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Perhaps, this is hell
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Linux is fun in the same sense in which Sisyphus is happy
My favorite thing about Pixiv is that once in a blue moon, I will stumble upon an artist so good it makes me wonder why the hell they are there, and then I remember that porn might be the one subset of their works that is monetizable.
"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
December 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
My favorite thing about Pixiv is that once in a blue moon, I will stumble upon an artist so good it makes me wonder why the hell they are there, and then I remember that porn might be the one subset of their works that is monetizable.
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Random discovery:
Speaking in the normal talking range but intentionally suppressing the chest resonance and pushing the voice into the nasal space => femboy voice
Speaking in the normal talking range but intentionally suppressing the chest resonance and pushing the voice into the nasal space => femboy voice
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Random discovery:
Speaking in the normal talking range but intentionally suppressing the chest resonance and pushing the voice into the nasal space => femboy voice
Speaking in the normal talking range but intentionally suppressing the chest resonance and pushing the voice into the nasal space => femboy voice
The only reason I can think of to collect this much data is to quietly disappear every arriving person and replace them with a bio-engineered replica
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The only reason I can think of to collect this much data is to quietly disappear every arriving person and replace them with a bio-engineered replica
[puts on the tinfoil hat] Sites default to the light theme specifically to inconvenience those who deny cookies
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
[puts on the tinfoil hat] Sites default to the light theme specifically to inconvenience those who deny cookies
Not to criticize a game I never played but one of the most suspicious kinds of publicity a story can get is being praised for its tear-jerkiness.
December 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Not to criticize a game I never played but one of the most suspicious kinds of publicity a story can get is being praised for its tear-jerkiness.
So far, I've had very little (luck)success using AUR. The access to it may not be that big of an advantage after all.
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
So far, I've had very little (luck)success using AUR. The access to it may not be that big of an advantage after all.
Flutter be like
You receive: an application that runs everywhere
Also you receive: 200MB of what is effectively a game engine to run the app
You receive: an application that runs everywhere
Also you receive: 200MB of what is effectively a game engine to run the app
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Flutter be like
You receive: an application that runs everywhere
Also you receive: 200MB of what is effectively a game engine to run the app
You receive: an application that runs everywhere
Also you receive: 200MB of what is effectively a game engine to run the app
Lmao wtf linuxreviews
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Lmao wtf linuxreviews
I wish for this nighttime to last for a lifetime
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I wish for this nighttime to last for a lifetime
It is so funny to see people call Telegram a private and secure messenger; ironically, for many users, it kind of is given what the alternatives known to them are.
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It is so funny to see people call Telegram a private and secure messenger; ironically, for many users, it kind of is given what the alternatives known to them are.
Winter is weird cause going outside sucks when it is cold but also once I am outside, I have the motivation to move and get things done quickly but also once I get home, I am spent and basically hibernating.
December 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Winter is weird cause going outside sucks when it is cold but also once I am outside, I have the motivation to move and get things done quickly but also once I get home, I am spent and basically hibernating.
I want to see the core plot of Melancholia revisited but in a less philosophical and more hard sci-fi sense. Particularly, the tidal effects on the atmosphere, the oceans, and the Earth itself would make for a somewhat unconventional but spectacular catastrophe.
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I want to see the core plot of Melancholia revisited but in a less philosophical and more hard sci-fi sense. Particularly, the tidal effects on the atmosphere, the oceans, and the Earth itself would make for a somewhat unconventional but spectacular catastrophe.
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It ultradied :/
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It ultradied :/
Inchresting.
Makes me wonder,
1. If better online privacy would make it more difficult to instantiate these practices
2. What other companies (online marketplaces, ticket sellers) do this exact thing, and not just in the US but everywhere
Makes me wonder,
1. If better online privacy would make it more difficult to instantiate these practices
2. What other companies (online marketplaces, ticket sellers) do this exact thing, and not just in the US but everywhere
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Inchresting.
Makes me wonder,
1. If better online privacy would make it more difficult to instantiate these practices
2. What other companies (online marketplaces, ticket sellers) do this exact thing, and not just in the US but everywhere
Makes me wonder,
1. If better online privacy would make it more difficult to instantiate these practices
2. What other companies (online marketplaces, ticket sellers) do this exact thing, and not just in the US but everywhere
Update: you can fool this nonsense by pointing the camera at the face on the screen. Takes some patience but it works. Just use some old dude from stock photos or an actor's photo or smth like that.
Yep, just as I expected. Although, I wonder if showing this thing a picture on the screen will fool it. Gonna try it rn
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Update: you can fool this nonsense by pointing the camera at the face on the screen. Takes some patience but it works. Just use some old dude from stock photos or an actor's photo or smth like that.
Also, just noticed that YouTube now lets you manually set your country but that, obviously, doesn't change anything
PSA:
1. Videos about Horses the Banned Game get age-restricted
2. Now I know why YouTube obsessively (and since a few days ago, successfully) tries to guess the users' actual location bc VPNs no longer work to bypass verification.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1O...
1. Videos about Horses the Banned Game get age-restricted
2. Now I know why YouTube obsessively (and since a few days ago, successfully) tries to guess the users' actual location bc VPNs no longer work to bypass verification.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1O...
This Game Was BANNED on Steam... So I Had To Try It
YouTube video by Layna
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Also, just noticed that YouTube now lets you manually set your country but that, obviously, doesn't change anything
PSA:
1. Videos about Horses the Banned Game get age-restricted
2. Now I know why YouTube obsessively (and since a few days ago, successfully) tries to guess the users' actual location bc VPNs no longer work to bypass verification.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1O...
1. Videos about Horses the Banned Game get age-restricted
2. Now I know why YouTube obsessively (and since a few days ago, successfully) tries to guess the users' actual location bc VPNs no longer work to bypass verification.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1O...
This Game Was BANNED on Steam... So I Had To Try It
YouTube video by Layna
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
PSA:
1. Videos about Horses the Banned Game get age-restricted
2. Now I know why YouTube obsessively (and since a few days ago, successfully) tries to guess the users' actual location bc VPNs no longer work to bypass verification.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1O...
1. Videos about Horses the Banned Game get age-restricted
2. Now I know why YouTube obsessively (and since a few days ago, successfully) tries to guess the users' actual location bc VPNs no longer work to bypass verification.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1O...
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If you know someone doing diy, no you don’t
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
If you know someone doing diy, no you don’t
Here's the shark. Looks a bit less ridiculous, I must admit.
The image from www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal/tasse...
The image from www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal/tasse...
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Here's the shark. Looks a bit less ridiculous, I must admit.
The image from www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal/tasse...
The image from www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal/tasse...
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This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
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there isn't really a "right" way to engage with retro tech but being able to divorce yourself from nostalgia and not blindly treating that nostalgia as a universal, shared experience are important skills to have. this is one of those cases; a *lot* of people at the time hated what w98 represented
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
there isn't really a "right" way to engage with retro tech but being able to divorce yourself from nostalgia and not blindly treating that nostalgia as a universal, shared experience are important skills to have. this is one of those cases; a *lot* of people at the time hated what w98 represented
I had to google what 'protected belief' stands for in the lingo and was disappointed but not surprised.
the guardian article has been up an hour and literally contains nothing but the background and a title framing it as a "partial victory" (she won on 1/8 counts – essentially that nhs fife didn't follow proper complaints procedure, with every single one of the precedents for terf goodies imploding)
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I had to google what 'protected belief' stands for in the lingo and was disappointed but not surprised.