Z
@murdertwink.bsky.social
Unreal Game dev by vocation, Godot game dev by volition, UI/UX designer, Murder-twink enthusiast.
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our household has converted to the kagi search engine & i'm impressed by its FEATURES (did you know that your search engine could do what YOU want it to do??) for instance: the community-driven "stopslop" where people downrank results that are full of AI slop.
help.kagi.com/kagi/feature...
help.kagi.com/kagi/feature...
SlopStop | Kagi's Docs
Kagi Search Help
help.kagi.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
our household has converted to the kagi search engine & i'm impressed by its FEATURES (did you know that your search engine could do what YOU want it to do??) for instance: the community-driven "stopslop" where people downrank results that are full of AI slop.
help.kagi.com/kagi/feature...
help.kagi.com/kagi/feature...
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Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.
Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.
You support murder.
You support murder.
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.
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1973 Sony High Fidelity Headphone DR-11
January 10, 2026 at 3:02 AM
1973 Sony High Fidelity Headphone DR-11
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if they get qud working in vertical mode it will be the best mobile game ever made
anyway, it'll look much better than this, of course, but it's a start with the technical framing for unique mobile layouts per screen.
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
if they get qud working in vertical mode it will be the best mobile game ever made
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I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
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Attention Bluesky elders: The artist behind the ANIMORPHS covers is here!
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Attention Bluesky elders: The artist behind the ANIMORPHS covers is here!
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GPT3, which is to say OpenAI's mode two generations back which was barely good enough to generate text that didn't instantly clock as nonsense, was trained on *billions* of words.
This is like saying you're going to build your own aircraft carrier in your backyard.
This is like saying you're going to build your own aircraft carrier in your backyard.
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
GPT3, which is to say OpenAI's mode two generations back which was barely good enough to generate text that didn't instantly clock as nonsense, was trained on *billions* of words.
This is like saying you're going to build your own aircraft carrier in your backyard.
This is like saying you're going to build your own aircraft carrier in your backyard.
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People keep insisting you can do this and you can't. If you train a model on only, say, a couple million words (which is basically the sum total of writing in Larian's games) you would not get output that is anywhere near coherent enough.
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
People keep insisting you can do this and you can't. If you train a model on only, say, a couple million words (which is basically the sum total of writing in Larian's games) you would not get output that is anywhere near coherent enough.
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
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Anthropomorphizing language conceals the limitations of AI, promoting misplaced trust. @emilymbender.bsky.social & @nannainie.bsky.social suggest focusing on a system’s functionalities: instead of saying a model is “good at” something, say what it is “good for." www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-t...
We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI' | TechPolicy.Press
We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.
www.techpolicy.press
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Anthropomorphizing language conceals the limitations of AI, promoting misplaced trust. @emilymbender.bsky.social & @nannainie.bsky.social suggest focusing on a system’s functionalities: instead of saying a model is “good at” something, say what it is “good for." www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-t...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
the single line that has saved me the most hassle in my life is "lefty loosey righty tighty"
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
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i have frankenstein goes to work stuck in my head
January 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
i have frankenstein goes to work stuck in my head
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we all gotta get off the computer, man.
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
we all gotta get off the computer, man.
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Satya Nadella even *acknowledging* the word “slop” feels like another mile marker for genAI’s downward trajectory.
Complaining about people using it only makes the word stronger.
Complaining about people using it only makes the word stronger.
January 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Satya Nadella even *acknowledging* the word “slop” feels like another mile marker for genAI’s downward trajectory.
Complaining about people using it only makes the word stronger.
Complaining about people using it only makes the word stronger.
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people are saying "it's the year of linux on desktop" who have never ever said that before
RIP Microsoft Office, 1990-2026, apparently killed by the "Copilot" brand assuming www.office.com is accurate
Truly, the ways and wiles of Microsoft's branding team are beyond human comprehension
Truly, the ways and wiles of Microsoft's branding team are beyond human comprehension
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
people are saying "it's the year of linux on desktop" who have never ever said that before
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why did i look up how to make mods for silksong i shouldn't have been given this power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6lB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6lB...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
why did i look up how to make mods for silksong i shouldn't have been given this power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6lB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6lB...
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1969 Panasonic RF-60
January 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
1969 Panasonic RF-60
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it really is wild that elon and co managed to turn a *child sexual abuse material* story into something of a win — all because of an embarrassingly credulous press
The whole "Grok admits" "Grok apologizes" thing reminds me of the famous IBM presentation quote that evidently everyone has forgotten. And I do think representing your brand on social media counts as a "management decision".
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
it really is wild that elon and co managed to turn a *child sexual abuse material* story into something of a win — all because of an embarrassingly credulous press
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The most beautiful Magical Witches (rare virtual pet device by Bandai) that I have ever seen!!
It's saved me stripped screws, I'm sure. The Devilgotchi ones were rough when I first got the device.
And yes! My Witches are my pride and joy! They don't look very classic anymore because I customized them, but it makes me love them all the more!
And yes! My Witches are my pride and joy! They don't look very classic anymore because I customized them, but it makes me love them all the more!
January 2, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The most beautiful Magical Witches (rare virtual pet device by Bandai) that I have ever seen!!
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Though sad and uncomfortable, winter - and death - are often necessary to prevent game worlds from feeling stagnant.
In our first article on Seasons, @hollynielsen.bsky.social explores how winter provides vital friction in the Harvest Moon series:
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In our first article on Seasons, @hollynielsen.bsky.social explores how winter provides vital friction in the Harvest Moon series:
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Winter and Death in Harvest Moon
While letting go of a beloved pet is hard, death plays an essential role in preventing farming sims from feeling stagnant.
vist.ly
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Though sad and uncomfortable, winter - and death - are often necessary to prevent game worlds from feeling stagnant.
In our first article on Seasons, @hollynielsen.bsky.social explores how winter provides vital friction in the Harvest Moon series:
vist.ly/4kb34
In our first article on Seasons, @hollynielsen.bsky.social explores how winter provides vital friction in the Harvest Moon series:
vist.ly/4kb34
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.