IndieAuthors.Social News40 Free Writing Contests: Competitions With Cash Prizes
Don’t be taken in by scammy writing contests. Here are some fee-free options for your fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
https://thewritelife.com/writing-contests/
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@motesilente impressive work. I love seeing things like this. Makes me miss learning Blender, have to get back into it.
Martin v Oers 2☑️February 1st 2025: “Global Switch Day” / “International Switch Day”
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@signalapp
#internationalSwitchDay #GlobalSwitchDay #eXit #twitter #xitter #Signal #insta #socialmedia #socialemedia
MastodonToday Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control. #MastodonNonProfit
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/
The people should own the town square
It is more important than ever that the social web is not controlled by corporations. Today, Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control.
8 of The Best Japanese Authors Who You’ve Never Heard Of
Read your way into some of the most excellent Japanese and Japanese American authors out there.
https://bookriot.com/the-best-japanese-authors-youve-never-heard-of/
Frank SkorniaHaving finished that book, I started 'Witch King' by Martha Wells.
Still in the "getting to know you" phase with this book, but I'm enjoying it so far.
#FridayReads
@bookstodon
mike805@patsytheshark @darkuncle @r343l @skinnylatte @pluralistic https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat is the one I use. It gets rid of the ads. Let me know if you have any questions about how to use it.
Windows 11 non-MS local account:
Unplug Internet before doing this.
On the “Oops, you've lost internet connection” or “Let's connect you to a network” page, use the Shift + F10 keyboard shortcut. In Command Prompt, type the OOBE\BYPASSNRO command to bypass network requirements on Windows 11 and press Enter.
GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, lightweight PowerShell script that allows you to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to declutter and customize your Windows experience. Win11Debloat works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A simple, lightweight PowerShell script that allows you to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to declutter and customize your Windows experience....
Joe Rosensteel 🏳️🌈“I am watching films that were made for TCL, the largest TV manufacturer on Earth as part of a pilot program designed to normalize AI movies and TV shows for an audience that it plans to monetize explicitly with targeted advertising and whose internal data suggests that the people who watch its free television streaming network are too lazy to change the channel. I know this is the plan because TCL’s executives just told the audience that this is the plan.”
https://www.404media.co/i-went-to-the-premiere-of-tcls-first-commercially-streaming-ai-movies/
CBC OttawaText-to-speech launches for English to Inuktitut in Microsoft Translator
The tool offers a text-to-speech function that allows devices to turn conversations and documents from English to Inuktitut speech. The project was developed using thousands of government documents and several Inuktitut audio recordings from various organizations.
#technology #language #translation
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6589019?cmp=rss
The tool offers a text-to-speech function that allows devices to turn conversations and documents from English to Inuktitut speech. The project was developed using thousands of government documents and several Inuktitut audio recordings from various organizations.
#technology #language #translation
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6589019?cmp=rss
Text-to-speech launches for English to Inuktitut in Microsoft Translator
The tool offers a text-to-speech function that allows devices to turn conversations and documents from English to Inuktitut speech. The project was developed using thousands of government documents and several Inuktitut audio recordings from various organizations.
#blender #blender3d #b3d #blendertutorial
I have been working on a cowboy, wanted him to walk up and shoot at some cans. I hadn't animated anything in a long while, it was daunting to remember everything.
I found a simple tutorial on YouTube, Below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbmjkh0leoQ
It helped remind me how to get things done. Here is my completed animation of
PIXXO 3D's tutorial.
Blender 4.2 | Make This Loop Animation | Tutorial
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