silent w - looking for work
silentw.bsky.social
silent w - looking for work
@silentw.bsky.social
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actively searching for work in the games or education spaces - DM me if you've got work that needs doing! game designer (level/world), tech writer, and educator he / him wear a mask, don't die, pretty simple (@[email protected])
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I'm a mid-senior designer looking for work on game projects.
I'm a 10+ year veteran of both AAA and indie, with primary skills in level design and narrative design, but I've done technical design, art, mid-level programming, tech writing, and senior-level QA

#GameDevLFJ
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I think a major thing in our culture that changed is a bunch of Dem elites also now believe false things too because they're cooking their brains on Twitter, a fascist controlled brainwashing machine, all day.
The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
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I still think about this, and how I got shouted down for like two decades being told that 'sending leaders to prison is proof you have a banana republic' when in reality it's literally the exact opposite lol.
Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. Full access link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.
foreignpolicy.com
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the best thing that could happen to the internet of things is a world where some battle star galactica ass self morphing computer virus lives 24/7 on the net so that every time you try to plug an appliance over wifi it bricks like a fresh win xp install with no service packs

local networks only
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I miss the office as a social hangout but I dont miss the bullying & gaslighting, dont miss eating lunch alone while watching groups of men who never seem to invite a she/her colleague along go get food together, don't miss the office dick loudly saying edgy jokes that are practically approved by HR
Those parts were great.

It's the moving every two years, the 3 hours commuting every day, the nanny manager that I don't miss. And the daily covid risk that I don't want to sign up for.
Unpopular Opinion:
I do miss going into the office for work, having my own desk, chatting with colleagues with our daily little updates, going out for lunch, knowing the beat of what's going on with the project and the company, communicating in person. The stability of it all.
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
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Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
I'm not CRAZY about this but it does seem adjacent to a step in the right direction

however given that it's the government determining that, lol, lmao
To add clarity to this:

Influencers in China that discuss topics such as medicine, law, education, or finance must prove they are qualified or certified to do so, in an aim to clamp down on misinformation.

Right now it impacts large influencer accounts (1m+ followers) + bans false advertising.
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get in everybody let's unfuck google drive by shooting gemini

drive.google.com/drive/u/0/se...
(if you're signed into google this goes right to settings. may go without saying, but if you're not already signed in and see a login please don't enter a password into a link you click on social media 😂)
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Dylan is a superb Unreal TA and every day he goes unhired I lose a little faith in humanity.
Still looking for a new job! I'm a Tech Artist / Generalist who loves pushing visual side of things, 13 years of #UnrealEngine, Tech Art, Lighting, Lookdev, Env, Cinematics, HLSL, BP, PCG, Niagara, Python as well as a Houdini & Substance skillset

Avaliable mid Dec

#GameDev #VFX #FX #GameArt
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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chotiner's secret and utterly deadly three-part technique, imho:

1. ask a follow up question.

2. when they don't answer, ask again.

3. write all that shit down.

yes, it really is that simple.
Chotiner operates on an elementary but effective cut-and-thrust. He is conversational enough to settle an idiot down, and they're all idiots these days. Then he's always prepared with a follow-up. But he pulls his punch. He lets the subject lean into it so far they fall over.
I actually don't think Chotiner is preternaturally good at interviewing or whatever, I just think the rest of the national press is operating at goo goo ga ga level
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The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem
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I would say 'they don't make games like this anymore' but what would be a lie because they just did.

It is a pure videogame-ass videogame. Just a bright, screaming sensory assault where things go fast and explode a lot. Twitchy movement and short time limits on clearing bosses. Also a pacifist mode
NIGHT STRIKER GEAR - Release Announcement PV
YouTube video by 有限会社エムツー(M2 Co., Ltd.)
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you argued, above, that "post-training reinforcement learning and fine-tuning pushes models towards more accurate response."

that's exactly what the previous post is addressing. you cannot get a 'more accurate response' in a context where there are only two types of response - correct and incorrect
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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One of the biggest problems in the tech industry right now is that the people running it appear to have lost their fucking minds
Bold to respond to one of the most concerning-on-the-technical-details cloud provider outages in years, an outage in which terrible morale and sky-high attrition are credibly implicated, with "let's do more layoffs"
*AMAZON PLANS TO CUT UP TO 30,000 CORPORATE JOBS: RTRS
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BEGGING people to use something like this and not VCR OSD Mono
a VCR-like font for a Halloween game, eh? Classic...
You can use TAPE! (from my 40 fonts sale) 📼

itch.io/s/158296/40-...
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If Microsoft do not make a firm statement against this soon, I'm pretty sure I'm upgrading them to Boycott For Life.

This is utterly reprehensible and if they somehow endorse this naked, virulent bigotry, they are a valid target forevermore.
I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
Zohran Mamdani is smoking on that shit that killed Huey Long

THE KINGFISH RISES
This is exactly how you win. Mamdani hasn't backed down on left priorities a single inch, but he has centered his campaign on cost of living and class war, and that is something that all workers have a stake in supporting.
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This is exactly how you win. Mamdani hasn't backed down on left priorities a single inch, but he has centered his campaign on cost of living and class war, and that is something that all workers have a stake in supporting.
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current block game mood:

(turn sound on for music)
I still remember the banter between Kyle and Jan in JK, what a great duo.

truly tragic that extended universe was killed by Disney
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Hiiii
Still trying to meet my goal.
but I don't know what to do.
I have to pay rent but also have these pet medical needs...
Lyla had her vet appointment, urinalysis, and antibiotics. We got a free visit but the others cost money.

And now Magic is having stomach issues...
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it's so insulting! and this is coming from me, who has 30+ years of armoring myself against this kind of bullshit, I can't imagine what it's like for a kid who is just learning that this is a way you can be hurt by an authority structure