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  3. Comment on Triple-A Minesweeper in ~games

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    There's this 15 year old video that I'm sure became viral on its time. The channel also has one video with Super Mario Bros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qukCulDOJzg

    There's this 15 year old video that I'm sure became viral on its time. The channel also has one video with Super Mario Bros.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qukCulDOJzg

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Association for Human Mathematics statement on OpenAI’s October 6 release of mathematical documents in ~science

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    I was sure I came across that site a few months ago. Turns out it was the similar Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, also endorsed by Terence Tao.

    I was sure I came across that site a few months ago. Turns out it was the similar Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, also endorsed by Terence Tao.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Given everything we know about AI so far, what do you think it can or cannot be good for? in ~tech

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    AI will never be as good at being as unemployable as me. It will never be as good at spending years trying to improve your social skills, only to never see any real change because you always have...

    AI will never be as good at being as unemployable as me. It will never be as good at spending years trying to improve your social skills, only to never see any real change because you always have this looming sensation that something is wrong. It will never be as good at having trouble sleeping when the loneliness becomes unbearable. It will never be as good at maintaining that looming sensation that “retirement” is always two months away.

    Maybe I just need to talk to an AI about how I feel.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Timasomo 2026: Week 1 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    Here's my first portrait. I'm really bad with color and values, so I'm happy with how it turned out. I had some problems adding more realistic features due to the size, but with that said, I...

    Here's my first portrait. I'm really bad with color and values, so I'm happy with how it turned out. I had some problems adding more realistic features due to the size, but with that said, I prefer stylized portraits over realistic ones.

    BTW, here's the initial sketch .

    14 votes

  8. Comment on Timasomo 2026: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo

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    I've tried to join in the past, but didn't get too far in my commitment. This month I'll keep things simple. I'll do a gouache portrait per week, in a postcard format (4x6in). That's it.

    I've tried to join in the past, but didn't get too far in my commitment. This month I'll keep things simple. I'll do a gouache portrait per week, in a postcard format (4x6in). That's it.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Online visual art communities without AI? in ~creative

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    You could also look into the Fediverse. mastodon.art is the most obvious option, and it explicitly bans AI art, but IMO the main admin is very prone to drama. I also know of sunny.garden, another...

    You could also look into the Fediverse. mastodon.art is the most obvious option, and it explicitly bans AI art, but IMO the main admin is very prone to drama. I also know of sunny.garden, another artist instance with a more lenient policy without being pro-AI.

    I'm sure there are more instances, but these are the only two that come to mind.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Online visual art communities without AI? in ~creative

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    I don't think it can considered part of the small web, but cara.app is trying to do that. Their discord server feels pretty small and cozy compared to the main site.

    I don't think it can considered part of the small web, but cara.app is trying to do that. Their discord server feels pretty small and cozy compared to the main site.

    8 votes

  14. Comment on Why we built Pion in ~tech

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    If this thing turns out to know what it's doing, I hope we start seeing companies that focus more on maximizing employee well-being while still being sustainable.

    If this thing turns out to know what it's doing, I hope we start seeing companies that focus more on maximizing employee well-being while still being sustainable.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp

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    You're right. I just meant that somewhere in the post, the author mentions she's creating a new community for Bevy. I was responding more to the idea that a community banning LLM use would have no...

    You're right. I just meant that somewhere in the post, the author mentions she's creating a new community for Bevy. I was responding more to the idea that a community banning LLM use would have no real value beyond becoming an anti-AI circlejerk.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I've been working on a productivity app where your progress is reflected in a 3D planet simulation. The more tasks you complete, the more things grow on the planet. And if you stop doing stuff,...

    I've been working on a productivity app where your progress is reflected in a 3D planet simulation. The more tasks you complete, the more things grow on the planet. And if you stop doing stuff, things slowly start to die.

    I've been working on the different features separately: tasks, events, notes, pomodoro, achievements. It's still far from finished, but it's starting to take shape, and soon it'll reach a point where the only thing missing will be some wiring between the different parts. At least for the first version.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp

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    I frequently go to live drawing sessions, cameras are forbidden in this spaces out of respect to the model. Nobody goes crazy about it, claiming that people are living in the past and that there's...

    I frequently go to live drawing sessions, cameras are forbidden in this spaces out of respect to the model. Nobody goes crazy about it, claiming that people are living in the past and that there's no longer value in drawing with a pencil when a camera can do it faster. At the same time, I can guarantee that most people on those session also use photographs to study the human body on their own. A good artists understands that drawing from life and drawing from a reference are completely different experiences. A camera will flatten the colors and values not matter how good it is, and observing something that is alive and moving gives you a more completed understanding on how it is constructed. At the same time, a good artist understands that is not necessary to do everything from scratch and that the right tool will save you a lot of time of money.

    Whenever a conversation like this comes out, where people want their own space, others are quick to say that "they are trying to hold on the past, that world no longer exists". I wonder if this is unique to software. Do people tell others that there's no longer value in learning to draw, learning how an engine works and built your own model, or learning how to create a mechanical computer from scratch?

    People understand that things are different in the professional world and the hobbyist communities. Why can't software be the same? There's still value in struggling, learning things on your own and talking with other people, sharing ideas. Otherwise why are you in tildes and not talking to an LLM?

    Wanting a space, free of LLMs should be an uncontroversial opinion, the same way that wanting a space free of smart phones should be. I understand that this is a game engine that can be used in real games, not just hobbyist projects, but I still don't see the point on dismissing a person that wants to create a space only for humans. If someone wants to create that space, the only thing there's to do is respect their decision.

    Edit: Fixed spelling, grammar, and some mistakes.

    21 votes

  18. Comment on UN says world will miss its climate target, warming must be reversed in ~enviro

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    archive UN's report

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    UN's report

    Despite advancements in wind and solar power, countries have continued to burn oil, gas and coal, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere where it traps the sun’s heat and has raised average global temperatures by about 1.4 degrees Celsius

    Based on current climate policies among nations and trends, the planet is expected to warm 2.6 degrees Celsius, or 4.7 degrees Fahrenheit, by the end of the century.

    in order for temperatures to be brought back to the 1.5 degree mark this century, global warming at its peak would have to be limited to 1.8 Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit), compared with preindustrial times. Most scientists describe that as unlikely. [...] Even under the most optimistic scenarios, a single decade of warming could take about 50 years to reverse.

    The U.N. report predicted the rise in average global temperatures would eclipse 1.5 degrees Celsius in “the next few years.” At that level of warming, “there are no good outcomes,” said Inger Andersen, the executive director of the U.N. Environment Program.

    14 votes