Shaw Berrington III
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Back in the day filmmakers would lit the set with blue light and you'd know it's a night scene. Now they use a light that happen to be on on another set and if you're not watching the movie/show in a sensory isolation chamber you can't see shit.
Pic is a room at night on full brightness
Pic is a room at night on full brightness
August 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Back in the day filmmakers would lit the set with blue light and you'd know it's a night scene. Now they use a light that happen to be on on another set and if you're not watching the movie/show in a sensory isolation chamber you can't see shit.
Pic is a room at night on full brightness
Pic is a room at night on full brightness
Torn about Silo season 2. I don't mind some changes and additions - Walk, Sims, Kyle's role, but some are so unnecessary and introduce complications down the line. Some are also just bad storytelling (Audrey, the scene from our times from the Shift and expo dump). Idk. Books did it well already.
August 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Torn about Silo season 2. I don't mind some changes and additions - Walk, Sims, Kyle's role, but some are so unnecessary and introduce complications down the line. Some are also just bad storytelling (Audrey, the scene from our times from the Shift and expo dump). Idk. Books did it well already.
The UK and now EU pushing plans to suppress privacy is terrible. The excuse is always to protecting the children or you from the big bad. If you'd think it'd be insane for the government to listen to your private face to face conversations, the internet isn't any different, just easier to implement
August 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The UK and now EU pushing plans to suppress privacy is terrible. The excuse is always to protecting the children or you from the big bad. If you'd think it'd be insane for the government to listen to your private face to face conversations, the internet isn't any different, just easier to implement
The quintessence of AI generated goods and services. Good on you for using your own product, I guess, but you are aware that scissors don't work this way? Doesn't scream confidence in the quality of your possibly vibe-coded product with vibe-generated marketing that no human checked before posting.
July 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The quintessence of AI generated goods and services. Good on you for using your own product, I guess, but you are aware that scissors don't work this way? Doesn't scream confidence in the quality of your possibly vibe-coded product with vibe-generated marketing that no human checked before posting.
Seems that the UK government went with "prior art" defense in case of future attempt of getting a patent for "the dumbest law". The extension of already intrusive Online "Safety" Act to cover vague phases, giving the government power to censor media and even Wikipedia is mind-blowing horrible.
July 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Seems that the UK government went with "prior art" defense in case of future attempt of getting a patent for "the dumbest law". The extension of already intrusive Online "Safety" Act to cover vague phases, giving the government power to censor media and even Wikipedia is mind-blowing horrible.
@ec.europa.eu it's baffling that payment processors aren't covered properly in Digital Markets Act. As a result an Australian and US groups lobby Visa, Mastercard and PayPal to pressure platforms like Steam, itch.io (and others in the past) to censor their content.
July 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@ec.europa.eu it's baffling that payment processors aren't covered properly in Digital Markets Act. As a result an Australian and US groups lobby Visa, Mastercard and PayPal to pressure platforms like Steam, itch.io (and others in the past) to censor their content.
Collective Shout is still going. After finishing (for now, I'm sure) with Steam, they went after itch.io - shadowbanning games and books with nsfw, adult, and similar tags from search, banning creators, making purchases unavailable to users.
Maybe payment processors should be regulated?
Maybe payment processors should be regulated?
July 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Collective Shout is still going. After finishing (for now, I'm sure) with Steam, they went after itch.io - shadowbanning games and books with nsfw, adult, and similar tags from search, banning creators, making purchases unavailable to users.
Maybe payment processors should be regulated?
Maybe payment processors should be regulated?
#diy question - you're making things from wood/multiple elements - glue or screws? I'll always heavily gravitate towards screws cause of repariability/serviceablity, but I feel that in general people go for glue.
July 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#diy question - you're making things from wood/multiple elements - glue or screws? I'll always heavily gravitate towards screws cause of repariability/serviceablity, but I feel that in general people go for glue.
Turns out Collective Shout is behind recent mass delisting of Steam games.
If you were uncomfortable with nude games - I understand, but the same group wanted to remove Detroit: Become Human for "child abuse" and "violence against women". Imagine that story without Kara and Alice storyline.
If you were uncomfortable with nude games - I understand, but the same group wanted to remove Detroit: Become Human for "child abuse" and "violence against women". Imagine that story without Kara and Alice storyline.
July 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Turns out Collective Shout is behind recent mass delisting of Steam games.
If you were uncomfortable with nude games - I understand, but the same group wanted to remove Detroit: Become Human for "child abuse" and "violence against women". Imagine that story without Kara and Alice storyline.
If you were uncomfortable with nude games - I understand, but the same group wanted to remove Detroit: Become Human for "child abuse" and "violence against women". Imagine that story without Kara and Alice storyline.
Another #gamedev design topic. If you're showing this screen, you're 90% there but missing the most crucial information - what progress. I don't know when you saved the game - you know that, so tell me. Use relative time - like "5 minutes ago", not 21:33 cause I don't see the clock on the pc.
July 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Another #gamedev design topic. If you're showing this screen, you're 90% there but missing the most crucial information - what progress. I don't know when you saved the game - you know that, so tell me. Use relative time - like "5 minutes ago", not 21:33 cause I don't see the clock on the pc.
Come on government, give him a few billion, how else can he survive? He's already working multiple jobs just to make ends meet!
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Come on government, give him a few billion, how else can he survive? He's already working multiple jobs just to make ends meet!
Apple is going wild with the 26 update. I get the aesthetic, but really?
1. You put thought and effort into your icon and identity? Nah, we'll gonna recolor it to gray for some reason
2. We'll also add some weird edge detection and outline effect so it looks like your icon is from burry iPhone 3G
1. You put thought and effort into your icon and identity? Nah, we'll gonna recolor it to gray for some reason
2. We'll also add some weird edge detection and outline effect so it looks like your icon is from burry iPhone 3G
July 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Apple is going wild with the 26 update. I get the aesthetic, but really?
1. You put thought and effort into your icon and identity? Nah, we'll gonna recolor it to gray for some reason
2. We'll also add some weird edge detection and outline effect so it looks like your icon is from burry iPhone 3G
1. You put thought and effort into your icon and identity? Nah, we'll gonna recolor it to gray for some reason
2. We'll also add some weird edge detection and outline effect so it looks like your icon is from burry iPhone 3G
#ProtectEU is anything but.
Hindering encryption so that law enforcement can decrypt it won't work. It's like asking people not to lock their houses (or have a master key to all locks), in case the police wants to come in. That already is proposterous. Criminals will have and use that key as well
Hindering encryption so that law enforcement can decrypt it won't work. It's like asking people not to lock their houses (or have a master key to all locks), in case the police wants to come in. That already is proposterous. Criminals will have and use that key as well
July 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#ProtectEU is anything but.
Hindering encryption so that law enforcement can decrypt it won't work. It's like asking people not to lock their houses (or have a master key to all locks), in case the police wants to come in. That already is proposterous. Criminals will have and use that key as well
Hindering encryption so that law enforcement can decrypt it won't work. It's like asking people not to lock their houses (or have a master key to all locks), in case the police wants to come in. That already is proposterous. Criminals will have and use that key as well
Stop Killing Games is a good initiative, but I doubt it'll succeed. You're asking a bunch of mental boomers to decide and regulate a tricky technical problem around an activity that most of them don't understand and sees as stupid kids stuff.
July 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Stop Killing Games is a good initiative, but I doubt it'll succeed. You're asking a bunch of mental boomers to decide and regulate a tricky technical problem around an activity that most of them don't understand and sees as stupid kids stuff.
An interesting legal problem arises in Poland. The president wrote a book and from few quotes it looks more like a funfic (of himself).
Now - we also have a law (art 135 §2 of the penal code) that roughly says "who insults the president is subject for improvement for up to 3 years".
Now - we also have a law (art 135 §2 of the penal code) that roughly says "who insults the president is subject for improvement for up to 3 years".
June 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
An interesting legal problem arises in Poland. The president wrote a book and from few quotes it looks more like a funfic (of himself).
Now - we also have a law (art 135 §2 of the penal code) that roughly says "who insults the president is subject for improvement for up to 3 years".
Now - we also have a law (art 135 §2 of the penal code) that roughly says "who insults the president is subject for improvement for up to 3 years".
There's really no good reason for your website to have a two stage login, asking for the email/username first and then the password. And it's annoying to the users. Stop.
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June 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
There's really no good reason for your website to have a two stage login, asking for the email/username first and then the password. And it's annoying to the users. Stop.
I finished streaming Killer Frequency and liked it. I was looking for something similar. Firewatch was high on the list and I looked at "More like this" and I'm not sure Steam is utilizing their game database the best way possible.
Are 20-40+ RPGs really similar to a 4h story game #Steam?
Are 20-40+ RPGs really similar to a 4h story game #Steam?
June 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I finished streaming Killer Frequency and liked it. I was looking for something similar. Firewatch was high on the list and I looked at "More like this" and I'm not sure Steam is utilizing their game database the best way possible.
Are 20-40+ RPGs really similar to a 4h story game #Steam?
Are 20-40+ RPGs really similar to a 4h story game #Steam?
"Love" to read tech people arguing their preferences as objective truths. The fact you can do it your way doesn't make it "the way". Especially when your argument doesn't hold when used in a different example.
This micro-rant is sponsored by the lack of ternary operator in Rust.
This micro-rant is sponsored by the lack of ternary operator in Rust.
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Love" to read tech people arguing their preferences as objective truths. The fact you can do it your way doesn't make it "the way". Especially when your argument doesn't hold when used in a different example.
This micro-rant is sponsored by the lack of ternary operator in Rust.
This micro-rant is sponsored by the lack of ternary operator in Rust.
I was reminiscing about <table>s, invisible gifs and mysql_connects with a LLM. And on one hand - fuck you, you weren't there, with us in the trenches of early net. On the other hand - my anti-social ass loved talking and remembering building 700 CMSes one after another. So much simpler back then
May 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I was reminiscing about <table>s, invisible gifs and mysql_connects with a LLM. And on one hand - fuck you, you weren't there, with us in the trenches of early net. On the other hand - my anti-social ass loved talking and remembering building 700 CMSes one after another. So much simpler back then
Dear #apple. I know if I want to install the update and when. Showing the damn install popup even with Remind later every 3 times I use my phone is fucking annoying. Steve would throw the phone in the face of a person who came up with it. And rightfully so.
May 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Dear #apple. I know if I want to install the update and when. Showing the damn install popup even with Remind later every 3 times I use my phone is fucking annoying. Steve would throw the phone in the face of a person who came up with it. And rightfully so.
Dear #gamedevs - you know how (some of) you put that "Adjust brightness" screen at the start of the game?
Do that but for sound, before you play any, and use that volume for your intros as well.
- Sincerely, everyone with ears 💜
Do that but for sound, before you play any, and use that volume for your intros as well.
- Sincerely, everyone with ears 💜
May 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Dear #gamedevs - you know how (some of) you put that "Adjust brightness" screen at the start of the game?
Do that but for sound, before you play any, and use that volume for your intros as well.
- Sincerely, everyone with ears 💜
Do that but for sound, before you play any, and use that volume for your intros as well.
- Sincerely, everyone with ears 💜
Just realized that Mr Bean in Poland has a first name (Jaś, which is like a cute version of Jan, which is related to the name John). He doesn't have one in the series but for some reason they gave him one in the translation. Ok, back to sleep now #wokeupthinking
February 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Just realized that Mr Bean in Poland has a first name (Jaś, which is like a cute version of Jan, which is related to the name John). He doesn't have one in the series but for some reason they gave him one in the translation. Ok, back to sleep now #wokeupthinking
Reposted by Shaw Berrington III
Reposted by Shaw Berrington III
Adobe Photoshop 5.5
January 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Adobe Photoshop 5.5