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A look at Decart, which has developed video-to-video AI model Mirage that manipulates live video in real time and can potentially shake up livestreaming (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/decart-artificial-intelligence-model-live-stream/

This AI Warps Live Video in Real Time
A startup called Decart has developed an AI model that can transform live footage. The results are mind-bending—and poised to take over streaming.

Games for Degrowth and a Viable Future | Steady State Manchester
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/09/20/games-for-degrowth-and-a-viable-future/

Games for Degrowth and a Viable Future
by Carolyn Kagan Games as a tool for Awareness-raising Naomi Klein1 asks the question How do you change a world-view, an unquestioned ideology? Much of what we do in Steady State Manchester is to e…

Watching the second to last season of SVU (wifey loves it) and the cops just got info from being in a Discord server. Realistic. The FBI are all over Discord too. Always keep that in mind. Say nothing sensitive there. Discord servers are NOT secure, the authorities can always easily get in, and they often do.
#Discord #privacy

Parents sending their kids to live without them for the first time grapple with the question:
Does love mean buying a $469 mattress topper?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2025/08/19/luxury-dorm-decorating/

The over-the-top world of luxury dorm decorating
Wallpaper, custom headboards and $469 mattress toppers aren’t the norm in college rooms. But they are everywhere on TikTok.

18,500 soldiers convicted in Russia of desertion or unauthorized absence since 2022, analysis finds: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/19/soldiers-convicted-in-russia-of.html

Online-Radikalisierung: CEOs von Valve, Reddit und Discord vorgeladen
Das US-Repräsentantenhaus hat die CEOs von Valve, Discord und Reddit einbestellt. Sie sollen zu Online-Radikalisierung auf ihren Plattformen aussagen.

Blind Super Resolution with Reference Images and Implicit Degradation Representation
Huu-Phu Do, Po-Chih Hu, Hao-Chien Hsueh, Che-Kai Liu, Vu-Hoang Tran, Ching-Chun Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13915

Blind Super Resolution with Reference Images and Implicit Degradation Representation
Previous studies in blind super-resolution (BSR) have primarily concentrated on estimating degradation kernels directly from low-resolution (LR) inputs to enhance super-resolution. However, these degradation kernels, which model the transition from a high-resolution (HR) image to its LR version, should account for not only the degradation process but also the downscaling factor. Applying the same degradation kernel across varying super-resolution scales may be impractical. Our research acknowle…

Nvidia, Discord, and Epic Games are testing game demos on Discord servers, letting users try a game without downloading it or signing up, starting with Fortnite (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/760894/play-

‘Play Instantly on Discord’: Fortnite will be Nvidia and Discord’s first instant game demo
Try before you try before you buy.

"What goes with [GDP growth] is ... ignored; growth depends on increased production and distribution, which always increase waste."
Jon Cloke in our new #ProspectsForDegrowth piece.
The Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there… – degrowthUK

The Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there…
Jon Cloke* “You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s not there!” Growth, Degrowth, Post-Growth There are so many accepted definiti…

Games for Degrowth and a Viable Future
by Carolyn Kagan Games as a tool for Awareness-raising Naomi Klein1 asks the question How do you change a world-view, an unquestioned ideology? Much of what we do in Steady State Manchester is to endeavour to change world-views, unquestioned ideologies about economic growth and the exploitation of environmental resources. We seek to enable people to discuss, challenge and develop their ideas and thinking; to help others see that…

Games for Degrowth and a Viable Future
by Carolyn Kagan Games as a tool for Awareness-raising Naomi Klein1 asks the question How do you change a world-view, an unquestioned ideology? Much of what we do in Steady State Manchester is to e…