i never thought the smallest of grievances levied at the game I work on would cause me to actually cry but it finally happened.

Favorite thing I’ve latched onto since my transition? The purse!!! You’re telling me I can keep all my nerd shit like portable keyboard, chargers, phone, keys, external hard drives, all in one convenient and stylish place?

I’m in heaven.

Sometimes I think the best way to respect someone after their death is to remember them by the words they lived by.

“I think it's worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God given rights.”

God I'm late to the party but I just discovered The Amazing Digital Circus and now this is my latest obsession since Smiling Friends...help.

One thing I want to ask a “pro-choice” democrat like Newsom is, is that the democratic position is that it’s a woman’s choice when and if to get an abortion. It’s their choice.

Why does line of thought not get extended to transgender people?

YouTube video by Smelly Spaghetti The Simpsons - I'm an Amendment to Be

Think this is pretty apt today. We're at the just...making shit up stage now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAN...

I'm not going to cancel my subscription over this, but it just seems like a weird business move.

This also being coupled with the fact that this was not on any public roadmaps, and there are long standing feature requests for existing products (Linux app for Proton Drive as one of them) that have been requested for years.

Proton just isn't large enough to actually compete with the other AI models, nor would I want it too. With agentic and reasoning methods around the corner, this just doesn't make sense.

Don't get me wrong, I do admire the effort in making a system tries to be as private as possible, but why would I spend additional money on top of my Unlimited subscription, when I could download Mixtral 8x7B, and run it locally, without having to worry about ANY party getting my information?

I find this very odd. Was expecting if Proton went this direction, it would instead move towards something like Apple Intelligence where it's a middle man between other AI models for privacy. Mixtral just isn't powerful enough to warrant paying an additional 10 dollars a month for, private or not.

I'm doing it myself tomorrow. Way I look at it is, if it really comes down going that way, and they're making lists and rounding people up, then so be it, but they're not going to be sitting there trying to scrutinize people either. They'll just be like...if ya look trans your trans, bye bye.

To the people saying this is a trap, there are totally other ways they could gather data on who is trans without this little form. They could get medical records and cross check people taking HRT. Monitor mail to see people ordering HRT through the mail instead. Check name changes, etc.

Booked my appointment for tomorrow to update mine, fingers crossed.

The Pride Flag flying above the Illinois State Capitol.

Rest assured that here in Illinois, our LGBTQ+ community can be who they want to be.

They are safe here.
They are celebrated here.
They are welcome here.
And they are free to love who they love here.

No matter the month, I'll always be an ally in the fight for equality for all.

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.

In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.

You have a home here always.

If Governor Newsom wants to prove that he isn't just all talk, after getting command of the National Guard back, he must reprimand, court martial, and fire any of the commanders who took orders from the President, starting with the Adjutant General. Those orders were illegal.

AI Generated Slack Post Reply, posted by Anonymous stating "You don't get to define me. I do." followed by hundreds of repeated Flame emojis.

I've found ChatGPT has a problem with the Flame emoji. I had it generate an argument in Slack and the moment the Flames come out it prints indefinitely until you stop it.

Kind of funny tho.

a man with a ring on his finger is making a funny face ALT: a man with a ring on his finger is making a funny face

Me: See's two, six core servers that are set to be decommissioned in a few days, sitting there, not doing anything.

Just gonna swooce on over and run PPSE on PrimeGrid on them.