Samantha Fry

Moved (mostly) to: platform engineer on a classic MMO

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

@Artemisapphire I can attest to this. They took a chance on me when I was 19 and looking for a start in the tech industry. Got years of great training and even better experience before going on to work for the private sector in the UK as a senior engineer. I owe my career to the beeb.

[Tansy Kelly Robson ✍🏼🎬⚔️🐱🏦 @Artemisapphire]

There are multiple reasons this is a bad idea

I'll go through each one by one for anyone who can be arsed to find out

The only people who won't be arsed are people who think this only for ideological, NOT rational reasons

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[Years Progress @YearsProgress]

2024 is 100% complete.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. Here are my thoughts on the pros and cons of staying on this platform.
Pro: We were here long before Musk took it over. We built this.
Con: He has used our creation to help elect a far-right autocrat, and build his own grim political career.
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[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

An important reminder today for Londoners: our city is - and will always be - for everyone.

We will always be pro-women, pro-diversity, pro-climate and pro-human rights.

These are some of the values that will continue to bind us together as Londoners.

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

This has to be a bit right? Like nobody genuinely looks at this and goes "Ah yes what a novel invention"

[Etched @Etched]

Introducing Oasis: the first playable AI-generated game.

We partnered with @DecartAI to build a real-time, interactive world model that runs >10x faster on Sohu. We're open-sourcing the model architecture, weights, and research.

Here's how it works (and a demo you can play!):

[IGN @IGN]

The IWGB Game Workers Union, which represents over 1,500 video game workers in the UK, has just published its first-ever manifesto in response to a crushing year of industry-wide layoffs. https://t.co/JgfKH6CEJ8

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

@gu3st Gosh who on earth would want an AI trained on tweets

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

So what happened in the last 24hrs while I was offline that everyone is suddenly abandoning this hellsite?

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

@whatanot Oh that last one is very ew. Especially given who looks at twitter and goes ah yes this is absolutely the right kind of content to use as a base for future content

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

@somwhatparanoid @fasterthanlime I can recommend https://t.co/F7W5iuC9w0, its where I reside (Although its Misskey rather than Mastodon)

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

@whatanot https://t.co/i4q4QbM8kq

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

I feel like we are in the same place today but with phones. They are so ubiquitous and as of yet we haven't really decided they are harmful (maybe they aren't - who knows). Can you imagine a sci-fi movie where everyone doesn't just have a fancy mobile phone on them at all times?

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

@DSHZY415 no

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

RIP Hans Christian Andersen, you would have loved twitter.

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

Tf is going on here

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

I think the best way to cure a virus is to rub it in salt and spices and leave it in a cool dry room for 3-4 days

[Samantha Fry @benolott]

The music in this game has no right being this good, and yet here we are

[Throne and Liberty @playtlgame]

Celebrate the start of a new journey with a world premiere music video 🎵📺

Enjoy this 'hidden' track from the THRONE AND LIBERTY OST - 'A Spirit's Requiem (English Ver.)’ with @spetreikis and Manjari Lila.

[Chris Voiceman @ChrisVoiceman]

Leave it to Geoff to stay silent on strikes and crunch culture, but then start shouting from the rooftops about how $700 isn't that much money to give a company for a mid-gen upgrade