Alanna 🏴
@alannablack.com
Steely Tran. Anarchist, autist, chipper shredder, feral cave witch. Venom dripped fresh daily!
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Current stuff: https://linktr.ee/alannablack
Full archive in pinned thread.
Perhaps Serkis, finally driven mad by years crawling around covered in ping-pong balls, has done this as some sort of Dury-inspired arthouse anticentrist iconoclasm? It actually has less to do with the book than the *other* movie version.
December 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Perhaps Serkis, finally driven mad by years crawling around covered in ping-pong balls, has done this as some sort of Dury-inspired arthouse anticentrist iconoclasm? It actually has less to do with the book than the *other* movie version.
I like it. The Goff Social Magnanimity Ratio.
December 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I like it. The Goff Social Magnanimity Ratio.
That wig suddenly feels like a distant, nicer place.
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
That wig suddenly feels like a distant, nicer place.
Well, I say "process" but mainly because "resolutely set aside in favour of daily tasks so it can plague me later with doubt later when I'm not expecting it" doesn't trip off the tongue.
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Well, I say "process" but mainly because "resolutely set aside in favour of daily tasks so it can plague me later with doubt later when I'm not expecting it" doesn't trip off the tongue.
Don't. He was out of order. The fact he had something good in the pipeline does not alter that.
(yes, I saw the post hours and have now had a chance to process feeling a bit guilty for laughing at him yesterday)
(yes, I saw the post hours and have now had a chance to process feeling a bit guilty for laughing at him yesterday)
December 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Don't. He was out of order. The fact he had something good in the pipeline does not alter that.
(yes, I saw the post hours and have now had a chance to process feeling a bit guilty for laughing at him yesterday)
(yes, I saw the post hours and have now had a chance to process feeling a bit guilty for laughing at him yesterday)
My machine has a pause button, which is good, because then you can go to the loo and not miss anything.
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
My machine has a pause button, which is good, because then you can go to the loo and not miss anything.
This is the second time you've narrowed your location down to one of the largest metropolitan centres in the country, Goose. I'm just saying.
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is the second time you've narrowed your location down to one of the largest metropolitan centres in the country, Goose. I'm just saying.
It was a genuine shock several years back to find out how much I like laundry, although I'm prepared to concede that would probably not the case if I was doing it with a washboard in a tin tub, river on stones etc. I seem to recall even the twin tub machine was not great.
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It was a genuine shock several years back to find out how much I like laundry, although I'm prepared to concede that would probably not the case if I was doing it with a washboard in a tin tub, river on stones etc. I seem to recall even the twin tub machine was not great.
You can get collapsible ones now. That would be good for storing it.
Yes, I looked at the nice woven rope one because I am twee, but it has leather handles, because apparently laundry transportation needs a bit of dead animal in there.
Yes, I looked at the nice woven rope one because I am twee, but it has leather handles, because apparently laundry transportation needs a bit of dead animal in there.
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
You can get collapsible ones now. That would be good for storing it.
Yes, I looked at the nice woven rope one because I am twee, but it has leather handles, because apparently laundry transportation needs a bit of dead animal in there.
Yes, I looked at the nice woven rope one because I am twee, but it has leather handles, because apparently laundry transportation needs a bit of dead animal in there.
Might buy myself a new basket, as a treat. The current one is a hipster basket (presumably because it has a short back and sides) and it's not very good, plus also it's a bit broken because I accidentally dropped it down the stairs once.
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Might buy myself a new basket, as a treat. The current one is a hipster basket (presumably because it has a short back and sides) and it's not very good, plus also it's a bit broken because I accidentally dropped it down the stairs once.
Oooh. This is relevant to my interests.
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Oooh. This is relevant to my interests.
Oh yeah, proper game breaker and by the time I worked it out, I'd done enough other stuff that I didn't want to restart. I'm hoping to do a replay with @anontranshoe.bsky.social at some point, so one day I may yet shop there. But not with Gale.
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Oh yeah, proper game breaker and by the time I worked it out, I'd done enough other stuff that I didn't want to restart. I'm hoping to do a replay with @anontranshoe.bsky.social at some point, so one day I may yet shop there. But not with Gale.
Yes, he absolutely did. I got banned from the magic shop somehow on my first visit too, so his quest line never got done. Suck it, Gale.
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Yes, he absolutely did. I got banned from the magic shop somehow on my first visit too, so his quest line never got done. Suck it, Gale.
Shadowheart and Lae'Zel. I did have Gale in my party, but he was no Edwin.
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Shadowheart and Lae'Zel. I did have Gale in my party, but he was no Edwin.
Apparently the show omits the entire Rhodesia plotline in the play that gives it that name. I haven't seen the play and for years I thought the title meant Newcastle.
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Apparently the show omits the entire Rhodesia plotline in the play that gives it that name. I haven't seen the play and for years I thought the title meant Newcastle.
Ooh,I might have a look at that then. Ever watch Our Friends In The North?
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Ooh,I might have a look at that then. Ever watch Our Friends In The North?
I wouldn't personally use it unless I had no other viable option, so really a narrow set of work cases. Environmental impact and frankly just not encouraging the sort of capitalist fuckstick I'd happily see fed into heavy plant.
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I wouldn't personally use it unless I had no other viable option, so really a narrow set of work cases. Environmental impact and frankly just not encouraging the sort of capitalist fuckstick I'd happily see fed into heavy plant.
Yeah, for sure - ML has been useful for for big datasets since forever and LLMs can have some value as we've mentioned. The problem is of course the bubble and the people thereof, but it will burst and those dudes will go the same way as the dot com mob.
December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Yeah, for sure - ML has been useful for for big datasets since forever and LLMs can have some value as we've mentioned. The problem is of course the bubble and the people thereof, but it will burst and those dudes will go the same way as the dot com mob.
Yeah, I could see that working , thanks. I'm not really a proper dev, I'm a data scientist and the nature of that work isn't really suited very often.
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yeah, I could see that working , thanks. I'm not really a proper dev, I'm a data scientist and the nature of that work isn't really suited very often.