etherphon
@etherphon@midwest.social
aka etherdesign, lumen, zorlac | joel | slacker extraordinare | graphic arts | synthesizer enthusiast | ambient techno noodler | 90s raver | avid amateur home cook | stoner | socialist
www.etherphon.com
no AI, barely any computer
- Comment on How do you cut a cucumber so that the round slices don't roll all over and off of your cutting board? 1 week ago:
They’re types of knives, a nakiri is a Japanese knife especially for cutting vegetables :)
- Comment on How do you cut a cucumber so that the round slices don't roll all over and off of your cutting board? 1 week ago:
My knives aren’t great either, I buy the cheap Kiwi knives from the Asian market, they’re easy to sharpen and I don’t feel like I’m going to mess them up haha. I do have some nicer ones but I use the Kiwi ones most.
- Comment on How do you cut a cucumber so that the round slices don't roll all over and off of your cutting board? 1 week ago:
Usually I hold the cucumber when I’m slicing it.
- Comment on Anon has a question 1 week ago:
It’s an old saying they used in History class here to describe the rich history of immigrants and how they built up this country: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot
Those are some beautiful quilts, is there a particular one? This one is amazing quiltofbelonging.ca
- Comment on Anon has a question 1 week ago:
I feel like they still think they’re in the majority and they are just waiting for the tide to turn any day now and they will be popular and beloved, people are just being forced to watch this diverse stuff, hey guess what guys we USED TO BE PROUD OF BEING CALLED THE MELTING POT WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOU?
- Comment on Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team' 3 weeks ago:
because they can get the same or more revenue with a fraction of the man power
That is exploitation not success.
- Comment on How the US National Park Service Is Deleting American History 4 weeks ago:
*How the Trump administration is FORCING the US National Park Service to delete American History… these people would never do this on their own.
- Comment on pls no 4 weeks ago:
It’s a fascinating plant, but I think I’ll leave this one to the medicine men.
- Comment on OpenAI might torch $14 billion in 2026, hitting bankruptcy by next year 4 weeks ago:
This has really be the ultimate version of telling customers what they want instead of listening to them, what a wild ride.
- Comment on I Can’t Sell You Laptops Anymore (video) (enshittification of computer repair) 4 weeks ago:
Another casualty in the short sighted quest to make money instead of working honestly. I wonder when pirate ships will start sailing again.
- Comment on Anon is an astronaut 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Initial Review Finds No Widespread Illegal Voting by Migrants, Puncturing a Trump Claim 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota 1 month ago:
Shitty shit shits on shit.
English is amazing. - Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 1 month ago:
In the near future non-Nitro users will be quarantined to the nearest abandoned Google Blob Emoji server.
- Comment on Discord's IPO could happen in March 1 month ago:
It was a fun 5-6 years but I deleted my account and all my messages last year. That took a while even automated lol.
- Comment on Tech workers in Silicon Valley are increasingly experimenting with gray-market peptide drugs from China, legal for personal use, for improving focus and more 1 month ago:
Hardly new, they have been around at least 10 years as I dabbled in them a bit back then, at least as far as things like BPC, SEMAX and SELANK. I would definitely not inject a random powder or solution sent to me from China without testing, I have heard of far too many dangerous mix ups and wrong orders. Anyways, I found them to be rather expensive for their effects. The human body is pretty fickle though, your brain can take a lot of abuse but eventually it will try to find balance, and then you will find yourself in trouble.
- Comment on Who Wins From Trump’s Venezuela Oil Gambit? Not Regular Americans. 1 month ago:
NO kidding, we’ve been losing since the election.
- Comment on Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say 1 month ago:
Well I’m sure it has nothing to do with all the lavish vacations, gifts, etc. NO way.
- Comment on I'm cooked, chat. 3 months ago:
Oh I thought I deleted that instantly after posting it lol, don’t mind me. Good luck with the hair.
- Comment on Anon gets his life in order 3 months ago:
Sure, I’ve been there, I’m still there some days, it’s a lot of hard work to push yourself and find your redeeming qualities when you feel like you don’t have any, or keep trying when you feel like you fail every time, or feel like you sabotage yourself every time you get something going right. If that’s a step it’s great I’m just saying, don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
- Comment on Anon gets his life in order 3 months ago:
Well that does sound better, as long as it’s not completely dependent on another persons approval, that’s kinda asking for trouble.
- Comment on Anon gets his life in order 3 months ago:
“I only care about myself when someone else cares about me” is not particularly healthy.
- Comment on They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real 3 months ago:
Thanks for the deep dive, yeah that seems really suspicious, the pdf of that study definitely looks like it was paid for by someone with an agenda. I feel like anyone who’s up for taking a survey on AI is already into AI so it’s pretty skewed. I suppose one thing from that study did make some sense:
Many people who are using AI relationship technologies report that they prefer AI communication over engaging with a real person in a genuine relationship.
Sure, everyone loves a sycophant who hangs on their every word and agrees with them all the time… for a while at least.
- Comment on They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real 3 months ago:
One in five are you god damn fucking serious?
- Comment on "The hope is to have a fresh 'Star Trek' movie, though [Paramount] has moved on from the idea of bringing back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the ensemble from the J.J. Abrams reboot." 3 months ago:
The spirit of Star Trek is incompatible with Paramount’s new MAGA politics, it will be ruined.
- Comment on Anon likes Dragon Ball 3 months ago:
You might even say Reddit was the precursor to Onlyfans with it’s Gonewild subs.
- Comment on What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint? 3 months ago:
Anachronox always stood out to me, really underrated game.
- Comment on JD, you dog. 3 months ago:
Ayyy I had the same combat boots… in High School.
- Comment on Chaotic evil 3 months ago:
Look, that rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide!
- Comment on #environmentalist 3 months ago:
Mmm I can still taste the metal.