cragsand

cragsand, 18 days ago to Eurovision

#Eurovision isn't region locked from the SVT Swedish PoV! You can even watch along from the US :catjam:
https://www.svt.se/kultur/senaste-nytt-om-eurovision-song-contest-2024

cragsand, 23 days ago to random

Test post after following @bsky.brid.gy
Does this show up on BlueSky? 🤔

cragsand, 1 month ago to random

Large solar prominence from EverydayAstronauts stream 😊
Beautiful footage :BlobhajHeart: #eclipse #solareclipse

Animated GIF showing a solar prominence of plasma ejecting out from the sun during the moon eclipsing the sun.

cragsand, 3 months ago to Meme

Happy Friday!! 🐊
#gators #friday #happyfriday #flatfuckfriday #meme #gatorsdaily

A video playing the iconic "Flat fuck friday" song featuring very flat alligators.

cragsand, 3 months ago to neondivide

Sketch by Braverend 💙
https://linktr.ee/braverend
#neondivide #vrchat #vrrp #vrchatrp #art #drawing

cragsand, 4 months ago to Discord

Last chance to play these great chiptune beats before #Discord shuts down their publicly accessible CDN. :catjam:

A collection of classic demoscene chiptune beats I remasted in #OpenMPT
I lowered instrument amplitude to remove peaking, increase #DynamicRange and added various VST effects for enhanced stereo. Enjoy :BlobhajHeart:

Open this playlist in #VLC to stream in 24kbit lossless #FLAC from Discords servers: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/420493544474542081/1194995330752729118/Crags_Chiptune_Remasters_Playlist_from_Discord-V3.m3u
#music #beats #enshittification #demoscene #chiptune

cragsand, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to blender

This #VR indie game #Aexia is looking interesting. It's like #Roll20 or #Foundry. A virtual tabletop but entirely in virtual reality.

I can't help to think how nice it would be if #VRChat had a toolbox or inventory system built inside it like this. Then you'd already have access to a vast library of avatars and maps and a platform that most roleplayers are already familiar with. Building in #Blender & #Unity.
#VRRP #Roleplay #RP #VirtualReality #DnD #TTRPG #IndieGame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT1kvSXP5dA

cragsand, 4 months ago to sweden

Happy new year from Sweden! 🇸🇪🎉🥂:toot:
#HappyNewYear #2024 #GottNyttÅr #Sweden #Scuffed #Forsen #Meme #NewYear

cragsand, 5 months ago to bluesky

Wait a minute...

#BlueSky #NewLogo #Meme #Logo

cragsand, 5 months ago to Twitch

VRChat with Twitch CEO Dan Clancy

Meme highlight of Twitch CEO Dan Clancy visiting Rob Roflgator in VRChat to discuss the new Twitch TOS and get a first impression of what virtual reality is all about 😅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqQSQQS0uT8
Full VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2011747913
#Twitch #CEO #DJClancy #DanClancy #VRChat #Meme

cragsand, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to brainfood

Exposing the scam of color blindness "correcting" glasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE
A great documentary that reveal poor science papers, unsubstantiated claims and conflict of interest with the authors. The companies selling them use unethical marketing with undisclosed sponsorships of social media influencers.
#colorblindness #scam #documentary #skepticism #scientificskepticism #badscience #retractionwatch #scamwarning #scamalert #protanomaly #deuteranomaly #tritanomaly #colorglasses #enchroma

cragsand, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Meme

Happy flat fuck Friday 🐊
And very merry Christmas holidays 🎄🎅

No gators daily here (yet) so reposting
(Song by pigdeons)
#GatorsDaily #FlatFuckFriday #Gators #Friday #HappyFriday #Meme #Christmas #HappyHolidays

cragsand, 5 months ago to threads

Uh oh... open the floodgates? :AAAAAA:
#Threads #ActivityPub #Federation

cragsand, 5 months ago to Twitch

This is a bit concerning especially for streamers. It may be a good idea to learn a habit of muting your mic when entering passwords in the future.

Science paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01074
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2166661/ai-recognises-passwords-by-the-sound-of-typing.html
#twitch #youtube #streaming #livestreaming #streamers #ai #keyboard #typing

cragsand, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to fediverse

BlueSkys official #ATProtocol account just highlighted a community developer project to bridge it with #ActivityPub

#BlueSky early on decided not to go with the open #W3C standard in favor of implementating features like account migration. Planning to start federating next year, they've made some decisions I'm skeptical about.

Many #Mastodon servers will likely decide against bridging, having different values regarding privacy and data collection. What do you think?
https://atproto.com/blog/feature-bridgyfed

cragsand, 5 months ago to vr

Great video review from Thrillseeker testing the official Slime VR full-body trackers
#VR #SlimeVR #FullBodyTrackers #VRChat #Trackers #VirtualReality
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QaJhDCtGlBY

cragsand, 6 months ago to Twitch

Outsourcing moderation entirely to AI, while it may save some money, is not a good idea... full article below.

1500 votes! Thank you all for your support! 💜
The more of you who lend your voices, the more you show that this is a real issue that is worth correcting!

Looks like my article regarding this got some traction and votes!
Thanks to streamer @PaymoneyWubby for bringing attention to it.
#Twitch #Livestreaming #Streaming #AI #AIModeration #AIBasedModeration
https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/951706-moderation/suggestions/47475527-global-ai-automod-does-not-understand-context

cragsand, 6 months ago to mastodon

One year #anniversary since I signed up for #Mastodon! :mastodon: 🎉

Been trying my best to convince mutuals to try it out to varying success (or failure). But even without moving I've found many new individuals, especially passionate developers and scientists.

I've also learned to rely less on the fragility of corporate solutions. One of the biggest takeaway for me is probably realizing the concept and pattern of #enshittification of all public companies.

To many more years on the #fediverse!

cragsand, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to Twitch

AI based #AutoMod is causing issues for streamers on #Twitch.

When any single line of text can be taken to mean something horrific out of context, streamers are seeing their most active chatters getting permanently suspended without any human intervention.

I wrote an article to hopefully change this. Maybe it can at least lead to further discussion regarding the matter.

Outsourcing #moderation to #AI, while it may save money, is NOT a good idea.

Full article: https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/951706-moderation/suggestions/47475527-global-ai-automod-does-not-understand-context

cragsand, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to twitter

Started to collect art #scammers on #Twitter in a list a while back in order to spot them easier.

I used to bother reporting them but eventually gave up since they rarely if ever get banned. Checking the list its up to 184. Unfortunately I can't share the list in an easy way, as the site lacks exporting tools and making a private list public, the users will immediately block, removing them.

Since joining mastodon last year I've only come across one scammer here.
#artscam #scambots #scam

cragsand, 6 months ago to Matrix

Discord being down is a reminder and good a time as any to try out some decentralized alternatives.

Have you ever heard of @matrix or @element ?
The protocol is run by a nonprofit foundation and it shares similarities with #Discord except it's self hosted and #federated.

Made a "Space" that works kind of like a Discord server here:

The Golden Gator Spaces
https://matrix.to/#/#goldengators:matrix.org

You can either use the web app directly in your browser or try the Elements app on your phone.
#Matrix #Element

cragsand, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to android

Testing the new @megalodon #android app for #mastodon update and happy to see several UI glitches fixed!

What I'm missing in my "wishlist" so far:

• Set UI language
• Response thread lines
• Reduced text brightness in pitch black mode
• Text resizing

Great work and thank you! :BlobhajHeart:

cragsand, 7 months ago to twitter

I posted a poll on the x-birdsite 🤔

Taking a gander at my followers and mutuals... :blobcatcoffee:

#twitter #birdsite #poll #mastodonmigration
https://twitter.com/cragsand/status/1714990567694754069

cragsand, 7 months ago to mastodon

Posted this meme on the dead birdsite :birdsite:
Kinda feels this way when I bring it up... :AngeryCat:
#mastodon #meme #birdsite #twitter #x
https://twitter.com/cragsand/status/1714597731908391246

cragsand, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to MountainBiking

In Skåne in southern Sweden we have this thing called "supercykelvägar" aka "highway bike paths".

They help connect towns and cities with dedicated and separated bike paths. Instead of commuting to work via car, get an electric bike. Unfortunately this is not a thing everywhere and surprisingly pretty rare in the rest of the world.

Lets spread and make this a thing everywhere!
Example: https://www.google.com/maps/@55.673868,13.3003849,173m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
#urbanism #biking #supercykelvägar #bikinginfrastructure #infrastructure #traffic