At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs. There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.

In Sweden, we have "Exhaustion disorder", aka "Stress-induced exhaustion disorder", which can result in sick leave (paid) and there are employment laws in place to support workers for stuff like this. Not all stress is an illness, but it certainly can be, and deserves to be taken seriously.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS

The line here that made my ears prick up (and should really spook Labour) is the third one (that we need “fair and managed” migration). That’s not the answer of someone who has come to get his 12 per cent. That’s a much more “no, when I say I want to replace Labour, I’m not coming to play” line.

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Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

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A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context* Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when An LLM just generates text

If you just really want to hear me explain why so many publishers are just utterly useless now, here's a talk for you.

It’s the lack of thought that counts

Aside from everything else can we all just stop to note the, uh, intriguing gender gap in awareness of these rules.

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when you open a service you've been using for a decade only to find it out it caught the virus

'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

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A super fun commission I finished recently of the Lady Melanie Prim! Pieces like this always remind me how much I love hearing about other people’s campaigns and characters! Thanks @harmelodic.com for commissioning me! #dnd #ttrpgart #illustration #characterdesign

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The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ Slava Ukraini.

We can't afford it? taxes are going to go up, deal with it, do it now NATO is basically dead? Fine, Europe will do it alone Can't rely on the US nuclear umbrella? Looks like nuclear proliferation is back, it's good again worried you'll get voted out? Think like that you deserve to be.

Now it’s Monday, I’d appreciate if people RT and share this quoted post around!

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Free idea for Spotify. Search by listening, like Shazam, SoundHound or the various Assistants. Just bake it in, I don't need my assistant really, if the app functionality is good enough. And no, Lyric Match is not good enough as a replacement. I don't speak all languages.

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Man, I've been thinking like this a bunch recently. Society/Social media is so wrapped up with who said what, what does it mean and how that might affect things and it's all just "Commentary". It makes one feel smart, it makes it feel like you're contributing, but it's just...more vacuous opinion.

BeReal is my favourite concept for social media, but man is the app/service buggy as hell and the developers are filling it full of shit features and trackers, rather than fixing stuff.

This. But also... maybe remove all social media from the public realm. The benefits of the internet can still be obtained without huge advertiser-driven, misinformation machines that destroy our mental health.

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The government’s weak response to Musk simply highlights its unwillingness to use the power of the nation state. This already *is* a diplomatic incident. Wake up!

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Me, today, after completing the Wordle in 1 guess.

One of the journalists who wrote this obit died in 2014.

1. Generative AI chatbots / assistants. 2. Generative AI content (podcasts, videos, meme accounts, bot accounts) 3. Generative AI influencers. 4. Generative AI friends. All to influence you, advertise to you and profit from you.

Finally finished my response to the UK's consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence. It's a long one, and a lot to read and answer, but it's so vital to answer this and push the government into strengthening the protections for right holders. www.gov.uk/government/c...

A front page for the ages.

I just used this, and added to it, to write to my MP, Lucy Powell. Whilst I live in Sweden, I'm still a citizen of the UK and registered in Manchester Central. Thanks to Jacob for writing this.

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Gonzo's delivery of the single greatest line in film history is made infinitely better once you realise it is an EXACT rendering of Charles Dickens' own emphasis in the original story.

@animalwell.bsky.social and/or @bigmode.bsky.social Any chance Animal Well will be published on GOG for a DRM-free release? 👀🙏❤️ (I'm not the biggest fan of buying licensed, DRM'd games on Steam anymore)

The phrasing of this consultation is terrifying. AI companies have basically gone "You need to rewrite your copyright laws to accommodate us" and the government is going "Yes, that sounds reasonable, how about it, artists?"

Bit unfortunate there for the NYT.

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If there's ever a post of mine that you share, make it this one The UK government is considering allowing copyright exceptions for AI training. Below is a letter I sent to my MP explaining why this is a terrible idea, along with instructions on how to forward it to your own MP justpaste.it/fpyt5