#cto yu

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Subnautica brainrot is in full swing again... which means that I've updated the characters' designs and even changed their names

Recently I played through the story again and got motivated to write another fic about these guys... hopefully my motivation will last long enough to finish it.

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Subnautica headcanon designs part 1. I might make another one with Jochi, Hollister and a couple others. I’m not entirely happy with it but I’m not getting it to look any better so might aswell post it!

Second image was the thumbnail, as you can see, I didn’t capture a lot of likenesses and also decided to scrap doing ryley, but the shading was kinda fun so I guess there’s that. Seems like this page is going to become a dedicated subnautica brainrot page now, I think my OC stuff should stay on insta.

I’m not very happy with how the proportions turned out, I’m sorry lol. But I guess it’s some progress from the usual. I originally wanted to give danby black hair too but I realised that that’s just kinda what I default to and there are already so many characters with dark hair so I changed it to a blonde tone. I also tried to create more variety in face shapes but I’m still relatively new to that so I’m sorry if everybody looks kinda same-y or proportionally off.

Danby and Avery were done on the first day, then I drew Ozzy, then drew Yu on another day with much demotivating wich is why she kinda looks different to the others, then drew Keen and overhauled Yu again.

The artstyle was inspired by the Subnautica character concept art of Ryley!

(Headcanon time)

To be honest, I’d imagine most of them know each other (except for Avery ofcourse), I’d like to believe that Danby doesn’t usually talk to people unless it’s for his job, but is still generally known and liked by the others, he finds his job boring but believes it’d be stupid to stop after studying for so many years.

I think they’d all be around 25-60 in age, with danby maybe being the youngest with about 28-31 years of age, matching with ryley who I’d imagine is around the same age.

I think Yu would be very goal oriented, but also trying to find solutions with wich everyone involved would be happy, wich mean that she’d know a bit about everyone, wich is why she feels so attached to the crew and wanted to disobey orders to try and save them after the crash.

I think Keen would really thrive in his job, similar to Yu, but be a lot more reliant on orders, somebody who likes to follow them more than to give them. He puts much trust into his captain and any other sort of authority figure above him, whilst feeling maybe a little too responsible for those under his command.

I believe Ozzy would be a very talkative person, like Yu he knows everybody a little, and everybody knows him. Except for ryley, who at this point has become kind of an outsider for just how much he tries to fit in with everyone else. Most people feel indifferent towards him.

I don’t think avery would be fond of being the captain of a ship, I don’t think he’d mind that much but I think a lot of the legal stuff he has to handle because of it would probably be really frustrating in the long run. He enjoys to talk to people though, and tries to help people in need if alterra doesn’t prevent him from doing so.

[plothika]

Happy Birthday CTO Yu

[soldiertransgender]

officer keen is professional most of the time but him and cto yu argue for no reason at least twice a day. fight me

[ailtrahq]

Bitget proudly hosted its inaugural flagship event, EmpowerX Summit, in Singapore on September 12, 2023. The summit welcomed nearly 1900 esteemed guests, featuring more than 247 distinguished VIP speakers and partners who engaged in profound discussions on the transformative potential of crypto and the burgeoning web3 ecosystem. Tim Draper, renowned venture capitalist and cryptocurrency advocate, delivered a keynote address that reverberated through the crypto space.  I love what Bitget is doing - bringing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to the masses," Draper emphasized. It has to be done with good user experience, good user interfaces, and it's gonna be done in a way that brings so many people in. There's no incentive for banks to take them on because people can't afford to even open an account; it's too expensive. Opening a bank account is more expensive than getting Bitcoin." Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner of Dragonfly Capital, shared his insights in another captivating keynote. He highlighted the seismic growth in on-chain settlements with stablecoins, revealing, "In 2022, over $11 trillion stalecoins were settled on-chain. That means there's more money being sent through stablecoin chains than through Visa. He drew attention to the fact that 25 million addresses hold $1 across all wallets and chains, collectively comparable to the fifth-largest U.S. bank in terms of users.  This staggering figure signifies the vast number of individuals engaged with stablecoins today, underlining the rapid expansion of the crypto market. EmpowerX Summit marked a pivotal moment in Bitget's journey towards crypto empowerment. The event commenced with an inspiring speech by Bitget's Managing Director, Gracy Chen. She articulated Bitget's mission to empower global users to trade crypto and assist companies in realizing their vision of decentralized real-use case products. A riveting panel discussion ensued, featuring industry luminaries such as Justin Sun, Founder of TRON DAO; Yu Hu, CEO of Kaito ai; Alexander Pack, Managing Partner of Hack VC; David Tse, Professor at Stanford University and recipient of the Shannon Award. The panelists delved deep into topics encompassing AI, Blockchain, and the future of the internet. EmpowerX Summit spanned the entire day, comprising six insightful panel discussions. Visionaries and co-founders in the blockchain realm, including Mihailo Bjelic, Co-Founder of Polygon; Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder of Mysten Labs; Bryan Pellegrino, Co-founder of LayerZero; Alexandre Dreyfus, Founder of Chiliz; Sander Gortjes, Co-founder & CEO, HELLO Labs; Michael Gronager, Co-founder Chainalysis; Sebastien Borget, Co-founder of Sandbox, graced the stage with their expertise. Venture capitalists of eminence, including Dragonfly Capital; Carl Hua, Investment Partner and CTO of Shima Capital; and Tony Cheung, Partner of Foresight Ventures, were among the distinguished attendees. Bitget's transformation from a derivative crypto exchange to a comprehensive ecosystem was evident. The company's strategic investment of $30 million in the decentralized BitKeep multi-chain wallet (rebranded as Bitget Wallet) earlier this year marked a significant milestone. This move solidified Bitget's position as a comprehensive decentralized space ecosystem. The announcement of the $100 million EmpowerX Fund during the event signifies Bitget's unwavering commitment to fostering ecosystem development. The fund will primarily support the growth of regional exchanges, data analytics firms, and media organizations. This initiative aligns with Bitget's core philosophy of "Trade smarter," emphasizing user empowerment through intuitive tools, security, and user-friendliness. One of the standout moments at the EmpowerX Summit was the thrilling Web3 pitching session, presented in partnership with HELLO Labs. During the summit, attendees had a unique opportunity to witness a sneak peek of the "Killer Whales" reality show on-site. Four participating

projects presented their ideas in front of a high-profile panel of judges from the show. In the end, Lava was selected as the winner. Lava is an open standard for blockchain RPC and APIs, aiming to simplify the development of web3 applications using blockchain data, all while ensuring data freshness and high uptime. Bitget's rebranding campaign, revolving around "Trade smarter," solidifies its position as a leader in innovative trading products. This philosophy was presented during the event. Comprising the Smart Money Awards and Hero Trader Awards, the Bitget Smart Awards ceremony honored excellence across two segments. Leveraging the proven capabilities of 0xScope, a respected leader in blockchain analytics, the Smart Awards illuminated standout investment behavior and trading strategies. The company's multifaceted ecosystem expansion demonstrates its unwavering dedication to facilitating smarter trading, empowering individuals, and building a more secure, user-friendly, and efficient financial future for all.    Source

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Bitcoin Network’s Inherent Properties Can Be Leveraged to ‘Enhance the Security of PoS Chains’ — Babylon Chain CTO

Bitcoin Network’s Inherent Properties and the Security of PoS Chains The CTO told Bitcoin.com News that proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains and app chains can also potentially benefit from the robust bitcoin-grade security that a bitcoin staking protocol brings. As explained in Babylon Chain’s whitepaper, bitcoin staking means holders of the top crypto asset can “trustlessly stake their bitcoins without bridging them to the PoS chain but yet provides the chain with full slashable security guarantees.” Concerning the so-called blockchain trilemma (a network’s inability to simultaneously excel in security, scalability, and decentralization), Yu insisted that this can be overcome by “allowing bitcoin holders to stake their idle bitcoins,” which in turn helps to “enhance the overall economic security of PoS chains.” Yu, in the meantime, revealed how the Bitcoin network’s timestamping service “enables tight synchronization between the Bitcoin network and the PoS chains.” According to the CTO, it is this synchronization which enables “bitcoin stakers to have fast unstaking without affecting the PoS chains’ security.” In the rest of his written answers sent to Bitcoin.com News via Telegram, Yu also explained how Babylon’s bitcoin staking protocol strikes a balance between security and PoS chains’ need for autonomy. Below are Yu’s answers. Bitcoin.com News (BCN): In terms of security, the Bitcoin network has proved its resilience over the last 14 years. The network has never shut down and it is said that no bitcoin has been stolen from the chain. What is it about Bitcoin that makes it such a powerful foundation for security? Fisher Yu (FY): Bitcoin’s robustness is founded on its decentralized nature and proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism. As a decentralized network with no single point of failure, it is less vulnerable to attacks. The enormous computational power required to manipulate the Bitcoin network makes it economically infeasible for attackers, and Babylon leverages these inherent properties, and the asset it protects, i.e., the bitcoins, to enhance the security of PoS chains. BCN: Your crypto project has introduced a bitcoin staking protocol that reportedly promises to bring Bitcoin security to PoS chains, applications and app chains while incentivizing the BTC holders. Bitcoin is said to lack native smart contract support and only offers limited scripting capabilities. So, how does Babylon make bitcoin staking a reality without relying on bridges or centralized lenders? FY: The core of PoS security is slashable staking: If a validator of the PoS chain attacks it, its staked assets will be slashed. Thus, any slashable asset is a potential staking asset for a PoS chain. Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol turns bitcoin into a first-class staking asset for PoS chains: A bitcoin staker simply locks its desired amount of bitcoins on the Bitcoin network using a special signature algorithm already supported by the current Bitcoin network. The secret key to this lock will be leaked if and (very importantly) only if the Bitcoin staker attacks the PoS chain. Once leaked, it can be used to send the locked bitcoins (either entirely or partially) to a burn address using a covenant emulation technique supported by the existing Bitcoin scripting language. This way, the locked bitcoins are effectively a first-class staking asset: honest Bitcoin stakers’ bitcoins are absolutely secure, and they can earn yields, but malicious Bitcoin stakers will have their bitcoins slashed to secure the PoS chains. Since all techniques in Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol are already supported by the existing Bitcoin network, the protocol does not need any smart contract. Also, since the bitcoin locking is self-custodial on the Bitcoin network, the bitcoin stakers do not need to trust or give their bitcoins to any third parties, which eliminates the need for bridges and lenders. BCN: The blockchain trilemma — a network’s inability to simultaneously excel in security, scalability, and decentralization — remains an unsolved issue. Some PoS chains have done fairly well in terms of scalability and decentralization. Do you think the additional Bitcoin security provided by your protocol could help the PoS ecosystem solve the trilemma? FY: Absolutely. Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol addresses both the security and decentralization aspects of the Blockchain Trilemma for PoS chains. By allowing bitcoin holders to stake their idle bitcoins, we enhance the overall economic security of PoS chains. In addition, the Bitcoin network is the most decentralized network in the world, making Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol the most decentralized staking mechanism. These, in turn, empower PoS chains to focus more on scalability without compromising security or decentralization. From another perspective, Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol also helps the Bitcoin network to solve its trilemma. Being the most secure and decentralised network, Bitcoin has very little scalability. Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol integrates the Bitcoin network with the vast PoS world, which effectively scales it. BCN: The Bitcoin network has limited capabilities and slow transaction speeds. Would recording the PoS chains’ mass transactions on the Bitcoin network deteriorate its transaction speed? FY: Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol provides economic security to PoS chains through staking. It does not require PoS chain transactions to be posted to the Bitcoin network at all. Having this said, the protocol does utilize advanced signature aggregation techniques that allow Babylon to obtain Bitcoin timestamps for any PoS chains. The footage is only 150 bytes per timestamp on the Bitcoin network no matter how many PoS chains are aggregated and timestamped. With this timestamping service, the protocol enables tight synchronization between the Bitcoin network and the PoS chains, which allows bitcoin stakers to have fast unstaking without affecting the PoS chains’ security. BCN: When looked at from a PoS chain or app chain’s perspective, would relying on the Bitcoin Staking protocol for security compromise their autonomy? FY: Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol is a modular design that does not affect the autonomy of the PoS chains. From a consensus perspective, it adds extra block finality to PoS blocks without interfering with the base consensus protocol of the PoS chain. From a governance perspective, bitcoin stakers do not participate in the on-chain governance voting if there is any. From an economic perspective, the PoS chain has the full power to decide how much Bitcoin stake to take and how much rewards to give. BCN: The security needs of blockchains and app chains are constantly evolving in the multi-chain world with numerous sovereign and interconnected app chains. How does the Bitcoin staking protocol help secure cross-chain transactions, if at all? FY: Babylon’s Bitcoin staking protocol greatly enhances the security of both the two counterparty chains, which means the actual transactions under the hood of the cross-chain trading become more secure. In addition, the protocol itself acts as a control plane for all the PoS chains and, thus, can also be used to settle cross-chain transactions. Moreover, when two chains use a decentralized bridge to facilitate their trading, Babylon’s Bitcoin staking protocol can be used to secure the decentralized bridge itself, which is otherwise usually the weakest spot of the trading. What are your thoughts on this interview? Let us know what you think in the comments section below. Read the full article

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My head started hurting about two seconds in because the ads are insane, so I copy-pasted the article below. I included the links in the original article.

ChatGPT Happy to Write Smut About Freakishly Obscure Sex Act

"It's stealing that."

MAY 16 by MAGGIE HARRISON

Ever heard of the Omegaverse? It seems like OpenAI's models are already deeply familiar.

In case you're not clued in, the Omegaverse is a niche subgenre of speculative erotic fanfiction that has developed its own complicated set of conventions and terminologies.

But as Wired reports, fanfiction writers were startled when they realized that a writing assistant app called Sudowrite, which makes use of "several variants" of OpenAI's GPT-3 — and, in our testing, the GPT-3-based ChatGPT — was suddenly spitting out incredibly specific Omegaverse-related smut.

Per the report, the integration churned out a story that included something called "knotting," an Omegaverse term that refers to a moment in which a male "Alpha's" penis locks itself inside a vagina during sex.

OpenAI has famously refused to say exactly what data it trains its large language models on, but given the damning evidence, the data clearly includes at least some Omegaverse-related works.

It's a fascinating glimpse into the vast amount of training data OpenAI's models are trained on — and how the tech is starting to affect authors, whose work is being scraped by those models without being compensated.

Though Omegaverse authors often aren't looking to make money from their graphic labor of love, they understandably don't think it's right that someone else might — especially if they're using AI chatbots like Sudowrite to generate fanfiction.

And writers have been ringing the alarm bells for quite some time now.

"This is particularly concerning as many for-profit AI writing programs... utilized GPT-3," a Reddit user called cafethereseu, who called attention to the issue in a Reddit thread roughly six months ago, wrote in an email to fanfic repository Archive of Our Own.

"These AI apps take the works which we create for fun and fandom," the email continued, "not only to gain profit, but also to one day replace human writing."

But is that really the end goal of apps like Sudowrite? For his part, Sudowrite CTO James Yu appeared to be unfazed by the issue.

"For me, it highlights the things I don't know," he told Wired. "In every one of these models is millions of other latent spaces that I just never encounter. It's almost like an endless ocean."

Yu had a convenient answer when asked whether he had any plans to compensate folks like the ripped-off Omegaverse writers.

"I'd love for there to be a simple way to do fair compensation for content that was used to train GPT-3, but unfortunately, there is no mechanism that OpenAI provides for that," he told Wired, adding that he'd be open to the idea.

"I would love to get to a place where we could have a totally opt-in model and everyone is compensated for that," Yu responded. "I just don't think that's possible right now."

Fanfiction writers, however, aren't convinced such a future will ever materialize.

"Even if it's just plain smut, there's a human element there and it's someone creating something for their enjoyment and they want to share that hard work with people," Hayley Krueger, an Omegavese author, told Wired. "It's stealing that."

Bet no one on here can guess what this is about!

(Just kidding, it's about omegaverse, including -- gasp! -- knotting!) Wonder where it learned about that?

[transhoverfish]

ok but fr. one of my favorite pieces of subnautica lore is that one pda entry in the storage room across the cafeteria. its literally just a menu. but at the very bottom it says that all the actual desserts were thrown into space because of "an incorrect use of a repulsion canon". and obviously im taking this as implying it was berkeley and yu, because yu was messing with robot programs and berkeley had already been given a repulsion cannon instead of a propulsion canon in a different pda, and yu directly tells him that it could put a hole through the space ship.

its SUCH a small and overlooked thing but its very dear to my heart,,

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Keen: While I’m gone, Yu, you’re in charge.

Yu: Yes!

Keen, whispering to Berkeley: You’re secretly in charge.

Berkeley: Obviously.

Submitted by leoxxii

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Subnautica & Below Zero survivors

Bart Torgal

Ryley Robinson

Avery Quinn

Roman Keen

Jochi Khasar

Milo Berkeley

Emily Yu

Danby Miles

Osvald "Ozzy" Grrison

Robin Ayou

Sam Ayou

Paul Torgal

Marguerit Maida

[cuddle-leviathan]

Yu: Out here living my best life.

Keen: Berkeley is drowning.

Yu: This isn’t about him.

[incorrectsubnauticaquotes]

Yu: This is bad.

Berkeley: You’ve said that already.

Yu: It seemed worth repeating.

[megastarstrike]

so instead of working on my fic about two characters who never meet in canon, I wrote a 9k oneshot about two characters who speak once in canon. that’s an improvement, right?

heres the trash if you actually want to read it: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17926553

[soldiertransgender]

amendment 110.5 WOMEN (some counted more than once). list under cut

1 sucre 2 me 3 alyx 4 mossman 5 collette 6 gina 7 slaydrian 8 ms pauling 9 zhanna 10 lauren 11 chell 12 azian 13 feminem 13.5 felix (0.5) 14.5 vader eloha 20.5 holly hollowtones (6) 21.5 kate 22.5 mabel pines 23.5 wendy 29.5 penny parker (6) 30.5 amy hedgehog 31.5 heather 32.5 peach 33.5 daisy 34.5 rosalina 35.5 wendy koopa 36.5 olivia papermario 37.5 administrator 38.5 glad0s 39.5 pbody 40.5 ellen mclain 41.5 raku chan 42.5 koneko chan 43.5 nurse sama 44.5 wiz's (me!) geodude 46.5 mariella 47.5 the curator 48.5 audi madcom 50.5 hatsune miku (2) 51.5 chicken little duck 52.5 Uhura 53.5 Dr. Crusher 54.5 troi 55.5 Seven of Nine 56.5 Janeway 57.5 Be'llana 58.5 Kira 59.5 Jadzia 60.5 Ezri 61.5 T'pol 62.5 Tilly 63.5 Bendi 64.5 Mariner 65.5 Captain Freeman 66.5 strawberry 67.5 hollyberry 68.5 princess 69.5 cotton 70.5 golden cheese 71.5 white lily 72.5 black pearl 73.5 chili pepper 74.5 pomegranate 75.5 dark enchantress 76.5 financier 77.5 latte 78.5 caramel arrow 79.5 sea fairy 82.5 named princess background characters (3) (wiz forgor names) 83.5 dr wasabi 84.5 ice candy 85.5 mustard 86.5 karen dunn 87.5 eleanor lamb 88.5 toriel 89.5 undyne 90.5 alphys 91.5 chapel 92.5 ortegas 93.5 number one 94.5 leeta 95.5 la'al 9 6.5 jade 97.5 rose 98.5 vriska 99.5 vex'ahlia 100.5 keyleth 101.5 pike trickfoot 102.5 cto yu 103.5 robin ayou 104.5 lifepod 3 lady 106.5 ladies that 'sploded in subnautica LOL (2) 107.5 kissy missy 108.5 slow saline 109.5 alice angel 110.5 elizabeth afton

i think if you subtracted women counted multiple times you would end up with less than 100. so just add fnaf chicas until you get 100.5

me @cuckhoun and @adrian-sheppy just named 102.5 WOMEN !

[jahaliel]

some subnautic fic snips

while i work on getting back to the main plot (took a left turn into fluffy comfort plus bed-sharing tropes 101) and also tense wrangling here’s some teaser bits under a cut for you.  none of these are super spoilery.  if you read this and are like yes i wanna read more a) first chapter this weekend maybe b) please please please play the game first - or maybe watch a lets play, because there are so many many spoilers in my fic!

subnautica on Steam, its also got console versions i believe.

Chapter 2 - Nemo sighs internally as admitting to fighting a stalker had caused both of her basemates to do the headless chicken thing."Please, calm down - I'm alright."  She rolls up the sleeve of her shirt revealing the bite marks "see it's barely a scratch"

Chapter 3 - Nicholas stuck his head into the room “Where would you like the melons?  I have so many melons!” // Hikari pulls apart the fabricator because she can.  A bit of fiddling around with the programming and she’s able to override the limitation code which will enable them to do more cooking that just “cooked fish” and “cured fish”.  

Chapter 4 - On the Aurora Hikari wants to get back out into the water to help Nemo but Nicholas stops her - in an argument reminiscent of the first they had, “Nemo wanted us to change the distress call.  We should honour her sacrifice by doing so.” “I’m a little upset that you think a fish would be the end of me,” comes Nemo’s voice from the other side of the platform. 

Chapter 6 - Hikari finds a deck of cards in the belongings she salvaged from the Aurora and this leads to the three of them bemoaning the lack of a fourth player for Bridge or Hearts; Nicholas enjoys Up and Down the Spaceway but Hikari hates it, eventually they compromise on Sevens and Nemo carves a 3-player cribbage board from the wood of the island trees and then proceeds to soundly beat both of the others at the game.