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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I got punched in my own bed last night. I woke up confused, but instantly grabbed the fist that hit me, just to realize... it was my own hand. My left arm was completely dead. When I turned in my sleep, it just flopped over and slapped my head.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

All invites taken now. But just sign-up on their homepage if you are interested. There is a waitlist

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today, a kid saw me drawing on the playground and asked, "Why are you drawing these people? Oh, is it because you don't have a phone?" #lifesketches #drawing #kidsthesedays

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Yes you do! You keep sailing the neighboring tiles in the same direction you came from after a track finishes which creates the transitions.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ZigZag FM is a great throwback to early internet experiments. You discover music by sailing across a map organized by genre, year, country..etc. It's the kind of playfulness big (streaming) platforms don't try. Lots of gems here, and the map makes for nice transitions. I have invite codes to spare!

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

it would probably also be easy to train an LLM to actual be able to read this font, but it is fun to find these obscure hacks for now

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Squint your eyes to reveal the hidden message. This font adds decoy letters that make it hard for an AI to read it. It'll come in handy in 20 years when Terminators patrol your streets. www.mixfont.com/experiments/...

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I visited this latest James Turrell piece, and it was quite something. I expected (as often with Turrell’s work) the light to be at the forefront, but the noise of the crowd reflected in interesting ways in the dome and carried equal weight for me. #denmark #turrell #lightinstallation

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Why would it disqualify them? I said pattern-matching WITH human oversight. scientists provide both. Not here to write a definitive test, but I guess for a paradigm shift it could be: ask the right question and know when to violently swim against the status quo (aka your own training data)

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

No, my experience is that LLMs can combine existing knowledge well and execute complex, tedious tasks. But they won't arrive at revolutionary new insights or ideas. Those typically also require vision, intent, intuition, radical perspective shifts, etc.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'm not saying AI won't help humanity solve real problems. It definitely will. But in my opinion, it will likely do so by combining existing knowledge (which is a valid way to innovate, but not the only one) or by brute-forcing countless strategies that would be too tedious for humans

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This is way out of my league to have an opinion on, but from what I understand from reading articles, the AI acted as a fantastic pattern-matcher here with strict human oversight. Even OpenAI's own math expert said the model didn't invent anything fundamentally new when solving that Erdős problem

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

would be best to look at specific examples together, as we are likely thinking of different cases. In my experience 'presenting evidence' causes LLMs to bias toward your viewpoint unless you say something that is 100% wrong. The point of the comic is that LLMs cannot reach truly unique, new insights

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

if history’s great thinkers had AI… thisecommercelife.com/blogs/comics...

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Lol, we are all cursed differently.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Curse of a game dev: where some see art in a museum, I just see Material Spheres. #3d #texture #devlife Artwork by Alicja Kwade

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

unfortunately IGF never really had a significant impact on sales for winners (at least that was true many years ago afaik). But like with all these PR things, you never know how "the one(s)" who will move the needle for you will discover your work. Can happen in the most unexpected ways.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Looking forward to see all your experimental faces at @amazefest.bsky.social very soon! 🎭👾 #amaze2026

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

but yeah, I would also rather think of that particular yogurt as a sweet treat and less of a healthy snack.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Cola also has 0g of coke in it (anymore). Labels these days! :P. I guess I meant that the sugar content of foods doesn’t necessarily correlate with their health benefits. Overall balance of a meal matters more. Eat healthy fats and fiber with that yogurt and the glucose spike gets flattened out

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Well, 100g of fresh cherries also has more sugar than Coca-Cola 🤷 🍒

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A random word generator would do better than this ad-agency

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Love that this #VFX gets plenty of screentime. Some VFX in games are so snappy (for good reasons of course) that it's hard to enjoy all their neat details sometimes. #NavierStroke #realtimevfx #indiedev

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

oh and #Unity also supports #oklab. Change the gradient color mode to Perceptual (Blend)

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

In case you’ve never heard of #Oklab or #Oklch: among other benefits, they help smooth out transitions between colors. You won't get muddy gradients on your particles or unintentional spikes in brightness (aka value). Oklab was developed by @bottosson.bsky.social. 🙏

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Volume Color Editor is the best #OKLCH color picker and palette generator I’ve seen. It’s really neat how you can combine patterns! www.volumecolor.io/editor It’s available as a standalone web tool and now as a #Figma plugin, too. #oklab #colorprofiles #arttools

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This Dune scene breakdown by director Denis Villeneuve is so enjoyable to watch. This small glimpse into the intent and care behind a single scene shows what would be lost if algorithms took over design decisions to speed up production www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoAA... Dune 1984 version to compare

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

New shader editor on the block! -> fragcoord.xyz is heaven-sent! I love that, for each variable I get a visualization of the values and also a preview similar to node-based editors like in Unity/Unreal. On top of that @xordev.com is insanely quick at implementing feature requests 🙏 #shader #glsl

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Artemis II - The light is so beautifully simple it almost feels “fake” compared to the grand Sci-Fi shots we are used to NASA - Johnson www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Fun fact: The #Sahara Desert is roughly the same size as #China, the #US, or #Europe. #Africa is three times the size of the Sahara Desert.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I listen to more DJ sets while working than I do in the club. Thanks #Soundcloud!

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I am not ignoring AI tools, and I do find some basic use for them. However, I am not convinced yet that they actually make work in all fields more efficient, as every advantage comes with a downside.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I don’t have FOMO about coding agents or GenAI. If they turn out to be as efficient as the hype says, learning to use a chat window later will be the easy part. Mastering the craft and knowing what to ask for is the hard part and a better use of my time. #coding #art #codingagents #genAI #dev

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

love your style, the unusual shapes and compositions!

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Teaser of "XIA" by Nicole Stafford, which she's developing as a fantasy/horror project. You can now also watch her previous indie animated short film "The Hork". >> www.catsuka.com/news/2024-11...

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

My tax advisor has a new assistant, and I love that he uses emoji reactions to my formal emails.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Bill Gates actually convinced Buffet and other billionaires to donate large chunks of their wealth.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

funding of up to €10,000 for development of functional tools addressing digital authoritarianism, surveillance capitalism, propaganda infrastructures, and platform power rdcl.tools #democracy #media #artists #interventions #toolbuilding

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I love the raindrop ripples built into this drain’s design. #danishdesign #urban #detail

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 24/11/2025

We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.

Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

On a first date, people should compare their YouTube suggestions to see if they align. via @theguardian.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvQO...

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The red pill pipeline is 'a cult' - here’s how I escaped

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

AI slows down experienced developers by 19%, this study shows, while they estimated to be much faster with it. They had 16 developers complete 246 tasks in mature open-source projects on which they had ~5 years of prior experience. #LLM #dev #code #study #cursor #AItools arxiv.org/abs/2507.090...

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Congrats! Looks like a future I want to experience!

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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 29/07/2025

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page! Wishlist... Future? No Thanks! 👉 futurenothanks.com

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

When someone says games aren’t political, I say the UI is political! vm.tiktok.com/ZNdHuJd1X/ #games #southpark #UXdesign #Ui

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Marek Plichta @artbymarek.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The Dunstan Baby Language is based on the fact that every baby makes the same sounds for the same needs, because the sounds are physiological reflexes. Just like how yawning sounds similar in all cultures. Works for the first 3 months. Free video course www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... [2/2]

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Dunstan Baby Language Course - YouTube

Learn the basics of the Dunstan Baby Language in this series of videos. Visit our website dunstan-babies.com to download the accompanying eBook as well as in...

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