I think that Mary Shelly’s writing style is - being that I was not, in point of fact, born in such a time that allows me chronologically to understand or become privy to the mores and expectations upon which such a style of expression was formed to meet - somewhat, or rather very, dense and difficult to penetrate or possibly even to read such that I am unable to ascertain or determine quite what is attempting to have been, or being said with the words with which she is expressing and writing her intent thusly

… and that’s why I can never get past the prologue of Frankenstein

The Math Behind the Best-Selling Games: Perlin Noise

this is a really interesting and informative video, and I’m happy to finally (kinda) understand how Minecraft terrain gen works

now this is the kind of high-quality youtube content I signed up for

every time a project says “just use our Docker image!” the Docker image is broken

@ryker_rf5 oohh! I hope that she’s able to pick them up quickly! that’s exciting

Is Bunny the “talking” dog legit? Scientists are in the process of studying it

CW: video mentions a callous/cruel science experiment done on animals

it would be fucking incredible if dogs are actually capable of this kind of communication. that would do so much for their quality of life and maybe help humans see them more like people and less like inferior, less valuable creatures

I keep getting pushback on this but I'm gonna to keep saying it: We're NEVER going to free people from the clutches of Big Tech until we realize & respect that most computer users by far aren't actually computer users.

They don't give a shit about computers. They don't want to see a single line of code, ever.

They don't care about customization, "distros" or versions. They don't care about GUIs or desktop environments.

They just want to get to what they're doing; work or play.

#UX #tech

I went to a #NoKings gathering today. There were several democrat officials speaking, and the crowd was receptive to them but got bored when they started talking about California prop 50 and other partisan stuff. The crowd was louder and more receptive to calls of fighting fascism. The speakers did their usual self-agrandizement thanking the democratic party for social security and other stuff from before my grandparents were born. I was surprised by how many people my age in the crowd liked those statements. The older people were less impressed.

There was one speaker who is an activist working to rescue and hide people from ice. He was much more interesting and the crowd liked him a lot more than the old democrats. He knew how to hold a mic, speak loud, and pace himself with the energy of the crowd. He also knew how to speak in a way that touched on the anger against ice without saying anything that could be construed as calling for violence.

I think my takeaways are that people who are in the streets want to do something and make change now and not wait until they get to vote. Anyone who can give them a truly immediate call to action will get good results. Also, if you want to get into a public speaking sort of job, spend some time practicing with a microphone and speaking with your full dynamic range.

the latest issue of Retro Gamer (275) has the best warez story i’ve read this year

written by mike mika of digital eclipse

#warez #bbs #retroGaming

and that is surpassed only by making the cute girl and her assault weapon cyberpunk and giving her active camouflage and thermal vision

the aesthetic of {cute anime girl with massive fucking fantasy weapon} is surpassed only by {cute anime girl with highly-detailed military assault weapon, posed in a realistic shooting stance}

@kaylie huh - that really sucks. what I want to say is “they shouldn’t have made such a complex system in the first place - they should have simplified it” but that might be naïve. like maybe some systems are just inherently that complex and there’s nothing to be done about it

I think people massively underestimate how important it is to reduce conceptual complexity in any kind of system (software or otherwise)

and by “conceptual complexity” I mean “how many concepts someone needs to keep in mind in order to {work on or troubleshoot} the system”. so that means that (relatively) non-leaky abstractions are okay but leaky abstractions aren’t

edge computing is wild to me. why would you create so many new problems for yourself just to get a slightly faster latency? that’s asking for trouble IMO

Sacramento, CA No Kings is a great vibe! You all should show up to yours! 💜🇺🇲🏳️‍🌈

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