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To pass it along for anyone who hasn't heard.Tumblr banned a popular Transfem account and then responded so badly as to literally chase...

To pass it along for anyone who hasn't heard.
Tumblr banned a popular Transfem account and then responded so badly as to literally chase her across services and post personal information on the other services.
And then close comments and delete the posts - which I think may be because they were at least borderline illegal.
Anyway, the original post featured such classics as "I can't be transphobic because my trans employees aren't complaining about my decision."
He also tried the classic, "I'm on a 3-month vacation and came off it to make this important post"
And then followed it up with the equally classic, "your meme is a death threat, I reported it to the FBI!"
So, folks are looking to leave that site. A lot are ending up at transfem.social - might be a few might show up here. Who knows?
#tumblrmigration #tumblr #tumblrrefugee #tumblrceo

https://www.twitch.tv/thanksinternet - D&D Live Play benefitting Trans Empowerment Project.#dnd5e #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #liveplay

https://www.twitch.tv/thanksinternet - D&D Live Play benefitting Trans Empowerment Project.
#dnd5e #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #liveplay

Note: I'm aware calculus, statistics, etc. exist - this is intended to be an easy to understand, reproducible proof that anyone with a...

Note: I'm aware calculus, statistics, etc. exist - this is intended to be an easy to understand, reproducible proof that anyone with a piece of quad rule / graph paper can reproduce in minutes to understand the outcome.
And yes, this works in 3 dimensions as well - or an arbitrary number of dimensions (dice). The theory - I'm rolling a position in a finite n-dimensional grid, where n is the number of dice, and either my position is inside a box or outside works at any number of dimensions.
In general, if you are doing "you can certainly try," instead of just saying no, you should know - whatever the odds - the dice can and will betray you.
Which is why you only ask for or allow a roll as a DM when you want the player to have some chance to succeed. If 1 in 400 is too great of an odds, it is time to just tell the player no.

Imagine, for a moment, a 20 x 20 grid of blocks.Now, pretend that I'm rolling a 13 or higher at D&D at advantage.I can evaluate this...

Imagine, for a moment, a 20 x 20 grid of blocks.
Now, pretend that I'm rolling a 13 or higher at D&D at advantage.
I can evaluate this by coloring the blocks 12 or lower on each axis one color, and the remaining bricks another.
So, my chances start at 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, or 40% chance to hit.
With advantage, I subtract my 144 bricks that miss, and get 256. This works out to be a 64% chance to hit. That is the magic of advantage. I also have a 39/400 chance of getting a critical hit - which is similar to the 1 in 10 - with the counting boxes approach (the 39 is because two 20's is the same, mechanically, as 1).
I can repeat this with Disadvantage by noting that there is a 64-brick block from 13 to 20 and putting that over 400. and seeing it takes me to a 15% chance of success and a 1 in 10 chance of a critical failure, and a 1 in 400 chance of a critical success.
Just by counting the bricks.
#dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg

If you're playing BG3 be sure to save often (the auto saves are not enough).There is a bug where advancing from the camp requires you to...

If you're playing BG3 be sure to save often (the auto saves are not enough).
There is a bug where advancing from the camp requires you to interact with companions that are not present.
This impacts at least some Chapter 1 cutscenes and the easiest way to fix it is to stick to the main story path / mission.
For example, Wyll has a mission he will give you. It's possible for an associated cut scene to run - and then you'll be blocked from exiting the camp if you've not already run his mission.
Note that the saving often is because stuff can just bug. Seen abilities bug, seen object interactions bug, etc. It seems buggier than during the EA.
Some of these come up with some approaches to the first events in the game, on an intermittent basis.
Just as an example, I've had the combat UI disappear mid fight, on a combatant's turn. Saving and then reloading fixed it, thankfully.
But there've been a number of cases I'd lose significant progress without the saves.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd #bg3 #BaldursGate3

I try to indicate it on artwork that I post, however - unless I indicate otherwise, art is cc-by-4 and anything that looks like a photo is...

I try to indicate it on artwork that I post, however - unless I indicate otherwise, art is cc-by-4 and anything that looks like a photo is likely a 3D render from stock, licensed assets.

I posted some new videos on Vimeo last night, 4 second clips. I'm going to make the rounds posting them various places tonight, but...

I posted some new videos on Vimeo last night, 4 second clips. I'm going to make the rounds posting them various places tonight, but meanwhile, they're up on Vimeo and Tumblr.

College of Swords Bard rendered with Daz Studio and NVidia Iray. I ended up changing to Half Plate while creating the character, and so I...

College of Swords Bard rendered with Daz Studio and NVidia Iray. I ended up changing to Half Plate while creating the character, and so I may end up redoing the armor. From stock assets. #dnd #dnd5e #bard #dazstudio #iray #character #characterart

Content warning:Seizure Warning; this video has strobes and other effects that could cause problems for some people.Blocky spiral with...

Content warning:Seizure Warning; this video has strobes and other effects that could cause problems for some people.

Blocky spiral with pastel purple and pastel pink, some white, black and reds. Fresh out of the Render Queue #seizurewarning #seizure-warning #blink #strobe #spiral #pink #purple
Higher resolution version available at Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/828799494?share=copy
Let me know if people want me to share these as I make them on Mastodon - otherwise follow me on Tumblr, Pinterest or w/e to see them

I get a kick out of YouTube's not fully understanding older D&D editions..."They thought people played 24x7" because of...

I get a kick out of YouTube's not fully understanding older D&D editions...
"They thought people played 24x7" because of the long-rest mechanic in Amber Temple.
No. The thought was because it was multiple sessions, you had to track used spells, hp, etc. across the sessions.
Because that was hard when most character sheets were pieces of notebook paper, resetting everything was easier. This also meant they could balance every encounter to be more difficult - versus having to account for needing resources at the climax.
The "no encounters" is because usually a DM would roll random encounters if the PCs attempt to sleep or recover resources.
It literally was to deal with the rules calling for encounter checks if the party does a rest/recovery cycle - which would often take several days of game time.
And yes - the Amber Temple mechanic is where the concept of a long rest restoring all hit points and spells came from, and yes, it predates video games.
#dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons #dnd5e

Oh, by the way, this gets better.Two vendors did this. One actually fixed the problem and returned a device that I'm satisfied with the...

Oh, by the way, this gets better.

Two vendors did this. One actually fixed the problem and returned a device that I'm satisfied with the repair on.

The other - ignored the ticket and RMA. They returned the device in a still inoperable state. After having claimed to have tested it.

The work order they attached? For a completely unrelated problem but you know what - the device does not turn on. How do you miss that in "diagnostic" and "testing"? "Hey, do you think we should plug this in and turn it on? Nah, it's probably not important the device actually funciton."

They they - after my survey - called me to... ask the same questions on the repair survey that I completed online.

Note to businesses:Closing the ticket and sending me a survey about a repair before the item has even left your building is probably a bit...

Note to businesses:
Closing the ticket and sending me a survey about a repair before the item has even left your building is probably a bit premature.

Perhaps wait until I can evaluate the repair to ask me if I am happy with it?

Trying to get that feedback before I receive the item back makes it seem like the fix is suspect. :)

Content warning:3dcg, daz3d, fairy, fae, fey, iray, dnd, Dungeons and DragonsI accidentally deleted my source files for Sivelle Silkgrass -...

Content warning:3dcg, daz3d, fairy, fae, fey, iray, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons

I accidentally deleted my source files for Sivelle Silkgrass - this is a remake. My lighting, otherwise tweaked from stock assets using Daz3D and NVidia Iray.
#dnd #dnd5e #dndart #DungeonsAndDragons #DazStudio #Daz3d #irayRender#nvidiaIray #dazIray

Content warning:ttrpg dungeons and dragons dice cardsWhen I first started playing, at the height of the Satanic Panic, the teachers were...

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When I first started playing, at the height of the Satanic Panic, the teachers were scared about us having books or dice.
We still played - no manuals in hand. And dice, well, they aren't the only source of randomness that can be used.
If you flip a quarter four times and add 5 each time - that's random enough for many uses in D&D.

Content warning:ttrpg dungeons and dragons dice cardsDid you know - if you have a deck of standard playing cards, you can use this for a D2...

Content warning:ttrpg dungeons and dragons dice cards

Did you know - if you have a deck of standard playing cards, you can use this for a D2 (any 2 cards), D4 (1-4 of any suit), D6 (1-6 of any suit), D8 (1-8 of any suit), 1D10 (1-10 of any suit) and 1D20 (1-10 of any two suits).
And, of course, D100 (1-10 of any two suits).
#ttrpg #DungeonsAndDrragons #dnd #dice

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https://magazine.artstation.com/2022/12/noli-tag/?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=toprow&utm_campaign=2486-noai-tagging-on-projects While I appreciate ArtStation adding a tag the problematic sites will ignore anyway, I want to point out part of my specific problem is that I pay others for stock assets.
Because of this, when an AI uses art that I have submitted to a site, it's not only reusing what I make that barely qualifies as art, but it also is taking those stock assets that folks worked hard on (and aren't high volume) and pissing all over their rights, too.

Content warning:AIAs we walk the generation, in order for a sentence to "make sense" - the relationship between the tokens has to...

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As we walk the generation, in order for a sentence to "make sense" - the relationship between the tokens has to be preserved at a greater distance.
We're picking, by context, from token pairs we've seen together in input. And so, as we generate a longer chain the probability of deviating from corpus decreases until it approaches 0.
This is why GPT-3 can finish out Star Trek scripts verbatim, it's why it completes "Jack and Jill," it's why ChatGPT generates this lovely passage at 100%.

Content warning:AIGiven tokens ABCDEF, [AB], [BC],[CD],[DE] and [EF] have to exist in corpus a non-zero number of times to appear in...

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Given tokens ABCDEF, [AB], [BC],[CD],[DE] and [EF] have to exist in corpus a non-zero number of times to appear in output.
What this means is that at any given token, there is a chain from corpus that ends with that token - as well as a chain that begins with it. There is 100% certainty of this.
This means there is a high certainty the longer sequences [ABC], [BCD], [CDE] and [DEF] exist in corpus. In fact, at normal temperature, that probability is 100%.

Content warning:AIChatGPT generating the same 80+ token copy of verbatim text from its own white paper in defense of how it is not copying...

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ChatGPT generating the same 80+ token copy of verbatim text from its own white paper in defense of how it is not copying from corpus is absolutely priceless.
I'll explain a bit of how "of course it is copying" here in a sec in a reply to this post but it is absolutely hilarious watching it copy corpus while asserting "I am not copying corpus!"

Content warning:birdapp,bird app,bot,phishing,scams@LordArse Since the takeover, I've had more bots attempt to phish me than the several...

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@LordArse Since the takeover, I've had more bots attempt to phish me than the several years I've had an account before that total. Also, have had far less NFT spam, but that may simply be because I've not posted any artwork here yet.
Scam / Spam / Phishing in general has gotten much worse there over the past few weeks, presumably because of the cuts to Trust and Safety.