I am from Australindia
#lounge
pearl elk
elfin glacier
I am from Australindia
NRI ?
pearl elk
nope, true blue digeridoo
summer cedar
NRI ?
Btw, instead of hiring freelancers, especially if it's urgent, you can just make use of AI - sketch-to-image-to-3D-model - and fix it up yourself for cheaps.
pearl elk
I just press the Nvidia button and everything looks better even life
elfin glacier
Btw, instead of hiring freelancers, especially if it's urgent, you can just make...
No thanks, that wouldn’t bring the best results
pearl elk
https://giphy.com/gifs/kk-aussie-vlogs-vfEvmx0iagcqAR5SHC
have you seen these videos? theyre actually comedians
elfin glacier
I just press the Nvidia button and everything looks better even life
Nice you should tell @summer cedar to use it as well
summer cedar
We're not against it.
pearl elk
Windus is an Nvidia spy
summer cedar
Also, you can post your job ad in #freelance-jobs or #salary-jobs , depending on what you are offering.
elfin glacier
Windus is an Nvidia spy
And probably a RAW agent, that’s why he’s so sensitive about DMs
pearl elk
@soft night this one https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSuK6fx9c/
sometimes he has a kangaroo friend, sometimes a koala friend
summer cedar
And probably a RAW agent, that’s why he’s so sensitive about DMs
Why the second DM request? I've already told you not to do that.
<@&213101288538374145> Deal with this, please ^.
elfin glacier
Why the second DM request? I've already told you not to do that.
<@&213101288538...
That was before, I don’t see why you’re so sensitive about it though
Are you going through some trauma ?
summer cedar
That's your second one. The time stamps are clear. If you can't follow simple etiquette, then this isn't the place for you.
elfin glacier
That's your second one. The time stamps are clear. If you can't follow simple et...
Maybe this isn’t the place for someone like you ? Ever thought of that ?
You’re acting like one of those nosy class prefects
I was thinking of hiring you, but no point, maybe someone else will ( or won’t )
summer cedar
You literally pursued me for a job recruitment unsolicited, DM-ed me twice, and are trolling now. I am not the one who needs to reflect.
elfin glacier
You literally pursued me for a job recruitment unsolicited, DM-ed me twice, and ...
Bro leave it
It was my mistake
elfin glacier
Why the second DM request? I've already told you not to do that.
<@&213101288538...
This one shocked me though “moderator please look into this” it’s like when you hurt your little sibling and they cry to their mom “mommy he hurt me” 🤣
My mistake even interacting with you, whoever you are
summer cedar
<@&213101288538374145> Are you guys not online or something?
elfin glacier
Yeah go cry
Keep at it
Even the moderator will be like damn this guy is a crybaby
Although they might block me for “being rude” or whatever but they will know
Anyway, peace out ✌🏻
summer cedar
What they will ban you for is harassment, which is a violation of server rules.
Assuming they are online...
An old game, but still addictive even today.
That dragon-hydra is pretty tough.
pearl elk
lucky it runs, this SupCom runs like ass on modern hardware
summer cedar
It's made in Unity. 🙂
BUT, there's a problem. It doesn't have a visual settings menu. So, you have to use Steam launcher options to get it into windowed mode.
pearl elk
so it cant be that old then
pearl elk
yeah I didnt play the Square Enix one much
pearl elk
I know theres a modern TA one done by the community BAR but its more like TA than SupCom
summer cedar
By TA, do you mean Total Annihilation?
pearl elk
yes
summer cedar
I loved that series.
LA jury found Meta and social media platforms guilty of social media addiction.
So, Mark dearest will have pay 0.1% of his fortune or something as fines. Big loss.
pearl elk
Im guessing TikTok isnt included cuz it was US at the time
Tech companies Snap and TikTok had settled with the plaintiff before the trial began this year.
summer cedar
Couldn't have happened to nicer people. I think I mentioned this before, but when I opened my Instagram after a ten-year period, all I got in the algorithm generated feed was pornography.
Basically, if your account has no history for the algorithm to draw from, it just shows you trash, hoping you'll pick something for it to go on.
pearl elk
instagram has been getting steadily worse, it used to be you hopped on there to see peoples photos now all people post is themselves
summer cedar
My account contains the screenshots I take in games. 😄
It was empty for a long time though.
pearl elk
have you tried threads? its even worse
summer cedar
No, sadly. I wanted to, but the distinct impression I got from its site is that it was meant for closed groups, with good privacy settings. That meant if I wanted to join a good group, I'd need to know those people personally or get an invite most probably.
So, I stayed away.
Instead, I found you, here. 🫂
😛
pearl elk
yeah I dunno about private groups
summer cedar
Is the public stuff trash?
pearl elk
I shut off my facebook recently cuz meta allowed anonymous posting on groups and I couldnt block people so as per usual another avenue for spammers and trolls
summer cedar
Those will simply increase in the coming days, what with the rising unemployed and impoverished.
pearl elk
theres no point using a platform where everything is private, I can get peoples numbers irl
summer cedar
Yeah. That's why I stayed away from Threads.
pearl elk
I used it alot for events, I could see who was going but now its all private because people are weirdos
summer cedar
Well, there are lots of trolls, right? Not surprising sane, proper groups have become private.
Especially families. No one wants their family groups exposed to idiots who wander by.
pearl elk
well theres a balance and now its tipped too far the opposite way
I think its mainly to protect FB marketplace they dont care about the rest
summer cedar
Fair. I think the problem's the same in dating apps.
It's difficult to meet decent folk, since they are private.
pearl elk
well you have to be open, so many people online are all closed now
summer cedar
To be fair, I might keep my profile private too, but for the fact that I run a business.
Privacy isn't really my right in all respects.
pearl elk
dating online you used to give different people a go, venture out of your comfort zone but no one wants to do that much anymore
summer cedar
That's what happens when we tolerate morons in the name of freedom of speech, or whatever.
People become afraid of encountering them, because of the stories they read.
It might not be fact. Trolls might actually be 10-15% of the actual crowd, but once you are afraid, you won't put yourself out there.
pearl elk
yeah and I guess more weiros have access now compared to back then
summer cedar
Oh yes. Thank cheap mobile phones for that.
pearl elk
the thing is those private accounts let the weirdos and creepers hide in plain sight
if they didnt have em then alot of the problems wouldnt be there
summer cedar
Yes. That's true. CNN had a report, whose video was creepy to watch, today.
All these 'husbands' chatting in private groups. I won't go into details, but yeah, creepy.
pearl elk
I been on the internet long enough to know you dont trust anon
summer cedar
Well, we are moving towards a Chinese-style ID system for the internet.
Anonymity will become 'less' of a luxury than what it is today.
pearl elk
but Ive made some really good friends online too, some Ive known for decades, met in person but none of that woulda been possible with all the privacy ramped up to 11
summer cedar
All true. Those were the days.
Now, you're just thankful not to meet trolls DMing you and spamming you.
Let's not forget the troll companies, too, sending you unsolicited messages and ads.
pearl elk
yeah it can be tricky, atleast since disabling my account I dont get friend requests from russian brides anymore 😛
summer cedar
I think Blue Man might've appreciated those.
Doesn't have to leave his house for that.
pearl elk
does make you wonder how many people have these parasocial relationships with people they dont actually know
summer cedar
Plenty.
Law and Order: Toronto had an episode on those.
People got into what you called 'parasocial relationships' only to be scammed for their money later on.
Some of them get killed, because things go horribly wrong.
pearl elk
some people use that to get people to do all sorts thats what those suicide cult things are about
I guess AI is similar too
summer cedar
As far as I have read about AI boyfriends in China - like in Love and Deepspace (a game) - the chief risk is the access the companies have to girls' private information.
Otherwise, so far, there haven't been any far-reaching negative effects.
pearl elk
It woulda happened before the internet too, like guys falling for strippers they barely know but because of reality TV and the whole influencer thing theyve started using that, made it more normalised
summer cedar
Yeah, but with the earlier avenues, it was primarily up to your imagination to create scenarios with your 'idol'.
With AI-friends, you can program their personalities and let them take it forward from there.
It's more 'realistic' for the users.
pearl elk
yeah I never thought about that, people might make AI versions of real people
there might be another version of you in a digital dungeon somewhere 😹
pine hill
Otherwise, so far, there haven't been any far-reaching negative effects.
its not because you can't perceive them that there are no effects
in fact, if having an AI girlfriend is a greater spiritual sin then making a deal with demons then you wouldn't even see it externally. people who have lost their soul still appear like normal people on the outside
summer cedar
Not sure what you're trying to convey, sorry.
summer cedar
there might be another version of you in a digital dungeon somewhere 😹
Is the pub culture less alive there with the original roos?
pearl elk
AI cant be the devil because it has no soul
pearl elk
Is the pub culture less alive there with the original roos?
oh its still around, just different
summer cedar
Good, good. I had read (and seen on Masterchef Australia) that it was a convenient way to meet new folk, and sometimes forge relationships.
pine hill
Not sure what you're trying to convey, sorry.
that if i sold my soul to the devil then you wouldn't perceive negative effects from that
evil doesn't show itself
it lurks
summer cedar
ok. 🤷♂️
pine hill
it's ready to spring in action to give you a little lick once you drop your guard
pearl elk
pine hill
summer cedar
--- TotalEnergies evacuates 1,300 staff from Middle East ---
I wonder what PartialEnergies is doing.
pearl elk
they evacuated only 130 staff obviously
pearl elk
this is the middle east sir not the united state of football fields
pine hill
brother you are making me crave calamari
summer cedar
speaking of, we kind of figured out what Mein Farter was saying, when he said Iran gave him a gift.
pearl elk
herpies?
summer cedar
He said Iran sent him ten ships. He basically thinks all the ships that crossed the Strait after paying the Iranian tariffs, are because of him.
summer cedar
Basically, the Indian ships, the Japanese one, the Thai ship (more recent), and the Pakistani one. All together, their 'gift to him' apparently.
summer cedar
they're gifting him lots of cluster bombs now too.
summer cedar
Well, I am earning more from the falling dollar.
The Dow is also up by -374 points today.
So much winning!
pearl elk
you can buy extra toilet paper
summer cedar
I was thinking gold paper, but okay. 😄
pearl elk
ohhh nooo, they did a rick roll trump version
summer cedar
Did Trump roll out of the WH yet?
🤔 I wanted a pizza today.
But, I resisted the urge. I did have delicious veggie puffs though.
Now, I still want a pizza. But it's 11:24 PM.
Someone made a fully customisable animation mod (it wasn't possible before) for Starfield.
Basically, modders can do 'whatever' with animations now, as opposed to dealing with restrictions earlier.
pearl elk
Look what I found 😮
summer cedar
SQUID!!!
It's cute.
Cleanse it with the holy fire of the God Emperor's righteous wrath! 🔥
pearl elk
this game is alittle odd, its got the painted yellow helpers but its entirely linear
summer cedar
I am watching Splattercat play Void Martyrs.
You are a space nun, who needs to pray, confess, and smack zombies with a crowbar.
Also, once you smack the zombies enough, you take their confession and save them from hell, making them catatonic.
pearl elk
summer cedar
There is no sense.
There is only faith.
Do you not have faith in the God Emperor of Man?
pearl elk
are the cats catatonic?
summer cedar
So far, I have not seen blessed space cats.
Apparently, the higher your nun's faith level, the brighter your holy butt aura becomes, shining bright angelic light all around you.
pearl elk
summer cedar
👀 Interesting. Turns out you can harvest sacred relics from the guts of other dead nuns, and get perks from them.
Die for the Emperor indeed!
Lol. Today seems to be the day for DMs.
summer cedar
Time for a late night order /
I cannot. There are no late night stores here.
Sadly, we don't have the konbini culture in India.
fleet tangle
Damn.
summer cedar
Now, if you could kindly send me a double cheese pizza through the monitor, I'd happilly pay for the use of your dimension portal generator.
summer cedar
Triple might spoil your monitor.
summer cedar
4 cheese is the way!
Is 4-cheese 4 layers of cheese over there?
Here, the only 4-cheese pizza I've had was a mix of four cheeses in a single-layer.
pearl elk
Prawn pizza ftw
summer cedar
The same then. Yeah.
We can't even get four layers of cheese 😩
I don't mind if a prawn brings me a pizza.
fleet tangle
Get 2 pizzas. Take the double layer from both.
In fact, just get rid of the dough altogether.
pearl elk
I don't mind if a prawn brings me a pizza.
fleet tangle
I had the best cheese day yesterday. Cheese toasty for lunch and jacket potatoes with cheese for dinner.
pearl elk
I always put sour cream, cheese and bacon on jacket potatoes
summer cedar
Go ahead, you lot. Make me hungrier.
I've asked my baker to let me know if he can make Cheese Chiffon cake according to a recipe I linked him.
fleet tangle
I always put sour cream, cheese and bacon on jacket potatoes
And some chives.
You can make your own food.
summer cedar
You know, I would love some falafel and green chutney right now.
fleet tangle
Mmmm
summer cedar
My brain just thought of the minty, slightly-spicy flavour of green chutney, for some reason.
summer cedar
made with cilantro, mint, green chilies, ginger, clove garlic, peanuts, and lemon juice.
fleet tangle
Looks a bit like macha soup lol.
summer cedar
😋
fleet tangle
I may have to try some.
summer cedar
But I need to write two whole sentences in my 92-year-old student's lesson notes about the benefits and demerits of a capitalist economy.
summer cedar
Wait. Are you in one of those time zones that's 30m off the hour?
Yes. +5:30 GMT.
I blame the Jee, the Em, and the Tee.
pearl elk
92-year-old student
summer cedar
Yes.
His wife and he are living in an elderly care home now, after their daughter got them admitted.
Prior to that, they lived in their own house, but the student climbed a ladder to change a bulb once.
Then he didn't descend in a normal manner.
Consequently, his movement is now restricted to one daily, supervised walk.
summer cedar
Interfacing with the rest of the world.
Not really, given how good we are at calculations.
I mean, we are supposed to be.
fleet tangle
I just mean everyone else is on say 20 past. And you're in 50. Just seems odd!
summer cedar
True. But then, everyone else is a materialist, whereas I am divine.
Being odd is a mark of exceptionalism. 😄
Another dingus in ue-general.
Today really has been the day for trolls and idiots.
fleet tangle
Oh? What happened?
pearl elk
Im at 50 past 5am
summer cedar
Some twat asking someone to make something for him for $50, to 'waste time'.
tight oxide
How is it a troll, I'm not a twat either
summer cedar
'Cuz server rules. Tiny, unimportant rules, apparently.
🤔 I am resisting the urge for soup.
Does going slightly hungry to bed make me Oliver Twist?
There's a cool meme from South Park? about Oliver Twist. googles
No, it was Family Guy.
fleet tangle
---
🤔 I am resisting the urge for soup.
Give in to the soup.
summer cedar
But, my weight might increase to 71KG and 100 grams.
fleet tangle
Oh my god!
summer cedar
Where in the world did that GIF go?
Must be b'cuz it's 1:00 a.m.
This is the closest I could get.
fleet tangle
If somebody wants $50, seems a good deal.
summer cedar
Could get a barrel of oil at some point.
When the prices go down.
Or a pint.
Brent's up to $107 again. See-saw.
summer cedar
If somebody wants $50, seems a good deal.
Is that Fiverr thing still popular?
fleet tangle
Yup.
summer cedar
I think I found it when I was looking for gigs years ago. What surprised me was people charging $5 for playing games with others, and the customers loving it.
fleet tangle
Heh.
We got a few things off fiverr. Pretty sure they were just ai'd.
But at least we can have plausible deniabiity. And they were just sketches.
summer cedar
Ow! AI got to Fiverr too?
fleet tangle
Of course lol.
summer cedar
Fivenet spreads!
I haven't checked on that Google 3D game generator AI thingy in a while.
Lemme see.
Yes, Project Genie.
fleet tangle
Probably still shit.
summer cedar
Given what people pay for, that's just fine. 😄
Yeah, it's not bad. It's not amazing either. Quite limited in actors' actions, but Google admits that off the bat.
Stalker 2's next update? 👀
@median wraith You played this, right? ^
queen isle
Damn Mario movie spoiler is actually a good one. I wish I didn't see it
summer cedar
There's another Mario movie?
Oh. Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
Is it UE animated?
Ah, no. Just another movie by Illumination Studios Paris.
late cometBOT
median wraith
<@94317435246620672> You played this, right? ^
Noupe
lavish tendon
im crine
why is there a captcha on the new project page
because it loads a get started site of course
fleet tangle
Fuck that
median wraith
why is there a captcha on the new project page
What the hell
bronze axle
why is there a captcha on the new project page
Oh no.
mild gust
summer cedar
Good morning! 🌞 ☕
summer cedar
Noupe
You didn't play Stalker 2?
Then who was it who wrote about the stutters and stuff in-game at high settings?
summer cedar
So many days left to April 7th. 👿
summer cedar
@mild gust Did you see this - https://discord.com/channels/187217643009212416/1486955324618313778?
summer cedar
#hardware message - for cat programmers and developers.
fathom wadi
X4's Beta 3 is also out.
I love how they keep updating the game to fix bugs and refine features. I would only ask them one question. Why, after all these years, all these updates and expansions, all the bug fixes and feature upgrades, have they not switched out the 10 shitty character models in the game for better immersion? Why tho.
median wraith
You didn't play Stalker 2?
Then who was it who wrote about the stutters and stuf...
Mmmm not me
Everyone posted it on google
fathom wadi
yeah it was a common meta conversation at the time. It janked out at low settings too because of the way they had towns setup and it had no animation culling or AI process culling. So it would tank top end CPUs
queen isle
U.S.
PS5 – $649.99
PS5 Digital Edition – $599.99
PS5 Pro – $899.99
new prices announced
proud jay
summer cedar
I returned with bakery loot today 🛍️
9 puffs, 9 samosas, 4 garlic breads, 4 carrot-brownies, and 1 small double-cheese pizza. 🍞
pearl elk
Pet roaches only
summer cedar
Unless roach becomes cat by DLSS.
NVidia has provided this texture exporter tool, with BC7 compression.
Download link is in the middle of the page.
fleet tangle
I returned with bakery loot today 🛍️
9 puffs, 9 samosas, 4 garlic breads, 4 ca...
Show the pizza!
summer cedar
Show the pizza!
Give me a stomach x-ray machine through the monitor.
fleet tangle
Damn it. That double layer of cheese sounded good.
pearl elk
DLSS5 cheese
summer cedar
That actually... makes a lot of sense.
Double Layer Swiss Sliced 5-kinds cheese.
🤔 It seems Streamlabs settled a lawsuit last month or so, for secretly signing up account holders for their premium plans.
pearl elk
pearl elk
Nididia makes everything plastic
we're all Barbie girls
I found this interesting too, says Xbox on PC
summer cedar
I checked, but it's not free on Game Pass 🙁
Not yet anyway. Just pay-to-play for now.
Crimson Desert is also the same, for now.
pearl elk
well its coming next year so...
summer cedar
@mild gust @fair bridge Turns out my 4TB storage dreams have been fulfilled. There's a new company in India called Zortex Computers. They sell enterprise level products at discounts, because of excess being discarded or something. Time to see if I can get this 4TB drive for cheaps... 😄
pearl elk
I just found it interesting that its not Windows PC but Xbox on PC which I guess lines up with the Xbox Anywhere thing. It is an Xbox partner preview so maybe thats why the Xbox focus. Its just funny they have to have 5 Xbox logos to tell you how to play
summer cedar
It is weird sometimes, but I believe you can use your Game Pass Cloud to play it if you own the game, regardless of the platform.
I didn't subscribe for cloud gaming though; not paying so much for that.
fair bridge
pearl elk
https://youtu.be/XHO9ZVpu6tw?t=80
I must admit Sony are more clever with branding, just adding a number to the logo makes it easy... PS5 simples
pearl elk
Id say its a good deal but isnt that just a regular price for once 😛
pearl elk
Id say so, I got a PNY 4TB gen4 for $299AUD
summer cedar
If I am being cheated, I'll pay for you to visit me, Roo, and we'll hunt the seller together.
pearl elk
either way its good, just abit sad when we get excited about regular prices cuz everythings so inflated
I saw the 9070XTs at $900AUD and I was amazed, then I realised the launch price was probably over inflated anyway
pearl elk
I dont think anyone is selling Nvidia cheap unfortunately
summer cedar
LMAO! GPUs are under the AI menu. 😄
pearl elk
do they have any of the high end 4000 series?
pearl elk
wow thats crazy, we got no 4000 series here at all
summer cedar
Expensive as f....
All factory-sealed as well.
I think Gemini was right. They are selling enterprise rejects.
or excesses.
pearl elk
being able to get a high end 4000 series is pretty impressive though, the 4090 is still a beast compared to a 5070Ti
depends on the price though, theyre usually priced on performance unfortunately
summer cedar
24GB 4090 $3,582.67 only.
pearl elk
lol cheaper than a 5090 I suppose, not sure if its worth it over a 5080 for gaming
I think the issue Nvidia have is their actual workstation cards are overpriced AF so people just buy multiple of the high end consumer instead
as far as I can see Intels battlemage workstation cards and kicking Nvidias butt on performance and afforability
summer cedar
I think it's more that NVidia can't keep up with their enterprise demand.
Grapevine says they're already heavily backlogged for 2026.
And it's just March.
So, companies are probably picking these consumer cards up, like you say, while they wait for their Quadros or Blackwells, or cheesewells or whatever.
pearl elk
thats the $1000 off and yeah you cant buy them all
summer cedar
🤔 I wonder who the real supplier is.
Those three retailers say - at supplier.
Off the back of a truck?
pearl elk
In Australia, who knows... sometimes in stock means its in a warehouse in china
pearl elk
you get free processors if you buy RAM atm 😛
summer cedar
Hey, Cal....
check this out.
--- Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director’s personal email; DOJ official confirms break-in: Report
Iran-linked hackers have publicly claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal inbox, publishing photographs of the director and his purported resume. ---
🤣
pearl elk
Im expectin the 9070s to get even cheaper when the next console specs leak properly
I got a strange feeling like AMD held back last gen to put it all into next gen
Nvidias saying 2x path tracing speed but that probably realistically only applies to high end only, though it could be cool if their mid-low end cards could actually do something special
but its more realistic all the products will suck ass cuz data centers are the focus
summer cedar
and cost $6000 and a house.
lavish tendon
X
soft night
there is some eve vanguard gampelay as vip access
mild gust
Pay to play?
lavish tendon
Did they overhaul it
lavish tendon
https://x.com/FinanceLancelot/status/2037244258701263103?s=20
Scam all man funnier
mild gust
But he just needs more wafers!
lavish tendon
You know Saturn devoured his children
lavish tendon
It's the turtle and the rabbit tale
mild gust
What a painting
lavish tendon
There's an island which is inhabited only by penguins and trump put tariffs on it
Revenge of the penguins
mild gust
Penguins be based
fleet tangle
Better run on linux
mild gust
Doesn't say
summer cedar
That's why it is best for Linux to remain a minority OS.
The more people use it, the more vulnerabilities will be found/created.
It's pretty awesome for servers and I'd like it to stay that way.
mild gust
Tell windows to stop enshitification then.
mild gust
I won't be on it much longer
summer cedar
|| Dunno if you got the Russell Peters reference ||
summer cedar
summer cedar
You should go.
If you don't go now, you will think about it.
Once you think about it, you will want to go.
But later, it'll be too late to go.
mild gust
It's closed though
summer cedar
Then you will say I didn't go to the dollar store and I regret it now.
But' it'll be too late then.
BE A MAN!
mild gust
Been closed for 4 hours
summer cedar
Well.... that IS a problem, yes.
summer cedar
This.... didn't go well. 😄
mild gust
Why not
summer cedar
Why not
My command centre isn't in one piece anymore. 😛
Those ships are the pirates.
summer cedar
I tried ozempic. It didn't work.
mild gust
lavish tendon
X
fathom wadi
The Division did a good job. So did Watchdogs. Showed entirely different rendering systems pretty much 😄
I remember being hyped for Diakatana tho. Now I don't remember anything about it really except I liked the colour scheme tbh.
summer cedar
That was the one thing they did right
Is it April 7th yet?
mild gust
Is it April 7th yet?
Go to bed
tulip orbit
whats on the 7th?
mild gust
End times
summer cedar
Stargeddon.
Starfield's update officially launches, alongside the PS5 premium edition, and the Terran Armada DLC.
mild gust
Day walker
summer cedar
A Dampire.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot.
--- Those running Windows, don't forget to install the security certificate update, in case you have disabled updates altogether. ---
mild gust
A Dampire.
summer cedar
That's an unsuccessful dampire.
I prefer a more successful, intrepid one like this gentleman.
He has a family and everything. 😄
mild gust
That's an unsuccessful dampire.
This one lives off meth
tulip orbit
A Dampire.
a damp vampire?
summer cedar
a day pamper.
I don't know if you guys can play that video.
The police conducted a surprise drone patrol in my town, last night.
To arrest drug traffickers, miscreants, and probably pandas.
The video feed is from the drone.
mild gust
Good
My country needs to do that more
We seem to like criminals now
Going from 8th happiest to 25th in 10ish years is wild to
lavish tendon
in Spain we spend 3500 euros on a drone and use it twice
1750 euros per flight european efficiency
summer cedar
Do you mean police drones? Or personal ones?
lavish tendon
police drones
summer cedar
whoo. that's expensive.
lavish tendon
when your buddy says "whatever color is good"
lavish tendon
pressed state on a button
summer cedar
Oh. Not using brain chip input?
lavish tendon
unfortunately no
hes coming to madrid in june
300 euros a ticket
i dont like when artists go from making artistic mass media to arthouse unlistenable music
summer cedar
He's a nutter.
BUT, people like his music....
...or at least did at a point in time.
lavish tendon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsO6ZnUZI0g like compare that song to this one
summer cedar
I've never listened to him. I did have an acquaintance who attended his concert, in Canada I think.
Even da coke is not safe.
Aiaiaiaiai!
soft night
median wraith
hows the weekend doing?
summer cedar
Pretty good. I had a carrot brownie. It was delicious. How about you?
median wraith
Normal weekend raining all day long
summer cedar
All you need now is a jello-y texture and it's a $500 game.
lavish tendon
Normal weekend raining all day long
imagine living in the uk but it's spain
what physics solver are you using in your engine?
would be really cool if it was physx 5
are you using jai for your engine?
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summer cedar
That's so cute 😍
Until someone posts videos of cat massacres.
And even worse, unarmed cat punching videos.
mild gust
Can you even hurt the cats in that game?
summer cedar
You can do anything with anything in that game.
Basically you can pick up and throw anything, as far as I know.
Whether or not you can punch an animal, I haven't seen anyone do it yet.
mild gust
Probably because most people don't watch psychopaths game
summer cedar
Nyah. They'd probably be the most popular streamers.
Before they get banned for causing distress, or some such...
fleet tangle
https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-players-are-are-building-a-cat-army-...
Love the soldier cat! 😂
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Reporting for duty!
summer cedar
I bet a modder or two will make a ton of cats for Starfield.
Especially since Bethesda basically said they had all died off.
Out of spite and a deep desire for revenge.
mild gust
She controls it with her gun?
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2037801866621571562?s=20
What in the AI slop is this
Get it because Tiger Woods was in another car accident
lavish tendon
weekends are strange it's like bad news take a break
summer cedar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjMYu6blRjI
--- India's largest shallow-wave basin at IIT-Madras ---
mild gust
Game of the year? 2027
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4450600/Crackheads/
soft night
median wraith
imagine living in the uk but it's spain
The north basically
summer cedar
I'd like to use a Soprano OS, or a Megatron OS.
Well, this is the weirdest thing.
My Boyue Likebook Mars e-reader still has 100% battery charge, even though I had charged it WEEKS ago.
That's either some serious charge retention capabilities, or the sensor is broken.
Or maybe both.
soft night
Krampus thanks
summer cedar
5090 price revised to $6,500 here on Amazon.
summer cedar
Man, Jimmy Carr is awesome.
fleet tangle
Man, Jimmy Carr is awesome.
He is. I've been watching a lot of his stuff on youtube lately.
I just dislike 8/10 cats.
pearl elk
reload simulator 2027?
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@celest musk Is this your game?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063660/Bendy_and_the_Dark_Revival/
celest musk
woven wing
https://x.com/GHBSmith/status/2037616897831972890?s=20
I can't get over how bad the shadows are for this game. I like the game, and vistas are beautiful, but something about this engine is heinous
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I can't get over how bad the shadows are for this game. I like the game, and vis...
I blame Lumen
woven wing
I blame Lumen
It's not UE
woven wing
Crimson Desert
woven wing
It'll be like overcast, and laser sharp shadowing from tree canopies
I tried RT off and the shadows just broke
Ray Reconstruction reduced FPS by half
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Gross
I like the idea of the game
But it's not worth full price to me
I'd pay maybe 50% off
woven wing
It's a weird game
mild gust
Agreed
woven wing
I can't stop playing but at the same time idk if I'm having fun
pearl elk
guilt playing
pearl elk
you want to get your moneys worth no matter what 😛
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#winning
woven wing
guilt playing
More like OSRS
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That constant dopamine rush
Lol
Man I had to quit again recently
I was playing too much
Plus they upped the price again
Fucking Jagex
pearl elk
Im gonna play this game until I crash out so hard I finally work out how bad it is, been there
woven wing
It's fun to like fight things, I want to get cooler and better equipment, but I'm broke, so I need to get supply caravans running, but I need more greymanes, but the MSQ is close so I'll do that, and a random puzzle I'll spend 2 hours on, and oh a blueprint for a cool spear but......
pearl elk
Sons of the Forest for me, I loved the first game
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That to lol
woven wing
I liked Sons better x.x
woven wing
The Forest didn't grab me idk
pearl elk
I liked the more survival focus, I wanted that bit to evolve further
pearl elk
Sons has better guns forsure
mild gust
I love when games make me wet myself
woven wing
I liked abusing gliding in Sons
pearl elk
I left myself dying in the river for 20 minutes and I came back and I was still alive
woven wing
"I will jump off this waterfall and glide to the moon"
mild gust
Maybe was #1
But #2 for sure was the one wheel
I tried to find a clip of it in sons of the forest
pearl elk
Sons had the segway thing
woven wing
My housemates ride electric unicycles
summer cedar
Good morning! 🌞 ☕
woven wing
On yong has ayy yo
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Good morning! 🌞 ☕
Yoo
summer cedar
Hoi hoi!
summer cedar
He should sell it online for crypto or something.
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Reselling for $800 Euros
summer cedar
--- As LPG shortages begin to pinch households and push up prices, the Centre is accelerating a quiet shift in India's kitchens — a large-scale move towards electric cooking. ---
Yay! Finally, the brains have started coming online.
I'd shifted to electric cooking literally YEARS ago.
What amazes me is how long it takes society to do the common sensical thing.
They could've dumped gas in domestic uses AGES ago. But, nooooooo.
🤷♂️
mild gust
I love electric cooking
summer cedar
A very interesting read.
It's about AI and less about the war.
That last screenshot from Gemini is enlightening. 🤣
summer cedar
LOL! Well, when they pack 7KG cases and components in one big box, what do they expect?
There's no way the delivery dudes are going to carry the damn thing.
But, honestly, that's okay though. The boxes have ample padding inside them.
mild gust
You should have 2 drivers when such packages are on board.
They do here.
.....
I had a monitor delivered once and saw 2 people carrying it
summer cedar
That's a luxury. Also, impractical given costs. Gotta make a profit. I predict the extra drivers will be fired eventually.
Unless they're protected by law.
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Possibly
summer cedar
Was that an assembled PC?
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That the lady rolled?
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Looks like a prebuilt box yeah
summer cedar
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/sky-turns-bright-red-in-western-australia-a...
I adored the fire tornado video from there.
Their wildlife camera managed to catch one just as it formed. It was incredible.
summer cedar
Well made.
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Bonnie Blue for every game!
summer cedar
https://x.com/Pseudo_Prophet_/status/2038058564166541424?s=20
This is old though. You had posted this before.
Someone's recycling the video, I guess.
Marathon? My brain is recognising it, but can't quite place it.
mild gust
This is old though. You had posted this before.
or is it that this just happens multiple times?
summer cedar
Bungie. 🤔
mild gust
Yes
summer cedar
or is it that this just happens multiple times?
It's the same vid. I remember it from before.
Same parking lot and whatever.
mild gust
Could be
summer cedar
Yes
Ah, I remember this trailer. Hmm.... so they released it.
Figures why I ignored it. It's a PvP online thingy.
Nice atmosphere though.
The retro style ammo counter on the guns is funny. 😄
mild gust
Yoo this looks fire, https://store.steampowered.com/app/4067370/Prospice/
summer cedar
I've tried these driving simulations. After the first hour or so, I get bored. I think I've outgrown them.
Pacific Drive might be the exception, because of the story and other stuff to do.
summer cedar
Who doesn't like the sun, though? 🤔 Gotta be a weirdo to dislike big, bright, and shiny.
summer cedar
Definitely weirdo! 😛
lavish tendon
https://x.com/InvincibleHQ/status/2037575195913834499 why does every animated western action series look like that
mild gust
Using the same tools probably
lavish tendon
it's either that or family guy
lavish tendon
in my world trees are two quads crossed
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Trees are 1 or 0
summer cedar
Why should we be obsessed with virtual trees?
We chop them down to parking lots in real life.
Should just be happy with STOP and GO signs in games, to be honest.
mild gust
Turn it into a mcdonalds
summer cedar
Crimson Desert's level design is certainly impressive.
Even if you don't like the environs for whatever reason, the scale, mixture, and segues of the levels are brilliant.
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Kinda reminds me of some of the better ubisoft titles
When they were using stuff like houdini for level gen
summer cedar
Go to 2:03:00.
Very nice.
But you can definitely see the MMO elements present in the boss fights. I think part of that is also because Pearl Abyss didn't publish the title under another company's name.
mild gust
What do you mean
summer cedar
It's easy to think Black Desert when you look at this game, consequently.
summer cedar
If you've played Black Desert, you'll know. The combat and movements have obvious similarities.
summer cedar
I mean, it's the same company and they originally made this as an MMO, I've read.
mild gust
Yeah
summer cedar
Changed it to single-player. Kinda shows in the boss fights.
You can easily imagine a healer standing behind you, healing away while you whale at the boss.
There's an over-emphasis on pots (heals). I assume there's a superior skill-based system for highly-skilled players.
mild gust
You mean parrying?
summer cedar
Not just that. Other skills from the skill tree. TheRadBrad isn't really using his.
mild gust
What a nub
summer cedar
He's got a very simple playstyle that he ALWAYS follows in EVERY game.
Only towards the end-game does he fully kit out his character.
Did the same in Elden Ring.
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summer cedar
Hehehe. Let us sell p0rn!!!! ✊
Yeah, not going to happen.
Clean your business or go bankrupt.
summer cedar
Because those 'foreign' laws are an issue.
There's a reason Paypal exited India for domestic payments.
They didn't want to do exactly this to US customers.
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Laws smaws
summer cedar
It's not easy if these companies want foreign money.
mild gust
Bend them to your will
summer cedar
They are bending; that's why they are banning those moron sellers.
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Wrong way
summer cedar
Honestly, why haven't we made a p0rn payment service provider yet?
summer cedar
Then they will die.
There's too much money against this sort of thing in civilised societies.
If you want to sell objectionable content, facilitate those services properly.
Oh yeah, this reminds me.
Patreon send me an email recently.
They said they've updated their t&c about objectionable content, too.
I didn't peruse it, but yeah.
mild gust
Then they will die.
There's too much money against this sort of thing in civilis...
Against porn?
summer cedar
Yes, the open kind.
There's lots of investment in 'sanitized' versions though.
You just gotta get smart at marketing and packaging.
M00ricans just need to learn how to be civilised.
summer cedar
Not happening. M00rica is just a temporary aberration.
mild gust
They want $
summer cedar
It'll reform soon enough.
summer cedar
Yep. So sell it properly. Otherwise, get banned. 😄
Class and taste matter.
Learn or burn. 🔥
and all that jazz.....
mild gust
They banned a lot of games at random..
Wasn't just class or taste.
Even now a lot of random games remain on steam store so 🤷
summer cedar
Dunno. I haven't investigated. I don't think you did either.
Everything has reasons.
mild gust
I did?
summer cedar
Domina was an amazing example.
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Lol
summer cedar
You have to contact each dev, find out why they were banned, etc. etc. Documentation.
If you didn't do that, it's just news - if that.
summer cedar
That's the stuff of negligence.
mild gust
Internet exists
summer cedar
Due diligence or nothing.
summer cedar
No machines or robots for investigations.... yet.
Must be h00man. Gotta burn the midnight oil.
Search through documents.
Loooonngggg, weary interviews and papers.
mild gust
The company that campaigned it works for one of those game censorship companies
So it is what it is man
summer cedar
Law & Order style. Get to the bottom of the books.
mild gust
We talked about this before
summer cedar
Yes, and it is as meaningless as it was then.
summer cedar
Vain hope.
summer cedar
Majority wins. There too much money in other avenues to convince payment processors to support what the majority doesn't want. It's just how it works.
When such games are worth more than other industries, then we can revisit it.
OR easy solution, make a dedicated payment processor for them.
mild gust
or just revert the moronic changes made by a fake company with fake ideas of what censorship is
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Collective Shout will fall
Just wait 🙂
They are the only reason any of this happened.
summer cedar
Yeah, I doubt it unless they are embroiled in a scandal.
It's an Australian outfit.
Kangaroos stick to their guns for the most part.
mild gust
Their scandal is anti-porn
Banning games even such as, affecting LGBTQIA+ creators whose works featured consensual sexual themes or non-exploitative content
summer cedar
minority stuff, not mainstream.
summer cedar
need more bigly boom.
mild gust
It's bigotry.
summer cedar
like, they stole billions from a charity or something.
mild gust
Nothing more.
mild gust
Someone else like's something they can't have it.
mild gust
Then accuse them of it and initiate legal proceedings.
I already did all I can for now
summer cedar
and failed? 😄
mild gust
No?
summer cedar
Money beats money. What you need is a more powerful industry backing an anti-anti-whatever.
If the scales don't shift, same result.
mild gust
Also collective shout thing effects more than just games
Just saying
Effects music
and movies
But oh well
The weak are taking control
summer cedar
Actually no. What happens is that the powerful parts of those industries take action, because they agree.
That's it really.
summer cedar
Might happen. Might not.
But p-sellers aren't going anywhere without being more judicious.
Learn from the Japanese.
They do very well with their products.
mild gust
Yea make your porn playable
summer cedar
Not saying their companies haven't failed.
But more often than not, they remain functional in the market.
Because they know how to sell. 😄
SkilLZ.
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Like Carnal Instinct?
summer cedar
Like DMM.
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Like Fear and Hunger?
summer cedar
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I have it
It got saved for now
Collective shout was talking about going after gory games though
So it's at risk
summer cedar
--- Its a good game, but I dont recommend it to anyone who likes playing games without having to look stuff up all the time. ---
Old style game.
Reminds me of DOS.
summer cedar
The dark priest's dress colour is blending into the background. 😄
I like the vignette vfx.
mild gust
Part 2 is good also
summer cedar
I want to play the new edition of Alone in the Dark.
It was supposed to be on Game Pass, but I haven't seen it there.
mild gust
I blame, Satya Nadella
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Try Geforce Now
summer cedar
I'd have to pay.
And it's not free there.
You have to own the game.
Yeah, their deal with MS fell through I think. AoiD is not on Game Pass.
mild gust
Lame
summer cedar
Yep.
Especially after they announced it.
Or at least an article said it would be there.
summer cedar
To the end of the universe.
summer cedar
Time to heat up a samosa and two puffs! Dinner! 🍞
summer cedar
https://tenor.com/view/samosa-samosas-food-pyramid-gif-12180921
How're you today?
pearl elk
Im going alright hbu?
summer cedar
I'm pretty good. Just vacillating between writing and playing, right now. 😄
pearl elk
I been playin Crisol: Theater of Idols
summer cedar
I been playin Crisol: Theater of Idols
That game looks good. Did you find another cool squid like the screenie you posted the other day?
pearl elk
The whole game looks pretty good, Im not usually one to sort of go around admiring the view but theres so many cool details
soft night
pearl elk
That game looks good. Did you find another cool squid like the screenie you post...
I found this bottle 😮
summer cedar
I found this bottle 😮
Is it freshly forked though?
pearl elk
It might be, there are alot of tridents in this game
summer cedar
can you drink from it?
pearl elk
nah theres not a whole lot of interactive things
just things you can collect
I can punch this thing
pearl elk
yeah there is alot of attention to detail, lots of nautical themed stuff
pearl elk
in one of the kitchens it had shell handles on all the cabinets
summer cedar
Lovely. Does it have a squid ink gun?
soft night
finnish thing to have reindeer meat snacks?
pearl elk
I would play this game
mild gust
Gulf States Crack Down on Videos of Iranian Attacks Posted Online
https://archive.is/xseNi
Ready to cure your cancer with pig semen?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00982-2
summer cedar
W00t?! 👀 Kelsey Grammer was in The Hunting Party, in season 2 episode 5. Very cool. Creepy role, but cool.
His son-in-law has already compensated for that, by raising tons of money over there, in the Middle East.
mild gust
His son Baron Trump making bank though
summer cedar
Barron's chump change. It's Jared who's the golden goose.
Bro's done more for Funding from the Middle East than Peace. 😄
'Done' + is doing
On the plus side, if you buy this now and sit on it, and the Americans decide to be couch potatoes and not vote again in November, its price will skyrocket once more. 😄
|| Don't do it. I just put that out there. Not investment advice. 😛 ||
mild gust
But how will we invest in Brent Crude Oil
summer cedar
It'll be cheap after the rumoured nuke goes off.
pearl elk
His name is now Oil Barron
mild gust
Beehive added! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMw0eFiLrQ
soft night
signal cradle
Hi cN SOMEONE PLS PLAYTEST MY GAME NO DOWNLOADED
fleet tangle
Sounds sketchy.
mild gust
Hi cN SOMEONE PLS PLAYTEST MY GAME NO DOWNLOADED
Maybe if you didn't post in multiple channels and yell at people to try it.
I know it's a left wing channel but still has some interesting info.
lavish tendon
actually im deleting it fuck tjis shit
summer cedar
actually im deleting it fuck tjis shit
deleting what?
summer cedar
Ah.
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