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Jen Walton @jenwalton.bsky.social · 1d

Forgot this platform existed bc the engagement on here is 🗑️ but I’m gonna post a few recent photos anyway & we’ll see how it goes.

Here’s a Colorado #fall shot from an iconic spot but IMO the clouds are what make it. 🍁⛅️

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Bertoni @thebertoni.bsky.social · Aug 24

Foto meme de um tipo de efeito dominó em que as peças ficam gradativamente maiores, um homem esta prestes a derrubar a peça menor onde o texto diz em inglês "learning to draw" (aprendendo a desenhar) e na peça maior no final da fileira o texto diz "everybody knowing what your fetishes are" (todo mundo descobrindo quais seus fetiches são).

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Cathasaigh x Unremarkable @cathasaighxu.bsky.social · 2d

Early look at the total dev progress made. Level design, logic, music, etc. I am doing it all for this open world turn-based #rpg #wip #Sundaymotivation
youtube.com/watch?v=Vu71...
#unrealengine5 #gamedev #indieartist #indietechfeed
#indiedev #gamedev
#pitchyagame #GameMaker #SVGDT
#unrealengine

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The thread o’ tweets @threadotweets.bsky.social · Mar 1

lauren
@NotABigJerk
For everyone visiting their parents
this week:
LG tvs call it TrueMotion
Roku/TCL calls it Action Smoothing
Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
Sony calls it MotionFlow
Panasonic calls it Intelligent Frame Creation
Amazon Fire TVs call it Motion
Processing
12/25/22

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 2d

Where my fellow game engine programmers at?

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 2d

This is maybe too specific but some C/C++ programmers who work on real-time software might get it.

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 2d

Debugging NANs with fp:fast

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 2d

Works on my machine

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 2d

My grand theory is that 6.5 is the ideal rating on IMDb for an interesting movie because it means it alienated idiots. If you’d like proof: Almost every Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie is rated between 6.3-6.9.

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 3d

US research:

"COVID-19 may have created a new year-round baseline for work absences...similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic"

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

"Policymakers should consider...policies & actions that mitigate the spread of #COVID19"

#LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver

Key Points
Question Following the COVID-19 pandemic, has SARS-CoV-2 circulation been associated with health-related absences from work and labor force exits?

Findings In this nationally representative cohort study of approximately 158.4 million workers, rates of health-related work absences remained elevated after the pandemic and were associated with circulating SARS-CoV-2 and subsequent decreases in labor force participation by absence-affected workers.

Meaning These findings suggest that COVID-19 may have created a new year-round baseline for work absences that is similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic; policymakers should consider expanding interventions and data collection efforts to address the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the labor force.

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 2d

holy shit this is sinister

Luc @aura.dog · Aug 16

Chrome's adblock dying has really just shown how bad ads have gotten now huh

This appeared and fullscreened my window, hid my cursor, for clicking on a youtube download link lol

old people are just not built to handle this

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. An ad that’s a full-throated understanding and specific support of the LGBTQIA+ community. I’m impressed to the level of “Can this ad truly be coming from a Democrat?” level of impressed

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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random videos with breakcore @memesbreakcore.bsky.social · 2d

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 3d

This is so peaceful. Love the vibrations in the water when the toad is calling 😍🐸

Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 3d

Spring peepers battling! Teeny tiny froglets! A great froggie soundtrack! Because frogs seem to be having a moment here in the US.

#herps 🌿 #frogs

My Favorite Frog and Toad Encounters

YouTube video by Get To Know Nature

m.youtube.com

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 3d

I feel like this theory also explains why the “Trump is weird” approach that Walz hit on last year was so effective and why everything fell apart once the consultants got involved and told him to act normal.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 3d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 2d

Seen at least two "the children are bad cus they like brainrot" and

motherfuckers showin their entire ass not even knowing what Dadaism is, or why it'd suddenly be relevant again as an aesthetic and artistic movement

(but I'm good calling it brainrot that's fine, Dadaism is an equally stupid name)

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𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕧𝕚 𓅰 🐱 @lucavi.bsky.social · 3d

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 3d

the huntress

fanart of Artemis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit - dark jeans, bra with some sort of laces around the belly -, moon and arrows tattoos on the arms and chest, dark green hair, and a tiny owl standing on her head
she's adjusting her outfit, head slightly tilted down, eyes closed, smiling
she also wears an arrow earring and a moon necklace

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not too late to wear a mask.

It’s not too late to protect your health.

It’s not too late to show you care about the health of those around you.

It’s not too late to do your part to make public spaces inclusive & accessible.

It’s radical kindness & community care.

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 3d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tXs...

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schooliedee.bsky.social @schooliedee.bsky.social · 3d

#devtober day 11 - part 4 of movement parity

I have a rough version of the Quest 64 movement system being simulated at the original 30 fps (reusing the projectile sim approach), and it's starting to feel a little closer.

Was a big relief to finally see the walking + spin behavior for slow U-turns.

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 3d

“If H5N1 does make the jump in the US, we will likely not know about it until it is already a pandemic.”

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

open.substack.com

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 3d

I have a theory that when designing a social simulation / generator, it can be useful to keep in mind a story you’d like your system to be able to organically generate. not every system should generate the same story but I have a short list of high-salience interesting stories I reach for. (1/2)

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 3d

every single dem should be taking notes. this is how you message around trans issues

(of note: i believe he is the only cis candidate for office to have trans people consult on his lgtbq+ policy platform)

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Yoyoyollie @yoyoyollie.bsky.social · 3d

Dogfighting around massive bloody pillars, dont ask why (it was a cool idea ok)

(wishlist the game in pinned)
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #DeliveryMustComplete

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