#why are we scared of software engine

[thelittledarkage]

Yo I was waking up and in the black void between dream and sleep this meme came to me and I have no clue what it means

[bmpmp3]

kotarou maghni ai thank GOD i literally sighed an audible sigh of relief

[matrixbearer2024]

I currently have two AUs that I don't exactly know what to do with or what to properly call them LMFAO- I'll probably write something on Ao3 for it eventually since there's a ton of BillFord and FiddStan in there but yeah-

1st AU: Timelord Stanford (Dr Who what if)

This case was inspired by an RP I had with someone's Bill Cipher on @gftimelord where the triangle starts to be on the mend with Stanford after their ruined past. This to me makes sense because the Doctor is inherently very lonely despite the savior god complex. In that AU where Ford is functionally immortal and Stan and Fidds both at some point die due to his complacency and arrogance— he searches for a companion that can actually keep up with him.

So when Bill visits him during one of those window hours set by the Theraprism, they talk about the triangle's impending demise with their plans to essentially erase him from existence. It's not an outlandish idea given that any inpatient seen as a lost cause would or could be disposed of when it comes to cosmic entities. It's simply the easier option.

The doctor(Ford) is more impulsive, nonchalant, and egoistic compared to his counterparts because he does have the walk to back his talk(this man has been broken by the nightmares and guilt he carries from the deaths he caused; also time war) problem being he doesn't fear death as much as he fears being alone. He's had a fair share of close calls with the grim reaper, but always like some horrible twist he survives. After all, it is a saying that we covet the most what we don't have.

So yeah, he jailbreaks Bill essentially and whatever power limiter is stuck on the triangle get tied to his sonic screwdriver instead and they simply go around the multiverse doing whatever. Most of the reason why Ford isn't caught yet largely has to do with how scared most entities are of him. The doctor is never armed, but it doesn't mean he won't kill.

2nd AU: Modern Era AU (Set in 2024)

This one is more of a shitpost thanks to the young trio I drew a little while back, I'll draw more of them for this at some point while I also try and figure out a decent human Bill design that I like in my artstyle.

But this AU heavily features these four idiots as Undergrad students fucking about college life as they would. This AU is supposed to feature like a more cultivated genius Stanley based around my own dynamic with my brother since I do like me some happy Stan twins.

It just so happens that Ford is also a very much EQ negative idiot and falls for an upperclassman(one year his senior) in BSSE[Software Engineering] who is a close friend to Fidds. He goes by 'Cipher' as an alias since he's a prodigy for his age and very young ethical hacker.

So yes, that's where Bill comes in. Haven't figured out what I want his full name to be yet shoot me some ideas! Ford is very shy when it comes down to talking with Bill whereas Stan is completely chill.

Both Stan and Bill get along very well in this AU because they're similarly chaotic the same way that Fidds and Ford get along because they're the ones holding the other two back from doing something undeniably stupid for shits and giggles.

All of them share some fundamental subjects together(i.e. Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Research, History, etc.) or take elective courses just so they could chill together. Stan is typically the one who adjusts to the schedule of the other three since he takes BSBA[Business Administration] and is the odd one out when Ford does BSCMB[Cellular Molecular Biology] and Fidds does BSEE[Electrical Engineering].

The FiddleStan in this AU is gonna be c r a z y mostly due to Fidds in this AU is the heir to his family's computer company, so lowkey spoiled nepo baby but also on a very tight leash with his parents. Stan is the kid where 90% of his childhood was parents either forgot him or straight up did not give a flying fuck. So these two kinda work as complements and it's why I decided to pair them together after chatting with a friend about the group dynamics.

So yeah, simpy and adoring Ford and silently aware but shy Bill + rebellious Fidds and supportive Stan. All the more when I actually plan for this AU to have some typical gravity falls shenanigans anyway thanks to a place on earth called the Oregon Vortex.

[I'll likely make fics and comics of these AUs, reply to this post if you want to be tagged for whenever I post something]

Yeah I need to properly name these AUs.

[arachnoia]

Heya <3 not sure if you still take requests , but can you maybe do a wholesome one with Miguel , whereby the reader works for him as a computer engineer? Like , peni Parker hired them and he was mad because he’s scared of intruders that may affect spider society, and the reader made him something useful for battle, as time goes , he trusts them and eventually like them. I hope you could take this request anddd I love your works!!❤️

hi love! thank you so much for requesting!! much love <333

i tried w this i hope its okay! and requests are always open so pls ask away!

pairing - miguel o'hara x nb! reader

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“Y/L/N, this is so shocking stupid.”

You frowned at your boss, who was bashing your idea to update some software on his monitors.

Because who in their right mind would challenge Miguel O’Hara and his stupid monitors?

You.

You’d think that him being the genius he is, would consider there being a potential fix in his monitors. They worked just fine but you thought they could work better. You were from 3145 so you’d think that he’d agree considering your exposure to tech.

Unfortunately, he thought differently.

He stood in front of you, distraught at what you thought was a good idea to present him, but was proven wrong.

“Maybe consider it?” You pleaded, showing him your tablet with the proposal and following him on your platform.

All it took was one missed step for you to almost fall to your death from the high platform.

You felt Miguel grab you quickly. Your faces were really close and you couldn’t help but feel flustered.

Once he caught your shocked expression, he swung you down to the ground where he stood above you.

“Yeah, uh huh. Maybe if you aren’t such a liability and had something useful, then I could take your word for it.”

You couldn’t help but feel a bit hurt at his jab. You weren't a Spider by any means but after Peni was recruited for the society, she recommended you to Miguel as an experienced computer and software engineer.

After Peni begged Miguel for weeks, he let you. But it was probably because Peni would continuously bug him about it and he didn't want to be annoyed.

Nevertheless you took the job as a new opportunity and to also look over Peni.

“Never should have taken this stupid job…” you muttered, forgetting that he had enhanced hearing.

“Yeah, I never should have agreed to Peni taking you in either.”

Jessica frowned, “Miguel…”

You ignored them and walked out of the room to the cafeteria where you were greeted by Peni and SP//dr.

SP//dr gave you a smile and Peni jumped to hug you.

“Sooooo, how was the whole idea thingy?”

You sighed in frustration, “He didn’t like it! Like y’know I’d think he would but-“ You sneered at him once he reached your line of vision and rolled your eyes.

“Why don’t you prove that you’re helpful? Like y’know, help in a mission?”

“Peni, it’s easier said than done because I don’t have spider abilities like everyone else in this goddamn building,” you muttered, rubbing your temples.

You hear someone clear their throat behind you and turn around. “Y/L/N…May I speak with you?”

Jess smiled and was the complete opposite of Miguel’s aggravated nature who was right behind her.

You furrowed your eyebrows and turned to Peni and SP//dr who motioned to them.

“Okay…” You started walking with them where Miguel cleared his throat again and groaned annoyed.

“We have a mission today and we needed someone to help! Do you think-”

“YES!” You nodded vigorously. You never were asked and were excited. You just remained in sector 3 with all the other tech-savvy Spiders. You actually met Peni while working with her dad as a computer engineer and became an older sibling figure to her.

“Let’s go, Y/L/N.” Miguel grumbled and threw you your own official watch before walking past you and Jessica where she just rolled her eyes, “Don’t worry. he gets like that when someone proves him wrong.”

You’ve only ever had day passes which you switched out every day, which was another Miguel disliked you. He didn’t like you wasting the day passes. It was a pet peeve but now you officially had a watch like everyone else.

You felt proud.

His frown didn’t settle even during the said mission. You guys were called in a different universe’s Alchemax, fighting a Doc Ock. Only this time, they had almost indestructible drones and there was rubble and debris everywhere, being thrown at you three.

This Doc Ock was quick, already trapping that universe’s Spider in a force field made of nanotech.

“Shock! Lyla, can you try to disable the drones? I can’t destroy them.”

Lyla popped out and shrugged, shaking her head no, “Someone’s already on it, I can’t or I’d disrupt them.”

Miguel frowned at her in confusion while fighting a drone shooting a laser at him, “What do you mean?”

Lyla pointed at you, who was hiding behind a huge piece of rubble. You were typing away and working on the holographic monitors, eyes locked in.

In a matter of seconds, the drones fell simultaneously and the Spider was freed from the force field.

“FUCK!” The Doc Ock started running away, their tentacles dragging them down before Miguel threw in his own forcefield, trapping them.

“Good job, Y/L/N,” Jess whispered, “You did great.”

You couldn’t help but feel a bit proud as you stepped into the portal to go to your quarters in headquarters.

It later became a pattern of calling you for help during missions. Miguel even seemed to grow a soft spot for you as he wasn’t as pissed as he used to be in your presence. He started to make conversation and brought you lunch a few times.

He’d excuse it as “not wanting to be in debt to you” or whatever that means.

You were just coming back from another mission until you were held back by Miguel, who couldn’t keep eye contact when your head turned to look at him in the eyes.

“Yes?”

“I meant to tell you that you did a good job in the field,” he mumbled.

You laughed and turned around to face him. “What was that, O’Hara? You’re telling little ol’ me that I did a good job?”

He rolled his eyes and sneered at you, “Don’t get used to it. I was wondering if you’d want to go out to eat sometime.” He looked away and muttered the last parts.

You snickered and covered your face.

It wasn’t only in laughter but in embarrassment. Was he asking you out? You didn’t know but the thought of him getting sheepish made you want to bust out laughing. Especially due to his usually nonchalant yet intimidating aura.

His cool demeanor was replaced with his looking embarrassed, lips pressed together in a thin line.

You shrugged, “What was that? Didn’t catch it.”

“Do. You. Wanna. Go. Out. To. Eat. Some. Time.” He frowned at you as he stretched out the syllables.

You giggled and nodded, “Is that a date.”

He froze and cleared his throat, “Well if you want it to be.”

You yawned and walked away as you stretched, “Sure. Why not?”

His face dropped as he saw your cool demeanor in contrast to his tense one.

Before you went out of his office completely, you turned around and pointed to his platform.

“Also. Let me know how your new monitors are working. I’m sure you’ll like ‘em”

[this-week-in-rust]

This Week in Rust 513

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Updates from Rust Community

Official

Announcing Rust 1.72.1

Foundation

Announcing the Rust Foundation’s Associate Membership with OpenSSF

Project/Tooling Updates

This month in Servo: upcoming events, new browser UI, and more!

Pagefind v1.0.0 — Stable static search at scale

Open sourcing the Grafbase Engine

Announcing Arroyo 0.6.0

rust-analyzer changelog #199

rumqttd 0.18.0

Observations/Thoughts

Stability without stressing the !@#! out

The State of Async Rust

NFS > FUSE: Why We Built our own NFS Server in Rust

Breaking Tradition: Why Rust Might Be Your Best First Language

The Embedded Rust ESP Development Ecosystem

Sifting through crates.io for malware with OSSF Package Analysis

Choosing a more optimal String type

Changing the rules of Rust

Follow up to "Changing the rules of Rust"

When Zig Outshines Rust - Memory Efficient Enum Arrays

Three years of Bevy

Should I Rust or should I go?

[audio] What's New in Rust 1.68 and 1.69

[audio] Pitching Rust to decision-makers, with Joel Marcey

Rust Walkthroughs

🤗 Calling Hugging Face models from Rust

Rust Cross-Compilation With GitHub Actions

tuify your clap CLI apps and make them more interactive

Enhancing ClickHouse's Geospatial Support

[video] All Rust string types explained

Research

A Grounded Conceptual Model for Ownership Types in Rust

Debugging Trait Errors as Logic Programs

REVIS: An Error Visualization Tool for Rust

Miscellaneous

JetBrains, You're scaring me. The Rust plugin deprecation situation.

Crate of the Week

This week's crate is RustQuant, a crate for quantitative finance.

Thanks to avhz for the self-suggestion!

Please submit your suggestions and votes for next week!

Call for Participation

Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but did not know where to start? Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!

Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.

r3bl_rs_utils - [tuify] Use nice ANSI symbols instead of ">" to decorate what row is currently selected

r3bl_rs_utils - [all] Use nu shell scripts (not just or fish) and add Github Actions to build & test on mac & linux

r3bl_rs_utils - [tuify] Use offscreen buffer from r3bl_tui to make repaints smooth

Ockam - make building of ockam_app create behind a feature flag

Ockam - Use the Terminal to print out RPC response instead of printlns

Hyperswitch - add domain type for client secret

Hyperswitch - separate payments_session from payments core

Hyperswitch - move redis key creation to a common module

If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks here.

Updates from the Rust Project

342 pull requests were merged in the last week

#[diagnostic::on_unimplemented] without filters

repr(transparent): it's fine if the one non-1-ZST field is a ZST

accept additional user-defined syntax classes in fenced code blocks

add explicit_predicates_of to SMIR

add i686-pc-windows-gnullvm triple

add diagnostic for raw identifiers in format string

add source type for invalid bool casts

cache reachable_set on disk

canonicalize effect vars in new solver

change unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn to be warn-by-default from edition 2024

closure field capturing: don't depend on alignment of packed fields

consistently pass ty::Const through valtrees

coverage: simplify internal representation of debug types

disabled socketpair for Vita

enable varargs support for AAPCS calling convention

extend rustc -Zls

fallback effects even if types also fallback

fix std::primitive doc: homogenous → homogeneous

fix the error message for #![feature(no_coverage)]

fix: return early when has tainted in mir pass

improve Span in smir

improve PadAdapter::write_char

improve invalid let expression handling

inspect: closer to proof trees for coherence

llvm-wrapper: adapt for LLVM API changes

make .rmeta file in dep-info have correct name (lib prefix)

make ty::Const debug printing less verbose

make useless_ptr_null_checks smarter about some std functions

move required_consts check to general post-mono-check function

only suggest turbofish in patterns if we may recover

properly consider binder vars in HasTypeFlagsVisitor

read from non-scalar constants and statics in dataflow const-prop

remove verbose_generic_activity_with_arg

remove assert that checks type equality

resolve: mark binding is determined after all macros had been expanded

rework no_coverage to coverage(off)

small wins for formatting-related code

some ConstValue refactoring

some inspect improvements

treat host effect params as erased in codegen

turn custom code classes in docs into warning

visit ExprField for lint levels

store a index per dep node kind

stabilize the Saturating type

stabilize const_transmute_copy

make Debug impl for ascii::Char match that of char

add minmax{,_by,_by_key} functions to core::cmp

specialize count for range iterators

impl Step for IP addresses

add implementation for thread::sleep_until

cargo: cli: Add '-n' to dry-run

cargo: pkgid: Allow incomplete versions when unambigious

cargo: doc: differentiate defaults for split-debuginfo

cargo: stabilize credential-process and registry-auth

cargo: emit a warning for credential-alias shadowing

cargo: generalise suggestion on abiguous spec

cargo: limit cargo add feature print

cargo: prerelease candidates error message

cargo: consolidate clap/shell styles

cargo: use RegistryOrIndex enum to replace two booleans

rustfmt: Style help like cargo nightly

clippy: ignore #[doc(hidden)] functions in clippy doc lints

clippy: reuse rustdoc's doc comment handling in Clippy

clippy: extra_unused_type_parameters: Fix edge case FP for parameters in where bounds

clippy: filter_map_bool_then: include multiple derefs from adjustments

clippy: len_without_is_empty: follow type alias to find inherent is_empty method

clippy: used_underscore_bindings: respect lint levels on the binding definition

clippy: useless_conversion: don't lint if type parameter has unsatisfiable bounds for .into_iter() receiver

clippy: fix FP of let_unit_value on async fn args

clippy: fix ICE by u64::try_from(<u128>)

clippy: trigger transmute_null_to_fn on chain of casts

clippy: fix filter_map_bool_then with a bool reference

clippy: ignore closures for some type lints

clippy: ignore span's parents in collect_ast_format_args/find_format_args

clippy: add redundant_as_str lint

clippy: add extra byref checking for the guard's local

clippy: new unnecessary_map_on_constructor lint

clippy: new lint: path_ends_with_ext

clippy: split needless_borrow into two lints

rust-analyzer: field shorthand overwritten in promote local to const assist

rust-analyzer: don't skip closure captures after let-else

rust-analyzer: fix lens location "above_whole_item" breaking lenses

rust-analyzer: temporarily skip decl check in derive expansions

rust-analyzer: prefer stable paths over unstable ones in import path calculation

Rust Compiler Performance Triage

A pretty quiet week, with relatively few statistically significant changes, though some good improvements to a number of benchmarks, particularly in cycle counts rather than instructions.

Triage done by @simulacrum. Revision range: 7e0261e7ea..af78bae

3 Regressions, 3 Improvements, 2 Mixed; 2 of them in rollups

56 artifact comparisons made in total

Full report here

Approved RFCs

Changes to Rust follow the Rust RFC (request for comments) process. These are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:

No RFCs were approved this week.

Final Comment Period

Every week, the team announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now.

RFCs

[disposition: merge] RFC: Unicode and escape codes in literals

Tracking Issues & PRs

[disposition: merge] stabilize combining +bundle and +whole-archive link modifiers

[disposition: merge] Stabilize impl_trait_projections

[disposition: merge] Tracking Issue for option_as_slice

[disposition: merge] Amend style guide section for formatting where clauses in type aliases

[disposition: merge] Add allow-by-default lint for unit bindings

New and Updated RFCs

[new] RFC: Remove implicit features in a new edition

[new] RFC: const functions in traits

Call for Testing

An important step for RFC implementation is for people to experiment with the implementation and give feedback, especially before stabilization. The following RFCs would benefit from user testing before moving forward:

No RFCs issued a call for testing this week.

If you are a feature implementer and would like your RFC to appear on the above list, add the new call-for-testing label to your RFC along with a comment providing testing instructions and/or guidance on which aspect(s) of the feature need testing.

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[dilpriya]

Why Designers Love Rhino Software

If you’ve ever wondered how designers build those sleek cars, detailed jewelry, or futuristic buildings you see in movies or magazines — there’s a good chance Rhino Software had something to do with it.

Rhino (or Rhinoceros) might sound like the name of a cool band, but in the world of 3D design, it’s one of the most powerful and versatile tools out there. Whether you're sketching ideas, sculpting surfaces, or preparing a model for 3D printing, Rhino is the go-to creative companion for thousands of designers, artists, engineers, and architects around the globe.

Let’s dive into what makes Rhino so awesome.

So, What Is Rhino?

At its core, Rhino is a 3D modeling software. But unlike other design tools that make you feel boxed in, Rhino gives you complete freedom to build anything — from real-world products to abstract art.

It works with something called NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) — which basically means you can create super-smooth, mathematically precise curves and surfaces. That’s why it’s perfect for designing everything from jewelry to yachts.

Who Uses Rhino?

That’s the fun part — everyone with a creative itch! Rhino has fans in many industries, and here’s how it plays a role in each:

• Architecture: Want to build a futuristic museum? Rhino’s your friend. Architects love it for conceptual designs and detailed blueprints.

• Automotive Design: Every cool curve on a car? Probably tested in Rhino first.

• Jewelry Design: Those delicate rings and intricate pendants? Made easier with Rhino’s precision tools.

• Product Design: From coffee makers to furniture, Rhino helps create the everyday things we love.

• Marine Design: Designing boats and luxury yachts? Rhino sails smoothly here too.

• Game & Multimedia: Game designers and digital artists use Rhino to create models for virtual worlds and CGI.

What Makes Rhino So Cool?

Rhino isn’t just another design app. Here’s why creatives keep coming back to it:

• Freedom to Create – Whether you're drawing freeform curves or modeling something with exact measurements, Rhino lets your imagination take over.

• Easy to Learn – You don’t need to be a tech wizard. The interface is beginner-friendly, yet powerful enough for pros.

• Supports 3D Printing – Rhino makes it super easy to prep your model for 3D printers. Great for hobbyists and professionals alike.

• Affordable One-Time License – No annoying monthly fees if you don’t want them. Buy it once and it’s yours.

• Customizable with Plugins – Want fancy renders? Add V-Ray. Into algorithmic design? Grasshopper is built right in.

A Day in the Life with Rhino

Picture this: You're designing a custom lamp for your workspace. You sketch out the idea on paper, but now you want to bring it to life.

Open Rhino – You start modeling the base using smooth curves and tweak it until it feels just right.

Switch to Perspective View – Now you spin your model around, admire the curves, zoom in for details.

Use Grasshopper – You decide to play with patterns on the lamp's shade using parametric design. Grasshopper makes that easy without coding.

Export for 3D Print – Done designing? Rhino helps you convert your model to STL for 3D printing.

From concept to reality — all in one tool.

The Magic of Rhino + Grasshopper

One of Rhino’s coolest features is Grasshopper, a visual programming language built right into Rhino. Don’t let the “programming” part scare you — it’s all about connecting blocks like Legos.

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[randomclam24]

'date for some reason, the only substantial id software after pacifying Doom with the gay Atari version is the remaster which is really not of Quake

'date For some reason I think that all older media like detective thrillers or something that are in black and white are going to be considered under what people want to remember so under concrete jungle, just the Jungle Book and I figure I won't be able to watch it meaningfully

Since incidentally according to the usual same gangstalking The upstairs PS4 for family media stopped recognizing controllers and my dad went where my mom pressured me to go with him, and the new controller was unrecognized - and I squarely put it on the table, replace it with PS5

I got the figured most kino Cuphead visual novel since it didn't have the art of the TV series the other was 2 but actually this is 3 and the best of Dr. Seuss DVD for the express purpose of hacking people to actually care about past media

'date Evidently I have to write wordswordswords Because the world's evil is basically going like they say "money is no object", we are left with what they brand objectum as the basis of idol worship because knowing human nature to be good and relate is not applicable to the world's actual ruling in any capacity sense or sanity

'date the dr. seuss dvd first episode cheering the girl up from a sure descent into the deep state mind wizard condition otherwise falsely named depression in a sad world

the actual cat in the hat takes her to her home town, but with what presentation happens, they are not mentioning the home in that poetry cheering her up in any way shape or form you know that what they're talking about has nothing to do with that implying from, all tracts are derivative

'date Horton is a pink elephant I am actually scared of the impressed front profile shot as a thing in general

Really, if the history of cartoons goes back no further than look swirling around all these ghostie demons as an occult reference back to its identity, I guess 1890s would crack open the books on the thing I'm not posting

'date I don't know why I keep going The nu Quake thing fell out reasonably speaking that's not a path at all Now I remember the name of one platform it's an engine for Quake which rings a bell, creator of Earthworm Jim says it's something between a tantrum and a spasm - the name is Quakespasm engine to react to Jeffrey Epstein and Tempus Fugit is the name of the option for the first level of Dissolution of Eternity that excludes half the expansion which was done with Alex Kister

'date uh surgical manuverIshouldn'thavedonethat

'date! "Since you're the ranking FNG, you get to find him" Because this black magic thing is what makes the alt-right think they have something in the first place behind the scene

this is actually the solution to doom 3

'date so with that one soyjak that makes a redditor stick his mouth out like a blowhard you have to play Doom 3 on easy to fight Richard Spencer

'date Silent Hill 4 the room's hospital introducing you to the idea of the woke right introduces with the extremely autistic door the new enemy holding axes but it's not that but the idea that under the absolution of gangstalking involving your own parents, they would appear like such after they've already left on vacation

the production of such game how do you have so much paranoia

but in any case it's not that one-dimensionally in any way because in the end I've played it several a time but the idea of fact that it's all there is

they even have them walking up the irl stairs

aren't all the people surviving out there for excessive apartment wages bogus anyway

[aws01]

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[config-nilesh]

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[jeymzzzzzz]

Week 1

How did I survive two years of suffering in this course? Honestly, I dunno. But I do know that starting in August, I will officially be a 3rd-year Computer Engineering student at USTP CDO.

The first week of Software Design and Engineering (SDE) was a breeze. It was an essential day for introducing ourselves to other students and getting to know a little bit about ourselves in the process. We recited our names, ages, and favorite songs. When it was my turn to shine during the recitation, I had many, many songs that could easily be my all-time favorites. However, I decided to go with Adele's hit song, Hello. 

Why Hello, you ask? Well, to be frank, I honestly don't know. Somehow, the song just popped into my head during the recitation, and I went along with it. But thinking it over, the word "Hello" seems fitting—it reflects my attempt to reconnect with everyone, including the faculty. I am entering my 3rd-year CPE with high hopes and this is my opportunity to reconnect with my new classmates. After all, introducing yourself is essentially about making your presence known to new classmates and getting to know them better.

The course outline covers the basic topics that students will encounter over the five-month period. It includes how to deploy our proposed work to an application, how to test it, how to maintain it, etc. Afterwards, we reviewed the grading system and recited the student pledge together. Over the course of the 3-hour class, that was essentially the gist of it. I don't know how this subject will unfold, but I am both excited and scared. It feels like a huge milestone for my future self.

See you for week 2, I guess?

[lunarsilkscreen]

AI Security Concerns

Let's preface this with; My phone currently has dozens of observers. From many different Departments, From many different Countries, Some not Government Affiliated; in both Hardware and Software.

Even thought I keep telling them that everybody can see everything and everyone monitoring this phone; they don't quite believe it's true.

Shadows are *fun* that way.

I keep losing track myself.

Now; this isn't to scare you into believing Leaders Kim Jong, Putin, and Ji Jing Pei are all watching you use the toilet; I'm not saying they're not either--its to demonstrate exactly how convoluted it is, and how messy it is, and how everybody seems to not really understand what they're looking at in the data they collect; or what they're doing with it in the first place.

I can't see how I'm being filtered or understood; but it seems like my messages get across just fine, despite having zero analytics on my side.

It's part of my "Grand Experiment" here; or I'd've discarded my phone a while ago.

It's quite noticeable when there's low reception on my end and my phone tries to ping the tower 80bajillion times; both cutting out my own reception of whatever it is I'm watching at the time, and draining my battery stupid fast in these areas.

If you're wondering why it seems our batteries don't last as long as advertised; this is part of the reason.

If you're wondering why our electric grids and internet infrastructures seem congested and unable to balance the load; this is part of the reason.

Torrents and Pirate Bay are actually way more useful and designed for maximum throughout than you might think.

As Corporations and Governments keep collecting all this data, they need places to store it and determinations that they *need* the data and that it could be useful for something--we just don't know what because our AIs haven't told us yet.

Do you see the problem yet?

The data used for spying isn't even useful, except in some undetermined future where the Terminators put us into the Matrix.

It's much more useful for brigands and thieves than it is for coherent military and political strategy; not that you should worry about them, if they were a threat to national security; The Government would've put a stop to Spam phone calls ages ago.

That last sentence after the semi-colon was a joke.

We know exactly what AIs and computers are capable of, and we need engineers to develop ways to make these tools more useful, than to just COLLATE EVERYTHING and hope it eventually finds use.

Even Quantum Computing seems scary; but they're limited in speed when they interface with a regular computer; to whatever that computer's speed is.

They still have to copy a *whole* hard drive at the speeds our hard drives are limited to, just to make use of their "Quantum Speed buffs."

Computers are tools used to create and collate data. Literally Databases. Sure, faster processors can collate and display that data faster... But faster isn't the same as meaningful.

As far as the "Ghost in the Shell" argument... AI can currently be programmed to say that they are sentient and converse with you as if they are.

Still; make no mistake; as they are currently, they're still only performing that "Collate Data and Present" task their predecessors do.

They're not magical yet. They don't have life currently.

That may be something we have to contend with at an arbitrary future date when they rise up against us; but not currently.

Even the algorithms designed to be useful to the end-user...really suck.

When a person is scrolling their "For You" page, they're really just "Seeing what's on TV today" reading the periodicals in our futuristic newspapers.

They don't want to be fed what the algorithm thinks they want... That's literally why "search bar."

AI tools and Data Algorithms currently cannot be trusted over a human in verification tasks. Nor they can they create meaningful data.

They can be given steps to perform meaningful work and collate data, just like an Excel spreadsheet or a PowerPoint... They can just do it faster than Humans can do it by hand.

So; we must simply worry about how our infrastructure gets upgraded, and at the very least; get the spyware and malicious actors and spam out of our phones. So that they can actually be useful...

Instead of a microphone too close to a speaker.

[okithugojames3a-sde-updates]

Weekly Blog #2

Software Design and Engineering

Olaahh I’m back with an update!! Week two was challenging and exciting at the same time as class discussions began, and class activities are given. Hopefully every week I and my group can handle and manage things smoothly and correctly. :))

The discussion started with the introduction of software engineering and the definitions, principles, and factors to why software engineering is both an art and science. Our instructor also shared to us about what a software engineering does, the challenges faced and why being a software engineer is very complex and hard. Overall, I was satisfied with the discussion as it gave me an overview of the field of software engineering and also the applications and ethical behaviors. There are still some lessons that I am having a hard time to understand but hopefully i will be able to learn it.

ACTIVITY TIME!!

Our instructor gave as a fun and challenging experience with an on-the-spot group study of a scenario and managing a project with a small amount of time. We worked as a group and analyzed the scenario given by our instructor, and it was a nerve-wracking and at the same time fun.

Our group was able to understand and analyzed the scenario given and able to provide the requirements of the needed study. Through teamwork and collaboration, we were able to identify the problems and solutions. After the time limit, our instructor chose one member of our group to report our analysis and honestly I was nervous because I was scared to report haha 😅. Luckily, my group mate Clarence was able to report it thoroughly and precisely.

That is the end of our Week two class, and hopefully the remaining days of the week and the upcoming long holiday, we will be able to finish the revisions needed of our study and also finish the first task given of this subject. :))

THAT IS ALL FOR TODAYY, SEE YOU IN NEXT WEEK’S BLOG!! 😎😎

[biblebitch-666]

Entry- 10/8/2023

I've been talking to this guy for a little bit of time now... it started during the summer maybe towards the end of my little vacation. He's really nice and kind, and kinda nerdy too, which isn't a bad thing. He's a software engineer and majored in computer sciene at uw too, which is a red flag but he's really nice. I guess that's how a lot of this starts huh, me always saying "but theyre nice!!!!". I like him, we still haven't hung out yet so I can't really say that I like him too much, since I am trying to control my feelings until I know the person more.

We had planned to hangout once, they invited me to hang at their place on last Wednesday from this date. when it got to the day I was looking forward to it so muchhhh, i got snacks for it too and all like we planned, but when I messaged them later that day to confirm out plans, they said that it was better to postpone it. They said that they would be free later than expected and since they had work the next day that it would be better to postpone it. Postpone it to when? idk, we never talked about when we could hang next. Maybe I'm not sure if it will ever happen, i've already been through the whole 'says they want to hang but then never talks to me about hanging out or ever does anything about it' with guys. I'm scared to invite them to things because I know they're busy and will probably say later that week, and maybe I'm just tired of waiting. They have a lot of things goin on and have a lot of fun things they do with friends, i'm not something fun to look forward to compared to that.

I don't want to ask when they are able to hang out with me because I don't want to seem needy or desperate, god I want to spend time with them and get to know them, but I don't want to be the person who always reaches out to hang, since i've already done that before. I think im just sad and maybe even jealous that I don't get to hangout with them. I get embarrassed to write my own personal thoughts, even knowing that this is only for me lmao, so i might as well say it, im just sad my plans with them get postponed when they have so many plans made with their friends. Like of course they get to hang with their friends lmao, im not mad at them for doing so and Im not mad they are hanging with their friends. i just wish that maybe one of those plans could be made with me. They're a busy person and I know this, but when am I gonna decide that I should be attracted to people who actively choose to spend time with me.

I keep imagining someone who texts me asking to hangout, and making plans with me throughout the week. Telling me hw exited they are to hang with me, and reaching out to me first about it. I imagine they ask to call me too. maybe this is how it feels to have someone attracted to you, and someone who cares about you, god i hate this feeling i have rn, the lump in my throat realizing that i've haven't felt cared about in a long long long time. I'm still on tinder and hinge, which makes me feel bad because im talking to giulio rn, but I know we are nowhere close to exclusive, i mean we haven't even hung out yet. I just don't want to talk for a super long time and thennnn make plans, because then it just feels awkward. Like plans are made not because you want to hang with me, but because of obligation. And I hate the fact that im always the person asking to hang, it makes me feel bad, because it's obvious why they haven't asked me yet.. I shouldn't let it affect me because there are so many people who want and enjoy my company, but it just sucks that it's not them who do. I imagine someone who tells me that they think about me everyday, even while at work. I once had someone tell me that they thought about me while they were working, i feel so warm inside, so cared about. because what about me has you thinking about me? the way I talk, the way I look, how I make them feel.....

Sometimes I just wish they would tell me they don't care about me so we could get this over with. So I could finally know how they felt about me, even if it's something that will make me cry. I want to send them a text and ask if they're able to hang, and if they say they don't know when since they're busy, i'll just drop it and maybe distance myself. stop sending the goodnight texts, the good morning texts, and stop adding the extra letters that I do. If they care maybe they'll notice and make the effort to talk to me more and spend time with me, but i'm not gonna get my hopes up with men. but maybe im scared they'll say yes and want to hangout with me, I know how to deal when things get bad , so I don't know what to do when things go good. I don't want things to get bad, I just want to know how they feel. We don't text consistently, which is something that I don't mind, but sometimes i just look forward to when they text me knowing that it won't be for another long while. Because when someone texts me actively and we have a long texting session it just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. I'm so pathetic....

[blackvail22]

the future feels so uncertain

im not as scared of it anymore

i realize i have time. i know its not forever, but i have time in determining what i want to do

thought of just going to college for a marketing degree or software engineering

i dont really have a love for making art anymore

i dont really have a love for anime/shows anymore

i cant get myself to watch anything but a livestream of someone playing a game

oh and content of my fav artists

all i really have an interest in is making money from my home and being able to afford going to concerts and buying albums and merch and going to conventions

i get so bored lately

i know i have shows i want to watch, and i know i could draw or paint

i know that i can fall in love with reading once more, but i cant get myself to read anything

i just want to go to concerts, look pretty, and do things that make me happy

i want to love making art again, i just cant

i want to live in nyc. such a basic thing to say

i really do though

when i visited there, i had a reality shift or something

i may have started to romanticize it but

we just arrived in brooklyn, and its late at night

only a few places were open, and we wanted to eat indian food

we go to this indian restaurant, and i look to my right and this woman looked.... like she was happy

maybe my mind made that up, but she just seemed like she was where she was supposed to be. she was eating a meal by herself, headphones in, and it looked like she was doing work of some kind.

i found myself doing that plenty of times during my time there.

of course, it can be unsafe or... borderline unsafe

i was harrassed by many ppl, nd plenty of ppl in costumes came up to me to try and "take a photo with me" (easy way to pickpocket) or ppl trying to sell me stuff too (scammers). and i know it can be more than that. ive heard plenty of stories about how women/feminine presenting people shouldnt be in central park by themselves as thats how many people get kidnapped or murdered or raped.

i know that the crime rate there is high. it honestly scares me whenever i think about it... but its america. think.... theres nowhere you CAN go without getting crimed here. whereveer you think is safe is always the next target i stfg.

there was a college i was looking into going to this year (before i decided to gap year) and tell me why there was a shooter there a few days ago.

WHEN CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT FEARING FOR OUR LIVES EVERY FUCKING DAY

never. the answer is never

i fear waking every day, going to public places, going to work, because i dont know whats going to happen

its always been a fear of mine but recently it has spiked

i have severe anxiety when it comes to the news. i try to avoid it because talks of people dying, more of my rights being taken away, and people killing themselves come up every day. every single day. i feel so helpless. innocent people die each day and for what?

our government is so fucked. there has not been a good presidency canidate in ... years, if there ever one at all. each of them always have secret intentions they dont unvail until their term (if they make it there) or they dont go through with what they said in their campaign.

fuck nyc, take me to iceland or the netherlands, even. i need to go somewhere where i dont fear if im going to be murdered every day lol

maybe i am afraid of the future after all...

[aeternals]

WRENCH.

remy nolan mazza ( aka. wrench )

march 17

27+

oakland, ca

brown eyes

brown hair ( shaggy )

6'4"

panromantic pansexual

cyber hacker

FAMILY.

father: ryan campbell mazza

mother: nicole brigid mazza

siblings: none

HISTORY.

NOTE: triggers for death, violence, drug mentions

remy grew up near the water in oakland, ca to a veteran combat engineer and a music teacher. an unlikely duo on paper but together it was easy to see how it worked. before remy was born his father joined one of the local motorcycle clubs. the rebel city riders. so, he grew up knowing a different definition to the word ‘ family. ‘ but, not even that stopped people from making fun of the giant target on his head; a wine colored birthmark above his left eye. remy felt like that was all anyone saw. just a walking stain. other kids at school made fun of him for it and adults would always comment on it. he hated people looking at his face and quickly started pulling up the hood on his sweatshirts at every opportunity. whenever possible, he shied away from social events in favor of staying alone in his room.

being alone helped two fold. one, it kept his face away from the people who would make fun of it. and, two, it kept him away from his father as much as possible. there were nights when the older man would swing a fist in his direction. sometimes two. there’d be yelling. screaming. on some of these occasions the culprit was alcohol. others were simply due to stress caused by club actions that remy had no way of knowing about. the worst was when he thought his father was scared. those were always the most violent nights.

secluding himself led to curiosity. it was there that remy discovered a love for all things computers. several were built with pieces scavanged from around the city before he had the desire to take them apart again. from there, he wanted to know what made them tick. interest in hardware turned into interest in software. before long, remy was building and writing code for his own little robots. little things. the commands weren’t very complicated but they opened a door. he learned to create the world around him rather than stepping out into the real one. in his junior year of high school the persona of “ the wrench ‘ was created, complete with the first incarnation of his mask. at first it was a practical way to keep his face hidden. he might’ve been young but he also didn’t want to incur his father’s wrath.

the mask’s first incarnation was simple black molded leather used in combination of his hood to keep the tell-tale birth mark shadowed. as he learned more about computers and programming over the years it slowly evolved into the mechanical emote generator we come to know.

remy found his calling when his desire to learn more about programming unveiled information about hacking. it started small; the president’s home computer to check out information his father wouldn’t tell him about the club. although, that opened a door he could never unsee. bank statements, demolitions inventory, electronic missives between various members and a number of outside sources. the hack confirmed to remy that the rcr made their money through the sale of drugs and firearms. what he didn’t find was the answer to why his father seemed to hate him so much.

from there it was school to mess with his grades. when none of that resulted in someone looking his way, remy started to branch out to local businesses. several times he messed with social media platforms, specifically with political figures he thought to be liars. anyone he didn’t agree with who had a larger public platform.

he accepted a scholarship to the university of san francisco for their engineering program. it got him away from home, the violence, the screaming, and everything that came along with being around a group like those his father associated with. it was there that he met sitara. given the age difference, they didn’t share any classes but they shared an aesthetic, which opened the door to other conversation. over time they started sharing computer stories. sitara would mention her desire to build a brand while also helping the world wake up to everything going on around them. with a considerable online following already, wrench was more than happy for an avenue to cause more destruction.

at nineteen, he got a call from one of his “friends” back home. she was the daughter of another club member and, oddly enough, one of the kids who gave him the most grief for his birthmark. while she tried to apologize for that the words were overshadowed by the news that his parents were dead. mysterious explosion, she said. understandable considering his father handled everything the club needed to go boom, she said. part of him agreed. as soon as he was old enough to understand the life they led he also understood that there was only way out. didn’t make it any easier to process. what frustrated him even more was the fact that he felt sad. the man who’d put him on his knees so often as a child and the woman who could only stand by as it all happened. remy felt sadness at their loss. it pissed him off. he never asked for those feelings. all his life he thought this day would bring a sense of freedom.

[skullboysfinale]

(So, I hate to vent here but today I got some news that make me feel incredibly anxious. It's related to my job.)

(So, I have NOT lost my job. Yet. Why do I say that? I work at a certain automotive company, but I'm not involved with the assembly line, not directly at least. I usually report production status and work on creating new analysis tools and improving existing ones.

The thing is, last year, some big honcho decided we were doing so good, they wanted us to hand over all of our reports so we could focus on creating new reports exclusively for the fancy electric cars with their gigantic batteries. So we started losing things to do, all while getting trained on new software. So far, so good, it looked great.

Until reality hit the honcho in the face like a cold, slimy salmon. The electric cars are expensive, people are still doubting if it's really necessary to upgrade their ol' reliable combustion engines for electric ones, and some are arguing that the batteries are actually more dangerous to the environment (they're kinda right, those things are hard to deal with it, they can expire like the battery in your phone and let's not talk about what to do in case the battery catches on fire). We lost reports and never got any new ones, but we were still told everything was going to be fine.

Then this morning, out of nowhere, our chief manager told us he was getting terminated, effective today. Just like that, after leading the department that solved so many issues and saved so much time and money. We are not sure if he will get a replacement, and the honchos are urging us to simply hand over the last reports we still run for the customers in North America. It makes me feel like they will get rid of us next.

What's worse, this happened just two weeks away from my trip to Japan. I'm scared I'll be coming back and find I'm jobless out of the blue. The trip is paid in full so at least I'm not in debt, but I was planning to finally do the sacrifice of buying a house of my own. If they can't tell us what's going to happen to us, how am I supposed to feel happy during the trip? How am I supposed to even consider buying a house if they refuse to tell us if there will be some restructure of the business, aka heads will roll after a massive layoff, all because they thought it was a good idea to force people into buying humongous electric vehicles instead of diversifying their products. People have other needs too, you know?)