@arthurwyatt As an occasional kitten-rancher and aspiring part-time cat, I spotted at least twelve flaws in your containment system. However, I am contractually obligated by the Feline Council not to tell you what they are. :>
re: philosophy, what is this called?
@relee I dunno how accurately this describes what you're going for, but...
re: philosophy, what is this called?
@relee You might want to do a Wikipedia dive on "naturalism," specifically in a literary context. If they're talking about Mark Twain and Stephen Crane, you're in the right place.
@anthracite YES, THIS. <3 This sort of rework would fix a LOT of our problems -- that panel always looked so *flat* to me, too, and that totally fixed it. Great edit, hun. <3
re: Horror game idea (3). Mechanics and components. No jumpscares. No violence mentioned.
@JulieSqveakaroo I like this, this is a underserved horror genre in gaming. Kinda reminds me of both Danganroppa and the "No End House" season of Channel Zero, both of which are very good and NOT RECOMMENDED BECAUSE OF IT. XD
perv gear, zeerust, black ICE(?), extremely large polynomials and yes that is a euphemism for something
So @anthracite has new breast pumps. They are shiny and solid black and make her look rather like a cyborg. I want to dress her up in a trenchcoat and have a hot night of shadowrunning on the town together, maybe pennyskim the Orbital Bank of Zurich with her four terabit nipples.
re: wanna know what I fucking hate? mh - - -
@Leucrotta can u just imagine the LOOK when two old farts in yote fursuits... >:D
re: wanna know what I fucking hate? mh - - -
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AI discourse, New Yorker link
3. worse, we have an uncanny ability to anthropomorphize anything we interact with whether or not it has intelligence in that way.
basically people are computers for working with other people and thus like how a hammer makes everything look like a nail, we make everything look like a person
AI discourse, New Yorker link
and it hits me, the comparison to how rephrasing is often a good sign that people understand something but is not a good sign that computers do gets to some points that I've made several times:
1. that these relatively simple statistical models "work" says much more about how _we_ think than if the models think
2. that we don't have a non-anthropocentric model of intelligence and thus are doomed to fail to recognize intelligences we can't interact with
@porsupah low. standard. 😼
@spottyfox this is the Queen of Takes <3
re: a mileage marker; cw: vague and hollow tiger grump; eminently skippable
@treaclewasps i mean, it's in a general field of human endeavor i didn't care much about to start with and will be quite happy when it stops being a thing :)
@Austin_Dern that is certainly in alignment with the better spirits of the novel, yes and hail eris
but the original is still somewhat worth reading even if only just for the HILARIOUS UTTER CLOTHESLINING Wilson and Shea give to Atlas Shrugged (aka "Telemachus Sneezed.") XD
@Austin_Dern The real joke of course is that unlike The Treachery of Images, this actually IS what it says it isn't.
Or at least that is the joke I choose.
@Austin_Dern You're [a[ way off and [b] much better off continuing with your current impression anyhow. :D
(hoo lordy parts of the trilogy have NOT AGED WELL. one word for those in the know: "Mavis." *sigh*)
a mileage marker; cw: vague and hollow tiger grump; eminently skippable
there is a thing that i have ardently stopped caring about just now and quite suddenly and finally
it is not a person
but it is not something that will make you happier if i tell you i really have entirely stopped giving a shit about it
there is nothing i can do about it but this
so i leave this marker in the dirt
...but it's one of those "tiger markers" if you know what i mean so you might want to step around it anyhow
this is just a faintly more satisfying solution than doing nothing at all
you know -- poopin on it
sorry folks, the rain should get it in a couple days
@Austin_Dern Why, are you concerned your dog isn't getting enough cheese?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaines-Burgers (see "Trivia")
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read this, pitiful humans:
http://egypt.urnash.com/parallax/