lounge

[unborn lotus]

Sucks for people wanting to become character artists...or artisrs in general

Whats even the point

[mild gust]

Raises the bar

Higher quality

Fab market has enough slop

Same w/ steam

[pearl elk]

I dunno, there was stuff on CG Talk all those years back still better than real-time today

[summer cedar]

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-releases-vera-rubin-dsx-ai-factory-reference-design-and-omniverse-dsx-digital-twin-blueprint-with-broad-industry-support

I dunno what this means.

But looks and reads cool.

Oh, RL factory control.

[pearl elk]

yeah I think its a tool Nvidia use themselves for their data centres

hence the reference design, probably so you can see if it'll fit in your billionare basement

[summer cedar]

The 'grid to factories' is confusing for me.

[pearl elk]

I do find it interesting though in terms of game art that we dont really reuse more, like for Last of Us for instance, rather than use that high detail art to make more content they spend money remaking all those assets irl for a TV show

[summer cedar]

But I don't know enough about the process, so.... 🤷‍♂️

And apparently, car makers are adopting NVidia's Drive Hyperion.

So much stuff to read and learn.

Well, I use 'learn' loosely.

[pearl elk]

surely you dont have to recreate the entire art pipeline each time, look at the new Horizon for instance. Sure the other pipeline would cost more overall to make but making more with what they already had seems easier to me than completely changing it. I wonder what the obsession is with recreation, even within big live service franchises we see them continually remaking stuff then wonder why the costs blow out

[mild gust]

Look at Halo

Learn to reuse assets noobs

Or any stronghold game

They reused assets for ages

[summer cedar]

Pro devs probably do, tbh.

We usually end up hearing from the less-skilled.

[mild gust]

They just find ways to use it efficiently

Without making it look like they used it over and over

[pearl elk]

I saw a Ubisoft guy talkin about reuse on Farcry and Assassins Creed but I think if it works why not, you just need to make sure youre delivering value to players and I think they'll let it go

[mild gust]

How do you explain siggraph reports?

[summer cedar]

By emphasising the word 'usually'.

[mild gust]

To a point I agree with them

Like I don't expect you to make a new animal mesh every game you make

If it works keep using it

or a new rock or tree

Variation would be nice

[summer cedar]

Rock and tree okay.

No new DINO?!!!!

F OFF!!! ✊

🤣

[mild gust]

Depends if the region calls for it

[pearl elk]

I have seen players say things like "oh that looks like default Unreal animations" which is a fair critique but at the same time the overall budget of the product needs to be considered. We dont all have mocap studios or access to heaps of unique mocap data

[mild gust]

Ikr

[pearl elk]

I think we can definitely keep using proceeduralism, I dont think AI gen alone will solve the future

if that 1 rock can look great with 20 different materials, why the hell not

[mild gust]

If I learnt anything from Ben Cloward

It's about how to make 1 very unique rock

[pearl elk]

but if you work for me I need 100000000 unique rocks

dont even get me started on the grains of sand for nanite

[mild gust]

But sir

This 1 rock can be many rocks

You can move it and the sand or ice or moss always moves to the top or where ever needed.

[pearl elk]

it does make you wonder where some of these asset collections end up once the company goes bust

[mild gust]

Fab marketplace for pennies on the dollar

[pearl elk]

some of them would, Paragons are free but I do wonder if we add up all the failed games

there were some really cool characters in Evolve, Id pay for those forsure

[mild gust]

Same

[pearl elk]

I wonder how much data just ends up archived then deleted so all that work is wasted

[mild gust]

They made a new game though I thought

[pearl elk]

but if your game fails, surely its not the arts fault every time, most of the time it would be gameplay and IP overall

theres definitely an argument there to reuse those assets versus AI gen

[mild gust]

I guess fans keep evolve 1 alive

[mild gust]

Agreed

Maybe even a point for reusing stuff then putting it into ai to give it a unique twist for what you need in your new title.

Maybe create something you never thought to add

[pearl elk]

and if youre gonna make a TV show definitely make sure you can reuse those assets ingame in some form. I still remember seeing the Gears of War art and Ive not seen ingame anywhere close to those zbrush models yet, I would pay good money to see that art done full justice

[summer cedar]

I think a game fails because the 'game' part of it is rubbish. Everything else is secondary.

People complain about the art and sound, because they can't spend time enjoying the game.

So, get the game right and everything's forgiven.

[mild gust]

Like those games with crackling sound issues

[pearl elk]

yeah there are plenty of franchises where sequels take completely different directions, it doesnt have to be the same franchise even

[mild gust]

😂

[summer cedar]

I've heard of those, but I've never played one myself.

[mild gust]

Like Helldivers

[summer cedar]

Have you had that error?

[mild gust]

Couple times

Usually the devs fix it

or a modder has a fix

[summer cedar]

Asmon is strangely balanced in this video. 😄

He's genuinely trying not to be a maniac. 😄

[mild gust]

Surprisingly he's like that often

[summer cedar]

There are moments where he almost loses it.

[pearl elk]

I think the issue with the graphics race is that it looks great now as a future looking demo but by the time it comes around in 8 years time, not only is everyone doing the same thing it doesnt look as good as those initial demos

If you could show me an in-engine cutscene now and say this is exactly how it'll look at it turns out that way I would actually be very impressed by that

[mild gust]

7 years ago we got Metro Exodus

That was pretty based

Nowadays that game runs very well

and looks good too

[pearl elk]

Where have all the raytraced titles gone, those early ones were great but playing something like Doom; Dark Ages, while impressive its doesnt wow me like say Battlefield V did...

Theres definitely titles but they'd barely fill a tiny hat

raytracing needs to become default at some point or its just not going to work

[mild gust]

Imagine coming after Canadian politicians, https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888647

[pearl elk]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-remix-advanced-particle-vfx/

Did you guys see this? I was like wtf

[mild gust]

Ye

Video looked good

[pearl elk]

its a scam

they literally change the pickups back to the old ones from the OG

the env maps held up back then and they made it seem like a complete graphics overhaul by not doing the 1:1 comparison

[mild gust]

It's just more tools for modders to wet their whistle

It's nothing major

[pearl elk]

its like Quake 1, that actually had software raytracing mode for the glass and portals

but now days you try to search for that stuff and its buried under Nvidia remakes

sure the tech sucked back then, its not comparable but thats why its so bad they feel the need to make it look worse than it was

[mild gust]

Could be worse

We could have to buy all our hardware from Peter Thiel and have everything go through a wonderful surveillance state. Making it so no one is free ever and we are all farmed like animals for our data.

[pearl elk]

Im not important enough to surveil

[mild gust]

Thus far

They could still steal your info to sell you stuff

🙂

[pearl elk]

and there is a book called Animal Farm where that phrase comes from, required reading in schools but I guess these days its considered too liberal

[mild gust]

You think people read nowadays?

That's a bold assumption

[pearl elk]

discord is going alright considering we're in the era of short form video

[mild gust]

Stoat looking tasty

[fair bridge]

@summer cedar https://youtu.be/JAeneBPTiZA?si=uA4cB9izIXWU6oRj

Is this you??

[mild gust]

Balling

[pearl elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wLmj9SiKM

[mild gust]

Wait they made a movie

[summer cedar]

🤣

[mild gust]

Holy 11+

[pearl elk]

yeah damn liberals infecting our kids with the woke mind virus

[mild gust]

What

[fair bridge]

[summer cedar]

There was another lambo, which was golden in colour.

Got stuck in a village alley.

The locals had to guide the driver out. 😄

[mild gust]

Kek

[fair bridge]

😂

[mild gust]

One got stuck on a speed bump here

Sit idiot

[fair bridge]

[pearl elk]

Id definitely bag my lambo

[fair bridge]

What does that mean

[pearl elk]

or you could just buy the Vette, the higher models have auto ride height adjustment for times like that

[mild gust]

Ride it like you stole it

[fair bridge]

Thats how they drive in USA

[summer cedar]

Asmon, "Most people will use DLSS and be like, 'It's good'. But, it's definitely an example of them overshooting (Nvidia)."

Yep, pretty much.

The market will love it. The niche won't.

[mild gust]

Based asmon

[summer cedar]

Yeah, I am surprised he isn't yelling nuts. 😄 in this video.

[mild gust]

Because Trump isn't bombing someone

You see Tucker Carlson glazing Iran regime again?

Apparently he appeared on their state media

[summer cedar]

I don't listen to him, so, no I haven't seen him.

He might show up on one of the comedy show bits.

[mild gust]

Along with Hasan Piker and Sneako

Lol

[summer cedar]

Did you see the mistakes DLSS 5 made with the cars?

[mild gust]

6 wheels?

[summer cedar]

The non-English license plate screw ups.

And the door + passenger blurs.

[mild gust]

Oh that to yeah

or the logos

[summer cedar]

Needs more non-English linguistic training.

It didn't touch the English stuff.

[mild gust]

This would never happen at Wok Box

[summer cedar]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/ai-just-solved-a-20-year-math-problem-are-humans-still-needed/ar-AA1YNVLV

10 out of 11 failed. 11th time was the charm.

[mild gust]

Finally

[lavish tendon]

Everyone shat on metro exodus rtx because it was "too dark" but that's how lights are supposed to work

[summer cedar]

Trolls will be trolls.

[pearl elk]

I think thats one of the issues though, sure its realistic but sometimes artists need control to make it look better at the cost of realism

But correct me if Im wrong wasnt Exodus a dual mode title, it wasnt RT only was it? The later Enhanced Edition was RT only and probably solved the issues

[mild gust]

Yeah came out free later for those that owned the original

[summer cedar]

Time for lunch 🍞

[mild gust]

Some brain food for ya, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwsiMOzB2rc

[summer cedar]

Gimme the highlights.

[mild gust]

Path tracing = future

AI helping

We win

[pearl elk]

I like how MS had to solve the shader stutter

But some day in the future when the servers are all shut down we'll still have to compile em

[mild gust]

Not unfair because we all have access to it

You heard it here first guys

[pearl elk]

Just replace gamers with AI then you dont need to render anything

I call it DirectClaw

Its a stronger hand signal that the vulcan

https://tenor.com/view/petting-cat-dr-claw-inspector-gadget-villain-soon-gif-7401755017874461043

[median wraith]

XD

[pearl elk]

What does it say

[median wraith]

Idk it's Portuguese or so

Says something like

"Imagine you spend millions of dollars to scan and pay the royalties to Harisson Ford for the game and Nvidia releases this to destroy it switching it for a random"

[pearl elk]

Pretty sure Disney will bring back Harrison Ford when he passes anyways

[lavish tendon]

Why didn't Disney bring back Disney

[pearl elk]

They will, he's frozen ready

[summer cedar]

https://soranews24.com/2026/03/16/japanese-man-drives-truck-thats-on-fire-directly-to-fire-station-drops-flaming-potatoesvideos/

The fire must've been niagara-generated.

--- "Appreciate your excitement and analysis of the new DLSS 5 lighting here. This is a very early look, and our art teams will be further adjusting the lighting and final effect to look the way we think works best for each game," the company said. It also stressed that "this will all be under our artists’ control, and totally optional for players." ---

So speaketh God Todd about Starfield.

And other Beth games.

https://www.ign.com/articles/gen-z-loves-ai-slop-former-square-enix-exec-claims-a-lot-of-ai-sentiment-is-driven-by-emotion-rather-than-logic

Except Nintendo apparently.

They have said no, so far.

[pearl elk]

The same Square Enix that wanted to NFT the world?

[summer cedar]

There's only one SE.

[pearl elk]

For now, soon there will be none 😂

[green current]

Generic AI generated YouTube thumbnails, generic AI ads, and now generic AI faces in all your games from indie to AAA

Not sure how any publisher would want that

[summer cedar]

Evening walk 🚶‍♂️ time!

[unborn lotus]

well they can lay off character artists and graphic designers...just all artists in fact and let AI do it all

[proud jay]

didn't know JD vance was in GoW

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nightlife-bladerunner-tokyo-city-eFvs5iE6a6ntVIRaEN

[pearl elk]

Why did DLSS5 remove the fog in Resident Evil?

[proud jay]

fog is not real

[pearl elk]

well technically nothing in the frame is so it should just render black 😛

https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/dJACkKbN-Eo/maxresdefault.webp

this thumbnail from their article though you can see it in the background, the fog is completely different

[soft night]

mist is not real its most

[summer cedar]

I have returned from my evening walk. With great gusto, I have procured the essentials for good writing and development: khwafee, hwaice kweem, and pilk mowder. ✊ 🛍️ ☕ 🍨

[proud jay]

no hwbread?

[summer cedar]

yes dread, but besterday.

[pearl elk]

not sure why the characters look like ass in most of these games to begin with tbh, Ive seen better especially if you look at a recent Mortal Kombat game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfUDT7QoIxM

AMD vs Nvidia for reals lol

[soft night]

@broken sigil hello choom https://x.com/Cyberpunk_TCG/status/2033694926030987593

Cyberpunk Trading Card Game (@Cyberpunk_TCG)

🎉 Cyberpunk TCG Kickstarter Launch Celebration Stream 🎉

Join us March 17th for a special livestream as we celebrate with the community.

📅 March 17th
⏰ 8:45am PT / 3:45pm GMT

Links to Twitch and YouTube 👇🔗

X · Mar 17, 2026, 12:00 AM

[summer cedar]

I am happy I didn't buy a switch or an AMD card.

[pearl elk]

Im actually happy with my AMD card because being so similar to console specs all the ports run great on release

[summer cedar]

Release of?

Link to title please.

[pearl elk]

so many Nvidia people complaining about performance issues

[soft night]

i finished watching watchmen miniseries and it had squids

[cursive heart]

https://youtu.be/xp2T7gGHK6s

[pearl elk]

Monster Hunter, Last of Us, Forza Horizon 5, Resident Evil 4 Remake, plenty of examples not on all Nvidia cards and they do tend to get patched up after abit but if its a VRAM issue it'll stick on those mid-low end Nvidias

[summer cedar]

No. I meant your titles.

Oh. You were talking in general.

Nevermind.

[pearl elk]

Well I chose my hardware for that reason, so I knew if it ran on my hardware it was easier to port

but yeah, dont think Im breaking an NDA

[soft night]

switch use old nvidia mobile hardware

[pearl elk]

yeah similar to shield TV

kinda makes you wonder what Nvidia could do if they make something new that didnt rely on batteries

Id love to see MS and Nvidia team up if Im honest but that feuds as old as Xbox at this point

[soft night]

seems nvidia jetson thor series switched to blackwell from ampere on that series so there might be blackwell one for mobile too

[pearl elk]

I totally think Nvidia are capable of more, thats why Im so hard on em. I just think they have an affordability problem on that mid-low end, if they could get a mid-high end console going it could really take off and make alot of these new features of their a reality for a larger number of gamers

they just cant do it at a price that makes sense if even AMDs offerings are requiring price hikes

but atleast if you had that then you could force RTX and DLSS on all day and sell it in peoples living rooms not just tucked away in streamer dungeons

[soft night]

also nvidia on arm cpu nvidia N1x and n1

[pearl elk]

yup they could go it solo forsure, they have that capability. I remember the days of Nvidia chipsets, infact alot of my gamer mates had them

[lavish tendon]

every single post bro

it's about dlss 5

[pine hill]

the nvidia shill factories have to do PR & damage control

[pearl elk]

what about DLSS6... it'll be even better

[pine hill]

the anti nvidia shll factories need to short the stock

its like when US political shill factory spins up and takes over the internet

better just go outside for a few days

[pearl elk]

but not nearly the 1mill % better rendering we'll get next generation 😹

[pine hill]

bold to assume they give gamers anything more then the bare minimum to make it appear slightly appealing

[pearl elk]

with any luck the US will force all non-US investment in gaming to end the entire industry will crash in the US and then we wont need GPUs anymore

then we can all go to short form video and AI like good little sheep

well thats how progress happens, people taking all different paths until theres a breakthrough

there must have been a reason for Lumen right, even Epic wernt fully onboard with all this fancy new tech, they had SVOGI and never comitted to that either so surely theres something holding them back from just flicking the switch and going full send

its cause Quinn is seeing new Manny

[summer cedar]

Just because English is hard,
You do mean 'pLss', and not 'pIss'?

[pearl elk]

plss buy my game

[summer cedar]

No.

[proud jay]

plss piss on hiss face

[summer cedar]

--- National Investigation Agency has taken six Ukrainian nationals and one US national into custody over alleged conspiracy, drone use and weapons training for insurgent groups. ---

With 'friends' like these, who needs enemies?

[proud jay]

wtf is the national investigation agency?

ah it's india

[summer cedar]

Our Homeland Security minus the crazy, dog-killing secretary.

[errant raven]

My fucking ankle

[summer cedar]

No.

[errant raven]

https://tenor.com/view/konosuba-aqua-anime-anime-cry-crying-gif-21116854

[proud jay]

why is your ankle fucking?

[summer cedar]

NIA can't help with your ankle.

[errant raven]

It's sprained and I've been walking on it so it's getting worse

[proud jay]

have you considered not walking on it?

or maybe unspraining it?

[summer cedar]

A spanner helps, I've heard.

[errant raven]

I've considered it but I still have to go to work, and still have to feed animals and do other stuff for family

[unborn lotus]

Gas is almost 1.7 euros

Might as well move on a farm

[pearl elk]

Im riding my goat to work

[proud jay]

where do you work?

[errant raven]

Fast food

It's fun

I get to do many things at the same time

And I'm so fast at it that I'm basically getting paid to stand around

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cyberpunkgame-cyberpunk-2077-cyberpunk2077-X8RSwd1089xDvOjQnT

[pearl elk]

thats not DLSS5

[errant raven]

Tho the job gave me carpel tunnel faster than programming did

Which is weird because I've never gotten carpal tunnel from programming

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Edgerunners-drinking-rebecca-cyberpunk-edgerunners-JUIYp8wOYcL9CabuxQ

[errant raven]

But boy does my fingers hurt

My fingers are made from the backs of 10, 90 year old men

[summer cedar]

They will burn 🔥 !!!

[soft night]

so many backers for this trading card game so far https://cyberpunktcg.com/

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r3xoRwwN6I

Blender 5.1.

[mild gust]

Better be powered by AI

[summer cedar]

👋

No AI till 5 minutes. Still watching.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/sci-fi-matrix-cyberpunk-sULKEgDMX8LcI

[summer cedar]

No AI at all in the video. 😄

[mild gust]

Lame

https://x.com/LogitechGFrance/status/2033820613064773915?s=20

Logitech G France (@LogitechGFrance)

X · Mar 17, 2026, 8:19 AM

https://x.com/Dominos_UK/status/2033840185411006743?s=20

Domino's Pizza UK (@Dominos_UK)

X · Mar 17, 2026, 9:37 AM

https://x.com/micheevs5/status/2033788255955566701?s=20

Сергей Михеев (@micheevs5)

Nvidia DLSS 5 OFF / Nvidia DLSS 5 ON

X · Mar 17, 2026, 6:11 AM

Jenson got some knockers

I'm okay if robots take this job, https://x.com/minchoi/status/2033383790198870402?s=20

Min Choi (@minchoi)

This is wild...

Humanoid robots are now learning sports from imperfect human motion data.

▶ Play video

X · Mar 16, 2026, 3:24 AM

[summer cedar]

--- Thank you again for your valuable feedback and for helping us improve the product. Please feel free to write back if you have any further suggestions or questions.

Regards, ---

When a support team sends replies like this, it restores my faith in humanity.

The rest of the mail was equally positive. Good peeps. Now, I feel great about migrating from Office to Zoho.

Then, it's even better. 😛

No more silly, egotistical, pass-the-buck h00mans.

--- Trump promises petrol prices will drop
Trump says rising oil and gas prices amid the US-Israel war on Iran are temporary. ---

This makes me so confident and happy.

Everything will be normal and alright soon.

Right?

Riiiiighhhhtttttt?

--- A diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, Anwar Gargash, says that his country could join an international effort led by the USS... ---

We have a new country, folks.

Let's give a warm welcome to USS. Full form competitions are now open. 😄

Alipore Jail in India, built in 1906. It was converted into a cultural museum in 2022-2024.

They've cleaned up the insides and turned into exhibits, with statues and paintings and stuff.

[mild gust]

Oo

What a beautiful building.

[summer cedar]

There are still a few dreary jail cells inside, to preserve the authenticity for posterity.

The rest of it is pretty posh.

---

https://www.ndtv.com/science/mit-finds-way-to-shrink-ai-memory-50x-without-losing-accuracy-11189205

KV Cache

MOAR new terminology. 😓

Are you using your NPU to DLSS your UE with the help of a TPU, using KV? 😖

https://80.lv/articles/this-demo-looks-like-unreal-engine-5-but-it-s-actually-godot

@trail ore Time to switch. 😄

[mild gust]

Didn't someone just post this

#lounge message

[summer cedar]

Oh, Ponkkis did.

Well, 1 Tim 🪙 in royalties to him.

Unlike you, I pay my royalties for double-posts, Lucifer. 😛

There are two more videos in there that are quite good though. This is an entire article. The previous one was a tweet... er, X.

[mild gust]

If I paid for everyone double-post I'd be broke

[summer cedar]

The matcap looks weirdly nice. 🙂

[summer cedar]

Lies. As the 51st state, you must've earned a lot in tariffs.

[mild gust]

I keep saying Godot on the up and up

[summer cedar]

Lul. Even Epic is offering Godot on EGS. 🤣

[mild gust]

No instead out prime minister would rather make fake deals.

He's almost as bad as Trump

At least Trump can just threaten people for a deal.

[summer cedar]

Jaidot soon ™

https://80.lv/articles/ark-developer-breaks-down-unreal-engine-upgrades-and-in-game-world-creator

--- Previously, Nanite worked like this: if the mesh was in the scene, it rendered. Even if it was barely visible, there was still overhead. Now, Epic has introduced a system that breaks Nanite meshes into voxels. Depending on which voxels are visible, the engine can compute far less of the mesh. That’s especially beneficial in scenes with lots of overlapping meshes.

It’s essentially a much more efficient way of determining what the engine doesn’t need to process. For example, we tested heavily forested and jungle scenes with lots of overlapping meshes and saw massive improvements. There’s basically no accuracy cost. It’s a pure performance win. Honestly, it probably should have been there from day one. ---

Qualifications to be an ARK modder:
--- To use the dev kit properly, you basically need a professional-level PC. The dev kit itself requires around one terabyte of storage, and realistically, you need 32–64GB of RAM to work comfortably. Because of that, only about 1–2% of our player base can realistically develop mods. ---

Good, good.
One day, we might get GoReal.

[soft night]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_9vCamtuPY

[woven wing]

Why did Nvidia do that

[summer cedar]

I wonder if they'll go ahead with the other Dune books, the way Sci-Fi channel did.

Although I agree with a lot of YT commenters; the Dune books after Paul's story are a bit of a pain to adapt.

--- Watching a worm philosophize for 3 hours will never happen. Best left a book ---

Quite accurate for what would be an adaptation of that book.

[mild gust]

So basically like Stalker 2

[summer cedar]

Oh? Stalker 2 had similar requirements?

[mild gust]

Um it barely runs on my pc so 😛

[summer cedar]

Cool! So, 8TB SSD is minimum requirement to not be a worthless pleb anymore.

[woven wing]

At least storage is getting larger and cheaper right

[summer cedar]

It was.... not now.

[woven wing]

Feels like we hit 1-2 tb and everyone decided that's enough

[mild gust]

Reqs seem off

[summer cedar]

That's probably to run the game.

Not to mod it.

[mild gust]

No this is for the Stalker 2 Zone kit system

Sir

[summer cedar]

More like AI happened. Material shortage happened. More demand happened, etc. etc.

[mild gust]

The games reqs are higher...

[summer cedar]

I was talking to my Western Digital team leader student the other day.

[summer cedar]

He told me business is great, but they can only fulfil 45% of the demand currently.

[mild gust]

Nice

[summer cedar]

That's not high. Only 160GB space. Bah. That's just to run the game. For true modding, everyone knows you need 10TB storage minimum! ✊

[mild gust]

That's just the game yes

The mod tool says it needs about 700gb

When you install it it's more

[summer cedar]

Aha! Only the worthy shall use it.

The water of life!

[mild gust]

It's basically the size of the source build of unreal

• some

I would love to pick their brains on how they made this tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTFn4UZsA5U

Sit microsoft!

[summer cedar]

Lol. Trump's going to hate Dune 3rd movie.

[mild gust]

Why

[summer cedar]

Everyone's aiming the Jessica dialogue at him.

[mild gust]

Does it have a balding blonde haired wanna be dictator in it?

[summer cedar]

Paul: "The more I fight, the more people fight back. How did my father do it?"
Jessica: "Your father never started a war."

Everyone's aiming it at Trump now. 😄

[woven wing]

Oh nice, Nvidia finally updated their branch to 5.7.2

[mild gust]

But he didn't start any "new" wars

These are all on-going things 😛

[summer cedar]

So was the Dune thing.

Behind-the-scenes conflict for a long time.

It's quite a parallel, actually.

[mild gust]

Just like the war of the ants

The war that never ends

[summer cedar]

Except that Trump's a twat, and Paul isn't, but still.....

[mild gust]

Just goes on and on my friends!

It's okay we got xbox one hacked before gta 6

Worlds coming up Milhouse

[summer cedar]

Imagine a Butlerian Jihad becoming reality.

China with its robot army and laser guns.

Then, all AI and computer tech above a calculator banned for thousands of years.

[mild gust]

Calculator is too far

They get pencil and paper

[summer cedar]

That's what they kind of did in Dune.

They made human calculators.

The Mentats.

Basically, less personable, but equally smart versions of ME. 😄

[summer cedar]

Remember to DLSS 5 your projects!

Their efforts would be far better directed towards their own game projects.

[mild gust]

Na this is better

Literally all twitter has been

Nvm this happened, https://x.com/Sheep_Esports/status/2033955990698115452?s=20

Sheep Esports (@Sheep_Esports)

❤️‍🔥 1 MILLION HP NAUTILUS ⁉️

A Reddit user was able to reach over a million HP in ARAM: Mayhem, at which point his character was so big it started glitching into the camera.

Via u/jinlag on Reddit

▶ Play video

X · Mar 17, 2026, 5:17 PM

[summer cedar]

Fine, fine. 😛

Jeez, Russia apparently cut off water access to a part of Ukraine.

[mild gust]

Seems fun

Unkillable champion

[summer cedar]

Seriously, rules of war out the window everywhere.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Funcom-dune-awakening-JbC8AdrsrWHj8sMet4

[summer cedar]

Well, apparently our LPG shortage problems are over, in India.

Tankers arrived through Hormuz, all safe and sound.

[mild gust]

https://github.com/sgoudelis/ground-station

Interesting git repo

[mild gust]

https://www.indie-games.eu/puzzle-game-fresco-blends-2d-and-3d-worlds-inside-egyptian-temples/

Yoo this looks neat af

[summer cedar]

I saw it.

Yes, it's very nice.

Especially the idea of hieroglyphs moving around.

[soft night]

have you watched dune series what focus on before dune movies

[mild gust]

I've seen og movie

Heard new ones good

[unborn lotus]

https://x.com/i/status/2033952057430794546

RPG Enjoyer 🐉 (@BasedRPG)

How games are gonna look in 2 years if you turn DLSS off:

X · Mar 17, 2026, 5:02 PM

[mild gust]

Still havn't watched

[summer cedar]

Youtube Sci-Fi Channel Dune.

You can watch the whole movie series for free.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/streamonmax-hbo-dune-prophecy-4hH1zIhaUIXSjo0Q8k

dune prophecy

[mild gust]

https://x.com/kiaran_ritchie/status/2033704806079205471?s=20

Kiaran Ritchie (@kiaran_ritchie)

In the future, you'll turn DLSS off and see this

X · Mar 17, 2026, 12:39 AM

[summer cedar]

Probably not even as much.

I bet contour-based rendering will be a standard.

[mild gust]

https://x.com/PlanetOfMemes/status/2033704564537348501?s=20

Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes)

NVIDIA DLSS 5 is amazing!

X · Mar 17, 2026, 12:38 AM

[summer cedar]

Meaning, you just supply the outlines and let AI generate and tweak the results.

[mild gust]

https://x.com/operagxofficial/status/2033949572817437009?s=20

Opera GX (@operagxofficial)

Here's DLSS 0.5 which will make games look like they were drawn by me in paint instead

X · Mar 17, 2026, 4:52 PM

Aww they didn't merge the images

[summer cedar]

I was about to ask....

Oh cool, we just developed a new drone engine.

[mild gust]

https://github.com/widelands/widelands

[summer cedar]

Oooo, we have decided to make hybrid carriers from now on, apparently.

Not just for aircraft, but with a large drone complement.

[mild gust]

Hover-aircraft carrier?

I saw this

I was going to post earlier looks good

[summer cedar]

I don't think so. Just fewer aircraft and many more drones, I think.

[mild gust]

Never fear, https://store.steampowered.com/app/4328440/Cat_Parents/

Steam

Cat Parents

Your heart is full of love. The city is full of cats who need it.

Save abandoned, homeless, and helpless cats. Give them care, earn their trust, and help them find a forever home - or keep them with you and build a safe sanctuary where they can live happily. Play alone or together with your own team of cat parents.

SAVE CATS…

Release Date

Coming soon

[summer cedar]

So, you'd get rid of it because it's too cute and AI? 😄

Good boy.

[mild gust]

Art looks so ai

But they might get away with it because cats

[summer cedar]

Nobody cares, except online trolls and jobless peeps, bro.

What matters is the age-old question.

[mild gust]

Does it meow?

[summer cedar]

"IS GAME PLAYZZZZ FUNZZZZ?!!!!"

No. Dis - #lounge message

[mild gust]

Idk I know plenty of people who say they won't play anything to do with AI 🤷

Sure minority but still

[summer cedar]

Put an AI camera in their house and verify the truth.

😛

[mild gust]

Lol

They got wicker tissue cameras now

[summer cedar]

I bet it's more along the lines of they don't have enough money to pay for $50 games.

And that is something I TOTALLY understand.

No sympathies, but I understand.

[mild gust]

Yeah just don't be poor

[summer cedar]

Cat Parents has a mix of cell-shading and regular 3D.

I love the positive-lighting ambience.

Even the nights (at least in the videos) look pretty.

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPkJz7y3ozw

[summer cedar]

Holographic computers ftw.

Put my computer in my spectacles.

[mild gust]

I want to be able to face smash my pc

[summer cedar]

And let me strap the hardware around my belt/butt.

[mild gust]

I mean can do it now but it's not as fun keyboard hurts

[summer cedar]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/4328440/discussions/0/802342427064025648/

No AI used in the game.

Dev says.

Totally trust that.

100%.

[mild gust]

Same

What about cats and dogs

[summer cedar]

What about geckos?

[mild gust]

You play as a cat plotting against the dogs

To take over the city

[summer cedar]

GCC - Grand Cat City

New series of games.

[mild gust]

Like gta but cats

[summer cedar]

or just dogs.

The cats get the sales.

[summer cedar]

Is that EPG?

[mild gust]

What the ruck

[summer cedar]

Not ruck. EPG.

Lol. Mein Fater is postponing his China trip, I think, b'cuz the pandas didn't send him ships.

What are they cooking? Never heard of them.

Or I might have and skipped over their name.

[mild gust]

Arc Raiders devs?

The Finals also

[summer cedar]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/sports/football/gen-z-employee-attends-virtual-meet-with-face-mask-towel-on-indian-ceo-s-response-is-viral/ar-AA1YOVDi

They pulled a prank on their boss.

I think it probably matters which features are enabled.

If the consoles can't support them, then the neural rendering bit will probably be turned off or not included.

It'd just be an upgraded DLSS of some higher quality, at that point, I guess.

I think AMD released a new FSSR whatever, no?

Ah. FSR 4.1.

https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/amd-fsr-diamond-poluchit-nejrosetevoj-rendering-kak-dlss-5

@mild gust New set of memes required, please.

@pearl elk ^ Something more for you to complain about. 🤣

---

And, good night! 😴

[fleet tangle]

That one's pretty good.

[errant raven]

https://tenor.com/view/murica-gif-11967745087810666193

[soft night]

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

[lavish tendon]

this is the symbol that they used to represent the name "An" which is the first god of humanaity

lmao

[rare sparrow]

"realistic light response"
The AI turned this scene which is in direct sunlight and made it look overcast... how the hell is that realistic light response?

[lavish tendon]

it's an alpha but it is a leap

we're accustomed to bad approximations of lighting

[soft night]

every the comparison ones are so much light in it

[rare sparrow]

The AI just makes everything super fucking shiny, and makes characters look like they're models in a photo shoot studio

[errant raven]

This guy just has no fucks around me anymore

Twisted my arm between his horns, hurt a bit. I'll be fine

[median wraith]

Tried the app the other day, mother of lord the people in there

[errant raven]

Bunny 🐰

[errant raven]

It's adorable not creepy

I fucking love animals and plants

Oh my god

https://tenor.com/view/ascending-heaven-keanu-reeves-constantine-ascending-to-heaven-gif-11437079898090715826

[sage burrow]

Hello, I don't know where else to ask this question. These appear to be the positive rotation directions in Unreal, but they don't seem to correspond to the rules of rotation in the second image. Is there a reason for this?

E.g 90 degree positive rotation of Y around X doesn't give Z, it gives -Z

[pearl elk]

Nah difficult to know what they mean by that, I dont even know how DLSS5 works either past woo shiney. Neural rendering features are the hot new topic so it could be referring to materials pipelines not post filters... or both.

All I know is it puts me in a precarious position. I need as close to parity on lighting for a PvP game so allowing these features could let people get an edge. Its not simply a "they can turn it off/on", the integrity of the art in my case affects gameplay directly.

Fair?

Dont forget manny is rotated 90 still 😂

well dont forget neither rotators or quaternions can do wound rotations

but if youre going to replicate anything youre definitely going to need to quantise

Im having to build spatial information for lighting... on the server for visibility of players in a multiplayer game

thats what I get for making a PvP game that actually has lighting

thankfully most decent PvP games have a fog of war system so mine will just be alittle larger

cool so its an actual game engine now

do you already have a day/night cycle?

if you keep this pace up you might be able to beat GTA6 to launch 😛

yeah thats why I never compile full UE... well intentionally

yeah thats super fast and jai uses a rust like system for memory management too doesnt it?

This is two small dlls for UE lol

to be fair though thats just as much MS as it is Epic, the entire toolchain is bloated

more like C++^42

the big question is, what does your game look like with DLSS5 😹

this is what mine looks like 😛

thats Marie Curie

yeah I used gippty to refine the art style I wanted, I didnt weant hyperrealism or stylized so I thought more oil painting since alot of people do painterly pastel

I do have a fairly good idea how to do the brush stroke look but finding out I'll still need to make AO textures was abit of a set back. I should be able to kinda automate it but its still extra compile time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8N00rjil_4

yeah object space seems to be the way to go rather than screen space

I could do a few things in post to make it pop abit but most of it will be reliant on textures

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

I could use some of this - #food message - now.

[woven wing]

Originally trying to learning Quaternian rotation and hearing "imagine a 4d hypersphere" is forever burned into my nightmares

[summer cedar]

@trail ore https://store.steampowered.com/app/2102040/My_Little_Puppy/ - Found another nice one.

Steam

My Little Puppy

Bong-gu the Welsh Corgi was once an abandoned dog. Judging by his docked tail, someone had once cared for him, but for some reason, he became unwanted. As an 8-year-old senior dog with various illnesses, it was hard for him to find a new family. Trapped in a cage at an animal shelter, each day passed gloomily for Bong-gu.

Then one day, a…

Price

$14.99

Recommendations

3148

[mild gust]

https://github.com/cem-akkaya/ThermoForge

[summer cedar]

YOU!

[mild gust]

I live

Worked a bit longer than I wanted today

Had to train someone

[summer cedar]

Did you get paid extra?

Or did you steal the piggy bank?

[mild gust]

I mean technically

I get their tips

[summer cedar]

Yay! 👏

[mild gust]

and they get nothing

[mild gust]

Did you see the Hollywood Oscars?

[summer cedar]

Just clips in the comedy shows, yes.

Not the whole thing, no.

[mild gust]

How embarrassing it would be to be there.

[summer cedar]

What happened?

[mild gust]

Oh just a bunch of out of touch people saying stuff they have no idea about

[summer cedar]

Ah, but that's usual for them, no?

[mild gust]

At this point yeah

They like to voice their opinion like it matters

Like anyone listens to celebrities

Any news in the east that is middle?

Eyy again and again, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVzM4-j30Vs

Exposing lying piece of shit frauds ftw

[summer cedar]

The usual. Rocket attacks still raging with drone assaults from the country that 'has no navy or air force, and has been completely OBLITERATED and DECIMATED'.

The other country that started its own war against the country that had nothing to do with this, is still raging around destroying residential buildings.

[mild gust]

Saudis?

[summer cedar]

The country ruled by a certain farter seems to be doing nothing at the moment, hanging back and conserving limited ammo; and rage tweeting and truthing.

[summer cedar]

2nd one - Israel.

Saudi isn't doing much at the moment, other than prodding Israel and US to keep going behind the scenes apparently.

Stoking the fire, so to speak.

Adding coal to the furnace, to the precise.

[mild gust]

I mean can you blame them

UAE doing the same it seems

[summer cedar]

Turning up the bunsen burner, to wax eloquent.

There are no more rules.

I wonder how long before the mustard comes back.

[mild gust]

Tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXs_9OXRnQo

Measuring in angstroms ftw

I agree with the one comment if this was an ad and all ads were this good I'd remove adblocker.

[mild gust]

https://x.com/80Level/status/2033860899812098488?s=20

80 LEVEL (@80Level)

Tomasz Woźniakowski presented a new Blender animation, showcasing a bizarre human loop.

More creative visions: https://t.co/XSyWB3n1Ar

▶ Play video

X · Mar 17, 2026, 11:00 AM

https://x.com/JoinDeepRock/status/2034019455647318304?s=20

Deep Rock Galactic (@JoinDeepRock)

X · Mar 17, 2026, 9:30 PM

[woven wing]

Looking at some of the local homes around where I live, and places are like "Est Monthly Mortgage: $250,000"

[pearl elk]

https://wccftech.com/intel-precompiled-shaders-accelerate-game-load-times-by-3x-on-arc-gpus-now-available-supported-in-13-games/

[mild gust]

Lol

More stuff that is unique to one brand

[pearl elk]

wew shit link thx google

its not, this is a Microsoft feature Intel are just the first

[mild gust]

Fair the 13 games thing is what made me wonder

Doesn't even require optane 😮

[pearl elk]

yeah precompiled shaders are driver dependent thats why MS left it to vendor support

apparently its been a thing on the Xbox Rog Ally X thingo for awhile

[mild gust]

I imagine we will see a roll-out all though 2026

[pearl elk]

I do see issues with it, games will surely only be supported for a limited timeframe

with what 20k new released just on Steam per year theres absolutely no way

[summer cedar]

They dared to attack! Now, they burn!

🔥

[mild gust]

😮
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02791-z

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/03/12/four-time-deported-criminal-illegal-alien-15-prior-charges-arrested-after-shoving

[mild gust]

New trend apparently, https://www.africaninsider.com/news/viral-video-sparks-concern-over-teens-chuffing-fire-extinguishers/

[pearl elk]

Im not worried, let them go

[mild gust]

What a time to be alive

[summer cedar]

Gotta cool the fire inside me!

[pearl elk]

whatever theyre doing is clearly working aye if he keeps getting back in

[mild gust]

https://x.com/idosal1/status/2033962188025565595?s=20

Ido Salomon (@idosal1)

The bigger IDE is multiplayer.

AgentCraft now lets humans and agents collaborate in one shared workspace! ⚔️

See allies on one map.
Share context.
Hand off agent work across machines.

▶ Play video

X · Mar 17, 2026, 5:42 PM

[lavish tendon]

what???????????????????????????????

[pearl elk]

lil elon

[mild gust]

https://x.com/oliviscusAI/status/2033860465760030923?s=20

Oliver Prompts (@oliviscusAI)

someone just open-sourced a tool that converts pdfs to markdown at 100 pages per second.

100% free. runs entirely on cpu. no expensive gpus needed.

X · Mar 17, 2026, 10:58 AM

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/splat-nicksplat-nickelodeon-26FeVprFPvur8M25y

[lavish tendon]

Pelota vasca

[soft night]

https://youtu.be/4gibSnEFqTs?si=SPkj5mJNczXoUA2E

[pearl elk]

wow this games graphics look pretty good

[soft night]

safari rally kenya had lots of punctures

[pearl elk]

lol punctures, theres acouple there with wheels hanging off

[soft night]

https://youtu.be/8TZMtslA3UY?si=z64ZuK3sgNJvJytJ

[pearl elk]

surely he's gonna be in the next Avengers movie

[pine hill]

my brain reads the title consistenly as a brand new gay

the spandex and agressive humping pose probably doesn't help

[pearl elk]

and what does tossing the white sticky substance everywhere say?

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/stan-lee-spider-man-3-nuff-said-OQnAhtvxYr7AFVOG27

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/package-for-tony-stank-stan-lee-tony-stark-james-rhodes-iron-man-fedex-avengers-iron-man-package-for-tony-stank-war-machine-gif-16356730402537326662

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/digitaldjtips-stan-lee-amazing-spider-man-library-dj-9rjHo7vXhB9F5by3Wg

[pearl elk]

just not the same without the cameos tbh

https://tenor.com/view/stan-lee-comic-book-writer-media-producer-tv-host-marvel-comics-gif-7557442

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/digitaldjtips-deadpool-stan-lee-dj-jbvXn3nh8tPtHnN9zo

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/doctor-strange-reading-stan-lee-sunglasses-smile-gif-15805074

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1dOJaSBdpFVQg3zft9

[summer cedar]

@proud jay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ6bNCijt3g - This was a fun watch.

26:00 onwards is gold. 😄

[mild gust]

It happened, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/chatgpt-may-soon-become-sexy-suicide-coach-openai-advisor-reportedly-warned/

[mild gust]

Pakistan strikes again, https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-pakistan-border-clashes-children-killed-taliban-44c7bb28cdf68615b413a81eb4e4fe36

[summer cedar]

Not surprising. Trump wants Baghram. Pakistan took money from him for that.

They better deliver, or die trying.

[mild gust]

That and cute cat memes

[pearl elk]

imagine the peace we will have in the middle east when they can all have their AI smut

thats the trouble with the world, we got all these rich conservatives trying to repress everyones hormones while they sneak off to islands and pay off prossies

[pearl elk]

people think its bad now they shoulda seen the 20s in Australia where it wasnt beefing of OF models on Twitter, they had bengail razors and would slice each other up in dark alleys... we're not doing so bad

not even sure why this OpenAI are trying to protect the children, theyre the ones in burn city running around with machetes hacking each other up

we've got new laws just for kiddos in quite a few states, do adult crime, do adult time they call it so maybe alittle bit of AI love is just what the Dr ordered

[summer cedar]

https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/russia-oil-tanker-bound-for-china-heads-to-india-iran-war-2883707-2026-03-18

I bet China HATES that. 😈 😈

[mild gust]

World needs to arrest kids more for crimes.

Them not knowing better is a piss poor excuse.

[pearl elk]

dont worry the conservatives will keep inventing more crimes for everyone

[mild gust]

Good

Make more prisons

Then make a prison on the moon

So we don't have to re-release criminals back into public

They just stay there

[summer cedar]

I think this kind of thing has been around for more heinous crimes. Even if you were a juvenile, some things couldn't be overlooked.

[mild gust]

Once a criminal always a criminal

[pearl elk]

yeah we'll just keep electing criminals to run Earth

[pearl elk]

we've lowered the bar quite dramatically here in Australia, assisted suicide will get a minor a life sentence

[mild gust]

Dw your government will give you guys medical assistance in dying to some day

[summer cedar]

Well, there are fewer cargeivers for elderly and juvenile folk anyway, these days.

Better to put them all in the same jail and shut the door.

Check back after 50 years.

[mild gust]

You too can be like communist China

[pearl elk]

I know not everyone agrees but sometimes the humane thing to do you know, I dont think people should get life for helping their 98 terminal grandma on her way out

[mild gust]

Sometimes people just want to die

[pearl elk]

but yeah if youre 10 and grandma says just turn that tap... LIFE

[summer cedar]

So do I. I think voluntary euthanasia should be legal, and it is in quite a few places.

But, gotta enforce the laws you have.

Needs must where the devil drives.

[mild gust]

Everyone should have the right to kms

[pearl elk]

I do agree with some of it forsure, home invasion by youths def needed to be harsher esp when armed with machetes

[summer cedar]

Bwee hee hee! The Indian govt. just shot greedy airline corpos in the knee.

60% of seats shall be allocated to passengers without surcharges and fees.

[pearl elk]

there was alot of stolen cars and deaths associated with that, passengers, pedestrians

[summer cedar]

😈

No more charging extra just because.....

[pearl elk]

few e-bike deaths too, grandmas getting ran over on footpaths

surely there are larger things at play though, I remember my youth and I cant imagine it being anything like that now

[mild gust]

Dw maybe you too will have organ harvesting vans soon to

[pearl elk]

Nvidia vans?

[mild gust]

No death vans, Nvidia just collects data for who to harvest next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zye_bDuO1-Y

[pearl elk]

Australia isnt that bad though, we dont have as many conservatives as the US, trouble is their policy impacts heavily on the part of the internet we use most

[mild gust]

Probably a good thing

Liberals don't tend to know much about the internet 😛

Only how to censor it

[pearl elk]

umm Australia is very tech savvy

[summer cedar]

This is an interesting story. An archaeologist is being extradited from Poland to Ukraine.

Apparently, he was plundering Crimea in some fashion.

[pearl elk]

Liberals are the conservatives here btw

[mild gust]

Is that why they are the leaders in robotics?

[pearl elk]

we have some of the best drones atm yeah

[summer cedar]

Fun stuff. Spain is giving 1 billion to Ukraine, but Hungary is blocking another EU loan of 100 bil or something.

Politics....

[mild gust]

Yeah Orbans a bitch

Whiney little prime minister

[summer cedar]

So, instead of going through the collective body, each EU member is basically planning individual loans to bypass the vote.

[mild gust]

Maybe if you helped Ukraine they would help you.

Good

Fuck Hungary

Hopefully Russia invades them next

[pearl elk]

Im still confused, were we for or against facism

[summer cedar]

Oh, there's an election there next month.

[mild gust]

Yeah

[summer cedar]

Who's the 'we'?

[mild gust]

Almost like Orbans using the pipeline to further his politics

Like a bitch

[pearl elk]

the world

[summer cedar]

Oooo, so Hungary seized some Ukrainian gold.

[mild gust]

Cool nuke Hungary

[pearl elk]

it seems to swing back and forth, Im not sure where we are at on this cycle yet

[summer cedar]

The 'democracy' supporters have reduced quite a bit, actually.

[mild gust]

I'd rather live under fascism than communism

But I'd rather have neither.

[summer cedar]

Luckily, most of them don't have lots of armaments to go around.

But that's more because of economic reasons than anything philosophical or values-related.

[pearl elk]

I mean I like Wagner but Im not much for facist fashion

the whole arm band thing has been done to death

[summer cedar]

Interesting. Brussels is going to police online content for Hungary's election.

And EU's attempting negotiations again with Russia.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dogs-hungry-animations-ZjhOWFQnbj3Gg

[pearl elk]

still think we need a good old fashioned alien invasion to bring everyone together against a common enemy

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/AlienEarthFX-alien-ae-earth-vQXAVluqjZHYn0HAI6

[summer cedar]

don't think that'll work, but eating peanuts now.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nasa-mars2020-nasa-gif-mars-2020-HVtA2yshfheDLTCfRM

[pearl elk]

yeah Im just so done, even my local politicians cant do shit so what ever made me think anyone else could

oh hey guys can you fix that pothole...

sorry too busy censoring the internet

[mild gust]

Worked in Hell divers lore

[pearl elk]

everyone gets a space ship

[pine hill]

UK poster detector

mate wheres your discord license

and your shitposting license

are you shitposting while underaged?

off to jail you go

[pearl elk]

nah Im Aussie

[mild gust]

Oi don't joke about that they started to push that stuff here now

Canada is about to fall

[pine hill]

Weak

they are weak

in france

they would burn everything down

[mild gust]

Sorry it already fell but hey

[pine hill]

every thing

[mild gust]

Too many people keep voting liberal

and they keep pushing these communist surveillance state bills.

[pearl elk]

I thought they did burn Notre Dame down

[mild gust]

It got partially burnt

[pine hill]

that wasn't intentional

[pearl elk]

I dont think it matters tbh, both sides here wanted an internet filter

[pine hill]

what if we had a vote on france colonizing the uk and the USA

i'm sure they wouldn't mind that

[mild gust]

That sucks there

Here only liberals wanted it

[pearl elk]

its the religion factions within those which push for conservative values

[mild gust]

The Conversatives are fighting for our privacy

Left and right

Even calling out stuff that violates our charter of rights

[pearl elk]

even though most of Australia is Atheist

conservatives here are just voting for their right to be openly racist, I dont think they actually care about free speech

[mild gust]

We are mostly athiest also

With a high population of christian

[pine hill]

the generation that comes after the tik tok brainrot gen is weirdly spiritual

[mild gust]

Think it's better than having cops show up at your door for a social media post.

[pearl elk]

depends on what you said in that post to be fair

[mild gust]

Someone had cops show up at their door here for saying Mark Carney is a zionist scumbag.

While I don't agree with that statement I think that's dumb af

He clearly works in the interest of Palestine so.

[pearl elk]

Im not sure why so much of the world is invested in a matter which shouldnt really concern them, I mean we should find a solution but Im just over it

Ive seen it on TV since I was born basically, nothings changed since then

[mild gust]

Well seeing how I could be arrested or threatened to be anyday for what I say it does effect me.

It's censorship

It's dumb

[pearl elk]

I do think the dog doing a salute was abit rough

[mild gust]

No place in society

People want to censor things meanwhile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecT5bdWd6rs

White trash makes trash music w/ slurs

[pearl elk]

but at the same time people are very big on personal responsibility out in the real world so why should it be any different online. Theres definitely some silly hurt feels type deals but I dont think going around calling someone a pdf file is okay

[mild gust]

If they are, why not?

These type of people are a poison

There's a reason they get labeled by society

[pearl elk]

see react and no brain

[mild gust]

and are forced to be on a registry.

Because they are gross

[pearl elk]

you just imediately made a conclusion

but that guy Elon called one there was no proof

just uncalled for completely

and for instance I dont think I should be allowed to post the snuff flick of Vince Zampella in here cuz free speech either so Im not for censorship but at the same time people cant be trusted so there has to be a line somewhere

[fleet tangle]

Who called whom what now?

[pearl elk]

it was years ago that cave diving expert

[mild gust]

Yeah Elon was a tool for that.

But calling actual pdfs out

No issues

[pearl elk]

you should probably scream that on IG so loud Zuck can hear you

basically miss underage pageant on that platform

[mild gust]

You mean the pdf supporting platform

[pearl elk]

so yeah Im at two minds about it, if Zuck aint going to police his platform then not having under 16s on there might be for the best

atleast its alittle less strict on the artistic side of things where OpenAI spits the dummy if you ask for a picture of a skirt above the knees

[fleet tangle]

You mean because the AI can undress kids? They aren't banning people for that?!

You know and reporting them to the police.

[pearl elk]

yeah I dunno about that, maybe in extreme cases but most of the time its just a ban

if they report it then they have to take some responsibility for letting those people on the platform to begin with right

[fleet tangle]

Why?

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/keanu-reeves-2008-the-day-earth-stood-still-uvc2vzSXNxX5S

[pearl elk]

everyone loves to sue

[fleet tangle]

You don't blame stanley if people cut someone up with a stanley knife, do you?

You blame the person.

[pearl elk]

hey OpenAI is being sued atm for that Canadian thing

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/stanley-kubrick-2001-a-space-odyssey-On8YxkEuPlmZq

[pearl elk]

its happened heaps, social media and now AI are being sued all over for contributing to the problem so they try their hardest to distance themselves from it rather than admit it planely

last thing I bet Zuck wants is to face another tribunal

[summer cedar]

Pretty much why we won't unite even over aliens.

We love to sabotage and one-up each other.

And the best part is, we can do more than one thing at a time. 😄

[pearl elk]

the strong will feed the weak to the aliens for food

[summer cedar]

So, we'll fight the aliens AND each other.

[pearl elk]

it happened on V

[summer cedar]

Yeah, we'll do that too.

Cannon fodder ftw.

[pearl elk]

Im going to the moon prison

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xbox-game-xbox-series-x-s-oDCgaEnCuGxNCtdfOK

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/the-wandering-earth-the-wandering-earth-2-the-wandering-earth-ii-united-earth-government-space-gif-7677909789846920047

[summer cedar]

I am quite happy where I am. 🙂 It's quite a lovely place. I might choose the moon if it's properly terraformed and NOT by Elon Musk.

[soft night]

squid prison?

[summer cedar]

Paradise Crater.

[pearl elk]

dont need to terraform it, its perfect for nuclear power how it is... if it melts down no atmosphere to stuff up

[summer cedar]

Meh, I'll just use solar power there. Live on the bright side of the moon.

The only problem will be when the Cheese Bunny causes the sun to be blocked during its hopping.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/FILMTASTIC-arnold-total-recall-filmtastic-S6N2V90nACFjNNcp73

[summer cedar]

Heh, this whole Ukranian spy story is getting interesting over here.

Ukraine wants us to release the bums we arrested, saying they came over by 'mistake'.

Except for the drone shipments, assault rifles, and other stuff, sure, mistake. 🤣

The difference in diplomatic experience is stark. The US, clearly the wiser, is keeping mum. Hands clean. Plausible deniability.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/bh187-total-recall-arnie-wondering-yes-please-gif-19225894

[summer cedar]

That was a good movie.

The original.

The remake.... I don't recall.

what's that?

[pearl elk]

fartnite

[summer cedar]

So, 14 days you mean.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/NVIDIA-GeForce-cyberpunk-jensen-cyberpunk2077-oopbuZffeitXqOw5Ag

[lavish tendon]

cocodrilo caipirinha

[mild gust]

They were actually doing stuff about that here.

To be fair a lot of people are and mostly targetted at grok.

[mild gust]

You expect them to know where they are going most of them never left Ukraine smh.

[summer cedar]

I thought they were tech-savvy and knew how to use GPS. 😛

Speaking of Grok, is it still doing bat-shit crazy things?

Or is that 'feature' finally walled off?

Lol. 🤣 Nevermind. I got my answer.

It's still batshit crazy.

[mild gust]

That entire region is lately no?

[summer cedar]

No, no. I mean Grok.

It flagged a genuine video and photo as AI and got called out on it, 'cuz international importance.

Still batshit crazy.

---

YAY! 👏 Starfield announcement!

April 7th - new DLC and biggie update patch.

https://bethesda.net/en/game/starfield/article/7IxZSKYwYm1oDr57rXDx4C/starfield-free-lanes-terran-armada

YES! FREE TRAVEL! 😄

Come on manual landing.... come on!

I find that orange nebula a bit imposing, honestly speaking, especially with that armada there.

😨

--- Some of these new encounters will pull you out of Cruise Mode automatically and you’ll need to deal with them before you can move on. ---
This will get an optional mod asap, I bet.

@pearl elk Mulder and Scully coming to Starfield, I think. X-Tech. 😄

[pearl elk]

So theres a tardis inventory

Why fly when you could put yourself and your ship in the inventory chute

[summer cedar]

Sorry, I don't follow.

But, busy watching video. 🤷‍♂️

[pearl elk]

I read the whole article

[summer cedar]

OH, X-Tech adds weapon perks.

[queen isle]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/relationships/street-fighter-6-fans-react-strongly-to-controversial-dlc-ending-featuring-alex-s-marriage-to-his-cousin-sister/ar-AA1YQAQP

Lol

[summer cedar]

Okay, I am chuffed by the RoF enhancement tech. 😄

🤣 The action figurines look cool!

Lol. Outpost pet. 🤣

So, our planet rover can be turned into Tony Hawk ™ airboard. ✈️

Wait, the DLC is only $10?

WHAT?!

So, the Terrans are Geth basically.

Lol. So the new companion is basically HK from Kotor.

[fathom wadi]

they put HK in SWTOR also. You had to build him over a crapload of quests. Took me forever to get mine. They were fully functional pets in SWTOR tho. You could gear them and use their skills on a hotbar

[summer cedar]

Finished the big video. Gotta watch the other two.

Only question is whether I buy this on Game Pass itself (for the DLC) or Steam.

[fathom wadi]

yeah I'm thinking of a purchase to get away from gamepass.

I wanted to play SF recently but Im not prepared to go back to being farmed for subscription land

we had 3 gamepasses in my house to cover everyone. It got expensive when they last raised prices

[summer cedar]

Dang! I thought they were about to board the player's ship during that interdiction.

VERY nice.

[summer cedar]

Totally get it. The price for new customers and non-old ones is quite high.

Hey Marc, do you think Beth will sell physical versions of those action figures? 😛

[fathom wadi]

I don't get why they didn't do more with Starfield by what they have shown. Like maybe the initial panic of the internet hate paused investment power in that sector. They bring out a bare bones DLC which doesn't do much to fix anything except the sidethought of giving out a space buggy for free, which solved one issue.
But it's been a while for what they produced. Tricking Creation Engine into the new Cruise Mode for space is workaround heaven because it isn't travelling all that way. It's just an asyncronous loading screen. Factions are day work for any half decent modder with a story idea and they added 2?
I dunno. Seems like minimum effort work to me.

the more the merrier though dont get me wrong. It deserves way more time, effort and love.

[summer cedar]

Ok, that's a bit scary.

[fathom wadi]

volumetric particle system point cloud?

[summer cedar]

minefield.

[fathom wadi]

no it's minefield. Yoursfield is over there !

[summer cedar]

what do you mean by asynchronous loading screen? You can move around and pilot the ship in cruise mode, no?

---

I think none of the NDA-influencers got to play with DLSS 5.

I don't see it in their videos.

Oh, there ARE Terran humans.
Okay, so it's not Skynet galore then.

Ah, so M-class is now a thing.

Wait, you can call in orbital strikes?! I hope that's a thing and not just for a mission.

[tawdry aurora]

who watching the FOMC meeting rn?

[summer cedar]

Wokays. They added mechs.

Granted. Probably just for enemies. But, modders will make them available to players for sure.

🤔 I think I'll just buy the premium edition on Steam. I can't buy the upgrade on Game Pass for cheaps, because I don't own the game there.

And on Steam, premium is basically the price of D4 or something. No probs.

[half canopy]

https://youtu.be/u0_5jDwqDtM

[summer cedar]

@mild gust I got 79 music tracks with the SF official soundtrack.

Fleet Scum is really good. Nice beats. 🎵

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-meme-cyberpunk-xiZR8uPaKqPO8uvmAq

[summer cedar]

#lounge message

I wish they'd just add a cat pet though, to SF.

That'd be dandy.

[errant raven]

That bastard fucking rammed me right in the damn knee

It's pissed I won't let it eat my tobacco pipe

Grabbed the fucker by the horn and lead it off the porch

Think I just made him angrier

Fuck my knee hurts tho

Don't get goats

[summer cedar]

Dieter told you to eat the goat.

Should've listened.

Well, just get on your spaceship and explore the solar system from April 7th. Leave the goat behind.

[errant raven]

But my knee

Oh the agony of my knee

[summer cedar]

Your ship has a robot that can carry you aboard.

[errant raven]

https://tenor.com/view/heart-heart-attack-pain-love-love-hurts-gif-5493962

[summer cedar]

That is cute.

Some people are really dense. There's a dude on the SF forums asking, "I can't download Tracker's Alliance. Where can I download it?" It's like a bloody QUEST SERIES in-game, not a mod/dlc. le sigh

Reading his post almost confused me 😒 .

[summer cedar]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/kuch-illegal-toh-nahi-parents-worry-as-son-earns-rs-40-lpa-in-remote-ai-job-works-just-3-4-hours/ar-AA1YUblN

Lol. Old people. 🤣

They are worried their son is working only 4 hours a day and not 12, like they used to do.

It's family news; that's how it's collated here.

It's legit.

Bethesda's Creation Store is still AAAAAAA.

I search for 'Bethesda Game Studios' and none of their official mods show up.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/work-it-hugo-weaving-yiss-nbpvCPsFLItHO

https://giphy.com/gifs/EXy7qcyQH87a6LDJzr

[summer cedar]

More in-game plushies! 😄

[soft night]

good windus good

[summer cedar]

I still think they should've added a cat. 🐱

[mild gust]

But why

[summer cedar]

B'cuz cats.

[soft night]

raccoons needed to beaadded

[summer cedar]

Okay. Game downloaded on Steam. Config settings adjusted. SFSE extension downloaded and installed. All ready for April 7th. 🎆 👏

[summer cedar]

Agreed. No reason not to have raccoons.
And hamsters.

[summer cedar]

Did you know God Todd added a Doom-level in SF?

[mild gust]

Nope

[summer cedar]

A modder named Kinggath originally designed it and Beth took it from him, I think.

Small level, Doom Eternal based, I think.

You get the Doom Guy ™ armour as a reward at the end of it.

I just discovered it, along with a bunch of other nice mods from Bethesda.

[mild gust]

What the heck

Whats next thanks giving in a box

[summer cedar]

Probably.

The perks of multiple studios being under MS's umbrella.

They can crossover easily.

BethID, in this case. 🤣

https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/de/class/EPIC-Games-Presents-How-Next-Gen-Pipelines-Unreal-Engine-Enable-Faster-Iteration-2018