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Yargon

@yargon.bsky.social
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I'm Yargon. I make things. Except when I don't. Links: linktr.ee/Yargon

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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For example, I made things like the installer on my recent sword and my seat system myself. I'm not much of a programmer, but I feel these need to be done by a real person because while they're tools, I want to learn these skills. Reliance on AI is, i think, going to be a huge issue very soon.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think there are many more issues around AI that don't get talked about much, and I think they're honestly more important than these. It's why, while I do evidently use it I am very very cautious about not over-using it.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So if you come into a space of creativity and start trying to show off your non-creative works of course you're going to see pushback. That's why it's called slop, because it's not creative work, it's just a mimic. I don't think people generally articulate that very well.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
These have legitimately turned days of work into a few minutes. At the same time, I have a huge distaste for AI "artwork" or a full creation process based around AI. If results are all that matters it's NOT a creative work. If creativity is required, AI isn't applicable.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For context: I create drone light shows, using blender and a plug-in called Skybrush. I don't talk about it much because this is essentially my day job. I have used AI to create a better proximity warning system, better lighting tools and formation transition tools.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think this is why I don't have an issue with some narrow usage. I have used it to create blender plug-ins that have legitimately replaced days of tedious work with only a few minutes. I use these tools in my professional work because it is the better option.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
AI is used by people who care about the results, trying to disrupt spaces where people care about the process. It is a "no process, only results" tool that is being used by people who want creative results without actually being creative.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trying to build a new thing for my Avi, but I am once again running into "good" and "very poor" ratings being 1 tri apart. Why? no idea. Would be nice to have sensible limits, like with every other limit where it slowly increases. It doesn't even need to be much honestly.
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Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You know where the power lies Which side are you on?
A comparison of messages between Stop Killing Games and the European Commission: Stop Killing Games wants to play the games they paid for, the Commission wants you to submit your face or ID to play private Minecraft servers with your friends or else you're breaking the law. At the bottom, text reads "Which Message will Resonate with Voters?"
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Genuinely, what percentage of a person's adult life is supposed to be dealing with billing from utility companies?
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My discord account is more than a decade old (March 2016). They still think I'm a child. Discord's TOS requires you to be 13, so the youngest i could be is 23. They still think I'm a child.
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Lys @lystingdangerously.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's nice to be at the point in my game where I can comfortable dedicate a day or two to something almost entirely cosmetic and not be worried about schedules. I've been wanting to do particle beam punch-through for years and now I finally have the time. #gamedev
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Basis @basisvr.org · 11/09/2026
REMINDER!!! The Basis 1500 Load Test will be taking place on September 18th at 4 PM PT! We want to get 1,500 clients in one instance to showcase the stability and reliability of Basis There will be various activities and giveaways! More info can be found in our Discord below!
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So is it just me that needs to spend time recovering from a holiday, or is it normal that after being away and doing things with friends for two weeks I have felt absolutely dead since I got back?
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I *really* love that I have to overpay the power bill and can't just pay what I actually owe them. "You're building credit for the winter" I need to be able to buy groceries now though.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Catchup will take some time, but I'm at least freed of some obligations for now! Anyway, here's no.3 Red, "Red Raider". It's another attempt at an NPR rendered ship, this time using a ship I built for a Nebulous mod a while ago that never got made. #sst26 #Spaceshiptember
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Still on catchup, here's my entry for no.2 Racing, "Belt Race" Tried an NPR style for this one, I'm not sure about it so I'll have to keep experimenting I think. I gotta say though, it's fun having a reason to just make renders again, I've missed it. #sst26 #Spaceshiptember
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Going to be late on these for a little bit, but I don't wanna miss out so I'm gonna go through in order and try and catch up where I can until I get free time again. Anyway, here's one I'm calling "Late Departure" for no.1 Launch! #sst26 #Spaceshiptember
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Also you!
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It you! Distracting me!
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I wanna give this a go... but I guess I'll have to miss the first week, or at least be late with them. I've been all across the country this weekend, and it's not set to change with a minium 8 hour drive today :D (It's been a good holiday though!)
A picture of people's avatars on their phones from an IRL meetup.

From left to right:
Top Row: Squiddroid, Louey, Me(devil) & Me(Robot) (folding phone :3), emily. (via PSVita)
Bottom Row: Aieah, Dentonh (via discord on a 3DS), DotOneNote
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Quartz 🍇🍋‍🟩🔜MAGFest @quartz.xtal.net · 29/08/2026
ShaderFes is coming back! Cross-posting from Twitter (English translation and original Japanese text in alt-text): #ShaderFes #VRChat
Screenshot from @ShaderFes on Twitter/X. A graphic is shown with the logo of "ShaderFes 2027" with the date "2027/01" underneath.

English translation:
【Shader Fes 2027】  
Approximately 5 years since ShaderFes2021.  
The environment surrounding shaders, as well as the expressions, have changed greatly.  

And———  
ShaderFes, once again.  

For details regarding exhibition, please await the follow-up report in September.  
#ShaderFes #VRChat

Original Japanese text:
【Shader Fes 2027】
ShaderFes2021から約5年。
シェーダーを取り巻く環境も、表現も、大きく変わりました。

そして———
ShaderFes、再び。

出展に関する詳細は、9月の続報をお待ちください。
#ShaderFes #VRChat
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yeah, It's the sort of thing I've never really been good at but I need to figure it out eventually,
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
that my work is always compared to other larger creators assets, so if I don't think I have anything better I can contribute, I typically don't. It gets disheartening hearing "oh is that soandso's asset" whenever I've made something that's only slightly different, and not anything noticeably better.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
By the time I felt like going back to the project there wasn't much point; you'd made one, so I could be assured that would be high quality and there just wasn't anything new or better I could really add to the concept. So, the project got scrapped. There's a thing with being a smaller creator,
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm glad you like the gun. That project was ultimately put on hold because someone else in the "Guns on avatars" space (who i won't name because I don't have anything nice to say about them) really put me off it,
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As I said, It's not something I hold against you, or blame you for or anything, that would be absurd. It's just a little annoying being overshadowed, because I know I can't market things for shit, but it is what it is, and that's just something I need to work on.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
hand me a sand...
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Car door hand hook man?
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Gaming has gone from a thing you do that you make friends doing, to a thing you do with existing friends. I genuinely think discord's free hosting is a large part of that, but the fact gaming isn't a fringe hobby you get bullied for being a nerd about in school anymore is also part of it.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The thing is, back when these started, someone had to host these, and that meant paying for and knowing how to host teamspeak or equivalent. These days, since anyone can host a discord server very easily, people don't do that. We're no longer forced to congregate with people from the games we play
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As someone who's just sub-30's I was never around for the 00's gaming clans, but i did see she was involved in what they became by the 2010's. This is something I think you're entirely right about though. My planetside group are still a group like this, but about as modernised as it gets,
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Not long before Liindy released their lever action for example, I was had modelled, textured and rigged this thing. I was working on the animator but got put off from the space by a different creator being a giant ass towards me, and by the time I thought about coming back to it Liindy's was out.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I don't release things I'm not proud of and while this means I want to remove some of my older things at this point, it does also mean that I'm still convinced my system is the best one out there for it's target market.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Which I can understand, mine was fundamentally based on trying to make one that fixes the things that annoyed me about existing systems. I think in the end, the fact I don't have twitter and the fact my marketing and storefronts are a mess is really what I should be bothered about more,
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's not even the first time Liindy has just happened to release the same asset as one I've been working on, it is a little frustrating but what can you do? And then there's been like... two others since? probably in response to Liindy's but an "I can do this but better" approach,
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Experimenting with small gifs. I genuinely hate the animated thumbnails on jinxxy/gumroad stores, but when in Rome I guess... I'll need to record a bunch of footage for these today.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
For some reason this has two hot keys; Shift + V also works and holding Alt to go beyond the original range. Snapping is a bit annoying though as it seems to be multiples of the original length, not proper increments, but snap to edge/vertex is invaluable.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I guess ultimately, it's not something I get to be annoyed about, I'm just a little conflicted on how to feel. Maybe I should just try marketing the fuckin' thing, given how much time and effort went into it...
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
On the one hand it's pretty disheartening to see so many other seat systems being released, especially ones that are free, because that feels like it devalues my work somewhat. On the other hand, I don't own the concept, and I'm still certain that mine is the best at what it does.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We need a rating system so badly, 5⭐ system would be ideal, upvotes vs downvotes would work, but we gotta have something.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
'ehhh goncratulations.
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Lys @lystingdangerously.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Does anyone else remember when we let a total hack develop a new system for teaching reading and force it into schools, and then a few decades later we realized an entire generation can't read because of it? This will be the same thing, but with critical thinking skills.
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Wasabi Poptart / now in my Crone era @gothsockmonkey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
bsky.app/profile/merc...
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A dark day for human rights.
four frame comic. first frame shows the logo of amnesty international. second frame shows jk rowling, smiling in the dark. third frame shows an empty classroom, with a pride poster almost falling from the wall. fourth frame shows a trans flag flying in the wind. text above all the images reads : 
on july 8th, amnesty Inter-
national uk published a report
titled “A Growing Threat: The
Anti-Rights Movement in the UK.”
it listed 117 orgs, including anti-
trans and anti-queer ones
backed by jk rowling.
the backlash was immediate
and brutal : rowling pledged
to cover the fees of anyone
who wished to sue amnesty.
the report was taken down
within 48 hours.
this morning (july 31st), amnesty
fully capitulated and released
an apology to anti-trans orgs,
which, it said, should not have
been "collectively labelled as
anti-rights". rowling
celebrated.
an organisation that
bravely faced fascist regimes
and reported human rights
violations for 65 years has caved
to rowling's power and bigotry.
it's a dark day for human rights.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Oh good. More off-platform FOMO mechanics. Love to see it . /s if you needed it.
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Metin Seven, Moon Child's dad 🌝 @seven.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
As you might have noticed, I'm a fan of @niewinny.bsky.social's Chisel SDF (volumetric 3D) modeling add-on for Blender. I'm also a beta tester, and here's a sneak preview of an upcoming new feature: a sweep modifier that allows you to sweep an SDF primitive along a spline. Powerful stuff. 👌
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Yes. I have them bound to a button, so I cycle them a lot.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Pretty proud of this little variable Zooming animation.
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Yargon @yargon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Here's one of the idles I put together. I need to make a lot of these though,
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