writes is probably the tricky bit (besides doing all the admin to get set up & deployed etc, which is obviously the worst part)Permalink Look on archive.org
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an artist listed in the above image: @simonstalenhag/1559817133294485504Permalink Look on archive.org
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@frozenpandaman what i did for frog chorus was take a chat example (in Rust, but same same) and then hack at it until it had the data i needed, the concept of "rooms" and joining etc worked right for the site. if i were you i'd start there & once it's working in-memory add in DB persistence.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@caiitlinz a friend who does freelance web dev has a client who is an old friend of hers & makes serious bank drawing yaoi. apparently it is one of the more fun projects to work on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@caiitlinz okay, but serious answer: fatigue means i have worked from my bed for the past two years & my wrist is hurting a bunch nowPermalink Look on archive.org
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@frozenpandaman Actix! and I'm using it again for the Downpour backend (with GraphQL, which is probably more fuss than you'd like for this project) and yes, please do - also happy to share the repos with you if you wanna dig around/adapt anything. it's v much a "hack it til it works", but...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@frozenpandaman used Rust rather than Node because: - well, clearly I was itching to do stuff in Rust - seemed like long term, keeping a Rust backend up would be less painful than keeping a Node one up. has turned out to be true so far!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@caiitlinz 2 years, tho!!! not an immediate worry. but yeah, find what works for you (although do consider the effect of spreading the work stress zone around the house rather than just keeping a single contained Zone of Misery)Permalink Look on archive.org
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coming out in audiobook format!!! @MrHolness/1559831714582740993Permalink Look on archive.org
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@johnnemann i would feel a little differently about it if the cutting edge of AI was open source models anyone could run at home, rather than beefy TPU-enabled stuff only Google etc can run & that you pay for by the query.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BigMeanInternet: This isn't inside baseball, it's the whole thing. It goes through a shorter editorial workflow because there's a shift…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@unknownmetric most likely i'd end up writing most of it myself in Typescript, using regular backend frameworks etc. but the exciting option would be seeing if the new Inform release could be bent to work for multiplayer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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cool tool alert @ncasenmare/1559953645151608833Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is one of the most charming files of source code i have ever read "Version 2 of Metric Units (for Glulx only) by Graham Nelson" github.com/ganelson/inform/blob/master/inform7/Internal/Extensions/Graham%20Nelson/Metric%20Units.i7xPermalink Look on archive.org
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@gracebruxner thanks! I will!Permalink Look on archive.org
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thinking about how since humans first became humans, we've been getting insect bites and then trying not to scratch them because we know it'll just make the itching worsePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @http_runrun: 1時間くらい滞在していた。Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mildlydiverting *frantically revising the copy for Downpour*Permalink Look on archive.org
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this book is good, and full of very silly games, illustrated with even sillier illustrations. also i have a credit on one of the games because i couldn't stop myself having opinions when i was walking through the living room one time. t.co/x0cI2sUAw7Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vivschwarz it's fine, have another go in an hour, no-one will mindPermalink Look on archive.org
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@AdriaandeJongh looooks great! good luck with the slow roll - makes sense as a strategy to me!Permalink Look on archive.org
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very good tweet @PhilipPullman/1560276205244653568Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Coleo_Kin 2 differences: - what they make is a bit less set by an original founder who wants to "scratch an itch", and instead by the whole studio - if they get a hit, that founder can't sell the studio to Sony or whoever for millions (or at least, if they do, everyone gets an equal share)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Coleo_Kin the second one matters q a bit to me! yr not building a valuable thing for someone else to sell off, but have an equal stake in itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@amyhoy @visakanv I think it's possible to back off later, too. All you have to do is turn away from the things you have taught yourself to value, take a giant hit to your sense of self, and persist in that for years until the people around you can learn to trust you & form new authentic relationsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern ugh, i hate it so much too. can you get around it using the "NHS app"? (which is also a website). for me at least there's an option to book at GP appointment on there, and there's no complex forms to fill in.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern ahhh. well, the NHS App can do that too, with some caveats: @v21/1555493286957178882Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern ohhh. anyway, good luck and death to the e-Consult.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ChloeMashiter oh, this is great, signed up!Permalink Look on archive.org
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kind of surprising that robots can't iron, sew or crochet, but they can knit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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robots can milk a cow, but can't shear a sheepPermalink Look on archive.org
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@edsaperia they can embroider!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood my sympathies all roundPermalink Look on archive.org
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humming the Animals of Farthing Wood theme tune to myself @scattermoon/1560591965518934017Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tambourine: think i’m the first to have borrowed this one for a whilePermalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood sometimes it is more pleasant to have a job & do art than it is to do art & to try to persuade someone to give you some money for itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin i know that that might actually be bad, traumatise some kids etc, but still I can't find that prospect anything other than funny.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin "never did me any harm", etcPermalink Look on archive.org
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@varjmes I am not actually sure, but I am pretty sure my setup (with VS Code) defaults to warning you about it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@wjjjjt and then 5+ hours to do the knittingPermalink Look on archive.org
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here's a wild musical instrument interface to try - instead of pressing keys to play particular notes, you press keys to move up or down a certain interval wgreenberg.github.io/vimstrument/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood yeah, you deserve a cushy tech job where you can just worry about making the machine do a thing & build up some savings.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@philippawarr it is definitely excellent trolling, or else you wouldn't go quite as hard with the selection of 4Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly I haven't seen it, but, y'know, I know it by reputationPermalink Look on archive.org
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@philippawarr When The Wind Blows is about dying in a nuclear holocaust. so. yep. pretty hard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LilCrowther that and that modelling the path that thread takes is easier than modelling the way that fabric moves (is my feeling, anyway: weaving is the obvious one missing, and can obviously be automated)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@James__Carey I have not, but: pretty interesting!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@grapefrukt must feel good to be so rightPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @davenewworld_2: Find the duck 🦆Permalink Look on archive.org
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wonder if CBDQ is being linked somewhere, last few days have seen a little uptick in support questionsPermalink Look on archive.org
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is a sofa a chair?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @elite_gz: everything should go into the public domain after 30yrs. movies, TV shows, characters, songs, whatever. there should be much…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hautepop: A spectacular essay from @kimmelman and the NYTimes graphics team. But this: this is the crux. nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/michael-heizer-city.html https…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@altluu i don't know of a pre-existing one, but maybe "unobtainium" would work?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @astroblob: Thinking (as I often do) about Chen Chen's 'I Invite My Parents To A Dinner Party'Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @poppy_haze: one of the funnier rules is every year or so, the Mongolian and Chinese governments have to put out a notice that you MUST…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hondanhon general supply chain crisis in the paper business lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n06/malin-hay/paper-cutsPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @snakeymama: What is this?? A Florida cottonmouth that ate an invasive Burmese python that had been radiotagged for study! 💪🐍 Source:…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @youngvulgarian: lost my bank card the other day so currently cash-only for the foreseeable and it has become genuinely stressful to go…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @adamgryu: @SuperRareGames @miskiart @Markymark665 @Lemondaurora One of the things I made for this was the map! I LOVE it when things co…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @DeusEx_Ebooks: By the way, Denton, stay out of the ladies restroom. That kind of activity embarasses the Agency more than it does you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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reading tweets about Catcher in the Rye/tweets about tweets about Catcher in the Rye. and thinking: it's good that there's a website for people who want to have arguments about Whatever The Topic Is. people like me :)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod Mohs scale for puzzle gamesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@visakanv thinking about a version of this post but it's a pub opened 800 years ago, 80 years ago & 8 years agoPermalink Look on archive.org
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@visakanv 800 years = Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, opened 1189AD. quite a nice pub, too, has some fun caves downstairs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I think the Clip Studio pricing model would be fairer if, when you stop paying the upgrade subscription, you stop getting upgrades at that point, rather than getting bumped back down to 2.0.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rachelcoldicutt: I'm also not a fan of the tokenisation of everything. But Web3 starts to make sense to Web 1.0 cynics like me when y…Permalink Look on archive.org
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oh, this is why Discord has started pinging me for every message, I guess? @AstralPhnx/1560187913849442304Permalink Look on archive.org
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also not surprised at the backlash, given the closest point of reference for artists is Adobe subscription squeezing just as hard as their near-monopoly will allow.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mike_robbo oh, I guess. but then again, you can always just pirate it, and short circuit the whole thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @JamesWallis: Great article on the difficulty of working out the function of ancient objects that may have been toys. For games, where t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HSouthwellFE: something I'm writing about a lot at the minute is that there's really severe global drought, which is shutting down ever…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mountain_ghosts the "invisible hand" explanation is: invasion means less Russian gas, means less gas in general, means less supply and more demand, means people might not get gas if they don't pay more, means prices rise.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mountain_ghosts a game where you become very wealthy if you can guess in advance the same number everyone else will later guessPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Lalabadie: Black and white and plotter-readyPermalink Look on archive.org
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if you wanted to put a smiley at the end of a parenthesis, how would you do it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@prehensile ah, a freestyler!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tonyhawktruther: She-Hulk: A woman is like a quiet storm. And she can be anything she wants. Supporting male character: Wow, I didn’t r…Permalink Look on archive.org
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worked on these some more tonight & I have some real Tetris effect stuff going on now. closing my eyes for bed and just seeing circles, circling.Permalink Look on archive.org
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trying to resist the (very rare!) temptation to make a twitter botPermalink Look on archive.org
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@DavidLublin i got far enough to figure out i'd need to use ffmpeg & then felt suddenly weary (but will probably have another run up on a day with more energy)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @datentaeterin: How gendered is the clothing offer for children? For our @SZ data analysis, we examined 20,000 shirts and shorts from @h…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@russss yep, been on the waiting list for a year, and have been carrying my non-folding bike up 2 flights of stairs in the meantime.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward wonder if it's for ashes?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BrendanSinclair @six6jiang given the way that tech companies/bosses basically never say anything on the record if they can help it, and how annoying that must be for the journalists... yepPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jessfromonline: ex. gender duplo brick: trans women are women gender lego: if we understand that gender is an element of the capitalist…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jr_carpenter: the table of contents of Rebecca Solnit’s The Faraway Nearby is just, chef’s kissPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @FilmicWorlds: One of the fascinating things for me at Naughty Dog as a junior programmer was that allocating memory was forbidden. Lite…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Mary Shelley's got to be up there @maxnc/1561824952487124992Permalink Look on archive.org
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@folmerkelly not about failure, but about success... the bit in Cat Cat Watermelon where the success box comes in from the slide & absolutely smashes the stack of things you just built... perfection.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @peligrietzer: Truly amazing how much Hegel hated starsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hollygramazio @UltraCobalt on the other hand, Quora just told me that the company that makes the rotating bits has a main line of business making railway turntables.Permalink Look on archive.org
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hear me out: underground revolving restaurantPermalink Look on archive.org
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@GriddleOctopus what if the walls rotated one way and the room rotated the other wayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hondanhon the food stays still & the tables go alongPermalink Look on archive.org
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RE this tweet: @bunjavascript/1562248121656102914Permalink Look on archive.org
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(ofc there is a third option not available of "don't", but the poll isn't very interesting with that one in there, is it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@modulusshift I love the idea that the choice of how obvious the founders should be about it should be the worker's option.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AustinKelmore I thought this poll would be... well, I would've guessed which option would be ahead right now, but not the ratio!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly hello moon!Permalink Look on archive.org
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ok ok, i'm doing it. first test output (the bot part can come later). does this loop?Permalink Look on archive.org
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it does, although it is real potato quality encoding...Permalink Look on archive.org
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if anyone has an recommendations for encoding image sequences with ffmpeg into stuff that twitter will accept *and also* that encodes geometric forms so they look nice... do let me knowPermalink Look on archive.org
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@paarsec @beesandbombs yeah, I should try GIFs. just figured, since Twitter was going to transcode it anyway...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@paarsec @beesandbombs also conceptually neater to do a gif, as I don't need to export an image sequence to convert but can stream it as I'm generating the framesPermalink Look on archive.org
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barbaric that in TYOOL twenty twenty two i am trying to optimise gif filesize in order to give Twitter an image sequence that they can then transcode into an mp4 that looks somewhat decentPermalink Look on archive.org
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okay, mp4 time again??Permalink Look on archive.org
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ugh, yeah - preview frame looks good, but as soon as it starts to move it's a muddy mess. but at least it uploads!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@genmon yeah, the gif above only got below the 15MB limit because of gifsicle (and chopping out all but 50 colours from it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I should stop taking my own advice @v21/988050683650805760Permalink Look on archive.org
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got the song that Alvin and the Chipmunks sang to bring down the Berlin Wall stuck in my headPermalink Look on archive.org
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@WritNelson what a tweet to see on the bus home from the airportPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial tbh I was a fan of the modern run of the comics, but a lot of that was because it was about superhero law & her getting to define her own way of life away from expectations, not really about female anger.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial I think there was a big emotional beat about her staying hulked up all the time as a way of protecting herself emotionally.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @calmingsphere:Permalink Look on archive.org
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does this work?Permalink Look on archive.org
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yeah! that seems... pretty alright, actually!Permalink Look on archive.org
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(oh, yeah, btw: if you wanna mess with a similar circle-pattern like thing, check out v21.io/epicycles/)Permalink Look on archive.org
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btw, the ffmpeg incantation i am using for twitter video is: ffmpeg -i ${tmpDir}/img_%06d.png -framerate 40 -vcodec libx264 -profile:v high444 -tune animation -pix_fmt yuv420p -strict -2 ${videoPath} i write this here mainly so i can look it up laterPermalink Look on archive.org
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& making a new twitter app + authenticating the single bot account on it using v21.io/iwilldancetheoauthdanceforyou/Permalink Look on archive.org
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i still need to actually, y'know, automate it, but in the spirit of sharing: it's up! @epicyclesbot/1562922847202226178Permalink Look on archive.org
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you can see the tweet text get more refined over time. here's p much what it started as: @epicyclesbot/1562908258922565633Permalink Look on archive.org
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i do really enjoy tweaking these kinds of systems, trying to get some of the wilder variance in but also keep the "core" of their output tuned to the sweet spot parameters.Permalink Look on archive.org
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especially with Twitter bots, this is a nice thing to play with - it's fine if many of the tweets are kind of bad, it makes the ones that really go for it stand out. a durational performance, not a collectible.Permalink Look on archive.org
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oh, this is a good one @epicyclesbot/1562925639757602816Permalink Look on archive.org
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Linode is having connectivity issues in their London data center? again???Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickfourtimes in a week's time, this server will be a decade oldPermalink Look on archive.org
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@OUTONO96 nah, the time it takes to generate is neither here nor there. the issue is making something Twitter will accept for upload.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @epicyclesbot: ⟲ 219 | 𝑣 1 | ⌀ 0.8649 | ϕ 0.2323 ⟳ 1 | 𝑣 -37 | ⌀ 0.2500 | ϕ 0.3268 ⟲ 64 | 𝑣 -8 | ⌀ 0.2500 | ϕ 0.4228 ○ 360 + ● 0 https:…Permalink Look on archive.org
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do you think the UK will have major blackouts this winter?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @youngvulgarian: feel like this isn't being talked about enough - if people have to pay this much just to live somewhere and shops and p…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sensiblehuman96: @PolygonalShivs @PuroPodcast It’s a tragedy that hypno-disc never fought razor.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hondanhon: It's distressing that one of the reasons why this doesn't exist is because of Amazon and the lack of regulation toward a com…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly i'm helping!!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @helveticade: "As the game engine becomes intertwined with digital infrastructure, @UnrealEngine and @unity face serious geopolitical, e…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PlayFairIre bin strikePermalink Look on archive.org
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setting this up on a server... man, i really need to migrate stuff away from my old server, modern node doesn't run properly any more due to a mismatch between userspace & kernel architecturesPermalink Look on archive.org
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but, y'know. the old stuff runs fine, so instead i'm just setting this up on the new server, which i *also* have. ... i love a chore that costs you money every month you put it off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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wish it was easier to get temporary read access to a private repo, so you could clone it down. but i understand that the main thrust of software dev is to put in complicated solutions to automate this kind of process.Permalink Look on archive.org
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i guess i am in the awkward middleground where i don't wanna make a fullblown personal SSH key with proper github access (the bodge way of doing it) and i also don't wanna make a deploy script for this thing i hope to never touch again after this week.Permalink Look on archive.org
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maybe i'm even in a weird middle ground by running this on a server with a persistent context, but that isn't a literal humming box in the corner of my living room.Permalink Look on archive.org
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more "coaxing things to work" - the server doesn't have ffmpeg, i don't want to globally install it, so trying github.com/kribblo/node-ffmpeg-installer. which doesn't work locally, but maybe just because I've got an M1 Mac. let's see if it works server-side??Permalink Look on archive.org
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two conclusions: 1) no, it doesn't. but maybe i'm calling it wrong 2) flip, i forgot to eat lunch, let's do that nowPermalink Look on archive.org
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good lunch! nice to be home & eat basically the same bowl of rice & mackerel & cucumber every day again aaaand... gave up on the nice installer thing, manually pulled down a static binary, and: @epicyclesbot/1563164166654832643Permalink Look on archive.org
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now just to deal with crontab, logging, etc...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hondanhon it's good! (tho i'm biased because i've worked with the team a bit) nice to have more of a sense of joint attention on some digital objects while you're talkingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Vegas242 I have a VPS (well, several, now) from Linode. depends on what you wanna do tho - it requires a reasonable tolerance for messing with the command line, learning admin stuff, etc. but i find once stuff is set up, it can run for years without too much labor.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Vegas242 i would probably recommend Digital Ocean over Linode? DO has a $4 a month VPS, which could easily run a load of bots, a personal website, anything that isn't too demanding of beefy compute or lots of hard drive space really.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Vegas242 for one-off projects and getting yr feet wet - Glitch might be worth checking out?Permalink Look on archive.org
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difficulty mode selectPermalink Look on archive.org
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aaaand... i think i'm done?? time to make an announcement tweet & go rest my wrist for a bitPermalink Look on archive.org
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new bot! @epicyclesbot circles in circles in circles @epicyclesbot/1562938441851375616Permalink Look on archive.org
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announced! @v21/1563173851689000962 and thanks for following along at home :)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @JohnnyCallicutt: Nancy Panel by Ernie BushmillerPermalink Look on archive.org
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@epicyclesbot process thread here: @v21/1561990739088883714Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TheWhitePube cinema, suburbs of LondonPermalink Look on archive.org
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I don't go to enough events, but I love talking to new people. So if you are feeling tempted, but not sure you have much to say... I promise I can hold up my end of the conversation :)Permalink Look on archive.org
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irregular reminder that I have open office hours - if you would like to chat (about anything you like, but maybe creative tools, generative art, Twitterbots, indie games?) you can book a slot here: v21.io/blog/lets-chatPermalink Look on archive.org
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I was anxiously waiting to see if it would tweet on schedule... and it did! @epicyclesbot/1563225201743400970Permalink Look on archive.org
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as a trans artist making art about, like, circles making neat patterns when they rotate in ways that are multiples of each other... yes, thank you @_emnays/1563249234689658882Permalink Look on archive.org
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as a trans artist making art about, like, circles making neat patterns when they rotate in ways that are multiples of each other... yes, thank you @_emnays/1563249234689658882Permalink Look on archive.org
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If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,' the Walrus said, That they could get it clear?' I doubt it,' said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear. @cbouzy/1563296815361196033Permalink Look on archive.org
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@altluu certainly more quantifiable!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Matt_Furie: 🐸Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @riovictoire: Facebook just reported on what got the most views in the US last quarter. * 5 out of the 20 most viewed links * came from…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I love to wake from uneasy dreams and find I have not been transformed into *any* kind of bug.Permalink Look on archive.org
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tbh, they weren't that uneasy, I was trying to teach a hot guy at a summer camp that it was possible to flirt without just pinching my bum and not letting goPermalink Look on archive.org
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@felix_cohen the price cap calculations include a 2% rate of profit for suppliers, but their cost depends a lot on buying electricity and electricity options in advance in a smart way. but also the ones raking it in are the ones generating the electricity & the ones supplying fuelPermalink Look on archive.org
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@felix_cohen that said, wholesale supply is only around 50% of the price cap, there's costs for the grid, admin, taxes, paying suppliers to take on the customers of suppliers that have gone bust...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@russss @felix_cohen oh, thanks for bringing the actual numbers!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@felix_cohen side note, but this model is bang on for pricing boardgames. RRP is generally 5x the cost of manufacturing it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @epicyclesbot: ⟲ 83 | 𝑣 1 | ⌀ 0.3238 | ϕ 0.02884 ⟳ 205 | 𝑣 9 | ⌀ 1.051 | ϕ 0.9528 ⟲ 53 | 𝑣 6 | ⌀ 0.3238 | ϕ 0.4415 ○ 60 + ● 0 https://t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @innesmck: grouse moors are no different from golf courses - artificially designed tracts of land, aggressively managed for sport. they…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@epicyclesbot too fast, imoPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @simonw: What frustrates me here is that there are inexpensive ways @heroku could minimize the damage: stop the dynos running with a "th…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thatthinkfeel looks like the tab that's by your thumb there should open the top lever- but the cupboard might need to be closed a little so there's slack first? this is a guess, so sorry if it's not helpful!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thatthinkfeel alternately, 5 minutes with a hacksaw? (and then a screwdriver, and for the rest)Permalink Look on archive.org
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in a room with a flickery candle and getting some mild stroboscopic hallucinations when I close my eyes... feeling like a cave man at LascauxPermalink Look on archive.org
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@thatthinkfeel unbend a coat hanger for some stiff wire to push it in?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@FreyaHolmer sadly I must inform you that orange the colour was named after orange the fruit. so actually it's the colour that's wrong, not the juice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thestarboretum only compare yourself to other people less than the average amountPermalink Look on archive.org
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@unaminhkavanagh I call it "sleep", but yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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thinking about the way that, from a strategic career standpoint, a former employer laying people off means you now have people you know at a wider range of workplaces. some kind of abstract strategy game mechanic in that...Permalink Look on archive.org
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some fucked up fringe advantage to working at a startup, therePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rdrimmel: and 4000 1.25 tonne satellites falling to Earth per year. That's 5,000 tonnes of aluminum and rare earth minerals deposited i…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AustinKelmore oh, yeah, that's an extra bonusPermalink Look on archive.org
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seems like a sound dude & I spent a lot of happy hours with no$gmb as a kid. have sent him some money via problemkaputt.de/donate.htm @AjaxSuited/1563225888464203778Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @UrsulaV: Webcomics, as a genre, had SO MUCH ROOM for bad art. It was the Wild West. We threw everything at the wall to see what stuck.…Permalink Look on archive.org
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people find their own uses for tools @MugridgeMagic/1563850467289038848Permalink Look on archive.org
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hate that i know what the pub name is a reference to @dandouglas/1563582020181446657Permalink Look on archive.org
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i like the statue tho (it is real)Permalink Look on archive.org
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it keeps ticking, but i am continuing to resist @v21/1495373128515608577Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Danielle_J_Thom i would probably use Miro or one of the many things that work like Miro.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jr_carpenter or you can just message me and we can arrange a time whenever, ofcPermalink Look on archive.org
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@innesmck @catacalypto wow, what a treacherous image!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto Cat, I am glad you so regularly stay up late posting shit like this. It is a great way to start the day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jr_carpenter I saw you got your stuff back! Congratulations on staying still long enough to gather some moss.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto any time 🫡Permalink Look on archive.org
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Crate & Barrel sounds like a better name for a videogame podcast than it does a homeware store.Permalink Look on archive.org
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maybe on Crate & Barrel, they could discuss the minimalist shooter, Target. or the ecological boardgame adaptation, Habitat. or the chill crafting game, Pottery Barn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@amygoodchild "oh, i should see that, i wonder when it's on until" ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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it's messed up that the most natural place to put a smart meter is next to the kettlePermalink Look on archive.org
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no disrespect to this journalist in particular, but something notable about a thread talking about how difficult and expensive different solutions to a problem are, and then dismissing a comment about how applying different structural constraints could solve it @whippletom/1564210696816050177Permalink Look on archive.org
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is the root cause of the problem engineering, economics, or even politics? that's a question with political consequences.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"how do we store renewable power so that excess generation can be used at times of high demand" is an engineering problem. but "how can we avoid regular discharges of sewage into rivers" is something we know how to solve, we just aren't trying very hard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@badambulist good! the way to use a smart meter is to figure out trends, get a sense of how much electricity things use/you use, and then stop paying any attention to it, imo.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @artideabot:Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @GenderGhoul: the NHS list of side effects for HRT on their page about gender dysphoria vs the NHS list of side effects for HRT on their…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @emimonserrate: 💖 CRT ☀️ SUMMER ☀️ CRUSH 💖Permalink Look on archive.org
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feeling nostalgic for being 17 and causing trouble at Reading Festival, and also nostalgic for being in my 20s & being the person coming round with the fire extinguisher when people were setting fire to shit theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/29/reading-festival-violence-tent-burningPermalink Look on archive.org
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i don't think i extinguished any tents??? but definitely know that beautiful plastic smell...Permalink Look on archive.org
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continues to be remarkable to me how much more violent the world i existed in when i was a teenager was than the one i exist in as an adult. it was just normal then.Permalink Look on archive.org
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hashtag inclusion @frozenpandaman/1563796909214482432Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @GlitchedAnanke: Entities, all clad in jewels and relicsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lorenschmidt i don't know the answer, but if by tick you mean frame, i would be surprised - the JS runtime doesn't have too much of a concept of frames. but! being event driven it might be at the mercy of other pending events/threads, same as doing setTimeout(fn, 0)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lorenschmidt (apologies for answering with a "i don't know, but here's a random guess" answer)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @supermattachine: basically, here's the broad sketch: perceiving the power physicians had over who got medical care, trans people began…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RaxKingIsDead: do a man a big favor and he’ll be grateful, give a man an opportunity to graciously do you a big favor and he’ll adore y…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @AYMRC: Ping PongPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @everestpipkin: been thinking about this 4th century BCE felted swan all morning hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.+archaeological+artifacts/879864Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @burstofbeaden: Home Home, the project I have with my mom, has a new thing up today & it's a pretty good thing. We've called it the Felt…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oneofmoo I like having video calls! I mean, getting a coffee/drink in person is nicer, but it is nice to chat to people. And especially people not in the same city as you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oneofmoo People do a lot of performative hating on them, especially people whose jobs are about being constantly on a call. But it's nice to talk to friends.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly 365 amazing games, out every year like clockwork. amazing how the NYT manages.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly okay, but i would read a "top ten crosswords i have done this year" articlePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hondanhon: anyway, the fact that twitter convened a team of 84 to see how dicks would abuse such a platform and then agreed that they w…Permalink Look on archive.org
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this truly was the peak of UI design @Foone/1564640307404472320Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly urgent bulletin, coming through for you: @itstheshadsy/1564716406175895552Permalink Look on archive.org
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@w__h_ it doesn't let you get the epubs out again, but this is basically what I use Google Play Books forPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jonritter @Kickstarter oh wow. big congrats!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@metasynthie @critdistance Jenn Frank's autobiographical stuff immediately comes to mind. First one I remembered, and not the most sad: unwinnable.com/2012/01/27/playing-god-on-death-motherhood-and-creatures/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@metasynthie @critdistance and actually also the 50 Years of Text Games project, for something less personal and more critical/historicalPermalink Look on archive.org
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people talk about how bad Twitter replies are, but my new pet theory is that they are fine if you accept that people just like to talk about the things they like to talk about, and are only using your tweets as a prompt to do just that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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which is the case in regular conversation, except usually you already like/have some social tie/find interesting the person you're having a conversation with. conversations meander, it's just a chain of "oh, that reminds me", not a well structured argument.Permalink Look on archive.org
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and forums (remember forums) had exactly this, endless policing about being off topic or derailing a thread. except here... there are no forum police. and reply chains can branch any which way (which is the better model anyway).Permalink Look on archive.org
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And I get that this can be frustrating! you wanna talk about pancakes, they wanna talk about waffles, let's call the whole thing off (but it's not personal, they wanted to talk about waffles way before you came along talking about pancakes and gave them the perfect excuse)Permalink Look on archive.org
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[quietly proud, in a meta way, that I resisted the urge to start this whole thread off as a quote tweet of a barely related thread]Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @innesmck: your can download the free OS Locate app to get an accurate grid reference anywhere in britain what3words proprietary system…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@marthasadie if you're asking the question, then the answer is 1 less than you're currently doingPermalink Look on archive.org
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spare a thought for all the partners of the Videogame Men who are gonna be dragged over to play Immortality with themPermalink Look on archive.org
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"it's like a Netflix series, but interactive!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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(to be completely clear, it is me, I am the Videogame Man)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@marthasadie as someone who also resorts to a lot of slashes when trying to describe what i do... i feel your painPermalink Look on archive.org
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@marthasadie if it makes you feel any better... i just got a really exciting offer for a *main* hustle. which of course would mean abandoning a lot of other hustles i've currently got going.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mink_ette oddly enough, i think the only one i have played was the Puss in Boots one, as it was the first out & i was pretty curious. then just kinda went "yes, this kind of thing, i get it" at the rest.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mattround: I still think the most useful past tech advance to consider when looking at AI content generators is the arrival of digital…Permalink Look on archive.org
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the long covid resonances in Dracula... "This morning I am horribly weak. My face is ghastly pale, and my throat pains me. It must be something wrong with my lungs, for I don’t seem to be getting air enough"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@chipzel waffles are good but not worth having a whole separate bit of apparatus to make them with. i've said my piece!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort you and Claire have to fight now @hoskingc/1564898557336776704Permalink Look on archive.org
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it would be so annoying to have a mysterious, life limiting illness, struggle with it for years with no apparent cause... and then find out it was a fucking vampire the whole timePermalink Look on archive.org
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like a crossover episode of House and BuffyPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @supermattachine: in iowa city my friends and i used to fuck this chaser. he was like very corny but hot and a great lay, and apparently…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@supermattachine wowwwwwwwwwPermalink Look on archive.org
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@supermattachine this demolishes my story about hearing from a friend of his that the psychiatrist who got me my Official Diagnosis has a hobby... of raising butterflies.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonty 🫡Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GalaxyKate ok ok but what if it's a Paradox-type game and you show the player the numbers?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steveruizok honestly seems good to me - reachability is so important! one thing i'd do, tho, is make the buttons give a readout of the currently selected Tool/StylePermalink Look on archive.org
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@steveruizok (would maybe tweak the menus so they're wider and shorter, again for reachability's sake)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steffanglynn oh boy, i'm considering itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@danielbye the "M" in Iain BanksPermalink Look on archive.org
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@undividual is it muscle soreness or other types of soreness? I'd expect it to be pretty tiring for the first few weeks til you adjust.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rodger: If you are a trucker carrying pesto sauce across the United States you need to get off the road right now. Final Pastanation is…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@undividual this matches how I felt starting to cycle to work when I wasn't regularly, or using a standing desk... so, yeah, I think this is it working. power through (or alternate the stool & a normal chair, for a gentler adjustment period) sucks about the height thing, tho!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@undividual currently feeling out actually sitting up at my desk vs working from bed. maybe similar feeling? or maybe it's the brain-fuzziness that indicates a crash is coming. or both! (especially motivated to do this because my wrist has been hurting from non-ergonomic bed working)Permalink Look on archive.org
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people find their own uses for tools (taken from instagram.com/p/Ch4NwwxoaRE/)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@naomialderman there's a limited set of good options for this winter, but if you start trying to solve the problem of next winter now, the government could have a lot of leverage.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@naomialderman - build gas storage facilities - grants to insulate homes & businesses - invest in generation, esp onshore wind (quick to build, currently blocked) - maybe even some pumped storage projects, if they really went for itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@FreyaHolmer even TikTok has a progress bar for >1 min videos (tho no scrubber)Permalink Look on archive.org
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thinking about this with data centers - imagining AWS offering serverless batch processing compute, where they promise it'll run every day, but choose when based on when the electricity is cheapest.Permalink Look on archive.org
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thinking about how in the future, *when* you use electricity is going to matter much more. renewable energy is kind of wild because the marginal cost is so low. but batteries suck, so systems to shift demand become so much more important.Permalink Look on archive.org
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or domestic boilers that heat a vacuum-insulated hot water tank at night, which you can then use throughout the next day. municipal heating plants with hot-sand heat storage.Permalink Look on archive.org
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if memory serves, grid-frequency modulation didn't go anywhere, but maybe it's time to pick it up again eepower.com/news/grid-frequency-modulation-may-replace-plc-technology/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jazzmickle @tuzgai i don't know that it has a name OR a solution. hard to automatically detect AI images, since they use the AI detectors to make the images in the first place. but hopefully people only post the good ones??? it really entwines the SEO spam problem into AI.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward expensive, inefficient, most of them need rare earth materials, don't store much power... i mean, they've gotten a lot better for consumer devices, but you wouldn't want to run the whole country off batteries for a weekPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward the best way, as far as i can tell, to store electricity for later is to use it to pump water up a hill. but that requires water (there has been a drought) & hills (apparently people get upset when you turn areas of natural beauty into reservoirs)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Rubber0Cement:Permalink Look on archive.org
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@moreelen my safety blanket is a pile of blank playing cardsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@pyrofoux looks great! single idea, pretty well conveyed, imo. the one bit i'm not sure i get is why the orange arrow moving "Automated Live Game Design" onto the computer, rather than it already being therePermalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon @naomialderman not sure i disagree... but they'd do a better job if they tried than if they didn'tPermalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon @naomialderman (and hopefully what you get, longer term, is an increase in capacity)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pyrofoux maaakes sense! but yeah, that was a little niggle, it's good!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Arr: This part of the Pizza Hut oral history made me uncomfortablePermalink Look on archive.org
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@LilCrowther yeah, i was thinking about the strange dichotomy between power scarcity & power abundance. for you, if the sun is shining, electricity is free! if it's not (and the batteries are out)... it's very expensive.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iRNY thank you for the reminder that I was going to run a load of laundry before I go to bed!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iRNY but yeah, like that, except with computers and shit to automatically run stuff at the cheaper timesPermalink Look on archive.org
