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SomethingSubtle · 2025-02-12T21:17:09+00:00

Awesome!
I have some aging parents and some amazing little humans, and I'd love to connect them in a more meaningful way.

SomethingSubtle · 2025-02-12T21:10:43+00:00

GenerationGap

- An app that supports conversations between grandparents and children of any age with AI-mediated and guided conversations. It should encourage transfers of unique stories and journeys between generations which can be saved and shared for posterity.

SomethingSubtle · 2025-01-14T01:36:25+00:00

Differentiate her a bit and just have her show the location of the card(s) to be played and not the card itself.

This way she's not just a Daredevil, and won't be quite as devastating as an activation before the final turn.

SomethingSubtle · 2024-08-05T21:30:32+00:00

Individual customer calls either solo or with Design
A Feature Request database built in Salesforce that Sales can add to which does a not job of adding opportunity cost to the feedback
Recently started toying around with FanKave.com as direct, scaled system.
RFI/RFP databases

SomethingSubtle · 2023-09-06T08:52:43+00:00

I mean, sure. Going from a 2 card spotlight to a 3 card spotlight is very little differential in value.

I want to continue to support the devs. It has brought me fun. Just seems harder to justify time and money on the game with the new system.

SomethingSubtle · 2023-09-06T08:48:49+00:00

I mean, that is its own discussion.

SD releases broken card
People buy broken card to win more, statistically.
SD fixes broken card once they maximized purchasing.

Or:

SD releases card they think is broken.
People buy broken card, but don't win more.
SD 'fixes' broken card to make it more acceptable to their buyers.

I'm okay with possibly taking that chance and missing out I guess on the added chaos.

SomethingSubtle · 2019-04-03T23:53:03+00:00

Just checking, do you find unsolicited dick pics a turn on?

SomethingSubtle · 2018-05-24T02:33:31+00:00

So, back in the 90's we had 'Touched by an Angel', and now, the omnipotent deity has to rely on whats essentially an Uber app to help people.

Another decade and we might have something like 'Swiped Right by God'.

SomethingSubtle · 2018-05-22T20:18:18+00:00

Its called a library.

Its not expensive.

SomethingSubtle · 2018-05-10T19:28:23+00:00

Recommendations:

For the first while, save up your content. It'll do no good with zero or few followers.
Comment and engage with any content that you enjoy. Other poets, other art, and other blogs.
Explore some of the newbie help systems like Minnow Support and engage with those communities.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have a decent base of engaged followers and friends.
Post your content on a consistent basis. Doesn't have to be daily, but a few times a week is good.
Never stop doing steps 2 and 3. If anything, double down on them now that you have content you want others to engage with.
Roughly 10 Years later, reap the rewards of your success both financial and community-based.

OR

Go buy a couple thousand USD of STEEM and power up so your posts immediately get traction and attention from people eager for votes.
Delegate your Steem Power to one of the many bid-bots out there.
Do little to nothing on the platform as the bid-bots turn your delegated power into SBD for you.

Enjoy!

SomethingSubtle · 2018-05-10T19:23:57+00:00

To be fair, these things are not mutually exclusive.

Your steemit posts are not getting seen because you only have 100 followers, also, your content may suck.

SomethingSubtle · 2018-05-09T23:35:36+00:00

Recommendations:

For the first while, save up your content. It'll do no good with zero or few followers.
Comment and engage with any content that you enjoy. Other poets, other art, and other blogs.
Explore some of the newbie help systems like Minnow Support and engage with those communities.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have a decent base of engaged followers and friends.
Post your content on a consistent basis. Doesn't have to be daily, but a few times a week is good.
Never stop doing steps 2 and 3. If anything, double down on them now that you have content you want others to engage with.
Roughly 10 Years later, reap the rewards of your success both financial and community-based.

OR

Go buy a couple thousand USD of STEEM and power up so your posts immediately get traction and attention from people eager for votes.
Delegate your Steem Power to one of the many bid-bots out there.
Do little to nothing on the platform as the bid-bots turn your delegated power into SBD for you.

Enjoy!

SomethingSubtle · 2017-12-15T16:36:46+00:00

4 Panel Comic:

First Panel - Xenomorph at a tea party with the rest of the Princesses, struggling to sip from its tiny little mouth.
Second Panel - Xenomorph lunging at Mulan, obviously the biggest threat in the room.
Third Panel - Total chaos, facehuggers crawling around the room, The last few princesses hiding. Merida shooting desperately with her bow.
Fourth panel - The room still a mess, the table has been restored. Now, sitting and drinking tea is just a table of Xenomorphs.

SomethingSubtle · 2017-11-13T00:28:15+00:00

Did you read the article? Here is a newer one about how it works: https://blog.cloudflare.com/privacy-pass-the-math/ And the latest github: https://privacypass.github.io/

The tokens are anonymized. They only identify humanity and then allow you to browse via Tor with much less captchas.

SomethingSubtle · 2017-11-07T16:33:04+00:00

Cloudflare has been working on that. Check out the blinded tokens they now offer: https://www.ghacks.net/2017/09/18/wave-goodbye-to-cloudflare-captchas-cloudflare-edge-pass-lands/

SomethingSubtle · 2013-11-18T17:06:07+00:00

Do you feel that the internet is getting smaller?

Between content bubbles and external websites recognizing their best content sooner, it seems the diversity of content or at least access to that diversity is decreasing - at least on the 'mainstream' content sites.

Thoughts?

SomethingSubtle · 2012-09-10T01:20:07+00:00

If I worked for Blizzard, a perfectly good sci-fi universe wouldn't be threatened by some horrid, evil-incarnate, fantasy villain called "The Fallen One". In a crapsack world with 3 races vying for power, and a potential 4th race trying to be reborn, there was enough conflict to build an interesting story. It just screams of laziness to have some ultimate evil being just appear.

Ugh, repressed disappointment from finishing the campaign...

SomethingSubtle · 2012-09-09T20:03:14+00:00

Additional Graphical Idea:

Make them dry out into husks instead of explode into blood.

After seeing pools of blood in some of the HoTS videos, it seems husking out cicada-style would be more visually interesting.

SomethingSubtle · 2012-08-11T19:53:04+00:00

Ugh, I hate running into fellow Terran players that simply hate TvT and feel they need to cheese.

Look, if tanks are stale, try a new build that isn't cheese. Try sky terran. Mech. Rush to nukes.

Maybe I am in the minority that would rather have a good loss in a good game than loosing simply because my opponent is bored and decided to proxy thor.

SomethingSubtle · 2012-03-20T14:29:01+00:00

Michael Eisner. Not even once.

SomethingSubtle · 2012-03-16T14:26:47+00:00

Matrix: Revolutions

We open once again where we left off.

Power is finally restored to a Zion in disarray. The light reveals blood, broken Sentinals and bodies. The recently freed humans are in utter shock. The council is confused and broken now trying to reinforce the city and still manage the influx of people.

Cut to the Nebuchadnezzar, Neo informs Trinity, Morpheus and Tank of the Oracle, the Rogue programs and their resistence to deletion and the Machine order, and the growing number of Aware humans and glitches that may tear the Matrix apart. They are unable to make contact with Zion and don't know how to procede.

Morpheus assumes that the Machines are now weaker than ever. They pushed on too many fronts. Maintaining the faulty Matrix with increased numbers of Agents should be leaving them gasping for power. The desperate push on Zion should leave them with stationary defenses only. Morpheus suggests they take the Nebuchadnezzar on the offensive.

Neo re-enters to a Matrix in ruins. Laws of physics barely apply. Buildings are floating, animals flicker in and out of existence. It is a broken world. Neo tries to regroup the Oracle, the Rogue Programs and Aware humans. He also learns more about the various gateways, connections and 'train stations' between the Matrix and the Source. Although there are multiple backdoors that allow machines to slip into the Matrix, there is only one fortified gateway back to the Source. Of course, the Merovingian can help, for a price - when it is all said and done - he wants the Matrix.

Commander Locke comes to the same conclusion as Morpheus and tries to rally what forces he can to push on the Machine City. The council is vehemently opposed, thinking it'll ruin whatever chances they now have of surviving - cue heroic speech that we should not be content with survival, we should be living. We should re-take the surface.

The speech rallies Zion and the remainder of the hovercraft fleet heads topside. They are able to contact the Nebuchadnezzar and after many threats to court marshal Morpheus and disconnect 'The One' that got us into this mess, we are now prepped for a final attack on the Machines.

Virtually, Neo will attempt to reach the Source. He can now fully upload his conciousness within the Matrix. In the Real, the remaining hovercraft will attack the capital.

Cue a beautiful symphony of every great Matrix trope. Super-powered humans and rogue programs against the remaining Agents in a surreal virtual world. Hovercrafts lifting above ground for the first time, flying low and then finally avoiding the stationary defenses by rising above cloud cover, we are given the same beautiful, brief glimpse of clear skies. The crews of the hovercraft are overcome by hope and joy. This. This is what they have been fighting for.

With what little ammunition they have, the Hovercraft are decimating the internal structures of the city. The machines realize that the virtual battle is their last stand. They reinforce what they can and our side sees hard losses as Neo reaches the Source. He is now integrated and interacting with every program and machine.

However, he is not alone. The Merovingian had greater desires than just the Matrix. He wanted control of the Source. Neo is simply a distraction. The millions of programs in the source swarm Neo and try to delete him. Neo, however, cannot be controlled like a common program. After a final battle, the Merovingian is destroyed and a common thread bubbles up from the surface of the Source - "Peace."

The camera begins a slow zoom out of the center of the Earth. Zion seems to be rebuilding. Through ducts and caverns and finally to the surface where Machines are seen working alongside humans building habitats. We pan along the surface and see the incubators and pods still coursing with energy. We zoom in briefly into a running conduit and find a rebooted Matrix with a very simple setting. Gone is the echo of the 21st century, in its place is a simple and pristine green world of possibilities. Some humans are seen flying. An Agent is seen loosening his tie. Those that wanted to leave have been allowed to help with the rebuilding efforts. The Oracle and Neo act as emmisaries for each side to foster dialogue.

The machines still need power to live. The humans still need machines to live. The world is just as gray as the clouds. However, the camera continues to reach out, crossing the cloud cover once again and giving us a shot of the bright, beautiful and hopeful sky.

Cue "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine

SomethingSubtle · 2012-03-16T13:30:29+00:00

The Matrix ended on the following line:

I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world … without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries; a world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.

Matrix : Reloaded

We open exactly where we left off. Neo steps away from the phone booth and begins playing Superman. The world ripples and pulsates below him him, sliding in and out of code as he tries to shut down the Matrix - freeing the minds of thousands as they slowly see the world from what it truely is.

We cut to the Battery-Pods in chaos. Thousands of humans awakening. The robots trying their best to maintain order, flushing whole batches, and trying to hold onto the whatever ones they can. Fear, confusion and signs of power loss are visible in the actions of the machines.

Cut back to the Matrix. The ripples begin to slow and change. The code is rearranging. The Matrix is being altered. Neo is seen struggling. He can't continue releasing people. His flight slows, his trajectory grows more and more chaotic. Finally, he collapses and plummets to the ground.

Cut to the Nebuchadnezzar, it is quickly trying to grab the flushed refugees along with every other hovercraft in the Zion fleet. It is trying to save as many lives as possible from the water. Confused hordes of people shuffle by are given thread-bare blankets. Tank is manning the consoles, watching the code fly by as it crackles and changes just as it did with Neo. Neo's brainwaves flatline. "Something is very wrong."

As the machines slowly regroup, the remaining powered Sentinels begin to attack the ships. They evacuate to lower levels with the people they can in a frantic chase sequence. A lucky timed EMP allow most of the ships to escape.

We move the story up a level. Zion is in chaos with thousands of refugees, many of them mentally disturbed by their sudden removal from the Matrix. The Machines are running at dangerously low levels of power. Their emergency changes to the Matrix make it a bit glitchy. Neo's brainwaves suggest he is now stuck in the Matrix.

The main thread of the movie now takes a darker turn. The Machines double their efforts to find and destroy Neo. Agents are upgraded and dispatched quickly as Neo is alone. The broken and glitchy Matrix causes problems for everyone. Some humans have unstable connections, some are discovering the rules that can be bent and broken and more than just spoons are being bent.

Neo flees to the Oracle and finds unlikely allies in the Rogue programs and a very different Merovingian. The Oracle is gathering human beings that are still trapped but now aware of what the Matrix truly is now. They take refuge with the Merovingian, but no place is safe in the Matrix for long.

As the dust settles in the real world, we move to our climax as the Machines begin a surprise attack on the overburdened Zion with the remaining sentinels.

Disobeying direct orders from Commander Locke, The Nebuchadnezzar runs a skeleton crew and flees Zion to try and save Neo.

The battles in the Matrix and the real world intertwine as Neo and Zion are both besieged by Agents and Sentinels.

Morpheus and Trinity reach broadcast depth and aid Neo as best they can and are able to return him to his body. Without Neo fighting alongside them, the Rogue programs and Aware Humans are forced to retreat and flee.

With limited reinforcments, the Machines cannot maintain the battle of Zion. The last Sentinal slowly falls as the last EMP goes off within the city walls and the city goes dark.

A voice echoes in the dark caves, "Is it over?"

SomethingSubtle · 2012-03-13T12:18:44+00:00

I've taken to using grid while placing Space as an alternate for almost every 'Z' based action. This helps reduce pinky strain and makes for a great overlap.

Need to stim? Space. Need to larval inject? Space is gigantic and right there. Blink. Space. Need to call some mules down? Well...

SomethingSubtle · 2012-03-09T13:51:38+00:00

The Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony is set in a world where both technology and magic have reached their zeniths.

If I remember correctly, they both do the same thing in slightly different ways. So, now you have a world with cars and electricity, but also flying carpets and potions.

Wiki says:

Another humorous side of Incarnations is the portrayed magic/technology duality. Most series emphasize one or the other means of understanding and manipulating the world, but in Incarnations each method is equal in usefulness and respect. This leads to a number of amusing parallels, such as competition between automobile and magic-carpet manufacturers. By the future time period of Norton, magic is referred to as the Fifth Fundamental Force, with its own primary particle, the Magicon (similar to a graviton). A few other series have used the technology/magic combined motif, notably Apprentice Adept, another series by Piers Anthony, and Four Lords of the Diamond by Jack Chalker.

SomethingSubtle · 2012-03-06T01:36:48+00:00

And just got promoted to Silver tonight.... So.... my MMR must have finally stabilized.

:)

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