Maple
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Uni Student learning to program stuff
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Uni Student learning to program stuff
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The duality of man
December 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The duality of man
Mini Duffy [left] has a sister now
December 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Mini Duffy [left] has a sister now
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
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'undercover cop admits to raping woman over 5 year period'
reminder: trans ppl can be tried for a sex crime if we kiss someone without telling them first that we're trans.
reminder: trans ppl can be tried for a sex crime if we kiss someone without telling them first that we're trans.
Undercover officer admits deceiving woman into five-year relationship
Undercover officer admits deceiving woman into five-year relationship
Mark Jenner strung along activist who wanted to have children with him in an ‘extremely cruel’ way to infiltrate leftwing circles, Spycops inquiry told
An undercover officer has admitted he “callously and cruelly” deceived a woman into a five-year relationship while infiltrating leftwing campaigns, the spycops inquiry has heard.
Mark Jenner and the leftwing activist, known as Alison, lived as a couple, but he never told her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on anti-racist activists. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
'undercover cop admits to raping woman over 5 year period'
reminder: trans ppl can be tried for a sex crime if we kiss someone without telling them first that we're trans.
reminder: trans ppl can be tried for a sex crime if we kiss someone without telling them first that we're trans.
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so let me get this right, theres no speed up, they use it like photos, just worse photos than real ones, it allows "more experimentation" with no care if its quality experimentation or just playing with mud
why exactly are you using it then, seems like lose lose lose situation.............oh money
why exactly are you using it then, seems like lose lose lose situation.............oh money
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
so let me get this right, theres no speed up, they use it like photos, just worse photos than real ones, it allows "more experimentation" with no care if its quality experimentation or just playing with mud
why exactly are you using it then, seems like lose lose lose situation.............oh money
why exactly are you using it then, seems like lose lose lose situation.............oh money
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"oh but it's fun with friends!" cool, the game sucks. your friends are pretty great, though, that's why you were confused. please just go play modded R.E.P.O or Peak or something with substance.
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"oh but it's fun with friends!" cool, the game sucks. your friends are pretty great, though, that's why you were confused. please just go play modded R.E.P.O or Peak or something with substance.
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consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
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People using shitty AI-generated art for their placeholders, meanwhile this has been our APC for quite a while now.
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
People using shitty AI-generated art for their placeholders, meanwhile this has been our APC for quite a while now.
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America, you've spoken loud and clear: you do not like being stabbed in the dick with an ice pick. But what if stabbing yourself in the dick with an ice pick is the only way to fight, idk, climate change or whatever?
December 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
America, you've spoken loud and clear: you do not like being stabbed in the dick with an ice pick. But what if stabbing yourself in the dick with an ice pick is the only way to fight, idk, climate change or whatever?
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They made me do 12 interviews. Then they rejected me based on my resume.
December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
They made me do 12 interviews. Then they rejected me based on my resume.
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Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
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Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
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Lots of focus on the placeholder text but this bit that didn't get elaborated on is WAY MORE CONCERNING to me. Creating assets from AI gen concepts will rot a game's art direction from the inside out
December 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Lots of focus on the placeholder text but this bit that didn't get elaborated on is WAY MORE CONCERNING to me. Creating assets from AI gen concepts will rot a game's art direction from the inside out
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I call 100% chance of: "Oops, we ~accidentally~ left in some genAI work. It was just placeholder stuff we *swear*"
December 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I call 100% chance of: "Oops, we ~accidentally~ left in some genAI work. It was just placeholder stuff we *swear*"
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Jet fuel can't melt steel breems
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Jet fuel can't melt steel breems
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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Netease just went straight to my folio to copy/paste elements of my personal work to create their official concept art for their Wakanda map.
I tried to get answers for a while but no replies from them so here we are.
You can check one of them Dm'ing me on X.
I tried to get answers for a while but no replies from them so here we are.
You can check one of them Dm'ing me on X.
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Netease just went straight to my folio to copy/paste elements of my personal work to create their official concept art for their Wakanda map.
I tried to get answers for a while but no replies from them so here we are.
You can check one of them Dm'ing me on X.
I tried to get answers for a while but no replies from them so here we are.
You can check one of them Dm'ing me on X.
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this random shakespeare appearance might beat my previous favorite, "yo mama joke"
October 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
this random shakespeare appearance might beat my previous favorite, "yo mama joke"
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there's no contradiction between "hating trans people" and "wanting to fuck trans people". have you guys heard what men think of women
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
there's no contradiction between "hating trans people" and "wanting to fuck trans people". have you guys heard what men think of women
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I hope they nuke this demonic horseshit from orbit
I spoke to a tech activist attorney representing the parents of a teen who died by suicide, allegedly after receiving instructions on hanging himself from ChatGPT, in the first wrongful death suit against OpenAI. She believes we’re seeing a shift in public opinion on AI and can expect more suits.
ChatGPT Lawsuit Over Teen's Suicide Could Lead to Big Tech Reckoning
First wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT advised a 16-year-old on how to hang himself, and may trigger more complaints.
www.rollingstone.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I hope they nuke this demonic horseshit from orbit
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Authors, you have a JOB
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Authors, you have a JOB