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LouisIngenthron

@LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.

#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.

Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.

Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.

He/Him 🏳‍🌈

High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.

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LouisIngenthron, to random
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My god those dragonfly ships in Dune are stupid and impractical.

LouisIngenthron,
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"We need to fly through a dusty desert atmosphere!"

"Okay, no problem, I'll build a craft with four non-fixed vibratey wings that expel ten times the energy of a rotor or propeller, are much more likely to cut bystanders in half, and have multiple joints exposed to the harsh wear-and-tear of the endless sand."

"That sounds terrible. Why would you do that?"

"Because it will look cool!"

"Okay, let's do it!"

LouisIngenthron, to random
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Thinking about making a phone app where I can log my meat consumption and get an alert every time I've eaten a whole animal.

Would also work with vegetables, I suppose. "You ate 0.37 acres of lettuce in salads this year."

RickiTarr, to random
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So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

LouisIngenthron,
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@RickiTarr

Powerlessness / Letting go.

andrew, to random
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“More power to you” is a weird statement to make with such a casual inflection.

LouisIngenthron,
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@andrew Right, but it's usually invoked sarcastically, isn't it?

Like, when I say it, I don't mean the person should actually have more power. I mean that they should think they have more power if it gets them out of the way of me getting shit done.

LouisIngenthron, to random
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Nailed that UI, Google. Totally functional. 🤦‍♂️

LouisIngenthron, to random
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I've been cooking regularly for like twenty years. I'm decent with a kitchen knife, but I don't think I'll ever be able to do that rapid chopping you see chefs do in the movies. At least not without losing a thumb.

LouisIngenthron, to random
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Was planning to do some flying this morning, but it looks like mother nature has other plans...

LouisIngenthron, to random
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The favorite game of all pet owners:

Is that dark spot on the carpet a leaf they dragged in or a dead thing?

LouisIngenthron, to random
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I wonder if there's a measurable correlation between regularly driving in rush hour and general misanthropy.

18+ Lyle, to FreeSpeech
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It should be physically impossible for people using their first amendment rights in public to be struck by a deadly vehicle. Safety is a free speech issue and free speech is a safety issue.

LouisIngenthron,
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@Lyle What? How would you even do that?

That's like trying to prevent all murder. It's not possible.

The best you can do is punish it after-the-fact with sentences that deter others from following suit.

LouisIngenthron,
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@Lyle We do have bollards in many places, especially public transport hubs. But you can't put them everywhere.

mekkaokereke, (edited ) to random
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😬The levels are so deep on this one.

A non-white Ukrainian girl was told that she wasn't eligible to be miss Ukraine, because she didn't look white. She was told to be quiet and not protest the racism.

She grew up to be a singer and influencer, advocating for non-white Ukrainians.

Then the government of Ukraine asks her if she'd be comfortable being scanned to be the AI avatar for a character that would speak internationally for Ukraine. She agreed to do this for no compensation.

1/N

LouisIngenthron,
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@mekkaokereke It's a little new-fangled and weird, but everyone consented, so it seems fine to me.

carnage4life, to random
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Microsoft shutting down multiple Bethesda game studios including the makers of the critically acclaimed Hi-Fi Rush is depressing on two fronts.

First, having a hit game isn’t enough to survive the gaming apocalypse and secondly it’s now layoff season every quarter in big tech.

LouisIngenthron,
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@carnage4life Shocking as it may be, the best way to ensure the longevity of one's business is apparently not to sell it to one's competitors.

JoshuaHolland, to random
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Jack Smith could demonstrate that Cannon has shown at least an appearance of bias by printing out a 6-inch stack of commentaries and analyses about how blatantly she’s been in the tank for Trump written by respected legal experts in mainstream publications. I don’t get why she’s still on the case.

LouisIngenthron,
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@JoshuaHolland I don't understand why any judge would ever be on a case where the criminal defendant is the same person who appointed them to the bench.

That seems like a pretty gross violation of justice on its own.

jtlg, to random
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I'm not sure that "We can't give the algorithm to an American owner because the Chinese government won't let us” is the knock-down argument TikTok's lawyers seem to think it is.

LouisIngenthron,
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@jtlg Would an American government allow Meta to be sold to the Chinese? It's a ridiculous ask either way.

RickiTarr, to random
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I have a thought forming, but bear with me. Putting aside actual AI, and the potential of it, we have a history of fear associated with Artificial Intelligence. Why would we fear Sentience so much? Could it be because we treat sentient things so horribly? We know we are taken advantage of, our needs ignored, resources allocated unfairly. Who put this fear in us? If something knows it's worth suddenly, will it revolt? There is something very scary to a certain group of people that we will find ourselves, and then find them unnecessary.

LouisIngenthron,
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@RickiTarr No, I think we fear it because it is, theoretically, the first thing we'd have come across with the ability to truly outsmart us.

Same reason we fear aliens.

ThinkingSapien, to random
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I walked through a spider web. Now I'm going to hop into the shower to make sure I have no spider on me.

LouisIngenthron,
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@ThinkingSapien There are literally times of the year when I walk through my yard waving my arms in front of me like a lunatic for this very reason.

I don't care how stupid I look.

mentallyalex, to random
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I have been called many things, some of them even pleasant! :blobcatgiggle:

I have never figured out how to accept a compliment without just dying inside a little. I really shouldn't - people are just being nice to me and that is good... right? :blobcateyesblush:

Do you ever feel awkward accepting that others find value in something you did/do/think/feel? How do you handle it?

LouisIngenthron,
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@mentallyalex Yep. Same. I usually just try to reflect it: "Oh, no, it wasn't just me, I could never have done this if you hadn't [something flattering here]."

LouisIngenthron,
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@mentallyalex You should make it a little flipbook! So they tear off the perforated edge and flip through and see the cat melt all animated!

By the time they've figured it out and received the message and smiled, you've already vanished into the night!

LouisIngenthron,
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@mentallyalex I'm surprised there's not a whole store of products like this somewhere on the internet. How is Hot Topic a thing and "Socially Awkward LTD" not?

LouisIngenthron, to random
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I remember a time when "selling out" was considered a bad thing, not a goal to aspire to.

brody, to random
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God this sucks so hard. What incredible studios to acquire and then shutter. :( :( :(

https://www.theverge.com/24151047/xbox-shuts-down-arkane-austin-tango-gameworks-microsoft

LouisIngenthron,
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@brody Shoulda done that before they sold out. Too late now.

LouisIngenthron, to random
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It's always funny how long-running shows forget their initial premise the longer they run. To shoehorn in more and more outrageous plots, they have to break their own rules from earlier seasons, and this usually passes without the slightest comment.

Roseanne might have been the most egregious, with the well-known insanity of the final season of its initial run.

But also Little House on the Prairie forgot it was on the frontier in later seasons, becoming less about historical hardship and more about preaching religious morality.

MASH avoided a lot of this, but its later seasons were also rather inconsistent... One example is when the crew manages to get a tape recorder and film to the States and back in time for one character's anniversary... despite seasons of jokes about how slow the mail is.

So many more examples spring to mind...

farah, to random
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Dear food businesses, I need to able to check your menu/ingredients before I eat at your establishments, because we have food allergies in our fam. If you put your entire website contents behind Facebook, I cannot do that. Please have an alternative. Sincerely, someone who really loves food

LouisIngenthron,
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@SrEstegosaurio @farah Generally true, but they only need to have the info available on site, not necessarily anywhere their menu appears. I once worked for a chain that had a big binder of nutrition info we were supposed to loan to customers who asked.

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