Slightly increase a band Vantablack Sabbath

Oh my god?

Everybody forgets the first rule of moderating a large online space

It really doesn't matter how objectively good the new dungeon in #FFXIV is because when you get to the second boss arena everyone yells "CHORT!!!" in chat and that means it's fun

In retrospect, the paperclip maximization thought experiment was adding in an unnecessary step (the paperclips).

Can confirm. Not great.

Sometimes I think about that "There is much pain in the world but not in this room" meme and it lifts me out of despair. There is something profound about the idea that - no matter how bad things may get - life is still full of simple pleasures we can experience together.

This is one of the things that people consistently tell me has stuck with them from Because Internet, if you're wondering whether a book about language on the internet is still worth reading a few years after it came out

Happy Mother's Day! 💎✨

You know, as a Jew, I've always been against crusades and inquisitions and the persecution of heretics and such. But honestly, if the Catholics were gonna decide to get on their bullshit again, this would be an opportune moment.

Clearly, being assigned female at birth confers an unfair athletic advantage.

this is why I really wanted my "AI does not exist" catch phrase to take off. they really got one over on us by getting the AI label to stick.

This is lovely. Also relatable.

I'm sorry @acollierastro.bsky.social but I couldn't finish your latest video. Halfway through I just started screaming and had to turn it off.

This is an amazing video.

Watched the latest Technology Connections last night. He's right - over long distances, the Toyota hybrids are better. But despite the Volt having the inferior drivetrain, I've gotten 70-80 mpg over the life of the car because I primarily run on battery. So it's mostly about how you use the car.

TIL: Sabrina Carpenter is jacked. Wow.

On any other site one it sucks enough I need to leave I deactivate/delete my account and fuck off. But when this site goes down I am 100% getting myself perma'd for sport.

Warning! You might see posts in the wild claiming "Hogwarts Legacy is free right now!" but this is malware, if you try and run it, it'll install Hogwarts Legacy on your PC.

I think the most interesting thing here is the Gru meme of it all. make the agent sycophantic to hook people -> agent becomes worse at the task -> have to fill the agent's context window with garbage to get it to ignore its programming

Meet the devs who refuse to let Same Face Syndrome plague their characters, plus a look at Anran’s newest face in @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social ‘s latest! www.mothership.blog/same-face-sy...

~10 years ago i began to lose patience for engineers building elaborate systems in service of an overarching project that was contemptible, and the approval they sought for their effort (w/o accepting judgment for the project they were serving) i think the same process began some time ago w/writing

have said this before but making 80-100k in germany is about as comfortable as making ~double that in the US. no one is thinking oh if only we could have what they have there

I love Star Wars!

I really like the Artemis pictures that are clearly taken from the window. It gives it a sense of ‘realness’. Like we’ve all tried to take a cool picture out of the window of an airplane only to have the reflection of the window spoil the image.

"looks like a PS1 game" my brother in christ cloud didn't have FINGERS

Intent in terms of Mens Rea hits different 20 years later and after seeing how often intent is how we apply the advantages of privilege in society. It seemed, kind, obvious and moral the first time I read about it. Now it makes me pretty uncomfortable.

This is a good book and you should read it. (Read the first one first, of course, it's also excellent.)

I mean, you *do* but only if you're poor or disabled and depend on means-tested benefits. Which is yet another reason means-testing is bad.

This is why you start children on a properly emplaced belt-fed

"Which is how we have found ourselves locked in an utterly pointless war with Iran, fighting to secure the conditions to fight the next war, which will be fought to preserve the gains of this war, which was to establish a position of superiority in regards to the next one."

becoming a mean girl (average of girls)

@evilhat.bsky.social I'm desperately trying to find a store in Southern Ontario that sells your stuff (and games like it) but came up dry at The Dragon in Guelph which was basically my last hope. Any idea where I can go to find indie TTRPGs (that aren't Pathfinder)?

Someone was telling me about a school nearby that focuses on STEM, but then she corrected herself to say "STEAM", and I realized that it might be easier for schools to just say "We don't teach history here."

Taking one of these fuckers down with a chainsaw was a highlight of my home-ownership era. Fuck these smelly, dangerous pieces of shit.

Really fascinating how polarizing the art style in #FFXIV seems to be (listening to the @vgbees.com podcast from a couple weeks ago). People either love it or hate it. Which is weird because the game is objectively gorgeous. I guess it's a question of, "do you like 3D anime characters"?

This fucks we should paint all our concrete buildings

Obligatory May Day post

Just gonna call them “Homogeneity hires.”

What I want is for them to give some of them happy endings. Y'shtola goes off to live with Runar. The Twins grow up and get positions on the Forum. G'raha and Krile rebuild the Students of Baldesion. Thancred and Urianger split time between Bestaways, the Crystarium, and their cottage in Il Mheg.

lol who out there playing on easy casuals

The only correct implementation of this website: result_field.innerText = "Controller"

Have you pet your chocobo lately?

Rabbi Tarfon once again tapping the sign fervently

We all need good news and that's why I'm here to tell you the children have a new challenge where you run as far as you can into the scientology center on hollywood Blvd. They're making maps. Scientology removed the outside door handles.

We got a double milkshake duck situation here...

Learning that the epic crowd work guy’s parents are a private equity guy and a woman who dated Jeff Epstein before watching the video really makes this hit different

When a company says "we're a family" they're never clear enough on what *kind* of family

I wouldn't sleep with someone who admitted to assigning me a number