Procrastination Playground

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[figurecollection]

Junah 1/7 Scale by Kotobukiya, from Metaphor: ReFantazio

[demilypyro]

Somnium Files is so absolutely laden with wordplay. it centers around eyes, and AI, which sounds kind of like "a eye." "ai" is also the Japanese word for love, which is also mentioned. like you noticed, "AI-Ball" sounds like "eyeball." incidentally, the AI's name is Aiba, which also sounds like "eyeball." one of the main character's names is Iris, as in, part of an eye. her name is also connected to the winter iris flower, as well as the Egyptian god Osiris. there are a lot of references to Egypt, actually. the AI system is called Wadjet, which is the left eye of the god Horus, and instead of the messaging app LINE, they use NILE. some of the puns are more subtle, such as how Mizuki Okiura's family name is based vaguely on how a Japanese person would say "ocular." it goes deep.

[foxdemonkurama]

Witch Hat Atelier Trailer vs Manga | Coco

[frolixkav]

[bnushtird]

[shencomix]

[whalefill]

clouds pt.2 !

[thepromiscuousfinger]

[dekmael]

[ico-ovo]

Linktobers:3

I had a really fun run this year.... so happy I participated in this huge thing from the first day! Almost their only 4 left!!

[trigunfanart]

Orange and director Watanabe have been hinting about giving Vash a new coat.

[kestrelsandcentipedes]

Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

[birdiethebibliophile]

In a “disabled people live comfortably even and especially if they can’t work” type of way.

[tucsonhorse]

In a "no one has to work themselves to the bone for bare survival" kind of way

[gatheringbones]

[“When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away—even if it’s only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaningless of modern life still have to drink water from time to time. One of my students wrote a story about a nun who got a piece of dental floss stuck between her lower left molars, and who couldn’t get it out all day long. I thought that was wonderful. The story dealt with issues a lot more important than dental floss, but what kept readers going was anxiety about when the dental floss would finally be removed. Nobody could read that story without fishing around in his mouth with a finger. Now, there’s an admirable practical joke for you. When you exclude plot, when you exclude anyone’s wanting anything, you exclude the reader, which is a mean-spirited thing to do.”]

kurt vonnegut

[elbiotipo]

pro-tip: don't ever use the sentence "thousands of years" in your worldbuilding unless you really know what a thousand years is like

[elbiotipo]

Quick cheat sheet:

The middle ages were one thousand years ago

I don't know if I need you to tell you this but Jesus was alive 2 thousand years ago during the Roman Empire

3 thousand years ago the Mediterranean and Middle East were recovering from the bronze age collapse. None of the philosophers of Western philosophy (or Eastern for that matter) were born yet

Earliest writing dates roughly to 5 thousand years ago.

Agriculture started roughly 10 thousand years ago

So yes, you can write whatever you like but if you're telling me that an individual dynasty has been ruling since 8000 years ago (HOLA JORGE) I have to wonder if they even had writing back then

[imsobadatnicknames2]

To be fair you can find one guy like that in the comment section of most metal bands on youtube

[etheringtonbrothers]

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Lorenzo!

[thetursithan]

In the 2000s, phones had quirks and class....

[nixcraft]

A boy can dream, can't he?

[artsekey]

Hey, so if you have Windows 11 installed and have been losing your mind over the fact that you can't find your own files because Windows is now prioritizing internet search results first, you can fix it by following this guide:

How to Disable Windows Web Search and Speed Up Your PC

Stop the OS from pulling up web results when you just want files and apps.

As someone with over 900 GB of intentionally and properly named files on her computer (I do a lot of digital art and digital media work that requires high-volume files that function off of dependencies), this feature was making me furious. I followed the above instructions and can confirm that the method outlined solves the problem.

[banrionceallach]

I have just tried this, it works and the explanation how to do it was so user friendly and clearly laid out.

[berylian]

10 and 11 are also kinda secretly adding Windows Copilot to your computer when you're not looking. Even without software updates. You can follow this guide to disable Copilot

How to disable Copilot in Windows 11

Completely disable Copilot in Windows 11 in just a few simple steps.

The guide uses a program called gpedit (group policy editor), if you can't find it on your computer, follow this guide to install/enable it, and remember to always run as administrator:

Run these commands in command prompt.

Win + Q

Search: command prompt

Right-click > Run as admin

Copy, paste, and enter these commands:

FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum") DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F" )

FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum") DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F" )

Test it by opening Win + R

Type: gpedit.msc

See if it opens