Rei

@reitohzu.bsky.social

90s kid who doesn't tolerate hate. Pfp by monnom29

People really need to fucking re-learn the difference between "I don't like this" and "This is harmful". Not liking a thing is fine, but you don't get to dictate what others enjoy, actually. Especially not within fiction. Be an adult. If you don't like something, move on.

I hate censorship. I hate puritanism. I despise conservative & religious morals with all my heart. They’re convincing young ppl sex is bad; they’re telling adults what they can wank to or not, they’re literally trying to erase sex ed, trans folks, queer culture… I hate them so, so much, guys. UGH.

I know I keep reposting this, but I really do need help now. I thought I had enough for a bill, and it showed it was pending, and then I went to the store the other day, and now it shows I didn't have enough, and now I have a negative balance 🙃🫠 If anyone could help me out, I would appreciate it!

A screenshot of showing a negative balance
ᵐᵃᵗᵗ@kelarax.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hey BlueSky and friends, I hate asking for $$, but can any friends, mutuals, or random generous people, spare about $175? I need it to go towards bills, and renewing my driver's license. I would really appreciate it. CashApp: $Kelarax Paypal: @Kelarax Venmo is the QR code below #mutualaid

QR code for Venmo

If you're an artist looking for some tools. Here's a list of all the tools I created over the years that run in your browser. Play around with color palettes, create 3d mockups for reference, pose figure for reference, create bushtip textures etc. artbuddy.urlich.ch

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Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...

If it doesn’t charge users and, so far, doesn’t serve them any ads, how does Duolingo make money? It tricks you into working as an unpaid translation service. At the end of some lessons, Duolingo will ask you if you want to practice by translating a real-world document. Which will turn out to be, say, a BuzzFeed article. By melding together enough stabs at this task from high-level Duolingo users, the app can render a surprisingly accurate translation. Which is worth good money. So far, Duolingo has contracts with BuzzFeed and CNN to translate stories from English into languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. This service is already earning Duolingo hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but von Ahn predicts he will be adding a raft of new clients soon. “The language translations market is huge,” he says. “It’s a $30 billion per year market.”
Japanese Talk@japanesetalk.bsky.social · last wk.

It really irks me when people share their 300, 600, 1000 day Duolingo streaks but still don't know how to use Japanese. Here's an explanation for why apps like Duolingo don't work for learning to any fluency. jtalkonline.com/why-apps-lik...