Random thoughts thread

Hexd wrote
malmon wrote
Hexd wrote

as the days go by more and more I feel like every tech company is awful and all they care about is money and they dont realize (or even worst they realize but don't care) that all the data they are getting and sharing to the highest bidder is being used by fascists to enslave, censor, or brainwash people.

Use FOSS software! (A category which Discord does not belong to!)

not enough good FOSS software that Just Works. Also, not enough FOSS Software that the masses can use which is required for our societies to stay free

Software that "just works" is the reason that people don't even know the difference between proprietary and FOSS.

Lokorfi wrote

'm not cryin the buffalo wings are just spicy

Sharing makes the world go 'round c:

Hexd wrote
malmon wrote
Hexd wrote

as the days go by more and more I feel like every tech company is awful and all they care about is money and they dont realize (or even worst they realize but don't care) that all the data they are getting and sharing to the highest bidder is being used by fascists to enslave, censor, or brainwash people.

Use FOSS software! (A category which Discord does not belong to!)

not enough good FOSS software that Just Works. Also, not enough FOSS Software that the masses can use which is required for our societies to stay free

Firefox? 99% of google chrome? Large portions of android? 90% of the code of every website?

Open source is already ubiquitous, it's just not advertised as such.

RX14 wrote

50 posts per page masterrace

50 posts and 50 threads per page is the master race now. XD

All according to my Empress' master plan in due time. Ehehe, heeheehee, hahahahahaha! <3 <3 <3
MapChart looks cool for me to use, just saw it first time the other night.

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If we crown a king and queen of lewd (by activity not by member status or discord) who would they be?

Lamb wrote
Sakuya Izayoi wrote

If we crown a king and queen of lewd (by activity not by member status or discord) who would they be?

My votes in for both you and LucianDreamer!

Truth be told I think most   all of the people on this site deserve the crown, there all so lovely!

Oh god...that is awesome! Got me to giggle a bit. But yeah~ So far everyone here is a good member~

Yuu wrote

Vent: Arrogant pricks... I swear. I'm allergic to these people, I can't stand the toxidity. It's like acid to me.

Being skilled and knowing things does not justify being and asshole and running over other people.

Haah, I know the feel, friend. Mostly 'cuz I interacted with one just today!

As far as I can tell, these people harbor a highly distorted system of values that places their best traits at the top, and simultaneously admonishes anyone who doesn't conform to those narrow criteria. IMO, the best way to defeat them is to make it clear you don't give a damn. This might be challenging online, where the aggressor is just a few lines of text on a computer screen; or in the capitalistic workplace, which is run like an authoritarian dictatorship; but amongst peers and friends it'd work wonders.

Few things can liven up a sleepy Saturday morning like a relative posting about how they're about to be hit by a ballistic missile. Almost gave me a heart attack.

All in One wrote

Few things can liven up  a sleepy Saturday morning like a relative posting about how they're about to be hit by a ballistic missile. Almost gave me a heart attack.

I'd thought it was just paranoia...

How does something like this even happen? I recall sometime during the Cold War that they ordered the evacuation of the entire state of Connecticut, but that was because someone loaded the wrong tape for a test, and made no mention of a ballistic missile. Stuff like this is what conspiracy theories are made of.

Don't know a lot about that situation, but that seems pretty terrifying. Saw a few people talking about getting the alert and then not even being able to find any other information on it other than the lone emergency text. No one knew where it was going to hit, when exactly, etc.

Backlash wrote
All in One wrote

Few things can liven up  a sleepy Saturday morning like a relative posting about how they're about to be hit by a ballistic missile. Almost gave me a heart attack.

I'd thought it was just paranoia...

How does something like this even happen? I recall sometime during the Cold War that they ordered the evacuation of the entire state of Connecticut, but that was because someone loaded the wrong tape for a test, and made no mention of a ballistic missile. Stuff like this is what conspiracy theories are made of.

North Korea went from post Korean-War calm to a full-blown nuclear state, impatient for starting WWIII because there was no treaty from America for many decades and always loved blaming us for everything we did, so we left them in the crossroads against its neighbor, which then fuels their hatred purely on the U.S. more than any other nation. U.S. treated NK and her allies so badly up to this point, they really want to secure Korea by any means, and then nuke America and her allies with atomic blasts. Other nations that also have nukes want to do this too to their neighbors and their long-time enemies.

We haven't had a nuclear war at all yet since the end of WWII with just two nukes, but in this era with nearly 8 billion (I am counting disabled, neglected, poor, middle-class, the rich and the <1% elite in power), this can definitely be nightmarish. Sadly, we will ALL experience it around this coming spring or as late as the fall, and it will not end peacefully for the human race. I cannot expect without doubt more than half of this whole planet will drop dead in a matter of weeks to months, given the tremendous amount of firepower humanity never even used in years now in place, ready to be launched with the proper missile codes if there is no last-minute peace intervention.

Even scarier when you add up the extremely overdue super volcanoes such as Yellowstone or the dreaded space-related disaster like a big asteroid, Earth can definitely be snuffed out when we least expected it if we end up in a third global war. Net neutrality or not, once a global war starts, ISPs can be forced to only deliver content that would help the nations involved to mobilize and help win the war, and those that tried to diverge or speak out against it is trouble.

So once North Korea or some other nuclear-powered nation decides they stop being level-headed and just go all-out, I suggest living in places where it is very unlikely you get hit at all when authorities tell you, just as you would when waiting out a hurricane. Guam is likely to be the first to go if NK initiates it, but WWIII can also start somewhere else, such as near China, in the Middle East, or in Eurasian plains around western Russia.

Not a time to be alive in this era, but we have to, there is no choice. War is inevitable, unavoidable in due time, and our lives are irreplaceable.

Backlash wrote
All in One wrote

Few things can liven up  a sleepy Saturday morning like a relative posting about how they're about to be hit by a ballistic missile. Almost gave me a heart attack.

I'd thought it was just paranoia...

How does something like this even happen? I recall sometime during the Cold War that they ordered the evacuation of the entire state of Connecticut, but that was because someone loaded the wrong tape for a test, and made no mention of a ballistic missile. Stuff like this is what conspiracy theories are made of.

The official story is that a newbie pushed the wrong button during a shift change, which I can accept. The 38-minute wait to send out a clarification message in the same manner is what's weird to me, especially since the Hawaiian Emergency Alert agency or whatever tweeted out that it was a false alarm only ten minutes afterward so it's not like they didn't know about it.

Not looking forward to downloading anime later. Something is always wrong with the sites.

Oni wrote

Not looking forward to downloading anime later. Something is always wrong with the sites.

What're the problems you have?

malmon wrote
Oni wrote

Not looking forward to downloading anime later. Something is always wrong with the sites.

What're the problems you have?

The sites servers could be down, streaming won't play correctly or the playback has an error. The quality could be lacking on back up sites. etc. It's not always annoying. I haven't actually checked today, everything could be fine.

I wonder what will happen if I put myself against Battleship Hime in one of my RPs? Things can get very interesting, just a thought.

LucianDreamer wrote

I wonder what will happen if I put myself against Battleship Hime in one of my RPs? Things can get very interesting, just a thought.

Personally, our last roleplays notwithstanding, I've always envisioned the Abyssal Princesses as having powers akin to an Angel in Evangelion. The equipment and stats you see on the wiki are just abstractions. In truth, their air fleets could blot out the sun, their outfits could reduce entire islands and cities into a soup of raw materials, and a single sweep of their hand could turn great swathes of the sea into a wall of fire.

Giantism is optional, though not highly recommended. <3

Oni wrote
malmon wrote
Oni wrote

Not looking forward to downloading anime later. Something is always wrong with the sites.

What're the problems you have?

The sites servers could be down, streaming won't play correctly or the playback has an error. The quality could be lacking on back up sites. etc. It's not always annoying. I haven't actually checked today, everything could be fine.

Oooh, those sites. I just use torrents or XDCC