the more a piece of software turns from "program with a purpose" to "platform with a prospectus" the more the code gets overgeneralized and slow, hard-coded behaviors are replaced with dynamic adaptive configurable options, extra abstraction layers appear so that design decisions can be deferred forever and mutually-contradictory concepts can coexist, and then you've got yourself a nice, fertile landscape for ambitious product managers to really make a mark by adding a new button feature suite

Insect scientists wondering if animals with soft skin can even feel pain. It just kinda scrapes or cuts instead of crushing like chitin, and we can't conclusively decide if it even has pain receptors or not.

The humans do flail and try to get away when we injure them, but who's to say that it's a Real Pain Response instead of just "subconscious instincts to avoid harmful stimuli"

They're calling me "inordinately fluffy"

Wyverns, a.k.a. "living blankets"

Demonstration of just how well wing blankets work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_bat.jpg

Reminded of the aerogel sorta material used in US nuclear warheads during the Cold War, and when refurbishing old warheads in the 2000s the government realized they had literally lost the instructions to manufacture it and had to spend 100 million dollars to reverse-engineer it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogbank

I can't decide if I should stick with Minecraft 1.6.4 or switch to 1.7.10/1.8.9). I think I like the "silver age" versions more than modern ones (and the "golden age" gameplay just isn't my style) but I can't decide which one I want…

My Minecraft worlds usually end up with at least two distant bases, but I also always really prefer having all my storage centralized so I can have a complete stock of what I have and have it on hand. But then that means I constantly make stupid long trips when doing anything at the other bases…

RE: https://tilde.zone/@nytpu/117621446907369795

The QBE developers' philosophy

I wonder if Minecraft's performance getting worse and worse over the years is due to them making everything "data driven" for datapacks (so tons of dynamic dispatch and everything) or if it's more due to generalized tech debt from Mojang being super underfunded post-Microsoft-acquisition (yes, actually true despite MC being the best-selling game of all time and Microsoft being a multibillion-dollar company)

steam deck: has official case. accessory makers complained that the official case was too good meaning nobody had to buy one. despite this dozens of third party cases exist

steam frame: no official case. theres like 2 cases that are actually properly fitted for frame and not just generic for multiple vr headsets with "for steam frame" edited into the description. and neither fit the controllers with ergo straps. nobody is making them.

Add your fess: http://b3ta.com/addfess

Demonstration of just how well wing blankets work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_bat.jpg

A male sylveon & female shiny sylveon pair has play I think

Flat color for Caster: https://www.furaffinity.net/externalurl/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2FCaster.bsky.social

#furry_art #nom_shark #protogen #caster #flat_color

We report: the moon is back in the sky with 28% of visibility, or in other words, the thinnest crescent that we can really find with our eyes. Our expert says that they had found it yesterday evening, but we suppose that they are the expert for a reason, after all.

Everyone should know the perfect blanket is actually a dragon's wing

Having skylights and sleeping in are not a good combination. #furry #furryart #nsfw

Reference sheet for Zehl!