Salari

@salari.bsky.social

I stream every Wednesday and Friday at 2pm EDT on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jsalari Watch & Subscribe: https://youtube.com/salari Support: https://www.patreon.com/Salari

Remember those Amazon brick & mortar, cashier-less stores where you could just walk out, AI cameras would tally up your order and credit your account? That was largely fake. Most cams were just CCTV, & the feeds were seen in India by a staff of 1k, who basically guessed what was being bought 1/2

So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you | James Bridle

This is how these bosses get rich: by hiding underpaid, unrecognised human work behind the trappings of technology, says the writer and artist James Bridle

theguardian.com

Hey there, tomorrow I'll be starting a new model build on my stream. This time I'm making a piano music box, made almost entirely from wood, and without using any glue. Come along, hang out, chat, and listen to some good music with me, 2pm EDT: www.twitch.tv/jsalari ◀️ 💜

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My wife and I put together this model of a cyberpunk themed alleyway with cool endless hallway effect. More pics in the replies below

Breaking news: Sony will cease production of all PlayStation consoles in 2029. You will still be able to purchase game licenses and DLC via the PlayStation mobile app, but you won't be able to play them anywhere.

I hate to be a doomer about this stuff but the future of gaming is bleak. Physical media dying out, legendary studio closures, layoffs, mismanagement, & players have to pick up the bill for C-suite blunders, like bloating hardware costs thanks to AI integration Pathetic www.ign.com/articles/son...

Sony Just Killed Discs: Physical Disc Production to End January 2028 for New Games Releasing on PlayStation Consoles in 'Watershed Moment for the Industry'

Sony has announced physical disc production ends in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles.

ign.com

I finished listening to the audiobook of "Bullshit Jobs: A Theory" by the late David Graeber An exceptional book that explores a frequently ignored aspect of our lives: how in our pursuit to create jobs just so people can prove they belong in society, we abandoned the idea of meaningful work.

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Don't know about you, but I would rather watch a 3 hour video narrated by someone with a monotone voice than a 10 minute video with an "upspeak" vocal inflection, where everything they say sounds like a question.

Where am I in life right now? Well, thank you for asking; yesterday I got really excited about using the steam bake function on our oven for the first time when making bread. So yeah, things are pretty wild.

Any graphic designer will tell you that if you know how to apply a stroke or drop shadow to something in Photoshop then you're basically qualified for any job in the field