#Detroit Data

[detroitography]

Event: Detroit Data Forum: SOTC by the Numbers

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will explore themes from the Mayor’s State of the City address and the data points within them. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to the data. We’ll be joined by the Detroit Next podcast team, Bryce Huffman and Malachi Barrett, both from Bridge Detroit and Data Analyst, Ted…

[quinn-fucks-shit-up]

ugh, started replaying dbh and got to the part where connor turns deviant. now i have thoughts on it 🙄 irritating

but seriously, I dont think the problem was that he didn't know they were using him, he was fully aware of his status as a thing to be used, i don't know how he could've missed that

i think the problem comes from the fact that he always a had emotions and they knew that, that they fully allowed him to feel everything all the time for the sake of hunting down his own kind then convinced him he was just a normal android

its not that they used him, its that they used his emotions when he didnt know he had any

[skidaddle-run-skramz]

jumbled robot adjacent feelings

[sarchiba]

Ok I had this idea 1.5 years ago and I thought about it again a few days ago and got excited so please have this drawing!!

It's so cute that they both have like a connection to an animal in a way?? (fav space cat Spot and non-space Sumo) and obviously they're both androids so that's my explanation for this

(this posing was slightly inspired by Leyendecker's "Golf or Tennis?" because I love his illustrations)

[awwshitherewegoagainn]

The most important question i have ever posed...

Am i attracted to emotional unavailable men OR

Am i just autistic 🧐🤔

[crumblestheclown]

[revanknightwoman]

Both adorable lovable & Aspire to be human android characters <3 liking to play in sherlock holmes style criminal investigation

[fuzzy-set]

I feel like there is a venn diagram for these three

[detroitography]

Event: Mapping Your Local Environment - Detroit

WHEN: Saturday, March 29th, 10am-2pm WHERE: TechTown WHAT: Mapping Your Local Environment (MYLE) is an introductory workshop that addresses inequitable data representation by training participants in GIS to map local environmental justice concerns. Local journalists, accompanied by environmental justice organizers and other interested community members, will learn to identify and challenge…

[illegalvampire]

Okay, so! I've got a bit of a backlog of dbh fanart I've been meaning to post, but I don't really wanna drop it all at once. Y'know... for the suspense! I kinda wanna space it out a little! So what I wanna know is...

[senorpugbean]

KARA

Imagine having a complex lore and backstory only to get shafted by a man with receding hairline

12/12

12 days of Kara is over ‼️‼️

I thought I should celebrate with the different versions of Kara :) we got the current Kara, AX400 Kara, Tech demo Kara, Puppet Zlatko Kara and Egg Kara :3

I also tried to do all her hair colours

I doom scrolled for 20 minutes trying to find that one reference of egg Kara and failed 💀

Thanks again for the birthday wishes and support for the last 12 days !! <3 it is still nice to know there is love for Kara on Tumblr

[sugaraki-tenko]

[song-writer-melo-wrath]

Silly Game Time: Who are some of your favorite mechanical characters, be they robots, androids, cyborgs, or something else? And what do like about them?

OOOOH...

Well, first, gotta mention my man Data.

A lot of people has said that he is autism-coded in the way that he is presented, and in how other people react to him. And I kind of agree tbh. He's also just a sweetheart, and his bonds with the crew (especially Laforge), his cat Spot, and sometimes with people who are briefly onboard are so lovely.

I also feel I should mention Connor,

Because his arc has probably inspired so many OCs at this point. Bryan Dechart did such an excellent job playing him, and his growing bond with Hank is very well-written. I think it's honestly touching how it's often emotional bonds that show humanity.

Another I feel would be a crime not to mention,

Because between the iconic lines and the dynamic he has with John Connor, and the way it shapes his various decisions, how could I not? And yes I'm specifically talking Terminator 2 here. Though I will say he makes an EXCELLENT force of nature and presence of absolute horror in the first movie.

Then, of course, the sapphic community's favourite,

Because "Want You Gone" hurts me on a personal level, and I don't just mean because it's how GLaDOS says farewell. I relate to that song so much (and did a cover of it :D) and, in general, relate with much of her story. Of course, she's a sassy motherfucker who you can't help but love. But for how much Portal 2 is considered the inferior game, it really does make her story into one of self-discovery and complicated morality. I guess it just gets overshadowed by Oh hi. How are you holding up.

Next,

I MEAN. COME ON. This guy used to be, and honestly still is, one of my biggest fictional crushes. His charisma is magnetic, of course. His STORY being wrapped up by the connections he used to have being rekindled, resulting in him choosing to be a star for those who need one most, rather than a star for the most people possible???? Ugh, poetic cinema.

Speaking of stars,

[vibrating] I have so many headcanons when it comes to this one But more to the point, Star Dream is an absolute force of nature. Its boss fight is incredible, an absolute marvel of multiple types of play styles coming together. The themes? Slap.

Star Dream's draw, for me, is that its sentience is so…debatable. I'm on the side of “had sentience the whole time”, and more to the point, “based on how much Haltmann copied homework, it's possible he brought something back from the dead” but I dunno, I don't like arguing my case when it comes to the second. The point is, for many of things that it does, it's uncertain whether that's just part of its program, or if it's a sentient decision. Was Susie sent away because of something accidental, or was it Star Dream's intention? The fact that Haltmann became so focused on its creation after her disappearance, in my eyes, kind of implies the latter…

… It's also interesting that even without Haltmann giving it a voice via him-being-possessed, it only chooses to speak to Meta Knight.

Can you tell I have The Kirby Autism, is it noticeable, is it obvious—

Also I'm gonna put two of my OCs here, because self-indulgence is alive and well.

This is Palharine and Mayday! They're my favourites out of a group of robot/android characters I created about three years ago, and have finally taken the time to draw recently:

From left to right, you got Eodel Remidoros, Palharine, Mayday, and Ziah Hyperion. All very different interpretations of robotic.

Palharine and Mayday stand out to me due to their emotional states. They're kind of opposites, in that regard. Mayday is a very sensitive gal, who has been through a lot of pain, and is trying to become stronger so she can confidently say she has no doubt in who she is. Palharine, as far as they're aware, has no emotions. Which is interesting, since the other three all seem to, to some degree. Among the four, Palharine is also unique in that they're programmed to dream. Both of these things shape them a lot.

But these two have a very sweet bond, where they're both passionate about biology, especially botany. Mayday, in a training exercise, also nearly wipes the floor with Palharine. It's more touching than it sounds.

Also, Palharine's genderfluid and Maydays a trans woman, so those things just inherently spark joy for me, haha!

This has been, real robotic character hours.

[criminalgays]

dbh but gavin reed is on the CSI team for the detroit police department and he keeps running into connor on scenes (who is CONTAMINATING EVIDENCE before csi is FINISHED) and all of their interactions are just gavin yelling at connor about evidence collection and connor trying to convince gavin that it’s fine because he’s essentially a walking crime lab

this line of reasoning does not work and gavin threatens to throw connor off the scene every time he sees him

[marcusrobertobaq]

Wish I could be android sometimes just to test some stuff. Being able to exchange messages/meanings in a specific situation with people u got enough affinity without even saying a word or gestures, much like when your group think the same thing as you at the same time in the moment like mfs got some kinda telepathy.

Imagine u literally got a way of transmitting messages not only to one folk but a whole group using your brain only. I mean, today tech can already translate a bit of brain activity into machine code (brain controlled robotic prothesis) but it's only movements related.

Maybe if we make some adjustments by post 2038 DBH universe... A way of controlling robots with your brain or even a way of interfacing with an android (human->android not human<-->android). But that will be efficient only in the android's end. Getting machine coded stuff direct into human brain language is, huh...gonna be though. We already gotta use bridges (computer software) to make translations on the external part. Gettin' it internally would be 💀

Well DBH is sci-fi, even if DC wanted to be "realistic". I may be overthinking 🤦🏾‍♂️