grrgyle

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[–] grrgyle 4 points 10 hours ago

It's an unfortunate reality of our condition that a few rich people have to die so that the rest of the biosphere may be saved

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I love this. Sending it to my friend who's tormenting over turning thirty.

[–] grrgyle 13 points 11 hours ago

But LLMs have already achieved greater intelligence than venture capitalists — as shown by Sam Altman still getting money out of the VCs.

Heh.

[–] grrgyle 5 points 12 hours ago

Yeah I was specifically thinking of Remedy with Control as a shop that makes good use of the tech to put forward an aesthetic that isn't just flash and chrome.

But I believe they could make a beautiful game with a Voodoo 2 lol, they're that good.

[–] grrgyle 3 points 13 hours ago

Depends if you're just a hedonist, or a sadist, I imagine.

[–] grrgyle 2 points 13 hours ago

You and I have wildly different associations with this construct.

To me it sounds like silly phrasing. Just another version of "doth protest"

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[–] grrgyle 3 points 13 hours ago

Yes. All the time

[–] grrgyle 6 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Same. And I'm sick of all these stupid puddles everywhere. It's like how everything two generations ago looked wrapped in plastic because card makers were shovelling specular lightmaps or whatever.

It's just the vapid faces of fashion. A bullet point for the investors that'll impress for a moment, then be forgotten.

[–] grrgyle 18 points 14 hours ago

This was even in the latest Liam Neeson vehicle. They just haaad to work in that he had a wife, like his character couldn't stand on its own

 

Welcome to the sixth writing club update!

I hope everyone has had a good November (and part of December (these posts keep taking me longer and longer into the month to post - they're basically mid-month posts now lol)). These increased indoorsiness is often good for the types of projects we're embarked on.

So without further ado, here are our dashing Participants for the month!

Have a great December and new year!

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The morning cup (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 week ago by grrgyle to c/tea@feddit.uk
 

I'm just going to keep posting pictures of tea in various situations until someone tells me to cool it.

Description: a small white mug of dark English Breakfast tea with a longhaired cat looming over, all illuminated by a sunbeam.

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submitted 1 week ago by grrgyle to c/tea@lemmy.zip
 

Is what I say to myself as I shuffle away with my second cup of the morning.

Description: a dark cup of tea in a white and red mug with tiny pictures of landmarks on it

 

Description: a brown cup of tea, with milk in it, on a countertop

 

It's not my first choice, but it's gonna be TypeScript for me. I've got an interview for a primarily TS position coming up this week so would like to brush up on its quirks.

If the interview doesn't go well, then I'll probably switch to Go, though hehe. I've been really enjoying using it, but no one's ever paid me to do so.

 

I've been getting away with this for many years, and would like to pass it on to you now. It's like an intrusive thought, but a fun one.

For instance when writing to a friend:

Make sure to save yourself some Halloween candy!

Take a moment to muse over the modification:

Make sure to save Yousef some Halloween candy!

Who is this Yousef and why does he get your friend's candy?? Take a moment to enjoy this incongruity, then send the original message. Congratulations, you've just had a moment of whimsy, and no one's the wiser.

You'll find there's no end to what these Yousefs get themselves involved in. May also work with variants of the name like Joseph, I haven't tried.

Okay. Enjoy!

 

So I had it all wrong when I thought of "cli-fi" as a subset of sci-fi. The article makes a good case for normalising climate fiction - after all, climate change hasn't been only speculative for a long time.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by grrgyle to c/writing
 

Welcome to the fifth writing club update!

As I'm sure is the case with many of you, the news on my feed has been getting greyer along with the clouds outside, and so I find myself looking to solar punk as a glimpse through those clouds, at a better possible present.

I hope you are keeping safe and warm, and that your projects have been a source of strength and comfort for you.

Onward to our Participants!

As always, anyone and everyone is extremely welcome to comment or share their own work. And if you'd like to be included in the next writing club update, simply say what you're working on this month.

Have a good November, folks. :)

 

TIL

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submitted 2 months ago by grrgyle to c/writing
 

Welcome to the fourth writing club update! See previous writing clubs here. I hope you have all been able to charge up your batteries in the sunshine, and got the chance to step on some extra crunchy leaves.

Here are our participants! People who have stated their writing goals in the previous writing club post in September:

Participants!

As always, anyone and everyone is super duper welcome to comment or share their own work. And if you'd like to be included in the next writing club update, simply say what you're working on this month.

Have a great October!

 

Description: A skillet with roughly breaded triangular chunks of tofu cooking in it. The pieces of tofu are arranged so that they're laying in the the skillet on a short side with a point sticking up.

I feel like I've attained a new level in veg/an cooking (this is 100% vegan, to be clear): crisping the tofu on three sides.

Normally I'll just jostle the pan and let nature take its course, but I was trying a new breading (crushed up some stale woven wheat crackers + spices). It turned out really well.

Tofu marinade was nothing extra: sesame oil, spicy mustard, and splash of sauce soya.

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Grackles are pretty cool (self.microthoughts)
 

Self explanatory.

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