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Ariane @arianeb.com · 22h

From Date Ariane 2. Ariane enjoying a soak in the hot tub. #3Dart #visualnovel This is what Date Ariane Remastered will become on it's 2.0 update early 2026.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · 6d

From Date Ariane 2. Eating at the Drive-N-Dine. Making a new version was a bit of building new sets for Daz Studio and converting old sets for Daz. The Daz rendered images look a lot better.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · 8d

"Whispers From The Star" is from what I can tell the first AI driven Visual Novel. Not written or illustrated by AI, but the main character is literally an AI chatbot. I watched several people play the game, here's my impression.
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The First “AI” Visual Novel shows the flaws in the concept

Being in the Visual Novel development community, quite a few have wondered if it would be possible to integrate AI into a visual novel game. Instead of choices to choose from, an AI engine would be…

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Ariane @arianeb.com · 14d

Date Ariane Remastered 2.0 update of the week (Yes that name is too long and redundant) #3dart #visualnovel

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Ariane @arianeb.com · 20d

This weeks update picture: Standing in a park.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · 28d

After announcing Date Ariane in DAZ Studio, thought I'd share a new pic each week until it releases.

Ariane in a bikini lifting a wine glass while sitting in front of a steak dinner.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Oct 4

I am updating my most popular game Date Ariane Remastered with new Daz Studio graphics. Here is the official announcement. #visualnovel
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Early Preview of Date Ariane Remastered 2.0 (aka Date Ariane 2) | dateariane

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Oct 3

Want the real truth about "Tilly Norwood"? She's just a variant of “default generic AI face” girl that come up whenever you prompt "Pretty woman" into Stable Diffusion.
Here's some AI generated realistic images, and three in other styles with exactly the same face.

Three different images made with Stable Diffusion using "pretty woman" in the prompt, and has been dubbed “default generic AI face” girl. The recently announced "AI Actress" Tilly Norwood, is obviously a variant of this.

Three different images made with Stable Diffusion using "pretty woman" in the prompt, this time with differing art styles, and has been dubbed “default generic AI face” girl. The recently announced "AI Actress" Tilly Norwood, is obviously a variant of this.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Sep 23

Autists, like myself, are sensitive to many things. Most of us are empathetic and anti-authoritarian and won't obey rules unless they're explained to us. Yes, we have weird stims, and weird interests, but neurotypicals are not superior in any way.

We already tried vaccines and Tylenol, and children still turn out neurotypical. Give us something that Works!

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Sep 16

Back to game pictures, been really busy making new pics.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Sep 8

MAGA demeans the Christian faith with impunity.

Ariane @arianeb.com · Sep 8

Quote of the day:

"There's a kind of beauty in AI making the ads that uBlock Origin blocks."

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Sep 8

An experiment with assets I haven't used yet.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Sep 1

After my Microsoft went viral, I decided to write a full blog post on the topic.
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The urge to stop supporting Microsoft and Google

Let’s face it. The Internet has become shit. Between AI slop, robots posting and robots responding to boost engagement, this is becoming evil incarnate. I can’t stop them but I can&#821…

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Sep 1

Picture of the Week. Ariane in a Restaurant.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 27

Contributors to Politics: We need more data and hate queers and taxes.

Voters: We need more money, healthcare, education, and housing.

Politicians: Let's force everyone to identify themselves online, and cut money for healthcare,education, and housing. Especially for the queers.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 27

Investors in AI: Let's spend whatever it takes to make an Artificial Einstein that can outsmart people and allow us to reduce payroll.

Customers in AI: We don't actually see much reason for AI, and peak LLM was GPT-4.

AI companies: Let's waste another $60 billion on an even bigger model.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 27

Investors in gaming: Make more Live Service games, and make them more realistic.

Customers in gaming: We like fun gaming loops with likeable characters and fun settings that we can play by ourselves or with a friend.

Gaming companies: Let's make another live service. 🧵

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 27

The failure of the gaming industry, the failure of AI, and the failure of politics all have the exact same cause.

The "people in charge" only listen to "investors" instead of their (potential) customers.

This is why capitalism is dying to technofeudalism.🧵

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 27

I have a steam deck. My own games work on steam deck, but because the help menus require the touch screen instead of the controllers, they can't be "certified".

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 27

If you want to "De-Google" > kagi.com
Yes it's a search engine you pay for ($5 a month) but the ability to emphasize some websites, and block others, and get answers you want immediately instead of buried in two pages of ads is worth the price.

Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine

Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 27

Mostly ease of porting and ease of use. Obsidian had a separate editor for notes and I didn't really like that. I still have Obsidian on my PC, I just use Joplin a lot more.

Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 27

I actually use Thunderbird. I have a Proton Mail account and paid a little extra for Bridge access which is an encryption decoder that runs on my PC, and serves as a localhost email server so I can use Thunderbird.

Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 26

A program I use for work has problems with Linux-WINE, so it's dual boot if I use Linux.

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Ariane @arianeb.com · Aug 26

I'm switching to LibreOffice.
I try to do everything in ODS files, but OpenOffice opens and saves to DOC and XLS as some people require it.
LibreOffice does too, so it seems the way to go.

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