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Longplay_Games, to random
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Everyone trying to use AI for artwork, for development, for automation remember -

You get nothing for free. AI is a like a deal with djinn, there will be consequences.

Just put in the effort and learn the skill.

Longplay_Games, to random
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I wish I were more disappointed that Humble's new 'learn to code' bundle is almost entirely exploitive AI BS.

Unfortunately, that's just who humble has become over the last while.

governa, to microsoft
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Continued Advancing , & Its In-House Distro In 2023

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Linux-2023

Longplay_Games,
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@governa I so called it - I knew there would be a microsoft linux distro :D

aral, to random
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If you can’t do a job without being able to tolerate valid criticism of the corporation you work for, you’re not an employee, you’re a cultist.

Longplay_Games,
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@aral That's wild, most of the people I know are by far the most intense critics of the companies they work for.

atomicpoet, (edited ) to random

Fascinating infographic about the growth of video games! Some thoughts:

  • Of course mobile gaming crushes everything. Everyone has a smartphone on them constantly, it’s how Gen Z prefers to game, and it’s more accessible in developing nations.

  • PC gaming is now bigger than console gaming, and I imagine it’s going to get bigger now that handhelds like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally are taking off. Nowadays, you can have that console experience on PC.

  • The infographic says handhelds are dead, but I question that: the Nintendo Switch is a handheld, and so is the Steam Deck.

  • I’m glad that VR/AR is continuing to grow, but they really are a pain to use.

  • Seeing how console gaming substantially lags behind mobile and PC gaming, can we please stop treating it like the “premium” way to game? Not only are fewer people on consoles, they don’t even offer the best performance.

  • I’m shocked that arcades still have life but it gives me hope for that one arcade in my town that still exists.

  • All this growth in gaming makes me even more upset about all those lay-offs that occurred in 2023. I hope all those creatives get back on their feet quickly.

Longplay_Games,
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@atomicpoet Doesn't surprise me that consoles (xbox/ps5) are falling so far off. When I was contacted by a porting shop about porting to console recently, they were pretty frank - consoles typically sell one copy of a game for 10 copies sold on steam in their experience.

So they recommended I lean WAY harder into the steam and steam deck.

Longplay_Games, to random
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Chapter 6 of the serial is now up for all backers:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/smugglers-of-6-94563676

Longplay_Games, to scifi
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Do you like games with relaxed vibes?
Interested in watching an early access game develop into the final version, but hate the idea of paying for something unfinished?
Come check out our early access alpha demo. Regular updates, feedback, and totally free.

https://longplaygames.itch.io/smugglers-of-cygnus-ea

One of the species in Smugglers of Cygnus in a space suit with a gas giant reflected in the face plate
Talking to an NPC to get a mission in Smugglers of Cygnus

Longplay_Games, to bapcsalescanada
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Looking for something fun to play on your steamdeck while you hide from company?

Come join the !
https://longplaygames.itch.io/cygnus-pizza-race

Race a variety of ships on 20 tracks solo or against your friends in split-screen local multiplayer.
Collect toppings for score, or drop them to sabotage the other racers.

The unlockable champion ship racing through a snowy track

Longplay_Games, to random
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The irony of a book about exploitation being DRM locked by Adobe...

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From today until December 31, 2023, every donation to the Internet Archive will be matched 1-to-1, doubling the impact of your gift this holiday season!

Help us continue to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge: https://archive.org/donate/?origin=mstdn-eoy2023

Brewster Kahle (00:01): Hi. I am Brewster Kale, the digital librarian and founder at the Internet Archive, and today kicks off the season of giving here at the Internet Archive. This year it's exciting because we have a one-to-one match until December 31st when you can double your effect by donating to the Internet Archive to go and keep your digital history freely available to everybody. Visit archive.org/donate to donate or to just learn more. It's through you that our services are able to stay free and that we're continuing to build petabytes and petabytes. Please help us in making universal access to all knowledge.

Longplay_Games,
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@internetarchive Donating was fine for me, but it's impossible for me to solve that ridiculous captcha on your feedback page.

Maybe skip that for people literally giving you money.

Longplay_Games,
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@internetarchive The one that pops up after you donate and asks why.
There's no reason that page requires a captcha, unless you're being overwhelmed with bots giving you money.

andycarolan, to random
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So, my current workflow for watching anything that anybody posts to YouTube is to first try it in Safari... if it detects ad blockers there, I open the link in Firefox, which seems to deliver a short pause, then plays the video.

Ads on there are obnoxious, prevalent and most often un-skipable, that watching anything on the platform has become a chore. If they lowered the price of ad-free, I may consider it, but at the moment, it's more than just about any other streaming service.

Longplay_Games,
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@andycarolan I do the same, my youtube viewing is restricted almost entirely to posts linked from patreon.

They could just as easily be owncast for all I'd care, really.

Longplay_Games,
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@andycarolan I don't recall google being forced by a court order to buy it...

OutofPrintArchive, to retrogaming
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As today is the Dreamcast's 25 anniversary in Japan, it's only right to celebrate the launch of one of the most incredible systems ever in style.

It only lasted a couple of years, but burned brighter than most systems can dream of.

Feature titled: Joy Machine from DC-UK 1 - September 1999 (UK)

(part 1/2)

This magazine can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/dc-uk.html



Feature titled: Joy Machine from DC-UK 1 - September 1999 (UK)
Feature titled: Joy Machine from DC-UK 1 - September 1999 (UK)
Feature titled: Joy Machine from DC-UK 1 - September 1999 (UK)

Longplay_Games,
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@Dennis5891 @OutofPrintArchive Crazy Taxi was a 10/10 game for the Dreamcast. Really showed off the music chip, too.

apzpins, to random
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At times I feel like understanding is a lost art. A running joke for loose coil wires has been "it should be wireless so this won't happen". As a gag I cut of the wire lugs from a dead coil and printed a custom Bluetooth wrapper for it. I posted that on social media.

The amount of "it can't work", "scam!" and calling me incompetent and/or stupid was just unbelievable. Some took time to explain why this can't possibly work. All this after all the PCB repair work I've posted.

Longplay_Games,
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@apzpins Reminds me of my annual april fools joke of posting a pic of a piece of fruit with mocap dots on it, and then a rendered pic of the same fruit and titling it "behind the scenes mocap shot"

I quit doing that when people started getting all mad how stupid i was to do motion capture on a piece of fruit.

Maybe this "computers for everyone" thing has gone too far.

Longplay_Games, to random
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I love so much that because there's no 'favorite' algorithm on the fediverse that people give posts favorites just because they like them.

That's the kind of positivity we need more of.

dgar, (edited ) to random
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40-core GPU version of M3 Max dropping GPU benchmarks comparable to RTX 4080!

I’ll be expecting an upcoming Mac Mini with M3 Ultra with 80 core GPU that’ll make nVidia shit themselves.

Longplay_Games,
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@dgar Unlikely, since Nvidia is largely focused on cloud and embedded AI and rendering - and apple doesn't even dogfood their own systems as servers.

Longplay_Games,
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@dgar Maybe, but as much of a fan of ARM as I may be, apple has never been able to scale beyond personal.

If we're lucky, AMD and apple will eventually collaborate and drive nvtel straight out to the bin.

Longplay_Games,
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@dgar But do recall that the IBM/Motorola PPC chips were some of the best silicon on the planet, literally a baby version of the stuff IBM used in minis and mainframes and apple dumped it in favor of Intel to save a buck.

governa, to OpenAI
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confirms attacks behind ongoing outages

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-confirms-ddos-attacks-behind-ongoing-chatgpt-outages/

Longplay_Games,
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@governa Can't they just use AI to filter them? I thought chatgpt was supposed to replace all forms of skilled labor.

Migueldeicaza, to random
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To celebrate Google’s request at the EU to force Apple to open iMessage, today we celebrate the career promotions for every PM and VP at Google that gave us this bouquet of innovation:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/

Longplay_Games,
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@radicalbyte @Migueldeicaza I agree, xmpp would be a good starting point imo.

Longplay_Games,
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@radicalbyte @XenonNSMB I had wondered about the json/XML thing. I was in a bubble doing XML/XSLT stuff for ages when suddenly everything became json seemingly over night and I was like 🤷‍♂️

I will say that it's faster to write but it's so much harder to write a parser for without the metadata.

godotengine, to godot
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A warm welcome to our latest Silver Sponsor! Null is a developer-friendly publisher of indie games for PC, Mac, and consoles.

https://null.com

Longplay_Games,
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@godotengine That's awesome news!

niemanlab, to random
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"Figures from ad blocking companies indicate that YouTube’s crackdown is working, with hundreds of thousands of people uninstalling ad blockers in October." https://www.wired.com/story/youtubes-ad-blocker-crackdown-spurs-record-uninstalls/

Longplay_Games,
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@niemanlab Google, actively reducing web safety and security in the name of profit.
What a timeline we're in

Longplay_Games, to random
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Has anyone tried using a FairPhone 4 in the US?
How was your experience with it?
How did you like the camera?

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