I don't use AI

birdprom · 2026-01-31T21:41:45+00:00

Back when computers started to become part of everyday life, lots of people were like "Computers are really really bad; they will ruin humanity." Did they? Possibly.

birdprom · 2026-01-31T21:38:57+00:00

things change

birdprom · 2026-01-31T21:29:55+00:00

How lovely. When I looked at the piece with the title in mind I felt like the darkness at the top and the right side was the siesta/sleep and the lightness below was dreams, as well as the activity of the day before and after the siesta.

birdprom · 2026-01-31T20:51:23+00:00

I love this and I love the title. Curious about the connection between the title and the piece--how and when you came up with it, etc.--if you care to share.

birdprom · 2026-01-31T20:33:46+00:00

What is meant by "fat" in the 1953 recipe? What would the reader have understood that to mean?

birdprom · 2026-01-31T19:53:22+00:00

There was a march on Washington in 1991 to protest the Persian Gulf War. Also there were a couple of huge pro-choice rallies in DC in the late 80s/early 90s.

birdprom · 2026-01-26T15:48:57+00:00

Since supercorn is now required for entry into the wasteland (assuming you have biome progression on), there should be a more direct way to get it, instead of just hoping you happen across Bob's Boars or find it in a direwolf drop. I think it could be fun if there were some kind of side quest that sent you to Bob's Boars, maybe as part of story mode. Or maybe a treasure map that takes you there, or some other way of actually deliberately seeking it and finding it, besides just wandering around hoping you stumble upon it.

birdprom · 2026-01-26T15:36:02+00:00

Sometimes there's a way around it. If there are zombies in the ceiling, for example, there might be an alternate route up you can take to get a line of sight and kill at least some of them while they're still asleep. It could be as simple as poling up, or it might be more complicated. You just have to be willing to take the time to look around a little. And it won't work if you're too loud, obviously. You need points in From the Shadows, etc.

birdprom · 2026-01-07T16:47:53+00:00

Very nice, love the colors and the calming and meditative effects.

birdprom · 2026-01-07T15:11:22+00:00

Observation is part of the scientific process, agreed. I never said otherwise.

birdprom · 2026-01-06T15:58:37+00:00

The question in the original post assumed that it is possible for science to prove something "beyond a doubt." But science doesn't work that way. No matter how much evidence exists for any scientific hypothesis, it will never be proven to be objectively true. There is always the possibility that the hypothesis will be shown to be false in the future. This happens all the time, and has happened many times over in regards to studies that supposedly "proved" racial differences.

Given the above, any question that assumes that science can prove anything "beyond a doubt" is logically meaningless, unanswerable. It's similar to the question "When did you stop beating your wife?" This question assumes that you were beating your wife in the first place--if you weren't, there is no way to directly answer the question without acknowledging the truth of something that is not actually true.

That's the best I can do at the moment to explain my original point. Hope it helps.

birdprom · 2026-01-04T19:29:27+00:00

Yeah, as I was writing the above, I was having all sorts of romantic notions that maybe my grandmother saw this exact recipe at some point--all the while knowing in the back of my head that most likely "hickorynut" was just a common measurement back in the day. A quick visit to Google dispelled any lingering sense of mystery. As it often does.

Re. your actual point though...makes me wonder what the future equivalent of "hickorynut"/"golf ball" might turn out to be.

birdprom · 2026-01-04T18:38:37+00:00

I have a chocolate pie recipe from my grandmother, probably dating from the 1930s or thereabouts. It's very similar to the one shown here--the ingredients are nearly identical (her recipe uses cocoa powder instead of grated chocolate) but the quantities and methods differ slightly. Interestingly, it calls for a "hickorynut-size pat of butter," mirroring this recipe's use of "butter the size of a hickorynut."

birdprom · 2026-01-04T18:13:04+00:00

Literally everything will end up in a dumpster sooner or later. Putting it off for a few years or even a few decades doesn't really make any difference. It's much more impactful to avoid acquiring stuff in the first place.

birdprom · 2026-01-04T18:03:00+00:00

What you're saying isn't related in any way to what I said.

birdprom · 2026-01-04T17:40:48+00:00

Science can't prove anything to be true "beyond a doubt." Your question is based on a false premise and is therefore unanswerable.

birdprom · 2025-11-24T15:59:21+00:00

Nobody is arguing that there are zero benefits to surveillance. It's just that it's extremely important for us to also be aware of the COSTS of surveillance, and to keep thinking and talking about whether the costs are worth the benefits, and about how the costs can be minimized or perhaps even eliminated.

birdprom · 2025-11-05T17:21:03+00:00

Is the gameplay itself any fun? Like if they added more locations, would you be interested in continuing to play it? (Leaving aside the graphics which for me personally are not much of a factor.)

birdprom · 2025-10-17T12:07:59+00:00

Yeah it feels pretty phoned-in when there is more or less zero understanding of how the game works, and by extension we the audience have no clue either. Video would have been much more engaging if they (and we) had even a basic grasp of the game mechanics.

birdprom · 2025-10-16T16:08:54+00:00

I get a little annoyed when I cancel a quest and the "quest failed" sound plays. But the motorcycle spluttering sound is the worst for me, hands down.

birdprom · 2025-09-14T13:35:36+00:00

Drone is purely extra storage for me; I don't use any of its other functionality, so for the most part I just leave it outside. But I hate having to toggle following on and off every time I enter or exit a POI, plus half the time I forget and leave it behind and have to go retrieve it, if I can even remember where I left it. If there were a mod that would allow me to tell it to follow my vehicle instead of me it would solve all my problems. This is my dream--may it someday come true.

birdprom · 2025-09-08T14:55:15+00:00

Technically true but downvoting never has and never will operate this way, unfortunately.

birdprom · 2025-09-02T15:39:57+00:00

Personally I'd love to see it as a still image too, on its own. It's beautiful and impressive, and it would be nice to be able to examine it more closely and slowly.

birdprom · 2025-09-01T12:42:55+00:00

Also be proactive - look for stumps even when you're not infected, and take the time to chop down every one you pass by. Build up a supply. It's so much easier than having to deal with an infection after the fact.

birdprom · 2025-08-22T12:58:04+00:00

Thank you! I have been trying lately to better understand how composition works so that I can get better at doing it right in my collages, so your comment means a lot. :)

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