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Boter Bug

@boterbug.bsky.social

YouTuber, streamer, author, film maker. St. Jude Ambassador. Day-job haver but I don't like to talk about that. he/him Book: How We Stopped the Destroyers Film: Breakdown at 238 Hypatia https://linktr.ee/boterbug

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Boter Bug@boterbug.bsky.social · 2d ago

Any authors out there interested in reading my upcoming queer sci-fi space adventure book for a review blurb? I really need to get better at networking, there's like one I've reached out to >.<

Robert Raymond@robpertray.bsky.social · 3d ago

if we lived under socialism every adult in this country would get a $600 tariff refund check but instead they are giving your money to the very multibillion dollar corporations who pricegouged you

Boter Bug@boterbug.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you're giving a 20 minute presentation, maybe don't rock up with a deck of 37 slides >.< This speaker clearly had great ideas to convey but have enough time to say it, and didn't format it for the time he DID have. (The room was also PACKED for this one.)

Becca@beccabeckery.bsky.social · 5d ago

Others have posted it, I will too You can add your vote to this to tell Twitch and Dan Clancy WE DO NOT WANT AI. Make it opt in by default NOT OPT OUT. That is incredibly predatory and also goes against EU data protection laws. twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338...

twitch.uservoice.com

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 5d ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

Boter Bug@boterbug.bsky.social · 2w ago

Feels nice to break out my little Bluetooth keyboard again. Got the thing as some set dressing in Breakdown at 238 Hypatia and it's proven intermittently useful since.

View from the passenger seat of a car. On the person's lap is a tablet in a case letting it stand upright and a small angular keyboard.
May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄@goddessblade.bsky.social · 2w ago

A reminder for people who’d like to hire me as an editor but are hesitant about costs: A simple and cheap option is to schedule a consultation call with me to discuss your project or writing issues—you might be surprised at how much we can cover in a single hour!

Boter Bug@boterbug.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hell to the yes. It was a dream come true for my last book's cover art to be done by the incredible Paul Youll, and for this book it's being done my friend (and no less incredible) @molotovmina.bsky.social. The last book's audiobook was likewise an all-star team and hoping for the same this time.

gochenourabout@sjgochenour.bsky.social · 2w ago

as an aside, one thing I would love for aspiring authors to know is that you can still work with cool people with incredible skills while self-publishing.

Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 2w ago

I got asked about AI in games again! I think we underestimate how, while AI use is more rampant in the East than the West, our protections against it here are dramatically worse.

From the Gamesradar article: "Necrosoft Games creative director Brandon Sheffield also highlights a cultural divide. "I think we are witnessing an attempted assassination on the very concept of creative work, especially in the West," he says. "While I'm anti AI use everywhere, at least in China and Japan people aren't getting fired with the intention to replace them with AI as that's legally difficult. There it's being used to supplement the work. I've seen Chinese companies express amazement at how Western studios are firing folks in order to have 'fewer devs do more' with AI. Why fire all your good people?" Sheffield says Necrosoft will never use gen AI. "I feel sick about it frankly," he adds, and he would love to see the tech "be treated like a pariah." In his view, "once you let it infect your studio, [it] creatively bankrupts that studio." "We've also seen that companies outside of games have had to hire back their engineers because AI couldn't cut it – or they're finding that all their tokens are getting spent by execs on 'convert this PDF to a powerpoint' which is cheaper to just have an intern do! So it may be slightly faster, and a lot worse, but it's also more expensive? Neat ... We're dismantling the entire industry in the interest of short-term shareholder gains and it's just a terrible plan.""
Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · 3w ago

He's only gone and written 2,500 more words about how game devs feel about generative AI. Latest piece quotes around two dozen different people with an indie background. When asked how they feel about gen AI, not one, but two devs responded, "Fuck that shit." www.gamesradar.com/games/it-cre...

Boter Bug@boterbug.bsky.social · 2w ago

Any other Tom Scott newsletter subscribers? I have been for the entire run, some great discoveries through that. Today's said, "Welcome to the final weekly newsletter." Bwuh? What did I miss? (Not, like, in a panic, just genuinely curious.)

Laina@lainasparetime.bsky.social · 3w ago

I know Taco Bell has a reputation for giving people stomach issues but my conspiracy theory is that people just aren't used to that much fibre. The beans, and also that they cut their ground beef with oats

SaberComp@sabercomp.com · 3w ago

100 days to go until October 24 - the deadline for SaberComp 2026: The Purge! A hair over three months to show us your story of the dark hunting down the light. Got any teasers you want to share? A behind-the-scenes photo or clip? Drop them here!

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