Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
Pokemon ⚔️🛡, meta
@JulieSqveakaroo They're a rare(ish) spawn in the Sword version. They also have a high chance of dropping a good item. And folks love to receive them. 💜
Pokemon ⚔️🛡, meta
This game is forcing me to release Pokemon since the maximum is 32 boxes, but I feel... a bit uncomfortable that I reinvented this pattern. >..>
Pokemon ⚔️🛡, meta
@JulieSqveakaroo Inanimate waste, mind. I'm just having a little fun here. :p
Pokemon ⚔️🛡, meta
@JulieSqveakaroo Amusingly, it is in this game. The flavor text points out that Trubbish are used to keep spaces in the game clean by recycling leftover waste.
They show up as hotel cleaning staff, too.
Pokemon ⚔️🛡, meta
I've reached the point in the game where I have caught them all except for the other legendary and one other Pokemon, so I am finally organizing my boxes.
One of my boxes is now "Box o' Ditto", which is exactly what it says on the tin.
pol, existential threat, rambling thread
@technomancy @orrery Humans make a lot of mistakes, mind, but that's also part of the programming that keeps things stable. Not so for an AI with a perfect understanding of the wrong problem and infinite resources at its disposal.
pol, existential threat, rambling thread
@technomancy @orrery A corollary to this is that it's ethical and necessary to build and protect spaces that corporations cannot reach -- ie, spaces in service to humans instead of paperclip maximizers.
I think about this a lot in the context of Masto, re, why human administration just Does Better. And it's because its masters are different.
mildly sardonic reply
@mawr @DogMotif@snouts.online But Mawr, if it's not internet connected, how will the good marketing companies figure out exactly how you use the product so they can sell the data and microtarget you?
... which is a pretty compelling reason I will also hold out on dumb devices for as long as possible, sans my own tinkering with devices that I control.
with spoilers
@roguecnidarian Specifically, you can field "whatever.pokemon" through story, and the stuff they imported from Pokemon Go makes it trivial to level anything up or play in short bursts.
The hardest wall I've hit is figuring out my endgame team, and even there, you can rent prebuilt teams to just have fun with.
Goldkin
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@roguecnidarian Currently, this one seems to be the best game in the series for busy people. So if that factors in, it's recommended.
@Aradia It Totakeke is.
Goldkin
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Twitter is going to purge inactive users who haven't logged in the past 6 months on 11 December.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50567751
I know most of you don't use Twitter or moved on but if you have an inactive account that you don't want deleted, just peek in and peek out. That'll do it.
Goldkin
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begging for help with vet bill (long) (OK to RT)
It's been a stressful couple of weeks. My family searched everywhere for our missing cat for five days: searched his hiding places, visited all the shelters, canvassed the neighborhood with "lost cat" fliers, posted about him in a bunch of regional groups online, updated his microchip info, put his cat bed and toys out on the porch, everything. We'd just about given up hope for seeing him again, because he can't survive for long without getting medicine every day.
As a last effort, we cooked some chicken with the windows open. We couldn't believe it when he suddenly showed up at the door! ...Staggering, with a big infected wound that he must have had for days. We rushed him to the emergency vet, who put him on fluids, started cleaning him up, and had to keep him overnight for a few days. He's going in for surgery right now, as I write this.
His vet bill is still just an estimate, but it's at least USD$3200. They expect it to end up around $5500, depending on how his surgery goes. Those are scarily big numbers for us, but getting him this care was the right thing to do. We couldn't stand doing anything else. We're planning on rebuilding a porch to be a catio, to convince Mr. Wild Man Of The Woods to be a strictly indoor-only cat from now on, too. Still, this is difficult timing for such a big unexpected expense, because I'm not working right now, I'm a full-time student, as part of making a career change. I'd appreciate any help with paying off this vet bill. You can chip in to my Ko-Fi:
https://ko-fi.com/frameacloud
The lesson from this is that if you ever have a missing pet, cook their favorite food with the windows open *first.* It'll save you a *lot* of trouble.
@monorail Plot twist: your rival reveals they are the protagonist from the Mystery Dungeon games and fondly remember their time as a Pokemon. You both share a common camaraderie on being a Pokemon in secret.
Goldkin
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i want to see a pokemon fan game where you play as a pokemon who stole a trainer's hat
and discover that nobody can tell you're a pokemon as long as you're wearing the hat
the professor offers you a starter pokemon and you just kind of bat at one of the pokeballs with a paw, so they say "the strong silent type, yeah? some of the most powerful trainers in the world were the same way"
you fight the first gym leader by placing a pokeball down with your mouth and pressing the button, and your opponent is wowed by your eccentric technique
and the whole game continues that way until your hat gets knocked off in the middle of the battle with the champion
@Kavaeric@snouts.online I really like how well Minecraft works for brutalism. These look great!
Pokemon ⚔️🛡, mild spoilers
Holy deuce, I can see why Smogon banned Moody as an ability. Its +2/-1 stacks very quickly.
It's also kind of funny facing it in a max raid battle, since it can go off in very unpredictable ways for the opposing Pokemon. Which, uh, probably isn't the developers' intent, but does provide a welcome challenge.
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
