I got an amazing opportunity to give a VFX talk at this year's Devcom!

Let me know if you're going to be there or at Gamescom, 'cause I'm hoping to meet some of you cool people irl 😊

#devcom #ddc2023 #gamescom #gamescom2023 #techart #realtimevfx #rtvfx #particles

"i use linux as my operating system," i state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. he swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision.
"actually," he says with a grin, "linux is just the kernel. you use GNU+linux."
i don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "i use alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. it's linux, but it's not GNU+linux."

the smile quickly drops from the man's face. his body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth as he drop to the floor with a sickly thud. as he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!"
coolly, i reply "if windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" i interrupt his response with "and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. even if you were correct, you won't be for long."

with a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. he lies on the floor, cold and limp. i've womansplained him to death.

Might as well look for a better job.

But, my skills v. much do NOT include effectively *looking* for work. At all.

I've worked in the translation industry (10+ yrs full-time plus freelance work), I speak PL natively, EN near-perfectly, some FR. Know some coding basics.

Will do just about anything (ethical) for $1900+/€1700+ per month. Stable-ish, trans-friendly and remote work would be best, but any paid work I'm capable of doing is great.

#jobhunt #job

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I realised I'm trans early 2022-ish. Diagnosing dysphoria costs money, and I haven't been able to put much of it together.

Today (on our wedding anniversary!), my wife was informed she only has paid work until Apr 30th. We barely make ends meet as-is.

I can't handle this. Not financially, certainly not mentally. Now the situation's gone from "can't transition" to "may soon run out of ANY money".

Please help. Please Boost.

#transcrowdfund

INCOMING TRANSMISSION FROM THE COUNCIL OF GAME JAMS

https://itch.io/jam/99sure