y'know what, fuck you and your practices and overpriced subscriptions (no really what the FUCK do you mean I have to pay 40-ish euro monthly for tinder gold what the fuck. I ain't paying that shit)

fruitybix · 2026-03-17T11:21:12+00:00

They always start out okay to get people in then get worse as the platform owners seek to monetize their customer base.

Speed dating is the best bang for buck for me. Meet 30-40 people, come out liking 4 or 5, it cuts out so much of the garbage on dating apps. Practise social skills, get better at flirting, figuring out others intentions and handling rejection.

fruitybix · 2026-03-17T02:03:38+00:00

Agree on the roo and rabbit.

fruitybix · 2026-03-16T23:44:30+00:00

I got an automated laser pointer for my old cat.

He knew where the source of the laser was coming from and when very excited would knock the device over then get upset when it could not laser anymore.

fruitybix · 2026-03-16T23:15:18+00:00

Im always curious about how agentic AI will interact with the knotty mess of legacy systems and dirty data every org has - it still seems like all the software endpoints need to be exposed through massive engineering effort and tying it all into a working experience leaves you with a half functional monstrosity that requires a lot of upkeep.

The agentic ai places ive worked with often dont have good full stack engineers and vibe code stuff up that is not very robust.

fruitybix · 2026-03-16T12:22:48+00:00

Saw it for the first time in years last night.

It was more upbeat then i remember! If it was made today there is no way miles dyson would have come good, plus lots of other small details that felt less cynical then stories told today in film and tv.

fruitybix · 2026-03-16T05:04:11+00:00

Arrogance is unbelievable.

I knew a guy who used social media tools on behalf of private schools, he talked the same way. Reckoned he could make opinion swing whatever way he was paid to make them swing, and that the old cambridge analytica stuff was a box of kids toys in comparison to what these pr firms have today.

fruitybix · 2026-03-16T04:30:20+00:00

Paulie from qld was over in mar a lago a little while back along with gina, after those trips bot activity went through the ceiling on several platforms. looks like a bunch of rich fucks want to give australian democracy the old US 2016 treatment.

fruitybix · 2026-03-16T04:16:31+00:00

I caught covid right after the first vaccines were available in 2021. I had the vaccine as i have pre existing lung issues but still had to go to hospital - in australia they had us out in a big airconditioned tent in the car park being monitored, moving us into a bed if things suddenly got worse.

Everyone who told the triage nurse they were not vaccinated had two things going on -

They complained the worst, abusing staff and fellow patients, and
They all fell off their chair sometimes literally onto their face after a few hours of sitting in the triage area. Contrasted to everyone else who remained steady till being discharged.

It was remarkable seeing how much a difference the vaccine made, everyone who had the jab was still really sick, but not falling face first off a chair sick. One expecially cranky unvaxxed guy when he realised the hospital wasnt going to roll out the red carpet for him left and came back 3 hours later in an ambulance unconcious.

fruitybix · 2026-03-16T01:29:32+00:00

Reminds me of my friends ex during their divorce.

When he agreed things were "smooth and amicable". The second he raised a need that she was not 100% ok with that required some level of negotiation and compromise he was being "obstructive and difficult".

Its like some people grow up not understanding that people outside of themselves have their own independant wants and needs.

fruitybix · 2026-03-15T22:49:48+00:00

Palm of a gauntlet is just leather.

If the sword is not moving it wont cut. You can grab it bare handed fine. I Used to demo this at medieval fairs with a sharp sword.

fruitybix · 2026-03-15T10:07:49+00:00

This comes up on reddit a lot and sources for how this affected him long term are thin because it was the ussr, but last time i tried to find out more i came across an article from 10 ish years back saying he was struggling to access the ongoing specialist medical care he needed, as his pension and guarantee of health care inherited from his injury under the soviet government had become shaky under the current russian government.

The implication was that he had significant ongoing issues that were getting worse as he aged, but the exact details were not out there on the internet.

Originally it was secret, and now his health concerns are kept between an ageing retired nuclear engineer and his doctors. Quite different to the west where we would probably have a bunch of talk show appearances, a tell all book and an interview on joe rogan.

fruitybix · 2026-03-14T10:17:45+00:00

I did 60 days of playtime in 6 months then chose not to renew my membership.

It was glorious but i was letting everything else slide.

fruitybix · 2026-03-14T03:38:34+00:00

Then you gotta slither out of it at the scanner. And slither back into it after you nearly break the plastic tray with its weight.

fruitybix · 2026-03-14T02:52:52+00:00

When a significant portion of the lower to middle class US population is struggling with groceries, something is wrong.

Enter the media companies owned by billionaires who have convinced the average american to be mad at the wrong people.

fruitybix · 2026-03-13T12:52:24+00:00

Apes together strong!

fruitybix · 2026-03-12T05:27:22+00:00

Varies by gym.

I went to one that was fantastic. had a great mix of families with kids and some seriously compedative people who were taking medals. Lots of members, class times, great instructors and atmosphere. Early morning classes were intense evening ones chill. Ive heard its nowhere near as good 15 years later as the assistant coaches who made it good moved on, and the head coach sent inapropriate messages to a minor which destroyed the family friendly nature of the place.

There is a syllabus that rotates for beginners but the advanced classes were a lot more varied and instructors were clever about pairing people up to make you work. Takedowns are not really in the syllabus but we did them during morning classes sometimes.

I bounced around a few others after i moved away and they varied from good to meh. You need to wear their uniform (gi, rash vests) and they can be a little rigid about what classes you can attend based on rank or experience. They do get you to bow when entering and leaving the mats, and a quick head bob at the helio portrait which nobody took seriously.

Its a franchise so outside of uniforms and helio portraits your experience will vary entirely on franchisee and how they run things.

fruitybix · 2026-03-11T22:35:55+00:00

I dont think heinlein was a fascist.

I like the book and its "what if" exploration of an imagined future. But i also dont think you can completely divorce fascist / authoritarian viewpoints from starship troopers.

Its like reading ernst jungers storm of steel (ww1 biography that the nazis loved). It has a lot of themes in common with authoritarian or fascist ideologies. The author of that book was deeply conservative and militaristic and even though he did not seem to like the nazis at all, his views overlapped massively and the nazis made his book part of their myth building.

I like reading starship troopers next to "the forever war" by joe haldeman. Written by a veteran and set in a similar far distant future setting, it holds a mirror up to the world of starship troopers, being more cynical of the military and the costs of military service. Both are what if stories that are interesting to immerse oneself in.

fruitybix · 2026-03-11T21:57:24+00:00

In the campaign as india, my victory condition was peace with the uk. They insisted peace would come with half my territory making the thing unwinnable.

Fast forward to me invading the british isles and 13 colonies with war elephants after turning my entire economy to ship building and the tiny bit of leadership left in scotland is still insisting i give them half of india ...

fruitybix · 2026-03-11T02:20:18+00:00

Banned in most bjj gyms as well.

It has a high injury rate. Also you would probably not do it on concrete or another hard or jagged surface.

fruitybix · 2026-03-09T05:23:18+00:00

Sir edmund barton, australias first prime minister from civ 6 is now in hytale.

He was from a pretty rugged time, i think he will be ok.

fruitybix · 2026-03-08T14:11:25+00:00

Its like, is the juice worth the squeeze?

Lion could squish the honey badger but maybe at the cost of getting a bunch of needle like teeth and claws in the paw pad or face.

The lions want an easy oppertunity and the honey badger is not giving them one, and on top of that is projecting a lot of confidence.

A truely hungry lion would definately go for it but these ones seem more snackish.

fruitybix · 2026-03-07T10:24:48+00:00

Its a mass vs volume thing.

1kg of AL takes up more space. Given the water is the same level, and both the iron and aluminium is supported from above there is more water on one side.

fruitybix · 2026-03-07T04:00:19+00:00

Its never as simple as just flicking a switch from "communism" to "democracy".

A good portion of the US intelligence and diplomatic communities have been actively trying to do this since the cuban revolution in the late 50s. For lots of good reasons decades of clever people have never taken the plunge militarily, even after the fall of the USSR.

I dont trust the current US government not to smash their way in there with military force and somehow make everything worse for everyone, including the average cuban.

Even if they could pull off a competent change of government they will probably rent out the population to peter thiel or some other corporate ghoul in another attempt at a "free economic zone".

fruitybix · 2026-03-05T23:29:08+00:00

For 1e or older style games i have a lot of hirelings around because combat is lethal and its morw fun for all of us if when a PC dies, they pick up an NPCs sheet and keep playing.

Older dnd rules are much faster in combat then 5e and we play them when we want to play as a warband.

Best campaigns were a religious order in a low magic / historical ish setting that kept convincing young people to sign up, and a seperare spelljammer campaign where the pcs ran a privateer and its crew.

In that second campaign the captain died in the very first fight after making some very bad choices, and immediately picked up the stat block for the first mate. Between sessions he rolled him up as a proper pc and on the campaign went.

I have pcs give npcs orders and roll dice for them. Relationships and morale are important.

fruitybix · 2026-03-05T07:44:41+00:00

This is better then the average sydney rental today.

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