history, EPIC 2014, YouTube link
It's interesting to rewatch this video from 2004 today and compare its predictions with reality: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt3TmUW90B8
(There's also an updated version from 2005 that took things further with local search.)
us politics, net neutrality, call to action (boost with CW)
From @tindall in https://cybre.space/@tindall/103703710798933420
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Go make more comments on net neutrality! A court forced the FCC to open another PCP.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/21/fcc_net_neutrality/
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From the end of the article in the link:
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To file a public comment, see the obfuscated info here https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-168A1.pdf [PDF] and submit your thoughts here https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express , quoting proceedings 17-108 for net neutrality aka restoring internet freedom, by the end of March.
"Dot Com Boom" Corp Culture Theory [2/2]
@mawr And yes, quite a few VCs do try to use this whole game as their own personal tax shelter or money laundering vehicle on top of that.
"Dot Com Boom" Corp Culture Theory [2/2]
@mawr Reminder that interest payments on debt are also tax deductible. Those same business classes I had in college gave entire lectures about how to structure debt in a company to get the highest return, and the numbers were typically in the range of 50-75%.
One of the key formulas: Assets = Liabilities + Shareholder's Equity. Guess which parts typically gets jacked way up at the start of early VC funding.
Thought experiment: What if it were made illegal for parent companies to brand their products without the parent company name listed first?
@mawr Though maybe the better education was spending a couple months playing EVE, reading up on how players exploit its economy and learned to hide their assets, then realizing the real world works that way too.
Thought experiment: What if it were made illegal for parent companies to brand their products without the parent company name listed first?
@mawr The real eye opener to me, during a few business classes in college, was learning just how much of the world is owned by Tata or Unilever, and just how easy it is for them to file for a new corporation anywhere.
After that, it became pretty easy to realize we're all just line items in one or more corrupt billionaire's spreadsheets.
@chr It won't do animations or rigging, but at least there's a not-terrible sculpt modeler now (Sculptura).
Quick doodle to put it through its paces:
art by others, tiny synth dragon
I like this aesthetic so very, very much: http://d.facdn.net/art/fortuna/1559384536/1559384536.fortuna_mini_derg.png
Synth sharks with degauss buttons just below their facescreens, on their snoots.
I'm calling out @Electrum these two sharks for giving me that idea
Cw: Transphobia, Seattle TSA
@mawr Can confirm IME. Sorry you had to go through that, glad you're otherwise okay!
Pokemon Home, banter
Cosplay Pikachu can't be transferred forward from ORAS unfortunately. So I made it the head of my party and started hatching eggs for transfer.
And then I ran into a trainer battle I'd forgotten, in which I beat a full opposing party with my level 20 frilly Pikachu to finish hatching those eggs.
Pokemon Home, banter
So let's see what I was using this for at the time, and...
...
... huh.
kaiju dating sim, kickstarter link
This seems promising: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squiddershins/kaichu-kaiju-dating-sim
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