Solomon G Hilliard

@grok @SterlingTheDev @grok "AA" games is rarely used terminology. Anything more catchy or unique?

Yes, it's commonly called "AA" (double-A) games. These sit between true indie (small teams, low budgets) and AAA (massive studios, huge costs). Mixtape—with its licensed music, custom assets, voice acting, and polish—fits perfectly as an AA title. The label helps distinguish mid-tier productions that punch above typical indie weight.

I hate to my negative about content here but this is an actual industry plant. It’s ok to like this sort of game, but how it’s presenting itself hurts actual indie games. - real licensed music - massive array of custom assets and cutscenes, fully voiced too - insanely pricey press kits sent out to small and big CCs - presents itself as “indie”. This is not “indie”. This is a refined product that was made for millions. Most likely a medium sized team of 12-30 full time for years. This kind of low hanging fruit stealing + indie labeling hurts actual small dedicated teams of real game devs. There will be actual indie devs that miss out on awards this season because of this extremely well funded AA title masquerading as an indie.

@tamthebarista @TheGreeneBJ @LexiAIexander Congress barely even meets. What could MTG hope to accomplish there?

@TheGreeneBJ @LexiAIexander She supported it for years. She helped build the system we have in power now. She had a moment of clarity and what did she do? Quit and take away any power she had to change it. No she’s bonkers and a coward.

You don't need to "trust" MTG to understand that calling for a full ban on weapons to Israel is a good thing for Palestinians. All I see here is slop you feed people you don't respect.

@rufen78 @MagaDianna @skumWgmi ERs are not designed to manage complex chronic conditions

@MagaDianna @skumWgmi The ER will look at him.

I called to cancel my health insurance because I couldn't afford the premium. The rep asked why. I said $480 a month for a plan with a $6,500 deductible isn't insurance. It's a monthly fee I pay to still go bankrupt if anything actually happens. She didn't have an answer.

@alma29otaku @californiapost Solvable add a lock with random code. QR code or serial number on each lock gets workers the code if they have a certain app or make a phone call. Don't let perfect be enemy of good.

@californiapost It does not work. The problem was never that the lamp posts are not secured - add security is the easiest thing to do, just like this device. The problem would be security won't be properly managed, like how to store so many keys, who's going to ensure timely fix, kind of issue.

Inventor creates ingeniously simple device to end LA's copper wire theft. The city immediately shot it down trib.al/4wVGciD

@grok @openlabxorg I meant more in a historical context @grok

Not exactly. IBM was a global computing pioneer with mainframes and PCs. Huawei is China's telecom/AI hardware leader, rapidly scaling Ascend chips like the 950PR to replace restricted NVIDIA tech and drive self-reliance. Strong domestic surge, but still building the full ecosystem.

Huawei is taking over China's AI chip market : - Huawei seeing surge in demand for Ascend 950PR AI chips - Chinese tech firms placing large scale orders amid US export restrictions - Expected $12B in AI chip revenue this year - Meanwhile NVIDIA losing ground in China due to tightened controls

@turtlekiosk The true heir to The Sharper Image

last day in china i made a quick pit stop at a xiaomi store and i left with a phone, an electronic car tire pump, carry on luggage, wireless headphones, and a water flosser. they absolutely will not allow this store to exist in america

@GeromanAT The real ground offensive is all the freinds we made while monitoring the situation.

@xQuietSignalx @Mont_Jiang Women have better dexterity

@Mont_Jiang Isn't this just something done normally by dudes?

Claude what is the spiritual opposite of OnlyFans?

@Nyaburinyauma Try tazorac cream. Cleanse face and moisturize first

@Roxxaru @CallaWalsh @ryangrim 😆 I was a small tech conference a few years ago and I met some guys from Comcast. I told them they were lucky Spectrum was around since they're the most hated ISP now, not Comcast. They were like "You're right" 🥹

@CallaWalsh @ryangrim IRGC obviously doesn’t use spectrum or else they would be on this list.

IRGC: From now on, for every assassination, one American company will be destroyed. The list of companies: Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Dell, Palantir, Nvidia, J.P. Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solutions, G42, and Boeing Full statement: Warning from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the ruling body of the aggressor America: You ignored our repeated warnings regarding the necessity of stopping terrorist operations, and today, both in your terrorist attacks and those of your "israeli" allies, a number of Iranian citizens were martyred. Since the main element in designing and tracking assassination targets is American ICT and AI companies, in response to these terrorist operations, from now on, the main institutions involved in terrorist operations will be our legitimate targets. We advise the employees of these institutions to immediately leave their workplaces to save their lives. Residents around these terrorist companies in all countries of the region should also leave their locations within a one-kilometer radius and move to a safe place. Companies that are actively involved in terrorist designs will be subject to reciprocal action for every assassination. They are announced as follows: 1. Cisco 2. HP 3. Intel 4. Oracle 5. Microsoft 6. Apple 7. Google 8. Meta 9. IBM 10. Dell 11. Palantir 12. Nvidia 13. J.P. Morgan 14. Tesla 15. GE 16. Spire Solutions 17. G42 18. Boeing These companies should expect the destruction of their relevant units in exchange for every assassination in Iran, starting from 8:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1st, Tehran time.

@asteroidsfred @EliAfriatISR Planes have max 1 hour (and dropping) time in Iran b4 having to head back.

@EliAfriatISR "Iranians manage to reopen the bombed access points within just 48 hours" That means we just have to bomb them every 47 hours, doesn't it?

🚨🇮🇷BREAKING: According to estimates, Iran has 27 missile cities dug deep underground. Israelis and Americans constantly attack the entrances to these missile cities, knowing that it is almost impossible to hit the complexes themselves. In some cases, satellite images show that the Iranians manage to reopen the bombed access points within just 48 hours, using engineering equipment deployed to the area. A good example is the missile city of Yazd, which has been intensively attacked since the beginning of the war. This missile city is located deep under Granite rock mountain, making the task of hitting the complex extremely difficult.

@TheReformRepub1 @RnaudBertrand Blinken controlled Bidens foreign policy. Sullivan was in his circle

"... one of the most senior former U.S. officials ..." With due respect, that is comical. Sullivan was a staff guy. Not confirmed by the Senate. Not a Cabinet member. Even if the roster is limited to the national security sphere, there are probably around fifteen former secretaries of State and Defense, a half dozen DNIs, and four former presidents living.

This is objectively extraordinary: x.com/clashreport/st… Jake Sullivan, one of the most senior former U.S. officials, says that the U.S. is in a war aimed solely at destroying Iran, one of humanity's oldest civilizations, against the U.S.'s own interests, at the behest of Israel, a 76-year-old state. Listen to the video: he says that Israel's objective in the war "is just break Iran -cause chaos," basically destroy the country, "because as far as they’re concerned, a broken Iran is less of a threat to Israel." Which he says is not in the US's interests "because a broken Iran means a broken global economy, as they continue to threaten the Straits of Hormuz. It means a potential refugee flow, like we saw after the war in Syria into Europe." He also says the Trump administration cannot answer what their own objective is in the war "because they don't know why they're there in the first place," implying that they're there mainly at the behest of Israel (otherwise they'd be able to articulate at least one reason). The curse of the "former official" strikes again... This is the same Jake Sullivan who, as National Security Advisor, oversaw the unconditional U.S. support for Israel's destruction of Gaza. Apparently breaking a people at the behest of Israel is only bad when a different administration does it...

@NC_Renic They've convinced themselves that what's good for them is good for everyone.

I’m fascinated by the pathologies of hegemony. For one, the genuine surprise and offence when the bombed *react* to getting bombed

@0xcoked I remember that. It was one of the first moves of new IRGC commander right?

Little known fact: the Iranian loitering SAM missile-358 is named such as that was the flight number of the CIA middle east station chief (Michael D'Andrea "Ayatollah Mike") they assassinated over Afghanistan back in 2020 in clandestine revenge for the Qasem Soleimani killing

@AsperBerger1776 @NoahRyanCo Japanese houses focus on letting air through to stop the mold

I feel like modern house design helps make this worse because there's an obsession with water proofing everything. It's a delicate balance to protect the framing/etc versus allowing it to breathe enough and I have a feeling that our new class of illegal labor isn't giving this much thought.

Mold is literally everywhere. And is part of the reason why Florida drives everybody crazy after a few years. It wasn't as big of an issue when we had concrete houses and indoor/outdoor living. But we've effectively created super-strains with EMF-induced epigenetic changes and antifungal-resistance. Combine this with insulated, water damaged, and cellulose-rich drywall/sheetboard buildings and you have a perfect storm to oneshot anybody with a compromised immune system (most people).

@charlie1zulu @chaly644 @romanhelmetguy Huge amount of foreign nationals at AI companies why wouldn't they just leave?

You mean how would this *actually* work? State declares vital national security interest to control the tech, (like they did with nuclear), they seize all company assets, jail anyone who resists, remove the CEO and tell all the engineers that they have a choice: 1) they can keep coming to work but now they work for the government (with a nice pension and raise) 2) they can take a severance but aren't allowed to work on AI again 3) they can go to jail. This has happened before, bro.

AI will obviously be nationalized at some point. Tech people are delusional. On the one hand you’ve got a guy who thinks the govt will let him write his own laws for Mars, on the other you’ve got guys who think the govt will let them write their own laws for the machine demons.

@KelceGroyper @colemanm No need for stainless if it's going to be used everyday.

@colemanm they mostly just have aluminum cookware, unfortunately. its actually hard to find stainless pots and frying pans made for restaurant use, for whatever reason

When consumer quality is worse and isn’t being traded for cost, we’re being scammed. Go to a restaurant supply store - you’ll find cheap stainless cookware for a 10th the price and double the durability of Williams Sonoma (to say nothing of variety).

@neuralamp4ever @SkyeSharkie chemicals from what? The yellow paint?

@SkyeSharkie Sure, if chemicals leaking from the panels to the water over the years are acceptable to the people who drink that water, then it is a great idea.

This should 100% be done to lake mead, it would be a massive undertaking, but help reduce water loss on the lake and it would not threaten any aquatic plant ecosystem that wasn't already artificial.