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Ariane
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Visual novelist, 3D graphics artist, and solo indie game developer.
Runs Date Ariane Games, and arianeb.com and dateariane patreon. Loves video games, any kind of art, photography, science, and history.
MAGA demeans the Christian faith with impunity.
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Contributors to Politics: We need more data and hate queers and taxes.

Voters: We need more money, healthcare, education, and housing.

Politicians: Let's force everyone to identify themselves online, and cut money for healthcare,education, and housing. Especially for the queers.
August 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Investors in AI: Let's spend whatever it takes to make an Artificial Einstein that can outsmart people and allow us to reduce payroll.

Customers in AI: We don't actually see much reason for AI, and peak LLM was GPT-4.

AI companies: Let's waste another $60 billion on an even bigger model.
August 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Investors in gaming: Make more Live Service games, and make them more realistic.

Customers in gaming: We like fun gaming loops with likeable characters and fun settings that we can play by ourselves or with a friend.

Gaming companies: Let's make another live service. 🧵
August 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I have a steam deck. My own games work on steam deck, but because the help menus require the touch screen instead of the controllers, they can't be "certified".
August 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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August 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Mostly ease of porting and ease of use. Obsidian had a separate editor for notes and I didn't really like that. I still have Obsidian on my PC, I just use Joplin a lot more.
August 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I actually use Thunderbird. I have a Proton Mail account and paid a little extra for Bridge access which is an encryption decoder that runs on my PC, and serves as a localhost email server so I can use Thunderbird.
August 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A program I use for work has problems with Linux-WINE, so it's dual boot if I use Linux.
August 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM