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Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

Damn, that's useful

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

#useful

dykeselfcest

holy shit okay may have found a game-changer for web searches...with duckduckgo it's easy to turn off the ai features permanently, but regardless of engine there's the increasing problem of the search results themselves leading mostly to ai-generated articles on random ghost websites that say a lot without any information, and then the information they do give is contradictory or otherwise just wrong. this is especially a problem for me when trying to search for, e.g., a current list of the best products in a certain category.

finally searched for a solution and there IS in fact a giant hand-curated list of sites containing this content. it can be imported to ublock origin on desktop or mobile, and even can be used on iOS via the ublacklist extension in the safari app. it's updated regularly, and importing via the link as described should allow those updates to go into effect automatically.

i've only tested it a little bit, but after importing the list and repeating my duckduckgo search for backpack recommendations, my top results now lead to websites that appear to be linked to actual organizations in some form, with an "about us" page and the name of a founder and everything. the text is still often a bit wordy and SEO-optimized, but it now has actual recommendations that are relevant to the query. BIG IF TRUE???

please do not start talking about The Definition Of Art on this post, or Whether Human Creations Have Souls. i am very tired.

dykeselfcest

once I added this it took me 15 minutes to find a backpack that met my needs and order it with free shipping. I feel reborn

ospreyonthemoon

unfortunately this will not remove ai image results, so if you're looking up animals you're still going to get ai images- just ignore anything from storage.googleapis, anamalia-life, fity.club, dreamstime, freepik, alamy, and their ilk. there's

which is useful, but it's entirely supported by donations and you're not going to get anatomy on there, just life images.

#for later

hannahlockillustration

Minish Cap

#zelda

blackwhitemole

What are your thoughts on the origins of Ungoliant? Tolkien had a couple of ideas for her after all

I like to think she is a primordial being. A kin of the Valar so to speak. Here, I have portrayed her creation. She is born of the darkness between stars. I was inspired for this by all those beautiful pictures that come from the Hubble Telescope

skirdybirdy

Idk how compatible it is with Tolkien's cosmology, but I want to think of her as impossibly old, unknowable eldritch being. Something like remnant from an earlier universe or spawn of the Void or otherwise outside Iluvatar's jurisdiction so to speak. I imagine both the nameless creatures that crawl the bottoms of mountains, even the mention of whom would darken the sun, and Bombadil to be similarly Other. I like whenever Tolkien borders on Weird and I like the interpretations of characters that lean into that.

#silm art #ungoliant

shoeboxgoblin

Murderbot is such a neurodivergent power fantasy. It can

- store unlimited media and watch it privately

- turn down sensory organs that are bothering it

- look at stuff without its eyes

- cross reference its data storage when it doesn't know what to say

- program "human-like behavior"

- super duper kill the shit out of anyone that fucks with it

#murderbot

malwarewolf-mocs

Spine Moc 4/3: Zakaz Stalker Fish

Covered in vicious barbed fins that tear through fishing nets, Stalker Fish are a menace to fishermen on Zakaz and considered a bit of a nuisance. They also have a nasty habit of electrocuting Ruki and Takea fish when they come too close, an attack that also stuns themselves and leaves them somewhat vulnerable, if only for a moment. The Stalker Fish is then free to swallow its prize or flee from a larger predator if it pleases.

Decided to get one more moc in for the build jam this year! I hope to get a couple more participants before the month is over. Also, this Rahi moc is kind of similar to one I made years ago, and I’m kind of considering making them a part of the same “family” of Rahi, like Gukko birds meaning Kewa, Kahu, and Gukko. Another older “stalker fish” below the cut.

#bonk #rahi

unhappytogekiss

a new reality tv show called So you think you can write Doctor Who

twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston

this is how you find the new doctor who showrunner

#doctor who

hinoneko

*sigh* fine, fine, i'll be the new doctor who showrunner. bring me two twinks, britain's tallest woman, and 1000 pounds worth of alumininamian foil

#doctor who

mouse-doubleo100

hey, dont cry modern doctor who fans, 159 classic who episodes, 517 books, 1952 audio stories, 1267 comics ok?

whoosh-whoosh-tardis-noises

hey, dont cry modern doctor who fans, 159 classic who episodes, 517 books, 1952 audio stories, 1267 comics ok?

#doctor who #for later

bobbole

Daniele Castellano

#this is pleasing to look at

sleep-tight-pupper

#ksbd #he is the artist though #when he's playful or hungry #the swords are his claws #i even considered naming him jagganoth

textless

arcturite

Don't wear it out.

#ksbd #mantle your arts

depsidase

lilithsaintcrow

"This week I discovered the same pattern, executed by Google. Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking."

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise t

spockvarietyhour

Google Chrome automatically installs local neural network components on user systems via default configurations. The browser downloads a 4GB

Procedures for disabling it

therustyskull

Procedures for disabling the AI model in Chrome

Close the Chrome application completely before altering any files or settings.

Access the internal configuration settings by entering chrome://flags/ into the address bar and pressing Enter.

Locate the setting Enables Optimization Guide On Device and set the configuration to Disabled.

Locate the Prompt API setting and disable this option as well.

Once these flags are disabled, delete the weights.bin file, which is approximately 4 GB, from the C:Users<username>AppData>Local>Google>Chrome>User Data>OptGuideOnDeviceModel>{directory name will vary} directory.

Users should exercise caution during this process. Incorrectly modifying browser directories may adversely affect application stability. Users should ensure they understand the function of any file before deletion. Instead of deleting the file immediately, users may rename it to verify system behavior after relaunching the browser.

Save a click

#for later