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notgdc, 4 months ago to gamedev

👋#notGDC is back again this year!🎊

It feels odd hyping a free conference with everything that's going on in #gamedev. But sharing knowledge and building personal connections keeps me going.🫂

PHIL_FISH, 4 months ago to random

RadicalGraffiti, 4 months ago to random

"Canada funds genocide"
Poster spotted in Hamilton, Ontario

cstross, 4 months ago to random

My thought on Neuralink implanting tech in human heads for the first time:

Brain implants are one of those technologies where the MTBF for the implant MUST exceed the MTBF of the implantee. And there must be lifetime after-sales support, Or else the execs who made the decision to pull support should go to prison for the rest of their lives.

markarayner, 4 months ago to random

Umberto Eco has a cogent essay about how to spot the signs of what he calls "Ur-Fascism", or the essential components of fascism.

I turned it into an infographic, because, well, you know why...

Mirror of the article here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

#fascism #authoritarianism #elections #infographic #democracy

GhislainGir, 5 months ago to gamedev

#UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #gamedev #fx

🥳 New video is live on my YT: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2iUaYAh2Ad0

It's a breakdown of this tall grass interaction system.

If you're feeling generous or want to get access to the project, files are available as a Tier 2 reward on my Patreon: https://patreon.com/GhislainGir

Thanks so much for the incredible support, you guys rock 🥰 Merry Christmas to you all! I'll be taking a quick break. Have a great time!

video/mp4

_benui, 5 months ago to random

When programming something, you use all the tools at your disposal to work out what is happening in your program when it goes wrong.

You can set breakpoints and step through with the debugger, inspecting the value of variables. You can print to the screen or to logs.

You can record huge amounts of data and play back what happened step by step to work out what went wrong.

🧵

redlamp, 5 months ago to random

Hey gang, we're looking for a UI Programmer familiar with Unreal to join us at Raw Power Games.

We've already started assembling an awesome remote team. If you or someone you know might be interested, please share the link and feel free to get in touch.
https://rawpowergames.bamboohr.com/careers/50

_benui, 5 months ago to random

DEVS TRICK GAMERS AGAIN

Don't be fooled! This LOOKS like a CAR and a CITY but it is NOT!!!

DEVS are LYING again!!

It's just TRIANGLES!! COLORED TRIANGLES!!!!

RT if you are SICK of greedy devs trying to trick us with TEXTURED POLYGONS

jplebreton, 5 months ago to random

facebook's presence in the fediverse will be a net negative. it has and will harm mastodon et al as a cultural space, as a software project, and as a resistance movement to corporate centralization.
FB deserves zero trust or benefit of the doubt, and everyone who has given them that is either naive or ideologically hostile to the concept of the open web as a public good. opt out.

18+ ajroach42, 5 months ago to fediverse

Rachel Lambert, Director of Product Management at Meta just posted about working with the #fediverse

"Working with experts to figure out how we can reshape regulations that are built for closed systems, and adapt them to more open ones"

Ah. That's probably the game.

They've performed significant regulatory capture, and they're going to come out swinging about how the fediverse is full of material that requires regulation, and that anyone participating has to implement policies that are impossible at a hobby scale.

(Like big tech did with copyright infringement.)

( via https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/111580796631894681 )

bryanculbertson, 5 months ago to random

Cars are causing climate change

The only way we have a livable planet in the future is we must quickly build a world where we take transit, bike, and walk

We cannot afford to build even one more mile of highways

https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-inventory-data

davidrevoy, 5 months ago to threads

The recent excitement surrounding Thread's arrival on the Fediverse is concerning. To understand why this is not a good idea, consider their economic interest in harvesting data, their poor moderation, and their manipulations. Nothing good can come from their federation. Don't roll out the red carpet for them.

#Threads #Mastodon #Krita #MastoArt #Meta

_benui, 5 months ago to random

I used to be enthusiastic about technology.

Was a teen when people made homepages. I could talk to people around the world.

Mobile phones were neat. You could text your friends.

Then with smart phones you could practice language and play genuinely innovative games for a couple of bucks.

I can't remember the last time I was genuinely excited by tech. Maybe it's a factor of becoming a jaded old piece of shit.

JessTheUnstill, 5 months ago to random

Surprising nobody, after Iowa passed private school vouchers, the private schools simply increased tuition by about the same amount as the vouchers.

It's simply extracting wealth from public schools... Same as we've seen in colleges, healthcare, and every other "public private partnership"

https://www.kcrg.com/2023/12/07/iowa-mom-says-school-vouchers-dont-offset-tuition-increases/

danderson, 5 months ago to random

Wow, TIL near where I grew up in France, high-speed rail (the TGV) caused tangible reduction in passenger air traffic. The budget airlines shut off the routes as soon as the TGV started running, unable to compete. The larger airlines kept trying for ten years, but eventually gave up as well. Turns out, 2-3 hours on a comfortable train that drops you in the middle of town is better than faffing around in airports, despite the trip time being just 1h.

Just a thought, North America.

Climatehistories, 6 months ago to climate

What one outcome would you like to see from #COP28 🌍

George Monbiot goes right to the heart of the global climate crisis.

(video👇from BBC Question Time)

#climatechange

BBC Question Time 07/12/2023 with a studio audience in Petersfield

will, 6 months ago to random

shel silverstein predicted llms

redlamp, 6 months ago to random

Little surprised to see so many people upset that the game awards were not critical of the corporations that directly sponsor the game awards.

Like the host (and producer) of the show should have chastised the very companies paying the bill and that he greatly profits from. 🤷

sambowne, 6 months ago to random

Google’s best Gemini demo was faked https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/googles-best-gemini-demo-was-faked/

q3k, 6 months ago to random

I can finally reveal some research I've been involved with over the past year or so.

We (@redford, @mrtick and I) have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs. These trains were locking up for arbitrary reasons after being serviced at third-party workshops. The manufacturer argued that this was because of malpractice by these workshops, and that they should be serviced by them instead of third parti
es.

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_benui, 6 months ago to random

This is what I've been working on since joining Epic. I can't wait for people to play 🌱
https://kids.lego.com/en-us/campaigns/fortnite

timnitGebru, 6 months ago to random

In retrospect, the Nobel peace prize should have been retired after handing it to Kissinger. Who else gets away with that? Are there awards for like, saving birds, given to those who obliterate them, with the institution doing such things evading any scrutiny?

forrestthewoods, 6 months ago to random

Here is my best attempt to articulate why I believe all dependencies, including compiler toolchains, belong in version control.

https://www.forrestthewoods.com/blog/dependencies-belong-in-version-control/

emilymbender, 6 months ago to random

With the OpenAI clownshow, there's been renewed media attention on the xrisk/"AI safety"/doomer nonsense. Personally, I've had a fresh wave of reporters asking me naive questions (as well as some contacts from old hands who are on top of how to handle ultra-rich man-children with god complexes). 🧵1/