#dont get me started on python

[ratboyvince]

Hi reminder that at the beginning of woe begone matt mentions having a baby. Hi reminder that from the start of the show as of about episode 180 its been more or less 4 linear years and hence since the divorce and him not seeing his child. Hey . Hey. Hey.

[guavie]

gameplay concept for my nier visual novel fanfiction thing!! i'm making it in renpy and don't rlly understand what i'm doing on the coding side of things but just getting this concept out of my head & semi functioning is rlly exciting for me hehe

[rainyjackalope]

I partially haven't been posting almost anything because I can't figure out like. What I'm doing

I can't figure out what I want for my current characters or myself so I haven't been wanting to share much while I try to decide

[ceratosaurtalks]

Cheap custom backgrounds?

Hi! Want to give your enclosure something like this?

Well let me help you do this in a affordable way to give your animal some new enrichment and climbing opportunities!! Theres a misconception fancy backgrounds are hard to do or are expensive to do. This is... Very much not true! So lets do the one above together! Heres an overview of the supplies you'll need: -Your Enclosure of choice -Cocofiber and Sphagnum moss(OPTIONAL, can opt to paint) -Aquarium grade Silicone -Great stuff pond and Stone -Cork bark, roots, sticks, small rocks(OPTIONAL) First things first, you're going to want an enclosure.

This is a DUBIA 4ftX2ftx2ft[LengthsXwidthXHeight), Also known as a 48"L x 24"W x 24"H(Inches) or a 120 Gallon Enclosure. This is considered the researched minimum size for common exotics like Ball pythons, Corn snakes, Bearded Dragons and the like to thrive. *Disclaimer: Im aware there is several groups and movements who are pushing for a 5x3x2(ft) minimum for Bearded dragons, I ultimately agree with them and the advancement of exotic keeping, but a Bearded won't suffer in a 4x2x2. Dubia Enclosures are some of the cheapest in the market, however they're decent for the price. They are stackable which makes it great for saving space, but please note they can NOT hold a lot of weight, so be mindful of that.

I own 3 of these. Two Version 1s and on Version 2, which is the one above. The V2s are generally nicer in design in my opinion, theyre functional more importantly. Once you have your enclosure of choice, lay it on its back as shown in in the first image. Next, you're going to want to prep your dry background. I use Organic Cocofiber and Sphagnum moss. I buy these extremely cheaply from Home depot or in bulk off Amazon. Make sure your material is COMPLETELY DRY! It will NOT stick if it has any moisture. Break apart your Cocofiber block and mix it with your dried Sphagnum moss in a container and have it ready on the side. I use the bulk Coco fiber, which costs about $23 for 5 bricks on Amazon. You can get them cheaper if you dont buy bulk, I do a lot of gardening and have a lot enclosures so its easier for me! https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Coco-Coir-Bricks-Compressed/dp/B01N1YP8O6?th=1 for a 4x2x2, I only use 2 bricks. Likewise, I buy Bulk moss for the same reason: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BK7XMNWL?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder_k0_1_10&amp=&crid=1RDHFNSAUX0DF&sprefix=spaghnum%2Bm&th=1 You will only need. ONE BRICK. For the Sphagnum moss. Maybe even less than a brick. You're going to want to wet this then dry it before use. Dont be me. Dont be fooled over how small and thin those moss bricks are. I made the mistake of trying to wet an entire brick and I had to use a deep soup pot to contain it. It *explodes*. You will be buried in moss. You will scream and cry and beg for mercy as you are overwhelmed by the amount of moss Expanding from a singular brick. I am not exaggerating, I learned my lesson, please god, do not make the same mistakes I made. I still have. So, so much moss. Sometimes I still find Moss from my Mossaggeden. NOTE: Please make sure to use organic, and do not used DYED moss! Double check your ingredients, Dyed moss can be toxic to your animals! Next,

Silicone time, baby! You're going to want to use Aquarium grade Silicone from Home depot, please double check to make sure you're getting Aquarium grade! This will cost you a whopping $3 At Homedepot. The Caulking gun was an additional $12 if you dont have one already, however, it is re-usable so its a great one time purchase because I use that bad boy for a lot of my projects lmao. Once you struggle to open your stupid bottle of Silicone without exploding it like I have on several occasions; time to be silly!

We're going to Silicone this bad boy up reaaaaal good. Dont be me, USE GLOVES! It makes your life so much better I promise. So why are we doing this exactly? Its simple, this will help your background last! It gives it texture and helps the spray foam stay in place. It also keeps your background from peeling so easily, texture matters! Your hands going to be very tired after this. Youre going to want to leave this alone for the next 24-48 hours. Minimum. You want your silicone to dry and want to make sure the smell is gone before continuing to the next step!

This is the funnest part. Spray foam time! For the 4x2x2, I use about 3 Bottles of this stuff. Make sure you're using NON-TOXIC Spray foam! Pond and Stone is my favorite to work with. When I add things into the background, I make sure to have a 4th can of this stuff on me. This will be the most pricey part about it. Lowes has it for $12-14 a can, but its $15 a can on Amazon. This is really the only big 'expense' when it comes to backgrounding. Smaller enclosures use less, but bigger enclosures will need more. !!!!!!!THE NEXT STEPS NEED TO BE DONE TOGETHER!!!!!!!! Youre going to want to be fast about it if youre using my method. Start spraying random patterns into the background. Youre going to want to make sure youre covering every inch of the enclosure, you can do zigzags, cut it into triangles, squares, it doesnt matter. Different shapes give you different background textures, so go nuts!!! Dont leave space between the foam, and go ham. Theres no wrong way to do this. Once thats done though, you're going to want to do the next step IMMEDIATELY:

Adding your background texture and features!! This step MUST be done while the spray foam is still wet. First, take any rocks, cork, sticks, ext if youre adding them and shove them into the background. Dont have money to pay for expensive Reptile decor? You can sanitize your own rocks and sticks from outside yourself for free. I will make a guide about how I do that soon ahah. Press any features you want into the spray foam background nice and firm, then use the extra to spray around the items to secure them in place. Once you got your features in, its time to take your pre-prepped background and begin pouring it in! Spread it evenly across the enclosure. Do NOT worry if you have excess, poor it in anyway. Once you've poured the background in. GENTLY pat it over the sprayfoam. Next, you'll want to leave this to dry for the next 24 hours minimum. Leave it laying on its back so nothing drips or sags where you dont want it to!!! After 24hours, lift the enclosure and gently tap the back of it to knock off your excess background to reveal your background!

Annnnnnd you're done!!! Now you're free to add your lighting, real or fake plants, heating, substrate and other decor as you please! This can add so much more enrichment to your animal and give them so much more room to utalize their space. My individual personally loves his background and utilizes it all of the time! Contrary to belief, a lot of snakes aren't 'pet rocks' if you give them stuff to explore and climb. My guys out pretty often! Of course it comes down to personality too ahah.

Heres some pics of him using his climbing features! He prefers the middle climbing feature here and the one off to the right, where he uses to bask when he doesnt want to be seen and hangs out the top of it, or his bird perch when he doesn't mind being right there out in the open. c:

[djarinova]

I can't believe i used to be able to code semi decently in python, r and maple. . . who was i

[dreamertf]

College Changes You

/includes: jock tf, getting handsomer, getting taller, gay to straight

Danny looked at Chris in shock. They hadn't seen each other in months, but they both had come back to their hometown for Thanksgiving. Since they were both in town, they decided to catch up over dinner.

Only the man in front of Chris wasn't the same 5'5" twiggy computer science major. The man in front of him was at least 6'3" nearly a foot taller than the old danny, and incredibly buff. Danny was never horrible looking to Chris but it was like a hollywood casting agent had replaced him. He was recognizable if you squinted enough, but the sharp jawline and giant brown eyes just drew you in.

"So what have you been up to man?" Danny was the first to break the silence.

"Uh not much, just school yaknow...."

Chris couldn't stop staring at his huge pecs. Not fully being able to make conversation

"How about you?"

"Oh not much! Recently I invented a new device that lets me change the fabric of reality."

Dan said with a smile, casually. His sensual voice singled out in the loud restraunt, it was like it was the only thing that Chris could focus on.

Chris didn't know how to respond, he watched danny pull out a small device that looked much like a normal smartphone. He tapped a few things and put it back in his pocket.

Suddenly he grew a few more inches to 6'10". His aura becoming much more enchanting, like he was the only thing in the universe thay existed.

As the waitress came over, she couldn't help but only look at the muscular adonis and not Chris.

"What can i get started for you guys?" She said, only looking at Danny.

"Actually, i think we changed our mind, we're gonna go somewhere else. Thank you so much for your help, heres a tip."

Danny said as he got up, gesturing for Chris to do the same. Chris hadn't seen him at his full height yet, it was stange to see his once best friend be a full foot taller than his own 5'10"

The waitress couldnt stop blushing as she just nodded and walked away, as chris stood up he realized he was fully erect.

"Haha already gunnin for it huh?" Danny said as he smirked, flexing his pecs.

---

They walked around a nearby park, chris dumbfounded unable to speak by the giant hunk next to him.

"So, i actually came to meet you for a reason."

Danny wanted him? He couldn't believe it. Chris looked up at him, surprised and blushing.

They both stopped walking as danny held chris' hands.

"I want you to serve me, Chris."

Suddenly, the ground dropped from underneath him as he buckled into himself, pure bliss and euphoria came over him as he came right there.

His limbs elongated and his shoulder broadened as they filled out with muscle. He moaned as his voice dropped a few octaves.

"I want you to take on the persona of a dumb straight frat bro."

Chris clutched his head as he felt his hands grow bigger, his mind losing memories of being any sort of intellectual. He had gotten by with his looks and athletic ability alone, and thats all he needed.

He stood up as his package slithered down his newly formed sweatpants.

"Now look at me pretty boy."

Danny grabbed him by the jaw as his face reformed into a much more appealing form. His jawline sharpened as his eyes lightened. Cheekbones rising as his face became perfectly symmetrical. Danny whispered in his hear one more time

"We're gonna be a couple, but you will be in denial. Girls dont do it like i do."

Danny gave him a long sloppy kiss as he trailed down his new muscular body, making sure to trace each nipple as he licked his way down his taut muscular defined torso.

Chris moaned as he felt danny start bobbing on his 10 inch member. He had never felt anyone's tongue be so skilled. This was far better than any girl he's ever had sex with.

Danny was pleasuring himself as sucked chris off, his huge 18 inch python calling for Chris' hole.

As chris came over and over again he looked down at his bro. Covered in cum.

"Now its your turn to serve me, turn around."

Chris fell into the grass. Pulling down his sweats, his muscular ass straight up in the air, pulsating as it felt it's master so close to it.

Danny felt his slick in his hands as he continued to massage it. He flopped it around a little as he held it by the thick veiny base.

"No homo though though, right?"

"No homo bro"

[incorrect-camelot]

my thoughts on monty python and the holy grail as it pertains to bbc merlin

merlin and leon were writers for the movie.

the whole movie is to bully arthur and the knights but merlin doesnt tell them that, just lets them figure it out. he tells them he wanted to memorialize them in any way he could, and he figured this best

the weird little subtitiles bit in the beginning it to annoy the absolute fuck out of arthur when he returns because he knows arthur will just want the movie to start and not have to deal with some bullshit beforehand

patsy is 100% george. merlin hates george.

the swallows guys at the beginning are played by merlin and leon. do not argue with me

dennis is based off will

the witch is them bullying morgana

the knights of the round table song is to get back at the knights for letting arthur make merlin juggle that one time

all the religious imagery is because merlin still practices the old religion and he's making fun of christians and i will not take criticism on that

the french guys are also played by leon and merlin

leon let merlin write most of the dialogue for the french because he remembers all the shit merlin would say to arthur

the trojan horse rip off is to bully the knights for all their poorly thought out plans

sir robin is merlin taking the worst traits of the knights and putting them together in one man

the three headed knight is showing how the knights only ever shared one braincell

since galahad, robin, and (if i remember correctly) bedevere dont exist in bbc merlin they are not those people from legend

galahad is used to bully gwaine specifically. because galahad is "galahad the pure" and gwaine was anything but

and surrounding him by women he isnt allowed to touch because he's too pure, and of course, eventually tries to give in because it's gwaine in disguise

when the knights return and merlin and leon force them to watch it, gwaine is screaming at the tv telling galahad that chastity isnt worth it

dingo breaks the fourth wall and says how much she enjoys the scene and how she was concerned when "the boys" were writing it and i just know merlin and leon forgot about that and they cant help but laugh at it

bedevere stays with arthur the whole movie. its leon and merlin's joint self insert. they use him as a way to poke fun at each other, but also show their undying loyalty to arthur

the knights who say ni are uther and his court of camelot and their ridiculous demands of arthur

herbert and his father are of course to show that uther didnt care about arthur's happiness.

tim is dragoon for sure. merlin just thinks he's funny reminding them of everything dragoon put them through

the rabit is mordred. looks so cute and innocent, but in the end wasn't

in monty python they lose gawain just like in bbc merlin they lose gwaine 😊

the holy hand grenade fiasco is because arthur can be given very clear instructions and still fuck up

the bridge of death with arthur and the bridge guy is just a retelling of a conversation merlin and arthur once has

and merlin at first didnt know which swallow, then decided "fuck it i'll just pick one" and asked more specifically and arthur didn't have an answer because he doesnt actually know he just wanted to sound smart

athur is wearing a sun. because he was the sun to merlin's moon.

at the end of the movie, maybe people come out of nowhere to defend arthur because duhhh

bedevere was with arthur from the beginning (like leon) and until the very end (like merlin)

and that concludes my thoughts on how monty python and the holy grail relates to bbc merlin

[melanirana]

@naffeclipse Nagas you say . . . have them three boys all made up of tropical species(or semi tropical) of snakes

Sun is a mix of Eyelash Viper and Black Racer. Sun is diurnal.

Moon is White Lipped Python and a Cape Cobar. He is also the longest out of the boys and Nocturnal.

And Eclipse is a Red African Bush Viper mixed with a Blood Python. He is active during the morning and the evening.

Dont get me started on snake biologie, I will ramble for hours and give you a crash course worth 3 years of biologie class.

[sporesgalaxy]

dream last night.....weird......there was a performing family of clowns but really only some of them were family and the rest were being hired and didnt even seem to know the rest were a family.....and it turned out the family was a bunch of fundamentalist christians who wanted to teach fundamentalist christian values to children through whimsical clown skits......imporrant context for this is that i really like clowns so i was very distraughtto see clown whimsy manipulated for such a means.......and me and a friend were stuck in this place with them in the middle of nowhere for a while........and i got really mad at them for being assholes and acting like it was gods will for them to be that way and i yelled a lot at one point.....and that clearly ticked the controlling patriarch of the family off a lot so then me and the friend had to run away and we ended up in some other place that was still in the middle of nowhere and it was kinda dirtier....and then it turned out that our neighbor (lived outdoors not in a house, but next to the place we were in) was a bug prince or a centipede prince or something and he'd taken a human wife to become the king and they were very happy together except that since bugs have a lot of babies at once and they are very very small the bug queen was always worried about her kids getting hurt or lost because there were like literally hundreds of them and they all start out as really really tiny centipedes. her royal guard were ants-- normal sized ants. so they could help take care of the tiny babies. but the queen was a normal sized human person so she couldnt really do much but she loved her children very much and wanted to do whatever she could to show them her love. i never got to see the bug/centipede king in person so i dont know if he was normal bug sized or what. I know I saw some of the queens older kids later and they were centipedes the size of like big pythons but i wasnt sure if that was because the bug king was big or because the centipedes were becoming human sized since their mom was a human. getting to know the bug queen and her kids was lovely but my friend and i were being followed by the fundamentalist christian clown performer family the whole time which was disappointing. We had to ditch our new living space to get away from them and so i started just eating all the leftover food we had before we ran off. no i dont remember a single detail about the friend i was with, whether they were a real person i know or made up, nothing, just that there was a second person there. we went to walmart a lot of times.

[nickmedia220]

28/3/25 AI Development

So i made a GAN image generation ai, a really simple one, but it did take me a lot of hours. I used this add-on for python (a programming language) called tensorflow, which is meant specifically for LMs (language models). The dataset I used is made up of 12 composite photos I made in 2023. I put my focus for this week into making sure the AI works, so I know my idea is viable, if it didnt work i would have to pivot to another idea, but its looking like it does thank god.

A GAN pretty much creates images similar to the training data, which works well with my concept because it ties into how AI tries to replicate art and culture. I called it Johnny2000. It doesnt actually matter how effective johnny is at creating realistic output, the message still works, the only thing i dont want is the output to be insanely realistic, which it shouldnt be, because i purposefully havent trained johnny to recognise and categorise things, i want him to try make something similar to the stuff i showed him and see what happens when he doesnt understand the 'rules' of the human world, so he outputs what a world based on a program would look like, that kind of thing.

I ran into heaps of errors, like everyone does with a coding project, and downloading tensorflow itself literally took me around 4 hours from how convoluted it was.

As of writing this paragraph, johnny is training in the background. I have two levels of output, one (the gray box) is what johnny gives me when i show him the dataset and tell him to create an image right away with no training, therefore he has no idea what to do and gives me a grey box with slight variations in colour. The second one (colourful) is after 10 rounds of training (called epoches), so pockets of colour are appearing, but still in a random noise like way. I'll make a short amendment to this post with the third image he's generating, which will be after 100 more rounds. Hopefully some sort of structure will form. I'm not sure how many epoches ill need to get the output i want, so while i continue the actual proposal i can have johnny working away in the background until i find a good level of training.

Edit, same day: johnny finished the 100 epoch version, its still very noisy as you can see, but the colours are starting to show, and the forms are very slowly coming through. looking at these 3 versions, im not expecting any decent input until 10000+ epochs. considering this 3rd version took over an hour to render, im gonna need to let it work overnight, ive been getting errors that the gpu isnt being used so i could try look at that, i think its because my version of tensorflow is too low. (newer ones arent supported on native windows, id need to use linux, which is possible on my computer but ive done all this work to get it to work here... so....)

how tf do i make it display smaller...

anyways, heres a peek at my dataset, so you can see that the colours are now being used (b/w + red and turquoise).

[samthequeer81]

First fic! Kirishima x M!snake hybrid kid reader. 😊

When you were younger, you were always different because you were a snake hybrid. No shelter wanted you, leaving you in the streets. Many abused you and didn't take care of you the way you needed because "you were to difficult to care for" people had always told you and others. So that's how you found yourself here. In a old, run down, bad shelter, not even they want you here. You sat on a heating pad as curled into a ball to sleep another day away. Other children and adults of many different hybrid species played around you as you were in the public room. Humans and other power filled apex hybrids came in to play with them, ignoring or even cowering away from you even though you were sleeping. Its because Im a snake people dont want me. That's what other kids had told you and you believed it. The sound of the bell never got your attention anymore so you didn't bother looking up when you heard someone enter the room, or did someone leave? Who are you to care? Until you heard a voice right in front of you.

"Wow..."

a red hair boy walked up to you. His Crimson eyes bore into yours, practically looking into your soul, but not in a creepy or disturbing way? Maybe? It looked kind, An expression you weren't familiar with.

"you have a tail, with scales. By any chance are you a snake hybrid? Those are very rare."

the boy said with a smile. You just look at him like he's stupid. Honestly, you were scared, nervous and very confused on why he was talking to you, saying you were "rare." Kirishima looks confused now.

"did I do something wrong? Your not answering me..? Are you mute or something? Or did I make you upset? Im sorry of I did"

The boy started mumbling apologies as he tried to figure out why you weren't responding. He eventually got up and left. Only moments later he returns the his original shit eating grin he had when he originally walked in

"so I talked to a worker and they said they said they have never heard you talk. Why is that? Can you talk? All I need is a head shake or nod to know"

The boy said with a polite smile. He was being very kind and patient with you, something your not used to. You decided to get over your fear and speak for once in however long.

"yes.. I can talk" you hiss out quietly, barely able to hear it. Kirishima smiles widely, giving you a proud look

"You can? That's awesome!" He sat down next to you "My name is kirishima. Eijiro kirishima. What's your name?" you dont respond immediately

"My name is Y/N.. You can call me whatever you want though.."

Kirishima gives you a kind smile

"That's a pretty name. I've got to say though, I've never been one to be interested in snake but wow, your scales are stunning. Do you know what kind of snake hybrid you are?!" kirishima asked with pure excitement

"Im a (insert favorite ball python)". ((For the sake of simplicity Im going with banana Python))

"wow. I've never heard of it." He pauses "say. Would you like to come home with me? I know it may seem sudden but, I've taken an interest to you, something about you makes me want to have you around"

THE END OF PART 1.

https://www.tumblr.com/samthequeer81/748783149237010432/kirishima-x-snakehybrid-reader?source=share link to part two!

[anipgarden]

👀 honestly that is a really nice description of it however I realized something else.

I would probably like grasses and prairies a lot more but. As someone who lives in Florida whos mom is scared of snakes who is slowly trying to be Less Paranoid about Snakes but is also Still Kinda Scared Of Snakes

I see a bunch of tall grass and my brain goes ‘oh thats snake land’

But 👀 the grass lovers are so incredibly valid and valued I love yalls love for grasses.

Cringe gardening confession that becomes more evident the longer I read this book: I just can’t find it in me to give that much of a shit about trees.

[your-friendly-neighbourh00d-fag]

your hcs have intrigued me immensely and i would also like to know about funkobra if its not too much trouble :]

'if it's not too much trouble' babygirl i am literally in love with you shut up

ghoul is Never Ever Ever Ever Allowed to drive Python [kobra's bike]. well, he's not allowed to drive the Am either, but kobra enforces the rule so much harder than party. its fine though, ghoul likes riding with his arms around kobra's waist anyway :) [< oneshot idea hello.]

kobra's such a simp, like when ghoul puts even the teeniest tiniest effort into how he looks [even just like. cleaning the grease and sand and blood off his face] kobra's like. oh. hi. hello. who is this beautiful person i see. and incredibly embarrasses himself blushing. god forbid ghoul puts on eyeshadow, kobra'd DIE

one time they tried to bake together. the oven blew up.

they like watching the stars on the roof above the diner

ghoul has nightmares a lot, and kobra often wakes up in the middle of the night to find him crying, so kobra has to comfort him. usually the best way to fix it is to just hug him really really bone crushingly tight until he falls back asleep.

that's also why they never sleep in the dark, there's always a few candles on, or the blinds open so the stars light up the room

ghoul's really religious, but kobra and the witch are tight, which makes for some... interesting dynamics. ghoul's all 'kobra you have to respect her!!!' "if you're praying tell that bitch to stop resurrecting party on witchfucker wednesday"

kobra has a tattoo gun, and he's always adding ones for ghoul. the most recent ones, he got all their joy symbols done down his collarbone. kobra kisses those.

they make dumb bets all the time, like 'if this coin flip lands heads then i get all your rations for a week' "if you dont clear this jump you have to sleep outside tonight" and then jet has to come in and be like. no no. you don't get to starve eachother just because you lost a bet. you dont have to commit to the bit that hard.

kobra teaches ghoul to read, but he still likes kobra reading to him best

ghoul will only ever use petnames in spanish [i read in a fic somewhere that he was half spanish and i love that so much and now its canon to me] like, he'll never say babe or sweetheart or anything, only hermoso and los querido and mi corazon

ghoul loves bright colours and stuff, so he has a bunch of necklaces and beaded bracelets and stuff that kobra made him which he wears everywhere, even if they're under his shirt or whatever and you can't seen them. his favourite one's red and yellow.

kobra def gets really avoidant when he's anxious, and he just closes himself off from everyone, getting into a 'what if they all secretly hate me' mindset. ghoul always has to remind him no :( i dont hate you :(

they find an abandonded tin of nitrous and try to make ice cream one time, it actually works out better than they expected. buuuut then the girl gets sad because IT'S SO GOOD WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO MORE

one time ghoul //accidentally// left his bomb wip in their room. he slept in the diner booths for a week after that.

when ghoul started dressing more fem, kobra was GONE. like party has had to leave the room several times because the staring was getting embarrassing. kobra kid simp agenda!!!! im so serious!!!

:D it is literally. eleven thirty so i need to Stop but !!!! the sillies ! !!!

[ccrepitations]

You know what, I'll just ask:

Explanation about the Programming Hell my week has been:

So I started doing a few streams earlier this year reading books aloud. I had a camera on the pages while I read, I'd comment on stuff, used ReactBot a little, at one point a whole 4 people were there.

I've been going through some bad depression moods, and I still want to stream and share books but I dont think I can talk for that long when my mood makes me go nonverbal. I know part of the mood slump is related to not having basically any audience, and I know I won't gain an audience by only streaming once a month or so. So I need to keep streaming even when I'm feeling nonverbal.

The solution I thought of was using TTS (text-to-speech) on books I have saved to my PC, using something like Calibre to read them in the background. There's free to use open source voices, but I wanted to make my own so it still kinda sounded like me and didn't steal someone's likeness. I don't like the idea of making content using someone else's voice, so I looked into making one with my own.

First I looked at the paid programs with good UIs, but not only are they really fucking expensive, they also have hardcoded length limits even on the paid version. I can't get those to read a full book unless I only go at around 30 minutes of reading a month while paying up to $100 monthly to do it, which isn't really an option. I'm on disability, I can't afford that shit.

So I looked at the open source options bc open source means its free. My problem: I can't code to save my life and my experience in the past with programming forums like GitHub and Reddit has been people becoming condescending or hostile when I explain that I have been actively trying to learn to code for 10+ years and it never works. It's interpreted as me not trying or taking "the easy route" because I can't do even the simple stuff. I wish I could. I gave it an honest shot this time, I spent so much fucking time in my command prompt, typing in installs and running python commands, searching errors online to figure out what was going wrong, editing py files and json files and yaml files, learning how to use Audacity to read the metadata of my recordings and make sure they were the right MHz to use in training--and none of it worked. Even when everything I found on horribly formatted GitHub directories SAID it should have been working, it was just a big non functional pile of errors.

So I've given up on making a TTS clone with my voice bc I can't get these "easy codes" to work and the paid ones don't work for what I want or are ridiculously expensive (and mostly still have limits on usage length that mean they wouldnt work).

If anyone reads this and knows how to get these things working properly for cloning--Coqui, Tortoise, Piper, XTTS, any other open source one--reach out and let me know how to do it, because I really tried. Better yet, if you can prove you're trustworthy and are willing to do it, I would love you forever; I can't offer any payment bc I'm on permanent disability and can barely afford things like rent and food, but I would be eternally grateful and willing to draw you stuff and give you a shoutout if that's worth anything to you.

To anyone saying "Just learn to code, you can't give up after a week": This has been an ongoing thing. This is just the latest adventure in "Jasper is failing to learn Python at every turn", along with "why I hate Ren'Py" (that one's been ongoing for years now) and "GitHub has really user-unfriendly layouts" (ever since I got my Graphic Design degree 10 years ago)

[shadythetortie]

I just dropped the last three rescues off at their new home and man, why are Reptile People(TM) so god damn pretentious? This isnt my first day taking care of reptiles. I've had snakes for 14 years. But this fucking guy decides to preach outdated snake care to me like its my first fucking day on the job. Fuck. He has super nice enclosures that he built himself and his other animals look amazing and I have no doubt in my mind they will be well cared for but my god, he is so fucking full of himself.

Vent under the cut because I'm just pissy and need to talk about it.

Context: Kiera is a 16+ year old red tail boa that is 8 ft long and has always been aggressive in her tank but she is fine out of it. She's the only snake I have ever had this issue with that I couldnt fix with tap training or adding more cover, hides, handling, etc. Fred is a ball python that is suspected to be around the same age but always has issues shedding and can never seem to keep weight on even with added humidity around shedding time, increased feeding, and soaks. They are rescues. I do not know their full history. I was up front and very transparent about their problems and he did not have any qualms about it.

So we go in and I'm trying to explain Kiera's behavior so he knows as much as possible about these snakes. There's no point in lying about it, she isnt the nicest snake in the world and that's fine. She's the kind of snake that will strike the side of the tank if she is hungry and will go after hands if you smell like cats, ducks, etc. She tagged my dad once and latched onto my jacket because it smelled like ducks.

As I'm explaining that she isn't the nicest snake and can be unpredictable at times, this guy takes her out of the tub and starts handling her. Which is fine. But then he invites his two year old daughter to come pet her. My anxiety goes up a little, because I dont want this kid to get bit. Kid pets the boa and then he goes to put Kiera in the tank and she is trying to turn around and get out. Decides to try and go for his hand, but he's got a good grip so she doesnt get him. But like.

Me: Kiera can be unpredictable and has tried to bite

Him: Why do you keep going for my hand? :(

He gets her in the tank and shuts the door. Looks at me with a perfect copy of the Winnie The Pooh in a tux face and says "Oh, did you make the newbie mistake of feeding them in their tanks? All of my snakes get taken into separate bins to be fed so they dont get the hunting aggression in the tank. I'll fix that no problem."

I tried to explain that every single one of my snakes get fed IN their enclosure because then they dont get stressed and have the regurg issue with handling, and she is the ONLY one like this. He ignores me. Whatever, okay, kind of getting an idea of this guy. Then we go to put the ball pythons away.

"Oh, the other tank isnt set up with a lid yet but they'll be fine together, ball pythons can cohabitate, they're actually a social snake."

Hot tip. No the fuck they're not. I didnt say that but what I did say was "That's not been my experience with them and everything I know says they should be separate. If you werent ready I could have waited a few days so you had time to set up."

"No, they'll be fine together. Ball pythons can live together fine. They're actually a social snake. But its only for the night, I'll have them separated tomorrow."

Alright fine. Whatever. Shows me the other tank that is being set up. Reassured that they will be separated. Proceeds to tell me that he doesnt LIKE to do it but he may have to powerfeed to get Fred's weight up and then turns to me with the same fucking face again.

"You do know what powerfeeding is, right?"

Yes, thanks, I know what powerfeeding is you fucking prick.

As we're leaving he's explaining how he used to run a pet store and bred his own snakes back in Ontario (ah so he's a breeder it makes so much more fucking sense now) and turns to me, like I'm supposed to be impressed, and says "Do you know how many aggressive animals I have handled? I've been bit tons of times."

I kind of lost my patience and just looked him in the eye for this one.

"I work in a vet clinic with aggressive animals every day. I've also had snakes for 14 years and never been bit."

I didnt get a reply cause there was a kid outside and he heard me say snake and him and his friends got really excited and started all talking about their snakes. Then one kid threw a snowball at the other, and the other kid went to throw a snowball at ME to which the new snake owner stepped in and told them off about throwing snow at nice ladies (which was a nice distraction for me to say bye and go to my car)

So like. All in all the snakes will be well cared for. But god fucking damn it. I'm just so pissy about this dude's attitude. Its not a prize that you get bit, or that you never update your knowledge about the hobby. Just because I look like a teenager (I'm 28) doesnt mean I dont know anything. I ran a snake rescue. These are the last three out because I realized I was in over my head and they needed a better home with more attention. I'm not fucking new at this.

Reptile breeders are like this like 90% of the time. Dog breeders will at least listen to what you are saying and then just tell you 'okay' and not listen to any of it. Reptile people though are so fucking preachy.

Ugh. I'm just. Mad.

[trueaffections]

last 3 things ezra, zoe, & maisyn tweeted about 💅

ezra's last tweet is deadass a poster for transformers dark of the moon because his heart just isn't in posting i think he gave up on it in middle school. unfortunately i'm starting with the only one i can't in good conscience "yes and" because he gives me suchhhhh guy who's really into instagram vibes. like he's still using filters on pictures of his dog. he's posting the views from various vistas with inspirational quotes. but he does do the thing where it all cross posts on facebook. has to make sure the skillfully shot and edited photo of finn hanna holding a frog reaches a wide audience.

zoe's twitter is a veryyy reality tv focused space. i think she's one of those people that like livetweets the bachelor and is always sharing 90 day fiancee memes. i think zoe has oomfs like i dont think her account is notable by any means but she is not afraid to get up in people's replies and dm's. all of this interspersed with like pictures of baby animals and random teacher memes.

maisyn's last tweet was to her priv account where she just saves hydraulic press videos to watch before bed later. her last original content was to her main account where she's keeping a thread of screenshots of articles austin texts her on sunday mornings with vaguely threatening warnings like Heads Up.. (alarmist emergencies like the burmese pythons, various conspiracy theories, anything about upcoming local weather). she likes to consider it his little newsletter