lounge

[summer cedar]

It's a pity Sonodyne never went into wireless headsets and stuff.

They make some really expensive speakers here.

[sweet rose]

There was another Indian brand on Shark Tank called Sonic Lamb, their headphones had their own patented subwoofers, they looked pretty cool

[pearl elk]

My company is called Bloat

[summer cedar]

Well, if you want speakers, woofers, and stuff, go for Sonodyne.

They are expensive, but you won't be paying import costs. 😄

[summer cedar]

I thought it was Roo Bad Roo Games Ltd.

[pearl elk]

Super Roo Games

[sweet rose]

will have to check them out

and compare to Bose/Sony/Marshall

[summer cedar]

If you want something for a production environment, then you could also send Sonodyne an email for custom products.

[pearl elk]

Whatever happened to that Beats headphone brand?

[sweet rose]

fell off

[sweet rose]

nah just to listen to music

[pearl elk]

Beats not by Dre but by Apple

[sweet rose]

Oh

[summer cedar]

Oh. Just for that. Then, Redragon Anvil speakers for your PC. Cheap AND you can hear all sorts of background noise from videos (like babies burping, twigs snapping). It's scary sometimes.

[sweet rose]

hard to believe they are great for that price 😯

[summer cedar]

They're quite good. The sound effects have scared me more than once.

[pearl elk]

What if the babies burping are just your neighbours baby monitors?

[summer cedar]

We don't hear neighbouring farts, here.

[pearl elk]

they could even be the burps of baby monitors past

[summer cedar]

The only sound you hear from your neighbours are abusive shouts and concrete hammers.

[sweet rose]

and drills

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/good-vibrations-jackhammer-hard-work-jiggle-hi-vis-gif-12724303483150066379

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard-white-lightning-EziKyNYBBddx6

[summer cedar]

Courtesy solid walls. Unlike you firangi types, we don't have spaces in between our walls.

[soft night]

hevedy have now style of burt reynolds

[sweet rose]

I was showing my friend a Death Grips song once and there was some construction work going on in my neighbor's apartment.
When the power drill turned on, it was during the chorus and he thought it was part of the song 🤣 🤣 🤣

[summer cedar]

Lol.

[pearl elk]

reminds me of stomp

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fire-explosion-1S6xghiGMc6Hu

[sweet rose]

what's that

[pearl elk]

Its a dancing group, they do percussion and tap but they use angle grinders and all sorts

There was a movie, cant remember but they were in it

[soft night]

fresh calamari comparison burt reynolds with pedro pascal

[pearl elk]

Burt Reynolds + Perdro Pascal = Ryan Reynolds?

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

this is the one

not sure what that bassist is doing lol

[sweet rose]

the grinders were pretty cool

[pearl elk]

yeah there was one at a steelworks but I cant remember if it was this movie or another one

[sweet rose]

I wonder if they added the sound in post prod lol

but if it was live then it's really cool

[pearl elk]

they might have done it live, not a one take or anything but the post on these older aussie movies was almost non-existent

alot of these people come from theatre so its not out of the ordinary

[sweet rose]

interesting

[pearl elk]

Sam Worthington is in that movie lol

[sweet rose]

Yes I noticed

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/kiri-laugh-cover-mouth-the-way-of-water-avatar2-gif-27358538

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/KLAPSHOP-z3aK5b9wJYfo2DIzsS

[half canopy]

https://youtu.be/4st8uDymWT8 this was the film that showed me George Clooney is a funny guy

[half canopy]

anyone rember being in a fun park im sure it was Water World, was about end of the 90s, they had a short Pirate film playing in 4D, i seen Avatar in 3D but this was soming else had bees or wasps in my face and ears trying to shake them off / staying still lol

or that terifying roller coaster ride in darkness... before i got on guy said for a joke im sure not too sure your tall enough... i went to the front on my own. i never grabed on to something in my life ever, this thing went backwards in the dark lol. im not proud looking back on the photos they had on screen, i think we skipped paying for them, tho would be good going back in time seeing my life or death little face.

[lavish tendon]

4D still exists it's called 4DX now

and yes all avatar movies were available in that format

they spit water at you, the seat move and tremble

there's a mist maker and loud speakers

but it's like 3-4x more expensive than normal 3d

[pearl elk]

so if I went and saw cocaine bear in 4DX?

[lavish tendon]

so nobody goes because in spain we are "tiesos"

i watched 30 minutes of coaine bear and it's what i expected

[pearl elk]

say hello to my little friend 😛

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-laugh-gif-19431096

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/officialWRC-drone-rally-wrc-PeFC1xbe52XAtXioNt

[sweet rose]

They should make movies like the ones I make #generative-ai

[fathom wadi]

Movies don't cost much to make per se. But replacing stories with mind-numbing CGI and more camera cuts than Knifey the Cameraman Killer with actors that are prima donnas who think learning Stanislavsky demands respect and top wages. All it demands is a library card in reality.

[fathom wadi]

I'm not a fan of sitting in a cinema listening to disgusting sounds of crunching, slurping and idiots.
The only thing that could make it worse is being sprayed with water, smells or some kind of fakery that is meant to help the illusion of cinema, but drags me out of my immersion to say "well jeez... another parlour trick".

[lavish tendon]

depends of the genre of the movie, i went to see a comedy and obviously people were laughing and making noise but that's part of the experience, i also saw the whale and loving vincent and the room was quiet as a library

[summer cedar]

---

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday (April 24, 2026) cancelled the banking licence issued to Paytm Payments Bank Limited under Section 22(4) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (‘BR Act’) effective from close of business on April 24, 2026.

“Consequently, Paytm Payments Bank Limited is prohibited from conducting the business of ‘banking’ as defined in Section 5(b) or any additional business specified under Section 6 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 with immediate effect,” RBI said in a circular. ---

There goes another private, Chinese-related bank from India.

[mild gust]

😮

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

Good to see them still collab even just off-camera but w/ Plouffe

[summer cedar]

MMOs going UE 5.

Aion 2.

Conan Exiles Enhanced - It's a free update for this one.

[mild gust]

Saw that one

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwOa27CtDGk

He came to Canada!

[lavish tendon]

I almost went to canada when I was younger. Nobody knew who Trudeau was at that time

[soft night]

https://x.com/iceye_global/status/2047588895055839349

ICEYE (@iceye_global)

ICEYE mapped the full 1,343 km Finland-Russia border: 17 passes, 268 SAR images. This animation shows Multi-Spot imaging in action—from broad border coverage to a railway station where a train, material pile, and road are visible in one acquisition.

▶ Play video

X · Apr 24, 2026, 8:10 AM

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26eiOk3jrSc

https://gamerant.com/playstation-age-verification-online-features-voice-chat/

Good grief

[pearl elk]

They could you know, not force people online with OS accounts

Back in my day all we had to ruin our fragile young minds was MK arcade boxes at the local Deli, we didnt have all these weirdo anons in chat

[mild gust]

Just another thing that can get leaked and will get leaked by hackers.

Especially it being Sony

[pearl elk]

Hey I dont care about Sony, I cant even get on CornHub atm cuz of this age verification 😅

[mild gust]

Should downloaded porn before they implemented it 😛

[pearl elk]

Theres no reason to store any ID for verification though, once its checked it should be immediately secure destroyed

[mild gust]

There isn't but you know they will

Sony loves a reason to collect more data

[pearl elk]

Optus was the worst, they stored drivers licenses for so many customers and they all got hacked. That was before these rules

[mild gust]

Also this, https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/09/hack-age-verification-firm-discord-users-id-photos

This has happened already 😂

[pearl elk]

We have a thing called MyGovID, its a snazzy system but no one trusts cuz they think the Gov is worse than hackers lee sigh

[mild gust]

Crazy people trust Anonymous more than their governments

[past sleet]

are they required by law to remove that data now? i thought it was still wild west

[pearl elk]

The way MyGovID works is their system requests access and you allow it. Can revoke it at any time and theyre not allowed to copy only access the data direct

Basically a proper digitalID not this photocopy crap

[past sleet]

from the article:

Sony stated that it would implement its own measures across the globe
I don't quite understand. Are they saying they'll roll out id verification literally everywhere (across the globe = everywhere) or only in US and UK (across the globe = a few different countries far apart)

[pearl elk]

Sony only operates in a limited number of countries. I thought thats why the PSN requirement for Helldivers 2 was so controversial

[past sleet]

wikipedia says

PlayStation Network is available in every country and territory except in North Korea, Philippines, Russia and Vietnam

[pearl elk]

Steam might even need to do proper age verification here lulz

[past sleet]

I hope they meant that they'll enable it only in UK and US and "global regulations" means only these two countries

[pearl elk]

Its more like 117 different countries

[past sleet]

I thought age verification in software was a very recent trend and only two countries are serious about it. Is this kind of regulation really that widespread?

[pearl elk]

Australia has it for some things they see as problematic and for Cali its OS level in Silicon Valley so huge sweeping implications

[past sleet]

oh right Australia, completely forgot about it. they've always been anal about regulating videogames, not surprised thy are showing initiative this time as well

[pearl elk]

Its more to do with contracts on the business side. If someone under 13 says theyre 18 you cant do anything cuz thats on you for trying to get them to sign/click

Maybe we need computer licenses like pen licenses 😂

Australia is regulating social media and corn btw, not games. Its only platforms like Roblox, Steam etc being looked into. We have an R rating for games but they let Steam self regulate and some games that break local laws are still sold here

[past sleet]

Well, maybe "regulating games" is not factually accurate, but it's accurate in spirit. Australia is notorious for their video game censorship, they really have something against videogames, I think

[pearl elk]

As I said we now have an R rating but if you want accurate drug use, animal corn etc I got no sympathy

Cyberpunk 2077 wasnt censored at all

[past sleet]

come to think of it, that petition that drove steam and itch to ramp up censorship of adult games, that censorship was done by an Australian feminist group. keeping the spirit of hating on videogames alive

why does it feel like in the past decade every other government got a taste for banning and restricting things?

[pearl elk]

Well you only need to go through the ratings board with physical releases. Some people lie about the content of their games to get past Steams checks

Its cuz Authoritarianism is on the opposite side of progressivism and that has been super demonised by both sides of the political spectrum

[past sleet]

they should ban banning

[pearl elk]

So we end up with crap like the US wanting to bring back firing squads

[past sleet]

just googled it, they really do want to bring back older execution methods. It seems some people watched The Green Mile and thought "The chair scene is fucking badass"

[mild gust]

But an OS can be a weapon

[mild gust]

Sam said sorry it's okay now guys https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sam-altman-tumbler-ridge-apology-9.7176482

[pearl elk]

Anything is a weapon if you throw it hard enough

[mild gust]

https://tenor.com/view/dodgewrench-dodgeball-gif-7601197640735809486

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[mild gust]

Yoo

[summer cedar]

Ooi!

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-tired-sleepy-coffee-coffee-cup-gif-16510344054637063999

[sweet rose]

Good morning 🌞

[mild gust]

https://tenor.com/view/dark-souls-praise-gif-25000256

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/swaith-arrow-ouch-gif-14001004

[mild gust]

https://tenor.com/view/ace-ventura-rhino-gif-18966957

[sweet rose]

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/basketball-ace-attorney-phoenix-wright-MwuYBMgUJ1fNNKMnox

[summer cedar]

https://happygamer.com/saros-unreal-engine-5-6-update-april-29-149374/

InZoi going UE 5.6.

Apparently, you need to reset the graphics settings after the update.

---

https://fab.com/s/17ba0e0a5dea

More low-poly character models for whoever's looking for them.

[summer cedar]

It is good news, but the real question would be if those indie devs will make sufficient money off of their projects. If they don't, they'll merge with those who have money, like venture capitalists. That'll just lead to a studio's formation or amalgamation.

The cycle continues.

Hakuna matata.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hamster-notyourcleo-dj-nu8X6E2TWAZOL3Xd3o

[pearl elk]

Indies can never lose

[summer cedar]

Yes. But they want to win and stop being poor. That's the point. 😛

Gah! I wish models like Nano Banana become workable in an offline mode with a proper GUI, like WebForge used to be.

The online limits in prototyping are a PITA, even though the results are ultimately good.

[pearl elk]

The indie darling is too good of a story, it wont matter how many skeletons of dead games they have to walk over to get to that story

[summer cedar]

--- Nvidia's shares jumped sharply on Friday, pushing the company's market value above $5 trillion for the first time since October. Investors are once again pouring money into artificial intelligence stocks. The stock rose 4.3% to close at $208.27. At one point during the day, Nvidia's market value touched about $5.12 trillion, according to Yahoo Finance. ---

Meanwhile, in capitalism....

[soft night]

https://tenor.com/blGu6.gif

[soft night]

this morning was fancy it snowed

[fathom wadi]

It's amazing that so much money has been invested in Nvidia and there hasn't been a competitor even close. Usually when something this important happens the clone armies appear. I know the chip source is locked down right and tight so perhaps it's a case of Nvidia's buying power being so strong they can obliterate even the notion of competition. Something has to give though. We can't keep a single point of production globally. If someone doesn't offer a radical alternative to the TSMC model we are going to be in some fascist nightmare pretty soo.... hey wait a minute. It's now !

[pearl elk]

I think Nvidia using Intel fab is whats kicking the stock price up

[summer cedar]

I think it's more a question of price per unit, when it comes to the GPU competition. They can't match what NVidia produces at scale with the meagre quantities they can produce, but what they CAN produce performs weaker than NVidia's products. That gap is closing, I think (but am not sure), but until then, it'll be difficult for small-time players to compete with NVidia. BUT, what they can do is chip away at Huang by taking away the plebian customers who want cheap GPUs, much like Linux does to Windows.

Eventually, when the conditions are ideal, the competition can chomp at DLSS 100.5. Till then, speculate in NVidia stocks. 😄

[sweet rose]

I wouldn't trust any brand other than Nvidia when building an expensive setup

[summer cedar]

Fair. Even if you were willing to, there're NO options unless you are willing to compromise.

[summer cedar]

https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-highlights/gpu-failures-are-the-biggest-challenge-in-ai-today

A nice read.

[pearl elk]

Switch sells pretty well but I cant work out what makes a handheld, a mobile and a console different

[fathom wadi]

that's definitely the issue really. Whatever happened to industry developing their own factorial structures and engineering their own technology? It seems everyone is just looking to outsource in this case, and there is only one player to go for.

[pearl elk]

Google, Meta and Amazon all do their own chips for AI

[fathom wadi]

but who uses theirs?

[sweet rose]

Nobody, because CUDA is the most open and well supported

You just gotta give them credit for being the best

[pearl elk]

All of those massive companies use their own chips, they have the economics of scale. OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, etc arnt exactly highly profitable

Samsung and SKHynix are making absolute bank atm

[summer cedar]

Fun times. Not my colours or markings.

[lavish tendon]

what would change at this point if the moon landing was fake

the tech to build the rocket was realized and is tangible

[summer cedar]

Because all that tech and NASA included would also be fake.

It's just AI and videos and memes.

[lavish tendon]

the moon landing must be a variable of a function that i dont know

[summer cedar]

The government is just playing puppet shows on TV to make you think they can launch rockets.

[lavish tendon]

you can go to boca chica, texas right now and watch spacex catch rockets

[summer cedar]

Elon smokes weed, so SpaceX is fake.

Stuff like that.

You are not actually going to Texas. You are being put in a truck that just takes you to a fake stage, where smoke and mirrors make you think there's a rocket and that it's being caught.

[lavish tendon]

they had stable diffusion back in 1969 it was top secret government tech

stanley kubrick was a 9000 iq alien that invented ai

[summer cedar]

You already have a brain chip. It was in the water that you drank with your tea. The tea was a UK-plot to chip you.

If you dare say you like coffee instead of tea, well, you have TWO brain chips in your head.

[lavish tendon]

everything is a tea really

coffee is coffee beans bathed and cooked on water

[summer cedar]

Tea is just greenified sugar sold by pharma companies to market diabetes.

[pearl elk]

Jesus is real but the Moon is fake

[summer cedar]

That's right. The moon is just a sticker put on a glass plate, which the government makes you think is an atmosphere.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/truman-show-gif-16260897409967297801

[summer cedar]

Jes Vader? 😄

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/bruce-almighty-morgan-freeman-i-am-god-hello-hey-gif-4743445

[summer cedar]

Pragmacraft will be DMCAed soon. ™

[pearl elk]

Inbuilt scripting, look Im pragmatting

[summer cedar]

--- US trip cancellation reflects Iran’s mixed messaging ---

So, basically, Iran went to Islamabad and spoke to Pakistan.

The US never went.

JD Vance also never went.

This was the best one-sided negotiation ever.

Also, this was one-sided negotiation round TWO.

I can't wait for Mein Farter to announce the NEWLY NEW peace deal tomorrow.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/coding-gif-25183725

[mild gust]

He be learning about wifi pineapples!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ9QetbbfNA

[summer cedar]

@trail ore Vampire Crawlers is indeed a lot of fun. I am playing the full version on Game Pass.

[mild gust]

https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-drops-price-xbox-game-pass-ultimate

Good news for game pass users

[summer cedar]

I got a message that my game pass membership remains the same at $4 or something.

Loyalty reward. 😄

But, they also said that if my recurring membership fails, I'll get changed to the new price.

[mild gust]

Be good for @fathom wadi maybe.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/discoveryeurope-jpinwOlsrBcmaIzDnE

[mild gust]

Just taking a nap on the tax payers dime

[half canopy]

i used to use Reddit mainly for reviews but ever since that age verify havent / no able to see the damn reviews lmao

[soft night]

its snowing

snow weather confirmed

[pearl elk]

Donald Slump

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-26/donald-trump-evacuated-from-white-house-correspondents-dinner/106607710

[half canopy]

apart from Star Wars Rouge Squadron, this my be my favorite mission https://youtu.be/v3D9kLgTEBA first time i played it was staying at a friends house the mum rentented it from blockbuster we were stuck on the train lol, then next N64 levels have to be https://youtu.be/QLbG-nBHbQ4 https://youtu.be/Qa9NATrhmac https://youtu.be/KV7rZxUJqIk & conkers bad fur day had a good set of multiplayer games, dino one with frying pan was class

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/sup-baby-yoda-grogu-gif-25118331

[summer cedar]

Their aim is only good in schools.
Outside of that, they suck even with guns.

[pearl elk]

tried to get the drop on him while he was napping

[summer cedar]

Isn't this like the fourth time someone's tried to off him?

[pearl elk]

4th time just for this term

I guess he should be thankful it hasnt been any professionals

[summer cedar]

I think he has already ensured that America has none of those left.

[pearl elk]

I guess the pros are too busy killing NASA scientists atm

[mild gust]

And nuclears boys n gals

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/pedro-pascal-joie-nuclear-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-gif-16138412341757773751

[summer cedar]

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/india-report-scuttled-indonesia-us-military-airspace-deal-malacca-strait-2896986-2026-04-16

Oh, Mein Farter will hate us more now.

[pearl elk]

is that why you guys tried to kill him 😛

[summer cedar]

Saar, please. If our coupons are redeemed, we would never miss. 😛

Ask Canada. 😛

[pearl elk]

you didnt have enough Tim Coins tho

this is an extraction shooter now not a battle royale

[summer cedar]

Can't deny that. One can never have enough Tim 🪙

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpDAvE9kgYk

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/mickey-mouse-disney-facepalm-seriously-gif-10689542864441625707

[mild gust]

At least he used ground news for his information this time.

[summer cedar]

Are these scientists really missing, or is it just the latest in conspiracy theory nuttology?

[mild gust]

Some are missing some dead

or allegedly

[summer cedar]

Ah yes, being dead would certainly put them in the 'missing' category.

[mild gust]

They have been missing for a while

[pearl elk]

they had this news on A Current Affair here

[mild gust]

One left behind his dog his phone and a bunch of other belongings

Actually multiples left behind phones

and other personal items

🤷

[summer cedar]

Well, usually, a dead man doesn't get to choose what he takes with him to heaven.

[mild gust]

Right

Or a kidnap victim

Some women went missing aswell

[pearl elk]

women cant be scientists, what you on about

[mild gust]

Woah

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-chuckle-you-gif-14521742

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ta7aSsvyq_g

She's a paleontologist

and an onlyfans model

OF funds her schooling

[pearl elk]

there is nude news

which suprisingly doesnt cover nudist events

[mild gust]

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

She's pretty cool

[pearl elk]

what is that liquid, ewww

[mild gust]

Uh molasses I think

[summer cedar]

Ban him immediately. 😛

[mild gust]

Why

[pearl elk]

looks like runny vegemite

[mild gust]

She's educating people

[mild gust]

She's 'Merican

[summer cedar]

I didn't say ban her.

I said ban you. 😛

[mild gust]

Again why

She's clothed

[summer cedar]

For posting such things.

[mild gust]

It's educational?

[summer cedar]

You should behave like a nun.

Properly.

[mild gust]

Na

I ain't no square

[pearl elk]

accessed nun violation

[mild gust]

To the nunnery!

[pearl elk]

divide by nun

[mild gust]

Nunya

[summer cedar]

your nun variable must be deleted.

[mild gust]

To nun or not to nun

[summer cedar]

You nunny!

[mild gust]

Make my president great again

[mild gust]

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-23/mexico-cia-agents-sheinbaum-cartels

Death by car crash 🤔

CIA agents

[summer cedar]

Not surprised. I read this a few days ago.
Just like their Iran 'operation', they fucked up there too.

[mild gust]

🤔

But sir

They know how to drive.

This was planned

[summer cedar]

Doubt.

AI license.

[mild gust]

Mali having fun?

[summer cedar]

These are all professional idiots.
It's the bestest, bigly country in the world.

[mild gust]

Mali?

[summer cedar]

Usususususus.

[mild gust]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/25/mali-army-says-armed-groups-launch-nationwide-attacks-gunfire-near-airport

Free Africa

[summer cedar]

I love that countries are now more willing to share missile tech with their customers.

Given how costly missiles are compared to drones, it's a nice way to drain your client's resources and strain their economy, making them focus on manufacturing expensive missiles.

[mild gust]

or you just use stuff like the iron beam

$3.50 per shot

[summer cedar]

They won't share that tech easily, though.

[mild gust]

But Ukraine has their own version

US is/ was working on one

EU has one

Not the same efficiency but still

Cheaper than a missile or a drone

Cheapest missiles are about the same cost as shahed drones now

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xbox-iron-man-xbox-series-x-marvels-avengers-2ninHFurJKq4leKLlp

[summer cedar]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/bharat-hits-different-russian-satellite-roscosmos-image-shows-india-in-mysterious-green-glow-social-media-flooded-with-reactions/ar-AA21JqPb

Pretty Earth.

https://x.com/Incognito_qfs/status/2047589344333136032

Incognito (@Incognito_qfs)

A Pakistani student made a model of solar eclipse and lunar eclipse.

Student moved the earth to show how solar eclipse happens.

A Maulana was watching this very closely and told him that earth doesn't move as per Quran. Allah has made earth stationary and mountains stop earth

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X · Apr 24, 2026, 8:11 AM

@pearl elk @mild gust Education ^.

Basically, the student models and exhibits a solar eclipse. The 'priest' tells him that the holy book says that the earth doesn't move, because the mountains stop it.

[mild gust]

That makes sense

https://x.com/depression2019/status/2048287870914535588?s=20

Jack (@depression2019)

L Ron Hubbard Scientology center documented being speed ran now today

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X · Apr 26, 2026, 6:27 AM

https://x.com/konekone2026/status/2048215520965709940?s=20

ぞくぞく@個人開発 (@konekone2026)

猫ちゃんの強制休憩アプリを作りました！
SNSをやりすぎると猫ちゃんがあらわれて画面を占領します🫪🐈

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X · Apr 26, 2026, 1:40 AM

[pearl elk]

oh no, the guy who tried to kill the president is an engineer, game developer and a teacher

[mild gust]

I blame Taco Bell

Optimus is learning well, https://x.com/Adams_Tech_AI/status/2047970897856737380?s=20

Adams (@Adams_Tech_AI)

A YouTuber tried trolling Tesla’s Optimus robot and got trolled back.

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X · Apr 25, 2026, 9:28 AM

[pearl elk]

I blame blue mountain dew, thats just not natural

[mild gust]

They get it from squashing catepillars

The joys of copper based hemolymph

[summer cedar]

He was a very poor dev.
Otherwise, his aimbot would've scored a perfect crit.

[mild gust]

He forgot to patch before he went out

Missing DLC

[pearl elk]

he tried a zergrush with a single unit

[mild gust]

Should have bought more MTX before he set out

[pearl elk]

he didnt even have the battlepass

[mild gust]

Wear something like this next time, https://www.airsoftsociety.com/threads/rampage-armor.57304/#lg=thread-57304&slide=0

[summer cedar]

Lebanon needs to hire some of these asap.

[mild gust]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1337057/

[summer cedar]

It wouldn't have helped. My understanding is, the bro rushed the police checkpoint. Got tackled by everyone.

[mild gust]

Gl tackling that armour

[summer cedar]

Six people piling on you will negate any armor.

Plus, they stripped him. 😄

[mild gust]

Have to put some blades on the pads

So when they go to grab you they get cut up

Like Batman

[summer cedar]

It just shows you how professional standards have fallen in M00rica.

Even a teacher can't set a proper example.

[mild gust]

This movie failed at it's mission

[summer cedar]

And the best part is, Mein Farter is using this as an excuse to resume construction of his Ballroom.

"We need the best security," and whatever.

[pearl elk]

apparently he upgraded the outside of the oval office with granite from overseas

[summer cedar]

steel's from Luxembourg.

[mild gust]

What's next moon rocks to keep away the aliens?

[summer cedar]

--- US military bases and equipment in the Persian Gulf have been hit much harder by recent Iranian strikes than initially reported, according to several US officials and people familiar with the situation.

The extent of the destruction is much greater than what has been publicly shared so far and the repair is expected to cost billions of dollars, the officials told NBC News. ---

Meanwhile, more expertise in action.

Very pro, saar. Very pro.

[mild gust]

Don't worry Mr. President will take another nap and resolve more wars for us all!

We can rejoice!

[pearl elk]

so much for lowering the tax burden, maybe they shoulda sent in Elon and his robot army

[mild gust]

Robot army is needed to replace the fallen soldiers

Figure it out

[summer cedar]

Honestly, Optimus would've done a better job.

It'd have probably avoided the schools, too.

[mild gust]

Waste

Just send more drones

Works for them

[summer cedar]

Iran has more drones, sadly. Mein Farter was unprepared.

Should've waited a year or two at least.

But, who needs plans? ATTACK!

[mild gust]

Exactly

https://tenor.com/view/avengers-plan-of-attack-gif-24052477

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-the-phantom-menace-droid-army-naboo-gif-15588671

[mild gust]

If it works in the movies

It works irl

[summer cedar]

Don't insult the Trade Federation.

They prepared for decades, IIRC.

[mild gust]

If Will Smith smithing taught me anything

[pearl elk]

what if Will Smith was actually a blacksmith

[summer cedar]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/kisan-mitra-chhadi-indian-scientists-develop-a-smart-stick-for-farmers-to-detect-and-catch-snakes-in-fields/ar-AA20WR3u

--- Indian scientists develop a smart stick for farmers to detect and catch snakes in fields ---

Get 'dem snakes! GET!

--- Capture of ships by US, Iran violates international law, shipping body says ---

Yes, we care about law now.

[mild gust]

Meme community thought of it,

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/hammering-the-armorer-emily-swallow-star-wars-the-mandalorian-blacksmith-gif-15132499444104922727

[mild gust]

But snakes are your friend

They kill critters that kill your crops

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/gameofthrones-game-of-thrones-hbo-max-a-knight-the-seven-kingdoms-6JBMlwaJ1cggEnjeHk

[summer cedar]

We have kaymikals for insects, m'kay?!!!

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/riddick-vaako-karl-urban-gif-11812351

[summer cedar]

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/vijayawada-how-bengaluru-techie-used-shakti-app-to-escape-midnight-auto-assault/ar-AA21KHo2

--- How Bengaluru techie used Shakti app to escape midnight auto assault ---

Technology saving people's lives.

[mild gust]

https://x.com/WebUndefeated/status/2048165656294531082?s=20

The Internet Remains Undefeated (@WebUndefeated)

Someone had a bit too much jägermeister…

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X · Apr 25, 2026, 10:22 PM

What in the abomination automobile is that

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/iron-man-hammer-tony-stark-qzu5DA3RXa4kF1L8ca

[summer cedar]

A waste of resources.

[mild gust]

They should have used 5 cars instead

Your right

Take up 2 lanes of traffic

[summer cedar]

*You're 🤓

[mild gust]

No no no

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/time-delorean-backtothefutur-HoqutG032LfMTDWZrx

[pearl elk]

shoblox

[pearl elk]

how long until someone adds AI to it

[lavish tendon]

E = MC2 + AI?

[pearl elk]

what if all those famous scientists from history were just android time travellers

[rare sparrow]

[pearl elk]

wow AI didnt help them to release any faster

[lavish tendon]

got my license revoked

cuz i didnt post anything

[rare sparrow]

Does it say that on the store page for you?

[pearl elk]

didnt punch anyone in the face

[lavish tendon]

one day i got a message that i did not have it

[rare sparrow]

I got a revoked license message, but it's apparently still in my library?

[lavish tendon]

it's a uk studio so they're obsessed with loicenses

[rare sparrow]

They let people who bought anything from the cosmetic shop keep the game too. I considered it, but didn't for some reason. Didn't know if buying the $1 watch item would count to keep it

So now idk if steam saying it's in my library means I still have it or what. I definitely did get a license revoked message

It's been downloading updates this past week too

trying to update my password, but epic isn't letting me???

like what does it mean "redirect url" I'm doing this directly from the account settings page

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ghostsaimgifs-ztt-something-wrong-aN8qOTF8Ta3OzejWly

[pearl elk]

Grass vs Zombies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW70hfHonLg

I guess its lucky he didnt work at Blizzard 😛

nah its even better

its even better than Denis Dyack

[soft night]

morning had snow on the ground

[pearl elk]

This is what snow looks like right?

[soft night]

is that your new spce ship? mons

[pearl elk]

Yeah its like the Levithan in Farscape

[median wraith]

what are you doing sir?

[pearl elk]

smoking weed in ya undies

start off growing outdoor on earth, finish up growing hydro on the moon

[summer cedar]

I love the way the plants are swaying.

[pearl elk]

Alien Desolation of Smaug

[lavish tendon]

Ayylien 👽🚬💨💨

Bogos binted?

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/harry-potter-dragon-dragons-LFppUfzW8rfpe

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/alien-monster-isolation-W3CZhqozKweLRCEDQf

[mild gust]

lol

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/apple-patches-ios-flaw-that-stored.html

[pearl elk]

so Trump replied to that guys manifesto 😹

https://tenor.com/view/nixon-richard-nixon-crook-im-not-a-crook-gif-19036666

[pearl elk]

I wonder whats new on the Concordian Timeline

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[summer cedar]

Which guy's?

[brittle holly]

We’ve gotta get the spice through https://youtube.com/shorts/x4_YYkO28NM?si=pinO81Z-k2NoMZKM

[summer cedar]

He was already on Dune.

He's the Baron Harkonnen.

That's why he's orange.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/reddit-room-server-PD9hjqdeidgqY

windus and also in got as mad king?

[summer cedar]

Mein Farter is probably more Robert Baratheon - fat, lazy, and less than intelligent.

[soft night]

eu pres might be the cersei

or the house of arryn one

[rare sparrow]

I found out the reason it says s&box is still in my library is because I do still have a license. I heard they accidentally revoked licenses for some people who passed the criteria to keep it, and apparently I was one of them. My Steam licenses and activations page says it was activated on the same day they revoked licenses, so that was probably them giving it back to people they didn't intend to revoke

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/aliens-hqg-RluM0kvZXkLS0

[lavish tendon]

it gets unlocked tomorrow

i dont know why they did that

[rare sparrow]

I mean, I'm able to play it right now since they didn't revoke my license

[lavish tendon]

yea but why the 7 day hiatus

[rare sparrow]

?

[lavish tendon]

why did they revoke licenses 7 days prior to launch??

[rare sparrow]

I think it was more like 13 days before launch. My guess would be so they wouldn't have to worry about all the license stuff so close to launch

[pearl elk]

The guy who tried to shoot up the joint the other night. He wrote a manifesto and a reporter asked Trump about it 😂

[proud jay]

how much do you think they paid him to pretend to shoot up the place

[pearl elk]

More than a teachers salary

[median wraith]

Gooood morning

late morning

[summer cedar]

Morning dias!

[proud jay]

why are you late

[summer cedar]

How estas?

[proud jay]

were you driving 1000km home from a date?

[median wraith]

Damm

isn't the same Cpt Price anymore?

[summer cedar]

It's releasing on Game Pass anyway.

But, I am not installing it.

[median wraith]

naaaaaa

[median wraith]

was checking all the accounts today, was kind off from the computer this days

[median wraith]

Bien y tu?

I noticed today some Ad for a new Alien isolation?

[summer cedar]

Estoy fine.

It's 41C here.

🥵

[proud jay]

have you considered dying to avoid the heat

[summer cedar]

I have. Then I returned to life and it was hot again.

[proud jay]

very sad

[median wraith]

Damm son

[pearl elk]

How could you be late for your Birthday

[proud jay]

I want some rain too please

I sowed grass seeds but it's not raining at all so need to water it all the time

[median wraith]

hahaah

I'm the Queen

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/no-evil-queen-nope-disagree-mad-gif-6496762687789842424

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/avatar-movie-gif-H2n5LOh3lvuOQ

[proud jay]

did you find a wife yet @median wraith

[foggy path]

@lunar flicker is there some reason you're sending random friend requests?

[median wraith]

+-

On the way

[lunar flicker]

Oh, nothing weird, I was just trying to connect with a few people from the server especially unrela engine developers because I'm new to it . I didn’t realize it might come off as random or uncomfortable. I’ll stop doing that, no worries.

[proud jay]

maybe talk to people first lol

[foggy path]

Yeah usually when I accept people's friend requests I then start receiving their marketing DM's

Or a scam of some variety

lol

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/paramountplus-WiiehPR7jsMMPdwqCK

[unborn lotus]

I just reply with I don't have any money

messages always stop

[foggy path]

I'm usually more interested in why they think this is a good use of their time

But they usually don't want to talk about it, possibly because they actually haven't even thought about it

or because it's ultimately a scam of some kind

[proud jay]

you stealing her or something?

or ordered of amazon?

[foggy path]

It's always the same and I suspect this guy is a scammer also

Just doing damage control so mods don't ban him

Usually when you check these people's artstation you'll just find the art is stolen

Lol yep

I just checked this one

@lunar flicker so why's your artstation content stolen from other people?

[unborn lotus]

oh busted

[fathom wadi]

at least my artstation content is so bad nobody would steal it

[foggy path]

Are the people these guys scam usually so stupid that they don't even do a basic image search

[proud jay]

you mean inspired right

[foggy path]

Inspired to the point that he even copied the description

[proud jay]

should've put a link to the original

[foggy path]

lol

Anyway for reference if anyone is interested enough: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3EyWLA stolen from https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L2mwD5

[fathom wadi]

that has been rephrased now. It's "good artists copy, A.I. steals, great artists complain about A.I. stealing whilst stealing".

[proud jay]

maybe those are just his alt accounts

I would report it but the report page is blocked on my work vpn

[foggy path]

I was gonna but they made it too hard

[pearl elk]

Im just trying to connect, can I use your game engine?

[proud jay]

if you insist

[pearl elk]

Im sure you wife always wanted to be with a Nigerian Prince 🤣

[sweet rose]

my brother i give her good poom poom

[soft night]

the nature even windy shorts are good

[lavish tendon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55UIaiTE-A

[summer cedar]

Moria! Let us begin.

This is... a raven. Just.... trust the game.

[lavish tendon]

<@&213101288538374145>

[soft night]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585100/Snow_War/

Steam

Snow War

Snow War is a First Person Snowball game. No blood, no gore — just pure, chaotic fun where every hit counts.

Set as a classic "Boomer Shooter" FPS with Arena Multiplayer, we replaced the (boring) starting pistol with snowballs. This makes hitting frustrating to learn and impossible to master. Snow War is not for the weakest of hearts.…

Price

$8.99

[pearl elk]

Yeah all the boomer shooters I played back in the day had a thumbnail from MTV

if only they put that much effort into their AAAA pirate game aye

I bet I can still sail against the wind

[mild gust]

Good lesson for the kid,
https://x.com/LASHYBILLS/status/2048918521703268633?s=20

LASHY BILLS (@LASHYBILLS)

A mother forced her son to slam his PS5 the same way he had slammed her pet cat.

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X · Apr 28, 2026, 12:13 AM

[pearl elk]

https://www.kingpin.info/download/kingpin/media/magazine/PC_Powerplay_Issue_040_(Australia)_1999-09.pdf

that nVidia ad on page 17 lol

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[summer cedar]

But, what really matters is whether he slammed BOTH the playstation AND the cat again...
...and again...
...and again...
...and again...

[mild gust]

Even slamming the cat once is enough

He will learn it's bad

[summer cedar]

No. There must be revenge for slamming the playstation.

The circle of life must continue.

[mild gust]

Should have left the cat alone smh

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/john-cena-fred-table-body-slam-fred2-gif-19611734

[summer cedar]

That is simply fate. We don't question it.

But, we must continue the cycle.

[pearl elk]

what happend to Epic for Indies? some mod got hacked or somethin 😮

[summer cedar]

what now, Cal?

[pearl elk]

someone at everyone on that server

[mild gust]

Oh yeah

[summer cedar]

Oh.

[mild gust]

An epic mod got hacked apparently

[pearl elk]

aimgod1999 finally missed huh

maybe they got fired

[summer cedar]

Lol. Oz Pearlman got his TV time after the attempted assassination. 😄

[pearl elk]

maybe he brainwashed the shooter for the attention 😮

my favourite is how JD Vance gets shuffled out of there while Trump laid helpless on the floor

Trump has had the most assassination attempts out of any US President

[summer cedar]

Because JD is in the line of succession.
They have to make sure Trump is not injured, first - even though he was never in the line of fire. So, technically, JD is more important at that moment.

[summer cedar]

Goes to show God is partial to karma.
Perhaps Trump was Jesus in his past life.

His reincarnation decided to be a complete turd for kicks.

[pearl elk]

Well part of that has to do with other Presidents were assassinated so it didnt take many attempts

[summer cedar]

Nah. Trump used his miraculous power to turn the bullet into wine.

That's how he escaped each time.

[mild gust]

https://tenor.com/view/trump-donald-trump-thumbs-up-good-yes-gif-13303990716584415679

[mild gust]

Needs more gold

[summer cedar]

Not quite the direction physically appropriate the bullet is.

[pearl elk]

https://youtu.be/5aaq5rt7Kmw

this stuff is really interesting

[summer cedar]

Got into GeForce NOW early access in India. 😄

Signed up for the Premium membership, but not Ultimate. I don't need 5k gaming. 😄 Not for now.

[pearl elk]

GeForce SOON

[summer cedar]

Well, seems to be no good. My first credit card is declining NVidia's payment gateway.

I guess their 'Indian' operations are not in compliance with RBI norms. Arses.

[mild gust]

Get rekt?

[summer cedar]

Meh. I assume they'll find out about the problem and fix it soon ™ .

[mild gust]

Submit a ticket

Streamline it

[summer cedar]

No. I am not THAT eager to try it.

[mild gust]

Why not

[summer cedar]

I was going to check whether their FREE game library is worth it or not. That's it. There's no other incentive for me to use cloud gaming.

[mild gust]

But but

[summer cedar]

No

[mild gust]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/games/

[summer cedar]

Yes. There are two types of games.

Ready-to-play and Install-to-use.

[mild gust]

Yes

This tells you that

[summer cedar]

The former is FREE. The latter requires you to own the game.

No. That list requires you to carefully scroll through a badly organised list of games with no sorting options.

The app has better options.

A part of me was looking forward to playing Where Winds Meet without wasting the HDD space though. 😔

[mild gust]

What about this one 😮
https://cloudbase.gg/free-geforce-now-games/

[summer cedar]

Helps, if it's accurate.

[mild gust]

A lot of these games are already f2p so

[summer cedar]

Good. Plebians who can't spend $5,000 on a PC, have no reason to complain then.

[mild gust]

Exactly

[summer cedar]

Play the games given to you condescendingly.

[mild gust]

Imagine not having a baller pc

[summer cedar]

Indeed. Effective training ground for future assassins.

Let the frustration breed inside you.

Let it overwhelm you. Bask in it. Bathe in it.

[mild gust]

We all need to run Deadliest Warrior simulations on our pcs

[summer cedar]

Join the Farce!

[mild gust]

Military grade hardwares

[summer cedar]

All useless against the miraculous powers of Orangesus.

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOJyV81kjc&list=PLS9b1ntCQpF7XdrpxuTV-eUKTNLG76guY&index=1

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMXLe7YUDeE

Free to play game in UE 5. For PC, iOS, and Android.

Alien Isolation 2 is also being developed in UE 5. So called 'fans' of the series are already complaining about it.

[mild gust]

😮

Ofc they are

[summer cedar]

Tera 2 development in UE 5 has begun, apparently.

[pearl elk]

Alien Isolation but with no Alien

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byd5PRryi_Y

Rogue Trooper movie in development.

[pearl elk]

Rogue Pooper

[fathom wadi]

disgusting. They are supposed to make the Dredd 2 movie first. disgusting.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/судья-дредд-judge-dredd-фильм-1995-фантастика-gif-3469633341028348773

[soft night]

the snow war one starter as half-life mod from finnish game studio

as steam i posted earlier https://gnomecraft.com/snowwar/

game from tampere finland

use unreal engine it seems

[pearl elk]

you can have a snow fight in It Takes Two

[sweet rose]

Today I was doing a shoulder workout and I was performing an exercise which I thought was normal then the trainer told me that he had never seen it before in his life

So I googled it and it turns out it was made up by the fitness app I've been using for years

[pearl elk]

was it a bad exercise?

[sweet rose]

No 🤣

I was doing something called "havyk raises" where you do one hand front raise and one hand lateral at the same time

But I struggled to find a single video of men doing it in real life

I could only find female videos for some reason

[pearl elk]

ahh yeah, that doesnt look bad. Lucky you wernt doing something for years that was bad for your body

[sweet rose]

Yeah

Maybe the simulation deleted it

[pearl elk]

I do raises similar but both arms out not infront

[sweet rose]

Yes he said it's better to do that instead

[pearl elk]

dont wanna give yourself a disc bulge

[fathom wadi]

did you know... you can make up exercises. They don't have to have the Charles Atlas seal of approval anymore. I life my leg up to put a sock on and consider that exercise 🙂

[sweet rose]

Yes it helps to have the dad strength multiplier

[fathom wadi]

I remember doing the George St. Pierre training system when I was heavily into the martial arts stuff. He had an exercise in there where you are kneeling down and you leap to your feet from kneeling position.
Nowhere in the video did it tell me that you shouldn't do it until you have enough muscle to avoid pulling your hamstrings when you do it.
It took me 30 minutes to get off the floor.
Sometimes training exercises are bs man. they are just bs.

[sweet rose]

Oof

The only exercises I followed from that guy were for a stretching routine

[fathom wadi]

yeah the only ones I ever needed were the basics. First the warmup. Arms up, out around, neck rotations, leg stretches, some push ups and sit ups if you want to get some tone. The rest can be anything that raises you above resting heart rate really. It's not rocket science but people made an industry from making it more complicated than it needs to be.

same with diets and all that jazz. It's simple at the core, but complicated at the emotional willpower level.

[sweet rose]

True

[soft night]

https://youtu.be/ANe_HW4X8oc?si=abU7kjKcDzyUf-yo

[fathom wadi]

https://youtu.be/544j36jgdXU?si=SDcjQzl_yYT26ksY if ya gonna post space stuff. It needs a soundtrack.

[soft night]

spiderman noir true hue and no hue https://youtu.be/LpN2RavI5C8?si=fpSTwUIrYbf2t2mY https://youtu.be/DfowFyDxUXo?si=ra4CY-0vwSkbhO0l

authentic was cooler

[fathom wadi]

never been a fan of spiderman but I did pick up a first edition of Virtual Spiderman comic once, just on a whim. It's about 35 years old now. Probably still worth less than the cover price but in another 100 years.... it's gold.

[soft night]

marc have you played trading card game with dices

some playmats https://www.kabukicraftshack.com/playmats @broken sigil

[fathom wadi]

can't say I have. Only dice based games I've really played is Warhammer 40k.

A little D&D but I could never take it seriously

[soft night]

the only dices i have used is d6 as for yatchy and other

trading cards i have plaeyd without dices

[sweet rose]

dice is plural

die, dice

[soft night]

https://youtu.be/DybTynw_5mU?si=rJEbv_0Cu1tKVuFT

[summer cedar]

I have returned from my evening linner and walk in 40C. Today's linner -#food message

Render fail. Exception error. Return code: seven-six, seven-six.

[rare sparrow]

s&box just launched, and there was a larger wave of people trying to play it immediately than they expected. Servers crashed

[soft night]

monsy calamari space ship https://youtu.be/afTDnY05v9A?si=etF2feJz9RAdGyxH

[fathom wadi]

I miss Diablo. It's a shame how they messed up Diablo 4 like the early Diablo 3. I wouldn't mind if they weren't selling expansions as they go. It's like you are paying to try fix their mistakes with more mistakes. Or as they call it "a game as a service".

[summer cedar]

I just got the Lord of Hatred expansion.

Like, quite literally right now. 🙂

Update finished as well. I think I'll restart the campaign. I never finished the base game with my druid anyway.

[fathom wadi]

I heard the single player campaign element was fun. But I liked the original D4 campaign too. It's just the end game that wasn't there for me. I gave it a couple of seasons but when they announced that first paid expansion I dipped out.

[summer cedar]

I'll try to finish it before the next PoE2 league.

Maybe....

[fathom wadi]

you will do. It only takes a couple of days to get to, and complete, end game

[summer cedar]

Depends. I am not jobless. 😛

[fathom wadi]

even so, it's one of the quickest start to end experiences I've had in an arpg

Torchlight Infinite is pretty quick if you don't want to go past t8

[summer cedar]

I played one of the Torchlights.

I have forgotten which.

[fathom wadi]

they were all pretty good. Infinite is the POE style league based one

I gave it a few leagues, but it's so ultra casual, every build becomes a walking simulator. You play the campaign, which is really quick, get your skills, then it's basically point where to go. If it's not an auto-bomber it's a one click screenbuster build. Then you have the real grind. The microtransactions. Getting each league's mechanic boon so you don't miss out. Pure fomo.

[pearl elk]

I was gonna try D4 on GamePass when I get it for Forza Horizon 6s launch

When they gonna make a League of Legends ARPG?

https://tenor.com/view/jinx-arcane-arcane-season-2-league-of-legends-gif-17613552801865418979

[summer cedar]

On Game Pass, you can use the basic D4 edition. The expansions won't be available without purchasing them.

[pearl elk]

yeah that doesnt matter, I havent played it at all

[summer cedar]

Interesting. I tried logging in to D4 and it says, "Queued For Login - 5 minutes left..."

And for some strange reason, the computer is reading out the notice to me, as if the 'blind person' accessibility setting is on.

[pearl elk]

ohhh no they banned calamari in my state

oh wait no, calamari fishing

we're safe, phew

[pearl elk]

did you choose the blind monk class?

[summer cedar]

When the game launched, years ago maybe, a druid.

Well, this is interesting. The queue read out 4 minutes left, then it became 5 minutes again.

[pearl elk]

wait why do you have to queue to play the game?

[summer cedar]

It's like PoE.... online.

[pearl elk]

yeah but you can play solo right?

[summer cedar]

Your solo play is also online.

Logging in now. 🙂

[pearl elk]

yeah thats fine as log as I can block plebs

they ruined my Helldivers 2 solo play with their invisible bugs 🙁

making scummy specials is easier than making better AI I guess

[summer cedar]

Ah, screen reader is on by default.
I was right. Blind person mode was enabled.

I think the game just reset since I logged in a long time ago.

[pearl elk]

how would a blind person turn screen reader on if it wernt on by default?

but surely that could be an OS level option

[fathom wadi]

I remember when they made it a law that we had to account for blind people when making Flash animations. It was the most ridiculous thing.

I guess it was kind of unenforceable too

[pearl elk]

totally unforseeable

yeah turns out the OS support for those options suck, Id rather not have to enable accessibility options cuz trillion dollar companies are lazy

[summer cedar]

He would use the Farce of course.

It is a well known fact that you become stronger in the farce as you sacrifice more of your senses.

[fathom wadi]

at least for the farce-eeable future

[summer cedar]

Farcily so.

@sweet rose Dhurandar 3 hero - the latest and greatest in RA&W Anti-Pak Ops heroes.

[fathom wadi]

those clothes will never do when winter comes

[sweet rose]

is this a character from that game amitabh bachchan is funding

[summer cedar]

Yes. Kaun Banega Diablo 4?!

[summer cedar]

No worries. 42C weather guaranteed.

[fathom wadi]

anyone played Stellar Tactics yet?

[sweet rose]

the heatwave might be over

it was bearable today

[soft night]

https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/plex-for-good-is-here-for-good

[summer cedar]

The vile lot! I save them from their own demons and this is how they repay me!

[summer cedar]

Overall, a nice morning!

[summer cedar]

🤔 Did the server just go down for a bit?

[lavish tendon]

yea discord is dying

[lavish tendon]

we're getting there

[fleet tangle]

Yeah...

[summer cedar]

I thought so.

Even the PoE 2 server went down for a bit.

Other, smaller servers were fine.

I was about to blame Diablo 4 for that on my PC. 😄 😛

---

For those of you on Patreon, Patreon's making some changes towards being a more social media-esque site.

They've added Quips, personal-creator profile merges, and some kind of shop (this might have already been there before).

Bunch of this stuff is optional now, but the profile merger is compulsory by Jun 30 for creators.

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[pearl elk]

Theres only one creator I recognize

https://tenor.com/view/bruce-almighty-morgan-freeman-i-am-god-hello-hey-gif-4743445

[summer cedar]

Thank you, but you haven't shown me your appreciation with your subscription money yet.

[pearl elk]

I think youre confusing yourself with the true creator, the master of megatexture, God Carmack

[pearl elk]

Interesting, States state

probably some of the worst grammar Ive seen from an LLM since I started using them

[summer cedar]

What's the sentence?

[pearl elk]

Australia generally does not have a standalone “right of publicity” in the same way some U.S. states do, but claims can still arise through misleading conduct, passing off, defamation, privacy, or trade mark issues.

[summer cedar]

It is correct.

The 'do' is used instead of 'have'. It's one of those American English things that has become common now.

[pearl elk]

thats not English then is it

[summer cedar]

It is.

If it's m00rican, then you can disregard it.

But, this is American.

So, it's official.

[pearl elk]

it doesnt sound wrong if you say the acronym in short form but if you say it in long form is sucks ass

[summer cedar]

Well....

You could always say United Shaes...

Maybe that's why Oranjesus declared it so.

[pearl elk]

I would have say in the same way some of the United States do

[summer cedar]

He anticipated the grammatical issue.

[pearl elk]

but I guess the US doesnt want to be known as a plural 😛

[summer cedar]

That would be grammatically wrong.

Capital US is a proper noun, singular.

So, you can't say some of the United States.

[pearl elk]

I can, its only some of the United States not all of it 😛

[summer cedar]

Yes, but you'd have to say states in the United States.

OR, replace states with prefectures.

[pearl elk]

if they are silly enough to have a singular plural thats their fault

[summer cedar]

But they don't.

They a proper singularly plural noun.

PROPER! 😛

[pearl elk]

some of the United Stateses states

[summer cedar]

try states of the United Status statutes state statutes of the state's statuses.

[pearl elk]

but the United States only has one state and that is right

https://tenor.com/view/risada-risada-meme-gif-1808894066457451256

[summer cedar]

only after the ballroom has been built.

...for security reasons.

[summer cedar]

We can always just rename them to United Mexico.

[pearl elk]

United States of The Americas

so it would be POTUSOTA

[summer cedar]

"Most civilised places do not have guns, but most Potusotan states do."

Yes, that tracks.

[pearl elk]

some Potusotans cant even find Potusota on a map

[summer cedar]

some Potusotans need a verbal explanation as to what a map is.

[pearl elk]

Im so glad I come from The Federation

[summer cedar]

The Federated States of Rooalia?

[pearl elk]

TPMOTFSOR

The Prime Minster of the Federated State of Roolia

thats about 4 football fields longer than Potusota

[summer cedar]

Temptefusora?!

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-bean-realization-sudden-realization-shocked-zoom-gif-25552925

I ask myself this every day Gippty

[summer cedar]

Because she is transforming.

[pearl elk]

because Timmy needs a new HQ

[tawdry aurora]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZKa0MqfoGC0?si=btcgLArsHKx3ocIE

[mild gust]

https://wltreport.com/2026/04/28/breaking-fbi-raiding-quality-learing-center-20-locations/

Finally!

[pearl elk]

FBI getting some quality learning

[lavish tendon]

Anime GTA just released today

https://nte.perfectworld.com/es/index.html

[mild gust]

https://x.com/IndieGameJoe/status/2049243860669284631?s=20

Indie Game Joe (@IndieGameJoe)

This indie dev is making a game where your Steam backlog comes to life… & tries to kill you.

- Fight the games you never played
- The more you paid, the stronger they are
- You’re literally battling your backlog

It’s called Game Quest: The Backlog Battler. Would you play this?

▶ Play video

X · Apr 28, 2026, 9:46 PM

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/two-chinese-nationals-charged-methamphetamine-trafficking-crimes-developing-mass-scale

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azIpL5M_RYE

-- Meanwhile, our elections in West Bengal. Special forces found a bag of crude bombs.

[mild gust]

Fun times

https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/2049314806159519888?s=20

BRICS News (@BRICSinfo)

🇬🇧🇺🇸 King Charles to President Trump:

"You recently commented…if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German."

"If it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French."

▶ Play video

X · Apr 29, 2026, 2:28 AM

https://tenor.com/view/gotem-gif-18695498

[summer cedar]

Did you notice he didn't even look at the King when Charles made that joke?

He turns away almost immediately. Orange flake.

[mild gust]

But he was smiling 🤔

[summer cedar]

He has to. Otherwise, he'd come across as the orange flake he really is.

Meanwhile, in West Bengal, apparently the incumbent party's goons are out and about, trying to 'convince' voters not to participate or vote for them.

[mild gust]

Classic

Gotta give them some mounted M4's https://x.com/Osint613/status/2049217323853377858?s=20

Open Source Intel (@Osint613)

WILD FOOTAGE 🔴

Beautiful footage of a Smash fire control system mounted on an M4 taking down a Hezbollah drone with 2 shots.

The SMASH fire control system is an Israeli made smart sight developed by Smart Shooter and mounted on an M4 Carbine that tracks moving targets such as

▶ Play video

X · Apr 28, 2026, 8:00 PM

https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/2049236382556869046?s=20

Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital)

“It’s called the Rasengan. They say my Rasengan is the best one they’ve ever seen. I concentrate my chakra perfectly. Nobody concentrates chakra like me. Look at this perfect spiral. You know most Presidents only have one chakra nature, I have all five.”

X · Apr 28, 2026, 9:16 PM

[lavish tendon]

meaningless number vs meaningless number

[mild gust]

If it was so meaningless why would they be able to borrow vs it?

https://x.com/CaptainGPU/status/2049074684046573579?s=20

Yevhen Karpenko 🇺🇦 (@CaptainGPU)

Як би це парадоксально не звучало, але 1 мільйон вершин, займає менше пам'яті ніж 4к текстура.

Вершина з позицією, нормалью, UV, тангентом та vertex color = 12+8+12+16+12 = 60 байтів.

Мільйон вершин ~57.22 МБ.

Те...

X · Apr 28, 2026, 10:34 AM

[summer cedar]

Apparently, the incumbent party in West Bengal blocked the central government's party from being chosen at certain polling booths, by using white tape to hide their party symbol on the EVM machines.

[mild gust]

Well they can get some help when the time comes to face drones, https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/28/ukraine-says-it-shot-down-33000-russian-drones-in-march-a-new-monthly-record

Saw videos of them shooting them down with rifles 😂

Russia is cooked

[pearl elk]

what does it all mean?

[summer cedar]

That soon, Huang will incorporate the United Cores of NVidia, the 196th UN nation.

[mild gust]

As paradoxical as it may sound, but 1 million vertices take up less memory than a 4k texture.

A vertex with position, normal, UV, tangent, and vertex color = 12+8+12+16+12 = 60 bytes.

A million vertices ~57.22 MB.

A 4096 × 4096 texture in RGBA8 format is exactly 64 MB.

[mild gust]

https://x.com/Brick_Suit/status/2048853029609509077?s=20

Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit)

Ilhan Omar pronounces "World War II" as "World War Eleven."

UNBELIEVABLE

▶ Play video

X · Apr 27, 2026, 7:53 PM

I thought that was a meme earlier she actually said world war 11

🤔

[summer cedar]

Well, the Election Commission has declared that voting will be redone in the polling stations where the EVM was tampered with.

[pearl elk]

yeah makes sense, I kinda always knew we were heading in the nanite direction

[mild gust]

I have yet to test that yet myself just taking their word for it for now.

[pearl elk]

we have neural texture compression now though 😛

[unborn lotus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUeOo5ESftc

they did some cool stuff without nanite

with edged pom

[pearl elk]

people will complain about 1 pixel out of place in Unreal Engine 5 but someone else makes an engine and use as much distortion as you like

FEAR was so long ago for us oldies

[mild gust]

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/playing-league-of-legends-can-improve-your-brain-study-finds-3357773/

[pearl elk]

I did a 1 million poly Mars for a backdrop of a custom UT4 map in UE4, ran completely fine just turned LODs off

[mild gust]

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/16/1/24

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/donald-trump-king-charles-iii-are-cousins-through-scottish-lineage-us-president-reacts-2902894-2026-04-28

Trump says he’s ‘always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace’ after King ‘cousin’ claim

[pearl elk]

Its gotta be King Charles poking more fun

[mild gust]

According to a Daily Mail report, the two men share a common ancestor from a 16th-century Scottish noble family.

The report claims Trump and King Charles are 15th cousins.

Their shared ancestor is said to be the 3rd Earl of Lennox, a descendant of King James II of Scotland. This noble lineage places both men within the extended European royalty, the report claims.

[pearl elk]

yeah Daily Mail, top tier news paper there 😛

surprised Trump didnt call out the fake news

[mild gust]

He embraced it ofc

[pearl elk]

Reliability Issues: In 2017, English Wikipedia banned the Daily Mail as a generally "unreliable" source, citing poor fact-checking and sensationalism.

[mild gust]

I only linked as I found it funny 😂

[pearl elk]

I thought it was satire tbh

I didnt realise Trump took it seriously

[summer cedar]

--- Election Commission has warned that the entire constituency will be repolled, if there's any more tampering of EVMs. ---

Ah, West Bengal elections are always dramatic.

[mild gust]

Always the west

[summer cedar]

You raise a pertinent point.

Her (incumbent) supporters are also like MAGA.

[lavish tendon]

i wipe my ass with this study

[pearl elk]

you could call that a brain fart

[lavish tendon]

the studies that research improved cognition after playing games are always the same: the brain gets better at doing a specific task because the same neurons fire together

[pearl elk]

this is why I electrocute all my monkeys

[lavish tendon]

league makes you a worse person

[mild gust]

But league of legends is owned by the Chinese!

[pearl elk]

What is this madness
https://blog.danielschroeder.me/blog/voxel-renderer-objects-and-animation/

bitter, perfect name for a voxel engine 😛

which reminds me I need to play some Teardown since I havent since the last upderp

[mild gust]

Tis fun

Taylor swift trademarking her voice vs AI
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/business/taylor-swift-trademark-ai-intl

Japan airlines testing robots instead of humans due to labour shortage.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/japan-airlines-tests-having-robots-instead-of-humans-handle-travelers-luggage/

[pearl elk]

I would totally have Taylor Swift robot handle my luggage

Too bad if youre a doppelganger, no more face for you

[summer cedar]

She shouldn't have to trademark her voice. It ought to be protected by Deepfake laws by default. 🤷‍♂️

[pearl elk]

her voice is a deepfake 😛

[summer cedar]

---

Today's political-military joke. Sri Lanka and Pakistan held joint military exercises, based on anti-terrorism. In these exercises, Sri Lanka was the 'anti' team, and Pakistan the......

[mild gust]

At least you aren't this guy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNvaIvJ_vwA

[pearl elk]

Did he drink too much gfuel?

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlIHaT_r4P4

[mild gust]

What ever it was, was enough to roll his truck and make a fool of himself

[summer cedar]

This dude says it like it is.

No one gives a shit about what online shitters shit about.

I was pleasantly surprised by the video. I was expecting something else.

[pearl elk]

umm there is only one anomaly in NMS

I mean there is definitely alot of repeating stuff but I love the way you discover the alien language, I wish more space games wernt just USA in space

[summer cedar]

Potusotan in space soon ™ .

[pearl elk]

I did space maccas runs in Starfield

had to get burger cubes from one maccas to the other maccas

[summer cedar]

I found the arab sheikhs of Starfield

[pearl elk]

thankfully they were marked or I woulda had no clue which is which

[summer cedar]

About 50 crab aliens on an oil rig.

Killed them all.
Very USA, you'd agree. 😛

[pearl elk]

yeah but you spent like 300 hrs to get out of the starting zone

[summer cedar]

Uh, no. More like 60.

[pearl elk]

I can watch all of Yellowstone in that amount of time

[summer cedar]

I only have 79.5 hours on this run, so far.

And there's no starting zone.

[pearl elk]

starting zone is all the non proceedural stuff

fallout planet etc

[summer cedar]

There is just the initial mission quest on Kreet.

You're done with that in 1.5 hours, max.

After that, you're free to do whatever.

[pearl elk]

free to wander the wastelands

[summer cedar]

Pretty much.

Actually, if you're confident in your shooting skills, you could take on level 25-30 enemy zones almost immediately.

Or just save-scum. 😄

[pearl elk]

well I did the story and it felt about as linear as Cyberpunk 2077

[summer cedar]

That's a very fast way to level up. I don't go that way though.

I stick to something like 10 levels above my current.

[summer cedar]

Ah. I've heard the negatives about the story. I never touched the campaign.

[pearl elk]

if I could cut out everything but the shooting part Id have a blast

but hey, ID made more Doom so Im set

[summer cedar]

I think when I first played the game on Game Pass and read about the 'starborn', I lost all interest in the story.

I just wanted my ship and space. 😄

Luckily, the game doesn't hold you to it.

The Trackers Alliance quests are great though, as are the Freestar Rangers and even the UC questlines.

One of the cool quests is the remote farmer outpost ones. You end up in this very cool space battle mission set.

[pearl elk]

I dunno, I was just doing the main quest and I accidently stole something and got caught up in this intergalatic war I wasnt allowed to leave

I actually enjoyed Mass Effect Andromeda more cuz its more action packed

[summer cedar]

Eeep.

The only crime I ever committed in civilised space was dropping a grenade in the middle of a crowded promenade.

Twice.

By accident.

Both times.

I swear.

[pearl elk]

I didnt even know I was stealing, bit like Fallout when I went into that Sherrifs house and I had to kill him

I mean its all good with consqeuences but I feel like Im fighting poor design more than my poor decisions

Im just glad the game doesnt have a horse or Id be forever chasing it after accidently whacking it

[summer cedar]

Actually, the land vehicle is a bit like a horse.

I have great reflexes, so it doesn't bother me as much, but if you use the buggy that doesn't have a good jump jet, then driving around sucks.

[pearl elk]

I liked the underwater in NMS, its pretty creepy sometimes

[summer cedar]

The warthog (or whatever it's called) is great.

[summer cedar]

Aye. It's a pity God Todd didn't even bother doing underwater in Starfield.

Like the ONE thing Starfield lacks is a waterworld planet, which would be just amazing. But, no.....

[pearl elk]

you gotta build the submarines but yeah base building and stuff in both games is abit bleh tbh

NMS doesnt have full waterworlds because you cant land your ship on water so theres always a tiny island somewhere lol

once you get to the bigger ship NMS is more interesting because you can hanger more smaller ships

plus I like the sequences they added, it made the universe feel more alive and less empty

[summer cedar]

Why they couldn't just let the ship sink or hover in the air, or just rest on water, while letting you do stuff in the ocean, is beyond me - in either game.

It doesn't have to land.

We get it. It's a game. 🤷‍♂️

I'd have just let the ships nosedive in there.

[pearl elk]

lol yeah but its the formula you see, you actually expect them to do any original game design on a surival game 😛

I played a heap of Freelancer, quite liked that game but I always got ganked trying to haul water

I dont mind not having to walk to the vendors and stuff, I actually prefer being able to skip

[summer cedar]

Freelancer was a great game. The asteroid fields scared me there, with the dark lighting and lightning strikes.

[pearl elk]

lots of those older RPG type games did it that way, town was just a series of menu screens

now every game is grocery getter 3000

best thing in Torchlight is the pets to go back to town instead of having to portal/fast travel back and sell all the junk esp when you got encumbrance... Bethesderr

[summer cedar]

I have to try a demo called Discounty, I believe. 😄
Grocery store game.

[pearl elk]

NMS is a tiny bit better but not much, theres still heaps of junk to carry and you make vaults in systems so you dont need to carry

I really enjoyed The Invincible, the narrative driven ones like The Alters as well are pretty cool

[summer cedar]

I have The Alters on Game Pass. Need to play it at some point.

[pearl elk]

theres no space in either of those though, just alien planets

[summer cedar]

You mean, alternate space.

[pearl elk]

reminds me abit of Moon or Solaris, that type of thing

Interstellar, that water planet gets me every time... hmm what was that movie like Waterworld in space

[summer cedar]

I loved the underwater scenes in Subnautica 2.

TheRadBrad played it. Very pretty.

[pearl elk]

The devs got back control of that one now didnt they?

[summer cedar]

I haven't followed the game's news.

[pearl elk]

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-subnautica-2-early-access-dispute-is-far-from-over

[summer cedar]

Wow.

One dude's on his 10th new game+.

The other guy's on his 16th new game+.

[pearl elk]

so youre a noob

[summer cedar]

Indeed.

If I have to unnoob myself, I must do campaign.

I refuse. 😛

Also the difficulty increase with each NG+ really turns Starfield into Splinter Cell/Swat.

You get one-shot all the time. 😓

[pearl elk]

so naked run?

[summer cedar]

Nudity would die courtesy hostile environment.

[pearl elk]

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

speaking of hostile environments 😛

[summer cedar]

It's Todd world.

Either you are a citizen, or.......... 🔪

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/whitepeopledancing-dancing-windows95-win95-microsoft-gif-7658602

[summer cedar]

Owlcat's The Expanse seems very Mass Effect-y.

[pearl elk]

you know why that is?