Novamdomum

There's a relationship cheat code I use all the time. It usually stops everything in it's tracks and sets you on a much more positive path, especially if they're not used to you doing this. When you find yourself at that point in a conversation where you're about to shout something like "OH FFS! WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW?!" instead... you pause, look at them, tilt your head a bit, narrow your eyes thoughtfully and say as calmly as you can "What do you need?". No matter how mad they get after that you just keep asking that question until they respond to it. If you haven't done that before it may take them a while to even notice you asked that question. Just keep going. Oh also top tip... when they tell you what they need don't invalidate it. It's hard for a lot of people to directly tell you what they actually need. If they do then they're trusting you to listen. Breaking that trust will take you right back to square one.

The first few galettes I ate as a child back in the 70's I remember the fèves were quite large. Then as I suppose they went into more mass production they seemed to just use these small white plastic vaguely human shapes, like a tiny white plastic opaque jelly baby shape. In those days no one much cared about choking hazards in food. There were still coins in Christmas puddings for example. I always thought it was weird to put objects in food (even if the fève had the power to make you "King" for a day 😁)

Side note, this is why Kinder eggs are banned in the US because they contain a "non-nutritive object" that could be a choking hazard.

That looks so amazing but as someone who grew up in France it also gives me anxiety wondering if I'll choke on the "Feve". I imagine it must be illegal to hide those bloody things in the galette these days. I hope so!

I hung around their Discord for ages and the pace of development seemed glacial. It's not that I don't think it will ever come out but it's definitely going to be a while. Gave up following after a few months. Love the aesthetic though and I really hope this one doesn't fizzle out like other titles in my wish list (Road Diner Simulator, B-17 Squadron, Solarpunk, Kerbal Space Program 2 etc.)

It's crazy the amount of AI image and video generators popping up right now that are "free" if you would just be a sweetie and give them your email address. I had one recently that only allowed gmail, presumably to make it harder for people to just use an anti spam inbox. People just don't realise how valuable a fresh, active email address is. If I see anything like that these days I nope out immediately.

I struggle with this and it's definitely because of my ADHD. I get round it with games by using WeMod. It's not that I want to cheat but that I just get bored of repetitive fights and time wasting bs. I've just sunk 130 hours into Assassin's Creed Odyssey and it's been awesome. I just set it to infinite health, adrenaline, unlimited oxygen, instant cooldown and one hit kills and just have fun. People who say what about the challenge? Yeah I love a challenge, I just don't like the same challenge a thousand times. Also I've learnt that we ADHD people hate being told we "have to" do anything so WeMod is like a giant FU to anyone trying to tell me how to play the game hehe.

"...and in other news, the forum ****cars, an internet discussion group recently classified as an extremist group has been banned. Shrimply Flibbles, the groups moderator said they would appeal the ban and that the cartoon calling for the mass killing of car drivers had not been noticed until it was too late. They said the forum was a place where genuine concerns with mass car ownership could be discussed and that extremist views like those represented in the cartoon did not reflect the opinions of the members of the group. And now the weather..."

"Today’s hype will have lasting effects that constrain tomorrow’s possibilities."

Nope. No it won't. I'd love to have the patience to be more diplomatic but they're just wrong... and dumb.

I'm getting so sick of these anti AI cultists who seem to be made up of grumpy tech nerds behaving like "I was using AI before it was cool" hipsters and panicking artists and writers. Everyone needs to calm their tits right down. AI isn't going anywhere. It's giving creative and executive options to millions of people that just weren't there before.

We're in an adjustment phase right now and boundaries are being re-drawn around what constitutes creativity. My leading theory at the moment is that we'll all mostly eventually settle down to the idea that AI is just a tool. Once we're used to it and less starry eyed about it's output then individual creativity, possibly supported by AI tools, will flourish again. It's going to come down to the question of whether you prefer reading something cogitated, written, drawn or motion rendered by AI or you enjoy the perspective of a human being more. Both will be true in different scenarios I expect.

Honestly, I've had to nope out of quite a few forums and servers permanently now because all they do in there is circlejerk about the death of AI. Like this one theory that keeps popping up that image generating AI specifically is inevitably going to collapse in on itself and stop producing quality images. The reverse is so obviously true but they just don't want to see it. Otherwise smart people are just being so stubborn with this and it's, quite frankly, depressing to see.

Also, the tech nerds arguing that AI is just a fancy word and pixel regurgitating engine and that we'll never have an AGI are probably the same people that were really hoping Data would be classified as a sentient lifeform when Bruce Maddox wanted to dissassemble him in "The Measure of a Man".

How's that for whiplash?

I wonder if Assad's Dacha will be far from Yanukovych's. They can swap stories about when they used to run countries.

Stop showering. Really stink yourself up. Make it so bad they have to mention it. When they do just tell them they smell just as bad and that you should both do something about it.

I'd love to know what percentage of the Earth's population would be totally fine with an asteroid taking us all out. I'd be willing to bet it's higher that it's ever been.

So I joined Bluesky over a year ago and have only ever posted a single message "Hi". I've also not liked or commented on any posts. Somehow (especially recently) I am getting followed more and more. I have over a hundred followers now. I'm guessing bots? It's the sudden recent surge over the last couple of months that's interesting.