For years I’ve been wanting a simulator simulator simulator. It’s like those simulator simulator games you’ve played except it’s simulating the next level up, playing the people who built the simulator simulator.
Track_Shovel submitted some neat Art Deco poster-style images of a WW2 aircraft carrier. I like Art Deco posters, so I thought I’d try looking into figuring out what sort of prompt could produce that sort of effect....
Dyson Sphere Program. Factorio and Satisfactory tend to get all the press, but DSP is AMAZING.
They learned a lot of quality of life lessons from older factory games and built them in, e.g. you get bots right away.
The visuals can be breathtaking: not because it’s raytracing/whatever fancy tech, but simply the scale of the game: giant gas planet rises at the horizon, etc. – and you can fly to just about everything you see. Star 5 light years away? You can fly to it and visits its planets and moons, and then ship stuff between your home system and the new system
It does power exceptionally well: there are a ton of power sources (dsp-wiki.com/Energy_Sources#List_of_Fuels), and a lot of depth in figuring out how to power your mega factories. You can even charge up a battery and ship it by spaceship to another moon/planet. Going back to Factorio’s simplistic steam/solar/nuclear power feels like a let down (of course, Factorio has its strengths, like trains and extreme polish).
It’s in early access, but it’s one of the most polished early-access games you’ll find. They’re currently working on a large combat update that should drop in December. Price-to-value ratio is ridiculous. It’s $20 and I have 155 hours in the game.
I am in an intense love-hate relationship with Spotify. It makes good mixes for me, I have found a lot of great bands that way. BUT IT KEEPS REGURGITATING THE SAME SONGS IN THERE. I know about Song Radios and Artist Radios, so please don’t recommend those. Smart Shuttle doesn’t cut it, either....
If all you consume is news and social media – which have incentives to show the most extreme views, events, and content – you’re going to have a distorted picture of the world as a 100% awful, dangerous place.
But most of the time, in most parts of the world, most people are just living their lives. I live in the Portland, OR area and you would have thought by the news coverage of the 2020 George Floyd riots that the city was burning to the ground; in reality, the disruptions were limited to a few square blocks downtown. The majority of the city went on like usual.
There’s a lot more nuance to things about the US, too, than those outside realize.
People do fight back, every day. Our courts are prosecuting Trump. The House Speaker loony you mention in the thread came about only after a long, drawn out debate; the Republican Party is incredibly divided and ineffectual right now. Roe vs. Wade fell, but many blue states strengthened protections. Mass shootings get a lot of press, but they affect a vanishingly small part of the population.
Obviously there are problems and not everything is fine. And we have to be vigilant. But this sentiment among people – especially certain Europeans I’ve noticed – that the US is just a pure dumpster fire is a wild exaggeration by people addicted to screen time.
Prompt: a image of a pumpkin resting at the window, in the style of creepypasta, mysterious backdrops, captivating, halloween, eerily realistic, voidcore, dark and spooky themes --ar 2:3AI: Midjourney v5.2
I lived in SE Portland for years. There was a psychotic person camping on our street who me and neighbors reported many, many times. Police did stop by a couple times to offer her a women’s shelter or a hotel room, but she refused. So I mean, reporting is good and all, but it’s clearly not enough.
Red Robin [Midjourney] (cdn.discordapp.com)
Prompt: origami, red robin, sitting on a snow covered branch, wildlife photography, origami --ar 16:9...
If you could make any "simulator" game, what would it be?
Manhattan Restaurant, Art Deco (lemmy.today)
Track_Shovel submitted some neat Art Deco poster-style images of a WW2 aircraft carrier. I like Art Deco posters, so I thought I’d try looking into figuring out what sort of prompt could produce that sort of effect....
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AI art challenge: show me your best "______ if it/he/she were in the ___th century"
"The Sound and the Fury" by J. L. Westover (files.mastodon.social)
@MrLovenstein (toot)...
The Steam Deck's budget price tag is the reason I still rate it nearly two years on (www.pcgamer.com)
Biggest Bot [Midjourney] (cdn.discordapp.com)
Prompt: atompunk style, illustration, action shot, robotic walker chasing a scared woman, mega structure cinematic shot --ar 3:4...
The Last Supper (lemmy.world)
[Community Challenge #12] “Mascots” (lemmy.world)
Another week, another challenge. It’s my turn to come up with the theme for this week....
What's an alternative to Spotify that doesn't play you the same fucking songs over and over?
I am in an intense love-hate relationship with Spotify. It makes good mixes for me, I have found a lot of great bands that way. BUT IT KEEPS REGURGITATING THE SAME SONGS IN THERE. I know about Song Radios and Artist Radios, so please don’t recommend those. Smart Shuttle doesn’t cut it, either....
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"Browsing the web in 2019" by bruised_blood (files.ioc.exchange)
Portlanders stand in front of truck to prevent bike lane removal (bikeportland.org)
Scary Pumpkin (telegra.ph)
Prompt: a image of a pumpkin resting at the window, in the style of creepypasta, mysterious backdrops, captivating, halloween, eerily realistic, voidcore, dark and spooky themes --ar 2:3AI: Midjourney v5.2
Portland will begin enforcing camping ban in two weeks (www.opb.org)