so much envy. here in california, you get three sick days. that’s it. no vacation, no holidays. i don’t think i’ve ever had a job willingly give me more, though i know such jobs do exist.

i mean, at those speeds, it’d probably still be faster to take the trip through LA than to drive at least.

this is great (/s), cause even though ‘antifa’ is not and never has been an organization or group of any kind, the way they’ve written this, they can just have an “anonymous” plant claim that “antifa” provided assistance to anyone the administration doesn’t like, and bing bang boom, they can upgrade anyone they don’t like to terrorism charges. course i’m sure they’ll also use this in plenty of other fucked up ways too.

currently, my longest running one started last december. i don’t remember if any others have taken longer than that for me.

39 is really fucking with me. i swear i’m not a robot, i’m just autistic. kind of embarrassing that the math one was easier than ‘use your face to express basic human emotions’ for me.

i actually just brute forced the ai generated men one. *shrug*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messor_ibericus

too little, too late Bill.

i immediately assumed this was a joke about a sports team, and sure enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Lions

alas, i don’t think there’s actually Panthera leo running around michigan.

they don’t actually show the video, fwiw. just grisly words.

i reckon professionals are more likely to be pressured by their job to use AI, regardless of their own preference.

for someone who ain’t so plugged in to tech-bro corpo lingo, what is the difference between 2 and 3?

just get yourself a UV flashlight, or bring some flowers to your nearest laser tag arena. this is just how stuff looks under blacklight sometimes (which isn’t to say it isn’t cool, just that you don’t need fancy tech to see it),

love em. i’m actually working as a programmer for a game right now where procedural level generation is one of my main foci. sure, like any game system, it can be done poorly, and it’s not everyone’s cuppa tea, but i like it.

regarding your edit, it was hardly a perfect solution. he just bit his lip real hard. that was his message to himself. i think it’s mentioned a few paragraphs before he tells mcgonnagall about it. it is in there, but it is easy to miss on the first read through, to be sure.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI

i assure you, there is much weirder harry potter fanfiction out there. i once read a Hogwarts Castle/Giant Squid smut fic.

Also, pretty sure a fellow named Roko came up with the basilisk, not Yudkowsky.

from my understanding, the ai cult initially sprang up on the forum he hosted (hosts? idk), but he didn’t exactly start it, any more than Queen Elizabeth II invented punk rock.

but he did write the fanfic, and it’s honestly pretty good. low bar i know, but dude’s a better author than jowling ever was, and i definitely recommend it to anyone into HP fanfics.

felt a shame for ya’ll to miss out on the back cover too