#Features of Android

[dailygyankasagar]

Android kya hota hai ?

[mercilessflowchart]

I've always found this article about the in-world phenomenon of "command-led communication" super interesting:

It's described as a verbal occurrence, but I've noticed it manifest nonverbally too in a couple scenes, which has increased my interest tenfold. The two I've found so far happen during the Nest chapter, and the Stratford Tower chapter.

When Hank cuts in front of Connor, there's no "excuse me" or attempt to walk around him first; he simply turns and starts moving with the expectation that Connor will step back and let Hank through.

Here, Markus really has to step back. Not just to avoid being bumped into by the NPC, but also to keep from getting whacked in the face by the door. He pushes by Markus with no hesitation.

If anyone else finds more, I'd love to hear about them!!

[shepscapades]

69. Panorama — Cool Cool, Jeremy Lister, bergie

Our eyes, they need some new direction There's somethin' lost with our connection And we can't seem to shake this scene This same routine is killin' me This town, it needs a restoration A little sparkly decoration These glossy lives and half-ass smiles keep movin' by By, by, by

Xisuma’s Season 8 has made me certifiably insane and I’m so glad this drawing challenge lets me out of my enclosure to share some of my insanity with yall— dbhc flavored, because of course! <3 This song is actually such a bop, highly recommend it!! It’s pretty early on in dbhc Xisuma’s playlist, representing the uh… Introduction/ Entering The Scene of a certain someone, and it foreshadows the horrific vibes of Xisuma’s season to come. I am so so so normal about this song, I’m positive it would be higher on the list had I found it a little earlier in the year

Although I will say, I was actually really excited to see this song rank at 69 because I knew people would request this number LMAO plus I’ve been drawing so much Xisuma lately so i was super excited to be able to draw and post some of my brainrot finally >:]

[wip]

Why did everyone’s profile pics get turned into circles on the dashboard (at least on mobile)? I feel like the change happened with no warning so a lot of people’s profile pics got cropped funny and I don’t understand why y’all made the change in the first place.

Answer: Hi, @lemonsofjune!

It’s true: post headers on web and iOS recently got an update, including changing avatars to circles.

This is part of a larger effort to make Tumblr more accessible and understandable and make posts easier to scan. This change was partly about style (rounded edges tend to feel less harsh) but it’s part of a larger effort to improve how posts work and feel and reduce visual noise. As before, you can still choose between a circle or square avatar shape in your blog settings, and that choice will show up on your blog.

Tumblr posts have to convey a lot in a small space: who made the post, if it’s a reblog or original, when it was posted, whether it’s recommended or sponsored, and how to interact with it. It all needs to be clear at a glance, without overwhelming the post itself. With these changes, elements in the header and footer (the avatar, icons, the typography) are more consistently sized. 

You may also notice that avatars are slightly bigger. This makes it easier to recognize who posted at a glance, which is especially important for reblogs or recommended posts. We learned from previous changes that smaller avatars, or removing them on reblogs, meant people had a harder time identifying who posted, resulting in fewer reblogs, likes, and replies. Trust in the source of a post matters on Tumblr, where reblogs are core to how content spreads.

We’re keeping a close eye on how this feels and will continue refining it. As always, we appreciate hearing what’s working (or not) for you.

[shaadowmilkcookie]

class doodle… i want to see snapdragon kill people

[multiashking]

Wet eyes comic

[dailycharacteroption]

Robotic Improvement Mechanic (Mechanic Alternate Class Feature)

(art by Varguy on DeviantArt)

A funny thing about robots is that, regardless of their level of sapience, repairing them, or even modifying them, is relatively simple since they don’t have to usually worry about things like shock, blood loss, or rejection. The potential for machine modding is so interesting that there have been several video game franchises and toy lines (including model hobbyists) centered around cobbling together robots from parts to make all sorts of creations. From Custom Robo to the customizable Rock-em Sock-em Robots action figures of the late 90’s early 2000’s, to the entirety of Gunpla.

Now, Starfinder already has the drone option for your mechanic characters giving you an option for having your own customizable robot buddy, but what if your character is a robot?

Whether they are androids, SROs, holograms, or even obscure robotic sapients like amrantahs and trinirs, there is nothing stopping a mechanically-minded robotic being from turning their expertise to modifying themselves.

This can be for several reasons, anything from defying the expectations put on them by their base chassis to practical modifications for their job. This is supported in the fluff of the setting too, with SROs in particular often barely resembling their original form when they awakened to sapience, and both SROs and Androids have options for installing bonus equipment into their bodies. It only makes sense that they and other machines would take this further, modifying themselves at they see fit.

And with that, let’s get into it!

Essentially, this option replaces the normal AI that mechanics work with for applying drone mods directly to yourself, granting yourself extra powers. Your body is treated as a specific done chassis for the purpose of prerequisites, but otherwise you are free to pick not just mods, but also feats drawn from the list of those available to drones, with the only exceptions being any mods that do not make sense for you to have, such as the drone providing medical aid to their owner, or transforming into a wearable apparatus for said owner, or any mod that would put you out of commission for using it, like the one that dumps your energy reserves into an electrical attack that renders the drone unpowered. As the mechanic gains mastery, they can change out their mods and feats as well.

This option is super simple, granting the player drone mods instead of their pet, but it is extremely flavorful and appropriate for any robotic playable species. You can pretty much treat these mechanics as almost pseudo-evolutionists, adding mods alongside augmentations to add abilities and enhance their bodies towards their build as needed. Want to wield multiple heavy weapons at once? Load up on weapon mounts. Want gadgets for every situation, load up on utility mods and augments, and so on!

The entire vibe of this option being about the character deciding for themselves what they want to look like and be able to do speaks heavily to transgender and transhumanist themes, and I can see a lot of folks exploring themselves through playing a robotic character exploring their own identity. Or maybe you just wanna be a cool robot with a plasma gun built into your arms. Either or both is good.

Survivors of the Rustracket tribe tell tales of how their former chief’s “new killbot” suddenly went on a rampage, slaughtering them and stealing their best scrap to incorporate into their own body. The goblins want revenge and are willing to pay others to get it, but keen-eyed hunters will notice evidence that the machine has been stripping away perfectly good armor and replacing it again and again, as if testing what appearance it likes. Perhaps there is more to this machine than a mechanical monstrosity?

Already a rarity as an android built to resemble an ijtikri, Valence-34 has never felt satisfied with their cephalopodic form, and has taken to modifying themselves repeatedly, to the point their employer is becoming concerned. She has called for a specialist in android psychology, who has hired the party to ferry them their.

Wheeler the SRO has been bartender and part-time mechanic for the Kalia Jo, a spacecraft turned orbital flotilla bar for decades now, doing odd-jobs to keep the ramshackle station of cobbled-together ships running in his rusty, antique chassis. None realize, however, that this is not his original job, nor his original form, as he was once an assassin robot before awakening.

[hightro]

just spitballing some ideas for my db oc lol

[wip]

Hello! Is there any way we can edit tags (for spelling mistakes etc) on the android app please? At the moment we only seem to have the option to delete tags. I'd love not to have to log in to desktop to fix a tag spelling mistake I only notice once I've hit reblog.

Thank you for your work, I love tumblr!

Answer: Hello, @idreamofspring1!

We agree with you here, this can be pretty annoying. Particularly when you type a whole sentence! We’ve looked at this across different platforms and, unfortunately, it’s not something we have the bandwidth for right now. But we do have a suggestion: did you know that you can re-order tags? The best suggestion is that by deleting tags, you could then re-add and reorder them—and this would be the way to make edits to tags on mobile.

We hope that helps, and thanks for getting in touch. Keep the questions coming!

[venacoeurva]

Somehow an ios version of tumblr on my old phone that hasn't updated in over a year functions better than the versions my new phone and ipad got like last week. Amazing, how very Tumblr(tm) of it.

[mikunology]

random note: vocal android is a musical series as y'all probably figure, so I like to think there's at least one song every episode!

....that said, once in a while the title of the episode might not correspond with the featured song lmao lmao

[thescaryhyperfem]

I love these stupid phone stickers. I love my phone.

[corvidbrainz]

Holy shit? An art blog posting art?

Meet Artemis, a vampire oc that, currently, has a weird and sad backstory in the Dunmeshi universe.

[ari-blueberry-bloop]

[oscillating-fan-whore5]

Being annoying to my dogs to take random pics

[carlyraejepsans]

you have an automatic block list? Is that an extension or an ao3 skin?

extension! ao3 enhancements. i use the orion browser on ipad which allows them, even where firefox ios doesn't.