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Catholic, Pro-Life, Web developer, designer, photographer, unsweet iced tea lover, gamer, father. @xelstudio

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

Finally finished moving over my #photography from @500px to @Flickr. It's good to be back now that it's independent from Yahoo.

500px used to be good when it was Canadian & about photos. Now it's Chinese pushing NFTs. Sorry, can't get behind that.

https://t.co/pDjDAaKKAW

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@american80s @NintendoMetro @PrinceWatercres Yup! I can't find the issue from that era I used to have. I did a quick search online and so many are of this "quality" in those years.

But even as a kid I always thought "man, this looks like a low end hack.." haha!

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@american80s @NintendoMetro @PrinceWatercres Ah, the days when your cousin's friend's nephew could draw your cover and it would make it to print. This mag always had the weirdest off-brand art. Looking back, it's quaint :)

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

Little projects like this make the world a better place. Thanks!

[AdGuard @AdGuard]

Everywhere you look online today, there’s a new AI chatbot, a "summary" box, or a flashy helper button. While some find them useful, many users simply want a clean, distraction-free browsing experience without the AI bloat.

​This is exactly where the power of the open-source community shines.

​We want to give a massive shoutout to community member Stevoisiak for creating and maintaining Stevos-GenAl-Blocklist — a dedicated filter list compatible with AdGuard that strips out generative AI features across more than 300 websites.

​Thank you, Stevoisiak, for the incredible effort and dedication it takes to maintain a project of this scale!

​Check out the repository, show the creator some love, and star the project:
👉 Stevos-GenAl-Blocklist on GitHub: https://t.co/6Kto4XmzlK

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

And these companies lie through their teeth, there's no way any data is fully deleted once they have their grubby hands on it. The moment you open the cookie jar, they'll eat it all up.

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

#AI Bros are off their rocker. Who in their right mind would give LLMs and big data direct access to your bank accounts? Why is this even allowed?
Damn, y'all on the way to self-destruction. How about we educate people how to give LESS personal data to these people, not MORE!

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@alexkehr @ramzimo68 your point?

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@ramzimo68 @alexkehr if you're on Android, the orange map never left and still works in its stale state since it launched because we're not loved :)

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

Major companies are out there peddling AI apps and slop begging us to use their garbage and pollute the internet.

Meanwhile, small fringe dev communities are keeping it real. I love it.

[RPCS3 @rpcs3]

Our guidelines for submitting AI-generated code are now up in our repository!

As for all the AI bros seething on our socials, we're simply blocking you.

Learn how to debug, code, and leave behind something useful to humanity when you're gone, instead of peddling slop.

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

This is like the "don't take candy from a dude driving a white van".

You're giving your personal photos to not only a monopoly, but an AI system to do whatever they want with it...all so you can see yourself in a cute clay scene.

Candy, people. Stop getting paid in candy.

[PetaPixel @petapixel]

Google has announced “personalized” image generation that allows users to connect their Google Photos library to its Gemini AI image generator.
https://t.co/wlhgpwEzod

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@timeextension64 I'll admit, I used gemini few times to figure out some coding issue I had & for some reason it gave better documentation than I could find elsewhere, but no way in hell did I copy it blindly into my codebase. I modified that sucker to fit & work properly. Down with vibeslop!

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

Playing the MGS series since its inception, the Movie "War Machine" is basically live action Metal Gear. The machine's visual scanning is similar to the Odradek in Death Stranding. They must have really been inspired by Kojima.

The score was satisfyingly epic. Kudos to Dmitri

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

Okay, so #AI does have its benefits.

Just ran some prompts to get the filter code needed to block ads on linkedin. LOL! Thank you Gemini, no more promoted/suggested!

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@AdobeVideo Used to be where we'd have skilled videographers record an actual timelapse and then superimpose. but nope, let's let AI create garbage that the masses will enjoy.

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

Those who can, do. Those who can't.....start a podcast.

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@WebDesignMuseum I remember seeing this app being shown off at a convention in NYC and was floored by what it could do. This and homesite were my starter drugs in the field.

Looking at it now, it's on sad life support as it never 'grew up' Still, back then it was revolutionary

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@nucleoicons wow, y'all rockin' it! I'm not sure how I'd use these, but they look pretty awesome!

Man, I need to use your icons more in my designs.

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@VGMaps ah, the Wizard! I remember going to that and getting the "Pocket Power" mini magazine. I read that cover to cover so much back then! :)

[ΞΓΙC ΡΔSΔΓIΠ @pasarin]

@VGMaps Once you the OG I guess the US is a bit underwhelming. Times before the internet.

I had a friend who's dad got a copy of JP SMB3 way early. It was mind blowing, like how does this even exist yet & we're playing it!

(I can't believe I experienced the cliche "a friend's dad")