shanty
@sbhatia.bsky.social
28, figuring life out. Personal account, all opinions are my own as Just a Guy.
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Mass Effect style dialogue wheel except the only dialogue options ever offered are "No, yeah, for sure." and "Damn, that's crazy"
December 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Mass Effect style dialogue wheel except the only dialogue options ever offered are "No, yeah, for sure." and "Damn, that's crazy"
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It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
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Ever spend days trying to find some info?
Then finally you explain your days of research to the internet hoping for an expert to hop on and help --- only for some yokel to do the very first search you did and post that like it's in any way useful?
AI has turned every internet interaction to that.
Then finally you explain your days of research to the internet hoping for an expert to hop on and help --- only for some yokel to do the very first search you did and post that like it's in any way useful?
AI has turned every internet interaction to that.
December 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ever spend days trying to find some info?
Then finally you explain your days of research to the internet hoping for an expert to hop on and help --- only for some yokel to do the very first search you did and post that like it's in any way useful?
AI has turned every internet interaction to that.
Then finally you explain your days of research to the internet hoping for an expert to hop on and help --- only for some yokel to do the very first search you did and post that like it's in any way useful?
AI has turned every internet interaction to that.
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Society is failing these children.
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her
abcnews.go.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Society is failing these children.
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it is agonizing to see ppl lump in every type of AI with genAI as if agri-AI that sorts fruit is somehow the same as making an AI slop engine
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
it is agonizing to see ppl lump in every type of AI with genAI as if agri-AI that sorts fruit is somehow the same as making an AI slop engine
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And the worst part is these LLMs are COUNTING on the confusion so they can put everything as a catch-22, that's why there's the sudden rise of "AI is will be everywhere", and if they go down, so does every infrastructure that relies on machine learning and we are all using abacuses
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
And the worst part is these LLMs are COUNTING on the confusion so they can put everything as a catch-22, that's why there's the sudden rise of "AI is will be everywhere", and if they go down, so does every infrastructure that relies on machine learning and we are all using abacuses
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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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Keir Starmer wants to weaken the European Convention on Human Rights, hoping that this will win back voters from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
In the name of fighting right-wing politics, he’s handing more powers to a future Farage-led government.
In the name of fighting right-wing politics, he’s handing more powers to a future Farage-led government.
Weakening Migrants’ Rights in the Name of Fighting Racism
Keir Starmer wants to weaken the European Convention on Human Rights, hoping that this will win back voters from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. In the name of fighting right-wing politics, he’s handing more powers to a future Farage-led government.
jacobin.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Keir Starmer wants to weaken the European Convention on Human Rights, hoping that this will win back voters from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
In the name of fighting right-wing politics, he’s handing more powers to a future Farage-led government.
In the name of fighting right-wing politics, he’s handing more powers to a future Farage-led government.
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Something to point out is, genAI is driving up the prices of PC hardware. Any game studio that uses it should never see another cent, and AAA titles with high system reqs are also destroying their own sales in advance. Nobody's upgrading for that shit, nor can they afford to.
Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
The debate over gen AI in games is about to get a lot messier in 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's GOTY retraction signals the start of something huge
www.polygon.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Something to point out is, genAI is driving up the prices of PC hardware. Any game studio that uses it should never see another cent, and AAA titles with high system reqs are also destroying their own sales in advance. Nobody's upgrading for that shit, nor can they afford to.
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Clair Obscur’s now confirmed Gen-AI usage during the development process has caused their IGA debut and GOTY wins to be retracted.
The IGAs Nomination Committee is officially retracting Debut Game and Game of the Year, awarding both categories to new recipients. Additionally, we are retracting one of the Indie Vanguard recipients.
Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg/faq
Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg/faq
December 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Clair Obscur’s now confirmed Gen-AI usage during the development process has caused their IGA debut and GOTY wins to be retracted.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Not everyone in a wheelchair has a form of plegia. Some use them because they cannot always reliably walk, or cannot sustain walking for long, or suffer a form of chronic pain or weakness that impacts them during walking. The most basic form of ableism is doubting the complexity of disability.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Not everyone in a wheelchair has a form of plegia. Some use them because they cannot always reliably walk, or cannot sustain walking for long, or suffer a form of chronic pain or weakness that impacts them during walking. The most basic form of ableism is doubting the complexity of disability.
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*$&()@#$*!$#$
stop analysing david lynch films.
you saw it, you experienced it.
your experiences change you.
go have a lovely day.
stop analysing david lynch films.
you saw it, you experienced it.
your experiences change you.
go have a lovely day.
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
*$&()@#$*!$#$
stop analysing david lynch films.
you saw it, you experienced it.
your experiences change you.
go have a lovely day.
stop analysing david lynch films.
you saw it, you experienced it.
your experiences change you.
go have a lovely day.
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As plenty of women have always known, it’s easy to sucker a man with a big ego into pretty much anything you want if you just let him bang on about his obsessions, flatter him, and don’t let your own personality intrude.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
As plenty of women have always known, it’s easy to sucker a man with a big ego into pretty much anything you want if you just let him bang on about his obsessions, flatter him, and don’t let your own personality intrude.
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Put differently, if you see value in the process of iteration and creation, but *don't* see the value of taste and sensibility in that, then it becomes easy - logical even - to break any creative act into an engineering one.
Which is, more or less, what generative AI does.
Which is, more or less, what generative AI does.
December 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Put differently, if you see value in the process of iteration and creation, but *don't* see the value of taste and sensibility in that, then it becomes easy - logical even - to break any creative act into an engineering one.
Which is, more or less, what generative AI does.
Which is, more or less, what generative AI does.
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This is where it calls back to the role of empathy.
Because empathy is necessary to, among other things, recognize the validity of other people's taste.
In the absence of that, there is only YOUR taste, which you can easily reframe as criteria for truth.
Because empathy is necessary to, among other things, recognize the validity of other people's taste.
In the absence of that, there is only YOUR taste, which you can easily reframe as criteria for truth.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is where it calls back to the role of empathy.
Because empathy is necessary to, among other things, recognize the validity of other people's taste.
In the absence of that, there is only YOUR taste, which you can easily reframe as criteria for truth.
Because empathy is necessary to, among other things, recognize the validity of other people's taste.
In the absence of that, there is only YOUR taste, which you can easily reframe as criteria for truth.
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Really fantastic things happen at the intersection of art and engineering, and the two disciplines can feed on each other really fruitfully, if that is the desire.
But, if you are so inclined, it's also easy to see either one as a pale shadow of the other, based on which you favor.
But, if you are so inclined, it's also easy to see either one as a pale shadow of the other, based on which you favor.
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Really fantastic things happen at the intersection of art and engineering, and the two disciplines can feed on each other really fruitfully, if that is the desire.
But, if you are so inclined, it's also easy to see either one as a pale shadow of the other, based on which you favor.
But, if you are so inclined, it's also easy to see either one as a pale shadow of the other, based on which you favor.
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I've seen lots of acceleration due to the use of AI: acceleration of inequality, acceleration of climate catastrophe, acceleration of slop, acceleration of trust collapse, acceleration of scams, acceleration of model collapsed acceleration of misinformation, acceleration of drought
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I've seen lots of acceleration due to the use of AI: acceleration of inequality, acceleration of climate catastrophe, acceleration of slop, acceleration of trust collapse, acceleration of scams, acceleration of model collapsed acceleration of misinformation, acceleration of drought
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An obnoxious technology for obnoxious people.
December 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
An obnoxious technology for obnoxious people.
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that’s a skill issue, pal. i had like four good ideas already today.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
that’s a skill issue, pal. i had like four good ideas already today.
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"Cameron, who is a director of UK-based company Stability AI."
Huh, didn't know that.
Huh, didn't know that.
James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm
The director says that “the intersection of generative AI and CGI image creation is the next wave” of film technology, as he joins the company behind the popular Stable Diffusion AI model.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"Cameron, who is a director of UK-based company Stability AI."
Huh, didn't know that.
Huh, didn't know that.
I watched a video years ago that pointed out Vine as the big cultural shift for this.
it was I think better when there were ways for people who hate being on screen to make a creative living
I don’t think it’s an improvement that we’re creating a culture where everyone creative also has to be hot
I don’t think it’s an improvement that we’re creating a culture where everyone creative also has to be hot
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I watched a video years ago that pointed out Vine as the big cultural shift for this.
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We're running out of good ideas. Post nut clarity might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use for jacking off is restarting the world's idea machine?
What if the best use for jacking off is restarting the world's idea machine?
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
We're running out of good ideas. Post nut clarity might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use for jacking off is restarting the world's idea machine?
What if the best use for jacking off is restarting the world's idea machine?
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The Silicon Valley titans acted like the "vibe shift" was permanent. Are they ready for the backlash?
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel?
Today, I want to share some additional thoughts with you on this...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Silicon Valley titans acted like the "vibe shift" was permanent. Are they ready for the backlash?
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
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Everyone loves the video creation?
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Everyone loves the video creation?