Olives @olives@social.cleverlibre.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNjHxhljAck Looks cute but is it as cute under the surface...?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNUg4ZziL94 Cram School Live Parody. This is absolutely hilarious.
@freemo There are guns in the Netherlands?
@freemo @LouisIngenthron @luna I don't think it's necessarily anti-trans to think there's a proper way to use grammar, although if someone's pedantic within this particular context, then it might be irksome.
Someone quibbled with me once over "they", because that wasn't proper English, although that was around a decade ago.
No one does it to me now, although maybe I just interact with people who're somewhat nice.
I've always found a utility to it. When you're on the Internet, who knows what someone's gender is. It never made sense to me to assume everyone's a "man".
Since some feel more comfortable being addressed with it, that's another good attribute for it.
That makes a lot of sense to me too. Perhaps, someone isn't comfortable with either the she / he pronoun, or a particular gender role.
Language is an evolving thing, and maybe, there isn't a fixed way to do things, but I can see why you'd want a consistent standard for many things in a professional setting.
If you're wondering why Twitter moderation has gotten so bad / censorious, it might have to do with Elon Suck up Ella Irwin practically admitting they're not really bothering with impact assessments any more to figure out if a moderation change has a detrimental impact.
@freemo That's a bit too on the nose, lol. Subtlety.
Higurashi was such a fun anime / Visual Novel.
Ryukishi never made as good a horror after that, although Umineko has it's charm.
The other horror titles in anime can't really compare, in my opinion.
Maybe, someone should create a film based on conspiracy theories with an element of horror and murder.
Throw in lots of paranoia and "they're out to get us" and have them interpret every little "sign" as evidence of a nefarious plan.
In particular, I would pitch them as the real baddies, but I don't think you have to reveal that right away :)
Trek will always be the more fun one.
Borg episodes are particularly fun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
It's interesting Microsoft who used to try to subvert open standards invested in OpenAI.
A bunch of grifters who tried to leverage open source to promote themselves before coming up with a perfunctory excuse to pivot to a model where they can make lots of money via APIs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/17/the-us-has-spent-over-a-trillion-dollars-fighting-war-on-drugs.html Heritage Foundation getting in the way.
I'm not a fan of trigger warnings, or I suppose they're called content warnings now.
They're likely to chill expression, and some studies show someone might feel *more* distress, if they view content after having seen a CW.
Even if someone doesn't feel more distress, it doesn't appear to reduce distress.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brainstorm/201904/do-trigger-warnings-actually-work
The more I see, the more the culture war feels like a grift so that a bunch of Republicans can engage in acts of performative outrage.
It's convenient Elon goes on about AI becoming "sentient" and wants his competitors to wait just enough time for him to train his own AI after signalling his intention to do so.
https://www.nandgame.com A cool game where you build up a computer from it's smallest components through many levels, although I warn you, it gets tricky, hehe.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hamburger-marys-desantis-florida-sued-b2344748.html
Restaurant Hamburger Mary's sues Florida over drag ban. Argues that it's hurt it's business and that it's a violation of the First Amendment.
@LouisIngenthron If it was one of those novels where the virus might leave you alone, turn you into a zombie, or make you awaken supernatural powers, obviously I would throw fireballs at them.
I wonder if you could parkour jump from roof to roof like in some films. Probably not.
Maybe, you can leverage the power of petroleum to drive through them with a car, or set them on fire?
https://www.badinternetbills.com/ United States. You should oppose all these bad unconstitutional bills.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/25/the-warhol-decision-how-scotus-forgot-the-first-amendment-turned-copyright-into-a-liability-time-bomb/
Here's a far more critical take where Cathy talks about how the Supreme Court trampled all over the most beloved First Amendment.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
