Something I've been thinking about regarding digital identification is that with the raise of generative tools, there will eventually be no going around a need for something to distinguish real people from machines in the digital realm. Digital IDs issued by governments seem like an obvious […]

An authentic soundtrack for high fantasy settings shouldn't just be orchestral and folk adjacent music, it should also include some ripping EDM and synths cuz what do you think what type of music your illusion magic bard is gonna do #gaming #rpg #fantasy

I got shadow banned (I no longer cast a shadow)

Would you hire a developer that has read every code base and documentation ever made, and has written thousands of lines of code but never have they ever actually ran any code or software to see what the results of the code look and behave like in practice? AIs have been trained on trillions of […]

My (arch btw) linux system is slowly deteriorating in oddly specific ways and I have no idea what's going on. I thought I'd be safe if I just don't mess with it much but apparently not it'll find ways to break all on its own. #linux #arch

[df, ol, kk, lmn] please don't abbreviate content warnings, people won't know what the abbreviation means until they open the content warning and see the content. That's the exact opposite of what a content warning is supposed to do when it turns out that its a kind of content that makes them […]

Introducing: My new, innovative unpickable lock! (I welded the door closed)

All FOSS software projects without animal mascots are now banned

[Terrible, completely awful cursed idea, AI related] "Lossy compression" powered by GenAI to compress image/video. You input an image or video and the AI generates alt text based on it to reduce the filesize to a few kilobytes. To uncompress you input that text back into an AI image generator […]

Dear video game devs: Please let me play as something that isn't humanoid. #gaming

Nintendo making that virtual boy accessory for the switch is hilarious because a part reason of why the virtual boy failed is because of its inconvenient and cumbersome form factor and they just straight replicated this exact form factor #Nintendo #virtualboy #switch #switch2

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I don't actually care much about Mega Raichu, You can't improve on what's already perfect! #Pokemon #megaraichu

I had been wishing for a new pokemon game where I play as a pokemon and interact with other pokemon but right now I really feel like this wish had been heard by a monkey's paw #Pokemon #pmd #MysteryDungeon #pokopia

Small PC pet peeve: I hate when apps forcibly change window focus to themselves, I often do something in or start one app and then switch to another while that's going and it just steals back focus while I'm in the middle of doing something else.

normalize being silly

Random fun fact: I often use wikipedia as a translator. A word can often be ambiguous and have multiple entirely different meanings depending on context. A wikipedia article is specifically about one certain topic. So by opening up a wikipedia article and then going to a different language I can […]

In the proposed regulation that supposedly aims to protect children from abuse, why are there exceptions for Military and Government? This kinda sends an implicit message that it is somehow OK for the Government and Military in particular to abuse children. #eu #chatcontrol

Important PSA for musicians: If your bass is growling that is NOT CUTE! A bass growls as a warning when it feels threatened or stressed! If your bass is growling at you back off slowly and give it some space until its calmed down. DO NOT make your bass growl on purpose!! #bass #Music #joke […]

Furries please STOP taking all the animal heads and putting them on top of human body shape! We're running out of matching parts! If this doesn't change soon we'll need to resort to putting human heads onto animal bodies to maintain the ecosystem! #furry #silly #joke

true 💯 #art #furry

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door. Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

how the fuck are the terms of use for VRChat over 4x longer than the ones for windows?! Over 1h reading time as opposed to around 14 minutes #vrchat

*rolls eyes so hard they escape my eyesockets and make a full round trip around the planet before returning back into my skull*

Gamepad controllers are nice and ergonomic, but for actually controlling things they honestly kinda suck. People usually have 10 fingers but the way a controller is designed you can only really use 4 of them (thumb for control stick/buttons, index finger for LR sholder buttons and triggers) […]

This is bad, I unfortunately don't have the text in English, but this may make it impossible for me to continue hosting this instance […]

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haven't actually played PEAK myself but looking at it I really wanna play a game with that kinda forelimb animation but as an animal

ohm ym gosh :blobfoxlurkaww:

Mastodon instance but instead of having a 500 character limit it has a 500 character requirement, you can't post unless the post is exactly 500 characters long. This would be a very good idea I promise it would encourage people to think through what they want to say and elaborate if needed but […]

If you're ever in an argument and the other person raises a really good point just say "No". They cannot convince you without your consent!

Cooking protip: Most foods taste heated up

whoops I accidentally put something on my keyboard, holding down a key, and idk what it did but I got rate limited lmao

I should use "You're absolutely right—" in my conversations more just to mess with people

"sideloading" is a stupid made up term invented to delegitimize installing software. Heres a bunch of other things I'm doing while "sidestepping" some supposed central authority: - sideshopping (buying stuff from a store that isn't amazon) - sidedining (eating or making food that isn't from […]

how do I install arch on my nds #linux #arch #halfjoking

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I like using software with animals as icon or mascot. I feel safe with the IT critters.

have you had your daily dose of tomfoolery yet?

Typical fantasy rpg but god missed his "make this guy into the protagonist hero"-beam and hit that guy's pet rat instead. So now the player has to save the world and do quests with all the restrictions that come with being a rat. #game #videogames #rpg #fantasy #animal

recently I stumbled upon ayaneo's upcoming new dual screen handheld and it kinda made me realize that the NDS style dual screen form factor is probably one of the best form factors for mobile foldable devices. Folding phones are technologically impressive but I feel like there's much more […]

I'd feel like a lot of people who get really upset at something they find objectionable and subsequently attempt to attack and destroy it simply were never given a proper chance to learn how to deal with and express displeasure in a healthy way.

Finance protip: If you want to save a fortune on income tax you can do so simply by not earning money!

Every day there's a chance you may get hit by a truck, or someone you love gets hit by a truck. Life can always throw you a curve ball out of nowhere so be sure to cherish every one of your moments alive, tell your friends you love them and lobby the government against allowing those massive […]

I propose replacing calories with watt-hours. - Almost same value (1 kilocalorie / Calorie is ~1.1 watt-hours) - more intuitive for people who use electricity - never the confusing between calories (science), Calories (food, which is technically kilocalories), kilocalories, and 'kilo Calories' […]

I slept wrong and now my back hurts like I got stabbed and every step I'm walking I'm making sounds like I'm a video game character standing in a continuous area hazard.

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

I was playing around with EQ curves a lot and noticed that DAMN, different headphones sound so massively different from each other. If you ever see people disagreeing what something sounds like online it's because they have different headphones/speakers and that makes it sound different. The […]