lounge

[fathom wadi]

its right there on the screen Vindus :p

[summer cedar]

I wonder how many older GPUs will crash like crazy playing Delirium and the new skill VFXes, Barc.

I bet it'll be 1080s crying about constant crashes. 😄

On the other hand, I'd like the occasional freeze to stop too, honestly.

[fathom wadi]

I never found deli too bad. It's the combo with fire that kills it. Somehow, over the years, they haven't solved the fire transparency issues

[mild gust]

But crashing is part of the experience

[summer cedar]

Generally not with GGG.

'Generally'.

[fathom wadi]

I run the game on a 1080 and it runs great until I hit a lot of fire. Vaal Guards were halving my fps

[summer cedar]

But, I bet a lot of the new features will put a strain on older cards.

[fathom wadi]

for sure

[summer cedar]

Can't wait for the game to be released for free to the public.
New Gamer: "Which skill tree should I use?"
Others: "The one you see."
New Gamer: "I see six."
Others: "The first one."
New Gamer: "WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE?"
Others: "The first one that opens."
New Gamer: RAGE QUIT!!!!!!!!

[fathom wadi]

hmm I just saw the Build Planner. It does lack a single point of information about the build. But it does let you add notes to slots. Not sure it's the best way to do it. I'd much prefer a build splash page with the info embed on what you are doing, why, etc

[summer cedar]

I think the idea is to just read stuff out of the game and just follow the skill tree nodes in-game.

[fathom wadi]

Finally a goddamn search bar for the atlas. That makes me happy

[summer cedar]

Although having the trading system and build planner completely in-game would be cooooool.

[fathom wadi]

technically trading is entirely in game now. I haven't used the trade website for a couple of leagues

or since they added the in game trading site anyway

[summer cedar]

I just used the currency and runes stuff.

I was surprised to see the in-game equipment trading screen.

[fathom wadi]

yeah my only issue with it is the font scaling. I find it a little small and have to put my glasses on or lean forward

LOL that MTX for your shop is great. It had a line that said "We won't disappoint you, but if we do, you have our permission to beat us violently".

[fathom wadi]

"lets cash in on video games and make a movie of one"
"But there are so few video games that are worthy of a movie"
"How about Pitfall, the old Atari 2600 game?"
"what is it about?"
"A man who tries not to fall into the thousand pits someone left everywhere"
"Sounds like a winner"

[summer cedar]

Uh... I.... er.... found a missile in a silo.

I.... er, put all 3 fusion batteries in.

I.... um, found a computer with a 'launch missile' button.

I... heh, am going to press the button.

[fathom wadi]

damn stream it

[summer cedar]

I launched it. Now, I have to find the consequences.

[fathom wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/iran-sweating-ill-unwell-sick-gif-16468409

[summer cedar]

There was a spacesuit hidden beneath the rocket engines on the launch pad.

Retrieved it. Now, I'll make my way out the launch tube and see where this thing went. The rocket exhaust is still lingering in the air.

As you can see, I am suitably equipped for launching rogue missiles.

[trail ore]

i really hope that one day they will make a movie from Faith games. while not being atari game, it has similar vibes, but little more interesting story. 😄
https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt740a130ae3c5d529/blt0e7388101e24df33/650f04261b04cf9f28384b68/FAITH.jpg

[fathom wadi]

It's time someone did a remaster of Tir Na Nog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snFQaird5T4 if anyone is interested in what that was

[summer cedar]

Let's just ignore that evidence of my handiwork, okay?

Okay, I am not sure if the missile launch is related, but there's suddenly a Spaceship Debris POI on the other side of the planet. 😛 😊

[fathom wadi]

what would have been funny is if it went straight up, did a 180 and fell on you :p

[summer cedar]

Well, when I left the planet to go to the other side, I found the police patrol fighting the snake cult f=action in orbit.

Whatever the heck I started, I hope these spaceship debris are worth it. I am headed there now.

This is turning out to be an adventure. The spaceship debris were nothing remarkable, but to the right was a Marine Storage Facility (army). I went there and found dead marines.

[mild gust]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/suspected-oil-spill-seen-satellite-images-near-irans-kharg-island-export-hub-2026-05-08/

[summer cedar]

Turns out another spacer survivor was scavenging the bodies and the installation.

[mild gust]

Dumping oil into the sea now

Eco-terrorists!

[summer cedar]

Probably Mein Farter's toilet leak.

[mild gust]

Storage must be full 😂

Gotta do something with it

[summer cedar]

45km2.

That's some fart.

There seems to be no active signs of discharge.

Someone's something something probably hit a pipe.

[mild gust]

I blame Ronald Mcdonald

[summer cedar]

Ahhhh....

Probably one of the ships hit.

The oil tankers, I mean.

[mild gust]

I did see a clip of a stream coming off a ship

🤷

[summer cedar]

It's the second one.

[mild gust]

Wasn't sure if it was from that event

So wrote it off

[summer cedar]

First recorded incident was in April.

[mild gust]

Yeah ik

[summer cedar]

Yeah, they 'seized' a tanker in the Gulf of Oman.

[mild gust]

Wasn't this bad

[summer cedar]

Probably shot a hole in the toilet.

And USA struck TWO Iranian oil tankers.

Probably 'when our powers combine, we're Captain Oil Spill' situation.

https://giphy.com/gifs/0Av9l0VIc01y1isrDw

[mild gust]

Community terror!

[summer cedar]

On the plus side....

This will reduce oil prices globally.

[mild gust]

Gas prices went down here

[summer cedar]

You can just scoop free oil up, now.

[mild gust]

Slowly but surely

[summer cedar]

Seee, told you.

[mild gust]

14 cents cheaper

That's a win to me

Before it was going up and down by 5 cents

Hopefully it holds

or continues

[summer cedar]

Of course it will.

The more oil you scoop from the ocean for free, the cheaper it gets.

[mild gust]

Crude oil prices not exactly going down yet

[summer cedar]

Need more scoopers

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/anime-loop-japan-EcGbx2lgGxGMmwH3pU

[summer cedar]

Today's eye-candy.

[fathom wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-horse-ren-and-stimpy-thinking-hmm-deep-thinking-gif-7259240746302358548

[soft night]

the card artwork https://x.com/Cyberpunk_TCG/status/2052781140792983695

Cyberpunk Trading Card Game (@Cyberpunk_TCG)

Out in the Badlands, strength comes from standing together.

Panam Palmer: Strength Through Family, illustrated by Ilya Kuvshinov.

Check out our Kickstarter for more info 👇🔗

X · May 8, 2026, 4:02 PM

[errant raven]

That horse better calm before I get bricked

[fathom wadi]

seems like a render that has been touched up to look a bit more hand painted. Nothing wrong with that but I expected something a bit more unique

I mean, the lighting is drawn over it and it's got a B-channel split going on.

[queen isle]

Been using word for twenty years and I still don't understand

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz882BXji08

[trail ore]

discord is dying again?

[mild gust]

Oui

[soft night]

and in finland the hockey top league final 4th match is still going after 120mins played

https://x.com/valtterikarjula/status/2052856383305843128

Valtteri Karjula (@valtterikarjula)

Very funny detail from Finland: The ongoing longest final in Finnish #Liiga history has now officially moved into the next day. Since it is past midnight, the sixth final will also be played TODAY, Saturday. The third overtime just ended—120 minutes of hockey played. 😮‍💨

X · May 8, 2026, 9:01 PM

[errant raven]

Gym membership tomorrow

Have money saved on the side to get a tag for my car

I'm chillin

Hella protien stuff and carb stuff

About to get another Bojangles job down here. I'm doing just fine man

[mild gust]

Time for a celebratory hoot.

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[mild gust]

https://www.war.gov/ufo/

Truth Social
Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

[summer cedar]

Contact the aliens and tell them we have a stale orange to pick up from the half-demolished building they can find.

[mild gust]

Meanwhile it's just been USA owned aircraft this entire time

and soldiers in space suits

[summer cedar]

Even if the aliens are watching, it might behoove us to ensure that we don't correct the orange situation and encourage them to make contact.

When we can't even defeat drones and cluster munitions, we shouldn't hold out hope against advanced alien, Ordo Mallus broadsides.

Appearing to be a screwed up civilisation might actually be to our potent advantage.

"SHITHOLES BE HERE! AWAY THOU STAYETH!"

[mild gust]

Monolith's will come impart knowledge on us like Space Odyssey

[summer cedar]

Even that's a problem. Let's say we get access to quantum DLSS 10 technology and immediately make insta-p0rn universal.

[mild gust]

Recycling is fake? 😂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68zjxTTl5Ik

[summer cedar]

Fake? I am not sure. But only 40% of totally collected, recyclable plastic is actually recycled.

Other items are also similarly low.

Tech's nascent.

Our plastic dumping technology is very advanced though. Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Atacama Clothes Desert, Thailand Silicon Dump, etc.

[summer cedar]

https://playfront.de/en/crimson-moon-ersetzt-open-world-durch-missionsbasiertes-roguelite-system/

Another Crimson.

https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/21664/blade-soul-revolution-ushers-in-a-next-era-with-unreal-engine-5-upgrade

Another MMO in UE. Blade & Soul.

[soft night]

the unreal builder

[median wraith]

so there is a dude selling packs of 4 generated AI images for 45€

as if he draw them lol

[summer cedar]

Who are you to criticise his hard prompts? He prompted hard to make AI achieve his dream of selling slop! Don't stand in the way of kakistocracy!

[median wraith]

Man there is nice artist selling art for 25€

and this dude for 45€ the same amount

[summer cedar]

Yes, but don't you realise how hard he had to prompt to get those results?

He prompted, and prompted, and prompted, and prompted, and prompted....

Grifters also work hard, my friend.

[median wraith]

not even filters on Unity for this slop

[summer cedar]

We accept everything. It's a broad umbrella, a big tent.

[median wraith]

and those using AI to create games on UE now

I think its funny that they cannot generate Blueprints

and do all in C++

even the UI

lmao

thats hard man

[summer cedar]

We don't need skills.

Become Mein Farter.

Learn the Orange way.

Scam and grift to glory!

[summer cedar]

I do believe there's some kind of paid AI plugin for UE, now.

It's pretty popular among 'developers'.

[median wraith]

I cry

[summer cedar]

I don't. A good game is a good game.
Gamers can tell. That doesn't mean slop won't sell, but that's life; it's full of hard learning experiences.

You make a good game with or without AI, you deserve to get money. Otherwise 🤷‍♂️ .

[median wraith]

I bet if I do manually my art end looking worst than the generated 2D one

so idk if the final player will notice it ever

[soft night]

some say there is now exact same of windus andar but its windows andor and to purfect form of windus andar on everything

hevedy would you make ai clone of yourself what self always 10x of the price you would sell?

[median wraith]

the what

[summer cedar]

I think he is asking if you would clone yourself and sell that clone for 10 times the price that you would sell yourself for.

[median wraith]

yeah but I don't see the point

[summer cedar]

Janisku doesn't really make points.

[median wraith]

he is the point

[slow mantle]

https://youtube.com/shorts/DdseFcqYs3s?si=hdo9LsFtTD5SHsvm

[trail ore]

how do i simulate physics in 2d game from 3/4 top-down perspective? how do i define what is ground?

https://tenor.com/view/ramadhir-singh-gangs-of-wasseypur-smoking-thinking-smoke-gif-13671724

[median wraith]

well then you make a top view one, physics are lock on 2 axis

same way you lock physics in two axis for side scrollers but on this case the camera is on side to get gravity too

[trail ore]

this 2d stuff breaks my brain. its too hard, man

[median wraith]

for me is easier

idk

think on side scrollers

or top down games

this days you got less top down games

[trail ore]

yea, side scrollers is easier since you can literally go down, but its little tricky from top down for me. like, i made little lighting/shadow system and it was interesting trying to figure out height for the light source 😄

maybe i can just make the player to affect other entitys velocity when they collide if they can be pushed. sounds simpler

like, maybe box2d is little overkill for this purpose..

[summer cedar]

The ground is defined the same way you do in 3D. A plane will do. Collision on the plane stops falling through. Done.

I assume you're using a 3D engine.

[trail ore]

no, this is full 2d engine

[summer cedar]

Then, there ought to be a 'layer' system in the engine.

Whatever layer you assign to the ground should be 'solid'. Either that, or assign a colour code to the 'ground layer'.

That colour should not be 'passable', will respond with rendered shadows, etc.

RPG Maker follows the same system of layers.

[trail ore]

like a height map? ive seen people using that method for shadow maps

[summer cedar]

basically.

Yes.

Or colour map. Colours distinguish heights, instead of actual height.

Of course, the colours you chose won't be usable in game assets, for obvious reasons.

[trail ore]

did clanker give you these answers? because there is no native physics support in rpg maker

[summer cedar]

It's not physics support. It's layering. For collision in RPG Maker, you assign collision points, something like collision boxes in UE.

You toggle the collision grid points. When the sprite hits that point, it can't go past.

[trail ore]

that is not what i asked

but also i dont use rpg maker, just checked out what kind of system they have

[summer cedar]

<@&213101288538374145> ^

[median wraith]

Bio: Disorder

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/iNQ2cIve8rUqI

[trail ore]

EU > UE ?

[summer cedar]

Immensely AI.

[deft token]

man kier stamer is a c**nt.. giving ppl like Gordon brown a job in parlament ... such a little pretentious move because he knows hes despised

[summer cedar]

Makes sense.

[deft token]

proper labour every time we let these fuck wits back in go legislation crazy and then just put all the fuckers we hate on the cabinet because they know there going to get the boot

[fleet tangle]

I would not trust the EU to create an engine. No PR would ever be accepted.

[deft token]

yeah hah why would any game developer want to roam that far from the stable

[trail ore]

they wont need eu to screw this up

[deft token]

i duno its certainly helpful to shine a light on the path the dev should take not sure about the actually doing the work part

[fleet tangle]

Maybe Epic could use AI to fix fab? 😛

[deft token]

Ai Game Dev Consultancy

the work of 10 men!

[fleet tangle]

Opposite, tbh. AI is good at doing workhorse stuff, summarising and presenting options, but the actual high level design and decision making still requires expert knowledge. Or the AI just produces shit and you don't know it.

[deft token]

yeah the average person getting in game dev i was more what i was thinking there.. yep still i agree it can lead to allot 💩 either way.. and yeah its fanatastic for bulk code generation things

[unborn lotus]

fab is not so bad nowadays

[pearl elk]

AI wont fix the prices 😅

[trail ore]

this brings back some ue memories

[deft token]

Ai can fix the prices if its sacrifices it non drawing relating functionality 😄

Non AI Card who would of thought lol?

[rare sparrow]

Why don't they just let AI generate more RAM?

[pearl elk]

I imagine the AI is trying its hardest to generate more RAM but the puny humans are slowing it down

[deft token]

the ai needs to be providing solid proof of ram silicon recycling

[trail ore]

https://patrickgh3.itch.io/bubble-sort fun little game

[summer cedar]

I had created a plan to create six to eight e-mail addresses to service e-mails regarding two verticals and support queries in my business.

Now that I am finalising the website, I am narrowing that down to a more manageable four. The things we overplan 😓

[deft token]

my god man have you seen what these hackers are doing with lora

there building a new internet its insane

[summer cedar]

All right, I end up with six e-mails instead of ten. That's.... all right. Nothing excessive or unnecessary here.

[pearl elk]

the winternet is coming

[summer cedar]

Request: Please check if https://angelgrovestudio.biz opens for you.

No need to check other stuff or click on things. Thank you. 🙂

[trail ore]

it opens. but holy fuck thats slowest web site ive ever seen. and it spams this crap to the console

[summer cedar]

Thanks. 🙂

[deft token]

just keep those tcp requests undedercontrol

😄

[trail ore]

maybe its slow because my adblocker is going some serious work lol. it takes 5.77 seconds to load that page..

[summer cedar]

Probably has to do with the location of the server, too.

[deft token]

why is it keep hammering poor old youtube any way

[summer cedar]

Probably the YT videos on the home page.

[deft token]

oh that chestnut

[deft token]

this disclousure is not enough

[summer cedar]

1.8 seconds here. It's server location 💯 .

[deft token]

I can make good skins too

[soft night]

there is recent ufo footage release

but those are pokemons

[deft token]

that 8 minute thing was balls

but yeah no good s4 style photage yet

[north wraith]

what's that pokemon?? ahh image

[trail ore]

oh true. where is this located?

[summer cedar]

Had to double-check. It's in Singapore.

[trail ore]

ah, yup. thats pretty far away 😄

[summer cedar]

should be slightly faster now.

The cache and CDN ought to have kicked in.

Cache, at least.

Good night. 😴

[trail ore]

watch this if you want to have nightmares. i made a little asset bundler (again), but this time with python, so it was easier to handle audio and fonts. (i joke about python often but it was really easy and ~170 loc)

bummer that the music streaming stops when i move the window 😄

but i think this will be epic game

[deft token]

that little picahu bastard

[fathom wadi]

I avoided python for many years. But after reading a 3000 page book about it I was convinced.

[trail ore]

ive used it for some smol apps, but i didnt feel like writing serialization library from scratch.. this was easy and its fast enough

[fathom wadi]

Ive only used it as part of Blender and for when I had to do a programming test. It's not something I direct myself towards but if I was focusing on devops I would. I only really learned it for the purpose of a teaching job. Never ended up taking it because my anxiety and imposter syndrome kicked in hard. So I'm still back at being a failed game dev still trying to make something of 16 years of investment of my entire self.

oh god kill me now.

[trail ore]

i still think that one day i want to become a farmer. 😄

[fathom wadi]

I miss having a dream. Now I'm consumed by nightmares. The price of getting old.

[lavish tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/dj-khaled-another-one-one-gif-5057861

[lavish tendon]

All people dream but some forget upon waking up

There's techniques for controlling dreams

[fathom wadi]

yeah I saw that too in Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors

[trail ore]

i had some perioid where i could lucid dream almost every night. thank god that doesnt happen anymore, it was exhausting. felt like you barely slept at all.

[fathom wadi]

thats my entire life when unmedicated. I feel completely awake in my dreams, I feel every emotion. I can't wake myself up, but I'm aware I'm not in reality. Sometimes I feel like I've woken up and my eyes are open but I can't move. It's truly exhausting. I just wish I had the money to afford my medication regularly. I opt to take it once every couple of months just to save the family some money, but it always comes to a head where I need to sleep.

[trail ore]

that sounds like sleep paralysis or what its called?

never had those, but ive heard it can be nasty

[pearl elk]

I only get the nasty ones, if I dont dream its a good night

[fathom wadi]

I dunno. With sleep paralysis I read a lot of people see things like dark figures or something. I don't see anything.

[trail ore]

yea, ive heard of that too. theres even some horror games on that subject

[fathom wadi]

speaking of horror games. I watched a movie last night called The Mortician's Assistant (iirc). Based on a video game. Started off pretty good, ended up lore breaking. Even though it was written and directed by the guy who made the game. It was watchable tho.

[trail ore]

mortuary assistant, that game was good. ive heard opposite of the movie

i used to watch the dev on twitch making that game. he talked about doing some movie or series stuff back then, so one goal accomplished for him

i think he was originally artist who worked for disney or some other quite big company and decided to go indie. probably made some good monies from that game

[fathom wadi]

well I don't like horror movies in general, but it had something. I didn't know about the lore but the wife does because she's more of a gamer than I am (which is saying something because it's been my entire life). So she was telling me what was good and bad. The start of the movie she said was just like the game.

I think because the game has 4 endings they had to smudge it into one

I watched another movie last night called Bodycam. That was a good one. Low budget (Shudder budget I should say) but the fx guy was on point.

[trail ore]

yea, i think theres even more endings now after updates. hard to put that into movie. unless you go fmv. that could be fun.

wouldnt be surprised if there were sequel for that game in future

[pearl elk]

Theres a good movie with Liam Neeson in it about a mortician

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[white oxide]

the only one of these i havent seen made yet is a stargate meme one

like a Ha'tak or beliskner class

[summer cedar]

Morning, Marc! How are you today?

[errant raven]

Do I look like a space marine yet

Probably still need 6 feet of height, and 700 pounds of muscle mass before I get to that physique

[summer cedar]

I am glad you're feeling healthier.

[fathom wadi]

a bit tired now. Had to stay up all night to watch UFC 328. How about you? Refreshed and ready for the day?

[errant raven]

A bit healthier

I'm a LOT healthier

I even talk to strangers IRL now

I had zero social anxiety at the gym today to

And actually worked out as if no one else was there

I'm completely different

[fathom wadi]

wish I could get past my social anxiety. It's embarassing. Especially when I get facial twitches

[errant raven]

Should've found out my baby mama got married to someone else a lot sooner

Also

Walked. WALKED. To the other store they also sold 40k Minifigures. Fuckin store was packed up and closed.

Can't believe this shit

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PoZVXV2vA

[mild gust]

6 pack when

[errant raven]

When I decide to hit my lower abs

Which involves legs

I'm a no legs kind of guy after today

[mild gust]

What

[errant raven]

Shit had me stumbling around like I was drunk

[mild gust]

Everyday is leg day

[errant raven]

Everyday is torso day

Except rest days

[mild gust]

Sus

Scams be getting more and more wild, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jmleWyRu5I

[errant raven]

I was smoking and eating some protein chips outside the building where the gym is today

This alt/emo chick walked by and just stared me down as she went inside

Went into the bakery and ice cream shop to get my single scoop of peanut butter ice cream and she was in there too. Just watching me the whole time

[fathom wadi]

did you talk to her?

[summer cedar]

I had ramen and coffee, not in that order. 🙂
I also played a bit of my violin. 🎻
Now, I am ready to work for money 🤮 .

[mild gust]

Should have been like "hey girl are you spaghetti because I'd like you to meet my balls.

[fathom wadi]

man I had a violin when I was a kid and it cost my parents so much money. We were super poor. But someone burgled our house and stole it. They couldn't afford to get me another so that was the end of my violin career

[errant raven]

Hell no

She was cute

But I don't trust that type

Clearly a liberal

[mild gust]

Who needs trust

[summer cedar]

Mine is a cheap beginner's violin. I replaced the strings, but I might have to buy a new bow. I am holding off on that until I master a few pieces of music.

[mild gust]

No one said you gotta marry her

Smh

[fathom wadi]

whats wrong with being liberal? I'd rather that than some MAGA muppet 😄

[mild gust]

Centralist ftw

[fathom wadi]

indeed

[errant raven]

I don't need lectures about the patriarchy, why capitalism is bad while she's slurping down her Starbucks and scrolling through Twitter with a blue checkmark on an iPhone. And how all men are POS's

[fathom wadi]

well thats not being liberal. thats being an asshat

[errant raven]

How can you hate capitalism tho

[mild gust]

Be poor

[fathom wadi]

I dunno I've been a capitalist since forever

[errant raven]

Get a job

[mild gust]

Be homeless

[errant raven]

Get a home

[mild gust]

Sometimes not that easy

[errant raven]

It's pretty easy

Just get advice from illegal immigrants

[mild gust]

Say that when you have a crippling drug addiction

[fathom wadi]

I'm more of a socialist capitalist if that makes sense. I believe in capitalism. But I also believe in public services and equal living standards.

[errant raven]

I have a crippling porn addiction, does that count

[mild gust]

Sure

It's still a dopamine hit

Build a NAS so you can access your porn anywhere 😛

[errant raven]

I do that on my phone anyway

[mild gust]

Yeah but you can save your phone storage

Then have a tb of porn

[errant raven]

I have 256gb if storage in my phone

And unlimited Google tabs

[mild gust]

Wow

[errant raven]

I do gotta say

[mild gust]

Is this like video game reference material? 😂

[errant raven]

I did not know that the amount of women doing some form of lewd nsfw content in fansly or only fans was this bad tho

[mild gust]

So you can examine how sex works

[mild gust]

How

Even trans people are doing it

It's pretty popular

[errant raven]

I thought people would have more self worth than this

[fathom wadi]

oldest profession in the world. It's just more socially acceptable now

[mild gust]

Sir

Was about to say

Sex sells

Always will and always has

[errant raven]

I mean they can't really say it's men sexualizing them at this point

They're doing it themselves

[mild gust]

But for them its empowering

For men it's creepy

[errant raven]

But the creepy men are the ones that are buying it

They'd be broke without them

[mild gust]

She just has to setup her lovense for them

So she can be safe away from them

[fathom wadi]

to be fair it is creepy paying for OF when there is mountains of free stuff out there. It's so specific a target.

[errant raven]

She won't be safe if I'm controlling it

[mild gust]

But what if you really like a girl

Smh

and want to support her work

[fathom wadi]

simp you mean

[errant raven]

I'm making that pos toy blow up or stall out

[mild gust]

I had a friend that dated an OF model

He was subbed to her while dating her

Broke up and was still subbed apparently.

[fathom wadi]

I don't really see anything wrong with it, but to me personally, it's creepy because I wouldn't do it

[errant raven]

My own baby mama started only fans years ago

[mild gust]

Great mother material

[errant raven]

She sent me shit for free

Yeah yeah nice ass but can I see my kid please

Deadass said that once

[mild gust]

Did she make you pay to see the kid

[errant raven]

In diapers and formula

[mild gust]

Simp

[errant raven]

Fym simp

It's for my kid not her

[mild gust]

Maybe she's into diaper play

[errant raven]

Everytime she gets a bf and I come around she has to ask me not to beat his ass

[fathom wadi]

I once had to go to the police station because I messaged my ex asking politely, with the word please, if I can please see my son. So she reported me for harassment after 1 email. I went to the station and the police officer was very kind. I took the evidence and he saw what went down. They were supposed to be give me a caution but I had to sign it. I said "am I obliged to sign it?" and he said "no" and smiled and that was that. It still annoyed me tho.

Sometimes trying isn't enough I guess. I had 10 years of that.

[errant raven]

I'm at the point where I'll just pull an Omni man

What's another 9 months

[mild gust]

https://tenor.com/view/odablock-osrs-necksnap-oda-runescape-gif-23163670

[fathom wadi]

that ex tried to get all my kids taken off me too because she was jealous my son wanted to spend time with me and she didn't want to have to bring him to me, or for me to travel the 150 miles to pick him up.

fortunately social services saw right through her

I've never been anything but a doting father. But I chose unwisely with the relationships I had. Until I met my wife. Then it was easy mode because she's super intelligent and a lovely person

[summer cedar]

le sigh
My next student is from Thailand.

Meh. 😒

But after that, it's time for a second cup of ☕ .

[mild gust]

Sounds like a not nice lady

[fathom wadi]

she is not. She abused me mentally and physically. I stuck around because I was scared to lose access to my son. But it made no difference. Eventually had to leave.

[mild gust]

At least you found someone better

[fathom wadi]

even better than that. I found someone perfect who is more than I deserve. She is my Queen.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jump-parachute-cave-8UYMQ5MCmuqXu

[summer cedar]

Yay, my lucky day!

The Thai student was nice. 🙂

[summer cedar]

Well, it's clear what you need to do. You need become a person with a certain set of skills. Then, you may not know who she is or where she is, but you will find her and..........

[fathom wadi]

it's all good now. They were outed as the horrible people they were. I just don't talk to either anymore. I still see my kids tho which is the important part.

[mild gust]

Nice

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/officialWRC-all-in-full-send-big-jump-MBAEykVpxq6TraF4xy

[soft night]

the rallying the old era and now https://x.com/DirtFishRally/status/2053388916120588312

DirtFish (@DirtFishRally)

Then vs now. Welcome to Fafe! 🇵🇹

X · May 10, 2026, 8:17 AM

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/officialWRC-fit-rally-wrc-BA9p9neO2t5G9QcQC5

[summer cedar]

Yay! 😄

I fixed the whole YouTube related console errors on my website.

It was a simple enough affair, but figuring out the shortcode module instead of simply fiddling with hyperlinks, took a few minutes.

[trail ore]

aliens are catgirls? asking for a friend

[summer cedar]

Ah.

THAT explains the YT errors on my website, then.

Too many AI bots trying to watch alien cats on YT.

[trail ore]

https://vxtwitter.com/PlayStalgiaX/status/2053248654073278632 is this the new Mixtape game everyone is talking about?

PlayStation Nostalgia (@PlayStalgiaX)

I still can't believe they made a Pepsi video game

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vxTwitter / fixvx · May 9, 2026, 11:00 PM

[summer cedar]

Nice to see Pepsi again.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nostalgia-P7zGLXGPUhS6s

[unborn lotus]

https://x.com/Smeggman32/status/2052963401387675732 twitter is in an uproar over the mixtape being wrongly represented

Dr. Smeggman (@Smeggman32)

Whoever made this did not grow up with cassette tapes.

X · May 9, 2026, 4:06 AM

[fleet tangle]

What

That's exactly correct.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MovistarPlus-movistar-paraisomovistar-paraso-blza5ePi2Zybr5BTZd

[trail ore]

yea, i dont care about the details. its a video game.. i only saw some lady playing the game, or the game played itself for 3-4 minutes, without her touching the controller. so it felt like demake of pepsi man 😛

[unborn lotus]

ah no but you see, the label is upside down, and there's no tape on the top

[trail ore]

the things rotate in wrong direction! 😤

[unborn lotus]

and radios had auto-rewind anyway

oh man so much nitpicking

[unborn lotus]

i guess it's more like an interactive movie

but nothing wrong with that, a lot of people like those

[soft night]

so much tooothpicking

[fleet tangle]

There's also no hole for the tape to be read. It's a shitty Ai picture.

[unborn lotus]

i don't think so, but the game is stylized, i dont know why they expected a realistic cassette

it's not a cassette player simulator

[fleet tangle]

Indeed.

I'm not complaining about it. I'm just saying that's basically how mix tapes worked.

[trail ore]

true. but it seemed like action scene where the player was running and trying to avoid obstacles, but if you didnt give the game any input it did it on its own. im guessing this is why game journalists ranked it so high. because you cannot lose the game

[fleet tangle]

You put some kind of message on it and rewound them with pencils.

[unborn lotus]

i can't even remember which way they used to rewind, or which side was the label, all that nitpicking twitter does is completely irrelevant

i guess farming likes

[trail ore]

its still better than the one horror game, made by probably younger dev, where they put vhs tape sideways to the player

[soft night]

so its ai slop game?

[unborn lotus]

I dont think 3d games are there yet

[trail ore]

https://www.reddit.com/r/KafkaFPS/comments/1n051jn/вы_понимаете_что_постарели_когда_дети_делающие/?tl=en idk why reddit is russian for me but it was this

oh, and you cannot embed videos. nice

[pearl elk]

you gotta pay for the premium version

they only take the new net tokens

[trail ore]

i think this is the coolest app ive ever done

[unborn lotus]

new idler game - make millions

[trail ore]

i would be surprised if that werent already made

[lavish tendon]

The nyaaliens

Nyayy lmao

[mild gust]

https://vxtwitter.com/homaaanu/status/2052957822976249949?s=20

homan | ひろふみ (@homaaanu)

ブループリントにハードモードを実装しました

#スーパーゲ制デー #UE5

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · May 9, 2026, 3:44 AM

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8WuXDXfcI

Not surprised but still neat.

[trail ore]

not today, Bill

[lavish tendon]

robot dogs are obv going to be used for warfare

[fathom wadi]

I wonder if they will have human soldiers walking behind them and cleaning up the digital poop they leave behind

[mild gust]

Have had tests with rifles and rocket attachments

Also flamethrowers

Used by security firms in Atlanta also

Just to monitor but

Thats for now

Those are human operated

[fathom wadi]

I recall some years ago (maybe 15-20 years in fact). The military created a bio-fuel robot which would consume the dead to fuel itself on the battlefield. Always thought that was a bit mental.

looks like it was some mis-info and the robots were vegetarian lol

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

[trail ore]

meanwhile in russia. whales, seals, dolphins and shit. probably armed with lasers

[lavish tendon]

they leaked forza horizon 6

[queen isle]

Is lumen good for psx graphics? I want it to look authentic

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[mild gust]

What up

[summer cedar]

Working with Google Analytics.

You?

[mild gust]

Watching The China Show

Just got off work

[summer cedar]

Nice.
I am figuring out just how complicated Google Tags can be.

And how much of it is unnecessary for my site.

[mild gust]

Do you use squarespace?

or manage it yourself

[summer cedar]

No. My website is made with WordPress - UiCore. Google SiteKit makes it easy to implement analytics, but I still need to know what's happening behind the scenes.

Since this is a business, I have to set up all the cookie consent systems.

[mild gust]

Nice

I may switch to Odoo later

If/when I expand

[summer cedar]

I used to be a Joomla boy.

But, KnitPay and EDD are Wordpress specific.

So, I had to migrate.

[mild gust]

Interesting

Well ima go kill some demons in the chaos wastes

[pearl elk]

ugggh 3dsmax sucks so bad now, the whole app is just clunky and slow af

might have to start using fusion, seems like the only app they actually care about anymore

[summer cedar]

For modelling, or for other stuff?

If the former, check out plasticity. It's quite cool.

[pearl elk]

modelling

my CPU & GPU usage are almost non-existant and its still stalling working on this model

trouble is most software is complete garbage once you get into em abit

[unborn lotus]

Still the best software out there 😆

Blender is only better if youre doing unwrapping on million poly meshes

[pearl elk]

ever since they moved to .net the UI has been slow, which is not .nets fault really

this one is only 4 million with turbosmooth after the boolean, clicking on the boolean causes it to stall though then the operands are even slower and I have no idea why. Like I said CPU & GPU use are minimal cuz its a 3d printer model so no material at all

[unborn lotus]

ah that's almost 4 million above 3dsmax's capabilities 😆

[pearl elk]

yeah its definitely something wrong with the app internals, if it was hogging RAM trying to page or maxing out all cores... something other than looking like it just gave up cuz its getting old

[unborn lotus]

i think everything is still single threaded

[pearl elk]

I just find Blenders UI hard to follow for simple modelling

[unborn lotus]

yeah theyre so stubborn and refuse industry standard stuff

but a lot better than maya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgnvnyrb9aQ

it's the future

[pearl elk]

yeah I never used Maya much either, abit of Modo but that was discontinued

[unborn lotus]

with real-time uvs

[pearl elk]

yeah Max always had good plugins, shame Autodesk wont fix whats under the hood

If I used ProBoolean and ProSlicer I probably wouldnt have any issues, I just thought they were meant to have fixed their internal Boolean a few versions back

[unborn lotus]

better off trying Plasticity

dont think they will ever get them 100%

[pearl elk]

I just dream of a day when I can non-destructively model all the things

at this rate by the time Im boomer old I'll be using UEs modelling tools cuz they'll be better 😛

"Back in my day we used photoshop for image editing and 3dmax for making models!", sure you did grandpa, lets get you to bed..

but I mean if they want to stay ahead of the AI curve the traditional tools need to properly improve not just simple increments over years

[unborn lotus]

it's such a shame that's all they're doing

im still on 3dsmax 2024

with zero reason to upgrade

there's like 8 years of updates that could be wrapped in one version

like the olden days

[pearl elk]

I remember in the 3dsmax 3-6 days it was epic, even after that there were proper improvements then they went yearly naming and it was kinda downhill. Some years were better, much more solid improvements

[unborn lotus]

hell yeah

[pearl elk]

4.2 would have to be my favourite, some people loved the 3 style bars though

[unborn lotus]

i only started with 5 😋

[pearl elk]

Quadrify is a great tool but its buried in that new modelling tool slab thingo

[unborn lotus]

i think maya has the better one here

can get quads much better looking

[pearl elk]

I think I actually started with Max 2.5 lol

it looks the same at a glance tbh, you'd know its the same application if it wernt for the resolution

[rare sparrow]

https://fxtwitter.com/SverunGames/status/2053102443135713473

Sverun Games (Crowned in Steel) (@SverunGames)

>Unreal 5 is bloated and poorly optimized
︀︀
︀︀Then why does our game take 6 seconds from launch to gameplay

**💬 49 🔁 6 ❤️ 248 👁️ 33.8K **

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FxTwitter · May 9, 2026, 1:19 PM

[proud jay]

must be ai generated

[pearl elk]

6 whole seconds, you know how many tiktoks I can scroll in that time

my band just wrote a song thats 1.5 seconds, its for the modern audience

[rare sparrow]

Unreal Engine 5 seconds too long

[unborn lotus]

unreal engine 5 more shaders compiling

[fleet tangle]

Only 5?

[pearl elk]

only 5 but never 4 more

[mild gust]

https://vxtwitter.com/Enezator/status/2053452496086110264?s=20

Enezator (@Enezator)

Summer is here and the bugs look like they’ve evolved, stay alert 😂🪰

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · May 10, 2026, 12:30 PM

[mild gust]

https://x.com/IntCyberDigest/status/2053259432054726872?s=20

International Cyber Digest (@IntCyberDigest)

‼️🚨 ALARMING: Google now treats privacy as suspicious behavior by default. Users of GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, /e/OS, and other deGoogled Android phones are being locked out of millions of websites unless they install the exact Google Play Services software they deliberately removed.

X · May 9, 2026, 11:42 PM

[summer cedar]

#food message - Today's lunch.

[deft token]

only phone os i actually dont mind is MagicOS

at least it looks pretty .. not got a great hostroical track record of security and sane ui + other things but recent versions are atleast getting better at last

[pearl elk]

this type of security stuff never works because they target the businesses not the individuals

[trail ore]

tim should implement this

[fathom wadi]

it's a hybrid approach though and accuracy would entirely depend on the bloat of voxel boilerplate underneath as probing objects. I'm not convinced it would meet the requirements of console gaming in that sense either.
#negativePOV

[pearl elk]

you need neural voxel compression

[fathom wadi]

we need BSP to make a comeback. /runsaway

[summer cedar]

Yay. I successfully tested my payment gateway service. 😄

[pearl elk]

https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6a01dbe2a42081919ba5d70433113174

there we go, done!

yeah my custom instructions include that I use Unreal so it should all be UE C++ 😛

[summer cedar]

I finished doing a lot of work and learning some new things, sadly.

Time to do pivot and do other work and learn other things. 😛

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/pivot-gif-14893509552092839387

Also I saw MK2 😮
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmqLaEATIzQ

fingers crossed for Cassie Cage in the future

[fleet tangle]

Second timeline?

Did I miss some important MK lore?

[pearl elk]

this is the second full reset

you missed Kronika

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hip-hop-frog-green-1VTJY9TWLBhgWEQvns

[pearl elk]

Kronika is Shinnoks mum 😛

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WBPictures-get-mortal-kombat-ii-CcFkvbedQjX9klkzzM

[pearl elk]

Kitana was so epic, she shoulda always had this treatment tbh

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WBPictures-showtime-mortal-kombat-ii-ONDR6KukCs2T8DyapQ

[fathom wadi]

everytime I see Karl Urban I just imagine a Dredd 2 movie and feel sad.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WBPictures-dont-mortal-kombat-ii-Tw2WBTji3gYlCoSQFd

[pearl elk]

guy is just as bankable as Zoe Saldana

[summer cedar]

Nemotron-3 Nano Omni
AIs must be generating their own names, now.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/nvidia-launches-nemotron-3-nano-omni-marking-a-new-era-of-truly-multimodal-ai/ar-AA220C9c

[soft night]

the other one on the mortal kombat 2 movie the actor who likes to very short hair, also in that naughty dog game

[summer cedar]

Basically, NVidia figured out a way to have multiple prompt-related activities be performed in a single model's processing loop, instead of calling and prompting multiple modules/models for different tasks.

[pearl elk]

Nemo-3: The Shrimpkening

[summer cedar]

It's a pity they didn't figure out a simpler name generator.

[soft night]

its nemotron the nano is size so omni is more naming for it

[pearl elk]

but nemotron would captain the nanotaulis

[soft night]

https://developer.nvidia.com/nemotron

[pearl elk]

20,000 Tokens Under the Context Window

[summer cedar]

It's available for download and use via ollama. 😄

https://ollama.com/library/nemotron3

[pearl elk]

you can download it in LM Studio

Not sure Id call 30B nano though

[summer cedar]

30B is probably nano because it integrates all that OCR, image, video processing, etc. etc.

🤷‍♂️

Or it's as nano as its name.

[pearl elk]

30B is nano because you need zillions of rams for anything else

[soft night]

seems qwen also have omni too

[pearl elk]

omni just means its vision, etc as well as llm doesnt it

[soft night]

https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-multimodal-intelligence

[summer cedar]

Cojject.

It means it can process multiple inputs, simultaneously to boot.

[pearl elk]

does Nvidia have a mesh generator yet? cuz you would think they would be ahead in this field being into 3d... wait a sec theyre not really a 3d company anymore are they 😛

[soft night]

fresh 3d mesh

meshtron

[pearl elk]

we're going to have an event every year called fresh mesh

its like xmas only fresher

[summer cedar]

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/high-fidelity-3d-mesh-generation-at-scale-with-meshtron/

These are old models, though.

https://research.nvidia.com/labs/toronto-ai/LLaMA-Mesh/

This seems more 2026.

Although it was last updated in 2025.

[pearl elk]

yeah apparently AI is having issues generating from images, something something deepfake lawsuits something

[summer cedar]

Huanyun and those Chinese generators do a much better job at higher resolutions.

Of course, 'much better' isn't hyper-accurate.

But, you do get some decent models and the texturing Models are not bad.

[pearl elk]

better if you have more ram basically, theres not much point doing it local unless you can afford a datacenter for your basement

[soft night]

freshly forget calamary meshtron

[summer cedar]

More RAM is less of a problemt than the fact that these models don't have a real sense of topology.

[pearl elk]

I mean local is not bad, its just not terribly good compared to what you can get on expensive clouds

[summer cedar]

Their basic operating principle is, if it isn't 1 million polygons plus, it's not worth doing.

[soft night]

the suitable ram is squidRAM

[summer cedar]

I got pretty good stuff with Huanyin and ComfyUI on my local machine.

Problem is topology, like I said.

[pearl elk]

you should try Smart Mesh in Tripo

like I said, cloud wins

its basically a territory game, they have more

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jukeboxsaints-kraken-tentacles-sea-monster-BUr2bF47czHJTpEuZs

[summer cedar]

Is the topology better on cloud?

[pearl elk]

Smart mesh is made specifically to produce game ready assets with good topology

but expect to have your wallet rung out completely dry

Daddy needs more ram and it aint cheap

[summer cedar]

I checked it out.
It's better than what Huanyin produced, yes.
But a lot of the good stuff are heavy in polys.
The topology is better though, yes.

[pearl elk]

Hunyuan does do good topology but I think you need to use the cloud

Impression I get is the models released are slightly staggered behind the ones they use on the cloud services

[summer cedar]

I think it's more the workflow.

They hide some of the steps that they use to refine their results.

Like the LoRAs used, etc.

[pearl elk]

It could be better tooling sure, OpenAI def has refinement before imagegen for example

[summer cedar]

They don't want people figuring out how to do proper nsfw with uncensored models.

[pearl elk]

but thats what you get when you pay for the services, I hate the current models with purchasing every step of the way but I guess its how it works for them with tokens

[summer cedar]

The difference between professionals and plebians.

[pearl elk]

Im looking into getting some hardware for local but every time I do I can run for atleast 4 years completely cloud versus what I would pay upfront in hardware to match

at the end of that 4 years my hardware would probably be completely useless for whatever models they have then where the cloud would have been upgraded

[summer cedar]

When I see the steps people take when using 'realistic OMG supah COol' models like Flux 2 and Klein whatever.....

....I am like, "I'll stick to Gemini Nano Banana, thank you."

[pearl elk]

Flux 2 is the best though

[summer cedar]

As far as I have seen, Nano Banana - the model Gemini Pro uses right now - is unbeatable for images.

Of course, it isn't for free users.

[pearl elk]

actually must admit Super Grok trial was interesting, its capable but similar to other AI overall, lots of moderation and they either dont drift at all or far too much

Ive used a combo of image gen typically, moving models gets a proper fresh start to the context

its funny watching the Super Grok agents chatting between themselves

[queen isle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/1ta5zud/wheels_apple_mac_pro_wheels_kit_12999_69999_81/

[trail ore]

what in the fortnite is this?

[summer cedar]

A practical demonstration.

Works for me, too. Nice one, Google. 🙂

[pearl elk]

google trying to be hip instead of adding real features, search up devil wears prada 2 and see the shoes

[fathom wadi]

https://www.youtube.com/live/rHF3VdA_0Js this is gonna be a nice talk to watch

[pearl elk]

ohhh 3 days away

[fathom wadi]

yeah talk about hyping it up early. It's like a pay-per-view setup 😄

[pearl elk]

I'll give you 5 Tim Coins commission

[fathom wadi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFofOcuNNBk if Sigur Ros played this for my 100th birthday I could die that same day happy. It's been a dream of mine to go live in Iceland and spend my days traversing the scenery and listening to Sigur Ros until my time comes.

[mild gust]

Crazy he is 100 now

[summer cedar]

Another lovely day on another alien planet.

[pearl elk]

aliens pick the most boring planets

[summer cedar]

It seems Lord Shirtless is 'slightly' peeved that his Victory Day parade was 'slightly' under-represented in terms of tanks and other arms.

[mild gust]

Classic

[summer cedar]

Apparently, the coup rumours are more like his paranoia. His attendants and the like are forbidden to use public transport. He spends most of his time in bunkers.

Sounds very victorious to me.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/milk-star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-gif-14004726

[summer cedar]

Different planet, but pretty rainbow colours!

[mild gust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMi1dIqMwNw

[fathom wadi]

unpickable until I bring a gram of thermite

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/run-explosions-gif-13620594

[summer cedar]

Someone should report this planet to the EPA.

Look at that waste of water.

[deft token]

the password punk are out again

probably force you to have a foriegn alphabet in your password next

fucking hope they get locked out of there own shit through there own stupidity

[pearl elk]

Im calling it now, Unreal Tournament remaster being released September 16th 2291... It will contain an actual bloodsport you can play holographically

[fathom wadi]

I just want Onslaught/Warfare mode back. I guess its nostalgia but I really enjoyed that game mode.

[pearl elk]

Didnt the new breed of shooter... Highguard!, do it for you 😅

The original Unreal Tournament (1999) demo was famously released on September 16, 1999, featuring a 3dfx Glide-only version. Poor Nvidya

[mild gust]

https://vxtwitter.com/IntCyberDigest/status/2053792506807038270?s=20

International Cyber Digest (@IntCyberDigest)

‼️🚨 Security researcher ggwhyp demonstrated a full-chain Firefox exploit on Windows.

He opens an HTML page, Firefox runs the code, cmd.exe spawns, Calculator opens. Signature of a browser-to-OS exploit.

Prepared for Pwn2Own. ZDI rejected it. According to the researcher, it was responsibly disclosed to Mozilla.

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vxTwitter / fixvx · May 11, 2026, 11:01 AM

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/pew-pew-pew-gif-456734892781801800

[white oxide]

what game

[white oxide]

WIFI SPEED

ethernet

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[summer cedar]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3232380/FROGGY_HATES_SNOW/

Steam

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The Survival Loop
Each run begins at the warm…

Price

$13.49

Recommendations

137

@mild gust The new grinch.

[mild gust]

Nice

This guy talked about Hanta now, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5PqcngCWp4

[summer cedar]

Jon Stewart is already making fun of the media outlets over-hyping this event.

It's comical. A doctor says, "There's no need to worry; this is not easily transmissible." The media anchor immediately says, "There're concerns of additional infections."

🤣

Wow wee! Google Analytics now understands when someone is just refreshing the site and when someone is visiting it.

Very cool.

[mild gust]

Finally

[summer cedar]

590,000 people paid $100 deposits for his 'phone'.

$59 million scam. 😄

Could've funded quite a few indie projects with that money.

https://playfront.de/en/lies-of-p-2-neowiz-startet-die-vollproduktion-in-unreal-engine-5/

Lies of P 2 under production.

https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/05/godot-gains-ground-as-europe-questions-reliance-on-unreal-and-unity/

Godot getting its fifteen minutes of fame.

[mild gust]

Finally

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3PSAAgbrU

The greats got together.

Full 37 minutes broadcast.

[mild gust]

Dayum

No Conan O'Brien smh

[summer cedar]

Jon Stewart is the 'designated survivor'.

They waited for the missile to drop by accident. 😛

[mild gust]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arcadia-california-mayor-federally-charged-acting-illegal-agent-peoples-republic-china

Propaganda included material denying persecution and forced labor in Xinjiang.

[summer cedar]

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/iran-holds-10-trillion-global-internet-hostage/

First the Strait of Hormuz.

Now, the Cables of Hormuz.

Time to create under-the-pillow-net.

[queen isle]

Wait do the Internet actually is a series of cables?

[summer cedar]

It's a combination of cables, land-stations, satellites, etc. Plus all the boxes in the basement under your building.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/world-nasa-earth-26u41y57kuTRhKxA4

star destroyer to watch the strait of hozmuz right

https://giphy.com/gifs/star-wars-imperial-oXDVTDfRYNKms

[pearl elk]

Im sure more people use US social media than US game engines, maybe the problems worth tackling 😛

[summer cedar]

I think it's best to let AI decide.

[pearl elk]

The US made AI?

or the Chinese made AI running on US hardware pretending to be Taiwanese

seems Ive played 0 of the most notable games made with Godot

That could be why

[summer cedar]

I am using Somalian AI that runs on Brazilian hardware, which was manufactured with Hungarian cheese.

It's a privilege that requires multiple NDAs.

[pearl elk]

oh you really messed that up, you shoulda use Hungarian Salami and Danish Cheese

[summer cedar]

I didn't make those decisions.

But, the performance levels are particularly tasty.

The problem is the occasional melting.

But, 'dem's the mice.

[pearl elk]

but did you verify your age before logging into your computer today

[summer cedar]

No. Only my blood group, DNA, and eyeball size for some reason.

[pearl elk]

you only get to use the big boys toys if you put your big boy pants on

[summer cedar]

Unless you have privilege.
Such are the high living worlds of cheese.

[pearl elk]

you need a Trump phone

its only got one number preprogramed, good ole Jeff 😹

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/AllianceDAO-designer-alliance-dao-VAFrWHVPtm22RmRslA

[deft token]

This looks amazeballs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il-TXbn5iMA

[fathom wadi]

it's almost time.

[queen isle]

My computer can barely run editor on recent unreal 5.7

[pearl elk]

https://portal.productboard.com/epicgames/1-unreal-engine-public-roadmap/tabs/129-unreal-engine-5-8

[lavish tendon]

we got megalights but when gigalights and teralights

[pearl elk]

forget that, I want 1.21 gigawatts

[rare sparrow]

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-5-8-preview/2721597

[pearl elk]

All of those changes and Im most excited to see if these changes to the gizmo are any good

[summer cedar]

I can't wait to test Lumen Medium.

[pearl elk]

Lumen Mid

[summer cedar]

It might be a suitable medium.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/fortune-teller-crystall-ball-psychic-clairvoyant-gif-6136170360184455074

[summer cedar]

I need to look at this Mutable thing.

Sounds interesting, if it works well.

[rare sparrow]

Lumen medium and Mesh Partition are the two things I'm most excited to try

For anyone who hasn't seen it yet https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/knowledge-base/nK7J/unreal-engine-introduction-to-mesh-terrain

It was also updated last week

[pearl elk]

This is kinda funny, I went back and forth with an artist for ages over the old landscape system. They were so upset about not using the heightfields they'd already created and I tried to tell them... I do feel somewhat vindicated even though using either system we'd have the game done by now 😛

I even made a cool maxscript which chopped up terrain into nice slices, added overlap flaps and exported lods

[summer cedar]

MCP Server Experimental.

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/you-will-be-subject-to-immediate-deresolution-tron-sark-master-control-program-mcp-gif-14020905693381610523

[summer cedar]

I guess all those Claude >> UE projects showing up were prophetic.

Ok. I appreciate Sandbox.

Provided it works.

[pearl elk]

I will make a backhoe for my sandbox

[summer cedar]

There's Rivermax on Linux, if anyone uses that. So, something for Linux too.

[trail ore]

wow. these inlay hints are pretty helpful!

[summer cedar]

They are very literal.

[fathom wadi]

tuple or not tuple. That is the question

[summer cedar]

literally, I take it.

[pearl elk]

I only quinn tuple

[summer cedar]

I hate waiting for DNS propagation.

[fathom wadi]

have you tried IVF?

[summer cedar]

Yes, but since 10 Marks came out, I used a time machine to undo the action.

[fathom wadi]

there is no Mark, only Zuul

[summer cedar]

Yes, I made sure of that. AND that's why I don't use IVF. 😛

[pearl elk]

razuul dazuul

[trail ore]

https://tenor.com/view/rick-moranis-are-you-the-gatekeeper-ghostbusters-horse-gif-9322927

[summer cedar]

Now, the internet has become slow for whatever reason. At least loading sites.

[summer cedar]

Are you the Keymaster?

Oh look, it stopped being slow.

[fathom wadi]

instead they accepted $110billion in store credit.

[summer cedar]

👀 Turns out the net is not slow. It's just my hosting provider's server.

Explains why the DNS is so slow to propagate, too, I guess.

I wish their lumen would get downgraded to mid.

[fathom wadi]

I usually give dns prop 24 hours. Just to get around.

[summer cedar]

Yeah, I know, but I am impatient. 😛

Gotta keep checking, or be productive.

The ideal choice is.............

[trail ore]

looks like theyve done some performance optimizations in 5.8. it only takes 75ms to render one cube in the editor

[fathom wadi]

it's the new 4d technology. It now renders in 4 dimensions just in case another quantum universe is observing it.

[trail ore]

medium lumen looks pretty good too

[fathom wadi]

that's the new feature "Flicker Shadowing". It's designed for people who blink really fast. No need to render between the blinks.

[trail ore]

i wish it was new. but its been there since 5.0

i hope they do UE4 remake. that was good times

[unborn lotus]

I really want to add that because medium and low settings completely remove shadows

[fathom wadi]

yeah im a 1080ti user still so I have to run Lumen enabled games on medium and it does look worlds apart, but as long as gameplay is good I don't mind.

[trail ore]

its disabled on low and medium settings. this new one is meant to run on medium settings

[pearl elk]

lumedium

[fathom wadi]

hows the settings forlumen lite? Out of the box ok or does it need the tweaks the full version does?

[trail ore]

seemed to change just by setting the scalability to medium

[pearl elk]

litemen, lumedium, and lumental breakdown.

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ja-ding-dong-eurovision-J2DLZBIi5iaCWgN0Hq

[trail ore]

gameslop?

[summer cedar]

48.4 to 52 billion dollars is eBay's valuation. The 56 billion is indeed an idiotic bid. Unless eBay is undergoing some kind of terrible scandal related to Mein Farter or Island Lord.

[soft night]

ponkkis are you going to watch eurovision?

[trail ore]

no

[soft night]

the finland perform today

as violinst who was on baywatch

[trail ore]

okay, now i am interested

is it linda?

i guess there arent many violin players who have been on baywatch. nvm, im being dumb 😄

[summer cedar]

@mild gust That whole Arcadia thing is now on Indian TV, too. 😄

[trail ore]

https://vxtwitter.com/Julia_CaSsian/status/2054259100452540426 i like julia's game reviews

Julia (@Julia_CaSsian)

I was excited for the new Palia Royal Highlands expansion and the horses but 5 minutes in and the mount had a game breaking bug, everything is ruined

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vxTwitter / fixvx · May 12, 2026, 5:55 PM

[summer cedar]

Which game is this, Ponkkis (before Skyrim)?

[soft night]

ponkkis yeah linda

[summer cedar]

The power of magic hands! 💪

And with that, good night. 😴

[mild gust]

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

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/flame-thrower-E867lq2ahcLyo

[trail ore]

https://vxtwitter.com/vkrajacic/status/2054295880279167479 it always amazes me how single person can make things much better than multi-trillion dollar company

Vjekoslav Krajačić (@vkrajacic)

Just found out an active File Pilot community member @thomasklemenc made a task manager inspired by it!
Handmade from scratch, C++, win32, D3D custom renderer, 1.55 MB.
More of this in my feed, less AI slopware.

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vxTwitter / fixvx · May 12, 2026, 8:21 PM

[mild gust]

AppControl is good too

https://www.appcontrol.com/

[trail ore]

flutter + ai for task manager. thats the opposite of good

installer itself is 20MB.. thats insane

[mild gust]

And it runs all the time

Works great lol

Nothing wrong with a little overhead

[fathom wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/beetlejuice-for-gl-veeme-for-gl-vemee-gif-21865933

[trail ore]

https://tenor.com/view/beetlejuice-bring-it-dust-off-beetlejuice-get-ready-gif-9722163660489943972

[fathom wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/beetle-juice-boner-scary-horror-gif-12735033

anytime I finish something in Blender I quote that

[trail ore]

its good movie

[fathom wadi]

yeah love it. The sequel, not so much

[lavish tendon]

amazing things are happening on twitter

[fathom wadi]

I heard the Iran war is going to affect availability of my new plugin. Quick !

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/snowman-flamethrower-Ao5UPt5gj9Z1C

[soft night]

https://youtu.be/i8vlDO89YQA?si=1jjkH0TAFLDkfE5M

[summer cedar]

Good morning! 🌞 ☕

[rare sparrow]

Trying out Mesh Terrain. Trying to build a road into the terrain. To my surprise I was able to get the UVs to copy over from the mesh boolean modifier, but after it builds static mesh it messes with only one axis of the UVs

[summer cedar]

So much for waiting for DNS propagation.

Turns out my host has some node problems across the world, like in France and whatever.

SO, now, I have to wait for them to fix their own servers AND then, confirm that my domains work.

😩

[summer cedar]

Seems everything's fixed. The domain host entered the ip address on each parked domain wrong. Brilliant! 🤦‍♂️

[mild gust]

Fun times

[summer cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86MS6GHBAOg

GGG is letting players tame BOSSES.

They're nuttily good. 😄

[mild gust]

What the heck

[summer cedar]

Yep. My reaction precisely on seeing it.

Plus, if you get that unique item, you can have unlimited boss minions. 😄
|| Unlimited defined as 'six' unless you can increase your mana somewhow to reserve more ||

[soft night]

patch of jedi exiles

[summer cedar]

I think if there's a game developer of the century award, it should go to GGG. Unparalleled support and development of TWO games (admittedly in the same series).

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/guardians-of-the-galaxy-groot-i-am-d3sE6FcNZa7Ju

[proud jay]

you still playing?

[summer cedar]

Yes, every league, for about six to eight days, until I get my character to level 85 or so.

[summer cedar]

How have you been? How's the family?

[proud jay]

good

my son just had his first birthday yesterday

getting so big

[summer cedar]

Is he vibe coding?

[proud jay]

not yet

[mild gust]

Chop chop

[proud jay]

he doesn't do technology

[mild gust]

Get him his first ipad

Start with some fish on the screen

Like he's a cat

Gets him used to the screen

Then make him a 100x dev

[summer cedar]

Did he take over a section of the new house yet? And is he paying you rent?

[mild gust]

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

[summer cedar]

🤦‍♂️
Why can't you just use a hamster, like civilised folk?

There's a reason those things exist.

[mild gust]

Where's the fun in that

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/starwars-movie-star-wars-3owzWdbe27j9q0V6hi

[summer cedar]

https://soranews24.com/2026/05/13/akira-creator-opens-his-own-anime-studio-is-recruiting-artists-even-without-japanese-fluency/

Whoever wants to give it shot....

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/NVIDIA-GeForce-space-8020-directive-laGrUMRLunymok40JV

[proud jay]

well he has a room, but he doesn't pay rent in money, only in bites and hugs

[summer cedar]

As long as they are adjusted for inflation and regularly incremented, it's okay, I guess.

[trail ore]

i started following some artists, instead of programmers, on elons truth forum. now my feed looks like softcore adult website

[pearl elk]

but now your mind isnt contagious

[summer cedar]

Congratulations. You will get access to the best X-rated X-plugins as and when they X-ecute.

[pearl elk]

you just need to know how to finesse super grok into making spicy content

[trail ore]

https://vxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2054356815215829311

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

The new Steam Controller sometimes does the wilhelm scream when dropped while in Big Picture Mode.

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vxTwitter / fixvx · May 13, 2026, 12:23 AM

[pearl elk]

I just wonder if the sticks will hold up or will the nobbys fall off like on the Steam Deck

[soft night]

https://x.com/Daily_SWGames/status/2054279246818791801

Daily Star Wars Games (@Daily_SWGames)

Arcanaut Studios will not use AI to make Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic.

Director Casey Hudson calls AI “creatively soulless” and “really unimpressed with it”.

"It's hard to imagine where it is actually helpful" says the original KOTOR director.

X · May 12, 2026, 7:15 PM

[pearl elk]

Oh its easy not to use AI when you got mutiple millions in backing working on one of the most fleshed out IPs on the planet

I couldnt imagine what Id use AI for, I have 10s of millions a year in tools programmers alone

[soft night]

the new holding company

Greater than group

[pearl elk]

I mean its fine but alittle bit of self awareness would probably sound less corpo

If we truly want the next Star Wars as in IP then they have to realise its big projects like theirs which suck all the resources and dont leave much for the new IPs done by smaller outfits. Lucas did much more than just create Star Wars, he had to build an entire industry for the type of movies he wanted to make, he wasnt riding coat tails

I wouldnt care if he used AI back then, it woulda been just another tool to get his vision to the people which is the most important if not the only thing that truly matters

[soft night]

https://bespinbulletin.com/star-wars-fate-of-the-old-republic-wont-use-ai-director-calls-it-creatively-soulless/

[pearl elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cJpiOPKH14

[soft night]

former netaase guys on the greater than Group

[pearl elk]

Im bored of The Old Republic

talk about creatively soulless

no ones got the guts to really push past Rey and do something interesting

[trail ore]

https://vxtwitter.com/JonErlichman/status/995648760108773381

Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman)

On this day in 1976: Atari released the arcade version of Breakout

Atari engineer Steve Jobs asked friend Steve Wozniak to design the game

vxTwitter / fixvx • GIF · May 13, 2018, 12:55 PM

[pearl elk]

half a century old and still kickin

[dry palm]

Trying out Mesh Terrain. Trying to build

[pearl elk]

all about that new Gizmo life

[fathom wadi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDdPOmj-ENE Sjoerd being an absolute boss again.

[pearl elk]

oh no... he's still at Epic?

[queen isle]

Cool did he vibe code it?

[fathom wadi]

afaik

[pearl elk]

yeah looks like it phew, I thought the folio website plug might have meant something 😛

[trail ore]

cant make a single post here anymore without it turning into ai stuff. very sad.

[pearl elk]

oh hey look linkedin recommends I add Geoff Keighley as the first pick lol

[pearl elk]

I got asked to make a bricks game as a hiring test

in UE ofcoarse so I use niagara to make the bricks break apart and all the little pieces stayed in play being effected by the ball pushing them around until the next round

I did a heap of really heavy post to make it look like a bad CRT, those post alone cost me like 20fps lol

[fathom wadi]

mine asks me to add Adrien Logut (the PCG guy). Good pick tbh.

[pearl elk]

oh thats right I did a tilting paddle too

wasnt shabby for 24hrs of work

[pearl elk]

https://monsolympus.itch.io/breakage

oh here we go

[summer cedar]

Whoo. Look at the time. I think I spent four hours in Starfield. That was one LONG session. The new POIs are massive! 😅

[sweet rose]

Who can guess what insect this is

[pearl elk]

its one of those code bugs

[sweet rose]

Indeed

I caught him materializing on my motherboard

[mild gust]

Be cooler if it was a bombardier beetle

[sweet rose]

Bombardiro crocadilo

[summer cedar]

Doesn't look like anything I shot up today.

And I shot up dino-aliens, manta-ray aliens, and all other kinds of bugs.

[mild gust]

Tau fly?

[summer cedar]

Followed by pirates and snake worshippers.

[mild gust]

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1156163-Zeugodacus-tau

[summer cedar]

Yay! I got my GST tax refund sanctioned. 😄

[mild gust]

Gratz?

[summer cedar]

I also learned that the tax department is making extensive use of AI.

[mild gust]

Yours too?

Lol

[summer cedar]

So, my tax accountant has also started making extensive use of AI. 😄

It's AI vs AI. 😄

[mild gust]

You get an AI you get an AI

[summer cedar]

Yeah. Basically, the tax officer refused my first refund request.

[mild gust]

Wowzers

[summer cedar]

He quoted a stupid rule that had nothing to do with the refund request's purpose.

[mild gust]

I gotta do my submission this weekend

[summer cedar]

So, we used AI to create the next refund request and he accepted it.

[mild gust]

Already late

[summer cedar]

If he had known the rules beforehand, he'd have accepted it the first time.

Reality is weird. 😄

[mild gust]

Well shit

[summer cedar]

Also, I queried AI in a way I thought he'd done and got the same stupid reason he quoted the first time, to reject the first request.

😄

[mild gust]

Apparently brave browser went more AI focused lately

When I searched something earlier it went right to AI no search at all

[summer cedar]

Of course. AI is the now. Everything's moving that way.

[mild gust]

On Facebook and Instagram they use Meta AI for everything

[summer cedar]

Probably diverting some money for the ballroom.

Heard his $2 million estimate is like $13 million now.

[mild gust]

Marco Rubio will do it later dw

[sweet rose]

Melon fly

[pearl elk]

https://tenor.com/view/screaming-marmot-melanie-gif-2838269027110018467

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3d-gold-artist-5hemdgFcrPHuwT41GF

[soft night]

https://giphy.com/gifs/vote-democracy-doj-3Im5FMvbt4f25H067J

[summer cedar]

@mild gust https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15629123/jill-jackson-psychic-dead-people-afterlife-regrets.html - Ignore the article, go down to the comment section. Nutters galore!

[mild gust]

https://tenor.com/view/martin-scorsese-absolute-cinema-absolute-cinema-meme-martin-scorsese-meme-martin-scorsese-absolute-cinema-gif-7188464701423971028

[fathom wadi]

I wonder why Youtube has such powers to spy on you, with complete impunity, yet it's algorithm is the most shit thing out there. I say "Not interested" in a video. Then it gives me videos related to that. I say "not interested" to those mini-games they like to pimp out, and they come back. I watch a video, turn it off halfway through and say "not interested" and it brings up the half watched video later on anyway.
I mean, if you gonna spy, you are gonna "tailor your recommendations", at least do that. Don't just pretend.

[mild gust]

Sounds like you need more incognito mode

[fathom wadi]

I shouldn't have to. Also if I do, my ad blockers don't work and I can't be signed in. Considering I pay for YT Premium, it seems like a redundant act.

[mild gust]

Why don't they?

[summer cedar]

Did you supply enough of 'I'm interested' data?

[mild gust]

You can enable them in incognito

[fathom wadi]

there is no "i'm interested" on my YT. Just Not Interested.

[mild gust]

I'm interested is liking the video, subscribing and finishing it no?

[summer cedar]

Well, generally, it shows you more of what you like and less of what you dislike.

Which is why I don't get smutty nonsense on my YT. 😄

[fathom wadi]

I mean I've had an account since about 2008. They should know by now I watch Unreal videos, Gaming videos and mix it up with movies, farts and fails.

[summer cedar]

I get politics, Unreal Engine, and some video games.

[fathom wadi]

Ive been trying to get rid of the political videos I constantly see too. Not interested isn't enough to get rid of them

[mild gust]

I get cult shit

[summer cedar]

Just keep watching and liking just one type of videos.

[fathom wadi]

I also click "New to me" quite often. It shows me videos I've already seen

[summer cedar]

It'll refine the algo eventually.

[mild gust]

It be showing me videos I watched over a year ago lately

I'm like hey I remember this