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Fsyco @fsyco.bsky.social · 3h

Worth noting that per this article, "device-level verification" is not the same thing as websites having to scan your ID. Not that this is *good*, necessarily, but it isnt quite the same as like, Texas

Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 5h

California just became the latest state to require device-level age verification. Under AB 1043, users must verify their age when setting up a phone or downloading apps, forcing Apple & Google to build age-check systems into devices.
avn.com/news/legal/c...

California Governor Adopts Device-Level Age Verification Law AVN

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 1043 on Monday, implementing an age verification regime that requires users' ages to be verified at the device operating…

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 2h

FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 10h

Hey, this sounds like the reason I didn't complete Hollow Knight.

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io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 12h

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 10h

"As few as 250 malicious documents can produce a 'backdoor' vulnerability in a large language model—regardless of model size or training data volume. Our results challenge the common assumption that attackers need to control a percentage of training data."

www.anthropic.com/research/sma...

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

www.anthropic.com

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 11h

Charles Cecil says that using AI to upscale artwork for Broken Sword: Reforged was a mistake. "The result was not enormously satisfactory," he says. Instead, Revolution ended up redrawing the backgrounds from scratch, using the original artwork as a reference.

www.gamesindustry.biz/ai-was-an-ex...

"AI was an expensive mistake": Charles Cecil on innovation, insolvency, and Broken Sword

Plus, why Revolution Software needs to innovate for Broken Sword 6 – and why it might be a long way off

www.gamesindustry.biz

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 11h

I just learned illustrator David R. Darrow has passed away. He painted covers for FTL's Dungeon Master and SunDog. Unfortunately, his website has gone dark, but you can read a lovely interview with him and see some behind-the-scenes pictures at the link below.

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Cover art for the game Dungeon Master, painted by David R. Darrow. In a skull-strewn dungeon hallway, a woman in a white dress holds a magic staff while a rogue in a white tunic and leather pants is grabbing a wall-mounted torch. Ahead of them, beyond a dangerous grate in the floor, a muscular man in a loincloth weilds a scimitar, wary of a doorway opening into a brightly lit area.

Cover art for the game SunDog: Frozen Legacy, painted by David R. Darrow. In this composite image, a rugged face appears in the top left corner. Spaceships battle over a planet in the top right. In the center, a nude man seems to be in a coffin-like stasis chamber constructed of green glass. Below, two people sit at a bar, one in a high-collared coat, the other in a slender metallic spacesuit. They each have drinks and appear to be negotiating the exchange of a box-shaped device.

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mazeon @mazeon.bsky.social · 2d

Activision’s ”Park Patrol“ is a hidden #C64 gem for me - accessible gameplay and a beautifully crafted, peaceful setting. Raises environmental awareness without wagging a finger. Smart! 🥫

Screen rec. by Robotron 2084 for reference #retrogaming #80s #commodore64 #activision #8bit

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 1d

I can't say I'm a fan of Trump's Caribbean adventurism, but if Roosevelt Roads returns to militarized operations, it will be a desperately needed boon for the Puerto Rican economy ... so I'm kinda for it. 😬

xot @xot.bsky.social · 1d

Shoes
Bob, Inc., N.Y.
1935-1940

Silk and leather high-heel pumps in black with rose red stripes.

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 1d

Calling all ghouls, ghosts and things that go bump in the night - spooky season is upon us and we've just released a new demo for Spooky Express for Steam Next Fest!

Play now for a limited time before launch, if you dare.

store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 1d

Let Mother Carve Your Face — Liz Mamont

Illustration of a woman in a big building Victorian dress sitting and looking down at a boy Victorian boys clothing each of them has a pumpkin head the woman is holding a big kitchen knife

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Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi.bsky.social · 1d

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

It currently takes 2.5+ years and $32.5bn+ a gigawatt of data center development and OpenAI says 10GW of Broadcom chips will be deployed by 2030.

Blandly repeating this stuff is failing readers. Call it what it is: nonsense

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Benjamin Birdie’s Bible Bonkers @benjaminbirdie.bsky.social · 1d

ol kooky kirby makin up stuff that could never come to pass well folks that's just comic books

Seth Jacob @sethjacob.bsky.social · 2d

Jack Kirby talking about Darkseid and the anti-life equation: “If someone
took control of your mind and you were not able to think as yourself any longer you would no longer be yourself. You'd be something in his command. You as an individual would be dead. That's anti life.”

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increpare @increpare.bsky.social · 1d

Ok we have liftoff! (Still have to tweak the controls a lot, and wait for more parts before putting it together properly)

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Foz Rotten @fozrotten.bsky.social · 1d

Dracula Blood Oranges. It sells its self.

Dracula Blood Oranges advertisement of Dracula biting into a blood orange with blood dripping down.

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 1d

The title of my autobiography just dropped.

Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 1d

Frame #19450 from S04 -E22 - Battle Potatoes-628218

xot @xot.bsky.social · 1d

Lazygit is pretty good, too! Very enjoyable so far and very fast.

Screenshot of Lazygit, a text-based git client with a slick TUI interface.

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 1d

Creating an abstraction layer is the right move. It's a lot of work for now, but it will save a lot of pain in the future. I've got basic sprites, 9-slice sprites, and bitmap text rendering in tonight. Time for a beer!

The XDL test window displays several abstraction layer features, including scaled and colored sprites, 9-slice sprites, and text rendering.

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xot @xot.bsky.social · 2d

This is taking a lot longer than I thought. Coming to grips with the SDL3 Way is WORK. I ported my NineSlice drawing routine to draw a nice frame around the Apple logo. I made many mistakes along the way, but I eventually got there. I yearn for an abstraction layer. C# was not made for pointers!

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you