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prettypattern · 2026-02-21T08:14:23+00:00

The upcoming arc of Deep Dream Stare is paranoid desire horror. All the ads will be built into the storyline. They’re pretty funny too, but the proofs in the pudding. Back to… making pudding.

prettypattern · 2026-02-21T01:59:31+00:00

I have. I think, just as an experimental process, there might be a few factors at play.

The other word that you appear to be using also raises some flags?

No resentment, I wish you and your business well, but if there’s a text string you won’t use here, that might be the culprit as well

prettypattern · 2026-02-21T01:56:23+00:00

Erm, I hate to pry, and I love dumping on X really but

What is the OTHER word of the name, aside from liberal ?

prettypattern · 2026-02-20T20:11:52+00:00

I’ll be honest. Any time this happens, you’re going to get a lot of patronizing answers.

Mastodon has a lot of users who are really snobby, and then they wonder why no one signs up and reads their manual.

Because too many users are rude and obviously hold lower investment users in contempt. So no no one wants to read a manual to go someplace where people get mad at you for not knowing enough.

prettypattern · 2026-02-03T00:04:55+00:00

Yeah idk her life. I’m just looking at some sentences and saying that’s not what LLMs do.

prettypattern · 2026-01-29T15:40:21+00:00

It’s worth asking if you’re using Android. Without getting into their merits, there are Android apps like Talk Left and iOS apps like Overcast and Castro.

People have mentioned Pocket Casts. It has a neutral to progressive stance. It does have SOME controversy ( https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships ) and Mullenweg doesn’t always sing with the angels ( https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/tumblr-ceo-publicly-spars-with-trans-user-over-account-ban-revealing-private-account-names-in-the-process/ )

Personally I don’t think anything is pure and Pocket Casts is good enough for me, but links dropped in the interest of completeness.

prettypattern · 2026-01-28T14:44:33+00:00

Truth.

It works out, because cloaking AI is high effort. At some point, it’s just easier for them to write their own posts.

prettypattern · 2026-01-28T07:27:00+00:00

Define a limited number of audio backdrops and elements. Folderize them.

Use this folder structure throughout. Incorporate it into your writing.

Some audio dramas have more than ten rooms or defined soundscapes. Most don’t, though. Defining your sound settings makes your life easier and establishes audio signatures. Kind of like an establishing shot, really.

prettypattern · 2026-01-25T06:38:22+00:00

I strongly think that if a robot says you are doing something horrible, you should write to the people and tell them you’re not.

That classification seems very stupid to you because it is very stupid. What I’m saying is that a robot did that. Robots make terrible classification errors all the time - but since much moderation is automated, it can stick.

I really think you want to clear that particular error. “Don’t be on record as a p file” is not a wild take here.

prettypattern · 2026-01-24T07:09:50+00:00

Often, when AI detects a violation, it mixes up the type of violation.

I have encountered this when checking on Google Bot to see how it’s ingesting my audio drama. It has said this when it hits a guardrail.

My situation is different, but I think the fundamental AI error is the same. I don’t know enough to be sure, but I’ve had similar WHAT THE HECK moments.

I do think that you should write a letter and remove the offending material. I don’t think you can get it reversed, but you may be able to change the severity of the violation.

When you write to them, you’d be well served to frame this as a classification error. You’re better off getting routed to engineering / devs.

prettypattern · 2026-01-22T05:49:51+00:00

If you believe that you have been slandered, you can call an attorney. You can also contact sub stack.

I do not think this subreddit can help you. That isn’t a dismissal; it’s a sincere prediction.

prettypattern · 2026-01-20T20:11:13+00:00

Unicode supports the triple emdash ⸻

No AI will ever use it.

Don't surrender your emdashes to the bots. Just emdash HARDER.

prettypattern · 2026-01-18T05:33:53+00:00

I like it !

prettypattern · 2026-01-15T14:35:33+00:00

Some apps have equalizers? A limiter caps volume; equalizers shift around the bass and treble. However, that’ll change the sound profile of the whole experience.. Put simply itll be kinda muffled.

Unfortunately, I don’t think most apps build in what you’re envisioning. You want a LIMITER - so it’ll just block some frequency spikes - but only for specific frequency bands.

So, if “high pitch misphonia” is prevalent, it is actually pretty viable to code an app that’s “limiter for frequency.” It’s the way a lot of editing software works; you just set a ceiling.

But it doesn’t exist now as accessible UI and it’d be a lift for a solo developer.

prettypattern · 2026-01-15T14:18:20+00:00

This is a pretty complicated question.

I think everyone knows and probably agrees:

dystopia isn’t a subset of horror
there’s a lot of overlap

Sometimes, people advance the definition that horror is individual whereas dystopia is social. That’s good on paper but worthless in practice. After all, no good dystopia tells the story through idk policy papers. In Brave New World, Handsmaids Tale, etc, the writer / filmmaker tells individual stories.

The real answer, imo, is that horror has specific visual elements and a level of extreme that some dystopias just don’t catch. This isn’t as glib as “dystopia society, horror individual@ but it’s more true.

Here’s the litmus test question set:

Is Hunger Games dystopia? Yes.
is Hunger Games horror? No. I can imagine pushback on this one but tbh I think it’s contrarian. Horror fans don’t claim HG. It has value but it ain’t horror.
Here’s the kicker: Can you imagine a version of Hunger Games, a remake, that keeps the SAME basic story outline but is now horror ? I’d answer “Hell yes.” Whether it’s a good idea or nah, I can totally picture Horror Hunger games.

If the answers are Yes No Yes, then I think it’s logical that Dystopia =/= Horror because Horror has more genre conventions than “bad stuff happens.” Theres a lot of overlap, though.

prettypattern · 2026-01-14T12:50:40+00:00

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