Tootfinder

I’m going to be very honest and clear.
I am fully preparing myself to die under this new American regime.
That’s not to say that it’s the end of the world. It isn’t.
But I am almost 50 years old. It will take so long to do anything with this mess that this is the new normal for *me*.
I do hope a lot of you run. I hope you vote, sure.
Maybe do a general strike or rent strike.
All great!
But I spent the last week reading things and this is not, for ME…

I used to fantasize about video games wowing audiences by using AI to do things previously impossible.
Voiceovers using your chosen character name.
A “teleport in” effect using a latent space walk for a unique look.
Fighting game CPU opponents that feel human.
Pokémon games with all 1,025 mons and dozens of animations each.
But my fantasy will never come true. The features might appear, but anything AI will produce more controversy than wowing.
Justifiabl…

GamerAstra: Enhancing Video Game Accessibility for Blind and Low-Vision Players through a Multi-Agent AI Framework
Tianrun Qiu, Changxin Chen, Sizhe Cheng, Yiming Yang, Yixiao Guo, Zhicong Lu, Yuxin Ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22937

GamerAstra: Enhancing Video Game Accessibility for Blind and Low-Vision Players through a Multi-Agent AI Framework
Blind and low-vision (BLV) players encounter critical challenges in engaging with video games due to the inaccessibility of visual elements, difficulties in navigating interfaces, and limitations in sending interaction input. Moreover, the development of specialized accessibility features typically requires substantial programming effort and is often implemented on a game-by-game basis. To address these challenges, we introduce \textit{GamerAstra}, a generalized accessibility framework that lev…

In the past week I have sent emails to and called 3 of my local (city & state) electeds regarding active legislation. I have not heard back from a single one of them.
I don't feel particularly represented right now. You're going to have to EARN my vote in the next election.

This tool just got roasted.
#elonmusk
From: @…
https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/114601…

Time to give the human their morning pep talk

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from my link log —
A non-uniform quasirandom number generator for games.
https://taylorpetrick.com/blog/post/quasi-random-dist
saved 2024-08-15

A Quasi-Random Number Generator
I decided to implement a non-uniform random number generator for use in video games. The purpose of the technique is produce random events that are more consistent than a uniform distribution, similar to stratified sampling.

Calamus 43 O you whom I often
A short and sweet love poem, Whitman at his most writerly. The spare and simple words have a light musicality that's often missing from his more didactic blank verse.
The literal meaning is Whitman telling someone how his very presence inspires feelings of love. It's so short and precise I'm just going to quote the whole poem.
O you whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be with you,
As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the same room with you,
Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.
I love the lack of action. Whitman simply wants to sit in the same room as his beloved, a quiet devotion I appreciate. And that phrase "subtle electric fire". Electric had a different meaning in pre-Edison America but it works both ways.
Mostly this poem is just a lovely mood.
(The linked video and commentary are more than usually good.)

In the past week I have sent emails to and called 3 of my local (city & state) electeds regarding active legislation. I have not heard back from a single one of them.
I don't feel particularly represented right now. You're going to have to EARN my vote in the next election.