CaptPanda

Learning the difference between discomfort and harm is how you can exist in any social space.

If the mere *idea* of something makes you spiral or lash out, you need to take a step back.

This isn't even just "A vs B"; being so unable to sit with your own discomfort causes in-fighting (+)

2-panel comic about two guys lamenting about modern games whilst refusing to acknowledge indie games

i've been sitting on this for a long time -- i keep coming back to it whenever anything "happens" around vrchat's club scene

it's not particularly about this moment, or any other

these are the 1000 feet up thoughts from someone that professionally thinks about community

strasz.tv/conflict-and...

Twitch Twitch is the world

Neon Divide S4E2 - Jimothy - It's good to be back (in the Dirty Diamond)
www.twitch.tv/cappitanpanda

Twitch Twitch is the world

Alright! Season 4 of Neon Divide is going on, and Jimothy is making a return! It's only the beginning and he's already drinking salt water

#vr #vrchat #vrcrp

Vertical comic structured like flow chart. (1) Einstein had an insight that overturned physics, thus proving his value. (2) I hope *I* have value. I’ll try to have an insight that overturns physics, to check. (3) [Time Passes] (4) Oh no! My insight didn’t overturn physics! But I don’t think I’m worthless… [arrows to two different options] (5a) Healthy Path: Maybe this was not a well-thought-out test of my value. (5b) Path of Ruin: The establishment must be *suppressing* my insight!

Physics Paths

xkcd.com/3155/

AI impoverishes us at every step of the process: - data centers pollute our environment - energy use drives up costs - content theft robs creators of income - the actual output is used to displace workers and depress wages - using it harms our mental health and impairs our competence - the flood of AI slop is damaging our sociopolitical landscape All in service of making a worse product - and world - to enrich a handful of already spectacularly wealthy people

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:

At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

I feel called out by the foot shooting

Hey, #StopKillingGames just reached over a million signatures!

But don't stop there! Just get more signatures to make the message stronger! We can only hope that it will actually work to help preserve video games for future generations!

Sign here: www.stopkillinggames.com

Light Volumes 2.0 will support baked 3D shadows for point and spot lights, and that's how it can be used!
Thanks to @pema99.bsky.social for implementing this feature!

I am excited to announce the launch of my new #VRChat world, Monument!

Help us build a really big tower one brick at a time. The tower is synced across all instances, so each brick you place will increase its height for everyone who joins the world.

I really hope it will one day reach the sky.

Does it have climbing prefab?

If the UK was still in the EU, I would be signing this

With video game prices rising, AI is a critical tool for developers and gamers alike. By seeing which games use AI, gamers can save money by not buying those games. @TheZeldaZone@mastodon.social

important life hack for video games

ChatGPT’s Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]

5-panel comic. (1) [teacher with long hair next to whiteboard] TEACHER: I’m supposed to give you the tools to do good science. (2) [teacher addressing students] But what *are* those tools? Methodology is hard and there are so many ways to get incorrect results. What is the magic ingredient that makes for good science? (3) TEACHER: To figure it out, I ran a regression with all the factors people say are important: [embedded list in sub-panel, cut off at end] Outcome variable: correct scientific results. Predictors: collaboration; skepticism of others’ claims; questioning your own beliefs; trying to falsify hypotheses; checking citations; statistical rigor; blinded analysis; financial disclosure; open data (4) TEACHER: The regression says two ingredients are the most crucial: 1) genuine curiosity about the answer to a question, and 2) ammonium hydroxide. (5) STUDENT: Wait, why did *ammonia* score so high? How did it even get on the list? LONG HAIR: ...And now you’re doing good science!

Good Science

xkcd.com/3101/

Timeline did a thing?

Porco Rosso has unfortunately become extremely relevant to our modern lives

🌀🪽 Cryosphere Gale‚ Fate of the Aethersea 🌪️🌀
A new VRChat Roleplay map I've released!
- 🏛️ Arena-style with UdonAirtime wrapper with speed + jump toggles
- 🕊️ OpenFlight
- 🎲 SylanDM Menu
- ✈️Teleports all over the map
Have fun!
#VRChat #MadeWithVRChat #VRCWorld #VRチャット

Various types of mecha

Taranto's Ultra Instinct kicks in as I try to kick him in the head.

Going through my twitch VOD backlog, I come across some of the older VRChat stuff I used to do, and I think;

Man I miss Lotus Garden

I forget the UK isn't part of the EU anymore

Very happy to announce that the ChatGPT outage did not impact our work on Mini Motorways as we operate on New Zealand time. That and all our workers are human beings who use normal human being software

Have a written record of society’s collapse.

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Chess Zoo xkcd.com/3036

Suchir Balaji's mother Poornima alleges the Open AI researcher was murdered in cold-blood Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old Indian American researcher and former OpenAI employee, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26, 2024. While ruled a suicide by authorities, his family...

The Parents of the Open Ai whistleblower who was found dead, hired a private investigator, and it seems like this is indeed a murder case

If this is the case, shame on the Police and examiner for prematurely claiming this as sucicide! May justice be found.

m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...

Marry Krampus