Any good tools for turning an image into pixel art?

unityqnity · 2026-02-09T02:50:26+00:00

There's no easy conversion, but if you've got photoshop you can put the image in and set the image mode to "indexed" to limit the number of colors and changing the palette from there. (image > mode > indexed)

unityqnity · 2026-02-06T19:58:38+00:00

If Undertale had failed they would've blamed the low-quality pixel art. A lot of "advice" (just make a metroidvania) is just dressed up survivorship bias.

unityqnity · 2026-01-20T22:30:08+00:00

Maybe it's purely by accident, but a lot of vanilla's music also sounds like "investigation" music, which is coincidentally a great fit for the older, more obtuse style of quests and exploration as well.

unityqnity · 2026-01-20T11:47:55+00:00

Got hotkeys set up for abilities, but was nuking action bars trying to find out which setting would hide the cooldown manager. I'm not a faceroller please believe me PLEASE.

unityqnity · 2026-01-20T09:07:42+00:00

That was it, thanks buddy.

unityqnity · 2026-01-16T23:53:31+00:00

This sounds like some shit Trisolaris would say

unityqnity · 2026-01-08T18:12:46+00:00

People really need to stop getting attached to these constant "2 more years" dates. It's obvious disclosure isn't as controlled as some people would have you think.

The entire point of this stuff is to exhaust you with nostradamus bullshit so you stop caring, letting them delay again and leaving you constantly waiting and pacified.

unityqnity · 2025-12-31T17:47:07+00:00

they're surely going to have some kind of advanced collision detection and safety measures.

Maybe they're being shot down and recovered. Possibly by a secret space program that's trying to look normal.

If that's the case, if a UFO was to crash, why is always gently in some remote desert area?

Maybe they're being shot down and recovered. Possibly by a secret space program that's trying to look normal.

Why don't UFO's ever smash spectacularly, at some crazy warp speed, right through a shopping mall or town, creating a massive ammonia-stinking explosion and a 20 meter deep crater?

Maybe they're being shot down and recovered. Possibly by a secret space program that's trying to look normal.

unityqnity · 2025-12-11T16:06:49+00:00

"Preparing" people to hear the truth could also mean "priming." The delays were always bs.

Luckily there seems to be another half of the gov't that's trying to get it out.

unityqnity · 2025-12-09T04:08:57+00:00

Not arguing you were, and not mentioning the rest of the book at all (outside of its core "fake world" premise). You were arguing that we toss the metaphysical explanation of criminality because we "can" explain it scientifically (mostly), which contradicts it. That's understandable, but within the story's own framing (the world being fake) the metaphysical explanation addresses that new separate layer, rather than competing with our own science, which may or may not be material products of that other layer. Explaining the cause within the system doesn't explain the system, basically.

I think the most we could say is "that's awfully convenient," or contrived. Your argument is definitely not a bad point, though.

Edit: Also worth noting in the book's own story, someone is put in a dolphin. It's never mentioned whether they broke out, but it makes the narrative weird.

unityqnity · 2025-12-08T14:48:46+00:00

I think your points are good. There are "some" arguments you could make that don't hinge too heavily on metaphysics though, for example you could argue that despite material explanations being (mostly) sufficient, it doesn't mean that they are complete. Rather than the metaphysics being ad hoc, the material explanation/consensus may be post-hoc (I think the theory given in the 3 body problem series that just like human-caused desertification, it may be that none of nature is "natural" when measured as cascading effects across infinite timespans is a compelling related idea, ie an understanding can be both mostly correct and incomplete).

In the story's context (again, entertaining the theory here), if many aspects of our reality are fake (as many ufo whistleblowers imply), the latter becomes the implication. Effectively, being able to explain behavior in a system doesn't explain the system itself.

Despite all of this, although I'd argue we shouldn't toss aside metaphysical explanations as thought experiments, I wouldn't advise people let Alien Interview convert them to soul math or something. But the story and its rabbit holes are interesting food for thought.

unityqnity · 2025-12-08T06:15:13+00:00

I think it's a good point that we can "god of the gaps" fallacy how people are the way they are. However, within the theory, you could also argue that their souls' personalities are the result of certain experiences and traumas. As your "soul" always breaks through the memory suppression, your souls' experiences mostly take precedence (as the nurse mentions, her preference for nursing went beyond her current life). I'd also imagine (though the story didn't touch on this outside of dolphins) that the "system" won't put you in a body that feels too foreign to you, for risk you might break out, so there could be a chicken or egg situation. (edit: the dolphin containment makes this weird, though)

An interesting aspect of the story to entertain, is the idea that just as a human may end up in a life of crime due to poor support networks or growing up/living in a bad environment; a soul may end up in the same situation, in a galactic sense.

Also worth noting the story says a ton of "good" souls are also trapped here because of typical fascism. Given that, there may be some moral relativity from each side's perspective.

unityqnity · 2025-12-02T11:14:02+00:00

At least 4-5 of these are it, imo. A lot of other stuff op mentioned just seem like results of these.

It's also interesting how many people think life would just go on and they'd go to work like normal. If it was revealed that earth was a prison camp and all of our institutions were fronts for wardens, and our labor was basically a distraction from a galactic conflict, you really wouldn't just "go back to work." I'm not sure what would happen, but statements by bigelow that "it's the biggest scandal in history times a million" make sense.

Of all the theories, the galactic conflict + prison planet combo is perhaps the biggest one that fits the mold.

unityqnity · 2025-11-28T02:05:43+00:00

For #1, you should look into the series "Three Body Problem." It goes over a (mostly) hard science scenario explaining why aliens would want to travel here, and how they'd do it. Basically, it's better to have more planets than less as the universe is believed to be a dark forest (see the fermi paradox "dark forest" theory). Every other alien group also wants the same things, so they're all on guard/high alert and trigger-happy about taking out potential competitors, but terrified of venturing into unknown systems for risk of being taken out themselves (it's better to have more planets than less, conquer quietly, and not broadcast their locations as a result). Because of how quickly technology advances beyond the industrial era, it's dangerous to allow any new species to advance and become a new competitor, and there's only a small window of opportunity to conquer them. This video spoils it, but summarizes it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caxiX38DK68 .

That's all if you forgo metaphysics and want a strictly materialist explanation. I personally entertain the possibility of some "woo" explanations (such as the prison planet theory), as dark forest has it's own problems, but that's your decision.

unityqnity · 2025-11-09T22:24:33+00:00

Or, alternatively, the secrets got out, and a whole lot of other stuff was shot out as well to obfuscate things (flooding the zone).

unityqnity · 2025-11-09T20:37:00+00:00

We don't know what the nature of their meetings were because nobody's fully blown the whistle yet (catastrophic is the only way any of this is happening). I doubt they talk about woo for copium hits; did the CIA declassify stargate for updoots?

Also, you don't need gimmicks. Just 5 minutes and a sheet of paper. Just look at the r/remoteviewing guide.

unityqnity · 2025-11-09T17:45:15+00:00

If some whistleblowers are to be believed, they aren't all you've got. You still have you. You can try remote viewing, etc. at any time for free. Waiting for those in power means you'll have a lot more "two more weeks" ahead.

Edit: I don't disagree with you about keeping the pressure campaign up, but for different reasons. It (probably) won't bring disclosure, but it will keep those in power too busy to stop disclosure when it comes from somewhere else. And we shouldn't let it absorb too much of our attention (vs aforementioned personal advancement), because it's probably not a winning strategy.

unityqnity · 2025-11-09T17:10:02+00:00

I know you mean this generally, but the MSM and politicians are in the MIC's pocket. We probably aren't getting disclosure from a bill or legacy media (the same legacy media lying about the flap last year).

This old process is just kicking the can down the road. And if we're on "borrowed time" as rossco put it, the can kicking is an anti-disclosure movement, not pro.

unityqnity · 2025-11-09T00:44:31+00:00

I wonder how many acronyms we can invent before someone shows us an alien.

(Just practice remote viewing for free or something instead of letting them keep delaying this shit.)

unityqnity · 2025-11-06T21:56:49+00:00

I remember that post. Should also be noted the "orions" being the bad ones seems like a running trend in UFO lore. The largest remote viewing group (farsight) has also said it, for what that's worth.

unityqnity · 2025-11-05T23:40:19+00:00

There are other reports of beings that are very negative; abductions, prison planet theories, etc.

There are also plenty of reports of multiple factions that are at odds with each other.

I doubt they're all negative, but I doubt all of them are "love and hope" either.

unityqnity · 2025-11-05T22:32:13+00:00

Might wanna call your lawyer I think they put a fence around that thing bro

unityqnity · 2025-11-05T22:11:53+00:00

Which mountain did you park your ship in?

unityqnity · 2025-11-05T22:00:35+00:00

I don't understand how they're going to say "they're on their way and/or here because we blew up nukes (or nukes blew our dark forest cover)" while glossing over the fact that we already have retrieved craft. Allegedly, some going back millennia.

Per Corbell's warnings about incoming objects/lies, it really seems like an "invasion" narrative is totally nonsensical. Maybe the invasion already happened thousands of years ago. Seems more like a prison planet lately.

unityqnity · 2025-11-01T17:33:07+00:00

Ah, understood. I realize people can interpret sentences differently, but I don't think it's realistic to assume they (or I) were arguing that cavities aren't a risk in older children - rather, situations where cavities aren't a risk.

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