FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

watch my latest essay, The Lost Art of Flashbacks, about the structural shortfalls of streaming television writing and how Interview with the Vampire shows them how it's done.

https://youtu.be/wLxN9jkJ_ZM?si=1v0_-gLCm9310aR7

Interesting development in optics that could lead to a 10X improvement in energy efficiency and cost of EUV chip production.

Professor Tsumoru Shintake describes a simpler and more efficient mirror pattern that allows for a much smaller EUV light source than the #Trumpf lasers in #ASML equipment.

https://asiatimes.com/2024/08/japan-on-edge-of-euv-lithography-chip-making-revolution/

the worst thing about potatoes is how often they need to be wrung out

i can imagine someone who's never had cause to question the prevailing social norms being like "you don't prefer to shave? what kind of girl are you?"

and i'd have to say "uh, the cool kind," because what else do you say to that?

how i expected hrt would make me feel about my body and facial hair: "oh golly oh gee if i'm going to start passing i'd better shave far more frequently! as my form becomes more dainty and feminine i simply can't be seen sporting a depression beard, oh me oh my!"

how i actually feel 2 months in: "like, i'm a mammal. hair happens. i don't expect it'll be a problem, but if anyone gives me shit over it they can suck my slowly-shrinking dick and balls"

By June, Israel had dropped over 70,000 tons of bombs on Gaza Strip, "exceeding World War II bombings in Dresden, Hamburg, London combined"

There's an estimated 42 million tonnes of rubble in Gaza today.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-gaza-who-will-pay-to-rebuild/

The UN was finally allowed one small delegation into North Gaza after 10 months of genocide.

There is absolutely nothing left.

Israel has eradicated everything in sight.

https://x.com/ASE/status/1824907269395390662

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RE: crimew.gay/objects/7d9ba1a7-dc7a-4b59-bd68-a9c27c62d922

Writing alt text descriptions is good practice for writers.

Think about it. You reader can’t see what you’re describing. So you need to capture what conveys the meaning you want to get across. It’s the exact same skill, and will help you understand aspects of the descriptive process like choosing what to focus on.

If you’re a writer who wants practice, describe your own pictures, or follow the #Alt4Me and #Alt4You tags and write descriptions for those who can’t or won’t.

#AmWriting #WriteTip #WritersCoffeeClub

Swimming

A bit of a rambly one this time ahaha

hey remember years ago when i was gonna sell prints of my demoscene art?

I *finally* did the thing, with the artworks lovingly re-rendered in extreme resolution perfect for print!

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/lunasorcery/

very foone-ass dialog box

I just turned this into a presentation remote that'll work with Google Sheets and (hopefully, I haven't actually checked yet) Microsoft PowerPoint 4.3 for Windows 3.11

The "stop doing 𝑋" meme template works way better when 𝑋 is a good thing that should be done, but has some weird baggage that the meme pokes fun at. For example, math is good, but is sometimes a bit absurd in its conventions and notations, such that STOP DOING MATH can poke fun at those bits of nonsense, while still delivering the punchline that only a crank could truly object to any doing of math whatsoever.

Okay, you asked, and now there's a hand near the mouse to meet the one on the nearby socket as well. Thank you all for the suggestions so far. (already on Nodezator's dev branch as well). #Python #nodeeditor