Own Your Life - Books
In the spirit of gift giving and because @dalleyan made me think about it today, here's a list of articles and websites that may be of interest to those who like to read digital media, and do NOT like when the digital media that they paid for simply vanishes. (The future the tech companies want is 'everything is a subscription, and if you don't pay, you lose everything you ever had or did on this system'):
Anyway. I just thought this was interesting.
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I can't get over that last scene from this episode. that long pause where sam was quietly grabbing a drink and you could barely hear celia talking to jack as she put him to bed in the other room. nothing was happening in that moment that needed to be recorded. no terrible events no big revelations. just sam and celia quietly going about their lives, sharing a domestic moment.
as something watched and listened. and we don't know why it's listening.
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i think image gen can be used like any other artistic tool but I don't really think the big commerical proponents of "ai" are advertising it as a tool, they're adertising it as a solution. I also think it's intellectually dishonest to argue that image generation is exactly like "using photoshop/taking a photograph" because of some generalized "those were also criticized at their conception for being new and scary and disruptive" soundbite. they were not even really criticized for the same reasons. find a better argument.
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Can we talk about how fucked up it is that writers even have to ask people not to put their work into an AI?
Like what the actual fuck is wrong with some people that they think they're entitled to steal someone else's work and then ask an AI to finish it
I don't care if your favorite fic author hasn't updated in two weeks or ten years. Those fics aren't yours and you are NOT entitled to steal them and run them through a bullshit generator
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Lambda's currently sat at his desk, hunched in front of his computer, feverishly typing away.
"Who the heck does this person think they are? I can't believe someone would be this dumb.", he grumbles, mostly to himself as he was the only one in the room. (And because Skip was asleep elsewhere.)
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[cybercds]: no way. bloodstorm 2: blood will rain is a TERRIBLE sequel. it was so rushed out and it sooo shows. half the maps are ugly or are so bright it hurts to look at, only 3 of the weapons actually right!
[cybercds]: *work
[cybercds]: and on top of that, theres the fricking rocket+ ice feet glitch combo that you have to deal with the entire game that just ruins the gameplay! its not even bad in the fun way. why would you ever wanna play it when bloodstorm 1 is right there?
[cybercds]: and don't even get me started on the story! its so bad bc of the rush to get it out and i really, REALLY hate the reveal of the vampires' creators being aliens. it literally doesnt make any sense especially since 2 is supposed to be connected to the lore of the first game and in the 1st game it was established that the vampires were made by demons! like what even????
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He pauses, interlacing his fingers as he waits for a response. Not a minute later before ding! His eyes scan over the screen and hangs his head with a sigh.
It was going to be a long night.
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kay so i work at a theatre (the weirdest one in the world imo) and tonight! we have a twilight themed burlesque performance that i knew you, the twilight mutual in my phone, had to know about. i can hear staying alive playing from the theatre as i write this. i feel like everything about this is perfect
the plot of twilight is edward desperately singing stayin alive at bella meanwhile she throws herself in the middle of every disastrous situation in a 100 mile radius and asks him to kill her
It always catches me off guard when I remember twilight was/is like. a whole phenomenon. and not just the weird book series I read like seven times over at age 13. I see other people say they've read it or see a reference in pop culture and my brain has to reboot because it simply does not make sense
you're right I had to know about this so ty for sharing; I hope everyone in the performance and audience had fun :)
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I SAW YOUR TAGS ON THE NEMI DATE COSPLAY AHJDBFHJFGFD. Did you also ever mix AI stuff with your wol? I'm curious now (I may unfortunately have given her some Falco coding much to her pain hehe)
OH MY GOD UHHH yeah once <3 just back when i was salty about venat dying so i was like um. eyed ball. but genuinely yours is so cool qanuhjwnsuthhjtbfjd. also falco coding ????? i see ANYWAY I LOVE YOUR LITTLE CROSSOVER
anyway ill attach it but i am like mildly embarrassed of it and its on my old computer which is fully 100% unable to connect to the internet. but i continue to hoard all of my drawings somewhere always because they are my treasures
throwback :]
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