Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat....
Yup! Whenever I play in a high magic setting and want to incorporate disease, disability or death into a story, I always come up with a reason why it cannot be fixed with magic, or why the character didn’t want to/couldn’t fix it with magic.
I guess I passively knew about furries ever since I attended an anime con that had a few attending. 2013, I think? Five years later I joined a furry community on Discord with a friend as a joke, made friends, was peer pressured into designing and drawing myself a fursona because those friends wanted to draw art for me, and now I’m a proud degenerate. 😁👍
The same threat actor has leaked larger amounts of data from LinkedIn dated 2023. They claim this new data contains 35M lines and is 12 GB uncompressed....
I ended up just disabling the alias I use to receive emails from LinkedIn. Since I noticed I just kept deleting those emails without ever reading them, I figured I’d just opt to not receive any emails. :D
Hello! I’m very out of touch with the furry community but I do know that there’s an ungodly amount of furry art that is created every day, and that number is continuing to increase. I’ve already got a career and my clumsy paws can barely draw a stick figure, so I’ve often wondered how artists can dedicate such time and...
Non-professional artist here with a few commissions under her belt. I’ll answer from that POV.
I mostly draw for fun so I definitely don’t expect money for it. And you definitely can’t expect money right when you’re starting out. However, I know some people who draw as their primary source of income, which leads to most of the art they produce being for income.
It honestly can be either a side hustle or a full job, depending on the demand, your speed and your prices. It doesn’t have to be exhausting as a side hustle because you can adjust how much you do it considering your income doesn’t depend on it (unless your actual job barely keeps you afloat in the first place, in which case it could become a second job, which definitely can be exhausting).
Again, your salary depends on your demand, speed and prices. I don’t have personal experience on this because I rarely take commissions. Though even a semi-well-known artist who can work with relatively niche needs can make a few thousand (USD) a month.
Considering art is a luxury item, your job security will depend on the financial situation of your clients. If things like, say, a global pandemic happen and a lot of people are left struggling, you’re likely going to be struggling as well since people will of course prioritise things they actually need.
I feel like both “get lucky” and “get noticed” apply here. Furry art is a very saturated market these days so if you can garner an audience, you’re already in a very good place. If you get lucky by being, say, one of the first furry artists on a platform that ends up becoming popular among furries, you’re going to be noticed just because you were there before the platform got saturated. I’ve also noticed that if you can and are comfortable drawing niche art (in my case, transformation), that gets noticed a lot easier. I’d say that if you have something unique to offer (e.g. a really unique style), you’re also more likely to be noticed among the mass.
Fun or work, it varies. Artist friends who have made this their primary source of income say it’s fun for them. For me, it felt stressful to draw for money. Then again, I underpriced my commissions way too much when I did them so that may have been a factor (amount of work compared to amount of money didn’t feel worth it).
In conclusion, it’s a market with a lot of options for clients. I recommend, for any budding artists, to not think of art as a source of income first and foremost and just doing it because you love to create. If you can make some money or even your income from it eventually, that’s definitely an added bonus. c:
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....
John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, the company whose 3D game engine had recently seen backlash from developers over proposed fee structures, will retire as CEO, president, and board chairman at the company, according to a press release issued late on a Monday afternoon, one many observe as a holiday.
Well, I’ve thrown some of those screws out and THEN discovered where they fell out of. And I bet if I hadn’t thrown them out then I would have never discovered their origin.
Oh, the B can also promote butt stuff so let’s remove that one as well. The L takes away from the S men so we should remove it so everyone gets an equal share. Ahhh, there we go. S. The acronym is complete.
What I did was say I’m deleting my WhatsApp account in [insert sensible time] and if anyone wants to contact me, to use Signal. Lost contact to some, but many followed.
I’d find it funny if in a future game that DM runs, the party comes across a group of blind and deaf adventurers fighting a group of mutant slugs or something stupid like that. 😄
Didn’t really use it because the scientific and medical misinformation going around on the site was tiring to see. Then Elon Musk bought it and I could see the enshittification coming up. Put up a link to my new Mastodon account, waited like a month and then downloaded my data and deleted my account.
I’m still on Mastodon. Won’t even look at Bluesky before they show they’re serious about making it decentralised. And even if that happens, I’ll still brace for the potential Google Talk 2: Electric Boogaloo.
You ring up your artist friend and would really like to see this specific thing drawn. Your friend gets inspired and is happy to oblige completely for free as they make art for fun. You give them specifications, they send you progress pictures and you tell them how to tweak those WIP pictures until you get the piece you envisioned, drawn by this artist friend of yours.
Now, who owns the work? The artist, right? You don’t get to claim ownership just because your instructions got that piece done.
He’s still mad at those researchers for scraping the data that shows that ever since he took over, the antisemitism, racism and general bigotry has gone up on the platform.
I can’t view my achievements so I don’t know. I assume no because there’s no overlay. I actually forgot GOG even had achievements. I just don’t care about them that much usually.
Asking others and even yourself “why?” when it comes to views is a really good thing to practise, I agree. And don’t leave it to just one layer. Ask “why?” after every single explanation and see how deep you or whoever you’re asking can get. It’s one thing to have a view and a whole another thing to know how you got to that view.
I’ve gotten out of harmful views by using this technique and realising that the only reason I held some views was because “others told me so”, which caused me to look into things more.
Of course this won’t work with really stubborn people but it’s a good start to make at least some people think.
When I moved to Lemmy, I saw a thing for Matrix in the profile area and checked out that and have been sitting in a furry room for like a month. I just started actually looking at it and of the only 2 active people who talk, one is an incel and the other has a nazi fetish so I noped on out. The other issue is I constantly get...
Which is why I am happy to have email aliases. Alias gets leaked? No problem. I’ll just delete that one and make a new one for that service. Scammers and spammers have a useless email address and I still have my clean inbox.
People on the platform can generate invites at some intervals and send them to friends. That’s my understanding, while I don’t know for certain as I personally am avoiding the platform due to not trusting Dorsey at the helm. But I’m still keeping an eye on it with popcorn ready.
I use Firefox and Firefox Mobile on the desktop and Android respectively, Chromium with Bromite patches on Android, and infrequently Brave on the desktop to get to sites that only work properly with Chromium (more and more often - another whole separate can of worms too, this…) And I always pay attention to disable google.com...
I read that the “level of annoyance” (phrasing mine) has to do with your score (i.e. how likely Google thinks you are a bot). And I wouldn’t be surprised if using any browser other than ones in their ecosystem reduces your score more.
Anyway, there are other captcha systems websites could use but choose not to.
I made the switch and everything I want to play works. Some of it needed a bit of tweaking, though. Luckily instructions exist, and some began working with new Proton updates. It’s a good time to be a gamer on Linux.
It’s not the government’s job to parent someone’s children… Parents should take the time to learn about how computers and the internet work at a sufficient level so they can both teach their children how to act and what to expect on the internet, and to control what their child sees on the internet. The former is a backup in case the latter does not work.
Recently got a VPN because I’ve become increasingly paranoid (It’s getting crazy out there), but… is it a bannable offense to use it while on Steam?...
No problems here and I’ve used a VPN with Steam for years! Just make sure the location of your account is set to your country so you pay the correct price for your area. c:
If you already have an account, that should already be all good.
Follow a lot of people to fill up your feed. Be generous with it, and if someone you followed continuously posts something you’re not interested in, you can just unfollow, or put up a filter so those posts from that person do not show up.
There’s also a feature to follow hashtags so they appear in your home feed, so just search hashtags of things you find interesting. That’s a good way to find new people to follow as well! Advanced web view also allows you to make feeds for specific hashtags or hashtag combinations for even more control.
And if you happen to find an instance catered to your specific interests, you can make an account there, and you can even migrate an existing account so your followers come with. Chances are the local feed will be filled up with content you enjoy on such an instance.
And if you want to help your followers discover similar people, be sure to boost content you enjoy.
On Mastodon, you are in control of your feeds. Even on the federated timeline, to an extent (as filters work there as well).
Threads Has Begun Federating Via ActivityPub (daringfireball.net)
Adam Mosseri:...
Had this conversation with someone who chose to no longer be at my table after meeting a blind NPC (files.catbox.moe)
Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat....
Aaaaaand time to run (startrek.website)
Species Stereotypes.
Do you believe in them? For those with a fursona, do they fit you? For those without what species would fit you?
How did you first find out about Furries?
I found out about fursuits when I was trying to come up with a skit for trying out to be my college mascot.
LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info. (lemmy.world)
The same threat actor has leaked larger amounts of data from LinkedIn dated 2023. They claim this new data contains 35M lines and is 12 GB uncompressed....
Art as a career
Hello! I’m very out of touch with the furry community but I do know that there’s an ungodly amount of furry art that is created every day, and that number is continuing to increase. I’ve already got a career and my clumsy paws can barely draw a stick figure, so I’ve often wondered how artists can dedicate such time and...
YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2787773 (!google)
Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank (www.theverge.com)
The dangers of tattoos (lemmy.world)
What could this potion possibly do? Hmm... (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a45e99e6-3c9c-43f1-a84b-e99cb527e493.png...
Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish (infosec.pub)
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....
Unity CEO John Riccitiello is retiring, effective immediately (arstechnica.com)
John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, the company whose 3D game engine had recently seen backlash from developers over proposed fee structures, will retire as CEO, president, and board chairman at the company, according to a press release issued late on a Monday afternoon, one many observe as a holiday.
Finding a rogue screw on your desk and not knowing what it fell out of
Anyone else keep a baggie of random screws they find around the house?
What are two things that are good on their own but bad when combined? And bad things that are good when combined?
I just learned about “Salt (NaCl) is actually a combination of a highly poisonous gas (Cl) and a hazardous metal (Na)”....
Florida hit by Canadian smoke from historic wildfire season (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 69,000 square miles have been burned by wildfire in Canada so far. Some 795 wildfires were still burning as of Tuesday afternoon....
City council removes plus sign from LGBTQ+ Pride proclamation after deciding it promotes BDSM (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Whatsapp is going to run terribly... (www.androidcentral.com)
All these (ad)ons always take priority over performance.
US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills (www.theguardian.com)
Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains
When you're not sure what to say (comicpress.socksandpuppets.com)
This comic is part of an ongoing story that might make more sense with full context....
What made you determined to leave Twitter?
Content is title. What made you determined to leave Twitter, and what alternative are you using?
US rejects AI copyright for famous state fair-winning Midjourney art (arstechnica.com)
Controversial AI art piece from 2022 lacks human authorship required for registration.
Introducing the new Godot Development Fund (godotengine.org)
We are excited to introduce a major improvement in terms of funding the development efforts of the Godot Engine.
Unity introducing new fee attached to game installs (www.gamedeveloper.com)
X updates its Terms to prohibit crawling/scraping of its data (stackdiary.com)
But what if you do? Will you get caught?
Microsoft to stop forcing Windows 11 users into Edge in EU countries (www.theverge.com)
Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’
Kevin doesn't share though (sh.itjust.works)
The EU’s Digital Services Act goes into effect today: here’s what that means (www.theverge.com)
Axolotl: This Incredible Creature Can Regenerate Its Brain, Heart, And Limbs (yt.revvy.de)
Chat Rooms?
When I moved to Lemmy, I saw a thing for Matrix in the profile area and checked out that and have been sitting in a furry room for like a month. I just started actually looking at it and of the only 2 active people who talk, one is an incel and the other has a nazi fetish so I noped on out. The other issue is I constantly get...
Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have
Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren’t straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic
API Misuse: Hacker Leaks 2.6M Duolingo Users' Emails & Names (www.hackread.com)
Reddit users who switched to Lemmy, what is the most annoying thing you have seen about Lemmy users?
South Korean DJ 'shocked and scared' after groping at Japan event (www.japantimes.co.jp)
DJ Soda, who has more than 5 million Instagram followers, took to social media platforms to slam the unidentified individuals involved.
Elon Musk says users on X, formerly Twitter, will lose ability to block unwanted followers, eliminating key safety feature (www.cnbc.com)
capybaras ARE magical
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fc410e2b-01e7-4012-bae1-ddad85786c28.jpeg
Oops (lemmy.world)
I'm convinced Google uses its reCAPTCHA to promote Chrome
I use Firefox and Firefox Mobile on the desktop and Android respectively, Chromium with Bromite patches on Android, and infrequently Brave on the desktop to get to sites that only work properly with Chromium (more and more often - another whole separate can of worms too, this…) And I always pay attention to disable google.com...
Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware (www.pcmag.com)
Rule number one. (lemmy.world)
France wants your browser to censor the web, and Mozilla is petitioning against it (foundation.mozilla.org)
More context: blog.mozilla.org/…/france-browser-website-blockin…
Am I allowed to use a VPN with Steam?
Recently got a VPN because I’ve become increasingly paranoid (It’s getting crazy out there), but… is it a bannable offense to use it while on Steam?...
When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)
Like I get there are several reasons people remain. It just feels kinda weird to listen to a podcaster or youtuber go off on twittter, yet they still use twitter exclusively.
As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
It’s not just lemmy that’s benefiting from Elon Musk.
Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi (www.theguardian.com)
The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure