#Code Copy Checker

[codedetect]

What is Code Similarity Checker?

Code similarity checker is a tool that helps determine how similar students' code is. It does not automatically detect plagiarism but rather shows you how similar two programs are to one another. Similarity checkers assist in identifying code reuse or code similarity between projects, ensuring compliance with open-source licenses and avoiding licensing conflicts.

This method involves breaking down the code into individual tokens such as keywords, variables, and operators. The checker compares code snippets against a database of known code sources, such as open-source projects or academic publications, to detect potential instances of plagiarism.

The Code similarity checker serves as a valuable asset for software developers, educators, and researchers by helping them identify duplicate or similar code segments. The primary purpose of a code similarity checker is to assist in detecting code plagiarism, where developers copy or reuse code without proper attribution or authorization.

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A code similarity checker is a valuable tool in software development and programming education. It helps identify code similarities, detect plagiarism, improve code quality, and enhance the efficiency of code analysis and review processes. For more information visit our website.

[luckyclamrebelartisan]

KUROSHITSUJI IS A KETU MANGA:

Ciel is very ketu coded, ashwini is linked to dogs ( his watchdog of the queen position ) also Sirius is nicknamed the dog star, Maaya sakamoto his voice actress is also ketuvian ( probably mula ascendant and another placement) . The fact that our ciel is being stalked / hunted down by those who killed his family , ( ketuvians often fall prey to stalkers ) , ketu is linked to demons and the horror genre . Ashwini in particular often portray the rich brat archetype that is detached ( ketu being headless and associated with generational wealth) . Ashwini" the first to achieve things "and quickly too ( he's the youngest earl ever as far as we know, his buisness phatom co ( revolutionary for a kid to be such a great businessman) and his work as a watchdog . Him being sort of a hermit and not mingling with other nobles and thinking that they're stupid ( ashwinis CHARACTERISTICS again ) . the ashwini ketu themes strike again when o!ciel was looking for recognition as he is not as bright and outgoing nor as good with people as his brother ( with him staying in the shadows of his brother, ketuvians struggle sometimes to be seen and acknowledged especially ashwini which is basically ketu in its purest form ) him dressing like red riding hood in official art ( ketuvians are the ones who often portray red riding hood in media) .him basically using all his cards (aka people ) to his advantage and sucking them dry ( in reality it's not as bad as it sounds, O!ciel is very soft hearted but he sees himself that way and some of his enemies including Scotland yard also see him like that)

Ashwinis and somehow always getting stuck with a dog 🤝( even if they don't want to ) : Sebastian ,his childhood pet dog and Sebastian the demon .  ketuvians and their love for black🤝 ( he wears dark clothes , black butler is the literal title !!)

Sebastian is described as a black hole by blavat :

( again ketu is described as this black hole that sucks everything in ) , O!ciel is regarded as a genius ( like the queen gambit with anya an ashwini sun ) , or his detective work for the queen and him appreciating Arthur conan doyle (sherlock holmes is very ketuvian ) 😅 . The twin horsemen who are also healers are one of the symbols of ashwini ( his aunt is a doctor and he was sick as a child but got better suspiciously as he got as older 🤔 , Is that the real ciel master mind theory ? Check @midnight-in-town , also the power to get better quickly after getting sick is also ashwini ) . The ketu eyes look is basically eyes that put you in a trance, dark mysterious otherwirldly eyes .( o!ciel's  eyes are very distinctive like deep pools of blue that suck you in, again ketuvian themes . He's drowning in occult stuff ( the cult that kidnapped him and his mental prison reek of masonic imagery! ----> the checkered black and white tiles floors , the polyhedron shape "the star" the merkaba of the soul ,the elite exclusive club theme , the sacrifice of children (especilly young twin boys ! and the supernatural/ summoning rituals (especially that the royals aka queen victoria are rumored to have been part of that club (queen victoria is the master mind theory by @midnight-in-town ) .

His lineage is said to be special and shrowded in mystery . ketu is linked to ancestors , nobles , and the past ( his ring is passed down from generations along with the position of watchdog ) , o!ciel has been trapped by what happened to him , his trauma defined him and was a catalyst for his new self largely( if not entirely) inspired by his brother. ( ketu also makes you go through challenges to find yourself because as stated before ketu is headless so it has no sense of self, it just copies others until they build a strong sense of self and values ),  he's introverted as a lot of ashwinis lol , the ketu ashwini twin horsemen also parallel o!ciel and real ciel, and horseback riding is basically the only sport o!ciel is good at😅😂 . Ashwinis look younger than their actual age (o!ciel is small for a teenager and has a baby face ,always dresss well as ashwinis are considered dapper and fashionable no matter what they wear !) . He can recognize talent and uses people accordingly like the ashwini twins who went into the village and gathered the best army for them to become kings ! (Ps: the phantomhive ring is nicknamed candy by the twins while candy is sweet another thing comes to mind honey! wich is linked to ashwini along with bees ( masonic imagery ) might be a bit of a stretch by oh well 🥱.

That's it for today ! I really miss kuroshitsuji, I've been a long time reader , special thanks to @midnight-in-town for her amazing theories and posts for more than a decade 💖 and to @thedarkestcrow

( also amazing kuro posts ) @akumadeenglish @abybweisse @dorkshadows @venussaidso ( from where I got a lot of vedic knowledge 🙏🖤) @kerinna

[picknmixsims]

Sims2Tools - Major Updates Due

TL;DR; I'm going to have to recompile every one of my apps and I will no longer be supporting SimPe versions later than 75.69

Sims2Tools and Newer Versions of SimPe

Various sub-functions of my applications need to locate game files. To do this they need to know where the base, EP and SP files are located on disk. To find these, the applications use the information held within the simpe.xreg file (in the Data sub-folder) of your (hopefully) correctly configured SimPe install.

Unfortunately, versions of SimPe later than 75.69 do not have this file, or have moved it elsewhere.

In addition, versions of SimPe later than 75.69 have also relocated/renamed component .dll files and this means that I can no longer create my SimPe Primitive Wizards for these versions without a lot of effort on my part. (They are available for 77.69.7/9, but 77.69.11 has changed again and I have better things to do with my time.)

As I do not use any of the versions that are causing me problems, I have reluctantly decided to stop supporting them.

Fortunately, you can have multiple versions of SimPe installed, so you can pick-and-choose which version you use for the task at hand.

Currently, only the Repository Wizard and the SceneGraph Checker need to locate game files, although Outfit Organiser and Object Relocator will probably need to in the medium term. Edit: Object Relocator now needs to locate game files for the Hood View feature.

Users of versions of SimPe later than 75.69 will therefore need to do ONE of the following EITHER 1) Create a Data sub-folder under the newer SimPe install and copy the simpe.xreg file from the Data sub-folder of a previous version into it. Depending on how you upgrade SimPe, you may need to do this for every new release. OR 2) Configure my applications to read the simpe.xreg file from a previous version of SimPe, you need only do this once as the applications share this information. OR 3) Manually edit the UtilsLibrary.dll.config for every application (as they do not share this information) and enter the correct paths under the userSettings element.

On a positive note, it has highlighted a bug in the UtilsLibrary that was trying to access the DbpfLibrary's .config file, the upshot of which is that every one of my apps will need to be re-compiled and updated to support option 3 above.

Sims2Tools and Compressed Resources

A .package file contains one or more resources (BHAV, OBJD, TXMT, CRES, TTAB, etc).

Individual resources can be compressed. The act of compressing a resource causes two effects; 1) the resource is compressed, and 2) an entry is created in the CLST resource. The CLST lists all compressed resources in the .package file along with their decompressed size.

Compressing a .package file is the same as compressing each uncompressed resource it contains (except for the CLST) individually.

Contrary to popular belief, a (correctly) compressed .package file will never contain only compressed resources, as the CLST will always be uncompressed.

Decompressing a resource is the reverse process, that is, the resource is decompressed and the resource's entry in the CLST is removed.

Decompressing a .package file is the same as decompressing each compressed resource it contains individually.

Other than the non-trivial issue of decompressing a compressed resource, there are two problems faced by code trying to read resources from a .package file.

1) The resource is compressed but has no entry in the CLST - this results in using compressed data as if it was uncompressed data.

2) The resource has an entry in the CLST but is not actually compressed - this results in trying to decompress data that is not compressed.

Unfortunately it is very easy to create the first problem; 1) open the .package file with SimPe, 2) delete the CLST resource and. 3) save the .package file!

There also seems to be at least one 3rd party utility that writes decompressed resources back into a .package file without removing the associated CLST entry.

My DbpfLibrary has been able to handle the second problem for some time.

Weirdly, the incidence of the first problem has increased dramatically in the past six months - there's probably a video/tutorial out there that suggests it, possibly because the CLST resource is never compressed.

And as my apps then get blamed for "not working" due to other's errors, I've had to find a solution.

The upshot of all of this is every one of my apps will need to be re-compiled and updated to handle both of the incorrect CLST problems.

Huge thanks to bowedy, sgthebee and brattyful for helping me track the SimPe issue down.

[typingquirkchive]

quick masterlist of typing quirk related stuff

general:

pluralpedia article

typing quirk pride flag and template

website that lists symbols and explains the origin/meaning of them

masterlist of symbols that are actually from languages and shouldn't be used as an aesthetic

knowyourmeme article on l33t speak

notes on puns

huge list of fish puns, cat/cow/horse pun list

emojipedia - index of emojis with some information on any slang meanings

tool to create and save quirks and generate text

random typing quirk generator - it's titled "for special snowflakes" so it's either written by an asshole or someone making a joke at themself, but i don't think using the link benefits them at all, so i'll include it

textfast - firefox extension which allows you to set a list of word replacements, i have not tested it

fluenttyper - extension with the same features and also autocomplete and spell checker

keystroke saver - alternate

neatemoji - extension allowing you to type emojis anywhere with colons instead of copying and pasting them

special characters - extension that gives you a quick list of special characters for copypasting

lingojam - website for user-made text-to-thing translators

quirkifier - desktop app to replace your text with quirks

homestuck-specific:*

homestuck wiki's page on quirks (contains flashing images)

homestuck typing quirk generator (type in anything and it will post it with the quirks)

alternate homestuck typing quirk generator

character hex codes

roxy lalonde typo guide

vriska serket quirk guide

kankri vantas quirk translator

cronus ampora quirk translator

*some things in the first list were made in a homestuck context, but whatever can be used in a non-homestuck way i decided not to put in the "homestuck specific" list

deltarune:

spamton g. spamton dialog/text guide

the obvious:

translate your typing quirks when asked. i will not debate that this needs to be done

accessibility tips/tools:

xkit rewritten has options to remove user-set colors and fonts in posts

typing quirk to regular text translator ("makes those numbers look like actual words ✌️ • all numbers into their vowel equivalent • $ to S • makes words ending with z end with an s • turns accents into plain letters • and too many other things to mention👍 of course not every typing quirk works but it should help you get a rough idea, apologies for the giant text wall"

greasyfork script for tampermonkey that removes the quirk on homestuck.com (i'm not sure what license this is under, but maybe someone could fork it to work elsewhere too?)

unquirk - chrome extension to translate certain quirks on mspa.com, cannot verify how well it works or if it can be used elsewhere because i hate chrome

a discord tool to translate wingdings and other quirks

other:

@free-willowmates (asked to be tagged) will suggest typing quirks that are minimal and intended to be easier to read

word replacer "is a simple browser extension that automatically replaces specified words on webpages and in form fields." (have not tested this myself but it at least seems to be updated recently. it doesn't affect your typing, but how your browser shows you the words.)

word replacer max - same function as above but seems to have more features

ponify - replaces words with my little pony related ones, has the option to set up specific new replacements too

please note that i haven't personally tested all of these extensions, but i did check their reviews and only added ones which have positive reviews within the past couple of years.

i don't tag things on this archive due to laziness/depression but if you send me an ask looking for help finding something specific related to typing quirks i can probably help

[mercyreg]

Lestappen Headcannons

Fair warning, I made these more so based for a Discord Sever but I thought I’d share. Requests are happily accepted !! 💕

Met each other during Karting days (7-9 yrs)

Charles was afraid of Max’s dad so he never approached him, Only watched

Charles and Max got extremely close at the beginning of their F1 Careers

Secretly stayed friends out of the public eye for years

Dated for 3 years 2015-2017

Successfully kept it hidden the entire time too from even teammates

Broke up due to Carlos Sainz and Daniel Ricciardo 

Charles calls Max French to piss him off

They are closer than anything to due to when they dated.

Mutually broke up because they both started liking other people.

Act as somewhat friends with benefits when desired

They eat dinner together weekly on Sundays 

They tell everyone that they are going on dates (jokingly) not realizing everyone took them seriously

They sit and discuss their week together, Usually ending in them talking about Carlos and Daniel

They both equally use code names (Chess = Daniel, Checkers = Carlos)

Charles likes to sing the Verstappen song simply because it annoys Max to a small degree.

Max bought Charles a Linkin Park Vinyl after he said he’d never heard of them in a interview 

Max follows Charles closer via Media/Internet

They both equally copy each other or repeat things that the other said to get the media riled up

They both are Plain Jane’s yet not at the same time.

Max owns several bracelets from Charles over the years.

They don’t showcase how well they know each other publicly besides within the F1 Grid.

They still actively shock the F1 with how close they are, Many being unaware how far back the competition goes between them.

[layover-linux-official]

Write One to Throw Away?

If you're in the software industry for long enough, you'll hear this advice eventually. There's an infamous Catch-22 to writing code:

You don't deeply understand the problem (or its solution space) until you've written a solution.

The first solution you write will have none of that hindsight to help you.

So it naturally shakes out that you have to write it at least one time before you can write it well, unless you're stricken with exceptional luck. And the minimum number of attempts you will need is two: one to throw away, and a second attempt to keep.

It's just math. It's just logic. Write one to throw away. It's got the world's easiest proof. You'd have to be some kind of idiot to argue with it!

Okay, hear me out...

As you work on bigger and older projects, you will continuously be confronted with a real-world reality: that requirements are an input that never stops changing. You can make the right tool for the job today, but the job will change tomorrow. Is your pride and joy still the right tool?

If you're like most developers, your first stage of grief will be denial. Surely, if we just anticipate all the futures that could possibly happen, we can write code that's ready to be extended in any possible direction later! We're basically wizards, after all - this feels like it should work.

So you try it. You briefly feel safe in the corrosive sandstorm of time. Your code feels future proof, right up until the future arrives with a demand you didn't anticipate, which is actually so much harder to write thanks to your premature abstractions. Welcome to the anger stage. The YAGNI acronym (you ain't gonna need it) finally registers in your brain for what it is - a bitter pill, hard-won but true.

But we're wizards! We bargain with our interpreters and parsers and borrow checkers. Surely we can make our software immortal with the right burnt offerings. We can use TDD! Oops, now our tests are their own giant maintenance burden locking us into inflexible implementation decisions. Static analysis and refactoring tooling! Huh, well that made life support easier, but couldn't fix fundamental problems of approach, architecture and design (many of which only came into existence when the requirements changed).

As the sun rises and sets on entire ISAs, the cold gloom eventually sets in. There is no such thing as immortal software. Even the software that appears immortal is usually a vortex of continuous human labor and editing. The Linux kernel is constantly dying by pieces and being reborn in equal or greater measure - it feels great to get a patch merged, but your name might not be in the git blame at all in 2 years time.

I want to talk about what happens when your head suddenly jumps up in astonished clarity and you finally accept and embrace that fact: holy shit, there is no immortal software!

Silicon is sand

... and we're in the mandala business, baby.

I advocate that you write every copy to be thrown away. Every single one. I'm not kidding.

Maybe it'll be good enough (read adequacy, not perfection) that you never end up needing to replace your code in practice. Maybe you'll replace it every couple years as your traffic scales. But the only sure thing in life is that your code will have an expiration date, and every choice you make in acknowledgement of that mortality will make your life better.

People are often hesitant to throw out working code because it represents years of accumulated knowledge in real-world use. You'd have to be a fool to waste that knowledge, right? Okay. Do your comments actually instruct the reader about these lessons? Does secondary documentation explain why decisions were made, not just what those decisions were? Are you linking to an issue tracker (that's still accessible to your team)? If you're not answering yes to these type of questions, you have no knowledge in your code. It is a black hole that consumed and irreparably transformed knowledge for ten years. It is one of the worst liabilities you could possibly have. Don't be proud of that ship! You'll have nowhere to go when it sinks, and you'll go down with it.

When you write code with the future rewriter - not merely maintainer - in mind, you'll find it doesn't need to be replaced as often. That sounds ironic, and it is, but it's also true. Your code will be educational enough for onboarding new people (who would rewrite what they don't understand anyways). It will document its own assumptions (so you can tell when you need a full rewrite, or just something partial that feels more like a modification). It will provide a more useful guiding light for component size than any "do one thing well" handwave. And when the day finally comes, when a rewrite is truly necessary, you'll have all the knowledge you need to do it. In the meantime, you've given yourself permission to shit out something sloppy that might never need replacing, but will teach you a lot about the problem domain.

This is independent of things like test suite methodology, but it does provide a useful seive for thinking about which tests you do and don't want. The right tests will improve your mobility! The wrong tests will set your feet in cement. "Does this make a rewrite easier?" is a very good, very concrete heuristic for telling the two apart.

Sorry for long-posting, btw. I used this space to work through some hazy ideas and sharpen them for myself, particularly because I'm looking at getting into language design and implementation in the near future. Maybe at some future date, I'll rewrite it shorter and clearer.

TL,DR:

Every LOC you write will probably eventually be disposed or replaced. Optimize for that, and achieve Zen.

[pure-ablution]

Maybe this is by a very, very long shot, but do you have any resources, techniques, or any sort of info on how to autocorrect in French? My very important french exit exam is coming up and while I have perfect scores in content and organization, I lose all my points in language.

I make so, so many anglicismes, erreurs de punctuation, de conjugaison. It causes me a lot of great distress. I'm genuinely not able to see errors in my writing, even when they are clearly there. I know I need to practice, but I don't even know how to practice actually making minimal mistakes in a long, handwritten essay.

I’m so sorry for not getting back to this more quickly; I hope that I’m not answering too late!

Stop thinking of such little errors as random mistakes. They’re not at all random; they’re patterns, and diagnosable patterns at that. It’s very easy to view arbitrary errors that slip under the radar in proofreading as evidence of hopeless failure, but they’re actually just symptoms of a repeated misunderstanding. I recommend starting a little personal error corpus: take 3–4 of your past essays, which have been corrected by a tutor or educated native speaker, and create a spreadsheet with 3 columns:

Error: copy the exact sentence, with the error highlighted or bolded in some way.

Why it’s wrong: a brief grammatical explanation, taken from a proper grammar book but summarised in your own words, that you understand.

Correct version: the sentence rewritten so as to now be grammatically correct.

Then, go through this little spreadsheet and begin to highlight your personal patterns. Perhaps you keep using à or pour after chercher; maybe you consistently mess up agreement in passé composé with être. Whatever it is, highlight it. It’s more than likely that you’ll find you’re not actually ‘bad at French grammar’, you just have under a dozen consistent bugs in your mental code. Once you identify them, you can tackle them head-on.

You’re preparing for a handwritten exam. These sorts of things can feel cruelly archaic nowadays (talk to the girl who has taken all of her university exams to date by hand 😭), but they can actually be a blessing in disguise; typing can mask our errors with autocorrect and constant backspacing, whilst handwriting forces you to commit to a sentence and a grammatical decision. I highly recommend you make the most of that: write timed paragraphs, every single day, by hand, on a real topic—maybe summarising an article you’ve just read, or a discursive piece on les réseaux sociaux or le patrimoine or another of those subjects examiners love—and then, after 15–20 minutes or so of handwriting, retype the paragraph into a doc. This is the point at which you can start editing. I recommend BonPatron or Language Tool, but you could also just use Grammarly in French; either way, run your paragraph through a grammar checker to scan for the most obvious errors. Then, print it out, and hand-annotate your own errors, with your little personal corpus and most common errors in mind, and write your own comments in the margins. This teaches your brain to notice patterns of sloppiness and flag them in real time. You’ll find that your hand starts to hesitate slightly before the word à or de, and that hesitation is your brain rewiring itself.

Try to read like a copy-editor. Your ask tells me that you’re already strong in content and structure, so I could hazard a guess that you read a lot, which is, for the record, excellent for language acquisition! Now, though, I’d suggest reading a little differently; rather than reading novels and articles in French to absorb vocabulary, start reading more like a copy-editor. Take a short, well-written article from somewhere like Le Figaro or Le Point, and go at it with full syntactical analysis. Highlight every comma and subordinate clause, circle and label each verb tense, write out full S-V-O diagrams for particularly complex sentences so that your brain can understand the mechanics. Ask yourself questions: why this structure? Why this punctuation? You could even go full syntactician and analyse it like I did my passages for my Latin Language paper—whatever works for you. Then, try rewriting the first paragraph from memory, and compare it to the original. What did you miss? What did you simplify?

Practise micro-repetition exercises. This is a trick mostly used in classical language paedagogy; I learnt it in Latin and Greek, but it would definitely work for French, too. Choose one short, typical, basic sentence that contains a grammatical structure you struggle with. For instance:

Elle est allée à la boulangerie chercher du pain, qu’elle avait oublié d’acheter la veille.

Copy it by hand ten times, slowly, then cover it, and try to write it from memory.

Now, tweak it, just slightly, each time. Change the subject to ils. Change qu’elle avait oublié to qu’elle oubliera. Make it negative: Elle n’est pas allée … Have fun with switching the sentence structure, playing with the syntax, rephrasing and placing in different verb tenses. This way, you’re not simply memorising a single sentence, but practising how the logic of French grammar really behaves, so that you’ll be able to apply the very same logic to a different sentence in the future.

I think that, given just a few weeks of really militant, methodical practice, in which you forgive yourself for errors but don’t shy away from facing them directly, you’ll be so surprised at just how much your command of French has improved. If you like, you’re welcome to send me a paragraph, and I’ll walk you through how I’d correct it, but honestly, I think you have the drive and ability already—it’s just not always that easy to know how to tackle the little things without some guidance from someone who has struggled with much the same thing! Courage, anon, and let me know how your exam goes 💕

[aropride]

how to install dashboard unfucker (for desktop)

hi i use desktop and i use the dashboard unfucker extension by dragongirlsnout and you should too because it's awesome. i don't know much about computers so it was intimidating to set up but ended up being really easy.

but first:

what is dashboard unfucker?

dashboard unfucker is an extention that makes being on tumblr bearable again.

(ID: 2 screenshots of tumblr with urls/posts etc censored. the first is with the new layout, with labels on the left, the ad-free button, "check out these blogs," "explore all of tumblr," the radar, and no easy way to access your own blog. the second is with the extension enabled, the left hand side of the screen is empty, posts are wider, navigation icons are back at the top right, and the only thing on the right-hand side of the dash is the dashbaord unfucker and limit checker and tag replacer from xkit. end ID)

i got it for layout changes like these- the first is cramped and ugly and i feel like i'm on twitter. the second is warm and comfy and i can make my posts wider (i dont like all the empty space). (limit checker, tag replacer, and post color were done on xkit and palettes respectively, not unfucker, btw)

with the dashboard unfucker you can:

hide the following/blog subs/for you etc tabs

get rid of the changes/staff picks/etc carousel

hide recommended blogs and tags

add profile pics back to posts

hide the radar

hide the explore page

hide tumblr shop

hide user badges

highlight bots in ur activity feed

show who follows u in the activity feed

make posts wider/slimmer and move the dash posts position to the left/right

revert messages design (and make the messages box bigger)

revert activity feed to the old design

display vote counts on polls

show poll results without clicking (no more skewing polls or "see results"!!)

disable tumblr domains

add polls to reblogs

disable "post without tags?"

show ns.fw posts

and other things that i probably missed copying this from the settings!!

so how do you do it? it seems scary but it's easy actually. take my hand

(note: i did this on firefox and tested it on chrome, i'm not familiar with other browsers, also use firefox if at all possible fuck chrome)

how to install dashboard unfucker

step 1: install either tampermonkey, tampermonkey beta, greasemonkey, or violentmonkey (if you don't already have it)

note: im using tampermonkey as an example because it's what i use

step 2a: go to firefox extensions/chrome web store/your browser's equivalent

step 2b: look up "tampermonkey" and click "add to firefox/chrome/whatever" and confirm

step 2c: you're done! yayyy

step 2: click this link. look under "installation" where it says "Click on unfucker.user.js to install or update". and click that

(ID: a screenshot of the tampermonkey install page, showing dashboard unfucker v5.7.8 installation information, the source code, and the install/cancel button. end ID)

(it should open in a new tab and look like this)

step 3: click install! (when i did this it didn't look like much happened and i got scared. dont get scared take my hand)

step 4: go to www.tumblr.com and to the right of the dash it'll have the dashboard unfucker label to the right!

(ID: the default dash again, but with the dashboard unfucker title at the top right of the right-hand side of the dash. end ID)

step 5: click the little gear icon and all the options will pop up! u can fuck around with em to ur heart's content. i recommend exporting after ur done and saving it somewhere in case u have to uninstall/reinstall to troubleshoot or smth

you're done! now u can see the results of polls without clicking them and other such things

(ID: a poll i have not voted on. it has 17 votes and 23h 56m remaining. the title is "poll :)" and the answers are "answer 1" "answer 2" and "see results". there are no percentage labels, but the amount each answer has is indicated by light blue bars in each result, as they would be if i had voted. end ID) note: i'm not sure how/if this aspect of the extension is indicated for screenreaders

THIS POST IS TRANSGENDER BTW!

[mariacallous]

This week, the Kremlin sought to dominate public information spaces with narratives about Russia’s attack with a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. The incident was splashed across the front pages of Russian news outlets and served as the centrepiece of state-controlled TV discussions. The objective is clear: domestically, to enforce a patriotic siege mentality; internationally, to stoke fears of nuclear war, to intimidate, and to weaken support for Ukraine.

Fraudsters fighting fakes

Instead of giving this fear-mongering more oxygen, we focus on something topical, though no less revealing. Enter the Kremlin-funded ‘Global Fact-Checking Network’, a supposedly international initiative to combat bias and disinformation. Under different circumstances, the irony of this endeavour might even be laughable. But it’s dead serious – another weaponised tool to enable and amplify international manipulation.

The network was unveiled at the Kremlin-organised ‘Dialogue on Fakes 2.0(opens in a new tab)’ forum in Moscow last week, hosted by the Russian government-funded NGO ANO Dialog. According to its director(opens in a new tab), Vladimir Tabak, the initiative aims to establish standards for fact-checking, inviting journalists and organisations to join after signing a so-called ‘Code of Responsible Fact-Checking(opens in a new tab)’. The network claims it will develop tools to identify fake news, train professionals, and compile a public database of ‘proven false data’, accessible globally.

Fact-checking as camouflage

Training experts, setting standards, and creating tools to combat disinformation are goals EUvsDisinfo fully supports. But there’s a catch: ANO Dialog(opens in a new tab) and its subsidiary Dialog Regions are Kremlin-funded entities designed to manipulate information domestically and globally to serve Kremlin interests. Its director, Vladimir Tabak(opens in a new tab), is under EU sanctions and in 2024, the US Treasury(opens in a new tab) linked the organisation to Russia’s foreign influence operations, including AI-driven election interference and the Doppelgänger disinformation campaign.

In other words, ANO Dialog and Vladimir Tabak are themselves producing and spreading disinformation and running information manipulation operations for the Kremlin. Announcing a ‘global fact-checking network’ is just the latest iteration of a years-long campaign to copy the verbal and visual vocabulary of actual fact-checking organisations to spread lies.

Lapsha Media and WarOnFakes

In 2021, ANO Dialog signed a ‘Memorandum on Countering Fakes(opens in a new tab)’, which had been set up by major Russian internet companies. It then started the ‘Lapsha Media project(opens in a new tab)’, a website and social media campaign with all the trappings of a fact-checking organisation: slick promotion videos telling users to not believe everything they see online, a weekly newsletter with ‘top fakes’ and information for readers to send in their own ‘fakes’ to be checked by ‘experts’.

Lapsha media is available in Russian and targets Russian-speaking audiences, but Timofej Vasiljev(opens in a new tab), who worked for ANO Dialog in the past, set up the WarOnFakes project, a propaganda project posing as a fact-checking organisation which was available in multiple language (although it failed to gain much following among European audiences).

Deception wrapped in data

ANO Dialog disguises itself as a modern, technologically advanced NGO, whose main goal is to offer advice on communications and digitalisation to Russian state institutions. Commenting on the dangers of online disinformation and fake news fits this role. Its director Tabak is regularly quoted and invited to panels(opens in a new tab) by Russian state media to talk about the dangers to society of ‘fake news’ and ‘deep fakes’ and how he and his organisation aim to fight it.

Some results of this fight were presented in a special ‘Fake News Dissemination Study(opens in a new tab)’ for the above-mentioned conference. What exposes this document as a manipulative fake is its ostensible exactness. The organisation claims to have ‘revealed’ 4,051 fakes in 2023, which were allegedly seen by 12 million persons. In 2024, they claim to have identified more than 4,000 fakes, but thanks to their ‘anti-fake system’ these were so far seen by only 8 million persons. The report even includes a chart which shows which months had the highest number of fakes in the last years and a heatmap to show the total number of identified fakes in each Russian region.

No math in disinformation

By providing these numbers, ANO Dialog tries to make it appear as if it had an understanding of the total amount of fake news or disinformation in Russia. Yet there is no method to reliably measure the amount of disinformation anywhere. Disinformation is not potatoes. It is an abstract concept enabled by manipulative behaviour which comes in many different forms and happens on many different mediums and channels.

The report implies that what it counted was ‘fake’ or inaccurate information. But disinformation doesn’t always work with lies; it often works with half-truths, or even completely accurate information that is taken out of context or presented in a manipulative way, exaggerated, coupled with non-related events, and so on. How would that be counted? As half a fake? As a third of a fake? And who decides how much of a fake that is?

We at EUvsDisinfo have worked professionally since 2015 in countering disinformation and manipulation following a comprehensive concept, which we described in April 2020 and elaborated in July 2023.

EUvsDisinfo also maintains a database, which last week reached the sad milestone of 18,000 examples of disinformation cases. These are merely an illustration of disinformation narratives directed at the EU and its neighbours. We do not claim to be able to quantify the vast amounts of manipulative content being produced every day.

Confusion is the main goal

ANO Dialog is of course not really concerned with these questions because it is itself a major producer of manipulative content. This report is just one more attempt to make it appear that there is a Russian alternative to fact-checking organisations. It works in much the same way that Russian officials often claim that there is no free-speech in Western countries. Their argument is pure whataboutism: ‘If you say we don’t have free speech, we say you don’t have free speech. And then you will not have less free speech and we will not have more free speech’. In reality, the people listening will be a little more confused about free speech and that’s the goal.

It is about taking up space in the information environment and drowning out other voices.

Don’t be deceived!

Other things the Kremlin called fake this week:

– The West did not organise the DHL cargo plane crash in Vilnius to blame Russia

The Kremlin’s disinformation machine churned out an absurd conspiracy theory this week, claiming that the West orchestrated the crash of a DHL cargo plane in Vilnius in order to frame Russia. The theory, promoted by a Russian State Duma member, hinges on a tenuous connection to a Times article that highlighted concerns about parcel bombs and their potential use by Russian intelligence. The crash, which occurred on 25 November, involved a Boeing 737. Lithuanian authorities and DHL are investigating the cause(opens in a new tab), with initial assessments pointing to either technical issues or human error.

The case is an illustrative example of information manipulation by pro-Kremlin media. They did not wait for the results of the investigation but put out their own version of an anti-Russian conspiracy by ‘Anglo-Saxons’ almost immediately. This story was spread by the main TV station Rossiya 1 and the main Russian newswire RIA. In this way, they attempt to dominate the information environment and have search engines pick up their version of events first. It is instructive that these main outlets spread this story so soon: this allows other outlets in the pro-Russian infosphere to republish and amplify it. We have written before about how members of the presidential administration control the main Russian information environment through the use of temnik guidelines.

– North Korean soldiers are fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called news that North Korean soldiers are being deployed against Ukraine ‘another batch of fake news’. In fact, there is evidence from US, South Korean and Ukrainian sources that the North Korean regime has sent more than 10,000 troops to join the war against Ukraine. This has also been confirmed by HRVP Josep Borrell(opens in a new tab) and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte(opens in a new tab). Peskov’s reasoning for why this could not be true was interesting: because it was not reported by Russian milbloggers. An official of the country that ranks 162 out of 180(opens in a new tab) in the press freedom ranking by Reporters Without Borders apparently still relies on the credibility of independent sources for validation – ironic, given the Kremlin’s routine suppression of free speech and independent media.

– Russia receives weapons from other countries

Another example of the Kremlin’s attempt to obscure uncomfortable truths came this week when Dmitry Medvedev, Vice Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, denied that Russia receives military equipment from other countries. Medvedev claimed that the ‘absolute majority’ of weapons, missiles, and ammunition used in the war against Ukraine is manufactured in Russia. However, substantial evidence contradicts this assertion. By November 2024, South Korean intelligence reported that North Korea had sent over 9 million artillery shells(opens in a new tab), missiles(opens in a new tab), and other weapons to Russia in more than 13,000 containers(opens in a new tab) since August 2023. Iran provides Russia with drones(opens in a new tab) and China is providing critical components(opens in a new tab) to sustain Russia’s military industry. This heavy reliance on external supplies exposes significant gaps in Russia’s own production capabilities. We said we would not mention the ballistic missiles in this review, but here we are after all.

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Ok! This part is finished! I have no idea if the characters are cannon compliant. But fuck cannon ig!

Do not feed this to AI! Do not copy without giving credit to me, since this is my writing. Have fun reading :D

Six could remember many things from his time in the Mojave. Like his curiosity with medicine, his wanderlust, the whole experience was the worst and the best thing to ever happen to Six.

But what he can't remember? How fucking annoying radio hosts can be. Mr. New Vegas was never as annoying as this 'Redeye'. He'd bet ED-E would agree too.

"And here it is folks! Our newest Vic being bested by a locked door! Haha! Oh man- are you gonna be there all day? Need I remind you that poison is seeping in?"

This Redeye guy laughed out throw the speakers on the wall, and Six felt like finding this guy and strangling him to death with his shirt. Wait. Some raiders don't wear shirts. Hmm. Oh! Six'll strangle him to death with his hair! Oh wait-

"Oh, shut up will ya? Ain't nobody enjoying your yapping!" Six yelled out, ED-E beeping angrily with Six, unsure on if Redeye could even hear them. But he can see them, so he can probably hear them, right?

"Aw! The Vics annoyed! Well, lucky you, you won't be alive long enough to act on it!"

New Quest Added!

Killing Redeye, Probably A Guy Named Russell.

• (Optional) Get Out Of This Hellhole Of A Maze

• Find Redeye

• Kill Gruesomely

It took a few more seconds, but Six got through the door, grabbed the password code thingey majig and finally got out of the room, with ED-E beeping out complaints behind him.

It was official. Six hated Redeye. And this maze. And Nuka-World. Damnit. He came here cause it sounded cool! Six didn't even like soda that much! He just wanted to see if these raider guys were housing a guy in a checkered suit, like the Legion had. But nooooo, Six had to go through his fucking labyrinth of traps and annoyances! And for what? To challenge this 'Overboss' guy? Ugh. Maybe Six should just turn around and leave. Oh wait! The doors locked behind them!

Now, after getting shot to hell, soaked with dirty Mirelurk water, they made it to a locker room. Six glanced around the room, hand still gripped around his revolver. A row of lockers was to his right, and a speaker in front of him. Before Six could say anything or even take more then two steps forward, a familiar voice crackled through.

"Well, color me surprised. Didn't think ya had it in ya'll to survive. Now, listen closely, and listen good, I only got a minute. See that red gun in the locker?"

Six did as he was told and grabbed the red gun..wait. This wasn't a fucking gun! It was a goddamn toy. The fuck? Why would Six need a water gun to kill a guy?- oh! He's a robot, isn't he!

"A... Thirst Zapper? Huh. It'll make a good toy I guess. Now why do I-"

Six was unable to finish his sentence before this Gage guy cut him off.

"I know what you're thinkin'. That ya ain't gonna need it to kill the boss, yeah? Well, his armor is connect to a power grid, keeping him functionally immune to everythin'. So I want ya to use the water gun. You understand?"

This Gage person seemed weird. Six couldn't help but wonder why in the fuck he'd want his boss dead? Er, well, Six had a few ideas. Was the Overboss abusive? Too harsh? Oh! Or maybe Gage just holds a stupid grudge?

Six glanced over to ED-E, the eyebot beeping it's curiosities while floating next to Six.

"Yeah. We hear you. Gimme a minute and I'll fight your boss with it. I've killed with sillier, so I guess it don't make much difference." ED-E beeped and went up and down for a few seconds. "Even ED-E agrees."

"Who's ED-E- nevermind. Just get out there. The audience is waiting."

New Quest Added!

Kill It With Water!

• (Complete!) Take The Thirst Zapper

• Kill The Overboss With The Gun.

And with that, Gage left ED-E and Six in radio silence. Cool.

"Okay, buddy, stay here, yeah? Don't want you getting hurt from the robot boss guy, yeah?"

ED-E beeped in protest.

"No- nuh uh! Don't tell me no! If I die in there from the robot boss who's gonna go and tell Yes-Man, or Raul? C'monnnn, please?" Six begged, his gloved hands clasped together infront of ED-E, who relented after seeing the pathetic display from the Courier. "Thank you, ED-E!"

For about three seconds Six contemplated about the water in the gun. Was it fresh? Irradiated? So, Six put the muzzle of it in his mouth and shot it. Only to immediately regret his decision and spit out the water. Moldy and murky, Six had decided. That is what the water was like.

Six was about to open the metal door, and face the Overboss, until he noticed a hole in the wall. He stepped in, and spotted a generator, with a fusion core inside. Six, without thinking, immediately snatching it out of its spot and into his satchel.

"Shit, was that you? His armors power went down by 30%. Good job."

Oh, yay! Six is gonna pretend as if that was his original thought process was when he saw it.

'Oh, the Overboss has something that relies on power? Oh, of course this fusion core powers it! Don't mind if I do!'

The metal door opened. And Six was met with another door. But now he could see into the arena. A guy with power armor. Wait. The Overboss isn't a fucking robot! He's just a damn cheater! Bastard. Now Six really wants to kill him.

Gage was saying something, but Six wasn't paying attention. He was too busy seething, clutching his revolver in his left hand, and Thirst Zapper in his right.

Finally, the door opened. The crowd of oddly dressed people cheered as Six entered and aimed the water gun at the Overboss. The Overboss laughed, until he got sprayed in the face with old moldy water. Which made Six snicker, while the Overboss gagged. And then the Overboss immediately aimed their rifle at Six. Shit. He hadn't thought this though.

And now Six was fucking running through the arena, trying to not get shot. It was exhilarating, and Six was having the time of his life! He could see the Overboss' pissed expression, the crowd cheering. Six fucking lived for it. He couldn't help but grin as he pointed the Thirst Zapper at the Overboss' armor and pulled the trigger. The power went out to the suit, and Six kept running out of his reach as he pointed his revolver and shot.

This went on for a few minutes, before the Overboss dropped dead. "FUCK YEAH! TAKE THAT YOU CHEATER!" Six practically yelled, yanking the rifle from the corpses grasp.

Quest Complete!

Kill It With Water!

"And there you have it folks! We have ourselves a new Overboss. Now scram so I can get a few words in. You there. Come here."

Six paused for a second, watching the other metal door open, revealing a tall man, with a mohawk. And a metal eyepatch. Owie.

"So. Tell me why you wanted me to kill your boss?" Six questioned, his hands in his duster pockets.

"Heh. Right to the questions, huh? Well you see, Colter was one lazy sonnuva bitch. If he didn't die from you, one of tha gang leaders would've killed him. Now, I'm hoping you won't be as lazy as him, and you'll help me out too. I ain't exactly got much for favor from the gangs. Got that?"

Gage spoke, his accent heavy with his words. Now, because Six hasn't heard his accent before, he wasn't listening to the guys words. Just how they sounded.

"Oh, uh yeah. Sure. Whatever you say."

Gage narrowed his eyes. "You didn't listen to a goddamn thing I said."

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Easy peasy!! Binary decoder!! NIce It's,, -a youtube link?? Better run it through some link checkers. Can't be too careful

Okay seems to be safe, triple checked and copied the video title to search on youtube instead of clicking it. and-

Ashley Tisdale - Never Gonna Give You Up? It's actually pretty good, thanks for the tunes <3<3<3 great meme<3

heres one for you! Good luck! 8GPInTiModt=y?kfwdz/prf.hexwxrb.zzz//:vswwk

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Trade Tomorrow for Today

Sydney finds all the beta tester logs before Alex does. The consequences are lasting.

Time Frame: End of Special Delivery Arc, Sydney POV

Inspired by Poison from Hazbin Hotel OST

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The VR world remained as unsettling as when he first ‘stepped’ into it following Alex’s instructions. His little brother’s words in his ear via the tiny communication bud had been a grounding presence, kept him from freezing in place the moment the digital recreation of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza built up around him.

It was both familiar and unknown to him, the black and white checkered tile under his feet, covered tables with party hats strewn on them, aged walls that once upon a time had been a lighter shade of blue.

How did he know they had been blue?

But through each mini-game Alex walked him through after passing them himself, Sydney inched through the digital maze in search of the pieces of code that seemed out of place. Fragments trapped in the forms of cassette tapes with a fearful voice explaining her situation in broken sentences. Her words made him tense, a strange tingling passing over him like the faintest of headaches that faded too fast to be natural. He gave himself a small pat on the back for having the foresight to tell Alex not to play the tapes himself until they were all gathered and isolated from the VR world. Maybe playing them as regular audio from a speaker won’t cause the weird feeling.

Something else here had been blue, not the walls, something his Remnant had fixated on and still didn’t let go even when so much had been worn away. Blue, blue, blue.

Along with the tapes and the tingling was this glitching figure of someone in a rabbit suit, glowing purple eyes staring at him as it waved in a stuttering motion, like not enough frames had been put in its animation. Sydney had reported it to Alex and he’d sworn under his breath, growling about the Master File he had suspected had been implanted into the game’s code. While his brother went about modifying the VR game to upload the changes live and contain the A.I., Sydney focused on the figure that seemed to draw closer to him with each tape collected.

Couldn’t play the games with Freddy, kept freezing up and panicking and feeling like if he just cast his mind somewhere else he’d be safe and Alex had to talk him back to himself, get him out of the mini-game, wait until he hacked in cheats to let him skip directly to each tape’s general location and buy him time to search for them.

The rabbit guy seemed to get clearer visually and gain more animation as his exploration went on, a low distorted voice whispering as ambiance. It made Sydney’s skin crawl. This wasn’t the Master File, what little he knew of him and could recall. There was a copy of him at Boss Lady’s pizzeria, Digital Lucian, who was the operator of Circus Baby. Blonde, one green eye, one silver eye, dressed in blue and red, tended to avoid crowds if he didn’t have to be around them, snarky and demanding one second, withdrawn and somber the next; the Master File version had silver eyes, dressed in purple, and had gleefully helped the Aftons drag him and Alex into their schemes to the point both of them were close to just ceasing to exist.

He also liked talking. A lot. Lots of flattery and taunting, conniving little bastard. Different from how Sydney could talk. He tried not to think about what his way of talking could do. He’d slipped once, out of anger that his brother had gotten bullied at the pizzeria, and had only snapped out of speaking once the acrid smell of his victim soiling themselves hit his nose.

Last Sydney heard, that kid never regained the person they had been before, fawning when anyone even slightly raised a voice in their presence. It made him ill. A personality broken because he lost control.

He’d talked to someone here, didn’t he, someone blue, but they didn’t break. Didn’t break, couldn’t fly but didn’t break.

“Wish you were here,” Sydney muttered with a faint sigh, “Someone I couldn’t break. Someone strong like that.. wonder if they’re still around.” He held up another of the labeled tapes, frowning at it before reaching out to press the glitch-textured tape player on the virtual desk that connected to the previous tester’s room.

Fade in, fade out, the case containing the other tapes remained in place on a lone desk with the player he used to listen to them. They were numbered in the wrong order, which had frustrated Sydney when he heard far too late that whatever the tape girl had been afraid of, likely this rabbit thing, had attached itself to the log tapes and she’d broken and scattered them to try and weaken it. But her last tape said she had an idea of what to do about it, so maybe this final tape had her plan?

He’d play it and then let Alex know the steps via their earbud. Then maybe that stupid rabbit thing would go away and the weird pressure in his head would stop. Sydney glanced over his shoulder, scowling at the figure still looming there, leaning to one side and still staring at him with that stupid smile that was sewn into his rabbit head.

Tape in the player, play button pressed.

Why did it smell like old blood?

Sydney listened with half his attention on the tape, the rest cast outside of the limiting view of the VR game, sudden tension gripping him. The air in the testing room had changed, there was a faint swish of cloth, the scent of perfume, the feel of another person in proximity, soft breaths taken to try and conceal themselves. The rabbit drew closer. What did the tape girl say? Alex needed those instructions. Sydney pressed play again, tried to pull his awareness from the other person to focus on the tape. Hard reset? Allow the merge to begin, then trigger a memory flush?

Something cold and metal pressed to his head, making him freeze in place. -Wait, this was familiar too, he experienced this before but not this way, roles flipped, someone blue, old blood- There was a hiss of air pressure and then a sharp stabbing pain as something was injected into him, a new and foreign object locking into place so suddenly he didn’t even have a chance to react.

“Ah, here’s the signal,” that familiarly flirtatious voice echoed in the darkness of the tape room in game, almost in sync with whatever it was that was fired into his head. “I thought one of them would recollect the pieces for us, but I had expected it to be the little hacker boy.”

Shit, they were on to them. They tagged him, but maybe he can stop them from tagging Alex. Sydney quickly raised his hands to pull the VR headset off, only to find his arms halted in place, glowing green hands of the rabbit figure gripping his wrists and holding him in place.

“Wh-what the hell?!” he exclaimed, panicking confusion setting in. The rabbit guy was grabbing him in game, so why couldn’t he move his real body?!

The shadows of the tape room parted to let in the lanky figure of the Master File, a graphic trail of pixels drifting after him as the silver-eyed digital ghost smiled shrewdly. Sydney jerked in place, trying again to wrench himself free, but the rabbit was weirdly strong for having such a deceptively scrawny figure. Why couldn’t he move his real body too?!

“Should have listened to the warnings at the start of the game, Darling,” Master File purred, standing by the table of tapes and folding his arms over his chest in a casual pose. “You and the kid did a wonderful job of gathering up the parts of this learning A.I. for us, and you gave us enough time to get that implant into you.” His eyes gleamed cruelly as he chuckled, “Now I have direct access to you. Electrical impulses, digitized Remnant, you get the picture.” Master File gestured towards the rabbit figure. “I just encourage your brain to believe what happens in here, happens in real life.”

The rabbit lightly kicked at Sydney’s legs and his knees hit the floor painfully, a soft grunt escaping him. Wasn’t Alex picking up any audio? What the hell? Was he in some mini-game that was overpowering the earbud again?!

He felt the careful scrape of fingernails against his ear that made him twitch uncomfortable, then grit his teeth as the tiny bud was pulled out and away, severing his connection to his brother. “Hm, no wonder this one found the learning A.I. first,” the tape girl’s voice remarked outside of the game, a strange accent to her voice that hadn’t been in the recordings, “He’s been cheating with the help of his partner.”

“Cheating a game is one thing, but still a far less sin than the act of cheating death,” Sydney began, promising himself to make up for this later. “How many lifetimes have you stolen to-?”

A sharp pain stabbed through his skull again, making him cry out. The rabbit held him in place as he doubled over, gasping while riding the pain out. Old habit, old habit, breathe through it.

“Oh, did you think you could pull that trick on her? I just told you I have direct access to you, idiot,” Master File sighed as if in disappointment. “Afton, I do hope you have something to transport the data with. I’m going to be a bit busy frying this meathead’s brain to wipe our trail.”

“And waste a perfectly good transponder? Especially one that has the same V.A.N.N.I. connection as the others?” Tape Girl, or was she Afton now, declared indignantly, “I put that in for you to have control, not waste materials!” Sydney could hear her swing the device she used around in the air. “I have the two vessels this body could get me access to, but this is also a good opportunity to gain two more assistants for my plans. Just need to track down where the other one is in the building…”

Panic. This could ruin everything! The deal, the deal was to stay away from their old ways of doing things, right? Couldn’t remember, but close enough. If Alex wasn’t pulled in, maybe he could get away, could be spared.

Didn’t he do this before too? Sent him away, trapped his not-dad in place, and then.. something. Blanks in memory.

“You don’t need him!” Sydney blurted out, wincing at the glare from the Master File, a warning thrum of pressure put on him through the implant. “Wait, wait, think about it. For what you’re thinking, having a kid do that? It’ll be too easy to trace back to you; he’s sloppy with physical shit, that’s why I kept him on tech stuff!”

That sounded about right, right? Convince them that Alex would be useless, keep him out of this, keep him safe. If only he knew more about what they used to do, how they worked. The way Alex talked about it, it seemed this was how they operated. He was the brains and Sydney the brawn and.. someone was.. was there someone else?

“Afton, this network hardware is limiting,” Master File remarked warningly, glaring out at the darkness of the tape room in game. “I can’t guarantee holding control over both of these rats if you implant the other one. Pick one so I can just kill the other.”

It wasn’t working. It wasn’t working! What could he do-?

Oh.

He can talk.

“This much control over me and him? Don’t need to do that if we make a deal,” Sydney spoke with a calmness he didn’t really feel. Master File shot him a suspicious look but Afton made an interested hum. It wasn’t much but at least it was a foot in the door. Don’t break down personality, break down the argument. “No idea how you came back, but I got my new lease on life via contract. And my old job as a merc meant I deal in contracts all the time. So how about we exchange control that’ll be more hassle than it’s worth for a more mutually beneficial contract?” he offered, pushing as much of his old cold confidence into his words as he could without tipping his hand.

“You have my attention,” the woman murmured, tapping a foot against the floor, “What do I get for not going after your partner?”

Okay, okay, took the bait, now to secure the interest.

“Since I wasn’t able to give any identifying report, he’s got no clue who’s involved in this or what the scheme is, so he can’t give anything to anyone else,” Sydney began in the same calm voice, wincing only a little at the grip still on his arms by the rabbit figure. The Master File was focused on him, and the tingling feeling that was starting to ramp up was probably him trying to get a better grip on his brain. “No trail of evidence he can use. Me, I was the senior partner; whatever you need done, I’ve got more experience. I’m the more valuable merc.”

“And for letting the little vermin just scurry away, you’ll be… obedient?” Afton asked in an amused tone.

“Ah, that’s why his Remnant seemed familiar,” Master File suddenly piped up, a sharp smile cutting across his face as Sydney turned a wide-eyed gaze towards the digital ghost, “I have a record matching it from the database we’ve been building. Traces of it were scanned from that paper plate thing that was stashed in the defunct Spring Bonnie unit we recovered from his partner’s Remnant control.” The Master File looked back out at the room, as if he could see Afton out in the real world from within the VR game. “This guy was Sydney Michaels in his past life, hired by the first William Afton to take out Fredbear’s Family Diner, then by your ex to get Remnant sampling data from that Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza location, and ended up dying there. We were using his partner for power to run the manufacturing facility in Sub-Basement D, Sister Location.”

That… that tracked with what little he remembered.

“Oh, so you already have experience working with us!” Afton remarked brightly, “That makes this contract much easier to accept. I had been considering getting a bodyguard for Emelia’s new body and you seem like you’d do nicely to keep her in check.” He heard her clap her hands sharply and the door to the testing room creaked open. His heart skipped a beat at the pounding steps of an animatronic entering the room.

Run, run, need to run, get away, away, away.

His vision went black for a second, the tingling in brain growing nearly unbearable before settling down to a faint pressure that felt like… containment? When the darkness faded, he was alone in a sea of black. No sense of distance or direction. He was free to move, but… he felt odd. Disconnected.

There was the press of metal against his arms, the cold bleeding through the fabric of his shirt to leave a faint impression of temperature. Panic spiked again before dulling, like his head was muffled, stuffed with cotton. Sydney swayed, disoriented. Felt like he was still in VR but.. why didn’t he feel right?

The headset was lifted from him, control gloves pulled off, and he blinked slowly, a groggy feeling like an urge to sleep tugging at him as he looked up. A blonde woman smiled down at him, green eyes cold and calculating as she gazed over him in consideration. “Yes, this works out just fine,” she murmured.

“Wh-what did you do to me?” Sydney growled, struggling to keep afloat of the urge to sink into sleep, “W-we made a deal, I w-wasn’t going to… put up… a fight!” The woman just laughed softly at him.

“That we do, Mr. Michaels,” she agreed, smug smile pursing her painted lips, “but understand that I’d like to keep a training leash on my new dog until he properly learns his place.”

He glared, teeth bared in frustration as whatever animatronic was behind him pulled him to his feet. The fog over him thickened, senses dulling, and he couldn’t fight the urge to sleep any longer. He sank into it, resenting the relief that he felt over not having to face whatever was hauling him around.

.

The world began seeping back in with blurs of color in distorted shapes first. Sydney blinked slowly to clear his vision and bring focus back. There was motion; he could hear vehicles passing, felt the vibrations of wheels on road, the sturdiness of metal pressed to his back, all buzzing through his body as he lay prone. He blinked a bit more, giving himself time to reorient himself. What had happened? What was the last thing he remembered doing?

Ah.

A dull ache in the side of his head, a tender spot that hurt to touch, now he remembered. He clenched his teeth again, a swirl of emotions fighting to make themselves known to him making his head ache more and his gut churn uncomfortably. A few moments to push it all down and away, -don’t think about it, not gonna do any good- and then he was rolling over to get off the floor of whatever vehicle he’d been tossed into. The motion exacerbated the churning in his gut and he leaned against a stack of secured boxes, breathing carefully to let the queasiness pass.

Was he drugged? This definitely had all the earmarks of a classic abduction. The thought almost made him laugh. He’d been abducted. Him. The reborn merc who had a history of kidnapping people. The irony was bitterly amusing. His forehead pressed to his arm to help steady himself as a few soft chuckles escaped him, eyes squeezed shut so tight that they watered and that water escaped him too.

So funny.

Once Sydney pulled himself together, he looked around the area to get a better grasp of the situation. Back of a van, packed with boxes, an endoskeleton curled up in a corner and offline. Body still felt strange, like he was moving himself but as though removed from himself, as if he was stuck in VR and his body was the ‘game’ he manipulated. Jarring. He didn’t try to stand, too risky.

There was also a bench bolted in place against one of the walls of the van -moving van?- and two people were rested on it, straps pulled over them to keep them safely secured. One a young woman, long blonde hair, one strand colored in rainbow, dressed in a white shirt with a soft blue over shirt, ends tied in a casual loop, and a long pastel pink skirt, sturdy work boots still flaked with dirt and wood chips, rainbow flag pin decorating the overshirt, light makeup. She was asleep, slumped aside in her seat.

Beside her was a small boy, brown hair, bit on the skinny side, dressed in a striped shirt of dark colors and shorts, sneakers that looked like they hadn’t yet been used. He was also asleep, leaning into the woman for support. His facial features looked a bit like the woman’s, and the woman looked quite a lot like Afton’s new host body.

Were the three related in some way?

He gingerly picked his way to them, shuffling over the floor as he tried to navigate the new disconnect between himself and his own body. -Was this what Alex meant whenever he talked about disassociation? This feeling of his body only barely being his own?- Once there, Sydney carefully pulled himself up to sit on the bench as well, pulling a strap over himself for safety. As soon as the click sounded he let himself sag in place, slumping against the wall of the van while stress and exhaustion dragged him down in his own mind again.

A shuddering sigh passed through his teeth, a crack in the wall between himself and everything he shoved aside threatening to widen and overwhelm him. This was it, wasn’t it. It was the only thing he could do to keep the two contracts from tearing him apart and risking Alex’s life. He gave up power over himself. Had it been like this for his past victims too? This constant feeling of just barely staying above the drowning line in his own mind while his body seemed on the verge of betraying him, following someone else’s impulse and direction? This want to flee into the depths of his thoughts without looking back, desperate for any escape from what would surely be in his future once the van stopped?

The only difference here, from what he’d been told he did to his victims and what happened to him here… the difference was he chose this. And he had no idea if that was better or worse than whatever he’d done in the past. Were there other options he could have taken? Maybe if he’d been smarter. Alex would probably have found something. All Sydney had was panic and the deep-rooted need to keep his brother safe from any threat, even if that threat would one day be himself. Today just happened to be that day.

So he did the only thing he could do; he talked, said the things Afton wanted to hear, signed himself over to her clutches and just hoped it was enough. That Alex would see him gone and just stay away for his own good. Boss Lady would take him in, she was good about that. They were family.

Sydney’s eyes closed. No point thinking anymore. Even if he didn’t have tomorrow, he did his job today. He got all the threats away from Alex, bought his brother time to escape and paid with himself.

He was done.

[runicmagitek]

Hi there Runic!

I was wondering your opinion on using Scrivner to draft fics vs using Word? Like pros and cons? (Some of the articles online are so confusing! >//<‘)

Thanks so much for the ask, anon! And also thanks for your patience; I wanted to give this some thought, hence the wait.

I primarily use Scrivener and have been using it for a little over a decade. I also use Word during the final phase of edits. I'll list some of my favorite features of each one, followed by the cons.

Scrivener

Organizing a story in Scrivener is where it shines the most. For a longer story, you can break things down by chapter and easily move them around as needed. For me, I use a single file for all my fics and breakdown folders by fandom, then by ships. The use of status markers and labels and custom meta-data, while initially daunting, are also super great to flag what state your draft is in along with any other indicators you wish to use. For me, I like marking if fics are for an exchange or a gift for a friend. I've even customized the meta-data so I can plug in potential tags and ratings as I go!

Snapshots is a neat function that makes a copy of your current file. I use it with each new phase of editing, in case I need to refer to an older version. It's super easy to switch back and forth between snapshots, plus there's a preview to show what has been removed or added from the last version!

There are a ton of compiling options for when you wish to export your story as a Word doc or a PDF or even for epublishing. I don't use this too often, but I have lots of friends who do and it makes proper formatting really simple.

There is a focus mode that removes all the UI stuff and just shows you the words. If this didn't exist, I wouldn't be able to write anything lolsob.

You can set target goals for each document or even the entire file. And if you have multiple documents in a single folder with word count targets applied, Scrivener will add them all up and give you a total target estimate. Really handy for planning out how long your story will be!

THERE IS A DARK MODE THEME.

Word

The grammar/spelling checker is a lot more robust in comparison to Scrivener.

Sharing your Word document and sharing notes/comments with beta readers is a LOT easier in Word. It's similar to how Google Docs works with leaving comments, replying to each other, and marking them as resolved.

Copy-pasting from Word into AO3's rich text preserves the formatting, whereas I've had a lot of wonky issues going from Scrivener to AO3.

Text-to-speech, while kinda weird, is a godsend when I want to read out loud a fic before posting, but don't have the energy to do so.

If you have Word, you likely have a Microsoft subscription, which means you have access to OneDrive, which makes for VERY easy backups. Plus you can get Word on your phone and work off that and your computer seamlessly at no extra cost.

THERE IS ALSO A DARK MODE.

Hokay, now for cons.

Scrivener

Scrivener is not free. It is a one-time fee of $60~. That said, if you participate in NaNo and win, you can get a discount code (I believe it's 50% off?)

It was originally made for Macs, but then a Windows version was developed. The team behind Scrivener is very small and it took… forever to get the Windows version up to speed with the Mac version. There are still some differences between the two, but thankfully both versions are on the same page. Jumping off of this, there is an iOS version, but no Android version.

If you wish to back up your Scrivener stuff, you can only really do that via a Dropbox account. Also, I believe it's not possible to open the same file on different computer types. So if you have two computers (one Mac and one Windows) and want to open the same file on both, it's not really going to work. In my experience, I've also run into issues getting things to sync and open when using two Windows computers. So if you're planning to bounce around different computers/laptops/etc., definitely keep this in mind.

On top of that, for every device you want Scrivener on? You need to pay for that.

Scrivener has got one hell of a learning curve, too. I've been using it for so long and am STILL discovering new ways to use it. It can be intimidating, even after you go through all the tutorials.

Word

This also costs money, but sadly is not a one-time fee AND you need to invest in a bundle plan instead of just getting Word. Home subscriptions range from $70 to $100 a year, depending if you're getting it just for yourself or for your family/friends to use too. For me, I use it with my boyfriend and we use all the programs a bunch, so it works out well for us. This might work for you too if you're interested in having access to things like Excel and OneNote and cloud storage. But if you just want Word, that's not really feasible.

I haven't experienced this because I've stopped writing novel-length stories in Word, but I've heard from friends that the program slows down after 30k words or so, which is unfortunate and frustrating.

Furthermore, you can't really transition from file to file in Word as you can in Scrivener. You'd need to manage the folders on your computer outside of the program.

Word isn't really designed for book formatting. You CAN do it, but it takes some extra work on your end to format things accordingly, whereas Scrivener has a bunch of built-in features to help with that.

Microsoft is A LOT bigger than the Scrivener team, thus there are frequent updates. And because of that, you need to perform more updates to the program and might even need to reacquaint yourself with features and UI changes.

I hope this helps! Regardless of which program you wish to use, I hope it goes smoothly and you have a blast writing your stories on it!

[firespirited]

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I AM SICK OF THE STUPID AI DEBATES, does it imagine, is it based on copyrightable material, are my patterns in there?

That's not the point.

I briefly got into website design freelancing (less than 3 months) before burn out.

The main reason was that automation had begun for generating stylesheets in somewhat tasteful palettes, for automatically making html/xml (they really haven't learned to simplify and tidy code though, they just load 50 divs instead of one), for batch colourising design elements to match and savvy designers weren't building graphics from scratch and to spec unless it was their day job.

Custom php and database design died with the free bundled CMS packages that come with your host with massive mostly empty unused values.

No-one has talked about the previous waves of people automated out of work by website design generators, code generators, the fiverr atomisation of what would have been a designers job into 1 logo and a swatch inserted into a CMS by an unpaid intern. Reviews, tutorials, explanations and articles are generated by stealing youtube video captions, scraping fan sites and putting them on a webpage. Digitally processing images got automated with scripts stolen from fan creators who shared. Screencaps went from curated processed images made by a person to machine produced once half a second and uploaded indiscriminately. Media recaps get run into google translate and back which is why they often read as a little odd when you look up the first results.

This was people's work, some of it done out of love, some done for pay. It's all automated and any paid work is immediately copied/co-opted for 20 different half baked articles on sites with more traffic now. Another area of expertise I'd cultivated was deep dive research, poring over scans of magazines and analysing papers, fact checking. I manually checked people's code for errors or simplifications, you can get generators to do that too, even for php. I used to be an english-french translator.

The generators got renamed AI and slightly better at picture making and writing but it's the same concept.

The artists that designed the web templates are obscured, paid a flat fee by the CMS developpers, the CMS coders are obscured, paid for their code often in flat fees by a company that owns all copyright over the code and all the design elements that go with. That would have been me if I hadn't had further health issues, hiding a layer in one of the graphics or a joke in the code that may or may not make it through to the final product. Or I could be a proof reader and fact checker for articles that get barely enough traffic while they run as "multi snippets" in other publications.

The problem isn't that the machines got smarter, it's that they now encroach on a new much larger area of workers. I'd like to ask why the text to speech folks got a flat fee for their work for example: it's mass usage it should be residual based. So many coders and artists and writers got screwed into flat fee gigs instead of jobs that pay a minimum and more if it gets mass use.

The people willing to pay an artist for a rendition of their pet in the artist's style are the same willing to pay for me to rewrite a machine translation to have the same nuances as the original text. The same people who want free are going to push forward so they keep free if a little less special cats and translations. They're the same people who make clocks that last 5 years instead of the ones my great uncle made that outlived him. The same computer chips my aunt assembled in the UK for a basic wage are made with a lot more damaged tossed chips in a factory far away that you live in with suicide nets on the stairs.

There is so much more to 'AI' than the narrow snake oil you are being sold: it is the classic and ancient automation of work by replacing a human with a limited machine. Robot from serf (forced work for a small living)

It's a large scale generator just like ye olde glitter text generators except that threw a few pennies at the coders who made the generator and glitter text only matters when a human with a spark of imagination knows when to deploy it to funny effect. The issue is that artists and writers are being forced to gig already. We have already toppled into precariousness. We are already half way down the slippery slope if you can get paid a flat fee of $300 for something that could make 300k for the company. The generators are the big threat keeping folks afraid and looking at the *wrong* thing.

We need art and companies can afford to pay you for art. Gig work for artists isn't a safe stable living. The fact that they want to make machines to take that pittance isn't the point. There is money, lots of money. It's not being sent to the people who make art. It's not supporting artists to mess around and create something new. It's not a fight between you and a machine, it's a fight to have artists and artisans valued as deserving a living wage not surviving between gigs.

[digicrusaderaimarketplace]

Useful AI Tools That Are Transforming Work and Creativity in 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept reserved for tech giants or science fiction enthusiasts. In 2025, AI tools have become deeply embedded in our daily work routines, creative processes, and even personal lives. Whether you're a developer, writer, marketer, teacher, or small business owner, AI tools are streamlining tasks, enhancing productivity, and enabling creativity like never before.

In this blog, we'll explore some of the most useful AI tools available today, categorized by function and relevance across industries. From content creation to coding, customer service, and business operations, here’s how AI is transforming the way we work.

1. AI for Content Creation and Writing

ChatGPT by OpenAI

Arguably the most well-known AI writing assistant, ChatGPT (now powered by GPT-4o) can help generate blog posts, marketing copy, emails, reports, and even poetry or code. Its integration with tools like Canva, Google Docs, and Notion allows users to embed AI assistance into their workflows seamlessly.

Use cases:

Drafting emails or reports.

Brainstorming ideas.

Automating customer service responses.

Translating content into multiple languages.

Jasper AI

Jasper AI is another popular tool aimed at marketers and content creators. It specializes in generating persuasive marketing copy, social media content, and SEO-optimized blog posts.

Highlights:

Templates for ads, email campaigns, and sales pages.

Brand voice customization.

Collaboration tools for teams.

Grammarly

While Grammarly started as a grammar checker, its AI features now offer tone adjustments, rewriting suggestions, and clarity improvements—essential for professional writing.

2. AI for Design and Image Generation

Canva AI (Magic Design & Magic Write)

Canva has embraced AI with tools like Magic Write (an AI text generator) and Magic Design, which helps users automatically create visually appealing content based on prompts.

Perfect for:

Non-designers creating presentations, posters, or social media graphics.

Teams needing rapid content turnaround.

Brand management with AI-powered resizing and formatting.

DALL·E 3 by OpenAI

This image-generation tool allows users to create realistic images or illustrations from text prompts. DALL·E 3 is now integrated with ChatGPT, making it accessible even for users with no design experience.

Example use cases:

Generating illustrations for blog posts or books.

Visual brainstorming for branding.

Product mockups.

3. AI for Video Creation

Pika Labs / Runway ML

Tools like Pika and Runway allow creators to generate or edit videos using AI prompts. These are especially useful for creating video content quickly without a film crew or expensive equipment.

Features include:

Text-to-video generation.

AI-powered video editing (removing backgrounds, changing styles).

Automatic subtitles and voiceovers.

Synthesia

Synthesia lets users create professional AI-generated videos with realistic avatars and voiceovers. It’s widely used for corporate training, onboarding, and marketing videos.

4. AI for Coding and Development

GitHub Copilot

Developed by GitHub and OpenAI, Copilot is a powerful AI assistant for developers. It autocompletes code, offers suggestions, and even writes functions from plain-language descriptions.

Supports languages like:

Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, C++, and more.

Replit Ghostwriter

Replit’s AI assistant provides real-time help with coding projects, debugging, and learning programming. It’s excellent for beginners or indie developers building MVPs (Minimum Viable Products).

5. AI for Business and Productivity

Notion AI

Notion, already a favorite productivity tool, now includes AI capabilities such as automatic summarization, meeting note generation, and task management. Notion AI can act as your daily planning assistant.

Zapier AI

Zapier uses AI to help users create complex automations (Zaps) just by describing what they want to do. It also integrates with thousands of apps like Gmail, Slack, and Trello.

Example: “Send me a daily Slack message with all emails tagged ‘Urgent’ in Gmail.”

Fireflies.ai

Fireflies is an AI-powered meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings across Zoom, Google Meet, and MS Teams.

6. AI for Customer Support

Intercom with Fin AI

Intercom's customer service platform now includes Fin, an AI chatbot capable of handling complex customer queries with a deep understanding of company knowledge bases.

Benefits:

24/7 customer support.

Reduced wait times.

Lower support team workload.

Tidio

Tidio combines live chat and AI to automate customer service, especially for small businesses and e-commerce. It integrates with platforms like Shopify and WordPress.

7. AI for Education and Learning

Khanmigo by Khan Academy

Built on GPT-4, Khanmigo is a teaching assistant that helps students understand math, science, and language arts while providing teachers with classroom insights and planning tools.

Socratic by Google

This app allows students to take a photo of a question and receive step-by-step explanations. It uses AI to break down complex problems in a digestible way.

8. AI for Research and Data Analysis

Perplexity AI

Perplexity combines search with real-time citation-backed answers. It’s like a research assistant that summarizes current sources and links to them directly.

Keenious

Keenious analyzes your writing and suggests relevant academic papers and resources—ideal for students, researchers, and academics working on literature reviews.

Choosing the Right AI Tool: Tips

With so many AI tools available, it can be overwhelming to choose the right one. Here are a few guidelines:

Define your use case. Are you writing blog posts, generating code, or handling customer queries?

Look for integrations. Choose tools that work with platforms you already use (e.g., Google Docs, Slack, Zapier).

Check privacy policies. Understand how your data is stored and used—especially for business and customer-related tools.

Test the free version. Many tools offer free trials or freemium plans. Try them before you commit.

Final Thoughts

The rise of AI tools in 2025 is not about replacing humans but enhancing our capabilities. Whether you're an individual creator or a large organization, AI can help reduce repetitive tasks, increase output, and unlock new forms of innovation.

As AI continues to evolve, staying informed and experimenting with the right tools can give you a significant edge—be it in productivity, creativity, or strategy. Now’s the perfect time to explore and adopt these technologies to shape your future of work.