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The dead internet war continues. The Kurzgesagt got their video shadow banned because some algorithm flagged it as AI. Now Real Engineering is making a callout post on the situation, and saying that there are a lot of slop channels that copies the voice and video style of their videos.

Why do JavaScript developers always find the worse ways to express logic? A normal person would declare an empty array, and then use if-statements to add elements as needed. But a JS developer declares an array with ternaries in it, fills the array with null values, and then .filter(a=>a!=null)

Me, vibe-coding: Write a test for this. AI: If you wish to make a test from scratch, you must first invent the universe. First, we check if the equality operator works. Then...

Did furries always have this much thirst trap, and I was just oblivious to it? I always like seeing a good femboi tum, but I am starting to get picky with "Is this someone I know?"

Furries. Latex. Diapers. Fembois. Long ago, the four kinks lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Edgy Teenagers attacked.

People who think C++ is a good language is like AI: "Make no mistakes" - and everything will work just fine.

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A yellow and black cat plushie, known as Anthrocat, sitting on a windowsill and looking out at the bridges in Pittsburgh

It is the dry season in Pittsburg after Anthrocon. I ask for a strawberry based drink- the waiter says they are out. Then I ask for a pineapple based drink. A minute later they come back saying that they are out. I then ask for a mango based drink, and then find back 10 minutes later being out.