JCog

JCog

@jcog.dev

She/Her • Cogtent Creator • Speedrunner • Software Developer • You've probably seen me doing something whack in Paper Mario

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also queer representation in videos games has never been better. there's still plenty to criticize, but we've come a long way since 2012 when it was a big deal that mass effect 3 finally added romances that were exclusively gay/lesbian, not just straight or playersexual.

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figured I'd go ahead and pencil this in ahead of time 😀👍 (but also this seems good, so glad to see that making a bunch of noise still works)

Speedrun.com@speedruncom.bsky.social

We’ve updated our Terms of Use again, based on your feedback. Your Runs are yours, and Leaderboard Data is now open to everyone, for any purpose. What changed and why, plus answers to common questions: www.speedrun.com/news/wlvmlk81

regardless of their current capabilities, every AI company is operating at an unsustainable loss. any software project that becomes reliant on one now is going to be in huge trouble when the prices inevitably get jacked up, they can't afford it, and they don't understand their own codebase anymore.

posting this now so I can quote it after however many months/years it takes to come true

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one of the more underrated things about HRT is how much more enjoyable TV shows, movies, etc. are when you can actually like, feel emotions properly.

today's a very exciting day for me, someone who wore the number 4 on all her high school sports jerseys.

I'll never pass up a chance to show off the before and after of my voice training. one of the hardest thing I've ever done, and yeah, absolutely no help from hormones lmao. easily the thing that's made the single biggest difference in my confidence leaving the house.

It’s always amusing that cis people still somehow think estrogen makes your voice more feminine and will happily tell other cis people that it does. It doesn’t, at all, by the way. We trans women gotta put work into voice training.

the thing about living in texas is that it's so miserable outside the majority of the year, and then one day in fall it suddenly isn't and you realize you forgot weather can be good. anyway, today was that day :)

I got one when it launched in 2016 and honestly I liked it a lot. over time it got worse and worse until all I used it for was to ask the weather and as a bluetooth speaker. the last time I moved I didn't even bother to take it out of the box.

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Behold, advanced digital commerce technology:

JCog@jcog.dev

"Though it does have advanced digital commerce technology such as a shopping cart." behold, advanced digital commerce technology:

"Though it does have advanced digital commerce technology such as a shopping cart." behold, advanced digital commerce technology:

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

new Epic Games Launcher in preview - "Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look." store.epicgames.com/news/epic-ga...

happy Homophobic Bigot Anita Bryant Gets Pied In The Face Day to all who celebrate 🥳

I'm never gonna get over the fact that the most popular bluesky labeler for which programming languages you like/use doesn't include C as an option.

this is true, I tested it myself

The C Programming Language@c-official.bsky.social

In C23 variables have pronouns and misgendering is undefined behavior. And no you can't just always use they, smartass. It literally won't compile

omg why have I been doing my injections in my stomach all these years instead of my thigh? this is 1000x easier psychologically.

every now and then I google my full name to find and request take downs for anything revealing my personal info, and I'd very much like to thank the one person with an extremely well-reviewed business taking up all the results, you the goat 🙏

adhd is such an stupid disorder lol, like what do you mean I can't reliably make myself get up to go pee when I need to unless I take a pill

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October 5 2001, Paper Mario debuted on the N64 in PAL territories! The PAL cart contains 4 languages (Spanish, English, French, German), and ends up being 24MB larger than the NTSC version....making it one of the largest N64 games alongside Resident Evil 2, Sim City and others!

I've been looking at a lot of AI code lately, and the difference between human and AI commit messages are *comically* different. human: added feature fixed problem actually fixed problem AI: Since time immemorial, variables have been fundamental to producing meaningful code. In this essay, I will

I'm not convinced that the entire archive of LLM training data contains even a single commit message.

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src's new stuff is suspicious but also be careful of therun, that site uses quite a lot of ai coding and writing

okay so I take weekly backups of the paper mario leaderboard via the src api. I'm no legal expert. does anyone know if the creative commons license still applies to data obtained prior to this change?

therun.gg@therun.gg

SRC changed their terms of use yesterday, and released a news post with an FAQ. They make it sound like not a big deal. It's a big deal. The Creative Commons licence is gone. They claim ownership over the data now. Thread about what this means, and what we can do about it 🧵

I started rereading The Expanse books the other day and I got to the last line here and actually laughed out loud 🙃

I love rereading books like this because none of the events in the story change, but I learn a lot about how I have by the new and different ways I react to them.

as someone who's been very publicly vocal about calling out sexual abuse/harassment, the respect I demanded from men decreased dramatically when doing so after transitioning. if you're a man, you have a responsibility to leverage that because women just can't. men only listen to men.

Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social

I'm watching my cat play with random objects on my desk and I'm just really glad she doesn't have opposable thumbs

happy first birthday to my vagina!!!! 🥳🎉 after one year post-op with everything pretty much healed, my biggest takeaway is just how utterly *normal* everything feels. the idea that this isn't how things have always been configured is such a foreign concept to me.

I wish I actually enjoyed script writing. I enjoy every other step in the process of making youtube videos, but as soon as I sit down to try to write a script, my brain turns to mush.

man I really did just stream my entire transition live on camera for (collectively) thousands of people to watch, like that's insane, how did I do that??

I know that em dashes aren't a surefire sign of someone using AI, but I will say that two days ago was the first time I'd ever seen one used in a code comment. it was also the second time.

finding out yesterday that the paper mario pc port made by the same team that made ship of harkinian got released, but then immediately after seeing the team has started leaning *hard* into AI coding was some insane whiplash

fun random jcog lore fact: if you were playing starcraft online in like 2005 or so, there's a small chance you lost to an 11-year-old child (me) who'd just learned how to zergling rush 🙂

unsurprisingly I was very bad at the game, but I did actually win one single match legitimately. I was terran and teched up to cloaked wraiths and the guy just had no detectors at all. he proceeded to crash out at me in the chat and accuse me of cheating, which I found very funny lol.

the strangest thing I've noticed about taking the bus is that when I tell people that's how I got somewhere, they act almost horrified for me like it must be a huge inconvenience, and I kinda just don't understand why? the bus is hype, you pay a small fee, sit in the AC and don't have to park lol

chat, I have an important announcement: I've decided I'm no longer transgender. I hope you'll all support me on my journey to becoming a cis woman 🙏

I'm very happy to report that my insurance is supportive of pregnant trans women! 🙂👍

"When you've learned you're pregnant, there's a lot to think about." I would have a lot to think about, this is true.

found this image saved on my computer yesterday and decided to post it today for no particular reason