@djsumdog @theorytoe @sand @mikuchan I think the future is going to be AI filters (like the Studio Ghibli one) rather than text-to-image or text-to-video. Like I could see something like a program that converts concept art into spritesheets for a video game. It would probably work better because they would still require a significant degree of human input instead of just interpreting a text prompt.

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 28, 2025, 04:07

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 28, 2025, 04:07

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xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@GD5426 Do they still make them? Where are they sold?

**xianc78** · Nov 26, 2025, 18:25

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**djsumdog** @djsumdog@djsumdog.com · Nov 26, 2025, 18:25

Nov 26, 2025, 18:25

djsumdog @djsumdog@djsumdog.com

The current machines can never be AGI. They're just weighted random next token generators. They have no ability to goalset, and I doubt anyone would be able to construct such a system with current LLMs.

They're also wrong a lot, at least with coding. Or even when they're "right," I'm still going to go back and refactor it so it's maintainable and remove half the garbage it adds.

There's also nothing left to train with, since everything new is slop. I think the plateau was reached a few months back and we're just going to get diminishing returns.

The chatbots will continue to be used, but more as an oracle control mechanism for people who refuse to think.

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 28, 2025, 03:19

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 28, 2025, 03:19

Nov 28, 2025, 03:19

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

Does anyone with experience with Mini PCs have any recommendations?

>inb4 get an actual desktop
I don't need much and would like to be less dependent on laptops as I feel like my heavy usage wears them down.

**xianc78** · Nov 28, 2025, 01:36

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**WalterKühl** @waltercool@pl.slash.cl · Nov 28, 2025, 01:36

Nov 28, 2025, 01:36

WalterKühl @waltercool@pl.slash.cl

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**xianc78** · Nov 28, 2025, 00:40

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**Corbett Report** @CorbettReport@minds.com · Nov 28, 2025, 00:40

Nov 28, 2025, 00:40

Corbett Report @CorbettReport@minds.com

https://rumble.com/v72bsya-the-cia-still-ships-in-the-drugs.html

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**xianc78** · Nov 28, 2025, 00:37

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**Gabriel** @gabriel@fedi.libresolutions.network · Nov 28, 2025, 00:37

Nov 28, 2025, 00:37

Gabriel @gabriel@fedi.libresolutions.network

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future of tech... Why?

**xianc78** · Nov 27, 2025, 23:18

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**jeff (sane)** @jeff@mk.magicka.org · Nov 27, 2025, 23:18

Nov 27, 2025, 23:18

jeff (sane) @jeff@mk.magicka.org

how steam became the "monopoly"

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**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 22:29

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 22:29

Nov 27, 2025, 22:29

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

I just realized how many itch.io games/projects have the "Olivia Hill Rule". And for those who don't know what that is, it's basically just like those CoCs you see in a lot of FOSS projects, but somehow much simpler and much worse and it applies to both users AND contributors.

**xianc78** · Nov 27, 2025, 22:05

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**mangeurdenuage 🌿** @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world · Nov 27, 2025, 22:05

Nov 27, 2025, 22:05

mangeurdenuage 🌿 @mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world

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**xianc78** · Nov 27, 2025, 21:51

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**WalterKühl** @waltercool@pl.slash.cl · Nov 27, 2025, 21:51

Nov 27, 2025, 21:51

WalterKühl @waltercool@pl.slash.cl

Amazing

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**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 21:55

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 21:55

Nov 27, 2025, 21:55

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

I guess any politician that criticizes the sacred cow country is going to be FBI investigated for now on.

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**xianc78** · Nov 27, 2025, 18:38

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**Morghur the Inkgave** @Morghur@decayable.ink · Nov 27, 2025, 18:38

Nov 27, 2025, 18:38

Morghur the Inkgave @Morghur@decayable.ink

Problem is that a lot of people in the right see artistic pursuits as "useless" or something for leftoids. The same goes for supporting artists in their endeavors

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 17:39

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 17:39

Nov 27, 2025, 17:39

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

Bring back keyboard PCs!

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=e8CrG3l5WeA

**xianc78** · Nov 27, 2025, 02:46

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@allison@hidamari.apartments · Nov 27, 2025, 02:46

Nov 27, 2025, 02:46

@allison@hidamari.apartments

@merchantHelios ys series (archetypal action rpgs), trails series (imagine the platonic form of a jrpg in your head but with actual writing), xanadu series (historically fantasy but last entry kind of did an urban high school setting to cash in on those persona $$$$$), https://www.falcom.co.jp/vantage/index_e.html honorable mention for vantage master which is a pretty good srpg that in a gigachad move they officially translated and made freeware 20+ years ago

**xianc78** · Nov 26, 2025, 21:55

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**It's FOSS** @itsfoss@mastodon.social · Nov 26, 2025, 21:55

Nov 26, 2025, 21:55

It's FOSS @itsfoss@mastodon.social

Your next eReader doesn’t have to be Amazon-made. Build it, own it. 💪

https://itsfoss.com/open-source-ebook-readers-options/

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 16:42

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 16:42

Nov 27, 2025, 16:42

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@noyoushutthefuckupdad No because I use 16x16 sprites.

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 16:39

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 16:39

Nov 27, 2025, 16:39

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@noyoushutthefuckupdad Except for me.

Also shameless plugin 💰
https://ioncominteractive.itch.io/refractored-depths

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 03:41

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Nov 27, 2025, 03:41

Nov 27, 2025, 03:41

xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

Is it possible to create ANYTHING online without getting into drama anymore? How is it that one guy was able to create a full-length video game and publish it online back in 2004, yet these days your average fan-game or indie game can't be finished without one of the developers rage quitting and leaking a Google Doc about everyone on the team or if it's a solo dev, have their work cancelled by someone else because he said something mean?