'Games development' and 'games business' are two seperate things. The sickness lies in the business side. And it is catastrophically sick. In all meanings of the word.
Karl "deadlight" Williams
@deadlight.bsky.social
He/Him 28mm wargaming, P&P RPG, old stones (like, really old), tech (but, you know, the good bits), radical politics ("radical" like every person deserves to live), folklore, etymology. Other stuff too...
99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa
A reminder that, in June, Reform reinstated Sunderland councillor Glenn Gibbins, a man who suggested Nigerians should be melted down and used to fill potholes. Nigel Farage did not report this to the police, did not demand he face legal consequences, and still welcomes him in his party.
The corporate LLM AI bubble is terrible for people who like AI. AI technology, including LLMs, is great, it's just used by idiots to sell fantasies to other idiots at the moment.
I want to start a dog petting service called Bitches Get Scritches.
Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇
There's an article out there by someone who works in AI about how Area X and the Southern Reach is about AI and they can fuck right off.
Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where the...
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A conversation between a client and an engineer that is hypothetical for legal and contractual reasons: C: "make it do A" E: "A not B?" C: "Yup, A is our policy" *time passes* E: "Here you go. It does A." C: "Why doesn't it do B?" E: "Because you asked for A" C: "Why did I tell you that?"
You can guarantee that the only thing that makes him an outlaw is being closer than 200 yards from a school.
Timothy Burke@bubbaprog.xyz · 2mo agocould he possibly look more like you imagined he looks
Congratulations to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social on somehow making Theresa May’s Conservative Party the most socially progressive government of the last decade, I suppose. Really impressive to be that fucking ghoulish a person.
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 3mo ago‘Trans women must be barred from female toilets, changing facilities and sports teams, new official guidance is to state’ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
archaeologists have unearthed what many are calling "the most metal shit anyone's ever seen"
A long time ago Natwest won me as a customer when a lot of banks were outsourcing their phone support. Natwest said you could call our branches or a UK based contact centre. What I need is a service provider to go "do you miss the human connection? Call our human contact centre today".
the sky above Mars was the colour of television tuned to a dead channel
Perseverance Image Bot 📡@persevereimgbot.bsky.social · 3mo agoSol 1848: Left Mastcam-Z Camera, taken at 12:36:46.352 (local mean solar time), image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
AI bro crashes out after having to do 1 thing that took effort peak comedy
Zhang Shan won the gold medal for the mixed skeet shooting event in the 1992 Olympics. The International Shooting Union *immediately* banned women from competing against men.
bex@blueraccoon.bsky.social · 4mo agoFun fact: Women's sports are segregated not to protect women, but to protect *men* from losing *to* a woman. Don't believe me? Look up Jackie Mitchell. Struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Then suddenly women were unfit to play baseball.
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay
