Not another genre, but you should definitely check out Savlonic if you have not already.

Here’s the opener from their latest.

Monetizing is what ruins other places.

I like the way my home instance does financial backing through an open model, and that’s part of why I chose it.

An ideal is enough contributors to keep the lights on and to reimburse the admins for their time spent in keeping it afloat. Moderation should always be a volunteer position for those that want to support their individual communities.

Any excesses in finance I would hope go towards future running costs (to a point), feature development and then charitable donations in that order. Non-profit on paper and in practice.

This is viable for a small instance. Maybe even larger ones if the users are altruistic enough as a whole.

The more services that lock out my country, the better.

Even my home instance has done it.

Direct consequences are the only way to get it into the thick skulls of the people that This Is Bad.

So they do.

That’s really neat!

Site either respects system light/dark theme or is dark by default. Either way, it’s a plus for me that is often forgotten.

Guides are simple enough and the illustrations are cute.

You’ve got the balance of plugging your own instance while reminding visitors that there are others just right.

All useful info and not so much of it that it is overbearing.

Years ago, I’d laugh at this.

Yet it slowly becomes reality with every passing year. It’s bad enough that we’ve essentially lost pay-to-own in favour of subscription models for a lot of popular software.

On our corp network, the amount of GPOs I’ve had to mangle together just to make Win11 usable is insane. The users are still going to have a fit in October.

I’d honeytrap this with a software camera that just plays filth and shock sites on a loop :)

I lean on Irfanview+plugins for this kind of processing - it’s the bedrock of some of my workflows.

Will definitely give this a try though, thank you for sharing :)

Ahhh. Sweet, sweet schadenfreude.

I haven’t thought about using it to annotate my garbage rather than generating its own. Nice idea :)

reduce time spent on menial tasks

Absolutely. It’s at the level where it can throw basic shit together without too much trouble, providing there is a competent human in the workflow to tune inputs and sanitise outputs.

You joke, but GPT comes up with some bangers for UK politicians…

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UK Politicians Trading Card Game

A satirical take on British politics, styled like a mix between trading cards and Cards Against Humanity.

John Prescott – Trading Card

Card Title: “Two Jags, One Punch”
Type: Labour Tank

• Power: 9/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Policy Success: 6/10
• Scandal Factor: 7/10
• Verbal Clarity: 2/10

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Special Ability: “The Left Hook of Justice”

Once per game, if an opponent plays a hostile media card, Prescott may respond with a Swift Uppercut, instantly negating the attack and leaving journalists dazed.

Quote:

“The Green Belt is a Labour initiative and we intend to build on it.”

Flavour Text:
A heavyweight in both politics and physical altercations, Prescott served as Tony Blair’s deputy and made headlines for his blunt approach to diplomacy—particularly when it involved egg-wielding protesters. He was famous for his commitment to public transport… while owning two Jaguars. :::

Tony Blair – Trading Card

Card Title: “Cool Britannia’s War Criminal”
Type: Labour Messiah (Corrupted Form)

• Power: 8/10
• Charisma: 10/10
• Policy Success: 9/10
• Scandal Factor: 9/10
• Trustworthiness: -3/10

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Special Ability: “Weapons of Mass Distraction”

If an opponent plays a Bad Press or Public Inquiry card, Blair may redirect all attention onto a vague existential threat, completely avoiding consequences for one turn.

Quote:

"Look, what we have to understand is… (proceeds to dodge the question for 15 minutes)"

Flavour Text:
Once hailed as the saviour of the Labour Party, Blair modernised Britain with a grin, a soundbite, and a suspiciously close friendship with George W. Bush. His legacy is a cocktail of public service reforms, spin-doctoring, and a certain little invasion that we swear was justified at the time.

David Cameron – Trading Card

Card Title: “The Pig Whisperer”
Type: Tory Toff

• Power: 6/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Policy Success: 5/10
• Scandal Factor: 8/10
• Competence: 4/10

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Special Ability: “Referendumb”

If Cameron is forced into a difficult decision, he may trigger a National Vote, shifting responsibility onto the public. However, if the outcome is catastrophic, Cameron immediately Resigns to a Nice Cottage in the Cotswolds.

Quote:

“We’re all in this together—well, apart from my friends in the City.”

Flavour Text:
The man who gave the UK its most chaotic decade since World War II, Cameron’s legacy is austerity, that referendum, and that alleged incident with a pig. Thought he could handle populism—turns out he couldn’t even handle Boris Johnson.

It’s horrible, I love it

claps back

slams

blasts

The sooner this kind of phraseology disappears from media the better. Any outlet using it has become a clickbait shitrag.

I buy and sell drives occasionally. Even shitty old IDE drives with 5, 10 years of runtime are worth something to someone.

Bought one recently just to get an old lathe PLC (really just an old PC with DOS software control) running again.

We have two very different cats.

#1 is fed two wet pouches a day and as much dry food as he pleases. Weight is healthy and stable. Though he does beg loudly in-between meals.

#2 exclusively eats dry food and will not touch wet. Probably a good thing, as she is overweight and now on a diet. Doesn’t beg so much, but will take any opportunity to eat if given.

Water always available, but #2 prefers moving water.

The people of the house both work full time, so meals tend to be twice a day - morning and evening.

Snap!

More ginge on the legs than ours though :)

It would be better if the server could detect bots and send them down a rabbit hole

Already possible: Nepenthes.

Related: https://mammon.typepad.com/root_of_all_evil/2007/06/goatse_london_o.html

I wasn’t aware until you told me, so that holds true. Might pick one up, that’s cheap enough just for funsies.

I’ve not had a problem with the Chitu breed of kit - hardware or software. But I have seen some absolute horror stories from the later Mars machines. The 4 MAX (maybe the whole 4 series) has a fantastic bug where leaving the USB in while turning on will trigger the machine to start a firmware update.

A bit of a hitch when it doesn’t check for firmware files being present first before wiping itself. Making the mistake of leaving the USB in at power-on effectively soft-bricks it.

Elegoo are now leaning into moving vats, which is fancy and allows for autolevelling. I think it’s just a recipe for trouble and more parts to fail though.