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Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑
@why-not-zoidberg.bsky.social
He/Him, Husband, Geek, GenX, Gamer...

Lover of most things vintage from cars to machinery and technology. And music.

Profile pic credit: Fan art of Karlach from BG3. Artist unknown.

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👋 hello, I'm only sort of a geek, who thinks indie games are cool and then clock 4500 hours in Sims 4, have never owned a consol except a Sega Megadrive which I only played Golden Axe on. I also don't care for horror movies or Anime...

My computer history is C64 -> Amiga 500 -> PC.
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Rofl
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Growing up in the South, I remember the appeal of the Confederacy lore in school was because a bunch of fucking idiots took being called the descendants of traitorous losers really personally.

They had to create a reality where their ancestors were heroes.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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It’s a question of when, not if, the AI bubble pops.

There is no possible way that OpenAI can make enough revenue to justify the investment money it has taken in, over any timeline you might consider.
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The United States government is enacting an intentional program of ethnic cleansing
Our government is disappearing people and subjecting their families to unimaginable terror.
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Oh cool, first GPUs, now RAM. You just have to love techbros.
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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To give you an idea of how "AI" has fucked up the holiday season, their insane demand for RAM chips that's barely even being used has caused a production drought for every other application.

Meaning right now you can buy a cheap PC, yank the RAM, and sell it on eBay for twice what the PC costs.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”

He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.

(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I keep seeing people trying to play down the payment processor situation, saying it's only the extreme NSFW accounts getting sacked.

Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?

Also go support Nakufin.
I'm devastated, if I don't find an alternative that works with argentinians I'm contemplating the worst, I can't do regular jobs, art was my job for around 15 years
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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should freelance writers get paid more than minimum wage?

it's a wild question, i know, but a lot of people seem to think it's OK that freelancer's rates have FALLEN every year

and when indie pubs try to pay even average rates, y'all complain about paywalls, which tells me your answer is "no!"
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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One of the reasons I've never bought into AI doomerism, is that to believe "it's here to stay, get used to it!" you have to buy into the idea that AI generated elements are so hardcoded or integral as to be permanent, when they really aren't.

You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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the internet is now a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy and so on
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
So the director of the Swedish Unemployment Agency (goverment agency) did a commercial for an IT company they employ.

That's 100% illegal, and as the director he 200% should know that.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Yes, who is more likely to regard the sacrifice of people as abhorrent than those who follow a religion centered on celebrating the sacrifice of a person?
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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SLOPOLOGISTS
We should always post the names of slopologists so the rest of us know who to shun.
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is definitely worth a watch and despite not really having a problem myself* something I have noticed a lot.

*I cannot play dispatch because it stresses me out on a mental level, not a physical level.
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Accessibility Tags on Video Game Boxes - Access-Ability

If you buy a Digital game on PlayStation, Xbox, or Steam you can find out what accessibility features it supports. Could we bring those tags to physical games?

Text: access-ability.uk/2025/11/28/a...

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PASB...
Accessibility Tags on Video Game Boxes - Access-Ability
YouTube video by LauraKBuzz
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November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@laurakbuzz.bsky.social Not sure if you'd be interested but AdHoc games still have the accessibility tag "playable without timed input" on Dispatch despite having fast timed dialogues.

The game picks a default option if you don't choose in time which feels like a "technically correct" solution.
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Today, we celebrate Native American Heritage Day, honoring the rich cultures, accomplishments and contributions of Native Americans.

It is an opportunity for all Americans to learn about and celebrate Native American people and their traditions, languages and cultural legacy.
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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This first-person "I" response shit is basically some LLM programmer gluing googly eyes to a computer terminal to convince you it's alive
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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the extent to which people who have no excuse not to know better are fully succumbing to the pareidolia is making me feel completely insane
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM