Best Song this year was absolutely stacked. Each nominee deserved to win in years that they weren't up against each other. I think a lot of people will hate that an overplayed pop song won, and each of the other songs will have people who rooted for it, but I definitely see why Golden took it.

We all know that social media doesn't care about context it only cares about engagement, right? Well, same goes for LLMs. Even if you use them "ironically" to make fun of it, they still get any benefits that they would get from sincere use, and all of the downsides of using them still apply.

Saw some YouTube comments where several people were arguing over if a sound effect used was the Wilhelm Scream or the Howie Scream. Like, you're already on YouTube! You know exactly how to look this up and see if you're right or wrong!

We all know that social media doesn't care about context it only cares about engagement, right? Well, same goes for LLMs. Even if you use them "ironically" to make fun of it, they still get any benefits that they would get from sincere use, and all of the downsides of using them still apply.

Sometimes even the tiniest whiffs of karma can be so satisfying to my sense of smug. So much so that I'm sure karma is waiting around the corner to punish me for my smugness.

Smiling Like An Unaliver

Calling all tech savvy tinkerers! A few years ago I bought some cheap generic "smartwatch", and most of its functionality is tied to the VeryFit app. Does anybody know if/how this can be hacked to not depend on the app? Also, does anybody know of other cools things these might be hacked to do? :)

Time to continue my first play of OG Tomb Raider! twitch.tv/lunarlizzy

After giving it some thought I have decided to continue playing the adorable action-adventure platformer Monster Boy IV on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, since I was really enjoying it during Saturday night's Variety Jam stream! See you in a couple of hours on Twitch 😉💜🎮

The planets have aligned to bring you another chill Variety Jam on Retro Console Night over at CobraCommanda on Twitch on this final day of February! 🪐 I think we could all use some relaxing times right about now, so I hope you'll sail on over and vibe with us for a bit ⛵️🌊🥃

It's TIIIIIME! Episode 1 of my Resident Evil Requiem experience is now live on YouTube in shiny 4k! Link in the comments ❤️

Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie is the shiningest example of a movie having the soul that A.I. is literally impossible of generating. Neither the best nor least best moments of the movie would be at all interesting without the magic of "how did they do that?"

I wonder if I need to find a replacement internal PC speaker, or if it's a motherboard issue

You ever have that feeling when you play a classic game from the 80s or 90s and it's from something like Electronic Arts or Activision and it's really fun and you think to yourself, "man, this is from when they were a better company"? Yeah, that's how I feel right now. 💛

Ultima fans know that this would be a bad idea. A very, very bad idea.

If this song were performed by A.I. it would be meaningless. What blows me away by this song is seeing them perform it live. That vocal range is coming from a person, and even other people who trained as much as she did might not even be this talented. youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

One of these days I want to get a clicky IBM keyboard. I use mechanical keyboards at home and work and now membrane keyboards feel squooshy and gross and tire out my fingers. This one somehow feels especially hard to press the keys, like I'm pushing them down onto a thick sponge.

Look what I acquired today! Finally got a 486 to go with my CRT monitor. :) Look at those crisp colours!

Not in the selfie mood today so have a glamour shot of my n64 instead. Were continuing Ocarina of Time. ⏯️ twitcy.tv/trashrandicoot

Sorry, posted a wrong link earlier. This is the correct one. Thanks @sonneveld.bsky.social for letting me know! Please everybody, if you can afford to spare anything, every little bit helps! Thank you, everybody! gofund.me/ce0d42375

@richardgarriott.bsky.social I don't suppose you might be able to toss a coin to Gallara, would you? 💛

Always so humbled by the outpouring of generosity shown for Cran. We raised the money for Amber's cremation but Cran and Fiona are still in hot waters. Please, I'm sorry to have to keep asking, but if you can afford to spare anything, every little bit helps! TYSM!! www.gofundme.com/manage/urgen...

My Birthday is next Sat and you all are cordially invited to my party! I'll be doing 2 player retro roulette w/ THE @feeshie.bsky.social ! In the evening I'll be joined by the wonderful @jazzyxkitten.bsky.social, @jaybeeretro.bsky.social, and @/volcw for a Crash Bash Ultimate Faceoff!

I really don't know why I do this to myself. 🤦‍♀️ It was like Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster 2.0 but minus the joys of Tim Curry. We did manage to get through Lighthouse: The Dark Being... in 8.5 hours. No stream tomorrow (Friday) night, I'm recovering. 😩

Ran out of room for the link: www.gofundme.com/manage/urgen...

The situations have, sadly, NOT been improving for Cran, and worst of all now, her (and our) dearly beloved Amber has passed away. I hate having to keep asking after people have already been so mind-blowingly generous, but she needs $400 for the cremation so Amber can stay home.

The more I think of it, the more I feel that, as far as I'm concerned, AI generated music is the antithesis to everything that's cool about music. Perhaps the biggest point being: wouldn't it be depressing to emotionally connect with something an algorithm shat out?

"Nobody's Daughter" was Hole's first album since "Celebrity Skin" 12 years earlier, and 6 years after Love's underrated solo album, "America's Sweetheart." The entire album was an overwhelming meh. Wikipedia says they released "Skinny Little Bitch" as the first single, which was... just ok.

As a new immigrant to Linux Mint this year, it's been great! It is recommended more for people who like computers as a hobby because some things don't "just work", and I am left behind a few steps on NVIDIA updates, but it's been fun to tinker around on and try to figure things out.

Also, why have people decided that "vs" is pronounced "verse"? I'm sure I've complained about this before but I'm no closer to an answer and I can't recall the last time I heard anybody actually say "versus" properly.

Protip: saying "RPG game" is like saying "ATM machine" or "PIN number". Why put in the extra just to be wrong?

Tofu lovers know how to make tofu very flavourful. Sadly, there have been too many times I've ordered tofu dishes that just chopped up tofu and threw it into a dish so you get warm gelatinous cubes of bland. I think more people would be open to tofu if they ever had it made well.

Low lighting in the room, a CRT, and some DOS gaming. Photos cannot do this setup justice.

Jimmy Eat World Order

No, if you ask him, he was ICE before it was mainstream.

I stopped waiting on things- waiting for a better season, waiting for the weekends, waiting on others, waiting for the right moments And then a small creature came into my life and showed me how to take and use all that joy I've been storing away while waiting all these years

Hey, let's share this again! I was able to scrounge up something. I'm still between jobs, but had some to share and I gladly did. I think even a small ammount means a lot.

Today was a great time💙 Now going to sit and play Pokemon Emerald with friends Come say hi if you can Twitch.tv/igameforpain

Fucking chilling. youtu.be/DQicYslxGgE?...

Looking for a good new Retro streamer looking for a good community? Go check out my friend Glitch: www.twitch.tv/glitchwitch_plays

I never noticed before but apparently Bluesky mods can tag posts and accounts as "rude". Why?? If it were rude, wouldn't we know without having to be told? Has anybody ever been like "hmmm this foul languaged non-constructive post could possibly be rude but I'm not sure and need verification"?

"Fine, don't invite me to your pedophile party! I'll just go and make an AI that will let me forcibly remove minors' clothes. So there!" - Elon, evidently

Model pose for my totally super serious going live post. We Crash'n, we Trash'n. twitch.tv/trashrandicoot #ps1 #crashbandicoot #retroachievements

Great stream tonight! Managed to get two missions done tonight, albeit with some luck! Thank you all for the support and for stopping by! I hope to see y'all tomorrow for more N64 Resident Evil 2!

The murders of your friends and neighbours will continue until morale improves.

Duckduckgo search site has now made AI optional and includes a setting to block AI images in search results!

I finally found an NES for my collection. She will fit in nicely. 😈

Block and report them en mass.

Live now with more Gabe 3! twitch.tv/cobracommanda 😉🧛‍♂️👼💜🎮