JD Vance, big enough to be obvious meddling, small enough to not look like full support

A lot of us aren’t fans. Really it’s a sign of how much Trump wants to be Orban/Putin only here, and opinions split on whether the American in question think that’s a good thing or a horrible thing. I think it’s a horrible thing.

OpenAI funding fears hit memory chip prices Spending cuts at OpenAI have hit memory chip prices as fears grow about the tech company’s ability to fund its expansion.

Good news! OpenAI is canceling so many large purchase orders and datacenter expansions that the global price of RAM is dropping.

That's his vibe. Think he could do art like that and not dress like Gru?

Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content “In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

Digital art of a phoenix outline with glowing white line art, floating in a spacescape. Their wings held out in front of them, wrapping around a glowing prismatic star. The spiral nebula in the background, can be seen slightly through the character.

A finished Stardust YCH for @almonihah.bsky.social of his solar phoenix, The First Flame! 
#art #bskyart #digitalart #commissions #YCH

Yea. I could even see it working well with some games, but like... it makes everything better lit and have more reflection highlights. One of their samples is 'Resident Evil.' All the backgrounds and atmosphere are better lit. Talk about missing the point!

I’m not a big curling guy, but I get the significance of this, and WOW it’s mind-blowing. Some are calling it the best shot in curling history! #TeamCanada at the #ParalympicGames.

take this.

Best moms

I think they could be, but that'd require doing a somewhat-loyal attempt at them, which hasn't been done for decades.

Though not with the spirit of colorful adventure like the others had, no no! This time it has to be dark and drab.

The 90s had multiple very successful takes that kept the spirit of Robin as an adventurous rogue, surely yet another modern war allegory is the way to go!

Because they know Trump throws tantrums and it's relatively low effort to avoid this. And they can pretty much ignore her at the thing.

A few weeks ago we had an ice-snow storm, where everything was covered in snow with an icey shell. Today, slush storm, where everything is covered in slush! Thin layers of snow above gross ice-y water.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

YOU CAN GET EVERY DISCWORLD TOME ON EBOOK FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SUBWAY FOOTLONG COMBO.

USUALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BOOK LEGALLY IS LIKE 400+

NOT.

A.

DRILL.

www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...

Look who showed up at Katsucon’s Godzilla panel!

Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI' The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

Instead of burning out like a normal bulb, our lightbulb has decided it wants to do a continuous series of pulses

a screenshot of google maps of what appears to be a giant snake in the ocean

a not insignificant number of people on Threads seem to believe the snow storm was The Government's attempt to refreeze the Leviathan, the world-eating serpent, which was getting loose (to eat the world, I assume)

Yea early on they really overestimating how strong a gigantic stompy creature is, especially with restrictions like that.

It really doesn't matter *what* the threat is; deep, relationship-based organizing is ALWAYS how you effectively push back against those who would attack your community.

Community and workplace relationship-building is NEVER a waste, it is trust-rooted, and there are no shortcuts.

im extremely gullible. seagulls have 4x attack type damage against me.

Anomalocaris Witch

Heck of a story to tell at least!

This thread is both literally and metaphorically a trip

Love Cass :)

They got the look- I think the glasses help sell it

Ah, good to know

I'm really curious how it works as a movie. Was it something normal, let down on the editing in the back end? Was it full of mess? Was it good?