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@ben@m.benui.ca

:unreal: ui programmer @ epic games • views are mine and wrong • he/him

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ben, to random
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Stack Overflow announced that they are partnering with OpenAI, so I tried to delete my highest-rated answers.

Stack Overflow does not let you delete questions that have accepted answers and many upvotes because it would remove knowledge from the community.

So instead I changed my highest-rated answers to a protest message.

Within an hour mods had changed the questions back and suspended my account for 7 days.

Diff view of a stack overflow question showing it being changed from the original text to a protest message, then being changed back again by a mod. Protest text reads: Why does OpenAI get to profit from our work? I have removed this question in protest of Stack Overflow's decision to partner with OpenAI. This move steals the labour of everyone who contributed to Stack Overflow with no way to opt-out. OpenAI has a history of flooding the web with inaccurate information and have explicitly stated that they will never pay creators for their work.

ben,
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Also that CC claims that training an AI on data is "fair use". So fuck Creative Commons I guess.
https://creativecommons.org/2023/02/17/fair-use-training-generative-ai/

ben,
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I'm requesting that my questions and answers be permanently deleted under GDPR.

ben,
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Thank you for the replies. As someone pointed out, anything posted on Stack Overflow is covered by CC BY-SA 4.0.

Under this license all usage must attribute the author and must have a similar license. Neither of which OpenAI fulfills.

Screenshot from Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license with the following text: Under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

ben,
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It's just a reminder that anything you post on any of these platforms can and will be used for profit. It's just a matter of time until all your messages on Discord, Twitter etc. are scraped, fed into a model and sold back to you.

ben, to random
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My thoughts on tech are dominated by what I don't want. No AI, no crypto, no massive corporations.

I should spend more time talking about what I think tech should be. Easily accessed, cheap, efficient, democratic. A return to 90s ideals of everyone with a homepage.

ben, to random
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all roguelike games should have a single screenshottable screen that lets you send your current run info to a friend.

all the stuff you picked, all the cool combos etc.

ben, to random
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The more that I see AI polluting the web, the more I am convinced that a return to small websites run by humans, and human-run social media is the only way we can survive.

ben, to random
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I highly doubt that they respect robots.txt, but here's a list of AI bots that steal info from websites and how to block them
https://darkvisitors.com/

ben, to gamedev
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Article on how they designed and implemented Raz's jump in Psychonauts 2.

Really fascinating look behind the scenes of #gamedev tools.
https://www.doublefine.com/news/devin-article-raz-jump

ben, to random
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Every so often I'll come up with a neat game idea and wish I had the time, money, motivation, money, health insurance, money, confidence and money to pursue it. Ah well.

ben, to unrealengine
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As an #UnrealEngine user, what do you think is the difference between the "Tool" and "Window" menus in the editor? How do you choose which one to look in first?

ben, to random
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I've been using them for years but if @protonprivacy starts using training AI based on my email I'm closing my account the very same day.

ben,
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@protonprivacy This is from their most recent user survey. Very tellingly the following question is

ben, to random
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Three minutes of facts
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7N3-GKpG1j/?igsh=MW5obWNxY3lwN3dlNA==

ben, to random
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> Scientists have warned of increased turbulence, particularly “clear air turbulence” which is harder to detect or forecast, as global heating warms air at higher altitudes and makes weather more unpredictable.

What if global warming solves global warming by making it impossible to fly anywhere or have reliable power or shipping? Neat!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/severe-turbulence-london-to-singapore-flight

ben, to random
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"What OpenAI have presented with GPT-4o is a fresh paint job on a car with a dangerously corroded chassis. A false confidence machine."

https://fasterandworse.com/known-purpose-and-trusted-potential/

ben, to random
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Moving to my own instance has really shown the weakness in Mastodon:

  • replies are not always shown
  • it's impossible to look at someone's posts from their profile

I get why this happens from the distributed nature of the protocol but it's still awful from a user experience perspective

ben, to unrealengine
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NanceDevDiaries has some very practical and detailed #UnrealEngine tutorials on learning by modifying the Unreal Lyra project.
https://www.youtube.com/@nancedevdiaries

ben, to random
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just be honest and say you're pro killing 15,000 kids

ben, to random
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Beware the positivity of early adopters.

People who sign up for your beta or buy your game in early access are way more likely to forgive problems than people who buy the game on 50% sale. If early adopters mention a "small problem", take it seriously.

ben, to random
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If a button is disabled, the tooltip or clicking it should explain why it is disabled and what the user can do to fix it.

ben, to unrealengine
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Another amazing making-of blog from Psychonauts 2
https://www.doublefine.com/news/devin-target-search
#UnrealEngine #GameDev

ben, to gamedev
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After working fully-remote for Epic for a year, I can't ever imagine going back to work in an office. It's such a wonderful experience for me:
⭐ I can pick up my kid when they finish daycare at 4pm, and fill in the hours at other times, even very late or early in the morning.
⭐ I can do chores or exercise in my lunch break.
⭐ My commute is exactly 0 minutes.
⭐ Our optional zoom room is perfect for jumping in and out of to keep up with information and build friendships with team-members.

ben, to random
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What's the group noun for British people?

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