SweetJackal
@sweetjackal.bsky.social
A highly political Jackal that regularly commits the worst offense a Canadian can- refusing to apologize over spilt milk. Sometimes streams games. 18+
So the use of AI in Arc Raiders is closer to using machine learning to solve Chess, or have the TF2 Soldier beat Rocketjump Maps than making anything more artistic
While the AI is generating the art of how the bones of those characters move, that is restricted by that 3d Model's artist.
While the AI is generating the art of how the bones of those characters move, that is restricted by that 3d Model's artist.
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
So the use of AI in Arc Raiders is closer to using machine learning to solve Chess, or have the TF2 Soldier beat Rocketjump Maps than making anything more artistic
While the AI is generating the art of how the bones of those characters move, that is restricted by that 3d Model's artist.
While the AI is generating the art of how the bones of those characters move, that is restricted by that 3d Model's artist.
To hopefully clear it up a bit, my understanding is that AI was used for the movement and animations of the robotic enemies. That is, not generative AI but an active ML being given a body to control and a task, then iterating generations. That then makes a lightweight non-learning model to be used
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
To hopefully clear it up a bit, my understanding is that AI was used for the movement and animations of the robotic enemies. That is, not generative AI but an active ML being given a body to control and a task, then iterating generations. That then makes a lightweight non-learning model to be used
You know what, if they want biblical accuracy they can just ask me politely to and I will. I will unravel my wheels within wheels, my endless eyes, and my flaming visage to them for their trouble.
We normally keep that masked up for their comfort but hey, if they want us to let it fly then why not?
We normally keep that masked up for their comfort but hey, if they want us to let it fly then why not?
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
You know what, if they want biblical accuracy they can just ask me politely to and I will. I will unravel my wheels within wheels, my endless eyes, and my flaming visage to them for their trouble.
We normally keep that masked up for their comfort but hey, if they want us to let it fly then why not?
We normally keep that masked up for their comfort but hey, if they want us to let it fly then why not?
I don't even make things and I am drowning in ideas of things to make.
Maybe I should make things.
Maybe I should make things.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I don't even make things and I am drowning in ideas of things to make.
Maybe I should make things.
Maybe I should make things.
A simple law that says that registered payment processors must charge the same fees to all their merchant accounts and do not have the power to declare a merchant as selling illegal goods.
Mastercard shouldn't be allowed to declare what art is and is not legal. Legality is the realm of government.
Mastercard shouldn't be allowed to declare what art is and is not legal. Legality is the realm of government.
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A simple law that says that registered payment processors must charge the same fees to all their merchant accounts and do not have the power to declare a merchant as selling illegal goods.
Mastercard shouldn't be allowed to declare what art is and is not legal. Legality is the realm of government.
Mastercard shouldn't be allowed to declare what art is and is not legal. Legality is the realm of government.
And exactly the opposite. The goal when targeting elected officials is to get legislation that gets payment processor companies removed as the arbiter of what is legal and illegal to sell.
Regulation requiring payment processors to treat all storefronts equally is one avenue for victory.
Regulation requiring payment processors to treat all storefronts equally is one avenue for victory.
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
And exactly the opposite. The goal when targeting elected officials is to get legislation that gets payment processor companies removed as the arbiter of what is legal and illegal to sell.
Regulation requiring payment processors to treat all storefronts equally is one avenue for victory.
Regulation requiring payment processors to treat all storefronts equally is one avenue for victory.
A Crown Corporation or Nationalized Service would be akin to the USPS for the US's example.
General separation from the rest of the government and merely used as a vector for the service. USPS has no idea what is in the box, only that a box went between two addresses. But for banks and stores.
General separation from the rest of the government and merely used as a vector for the service. USPS has no idea what is in the box, only that a box went between two addresses. But for banks and stores.
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A Crown Corporation or Nationalized Service would be akin to the USPS for the US's example.
General separation from the rest of the government and merely used as a vector for the service. USPS has no idea what is in the box, only that a box went between two addresses. But for banks and stores.
General separation from the rest of the government and merely used as a vector for the service. USPS has no idea what is in the box, only that a box went between two addresses. But for banks and stores.
The only acceptable alternative would be a nationalized payment processor to be a public option to undercut the ability for payment processors to control the market.
Lacking that? Pressure the pay-pros. Pressure your electeds. Demand change.
Lacking that? Pressure the pay-pros. Pressure your electeds. Demand change.
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The only acceptable alternative would be a nationalized payment processor to be a public option to undercut the ability for payment processors to control the market.
Lacking that? Pressure the pay-pros. Pressure your electeds. Demand change.
Lacking that? Pressure the pay-pros. Pressure your electeds. Demand change.
At what point in the normal structure do you unclip your keys?
Because I may or may not have at least once put my phone in the fridge because it was in my hand as I was grabbing the milk.
Your keys are likely not in the spot they are supposed to be but in the spot of something else for Go Mode.
Because I may or may not have at least once put my phone in the fridge because it was in my hand as I was grabbing the milk.
Your keys are likely not in the spot they are supposed to be but in the spot of something else for Go Mode.
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
At what point in the normal structure do you unclip your keys?
Because I may or may not have at least once put my phone in the fridge because it was in my hand as I was grabbing the milk.
Your keys are likely not in the spot they are supposed to be but in the spot of something else for Go Mode.
Because I may or may not have at least once put my phone in the fridge because it was in my hand as I was grabbing the milk.
Your keys are likely not in the spot they are supposed to be but in the spot of something else for Go Mode.
Yellow paint feels less artificial and more natural in grunge urban sprawls that do make use of other colors beyond greys and browns. Art direction can mask the obviousness of the trope here.
But in wild open world games, actual yellow paint (which I have seen done) is jarring.
But in wild open world games, actual yellow paint (which I have seen done) is jarring.
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yellow paint feels less artificial and more natural in grunge urban sprawls that do make use of other colors beyond greys and browns. Art direction can mask the obviousness of the trope here.
But in wild open world games, actual yellow paint (which I have seen done) is jarring.
But in wild open world games, actual yellow paint (which I have seen done) is jarring.
On one hand we have games like Portal 2 that are using very subtle pattern cues as guidance for the player as to how to solve puzzles or the next step forward.
Flip side we have early Assassin Creed games ensuring that decoration is objects and not environment, so you know the distinction.
Flip side we have early Assassin Creed games ensuring that decoration is objects and not environment, so you know the distinction.
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
On one hand we have games like Portal 2 that are using very subtle pattern cues as guidance for the player as to how to solve puzzles or the next step forward.
Flip side we have early Assassin Creed games ensuring that decoration is objects and not environment, so you know the distinction.
Flip side we have early Assassin Creed games ensuring that decoration is objects and not environment, so you know the distinction.
You're right on in that assessment, but while yellow paint is an answer it isn't -the- answer.
This is a problem that I believe was rising up in 2.5D platformers before we reached this level of fidelity causing this problem. And it's solved by art direction.
This is a problem that I believe was rising up in 2.5D platformers before we reached this level of fidelity causing this problem. And it's solved by art direction.
October 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You're right on in that assessment, but while yellow paint is an answer it isn't -the- answer.
This is a problem that I believe was rising up in 2.5D platformers before we reached this level of fidelity causing this problem. And it's solved by art direction.
This is a problem that I believe was rising up in 2.5D platformers before we reached this level of fidelity causing this problem. And it's solved by art direction.
But that has been my view for a long time. A populace doesn't become more conservative with age. We know the exact opposite to be true, that as one ages they become more entrenched in their beliefs and views.
It's that collaborators to power are lower on the list of targets for that power.
It's that collaborators to power are lower on the list of targets for that power.
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
But that has been my view for a long time. A populace doesn't become more conservative with age. We know the exact opposite to be true, that as one ages they become more entrenched in their beliefs and views.
It's that collaborators to power are lower on the list of targets for that power.
It's that collaborators to power are lower on the list of targets for that power.
I just also want to point out, it isn't just wealth.
If you are not conservative you are likely to engage in progressive rights movements, which give a higher likelihood of being targeted by the state, discriminated against by employers, or otherwise denied in ways leading to an earlier death.
If you are not conservative you are likely to engage in progressive rights movements, which give a higher likelihood of being targeted by the state, discriminated against by employers, or otherwise denied in ways leading to an earlier death.
October 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I just also want to point out, it isn't just wealth.
If you are not conservative you are likely to engage in progressive rights movements, which give a higher likelihood of being targeted by the state, discriminated against by employers, or otherwise denied in ways leading to an earlier death.
If you are not conservative you are likely to engage in progressive rights movements, which give a higher likelihood of being targeted by the state, discriminated against by employers, or otherwise denied in ways leading to an earlier death.
So, which method of immortality did you end up finding? Asking for a friend.
You are simply stunning, plenty of love for this horse girl right here.
You are simply stunning, plenty of love for this horse girl right here.
September 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So, which method of immortality did you end up finding? Asking for a friend.
You are simply stunning, plenty of love for this horse girl right here.
You are simply stunning, plenty of love for this horse girl right here.
You still got the August Form pinned at the top of your account ~<3
September 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You still got the August Form pinned at the top of your account ~<3
Just gonna say, found you through the discussion over your cute "I consent" stickers.
Staying because your content just HITS. Thank you for all your hard work.
Staying because your content just HITS. Thank you for all your hard work.
September 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just gonna say, found you through the discussion over your cute "I consent" stickers.
Staying because your content just HITS. Thank you for all your hard work.
Staying because your content just HITS. Thank you for all your hard work.
No worries, we already have the Save Icon being that of a 3.5" floppy disk when we have people that will literally never see one in real live.
The "Call" button on most phones is that of a corded receiver, again something that has vanished from consumer spaces and rapidly is vanishing from business
The "Call" button on most phones is that of a corded receiver, again something that has vanished from consumer spaces and rapidly is vanishing from business
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
No worries, we already have the Save Icon being that of a 3.5" floppy disk when we have people that will literally never see one in real live.
The "Call" button on most phones is that of a corded receiver, again something that has vanished from consumer spaces and rapidly is vanishing from business
The "Call" button on most phones is that of a corded receiver, again something that has vanished from consumer spaces and rapidly is vanishing from business
Our requirements for the bare minimum have grown, yes. That is good, yes. I am not talking about that.
I am talking about how the Extreme Poverty metric fails to account for the changes in requirement to access the things someone needs to just "Not Die" in the wealthier nations.
Basic survival.
I am talking about how the Extreme Poverty metric fails to account for the changes in requirement to access the things someone needs to just "Not Die" in the wealthier nations.
Basic survival.
September 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Our requirements for the bare minimum have grown, yes. That is good, yes. I am not talking about that.
I am talking about how the Extreme Poverty metric fails to account for the changes in requirement to access the things someone needs to just "Not Die" in the wealthier nations.
Basic survival.
I am talking about how the Extreme Poverty metric fails to account for the changes in requirement to access the things someone needs to just "Not Die" in the wealthier nations.
Basic survival.
Basic human needs to literally not die- food, water, and shelter- haven't changed. What is needed to access those things has. The metric of Extreme Poverty has failed to adapt to the changes in requirements of access
A USA citizen can die from exposure to WBT of 96°F but be out of extreme poverty
A USA citizen can die from exposure to WBT of 96°F but be out of extreme poverty
September 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Basic human needs to literally not die- food, water, and shelter- haven't changed. What is needed to access those things has. The metric of Extreme Poverty has failed to adapt to the changes in requirements of access
A USA citizen can die from exposure to WBT of 96°F but be out of extreme poverty
A USA citizen can die from exposure to WBT of 96°F but be out of extreme poverty
Our notions of poverty have changed because the living conditions of global society has changed as a whole, which is a good thing.
But the basic measures of access to the basic needs of life and survival of individuals hasn't changed, and the metrics we used have failed to adapt to our changes.
But the basic measures of access to the basic needs of life and survival of individuals hasn't changed, and the metrics we used have failed to adapt to our changes.
September 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our notions of poverty have changed because the living conditions of global society has changed as a whole, which is a good thing.
But the basic measures of access to the basic needs of life and survival of individuals hasn't changed, and the metrics we used have failed to adapt to our changes.
But the basic measures of access to the basic needs of life and survival of individuals hasn't changed, and the metrics we used have failed to adapt to our changes.