#DSP

[didishbeulokolli]

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[daystud]

runs for my life from them and you seeing this

[yurimaxxing]

dear haters I updated my dni

[anon109]

Maybe it isn't so lonely out there

Alt versions, one header size and the other with slightly less lighting

Small progress shot of the clouds too lol

[cy-cyborg]

Big vent about Centrelink and Australia’s welfare system ahead.

I’ve known for a long time how cold and uncaring Australia’s welfare system is, especially Centrelink, but I don’t think it really clicked until today.

Im on the disability support pension meaning the government acknowledges I can not work full time. A few years ago, I messed up on some forms and never declared to them that my partner and I were in a relationship. I had meant to, but had a moment and forgot to hand them in. By the time I realised my mistake it was years later. Just before Christmas I went in to fix it and to get help with the forms because I always panic when I do Centrelink forms, I always miss something or misunderstand, I always do something wrong, so this time I went in for help with it. My partner and my support worker came with me to help make sure I was understanding everything, and to make sure I remember what they told me, because I tend to forget more when stressed.

Because my partner is an immigrant and self employed but not earning much, the process actually ended up being a bit more complicated so we’ve had to go in to do the forms over multiple appointments with the last one being last Thursday.

I was informed that because I didn’t declare the relationship right away, I’ve been overpaid and I’ll have to give that overpay amount back because, fun fact, just being in a relationship is enough for them to cut your payments here - not being married, just in a relationship. I knew that though and was prepared for it. At the last appointment I was finally given an estimate of how much I need to pay back.

It’s over $20,000.

I’m not entirely sure how they got that number, I’m going to ask for a break down of it once the amount is confirmed, but you want to know what sucks? I was relieved to hear that amount. I was mentally prepared for it to be double or triple that, and it would have been if the worker at the office didn’t pull me up and inform me I’d misunderstood some of the questions (so yeah, going in for help was a good call). Thankfully, because the disability support pension is already below the poverty line even before the cuts they made, I don’t have to pay it back at once, they’ll take a percentage of my pension out every fortnight to pay it back. Unfortunately, because I’m already below the poverty line, reducing my pension even further means I can’t afford rent anymore, even in a place that is already way, WAY below the current rental market value, so I can’t really afford rent…anywhere. Not even in remote and regional areas (I checked). Not a single private rental in the country is low enough for us to afford now. The only ones that were close weren’t wheelchair accessible. The pension will also go down if my partner earns anything, and it limits his hours (though I don’t know how that’s supposed to work if he’s self employed since pay isn’t really based on hours like typical jobs, I’m going to ask about that at the next appointment). Thankfully we had already planned for that and we’re planning to move in with my mum, but that means basically being cut off from the internet since her place is very rural and signal doesn’t really reach their place consistently.

But the shittyness doesn’t end there, oh no.

Today, I woke up to the dreaded “you have a myGov message” text. Only to open it and for them to tell me that they’re cutting my whole disability pension, it was just canceled. No ifs or buts, it was just gone. A few days before rent and all my bills are due. What was the reason you ask? Because one of the fields (asking for my partner’s tax info) on the form wasn’t filled out… the form I got the Centrelink office to check over before handing it in, that was definitely filled in. I know it was. There wasn’t even any “we’re missing information, you have x amount of time to fix this or your payment will be cancelled” warning, it was just, you didn’t fill out this one field that could be easily fixed so your pension is canceled, and you have to pay us that $20,000 out of pocket now, bye!

Obviously rattled and confused, I went back to the office (which is only a few minutes from where I live) and asked what the hell happened, the lady who helped us last time even vouched for us and said she knows we filled that out and gave it to them, she was there, only for them to go into my file and realise the way the file had been scanned cut off part of the field, so the automated systems didn’t see it and auto-cancelled my whole pension over it. So we had to wait an additional half and hour for the office staff to argue with whoever was in charge of that decision, to let them fix it because as far as Centrelink was concerned the issue wasn’t negotiable. It did eventually get sorted, so I’m at least not loosing my pension and being forced to pay back the dept out of pocket.

My partner, before coming to Australia was in the US military, he describes his experience with them as being treated like “numbered cannon fodder” and his dealings with the VA as being treated like “a piece of dog shit on their shoes”. He fought with the Australian immigration department for years to be allowed to stay here, the department that openly and proudly discriminated against him and me for our disabilities, that insisted he jump through countless hoops for the most ridiculous of reasons to prove he “wouldn’t be a burden on the system”. But today he just sat in the car after all this and stared off into space, saying this is the worst treatment from a government agency he’s ever seen. They didn’t see us as people, we were numbers. That automated cancellation over an automated mistake would have put us on the street if my mother wasn’t in the picture and paying off $20,000 of dept out-of-pocket. And they just didn’t care. We made a mistake, yes, but it was a mistake that is in-line with the diagnostic criteria of one of my disabilities (forgetfulness from a brain injury) and we did everything we were supposed to do to make it right once I noticed. we fessed up and did what we needed to fix it, we got help from multiple staff members to ensure we did everything we were supposed to, but a machine made a mistake and nearly ruined our lives anyway.

Im not saying any of this to ask for money btw, I couldn’t accept it even if I wanted to because I’m pretty sure that would count as income too and would mean my pension would go down even more or just be cut (again) entirely. We’re safe and as stable as we could be in this situation for now. I just wanted to vent a bit and explain where I’ve been. I’m probably not going to be back online again for a bit while we get the rest of this situation sorted, and once I move to mum’s, so the messages and ask box are staying closed for a bit longer.

[pb-s-corner]

I saw there are still people who think Mogeko Castle Gaiden never had any progress or is cancelled, so I searched for any behind the scenes content and...

She was ACTUALLY WORKING ON IT, before the project went on a hiatus.

ALL OF THIS PICTURES ARE PUBLIC, THEY ARE NOT BEHIND ANY PAYWALL, you just need to search correctly on her ci-en.

I'm specially intrigued with this one

I don't know japanese, but I'm sure the general is in somekind of mogeko heaven, also, hi Hasu!

(Reblog are apreciated, not much people know this info I don't want more fans to belive this game never made any progress, because from what I gathered, it looked like it already had the structure)

[ringostarrrighttoe]

Like WHY

[adafruit]

TLV320DAC3100 first bops 🔊🎶💃🕺

OK, after many hours spent with Claude on writing a driver for the TLV320DAC3100 (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/texas-instruments/TLV320DAC3100IRHBR/2260591), we finally have it configured using our driver, and playing an MP3 stream on this ESP32. This I2S DAC has a particularly complex PLL and audio-routing system, so it's not one where you can just pipe in I2S data and have it magically play. One nice thing we got working on is the MCLK, which is generated from the BCLK, so it'll work great with anything from an Arduino-compatible to a single-board computer like Raspberry Pi. We're hoping to get the headphone detection working next so that we can turn off the amp when the headphone is plugged in. Also, it should be able to control the volume from the headset buttons. Also, we want to get the internal beep generator going so we can make tones separate from the audio stream for UI notifications.

[maggotcake]

[onceonafullmoon]

Hai,,i wanted to request

Yandere!Ivlis x mami tomoe!Reader(gn)

Like the reader is from the sun land and they abandoned everything just for Ivlis bc they genuinely felt happy around him.And only he could fill that void in their heart??

And once like ivlis learns about this,how would he react and think about it,,

That's all ans thank you for reading this.Take your time by the way:)

—🪷

(I had no idea if you wanted a scenario or hcs so I just guessed and did a scenario, hope you like!! ALSO I assumed u meant Mami's personality so not her powers)

References to Canon Typical Violence and Satanick mention (eww), aftermath of violence but nothing discussed

Stupid Questions

You’ve always been enamored with Ivlis, a sort of unexplained attraction that always leads you to him despite how much pain it causes you in the end.

You knew it in theory, at the moment of his 200th birthday when he managed to tear the seam of Sirolas’s coat and you took the blame for him, resulting in a harsh lecturing and a brutal punishment from a highly annoyed God, but you never really truly understood the depths of your devotion to him until the day he was banished.

It was almost terrifying to you, the way you could just cast aside all of your other attachments, your friends, your family, your home, all of it you could discard if only you could stay with him. And so you followed him, descending into those unknown depths of fear and flame, letting go of everything for his sake (and maybe in a way, yours too).

Not that he ever really realized it, or at least, maybe it was something he preferred not to think about. He was busy after all, busy seeking his dreams of power, and maybe in some way an attempt to gain back the love that he had lost from his father. And he was always putting on this act, this arrogant, cruel demeanor, one that no one really believed (except maybe Emalf, but he was always a sort of punching bag) but pretended to for his sake.

You loved him. 

So you did everything you could for him, in that calm, gentle way of yours. Listening to him rant, running errands for him, fighting for him, tucking in Poemi for him, cooking for him, always subtly pampering him… all of those things were like a privilege for you. You didn’t really need his acknowledgment, just being around him was enough to satiate you, and he was quite content to ignore whatever feelings might have been obvious to the both of you. 

At least you both were until that purple eyed devil entered your lives.

It was horrifying how quickly things could change, that once confident gleam in his molten eyes dimmed like cooling lava, something depressed and wounded taking over his being. You could see how he was withering away, and yet, you were unable to do anything as a mere demon, aside from doing what you always had done, with the addition of patching him up the best you could when he returned from that Pitch Black world. 

It’s on one of these days that he speaks to you suddenly, a rare occurrence as you usually worked on him in silence, the delicate air between you two broken with a single word.

“Why?”

You look up from your work wiping away the blood on one of his numerous cuts, taking in his somber expression.

“...why what, Lord Ivlis?”

He lets out a small scoff, looking at the ground before looking back at you.

“You know what I mean. Why? Why bother sticking with me? Why bother to help me, to tend to me? To stay?” He asks, a strong sense of self depreciation in his tone.

A small silence lapses.

“...why did you follow me when I fell?” He asks softly.

There are a lot of things you could say, many things that rush to your mind, but none of them seem quite right. Reassurance won’t help when he’s like this, honeyed words rarely do these days, so you just tell him the truth.

“I don’t take you for a fool, Lord Ivlis.” You say resolutely. “You don’t need me to tell you the reason.”

His brow furrows at this.

“That doesn’t answer why. You have no reason to…” He trails off and looks aside.

“...there’s never really a reason, is there?” You ask rhetorically with a wane smile. “If there was a reason for it, no one would ever feel so hurt. The truth is, I feel at peace here, wherever you go is home.”

You continue speaking as you resume cleaning his wounds. 

“Don’t think I have no say in this. I consider myself a faithful servant to you, and I will follow your orders with utmost urgency and dedication… but if you should ever order me to leave, I’ll betray you without question.”

You finish speaking, before looking up at him with a small smile.

It doesn’t really surprise you, the soft red hue on his cheeks as he looks down at you perplexed, but it certainly does make you feel warm inside.

“...whatever, it was a stupid question anyway.” He says with a scoff.

You just laugh internally at his fluster, picking up the roll of bandages from the nightstand.

It was a stupid question after all.

[dreamcoremutual]

her kitty is touching da floor 💔

[rozensan]

Mad And Cold

[ravi-617]

Wadanohara and The Great Blue Sea is 10 years old today!

I've only been here for 7, but thank you Funa for creating the game that's brought me endless inspiration and joy since 2016. Here's to another 10 years of Wada 🍻

[didishbeulokolli]

Dibujo atrasado navideño de AnderPerry + Hermia 💖

[anon109]

we do a little trolling (this time on roblox)

speedpaint ↓

[cy-cyborg]

I swear Centrelink’s goal is to just be the most time-wasting government organisation 🤦

I went into the office in person 3 weeks ago to report income from my commissions, which is how I was told to declare the income last time I asked about it.

I explained how the income had been acquired (custom artwork via the internet) and why there was no abn attached (if you’re self employed, you’re supposed to have your own, if you have a normal job, whoever pays you should have one). After explaining it they said I don’t really fit in any category they have, so go home and they’ll call me when they know what to do, but it’s on my file that I tried to report so I won’t get into trouble at least.

A week later, they call and said that I need to register as self-employed, but an abn won’t be needed (yet). All they need is a profit and loss statement and a form. Easy, I did the same form for my partner’s door dash income and it’s pretty simple, and there aren’t exactly a lot of profits or losses for 3 digital-only commissions so that’s also simple. However, they told me on the profit and loss form to include things like electricity and internet costs as losses. I don’t exactly know how to calculate that so I decide to go to a tax agent for help, since what I submit to Centrelink needs to match what I will submit to the ATO later anyway, at least roughly, so it’s easier to do that now and get the more accurate numbers.

It takes a week to get in, the tax agent chats with me for 5 minutes and says she’s not entirely sure why Centrelink is asking me to do this, in the ATO’s eyes I don’t qualify to be a business yet and I wouldn’t qualify by centrelink’s definition yet either. I can register now if I really want to but it won’t be worth it until I’m making a more regular income. She also said she can give me a profit and loss statement but once again, it’s not really worth it and she’d have to charge me more than what I’ve made in total, so she highly suggests I don’t do that, and go back to Centrelink. Also they gave me the wrong form because of course 🙃.

I’m getting really confused at this point, and hear my explanations to each person getting more and more jumbled (which happens when I’m overwhelmed) so I wait until my support worker is there to go back in, since she’s helped me with Centrelink before and is getting good at understanding me when I get overwhelmed lol.

We go in, relay what the tax agent said and showed them the documents from the ATO that backup what I’m saying said to the person at Centrelink. The worker sighs, apologises and says that I was right the first time, I didn’t need to do any of this and the income should have just been reported when I came in last time. She confirmed that with her supervisor just to be sure and then wrote me a note with a big offical stamp on it to give to any other Centrelink worker who tries to say this is incorrect in the future, because it will happen again due to some vague wording in the rules they have to follow 🤦 she’s left a note in my file about it but people don’t always check so the paper note is a backup.

It took 3 week but I finally declared my commission income once it was all sorted out and hopefully the next time I go back it will be simpler…