moral of the movie: AI in education is going great #monsterdon
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Damn it!
I heard my alarm, silenced it, acknowkedged what it was for, and then proceeded to not take my pills. 🤬
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#Monsterdon You know, schools are just buildings.
If there's a lawless zone surrounding the school building, you could just hold school somewhere else.
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Root #monsterdon post
How do you miss—let alone that badly—when you're literally aiming with your eyes? #monsterdon (pre-show)
Lots of practice I imagine
Maybe I'm just uninitiated, but since when can #Ultraman shoot weird laser things from his hands? #monsterdon
Remember when one million megabytes was impressive?
...though I guess this is supposed to be 1999. I guess it's historically accurate after all.
Or is it 1998? I forget. #monsterdon
Mad Max: Highschool Edition
#monsterdon
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Is corporal punishment still even legal?
Does it matter when nobody's enforcing the law in the first place?
Apparently killing is a sign of intelligence now? #Monsterdon
I see this movie predicted AI psychosis though. #monsterdon
We'll discuss this later? Later!? #monsterdon
Well that was surprisingly easy... #monsterdon
Okay, it turns out they are waterproof, I guess. #monsterdon
Did they just start a gang war? That's a surprisingly complex strategy for these things. #monsterdon
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Now that we've set them at each other's throats, rather than letting the problem resolve itself, let's just kill them all.
So, what was the point of this whole ruse then? I take it all back.
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"You're making me very angry."
You've already told me you're going to kill me. What are you going to extra kill me now?
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She's surprisingly unbothered by all this. Is all that leaking fluid just for show? #monsterdon
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Why are they just standing there not shooting? #monsterdon
There's literally one damn place in this whole classroom they could possibly be hiding, but let's search in the opposite direction, because reasons. #monsterdon
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Do these things even have value as military weapons if they can't determine who they're supposed to kill? #monsterdon
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Hey fedi,
I want to do some experimentation with #sixels. What's the simplest graphics format that I can export from #krita that I can then write a tool to convert into the sixel format?
My naïve guess would be bitmap, but knowing the formats of that era, I'm willing to bet there are at least a half dozen different incompatible .bmp formats.
So yeah, I was right about the technical debt present in .bmp, but all is not yet lost. I have a solution.
It turns out that GIMP supports exporting to the QOI format, which is actually pretty reasonable. It's an extra step, but hey, whatever works.
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"You know that #ADHD meds are addictive, right? They're basically speed!" 🤡
Listen... if I were in danger of getting addicted, I wouldn't need daily reminders to keep me from forgetting to take them. 🤦♂️
#ADHD
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Previous person I dated didn't believe ADHD was a real thing. I hope she got the ADHD diagnosis and medication she obviously needed.
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@Shae Erisson I've been dealing with that nonsense since my diagnosis in the '90s. It's exhausting.
Has literally anyone at literally any point ever offered a logically-sound rationale for said nonsense?
Because I am f***ing baffled as to how it became popular to say “your disorder in particular is fake” about ADHD of all things.
I don't have it myself, but as far as I can tell, it's a neurological disorder like any other, and I don't see anybody sounding off about epilepsy or Parkinson's being fake.
@argv_minus_one I suspect people are uninformed about most things that don't affect them, and many things that do. That's my best explanation. They once heard someone say something and that's all they know about that thing.
@argv_minus_one another part is that some neurological disorders aren't obvious and people don't believe what they don't perceive.
@ARGVMI~1.PIF @Shae Erisson I think it just stems from neurotypicals not being able to comprehend the notion that other people's minds work differently from their own. I don't have this issue so much because I've spent my life surrounded by neurotypicals, so I see this fact first hand every day.
Because they fail to grasp this concept, they're led to the conclusion that we're lazy and/or simply lack willpower, and it's our fault for not just "buckling down". Sadly, they end up inadvertently gaslighting us as a result. I've had to work very hard to try to reverse this conditioning.
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Just had a (very brief) power outage, but despite the modem rebooting, all my TCP connections seem to have remained intact. Wireguard is kind of cool.
when teaching I describe TCP as a shared dream between two computers.
I also teach how to keep coffee shop Wi-Fi fair when one person is trying to steal all the bandwidth.
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This was kind of the antithesis of what we were going for, but hey, I get to eat pizza. Thus, I'm going to call it a win.
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BBOARD and the read new posts command is now scanning the REQUESTS board. Time to make a coffee, I guess.
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"a quick google search would have answered your question" mfs when i arrived at the reddit post from a google search
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Glad to see that my country has decided on a soverign snake oil policy. We can't be dependent on foreign nations for our snake oil supply!
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@Jonathan Lamothe fuckfuckfuckfuck this is catestrophic! This is really bad. This holy fuck. Holy fuck. This press release is a doomsday scenario.
what the fuck
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I got no stones to throw in this glass house. 😂
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Now that we've replaced our (long overdue) mattress, it's only served to reinforce what trash our pillows are.
Damn it. 🤬
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Reading up on Sixels.
My god, some of the stuff hardware/software engineers came up with in the 80s was elegant AF.
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My terminal doesn't support them. 😢
My terminal doesn't support them. 😢
you could try foot if you're on Wayland.
@fedops 💙💛 The intended use case was for being able to use graphics over an SSH connection from my mobile (Android) devices. I'm currently using Termux. The options there are... sparse.
Haven seems to support it but lsix doesn't really display much. 🤷
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🎶 SYNTH WEEK 🎵
Did I mention that this week is SYNTH WEEK on Dubious Goals Committee?
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Interesting article on the whole phenomonon of AI replacing human workers:
cbc.ca/news/world/ai-agents-te…
I loved the marketing spin from an AI company that said:
She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask for a raise
What this really means:
We don't have to ask for a raise. We'll just wait 'till you're dependent on our product and then jack up the price because you won't be able to do anything about it at that point.
If it weren't for all the people who are going to lose thir jobs over this nonsense, it'd be amusing to watch.
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Facebook et al are *saying* they're replaing people with AI, but what's really happening is they're scrambling, saying "Oh shit! We spent all this money on AI but we need to make our quarter. We're absolutely screwed. I guess we can lay off 30% of our staff..."
And Wall Street is all like "they are clearly very smart."
@Darcy Casselman Yup. That's more or less it. I'm just waiting for the inevitable massive price hike when these AI companies decide that maybe they should stop just lighting so much money on fire.
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So, I've struggled with restless leg syndrome for years. It always happens when I'm getting tired, and, frustratingly, makes it difficult to sleep. I thought it was something I'd just have to live with. It turns out, sleeping with a weighted blanket makes a huge difference.
Maybe that can help soneone else.
Also, it turns out I just really like the feeling of sleeping under a weighted blanket.
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have you tried magnesium yet?
@Shadedlady I haven't, no.
i take a pill before going to bed (if i remember). It works really well when i take Pharma Nord BioActive Magnesium . I did try other brands but this one had the fastest effect. It's a rather large pill so i dissolve it in water or chew with water. I still enjoy a blanket also for snuggles
I experienced restless leg for #LongCovid and can imagine, so I'm glad you found something that makes a huge difference! I'll keep it in mind if RLS comes back or if other friends mention it.
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The USS Enterprise has been granted the simple but unavoidable honor of ferrying key guests to Betazed for a cultural ceremony.Cassandra Rose Clarke
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The first thing I want to do be able to have an accessible version that strips out ASCII art and replaces it with alt text so that I'm not assaulting the ears of people using screen readers.
Acessibility never seems to be a priority in most gopher holes, which is a shame, because it could be such an accessible protocol.
Oh, I thought where theat paragraph was going was "& then I'll build a CL in Awk."
@Digital Mark λ ☕️ 8647 Oh God no. That'd be too much work. The functionality I need will be pretty minimal. I don't need Turing-completeness.
Neeeeed? Or want‽ You know you want it. Write a Lisp.
@Digital Mark λ ☕️ 8647 I'd love to write a Lisp... but not in awk. 🫠
@Digital Mark λ ☕️ 8647 I do plan on doing a total re-do of my personal web site though. I want to build a server in Common Lisp that takes a markdown-esque source and simultaneously serves it up as web, gopher, and gemini.
That one's been on my to-do list forever, though.
What CL were you trying to run? CLISP is small enough, I rarely had problems running it in CGI environments. If it's still too big, you could always try islisp, where the main implementation is <500kb
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"If you dress sexy, you invite objectification and harassment."
"If you dress cute, you invite infantilization and pedos."
Your dick's poor boundaries shouldn't be our problem.
Gen Z accidently reinvented Purity Culture by Bryony Claire
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maybe getting misgendered actually isn't that bad 💀
I wonder if wearing a baseball bat would help
this gets kinda funny when cis men complain that girls “objectify” a queer boything like me…
I've seen a ton of this. And I've seen it used *against* feminism, too. It's actually a very weird concept bc if you talk about the male gaze *the way it was originally perceived* (like she discussed in this video), you'll get shouted at for being a "puritan" as well.
So it's a frustrating lose-lose where purity culture has been rebranded to attack feminism, while actual purity culture is the stuff she's talking about in this video and is extremely wide-spread right now.
You are at the office. There is a cake, sliced, plates next to it, and it's your favorite type of cake!
But, you do not know what the cake is for. No one else is around, no sign, nor card.
So do you take a slice, knowing you maybe shouldn't? Or do you hang around until you can kinda nudge-nudge permission for a slice? Even if it becomes kind of awkward as they maybe didn't intend or plan to share a slice with you?
Or do you realize it is not yours to decide, nor take a slice *until you are invited to* ?
And just because you were invited to take a slice, does not mean you can take a second slice.
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This is about consent.
Purely because something or someone is on "display" does not mean it is for you. Ever.
Hands. To. Yourselves.
"But they were dressed like..."
Clothing, or lack thereof, does not constitute consent. See cake being sliced and plates as per example.
Also, wow. "Don't dress like this because X might happen"
Victim blaming? Really?
ALL OF US MEN; WE NEED TO DO BETTER!
- Call out any sexist behavior at all times
- Do not accept "just a joke" as an excuse
- Do not whataboutism victims
Also, anyone thinking they should reply "but not all men"?
- Over 90% of assault is committed by men
- Over 80% are known by the victim
@Aprazeth also something that applies both to the metaphorical cake and actual cake:
If you really want a slice and don't want to hope the other side guesses correctly that you want some - ask. But don't touch the cake until they said yes.
gen z were mutated by covid isolation
If men are so weak and unable to control themselves, they really shouldn’t have positions of authority.
@michaelgemar We should do to men what we do to other animals that 'cant control' themselves around humans. Restrain or put down.
If you can't control yourself you're a danger to the rest of us and should be removed
If you can't control yourself you're a danger to the rest of us and should be removed
was literally watching this now 😅
@RinaVolpina Bryony is one of my favorite feminist Youtubers.
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Slowly trying to catch up on her back catalogue!
@RinaVolpina I've caught a few of her videos and I like the no nonsense consistency of them. She's mostly like: I don't give a shit about what you do personally, just don't be shitty to others.
Definitely recommended viewing, imo.
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Would the most effective purely hypothetical such vandalism require a smoke screen first?
Or could something long range reliably cover the camera with, say, very sticky, paint?
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Or could something long range reliably cover the camera with, say, very sticky, paint?
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@ohmu did you mean to reply to this post instead? lgbtqia.space/@alice/116682427… 😋
Supposedly these Flock cameras can be parted out for like $200. I wonder if that's what happened to this one?#Flock #ALPR #AccidentalActivism
@ohmu though I do like the idea of responding to purity culture with vandalism and sticky paint 😂
Women also victim blame other women. This is a problem among conservatives and not limited to dick-owners.
HOWEVER: Men are the most vocal about it.
Source: I've been raised by a conservative family and I've heard this shit all my life, whenever something related made it into news, or something happened at my school or so.
It's disgusting and I hate it.
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Been having some weird symptoms for like a week now. My casual resesrch reveals that it's in all likelihood nothing serious, but potentially not.
It's been going on for long enough that I should probably discuss it with my doctor, but I really don't want to because I know he'll use it as an excuse to take me off #ADHD meds again.
I'll probably wait until I've got my prescription refilled first.
#ADHD
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@meganL This is a good list of software projects with stances against AI, including a Linux distro section: noai.starlightnet.work/list.ht…
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i know alpine has a no ai policy for the things that are alpine-specific (apk and all that powers it). I think they concluded it would be impractical to ban all vibe-coded software from package repos because of how many existing packages that would leave unmaintained
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pretty sure at least debian is still hard no lwn.net/Articles/1061544/ but i can't find much else via web search and am admittedly a little too lazy to go troll the mailing lists atm.
Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions
Debian is the latest in an ever-growing list of projects to wrestle (again) with the question o [...]LWN.net
bit hard for any given the Linux kernel is now all-in on slop. Gentoo is probably the closest one, see posts from @mgorny for example.
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as far as I can tell there are zero distros which have a policy against shipping packages that contain LLM-generated code; the best I have been able to find are policies around refusing LLM-generated contributions to distro-specific packaging code
I posted a thread with my findings here a few days ago: hey.hagelb.org/@technomancy/st…
Guix doesn't have a policy but is working on one.
What I find interesting that no anti AI distro has jumped in here: lore.kernel.org/lkml/e12330b9-… (I actually asked some of them to do so, but none have followed up on it.) Or nobody else, for that matter... #noai #linux #llm #slop
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antiX will do its best to avoid ai inclusions.
Discussions are ongoing on what might be acceptable, for example some usage in translations with human checks following. Deepl being one such translation engine that works well with a limited number of languages.
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dealing with this requires any new policies. I think it's a fairly
obvious point of Debian collaboration that no one should deluge their
fellow project members in low-quality garbage, and if that starts
happening, I think we have adequate mechanisms to complain and ask that it
stop without making new policy."
I think saying "we never allowed it in the first place so this is not a question" is ultimately a good point
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Guix guix.gnu.org/
GNU Guix transactional package manager and distribution — GNU Guix
Guix is a distribution of the GNU operating system. Guix is technology that respects the freedom of computer users. You are free to run the system for any purpose, study how it works, improve it, and share it with the whole world.guix.gnu.org
since they all use the Linux kernel which has AI slop, none of them.
I can't believe that the linux kernel is allowing code in whose actual underlying license is completely unknowable and random.
sadly even i they do you will see code sneak in it obfuscated, because some ai tool even exist to try to hide AI "personality".
so, a "no tools" policy?
LLMs are a tool. And if people are NOT being responsible for their tools, then its a person problem.
Blaming a large vector array is pretty dumb, tbh.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
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Same, and also not kidding. I would rather have a group of three or four well-compensated maintainers who know the codebase very well (+ newer contributors they can afford to & have time to help teach/train) releasing security and bug fixes, with, maybe *one* feature release every year or two and a clear 'it's done'/feature complete state after which it's just bug fixes and maintenence/porting.
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(Early on - like in alpha, when it's not even close to feature complete, then more feature updates is fine - but if at any point it hits a "Stable" release, I want that shit to be ACTUALLY stable - which means new features come slowly, and the priority is keeping it functional and reliable.)
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@miss_rodent You want ANATHEM. It’s okay. I would prefer ANATHEM over whatever hellscape this is.
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I'm ready for "move slow and make sure things don't break" app development again
But then the boss would have fewer people to manage, and be unable to justify his job. Most software changes are about employment for engineers, not necessity. Grr.
As a software engineer I want computer languages and frameworks that stay stable for decades rather than have a new release every year that obsoletes old programs and requires a rewrite. But I don't get to have that 🙁.
@Badtux the Snarky Penguin @Eniko Fox I've written software that was "finished" only to have to update it because an underlying library introduced a breaking change. I hate that.
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@me And every fifteen minutes there is a new Java release that fixes a thousand security holes and adds a thousand new features to bloat up the runtime. Meanwhile my "C" programs from the early 1990s still compile and run just fine.
@Badtux the Snarky Penguin @Eniko Fox I actually had to re-write large chunks of a program I wrote for a client because Haskell's ncurses wrapper just kind of... stopped being a thing.
Fortunately, I never liked ncurses to begin with and had abstracted much of it away. The code I'd written was fairly easy to retrofit into brick instead.
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@Badtux the Snarky Penguin @Eniko Fox I'm so glad I don't typically work in Java.
@me Substitute any other language or framework in large scale use for Java. Go? Rust? JavaScript/TypeScript? Even where the language is stable the frameworks you have to use to get work done are as firm as gelatin.
15 years ago i started writing a game, i lost the git repo until i found it again on monday! i added some cmake files and it compiled and ran! C and LibSDL2 !
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I'm genuinely considering starting l collection of Android apps with the ethos off "The UI does! Not! Fucking! Change!"
Any feature additions are purely optional and of be default
No nag screens to promote the new stuff
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can we also get mobile operating systems that get more optimized and less resource hungry with every update so that devices can run for 10+ years before becoming obsolete?
Product: What's this ticket for, this one you're working on, it doesn't seen to be delivering any new feature? Why are we doing it?
Devs: It lets us delete a couple of thousand lines of no-longer-used code. Which will then no longer need to be maintained, tested, documented, ect ect.
Product: Great! That's what we like to hear!
speaking of which, I finally bought Kitsune Tails and Midboss last week—they're both a lot of fun 😊
@alice oh I'm so glad to hear you like them 😁
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Hear hear! 👏
I'm pretty tired of downloading some 100 MB every week for Signal desktop for minor changes. And did you see how the changelog in /usr/share/doc looks like for Signal-desktop on Linux each time ? Yeah, whatever, Signal! 🤬 #signal
Currently, my favourite app is Out-Run, and I think it's basically been abandoned by the developer.
apps.apple.com/ie/app/out-run/…
(Yes, that's probably not great for security vulnerability reasons.. 😬)
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What you don’t add is genuinely more important than what you do.
@Meyerweb first place to start is avoiding tracking, because those are bigger, have more updates and have more code.
The challenging part is convincing your government and bank to do the same so you can still use their services.
can we also request the coders to have a nap time during the day? Rest is important, and I'm not kidding about that either.
don't forget to add doesn't require an always on Internet connection.
I want small chunks of well-specified code with machine supported proofs so I can be certain of my program's actual behavior across its whole domain.
I should probably just learn Ada/SPARK or Idris already.
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i'm working on it
in many cases i’d be willing to pay *more* for this approach.
If you are asking for less you are asking too much 😉
and at the same time, companies hire people who prefer AI, f̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶agile; or as the saying goes, seniors with salary of a junior 🙂
The dream that we deserve!
I would like fewer apps, please. More websites that function as apps.
This applies specifically to mobile use. For desktop, let me download everything.
Preach. I want developers to be artisans and craftspeople who build for the ages.
I like small programs and I cannot lie.
I want coder teams to be teams again who go Kegeln at the end of the day...
So say we all. Or at least any of us with any sense.
can we also go back to calling them "programs" not "apps"? Or am I alone in that peeve?
isnt þe unix philosophy "every program should do one job and do it well"? can we just make þat law? i would love a world where every program solved / did one þing i wanted and nþn else.
This reminds me of one of the favorite apps on my phone: Animated Knots by Grog.
apps.apple.com/de/app/animated…
It has detailed explanations of almost 200 knots, and animations on how to tie all of them.
It hasn’t been updated for years, because it’s basically done. I bought it once for the price of a coffee, and now I just use it whenever I need something more than my 3 standard knots.
(I have dyslexia-but-for-ropes, and this is the only way I can learn new knots.)
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Lade „Animated Knots by Grog“ von Grog LLC im App Store herunter. Sieh dir Bildschirmfotos, Bewertungen und Rezensionen, Benutzertipps und weitere Apps wie „…App Store
I can switch on a BBC micro and load View in less time than I can wake my Windows 11 laptop and load MS Word. Seems that the faster computers become; the longer it takes to do the same things with them.
I miss the days where getting an update was like christmas. Now I mumble to myself 'what did you mess up this time..'
And fewer applications. Today I learned that Ubuntu now has Snapshot, as well as screenshot but that Snapshot shows up as Camera, though it didn't when it was called Cheese. This happened 2 years ago.
Agreed! Updates are becoming an annoyance, like a swarm of gnats.
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I want smaller programs with fewer features that take longer to write by people who are happier to do so and I’m not kidding
@pouncy_panda eh, that one's a bit different from mine so i wouldn't jump to conclusions
though even if someone copied it verbatim, in this case i'd probably just be happy to see this thought spreading further
lets see how long this takes to become a meme then
@pouncy_panda hopefully someone shops it into a video game character image
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Hey, so, when they do tattoos of pixel art, do they use big square needles, or do i just ask the lady to make the squares manually?
Hey, so, when they do tattoos of pixel art, do they use big square needles, or do i just ask the lady to make the squares manually?
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It's a restatement.
the “paid more to work less” bit doesn’t fit in because who’s getting paid here lol
@me i'm glad i decided i wasn't going to self host >_>
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give them what they want and they’ll turn up..
I don't know how you do it - if I make a post that gets 10 likes all the notifications bug the crap out of me
the fun thing is that even the non-techies want that!
But instead some racers or people who only look at the competition decide we must deliver faster...
But instead some racers or people who only look at the competition decide we must deliver faster...
We really need to go back to programs and libraries written with the Unix philosophy in mind
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About ten years ago I was being cynical when I talked about going back to VT text terminals and a single time-sharing computer.
I still think like that but I'm no longer cynical.
That, and also I'd want internet-connected applications out of things where they have no sane reason to be.
Quite honestly, I'd generally be happy with a piece of software that gets bugfixes and nothing else. The number of time some arbitrary update changes the UI for no reason and throws my whole workflow off...
@BasiliskXVIII It seems like Remember The Milk might be in this state.
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Yes, please, still and forever. This is the phrasing I couldn't quite figure out.
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You know that short rant about “I want games with worse graphics and I’m not even kidding“? I want that except for all software.Anthony Sorace (pdx.social)
I think the best way to run a software product company is for the entire management team to work one day a week, or month.
so do i. what you're describing sounds a lot like the unix philosophy. (do one thing and do it well)
i'm in the same boat as a lot of windows users rn. i want to switch to BSD, but i need linux for video games
and none of this broken shit
I picked up Tinystart for the Mac by @nileane which is probably exactly the sort of thing you’re after. It’s as useful as Raycast but without all the VC and AI bollocks, and only costs a fiver.
bring back rating code by size.
The general rule of thumb seems to be: The further you go back in time, the better the products, be they online or offline.
All courtesy of the fucked-up neoliberal capitalism that's festering across the whole world.
I agree. Applications shouldn't be small small, but just have one topic around them.
I don't need to micro manage everything but I dont want wechat like mega apps
I also want the updates to spend more time in UAT/Staging instead of being pushed straight into production.
Jesus this went wooly
this sounds exactly like my kinda job 
(well except the paid part)
*Looks at my projects which have an update every few months with few features*
+9001%
I want smaller, auditable, reproduceable and simple systems!
I want smaller, auditable, reproduceable and simple systems!
the concept, way back, was The Subroutine, a compact self-contained and hopefully tested thing with inputs and outputs, as had happened in Electronics shortly before where an ocean of incompatible constructs became IC's with standard values, infinitely combine-able. This was the notion in Unix, a tinker-toy toolbox, programmable LEGO, but the tech for all this pipeworks was too much for the early home computers, so you got MSDOS instead, and MS lock-ins on "compatible components" (for your security of course)
Linux then brought the clunky unix mindset to the PC, but quickly fell into copying The Everything App like the Big Boys, trademark logos, t-shirts, booth-babes, their difference was at least they intended to be 'interoperable' between these apps, like the MS or IOS consoles, but it was still between monolithic EverythingBut Apps.
How nice it would be to have one (favourite) editor you know backwards and forwards and EVERY textbox you see uses it, not WordStar ☺️
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I should add that my android phone can do this, but only with a tiny list of not-devious options that are all worse than WordStar.
We were once taught in computer science to attempt to refine our code to tight, elegant, complete solutions. Very small chunks of software that were complete and conceptually clear. Early on, that was required because the memory and storage resources were strictly limited. When did we decide that just because the limits were off, our coding should be complex, nasty, unreadable, and should suck?
@WILLIAM B PECKHAM @Eniko Fox When we decided that meeting arbitrary deadlines was more important than writing good code.
I want to buy software on CD with nice packaging and printed manual.
I want to go back to an era where you buy one release of a piece of software and can use it forever, and updates are another boxset with new features released two years later.
I want software to be tested by an actual QA department, and manuals and CHM help files to be created by technical writers that get paid as much if not more than the developers.
there is a certain app I use that has daily updates, sometimes several a day. And yet, it works like shit, and in some cases will freeze at startup for 10-15 minutes. Oh and takes a ton of memory and CPU.
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Only one way to find out. 🙃
Sadly, per the instructions, we need to keep using our lumpy rock for three days... because reasons.
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"What's the matter, Jimmy? You've barely eaten your world."
"It just takes some time, okay?"
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"wooo!" *guitar solo*
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So my cat has decided that #Ultraman is very interesting. #monsterdon (pre-show)
Why does the sign on the hospital look like it was made by a middle schooler? #monsterdon
"She reads my mind, but I'll videotape her when she doesn't know it."
How does that work, exactly?
Because of course my first instinct would be to poke it with a stick...
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Hey! That thing was sticking out like a wasp nest!
Told you it was supper time. #monsterdon
Why is this guy dressed like he's going to a weird rave? #monsterdon
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Who runs a bed and breakfast, sleeps there, and leaves their bedroom door unlocked so that random guests can just walk in? #monsterdon
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This blurry footage proves everything! #monsterdon
Has no one ever heard of a breaker? #monsterdon
The writers of this movie do know that the sun produces UV light, right? #monsterdon
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So... why the ruse to pump him for information? Aren't they supposed to be able to read minds? #monsterdon
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Sooo... #Emacs's awk-mode really doesn't like it when I do something like this /[^]]/.
It confuses the hell out of the auto-indentation.
Might be worth an `M-x report-emacs-bug`?
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So I have an older netbook-esque laptop currently running Windows 10, and I'm sure it's not upgradeable. I've toyed with the idea of slapping #Debian on it to give it new life, but I've also been thinking about giving #BSD a go. Were I to do the latter, which BSD would the fedi recommend for an underpowered machine?
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@Jonathan Lamothe I am running OpenBSD happily on a 2012 Macbook Air, and I've been modern OpenBSD on a 2003 MacBook. NetBSD might be a little lighter?
Talk about making things really hard.. But if you must.. GhostBSD or Dragonfly are probably your best bet to get something that works.. Most BSD's don't actually come with any kind of default graphical desktop.. Ever used Vi? .. if the answer is "no" then don't expect to have a working system on at least the first 5 or 6 attempts... Just install Manjaro and be done.
@juliadream I spend most of my time either in the terminal or emacs, though I can make do with vi or even ed if necessary.
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What desktop are you considering? XFCE?
@bewild That's my current go-to.
That's why I was asking that question.. Most people who post these things don't have the first clue.. I think you will be fine. I have a NetBSD VM running a self installed xfce which is nice. GhostBSD is getting good reviews.. haven't tried it so can't say anything else.
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Watching the live Epstein survivors' testimonies right now.
The system didn't fail these 1000+ girls.
Trafficking these girls *was* the system.
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And all the files are unlikely ever to see the light of day, because an operation on that scale doesn't stop with the death of one man.
It's still going on.
It's still going on.
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It takes a network of powerful men to <i>sustain</i> that trafficking. Epstein is but one.
It takes a network of rich clients to <i>require</i> that trafficking. The former Prince is but one.
They're all still out there. They're still being protected.
There are more victims.
Predators only stop when they are forced to stop.
Wexner and Clinton both named Rothschilds under oath. Epstein was managing Rothschild money from the start of his shady dealings.
Lock up the rich slavers!
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I watched the documentary about Epstein and Maxwell only recently and I knew, kind of in an abstract way that it was bad, but hearing and seeing the survivors who agreed to be in the documentary made it all the more chilling. I didn't know there was a live testimony today, as I don't live in the US, but if I can I would like to watch it, even if not live.
This was posted by mint yesterday...
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Video: US House Testimony | Epstein Survivors | May 28, 2026 | 4hrsSurvivors of Jeffrey Epstein spoke before a U.S. House hearing, sharing emotional testimony about the abuse they suffered as teenagers and the failures of the justice system.
Jenna Lisa Jones told lawmakers she was only 14 years old when the abuse began... Dani Bensky, said she still lives with PTSD... Survivors said a secret non-prosecution deal allowed Epstein to avoid harsher charges...
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Epstein Survivors Testify LIVE:“We Were Abused As Teens”: Epstein Survivors Give Emotional Testimony
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.Mint (YouTube)
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Thank you!
( 'was' ???)
I keep wondering if the fashion industry is ever going to have a reckoning with how he was able to run his trafficking ring in plain sight by calling it a "modeling agency", but like...they probably don't care 😡
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"When the people who built and operated your cloud would rather knead dough than touch a terminal again, that’s not a career pivot. That’s a trauma response."
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The enshittification escalates...
I walked away from tech almost four years ago with a case of burnout you could see from space.
The intervening three years have only made me more grateful that I left when I did.
(I wish all my friends and colleagues still chained to the oars had my opportunity.)
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I left 3 years ago to make toys. It hurts to see the state of the industry today.
Very nice post about #humanity in the age of #AI and the #Inhumanity of #AWS #Amazon and #Corporations generally.
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The intervening three years have only made me more grateful that I left when I did.
(I wish all my friends and colleagues still chained to the oars had my opportunity.)
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Remember Tarus Balog, the AWS employee who rescued my deleted account when nobody else would? AWS just fired him. His proudest accomplishment in four years was saving my data. Leadership didn't care. The finale of a trilogy nobody asked for.Abdelkader Boudih (Seuros Blog)
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Hey #Women, #LGBTQ+ and #BIPoC folx! Are you an expert in something? Do you have a fancy degree or a lot of experience in some field/hobby? Do you like to infodump about it? Then out yourself in the replies below!
I'll start. Hi 👋 I'm Alice. I'm multi-queer (pan/bisexual and nonbinary). I'm an expert lockpicker and data scientist, and I have an education in computer science, psychology, and statistics.
Your turn 😊
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I wish I was half as interesting as you. I'm a woman with two engineering degrees who couldn't figure out why nobody was listening to us technical people so I ditched that and did a PhD in communication and studied why nobody listened to doctors and scientists during a pandemic.
So now I'm an expert in why people ignore good scientific information but still have little clue on how to overcome this without a boatload of money and the overthrow of the oligarchy.
Hey, I'm Celeste, a non-binary/trans* computer toucher who is studying computer science. I'm not really an expert in anything but I've been building a home lab for the last 8 years that is starting to fill up my basement and my office. It's a glorious, well-optimized mess.
I've started programming with the age of 7, am proficient in 8 programming languages, and started home-labbing long before I started studying. I had a lot of time between finishing my high school degree and starting at university during the pandemic to learn math, writing good code, self-hosting, networking, security, etc.
(Don't ask me about my home lab, unless you are prepared for a 6h presentation)
I have worked at a data center before as a (junior) system integrator and just started my first real IT job at a startup, which is building a software solution for managing and monitoring complex IT infrastructures using, graphs, and "AI"™
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I am a physics person in undergrad, I am one of the best students in my university, and I intend to do a PhD about either molecular dynamics or electronic structure theory after I graduate
Hi! I am Gebastel I'm multi-queer as well (nonbinary, somehow trans and sexuality is difficult to explain(but also unimportant since i am a teenager).
I don't have a studied yet, but i do stuff with computers, bikes and politics. And I do looooong thinking sessions about society and humans (while always trying to make the live better for every living beeing). Last thing is somehow neurodivergency related ?!
I don't have a studied yet, but i do stuff with computers, bikes and politics. And I do looooong thinking sessions about society and humans (while always trying to make the live better for every living beeing). Last thing is somehow neurodivergency related ?!
Hey everyone, I'm Ryan. I'm queer/non-binary/postgender. It's probably just my imposter syndrome that makes me feel like I'm not really an expert in anything, but they tell me I'm pretty good at distributed web systems, designing and implementing them, maintaining them, and diagnosing and fixing them when they break.
I'm mostly old, turned 80. I'm becoming knowledgeable about arthritic knees, and bruises from blood thinners.
I'm trained in physics, math, computer science, and I've a dusty old MBA diploma somewhere.
My driving interest since I was a kid is astronomy, and I still study it most days.
I am Luqa, or Lucas (Lucaas), or Luke, or whatever name people call me. My reputation as a trans man is just one of the many ways that people see me. Gender is less central to my own existence these days, and more of a reflection that others see in my mirror, and is about the viewer. 🪞
I am discovering more and more about myself than just that I'm a 48 year old mother, grandpa, writer, and activist who had a fine career writing code as a software engineer, who had a long & scary trauma path to arrive here and Now to recognize my own Self in the mirror.
My expertise is related to peace, though I only discovered inner peace even existed 6 months ago - I thought peace was from external sources. It turns out that CPTSD symptoms can become quieter, and I have recently had the privilege of helping others reclaim their imagination from the pain of nightmares induced by the world around us, and the messages we have internalized about our Self, our inner identity. I had only glimpsed hints that this idea might not be a myth, before that.
I have set about learning more about the myriad of paths to inner peace through a healing journey, so that I can help enable others to find this same feeling that I have. It turns out, that most of the people in my world reexperience their trauma on a near constant basis, like I used to. So I get to live my childhood dreams of being a Unicorn that influences the world for good by spreading joy and peace to those who ask for my guidance.
I recently set into motion my plans to expand this healing work, in ways that align with my cognitive and physical disability needs (TBI, EDS, POTS, 20+ more 🧠🦓), and my desire to travel, *without* needing to try to capitalize on this freely offered gift of cooperative emotional labor.
I am currently weighing the benefits of becoming a mushroom guide, and what that will mean for my future. 🍄🦄
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Hi, I'm Clara, and I have finally come to accept that I will never be an expert at anything, not nearly to the extent that other people are, but what I do bring to the table are opinions on technology, some humor, and that one YouTube video where I am very clearly not confident about what kind of relationship I want.
Also, I am like a truffle hunting pig for a random facts.
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Hi! I'll join the newbies on this novel-length thread. I'm Willow, "multi-queer," with a PhD in Lit, primarily focused on theater and poetry of the Renaissance/ early modern period. I'm currently teaching a summer writing course on performance theory. I'm not as expert on Women & Gender Studies/ queer theory as I'd like, but I taught a course on bodies a year ago and how they disrupt traditional categories, examining discourse and lit around queer bodies all the way from ancient Greece to #GretchenFelkerMartin
I'm also a sometimes poet/writer, a ttrpg DM, a historical linguistics and conlang nerd, and an amateur mushroom hunter and forager (though nothing like an expert). My gf and I are also pretty expert in movies from the 30s through 50s, from the awe-inspiring to the awful! (Shout out to my recent terrible idea to do "the wives of Cary Grant" double feature: Dream Wife and My Favorite Wife... do not watch!)
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I started inventing languages for dnd and I guess I've continued to do that ever since...I just invented a quick conlang (and writing system/font) based on Phoenician as a foundation for the Tyr area of the Dark Sun campaign setting from the 90s as part of the game I'm planning using the old DS materials with the Mythras system. I invented a Hyperborean language and writing system for my old Call of Cthulhu game. I've invented numerous partial or extensive languages for various writing projects at varying levels of completion. Eventually one of them will hopefully see print. I enjoy not only building and exploring various systems of meaning-making (ie grammar) but evolving the languages from proto-languages algorithmically and having related language families. I was thinking i might post the Tyr one to the Dark Sun reddit soon. Thanks for asking, and hope that was interesting!
I started inventing languages for dnd and I guess I've continued to do that ever since...I just invented a quick conlang (and writing system/font) based on Phoenician as a foundation for the Tyr area of the Dark Sun campaign setting from the 90s as part of the game I'm planning using the old DS materials with the Mythras system. I invented a Hyperborean language and writing system for my old Call of Cthulhu game. I've invented numerous partial or extensive languages for various writing projects at varying levels of completion. Eventually one of them will hopefully see print. I enjoy not only building and exploring various systems of meaning-making (ie grammar) but evolving the languages from proto-languages algorithmically and having related language families. I was thinking i might post the Tyr one to the Dark Sun reddit soon. Thanks for asking, and hope that was interesting!
@raphaelmorgan Oh, great question. You can retain your expertise on the vinification side of things: the science of growing grapes and making wine.
The other side is keeping up with the current number and quality of wine houses, and each vintage for each region. Only with this continuous knowledge can you say, for instance, that Paul Hobbs is currently the best California Cabernet. (Is it now? Who knows?) Weather can ruin a whole harvest. Wineries, especially in California, often go broke, and you have to change your recommendations accordingly.
Also, you need a sharp memory to keep it all in your head, including updated information. At the same time (in fine dining) I had to keep up with the latest buzz on small batch bourbons and single malt scotches and whatever trends were hot, like more potato-sourced vodka than grain-sourced.
@kimlockhartga used to be? I'm genuinely confused by this turn of phrase. How do you stop being a wine expert?
@kimlockhartga wow, that's a lot to keep up with! Thanks for the education, it's very interesting and I'm sure your knowledge is still very useful for you (and friends) even if it's not up to date!
Hi! I'm Emri!
I'm agender and pan
I'm a nurse and super passionate about supporting and teaching health literacy in the general public (God knows we need it)
That's my only "professional" info dump topic.
Nonprofessional topics are crochet and pokemon:)
Thanks - also, love the lockpicking!!
I'm a plain old White cis woman.
My areas of expertise are cats, writing for comics, writing for animation, writing for games, fantasy & sf.
I am a trans woman with a PHD in math who is trying to figure out a career outside of higher education. Also like to ramble about musical theater and webcomics.
@2something let me know if you figure something out other than tech, lol
@2something What about cryptology or astrophysics?
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hii I love this. I’m bi cis woman with a degree on computer engineering I’ve worked on the field for 12 years next to very very talented people. Then I also love everything that’s creative and sensible I write poetry (in Spanish) which I’ve been doing on and off since I was in high school and I’m also very proud of my english level I wouldn’t say I’m an expert but I know my english is very good for a second language so I think I’m proud of those. Thanks for the assignment it’s very fun. I can’t wait to see what everyone’s been up to.
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Hi! I'm a bisexual trans woman, I've got a PhD in compilation and I'm an expert in dynamic binary modification and memory safety related stuff. I did all my shenanigans in Rust and I'm knowledgeable in most mainstream languages from system to web.
Speaking of language I'm also a polyglot, fluent in French and English, solid intermediate in Portuguese and Norwegian. I also have good foundations in German, Italian, Japanese and Russian. Each time you complain I learn a new language.
Don't ask about jellyfishes, for your own safety 🪼
I'm trying to find an interesting remote job in compilation related stuff and escape the consulting hell
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I haven't contributed to this thread because I'm not the demographic @🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄) was asking for input from, but you can't say something like that and then expect me not to ask. Safety be damned.
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@me it's because they can sting. Nematocysts hurt, some can kill you. Safety shan't be damned, if a jellyfish tells you they're a box, just get away as far as possible
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@3janeTA I've got a fair pool of people to share with for most things but I haven't made pumpkin pie in years because I don't "really" want to eat a whole pie myself.
@pewterdragon I used to do it more but then COVID and working remote mean I don’t have a pool of baked good eaters to share with. If I make a whole cake at home, we will just eat it and none of us need that much cake!
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@pewterdragon spicy brownies is my coworkers’ favorite. Whenever I travel to MN for work, I bring a batch or two. Fruity stuff - raspberry breakfast bars, rhubarb coffee cake, fruit crisp. I’m learning bread and bake sourdough 1-2x per week. Walnut bread with cheddar. Empanadas!
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@3janeTA They do look like they turned out well. Is that cocoa, cinnamon, or something else on them?
@pewterdragon two different cinnamon spice blends sprinkled inartfully on top, should’ve used a shaker or sieve
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@3janeTA My longtime favourite is shortbread cookies.
1 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Icing Sugar
1/2 Cup Corn Starch
3/4 Cup Butter.
Mix the dry ingredients
Add soft butter
Scoop into balls
Press with a fork
Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 18-20 minutes, or until just slightly golden around the edges.
My favourite singular creation is a raspberry lattice pie though. I brought that to Easter dinner with my then girlfriend, and it was more popular than Grandma's apple pie.
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@pewterdragon I made them and they’re very good. Thanks!
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@3janeTA I hope you enjoy it, and find new ways to give them a personal flair.
@pewterdragon I also love baking! what’s your favorite thing to bake? What’s your best recipe? (If you’re inclined to share)
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I forget if I've posted on this thread already, but if not, I'm Iris, I'm a writer and occasional social critic, I'm good with tech but not a tech person and apparently I'm *really rather good at statistics*.
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hi! Amb NB and I'm a teacher and I am really great at that. I have a masters in phsycopedagogy and I'm a great public speaker and a competent essey writter
I'm also quite good at knitting!
I'm also quite good at knitting!
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Hello, my name is Del
Back in the last century (well, also at the start of this one) I used to be a Master Training Specialist
I retired from that role, but fuck 'em, I still claim that identity
Now, as it happens, I am an instructor once again
I won't claim to be the best, but I do have a significant, positive impact upon the people who enter my classroom, so there's that
My hobbies include reading, repairing things once broken, and inventing new ways to break my computers
I am currently hiding in my closet (seriously, my office is a small walk-in closet), but taking baby steps toward transition
I also write on occasion. when the depression lets up enough for me to do so
I could go on, but there is ice cream melting in the other room, and I must needs to rectify that unfortunate situation
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Hiya! I'm an agender trans woman lesbian! I really enjoy programming and especially graphics development. And I've recently built a custom C/C++ build system!
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Hi! 👋 I'm Yanagi. I'm a transbian from Thailand in early 20s, with some computer engineering degree ended up being a Linux nerd doing DevOps at a multinational company. I also know lots of mechanical, electrical stuff, connectivity-related tech and run TechTransThai 🏳️⚧️!
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Hi, I'm Maya. I'm transfem and very gay and part indigenous. My favorite thing to infodump about is just intonation, but I've spent much more time doing game dev than anything else in my life. I think I'm even getting good at it maybe. I also like to think I'm a pretty good cook, but I don't have many opportunities these days because my partner has very strict food aversions, I've developed food allergies, and all we have for cooking is a small burner and a microwave.
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Ohai, I’m Kit and I specialise in Killing The Clipboard by getting computers to worry about things so you don’t have to. Green energy, environmental monitoring, remote control and sensing etc. If you have a “what should I buy to solve X” question, free answers for Fedi folk. I sell this service and others as my day job, links in bio. No job too small etc. (some example infodumps pinned on profile). If you need it reverse engineered, if nobody else can fix it, maybe you can hire…The E-Team.
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Hey hey,
I'm Leia, a trans, pan gal. I've got my MLIS, which is a log set of letters to say I'm a librarian. My forte is in genre fiction, (sci fi and fantasy,) because that's what I like.
I'm also a very advanced amature computer toucher. Running Linux, got my own server, etc. I'm the one everyone at work comes to before calling IT.
I've also been really into photography and photography equipment recently. My being cheap is the main thing keeping me from making a lot of regrettable purchases from goodwill. As it is I have a fungusy lens older than me and a younger one that smells like its been sitting for a while in the bottom of an outdoor ashtray.
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Doing some more #art practice. I've read a bunch of stuff/watched a bunch of videos on how to draw decent looking anatomical proportions. They say things like: the body should be so many heads tall—though not all sources agree.
The thing I'm coming to understand though, is that the best tool I have for judging proportions is my eyeball. Does it look right? If not, it doesn't matter what the tutorial says. I need to trust my own judgement more.
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I hate that the word "degenerate" has come back into style, even among young people, even uttered by otherwise woke antifa types who ought to know better.
(It's a fascist, eugenicist word. It means someone or something that is moving the gene pool backwards or destroying humanity's progress.)
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Ironically, fascists and eugenicists are destroying humanity's progress
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@burnoutqueen It's always a confession.
I mainly use the word "degenerate" to refer to physical systems that exhibit redundant degrees of freedom, or in quantum mechanics physical states that share the same energy eigenvalues.
@burnoutqueen yes. I just read that in a cbc article but they didn’t mention the fascist part. They said we are going backwards because of misinformation.
@Scienceisnotopinions @burnoutqueen This stuff just slips in and folks simply accept the fundamental premise. We can talk about lost progress using terms with better connotations.
I only really use degenerate to describe myself jokingly - because as a kinky, disabled, trans, lesbian with mental health conditions, I am called a degenerate by the most shitheaded people in our society every day. Self-referential jokes that diminish it's power is the only reasonable use, I figure
I think that's fair. The usage I'm seeing is casual references to something or someone who is bad, often playfully, but not in any sense taking it back or ironically. It is using it as a strong synonym for "bad" without any understanding of what it actually means.
I just saw it in a game stream.
When GenX was young, the only time I saw it used was old people saying it, either in reality or in fiction, and it was just part of the "old people are judgmental and cranky" trope alongside "stay off my lawn!" I didn't know what it meant then myself, other than just someone at the edges of society or a troublemaker, but also we weren't saying it, simply because it wasn't cool.
The 70’s trifecta: bums, punks and degenerates.
Are MAGA not moving the gene pool backwards and destroying humanity's progress?
@johnnyvibrant ok, so, this is an example of exactly the problem that @corbden is calling out. Your statement rests on two assumptions which are explicitly right-wing, if not fascist.
- The idea that human virtues, however you define them, are determined primarily by genetics is really closely tied to race theory and eugenics. In fact I'd argue for these virtues being almost entirely determined by a combination of culture and personal choice.
- The idea that evolution has a direction, progress vs anti-progress, is more Christian than scientific. And more specifically it's linked to the "Enlightenment" beliefs which justified colonialism, labelling people of colour and their cultures as "primitive". In reality evolution is directionless— ants and mushrooms are just as evolved as we are.
MAGA aren't less evolved. They're simply assholes.
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@johnnyvibrant and to be clear, I'm not calling you fascist or right-wing. I'm just pointing out that you've yielded ground to these ideologies just by accepting their framing. (Unintentionally, I trust.)
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@Tattie @johnnyvibrant I like your clear and direct explanation.
And i agree with your sentiment about the word in question. It's so important to remember there's no "goal" or abstract perfect state in evolution. It's not actually a useful term when applied to people, especially in this way.
This might be going off on a tangent mostly unrelated to the point, but to be fair to the entire comment, I DO agree that they are destroying some of humanity's progress, at least socially/societally. What do you think?
@eg0n I do think that what we might call "Western civilization" is collapsing. Its economy, its institutions, its norms, its art and knowledge, its influence.
This isn't atypical in human history. Empires simply don't last forever.
But what might look like the end of everything from a US perspective might look like opportunity from, say, a Chinese perspective.
I can't predict the future. Maybe the US will undergo revolution and be reborn into a new stability. Maybe the UK will return cap in hand to the EU. But the global balance will look different in the decades to come.
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This isn't atypical in human history. Empires simply don't last forever.
But what might look like the end of everything from a US perspective might look like opportunity from, say, a Chinese perspective.
I can't predict the future. Maybe the US will undergo revolution and be reborn into a new stability. Maybe the UK will return cap in hand to the EU. But the global balance will look different in the decades to come.
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@Tattie @eg0n @johnnyvibrant And when you get deep enough in your deconstruction or examination of your biases, starting with the question "Is western civilization really all that?" you can start to recognize that underneath its Mozarts and antibiotics is hidden a lot of ideological crap. Really terrible crap.
We've been indoctrinated into a superiority complex that is belied by the actions of our civilization. As a group, we are a violent colonizing force that destroys everything else in our path. Terms like "degenerate" and the ideologies it is based on (which predate eugenics) are part of the much larger problem of western superiority and the various justifications for the genocides that have waged for over one thousand years, beginning with Constantine. So many genocides that they've become invisible, accepted as inevitable. Normal human behavior. Right and good.
It is not.
So yeah, that's my beef.
@Tattie thanks for putting me right, as you outlined I’ve been thinking about this wrong. I’ll change my use of this word in future.
@johnnyvibrant I appreciate the question and your vulnerability and being cool with the answers. That's how we learn and deconstruct the deep conditioning of white supremacy.
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If yer wondering how bad things have gotten in the world, I am reading the Lord of the Rings books, and Frodo is in fucking Mordor and I am still finding it escapist fiction.
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☝️ seriously. Dude has a friend, snacks, and a clear purpose. I find it weirdly comforting, even amid all the awful.
Also if you haven't read the #LotR books in a while I heartily recommend it. There's so many useful parallels, to help process and frame what's been happening in the world.
And SO much #tonicMasculinity - male friendships and comfort, strength and humility, the courage to do the right thing even when it's difficult. 😘👌
I know that lots of people like to ship Samwise and Frodo romantically, but I prefer to see them as a very healthy masculine friendship where they both are there to support the other when needed.
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@fskornia I literally said pretty much this today!
I was charmed by the lil physical touches of comfort and support. Frodo sleeping with his head in Sam's lap, etc.. And the whole book is choc-ful of brow kisses and hands grasped n whatnot.
There are so few models or social permission to be gentle and kind with other men.
I am so mad at the patriarchy for withholding these kinds of relationships from cis-het men.
@fskornia have you read Hands of the Emperor, victoria Goddard? Is it ace or is it healthy masculinity?
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If you don't want people to ship S&F, better not let them see the Peter Jackson movies.
I did notice that there are almost no women and a whole lot of spousal male relationships in the books when I read them; Gimli and Legolas stood out as the obvious couple in the books, it was more natural than Aragorn's romance that's for sure.
But the movies really make S&F into a story of unrequited love. Frodo's pain when seeing Sam lock himself in a comphet marriage was too real.
#tonicmasculinity Love this. We need more second breakfast and singing in this world!
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☝️ particularly cheering tonight:
Oh I'm just a lil wee hobbit in a big awful war, what can I do?
🌊Befriend weird tree dude, take down Saruman.
🔥Save Faramir.
🗡️Hamstring a Ringwraith.
🌋 Oh and yah know, just sneak in and destroy the foundations of evil.
💪🧡Also, Sam's unrelenting yet pragmatic hope is a strange magical power that doesn't get enough cred.
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highly recommend folks do a bit of a critical and racial reading on anything Tolkien; asking which races/species in the books correlate with real life races; how and why did this change from the Hobbit, to the Lord of Rings; how did Tolkien's miserable experience of the great war and expected sexual contact between younger males in 1900s England influence his writing; and finally what old and middle English works and myths is he copying or redoing?
I love this stuff, ha
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Oi! Are you dropping in out of nowhere to yuck my yum?
No thank you to that.
I am reading a book in a difficult time talking about the bits that are helping me cope, feel hopeful, and move forward.
What I absolutely don't need, and didn't invite, was an eviscerating literary critique.
Feel free to toot your own opinions on your own threads and have those discussions, but don't dive in and poop on my toot.
No thank you to that.
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Not at all, I love Tolkien, it's fun for me to learn about stuff I like
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It's part of the escapism for me, acknowledging how the stories came to be, for better and worse
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I am sorry though, I won't comment on your reading, I should have known better
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@20000lbs_of_Cheese thank you for saying so.
There are definitely layers and influence and historical context.
I was especially leaping off from there to go new more relevant places. I was in no mood for dissection.
Apologies for getting spicy about it.
There are definitely layers and influence and historical context.
I was especially leaping off from there to go new more relevant places. I was in no mood for dissection.
Apologies for getting spicy about it.
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nah, I started spicy, I forget how awful it can sound, but less troublesome, as much as everyone complains about Tom Bombadill, the guy is an Old-English genre arch-type and created before the Hobbit and rest of the series existed, essentially a part of bed time stories for his kids.
Ooh and apparently much of the songs are in very old medieval meter? I've heard a few fantastic attempts at performing them as such.
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@20000lbs_of_Cheese I love Tom Bombadill! Reminds me of the laughing monk archetype of Taoism. Much wisdom and joy. Zero fucks.
ah, to go on a long walk with your bestie
I wasn't aware there was fucking in Mordor...
Where do you think all those orcs come from!
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I’m very spiritual, but demons are spirits too.
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I keep a time tracker in a git repository, partly because I find keeping such data to be useful, but partly just because I like to.
Anyhow, my last commit message was: "drawing & drugs". I feel like a lot of good art gets made this way.
Sadly, the drugs in question were for managing glucose and cholesterol, nothing fun. 🙃
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Been doing some more drawing practice in #Krita. Trying to get better at drawing the things that are in my head rather than just recreating things I can see. I've recently discovered the lquify tool. It's really nice for nudging my line work into the shape I actually wanted it, but it feels like a cheat.
Then again, if I limit myself to what I could have done with physical media, I suppose I should also forego layers and undo—which I'm absolutely not going to do. I guess there's nothing wrong with using the tools available to me. I just don't want it to become too much of a crutch.
Paradoxically, as I've started allowing myself to use it, I'm finding less and less that I actually need to. Using the liquefy tool is giving me the confidence to just put a line down, without stressing about it being perfect, because I know I can touch it up if necessary. As a result, I'm finding I like the way it looks more—probably because I'm not overthinking it.
Very interesting! Some years ago I went through that exact train of thought while watching a speed-paint video, and now I use the free-transform tool quite often.
While you don't train accuracy, depending on your prefered style, it can be a fine tool to use imo. Even help train your observation.
Recently, however, I did notice the need to "get it right at the first try" when trying gesture drawing. So for my last drawings I've avoided using it and plan to do so for a couple months
@DecksDark Yeah, gesture drawing still intimidates me. At present, I'm just working on getting proportions to look right.
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Root #monsterdon post
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Look, ultraman is fighting a cabbage leaf. #monsterdon
Wow, I actually feel kinda bad for the cabbage leaf now... #monsterdon
And now we're on to #monsterdon proper...
Well isn't this guy a delight? #monsterdon
Dear captioner: That is a harpsichord, not an organ. #monsterdon
Oh, now you know it's a harpsichord. #monsterdon
I was wondering if it was a dream. If it wasn't, I was wondering what they thought would happen to them after killing him. #monsterdon
Welp, so much for that, I guess. #monsterdon
"Well, he's a suspect, ain't he inspector?"
I mean, yes, but I don't know how you came to that conclusion.
"But he could figure he'd be out of a home and a job."
And you expect that he thought that killing Dupree would fix that? Does nobody think in this movie?
Sure nobody's found the will yet, but we'll just assume that we own the place now.
I'm sure that's how it works.
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I really dislike the way everyone speaks about Karkov. Poor guy never did nothing to nobody. #monsterdon
I wondered how long it would take for them to be suspects. They're the only ones who have an actual motive. I suppose there's the guy who wanted to buy the place too. #monsterdon
Fool, locking the door is really not going to help. #monsterdon
That's right. Drop the lamp, scream and make no attempt whatsoever to get away. #monsterdon
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I mean, she sounds crazy, sure, but the hand is cut off after all. #monsterdon
Don't pin this on poor Karkov. Poor guy. #monsterdon
...oh, here we go... #monsterdon
"Julia, sell this place" that you have no actual evidence you even own yet. #monsterdon
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I really hope Julia's next. #monsterdon
Okay, I'd accept Mr. Burns too. #monsterdon
Okay, I'll accept that. #monsterdon
That's right. Handle the murder weapon with your bare hands. Top notch police work. #monsterdon
Okay, Flexner. This is not making you look good here... #monsterdon
Methinks that despite all the murderers here, Julia's the biggest ghoul in this establishment. #monsterdon
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If there's any justice in the world, she'll get it.
...and this is why you wait for the will to be found. #monsterdon
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Don't give her the pistol! What's wrong with you? #monsterdon
I didn't actually expect that. It seemed too obvious. #monsterdon
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Yup, it's a bubble! Only Nvidia is making money from LLMs. The others are losing tons of cash, and I don't see how they can keep this up much longer.
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Andy L.
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in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon I wonder how compulsory education works in a LAWLESS FREE-FIRE ZONE.
You'd think that the only people who showed up would be people who want to learn.
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Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon In every lawless zone, there's always one gang member who decides to wear a top hat.
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Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon This is such an old-man premise for a movie.
The kids these days. They're out of control! Not respectful like we were back in the olden days.
If this continues we'll need to use institutional violence to keep the kids in line!
Who is this movie for?
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Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon This movie is like a right wing teacher's fantasy come to life.
Just watching it I can feel myself getting older.
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Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon If only teachers had a predictable schedule, this could have been avoided.
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in reply to Andy L. • • •Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon Is he trying to do a "tough" voice?
Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon She's a small wonder!
Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon If I was in charge of converting war robots to teachers, I'd probably have removed the ammo from their rocket launchers.
To prevent damage to the facilities if nothing else.
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Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon "It's ok, It's ok."
It's really not, though.
Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon The other robots had a machine gun and a rocket launcher, this guy gets he claw from a claw machine.
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in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon If I ran a high school in the LAWLESS FREE-FIRE ZONES I wouldn't leave the fire axe on the wall.
That's just asking for trouble.
Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon Why were they BOTH in the bus?
They don't take two people to operate.
Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon Is this supposed to be parody?
Or are we not supposed to notice this scene is a Terminator rip-off?
Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •Andy L.
in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon Well, the second half was better than the first half.
I mean, it was still very stupid, but at least it wasn't a conservative old man's fantasy about how kids today don't have any respect.
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in reply to Andy L. • • •#Monsterdon This movie does raise an interesting philosophical question though.
How many gang members can die to save a single preppy girl and still be considered a happy ending?
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in reply to Andy L. • • •#monsterdon
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in reply to Andy L. • • •You are supposed to notice...in current fandom, it is recognized as an "homage"
(Hollywood stealing)
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in reply to Andy L. • • •In the 90s, terminator ripoff characters were de rigueur!
#Monsterdon
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in reply to Andy L. • • •#monsterdon
He was the military leader, so he had to read CLAWsewitz....
(sorry/notsorry)
Ben Ramsey
in reply to Andy L. • • •Take it off, baby!
Wait! Wait! Not *that* much! Put some back on!
#Monsterdon #ClassOf1999
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in reply to Andy L. • • •Still better than Steve Guttenberg doing Batman voice in 2 Lava 2 Lantula
#Monsterdon #MonsterMiru
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in reply to Andy L. • • •I'm thinking more cyborg..?
#Monsterdon
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in reply to Andy L. • • •Seriously, though. They could have waited a bit longer for the gangs to thin themselves out.
#Monsterdon #ClassOf1999
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