Nealer 🇨🇦

@acanuck.itch.io

698 Followers 1600 Following

Amateur code monkey from the Canadas He/Him Mastodon - mstdn.social/@acanuck Gander - @acanuck.gander.social ̶T̶w̶i̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶-̶ ̶@̶M̶a̶d̶C̶a̶n̶u̶k̶ deactivated linktr.ee/acanuck Avatar by @lartist.bsky.social

Q amd A page for CSS DOS on the question of A.I. usage.

Did you use AI?

Yes, a lot. I still consider the code to be my code - but my opinions on the matter are complex. I'm no ambassador for AI accelerationism - as a published AI safety researcher and red-teamer, I'm well aware that LLMs aren't a tool to point at a problem and press 'Go' unthinkingly. I'd label CSS-DOS 'LLM-assisted' but not 'vibe coded'.

NOTE: AI writing I find cringe-inducing and bland. I'm typing this myself. The copy on this website is edited by my fingers word-by-word, with proofreading by Claude.

Batman breaking a gun over his knee and saying "This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."

Recipe for Magic Bear Bread.

340 milliliter lukewarm beer, 3 cups flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon baking powder, a pinch of salt.

Place mixed ingredients in a greased bread tray, place in cold over then set to 350°F and bake for 1 hour.

Ai disclosure from the Steam Page for Crazy Taxi: World Tour

So what would this bill do? You can read the full text for yourself but at a high level it would require publishers to communicate to the public 60 days in advance of any changes in service that would prevent the “ordinary use” of a digital game. In addition, the publisher would have to provide one or more of these three paths forward:

1. A version of the digital game that can be used by the purchaser independent of services controlled by the operator.
2. A patch or update to the purchaser’s version of the digital game that enables its continued use independent of services controlled by the operator.
3. A refund in an amount equal to the full purchase price paid for the digital game by the purchaser.

The starship Enterprise from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" flies alongside an asteroid trailing dust. A fake title above reads "Look, We Had To Let The Kids Die. The Prime Directive Demanded It. Probably."

Low angle shot of the starship Voyager from "Star Trek: Voyager" with a fake episode title "Coffee"

The Enterprise from the original "Star Trek" orbiting a blue planet. A fake episode title says "A Tribble Dies Twice"

External view of the titular space station from "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" with a fake episode title "Morn Speaks"

Bag of Fuego Takis

Poster art for the Disney movie "Homeward Bound"

A four panel comic, by Barry Deusch, of a man first being told his views are too extreme and he declares he is being silenced, then over the next three panels he says he has been silenced on a stage, on the front page of a newspaper, then on Fox News.

Cover art for the Nintendo Entertainment System game "Super Mario Bros. 3"

Cover of the book "All Systems Red" by Martha Wells.

Screenshot of the Steam store page for "Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced". Seemingly EVERY Ubisoft studio is listed as a developer.

Screenshot of above post by Oliver

Photo of my Snowsky Echo Mini in my hand. The screen shows the song information inside a stylized cassette.

Screenshot of an Amazon listing for a white Nintendo 64 stylized Bluetooth controller for $59.99. Text below it says "Join Prime to nuy item at $44.99"

Poster for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Photo of a small handheld eReader held in my hand. The screen is showing the cover art for Martha Well's book Artificial Condition.

Screenshot of a card pull from wikigacha.com showing the Ultra Rare rated card for the Wikipedia article "Chris Paul" who is an NBA basketball player. His card has an attack of 11862 and defense of 10422.

Photo of a tall beer glass labeled "Dildo Brewing Co. Newfoundland and Labrador"

A screenshot of a quote post. The quoted post by "retired-librarian" says "Hey, librarian here. If you find out a favorite author is a monster, don't separate the art from the author just give it the fuck up and stop supporting the monster." The quoting post by "kikieatsbooks" says "Fuck yeah. Abandon all assholes and read better books." Both posts have disabled replies b/c of a DELUGE of disingenuous replies.

Screenshot of the Amazon Canada page for the movie Sinners. At the top of the page Amazon has placed a LARGE banner offering alternatives to the movie. The first two movies suggested are "F1: The Movie" and volume three of the BBC documentary "Planet Earth"

Exterior shot of a police station at night. Text on screen says "tonight's episode: The Writer's Barely-Disguised Fetish"

Screenshot of the page wikigacha.com showing the card for the Wikipedia article for Pornography with attack of 11862 and defense of 14079.

Screenshot of a card pull from wikigatcha.com showing the Wikipedia article for the video game Sonic CD. The card has a rarity of Ultra Rare, attack of 6374, and defense of 5043.

Batman from "The Dark Knight" comics breaking a rifle in half and saying "This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."

Picture of the infamous Rob Liefeld drawing of Captain America where his chest is deeper than he is tall. It looks like he has a second torso stapled to the front of hus torso.

Photo of a grilled cheese sandwich with cheddar cheese and Boursin garlic and fine herb cheese as a filling

Scene from "Star Wars: A New Hope" of C-3PO walking past a long necked skeleton in the desert of Tatooine.

Screenshot of my account settings page with a message at the top saying that "Due to laws in your region, certain features on Bluesky are currently restricted until you're able to verify you're an adult."

Poster for the movie "The Hidden Fortress" featuring Princess Juki on the back of a rearing horse. There is a large red circle behind her and the title.

Screenshot of replies to @Firefox.com posts about their pivot to ai. First reply points out that the CEO of Firefox talked about blocking advertisement blockers. Firefox replies with polite corporate doublespeak saying that wasn't what he meant. A different user replies "So, the best case scenario here is that your CEO is so phenomenally bad at communicating that he probably shouldn't be allowed to speak in public."

Screenshot of the 1992 MS-DOS game "Jill of the Jungle" featuring Jill standing on a tree branch with an apple above her head.

Worf from Star Trek holding a cat below the front legs somewhat awkwardly

Photo of the front cover of a tabletop roleplaying game called "Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era"

A banner advertisement on Tumblr split into 6 images. 4 of them seem to various crafting tools, one a closeup of a neck with a thin chain necklace, one of a ling sleeve shirt that says "P.E.N.I.S. People Encouraging Niceness In Society" on it

A human-ish robot built by "xAI", the company owned by terminally online alleged billionaire Elon Musk, posing in front of a poster for the movie "Tron: Aries" featuring the same robot

Screenshot of the podcast feed for Talk From Superheroes in the app Podcast Addict. The latest episode on Alien Earth is download, but there is also a "Error: 503" message at the top saying the app was unable to reach the hosting server

Intro for season one of the 1994 animated series Reboot.

Post by prokopetz
Random Headcanon: That Federation vessels in Star Trek seem to experience bizarre malfunctions with such overwhelming frequency isn't just an artifact of the television serial format. Rather, it's because the Federation as a culture are a bunch of deranged hyper-neophiles, tooling around in ships packed full of beyond-cutting-edge tech they don't really understand. Endlessly frustrating if you have to fight them, because they can pull an effectively unlimited number of bullshit space-magic countermeasures out of their arses - but they're as likely as not to give themselves a lethal five-dimensional wedgie in the process. All those rampant holograms and warp core malfunctions and accidentally-traveling-back-in-time incidents? That doesn't actually happen to anyone else; it's literally just Federation vessels that go off the rails like that. And they do so on a fairly regular basis.
Post by writebastard
So to everyone else in the galaxy, all humans are basically Doc Brown.
Post by prokopetz
Aliens who have seen the Back to the Future movies literally don't realise that Doc Brown is meant to be funny. They're just like "yes, that is exactly what all human scientists are like in my experience".
Post by roachpatrol
THE ONLY REASON SCOTTY IS CHIEF ENGINEER INSTEAD OF SOMEONE FROM A SPECIES WITH A HIGHER TECHNOLOGICAL APTITUDE IS BECAUSE EVERYONE FROM THOSE SPECIES TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE ENTERPRISE'S ENGINE ROOM AND RAN AWAY SCREAMING
Post by roachpatrol
vulcan science academy: why do you need another warp core
humans: we're going to plug two of them together and see if we go twice as fast
vsa: last time we gave you a warp core you threw it into a sun to see if the sun would go twice as fast
humans: hahaha yeah
humans: it did tho
vsa: IT EXPLODED
humans: it exploded twice as fast

Photo of finds at my local thrift shop. Two wireless Xbox One controllers, a wired Xbox 360 controller, a motion activated trail camera, and a DVD of the 1960 Ocean's 11 movie.

Title screen for Mass Effect 1

An animation of Bugs Bunny using a saw in front of a Tim Hortons sign, then the image abruptly shifts to an image of a mao of North America and the USA splits away from Canada

Screenshot of the Steam Games store showing a few banners for games on sale including Sid Meir's Civilization 7 which is currently 30% off. The banner says it is the Settler's Edition but the displayed price is for the base game.

Screenshot of a TikTok reply conversation. Post one by amg_sd: "Did you just compare liver king to joe rogan. I think you need to look in the mirror lol. You are off the rails if you think you are even in the same conversation as rogan lol. rogan is your daddy kid". Mark Andrus replies: "imagine your idol being Joe Rogan 💔 bro can't can't feel like a man without his daddy telling him he's strong 💔" and amg_sd replies: "Never watched a joe rogan podcast in my life. Just know him as a fighter and comedian and how succesful he is. Considered how triggered you are and confused with your identity it make sense how your feelings must be hurt."

Cover art for a 4K steel book copy of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" featuring a stylized image of five Ents standing side by side on top of a hill with Sauron and Sauronon's towers in the background.

Screenshot from the website linked in the quoted post. For some reason there's a massive spike in the number of u's at 41.

The four main characters from the 1994 computer animated series Reboot; Guardian Bob, Dot Matrix, her young brother Enzo Matrix, and his dog Frisket. They are all leaning into frame and looking at the viewer with a mix of expressions ranging from curious to concerned.

John Arbuckle answering a ref phone and loudly shouting "He WHAT?!" and Garfield laying down on the counter in front of him is looking at the viewer smiling as he thinks "I've been a busy boy"

Cover of Canadian magazine called "explore" with a picture of a fluffy cat sitting on a rock, wearing a walking harness with a yellow rope tied to it, and a picturesque mountain in the background. The subtitle of the magazine says "Meet Canada's Adventurous Cats" and in small font below it is "(including Gary!)" with an arrow pointing to the cat.

Photo of a shelf at a dollar store, there are a few tabletop gaming dice towers above toy helicopters

Photo of a VHS tape of Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope held in a hand.

Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" playing her guitar for children

Text from the update page for Zoom-Platform.com version of the DOS game "The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki" showing that they are adding "Native support for the most common controllers" and said common controller is described as "Fully compatible with the DK Bongos" presumably referring the Bongo controllers for the GameCube game "Donkey Konga"

Picture of the tail of a stegosaurus tail with red sine plates and tail spikes