Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

@CoyoteTraveller Less: if the experimental high > overwhelm over progress and deadlines, go for it, it's worth it.

@CoyoteTraveller (Back when I was building one dot in art skill, I was sort of loudly proud about being bad about it and improving without giving into self-deprecation, and didn't take it too seriously. Helped a ton.)

@CoyoteTraveller Good idea if comfortable with being bad at it and failure/improvement. Which is normal for building the skill, but can change internal narrative and self-esteem if susceptible to certain self-talk.

@maddy Verified on real hardware (via Everdrive). Fun map, thanks for sharing it!

(Runs at about 1/2 speed on hardware btw, definitely a limitation of large maps in the maker tool)

@Quest Are spaces like AO3 limited here on general "become creature" isekai or mostly "Pokémon-adjacent" fic?

Because in the former, I'm aware of some pretty good transhumanist fics/isekais. But I imagine the latter might be more limited because it's tied to ideas surrounding/about an existing IP, and the infuriatingly limited pool of official material to build from there.

Anyway, any time this kind of scheme comes up, the questions start with "how is this better than what already exists"? Usually it isn't.

Instead, ask "how can this be used to steal shitloads of money or user data". And you'll arrive very quickly at how it's probably going to get used.

When you get down to it, the reason tech keeps investing in blockchain or AI or whatever it is next week is they're all efficient money laundering engines.

They have no long term technical merit, or had it stripped away, to steal at scale. And the reason companies all go for it is they're getting a cut of the money.

We really, really need to tax the rich, until their lives stop being contests using these as table stakes to see who can enrich themselves the fastest.

@CoyoteTraveller Congrats!!