So, regarding this, a while ago I came up with a theory on how to more accurately determine the relative value of video cards respective, especially as generations go by
A common refrain you hear nowadays goes along the lines of, "high end video cards of current gens are worse value than those of previous gens"
I wanted to find out how true that was
Aug 22, 2022 • 44 tweets • 10 min read
I'm just going to paraphrase this all again because I don't think people are getting it. I'm gonna break this down as simply as possible, step-by-step, so that you can't say I didn't try
Step-by-step, so for now we're gonna forget about the subscription stuff. We'll bring it back in later once you understand the core premise. Okay? Okay.
CSP's announcement is now they're charging for feature updates. Got it?
Aug 22, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
tbh does not seem as bad as people seem to make it out
From what I can read, it's "we're gonna release a new version every year with new feature updates, if you want it you will have to pay for the new version*", which was pretty much how Adobe ran its business before Creative Cloud
I guess I don't have a fursona per se, since especially with how it doesn't often get perceived as one outside of furry spaces, but for the purposes of this it functionally is the same. hit me
Aug 21, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Speaking as a vague British accent haver, I don't actually feel as though I'm singing in a different accent when I do
Vowel/consonant shaping is commonly cited, but tbf I kind of notice it going both ways? Like, the way "I" goes from "aiyee" to "aaaaah" when you sing, and things like the American R at the end of words tends to be dropped: "video killed the radio stah"
Aug 21, 2022 • 32 tweets • 6 min read
Oh this is a good watch
I kind of wish that people spent more time trying to examine and analyse social media platforms as systems, see what those choices promote their users to do, and what effects of both good and ill come from it
Aug 20, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
My shoulder/upper back/neck area is absolutely killing me today and I have no idea why
All the massage places I can find in the area are also closing soon ugh
Aug 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
There's a new OnePlus and guess what it's kind of just...eh
Not a bad phone, again in isolation, it's just finding itself in a very crowded space against stiff competition, and seemingly built for a landscape that may no longer exist
Aug 16, 2022 • 29 tweets • 6 min read
Remember that one of the end goals of capitalism is the desire to generate profit without labour or oversight, value be damned of whatever it is you're making
I don't think it's any coincidence that this Phil Tippett quote, about how modern production artists being treated as mere drones at the whim of executives, re-emerged at the same time this AI art discourse was reignited
Out of curiosityI'm asking friends to have a go choosing a gun and attachments for me, building their best Kavaeric loadout based on what they think suits me
This is also kind of with airsoft in mind, but regardless, have a go if you want. I know what I would build for myself, but it's always fun to see what vibe people think I have
Aug 15, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Because of current events, a quick PSA that if you're a Gmail user, there are two ways you can make multiple email addresses under the same account without needing to create multiple accounts 🧵
Method 1: Using periods in your email address
Google actually ignores any periods in your email address, meaning that if your address is
example@gmail.com, then:
"So what happens if the PLR take over? Country run by terrorists ain't good."
"Bro, American was founded by terrorists, for terrorists. What do you think the fuckin' revolutionary war was? History is determined by the motherfuckin' victor."
May 23, 2022 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
I think I will need to face the fact that my depression is returning after a few years of remission
Right now I'm currently being tested of a couple suspected neurodevelopment disorders that I think I have, and combined with the recent revelation I am aromantic and asexual has left me with a feeling of isolation I don't miss but very much remember
May 22, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I ask the Olds (>30 years old) about the nature of the Discs of Floppy. They show me a photo, and as part of my job, I say "oh, like the save button". Right on cue, they gasp, and lament their elderly nature, fulfilling my purpose. The median home sale price rises by another 10%
"Hear thee!" they cry furiously into their Instantaneous Messengers, "hark at this freak of nature, for he believes this artefact t'was merely the Idol Of Saving One's Work!" I feigned an ignorant smile and grovelled at their feet, begging another explanation of life back in 1997
May 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
In other news, today's benign intrusive thought is that the phrase "The Muppet Show" in the Muppet Show theme song is easily substituted with no change in rhythm with "the Light Era"
It's time to play the music
It's time to light the lights
It's time to meet the Terrans in
the Light Era tonight
It's time to put on makeup
It's time to dress up right
It's time to raise the curtain on
the Light Era tonight
May 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Think that while I'm glad I had some humidifiers in my flat for the winter, I need something a bit more encompassing a solution
Do they make humidifier + dehumidifier + air purification combo units? Or at least humidifier + dehumidifier combo units?
May 21, 2022 • 28 tweets • 4 min read
I maintain a list of extremely cliché sci-fi names I've sworn off of never using for Light Era and I think it helps a lot
I know using clichés isn't a sin on its own but I'm so tired of guns and spaceships and whatevers being named Atlas or Enforcer or Paladin or Sentinel or Viper or whatever
May 21, 2022 • 37 tweets • 6 min read
So I have some scattered thoughts and notes about Prey (2017), but in order to talk about them I'll need to spoil its story. If you haven't played it yet, and I suggest you do as it even includes a story difficulty, feel free to mute this thread now
Are we good? Alright.
IT'S TIME TO BEAT THE MIIIIIND GAAAME
spoilers to follow
May 20, 2022 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
The stupidity of CAD software licensing has me doing CAD in Blender, lol
Fusion360 requires me to jump through hoops to even download a trial version of it, and my school Solidworks license has expired. fun. love it
May 31, 2021 • 112 tweets • 23 min read
So, Deliver Us The Moon (2018)
sigh
or I guess I should say Deliver Us The Moon (2018, thirty-six years before the Blackout) but we'll get that to in a bit
I played it in November of last year and then watched @Blarghalt suffer through it too because that's my way of hospitality when it comes to old friends
May 29, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
yesterday I spent some late-night time doing a bit of back and forth with a friend on Discord writing an alternate version of Alan Wake
to be clear, neither of us liked Alan Wake
