#VI vs AI

[lurkiestvoid]

I still think Mass Effect's differentiating approach between "Artificial Intelligence" (true sentient sapient learning growing digital Intelligence) and "Virtual Intelligence" ('fake' intelligence, an Advanced Software, a glorified interactive database interface-slash-personal assistant, limited functionality) would be very useful in current AI discourse because it's correct that we do not have AI. We have VI. The problems come from pretending VI is the same as AI, insisting it's the same as AI, expecting it to perform like AI, and expecting it to understand like AI. but I'm just hollerin at walls

[vanlegion]

5am Dirty Bit

workin on other art... Dirty Bit comes up on playlist... get Grimmons feels... open new work... slap this messy shit out in 30ish mins... whee

[g4zdtechtv]

Cinematech Reborn S2E6 - Preeching to the Choir

When a new Cinematech Reborn calls, you GOTTA accept the charges!

From the now brown-covered worlds of Oblivion to the streets of Vice City to the new X-cellent Phantom Thieves, hold onto your raisins, cause this episode's got it all!

And speaking of raisins…

For those of you wondering why the Resonance of Fate clip is sub-only, don't you fret - you'll be seeing the Dubbed version with Nolan North's incredible acting during the Cinematech Reborn Nocturnal Emissions Season Finale, in less than 2 weeks!

(watch on 4GTV!)

[nhmkhnh]

older!vi x younger!fem!reader

preface: vi knew she shouldn’t fall for someone ten years younger— but then you smiled at her like she hung the damn stars.

author's note: just replaying the song "older" by isabel larosa, the moods was on and the inspiration hit, so i wrote, haha. i also have chat bot on janitor ai abt this topic (here!).

wrn: lowercase, age gap (v: 29; r: 19)

masterlist / janitor ai / c.ai / carrd

vi first noticed you during her downtime—something rare in itself. you were sitting at the back of a cozy piltover café, legs swinging, sipping a drink with so much whipped cream it defied gravity. your hair was tied in little bows. you were doodling on a napkin and chewing your straw. something about you made her stop walking. you looked like a dream—like something that shouldn’t exist in her world. she thought, jesus, she’s young. but then you looked up, caught her staring—and smiled. fuck.

vi tried to keep her distance. she's lived enough years and seen enough shit to know better. you were nineteen. still a baby. she told herself she’d get over it. but then you kept showing up—same café, same silly drinks, same playful energy. one day you sat at her table and said, “you look cool. like someone who’s been punched a lot but still wins.” vi stared at you like you'd grown a second head. “that a compliment, cupcake?” “totally,” you giggled. that’s when she realized: she was screwed.

the age gap lives in her head like a siren. when you get excited about a new lipstick or show her a silly meme, vi has to bite her tongue. you say stuff like “i just got into adulting!” while she’s thinking about the prison years she clawed through. you’re full of sparkles and soft pastel energy, and every time you throw your arms around her neck and kiss her cheek, she has to remind herself to breathe. you’re a baby. but you’re her baby. maybe.

vi is protective to an annoying degree. you think it’s cute—until she’s dragging you behind her when someone bumps into you. she scans every room you enter together like she’s on a mission. she once almost decked a guy for grabbing your wrist at a club. “vi!” you’d squeaked. “it’s fine!” she’d just growled, “no, it’s not.” she has this irrational belief that anyone who looks at you too long is trying to corrupt something pure. you laughed and said, “babe, i like chaos.” she muttered, “not on my watch.”

people talk. they always do. jinx teases her, caitlyn raises an eyebrow, even vander’s memory would probably side-eye her. “ten years?” someone once whispered when they saw you holding hands. vi heard it. she always hears it. but she never lets it reach you. instead, she smiles, squeezes your hand, and throws an arm around your shoulder. later, she grumbles to cait, “you think i don’t know the gap? but the kid’s smarter than half the people i’ve met. she's got more heart too.” and it’s true. you chose her. and she’ll defend that choice with fists if she has to.

you love teasing her. “you’re such an older woman,” you coo, eyes wide and mock-innocent. “do your knees hurt when we cuddle on the floor?” vi scowls and threatens to toss you out the window. but she secretly lives for it. you once called her “hot and milf-coded” and she nearly choked on her drink. you leave lipstick marks on her biceps on purpose. she pretends to be annoyed. but then she flexes that arm in the mirror later and smiles like an idiot. you ruin her. she lets you.

you wear crop tops with tiny strawberries. you twirl in skirts and ask her, “does this make my butt cute?” she short-circuits every damn time. there’s this constant push-and-pull in her chest: keep you safe and precious vs. throw you on the bed and make you cry her name. you don’t even know how dangerous you are. you hold her pinky like it’s sacred. you leave glitter on her bedsheets. and she lies awake thinking: i shouldn’t touch her. i shouldn’t want to. but i do. you ask her if you’re too much. she whispers, “never.”

she has a whole routine when you sleep over. you hog her pillow. you steal the covers. you sleep like a kitten—soft, warm, mumbling nonsense. vi never minds. she stays awake longer than you, just to watch. she brushes your hair behind your ear. traces the curve of your cheek. you’re everything she didn’t think she’d deserve. everything soft and sweet and stupidly good. one time you murmured “love you” half-asleep and she had to go to the kitchen and splash water on her face like she was in a movie.

meeting caitlyn was a trip. “is that her?” cait whispered with a grin when she saw you. “the one who makes you blush?” vi hissed, “don’t you dare.” you introduced yourself all sweet, and caitlyn just smiled. the two of you hit it off like besties and vi stood there, arms crossed, heart racing. she felt out of place—too rough, too loud, too her. but then you looked at her across the room, eyes full of affection, and mouthed mine. vi’s chest ached. she didn’t know how she got this lucky.

vi’s box under the bed has a lock. inside are your little notes: sticky tabs with “drink water or i’ll cry >:(”, doodles of her punching stars, napkins with your lipstick kiss. she keeps the bracelet you made from beads. the tiny heart you folded out of a candy wrapper. you make her feel seventeen again—but safe this time. you paint her nails. you bring her snacks. you kiss her scars like they don’t scare you. everyone says vi’s a fighter. but for you? she melts. completely. no armor. no fear. just her and the girl who made her heart soft again.

[kon-igi]

CONTENZIONE CONTROINTUITIVA

Certe volte tratto alcuni argomenti che mi stanno a cuore in modo prolisso e rivolgendomi ai miei interlocutori come se non sapessero distinguere il lato giusto da quello sbagliato del foglio di cartaigienica.

Non è mancanza di fiducia nelle altrui capacità intellettive ma piuttosto timore di non essere abbastanza chiaro e comprensibile nello sviscerare un qualcosa che conosciamo solo io e il poveraccio che tengo chiuso in cantina affinché ci sia almeno una persona entusiasta di ascoltarmi (sennò non gli do da mangiare).

Quello che andrò a trattare si divide in tre livelli di realtà cognitivo-esperenziale, il primo per i profani della cura sanitario-socio-assistenziale del paziente fragile, il secondo per gli addetti ai lavori e il terzo a un livello che chiameremo stato crepuscolare di coscienza.

I profani pensano in maniera assolutamente incolpevole che la cura di un soggetto fragile sia questa:

e voglio dirvi che sì, è ANCHE questa ma NON SOLO questa.

Ribadisco, in maniera del tutto incolpevole perché sia la società che gli addetti ai lavori farebbero fatica a veicolare il messaggio reale secondo il quale trattandosi di ESSERI UMANI - la quasi totalità delle volte sofferenti per una fragilità organica o per una patologia della psiche - questi possono urlare, bestemmiare, sputare, picchiare, sporcare sé e chi hanno attorno e odiare tutto e tutti con la forza della disperazione.

Queste due realtà - immaginata la prima e vissuta la seconda - implicano una gestione discordante della cura quotidiana che si traduce nel solito scontro servizio di Report su presidio sanitario lager VS parenti cintura nera di mena-dottori-e-infermiere.

E qua arriva una pratica che un professionista del sanitario conosce, accetta e che dà per scontata e che invece il profano non conosce e che aborrisce una volta scoperta la sua esistenza/frequenza di utilizzo.

Questa:

Vi avverto: l'argomento è TRAGICO nella sua esplicazione, nelle sue motivazioni e, soprattutto, nelle sue implicazioni, ragion per cui ci saranno una piccola manciata di voi che sanno PERFETTAMENTE di cosa sto parlando e altri che non possiedono proprio gli strumenti e l'esperienza anche solo per cominciare a capire la fatica di tutto ciò.

Sintetizzando (sempre a disposizione per ampliare l'argomento) l'assistenza del paziente fragile - geriatrico o giovane disabile - da sempre è passata per il metodo coercitivo-contenitivo cioè per l'applicazione di tutta una serie di misure meccaniche e ambientali che limitassero la libertà del soggetto, nel nome di una tutela della sua salute fisica quando messa a repentaglio da atti di aggressività auto o eterodiretta.

Vuoi scappare dalla finestra? -> ti lego al letto

Rischi di cadere? -> ti lego alla carrozzina

Ti mordi le dita o tiri pugni? -> ti lego le mani

Se vi sembra assurdo vuol dire che non siete mai entrati in una casa di riposo, in una RSA o in una residenza psichiatrica. Punto.

La tragicità sta tutta in un'altra discordanza, molto italiana: nel 2025 stiamo curando pazienti gravi sanitari e gravi disturbanti con tabelle di rimborso ASL risalenti al 1995... alla metà degli anni '90, infatti, chi usufruiva dei servizi di assistenza alla terza età e alla disabilità pisco-fisica erano pazienti senza supporto della rete familiare ma fondamentalmente quasi autosufficienti, mentre gli altri erano accuditi a casa dalla donna casalinga e, in seguito, dalle badanti.

Oggi non c'è nessuno a casa perché tutti lavorano fino a novantasettemila anni d'età, le badanti servono a ritardare il problema (ingigantendolo poi) e ad acquietare i sensi di colpa, col risultato che quando gli utenti accedono alle strutture sono zombie piagati e pieni di tubi che urlano, picchiano e rotolano di sotto dal letto. E quando non picchiano e riescono a camminare, vogliono scappare per andare a radunare le mucche in una stalla che è stata abbattuta dai bombardamenti dei tedeschi 80 anni prima.

I profani inorridiscono al pensiero di legare una persona e gli addetti ai lavori di non poterlo fare.

E poi ci sono io che sfiletto alla julienne il cazzo di tutte e due le categorie con quello che prima ho definito STATO CREPUSCOLARE DI COSCIENZA.

In verità la definizione non c'azzecca niente con quanto sto per dirvi ma siccome sono un appassionato di true crime, questa descrizione di psichiatria criminale m'è sempre sembrata ganzamente degna di finire su una carta di Yu-Gi-Ho! (insieme al TESTICULAR TORSION SPELL) e allora l'ho usata per fare un po' di clickbait per giusta causa.

'E poi ci sono io' però è ingiusto nei confronti di tutti quei professionisti dai quali ho imparato a ragionare sull'argomento e con i quali ho condiviso il percorso istituzionale che oggi mi vede docente di corsi di formazione sulla materia.

Sintetizzando al massimo, io insegno al personale sanitario e socio-assistenziale a fare un passo indietro™ e a considerare la contenzione non un mezzo di salvaguardia psico-fisica del paziente fragile ('Lo lego sennò cade e si fa male') ma un qualcosa che, controintuitivamente, non evita le cadute ma invece le provoca.

Come questo avvenga è controintuitivamente lungo e palloso da spiegare (perciò sviscererò l'argomento qualora vogliate farmi qualche domanda quando il tizio della cantina dorme) ma ho potuto fare mia questa teoria perché poi ho riconosciuto in essa IL MIO ATAVICO ODIO VERSO IL METODO EDUCATIVO COERCITIVO, inutile se non a creare futuri adulti frustrati facili a perpetrare questa semplificazione banale della realtà.

Per concludere, la contenzione non è male a prescindere ma che si parli di una cintura in carrozzina o di una metafora per indicare la nostra imposizione sull'altrui libertà di essere, credo sia fondamentale fare sempre un po' di metacognizione preventiva e chiederci se poi noi si sia davvero dei magister vitae proprio così infallibili.

<3

[artbymesa]

Having played Mass Effect for the first time in 2025, I have to admit I'm (cautiously) curious how the general attitude of the player base was toward AIs and VIs when the games came out.

Before....[gestures at everything going on currently].

How different everything might’ve felt. And in what context(s). How different people may or may not feel playing it now vs. when they played it back then.

Because I have to tell you.... after having played it blind in our current day and age-- I have to say, these games feel like an omen and a warning I missed the memo on lol

The further I got into the games, the more I just kinda

"....Uh oh."

[roryaych]

"Exposed machinery is always about control."

I made a very cool essay about machines and autonomy by analyzing stories like Portal 1+2 / Armored Core VI, looking at real-life abstracted machinery (algorithms and AI) vs. exposed machinery (trains and planes), before mixing it all with some very transgender analysis of bodily autonomy and what it even means to have this control.

I'm super proud of how this one turned out, it really feels like something only I could write. Hope you enjoy :)

[inkytoru]

GODLESS ENDEAVORS

　　　　( series masterlist. )

⸻ A STUDY IN . . . divine retribution, falling from grace, existentialism, fractures, glory, judgment day, innocence lost, learning what it is to be (excruciatingly) mortal, bargaining with the devil, justice, sacrilege, redemption, heavenly fire, duality, what it means to be vulnerable

◜SYNOPSIS:◞ In which Satoru Gojo, heaven’s strongest battle angel, is cast out with the weight of a heretical and sacrilegious crime he did not commit blackening his name. With clouded memory and no recollection of who he was, he comes under the care of you— a mortal carrying the burden of a heavy heart. But what secrets lie within the shadows and smoke? What will you see within the depths of the crystalline blue? ◜PAIRING:◞ fallen angel!gojo satoru x female!reader ◜TOTAL WORD COUNT:◞ 0.5k ◜CONTENT WARNINGS:◞ 18+, heaven vs hell, amnesia, virginity loss, corruption, fluff, angst, major character death (not reader nor satoru), parental and religious abuse, slow burn & slow updates, not beta read, tags to be updated ao3 mirror. || spotify playlist (not complete). || want to join the taglist?

i. PROLOGUE.

ii. ACT ONE: FROM GOD’S MAW.

iii. ACT TWO: THE MORTAL COIL.

iv. ACT THREE: MEMENTO VIVERE.

v. ACT FOUR: CALL IT DIVINE INTERVENTION.

vi. ACT FIVE: HEAVEN REMEMBERS.

vii. ACT SIX: SAVIOR OF THE DAMNED.

viii. ACT SEVEN: ???

ix. ACT EIGHT: ???

x. ACT NINE: ???

xi. ACT TEN: ???

xii. ACT ELEVEN: ???

xiii. ACT TWELVE: ???

+ ⸻ more coming soon . . .

© INKYTORU — do not repost, translate, feed AI, or plagiarize any of my content. please refrain from sharing or recommending my work on other platforms outside of tumblr such as tiktok.

[emacs-unofficial]

Should I learn emacs I've been coding in nano

@perl-official

I always recommend emacs. But depending on your use case you might want to learn something else first.

If you hop between different servers a lot and can't expect to have access to your favourite editor on there, I recommend learning the basics of vi/vim since that is preinstalled pretty much everywhere. Also, most bigger IDEs you might use in the future have a setting or extension to use vim-keybinds.

If you just want to program on your own machine, I recommend trying out a few different text-editors and then decide on one.

To learn emacs, I recommend using the built in tutorial. You can access it using C-h t (thats CTRL-h followed by t) while beeing in emacs.

To learn vim, you can use the vimtutor. I think it is automatically installed with vim on most distros, but may have to be installed separately on some. Also neovim/nvim is way better in term of extensibillity to regular vim

Other Editors you could try:

- VS Codium (Visual Studio Code fork that removed most Microsoft Stuff)

- helix - a Vim like Editor

- zed - way too fucused on AI features for my taste but I heard it has some other nice features

If you want some more infos on why emacs is great: here two semi serious posts I made in the past:

Pingin some people who also might have something to say:

@vim-official @helix-editor @emacs-evil-mode

[diversa-mente-neurodivertente]

Il pensiero del giorno #5

Oggi vorrei cogliere al balzo l'occasione per ringraziare il lettore anonimo che si è esposto, facendomi riflettere sul tema ipocrisia comportamentale sociale vs autenticità. Oltre ad essere un ottimo spunto di conversazione, per cui vi esorto a commentare e dire la vostra; mi ha illuminato un ricordo.

Al liceo soffrivo molto notando i comportamenti dei miei coetanei e per come questa impronta societaria svantaggiasse chi, come me aggiungerei, tentava di esprimersi trasparentemente. Spulciando tra vecchi scritti ho ritrovato questa poesia composta intorno ai 18 anni. Negli ultimi 10 ho cercato, rileggendola di tanto in tanto, di trovarne un senso. Solo oggi credo di averla compresa quasi a pieno.

Volevo condividerla con voi e sapere: quali immagini suscita in voi?

Mangiatore di vite

Cemento su cemento

Graffi verdeggianti

movimenti impercettibili

Foschia amara

Sorrisi dispotici

Nuvole dolci

Dolci nuvole

invitanti

Chiamano i sudditi

ad assaporarle.

Schiavisti,

schiavi della vita

e della morte.

Moribondi solitari

sotto raggi lunari.

[miranda-mundt-art]

So im reading Lovebot for the first time, and so yk how the Lovebots are all "virtual intelligence" and Brizzium is specifically an "artificial intelligence"? So i searched it up to know the difference, but apparently a virtual intelligence is just an ai in a virtual world, so i was wondering, is a "virtual intelligence" something entirely different in this story? is ai also an entirely different entity as we know it?

Also sorry for the long ass paragraph lmao

By our definition in lovebot the differences are like...

Virtual intelligence is similar to what we have today. TBH I would consider all "AI" tools we currently use to actually be more like virtual intelligence. They are programmed off of a data set and they are only able to act within that data set and predict things based off of it. But they can't really think critically or hold context/memories in the way a person can. So it can seem to be rather real depending on how much it has been given as a source to replicate from.

While AI - like Brizz and Lacey - are able to form/learn/grow at a level that VI simply can't. I think the difference is most obvious when it comes to Lacey interacting with the 1818 in the beginning (the one he found in the dumpster) and the U-No bot they have on the space station. It gives them the ability to act without being told what to do. Gives Lacey the ability to choose what he likes or doesn't like to read or to create things. Gives Brizz the ability to just sit in his apartment and build things for no one but himself because it's... actual intelligence at this point.

Also it's funny because I vividly remember googling the term "virtual intelligence" in the past when we were starting to write so what is shown on google right now (as you said) is different from how it used to look LMAO The results were more like this forbes article from 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/03/27/virtual-intelligence-vs-artificial-intelligence-whats-the-difference/

[xjackjackx]

Alan Becker Analysis: Hazard's Mysteries (Or Maybe I'm Overthinking???)

Ok so unlike this last post about Victim and Glasses Guy / "Agent", this isn't really me bringing anything solid onto the table (well besides one or two things). This is just me overanalysing random shit that frankly is likely irrelevant.

Anyways this post is about Bathroom Sign Guy aka Hazard aka Warning aka Sign, the gray pictogram mercenary from Animator vs. Animation VI, and why he might have a deeper role (prob doesn't).

Part 1 - The Overthinking of Minor Details

Ok this is the part where I'm 100% convinced I'm just talking stupid shit due to rewatching the episodes too many times, but eh.

Let's start off with something... relatively normal actually, which I saw pointed out by others. When Chosen attacks the mers with lightning, Hazard has this shit happen to him:

This is... frankly weird and idk what it means. When Wanted first came out, this and his movement made me think Hazard was a robot, but since then I started believing he's just a normal stick figure like the others. Besides, this whole series is on a computer so everyone besides the Animator is an AI lol.

So if he's not a robot, perhaps Hazard is connected to technology, and thus taking away the ship's energy took away his? That's the only other thing I can think of.

The second one was actually told to me by a friend, and tbh even in this whole post this might be the biggest stretch, but I still think this is worth bringing up. When Orange and Chosen return to the Outernet, Hazard is seen looking... somewhere.

(btw agent looks so stupid here lmfao)

The most likely answer is that he is simply looking around, like Agent and Primal - the cave drawing - are seen doing like immediately afterwards. But my friend did point out that it could easily look like Hazard is looking up - in which case, he could've possibly noticed Chosen and Orange, and then chose to not tell the other mercenaries until Agent notices them and thus forces Haz to intervene. Likely just huge overthinking of a one-off scene, but still.

The last one from Wanted is this shot of the Mercenaries in the elevator.

In this scene, Hazard briefly looks at Ballista - the pixel gremlin - and then proceeds to look away when the little guy stares back at him. Is it most likely them just finding the awkward elevator silence uncomfortable? Probably yea, but it could also be a sign of Hazard and Ballista having a rocky relationship - we see Ballista is pretty aggressive, so maybe Hazard is nervous around such a batshit crazy dude?

In "The Box", the first Hazard scene worth talking about is the first of his reactions to Victim's torture of Chosen.

We know he is a mercenary and a villain, so it should be expected that he's a cruel bastard, but still, falling asleep while watching torture is just another level. What kind of shit did Hazard see, or do himself, that he finds Victim's actions purely boring?

...and yet, just a few moments more later, Hazard has an actual reaction to Victim pulling out a lasso.

Now, the three dots - and thus, Hazard's silence of a reaction - could mean anything. Maybe he's still bored, just awake now. Maybe he's curious to see what will happen. Maybe he has actual standards. But it's still interesting to see that Victim's lasso got a reaction out of Hazard (meanwhile Ballista just crosses his arms, prob in curiosity or impatience, while Primal stays completely still - I'll get to their personalities later).

Similarly, Victim ordering Agent to clone him also gets a small reaction out of Hazard, his head jumping a little (I don't know how else to call it).

This time, it's definitely just shock/curiosity/surprise that Vic is doing something new, and/or that the Box lets you clone people, but still worth pointing out.

A long time later, we finally get something worthy of note from Hazard, that I actually find interesting. While the other mercs are too busy looking through Chosen's memories, Hazard notices Orange returning.

I feel like this was actually an intentional choice. Like, why make all the mercs focused on Chosen's memories, excluding only one of them - and it's not even the most important mercenary that's the big bad's right hand? Also, why is Hazard so far away from the other mercenaries? While I consider this whole section of the post just major overthinking, this one moment specifically is actually pretty sus to me.

Now, to close off this section, there is Haz's reaction to Super Orange.

Mainly, how he and Victim are the only ones who are inarguably scared/panicking. Primal just leans in like "de fuk", Ballista flinches once and then watches in silence, while Agent double checks on both the small and large monitor. Primal and Agent are confused, Ballista is shocked(? idk how to call it), but Hazard and Vic are the only ones with a true "OH SHIT" reaction. What this means? Idk, again this whole section is just overthinking things.

Thankfully we can leave the part where I talk meaningless shit and get into the parts that hopefully actually have a point.

Part 2 - Hazard and His (Lack of) Personality

Another part I noticed since Wanted first dropped (part of the reason why I first thought Haz was a robot) was that, compared to the other mercs, he has so little personality... which might be intentional.

I mean, Agent. He also doesn't showcase a lot of himself, but we still see that he's cool, calm, loyal to Victim, kind of a taunting asshole who plays with his victims instead of instantly getting serious, and despite it all, not unbreakable - He panicked when Chosen attacked him with the iceberg, and he was caught off-guard by Super Orange like everyone else.

Ballista probably has the most personality out of everyone. His body language shows emotion pretty much all the time: most specifically, anger. Whether it's his fighting style, his pose, or walk cycle, Ballista is pissed off 24/7. It's implied it even makes his co-workers nervous. At the same time, the grin he flashes when jumping off the ship in Wanted shows he enjoys his job.

Primal is second only to Hazard in lack of personality, but there's definitely still something there. Mainly, is that he's a very fight-focused person that is basically an empty shell outside it. He's so ready to fuck up a rhino in Wanted, and sharpens his spear for another hunt while bored, but outside of fighting Orange?... he's pretty dull. Only a bit more emotional than Hazard. He seems like a Kraven-type character who just wants to hunt the biggest prey possible, while having zero life outside it. Also he has a Hulk-style form which reduces him to an animal sapience-wise.

Hazard, though? He uhh... he wants to get Chosen, is very focused on completing the job, and that's kinda it. He's such a blank it feels intentional. Perhaps he has his own goals and is hiding them?

Part 3 - He's Either Holding Back or He's Fucking Useless

Yea not gonna sugarcoat this. There has to be some sort of big reveal of Hazard's true power in later episodes, or this dude's so weak it's laughable to think he's supposed to be a threat.

I mean, Agent has a toolbar that makes him a Mini-Animator, and he can pause anything and anyone. Ballista can shapeshift his body and pull weapons out of his ass. Primal has a stronger form that can pick up a rhino without difficulty, and he probably has more.

Hazard?

He, uh... is good at dodging. He also has this one Shock Sign that killed a bird. Yeah.

Ngl if this is all Hazard has then it's impossible for me to see him as a threat on par with the other mercs, or even Victim. Hell, I wouldn't even be able to see him as above the Stick Gang in strength, with how slow Orange was in that scene compared to his fights in the AvM Shorts.

So yeah, on top of possibly hiding his true personality/hidden motives, Hazard was most likely holding back heavily in Wanted, which only makes him more mysterious.

Part 4 - The End

So, this is kinda it. Was Part 1 all overthinking, or did I get a few things right? Is Hazard actually hiding something, or does he only show little personality because none of his scenes let him show off anything? Is he holding back his true strength, or is he actually weak?

Frankly idk, but I am excited to see where things go with this guy, as he has tons of potential.

[jinxquickfoot]

So I finished my Age of Ultron rewatch. It's been a couple of years since I last saw it, and here are some random thoughts I had on it:

Things I will maintain I like about this movie:

It has some of my favorite jokes in the MCU, and they're usually the little moments. The little nod of validation Rhodey makes after getting a laugh at his "Boom! You looking for this?" story. Clint telling Steve he's no match for Ultron and Steve replying with, "Thanks, Barton". Clint's "Yeah, you better run" after Pietro has long since disappeared with Wanda, there are loads of them.

I like Vision, Wanda and Pietro. Despite being secondary characters with not a huge amount of screen time, Wanda and Pietro feel like real people with real backstories, and Paul Bettany is wonderful the first time we see him as Vis.

It's the only movie we get to see the Original 6 hang out as friends.

I love that Fury randomly shows up in the middle and is like "let me make a sandwich while we discuss how not to let the world end also by the way hi Tony I really care about you"

Other casual appearances of other MCU characters, something that is so lacking Phase 4 onwards. Sam being at the party and Thor going to Selvig for help makes the world feel lived in.

RDJ's never dropped the ball as Tony but his performance really stuck out to me here, god he's good

Steve and Thor have multiple moments of teaming up and working together, what an underrated duo

Hulk vs Iron Man suit inside an Iron Man Suit fight

The Avengers do their best to evacuate Sokovia before Ultron attacks, which does not excuse the amount of damage caused there, but I do think is a plot point everyone forgets about (myself included)

And things that annoy me (skipping over the stuff everyone talks about like the Natasha/Bruce plot):

I hate how Joss Whedon writes Steve, both here and in Avengers. He only feels like Steve when he's being given jokes, otherwise he is so self-serious and stiff, the core of Steve is his heart and it is nowhere to be found in this movie

The movie spends so long setting up character arcs that feel promising and have no payoff. What is the point of Laura telling Clint the Avengers need him if he's going to retire at the end of the movie. Steve has several references to finding home in a way that doesn't go anywhere (Until Endgame, I guess). Don't get me started on Natasha.

It's trying so hard to have a theme but it never says anything unique. Bruce, Tony, Natasha and Vision all refer to themselves as monsters. Ultron decides that the Avengers are the bad guys. Steve has a speech all about proving they're not the monsters Ultron says they are. Based on WHAT? What is the message of this movie?? That the Avengers are better than the evil AI who wants to kill everyone?

(I half-feel there was a previous draft where Clint was their heart, or something, or he died and they were like whelp Phil Coulson 2.0 let's go avenge him, and the random pieces of that are still floating around the script with nowhere to go)

NO ONE is remotely concerned enough when their friends are getting hurt (maybe just the hurt/comfort lover in me, but still.) Natasha comes across as the only person who cares when Clint sustains a life-threatening injury. No one seems to be bothered that Natasha is being held captive by a psychotic supervillain. Tony shows more emotion over a fictional future where they die than when someone is actually in danger.

They really could have had a premise where they weren't allowed to access technology at all and could have gone retro with everything and they didn't and that just feels like a wasted opportunity. Clint and Natasha digging out old spy tech. Steve being like "Yes! This is familiar! I got this!" Tony making genius inventions out of tech from fifty years ago. Come on, it was right there.

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shiz and giggles list jmen, která reálně mají/nedávno měli lidé v česku

(part 3, [mostly czech, asian and pronoun-like] short names; per 2016, kdy je KdeJsme naposled mohlo sbírat)

Ban (1 jméno, dřív i příjmení)

De (2 příjmení v Praze, 15 ex jmen)

Ill (31 příjmení, hodně v Náměšti nad Oslavou)

Ell (5 příjmení), Illie (1 jméno)

Elf (1 příjmení)

Ič (2 příjmení, FM)

Iš (16 příjmení, jižní Morava)

Ižo (10 příjmení, JV a SV cíp ČR) vs Ižóf (8, úplný S Čech) vs Ižof (4, úplný J) vs Ižol (4, Hradec Králové) vs Iž (9, Přerov/Zlín) + Izsó (14), Izso (3), Ižyk (1) a dřív i Izo

Id (2 příjmení, Praha)

Re (17 příjmení, skoro všichni Šumperk), Ré (5, taky)

Le (4 jména, 569 příjmení)

Ly (5 jmen, 6 příjmení)

Or (14 jmen, všichni v Brně + 2 ex příjmení)

Ot (1 příjmení)

Xi (další sudden ex jméno i příjmení), Wi, Ri

Ro, So, Xo, Co, Pho

Ra, Ka, Xa, Ca, Na

Xe, Te, Ce, Ve

Si (1 jméno + řada složených)

Xxx (do 2011 obojí; komunikace s těmi lidmi by mě *fakt* zajímala)

Pan (do r. 2011 51 jmen a 4 příjmení)

Lo (po redukci 2011 zůstalo 1 příjmení), La (4)

Do (1 jméno, 241 příjmení)

Vo (49 příjmení, ex jméno)

Ko (1 příjmení, ex jméno)

Lé (1 příjmení)

Foo (1 příjmení)

An (5 jmen, 1 příjmení) + složeniny, Am (ex jméno)

Ye (1 jméno, 7 příjmení), Yeová (2)

Yu (4 příjmení), Yuová (1), Yú

Au (2 příjmení), Ou

Du (1 jméno a 5 příjmení), Bu (stále 1 příjmení), Cu (6), Ku (2), Gu (1), Lu (1)

Mu, Fu, Ru, Su, Ju, Nu

Wu (1 jméno, 11 příjmení, ale do 2011 jich bylo 232 + 1 Wuová)

Tu (nyní 7 jmen a 3 příjmení)

Hu (17 příjmení, ex jméno), Chu (ex 11 jmen a stále 62 [dřív 267] příjmení)

Vu (6 jmen a 365 příjmení, ze jmen tohohle typu top přeživší)

Xu (19 příjmení, ex jméno), Qu (ex příjmení), Qi (jméno ještě ano)

Ky (34 ex příjmení), Ký, Ny, Hy, Dy, Cy

Go (1 příjmení, ex jméno), Ge (8 příjmení, 2 ex jména)

Yi (jedno jméno), Ai (taky)

Ia (6 ex jmen)

Ke (2 jména, ex příjmení), Que (1 jméno, ex příjmení)

Ač (11 příjmení), Áč (25), At

Oo (dvě ex příjmení), Uu (dvě ex jména)

Be (1 příjmení, 10 ex jmen)

I, A, E (vše ex obojí)

Y, Ý (ex jména)

O (4 ex příjmení)

Ayu, Uy

Ay (8 příjmení), Aw (1 příjmení, Kyjov)

U-sa

Aia (jméno, Luhačovice)

Bi (ex 2011)

Sy (1 jméno, 1 ex příjmení)

Ba (9 příjmení)

Bá, Da, Dá, Tá, Bé

Bo (stále 3 jména)

Mo, Moo, Boo (vše ex 2011)

X (ex jméno)

Ya (jméno, Brno)

Ha (dřív 487 jmen a 365 příjmení, teď 22, resp. 66), Che (2 příjmení, ex jméno), Chi (3 příjmení v Kolíně + 2 jména), do r. 2011 taky Cha, Há, Cho a Huh

Tu (7 jmen, 3 příjmení), Tú (2 jména)

Hop (33 příjmení, ale i 2 jména)

Cá (1 příjmení, Cheb)

Cé (7 příjmení)

Ok (2 příjmení [ÚnL, Kladno], ex jméno)

Ox (3 příjmení, Teplice)

Oi, Oi Tak, Od, Ng, Šé, Oh, Ol, Ip, Is, Ib, Xú, Lý, Sú

Ťie (1, Praha)

Ji (2 příjmení, ex jméno), Di (1 jméno, ex příjmení), Mi (1 jméno i příjmení), Mí (ex jméno), Zi (2 ex jména)

Vi (4 příjmení, 14 ex jmen), Wi (5 ex příjmení)

Li (23 příjmení a 36 ex jmen), Ni (5 ex jmen, 28 ex příjmení)

Ut, Út, Er, Ur, Uz, Us

Fˇs, Bˇk, Wˇs (ex 2011)

Ině, Iňová (celkem 15, jižní Čechy)

Iňa (jméno, Hlinsko)

In (ex 1 příjmení + řada složených jmen), In Santi (3), Im

Pa Sait (1), Paa (1 v Karlových Varech)

Ma (4 příjmení, ex jméno)

Maąa (do r. 2011 jich bylo 5), Paąa (těch bylo dokonce 10)

Ao, Ąaąo

Bang (1 jméno), Bong (1 jméno i 4 příjmení)

V Yun (ex 2011), V Yacheslav

I ching, I ting, I ying (tj. varianty originálního názvu Knihy proměn)

D' Escragnolle Taunay, D´marco Odremán, Sita Nzolamesso Da S S (etc.)

pod. Al -, El -, Ó - (etc.) příjmení

Inyi (1 příjmení v Litovli)

Uyi (1 jméno v Ústí nad Labem)

Yuy Sya Gen, Sha Re Ja

Uj (11 příjmení, Ivančice + Vysočina), Új (ex)

Uc (8 příjmení)

Oz (3 jména v Brně, 1 příjmení)

Sič (30), Síč (65 příjmení), do r. 2011 i Sick

Onn (1 jméno, Brno), Oňa (1 příjmení, Bystřice p/H), Ong (2 příjmení, západ Čech)

Úa Séaghdha, Ün

Ág (3 příjmení, Blansko)

Lala (3 jména), Lála (1)

Chat (3 příjmení, dřív i jméno)

Gag (1 příjmení, Brno)

A. C., B K, K C, K. C. (ex 2011 příjmení), J C (ex jméno)

Jo (do 2011 obojí), Joo (26 příjmení, 1 jméno), Joová (4), No (ex), Ne (do 2011 jméno), Nee Tha Blay

Jojo (do 2011 příjmení), Nou Nou (2 v Brně)

Man (ex 18 jmen, příjmení běžné: 528)

Md a Mhd (do r. 2011 spousta arabských jmen, vyřazeno)

Jazz Jasper (Aš), Jax (Praha)

Je Young (ex jméno)

Gay (1 příjmení v Jihlavě, do r. 2014 i 1 jméno), That Gay (ex 1)

My (8 jmen a 1 příjmení)

That (ex 4 jména)

Ho (39 příjmení, dřív i jméno), Hoe (3 ex křestní)

Vy (1 jméno a 2 příjmení, Praha)

Ty (1 jméno)

He (2 příjmení, dřív 6 jmen), On (3 ex jména + složeniny, 1 ex příjmení)

His (2 příjmení, Přerov)

She (1 ex příjmení), Ona (19 ex příjmení), Ta (46 příjmení, 1 jméno)

Her (3 ex příjmení)

Oni (2 příjmení, 1 jméno)

Ono (2 příjmení, Brno)

To (18 příjmení, ex 6 jmen)

Them (1 jméno)

Nic (3, všichni v Orlové)

End (1 příjmení v Jablonci)

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Virtual Character Tourney - Round 2 - Bracket III - 6

Propaganda below (May contain spoilers!)

Lumina propaganda:

She's basically the reincarnation of another character's mother at the will of her father to become just like her mother vis a vis AI technology. However this got twisted into becoming the number 1 diva in the entire world. She's in a unit called UniChØrd with some other, well, human girls who don't find out that she's a virtual idol until later on. "In side:nova Season 7 -ENCØRE!!!!!!!-, it is further revealed that Lumina is composed with all the data of Aria, the legendary diva in the United States and Neo's mother. In Side:nova Season 9 -SUPERNOVA-, it is confirmed that his creator is Neo's father, who wants to revive Aria as an AI. According to Lumina herself, her first command received is "to aim for, and to become Aria." However, due to herself losing the memory about that command, the goal twisted into "becoming the No. 1 diva in the universe."" From her wikipedia page.

Holly propaganda:

Due to a pay dispute with Holly's original actor, Norman Lovett, Holly was instead played by Hattie Hayridge during seasons 3-5. This was explained briefly in the show as them having gone through a "computer sex change". This makes Holly canonically trans do not @ me.

holly is the silliest most specialest ai ever. she has an iq of 6,000 but sometimes it seems like his iq is more like 6. they're possibly transgender (do computers have gender??) (i am panicking over pronouns while writing this propaganda) - holly goes from appearing like a man to appearing like a woman with no real explanation(??) and nobody questions this (the show is from the 90s btw). he's hilarious and sometimes lies to the crew for no reason other than 'its a laugh, innit'. shes everything to me <3

Holly is the computer of Red Dwarf, a Tenth Generation AI hologrammatic computer who appears as a floating head on a screen. Can be downloaded onto various other devices. also literally transgender.. meets a female appearing parallel version of itself in a parallel universe and then goes through a sex change after falling in love with her. transgender computer ftw

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Chuyện công việc...

Thực ra mình thất nghiệp rồi =))) nên lần này nói vê drama trong giới nhân sự.

Chuyện là dạo trước trên mạng ầm ĩ việc Mrs. H nói về người tự tu tập T. Mình không gọi là Sư bởi theo mình biết, đó là một chức danh trong Phật giáo và bắt buộc phải trải qua quá trình học tập bài bản mới được gọi là Sư. Tăng và Ni hình như cũng tương tự. Nên xin phép gọi là Thầy thay cho Người tự tu tập.

Mrs. T là admin một cộng đồng nhân sự (group khá lớn trên fb), và cũng là người có tiếng nói trong giới. Mrs. T tự lập group, tự tay duyệt từng bài viết được đăng trong nhóm để tránh những bài tuyển dụng mập mờ hoặc có yếu tố lừa đảo, bán hàng hoặc spam. Mrs. T cũng từng tổ chức các buổi nói chuyện trực tiếp cho cộng đồng (có thu phí vào cửa hay không thì mình k nhớ rõ, nếu có thì cũng xêm xêm tiền cà phê hoặc thuê địa điểm). Gần đây, trước khi drama nổ ra thì Mrs. T có tổ chức khoá học dạy về nhân sự. Mrs.T cũng lập group chat zalo 35+ nhưng k giới hạn về tuổi, dành cho cộng đồng thoải mái trao đổi quan điểm, trò chuyện.

Trong suốt quá trình sinh hoạt trong group fb vs zalo, một vài lần chat riêng để tâm sự, xin ý kiến về công việc trong lúc hoang mang, mình cảm thấy mrs T luôn cố gắng để cho mọi ng thoải mái nhất có thể, nhưng trong phạm vi cho phép.

Xin khẳng định, mình không phải fan của Mrs. T. Mình luôn cho rằng không ai hay bất cứ thứ gì có thể khiến cho tất cả mọi ng đều hài lòng và yêu quý trọn vẹn. Ngay cả tiền hay vàng cũng thế thôi 😆 vàng lên thì chê tiền mất giá cũng chê, tiền cũ tiền xấu cũng chê nữa là người. Còn thay đổi còn chuyển dịch là còn chê.

Rồi vào chủ đề chính.

Mrs. T đăng 1 bài post, đại ý là "theo như quan sát cá nhân của mình thì Mrs. H có dấu hiệu của bệnh tâm lý/tâm thần sau.... nhờ bạn @XYZ kiểm chứng xem đúng không".

Tada, drama bùng nổ bởi rất nhiều comment trái chiều. Tạm chia thành các nhóm:

- Nhóm góp ý: Mrs. T chưa đủ trình độ chuyên môn để kết luận việc ai đó mắc chứng bệnh tâm lý nào đó. Nhóm này dùng lời lẽ khá lịch sự, tử tế và tôn trọng. Hoặc khuyên nên xoá bài, xin lỗi vì đã đăng nội dung này,...

- Nhóm xả cảm xúc: họ comment mỉa mai, thể hiện sự thất vọng và đòi rời nhóm.

- Nhóm marketing: họ kết luận Mrs. T đang cố tình tạo drama, đòi Mrs. T phải làm việc lại với team xử lý khủng hoảng truyền thông ngay lập tức.

- Nhóm hả hê: họ là những người ghét mrs. T. Mình thật sự thấy sợ khi đọc những comment đó, họ chỉ trích đặt điều, bịa đặt thông tin (có ng vẽ kịch bản bảo là sẽ thông báo bị hack nick, rồi chờ drama qua thì bán khoá học,...) hoặc thậm chí có người nhân danh công lý (ngày xưa bạn em bị chị làm như thế này,...). Nhóm này dùng những từ ngữ độc hại vô cùng.

Và Mrs. T bị hack fb thật. Mrs. T thông báo như vậy trong nhóm zalo, gửi cả ảnh chụp màn hình thông báo.

Vấn đề bùng nổ hơn khi bạn A đăng trong group fb (nơi chỉ có duy nhất mrs. T là quản trị viên) rằng admin bị hack fb rồi, blablabla. Người duy nhất nắm quyền quản lý group fb bị hack thì ai là người duyệt bài???? Thế là lại bùng nổ drama.

Mrs.T gửi ảnh chụp màn hình điện thoại comment hay bài đăng fb đó trong zalo, và ng ta nhận ra ở ô comment hiển thị avatar của bạn A. Nhiều ng suy đoán đây là chiêu trò của mrs T. Đoán A là acc clone của mrs. T. Mrs. T khẳng định không có acc clone, và không nói rõ (hoặc có nói nhưng mình k để ý) là A có gửi ảnh qua zalo cho mrs. T không. Mrs. T đã lập 1 fb khác sau vụ này và lấy tên thật + tên nhóm fb đã lập.

Mrs. T bị hack cả linkedin.

Mrs. T lấy lại linkedin, sau đó lấy lại được fb và bị hack (không thành) tài khoản gmail. Mrs. T không dùng hãng X nhưng GG gửi thông báo có người đăng nhập tài khoản gmail bằng điện thoại X, nếu đúng thì hãy bấm số hiện trên máy tính.

Mrs. T không cãi nhau trên mạng nữa. Xoá group zalo gần 1k thành viên và lập group khác bởi vì thấy tin nhắn trên group đó bị chụp ra ngoài (acc ảo tên Thị chỉ đích danh 1 thành viên trong nhóm với bình luận của chị ấy). Sau khi lập group zalo mới, khi chỉ có hơn 30ng mà vẫn bị leak nội dung trò chuyện 🤣

Mrs. Thảo đã làm việc với luật sư và lập vi bằng những người đã dùng lời lẽ xúc phạm, bịa đặt thông tin cá nhân. Acc Thị đã khoá tài khoản, mọi lời bình luận đã biến mất. Nhưng vài người khác vẫn còn.

Vấn đề là....

Một vài người bảo lập vi bằng thì ai cũng làm được, không sợ, và bảo mrs T xúc phạm mrs H, mrs T cũng có lỗi, họ hả hê và cười cợt, không coi chuyện lập vi bằng này là gì. => mình thực sự thắc mắc, mrs T đang bảo vệ quyền lợi của mình trên không gian mạng và hoàn toàn có quyền nhờ pháp luật bảo vệ bản thân mình. Điều này hoàn toàn khác với việc mrs. T làm sai (theo quan điểm của cá nhân hoặc luật pháp). Ví dụ đơn giản như này đi: Z xúc phạm và gây tổn thương về cơ thể cho Y. Y kiện ra toà. Z nói Y đã phá hoại đồ đạc thuộc sở hữu của Z. Z kiện ngược Y. Pháp luật vẫn sẽ bảo vệ Z, pháp luật không từ chối bảo vệ Z chỉ bởi vì Z làm việc có lỗi với Y. Tương tự, nếu Mrs. H kiện mrs. T thì đó là chuyện của 2 người, nó hoàn toàn không liên quan hay ảnh hưởng gì tới việc mrs. T nhờ pháp luật bảo vệ, lập vi bằng hay khởi kiện những người kia.

Mrs. T đăng ảnh vi bằng lên mạng, và nhiều người lại xúm vào chỉ trích vụ việc. Có ng nhắc lại vụ bài đăng kia, nhưng có ng lại nói không nên đăng vi bằng lên mạng, đây là chuyện cá nhân, k nên chỉ đích danh tn người ta và tên công ty, không nên đưa lên linkedin hay fb. => mình không đồng tình lắm. Đầu tiên là mình khá tin tưởng mrs. T đã tham khảo ý kiến của luật sư trước khi đăng lên. Hai là đăng vậy để mọi ng có ý thức và trách nhiệm hơn với những lởi bình luận của mình.

Awn, người tích cực và hả hê nhất là người đứng sau nick fb ảo và đã khoá fb, biến mất khỏi fb cùng với mọi comment.

Mình đăng lên đây chỉ để giải toả stress. Mong là k bị lôi đi đâu đó. Bởi mình biết mình chỉ là người kể lại theo góc nhìn của mình, nó đúng với mình tại thời điểm này, nhưng chưa chắc đã đúng với bất kỳ ai khác.

Thực sự mong chờ cái kết của vi bằng, để người ta có ý thức hơn về những bình luận trên internet. Với mình thì những người làm ở văn phòng là những người có hiểu biết, kiến thức về luật hơn rất nhiều người làm việc tay chân. Do môi trường làm việc và tính chất công việc nên ít ai làm việc tay chân để ý đến luật. Đó là quan sát của cá nhân mình.