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pwillia7
·13 days ago·discuss
I see everything is CENTS! I was like what on earth who is paying $250 for a ham sandwich???
pwillia7
·16 days ago·discuss
I have one of these and they're great. If you get one though, you really do need to convert to XTC for not terribly jagged glyphs -- https://x4converter.rho.sh/
pwillia7
·17 days ago·discuss
feels so gross
pwillia7
·18 days ago·discuss
Very cool will have to check this out more.

Semi related -- I made a little d3.js AI wrapper that works pretty well for making quick charts -- https://prompt2chart.com/share/e998a3f6-9482-4c18-931f-a4513...; https://prompt2chart.com/;
pwillia7
·last month·discuss
This guy should call the ACLU -- The cops' behavior might get them involved here.
pwillia7
·last month·discuss
Relevant WKUK sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpC_hO15IoA
pwillia7
·2 months ago·discuss
I heard about an experiment on some podcast where they switched organ donation to opt-in from opt-out and before and after the change they interviewed people coming out of the DMV and asked them _why_ they chose to or chose not to be an organ donor.

No one said -- Oh that's just what the default option was.

Everyone had a thought out reasoned answer why they did what they did. But the data showed none of them did that and they in fact just did what the default was and justified their choice afterwards.

I wish I could remember/find the podcast but I haven't been able to. It feels like an old freakonomics but I don't think it is.
pwillia7
·2 months ago·discuss
you don't use vim/emacs for the productivity. It's a lifestyle decision
pwillia7
·2 months ago·discuss
Reminds me of Wendell Berry or even Cormac Mccarthy's writing. Great piece.
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
police state australia

https://wormhole.app/E4zA1z#Q3aQLs6wRmlLkeghIYyZEQ
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
I made a DeluxePaint/Amiga LORA you can use with Stable Diffusion/FLUX a while back for the lulz[1]

I also used that LORA and some video models to try to make a little movie with the same style[2]

Here's a guide on how to generate LORAs too if you're interested[3]

Finally, there's a DeluxePaint clone someone released that is pretty cool to play around with[4]

[1]: https://civitai.com/models/875790/amiga-deluxepaint-or-fluxd

[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_18NBAbJSqQ&feature=youtu.be

[3]: https://reticulated.net/dailyai/creating-a-flux-dev-lora-ful...

[4]: https://github.com/mriale/PyDPainter
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
yeah a social _game_, not a commodity pork bellies futures market.
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
Walmart wasn't created late enough in the 2nd gilded age to effectively lobby the government against having any rules
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
when have we ever defined gaming/gambling as 'a thing where the house takes a rake' ? I don't understand this argument and it always feels disingenuous when brought up.
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
yeah who wants marginally regulated oligarchs -- Give me fully unregulated criminals!
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
No game loop feels impossible unless you're just making a movie you click through...

Game loops should be invisible as once a player can see or sense them it breaks the immersion.
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
I almost never finished games even back in the 90s/2000s. I think it's because of how long they are compared to movies and even tv shows. You also (especially back in the day) had to 'rewatch' the same part over and over until you could beat it
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
How do we know we're not doing that based on our memories and reaction to external stimuli though?
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
I mean we don't know right? Feels hubrisy
pwillia7
·3 months ago·discuss
and the pendulum swings again the other way...