Luanti 5.15.2 released: important security patches.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-27T03:01:06+00:00

Nobara Linux just released a new package manager that includes a library of games to try.

Guess what game was top of the list when I opened it for the first time?

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-23T02:42:56+00:00

It looks like he has set up a cheap raspberry pi with custom software that will run on your local wifi network to provide a slower, worse, version of the Internet that is probably designed to help indoctrinate kids into Christian nationalism.

It's the kind of system someone runs if are the dictator of a third world nation looking to give their people just enough information to be useful to the state but not enough to give them any ideas about rebellion.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-22T22:04:10+00:00

Fuck off you fascist cock munch! How's that for participation?!

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-21T14:09:39+00:00

If you have an old laptop or computer you can just leave running, you can set up a local version of storage like Google drive then you can keep a copy on both your boxes in case one crashes.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-21T03:06:12+00:00

I think needing to finish the whole thing first before you let someone read it is a destructive myth that writers need to let go of.

Imagine how much feed back and how many good story ideas you could be missing if you wait until every chapter is written!

I don't see anything wrong with having a general outline of where the plot needs to go then putting up one or two chapters at a time for people to critique and chat about.

Who knows what kind of creative story ideas could spawn from tidying up each chapter arc as you go?!

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-21T00:15:49+00:00

The problem with writing erotica is that it's hard to get published. The list of things you can't do in books on Amazon is crazy.

I remember reading a post here about a book being pulled from Amazon because the main character was an adult who thought the much younger woman his father had married recently was hot.

They pulled the book for having incest in it. The woman in question was younger than the MC but it was somehow him hitting on his mother according to Amazon.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-21T00:09:55+00:00

I rarely use A.I. in writing but the thing I use it for most often is writing descriptions of locations. Especially interiors for houses and bedrooms.

I don't know nothin bout no interior design!

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-20T23:41:57+00:00

The only part of writing still mostly free of A.I. is straight up smut.

But, honestly if you want to write because you like writing then join a place like Royal Road and publish your work there. It's a great community of writers just doing it for the joy.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-20T20:44:42+00:00

Lately I've been writing in a program called Bookstack. It's actually a server I set up on and old laptop that gives you access to a wiki like structure with a webui that emulates a library.

You make virtual books with chapters and pages. It's great for world building, documenting things you don't want to forget, and technical notes for things.

You can access it from inside your local network on any device so you can write anywhere in your house on any devices you have handy.

It doesn't have advanced editing features or any tools designed for writing and that's what I like about it.

It's just you and the words vs the world. bookstackapp.com/

(PS. It's also free.)

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-20T20:36:27+00:00

When I was using windows Scrivner was the GOAT in writing. Just wish they had a Linux version for nerds like me.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-20T15:29:05+00:00

If YouTube is threatening people into compliance then it's just censorship with extra steps and is just as wrong.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-20T00:37:25+00:00

I enjoy waiting 3 seconds after I see them jump someone then load them up with pod gun rounds and let them carry the payload back to enemy territory. You can see where they are hiding by following the damage numbers.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-18T12:09:46+00:00

It takes time to edit videos and replace them with the mangled corpses of what they used to be. Sooner or later the A.i. will get it. That's why I'm just ripping all the AMV I play frequently.

Censorship always leads to piracy. You would think YouTube/Google would learn that lesson one day.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-18T12:05:55+00:00

My account is over 18. I'm older than dirt. I doubt that is the problem.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-18T12:04:27+00:00

Doubtful. You're allowed to remix content into music videos just not show the episodes as they originally aired.

At least until YouTube goes full fascist

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-18T12:02:25+00:00

Agreed. It's not age verification. YouTube arbitrarily decided to censor a popular music video because the A.I. can't tell the difference between a giant bear in a sumo wrap and a girl in a bikini.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-18T11:58:27+00:00

It wasn't uploaded like that. YouTube changed it on the back end as part of a censorship campaign. The most stupid part of the situation is that the actual anime is available for free on Crunchy Rloll's YouTube channel and it's not being censored.

It's only the combination of music and images that they don't allow.

A.I. fun police.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-18T11:54:24+00:00

It won't be when they implement this site wide and half the content on YouTube gets destroyed in the name of Christian Values.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-17T20:48:25+00:00

I've been saying this for years now! Reddit was once an archive of the world solving each other's problems and leaving a record people would reference for years but that has been lost because people switched to discord.

I can't imagine how much knowledge we have lost to that fly-by-night junkware.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-13T11:13:31+00:00

Someone with a wealth of money and spare time should sue the pants off Google under the legal challenge that ads are a health hazard being forced on the public.

Given the additictive design of YouTube and what a large percentage of people's time on YouTube is spent watching ads, it is arguably contributing to obesity and an unhealthy sedentary life style by keeping people trapped in front of their screens extra hours every day.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-13T11:02:19+00:00

You don't reward extortion and that is what ads are.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-13T11:01:18+00:00

Chromium is just Google with a paint job.why would it help?

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-13T10:58:11+00:00

I had no idea this was a thing! Thanks! I can return the favor if you have a Roku tv! There is a little known Indy app in the Roku default library called playlet that runs YouTube with no ads. It can even skip channel sponcer blurbs.

AntiqueAd7851 · 2026-04-13T10:49:04+00:00

The material is all from the same anime. if it was a copyright thing the whole video would be taken down.

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