considering Everything, the steam machine price is actually a lot better than I expected. I was originally sure it would be $1000 _before_ the ram price gouging, so the fact that I was only $50 off _after_ the ram price gouging is kind of astounding it won't surprise me if they raise it later

it seems like I just won't be sleeping half-decently at all until probably october. summer literally just started and we're already at maximum capacity for my air conditioner

[physical discomfort] biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig headache

I don't really feel like myself right now and I don't like it and I mean that in a literal sense, not as a euphemism for being in a bad mood. I feel like I'm somewhere between 50% and 80% somebody else right now

[incredible exchange from the hardware store] cashier: oh, i’ve never seen that name before! I like it! customer: thanks, it’s Gaelic cashier: happy pride

[physical discomfort] having one of those days where some random patches of my skin hurts a lot even though there's nothing wrong with it. no injuries, no rash, nothing at all, it just Decided that it Must hurt right now

[youtube complaining] I no longer believe that the trash garbage in my recommendations is algorithmic. I have watched absolutely nothing that could even tangentially be construed as marking me interested in pro-AI/LLM circlejerking, even less so elon musk suckups, and 1000 times less so for […]

[perhaps body horror] I think it would be cool if I could donate my body to science while still being alive for it. I want to be on the operating table, numb but conscious, observing and asking questions while they fiddle around with my various components trying to figure out what causes my fatigue

the app I use for manga got an update that added webdav sync support. cool I tried setting it up and it doesn't actually function as sync at all, because if you try to sync a second device, it just errors out and complains that a different device modified the file. uncool the webdav feature is […]

the game that I bought a ps vita for, and still haven't played the vita exclusive characters despite that, is coming to steam. I'm happy about it. vanillaware games must all be freed from console exclusivity https://store.steampowered.com/app/4253770/Muramasa_Revenant_Blades/

kill jester

was feeling up for a bit of writing today, which I haven't done in too long (again), but I have suddenly completely deflated

it would be pretty cool to be friends with a neanderthal I think

you know, as much as I think cars can be cool and modifying them is especially cool, I also think it's extremely antisocial behavior to make a car so loud that just starting the engine can cause hearing damage and then using that as a daily driver in an apartment complex

perhaps I should seek out a full psych evaluation. through the cruelty of fate, that seems much easier than finding a good therapist, and also much more likely to provide me with insight

currently plagued by a constant feeling of there being hair in the corner of my mouth even though there isn't

every update about fluxer makes me like it less than I already did seeing the self hosting guide that finally came out suggest 4 cores and 8gb of ram for a _small_ community, with a docker compose file multiple pages long, makes me _really_ dislike it it increasingly seems XMPP is my only answer

you ever find yourself listening to someone talk, or reading something, and realizing that you know all the words, but you don't understand any of it? it's not like they're speaking another language, you know the language, it just isn't making sense, even though you know it should it's a bit scary

been messing with niri for a while now. I really love the infinite horizontal scroll with vertical workspaces, and I can tell the hotkeys would become second nature quickly if I switched, but unfortunately I like kde plasma too much to do that karousel needs multi monitor support NOW, for me only

thinking about forums again and decided to start putting together a document full of Plans and Thoughts. originally I wanted to use nodebb because of its activitypub support. turns out it's full of LLM code mybb and phpbb have both been touched by github copilot, but only a couple times. SMF […]

a new item enters kit's book of tricks: any person who dislikes cats for any reason other than trauma probably doesn't respect autistic people. very reliable red flag so far

Just your average, super cute maid! #oc #art #ocsky #PromisedWorld

I don't know when this happened, but a big ol' moth made their way into my room and has been hanging out on the edge of my desk we're friends now

I should get into .hack

[cops] hello fedi. two masked police officers showed up at my door today and asked for me by name. it took an hour to get them to go away, and in all that time, I didn't get any information whatsoever about why they were here, except that they REALLY wanted my ID gotta say, not a fan of that

I would like to go to sleep now so I can sleep through the hottest part of the day. unfortunately my body has refused to cooperate I was also stunlocked all night from the upstairs hum and am now too tired to do anything cool despite not being tired enough to sleep apparently

I regret to inform you all that the heat has attacked and I have been decisively defeated in thermal combat I can hardly move a muscle and my consciousness is dangerously low even with a fan pointed right at me

you know, despite all my issues with forza horizon, there is one thing I can really give it a lot of credit for: the goliath. I love a severely long race. that's why we all love the nordschliefe, isn't it? the goliath in fh6 is four times longer than that I want races like that in better games

there are a bunch of games I have installed because I wanted to play them specifically to write about them, and they all eat so much storage space. I need to get around to actually doing that just so I can delete them several shooters in that bunch, but I _think_ these shooters will at least […]

when you eat food do you search for what looks like the best bite and deliberately eat around it so the last bite will be the best one or are you normal

[complaining] I need to stop keeping up with tech news because there is never anything good anymore, all that happens is I feel a growing desire to see a lot of expensive buildings get blown up it's not like I'd ever be able to afford any new tech anyway

I have successfully defeated pragmata before the heat wave reached me. won't be playing the postgame for a long while at least, not just because it'll be too hot for it, but also because I want to continue on steam very good and satisfying game, I'm happy I played it. more like this please

Finished more #poly #yuri for #pridemonth ! It's the same throuple from the previous drawing ( https://vt.social/@ExpiredPopsicle/116687482692933271 ). #polyamorous #lgbtq #art #mastoart #armoredcore #rust #pride #lgbt #robotgirl #catgirl

this came to me in a dream and i thought it was the funniest shit ever @VoicesOfTheVoid #votv #voicesofthevoid

huh. #oc

is it extremely annoying to hear people pronounce tomodachi as tamadachi or is that just me

very good kit news: I'm having interesting dreams again, and I'm actually remembering some of them again. this can only mean one of two things: - life is getting better and I'm under less stress - my tenuous grasp on reality is slipping even further I'm happy with either, honestly

[cwboost: interesting and positive LLM news] RE: https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116725663205605698

there's a game called robot hospice that's been on my steam wishlist for a while, because I loved the premise. it just released. it also just got an AI disclosure. cool

I should write a story where powerscaling is a real in-universe thing and get real silly with it

it would be fun to load up garry's mod or tf2 or something along those lines and just putter around the weirdest custom maps I can find like a transdimensional tourist vrchat is also good for this, but that involves playing vrchat

hey, sorry to bother you, but could you help me find my marbles? I don't know where they went, but they couldn't have gotten far

positive change at youtube: they have adopted an AI policy that _requires_ creators to disclose any use of AI with a simple yes or no choice when uploading, and answering yes puts a little AI disclosure by the title on the video page this means undisclosed AI is now officially a reportable offense

pragmata is actually really, really good, and it's really surprising me just how much I'm enjoying it there's actual level design, actual enemy variety, actually engaging combat (REALLY engaging combat actually), and it has managed to do two unthinkable things to me 1: made me lean forward 2 […]

it only took two entire months since they announced the update for them to actually release it in the main branch it's also windows only. no more linux build. which is annoying, but not the end of the world what's a lot more annoying is the fact that the game is still listed as having a linux […]

there are so many static site builders out there, and all of them suck. yes, even that one you know why they all suck? because the only one I'm aware of that has a graphical interface is disgustingly limited in its capability and everything it makes looks the same we need graphical website […]

today has gone pretty well, all things considered. I fixed my chimera linux issue, fixed my cat tree, and now I played two hours of a video game, something I haven't done in way too long it was pragmata, despite my distaste for modern mainstream gaming, but you know what? it's pretty good so far

I took apart the cat tree in my room so I could swap its pieces around and restore the scratching posts my cat liked to use, but she thought I was taking it away forever and was Very Upset. now it's all back together and she's sitting on the top of it glaring at me like a bridge troll

once again I have awakened without a single coherent thought in my head, only a vague feeling of loss and confusion there's something to this, I just need to figure out what it is