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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist

@bionicdance.bsky.social

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3D animator, sci-fi nut, lesbian, autistic, and compulsive punster. (As an AuDHD visual artist whose thoughts are at least half images, asking me to use alt-text is like asking me to breathe cotton candy; I don't have the spoons.)

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 24d

If you love science fiction at all, you'll love "Quinn Redshift", the animated space opera adventure by yours truly, on YouTube.

It'll only cost you time to watch it, and will pay out in joy far beyond the minutes spent. What are you waiting for?

BIONICDANCE PRESENTS - Quinn Redshift

YouTube video by BionicDance

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 4h

I'm mostly not, but the occasional presents is nice.

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 5h

If I had my way, Giftmas wouldn't be advertised until Black Friday.

In the US at least.

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 7h

Kinda strange for the "facts don't care about your feelings crowd", innit.

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 8h

I'm still learning the new skills required.

"Quinn" took me five years to finish. I'm just sayin'.

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 8h

Hate to say, but I think some of 'em were always like that.

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 12h

Right-wingers have started refusing to debate me if I don't "use my own words" instead of the encyclopedia definitions of complicated concepts.

It's almost like #MAGA is the uneducated that #Trump loves so much.

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

This is about all of you pronouncing "GIF" incorrectly. 😜

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 1d

#antifa

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

I just have to keep reminding myself that I'm making more than zero progress every day.

It's how I finished "Quinn Redshift"; I'll finish this project, too, dammit.

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BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

Well, I've had too many times where the solution was for a deprecated version and no longer applied, or someone skipped a step when describing where something is in the UI and so I'm looking for something that's actually buried inside a nested menu, etc, etc...

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

You're only proving my point.

Attitudes like yours are why I DON'T go to forums.
Why I DON'T want to ask other humans for help.

ChatGPT doesn't give me shit like you just did.
So, THANK YOU for proving my point.

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

And I'm left waiting for them to reply....not working.

And maybe their reply leaves out a few necessary details because they make assumptions about my level of expertise or my folder setup or whatever.

So I have to ask questions. Which means more waiting.
It's inefficient at best.

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8sO...

"They tell me that I am a pretty good listener." Dolly Parton

YouTube video by Christian.Hofer.5020

www.youtube.com

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

Spoken like someone who dismissed it outright without actually using it.

Learning machines do far more than that, and I AM making progress solely by learning Unreal Engine through ChatGPT.

Why ya bein' a complete ass about it?

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

That's why we need solar, wind, and hydro power. Clean energy.

And maybe fewer prank videos and deepfakes.

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not asking it for deep philosophy or academic facts. I'm asking it to help me learn to do something.

This is, "Wait, which format do my texture maps need to be in again?" kinda stuff, here.
"How do do this thing I need to do to the UI?"

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not body-shaming #Trump.

I'm eyesight-shaming #MAGA.

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

Slurp my butt, you piece of crap.

I'm trying to learn a new skill, and you're gonna be a dick-cheese about the METHOD?
It's not about THINKING; there is knowledge I do not have which I am pursuing. What do YOU have against learning?

Nah, don't bother. MUTED.

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

And what if I have questions? What if the book phrases something in a way I don't understand, that I don't relate to?

Being able to interact with AI and get answers to questions that are specific to my situation is like a breath of fresh air, frankly.

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

People are certainly using it in...less than laudable ways, I'll certainly agree to that.

I'm just worried about baby-with-the-bathwater situations.

BionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 2d

I'm just worried someone is gonna try to take it away from me before I've learned enough to not need it anymore.

Cuz for some people, it's hard for them to hear how AI can be useful over the sound of their knees jerking.