What it says in the title. I need an app that can block websites (mainly Twitter and all it's mirrors like nitter or xcancel) so I can stop doomscrolling. Problem is almost every app I've tried on the store requires a subscription service. Here's my criteria.1. Must either be free or have a free version that only gives me ads when I open the app.2. Must be able to block any website I put into it round the clock, not just temporary blocks.3. Must be hard to break. It can't be as simple as uninstalling the app.4. Must be tested by at least a few people so I know I'm not downloading malware.
What about parental controls?EG: https://familylink.google.com/ looks like it allows you to restrict sites and apps. Just make a 'parent' account and forget your details so you can't override it or make the password really long, write it on a post-it and put it in a safe so even if you want to creep on insta-thots you have to put in some serious effort to do so
I'm looking for an Asian mobile game. You play as a girl and you have to hit ghosts. There were different weapons and outfits you could unlock.
I look for not much action, but too much slice of life can get banal. If it helps, I like philosophy and the deep questions, like that of the meaning of life, though I doubt anime can get philosophical.I presume I would like a cozy anime like Yuru Campā³, though I have not watched it in a long time, and I have not watched Cardcaptor Sakura either, despite the image.Do isekai anime get a good reputation? They seem like copies one of the other.
>>1567122try welcome to the NHK
>>1567122People are still posting the CCS nail fetishist's edits all these years later, that's crazy dudeAnywho Cardcaptor Sakura is probably my all time favorite kids anime (it has just enough plot to keep it captivating but it's very comfy), and Little Witch Academia is fun if you want a relic from the Harry Potter stan era before Rowling became damnatio memoriae'd
>>1567148I guess I will settle for Mushishi. Thank you for the recommendations, all.>>1567176I see it as just an appreciation for polished nails.
>>1567176She looks cute in both pics
>>1567122>I have not watched Cardcaptor Sakura either, despite the image.Sounds like you need to correct that. Watch Cardcaptor Sakura.
I have not been "in the loop" with all this A.I. news for the past four years due to personal issuesAre there any decent resources that'll help me catch up on all the stuff I missed?Much appreciated
>>1567724>Are there any decent resources that'll help me catch up on all the stuff I missed?Yeah, AI. Just do a Google search for "AI rundown of the last 4 years" and Google will write up some shit for you. Wanna go deeper, just write more questions
>>1567725>Heh frown.jpg
>>1567724if you want to keep abreast of future developments then you could skim watch the ai company's contentGoogle I/Os, Anthropic content, maybe openAI and meta stuff.picrel is only focused on LLMs, and local ones at thatMaybe I'll come back and do a write up, but I think my understanding of 'AI news' spans these dimensions. One should (could?):- be aware of the different types of generative AI (image gen, text gen, video gen, speech gen) and how they compare and contrast with previous AI techniques- For each ai type, be aware of the capabilities and know rough timelines- be vaguely aware of what caused the ai boom (better hardware)- vaguely understand how these models are trained and inferenced. One should know the role of training data and compute. (3b1b's video could help here)- know how AI can be accessed and used by users. For example some AI is only in the cloud, whilst other stuff is on-device.- be aware of techniques like prompt engineering, Chain-of-thought, tool-use.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1567773hmm there's an updated timeline but i wasn't there for the second line (i.e. after 2025)I can't personally attest to it and it seems a bit more memeystill i guess it has value
>>1567773>Maybe I'll come back and do a write upAI wrote this post
Requesting someone to edit this pic so that "children" is directly on top of "money", but you can still "money" like this was one of those "okay buddy/retard" images (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMatpatEffect/comments/1rldwo1/the_meme_that_spawned_rokaybuddyretard_and_by/)The joke is that I'm referencing a Youtube Poop:https://youtu.be/YPmsjcjqGNY?t=81
>>1567554Excellent, but I think the MAGA hat puts it a bit too far into /pol/ territory for general use. I was mostly thinking of mocking /co/ and their constant lolicon and Loud House threads.
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>>1567570Perfect. Thank you very much, anon.
>>1567569Or the ones made on /trash/
>>1567569>Loud House
Is this real?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/inbangkok/1466543733
Indeed, there are some interesting statues of The Buddha over in Asia. The contrast of the statue(s) to the natural environment is truly mesmerizing. I've only seen photos though.
Looking for two very old somethingawful song remixes. One isZoomzip - Yo Internet! feat SmackdabIt's a rap battle song about a guy named Cecil and it starts with "yo I'm the gingerbread man with the master plan", and this is the only lead I could find, a dead link to where it used to be hosted:http://zoomzip.prehensile.net/mp3/zoomzip_-_yo_internet_feat_smackdab.mp3The second is an angry black man on an answering machine that was remixed into a song, I remember at one point it's like "answer that phone answer that phone", and there's a break down with a different answer machine message about some wife calling her husbands mistress and threatening her. I don't think this one is zoomzip but it might also be
There's an old meme with a video of some Hasidic Jews doing their circle dance and someone superimposed some deep house (?) music, I believe it was about 128 BPM https://metronome-online.com/128-bpmI think the same video was used with extreme metal band MeshuggahI thought I liked a video or the video or song, but there's been years of gay circle dancing with very little edits clogging up Youtube ever since. The video I'm after is several years old. Can't pin it down, but likely less than a decade oldPicture all the boys dressed in black, in a gymnasium, rec center, or hall, hopping together and suddenly spinning 'right round like a record babyApologies if this is vague, if anyone can summon the meme or the original house tune that this blew up with, I'd be grateful
>>1567560That's in the right ballpark, very close, appreciate the suggestionFailed to mention in OP that I'm sure there were some simple vocalsCould've sworn I liked the song on youtube, but that playlist is a mess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ep91AL-IgThis MIGHT be the Meshuggah version I mentioned in the OPThis video is paired with dozens of songsThere's no easy way to search for this, meme/title formats weren't ubiquitous I'm sorryI hate myself
>>1567636https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGv8CFDj5yINot Jews, though.
>>1567687Nailed it, thanks
>>1567539https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uEmFyXWp2I
I want to play The Last Guardian. It's known for bad performance so I'd like to know how to have the most "stable" gameplayI have>PS4 Slim, jailbreaked so I can patch the game (as long as patches exist)>(kinda) Powerful PC, so shadPS4 is also an option (not sure if the emulator supports the game, though)what should I do?
>>1567706>It's known for bad performancePlay on your Slim. Emulating will not make Trico smarter, and that's the only real performance issue with the game, maybe getting a few FPS more isn't worth the emulation hassle
>>1567726>Emulating will not make Trico smarterso the beast's AI is fucked no matter the performance?
>>1567728>no matter the performance?Problem behind keyboard
My dad gave me his work laptop, and told me to wipe it and sell it... Problem is I can't figure out how to bypass this admin lock.Also tried doing the utilman1.exe rename in command prompt to get administrator privileges, but that didn't work.What other methods can I try, I really want to use this laptop for coding cause it is small and comfy.
>>1567737Can't it's admin locked, as shown here.>>1567362
>>1567738Admin lock usually means it's locked by a password, can you not enter a password?Cant see much in the op pic.
>>1567739I can answer password, just don't know it.I crudely port pics here, I take a phone camera shot, send it to discord, then screen shot it because the file it too big, then send it here.Wish I could phone post better but IDK how.
>>1567740Try entering this as password: lllll3ln
>>1567742I've tried generating a password before for it... Didn't work.
I'm still in brainstorming stages trying to make a compelling midpoint twist and dramatic defeat so that Act 3 starts off kinda dark.Do you write stories anon? What are your tips for situations like this? >I have not had much success with getting chatgpt to help with brainstorming, and am looking for a more human perspective.
>>1566716yeahin fact if there's a society in your story then you could have society betray your cast (maybe because your cast gets smeared)concretely they may struggle to find resources, information or be pursued by the government
I think a compelling twist would be if around halfway through the story the protagonist finds out the antagonist is made completely out of string
Did you add a serial killer?
>>1566715I don't really like betrayals. They usually feel cheap. Your goal is to RAISE the stakes, in a way that feels organic to the story. This is the way to do it; in almost any book or movie, there's a notable shift around the 50% mark. A shift that changes the context or goal, an unexpected twist, some dramatic irony, or a low point/failure for the protagonist, or a success that reveals much greater problems... these all work. For example:- In Blood Meridian, the gang goes from government-employed scalp hunters to outlaws on the run- In Star Wars, they arrive to Alderaan to discover it's been blown up - Gone Girl: we learn that his missing/murdered wife is fine, and she's framing him for her "death"Something that really works well and often is: have your audience so worried about a potential problem, they don't see something worse coming down the line. For example:- In Pulp Fiction, we're so fixated on whether or not Vincent will fuck Mia Wallace, we don't realize she's about to overdose on Heroin- In Bugonia, we're so focused on Jesse Plemons trying to outwit a cop, we don't realize his brother is about to blow his brains out in the basement. Again, the idea is to fill the audience with the thought of "X might happen, and that's bad and messy." And then drop Y on them, which is much worse. Both MUST be foreshadowed, but Y must be a lot subtler. They can't be random.
>>1567278Good post, thank you for sharing.
It was some sort of sci-fi PC flight sim, or I remember it as a sim.You had guns but I don't recall any actual valid targets, I was too young to get into the actual game.I recall civilian traffic that you could follow to I ground bases or something like that.I really don't have more details other than it was the early 2000's on a home PC.Any help would be great it's killing me not knowing.Also bounce points another home PC game I remember was something like sims helicopter, did that game have tron bikes and an emergency radio? If so I have that one figured out, if not do you know the one I am thinking about?
>>1566706I will never get over how games kind of stopped getting better. These games clearly needed more but they were so much fun. I think devs might only be able to make good things when they have limitations.
>>1566638I remember the spotlight on helicopter sim. Idk if it was actually running lighting like in modern games or if it was a more cleaver solution but I played with it like a kid with a flashlight.I imagine I would just do two layers, one bright texture one dark and then calculate what to draw as what. Save some computing power.
>>1566706What's this one?
>>1567680Crime Cities
Recommendations on magical girl anime and manga? I've seen madoka and spec ops asuka, both of which I liked. I would though prefer either something more lighthearted, or something that is dark but isn't super somber/melancholy
Precure is your best best on entry level magical girl stuff. Most people would recommend Heartcatch Precure for its action stuff, and that might be easier to ease you into the franchise coming off of Madoka and Spec Ops. The one on the far left in your picture, Go Princess Precure is also pretty good. I've been going through Smile Precure recently which is a much more lighthearted show, and it's pretty enjoyable. If you want something really lighthearted to the point that there's rarely any actual fighting in it then the recent Wonderful Precure is a show I personally enjoyed a lot.I haven't seen Ojamajo Doremi (far right in your picture) but I've heard that it had a lot of somber/sad moments intertwined with the usual magic girl shenanigans.Princess Tutu is also a series I hear a lot of praise for that has darker stuff in it that I haven't seen, so consider that.
>>1567688Dai Mahou Touge
Either Shugo Chara or Cardcaptor Sakura.
logopedia didn't update the page for 10 years. they make english muffins and bagels...established in 1880. this stumbled me. this page feels...empty.
logopedia users, we want you guys to edit this page. logos and all that from 1880 to now, with little to no effort. take this and put it in that page
>what is it >why do some people hate it >how to avoid it >is it fair
>>1567685 (OP)I think one case it pops up is in hire-purchases where you acquire the item but are still yet to pay it off fully (like how you mortgage a house and live in it whilst you are paying it off). If you fail to meet a certain number of instalments then I guess the buyer comes to reclaim the item, since the contract was broken and they have lost their trust that you will pay it off fullyIt's annoying because if an emergency pops up, one would prefer to have fewer short-term expenses so they can dedicate all your cash towards mitigating that emergency. Someone with instalment plans instead needs to set aside money.Also you have to pay interest or a markup on the item's price I assume, so in the end you do pay more than someone who bought it upfront.I'm not sure if fairness applies to Hire-purchases, since you can just choose to not hire-purchase if you don't want to be at risk of reposession. But I suppose the nature of the hire-purchase can be made more fair. Imo the seller ought to be lenient and allow the customer to pay instalments late, arrange a new payment plan, freeze the plan if the person faces medical/mental problems etc. And ofc it would be consumer finance legislation that would ensure that flexibility.In another case, if you are a sole trader and have wracked up tons of debt that you can't pay, then I think eventually the courts can sell your belongings to pay off some of the debt? Not sure. (key word is unlimited liability)
>>1567685You rent a material thing, or you try to purchase it but you pay in installments. If you stop paying and you don't return the thing, the repo man comes and takes the thing away (usually to return it to the original owner).People "hate it" because it takes the thing away while they might still be using it, and there is usually little or no recovery of payments already made (if it was going to be a purchase).How to avoid it: don't rent things, don't do payment plans longer than one or two installments, manage your money so you don't default on payments.Is it fair: I guess so? How'd you like it if someone gave you $500 and then ran off with your car and you couldn't do anything to get the car back?
