#improve technology

[honeytonedhottie]

making ur phone useful౨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹🎀

delete photos that dont hold value to u -> you'll have more storage and you'll make ur camera gallery to be meaningful

delete apps u dont use anymore -> honestly, if u dont use the app then its just taking up unnecessary space

time limits -> you'll give ur time meaning again when u dont spend it doom-scrolling, so if u struggle with self control, set a time limit on ur apps or flat-out delete social media

download productive apps -> apps that'll help u actually get things done and progress r apps that u wanna keep, such as language learning apps, studying apps, schedules and to-do lists etc

decorate -> make ur phone PRETTY, decorate it with cute widgets and apps, an adorable phone case and wallpaper, decorating it my favorite thing to do with my phone

ur phone can either propel u forward, or push u backwards depending on what u use it for 💗

#self concept #it girl #becoming that girl #self care #self love #advice #that girl #it girl energy #dream life #dream girl #self development #self improvement #self help #technology #girlblogger #hyper femininity

[internetskiff]

"I've gotta give it to that Dredger... Not as useless as I thought."

Happy new year everyone. I'm so sorry for poisoning your dashes with the same character over and over (it will happen again :^] probably)

#skiffatronart #my art #inscryption #inscryption fanart #p03 #scrybe of technology #inscryption p03 #OLD_DATA #feel like i'm improving with water and darker shading #feels great :^]

[yuri-is-online]

Azul “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU SHOT PEOPLE INTO THE SKY TO A ROCK?!??!” Ashengrotto

I'd also like to bring up the point that while there's water breathing potions I doubt they have anything to protect from the crushing depth of the deep ocean so I think he'd as freak the fuck out over the fact that humans have been that deep underwater. Very much in a WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!? HUMANS CANT GO THERE!” kind of cay

YES

I think twisted wonderland might have something that would allow humans to transform into merfolk, which would allow them to go into the deep ocean depending on the type of mer they became, but the concept of humans going as they are in submersibles is just odd. Then again he supposes your world doesn't have magic or merfolk so they don't have to worry about bothering anyone. Same with going to space, Azul's hatred of flying cannot be understated the thought of going that far up willingly is just so beyond him.

Azul is a very profit minded person, but his specialty and passion lies in hospitality and fixing niche problems. Space and deep sea exploration don't seem like fields he would want to expand his business into. He might be interested in the logistics of investing in those sorts of things? But the actual mechanics would just mystify him. The moon in the fucking sky give him a break.

#<3 asks #twisted wonderland #azul ashengrotto #twst theories #i think it can be very hard for people to understand the way a culture works unless they interact with it #you would be surprised how many things you just do not think about until you are forced to #and the way a lack of magic would effect the development of world history #right down to the types of technological advancements exist #isn't something i think most of the twst boys stop to think about #idia would probably be interested in learning about it just so he could think about ways to improve on things #and ortho just likes collecting new data #but yeah i don't think many of them have sat to have a think about what yuu's world is like

[cellgatinbo]

two of them

^ on their way to commit unethical experiments on children and torture the residents of the island ^-^

#qsmp #qsmp cucurucho #jay’s 3d printing (mis)adventures #qsmp fanart #cucurucho v2.0 new and improved sitting technology #apologies i am absolutely obsessed with these lil guys

[thekenobee]

In my BA paper I paraphrased Aubreyad

That's it that's the post

#the topic is how technological improvements intertwine with traditional art over the years #Dont make me write CANVASES ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS #shsjsjsjsjssjs #have a good day #of mice and me #Aubreyad #master and commander

[valley-of-the-lost]

How Sarah J Maas treats humans in relation with the immortal species in her books makes me think she doesn't consider why humans are the way we are and that we would indeed have advantages over immortal and technically more physically durable beings.

#voice of the lost #anti sjm #sjm critical #anti acotar #even the waxing poetic about feyres human heart doesn't feel like it understands why thats an advantage for humans #its because we're pack animals #there's safety in packs and being able to form connections with other creatures improves capabilities and survival #also why the hell do the fae seem more technologically advanced than the humans #they're supposedly super powerful what evolutionary pressures are there for them to technologically innovate #are the courts beyond the wall a very bizarre and specific ecological niche #etc etc

[icewindandboringhorror]

I have a big google doc thing where I keep track of media and stuff (putting everything in loosely ranked categories), which is mostly just for my own reference so I know what tv shows I've already seen before, etc. and I never really look back through it, typically just a quick "okay, watched two movie in the past 8 months, need to quickly slap them somewhere in the lists. okay. done. save document. exit". But today I was actually reading through some of the old notes and there are like... MULTIPLE places where my comment is basically "It would have been good if it were about elves" or "I wish there was a fantasy show made in this same style" or "It's well made, but I just keep thinking about how I would like it more if everyone was an elf or was in old 1700s costumes" or etc like...... lol.... Most biased media ranking system on earth blatantly made by someone with an extremely hyperspecific range of narrow interests. It'd be like if a food reviewer only had 5 foods they actually liked, so they'd just go to a pizza place and be like "eh, the pizza was okay, but I just think it would be better if it was cereal instead. :/ ...2 out of 10"

#Which.. I mean... I am allowed to be biased because literally it's just for my own personal reference (or occasionall #y to send to friends or something if we're discussing the topic) so like.. nowhere am I saying 'I am the god of perfect taste and these #rankings are objectively the absolute truth and everyone should have my same opinion' or anything #BUT still.. it's funny to me sometimes #'Succession would be 100x better if it had the same cast/character quirks and shaky camera style and #acting choices/weird dialogue and general concept etc. EXCEPT it takes place within an elven noble family or something #managing the family business and everyone is in fantasy costumes now'' like.....okay...... but it's NOT that way..soo... thats not the show #''I like the acting style/general tone of Fleabag but i don't care for any of the characters or any of the subject matter and I wish it was #set in the 1800s and had vampires and was about magic instead'' okay..... again... you are making up an entirely new show in that case lol #OR my other beloved typical complaint ''The concept is good but theres too much plot and action and not enough people just sitting #around doing nothing and exposition dumping world and character lore'' ''this needs more goofy sideplots and filler episodes'' #''this Drama was too dramatic I think it should be more lighthearted & people need to sit around doing nothing just being weird more often' #''the Action Movie was ok except for the action scenes - which I skipped through all of- but I liked the costumes and worldbuilding'' etc. #ERM sorry your plot has too much plot. also elves have to be included somehow. bye #BUT SERIOUSLY!!!!!! I literally genuinely believe that any show I like (or even dislike) could ALWAYS be improved greatly by #putting people in fantasy or historical costume/setting/etc... why the FUNK would I want to see bland jeans and cars and cell phones #when I could see elaborate velvet cloaks and fantastical landscapes and interior design and innovative takes on historical or #magical technology or etc. etc. etc. I LIVE in the modern day. I see it all the time!!! BORING! stinky!! boo!!! #ANYWAY... another social divide for me.. People love to bond by discussing media. which is hard when I'm like #'I literally will not watch something at all unless it fits into one of these 10 extremely specific categories which are all i care about i #the entire world''.. I say this and yet I still dislike most fantasy or historical things I've watched lol. ok TWO main criteria then!! #it must 1. be in a different world or time period. 2. be goofy silly. Nothing ever has BOTH. It's always overly serious boring drama action #fantasy/history stuff OR it's comedic lighthearted but with modern day characters... WHY.. anguish and woe and so on.. #ANYWAY jhjnk... at least I can make that divide. Some people seem to project their own personal preferences and get really emotionally #defensive if you say you didn't like something - as if the fact that they DO like it is some Objective Truth or something rather than just #opinion/preference based. I can still easily say ''this is well made/well written/acted/good in a technical sense/has a lot of #points of appeal that most people would be drawn to/etc'' and admit that it's a GOOD show probably. I just PERSONALLY think its #bad because my tastes are very narrow. Some things ARE actually made badly but. things are not bad INHERENTLY just bc they dont suit ME lol #Better to recognize/accept whats odd about you and be peacefully aware of it than just being mad at everyone all the time for not fully #agreeing with you even when you're the one with the Weird opinion in that case lol.. I am right though :3 but.. lol... still. i get it

[skeletalroses]

"but i NEED to use AI chat bots bc i can't write and no one will RP with me! :(" Your cringeworthy desire to sext with your ugly-ass anime fave will never be more important than the writers whose hard work and creativity were stolen by capitalist tech bros

#die mad about it #anti AI #btw you CAN write. you probably can't write WELL but you improve by doing #also this is the fucking internet. someone will RP with you #technology #fandom hell #why this is hell nor am I out of it

[ravenkings]

The biggest question raised by a future populated by unexceptional A.I., however, is existential. Should we as a society be investing tens of billions of dollars, our precious electricity that could be used toward moving away from fossil fuels, and a generation of the brightest math and science minds on incremental improvements in mediocre email writing? We can’t abandon work on improving A.I. The technology, however middling, is here to stay, and people are going to use it. But we should reckon with the possibility that we are investing in an ideal future that may not materialize.

–Julia Angwin, "Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype?" The New York Times, May 15, 2024

#“incremental improvements in mediocre email writing” #incredible lol #ai #technology #quote #article

[snail-and-snail]

smart home

#smart #house #home #smart home #smart house #technology #tech #smart device #engineering #home design #home decor #home decoartion #home renovation #home improvement #home remodeling #home sweet home #ok google #google #google home #lights #smart lights #rude #so rude #cartoon #comics #snail #snails #webcomic #web comics #art

[marypsue]

In my stints in fandom for The Lost Boys, I've noticed that (for obvious reasons) it tends to attract people for whom the boys are wish fulfilment. And like, that's so fair, I respect literally all of you people, but also, I think I've reached a point in my life where I can comfortably admit that the real wish fulfilment in that movie is Grandpa.

#live alone in a huge house in the middle of fuckoff nowhere with a fantastic view where nobody bothers you? #fill said house with paraphernalia of your weird and offputting hobbies? #don't let any technology that doesn't directly improve your life through the door? #always have a stash of your little treats on hand? #do questionable things with your hair? #take great delight in confounding people's expectations of you and setting your own rules? #always know exactly what's really going on? #never ever ever explain yourself if you don't feel like it? #date hot widows who may or may not secretly be vampires? #you bet your ass i want to be grandpa when i grow up #the lost boys

[knifegrrrl1312]

i think we should all start making fandom websites and forums again, then replace things like tumblr and twitter bc tbh i wish i could just find like 40 different forums and websites about the thing i like and see them all personalized and people interacting with others on there, like i'd even donate money dude idc esp if a website was made by a fan for a fan. I'd rather be online on those kinds of websites than on tumblr where im telling ppl to not give money to tumblr cuz they are a shitty company who doesn't even care ab its userbase

#websites #tumblr #fandom culture #technology #my opinions #i was on a forum today for a video game series i like and saw people discussing how the old internet was better bc of less centralization #this person was explaining how people were more cautious on the internet #didnt share their name or ethnicity or age nothing but then it was encouraged by facebook #and people stopped caring ab their privacy #and then government data mining etc #look the old internet wasnt perfect but i hate the internet now it could b improved

[agentc0rn]

I finally did it!! I composed my first cover online with and on my computer ever... (+ LOUD SOUND WARNING for headphone users, the ending especially gets loud...my apologies in advance!) -> AZ's what-if battle theme

#pokemon #pokemon music #az pokemon #pokemon az #pokemon xy #pokemon x and y #pokemon legends z-a #in hindsight the pacing and rhythm is off at certain parts but honestly i am proud at how decent my first attempt turned out to be. #Anyways nothing can be truly perfect #there is always room for improvement. #he was the beginning and the end...hardest description for a character ever #i made the beginning a callback to AZ's past as a king with regal tones #then shifted to a sorrowful passage before entering a respite and changing to a more hopeful #uplifting one where it shows AZ's gradual acceptance of inner peace + discovering the thrill of battles #in other ways you could see the uplifting tone as the kinder side + noble aspects of AZ's character that could have been seen in XY #like he loved pokemon right? And he did care for his kingdom too with his technology and stuff #the rising and falling pitches also can be reflective of his stumbles and regression to his grief along the way

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

So, in Brazilian book market news, books generated by Artificial Intelligence are starting to pop up in the country's Amazon store.

Journalists from Núcleo Jornalismo had identified new 59 books on the website on the past 30 days. Within this set, 52 titles make clear in their information the use of AI tools for text generation, placing the co-authorship for “Artificial Intelligence” or “ChatGPT”, the OpenAI chatbot. In another three cases, authorship is attributed to MidJourney (an AI focused on images), while four obtained confirmation from the report through alternative approaches, checking on YouTube.

In July, Amazon and six other leading AI companies pledged to the US White House to use technology responsibly. Representatives of these companies signed an agreement that includes the implementation of a watermarking system, which, in theory, will inform users when content on their platforms is generated by artificial intelligence algorithms.

The themes of the publications found vary from children's books to self-help works, fiction and even imitations of renowned authors. Some of them explore the metanarrative, under which ChatGPT investigates its own nature.

Núcleo also noticed 46 new coloring books in the last 30 days on Amazon alone. Everyone seems to be using the basics of digital marketing videos. However, without certainty that they were created from AI, the works were not counted.

Influential authors are also sharing concerns about another angle to this situation: spam. Some firmly argue that the volume of AI-generated books is putting detrimental pressure on Amazon, especially for indie authors. And it doesn't stop there; these authors also accuse this content of becoming a kind of “click farm”, a term that describes the mass production of questionable and superficial content to attract attention and audience.

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#brazil #politics #brazilian politics #books #artificial intelligence #technology #gotta be transparent and honest here for Good Amateur Journalism so here be noted that this blogger hates aye eye #if i may vent: i spend my whole life swallowing books like a black hole and spending uncountable hours practicing to improve my writing #and these clowns spam stores and even AO3 and Wattpad with their garbage generated by glorified autocompleters #are we all a joke to you #no no need to answer we know we are #which is why we °clears throat and switches to Diplomatic Voice° have issues with you #translations and summaries

[bluebluebluewoods]

Redrew my blogs old banner! I suppose this means I should redo the icon too.. hmm.

It’s been set to this for a very long time! I can’t even remember how old the art is now- probably like five or six years?

#the smurfs #brainy smurf #a great improvement on my brainy lying in a ditch technology #qwq

[lemonhemlock]

https://twitter.com/Targ_Nation/status/1611158240359759872?t=bfo77HLITj21KBLCUKx6fA&s=19

Seeing all those likes took years off my life

i don't even know where to begin............

"centrist bs" - the concept of left and right doesn't exist in a medieval setting ...................

where was this energy when cersei was committing abuses left and right and placing her bastard children on the throne? why didn't "the modern audience" "almost unanimously stand by the side of the woman being usurped of her throne" back then? 😵

but this isn't even about one side being more wrong than the other or both sides being awful or war being horrible as a rule or the smallfolk always paying with their lives and livelihoods when the high lords play their game of thrones

that entire tweet is predicated on not grasping the basic principles of the polity they are operating within 😫 you cannot define usurpation based on absolute primogeniture when that society relies on male primogeniture for inheritance, in that context it literally means the opposite

words don't somehow gain whatever meaning you want based on what you think is fair, same how laws don't materialize into existence just because you say so. any kind of law is a social construct, doesn't exist outside the confines of society and requires a certain kind of framework in order to be accepted & enforced. if proposed laws are not accepted by the majority and cannot be enforced, they only exist on the astral plane

there aren't even any proper institutions in westeros. literally the only ones i can identify are the crown and the small council, which serves as a kind of proto-government. there's no parliament, there's no proper justice system, no magna charta. the only courts that seem to operate are Faith-based courts and your liege lord's judgment. medieval-style legal systems and law enforcement are headache-inducing as a rule anyway, but feudal monarchies generally involve constant negotiations and power leverages between kings and their vassals

a more apt characterization of the Dance would be what exactly and how much can the targaryens get away with now that they've decided to impose themselves as rulers of a unified westeros. so far, they had to accept the religion of the land (aegon the conqueror was anointed by the high septon) and were forced to renounce polygamy. they got to keep practicing incest as a result of jaehaerys' successful doctrine of exceptionalism. see? negotiation. now the question remains - are they going to respect succession laws like a normal person (i.e. Andal Law) or are they going to resort to this ridiculous circus every time a targaryen monarch dies? because at the point of the dance, there had hardly been a straightforward transition of power since the conquest

for the internal coherence of this fictional world to be maintained, the nobles should be pushing Andal inheritance rights like crazy, because their own succession is decided on the basis of that and they would be directly interested in not fucking it up for themselves or their descendants by having weird precedents set by the royal family. a lot of these lords, if not most, have bastard siblings/children of their own, as well as elder sisters/daughters. it doesn't make sense for them to threaten their own stability for the sake of rhaenyra of all people, who isn't even good at her job and has done absolutely nothing to endear herself to them. what could they possibly gain by supporting her?

the question of the monarch imposing a law is much more believable in a centralized state, which westeros most definitely is not. imposing laws can also be done via force, of course, as long as """the state""" retains the monopoly on violence. the targaryens' v effective military superiority has so far been conferred by dragons. but rhaenyra's side isn't the only one that has dragons anymore. the opposing faction, i.e. the side who'd perpetuate Andal law, also has them now, as it happens. ergo war.

this situation is absolutely not similar in any way to today's democracies where laws are voted by parliament and the rest of the country have no choice but to abide by them or else the police come knocking on your door and hand you over to the our modern justice system, where your punishment is set by objective specialists & not decided by crazy stunts like trial by ordeal or the whims of your liege lord

tldr: there is no incentive for westerosi nobility to break andal succession law for rhaenyra, since it would be legal self-sabotage by setting a precedent that could come to bite those very same people in the a*se. rhaenyra is NOT an only child - by having trueborn brothers, the only way she can ascend is by breaking the laws & customs of the land. ergo disgruntled lords will inevitably flock to alicent's sons to form covert alliances & subversive power centres that, in time, will erupt in open rebellions. real-world historical examples attest to this happening with or without the consent of their respective figureheads (eg. lady jane grey) - i.e. it doesn't matter if aegon/aemond/daeron play happy families or not. in turn, the only way rhaenyra can prevent this is by executing her brothers/their male descendants. the greens don't want to die => the only way of achieving security for them is by claiming the throne.

alternatively, rhaenyra's life is not in danger as long as she bends the knee, as no-one in-universe would take her claim seriously with 3 living brothers. rhaenys also bent the knee to viserys after losing an election and is still alive. i'll say it again: it is not in the lords' best interest to support rhaenyra in the first place. if we are to go by any logic - what would they gain, should they flock to her? they would destabilize the line of succession for themselves for a (pretty terrible) queen, a reviled king consort and a bastard heir. but, as far as advantages and favours are concerned, what would they be, specifically? in order to outweigh the above-mentioned disadvantages?

you should all blame viserys for getting remarried and fathering sons, because had rhaenyra remained an only child or had only sisters, none of this would be happening & she would have become the first ruling queen of westeros

#this is what is meant by the short-hand argument of 'aegon represents stability' #even so this is a simplified view of feudalism & vassalage #but deer lord #the conflict isn't so simple as 'they want to sabotage women no matter what' #even though the very concept of male primogeniture has its roots in sexism no doubt #there's a reason change & improvement occur incrementally #ask #anon #succession for the iron throne #there are scholars who even dispute that 'feudalism' is a thing since different regions had such distinct ways of governing themselves #that there aren't many unifying threads #i am very much the last person who should attempt to explain that #but for the purpose of understanding westeros it is a useful concept #more so bc grrm obviously constructed this world within our basic conceptualization of the middle ages #as is the case with many high fantasy works #which is also why!!!! this world is very stagnant #both socially and technologically speaking there is little progress over thousands of years #obviously that does not happen in real-life scenarios #i also lack specific knowledge of medieval history methodology since my education has centered on IR #and within that field they mainly teach us from westphalia onwards