Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all. www.ign.com/articles/uns...

I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.

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Microsoft: hey us too! we can also be a brand for unqualified people who don't know how to do things, didn't do the reading or prepare in any way, and either don't know how to do the job they're in or shouldn't be trusted to do it right! don't leave us out of this we are also i n t e l l i g e n c e

That sucks. It's not the kind of thing im into but this kinda stuff always leads to crackdowns on other "distasteful" things if you let them start.

Github just nuked a whole bunch of Illusion (the former 3d hentai company) modding github repos that contained no adult materials themselves and have had nice, professional usage for well over a decade now and that is SUPER lame.

They do that on purpose because adoption of this AI garbage is terrible and not enough people will use it if they aren't forced into it, and without adoption they can't justify their spending.

When I turned that off, the tabs "Updates, Promotions, Social, InBox" were deleted by default. The tabs that existed BEFORE Gemini. #rage

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

and disabling it also disables the extremely useful and almost decade-old inbox sorting (inbox, promotions, updates, forums). Holding useful, old features hostage to coerce scraping!

in its latest scumbag move, google added nebulous "smart" features you can only use when you consent to let them scrape all your data, added a "when you check this box we get all your personal data" box in settings, then, in an act of generosity, ticked it for themselves and didn't tell users.

Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road is NOW available on Steam, PC Xbox Game Pass and GOG! 🎉 Build, upgrade and guide your moving city as you push toward the Ark. ⚔️ 🔸 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2934220/... 🔸 PC Xbox Game Pass: www.xbox.com/en-US/games/... 🔸 GOG: gog.com/en/game/mons...

I do this ish for a living, I am an AI developer and researcher, and *I* don’t fully understand the security implications. What hope do regular users have? www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

When will Windows let audio work. You plug in a controller and it whispers "you will never hear anything ever again, pig" directly in your ear as everything shuts down for no reason. If you try using VR the sound starts coming from your car. Editing in two windows? Audio plays backward, fuck you.

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Calling all horror content creators 👻 I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs. Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂 #screenshotsaturday

Even wilder is that some organizations only consider X posts as appropriate social media outreach while disregarding Bluesky/Mastodon/other, and thus many parties are forced to keep using it to fill out contractual obligations in order to keep their funding 🫠

As the player base has been growing, so has the game! We decided it was time to have a recap of some of the free updates we rolled out for Deck of Haunts, since it's release in May. Proud of our tiny team & thankful for all the players ❤️

Hi, CEO of I Made It Games LLC, here. We're looking for viral indie games with a cool aesthetic that have a proven gameplay loop, narrative hook, the interest of top 1% streamers, and are 80-90% complete. In exchange for 50% of your profits we'll let you put our name on the Publisher field in Steam.

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If you've been playing our exorcism roguelite Malys maybe consider leaving a review on Steam?👀  It's one of the best ways you can support us! 🙌 Well, that and telling your mates!...or performing an ancient dark ritual the likes of which mortals have never seen. Up to you!

NOTHING is lost by properly crediting individuals for the exact contributions they made. You list the entire executive suite who never touched a key and yet people who ground on the game for years are regulated to a "and they were also here." It's not hard. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rid...

Having a real good time with Absolum. It does an excellent job giving you new skills to toy with, and varied paths to explore. Feels like a very clever iteration on the Streets of Rage formula, bringing it up to date. Solid stuff.

The Deck of Haunts Steam page is all updated for spooky season and Halloween. 🎃 Also, @girldm.com spotted! 👻

🎉 Text Animator for #Godot is out in Early Access! 🎉 We worked a lot to port the majority of the core features and we're looking forward to what you all create (🥹) while we update and ship new things as frequently as we can!! 🔥 Info & link below!

One last push: if you HAVEN'T reviewed the EMD demo yet please do, as it'll massively help us out with Next Fest tomorrow. Downloads and reviews get us prominence, apparently. If you HAVE reviewed it, you're a shining example of the very best type of Terranoid, well done. Big star ⭐

Today is National Haunted House day in the US. What better way to celebrate than to turn into one and gobble up all your unexpecting visitors in Deck of Haunts?! 🏚️ Like, Share and Follow for a chance to win a Steam Key! store.steampowered.com/app/3179730/...

HEY YOU! BIG. SCARY. HOUSE. It’s me, your favorite Imp! I snuck into the trailer. I look amazing. (there’s A LOT of new stuff. Creatures. Rooms. Cards. Screaming) Come watch it before the Drowner ruins everything. Deck of Haunts is 25% OFF now!! steamcommunity.com/games/317973... #DeckOfHaunts

One day to go for the big Deck of Haunts free content drop! The game will be growing by a whopping 25% 👀👻

Excellent article by @eurogamer.bsky.social. Fantastic work & a model for how other games outlets & games journalists should be covering this issue. Please read it and share widely. It's giving a voice to many developers often left unheard on paypro censorship www.eurogamer.net/queer-develo...

Ah ok here's a fun tip I ran across by accident, hopefully it still works if your algorithm starts going conservative, watch Tasting History by Max Miller. it's like algorithmic bug spray for fascism www.youtube.com/@TastingHist...

Good Q! Find their paysites (Patreon, SubscribeStar) and fund them directly that way. It’s a lifeline for most devs at this point

unity is 20 years old. this is how they document new features.

Now, where's the Finnish or European counterpart to these petitions to have our government and union to put a stop to the creeping censorship movement? BEFORE it gains any more ground: I like my movies/books/games/culture just as I like adult entertainment; they're all in the same boat here.

Canadian friends and colleagues, do not forget to sign -- and verify your email! ENGLISH: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... FRENCH: www.noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr...

Australians, spread this petition far and wide. Demands Parliament “open anti-trust investigations and penalize the unregulated monopoly of a key part of everyday infrastructure,” as “payment processors are not there to regulate what legal content people consume.” www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

U.K. residents, could this be your chance to stop paypro censorship in the country? Please sign this petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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This is actually uh, good? Like look it'd be nice if they'd ruled Training Is Illegal or something but there's no law there. None. Not sure what your standing would be, not really what courts are for. But $3k for book? Not bad as licensing fees goes at least. Also precedence for more lawsuits.

They thought they were making technological breakthroughs. It was an AI-sparked delusion: https://cnn.it/4mHkJH0

“I miss when Disney didn’t push an agenda!” 😁 Disney in 1943: GET VACCINATED!

So new studies showcase that the more you know how GenAi works, the less likely you are to use it! 😌 This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite! The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi

This petition deserves way, WAY more signatures www.change.org/p/repeal-tex...