[my-random-fandoms]

[thetrekkiehasthephonebox]

Verified: Microsoft 365 gets massive 45% price hike — and it's all to do with AI tools (Tom's Guide - January 17, 2025)

[mothwizard]

oopsie i tripped and spilled my link to archive dot org's downloadable copy of Microsoft office suite for 2007, which features no AI tools and is a powerful word processor that still holds up just fine on windows 10!

[pukicho]

Opinions on furrys? The good, nice ones

I don't hate furries even a little bit. They're a very strong race. You know who's a furry? Every fucking IT technician, every computer genius running the frameworks for Google, Youtube, Steam, Roblox, or whatever. You think someone dedicated enough to their hobby to build a fucking $4000 fursuit isn't an absolute wacko-genius at their REAL job?? Hyperfixations when used by the right people yield great power. Also almost every item I've sold on here was bought by a furry, does that say more about me than them??? Idk but they have the funds.

[dartp]

thank you pukicho

[pukicho]

Don’t mention it, random-ass furry

[nephaelia]

I have fought with like, actually important people in my life that I truly love about this shit, which sucks because it’s always people who are otherwise so open minded and chill that catch me off guard. I’m nowhere near being a furry myself, just like…. All/most furries being weirdos-at-best is a shit no-nuance one-dimensional take and I’ll pretty much die on that hill tbqh.

If someone’s gonna be shitty about things that make people happy and don’t hurt anyone, I don’t wanna be around them, even if I don’t personally care for the hobby/interest myself.

[kimbasprite]

There's something so vindicating about getting a diagnosis for something that you've made major lifestyle changes to accommodate, something that everyone always gave their repetitive suggestions and judgement on, only to find out you did everything right and it's literally just a neurological disorder.

I was finally diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia, a chronic sleep disorder, after two lengthy studies and struggling for a decade. I fall asleep in 7 mins, get 8-9 hrs of "high efficiency" sleep by all medical readings, but I remain excessively sleepy throughout the day. Naps give no relief. Exercise before bed and a nightly routine doesn't help. And it's not my fault! 🥲

I've always been told I'm lucky to fall asleep quickly and sleep so much, so it was always inferred that I must be doing something else wrong or just couldn't appreciate a good night's rest.

I'm sharing this because it's something I've dealt with for years and have had a lot of embarrassment and shame surrounding.

There's not a "cure" for it, just management. But I feel lighter, now.

[nephaelia]

Okay I should definitely bring this up once I get set up with a neurologist here because shit. I’ve been tested for just about everything and nah. Thought getting treatment for my Hashimoto’s (autoimmune hypothyroidism) would help but basically doesn’t touch it 😢

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Don't laugh at this because "Oh those silly monster f*ckers." This is a giant freaking RED FLAG just like with Only Fans.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

[toskarin]

the sheer amount of control ad agencies and payment providers hold over culture is actually horrifying. if a site gets blacklisted by both, it's just fucking gone unless it's willing to take the risk of using crypto for payments (actually one of the only practical uses for crypto)

if someone so much as sends you a note in something like cashapp or paypal with something remotely sexual in it, you can get your account frozen with the money still inside. it doesn't matter if it was perfectly legal and above-board stuff like hentai or erotica, because the corporations don't like those and that's all that matters

similarly this is why sites are extremely touchy about wording and tags when it comes to anything remotely adjacent to sex. if you use the wrong word and don't change it, years of work or even your entire livelihood can effectively be deleted in seconds

nobody ever talks about this because it's career poison to do it, but porn is basically already "illegal" in the vast majority of cases because if your money touches it, you're operating outside of terms of service and risking some corporate asshole deciding your smut is wretched enough to necessitate the destruction of your finances, and by proxy, your life

[nephaelia]

not fucking looking forward to this heat wave tho, we’re on the second floor with no AC and no plans to buy one since it’s September and we’re broke lol

send cold thoughts pls

[nephaelia]

I love it here so far. I’ve never been in a city this size that still has trees and plants like this 💗 Portland, Oregon. I’m legitimately IN the city too, like this isn’t one of the surrounding suburbs- there are just little mini forests between properties here and lots of people have gardens or let wildflowers grow. It’s lovely 🥹

[nephaelia]

when you move into a new place and youre just like 🥴

and you gotta help your fiancé put his desk chair together (which came without instructions but with the screws covered in thread locker so you can’t just like TRY shit you should probably know???)

and then prob try to find free shelves etc so you can actually unpack the car

but you just wanna play the sims tho

[surprisegents]

quick and dirty guide to recognizing stolen content on tumblr

there is RAMPANT art and photography reposting on this stupid website, and it occurs to me that folks might not know how to recognize it. here are the mental gymnastics i go through every time i see a sus post

1. is there a caption? most creators tend to leave one. maybe it's so their url is prominent, or to express their thoughts about the piece, link their shops/websites, etc. most reposters leave the captions blank

2. look for credit in the picture. is there a name, handle, or watermark? does it match the url?

3. check the original post. often you'll find that the original poster actually linked the artist. go forth and reblog that version!! for some godforsaken reason people keep REMOVING CREDIT on this website and i will MANIFEST INSIDE YOUR HOUSE IF YOU DO SO

4. check the tags of the original post. beyond the main fandom/character/subject tags, creators tend to have a #my-art tag or something similar. photographers often use #photographers-on-tumblr/lensblr. sometimes they'll also have thoughts about their work there. this doesn't always work, but personally i never see reposters adding tags like this

5. look at op's other posts and bio. is there anything about being an artist or photographer in the description? does the art they post look the same? usually this is where you'll Know if it's a serial reposter, because their blog will be FULL of reposted shit with no captions that all have different styles. also half the time their blog description straight up admits it

6. check the notes to see if someone added the proper credit. at this point, if you know it's a repost but still wanna reblog it, at least give credit where it's due. see if someone else already did the work for you

7. reblog and add a link with creator credit. if you know it's a repost, and you can't find credit, consider doing your part to help creators get their well-deserved recognition. usually you can just google the watermark in the picture. otherwise reverse image search on google or tineye is your friend

8. if the original creator is on tumblr, reblog their version of the post. if you've gotten this far it's not hard to search their blog for it

9. consider letting the artist know their art has been stolen and send them the link. this way they can take action and file whatever claims they need to get it taken down

10. finally, support original content creators! look at the #artists-on-tumblr and #photographers-on-tumblr tags, follow your favourite creators and reblog their work. seriously it can make a huge difference

if you read this far, THANK YOU. making sure content creators get their credit is literally the bare minimum we can do to be respectful of the countless hours they spend on their work. especially when that content is freely accessible

[luxlightly]

Once again, Tumblr manages to succeed via just being honest with their users.

I made a post back around April fool's about the crabs being so popular because the joke was that every other website tries to trick you into clicking things so they can make money from your clicks and what if instead a website just asked "please click this revenue generating crab. It is there to generate revenue. In return you will have clicked on a crab. Nothing more." And the answer to that question was "people will frantically click on that crab. They don't hate the idea of the website getting money, they hate the idea of being profited on against their will".

So Tumblr implemented actual revenue crabs. "For this much money you can fill your or someone else's dash with virtual crabs. This will have the effect of there being crabs on their screen."

And people will buy those crabs. Because yes you're spending money on something stupid and useless but it's being sold to you as "hey you want something stupid and useless?", which is a nice change of pace from every other site trying to make itself out to be something more than what it is.

Twitter is floundering with the checkmark system because it's being sold as "confirm that you are someone important and who you say you are is true", which it isn't at all right now because anyone can buy one. You're buying a useless checkmark that only says that YOU think you're important. Or, more often than not right now, you are intending to trick other people into thinking you're someone you're not.

Meanwhile, Tumblr just said "Consider this double check mark. It does nothing. You will be marking yourself as someone who paid money for a meaningless checkmark and sometimes it will randomly turn into a bunch of crabs, making the site harder to use". And the userbase is like "Well sure, that sounds delightful."

The point is, despite what all the marketing and advertising people have tried to say, painting trash gold and trying to pass it off as something better is almost never as effective as just saying "hey you want this trash?"

Why yes, in fact, I do.

[tallahasseemp3]

“suffering feels religious if you do it right” no shut up it doesn’t. my friends laughing in the kitchen while i make dinner feels religious. the sun on my face after a long winter feels religious.

[venustversailles]

somebody in the notes posted this screenshot from the one & only, ursula k let guin. and now i'm screaming wtf

[forthegothicheroine]

The American school system falls behind once again

[literallymechanical]

The speed of light is actually really slow, and this is a pain in the neck.

All you aerospace engineers and economists understand my pain, but I'm not talking about signal delays from Earth to the asteroid belt, or between Chicago and the New York stock exchange. There are local problems too!

I was once working on a project that involved a big honkin’ high voltage power supply.  It was powering a bunch of klystrons, devices that produce high-energy radio pulses.  In the event that something went wrong in the experiment, the power supply needed to shut down within 20 microseconds. Any longer than 20 and our very expensive klystrons would break, to the tune of a quarter million bucks a pop.

I'm simplifying things a lot, but here’s the basic timeline involved:

Something goes wrong in the experiment (the experiment was a fusion reactor btw, but that’s not relevant here).  The clock starts ticking down from 20 microseconds.

The fault detection circuits take 8 microseconds to realize something has gone wrong. 12 microseconds left.

The power supply does its emergency shutdown procedure, which takes ten microseconds. 2 microseconds left.

Everything is shut down and safe. We breath a sigh of relief, and replace about $1K worth of parts.

There was just one problem:  When I say “big honkin’ power supply,” I mean big. It was the size of two shipping containers stacked atop each other. The only place with enough room for it was about 1000 yards away.

Hm. 3 micro light-seconds.

So now we have to add an extra step to our timeline:

Something goes wrong. The clock starts ticking down at 20 microseconds.

The fault detection circuits trip. 12 microseconds left.

The fault signal travels via fiber optic to the power supply, 3 micro light-seconds away.  9 microseconds left.

The power supply takes 10 microseconds to shut down

Everything is finished… 1 microsecond too late.  We rend our clothing and spend a million dollars replacing fried klystrons.

The solution? Spend a metric buttload of cash on fancier fault detection circuits that will trip much much faster.

But we could have saved a LOT of money if the speed of light were just a tiny bit faster instead.

[bmwiid]

You know what I don't really like?

I've been struggling to put it into words and its.... still weird.

But I don't like this recent trend of holograms of people who are dead.

Its.... weird? It feels like... abuse of the dead? like they can't advocate for themselves?

Whats stopping someone from.... I dunno.

Bringing back a 'version' of Carrie Fisher and using her to sell products? With no thought to if she would have wanted that?

You don't have to pay the dead money, and it's very unlikely that a lot of people are going to have a clause in their will like "any use of my holographic version is limited to X" or something.

Like Frank Sinatra selling out a concert 50 years after his death. Would it be cool? YES.

I just don't think its.... moral? It feels a bit like disrespecting personhood. Like another small step thats just eating away at what is actually YOURS.

[peppermintquartz]

Desecrating the dead for capitalism is the latest trend in necromancy, apparently

[mademoisellesarcasme]

A friendly acquaintance in my circles wrote a very good piece on this!

The Undeath of Cinema

Why digital resurrection is so creepy — and how it hastens Hollywood's decline into a soulless factory

[trans-yllz]

crime shows are like "this character is being obnoxious and causing problems by not letting police enter somewhere without a warrant, you know, like what the law says" and everyone just lets them

[trans-yllz]

crime shows are like "this cop only feels bad about murdering a suspect after discovering that they were actually innocent, implying that the murder would have been okay if the person had really been guilty" and everyone just lets them

[vilethot]

Crime shows are like “this suspect asks for a lawyer (making them seem guilty) after being harassed and beaten by the police but oh wait plot twist OF COURSE they were the criminal the whole time which makes it all okay actually” and everyone just lets them

[trans-yllz]

LITERALLY and then crime shows are like "asking for a lawyer or demanding police come back with a warrant is an obvious sign of guilt instead of yknow just being your basic rights as a person" and then everyone just Believes them

[landunderthewave]

Crime shows are like this looks like a straightforward case of police violence SIKE the alleged victim had a rare case of the gene mutation Stopsbreathingwhenyoukneelontheirbackforfiveminuteseritis and thus the violent police assault leading to their death was fine, don't worry about it.

[nephaelia]

not wearing a costume this year but still festive as fuck ❤️🎃✨ #halloween #spooky https://www.instagram.com/p/CkY6pbnun34/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nephaelia]

[nephaelia]

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