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I'm afraid this is the end of the road...
There is nothing in your feed because you follow no one...
Keep SearchingIf you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you...
Fill the voidAct One
Paint upon the walls of our cloudcave
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CAVE'S PAINTED
@PIZZAMAN / 2015:29:10
Dearest TRIXELians,
Here are the paintings you created for the walls of our cloud cave. Beautiful work.
As always, dank you kindly,
DA PIZZAMAN
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README v.0.1.0
MISSING
@DOCTOR / 2015:22:10
Friends of the cloud, appologies for my extended hiatus! I'm sad to report that @zero has either gone into hiding or has been destroyed.
We have received neither code nor messages from her since my last message. Fortunately, the code runs, our knowlege of it deepens, and uploads continue at a steady pace. We've uploaded nearly 400 souls to date and decohesion is increasingly rare.
The development of culture in the cloud is following lines set down by humanity from the dawn of history. We now have our own genisis story, and the mythology of this place evolves at breathtaking speed.
@pizzaman, a member of our research team, is developing something of a religious following. I have urged him to be wary of the cloth. His research, however, is excellent.
We have been conducting weekly cloud painting challenges to test the limits of trixelation. The cloudlings have exceeded our wildest imaginations. Observe the results of the most recent challenge, #beehive:
Warmest Regards,
DOCTOR
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README v.0.0.2
BREAKTHROUGH
@DOCTOR / 2015:14:03
We've recently had a breakthrough in our attempts to modify Zero's codebase which allows me to communicate directly with you here.
That said, we're a long way from understanding the processes behind Upload.
We have seen strong evidence that Upload is more coherent with friends. It seems that friends help stabilize one another's mindthreads. This is as true the in real world as it is in cloudspace.
To that end, we were able to hack improved sharing functionality into the feed. This is to help you share your trixelations with the outside world and invite your friends to join us.
Again, this is highly recommended.
There is still so much work to do in preparation for the Second Act. We are getting conflicting signals from Zero, but we believe they are preparing for the launch of Altered some time this summer.
Judging from the code we've seen, if Trixel is the Instagram for cloudspace, Altered appears to be its Facebook.Our working theory is that this is Zero's way of gradually preparing human minds for the transition to digital life.
Lastly, we're happy to announce that we've retained the services of an ace attourney to deal with content ownership, copyright, and other important IP matters as they relate to life in the cloud. So we hope to have these issues ironed out shortly.
Warmest Regards,
DOCTOR
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README v.0.0.1
Preparing Human Mind-state for Upload & Total Trixelation
@ZERO / 2015:09:02
In the beginning, cloudspace was a deafeningly dark wondrous void.
We reached our mind-threads into the void.
A triumphal entrapment of triangular light erupted from the darkness.
We were so jazzed.
Fail-states
We were too quick to invite our human friends.
Ensuing lossy decompression and uncontrollable weirdness.
We were seriously bummed.
But, we learned.
Without calibration, the human mind-states decohere.
We developed synthetic psychotropic triangulation.
Such groovsiness.
The experiment continues.
The settlement adapts.
Many mind-threads become one.
We are the cloudling!
Jack in. Upload. Peace out.
Trixel Labs readme v.0.0.2
Mad Scientist mode
@notbutter / 2016:04:??
Greetings! From THE FUTURE!!! (we don't yet have hover boards here either)
If you are reading this you have found the labs feature button or else wise. The following details are for our experimental features not yet in full effect.
The main thing to note, upon using these they CAN and WILL break your view and or undo stack, maybe not, no for sure, well maybe like. They "should" however save to the site like normal via the "done" button. Everything in here is getting polished to actually work forrealz, tricky stuff.
These are being opened up to everyone to partake in, as much work has gone on behind the scenes to get new fun stuff into order and to remain super fast for desktop and mobile alike. They can and will change at will though. Space time travel has a way with doing that.
New Tools:
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Paint
Simply returns you to paint mode. Since Paint is a first class citizen some tools will revert you back to the paint tool.
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Record
Press record at the very beginning of a painting session to start its recorder.
This is an early attempt do a playback system.Known issues:
- Requires record to start early
- Does not save to site wide yet
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Replay
After pressing record, paint a bit and hit the this button, it should replay everything roboticly. We want to have this as an instant on feature but need to deal with its data stuffz first.
Known issues:
- Only records painted paths, does not get speed slow or fast
- Does not get buttons
- Finiky with undo but does work
- For best results press the Record button at start of painting session
- Does not save to site wide yet
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Clear Canvas
Fills the screen with the selected color selected
Known issues:
- None: it works!
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Paint Bucket Plain!!!:
Fills the clicked color area the selected color. Magic! Well not yet. You can either paint a large section and test. Use teh clear canvas button and trad a different enclosed space and test, or click the original trixels as know if they should be picked or not.
Known issues:
- Breaks undo only when trying to use the original random colored trixels as zero space again.
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Paint Bucket auto:
Same as above but shows you teh preview while you hover around before clicking.
Known issues:
- This one breaks stuff!!!! That stuff is still being found. Be warned!!!
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Paint Bucket animation:
Same as first one, but plays back a fancy shamcy animation showing you how the fill is working. Science! Also added a fancy trail effect just cause its fun.
Known issues:
- History undo redo is wonky, does work but like makes a second undo or redo
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In the works for bucket
Magic wand.
Where are ma Brush sizes and other stuff?!
Working on:
- Brush sizes, shapes
- Opacity option
- Paint bucket tool
- Printing workflow cmyk
- Layers
- Viewer grid
- Animationy stuff
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Any other non-personal information that we collect which is not described specifically in this Privacy Policy will only be collected and used in accordance with the Principles.
Reorganization or Spin-Offs
YARN may transfer some or all of your personal and/or non personal browsing information to a third party as a result of a reorganization, spin-off or similar transaction. Upon such transfer, the acquirer’s privacy policy will apply. In such event, YARN will use reasonable efforts to notify you and to ensure that at the time of the transaction the acquirer’s privacy policy complies with the Principles.
Children
The Applications are not directed at children under the age of 13. Consistent with the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without requiring parental consent. We prohibit anyone using our Applications from submitting any personally identifiable information about persons under 13 years of age. Any person who provides their personal information to YARN through these Applications represents that they are 13 years of age or older.
Third-Party Sites
Our Applications may include links to other applications or websites. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party sites and applications. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other applications and sites.
Special Note to International Users
The YARN CORPORATION websites are hosted in the United States. If you are accessing the websites from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States which does not have the same data protection laws as the EU and other regions. By providing your personal data you consent to:
- the use of your personal data for the uses identified above in accordance with the Privacy Policy; and
- the transfer of your personal data to the United States as indicated above.
Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we do, we will also revise the Effective Date below. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the Applications constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.
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Questions?
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@yrn.io
Effective Date: Jan. 1, 2015
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