meditations on first philosophy (1641) - rene descartes
"who give a shit"
GET YOUR BODY OUT OF SURVIVAL MODE SO YOU CAN CREATE FROM YOUR HEART
want to cry for real
they're so right... kitties are experts at soft...
Evansville Press, Indiana, February 5, 1912
sapphic-agent-4
it’s a leap yeap
My nightmare: making a typo that people are still talking about over a century later
Be unapologetically loud and proud! I wanted to hybridize some Pokemon to create representations of various flags <3 I did initially write flavor text behind the choices for each flag, but I think it's better to decide for yourself why they represent what they do, or if they're a good fit. I'll be doing a second, smaller round of these for Gender Identity flags soon :> Hopefully before the end of the month ^^; These are up for adoption on my DA / FA
ok yeah damn i definitely slonked my girlfriend silly style
ok yeah damn i
definitely slonked my
girlfriend silly style
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
msburgundy-but-worser-deactivat
whoever said diamonds are a girl's best friend clearly has never met ibuprofen
Actually literally accurate. The song originates in the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, while ibuprofen was invented in 1961.
Cannibals, 2005 - oil on canvas. — Odd Nerdrum (Norwegian, b.1944)
[start id: a black and white drawing cropped from p.29 of the Usborne Guide to Computer and Video Games (1982). The image shows a chessboard with lights and mechanical arm built in.
Image caption reads: "The robot arm on this chess-board makes all the computer's moves, and removes your pieces when the computer captures them. If the computer loses the game, it flings its arm about, flashes its lights and shrieks." end id.]
I assumed this emotionally dysregulated chess robot was just a 1980s fever dream, but apparently it exists, and glories in the name of "The Novag Robot Adversary":
Quoth the gorgeously Web 1.0 (but still updating in 2023?!) Chess Computer UK:
The Novag Robot Adversary is the most iconic of chess computers. There are several reasons. Firstly, for a product of 1982, its startling futuristic appearance. Secondly the robot arm which in terms of robotic character, comparative speed and range of movement is extraordinary for a consumer product. Thirdly the variety of functions - including autoplay, automatic setting up of the pieces for a new game, trace and review, best move, sound, lights, printer support, and not forgetting the tantrums produced by the ‘emotions’ button which involve waving of the arm, flashing lights and noisy sound. These functions all contribute towards a very impressive and entertaining machine, which was outstanding when it was first sold, and has not been bettered since.
That page also has videos of the machine in action, including this heart-rending footage of it losing its shit:
I am inordinately happy to learn about this.