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Another #pottery project. The imperfections are intentional.

Another #pottery project. The imperfections are intentional.

WIP fungus style pottery

WIP fungus style pottery

There should be a forum or something where people can discuss mixing two mediocre wines to make something nicer. I've repeatedly had...

There should be a forum or something where people can discuss mixing two mediocre wines to make something nicer. I've repeatedly had success at this - mix a pleasant but boring one with an unbalanced but interesting one.

Are there any #pottery studios that have a yearly event where they get drunk and watch Ghost?

Are there any #pottery studios that have a yearly event where they get drunk and watch Ghost?

Erotic Resource Planning 🤝 Enterprise Role Play

Erotic Resource Planning 🤝 Enterprise Role Play

Feedback so far has been that the filters are not very good. So here's an alternative approach, with desaturated colors and specific...

Feedback so far has been that the filters are not very good. So here's an alternative approach, with desaturated colors and specific highlights.

Bonus image with a custom filter that's meant to help with red/green while staying a lot closer to the original.

Bonus image with a custom filter that's meant to help with red/green while staying a lot closer to the original.

If I know any #colorblind people on here, could you tell me if these assistance filters are making the game visuals more readable for you?...

If I know any #colorblind people on here, could you tell me if these assistance filters are making the game visuals more readable for you? (2nd attempt with better filters)

To illustrate how hard it is to spot enemy shots right now, try to spot the enemy grenade on this grayscale picture of the game.

To illustrate how hard it is to spot enemy shots right now, try to spot the enemy grenade on this grayscale picture of the game.

Working on making Airships: Lost Flotilla more accessible to color blind players. It's uh currently very inaccessible because the enemy...

Working on making Airships: Lost Flotilla more accessible to color blind players. It's uh currently very inaccessible because the enemy shots are red on a mostly green background. Oops.

So here's the game with a WIP tritanopia filter from https://github.com/andrewwillmott/colour-blind-luts .

The subreddit they targeted is also specifically a forum for people to have open conversations with others that have different viewpoints,...

The subreddit they targeted is also specifically a forum for people to have open conversations with others that have different viewpoints, which requires a lot of trust. So the researchers found a little island of trust left on the Internet and decided to break it.

Researchers from the University of #Zurich conducted an experiment on Reddit, where they posted AI-generated comments to manipulate...

Researchers from the University of #Zurich conducted an experiment on Reddit, where they posted AI-generated comments to manipulate users' opinions without informing them of this.

This is wildly unethical in intent (manipulation of public opinion) and execution (no informed consent).

Among other things, the AI claimed to be rape survivor, a trauma counsellor, and a black person opposed to the BLM movement.

-> https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1k8b2hj/meta_unauthorized_experiment_on_cmv_involving/

Any data science/statistics people have an idea of how to get information on US median discretionary income between 2000 and now?By...

Any data science/statistics people have an idea of how to get information on US median discretionary income between 2000 and now?

By discretionary income I mean "the money you have left over after taxes and inevitable expenses like rent, food, transport, etc."

Swiss Game Hub opening party in #Zurich today! Open to all! https://www.swissgamehub.com/swiss-game-hub-opening-party/

Swiss Game Hub opening party in #Zurich today! Open to all! https://www.swissgamehub.com/swiss-game-hub-opening-party/

Having learned that the font in the original "You wouldn't steal a car" ads was pirated, I am severely tempted to pay $60 for...

Having learned that the font in the original "You wouldn't steal a car" ads was pirated, I am severely tempted to pay $60 for the real font and make a "you wouldn't steal a font" T-shirt.

-> https://fedi.rib.gay/notes/a6xqityngfubsz0f

Preparing a games talk that involves Johnny, Timmy, Spike, Brecht, and dissociative states:...

Preparing a games talk that involves Johnny, Timmy, Spike, Brecht, and dissociative states: https://games-in-context.ch/event-wieso-spielt-man-eigentlich/

Back in the like 80s there was a trend in movies to have the title be this red all caps text fading in. Does anyone know what I mean and...

Back in the like 80s there was a trend in movies to have the title be this red all caps text fading in. Does anyone know what I mean and have a good reference?

Can US hegemony please hurry up and crumble so I can stop having to use a fucking drop-down with entries like "7:00 PM" to specify...

Can US hegemony please hurry up and crumble so I can stop having to use a fucking drop-down with entries like "7:00 PM" to specify a time of day?

Me at 15, wearing a trenchcoat: "Humans are stupid herd animals."Me at 25: "It's more nuanced than that."Me at 40,...

Me at 15, wearing a trenchcoat: "Humans are stupid herd animals."
Me at 25: "It's more nuanced than that."
Me at 40, having watched supposedly smart people successively jump on the crypto, NFT, metaverse and AI bandwagons: "Humans are stupid herd animals."