Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

@SecurityWriter Granted, worth noting these are a little bit DIY in that they usually don't ship with frames, so you need to mount them in something yourself.

@SecurityWriter I've purchased such displays from a Chinese direct-order website before: buydisplay.com

The site looks a little slipshod and shifty, but they have reasonable prices and delivered exactly what was promised. Just expect slow-boat-from-China shipping speeds.

I got a 7" HDMI LCD touchscreen from them a while back for $43. Worked great.

@jCarttarBrooke @tristansnell Lazy fascism is still fascism.

Just made my first model in #Blender that's good enough to go into production! The model itself is nothing fancy, but this is a big milestone in my attempt to get off shitty proprietary software (Autodesk Maya) and move to #FOSS alternatives.

@BlackGlitterXx I haven't used them myself, but from domain knowledge:

1) How you use them: You use them like a regular filter or image processor. Most of the time they take an unprocessed image in and you get an obfuscated image out.

2) What they do: They subtly alter the pixel data of the image to break the patterns that AIs look for while training. In most cases, you can't visually tell the difference because the alteration is so subtle, but it causes current-gen AIs to absolutely choke when they try to generate an image mirroring the style that was obfuscated.

Note: while these tools do show significant results at this time, future AIs probably won't fall for their tricks and there are already ways to de-obfuscate them (but they're usually pretty lossy, so they're not super viable yet).

Note 2: Only images that are run through the processor are protected. If you post one obfuscated one to one site and one non-obfuscated one to another site, the AI will still likely be able to train off the latter.

@failedLyndonLaRouchite @Julie It's a scene in the TV show Community.

I don't know why I keep thinking I'll like brussel sprouts.

A little late, but here's my entry for a #ScreenshotSaturday. #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #VideoGame #Logistics #Godot

I had a cigar the other day and on the label it said "handmade factory smoke".

Needless to say, it wasn't a *good* cigar, but the contradiction of that label will haunt me for a while.

This is one of the greatest goods that #SocialMedia has brought to our society.

Idiot criminals can't help but brag. They used to brag to their friends in private. Now they brag to their friends on public platforms with search bars.

I don't understand these insane masochists who write back-end web code in javascript.

The key to Italian cooking is knowing how much noodles and garlic you'll need for the number of people you're serving.

(Hint: the answer to both is "more")

@angusm Yes. Cryptocurrency.

Man, fuuuuck SquareSpace. They have to buy out other systems to get customers and then they use every dark pattern in the book to try to keep them. Can't wait to migrate from this backwater piece of shit system.