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Alhadis

Alhadis

@alhadis.bsky.social

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Cynical optimist. I'm just here to post shower-thoughts, weird facts I've just learned (but have nobody specific to share them with), and other irreverent bullcrap. 🇦🇺 Nature lover and tree-hugger proudly hailing from Melbourne, Australia.

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Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 5h

inb4 somebody ruins this wholesome flaming image with another "ur-anus" joke (even though the correct Romanisation of the Greek name is closer to a "yer-aniss".

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 5h

Ever wondered how cool it'd be if we pumped enough oxygen into Uranus that we could ignore the flammable methane that would set an entire planet on fire?

Damn thing would go up like a giant cotton-ball.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 5h

Found a nice, hefty flint yesterday. Was about to start snapping some arrowheads to hunt some game, but the damn thing required me to agree to the EULA first. 😫

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 5h

If it looked, acted, and behaved exactly like Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049, then you bet your arse I'd be on board with it.

But since it isn't, and that movie was sadly just FICTION, then I can sum up AI in a single acronym: YAGNI.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

This is the single greatest description of anything I've read in the past 48 hours, thank you.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

Or they've seen that Yellowjackets episode where Misty used one to spy on Natalie in her motel using hidden eye-cameras.

Kinda left me paranoid at any teddy-bears that have ever been given as "gifts" to family friends and co-workers. 😐

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

Reminds me of how Renaissance painters had to paint newborns with faces that look like they've weathered seven divorces and an alcohol problem, because only Baby Jesus could be painted with angelic, baby-like facial features. It was sinful to compare mortals with the son of God or some shit.

This Tumblr Dedicated To Ugly Babies In Renaissance Paintings Is The Funniest Thing You’ll See All Day

The Renaissance is often perceived as the period of the noblest traditions, but some artists from that time had been repeatedly doing something that looks somewhat sinister nowadays - they painted chi...

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Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

A BlueAnon supporter, I think…

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

Wouldn't it be awesome if talking heads could be community-noted by their viewers on the TV in trealtime, so that geopolitical fan-fiction like this can be nipped in the bud?

Crimea is still part of Ukraine, and if not, then Turkey (because the Ottomans ruled it longer than the Russians did, lmao).

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

Here in Australia, it's even easier than that: Just avoid all news media, because it's all owned by either the Murdochs or Nine/Fairfax. The ABC exists to give the illusion of independent journalism, but they're all staffed by ex-writers for the Herald Sun anyway…

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

This is why 90% of the time I've spent working in an office has been between a pair of noise-cancelling headphones, preferably seated where I can't make awkward and accidental eye-contact with nearby coworkers.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

… okay, and now the raindrops are going sideways.

That's not how gravity works, Melbourne. Stop that.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 6h

The Greens should be renamed "Green In Name Only" because all they do is whinge and block bills that would actually lead to meaningful, positive policies being implemented that gives the Greens one less thing to whinge about to their voters.

Just another "iTs sTilL nOt gOod eNoUgH"

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 7h

a woman is holding a piece of paper and making a funny face .

Alt: A brief animated clip of a brown-haired woman saying "Happens to me all the time" (captioned on the right for the viewer).

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Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 7h

Even me? 🥰

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 7h

Changes in zeitgeist. Star power doesn't motivate people to see films any more… the Internet changed how people gauge if movies are worth watching, and having an A-lister headline no longer indicates quality. Nobody's rushing to the newest generic action film to see The Rock play himself (as usual).

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 7h

Also, smartphones can be done away with if there was some way of getting a desktop/laptop to understand a SIM card, so that all computers just become a matter of peripherals and hardware choices.

Fuck IoT devices, though. My $7 kettle doesn't need an Internet connection.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 7h

Hard pass. There should only be one type of software: dumb programs that make no assumptions about their user's intent, do only what they're supposed to (and do so well), and don't try to be a smart arse when dealing with unexpected input.

It's not the job of a computer to guess the user's intent.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 7h

Okay, but that implies that at some point they figured out how to navigate using a web browser, and to manipulate a W.I.M.P interface to check their e-mail.

Still seems like an upgrade from VCR usage (which I couldn't figure out as a kid either, and I'm a millennial who grew up with that shit).

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 7h

Besides, I thought the French *hated* royalty and the concept of kings and monarchists and stuff.

They should be *happy* they lost those jewels. 😀

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 7h

I wouldn't be comfortable talking about it.

Because "Louvre" is too French for me to pronounce correctly, and my anglo arse is only gonna botch any attempts to do so. Usually on purpose.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 9h

Good, good, just covering all my bases. 😁

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 9h

"avid Fox watcher"

Just treat them the same way you'd treat a meth-head: raving incoherent gibberish, potentially violent if they respond to a hallucinated threat, and should be seen as suffering from a societal scourge we can't get rid of.

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 9h

That's called being a parent, and it means you're doing your job right if you can't stop worrying about your kid.

(source: my dad, lol)

Alhadis @alhadis.bsky.social · 9h

42 km/h (26 mph) winds battering the neighbourhood outside at the moment, and the local suburban birdlife are HODLing onto tree-branches like those funny sad people from @foldablehuman.bsky.social's videos on GameStop and NFTs and shit.