Minerva （ネーちゃん）

20 Nov 2024

I have just realised that I started following people and dropping some message or other, but I haven't presented myself. Hi! I am Minerva, and I woke chatty today, so this will be a thread:

thisweekinvideogames.comValve "Fully Aware" of AI Clones and "Low-Effort" Games During Steam Next Fest"Making Steam a smarter and more dynamic platform is the starting point of our philosophy"

That is an interesting choice of quote. The article also points that Valve has chosen not to curate and veto AI slop plagiarising someone else, and instead urges devs to “git gud” so their game is better than any clones.

This Week in Videogames - TWIV@thisweekinvideogames.com

Two Valve employees have addressed concerns around AI clones and the number of "low-effort" games that featured in October 2026’s Steam Next Fest. "We are fully aware of the situation, and a significant number of people are thinking about how to solve this problem"

He visto La bola negra hoy y me ha dejado rota, pero para bien. Qué bien está la peli y cómo me alegro de no que que no se haya hecho seis años antes (porque me habría dejado ya para el arrastre).

@anabelenglez.bsky.social

Ostras, me acaba de surgir una de estas dudas que te quitan el sueño. @rae.es, ¿es apropiado decir "¿en qué coño quedamos?" cuando no se forma parte de una relación poliamor sáfica?

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Ana Belén 🍉

Hubiera querido no hacerlo pero no encontré la forma de frenarme.

I want this everywhere ❤️

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

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Rubén Fdez.

@therubenfdez.com

Lo de Sony y el formato físico.

I learnt today that you can check how much you've spent on Steam to date. I wish I hadn't.

"Dear Minerva, I paid some sumbitches to get your work email and your personal phone, which they scraped with AI. Your role as seen on Linkedin is particularly interesting, especially with your company having a number of projects between 0 and more that are very active because you work a lot. [...]

[...] We have been doing a lot of something you don't care about and developed this solution for a problem that you don't have. Would you be open to a [2 hour sales pitch] quick 10-minute chat over the next couple of weeks so that we sell you something you criticise 24/7? [...]

[...] I'll follow up tomorrow to make sure you haven't forgotten. Kind regards, All the bloody useless, smoke-selling bizdev tech bros"

Shut up and take my tokens!

Tim Carmody@tcarmody.bsky.social

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

AI is Asterix’s “place that sends you mad”.

I’m reaching the point of systematically avoiding any banks, airline companies, stores, etc. that put me through a bloody chatbot, and seek alternatives that breathe and don’t get stuck in idiotic loops that often.

22 Sept

I’ve had the whim to walk to the neighbourhood where I grew up, and ended up in a burger joint I didn’t know (it’s been two decades). It just so happens it belongs to the couple who used to own the joint I frequented as a kid… #StraightToTheKokoro

This week I’m fulfilling my weird dream of sleeping in a coff… I mean a capsule hotel.

I know the pods are all the same size because there’s a couple right above me and either the walls are quite finnicky, I am very sensitive, or they’re playing a game of flats and they’re both winning. (No pictures here because I’m a lady and moreover I support their effort. Go, girls)

I jumped the gun. It sounds like they were just restless or uncomfortable. Perhaps historians were right for once “and they were roommates” indeed. But I still believe in them. (FML I shouldn’t have gone this early to bed)

This week I’m fulfilling my weird dream of sleeping in a coff… I mean a capsule hotel.

Gotta say, I would have preferred different circumstances (I missed my chance in Japan last time) and not because Málaga has become a Dickian dystopy. On the flip side, look at those Blade Runner lights! I feel like in my own room 🤭

I booked a single pod (on account of my persuasion) but it looks like all the pods are the same size. I’m used to a smaller futon, so the experience is not quite what I expected…

19 Sept

FML I’ve just learnt Kamijo is in London when I’m abroad 😭😭

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El Mundo Today

@elmundotoday.com

18 Sept

Lamenta que no sean «un poco más críticos a la hora de decidir con quién se juntan». Artículo completo en la web: https://f.mtr.cool/pi8kne7spf

18 Sept

I want a Docomo flip phone very hard and I blame Horimiya

15 Sept

Pues creo que los agentes de rampa podrían ser más bastos, pero no los alientan lo suficiente. PS: cabrones

12 Sept

I feel like a stab in my side but I think it was just the price of the ADHD medication. FML

9 Sept

Ten minutes failing to get something basic in html until it dawned on me I was writing "heather" instead of "header"...

6 Sept

Can’t believe I ended up crying in a film starring Wile E. Coyote

youtu.beI'm Going HomeYouTube video by llulluss

26 Aug

So long, Doctor.

24 Aug

¡Cohone, que como no espabilemos se nos pasa la oportunidad de ver Focas marinas en Prime! PS: pagad las traducciones, mother focas

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Aender Lara

@aenderlara.bsky.social

23 Aug

Link to read more on thread.

youtube.comDon't Boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it.YouTube video by IWGB Union

20 Aug

I've watched Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender tonight and that film should have been in cinemas. It is a feast to the eyes.

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IWGB

@iwgbunion.bsky.social

18 Aug

Don’t boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it: youtube.com/shorts/hhIES... T-shirt preorders open now! All proceeds from the t-shirts, which are ethically made and designed by us, will go towards the fired Rockstar workers’ legal funds. bit.ly/4xLc4IP

18 Aug

Spam mail at work: "We're hosting a small virtual craft beer tasting for data, security, and technology leaders across the UK. A curated selection of beers and food pairings sent to your door, an expert cicerone walking us through the tasting, and a quiz at the end for a bit of friendly rivalry."

18 Aug

"There's a short section on data security in an AI-heavy world, but the point of the event is the beer and the room." Bitch don't tell me about giving you my address to receive beers in the same email you talk about data security 🫠

16 Aug

A head honcho from a company that continuously fell into all the most idiotic scams (call them NFTs, genAI, what have you) backing up Sony’s plan is yet another sign that this is a stupid plan

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

Killing PlayStation discs could make PS Store games cheaper, according to a former Square Enix exec www.eurogamer.net/ps-store-pri...

12 Aug

Pues ha estado bonito. Me vuelvo para dentro, que se ha acabado la sidra y llevo tanto rato fuera que se me va a poner moreno de wicanna

12 Aug

Estoy que tiro un d20 y, si me sale un 16 o más, abro una cuenta de Twitter para escribir: “ha pasado el eclipse, ya podéis mirar sin gafas”

@andrestrasado.bsky.social

4 Aug

If this was a film, I’d be the cutie who gets thrown away from the plane #yikes

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Andrés Trasado

2 Aug

Me gustaría informar de que esa máquina también está capacitada para cortar otras cosas, como cuellSE LO LLEVAN Pero cuellos.

DEGOUGES.NET@degouges2024.bsky.social

🤚🤬‼️| Los laboratorios de I.A están comprando grandes volúmenes de #libros usados, raros y agotados. 👉 Escanean cada página y luego destruyen los libros físicos. 👉 Estamos convirtiendo el registro físico del pensamiento humano en algo que acabará en manos de empresas privadas. 🔗: Más información ⤵️

31 July

Llevo tres horas escuchando Meatloaf y ahora no consigo quitarme de la cabeza Laika Bararagel como nombre para una perra.

petition.parliament.ukPetition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training dataWe ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...

31 July

Petition for the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI devs to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, enforce their rights, negotiate licences and be fairly paid: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

24 July

After some two hours trying to understand Unity Version Control this evening, I can now confidently assert that a kick in the groin is preferable.

21 July

Buenas noches a todo el mundo menos a Nolan. La madre que lo estrujó, qué tres horas perdidas.

13 July

I have just finished Star vs The Forces of Evil and decided I gotta slow down on shows that leave a hole in my soul (in a good way)

7 July

I have just realised that the musical should be “Miss Ho Chi Minh City” now

5 July

I’ve just read about the government’s idea to push Youtube and similar platforms to boost the discoverability of content from traditional public service broadcasters and whichever news sources they deem trustworthy. Blocking users/channels is a thing, right?

5 July

More than anything, I am fuming ahead of time because I take for granted that the TV License mafia will use this as an excuse to further try and extort people to get a shakedown 😤

4 July

Helluva night at @thejinkx.bsky.social’s show in Cambridge. Amazing performance and hilarious storytelling, as always. And it looks like she loved acting in a place called the Corn Exchange, too 💀

3 July

Sony, the company about to revoke access to over 500 films users paid by users via PlayStation due to licensing agreements, now say they’re getting rid of games in physical format. I thought it would be a new Zelda that convinced me of getting a Switch 2.

30 June

Watching “Rental Family”, I’ve noticed that whenever someone speaks Japanese, English subtitles present the translation…except for the term “gaijin”, which suddenly becomes “[speaks in Japanese]” 🤨 Way to wrap Americans in cotton wool, Disney+! 🙇‍♀️