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Clocked in like ~50hrs on it and I honest to god started wondering if it was a bit. Like there's an early dialogue where someone went "hmm, that name sounds familiar". I was like "kind of smart to program in a character with the same name as what the player enters, wonder what they're gonna do w/it"
December 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Clocked in like ~50hrs on it and I honest to god started wondering if it was a bit. Like there's an early dialogue where someone went "hmm, that name sounds familiar". I was like "kind of smart to program in a character with the same name as what the player enters, wonder what they're gonna do w/it"
(I know, it's just an egg on paratha, but my local place introduced me to it & they somehow time the egg part juuuuust right so that it basically fuses into the top layer of paratha, but doesn't fully mix. So the egg gets all crispy. I'm incapable of nailing it)
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
(I know, it's just an egg on paratha, but my local place introduced me to it & they somehow time the egg part juuuuust right so that it basically fuses into the top layer of paratha, but doesn't fully mix. So the egg gets all crispy. I'm incapable of nailing it)
I once looked up a recipe for this online & when I finally unearthed something that looked like what I wanted was soundly informed by the blog post that it is a dish he mostly makes for his toddlers. Made me think, maybe I do just want kid food tbqh
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I once looked up a recipe for this online & when I finally unearthed something that looked like what I wanted was soundly informed by the blog post that it is a dish he mostly makes for his toddlers. Made me think, maybe I do just want kid food tbqh
And truly, what could be better than removing all of that pesky overhead. Only paying for the cloud hosting/processing/etc, with 0 further expectation or reliance on another actual human being
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
And truly, what could be better than removing all of that pesky overhead. Only paying for the cloud hosting/processing/etc, with 0 further expectation or reliance on another actual human being
So why would they ever deign to think about the minutiae, the unimportant stuff like how and when laundry gets done, where they're going to eat that evening? They don't have time for all of that; if they can pay someone else to think about that for them, they can focus on the Real Important stuff
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
So why would they ever deign to think about the minutiae, the unimportant stuff like how and when laundry gets done, where they're going to eat that evening? They don't have time for all of that; if they can pay someone else to think about that for them, they can focus on the Real Important stuff
Of course, BC that's exactly the kind of mentality of their creators. They've ultra-optimised their time, it's all grind, all genius, all them working on important stuff that's going to save the world, drive that profit through the roof
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Of course, BC that's exactly the kind of mentality of their creators. They've ultra-optimised their time, it's all grind, all genius, all them working on important stuff that's going to save the world, drive that profit through the roof
Of course. Of course that's exactly the kind of substrate that brings all this 'AI assistant' stuff out. Those ads seem so maddening and shallow, so barefaced about messaging "you don't need to think!!!"
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Of course. Of course that's exactly the kind of substrate that brings all this 'AI assistant' stuff out. Those ads seem so maddening and shallow, so barefaced about messaging "you don't need to think!!!"
Like I imagine if you're more keyed in than me this isn't a shock but I feel like I just cracked the fucking davinci code
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Like I imagine if you're more keyed in than me this isn't a shock but I feel like I just cracked the fucking davinci code
And then further down someone says: "If you can make more in an hour than you need to pay someone else to do something in that hour, outsource. You still profit, and don't have to stress about doing it with your auxiliary time."
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
And then further down someone says: "If you can make more in an hour than you need to pay someone else to do something in that hour, outsource. You still profit, and don't have to stress about doing it with your auxiliary time."
And then I stumbled upon some thread about hiring a VA, where someone explicitly says "I outsource anything that isn't necessarily work related but still takes time", and they list off things like making restaurant reservations, ordering stuff, 'interviewing babysitters'(!)
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
And then I stumbled upon some thread about hiring a VA, where someone explicitly says "I outsource anything that isn't necessarily work related but still takes time", and they list off things like making restaurant reservations, ordering stuff, 'interviewing babysitters'(!)
So I'm on some bullshit about programming my own virtual assistant / tamagotchi (don't ask, going through it) and I was casting around for novel ideas, ended up searching 'what can a virtual assistant help with' which is how I stumbled upon the knowledge that Virtual Assistant is also a job title
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
So I'm on some bullshit about programming my own virtual assistant / tamagotchi (don't ask, going through it) and I was casting around for novel ideas, ended up searching 'what can a virtual assistant help with' which is how I stumbled upon the knowledge that Virtual Assistant is also a job title
Hate that I'm going to have to actually read about economics one day
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hate that I'm going to have to actually read about economics one day
Idk man, it's just the atomising of all of these things into all these tiny costs. Theoretically an individual has unprecedented access to a whole variety of sources, but everyone has to earn a living right? Everything is work and time and money, and it's all caught in the net of data privacy
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Idk man, it's just the atomising of all of these things into all these tiny costs. Theoretically an individual has unprecedented access to a whole variety of sources, but everyone has to earn a living right? Everything is work and time and money, and it's all caught in the net of data privacy
Like of course you could still just buy the paper, but the shift to cater more to digital access can change how available the physical product is. And ads in the physical paper don't have the option to individually track you; even when paying, the digital ones can and often do?
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Like of course you could still just buy the paper, but the shift to cater more to digital access can change how available the physical product is. And ads in the physical paper don't have the option to individually track you; even when paying, the digital ones can and often do?
But the trend now is also this 'freemium' tier - you can read this, but your options are pay in the currency of money for a subscription, OR in the currency of access to your personal data. Specifically I'm talking about the trend of 'pay to reject advertising cookies'
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
But the trend now is also this 'freemium' tier - you can read this, but your options are pay in the currency of money for a subscription, OR in the currency of access to your personal data. Specifically I'm talking about the trend of 'pay to reject advertising cookies'
Like previously to e.g. read a newspaper required you to physically obtain the newspaper, generally through buying it. The payments for the paper as well as selling advertising space was what kept this afloat; charging for digital access to a paper consumed digitally is very analogous
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Like previously to e.g. read a newspaper required you to physically obtain the newspaper, generally through buying it. The payments for the paper as well as selling advertising space was what kept this afloat; charging for digital access to a paper consumed digitally is very analogous
I think what rubs me the wrong way, and what feels markedly different about the current state of things, is probably down to the increased exchange of personal data (for advertising) as part and parcel of a lot of these transactions now
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I think what rubs me the wrong way, and what feels markedly different about the current state of things, is probably down to the increased exchange of personal data (for advertising) as part and parcel of a lot of these transactions now
Like I'm not a complete ignoramus, particularly when it comes to things like writing I do completely understand that people should get paid! I suppose it's an unfortunate consequence of increased 'digital first' reliance, the expansive nature of the potential access the internet gives
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Like I'm not a complete ignoramus, particularly when it comes to things like writing I do completely understand that people should get paid! I suppose it's an unfortunate consequence of increased 'digital first' reliance, the expansive nature of the potential access the internet gives
I mean even if I did have the vocab, it would probably be paywalled to something I don't yet have a subscription to
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I mean even if I did have the vocab, it would probably be paywalled to something I don't yet have a subscription to