Another thing I noticed is getting more common among RPG Horror Stories. When once it was common to see entitled players complaining the GM is not running the game like Matt Mercer runs on Critical Role, I have lately seen quite few stories where problem GM tries to use that to deflect criticism. It’s usually the type to be...
Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president of grocery stores says they’re moving away from Just Walk Out, which relied on cameras and sensors to track what people were leaving the store with.
Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has sparked a social media backlash after announcing that it will soon allow certain antibiotics in the chickens it raises, citing supply issues....
Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on...
I just call the people in my Discord who generate AI images AI Handlers because to me it’s like getting a half trained unruly animal to do what you want. That being said when they take requests for character art for tabletop games they put out some good stuff. It’s just a tool to be used and it often takes an experienced handler to get what you want out of it.
I’ve forgotten the name of the paper but I read a fairly in-depth report on human/dog co-evolution and how it has ingrained an instinctual understanding into each other even as little more than babies for both species.
Assholes, I don’t have or want kids but would be happy if a portion of my taxes went to feeding children rather than paying some contractor to explode them.
3dfx Voodoo - the graphics card that revolutionized PC gaming (www.pcgamesn.com)
A new Steam Deck rival is coming, and you’ll never guess who makes it [Antec] [expected price range $600~$900] (www.pcgamesn.com)
And now you get the bad ending (lemmy.world)
How can you push agendas if you don't have one? (lemmy.world)
Lefty dad jokes. (lemmy.world)
Landlord Forced To Raise Rent Due To Thinking Of Bigger Number (www.theonion.com)
i'm doing my part (lemmy.world)
You've heard of Elf on a Shelf, now get ready for the Shack on Attack (sh.itjust.works)
This is the actual Russian military in the year 2024. t.me/ssternenko/27510
Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online (www.ign.com)
Well today has been rich in boring dystopic news…
TIL that quadruple A batteries exist (lemmy.world)
What device even uses this??
We have entered the time of Reverse Mercer Effect (ttrpg.network)
Another thing I noticed is getting more common among RPG Horror Stories. When once it was common to see entitled players complaining the GM is not running the game like Matt Mercer runs on Critical Role, I have lately seen quite few stories where problem GM tries to use that to deflect criticism. It’s usually the type to be...
California sheriff’s deputies kill 17-year-old boy with mental health issues (www.theguardian.com)
Boy, as yet unidentified, is third child killed by San Bernardino law enforcement in less than two years and second in under a month...
Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores (gizmodo.com)
Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president of grocery stores says they’re moving away from Just Walk Out, which relied on cameras and sensors to track what people were leaving the store with.
Ohio high school English teacher, Jennifer Ruziscka, resigns after OnlyFans account discovered (nypost.com)
Chick-fil-A changing its chicken sparks backlash (www.newsweek.com)
Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has sparked a social media backlash after announcing that it will soon allow certain antibiotics in the chickens it raises, citing supply issues....
Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art" (futurism.com)
Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on...
“Desperate” Trump’s inability to get fraud bond makes him “massive national security risk,” Dem says (www.salon.com)
“Any foreign adversary seeking to buy a President knows the price,” warns Rep. Sean Casten...
Think about it, Jack! (lemmy.world)
I made dis. Pls be gentle (lemmy.world)
That's just politeness, am I right? (lemmy.world)
Delicious! (lemmy.world)
It's part of everything (lemmy.world)
Over 7,000 students see their lunch debts wiped after $1 million donation (www.goodmorningamerica.com)
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