YuzuDrink

YuzuDrink

@fatchocobo.net

Graphics software engineer and gamer. Collector of hobbies. ADHD advocate. American expat in Japan. Would-be hermit.

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Job recommendation: Her talents are renowned far and wide! When it comes to unexpected tasks even late into the evening, she excels without ever really trying. With the minimal application of her talents, I've seen grown men give out a shriek. I think she would be a valuable addition to any company.

You can tell how intense of a Prusa upgrade you’re in for based on how big the bag of gummy bears is. 🫣

I should not have tried to save that stink bug’s life. It thought I was trying to eat it, and now my hand is disgustingly. 😓

Pretty sure this is where my career is going in not too many more years. I have both cynical takes and optimistic takes. Both sets are largely memes, ngl. #millennial #lifeismemes #software #ai #llm

It’s easy for me not to buy a digital game on principle when I haven’t jived with the series in two decades. But it makes me sad that enough people don’t share my opinion here to convey that this isn’t okay. Staring down games I DO want that only have key-card releases… I’m part of the problem.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

GTA 6 has no plans for a post-launch physical release, "not at launch, and not months later", insists new report www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-no-phy...

I’ve gotten 3 or 4 spam emails about my new Chrome extension… so I guess that means it passed review and is available now? 😅 No email from Google either way, but I’m sure the spammers can’t watch for in-review extensions, right?

Everyone always says “flash cards is a great way to learn things!” No one ever says “printing and separating 150 flash cards is gonna take you over an hour!” #flashcards #learning #sysiphus

What, me? Oh, nothing, just kitting out my fish shell to greet me with a pelican. #pelican #fish #shell ...I feel like these tags might be misleading somehow.

Yoshi seems more okay with My Neighbor Totoro. Seen here demonstrating why I JUST HAD to buy a newer turntable with a cover. Nevermind that it’s also a nicer one. #vinyl #cats #totoro #music

Yoshi isn’t sure how he feels about Pink Floyd, but it’s important for him to exposed to the greats. #vinyl #music #cat #raisingthenextgeneration

Trying to balance out being too modern by listening to Styx; but they come along with a LASER ETCHED vinyl. Art microscopically engraved on the surface. What magic is this?! #vinyl #music #technology #lasers

TIL there are “true frogs” as a classification. Which raises the question… …is Kermit a “true frog”…?!

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

Odorrana is a genus of true frogs famous for one thing: they stink. Let's meet the ODOROUS FROGS. When stressed or handled, most emit a smell described variously as rotten-garlic, angry-skunk or dead-fish like. This thread brought to you with SMELL-O-VISION™. 👃🐸 (📷: Po-Wei Chi, iNat)

Trying to wrap up my adulting for this week; like my friend Celeste, nearing the summit of their journey. #vinyl #adulting #indiegames #music

This evening’s slog through responsibility is brought to you by Final Fantasy VII Remake and Cloud Strife. #vinyl #ff7 #gamemusic

#ADHD Calisthenics — n. the regular, unintended exercise you get by going up or down a flight of stairs when what you actually wanted was on the floor you just left. #sadbod

I feel like any company with a good internal engine could probably license it with similar terms and just eat Epic’s lunch right now. Zenimax? Activision? Anyone? #unrealengine #gamedev

So the thing about AI is that it’s a probability machine. All of LLM is just a statistical regurgitation of whatever it was trained on. Things like prompts will certainly sway it more towards certain kinds of responses; but the training data determines what it’s capable or outputting.

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I think it’s very telling that an AI trained heavily on Twitter is so readily able to respond like an alt-right chud. Poetically, you can’t gain any headway by telling it that it’s wrong, because it doesn’t understand “wrong”, or anything else. There is only the training data and context.

If Grok doubles down when you call it out, it’s because that’s what happens in the majority of cases in its training set. Which we already know, and is why we got off Twitter in the first place, I assume.

So the thing about AI is that it’s a probability machine. All of LLM is just a statistical regurgitation of whatever it was trained on. Things like prompts will certainly sway it more towards certain kinds of responses; but the training data determines what it’s capable or outputting.

Grok isn’t sentient. It doesn’t “know” what you’re talking about. All it does is read in its instructions and then read in the tweet history, and regurgitate what the training data suggests is statistically the most likely response.

I finally discovered some of those toxic caterpillars I’ve heard so much about here in Japan. I just got a small grazing, but definitely not recommended in general.

I have been playing this game in much the same way that I watch films like The Super Mario Bros. Movie from the 90s—not because it’s super good, but because around every corner is something hilariously janky, yet familiar. It’s such a laugh, and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the horse hijinx.

IGN@ign.com

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is a fantastic modernization of an iconic open-world RPG, even if it maintains some of the jank and rough edges of the original. https://bit.ly/3Yjh8ox

Y'know, I'd been considering grabbing this game right up until someone compared it to Outer Wilds. I really did not get on with the repetitive parts of that game. Bored me too much, made me too motion sick, and at some point I just gave up trying to be interested in it. So I dunno, maybe I'll pass.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

For the last month I have done very little but think about, talk about, and play Blue Prince. It's sort of like a cross between Slay the Spire and Outer Wilds — you progress by gaining knowledge — but it's also much more than that. It is one of the most incredible games I have played in my life.

I’m sure there are folks who enjoy a bit of a joke; but for me on April 1, 2025, I feel like a whole day dedicated to making up lies for ANY reason is a bit of a bad vibe.

I'm really feeling that John Greene vibe, "It has been January for months in both directions." Also, the "this has been one hell of a week / Dude, it's Tuesday" thing. 😩

YuzuDrink reposted

“With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its Super Bowl defeat.” Sit up and take note. TB kills more people globally than any other infectious disease - the world’s longest enduring pandemic. theconversation.com/...

theconversation.comWhy increasing rates of tuberculosis in the UK and US should concern everyoneEngland is at risk of losing its ‘low TB incidence’ status.

YuzuDrink reposted

When United Fruit Company workers were bulldozing the Costa Rican jungle, they began finding these enigmatic spherical stones ("petrospheres") made of 'gabbro', a basaltic stone. Thinking they might contain treasure, workers tried drilling or blowing them up. Let's talk about the 'Diquís Spheres'.

I need to follow this game, because it sounds like something I would really get a kick out of!

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

I didn't anticipate over the 80 minutes of Promise Mascot Agency's timed demo, a game about a disgraced yakuza tasked with reviving the local mascot agency business, just how unbelievably my bag it was going to be. bit.ly/3CUwWqo

YuzuDrink reposted

This is, I guess, as good a time as any to let friends here know I was laid off this week and that I'm looking for work. I have 15+ combined years in games marketing, narrative, writing, & bizdev. So, hey, if you know anybody hiring, my DMs are open.

It's nice to see that at least sometimes the people who play shitty games end up getting shitty prizes. Not happening as much as I'd like to see these days, sadly.

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