@auriali

I don’t like Twitter but this has to be one of the few good reply chains on that website ever (Screenshots aren’t mine)

rumour has it if you say wombat 3 times in the mirror you get early access to alpha.wasteof.money

While I don’t care for the music much on twenty one pilots’ 2021 album Scaled And Icy, the cover with a blue dragon (he’s called Trash btw, never knew that until I looked it up lol) is cool as hell

Is this the first post on wasteof to be sent from Arc on Windows?

better luck next time mate

Happy 100 days online @onion! Happy I could help contribute to the bot, even if it was in a small way! (Pretend I didn’t take like forever to write this headline in the style of The Onion)

This video was generated entirely by AI.

It was generated by OpenAI’s new text-to-video model called Sora. It’s currently only being tested by a small group of experts and creators.

I don’t know how other’s feel about this, but I find this kinda terrifying. A lot of the videos that they’ve shown off so far are already very convincing, and I can already imagine the kind of misinformation that will be created with this tool. Even if OpenAI can keep the lid on it with Sora, the fact that they have pulled something like this off probably means we’ll see others turning up soon. I wouldn’t be shocked to see an open sourced equivalent for this, like Stable Diffusion.

I know we can’t put the genie back in the bottle now, but I do really worry about the future when the tech is getting this good this quick. This feels like the end of the information age, because we might be soon be unable to tell what info is real and what is fake.

You can see more examples from Sora here: https://openai.com/sora

happy valentines day @perrin

Hoping this to be the last post I make about Blaze. Simply put, it has gone too far and I want to put this to bed.

To be clear, yes, Blaze is flawed in many ways. Being a Wix site means a lack of control over what data the website collects and how it’s used. The privacy policy leaves a lot to be desired. The marketing of the site is poor, tone-deaf at points and possibly AI generated. Yes, the logo is stolen (see my previous post). Support is non-existent. The site doesn’t use end-to-end encryption.

However, that does not justify what has happened over the last few days. Spamming and attacking the site to take it down is bullying. Even worse is how a lot of the conversation has shifted from trying to point out problems and light-hearted memes to just being mean. From what I can gleam, the owner of Blaze isn’t the greatest person, sure. But that doesn’t justify being rude back. Be better than that. We as a community need to be able to recognise when to apply the brakes to stop people getting hurt or upset. I hope we all want wasteof to feel inviting to everyone so it can grow. This doesn’t just apply to Blaze, but to a lot of the recent conversations I’ve watched spiral into full-blown arguments. Not discounting myself here, I’ve felt frustrated with myself over how I spoke regarding Blaze. If I knew my post about their logo would cause such a stir, I probably wouldn’t have posted it, same with that meme I posted on TNC.

That’s most of what I have to say, back to goofiness.

Yes, it’s all fair to bring up real things that deserve critique and scrutiny. Also, light-hearted memes are all fine and dandy too, I’d say. But don’t wanna see this devolve into bullying or harassment, no one wins there.

I found their app icon (see the top left image) on 2 websites that are registered before theirs. One of the sites dates back to 2019 and has blog posts prior to the launch of the app too. Can’t confirm, but I suspect it’s either stolen from somewhere or it’s a template of some kind (which also sucks honestly, make your own logo y’know?).

The hate for Comic Sans amongst designers is somewhat confused inside the design community and outside of it too. In my opinion, the issue is not with the font itself, it’s how people use it. You’ve likely seen Comic Sans in places it really doesn’t fit, like this tombstone:

However, that doesn’t mean Comic Sans itself is bad - there are real uses for this font. Firstly, it works great for comics - hence the name Comic Sans. Also, Comic Sans has been proven to be easier to read for those with dyslexia. Since the font has irregular spacing and doesn’t have that many repeating letter shapes, it makes it easier for dyslexics to read. The point is, Comic Sans can be genuinely helpful and used well. A charity called Dyslexia Scotland made a campaign centred around Comic Sans in an effort to create a font that is more professional but still takes the principle design cues that make the font accessible for dyslexics. You should check it out, the design shows how Comic Sans can be used well in design (also here’s a little design from the site to show what I mean): https://www.nothingcomicaboutdyslexia.com/

TL;DR - The hate for Comic Sans is not so much to do with the font itself, but rather how many people use it in inappropriate places (due to Comic Sans being preinstalled on a ton of systems). It’s a lesson on why a basic understanding of font pairing can really improve how well your written words are perceived.

Few things I wanna mention about @thenewcreators that don’t fit for the account itself. Sorry if this post is long!

First off, we hit 1000 all time plays for podcast recently, thank you for all the support, especially as we emerge from our hiatus!

Secondly, I need to talk about some of the apps people use to listen to the podcast. You may notice Samsung Podcasts, which yes, does exist. But it’s even more obscure than I could guess. Okay, so, I have no clue how we’re there, Micah nor me have added the podcast there to my knowledge, so I presume there’s some kind of scraper? Who knows, anyway, Samsung Podcasts can only be accessed on Samsung phones via Samsung Free - which is Samsung’s answer to Google Discover. There’s not even a sharing option from what I can find lol.

Also, shoutout to all of you listening on Clementine, you’re real ones lmao. If you’re comfortable, I’d be curious to hear what you use to listen to TNC or if you're one of these Samsung Podcasts users!

hey guys thought i’d share an update on my animation!