maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

hackathon prompt: an hour long film is shown. you have 24h to submit an at most 1mb compression of it. participants vote for the one that best represents the aesthetic quality of the film. anything goes: dropping frames, dithering, down sampling, collages, generative synthesis of the sound track, making a single drawing, etc. I think some very interesting media ideas would come out of the process.

me: *presses play on an app*

app: Great! Your journey is about to begin! Just some questions first. Where were you born? How would you describe your income bracket?

me: *dismiss*

app: Got it! We'll ask you next time before asking you questions.

me: *presses shuffle button*

app: Got it! Shuffle enabled until tomorrow.

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notification: 🏆ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Power user

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https://netizen.club/~wildweasel/golfswings.html - Going live with a slightly more analytical article for Golfshrine, as I think about how being good at a golf video game is nowhere near the same thing as being good at actual golf.

a month from now when i share how hard it was to do this someone is going to go “oh you mean [insert appropriate term for what i wanted to do], it’s easy here…” and i’ll be like 🫠💀 because it’s all about knowing the complicated words so you can look up how. if you don’t know complicated words, well…