poiati

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding that limit

[poiati @poiati]

@FomoReviews Is it worth upgrading from a Samsung QN90B to a QM7L? I would totally get a QM8L, but unfortunately the model isn't available in my country.

[poiati @poiati]

@BeastyqtSC2 You need to meet the Dota 2 community.

[Flow.com @flow_blockchain]

The Testnet Crescendo Network Upgrade is Live! 🌊

Crescendo eliminates barriers to entry for builders through full EVM Equivalence and empowers web3 developers with the latest version of Cadence.

In September, Crescendo comes to Mainnet.

Learn more ⤵️
https://t.co/9vwDu77m4T

[roham @roham]

Great news! We @dapperlabs today announced a legal resolution that reaffirms two of our most important positions:

After discovery, it was understood and agreed that @Flow_blockchain is a decentralized public network and that digital collectibles like @NBATopShot are not securities in the same way trading cards are not securities.

These were the main allegations we wanted to prove, and continuing to litigate would have been a distraction from our core mission. The settlement also involves Dapper Labs reaffirming its commitment to the decentralization of Flow, as well as confirming the full transfer of all $FLOW coins as part of the ecosystem development reserve to the Flow Foundation.

Dapper Labs can, does, and will continue to be a major holder of $FLOW and a major builder in the Flow ecosystem. The future of our products is fully open and composable, letting owners do anything they want with their assets and letting developers build new and innovative experiences without traditional limits. This includes working alongside the existing third-party platforms we all know and love including @fancraze, @aisportspro, @ownthemoment, @flowty_io, and others 🤝

Today’s resolution lets us stay focused on what matters – building great experiences for our fans. On this front, we have the best team we’ve ever had, and we are firing on all cylinders:
- Our newest game, Fast Break, is now available for both NBA and WNBA on all platforms. Play every day and win awesome prizes 🔥
- The NBA Top Shot mobile marketplace is available in-app and almost ready for primetime – I think it's the slickest most mainstream-ready peer-to-peer marketplace in this space 💪
– Disney Pinnacle just ran its first in-app trading event, powered by @evaluatexyz, and it was one of the most exciting grassroots events we’ve seen in Web 3. Stay tuned for what’s next 👀

Leading up to the Flow Crescendo network upgrade this July, I expect Dapper will roll out account linking to everyone by default, letting users easily go from their custodial Dapper wallets, which keep them safe and allow for easy onboarding, into the non-custodial wallet world. In this new world, developers can build anything they want, permissionlessly, whilst users can still benefit from the security and ease of a custodial account 🔐

We believe this pattern will be the future of how consumer crypto apps will be built –– easy onboarding without sacrificing true ownership, openness, or composability. Or access to value-creation and earning opportunities only possible in the non-custodial world.

Beyond our win today, the future of our industry and open digital systems relies on effective communication with policymakers and regulators. Dapper Labs will continue to engage at all levels to help ensure sensible approaches to this new technology –– which ultimately is much better for both consumers and creators because of its openness, transparency, and auditability. We encourage everyone who cares about the future of the internet to support @standwithcrypto

[DisneyPinnacle @DisneyPinnacle]

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Join the waitlist at https://t.co/VCeadWRHTU! 🌟

[poiati @poiati]

@bramreth Looks great! How is it doing in terms of performance?

[poiati @poiati]

@R0dZill4 @KasperArnklit @cmzw_ That's great ❤️! Looking forward for that. BTW, since we are talking, not urgent at all but I have a small PR open there to fix an issue with transparency in Godot 4. Tks!

[poiati @poiati]

@R0dZill4 @KasperArnklit @cmzw_ The ideal state for me would be able to MM insider the engine, maybe some sort of node that whenever I change a parameter I can instantly see the results on the viewport.

[poiati @poiati]

@R0dZill4 @KasperArnklit @cmzw_ As far as I remember it's not that seamless, I need to reload the scene if I want to see the changes, it's not that smooth to iterate over. We also miss stuff like being able to define uniforms that can be changed in the Godot shader.

[poiati @poiati]

@KasperArnklit @R0dZill4 @cmzw_ It would be great if we could somehow integrate MM in the Godot Editor, in a way we could see the texture/shader applied in the viewport.

[poiati @poiati]

@john_clayjohn @YuriSizov Sorry for not being clear. Great to know progress was made on this front! By deliver I mean having the performance improvement or/and new features in a usable/perceivable state. Thank you for replying back 🙂

[poiati @poiati]

@MV_Raffa @Delocop @godotengine Interesting. Looks better for sure, changing the AA indeed helped. I would love it if you could share what changes were made. Also, why did you remove the GI toggle? Tks!

[poiati @poiati]

@MV_Raffa Looks stunning! Trying to understand why it hits the GPU so hard though, even if I run at LOW without GI and the vol. fog.

[poiati @poiati]

@KasperArnklit MaterialMaker is incredible! Quick question, is it possible to export a material as a Godot shader instead of as textures? Thank you!

[roham @roham]

the Flow is strong with this one

@flow_blockchain

[Smoke-away @SmokeAwayyy]

Tim Soret's view of the future from 4 years ago is increasingly relevant today:

"We are on the verge of a civilizational change.
Yet outside of books, there is an intense philosophical void.

Pop culture is failing to prepare us to the shattering existential & moral questions that will arise from technologies like AI or CRISPR. Outside of Her, Hollywood's depiction of AI is deceptively simplistic & misleading.

This will shake the foundation of human civilization, this will change the meaning of life, this will be the end of an era that has been going on for a few thousands of years.

Kojima is the one who understands it.
We are leaving the era of work, morphing to a new human form.
A human of leisure.
The homo ludens.

How do you compete with AI, in a world where Netflix can generate on the fly content tailored for you? Horror movies playing on your fears? Drama playing on your traumas? Where music is generated to your taste? Where your favorite game masterpiece is endless?

It will be the death of shared pop culture. Everybody in its own personal bubble of customized content. It's already happening. Algorithms are killing serendipity, reinforcing & solidifying your tastes, your interests, your worldviews instead of diversifying & challenging them.

What is the future of childhood, of education, of friendship, when we'll be nurtured by AIs tailored for our growth & needs? How children are going to see us in hindsight for our role in climate change? Will we be seen as barbaric & primitive for wearing leather or eating meat?

What is the future of love & sexuality once AIs will be tailored for us better than we could ever hope to find in real life? What is the future of reproduction once we can order children by blending & selecting DNA with our three best friends?

All the objects around us have been designed by us. This won't be the case in 20 years. How will it feel to not be able to optimise what's around us? To not be able to come up with better ideas and solutions? To not be in charge of our own evolution, our own social organization?

How will it feel to not be the apex of intelligence on Earth? To feel insignificant? To not even understand AIs, no more than ants could understand a highway? This could be mortal wound to our ego.

What if AIs scientific findings will be immoral and validates worrying worldviews about IQ & genetics? Or on the contrary, what if we implant morality and AIs start censorship, bias correction, enforce certain worldviews, intercept & prevent thoughts from spreading?

What is the future of religion, of nationalism, of identity politics, of internet outrages & trials, of political extremes, of culture wars, of civil wars, of technological wars?

What is the future of competition, of cooperation, of leisure, of politics, in a world essentially similar to the free-to-play situation you can see on mobile today? Where Instagram-like online influence is a new global currency to get all kind of favors?

There is so much more to say about the future than a badass bike, a cool gun, a glowing bionic eye, a new drug or a single physical CPU becoming sentient.

Pop culture needs to wake up.
We have to start preparing the questions of tomorrow.
Without a solid philosophical base, we might be heading straight for massive loneliness, existential angst & meaningless lives. We are not ready for what's to come. Not a single one of us.

This why I'm waking up everyday.
This is why we are making The Last Night."

[Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ @ESYudkowsky]

Well, that sure was a surreal moment for the day. You know, I think I thought on some level that questions would not be asked of the White House until we were all dead, because I didn't think I'd earned that much hope, so... it ought to be a positive feeling? But it's not.

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@christianortner @midjourney @OpenAI @elevenlabs @D_ID_ Maybe I'm short-sighted, but can you please explain to me how that can be a good thing? The ways that this can be exploited by bad actors GREATLY suppress any benefit. Am I wrong?

[poiati @poiati]

@TheCherno I would love to know your thoughts on the new Meta-Human features if you haven't yet.