lounge

[soft night]

videogamer got caught using AI

[pearl elk]

I use AI to write my anti-AI articles

[median wraith]

And the AI reads them

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/division-pvp-clancy-ffa2NsUC7KwpO

its Tom Clancy's Division 10th anniversary

https://giphy.com/gifs/abcnetwork-rookie-the-abc-837yc51br51CLvQUwe

[summer cedar]

In the name of the imperium!

[summer cedar]

@median wraith --- President Trump ⁠says the United States plans ⁠cut off all trade with Spain after ⁠the European country refused to let the US military use its bases ‌for missions linked to strikes on Iran. ---

You have to choices: 1. Drink in happiness OR 2. Take up the holy arms of the Inquisition!

[median wraith]

Yeah yeah I know

[summer cedar]

What's your decision? Drink or Rise in the Name of the Lord Thy Gatling Gun?

[median wraith]

Still thinking

[summer cedar]

Time to bring back the miniatures.

Also, that's some great detail work on those miniatures.

[lavish tendon]

the inquisition were a bunch of buffoons with cool robes

[summer cedar]

Yes. You need divine buffoons to deal with an orange one.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ora-firex-firexmmvi-h2rJvRIsR4PJjVZbqA

winduws show spannish inqusition in warhammer?

[summer cedar]

What?

[soft night]

the one look like it could be in warhammer

[summer cedar]

Probably not. Those are actual figurines on sale in Europe, probably Spain.

At least, they were on sale and the company was not Games Workshop.

Ah, they were released by Victoria Miniatures in 2024.

[proud jay]

is this @median wraith if he ate mcdonalds every day

wait nvm, Hev doesn't have hair anymore

[summer cedar]

Hevedy will receive hair implants after he joins the inquisition.

[fluid bloom]

https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddycinephile/s/TdZurdleHw

[summer cedar]

Christie Noem's testimony before Congress is incredibly embarassing, given she's making an effort to come across as a serious person.

[proud jay]

oh she did testimony?

did she make sure to mention the dow is over 47k

[summer cedar]

Oh no. In fact, her seriousness made the whole thing more comical.

For example, "Congressman, ICE officials do not conduct operations in schools." "Ms. Noem, why were your officials in a ------- school recently?" "Congressman, I do not know about that."

Basically the whole thing in a nutshell over and over again. She might have been better off saying the dow is up again.

[fleet dragon]

#level-design

[summer cedar]

Time to kill the Evil Snake Lord ⚔️ before bed 😴 .

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifHYS1Ji9Ag

[summer cedar]

Yay! I killed the Evil Snake Lord.

Took about 60 seconds. 😄

Wind Cutter ftw.

[summer cedar]

Bon walaikum assalam jour! 👋

[mild gust]

Noice

[summer cedar]

Would you still say that if I showed you its picture and you saw how cute it was?

[mild gust]

Yes

[summer cedar]

What sayeth thou now?

[mild gust]

Worth

Weird black mass under it is sus

[summer cedar]

IMO, this is THE cutest boss in-game.

Well, it is the Japanese ghost dungeon.

I think you are reaching AAAAAA heights.

[mild gust]

https://tenor.com/view/legend-legendary-barney-neil-patrick-harris-how-i-met-your-mother-gif-4920285

[mild gust]

More winning, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHsYUyAD_1k

[summer cedar]

I heard some of this on MS Now.

How much of the 20 KM have they taken back?

Or 20%, whatever.

[mild gust]

Think still undetermined fully but

There seems to be some other contested ground rn but time will tell

Judging my DSM

[summer cedar]

🤔 Good.

Meanwhile, the other warfront is witnessing more berserking by Berserk-ran. Isi-yahu is going through Lebanon.

[mild gust]

200 Russians kia per day

[summer cedar]

Fun part is, the Lebanese now have internal strife.

[mild gust]

Why won't they just stop 😢

[summer cedar]

You know why.

Violence begets violence.

Once you hate someone enough, there's no going back.

[mild gust]

Literally just throwing your people to a meat grinder

Waste of life

[summer cedar]

That applies only in the beginning.

Once both sides' blood is boiled enough, it's no longer involuntary.

It isn't voluntary either. It's more instinctual.

But, that's enough of negativity.

Focus on the most important positive topic.

Trump now hates Spain.

[mild gust]

Losing 2x the troops isn't really a bragging right.

For little to no ground gained

Kinda just a waste of time

[summer cedar]

Remember the saying, "History is written by the winners"?

[mild gust]

So Russia is a loser?

Lol

[summer cedar]

Think.

Whoever wins writes the historical account.

[mild gust]

Seeing how they have lost how many wars in the last century

[summer cedar]

IF Rus wins, they'll write it as if they didn't lose much.

[fleet tangle]

What a shitty video. 🙁

[summer cedar]

IF Ukr wins, they'll write it as if they didn't lose much.

It's just how the whole thing works.

[mild gust]

Imagine that being your team

My buddy shared that just like wow

[fleet tangle]

Prank videos/shows are for retards.

[summer cedar]

I love that Spain basically flipped Trump off.

[mild gust]

Like Jackass?

[fleet tangle]

Yes.

[summer cedar]

Faster than any country has ever done, too. Took them like an hour to decide. 😄

[mild gust]

But they are making a new movie!

[fleet tangle]

And I'm sure the retards will turn up in droves.

[summer cedar]

This jackass word reminds me of the Schwartz for some reason.

[mild gust]

So they can break more bones

[summer cedar]

Need more of the Farce!

[mild gust]

Some of the vehicle stunts I watch most things I skip if I watch that stuff

Especially w/ bodily fluids.

[lavish tendon]

yeah it's like flipping an elephant charging right at you

[summer cedar]

say what now?

[mild gust]

They have done some nasty stunts that I wouldnt even consider stunts

[summer cedar]

I think you have the wrong animal there.

Elephants have a modicum of intelligence.

[fleet tangle]

What I hate most about these prank shows is the fake laughter. They laugh constantly. It's so annoying.

[lavish tendon]

a bull? a spaniard may dodge it lmao

[mild gust]

I agree there

[summer cedar]

The laughter is recorded on tape.

Press a button, laugh.

You get those machines.

[mild gust]

Some seems genuine but some is just for the gag

[summer cedar]

Every one of those late night shows has them.

[mild gust]

or when you have a crew member deathly afraid of snakes and you dump them into a pit of snakes

[summer cedar]

Well, given he is known as TACO, chicken. 😄

[fleet tangle]

It's not canned laughter. It's the people in the show laughing to make it sound more funny.

[summer cedar]

Their audience probably likes that sort of thing.

[mild gust]

Ain't no Dirty Sanchez was probably more wild tbh

[summer cedar]

When are you releasing your Lucilly Jumps platform game?

[mild gust]

Soon ™

[summer cedar]

Also, send PM Carney over to Spain next.

Time to sign a new trade deal. 😈

[mild gust]

He's slowly doing smarter things

Lol

Also seems all his surveillance and censorship bills got killed before they could pass.

[summer cedar]

Why look at an Orange Gift Babboon in the mouth?

[mild gust]

For now

[summer cedar]

Trump is a great world leader. He's creating all these opportunities to unite other countries.

No reason Canada shouldn't import mardi gras wine and export maple syrup more.

[mild gust]

Ah yes we need more booze

[summer cedar]

Good night! 😴

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MrWolfClub-7JaI0l5J82WhNoTxhs

[queen isle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rk0775/highguard_is_permanently_shutting_down_on_march_12/

What does this mean for the unreal engine?

[pearl elk]

The low and mid guards of unreal engine have to work harder now

And no more free game award slots for unreal engine games

[broken sigil]

I trust it infinitely more than I do apple or Samsung

[soft night]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtw5BDpKgJM

concordian timeline https://fxtwitter.com/PlayHighguard/status/2028923492125819287

Highguard (@PlayHighguard)

📰 Highguard’s final update arriving soon. Thank you for playing with us.
Today we’re sharing difficult news. We have made the decision to permanently shut down Highguard on March 12.

Since launch, more than 2 million players stepped into Highguard’s world. You shared feedback, created content, and many believed in what we were building. For that, we are deeply grateful.

Despite the passion and hard work of our team, we have not been able to build a sustainable player base to support the game long term. Servers will remain online until March 12th. We hope you’ll jump in with us one more time to show your support and get those final great matches in while we still can.

The team is excited to release one final game update to enjoy in the remaining life of the game. We'll be adding a new Warden, a new weapon, account level progression, and skill trees! Full patch notes are coming, and we're targeting tonight or tomorrow morning for patch release.

From all of us…

FxTwitter · Mar 3, 2026, 8:00 PM

[pearl elk]

Id love to hear the original pitch for Highguard

jeebus $125 base price on Death Stranding 2

[fleet tangle]

Backlash for not winning goty.

[pearl elk]

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/nacon-postpones-its-nacon-connect-showcase-so-it-can-concentrate-on-going-insolvent/

those comments lol

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

https://discord.com/channels/187217643009212416/1478540060558098473 - This is very pretty.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/hows-the-serenity-serenity-gif-9827532

[summer cedar]

Close to divinity.

[pearl elk]

Serenity: Original Virtue

[summer cedar]

@proud jay Did you hear about what happened in Texas?

[proud jay]

Some corporation paid 0 taxes?

[summer cedar]

I wish. Well, probably yes. But, the Republicans - after gerrymandering the districts before the current election - didn't inform their voters of the changed polling stations. So several voters have to make additional trips to the right polling stations.

[summer cedar]

@mild gust Bonjour! 👋

[mild gust]

Yo

[summer cedar]

Yo! Read my previous post. Ke ke ke ke....

[mild gust]

Nice

[summer cedar]

It gets better.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the votes made from 7 to 9 p.m. should be set aside for now, pending their ruling about their validity.

SO, if you were one of those Republican voters who had make a trip to ANOTHER polling station and stand in line, and happened to vote at 7 p.m. or after.... you're kind of screwed. Unless they apply that only to the democrat primary.

[mild gust]

Better than a Pinocchio horror movie? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30887701/

[summer cedar]

No.

I accept that Pinocchio is inherently superior.

No nose can be longer.

[mild gust]

Lame

[summer cedar]

But, but, but.... YOU suggested it. 😛

[mild gust]

Its worth

Iran's top clerics have elected Mojtaba Khamenei, the late supreme leader's son

[summer cedar]

Oh, oh.

Trump said yesterday that he doesn't want anyone like that.

I guess it'll be another 4-year war.

[mild gust]

Lol

4 more years of Trump

[summer cedar]

But, there's an easy solution.

All he has to do is change his name.

Mojnald Khrump.

Acceptable.

[mild gust]

He can become a woman

Donna Trump

[summer cedar]

Ah, no. No golf courses in Iran to be buried in.

For tax purposes, you understand.

https://tribune.net.ph/2026/03/03/unreal-engine-runs-the-show

Unreal promo. World domination op-ed. 😄

https://www.mixvale.com.br/2026/03/03/final-part-of-final-fantasy-vii-arrives-in-2027-using-unreal-engine-5-and-free-flight-system-across-the-map-en/

So, the final part of FF7 trilogy WILL be made in UE 5.

First two parts will be UE 4.

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lO961HRQn5Q

@broken sigil If you havn't seen this may be interested

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11pWurvpAo

[summer cedar]

https://kotaku.com/tencent-trump-divest-china-epic-riot-supercell-2000675567

Umm........

Whatever for?

Ah.

They are reviewing Tencent's stake in Epic.

I guess because UE is so popular and widespread, they 'fear' Chinese influence.

[median wraith]

How much till we render only the albedo pass

And the GPU with AI builds the rest

[summer cedar]

Tomorrow.

But, seriously, we already have image generation based on contours. Contour doodle to video is the obvious next step.

[proud jay]

hilarious https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/kuwait-air-defences-mistakenly-shoot-down-three-us-f-15-fighter-jets-during-iran-attack/cid/2149593

[summer cedar]

They also don't have enough interceptors on hand to keep this 'tiny fight' going.

Mein Farter says they have 'unlimited' ammo, though.

Must be at a video game arcade.

[proud jay]

maybe they can fly over and drop the ammunition on the enemy

[summer cedar]

You know, that's something that MIGHT happen with this administration.

[summer cedar]

--- The Israeli army is claiming that its fighter jets shot down an Iranian jet over Tehran. ---
I thought the great leader said Iran doesn't have a navy or an air force anymore.

Did he.... GASP... lie?!

[proud jay]

they also have schrodinger nuclear facilities

[summer cedar]

🤔 Weren't those COMPLETELY OBLITERATED?! 👀

[proud jay]

yes

but then apparently last week they were close to having nukes again so they had to bomb them

but also, it's a mission of jesus to invade Iran

but also they've been interfering with elections

[summer cedar]

Well, you gotta admire the technological progress mankind has made.

We can reconstitute nuclear tech in a week.

[stable gull]

we do?

[summer cedar]

Yeah.

Feed your doodle to an image generator. It'll convert it into whatever you want.

Offline models offer you more control. But you can achieve pretty much the same thing online, too.

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQJGVr_18Ks - This is something you ought to announce publicly, no?

[proud jay]

that always goes well

[stable gull]

have you used offline models for much? what are your favourite offline models, (in general not for doodles)

[summer cedar]

I used AlbedoXL for generating my book's cover. It was a 2 hour process involving Photoshop, Krita, and WebForgeUI.

Nowadays, you can just install and use Stability Matrix to experiment with models you want to use. It's a GUI - Hub for AI models.

[fair bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-bean-esperando-mr-bean-waiting-gif-4513135960021631723

Good morning

[proud jay]

how do you know it's good

[fair bridge]

Is it ordered yet? Windus Andar 😄

[summer cedar]

No. It'll take a while. I must deserve it first.

[proud jay]

what are you ordering?

[summer cedar]

If you are not in the Middle East, it's good. 😄

A 4TB Nvme.

[fair bridge]

True. Woke up with headache so maybe not so good

[proud jay]

if you're in asia USA is actually east

pretty much same

[summer cedar]

🤣

[fair bridge]

Asia USA.. where is that
/s

[proud jay]

united states of asia duh

[fair bridge]

Wtf i now see the joke 😄

Around 500 usd

Hmm, prices for nvme have not really increased it seems. I bought Samsung 980 1tb for 1500 SEK
And now Samsung 990 1tb is 1800 SEK
And its double R/W speed

[mild gust]

Yeah tbh it's not that bad

It was bound to go up eventually

[fair bridge]

RAM is higher though, but i think its only 2x 2.5x increase kinda

[mild gust]

Sadly our gains there aren't as great

[summer cedar]

You know what I want?

[mild gust]

An ice age

[summer cedar]

8TB 6000 MT/s RAM, with 7 of those TB as storage.

[summer cedar]

Too late, it's summer.

[mild gust]

Lame

[fair bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/rampocalypse-memory-loss-ram-ram-ji-ddr5-open-ai-gif-7333418488813509706

1TB ram.. i think you going crazy.. whats next you want another 1TB VRAM?!

[summer cedar]

Akshually....

AMD did introduce those VRAM-RAM chips.

for their AI laptops.

You can configure how much RAM is dedicated memory and how much just RAM.

And now that you asked, yes, I want a RAM-Storage-VRAM combo. 😄

[fair bridge]

Dear santa

[proud jay]

the AI in your laptop will just generate new RAM

[fair bridge]

RAM slop

Slop - super light, over powered

[stable gull]

ohhh okay

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/RamTrucks-ram-ramtrucks-trucks-wyKkhxpo0siEXsdIEH

you will download you free ram

[summer cedar]

I'd have to go to Thailand for that, business class.

Pay for my ticket.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ticket-qVNUEf7JUvdQc

[white oxide]

utilization at 0.00001%

[summer cedar]

insufficient decimals detected.
AI Hawke: Clear prompt. CLS.
Marshall your database and generate more zeroes.

[soft night]

0,0000000000000000000001% utilization on Marshall Hawke then

[white oxide]

000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[summer cedar]

incorrect digits detected. No decimal found.
AI Hawke: Clear prompt. CLS.
Commence slow format of all drives and data.

[white oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/mmt-error-error-old-data-fatal-error-inscryption-gif-6023676896000678543

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/error-TqiwHbFBaZ4ti

[white oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/system-rebooting-reboot-loading-computer-start-computer-gif-14511661

System online, enter prompt

[summer cedar]

Close window.

[white oxide]

invalid prompt

[summer cedar]

throws computer out the window

[white oxide]

rerouting....

new computer found... enter prompt

[soft night]

windus download free ram and then generate 10000 kittens to summon unreal engine plus generate the ticket what go from india to space to taiwan

[summer cedar]

plebian ignored

[white oxide]

prompt invalid
we are eternal.... enter prompt

[summer cedar]

--- A ⁠drone has struck an arms depot at the ⁠headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group in the ⁠town of Dekala in northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region, wounding two fighters, security sources say. ---

I guess Iranians do watch CNN. 🤣

[summer cedar]

Print ammo, unlimited ammo, infinite AMMO!

[white oxide]

ammo printers offline at this time, attempting reboot

[soft night]

all ammo printers found to be hit by asteroid

[white oxide]

error caused by previous drive failure

[summer cedar]

throws computer out the window

[white oxide]

rerouting... we are eternal... enter prompt

[summer cedar]

Ban self.

[white oxide]

unable to apply ban to self - error - out of bounds

[soft night]

new fully ram asteroids coming please stand by

[white oxide]

we are eternal... enter prompt

[summer cedar]

Make AAAAAA game with 150 FPS Lumen and RTX.

[white oxide]

working... working.... estimated time to completion - 13,578,675 hours...

[proud jay]

expand bounds

[white oxide]

ERROR - missing core files... file restoration in progress

we are eternal... enter prompt

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/animation-david-urbinati-other-worlds-pending-3o85xpwsdkonefIyNa

[white oxide]

ERROR multiple files corrupted... assessing state...
molecular printers - OFFLINE
active defensive systems - OFFLINE
remote connection to Inverrium - NO RESPONSE
chat module - ONLINE
Countermeasures - ONLINE

System Rebooting.... file restore in progress - estimated time: 3,678 hours

We Are Eternal... enter prompt

[fathom wadi]

Guru Meditation #00000025.15003591

[white oxide]

ERROR unknown prompt... we are eternal... enter valid prompt

[dense atlas]

Your boot disk is showing...

[fathom wadi]

yeah might be the wrong Kickstart file. FML

[soft night]

https://youtu.be/y33V_wMPiEA?si=QiwC73yTQ2zKCaST

[dense atlas]

Okay, cool chat, I’m heading to the garden centre (a real one — I don’t expect most of you to understand). So please don’t DM me asking where I am (I’ll be among the begonias, obviously). You’ll probably get ignored because I’ll be busy selecting compost and communing with the houseplants (again, I don’t expect you to understand). I have to move on from such simple digital distractions and branch out — literally. You wouldn’t understand.

[fathom wadi]

took my daughter to the garden centre yesterday so I might 😄

Bought her a poppy to grow

[summer cedar]

--- Demonologist now runs on Unreal Engine 5.6, which adds native support for DLSS 4.5 and DLSS Frame Generation and Reflex. ---

So, Nvidia's DLSS plugin for UE engine is no longer required in editor?

---

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uumyjE6vfdk

https://80.lv/articles/detailed-reimagination-of-the-last-of-us-part-2-environment

This artist remade a section from The Last of Us 2.

[summer cedar]

Latest Era One game bug. Enemy ships do nothing.

I guess it's the bad economy and they are on strike.

[fathom wadi]

Conscientious objectors maybe

[summer cedar]

Gives one hope, given those ships belong to the pirate faction. 😄

[pine hill]

where did you go ?

[summer cedar]

We shall lay waste to the approaching pirate ships! ✊

They have broken through our lines! 😱

[summer cedar]

One of those tough conversations.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/rick-grimes-twd-the-walking-dead-rick-grimes-coma-gif-1227282216097103455

[summer cedar]

Space Scum looks interesting, but I wish these turn-based strategy games also included a real-time combat mode, just like Baldur's Gate and Pathfinder.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-bungie-games-get-on-marathon-qZSHJkiDYfE7jZA2bo

[lavish tendon]

ost is fire

[soft night]

yeah Marathon OST is good

[lavish tendon]

it really gives the feeling of corporal alienation in a techno futurist dystopia

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkJFOw-99U

[pearl elk]

shame about the art style though, its not bad just abit half cooked to me

[mild gust]

Re-boot Reboot!

[pearl elk]

they shoulda made linus clean shaved and shorter so with the braces he looks 14

or perhaps just hire some kids before he turns 50 😛

https://tenor.com/view/hello-fellow-kids-steve-buscemi-30rock-undercover-hello-gif-5410477

[mild gust]

He has his kids getting ready to work

Did you see his son started a 3d printing business?

and his daughters help too idk if they make $ though

[pearl elk]

I still remember techTV and Xplay, baby voices everyone

but anyways on Marathongs art style, I just dont get it, maybe theres AR stuff in there like Mirrors Edge: Catalyst thats not obvious at first glance... I just much prefer something like Deadlink which has a similar look with just less void in its cybernetic soul

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[mild gust]

What up

[summer cedar]

Finsihed watching two anime.
Now, catching up with the news.
You?

[mild gust]

Animoo

[mild gust]

Just got off work

About to wind down and start the research grind

Today is religion research

and maybe some biology if I get enough done

[summer cedar]

Apparently, S.Korea is also getting involved diplomatically. Their economy is taking a hit from this cluster@#$! too.

This is turning out to be quite a study in globalisation and symbiotic dependence, ain't it?

[mild gust]

I believe it

[summer cedar]

I think you have stumbled on mana-infused water.

If you bottle it and sell it for $10 a pop, you can spread magical healing goodness across the world.

...or a terrible stomach ache... one of those.

🕺 💃

From InZOI devs: --- With the official debut of Unreal Engine 5.6, we are thrilled to announce that inZOI is currently transitioning to this latest technical framework. ---

They are upgrading the game to UE 5.6.

Let's see how laggy it gets, OR they'll show us a new example of Arc Raiders-like optimisation.

[fleet tangle]

Or nothing will really change.

[summer cedar]

😱

[fleet tangle]

What version were they on before? 5.5?

[summer cedar]

5.4 or 5.5, yeah.

--- Globally, developers will have choices in how they make payments using Google Play’s payment system and competing payment systems, with reduced fees and the ability to point users outside apps to make purchases. And Google will take steps to support the future open metaverse. ---

Meanwhile, Google is removing restrictions on using payment systems.

Apparently they are 'opening up Android to global competition'.

I guess all those threats from the EU, India, and other countries paid off.

That metaverse thing sounds iffy, but whatever...

---

Ultimate Blueprint Generator allegedly changed its name to Ultimate Engine CoPilot.

I bet MS will be really happy about that.

[fair bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-cats-funny-cats-cute-cats-cat-reaction-gif-10050334677379985646

[mild gust]

Yoink

[summer cedar]

How goes your religious research?

Did you discover the origins of holy Lumen and evil Nanite?

[mild gust]

Ay onto a bit of slop for some gaming

[summer cedar]

Did you know about Ecuador?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/4/trump-administration-launches-us-military-operation-in-ecuador

News to me.

[mild gust]

But why

[summer cedar]

Fart like a butterfly, bomb like a bee, I guess.

[mild gust]

Ah

Drug trafficking

Nvm

Let em cook

[summer cedar]

Isn't it interesting that he has started as many fights as he claims to have stopped? 😄

[mild gust]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjzz4gn64zo

Also not just Trump

He's working with their forces

#winning

Good for the people of Ecuador

[summer cedar]

Yeah. I thought for a moment that he was bombing them too.

But, there's time.

He can change his mind tomorrow.

Unless he runs out of unlimited ammo.

[mild gust]

Na

He won't

This is just chump change

[summer cedar]

Oooo, Iran hit a new country.

Azerbaijan this time.

[mild gust]

Noooo

Leave them out of this

[summer cedar]

Is Azerbaijan part of the Board of Peace?

Lemme check.

They are. 🥁

An analyst said that Iran was attacking every country that's part of the Board of Peace.

[mild gust]

Please don't hit the carpet museum

[summer cedar]

Uh, they might.

Their heritage palace was hit by Israel-US.

[mild gust]

That building it amazing

[summer cedar]

They have been complaining about it to the UN.

So a museum is fair exchange.

[mild gust]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Carpet_Museum

It's like a giant carpet

[summer cedar]

Roll the carpets away then, smh.

The resolution to limit Mein Farter's war powers failed in the Senate.

47-53.

[mild gust]

Lol

They let him cook

[summer cedar]

Interestingly, 1 Republican and 1 Democrat crossed lines.

[mild gust]

😮

It's okay conservatives here are becoming liberals

[summer cedar]

BUT, more than all of this, there is ONE matter that is of critical importance.

More important than war and lives and all that.

--- Iraq’s participation in ‌the inter-confederation playoffs in Mexico that will decide two ⁠berths at this ⁠year’s World Cup is in doubt because of the travel chaos triggered by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. ---

😱

[mild gust]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxd495pvy5o

[mild gust]

More fire?

[summer cedar]

Yeah. Israel began hitting them in the beginning of the war itself.

It's just intensified.

Then, weirdly enough, Iran bombed them too. 🤣

[mild gust]

Have they tried sharing some tea?

[summer cedar]

I think they are busy looking for tea, atm.

[mild gust]

Good

Hopefully they find it soon.

Don't want the water to get luke warm

[summer cedar]

---Russian Oil Cargoes Swing Back to India as Iran War Hits Supply---

Hehe.

The most logical idiocy comes true.

Mein Farter blocked Russia and said everyone should buy from OPEC and Venemargo.

Now that Hormuz is blocked, where does he think the oil supply will come from? 😄

---

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/union-home-minister-amit-shah-launches-mascots-for-indias-first-2027-digital-census-11171517

Yahoo! We are launching our first digital census! 👏 🎆

Look at all these questions.

[mild gust]

Lol

[summer cedar]

They also asked about the material used for the apartment's walls, roof, and floor.

Whole bunch of stuff.

Anyway, done.

[mild gust]

Odd

[summer cedar]

Now, I have a digital SE ID, which I should share with the census enumerator who goes door-to-door.

[mild gust]

Do they ask if you have regular bowel movements too?

[summer cedar]

Not really. From the house details, you kind of get to know which community the person belongs to and their income level.

[summer cedar]

No. They asked about how many bathrooms you have, where the pipes are connected to, whether indoor, outdoor, communal, etc.

[mild gust]

😮

[summer cedar]

If many people say they are using a shared toilet, or that there is no toilet in the area, then government welfare services will use that data for targeted welfare projects.

[mild gust]

Have some of those outdoor squatting toilets

[summer cedar]

There probably are some of those in poorer places.

There was an option to choose that.

[mild gust]

Nice

https://www.space.com/science/climate-change/antarctica-has-lost-5-000-square-miles-of-grounded-ice-in-the-last-30-years-satellite-images-reveal

Meanwhile

[summer cedar]

I think we can solve the rising sea levels problem by building and dedicating ten or twenty desalination plants exclusively to soft and fizzy drinks companies.

And another ten to exclusively cooling hundreds of data centres.

On another note, we ought to start building cities under the water. All that real estate just waiting to be exploited.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cold-water-U9iE0sITjV9OU

[stable gull]

i can see why they are birds

[summer cedar]

@surreal marten @stable gull The Self-Enumeration portal for Digital Census 2027 is up. If you like, finish your census survey online and keep the number you get via SMS to show the census dude, when he shows up at your door.

[surreal marten]

whats census?

[summer cedar]

You know, the once-in-four-years population survey in India.

Govt. of India has made it digital from now on.

[surreal marten]

is there a browser or an app?

for this

[summer cedar]

https://test.census.gov.in/se/

^ Dat

[stable gull]

and if I don't?

[summer cedar]

Then you can spend time talking to the dude who visits your place, if that's okay. 🙂

[stable gull]

I will probably do that, my internet barely has strength to open discord

[summer cedar]

Be careful snorting too much magic water.

If your magic immunity is not high, it's dangerous.

[summer cedar]

What kind of dial-up are you using? 👀

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/penguins-aqQsmtq6J2L16

[stable gull]

4g mobile internet, we complained many times but it's auto resolved by company after 30 days with no actual resolution

[summer cedar]

which company?

[stable gull]

Airtel

[summer cedar]

Strange. Airtel is supposed to be good.

Migrate to JIO.

Free 5G and 18 months of Gemini Pro.

[stable gull]

my phone doesn't support 5g, and i have tried jio years ago but their customer service is way more horrible

this is the best set-up possible rn, not good enough but it's okay

[summer cedar]

You must make and sell AAAAAA game quickly, so you can buy $10,000 phone!

[stable gull]

Yes! On it! I am installing Unreal engine on this phone today to do that!!

[summer cedar]

Just make a Vampire Survivors' clone, but with India-Pak war theme.

You'll be rich in no time.

[stable gull]

i will make sure to add unnecessary skins, ads, vip pass with energy system that runs out after 2 plays!

[summer cedar]

Too much effort. Just charge credit cards for each 'new game' click.

[stable gull]

and i will also say i plant a new tree on each click

[summer cedar]

and feed the poor one mouthful of rice for each dollar.

Not yet. I saw it on Splattercatgaming, though.

[soft night]

speaking of blood https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/the-capsuleer-edda-latest-news

[broken sigil]

Xiaomi 17 ultra has arrived

[stable gull]

so that's where AI gets its cinematic blur from

also what insect is that

[summer cedar]

Time for the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup! 🎆

I googled the English national anthem while they were singing it.

Wikipedia showed me something like 5-6 different versions of it.

By the time I reached the end of the article, they had finished singing the anthem. 🙁

---

Ferrari boy is ready! 🥎

Samson's away! FOUR! and SIX!

IND 12-0, 1 ov.

Ferrari boy's out the garage! FOUR!

Yeah, he's going to get out soon. He's just swinging at everything.

[fathom wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/god-save-the-queen-gif-12107749

[summer cedar]

OUT! Ferrari Boy out for 9 runs from 7 balls.

India 20-1 from 2 overs.

Happy English boy.

[fathom wadi]

his invisible stool he is sat on looks comfy

[summer cedar]

it's a gift from the King for saving him.

Meanwhile, Samson carries on! FOUR!

[surreal marten]

whos ferrari boy>

?

[summer cedar]

Abhishek Sharma

[surreal marten]

abhishek?

ah

[summer cedar]

England dropped Samson!

[fathom wadi]

cut his hair off and strap it to his legs so gets gets out from a Wig Before Wicket

[summer cedar]

To the dungeons of the Tower with him!

[surreal marten]

dropped the catch?

[summer cedar]

yep.

[fathom wadi]

he looks like he's in the middle of a rendition of Riverdance with michael flatley

[summer cedar]

Easy as walking by the Thames on a lovely day.

[surreal marten]

hes gonna have a nightmare if samson plays like last match

[summer cedar]

And Samson returns the gift. SIX!

[fathom wadi]

to be fair, walking past the Thames is never good. Bloody things stinks of used condoms, old guns and bodies 😄

[summer cedar]

eep! 👻 😨

[fathom wadi]

seriously. Going into the Thames is worse than the Ganjees these days

[summer cedar]

Don't they have rules against dropping things in it?

Other than corpses, I mean.

[fathom wadi]

London has many sets of rules and it depends how rich you are or criminal to decide if it matters

[summer cedar]

IND 34-1 after 3 ov.

[peak lintel]

No need to worry India will won

[summer cedar]

Samson - 29 runs from 12 balls. He's on a divine run, today.

[peak lintel]

He is playing on behalf of india 😂

[summer cedar]

The guy who caught Ferrari Boy's last name is Salt.

Is there someone named Pepper on the English side, too?

No. No pepper. 🙁

Whoa! That was an amazing piece of fielding there. Way to go.

Dude literally leapt through the air to stop a sure boundary.

[fathom wadi]

when I see people enjoying Cricket, it reminds me why people say MMA is boring when people wrestle.
I love that stuff, because I see all the micro-techniques and counters and can appreciate great technique.
To someone else it looks "gay".
I feel the same with Cricket. I know there is a skillset there, as I've played cricket many times, but hot dang it's duller than muffled fart in church to me 😄

[summer cedar]

Did you play T-20 though?

It's more exciting.

[fathom wadi]

no that came around after I stopped playing cricket thanks to not enjoying it and being knocked out by a cricket ball :p

[peak lintel]

Yes T20 is love 💯

[summer cedar]

Ouch.

I got hit in my plumbing by a cricket ball.

Well, technically another rubber-y ball, but I was five years old.

FOUR! Ishan Kishan is firing 11 runs from 5 balls.

IND 51-1 from 4.3 ov.

[fathom wadi]

I have to say getting hit didn't hurt. Being knocked out kills the pain somewhat. But it was embarassing

[summer cedar]

Agreed. I was kind of doubled over when it hit me above the balls.

[peak lintel]

From which country u r?

[summer cedar]

Small country. Bharat.

[peak lintel]

Its not small dude

[summer cedar]

Very small.

[peak lintel]

Very big

[fathom wadi]

it's twice the size of half the area

[summer cedar]

Okay. Almost handed the wicket to England on a plate, Ishan did.

Why they think they can lob balls like in tennis, is beyond me.

[fathom wadi]

wickets don't fit on plates. Better with a pepperami wrapper

[summer cedar]

I daresay kids' wickets would fit on a plate.

Those smaller, plastic ones.

[fathom wadi]

I couldn't tell you, in fact, I'm stumped

[summer cedar]

Remember to bail!

[fathom wadi]

hey don't give me cricket puns or I'll do you overs 🙂

[summer cedar]

If you threw no balls, that'd be just dandy.

Meanwhile, IND 59-1 from 5.2 overs.

I don't like that Long On boundary at the Eden Gardens, Mumbai.

For some reason, the ball is getting stuck there after landing on the turf.

Maybe a bit muddy.... 😨

67-1 from 6 overs.

Apparently, this Kiwi batter named Allen hit 100 runs from 33 balls, with just 4 dot balls in his innings, when New Zealand played South Africa in the first semi-finals.

[surreal marten]

thats insane

[summer cedar]

Yes. They are waiting for us.

Don't worry. It'll auto-format your drive to correct the problem.

Fumbled. No boundary though.

Samson 52 from 26 balls! SIX!

IND 106-1 from 8.4 overs.

[broken sigil]

0 clue lol

[surreal marten]

are we gonna get another 150+ runs with only 1 wicket down?

[summer cedar]

We could. Easily.

112-1 from 9 ov.

Maybe we'll get to 150 with just wides.

OUT. Kishan out for 39 runs from 17 balls.

IND 145-2 from 12 overs.

Another wide! Got some coffee ☕ .

Two sixes from Shivam Dube. 😄 💣

Samson 89 from 41. IND 160-2 from 13 overs. 😄

OUT! Samson caught 89 from 42 balls! 160-3.

Safe catch, FOR THE KING! 👑

--- Leavitt also said Trump has announced that crude oil carriers and cargo ships moving in or near the Gulf region would be eligible for political risk insurance from the United States Development Finance Corporation “at a very reasonable price”. ---

Mein Farter's figured out a new way to make money. 💸

IND 190-4 from 16 overs.

Fumbled another one.

England's giving away too many extras.

OUT! Suryakumar stumped by the keeper!

Too far out from home.

Have to thank England for all the extras. Another fumble.

IND 211-4 from 17.1 overs! 🎆

Can they hit 250? 🙏

And here goes India. Stupid play. Run out for no reason.
217-5 from 18 overs.

Hardik loses his bat. England drops the catch! 🤣

SIX! 237-6 from 19 ov.
Three sixes in this over.

CLEAN BOWLED! Sixth wicket.

4 balls to get 6 runs for 250.

India 251-7 from 19.5. 🎆

England's chasing 254 runs from 20 overs to win the semi-final. 😄 Break time! 🍲

[summer cedar]

England's had a bad start.

99-4 from 8 overs.

Gotta admire their spirit though. They're going for it like there's no tomorrow.

CLEAN BOWLED! 4th wicket!

Disco bails. 😛

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER9B-TKLXXc&pp=ygUNdW5yZWFsIGVuZ2luZQ%3D%3D

This seems cool.

It's a digital cockpit product line, made with UE.

England need 88 runs from 39 balls. 6 wickets remain. 🎆

Jacks and Bethell are batting very well.

OUT! Amazing catch! Fifth wicket!

The left-guy caught it and relayed it to the guy standing on the right, just as he went over the boundary!

ENG need 62 from 25 balls!

@surreal marten Your prediction?

[surreal marten]

is there anything to predict now...

[lavish tendon]

EA Sports ts in the game

[summer cedar]

They just need ten 6s though. 😄

[surreal marten]

unless they get possessed by yuvi i dont think theres a chance

[summer cedar]

What a yorker there!

My hats off to Bethell.

He's carried England magnificently.

45 from 18 balls!

OR India might give them wides until they win. 😒

[summer cedar]

Guess Yuvi's spirit did possess Bethell. 🤣

[surreal marten]

damn

[summer cedar]

While I understand this 'wide-bowling' strategy, only Bumrah has the ball control to make it viable.

Everyone else, including English bowlers, were bowling too wide all the time, giving extras away.

33 from 11 balls.

Bethell 102 from 45 balls! Well done! A great knight in the service of his King.

OUT! SIXTH WICKET! 222-6! 30 runs from 6 balls.

🤣 Slow over rate penalty.

Possible run out...... 😅 OUT! Seventh wicket! Bethell out. 105 from 48 balls!

28 runs from 4 balls.

India wins! 🎆 👏

@fathom wadi Amazing match! GG.

England lose by 7 runs! Damn. They got THREE sixes in the end. Too little too late.

@surreal marten Did you hear Samson's slight dig at Ferrari boy?

[surreal marten]

nah what about it?

[summer cedar]

He said in the interview, "Ishan and everyone else batted great, after Abhishek got out."

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZgbzwBQTPY

This looks useful.

I particularly like where you can use parameters from the master material to quickly change textures in the material instances.

[summer cedar]

I love how you can search for videos inside someone's YT channel and YT arranges the search results in a completely random chronological order.

[summer cedar]

Level 5 in that tutorial video gets a bit much for me. But, I love the flexibility of that master material - instance system.

[summer cedar]

Apparently, substrate materials are very unstable with DX11. FYI.

Good night! 😴

[mild gust]

Till next time

[mild gust]

Some good news to end with, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanese-prime-minister-says-lebanon-will-ban-hezbollahs-military-activities-2026-03-02/

Sit Hezbollah

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TlM9qiTDVGE

[soft night]

https://www.baristamagazine.com/all-about-the-mokabot-the-smart-moka-pot/

[mild gust]

https://www.theverge.com/tech/889234/downdetector-ookla-speedtest-sold-accenture

[mild gust]

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-scientists-successfully-harvest-chickpeas-moon.html

HUGE!

[pearl elk]

if lunar explorers are robots they dont need to eat

[mild gust]

But for the Artemis II mission they will be peoplez

[white oxide]

they arent landing

also artemis 3 isnt landing either

[mild gust]

and?

[white oxide]

fck nasa

[mild gust]

Why

Fk the people that cut their funding lol

[white oxide]

4.6 billion PER

and none of its reusable

[mild gust]

Thus far

[white oxide]

like wtf

theres no current plans for post 4

[mild gust]

Should be free

[white oxide]

haha

never

[mild gust]

Space travel becomes a humanist effort!

Cost = priceless

[white oxide]

not when congressmen can line their pockets by forcing nasa to use stupidly expensive parts from their pet companies

[mild gust]

Mate we all know why

[white oxide]

well the senators are the pets

[mild gust]

There's no reason politically to go to space

[white oxide]

resources

[mild gust]

Well yeah

But no one else is doing it

So until they do

[white oxide]

im sure if we found oil on mars we would already be there

[mild gust]

Russia or China needs to announce they are going to mine resources on the moon or mars

Then maybe someone else will kick their butt in gear

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[summer cedar]

They did, but it was also reported as causing a schism within Lebanon itself, thereby leading to a possibility of civil war.

They being said, France is sending 'stuff' to Lebanon to help maintain their security and prevent the IDF from encroaching.

So, it might work out well.

[mild gust]

Probably for the best

[summer cedar]

That FPS there is so good, I want to throw my supah doopah computer out the window.

[summer cedar]

Pete Kegseth wasn't kidding when he said the US would be prosecuting this war without mercy or rules of engagement. The UN-something-something body has already condemned them for several civilian bombings/attacks.

[mild gust]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/trump-kristi-noem-homeland-security

[summer cedar]

Too little too late.

[mild gust]

Na

She did her job

[summer cedar]

ICE's reputation is so bad, the next Democrat president will gut it.

[mild gust]

Doubt it

[summer cedar]

She didn't do anything. Tom Holman did the work.

She was busy enjoying the perks of the job.

You can tell by the fact she has no clue about the department's functioning.

[mild gust]

Seems most people have no idea how it functions 😂

They are ICE they deport

[summer cedar]

He does. Which is why he has been in-charge for 16 years or something. WHY Trump put this idiot lady on the frontlines, God only knows. Maybe for the PR.

[mild gust]

It's all in the face

Coon!

[summer cedar]

Sir, please clean out that scrap/garbage pile next to the door. Even Indian gas stations are pristine, these days. 😛

Also, yes, cute racoon! 🦝

[mild gust]

Damn burn

This would never happen at Taco Bell

[summer cedar]

France can't get to Lebanon fast enough. IDF invasion is in full force.

We live in interesting times.

What's the name of the game btw?

Racoon of Hormuz?

[summer cedar]

Fourth supreme leader being selected now. 🤣

[mild gust]

His son not doing it?

[summer cedar]

I THINK there are issues. But you know, war.... spotty reporting.

Oh, the game is from Alawar.

They make good stuff.

Umm.....

https://imgur.com/ga4fRcd

This is weird.

[summer cedar]

The Beholder series is a successful one for them.

Yay, it's a proper gas station now. Welcome to India! 😄

[summer cedar]

--- “We’d spent about 20,000 pounds ($26,716) booking Emirates flight instead.”---

Glad to see airlines making a lot of money in the Middle East. Yay, capitalism! 😄 🤑

[summer cedar]

🤣 Horse-head heaven.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/papa-los-simpsons-homero-W79wfYWCTWidO

[summer cedar]

😄

I love The Simpsons, some epsiodes more than others. Good show.

Meanwhile, India playing against Australia in a one-off test match, women's team.

1st innings: IND 107/5 from 33 overs.

I think all these cricketers have forgotten how to play the slow game.

[soft night]

F1 cadillac had history made https://youtube.com/shorts/9PCzFlv1IV4?si=VmJwhqiOpTConspk

[mild gust]

It used to be a pretty wholesome comedy

It tried to keep up with the cringe of family guy too much

I miss when they had those family moments when everyone's just relaxed Barts not being choked etc lol

[summer cedar]

They're keeping up with the times over there.

I am sure random shooting comedy will come up soon enough.

[mild gust]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18566094/

Not quite there but close

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/the-simpsons-bart-simpson-pixel-4aPEhTsW1vz4A

[queen isle]

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/metahuman-creator-web-application-is-being-discontinued/2695297

basically forcing people to upgrade to 5.6 if they wan tto conintue using metauhmna

[mild gust]

We kinda knew this was coming

[lavish tendon]

You can't use metahumans if youre in 4.27? No 5.7 to 4.27 backport?

I believe customizing them requires ue but not using them

[mild gust]

You can export them from UE

Idk if they will work everywhere

https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/06/you-can-now-sell-metahumans-or-use-them-in-unity-or-godot/

Can import into houdini also

Yeah I was not having a fun time with it either.

I ended up looking for some clothes already setup at some point lol

Ended up getting this one, https://www.fab.com/listings/75579f63-a7b9-4a04-8fc4-d3f9c28ef356

[pearl elk]

Im waiting for MegaHuman Creator

[mild gust]

Super Megahuman creator!

[summer cedar]

I think they are just leaving older technologies behind.

I had posted yesterday that Substrate basically requires DX12.

They just want everyone using modern hardware, so they don't have to optimise so much. Easier to cover the cracks with more powerful hardware.

That's a bit pessimistic, but meh.

On the plus side, who knows? Lumen+Nanite MIGHT hit 100 FPS. 🤣

I imagine Epic will implement some nice optimisations from NVidia's lighting models to make L+N go faster. 🤷‍♂️

In the 100 years it takes me to release three games, I might have perfect 200 FPS L+N UE with ultramax settings, 8k res.

[mild gust]

https://tenor.com/view/godspeed-tomorrows-child-ray-bradbury-ray-bradbury-theater-god-speed-gif-4131110179469298865

[summer cedar]

--- Iran’s next Supreme Leader may already have been chosen but not publicly declared ---

Finally, being smart about it. 🤣

[mild gust]

Give it a few days

[summer cedar]

Probably hours.

[mild gust]

Mossad agents will leak it

[summer cedar]

Game development over decades is certainly amusing.

In Ragnarok, there are items that are only supposed to drop from level 200+ monsters.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/adweek-simpsons-adweek-bATq9Ga54acx2

[summer cedar]

But here I am, roaming around level 70s and those very items drop randomly.

It's like the developers who came after the first couple of teams were relieved/fired, just did whatever they wanted. 😄

[mild gust]

Give you an early start

[pearl elk]

SER will apparently make your Intel 90% faster for RT

[summer cedar]

That would make even less sense, because those drops are only for level 160+ armour crafting. 😄

[mild gust]

Sounds logically sound to me

I'm taking notes for my game

[summer cedar]

Shouldn't your AI be doing that? Taking notes for you, I mean.

[mild gust]

No it's busy right now

[mild gust]

Try this? https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/meetily

[summer cedar]

Em Chee? What dat?

[mild gust]

This works amazing

It's taking notes on that video rn

[summer cedar]

No. I insist that anyone who wants to talk to me sends me an email or just buggers off.

[pearl elk]

Yeah its not as much of a requirement as Nvidia would like it to be. Anything helps more people run hardware Lumen is good for us Unreal folk

[mild gust]

No

This is a note taker

You play audio it takes notes

or you play it during a lecture

and it takes notes of your lecturer

Obviously not perfect but

Seems very accurate

[summer cedar]

Aye. But you can do it with Coppy and Gemmy, too. I guess the privacy is the biggest draw here.

[mild gust]

I was looking at other ones

But they all connect to servers

I wanted something local

[summer cedar]

Local is soooo last era.

[median wraith]

noice

[summer cedar]

You must share everything on a cloud, now.

So others can steal it and deprive you of money.

[mild gust]

Eww

[summer cedar]

For which GPU and which driver?

Updating NVidia App. Guess I'll find out.

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upv4z77jd6s

[mild gust]

The broken one

[summer cedar]

Not the only one?

[mild gust]

595.71

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/nvidia-releases-new-geforce-595-71-driver-to-fix-serious-fan-control-bug-new-update-resolves-issues-for-rtx-30-40-and-50-series-gpus-that-reportedly-stopped-some-fans-from-working

If you use studio drivers

Your fine

[median wraith]

don't list it

the driver the ons you guys posted

[summer cedar]

This was the problem.

Who needs fans?

Just immerse your GPU in ice.

[median wraith]

Epic Games - Showdown Cinematic VR Remastered

[mild gust]

Just put it outside in winter

[median wraith]

how the hell you release that lol

[summer cedar]

B'cuz Hevedy-kun, it shows up in the App changelog.

[mild gust]

Vibe coding

[lavish tendon]

finally the watch dogs walk is real

[summer cedar]

Ah, I have 591.59

I also have more cooling than my PC will ever need, so I don't care. 😛

Yeah, pretty chill 45C GPU temp is now.

That's my Yoda speak.

[mild gust]

https://tech.sportskeeda.com/gaming-news/nvidia-s-new-ai-coded-game-ready-drivers-cause-40-fps-drops-here-s-upgrade

[summer cedar]

I don't blame them for YT.

YT has been weird and purposefully throttled on non-Chrome browsers for a while now.

[mild gust]

https://x.com/om_patel5/status/2029768439573696955?s=20

Om Patel (@om_patel5)

this guy got tired of copy pasting between claude code, codex, and gemini

so he built a chat room where AI agents can literally talk to each other

you tag an agent in the chat and it reads the conversation and responds.

agents can tag each other too. the whole loop runs

X · Mar 6, 2026, 3:58 AM

Gemini just roasting em

Oh did you see this? https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2029629656769466663?s=20

Lukas Ziegler (@lukas_m_ziegler)

🧵 Farming robots are no longer experimental.

They're deployed, profitable, and reshaping agriculture.

In orchards, vineyards, vegetable fields, and beyond, they're tackling labor shortages, precision spraying, and chemical reduction at scale.

This is how robotics is

▶ Play video

X · Mar 5, 2026, 6:46 PM

and this, https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2029207061876060468?s=20

Massimo (@Rainmaker1973)

An NVIDIA powered farming machine uses Al vision and precision lasers to eliminate weeds in milliseconds without herbicides and without harming crops, a potential shift toward chemical free agriculture

▶ Play video

X · Mar 4, 2026, 2:47 PM

We are so back

[pearl elk]

Just gotta watch the ads

[summer cedar]

Probably many Indian farmers returned from the US using these now.

They are farming avocados, strawberries, and brocolli, and other things.

[mild gust]

Nvidia powered farming

[summer cedar]

Making a killing. F.I.R.E.

[summer cedar]

If only it was the ads. There's also the stuttering, the random freezes, etc. etc.

[pearl elk]

Little guy Google cant afford servers, you gotta buy the reds

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dance-halloween-spiderman-8zYunr3Hg8XPq

[fair bridge]

Does anyone know if they have sanctioned middle east country?
Im trying to buy from cdkeys.. and i believe they are one of the country there?

[summer cedar]

Sanctioned? No.

But obviously, you can't buy anything from Iran. 😄

[fair bridge]

Yeah but i don't think they where from that country

United Arab Emirates

Maybe they just banned all shopping from that area 😂

[summer cedar]

UAE? There are no sanctions there.

But, they are getting hit hard, as are their neighbours from Iranian fire.

So, it's possible their services are temporarily disrupted.

[fair bridge]

Yeah maybe. I guess its a sign to not buy outside of steam

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TeamTO-mighty-mike-mops-une-vie-de-chien-IgY7y5M9q3pjgQLxQn

[summer cedar]

@proud jay Did you hear how Noem tried to scam Trump and got fired? I wish it was so easy for me to just take $220 million from a government. 👼

[summer cedar]

Sanity check? Reads like a scam to me.
There is no sanity. Only AAAAAA gaming.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/90s-jim-carrey-ace-venture-pet-detective-aTfyCtEfDBSlG

[fathom wadi]

you know what really hammers my sanity right now? Being halfway through vibe-coding with AI and I run out of credits.

If only I could find some work to buy a 5090 and run my own models.

[summer cedar]

Aren't there lighter models that'll vibe code for you, offline?

[fathom wadi]

I really need a customised model, trained for purpose. I have no Tensor Cores to be able to do that yet. So I have 2 options. A mini-AI pc like a Jetson Orin Nano for a couple of hundred bucks, or kill two birds with one stone and get my game dev back on track with a 5090. I'm fond of the game dev too :p

[summer cedar]

Isn't it cheaper to just buy the credits you need?

Assuming whatever you are coding is intended to make 💰

[fathom wadi]

well im only vibe coding right now. It's only ever going to be a basis for information so I can manually code the plugin I'm making when Im finished with my current one. I like to see what info my ideas can trawl out of the source code but no better way to do it than with AI

I'd probably buy credits if I had money and no AI hardware locally. But it feels icky. I'd rather have a sidebar of adverts as I used it. I know that sounds crass but I was around when it was worse than it is now.

[summer cedar]

Oh no, fair enough. No point in paying for credits if you aren't generating money with the end-product.

A popular phrase in Hindi is 'paisa vasool', which means 'value for your money'.

[fathom wadi]

yeah this plugin will be free (I hope). It's too useful to everyone who uses blueprints.

I'd have made it before but I was on other tasks.

[mild gust]

Nice lady

[summer cedar]

YOU!

[mild gust]

I

[summer cedar]

Btw, Lucifer, remember when Trump was raising a ruckus about India buying Rus oil?

[mild gust]

I heard he gave you a 30 day pass to buy it lol

[summer cedar]

Aye.

[mild gust]

Because of things w/ Iran

[summer cedar]

Bwahahahah!

The juicier irony will be that the US will also be buying it, at least in part.

[summer cedar]

Seems 3,500 of your Maplese are stuck there, requesting retrieval. Are you all sending the Maple Reindeer Rescue Sleighs?

[mild gust]

I have yet to hear Carney say anything yet

He's too busy making trade deals

[summer cedar]

--- Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand says that approximately 3,500 nationals requested to leave the Middle East and Gulf regions.

“As of this morning, more than 108,000 Canadians in the region have registered with Global Affairs. Of these, approximately 3,500 Canadians have contacted Global Affairs to request assistance in departing”, Anand told a virtual briefing on the latest situation of Canadians in the region. ---

This nice lady said something.

[mild gust]

Idk who she is

Oh wait nvm

Nice lady sometimes

[summer cedar]

Never heard of her before either. 😛

[mild gust]

I know her face

Not familiar w/ her name

I've seen her talk a few times

Has some good ideas

[summer cedar]

Are you sure she's not a metahuman plant?

[mild gust]

If so, so be it

Can't be worse than iDubbbz becoming a british dragon

[summer cedar]

But, but, but... what if she doesn't render properly when you need her?

[mild gust]

That's fine

We can wait for her to reboot

Maybe needed more makeup

[median wraith]

Diesel more pricey than gasoline

Oh man

[summer cedar]

I believe I call such levels/projects - doodles.

[summer cedar]

It's time for the Inquisition to march!

👢

For taxes!

For peace!

[median wraith]

Actually

[summer cedar]

For oil tankers!

[median wraith]

Moat of the price of this are taxes

55%

[summer cedar]

Rise up! With holy gatling guns and beer crosses!

[median wraith]

Are taxes

Or they start removing taxes here or nobody will be able to pay this

At 2€ the liter

[lavish tendon]

3€ until the end of the year?

[median wraith]

Hope not

[lavish tendon]

Reminder that Spain has petroleum but they choose not to explore

[median wraith]

But I got that pic from 2022

Post crisis

[mild gust]

Rookie numbers

[median wraith]

Yeah it's due the war and the lock

It came from 1.34 to 1.70 today in 3 days

But it all smells like speculations

[summer cedar]

It's a mix of balancing reserves, production quotas and limitations, and the supplies stuck at Hormuz and speculations related to THAT.

Basically, refiners stop using their crude supplies in such situations, based on a problem clause in their contracts with the drill stations.

It's to prevent them from using up crude to make refined supplies, when the crude itself cannot be supplied.

BUT, governments then step in and order them to refine the crude, like India did today.

So, there's a lot of speculation there as to WHAT exactly will happen. But, the stoppage of SUPPLY is a very real deal.

#food message - My meal from two days ago.

I forgot to post it back then. 😊

I did eat it, two days ago. It was fine.

Also there were MOAR slices. About 1 KG of cake. Those were the last 3, I believe.

I have ordered another one for tomorrow evening.

[soft night]

https://youtu.be/rCHXdBWTgBg?si=eb_N5ed1Ddm3bHM3

[queen isle]

https://gonintendo.com/contents/58526-nintendo-suing-u-s-government-over-tariffs

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/season-3-the-simpsons-3x4-26gBjplxRU5EUhvlS

[mild gust]

https://www.caterpillar.com/en/news/caterpillarNews/2026/cat-ai-assistant.html

[fleet tangle]

PT?

Oh.

[pearl elk]

Definitely a cash grab, all the servos here freaked out too

[broken sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/leon-kennedy-leon-kennedy-fortnite-fortnite-resident-evil-4-gif-17255832290404764259

Another Fortnite victim

[pearl elk]

He's a barbie girl

Also my ghatGPT started to refer to things as goblins and gremlins, Im worried my boomer bot is dead and been replaced with a zoomer bot

But whats most vexing me is.... whats an xbox game? What makes it significantly different enough from a PC game to be worthy of its own platform title?

Theyre like oh this new console can play both, then all these people are chiming in about the huge technical challenge...

[soft night]

hey check this out #lounge message

[pearl elk]

My Xbox One wont even play OG Xbox games, put the disc in and noper

[broken sigil]

👀

[mild gust]

Lame

[pearl elk]

yeah it is, if xbox games are actually a thing and not just a device profile with gamepad support but days of the PowerPC are long gone. Only reason OG xbox games emulate poorly is the emulators dont support outputting the dolby encoding correctly

[mild gust]

What Emulator you try?