Dandelion

TheSpaceshipper, 4 months ago to random

Today I received two new (Eaglemoss) replicas for my Alien collection: the USS Sulaco and the dropship. Syd Mead & Ron Cobb.

Christmas presents a little late. 😂

Dandelion, 4 months ago to random

Techbros set more cash on fire trying to rid themselves of troublesome "artists" who think they deserve to be "paid."

https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-companies-lose-190-billion-market-cap-after-alphabet-microsoft-report-2024-01-31/

TheSpaceshipper, 4 months ago to random

Destiny 2 (2017): Voyager ship, art by Ian Galvin
Inspired by the Plymouth Voyager.

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Dandelion, 4 months ago to random

I was told, "if you boycott every game that is made using any AI stuff, this will probably be your last year playing most games."

Two years back a bunch of photographers and musicians I followed decided NFTs were the future. I stopped buying their stuff.

NFTs died. Blockchain and crypto are dying.

It's within our power as consumers and creators to say "no."

When someone puts a knife to your throat (and that's what "AI" is to many creatives), you're not obliged to point out your carotid.

TheSpaceshipper, 4 months ago to random

Look, should I continue this account here or not?

Here, most of the engagement, lately, is complaining about what I'm doing or not doing. Unlike what I experience on Twitter, BlueSky, Insta and Threads. And to the point of losing all pleasure.

Yes, I rarely post alt text because it's time-consuming, I have to manage 5 accounts and there aren't enough people on my Patreon for me to devote enough time to it.

Yes, sometimes I put links to Twitter because I've been on it for 5 years and...

RickiTarr, 4 months ago to random

Mastodon is what happens when people who mostly live inside their own heads get a Social Media.

Dandelion, 4 months ago to random

This is Fine

https://kotaku.com/game-industry-layoffs-how-many-2024-unity-twitch-1851155818

Dandelion, 5 months ago to random

Discord is trying to sneak in unannounced privacy changes again.

A new beta feature called "Clips" allows voice chat to be recorded. You have to dig up the new setting and manually opt-out.

Dandelion, 5 months ago to random

Dr Who has made a long habit of bringing back former cast members and letting them interact in a new story (going back, I believe, to 1973's "The Three Doctors").

Televised Star Trek has rarely done the same - "Trials and Tribble-ations" is the only significant example. But after Picard (especially S3) and SNW's "Those Old Scientists," I wonder if that will change.

Dandelion, 5 months ago to random

Substack is a Nazi Bar now.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/26/substack-turns-on-its-nazis-welcome-sign/

nyrath, 5 months ago to random

Induction of a torpor-like state with ultrasound

Hong Chen’s team used ultrasound to safely, noninvasively induce a torpor-like state in mice, rats

https://engineering.wustl.edu/news/2023/Induction-of-a-torpor-like-state-with-ultrasound.html

#Torpor #SuspendedAnimation #SpaceTravel

CareLevelZero, 5 months ago to random

Still quite ill so I'm preemptively canceling any remaining shows this month until the situation improves. I'll let people know when it does.

Dandelion, 5 months ago to random

Every time I watch a clip from Macross Delta it's like three or four wildly different animation styles mashed together poorly.

Dandelion, 5 months ago to random

Welp, I guess I'm obligated to say "nice."

Dandelion, 6 months ago to random

From Tumblr

TheSpaceshipper, 6 months ago to random

Star Trek Picard (Season 3, 2023): The Shrike, art by Jim Martin↖️, Doug Drexler, John Eaves & Darek Zabrocki, under the supervision of Dave Blass

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TheSpaceshipper, 7 months ago to random

"Somehow I doubt this will be the last ship to carry the name Enterprise".

Yes, and I doubt there will be enough letters in the alphabet.

Dandelion, 7 months ago to random

That's a number of key people who've been at Cryptic for many years.

Looks like game executives (Embracer) are about to gut another perfectly profitable studio - one that's even on an upswing right now, with the resurgence of Trek.

But tell me again how those useless C-suite leeches who suck down money and produce nothing at all are "so vital" to a company's success that they'll still have jobs in a month despite their massive management failures.

https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/16/whatever-non-layoff-thing-is-going-on-at-cryptic-sounds-ominous-and-we-dont-like-it/

rodhilton, 8 months ago to random

Love how the light bulb industry was like "switch to LED bulbs, LEDs last longer so you'll never change them, that's why it's okay they're so much more expensive" with enough urgency that everyone spent all the money to switch over to LEDs before we could all discover they have to be changed just as frequently.

Yeah they don't "burn out" anymore. Instead they just start flickering or making buzzing noises and other annoying malfunctions.

It's just "light bulbs cost more now" with extra steps.

TheSpaceshipper, 8 months ago to random

In less than two weeks, Foundation released an episode entitled "Long Ago, Not Far Away", and Ahsoka an episode called "Far, Far Away".

Please come to an agreement, otherwise this will be settled in a regulatory space battle.

At the same time, among the people working in front of and behind the camera on these two episodes are 4 people who worked on DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, BSG, Caprica, Firefly, Stargate SG-1, The Expanse, Farscape, Torchwood and Mass Effect.

It all fits.

TheSpaceshipper, 8 months ago to scifi

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's UFO started 53 years ago today on ITV.

MoonBase Interceptor, design by Derek Medding and Mike Trim.
#scifi #UDO #moonbase #interceptor #gerryanderson #sylviaanderson #derekmeddings #miketrim

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