Dark sounding (echolocation?)

just like some folks‘ reward systems make VLTs dangerous

But I’m not discounting that religious thinking could predispose folks towards that. Blake Lamoine kinda kicked off the current wave, right?

I feel more “VLTs should be illegal” about LLMs. Humans have a strong tendency to anthropomorphise computers, goes all the way back to ELIZA.

Silicon Valley are exploiting that tendency to make their interesting but very limited tech seem human-like (and worth more venture $$$)

I started forcing myself to celebrate completing something. ex/ make time to find little positive things like signs I improved a skill, or that I did a thing while doing a better job taking breaks.

only helps with half the equation though, hah. The claws persist!

Love the little ear whispies!

this is fun!

sneak in and replace the paladin’s horse (and undermine their credibility)

This is great! The fold line effect is subtle but really effective too

all I can offer is an unfinished shark tank pitch deck for toe thimbles

I feel like some folks post expecting only their friends to engage and others want all sorts of interaction, and the thought of getting it wrong really makes me gun-shy

bsky did a lot of things well but it inherited twitter’s context collapse weirdness for sure

The Looney Tunes of Dorian Gray

There's something really endearing about a wolf typing with thumbs (pawpads?) flat against the screen like people who use phones with nail extensions

There are weirder TLDs that are way cheaper like .xyz or .club

Not ideal for a big business but for a lil personal site they're great

I've had good experiences with namecheap fwiw