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This is incredibly huge for Vtubing.

This changes Linux from a "I can make it work" to "this is the same as using Windows" for some Vtubing setups.

For the most part I believe unless you need webcam tracking most Vtubing software is fully functional on most Linux Distros.

I have too many thoughts about the ifs and whens of returning to streaming to deal with bsky character limits. Need to stream so i can ramble to everyone for an hour about whether i want to stream 😩

Hemlocke's 4.5 Debut YouTube video by Hemlocke Stone

MONTHS in the making, I'm back by unpopular demand.

youtu.be/0ccjqvTbyL4?...

magical

[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community

go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

This can be a difficult and nuanced discussion, especially for people that are out of the tech loop. I try to break it down as

AI = shit you've been using for over a decade. Predictive text. NPC enemy AI. Specialized machine learning.

GenAI = shit built on stolen/scraped assets from the Internet

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities

if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

How many times have I been told to give this racist game and its racist creators grace, and second chances? and empathy, and good faith, and and and?

Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.

@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.

This is brilliant work breaking down and cataloguing the horrific acts Microsoft have both committed and enabled. Very valuable for this to be distilled and presented for the YouTube and gaming audience. Everyone should watch it.

A decade on from Gamergate, how has the games industry changed for women? Some of gaming's most influential women share their experiences, along with what still needs to be done

A decade on from Gamergate, how has the games industry changed for women?

Some of gaming's most influential women share their experiences.

(An honour to be quoted alongside such wonderfully talented women)

Games Industry . Biz

www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...

Finally after all these long months my display tablet is at full functionality! Oh how i have missed you, stylus button right click 😭 I can do aaaanything now; my power is limitless.

A rainbow-colored shield against a white background, emblazoned with an em dash on its center. A ribbon runs along the bottom reading "Defend the Em Dash".

A rainbow-colored shield against a rainbow background, emblazoned with an em dash on its center. A ribbon runs along the bottom reading "Defend the Em Dash".

You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.

Metroid manga: Round and Round An Unexpected Discovery Samus: I haven't been back to my starship in a long while. Samus: It's gotten very dirty. It should be cleaned. (Samus notices something while cleaning) Samus: Oh! (Samus is now curled into a ball and tucked into a small space) Galactic Federation Voice: Samus! Report in! What are you doing? Respond! Samus: Aaah! It's perfect for turning into a ball here! Lots of Information Samus: This is Samus! I've been exploring many places on my mission! Galactic Federation Voice: Have you really been doing anything? Samus: If you don't believe me, just take a look at this map! Galactic Federation Voice: Oh! I see you've been rapidly progressing! Samus: See, see? (Galactic Federation Guy looks at Samus's map, which is full of her notes) Galactic Federation Guy: As for these notes... The notes: "Here's a roundy, and it's very nice!" "Here's another." "Rolly place." "There was a roundy here, but it broke down."

As much as I love buff badass lesbian Samus, I also really love the version of her from that one Super Metroid gag manga where she's this weirdo obsessed with round objects and hiding in small spaces

AI automation =/= AI generation. the scripts to automatically transcribe voice to text or whether your party character prioritizes Attack or Defense isn't the same as algorithms generating randomized results out of an amalgamation of existing data. conflating them is intentionally misleading.

Hemlocke (@hemlocke) Check out Hemlocke's commissions and portfolio! | Queer Gargoyle Vtuber!! Rigs/Model Art/Regular Art/Animations ...

The most expensive of my student loans is below $700 USD.
Getting rid of them would make my life WAY less stressful.

I want to try to clear these out before the end of the year, so I've put the majority of my comms ON SALE!! (-15%)

This includes:
Rigging
Art
Animation

vgen.co/hemlocke

Finished this quicker than I thought I would >.>
I give you the lovely half harpy, wereangel Delmae.
#oc #ocsky #harpy #art #dnd #delmae #celestial

FROSTY TOOLS SUCKS Because it relies on generative AI, a process that hinges on stolen training data, and uses dangerous amounts of energy & water to power each shoutout. The creator has admitted to using “The Pile” in the FrostyTools training data[1], which includes stolen Youtube Subtitles, Self-Published books and Academic Papers[2], directly stealing from small artists & creators without permission or compensation. Based on the output from other models, each message from Frostytools can use up to an 500ml (18oz) of water & enough energy to fully charge your phone 7 times.[3] Stop using FrostyTools. It is stealing work and polluting the planet to shoutout your raiders. Just use a non-AI chatbot instead.

Frosty Tools Sucks.

There are simpler, easier, less destructive things you can use instead.
Nightbot, Moobot, Streamer.Bot & MixItUp are all viable subs.

Sources:
1: xcancel.com/KenAKAFrosty...
2: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pil...
3: www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

#vtuber #envtuber #vtsky #vsky

Important to note that the reason RAM is more expensive isn't because OpenAI is ransacking store shelves and buying all the retail stock.

They aren't using those. Instead "AI" companies dumped an insane amount of money on RAM manufacturers to tie up their production lines with parts "AI" needs.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ACROSS THE OCEAN !!!

i'm running a black friday sale this weekend so if you've been waiting to get a model, pixel art, or anything else on my #vgen, this is your sign :D

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This Black Friday don’t buy into genocide Avoid these BDS targets enabling Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

This Black Friday and Cyber Monday don’t buy into genocide.

Avoid these brands enabling Israel’s ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

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a character reference sheet of a pink hued imp with wings and a tail. The main outfit is a loose sweater and sweatpants with socks. secondary outfit is boxers and a croptop, third outfit is a corseted high slit dress with baggy sleeves that have heart cut outs.

Heyo! Im Bren and I'm a Scribble Imp artist and streamer!

I post, host, game, and draw a variety of things (some of them 18+)

🎨Commissions: scribecomms.carrd.co/

📸SFW Streams: twitch.tv/thescribblescribe

🔥NSFW Streams: joystick.tv/u/thescribblescribe

Thanks for giving me a look!

my beloved bestie @fogholder.bsky.social did this sketch for my pfp!!! silly skitty has gone all Pre-Raphaelite for autumn 🍂

Cartoon meme of Sonic the Hedgehog (from Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series, Jan 1994) lying down and looking smugly at the camera with a speech bubble that reads: “I want bad art made slowly by real people AND I'M NOT KIDDING”

the only good thing about genAI is that it got me to really love seeing bad art, because I know a person put in time and effort, made themselves vulnerable by showing it to others, and is trying to improve. I value that more than anything now

Wuxia MMO Where Winds Meet is full of AI chatbot NPCs, and people are doing all the standard obscene stuff to them: 'I made him think that my character was pregnant with his child' Can't we just go back to the Zork school of NPC dialog?

Just a heads up, that Where Winds Meet Game is chock full of AI/LLM garbage, WILD headline aside, don't play this.

Espicially don't use its AI powered Face and voice scanner that replicates it in game, but absolutely is storing that data.

www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/wu...

This feature can be disabled by going to Invoicing -> Feedback and toggling 'Collect feedback' off there (on a business account, at least)

hey! if I send you an invoice, shut the fuck up. do not mention NSFW stuff or even the word "furry" or anything, Paypal is company of dickbags searching for any excuse to harass creators. using invoices is the smartest/best/safest way of working as a comm artist, and this is explicit targeting