sometimes when I’m knitting a very simple repeating pattern (say 4 repeating rows) I struggle to keep track of which row in the repeat I’m on, so I got chatGPT to make me a JS that parses a pattern row by row and spits out a new row every time I hit space. I’m sure I could’ve done that myself without cgpt but damn if it isn’t handy for something I don’t want to spend time on/just need to be functional.
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fortunately my brand of choice is Yamasa which also fits the mete—
oh no oh fuck
o/~ A little bit of Kikkoman in my life
A little bit of Yamasa by my side
A little bit of La Choy’s all I need
A little bit of Sempio’s what I see
A little bit of Kimlan in the sun
A little bit of San-J all night long
A little bit of Lee Kum Kee, here I am
A little shoyu makes me your meal o/~
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BRILLIANT. OUTSTANDING. 10/10
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: i’ve been asked by @dismallyoriented to pass on a 
since he has been banned from posted due to internet troubles
Please pray for him in these trying times as he enjoys his day off
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I’m better now, and its not like I was sobbing or anything, but man, it really hit me to have someone that I stood by for a long while and put a lot of effort into being a good friend telling me that I was one of the people who hurt them the most - over her being jealous of my other friends, which I tried to introduce to her, even.
Overall its a relief, but dang, I really should take better care of myself.
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Never mind I have remembered that data exists. Problem appears ti be coming from the house wifi. Still have dreamwidth
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It is a bit of a fucked interpersonal situation to be in, yeah. I’m sorry it turned out this way and I hope you can find better friends
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Mosfilm, a russian production company, has been uploading some of its catalog of full movies to Youtube. I don’t know how widely available these will be (they are for me, which tends to not be the case) but there’s some choices there. Of note, not that I’ve watched them, are Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Solaris (this one is an excellent book at least)
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Seem to be available in the USA at least! Great find, thanks.
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SEDNAYA PRISON BREAK
SYRIA IS GETTING FREE
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time to deploy polls
imagine, if you will, you are playing an MMO. perhaps the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward expansion up to level 60 for free with no restrictions on playtime.
you are in a PUG and you see another player has mentioned your character’s name in the chat. which of the following scenarios would you prefer:
A: OTHER PLAYER: btw [YOUR NAME] [some piece of advice, e.g. if you use [whatever] at the start of each pull it’ll make healing much easier]
B: OTHER PLAYER: hey [YOUR NAME] do you want a bit of advice?
YOU: sure/nty
if you said nty, you do not receive the advice
if you said sure,
OTHER PLAYER: [some piece of advice, e.g. if you use [whatever] at the start of each pull it’ll make healing much easier]
assume the advice is not essential to proceed with the encounter, just QOL/something that might make your life/the lives of your PUG easier
I would prefer:
- Scenario A
- Scenario B
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voters
pls feel free to explain why. you are settling an argument between me and a friend.
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i think it should be either, but i think you kinda have to go with Scenario A imo. people just DON’T like to be given advice in that fucking game, but if you jump to giving the advice right away, even if they get mad about it you’ve still planted it in their brain. i’ve found i’ve done that, gotten snapped at, but then our PUG mysteriously starts to work out!
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I understand what you mean BUT assuming I’m not referring to a specific game or that you didn’t know anything about XIV’s play culture, what would make you feel less like an ass as the player being given the advice?
oh i thought that was included lmfao
for me probably Scenario B i suppose
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yeah we’re specifically talking about like… if it’s not information essential to proceed, but say for example you’re learning WHM and someone else in the party happens to know WHM and wants to give you some tips.
i dont think scenario B is bad but i would personally go with scenario A because it just makes the whole interaction straight to the point which i prefer. i dont think people offering unsolicited advice in multiplayer games is bad because its extremely easy to overlook or misunderstand things when learning a game and players sharing gameplay tips and strats amongst eachother is preferrable to having to look up a bad wiki to me. if someones being rude about it thats a different story entirely ofc but i personally dont think unsolicited gameplay advice in itself is rude. like if i have 500 hours in the game and someone mistakes me for a beginner and gives me a gameplay tip id just tell them “oh i know already but thanks” nbd
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thank you for the input! I appreciate your perspective, it makes a lot of sense.
I have given & received type A, and it’s generally gone pretty well both directions. It helps if it’s not the first thing said all duty. But I’ve never had somebody get mad about it in like a decade, I think. Ignored at worst.
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I think (on some reflection) the sticking point for me is that I’m more sensitive to unsolicited corrections than the average person (it’s the ADHD, surprising everyone) and as such I do like to have the choice of whether to receive them or not. like I do understand that if it’s essential to proceed that I do something a certain way, I need to hear that, and I might be embarrassed but I won’t be mad. if a rando just decides to tell me how to play my class tho (even if they do so politely) it does prickle me a bit. like ok. didn’t ask don’t care. it’s not gonna ruin my day or anything I just think I’d prefer to be asked whether I want advice or not?
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One thing I’ve been dealing with over the years is my kneejerk reaction to receiving any kind of advice, often unsolicited, and the realization that 1) I often don’t know shit 2) I won’t realize I’m doing something wrong if someone doesn’t tell me 3) My arrogance will always default to not asking for help. Most recurring is when I mispronounce words in english, which is not my native language so of course I don’t know how it goes, and the people who correct me are always on the right, and polite about it, so obviously I should listen and take their advice.
It really depends on the tone, but since you’ve made it fairly neutral, I’d go with A for both receiving and giving, because I realize I am the problem with how I deal with receiving advice, not the people giving it
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