Posts by Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe
like look at this Detail of suspender, wheel, and motor of a GTW 72 Wuppertaler Schwebebahn - a perfectly captured reference photo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppert...
Just putting a grid over a mountainous peninsula that gets horrible earthquakes and is surrounded by water on three of four sides is truly the work of genius
I decided to have a little fun and write a description of San Francisco gesturing at Terry Pratchett's style because have you seen the damn place, it could be a city in Discworld just for its layout
hello hi yes so this makes sense when you understand that the sucess condition for an LLM is the production of a text-base, genre-bound performance of a plausible and acceptable answer to a given question. the question defines the expected genre.
people don't really get that because witches can't sink, they're a direct threat to surface combatants
Truly being convincing is the only thing anyone cares about when using these things
please read witch hat
I have always been significantly better informed because of Tommy’s work and I feel very bad for him that he is being slowly tortured by having to explain all of [waves hands] this instead of more A* best practice analysis, but you should read and support his work anyway
an all-timer for the blooper reels
an artwork by Spindle of the characters Asimov, a half-elf with short white hair, kissing Ottilie, a human with brown hair tight up in a bun. The composition is upside down view of a puddle showing their reflections as they kiss. Thin "light threads" are in the water, emitted from lil glowpads. (lily pads). The weather is rainy and cloudy.
kissing under the rain
Hello! I still badly need work in narrative design or game writing etc. I’ve been in games for 20 years and I’m responsible for the mobile smash hit Lily’s Garden. I will take on full-time or contract work but I really need to pick something up soon. Please get in touch if you have/know of something
The winner of the giveaway is @pikaxiu.bsky.social ! Thank you!
#art
Most of us realise that Generative AI is causing RAM prices to increase, but do you know why?
My latest newsletter is an accessible explainer on the topic.
How different types of RAM are made.
How chip fabrication is highly precarious.
And how the AI industry has strangled it to suit their needs.
I'm super excited to read your dissertation once it's public!
An illustration of a man carrying a camera walking through the forest with a fox as magical creatures surround them.
🎵 The Parade 🎶
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maybe they wouldn't need to open all those data centers if the code running on them was actually efficient . just a thought
Penguin Colony has joined the Fellow Traveller family!
From @origamedigital.bsky.social, the creator of Umurangi Generation, this Lovecraftian adventure told from the perspective of a colony of penguins is coming to Steam and Nintendo Switch 2 later this year.
🐧 bit.ly/PenguinColon...
Retsuko wearing a white off shoulder blouse with a flower pattern on the collar and a black knee length skirt she/her
finally designed retsuko's look for chapter 3 🌹
Artillery Witch
corrupt
Icelandic local news is a land of contrasts
- WE SAW A MANDARIN DUCK HERE EVERYONE FUCK YEAH
- You probably don't want to be in the town that recently got destroyed because the volcanic system is acting up again
My favourite work from Florence’s PhD is still the paper they did charting the history of a player-dug tunnel in Wurm Online, which involves incredibly moving quotes from the curator of an in-game museum: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
hell yes congratulations Florence!!
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夢乃ゆきさんと佐咲紗花さんのツアー【Dream Flower】キービジュアルを担当させて頂きました。
お二人とも、とても素敵な歌声なのでぜひ🌸❄️
よろしくお願いいたします。