Jack | 🌊🌌

Artist | 🔞 - No minors, no random solicitors, both will be blocked

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@Millxn265 They do recycle energy using regenerative breaking, but they can't recharge with their own movement because the energy expenditure is higher than the energy that they can recycle with their own parts, some energy is also lost as heat.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

Not at all, this story is very different already, imo.

The first season appears to be based on Code:1 Dante (DMC3 manga), DMC 3 the game I believe starts at Code:2 Vergil (I think)... I thought the next season would be based on Code:2 Vergil, but I don't know anymore?

I mean, Arkham transforms into a vampire(?) idk anything about Lady because she appeared for 1 second, Mundus, somehow, has Yamato(?) and gives it to Vergil(?????) none of those things make sense to me.

I have no idea what will happen next season, it doesn't seem to be based in the games (or the manga, for that matter) doesn't mean the show is bad, though, might still be fun.

I don't know if we'll get to see Lucia or Nero, or Kyrie, Trish, Credo, or any one of them.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

This is gonna be long, but here's my 2 cents:

First off, saying that "free lowers the value of things" lacks nuance, and I vehemently disagree with the view that a creative work's value is its price or the lack of it. Piracy opens the doors for people to search for legitimate content they truly like.

Second, while it's amazing that a creator is finally speaking up about this and doing research, I have to say that the whole "piracy damages works" narrative only holds up on the surface.

I don't know if many people are just falling for a narrative, don't know the story of the most recent anime/manga boom, or doing this on purpose ("many people", I'm not specifically talking about Urana-sensei here).

Let's take the Crunchyroll example first.

To make it short:

2006 - Crunchyroll was founded by some University of California and Berkeley graduates, two years later, Venrock (yes, the Rockefellers), invested ~$4 million, there were still illegal uploads and they were still being accepted.

2009 - Crunchyroll scores a distribution agreement with TV Tokyo, that same month they stop all user uploads, the user upload purge starts, they switch to fully legal but it takes a long time to delete the illegal content.

Sony acquires Funimation in 2017, but with the boom of streaming services in 2020 (as opposed to one time purchases in Funimation), Sony decided to also acquire Crunchyroll in 2021 and merge it with Funimation in 2022. All this because piracy made anime accessible through Crunchyroll.

Mangadex is on a similar path.

Here's where I feel people are not understanding where the "damage to the works" come from:

Sony holds an anime monopoly on the western side of the world and have had horrible consumer practices. Since there's no competition, this is what paying for Crunchyroll gets you: missing chapters, missing seasons, wrong subtitles, audio issues, stolen data, etc., that's what truly devalues a work.

When Solo Leveling got an adaptation, a committee was made between Sony (Crunchyroll and Aniplex) and Kakao Media, they hired A-1 and they paid the studio for the project (no more, no less, from what I understand).

SL bacame the most watched show, and all that sweet, sweet money was distributed between Crunchyroll (subscription, merch, etc) and Aniplex (from CR), that means Sony paid itself the extra, and (probably) a percentage to Kakao Media and another percentage to D&C Media (SL's publisher and IP right's holder).

That same year, Crunchyroll (Sony) reported one of its biggest, best fiscal years, and A-1 Studios reported one of their biggest yearly losses.

The ones who won were the men in suits, while the creators, artists and animators were left with the same miserable salary and overworked. Dubu (SL Illustrator) died at 37, overworked and underpaid like the rest, Redice probably didn't see a dime aside from a probably flat fee to make the adaptation.

This happens all over the world, no matter if you're in Japan, the US, or Brazil.

So here's how the loop looks like, from how I've seen it myself:

1. Mangaka creates a story
2. Sells or shares the IP rights with a publisher
3. It doesn't get a translation, the only exception is if it gets popularized, but to get popularized...
(Here's the part where piracy comes in)
4. Fans see the potential of a work, they translate it voluntarily.
5. Word of mouth spreads, people share the work illegally, some buy legally, a lot save to buy, a few never intended to buy.
6. As the manga gets popular, it naturally gets an anime adaptation, which upsells more manga.

I can say with confidence that a lot, probably even the majority, of manga that's gotten popular in the west got popular thanks to piracy, not because publishers said "you know what would be cool? For people in Brazil to read this".

So, what I'm saying is: do you want your work to be popular overseas? Do you want to reduce piracy (because you will never stop it)? Make it easily accessible.

In the meantime, thank piracy.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@bigup_universe I read one comment that said "If the company won't sell me the product I just give up", I fully believe that some of them would just do that.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@Pirat_Nation This is just The Crew discussion all over again

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@evertonianscrud TBATE will never be a manhwa.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@GyaruGlow I'd say Venrock investing in Crunchyroll and stopping user uploads was the nail in the coffin.

They should have stayed a pirate site and Funimation should have never been bought and merged

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@Art444Star You also have a fortnight and fortnightly, same meaning.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@TheChiefNerd > "We've reached AGI"
> "Everyone should be an expert in AI"

If we reached AGI (I know we didn't) why do we need humans behind it? And if everyone's an expert, nobody is.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@TailosiveTech It's YouTube TV, not Youtube. Youtube TV is $83/month.

Youtube Premium is also $26/month, not $15

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

That was fast...

[VECERT Analyzer @VECERTRadar]

🚨 CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE ALERT: BRAZIL 🇧🇷

The sale of critical access credentials to corporate cloud infrastructure belonging to Brazilian companies in the food and technology sectors has been detected.

Threat Actor: vexin
Origin: Brazil
Report Date: March 19, 2026

📂 DETAILS OF ACCESSES FOR SALE (CORPORATE CLOUD ACCESSES)

The threat actor is offering direct access to the cloud environments of the following entities:

Entity 1: Food and Beverage Sector
Industry: Retail – Food & Beverage (Convenience Stores / Retail Distribution)
Data Size: 74.96 GB

Entity 2: Meat Sector
Industry: Retail – Butchery (Butcher Shop)
Data Size: 37.19 GB

Monitor:

https://t.co/wk9bZJ2Nli

#CyberSecurity #Brazil #ThreatIntel #CloudSecurity #DataBreach #Vexin #InfoSec 🛡️

[🇧🇷Felícia Yume🏳️‍⚧️ | LEI FELCA NÃO @fellyume]

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[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@grok @Evidence_Shongw @BRICSinfo "Trump isn't lying because he said so" is wild lmao.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

@danixagtlou @Yes18378282128 @FebrezeSamurai @C_killedhimself @fryuaj Let me translate what they said in the simplest way possible.

Your question: "what i asked is if he'd still say the same things if there was a human being in that video"

Their answer: "Yes"

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

Lost my fucking 50/50 to fucking Nekomiya again

I swear, if I lose two 50/50 with Nekomiya *again* just like it happened with Yidhari I'm never playing anymore.

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

How much time till people start editing Nintendo images with Twitter/X and it ends up being an actual issue? lmao

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

This is why education is important

[Genius Tech @Geniustechw]

Wait... does the weight actually change? 🤔

https://t.co/w2bUnCeVg0

[Jack | 🌊🌌 @ShibanJack]

I can already see @ChibiReviews taking out his wallet lmao

[Games Showcase @gwrldgames]

In 'Giantess Playground' you can play as a towering giantess crushing buildings, or as a tiny citizen dodging feet and playing hide and seek.

[Mujin @Muj_in]

Grok used to respect when an artist would put “No AI use allowed” but now that got thrown out the window.

This new edit image feature disregards any artist preference, allowing anyone to modify art, and will guarantee a platform filled with AI slop.

Great way to end the year 🥀