If you live in the South of the UK, come and say Hi! at the free Castle Cameras Spring Shoot on Tuesday near Wimborne. There will be a full program of events including a presentation and demo by yours truly.
Its getting late here in Japan, but I will do a quick write-up of my impressions of this live-stream tomorrow. This is just too good to miss. #rogally#hardware#event
"if you want the old school experience, you can run at 30 FPS and that will save even more power, while I dont recommend it"
then why are you even talking about it? #rogally#hardware#event
"I can play Dead Cells at 120 FPS but I turn it down to 60 FPS to save battery life" sounds like battery life is going to be a problem if they have to talk so much about it #rogally#hardware#event
"if you want to maximize your battery life, you better stream your games" (wink at Microsoft game pass)
I guess they want it to be a streaming device to make up for the poor battery life? That's one strategy #rogally#hardware#event
"A lot of games run really well at 1080p but I use FSR anyway because it gives a nice anti-aliasing effect" LOLLOLOLOLLOL This stuff is out of this world #rogally#hardware#event
So I am a week into my #Zizek#Lacan#Hegel studies, through Zizek's lens. All good. I think Zizek's #philosophy of looking at Hegel through the Lacanian lens is seductive. That said, where I find the lens of Zizek lacking, and I now wish he'd not talk about these 2(3) things any more are:
I was a serious #catholic half my life, seminarian for minute, and an ordained deacon, still, even after I confessed my #atheism. So I get what he is saying. My atheism has never felt the same as #Dawkins or #Hitchens, whom we adore, and Zizek sneers. Slipping through the profound safety net religion and a transcendent, all powerful, personal god into the #existentialism of nothing was terrifying, it was my first experience of the "#real." This is it. This is all there is. The problem is it appears Zizek commits the #fallacy of #reification (if we understand it correctly). Clearly he knows it is #fiction, even if profound from a #psychoanalytic Hegelian #CriticalAnalysis, we get it we really do, but it is not real. The #event is real, and the fiction caused the event, but the fiction is still fiction. There is no God, IOP, that became an atheist. The #story Zizek emphasizes is powerful, the changing of the cosmos when #Jesus on the cross questions Gods love. Good story and that is all. Some RCC positions from recent popes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBZy_iu0m8 and https://www.romereports.com/en/2021/09/14/full-homily-of-pope-francis-at/
So please, Zizek, can I say stay in your lane where you are brilliant, please.
Ein Festival zum Thema Virtual Reality, und wir treffen uns in echt?
Na klar!
💙 Darum lade ich euch herzlich ein an diesem Freitag und Samstag nach Gelsenkirchen auf das #Places Festival zu kommen!
In Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf widmet das Palces Festival eine ganze Straße dem Thema Virtual Reality, Immersive Media und Metaverse. Mit zahlreichen Ausstellungen und Stationen zum selbst ausprobieren. Aber auch mit Events und Networking!
We managed to arrange some extra capacity for RustNL 2023, so if you're quick you can get one of the last available tickets! 🎟️ See you in Amsterdam! #Rust#rustlang#eventhttps://2023.rustnl.org
"Making research relevant: The importance of trusted research environments and knowledge exchange to maximise real-world impact" - Katherine O'Sullivan of University of Aberdeen
Join us for pizza, drinks and networking from 6pm, then Kate's talk from 6.30pm (or join online for the talk only).
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Podcast recording alert! There are still a handful of tickets to attend our new Cosmic Shambles podcast live. Robin Ince and I will invite two guests for a dinner party of ideas. Each guest will invite the people who formed the ideas that have shaped their work, inspiration, creativity and life. Our first guests are Kevin Fong, Monica Grady, Natalie Haynes, Janina Ramirez and Amy Reynolds. Tickets to join us here: https://cosmicshambles.com/theyvemadeus or look out for the podcast soon. #CosmicShambles#event
Planning a #conference? Include Mastodon at least as prominently in your materials as you do other social media. If you ask presenters or attendees for handles, ask for their Mastodon handle. This is an important opportunity for the Fediverse to reach, welcome, and engage key global audiences. #academia#event