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Clicked on a random link and was pleasantly surprised with what I found. Not sure I would do it again though. Caught me at a good time.
Peaked my interest. And bam. Gone again.
Inspiring videos that are still relevant today. It's beautiful to see people coming together and living in a way that makes them feel joy and be comfortable in relatively simple ways. Wealth seems to bring with it seclusion. Private roads and estates, big empty houses. In contrast the counter culture examples show people living in sprawling communities helping one another.
Broccoli seems to be covered in something that is heat sensitive. I like to wash with boiling water.
I've been experimenting with controlling Ableton with VR gestures. It's amazing how quickly I made a prototype using IWSDK and AbletonOSC.
Time to see what's possible with the new SDK.
If I saw this editor a year ago I would have jumped on it. In today's AI focused development it's not worth the hassle for me to learn new shortcuts and UI layout.
The demo video voice felt super AI generated. Which it many ways felt like it was going against the target audience, people that still code by using an editor and it's shortcuts.
I just love how Godot itself is under 100mb. Even as the project grows I hit play and it instantly loads.
Compared to Unity hitting flow state in Godot and sustaining it is trivial.
Godot is an easy choice for a Hackathon or a fun prototype project. And increasingly becoming my go to choice for larger projects.
I'm a long time Unity developer that in the past year picked up Godot. The speed at which Godot loads compared to Unity is staggering, it's just so much faster. When I returned to Unity I raised that my flow state was constantly being broken in a way that it wasn't when using Godot.
Entering flow is one of the beautiful things I love about programming. And being knocked out of it often feels like a physical jolt.
Lobster seems to take the idea of optimisation and speed to new levels. Entering and remaining in flow must be even easier. First though, I'll need to put the time into learning enough to be able to do it!
Today I heard two negative cases from a friend interacting her clients. The first client replied to her emails by sending ChatGPT logs, apparently unable to communicate on his own. The second believed a ChatGPT hallucination that he was entitled to a special Amazon business account. She had to explain to him that ChatGPT will tell him convincing bullshit, which was news to him. One can only wonder what terrible choices and wrong beliefs he had made up until the moment of enlightenment.
MUDs taught about the real world from the confines of my bedroom. As a teenager I was giving responsibility through my guild and had to negotiate with adults from all around the world.
My main MUD was Discworld MUD which was started in 1991. I can't describe the excitement I felt on finding a game where the world continued when I was offline. Where I could go to make friends with the thrill of also making enemies.
It was the perfect place to escape to, which taught me about addiction and many aspects of myself.
My character is still alive after 20 something years and if I feel like logging in I'm sure there will be friendly faces who remember me.
A Telegram bot is used to communicate with the backend. The developer posted a YouTube video with more details:
It is eye opening remaining friends with people who's views and actions are completely opposed to ones own. There's no point attempting to educate them (often it makes them go harder against you). But by finding out about their lives and understanding where fear has replaced love one can learn a lot. And hopefully use that knowledge to find ways to speak out and create a society that aligns with ones ethics.
I’m interested to know what are they using on the backend to create the 3D models. Is it Blender?
It’s incredible to see what can be achieved with very few lines of code to produce visuals and sound. It’s often pretty easy to know who the demoscene is made by because of the artistic style. Similar to more traditional art forms.
For several years I struggled to learn GIMP and other FOSS creative tools. That was until I finally stopped my Adobe subscription and had no choice to learn. AI has made the process much easier too, no need to read documentation or look at a video to find the tool or technique.
Thanks for sharing that insight. When I read the original comment I felt like I was an outlier for thinking how beneficial I’ve found social media on a personal level. If used with intention then there’s a wealth of learning and knowledge that the algorithms help deliver.
Of course there are many people who use social media purely for distraction. Which if used chronically is going to have an overwhelming negative impact.
In social media’s current for profit model it benefits from negatively impacting people. Which is a shame given if it wanted to, it could focus on the wellbeing of all its users.
An example I can give is the Reddit app that used to give a warning if a user used it for over a certain amount of time. These days it encourages it’s users to stay engaged with badges.
In pre-Brexit Britain we were promised less friction on the internet because we wouldn't have to accept cookies [1].
Who would have thought there would be more friction for just about every part of British life? /s
[1] https://preprod.metro.co.uk/2021/08/27/no-more-cookie-pop-up...
I admire you diligence with cutting down features to hit the self imposed deadline.
I've been ferociously learning game dev and have allowed myself unlimited time to jump down rabbit holes. Now that I'm actually building a game I need to remind myself to just build it with what I know.
It's an interesting switch in mind set. Still learning obviously, only now I'm pulling together knowledge buried deep within rather than from tutorials.
I'll keep in mind scope and remember your inspiring diligence next time I'm tempted to peek in a rabbit hole.
It is basic income, so presumably the artist will be able to make additional money their art.
How easy is it to report those type of issues?
Nostalgia is a powerful motivator
That's not true. The queen does have final say over laws.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/08/queen-...
Just take a walk down any British town street. If you can't physically do it there's always Google Street View
The yearly licence always seems like a hefty amount to pay. Whereas other services offer month to month with special deals.
It's still a crying shame watching the BBC be destroyed by the Conservatives, but hopefully the BBC will rise to the challenge. With some funding from government and a decent worldwide subscription model they could be a real content force.
India gets a lot of sun
The Art's Way by Julia Cameron
Note this is the former IT exec from 2014. These type of trials take a while to complete
Always good to be reminded not to eat that shit. However, article is old news on a rather dubious looking website:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jamie-oliver-mcdonalds-bur...
There is something similar called D30. It's in motorcycle gear
Surprised NSO Group hasn't already rolled over like Cambridge Analytica
Read up on how the army trains soldiers to fall asleep quickly in war zones.