This place used to have a lot of interesting shops. It's all gone now.

I took this photo in the basement of an "undead" mall in my city in Venezuela. It's both eerie and kinda sad.

You see, roughly speaking (and with a few spoilers from a couple of games from more than 10 years ago (the third one doesn’t exist)), in the Dead Space DUOLOGY there are these effigies that drive people mad, but not in a stereotypical makes-them-gouge-out-their-eyes or tear-off-their-skin way (though that happens too, sometimes), but in a more subtle way.

The effigy compels those close to it to create more effigies to increase its power, and makes them believe that it is the most logical and natural thing to do, that there is no alternative. Everyone involved thinks they have control over the effigy, that they can use it for their own purposes, but they are only deceiving themselves, causing more death and feeding the effigy.

I see certain parallels in how our techno-feudal lords are convinced that AI will be the infinite money hack they crave so much, while they burn billions of dollars, ruin their reputations, enshittifies the internet, and generally fuck us all over.

Maybe what we call "AI" is a Lovecraftian entity pulling the strings through this technology. Woooo~ 👻

(Obviously, I don’t take this idea seriously; it’s more of a creative exercise or, well, a shower thought.)

It's evolving! it's achieving self awareness!

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::: spoiler My Take

In my case, the albums that have become my favorites are the ones I feel I absolutely have to listen to from start to finish. Of course, there are standout tracks, and some, though good, might pale in comparison to others. But it’s the experience of listening to the entire album that captivates me.

Examples:

• "Flowerboy" by Tyler, The Creator.
• "Affinity" by Haken
• "Brat" by Charli XCX
• The debut album by Gentle Giant

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What are your favorite albums and why?

::: spoiler Context I'm a writer, but I'd like to be a comic book artist. I’ve been trying to learn how to draw on and off for years. At first, I felt like I didn’t have the talent for it, but looking back at what I’ve done in previous years, I think my problem is more about motivation. I just don’t find the same fulfillment in drawing as I do in writing. I’d like to find a way to break through this imaginary barrier... :::

EDIT 1: Next Update

EDIT 2: Available in all your favorite consoles!

What I mean is: do Arch Linux developers use Arch Linux to develop Arch Linux? Do Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and others do the same? Or is it a case of "the cobbler's children have no shoes"?

It seems obvious, but it may be more complicated than it appears.

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I live in Venezuela I'm terrified about what's to come, but this really gave me a chuckle.

(Although realistically, they would sent him to El Salvador instead)

I don't care about Maduro, as far as I'm concerned, they can shoot him if they want. What matters to me is walking through the streets of my city and seeing the faces of fear on my neighbors. The military patrolling to prevent looting due to panic. It's a collective hangover, a horrible one.

It's 2016 all over again. It's seeing despair entering the circulatory system of all Venezuelans, only now it's more sudden, and we are painfully aware of it.

This is far from improving, and we know it.

TL;DR: if you're wondering why RAM so expensive nowadays, well you see, Sam Altman has bought 40% of global RAM to fuck his competence... And all the world.