Lvxferre [he/him]

I have two chimps within, Laziness and Hyperactivity. They smoke cigs, drink yerba, fling shit at each other, and devour the face of anyone who gets close to either.

They also devour my dreams.

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Cake day: January 12th, 2024

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  • I’ve been using Linux for long enough to have been disappointed multiple times. And 90% of the time it’s about regression. In no particular order:

    • Liferea losing the ability to start hidden.
    • KDE 4.0, a trainwreck that made me leave KDE altogether back then.
    • Network Manager bug forcing my local IP to change, even if I need it static and predictable.
    • Ubuntu ads. I think it was the straw that broke the camel’s back and forced me into Debian.

    etc.







  • I like measuring things. Probably a carryover habit of my first uni (Chemistry), but the end result tends to be more predictable, and it helps me to avoid dumb mistakes from lack of attention.

    For some things there’s a bit more leeway to eyeball things; for example, if I’m adding water to dough I’ll probably eyeball it. (Specially as hydration tends to behave weirdly in rainy days, so it’s better to go by texture than by fixed amounts.) But I’m certainly not eyeballing the amount of salt that goes in the polenta, rice or meats.

    Side note I hate that Reddit oversimplification where people seem to believe cooking allows eyeballing but baking doesn’t. It stinks mental laziness; I think in both cases there’s some room for eyeballing, and some for precision.







  • Ooooh, this part is hilarious. Nina thinking Eris is just making shit up on the spot, then finding Rudeus is actually way stronger than she expected!

    Small info on the styles:

    • Sword God Style values initiative. If you can cut down your opponent before they react, you win.
    • Water God Style values defence. Provoke the opponent to act on predictable ways, so you can counterattack them.
    • North God Style values flexibility. Dirty tricks, usage of the terrain, whatever it takes to stay alive.

    They’re in a weird triangle of sorts: Sword God overwhelms North God, North God tricks Water God, Water God counters Sword God. That explains why it’s so important for Eris to train against all three styles; if she focuses on a single one, Orsted can simply use the one that beats it.





  • Is this the flag I’m supposed to replace with Visibly Artistic, Newly Doodled Additions, Laid Intrusively Supra Merdiculae*? Or will be there a bigger one? NO KINGS, NO KINGDOMS, NO FLAGS! DEFACE THE FLAGS IN THE CANVAS! SAY «NO» TO THE DIGITAL VERSION OF IMPERIALISM!!!11one11eleven

    I’m 25% joking, 75% serious with the above. I do think people should gang up against the largest country flag they find in the Canvas, whichever it is, and deface it. Not just “work around”, as if you were a vassal and your suzerain “graciously” accepts your doodle over it; no, fuck those country flags, if we gang up we’ll force people to either shrink or remove them. Because yes they do tend to take A LOT of space.

    On another matter, since Canvas is in two weeks, I feel like I should stop being a lazy arse and prepare my template; I’m thinking of doing something silly, like a (tidied, pixellated, and waaaaay smaller) version of this:

    The pic above is 320 x 200, but I think 80x50 would still look good while not wasting too much canvas space.

    *sorry for the unnecessary Latin. It’s just “over shit” wouldn’t fit the acronym.