insomniac_lemon

insomniac_lemon, 8 months ago

Brain (using Macintalk Fred voice): EvaluateEvaluateEvaluate

(clicks out of profile)

(later clicks onto profile again)

Brain: Evaluate.

insomniac_lemon, 8 months ago

The original was some Mike, this image is considerably more than some.

insomniac_lemon, 9 months ago

I don't like the color noise, so yeah it's fine with me.

insomniac_lemon, 9 months ago

I can't go very fast even on my (small/cheap) ebike and have definitely noticed (even with not-the-best-eyesight) plants/animals, flooding, nearby infrastructure/locations, smells etc. on the trail. I wouldn't say 15kmh is "barreling" and is my average comfortable speed. Slowing down or stopping to walking around a bit is also incredibly easy (and a thing already you stop to rest/drink/eat anyways), but you can still make up for lost time if needed.

In the context of a show, I could see a lot of angles to this. From somebody remembering something they briefly saw to 1 person in a group investigating something (staying behind, rushing ahead, taking a sample etc), also successfully evading chases and camp-y rock ambushes.

Personally I'd also say that biking long distances just seems easier than walking/hiking. Maybe mechanical advantage (esp. w/derailleur) or the speed, maybe health issues, or maybe there's just something about the feel of it that's boring/taxing to me. I can't imagine walking 20 km but is something I've done a few times on my weak ebike.

insomniac_lemon, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

I was thinking similar, though I'm also still on X with nVidia and XFCE and am in a weird way* with programming.

I have my own custom XFWM theme that is really minimal (12px title with 8px tall buttons with some being wider to compensate, somewhat outdated example) and I'd like to expand upon it (floating titles, inset window buttons, dynamic button width, media integration) but I've looked at examples and don't understand enough to even get just a rectangle for a titlebar (though X I assume for something basic, X would probably still be the easiest).

*= the only language that I'm interested in (due to it being easy in a style I like while still having performance/capability/flexibility etc) is not popular, and worse is I have lost a bit of hope/confidence in its future (as well as its bus factor reducing further because the person who made the package manager+installer and a book walked away) so I still haven't really done much with it.

insomniac_lemon, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

Nim-lang. some code that I actually wrote using Raylib bindings (Naylib) (+what it's loading)

I've asked about this on the Fediverse once already and didn't get any responses.

Also note that bindings for Godot 4.X (or some other not-superheavy Linux-compatible engine that has an editor especially) are a big part of what I want, so some specifics that may work on paper otherwise might not fit the bill either. Also because polygonal art (meme made with 3.X, 4.0 eye animation, not-yet-in-4.X test of someone elses' PR)

insomniac_lemon, 9 months ago

Ugch, fine, you can use me to feed a patch of mushrooms that's beginning to grow in the now-warming areas of the planet, ultimately to become a giant organism/network that covers Antarctica in white mycelium/mushrooms/spores to replace the albedo effect of snow/ice to save the future of all life on Earth.

But I'll need a ride there.

insomniac_lemon, 9 months ago

Antarctic Substrate Location? I was thinking on a hill surrounded by antarctic pearlwort in bloom.

If you mean ADSL, yeah that's what I have. Just 6Mbps (7-8 if I'm lucky).

The other thing? Not sure how it's relevant, but

A: 3 comments (and days) ago, I referenced the Armored Core demo on a specific PS1 demo disc. And I with health issues, you may as well consider me even older than I actually am.
S: No. (G: ideally, a brain-in-a-jar hooked up to a computer or something like this)
L: Pretty fucking far from OK Antarctica. I'm in the-edge-of-nowhere in northern trickledown-land.

insomniac_lemon, 10 months ago

So far I got

unrealistic idea that has lots of currently unsolvable logistical problems and the only currently working part would be a gamble that I can't even get

and

unrealistic idea that could be attainable, but not for me in our current society... or if it could work, not within my reach and no way for me to know that it'd be viable

...🎶letting the days go by🎶

insomniac_lemon, 10 months ago

So, as it turns out there are a few big reasons.

• it's a cosmic felony
• causing improbable events creates a new timeline which increases entropy in all probable realities, which can have some drastic (and usually negative) effects.
• most time travel agencies (which is what most people can afford) use technology that doesn't actually allow for free will, that's why it's mostly sold for vacations.
  • you can alter/push some decisions, but for most people it's not gonna be successful stocks.
  • older technology was advanced calculation in a realistic simulation. Most people just wanted an old memory or to get closure. Some people just try a different meal or movie choice, the experience is all that matters.
• time mercenaries. We're actually not sure who these guys are, but we also don't wanna know either. Some say they're who cause spontaneous combustion and embarrassing deaths.
• most forms of actual time travel leave the user stranded, with chronic or terminal illness (and sometimes amnesia), and in some cases fading/poofing out of existence when certain thresholds are crossed.
  • On top of that, new timelines of you typically aren't experienced by you. It's a different you. So that was nice of you.
• time spiders. You don't want to know.

insomniac_lemon, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Aside from the description having the answer, I'm just going to pretend it's an onion article.

With the answer being something like "the US doesn't deserve it" or "people will buy it anyway (and the health crisis is bad enough without new delicious flavors causing regulators to be further on their case), whereas in other countries they need to work a little harder to make sales (they're a bit too healthy)"

"Think of it like ration chocolate, if it tasted too good you might eat it before you need to" one historian added.

insomniac_lemon, 1 year ago

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insomniac_lemon, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I have 6Mbps (and it's not just me), if that gives you an idea on the pricing/tiers... (no other options, semi-rural USA internet, it's not even perfect service).

I don't believe fiber is available, or at least it doesn't seem to give that info (like it did before) that I can see now. Also, it's an old phone wire into our house and that's it (no ethernet jacks).

insomniac_lemon, 1 year ago

"Update your SQL mainframe with this, you slimy bit-flipper!"