#data eater

[girls--complex]

Blood Toy

[nyctoheart]

i'm watching re:com gameplay because I've never played more than a couple hours of it, and zexion just straight up picks up riku at one point asdflkjasdf

[ok4ru]

So, I have this Sora live AU and I gave Data-Sora n Data Riku some new clothes

[curator-on-ao3]

If Star Trek can un-dead an unnamed yeoman from “The Cage,” I sure as hell expect to get Katrina Cornwell back.

[masked-fairy]

:3 funny siphonophore guy (demon in a human shaped shell)

[laatmaar]

A drawing i did on my phone of crona

[noxtivagus]

today's been fun so far hehe

[ame-x2]

112024

you know you've hit adulthood when what gets you excited is the prospect of having good vegetables 😭

[a-fix-of-muses]

Currently Listening To: "Dream Eater" by GHOST DATA, YMIR

[greasersinpoodleskirts4cumshots]

BEIJING

Ni hao ma

Pinyin for rendering ideographs for rapid data read or write access in computers. Pin-Yin.

Fu - happy

[fortruechaos]

Shadow shoots Maria a reassuring smile, his hand tightening around hers in return. He's growing used to this; her presence again, her smile, her voice--he's grateful, so grateful. "After I fell from the ARK, I lost all my memories," he says, beginning to recount the story, "and I had to do a lot of breaking and entering to get any of them back. I wound up in a sort of...white space a few times. Ones like this." He gestures with his free hand at the endless space of white. "I was able to speak to the Professor...and to you. And learn who I was. And understand my powers--the way I understood them before I fell."

"I want that for you, too--the chance to understand yourself and this body and its powers." More gently, in case she's feeling pressured, Shadow offers her a way out. "If you feel up to it, of course."

@fortruechaos said: " take my hand again . " (for maria!) ・。.・゜・.・. ⟡

❝ O..Okay, ❞ The blonde croaks meekly with a strained voice that wasn't her's. She stumbles a little, trying to maintain her balance as she takes her friend's hand. Shadow. He was the only thing in the world right now that made sense. Blurred memories and disjointed voices fill the girl's head, her heart still races with the same adrenaline that drove her actions aboard the ARK. She timidly glances around the room, unsure of where they were, or what's going on. Are they safe yet? It doesn't seem like it. ❝ Shadow? ❞ Maria squeaks, tightly gripping the Ultimate Lifeform's hand. ❝ What's happening? Where.. are we? ❞

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

Just saw ur vulture post. Could a dinosaur have a crown like a chicken? If so, which ones are most likely to have this feature?

I feel like chicken combs are one of those things that's so normal to us because we're familiar with chickens that we don't appreciate how wacky looking it is, like this animal's entire face gets turned into a massive billboard of red skin flaps.

As far as I'm aware there's no underlying bone structure that correlates to chickens' combs, so if an extinct dinosaur did have one we wouldn't see it in the fossil record unless it was exceptionally well preserved. That being said, there are a few guidelines that can help make some generally arm-wavey guesses about what may or may not have had them!

For predator species I'd say large brightly coloured billboards on the face are fairly unlikely since across most land vertebrates predators tend to prioritise stealth and blending in. I don't know for sure, but I would guess that more carrion-eating vultures have adornment because they don't need to stay hidden from their food, cause it's, y'know. dead.

Dromaeosaurs are generally though to be predators, although like most predators they probably incorporated scavenging into their feeding patterns and we don't know whether there were any species that specialised as carrion eaters! I have drawn dromaeosaurs with combs or crests before, and I definitely don't think it's an impossible suggestion, but I think it's most reasonable to give them muted colours like with this Saurornitholestes:

I would guess that smaller omnivorous or herbivorous maniraptorans like oviraptorosaurs or small ground birds are more likely candidates to have flashy skin on their faces, although large oviraptorosaurs with bony crests probably didn't also have a comb on top of that.

Something like Avimimus, which was a small oviraptorosaur that likely lived in groups according to a bonebed of at least ten individuals together. Something like a colourful comb or wattles on these guys could be used for social signalling or species recognition:

As far as I'm aware there's next to no skin data for small ornithischians like heterodontosaurids and ornithopods aside from the funky Kulindadromeus scales, but being small, mostly herbivorous, probably quite social animals I can see an evolutionary benefit to bright signalling structures! Alongside oviraptorosaurs, I think small ornithischians like Manidens here are probably the best non-avian analogue to modern ground fowl that have these kinda of wacky skin structures:

So overall. Yeah I think there's potential that Mesozoic dinosaurs could have had a chickenlike comb! Like with modern fowl, it would have evolutionary value to small social species as a display structure, but tradeoffs like being more visible to predators/prey would definitely be in play here.

I mean obviously the tradeoff is worth it in some cases since we get creatures like this walking around on this earth:

Basically my message with all this is like. When doing palaeoart look into what areas are open to speculation, then think about what factors might constrain those!

[keferon]

Why’d monster hunter brainstorm timetravel to the specific era the story takes place?

Will the others ever see his alt mode?

The reason is the same as in canon - he wanted to save Quark.

Okay, I'll try and keep this short and sweet.

Brainstorm lives in the far future and is happy with Quark, until one day it turns out that Quark has a fatal spark disease that will kill him if nothing is done about it. They of course go to the hospital, but it turns out that only certain types of the disease are treatable and modern science still can't do anything about it.

Long story short, no one knows how to cure Quark's spark.

Brainstorm, as a true scientist and a good conjunx, naturally begins to research the subject himself and stumbles upon some strange information. All the sources, studies and records on the study of this disease go back a long fucking way. All that modern scientists have been doing for the last million years is just improving and refining the method of treatment, which was invented in absolute antiquity.

Brainstorm investigates further.

He discovers, all the original research records belonged to a mech named Perseptor, who amongst many other things was studying sparks. And it's when Brainstorm manages to get his hands on copies of these very original records that he finally realises why no one has been able to take this research any further. The records are very well structured, detailed and accurate, but half of the information is taken out of nowhere. The Perseptor specifies the types of sparks that certain substances affect in certain ways, but nowhere does he mention where he got this information from. He might, for example, write that certain types of sparks tend to develop internal micro-cracks when exposed to certain factors for long periods of time. And Brainstorm, having read that, can only stare blankly into space, because yes, micro-cracks in sparks is something that exists. But even in his time, there's no equipment that can detect them if they're INSIDE. So how the hell did an ancient mech with his primitive tools figure all this out???

His curiosity isn't satisfied. The research just cuts off in the middle, as if the mech that did it just abandoned it or died suddenly.

Brainstorm, like many scientists before him, tries to start his own research based on the information pointed out by Perseptor, but finds himself at the same dead end as all the medicine of his time. He just doesn't have the same mysterious way of collecting data that this...Perseptor had.

And Quark isn't getting any better

Eventually, Brainstorm comes up with a brilliant idea. What if, instead of trying to find a cure, he just (ha! Just.) went back in time and saved the dude who was definitely going to invent the cure but didn't have time? He decides it's genius and creates a time machine.

He goes back in time to find Perseptor and well, he gets a surprise. Turns out the dude who researched spark disease was a spark eater. And also on the verge of starvation, but Brainstorm finds a way to help him, it's all good:) It turns out that all this time, Perseptor didn't have any mysterious equipment to analyse the sparks, he was the equipment himself. In fact, he didn't specify the sources of his findings for the research, because the phrase ‘I figured it out because it tasted different’ sounds incredibly compromising and would have signed Percy's death warrant if his notes had fallen into the wrong hands.

Next, I'm not sure how it would have developed. I think as the story progresses, Perseptor and Brainstorm work together to invent a cure for Quark. And then, if you like to cry, Brainstorm goes back to the future and cures him, and Perseptor stays in the past.

If you want adventure, Brainstorm could take Percy back to the future with him. Quark would be really fucking scared and confused at first, but they'd figure it out quickly and conjunx Percy into their futuristic fluffy pairing. (Also, I have a lot of fun thinking about Brainstorm and Quark showing Percy the advances of future science, and the future world in general.

Also, I think Brainstorm would do a good job of hiding his alt mode while he was in the past, but a couple of times would use it to escape from someone. One time he'd also give Percy a ride, and I know Percy would be incredibly freaked out by the breakneck speed that jets can achieve ahahaha

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That…wasn’t as short as I wanted…..my inner fic writer took control

[masked-fairy]

Data Eater makes me want to paint

[kitkatmochi]

Darling: *dozing off while filling a spreadsheet from hand written data*

Yan! Dream-eater: *watches*

Darling: *falls asleep*

Yan! Dream-eater: ..........

*timeskip*

Darling: *wakes up* shit- I forgot to- wait... what? *looks at the completed spreadsheet* oh I must've finished then?

[warframestuff]

Warframe: 1999 Estimated Build Sizes

Tenno,

With the arrival of Warframe: 1999 on all platforms this month, we would like to help prepare you for the Update with some rough update sizes on each platform well in advance:

PC: ~4.60 GB

PlayStation 4: ~1.34 GB

PlayStation 5: ~3.1 GB

Xbox One: ~46.33 GB1

Xbox Series: ~44.44 GB1

Nintendo Switch: ~2.52 GB2

iOS: ~1.53 GB3

1. Xbox One & Xbox Series Remaster : Our Xbox Tenno will notice a larger than normal build size since we have remastered Warframe’s data to optimize total disc space used. As a result, a full redownload of Warframe on Xbox consoles is required. However, this redownload will reduce the size of Warframe from ~58 GB down to ~45.4 GB on Xbox One and ~45.5 GB on Xbox Series when Warframe: 1999 releases.

2. Nintendo Switch Remaster : Our Nintendo Switch Tenno will also receive a small remaster which targets shaders, fonts, and more! This will reduce the overall build size by ~2 GB. The total build size on your Nintendo Switch should only go up by ~479MB after Warframe: 1999 launches.

3. iOS Download Size: When Warframe updates via the App Store, it must redownload the base install (approximately 3.95GB) which overwrites the previous install. In other words, while CERT updates require a roughly 3.95GB download, these updates are not adding 3.95 GB to your overall app size.

Upon the launch of the update, when you load the Warframe app, you will receive an “Update Available” popup as usual and be redirected to the App Store to do so.

Other Ways To Prepare For Warframe: 1999 Complete all main quests up to and including The Lotus Eaters. Visit our breakdown post here for more info. The completion of the The Duviri Paradox quest will also be required as it is moving from a side quest to a main quest!

Warframe: 1999 approaches. Load up your favourite On-Lyne track and jam out like it’s 1999.