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★ Former Beastcoast co-founder ★ Dota 2, comics, esports, merch, design ★ wifeguy of @HawtKoffee.bsky.social ★ They/Them/Any 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 ★ 32 ★ K’ijpuktuk, Nova Scotia

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · Feb 28

Wait this is a new platform I can show off my custom ROM hack business card again.

Two photos of a GBA shaped buisness card with Paige's info on it. The front has their name email and socials, the back has a full green cartridge of pokemon on it. The label has been replaced with a custom label that says "MAKE WAVES VERSION"

Two images of the cart running on an actual GBA. The first shows a custom pokemon called an "axolitl" and the second show's Paige's trainer card. The badges have been replaced with icons that show their skills

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 11h

my manufacturer just sent over a textiles pantone for off-white. taking bets on how many days it takes for someone to say "i thought you said there's no pantone for white"

Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 16d

last year i had to explain to people there's no pantone for white and you need to just say "opaque white" and for that advocacy i would like a set of chips thank you

Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 1d

This is not news obviously everyone knows this but it’s very “i worked on this story for months and he just tweeted it out” core

Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 1d

I’m actually surprised they admitted this because I am 100% sure that every other ai toolset on earth is running at the exact same loss and just eating it. Google is eating it with their historical market share. Openai is eating it with oracle’s money they’re passing around via nvidia. Cash blender

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 2d

Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...

A handful of users abused the system so all are getting punished.

This isn't about a few high-usage users. The reality is that approximately 22.5% of our users are consuming 20x what they're currently paying us. This isn't sustainable for us to continue delivering the quality service you expect. We have built some very powerful tools and we don’t want to impose artificial limits on what’s possible, but we do need to be able to charge in proportion to the use customers are getting from our platform. Developers are always going to push their tools to their limits, and we encourage that — and we need to be able to charge for it appropriately, too.

You only care about professional developers.

Our core focus is on building the best AI coding agent for professional software engineers and their teams. If people outside of that group are finding value with Augment, they are very welcome to use the product, but we’re not prioritizing features or solutions that non-developers might need, and frankly, there are plenty of vibe coding/low code/no code solutions available on the market that will better serve those customers.

You are just squeezing money out of us at 20x margin.

20x margin sounds great, but isn’t the reality for AI tools: the vast majority are running at a loss, including us, while we work to build sustainable, long-term businesses.

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Touch-starved Beast @androidpeach.bsky.social · 2d

We're gonna win

Star Rose ⭐️🏳️‍⚧️ @thebratqueen.bsky.social · Apr 1

They're making the sunsets transgender!

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 2d

YELLING SCREAMING CLAWING OUT MY EYES AND DROWNING TO DEATH

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 4d

My parents really said run it back

Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 4d

Cmd+c cmd+v the both of us lol

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 4d

My younger sibling accidentally started dating a guy who’s exactly like Hawf so every holiday they just talk about TF2 for hours while me and my sibling play rogulelikes.

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 5d

IM EVERY ESPORTS. ITS ALL IN MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 5d

Thinking about meesh again and it’s like… how the hell did I convince every esports industry to plagiarize MY GENDER???? Like you realize crest is my fursona right?? You’re aping MY PRONOUNS. It’s actually so funny. I’m not even mad tbh it’s like “my impact”

Meesh, EG’s esports mascot. They’re very crest adjacent. Obviously Sanrio inspired.

HELLO!
I'M MEESH
they/them
Meet Meesh, an imaginative artist, helpful strategist, and unpredictable ball of energy!!! Mischievous and meody, they are known for joyful outbursts filled with pranks, games, and spending time with friends. Yet, they can also be reclusive, retreating to their Evil Lair for stretches of creativity - be that painting or plotting master plans to stay one step ahead of our competition. The perfect sidekick to any villain, Meesh is your partner in crime and loyal duo.

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!!

Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 7d

sorry it's been two days and i'm thinking about this again. please convince valve to add this furry bait to their hit game so i can make enough money to pay off the debt i incurred working for free selling different furry bait to the same audience. whatever WHATEVER

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 9d

Please log in to Dota and vote for this set Hawf said I can have his half of the money to pay off my Beastcoast debt LMFAO

A screenshot from the Dota collectors cache vote showing whiterend’s outworld destroyer set

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 7d

She never misses

Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 8d

Thinking of you and your sister right now! Sending good heath and good vibes at you both 💕💕

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Michael Shilliday @hawtkoffee.bsky.social · 8d

Realized today I have been writing EOTW for 10 years now. I'm a little ashamed that in the last 6 years I've only produced half of ACT 1, at this rate it'll take me 36 more years to finish the whole god damn comic. Though I can blame Odysseon for taking up half of its development time. OH WELL.

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 8d

Me, 40 hours in to my Rimworld Cannibal Vampire cult run: ooh 👀👀

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Tianes @tianes.bsky.social · 8d

Babby's first dota cache vote set!!! This set ended up taking so long to learn and improve on it's so great to see it pay off and be in here

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you king I love you

Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 9d

It’s so big it’s a PAIN but thank you

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 9d

It’s in game only you gotta log into dota unfortunately

Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 9d

ITS STILL FUNNY THO LMAO

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 9d

I WISH THIS WAS A JOKE

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 9d

Please log in to Dota and vote for this set Hawf said I can have his half of the money to pay off my Beastcoast debt LMFAO

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Paige | Hex @thebase16.bsky.social · 9d

sending this to my irish spouse like "y'all got any more of those irish passports"

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 10d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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