Metal Mutton 🤖🐏 @SteelWool@computerfairi.es

Big #corporations continue to show their true colors, and it's ugly as hell. #DEI #diversity #LGBTQ https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ford-joins-list-companies-walking-back-dei-policies-rcna168664

Hi. I'm the kid who liked to take things apart and figure out how they worked. Thing is, now I'm 30 odd years older, and I haven't grown out of taking things apart.

Being friends with furries is so easy.

All you gotta do is find a picture of their species, say "It you," and they'll love you forever.

If you could send someone this card then I admire your nerve, but you really shouldn't!

For the past 3 weeks, I've been researching walk cycles of horses. It's a very complex animal, requiring a lot of finesse. Every small movement from the hooves to the sway of its tail needs precise attention to capture its grace and power accurately.

Anyway it's done.

Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/microsoft-donates-the-mono-project-to-the-wine-team/

#OpenSource #Microsoft #Wine #Linux

yes let's hope not 🤦
#gamedev

squeaky on main

Furries as a keystone species

Best superpower? Any time you're photographed, the photo magically changes. How?

A: You get extra fingers and other incorrect AI-like details
B: You become pixelated
C: You (including clothes) become invisible
D: You look demonic and dangerous

As someone who has to try to survive on SSDI I feel this so hard. I have to rely on mutual aid a lot because I'm housing insecure and make $12 too much for EBT. I'm so grateful for those in community who understand and help when they can but it's really stressful worrying about surviving day to day.

Best superpower? The startup sound for...

Here is v0.5 of my Top Down Engine for Picotron. It is meant as a starting point for aspiring #picotron users and RPG creators. I want to develop it further and create videos explaining the various systems in it. What would you like to see explained? https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=143877
#gamedev #GameDevelopment

POLL: how many so-called "desktop computers" are currently on your desk, ready for use? Plugged in, ready to go, just need to turn them on to use them?

Interesting paper- AI is not boosting your creativity

“We found that support from an AI image generator during ideation leads to higher fixation on an initial example. Participants who used AI produced fewer ideas, with less variety and lower originality compared to a baseline.”

https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3613904.3642919

I don’t drink alcohol because the microplastics are doing all the heavy lifting on destroying my internal organs as it is