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(He/Him) Guitar Hero/Rock Band old-head, 3DS Zelda Bard, Retired BotW Speedrunner, Astro Bot Enjoyer http://youtube.com/PuppetMasterIX | http://twitch.tv/puppetmaster9

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 8d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 18d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Puppet @puppetsrc.bsky.social · 22d

Excitebots: Trick Racing

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 23d

Happy September 21st to those who celebrate

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Puppet @puppetsrc.bsky.social · 24d

Watkins is so infamous that there's a running trend for GH/RB streamers playing this game (and GHWT) where they flat-out mute this song and replace the audio with something else, like a cover or just random audio samples.

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Puppet @puppetsrc.bsky.social · 26d

A roster to rival Smash...

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · Aug 30

Old Soviet joke for today:

A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.

After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”

“I’m looking for the obituaries.”

“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”

“Not the one I’m looking for.”

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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · Aug 7

🍒 Whoa, what's this?!

UFO 50 is available right now on #NintendoSwitch!

#UFO50 #IndieWorld

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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · Jul 25

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Puppet @puppetsrc.bsky.social · Jul 24

I feel seen.

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Yeet Kune Do @yeetkunedo.bsky.social · Jul 6

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be.

The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with.

The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization.

In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape.

You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · Jun 6

thank you capcom!!!!!

FBI Agent Ashcroft from Resident Evil: Requiem in front of her computer with the caption "RE: Your Last E-mail"

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Puppet @puppetsrc.bsky.social · Jun 5

I hope for your sanity that Turtle Bean is not one of those remaining stickers.

Puppet @puppetsrc.bsky.social · Jun 4

In my mind, Missile is the only correct answer.

Puppet @puppetsrc.bsky.social · Jun 3

Not technically the same, but I'm immediately reminded of how the Suicide Squad game starts with a lengthy user agreement and sign-in process on initial bootup.

Like... WB, you're already fighting an uphill battle winning people over with the game. Why have THAT be the first thing players see?

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localthunk @localthunk.com · Jun 3

The honest reason I don't have microtransactions/season pass/ads/100 DLCs/etc in Balatro isn't just about the ethics of those practices but because when I play other games that have those things it makes me want to put my computer in the dishwasher and set it to pots & pans