the confusion between the 20+ different things that are AI is deliberate, because the word gets you funding.
also, sure, AI placeholders is a bit like tracing an image you generated. but the games industry has been doing equivalents of that for years and the quality diff will probably sort itself
also, sure, AI placeholders is a bit like tracing an image you generated. but the games industry has been doing equivalents of that for years and the quality diff will probably sort itself
tl;dr: GenAI and game design concepts traditionally referred to as "AI" (enemy behaviors, pathfinding, etc.) are not the same thing, and I'm on my knees begging people to learn the difference, lest we see more bullshit claims like what The Escapist put out re: Blue Prince.
Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
the confusion between the 20+ different things that are AI is deliberate, because the word gets you funding.
also, sure, AI placeholders is a bit like tracing an image you generated. but the games industry has been doing equivalents of that for years and the quality diff will probably sort itself
also, sure, AI placeholders is a bit like tracing an image you generated. but the games industry has been doing equivalents of that for years and the quality diff will probably sort itself
oh wow AWS actually cooking with this, finally someone to disrupt cloudflare's free plan
docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudF...
docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudF...
CloudFront flat-rate pricing plans - Amazon CloudFront
Learn about CloudFront pricing plans and how to choose the right plan for your use case.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
oh wow AWS actually cooking with this, finally someone to disrupt cloudflare's free plan
docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudF...
docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudF...
sad to hear they enshittified netdata to the point where it's no longer convenient enough to throw in a nixos config and forget about it
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
sad to hear they enshittified netdata to the point where it's no longer convenient enough to throw in a nixos config and forget about it
this actually very coherently conveys what i've been struggling to say in a way that doesn't sound like i'm making excuses for generative ai
a lot of people in games and movies as these art forms are further cannibalised want to hold a position of we should go back to when the exploitation was just the right amount where i still got cool shit out of it and unfortunately its just not a serious position. can't put it back in the bottle
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
this actually very coherently conveys what i've been struggling to say in a way that doesn't sound like i'm making excuses for generative ai
standards xkcd comic but instead of standards is transfems doing diy hrt guide websites
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
standards xkcd comic but instead of standards is transfems doing diy hrt guide websites
my nuanced take on the advantages of injectable estradiol enanthate vs gel after a few months on injectable:
yes.
yes.
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
my nuanced take on the advantages of injectable estradiol enanthate vs gel after a few months on injectable:
yes.
yes.
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der text ist allgemein sehr gut www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
der text ist allgemein sehr gut www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
based on the furries i know getting owned in the group chat is a legitimate concern
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
based on the furries i know getting owned in the group chat is a legitimate concern
deepseek moment
I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
deepseek moment
I had to watch Suleyman's TED talk for work. Mandatory course. This is like a mix of watching black mirror and some wall street "we fucked everyone and everything lmao" documentary.
December 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I had to watch Suleyman's TED talk for work. Mandatory course. This is like a mix of watching black mirror and some wall street "we fucked everyone and everything lmao" documentary.
kubernetes in production, a short story
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
kubernetes in production, a short story
The scary part isn't just that tech companies can lock you out of your digital life, it's that they have automation that triggers such lockouts you out that aren't well designed with zero recourse.
This also happens with Google/Meta/Amazon all the time.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
This also happens with Google/Meta/Amazon all the time.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple
Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple De...
hey.paris
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The scary part isn't just that tech companies can lock you out of your digital life, it's that they have automation that triggers such lockouts you out that aren't well designed with zero recourse.
This also happens with Google/Meta/Amazon all the time.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
This also happens with Google/Meta/Amazon all the time.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
what if i wrote an ast package for nix in golang
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
what if i wrote an ast package for nix in golang
things you thought were useless when you bought them but turn out to be pretty useful
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
things you thought were useless when you bought them but turn out to be pretty useful
for those who missed it, here's a summary of the game awards 2025:
clair obscur: expedition 33
clair obscur: expedition 33
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
for those who missed it, here's a summary of the game awards 2025:
clair obscur: expedition 33
clair obscur: expedition 33
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$2,841.03? We can totally break $3000 before the weekend.
You get a whole bunch of 🌶️ for your money, while knowing you're helping out trans creatives.
✨Everyone wins.✨
Except the censors, but no one wants *them* to win.
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
You get a whole bunch of 🌶️ for your money, while knowing you're helping out trans creatives.
✨Everyone wins.✨
Except the censors, but no one wants *them* to win.
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
$2,841.03? We can totally break $3000 before the weekend.
You get a whole bunch of 🌶️ for your money, while knowing you're helping out trans creatives.
✨Everyone wins.✨
Except the censors, but no one wants *them* to win.
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
You get a whole bunch of 🌶️ for your money, while knowing you're helping out trans creatives.
✨Everyone wins.✨
Except the censors, but no one wants *them* to win.
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
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So I saw a comment on Reddit and had to write an essay about it
"You can be a girl if you want to" is useless if you don't know what wanting to be a girl looks like.
If lesbians make you sad, read this one
"You can be a girl if you want to" is useless if you don't know what wanting to be a girl looks like.
If lesbians make you sad, read this one
It's Miserable In The Egg | Ela Bambust
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December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So I saw a comment on Reddit and had to write an essay about it
"You can be a girl if you want to" is useless if you don't know what wanting to be a girl looks like.
If lesbians make you sad, read this one
"You can be a girl if you want to" is useless if you don't know what wanting to be a girl looks like.
If lesbians make you sad, read this one
OCTOLITH TAKEN
OCTOLITH TAKEN
OCTOLITH TAKEN
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
OCTOLITH TAKEN
OCTOLITH TAKEN
OCTOLITH TAKEN
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pluribus is an entire show about having a category five white woman moment
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
pluribus is an entire show about having a category five white woman moment
LLMs in coding are paradoxically the exact opposite of what they're hyped up to be
I asked one to solve a stupid pet peeve of mine yesterday - solving the issue of trying to run a windows process inside an existing wineprefix while using UMU (which uses containers)
I asked one to solve a stupid pet peeve of mine yesterday - solving the issue of trying to run a windows process inside an existing wineprefix while using UMU (which uses containers)
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
LLMs in coding are paradoxically the exact opposite of what they're hyped up to be
I asked one to solve a stupid pet peeve of mine yesterday - solving the issue of trying to run a windows process inside an existing wineprefix while using UMU (which uses containers)
I asked one to solve a stupid pet peeve of mine yesterday - solving the issue of trying to run a windows process inside an existing wineprefix while using UMU (which uses containers)
we're all so poisoned by ai slop i feel kinda bad for wanting to post about how cool inpainting and making loras is
December 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
we're all so poisoned by ai slop i feel kinda bad for wanting to post about how cool inpainting and making loras is
Framework has finally closed that topic about their double-sponsorship of a fascist. In post that spans an entire page, Framework CEO Nirav Patel mentions Omarchy or RubyCon, the two most discussed and questioned sponsorships, exactly zero times. Oh, what cowardice, what a wonderful red herring.
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Framework has finally closed that topic about their double-sponsorship of a fascist. In post that spans an entire page, Framework CEO Nirav Patel mentions Omarchy or RubyCon, the two most discussed and questioned sponsorships, exactly zero times. Oh, what cowardice, what a wonderful red herring.
the absolute state of the world
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
the absolute state of the world