Kuromantis's recent activity
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Comment on Megathread #9 for news/updates/discussion of AI chatbots and image generators in ~tech
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Comment on Suggestion: Add "self post" tag to all posts that are self posts in ~tildes
Kuromantis Link ParentLooking at my *post* history, maybe this is the thread you're remembering about me doing meta discussion of the tag? That being said, this thread never implies I came up with the idea of the short...Looking at my *post* history, maybe this is the thread you're remembering about me doing meta discussion of the tag? That being said, this thread never implies I came up with the idea of the short read tag.
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Comment on Suggestion: Add "self post" tag to all posts that are self posts in ~tildes
Kuromantis (edited )Link ParentWait, am I the father of Short read? The tag seems to be older than my account, starting here.Wait, am I the father of Short read? The tag seems to be older than my account, starting here.
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Comment on XKCD 2765: Escape Speed in ~games
Kuromantis Link ParentI managed to find (though I played for longer) You've found: a normal-looking leaf a holographic Charizard business card a rock with neat stripes a secret glade an orb wren a tumbleweed a marsh...I managed to find (though I played for longer)
You've found: a normal-looking leaf a holographic Charizard business card a rock with neat stripes a secret glade an orb wren a tumbleweed a marsh wren a cool bug a pretty leaf 11 squares packed into a larger square a DVD of The Core (2003) a glass of heavy water a smooth green snake an asterisk the Heart of the Ocean a sparkling gem the Principality of Sealand a piece of space shuttle food a pair of platonic solids, not quite touching a block of scandium a 5G seagull Voyager 1 a hydrogen ion two Andalites, one canonical a strangely heavy subway token a sunspot the 3 million point line a broken smoke machine The Long Now Foundation's archive of every Animorphs book Voyager 2 a wayward Roomba full of moondust a bathyscaphe a curious humboldt squid a sensible cheese platter a single caffeine molecule a festive but somehow unnerving holiday card from Junji Ito a friendly bee a spiral-cut diamond a burrito a scroll lock key a primordial black hole a tree-filled grove and a nice spot for quiet contemplation a podcast episode a friendly jumping spider a friend baby shoes (and baby) a hot dog a bottle of Coke Absolute Zero the gold crown Archimedes stole a necklace of element samples whose symbols spell out your name a single grain of salt a guitar pick a delicate music box a relativistic bowling ball $30 in Yahoo a friendly cat -
Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (April 2023) in ~talk
Kuromantis LinkMan, the public health system in my region just has no therapy available. A few months ago I went to my nearest public health unit and the the therapist that I used to go came back after pregnancy...Man, the public health system in my region just has no therapy available. A few months ago I went to my nearest public health unit and the the therapist that I used to go came back after pregnancy but things were so hectic for her she she couldn't attend me. The occupational therapist that was a kind of plan B for this situation wasn't there either, she left the unit some time ago. Eventually someone suggested I go to CAPS (Brazilian thing) like I did in childhood but turnd out CAPS (at least for teens and older) is intended to replace hospices and while I have pretty bad mental health issues, I don't fit that profile. (Toddler/kid me seemingly was accepted because I was a non-verbal autistic kid and noone knew how severe my autism was gonna end up being). So that leaves me with having seen 3 different types of therapists, none of which I remained with for longer than a few months. What a nuisance! My parents said that at this point they're considering a personal/private therapist because otherwise I very likely won't be able to get any help at all.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
Kuromantis (edited )LinkRecently I've been watching Black Mirror. For some reason I thought this was an anime but it never was lol. I've watched 6 episodes so far. The series goes to the edge of the believable where you...Recently I've been watching Black Mirror. For some reason I thought this was an anime but it never was lol. I've watched 6 episodes so far.
The series goes to the edge of the believable where you often need to do an awful lot of disbelief suspension to take the show and it's gadgets seriously but it is in fact talking about something serious and a possible future (which in a few cases has already/almost happened) each episode. The first 2 episodes are honestly fairly forced and obnoxious to me with the digital sex and going way too far with the narrative just to remind us that you shouldn't look at your phone on the road, but the next episodes are significantly better to me. It surprises me how in every episode so far the protagonist or at least one important character is in some level of abundant wealth, like the first episode already comes out with idealized suburban living and every episode has to feature a stupidly wealthy person. It also irks me that the episodes so far have been dealing with future tech on an individualized way. Like, in the episode where the parent can access their child's memories it's never really mentioned how popular pr unpopular the tech is, is the main character the only microchipped girl in the school? In episode 1 is ARG sex really not a widespread phenomenon?
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (March 2023) in ~talk
Kuromantis (edited )LinkToday I had a severely bad moment in school because of a mundane concern. I was getting worried that my deodorant had worn out and ended up hurrying out of class with my backpack where the...Today I had a severely bad moment in school because of a mundane concern. I was getting worried that my deodorant had worn out and ended up hurrying out of class with my backpack where the deodorant was, as if I was gonna run away from school (this was also a subject I like so it was very unexpected). After passing my deodorant (I later confirmed with the teacher that no one in my class actually saw me passing the deodorant and the area I was in was empty) I came back to class and everyone started clapping for some reason and before I had even processed my situation, the self-destructive part of my autism kicked in and I punched myself in the face so hard I fell to the floor, and everyone stopped.
I've honestly already had a few of these events where I blow something mundane and fairly immature/infantile really out of proportion just in this school year alone but this is the first time I've earnestly punched myself like that in a pretty long time, normally I just end up shutting down and staring into the void a lot.
The 3 main things that terrify me is, Firstly, how my classmates must feel that I punched myself in front of all of them. This definitely isn't something they'll ever forget, I definitely don't think the girls in my class for example would feel safe around me. I already worry that any mildly embarrassing moment sticks instead of being summarily forgotten but punching yourself in the face that hard is unambiguously something my classmates will remember forever, even to my parents who usually try to comfort me by saying that stuff like this quickly forgotten.
Secondly, that ending up in these kinds of situations so regularly is not something I can keep doing without risking a similar incident, like I'm gonna be an adult soon and I could never do this in any job without being appropriately fired. I'm 17, I can't be like this when I'm 22 or 27.
The third thing that terrifies me is how quickly it happened, it didn't even take a second for me to punch myself like that, it honestly felt much more like an automatic reaction or instinct from an autistic outburst than something I actually did myself. I really can't see myself stopping something as impulsive as that, I can only prevent it. I could have prevented this if I trusted my deodorant or passed it on during the lunch break in a bathroom or was just less paranoid about what people think of me and my body sweat, but when I took my backpack with me I had sealed my fate.
I am not going to school tomorrow, I think I'll see if my nearest public health unit has hired a new therapist (the previous one which I already went to regularly got pregnant) and I definitely feel like this warrants taking some sort of literal chill pill like a mood stabilizer or something, I'd like to see if something like that is available to me, though our public services tend to have long lines and be fairly basic so how much I can do is highly limited. Really, I just want to calm down.
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Comment on Saudi Trans woman Eden Knight feared dead after posting suicide note saying family had hired "fixers" to bring her back to Saudi Arabia and force her to detransition in ~lgbt
Kuromantis Link ParentOver the last few days a very large outpouring of very sad reactions and personal experiences about how good of a person she was to this news has happened on Twitter coming from the apparently...Over the last few days a very large outpouring of very sad reactions and personal experiences about how good of a person she was to this news has happened on Twitter coming from the apparently very many friends she made in her time in Georgia and the Trans community at large. Given just how gruesome this death was, I would say it was worse than George Floyd's, insofar as that's meaningful. The most tragic tweet is from This guy who was then unknowingly informed that Eden would be visited by the trafficker who sent her to her death.
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Comment on Saudi Trans woman Eden Knight feared dead after posting suicide note saying family had hired "fixers" to bring her back to Saudi Arabia and force her to detransition in ~lgbt
Kuromantis (edited )LinkAs many people have pointed out, this counts as human trafficking, ordered by her own parents.A young transgender woman from Saudi Arabia is feared dead after she posted a suicide note accusing her family of forcing her to detransition.
Eden Knight, 23, who had been living in the US until late last year, said in a Twitter post on Monday morning that she had killed herself after being pressured into returning to Saudi Arabia and then denied access to her hormone medication.
The post, apparently scheduled in advance, alleged that her parents had hired American “fixers” and a Saudi lawyer in Washington DC to bring her back to the authoritarian kingdom, where trans people face severe discrimination.
As many people have pointed out, this counts as human trafficking, ordered by her own parents.
A separate tweet on Tuesday by an account apparently belonging to Ms Knight’s family announced that a “young man” with the same legal name as Ms Knight had died, giving details for the funeral.
In summer 2022, shortly after moving to Georgia, Ms Knight began hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to feminise her body, which Ms Daws said “absolutely” improved her mental health. She had become highly active in LGBT+ and left-wing circles on American social media, gaining many friends and around 18,300 Twitter followers.
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Saudi Trans woman Eden Knight feared dead after posting suicide note saying family had hired "fixers" to bring her back to Saudi Arabia and force her to detransition
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Comment on What’s something you’ve noticed about getting older? in ~talk
Kuromantis (edited )LinkI'm 17 but I wanted to answer so I suppose I'll talk about how I've changed since when I was a child lol. In general I feel more aware of and more concerned with what happens around me. By default...I'm 17 but I wanted to answer so I suppose I'll talk about how I've changed since when I was a child lol.
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In general I feel more aware of and more concerned with what happens around me. By default this is good but for me specifically it's a double-edged sword because I'm way more self-conscious than I was. When the other people in this thread talk about going back to not giving a damn I honestly end up assuming that people who have this kind of faith in their own decency and value must have it be backed up by something/someone else :p
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I care more/am more concerned about people than I used to be. A large part of this is the previous item but it often also feels like it was really puberty that actually gave me the wake-up call :p
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I've been diagnosed autistic since I was like 3 but I only really started caring about it and realizing why this thing I have shapes me so much about a year ago.
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I often consumed/consume fairly/very cynical content and used to believe that people were actually that cynical/wantonly self-deprecating IRL. Noticing/Realizing most of my classmates live decent day-to-day lives and are actually reasonably happy people (though anyone my age or not has something they'd like to work on) is simultaneously distressing and hope-inducing.
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Why you shouldn't give up on KSP 2
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Kerbal Space Program 2 | Early Access gameplay trailer
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Comment on Johnny vs. Sonic Frontiers in ~games
Kuromantis (edited )LinkLongtime Sonic fan and video game reviewer Johnny reviews the latest Sonic game and first in 5 years. He was positive about Sonic's entry into the open world genre and very positive about Sonic's...Longtime Sonic fan and video game reviewer Johnny reviews the latest Sonic game and first in 5 years. He was positive about Sonic's entry into the open world genre and very positive about Sonic's new, serious story, though he could point out a few flaws in the story and many in the open zones. Meanwhile the cyberspace levels with the classic sonic stages we're famiar with were just re-dos of levels from previous games, justified by it being Sonic's memories or something.
Johnny speculates this might be the last 'Boost' game and this serious, somber, open-world Sonic might be here to stay, which is a super melancholic thing, considering the Boost era is the one I'm familiar with and most enjoy and it only got like, 3 good games with Unleashed, Colors and Generations.
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Johnny vs. Sonic Frontiers
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Comment on Megathread for news/updates/discussion about Musk's takeover of Twitter – Part 1 in ~tech
Kuromantis LinkRemember when Twitter literally filed a Lawsuit to force Musk to buy Twitter when Musk was about to leave? I can only imagine how much the people who filed this lawsuit regret doing so.Remember when Twitter literally filed a Lawsuit to force Musk to buy Twitter when Musk was about to leave? I can only imagine how much the people who filed this lawsuit regret doing so.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 7 in ~news
Kuromantis LinkFor the first time ever, DeSantis is more popular than Trump among Republicans And somewhat similarly: Trump targets Youngkin in latest outburst against a 2024 rival With this hilarious nugget:...For the first time ever, DeSantis is more popular than Trump among Republicans
Trump issued a lengthy statement Thursday deriding DeSantis, in a sign that he is prepared to declare war against any Republican seeking to usurp him.
Among Republican voters, 41% said they preferred DeSantis compared to 39% who preferred Trump, while 8% said they preferred neither.
And somewhat similarly:
Trump targets Youngkin in latest outburst against a 2024 rival
Former President Donald Trump on Friday jabbed at Virginia Gov. Glen Youngkin, lashing out for a second straight day at a potential rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
With this hilarious nugget:
“Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, the social media platform he helped found. “I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him - or he couldn’t have come close to winning. But he knows that, and admits it. Besides, having a hard time with the Dems in Virginia - But he’ll get it done!”
Looks like 2024 for the GOP is favoring the side of chaos. One thing I've seen posted online is some Republicans complaining about how Trump doing stuff like this is needlessly dividing the GOP. They're gonna learn very well why we were so horrified of this man back in 2016.
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Comment on What is the Fourth Dimension really? 4D Golf Devlog #2 in ~games.game_design
Kuromantis LinkCode Parade is now making golf, but in 4 dimensions. (Not including time, 4 spatial dimensions). This video is about how the 4 dimensions work and how they apply to his golf game. Admittedly it...Code Parade is now making golf, but in 4 dimensions. (Not including time, 4 spatial dimensions). This video is about how the 4 dimensions work and how they apply to his golf game. Admittedly it talks mostly about 4d as a concept instead of from the POV of game design, so it might fit better in ~science.
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What is the Fourth Dimension really? 4D Golf Devlog #2
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 7 in ~news
Kuromantis Link ParentBecause waiting multiple days for a single update is too long. Should probably be hourly if possible. As for lowering drama, this just makes the election harder to follow.Because waiting multiple days for a single update is too long. Should probably be hourly if possible. As for lowering drama, this just makes the election harder to follow.
Most of my classmates talk fairly openly about asking ChatGPT to answer whatever schoolwork comes up, a group project I was a part of a few weeks ago decided to tell ChatGPT to make them a poem about the Nordic Mythology to spruce up our project, an idea which several other people also had. The poem had pretty bad rhymes in multiple occasions but this was for philosophy (myths of creation + rituals) and the philodophy teacher isn't the best when it comes to this kind of stuff. Some of the more technical teachers said they already look into programs that detect if a student is using this type of program, and one has even managed to make it impossible for us to copy the text of an article that we needed to summmarize/explain, presumably because of said chat progams.
Funnily enough, today many of my classmates were complaining that these programs can give them multiple different answers to math/chemistry questions and when my classmates then ask the machine if the answers it provided were correct, the machine was saying it's own answers were wrong. I have to guess that means most of it's source data on homework is the incorrect answers then, lmao.