lingo

@lingo56.bsky.social

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4th year comp sci undergrad @sfu games and graphics are neat website: https://petersoava.site itch page: https://lingo56.itch.io/ youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLingo56 linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-soava

Picture showing a CD case of a Hot Demos demo disc by xcvg systems
Article quote from "Agents of Alienation" by Jaron Lanier "Well, actually, agent programs as a rule will also have worse user interfaces than non-agent programs. Here is how people reduce themselves by acknowledging agents, step by step: Step 1) Person gives computer program extra deference because it is supposed to be "smart" and "autonomous". (People have a tendency to yield authority to computers anyway, and it's a shame. In my experience and observations, computers, unlike other tools, seem to produce the best results when users have an antagonistic attitude towards them.) Step 2) Projected autonomy is a self-fulfilling prophecy, as anyone who has ever had a teddy bear knows. The person starts to think of the computer as being like a person. Step 3) As a consequence of unavoidable psychological algebra, the person starts to think of himself as being like the computer. Step 4) Unlike a teddy bear, the computer is made of ideas. The person starts to limit herself to the categories and procedures represented in the computer, without realizing what has been lost. Music becomes MIDI, art becomes Postscript. I believe that this process is the precise origin of the nerdy quality that the outside world perceives in some computer culture. Step 5) This process is greatly exacerbated if the software is conceived of as an agent and is therefore attempting to represent the person with a software model. The person's act of projecting autonomy onto the computer becomes an unconscious choice to limit behaviors to those that fit naturally into the grooves of the software model."
lazy kickers having a grand time running in the corner of my monitor while in the middle there's a "welcome to lazy kickers" picture posted by @vektroid.bsky.social
Image of Marathon’s queue menu with the “Solo” toggle hovered. The tooltip says “Disabling Crew Fill when solo means your crew will not be filled with matchmade players and you will only encounter other solo Runner crews. Going solo is a more challenging experience.”
Owl perching over the garden center of a grocery store at night. Parking lot nearby.
Kazuma Kiryu standing in front of "NY HotDog" Kamurocho in Yakuza Kiwami. There are two posters, one says "NewYork Style HotDog" with a hot dog picture, the other says "NewYork Style Hamburger" with a hamburger picture.
Battle screen of Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga