digitalfox @digitalfox@vulpine.club

You may have hurt many people unwittingly, even when explicitly trying to help them.

You may be struggling with a lot of emotional pain that's nobody's fault, so you dump the hate on yourself, fake a smile, be the happy fellow others want around.

Your problems may be utterly insignificant compared to the horrors that others deal with.

But you are NOT a failure. You may still be a net benefit to others, and more importantly, to yourself.

#fortoughtimes #selfcare

Ever wished life had a "Congrats, you almost achieved basic social norms!" trophy?

Well, here ya go. I needed one today, but you can have it :)

*hugs*

I've had at least three people avoid telling me I've been irritating them because they wanted to be polite/didn't think it was a big deal/etc. That's great and all, honestly! I'm just now stuck wondering when any of the fifty or so other times people withdrew from me were not, as often said, unrelated to me, but instead something I did wrong.

I can't improve myself if I don't know where I screw up, and assuming I screw up everything is harmful, too.

I know you're trying to be polite and I appreciate that, but please please do NOT shield from me when my tendencies (such as data-gathering) make you uncomfortable.

I'm trying very hard to be a better person and generally would happily adapt to whatever you request.

More so, when the only sign I have of messing up is a hidden change (removing status, etc), that makes EVERY instance of ANYONE hiding information a "crap, what did I screw up this time?"

I probably annoy some people by posting batches of replies once a week or so, both those who are waiting for a reply from me, and those who follow, seeing a wall of replies.

But, err, I'm not easily able to space out my energy spent to avoid flooding timelines and to reduce waiting. Hopefully this doesn't annoy folks too much…

(I'm not aiming for followers, but I do want to contribute to the community in a way that's positive for everybody.)

Apologies to screen readers, I captioned the video then that got removed when posting…

The video shows a city intersection, with a smartphone capturing video of it in the center. Google Maps shows a beta Augmented Reality view of the camera beyond. A 3D animated fox shows in the middle, walking on the street, then leaping in the direction you're supposed to walk. Presenter: "And just for fun, our team's been playing with the idea of adding a helpful guide.. like that there. […more said]"

New at Google I/O: Fox-based AR navigation.

No, really. Even with playful pouncing to show you the way.

As Stephen of AndroidPolice says, "It's /always/ a good idea to follow a fox and see where it leads you."

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/05/08/google-maps-teases-impressive-augmented-reality-navigation-interface/ #GoogleIO #Android #fox #AR #Maps #captioned #video

Source video: https://youtu.be/ogfYd705cRs?t=2h47m "Google I/O'18: Google Keynote" at 2h:47m to 2h:47m:10s

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I'm sure those with impaired vision/blindness can easily read this in a rotated JPEG-artifacted image. No plain text version. It is unofficial, at least.

Hang in there! You can make it through this!

*Hugs*

Poetic BSD license, Gervase Markham:

"You may redistribute and use –
as source or binary, as you choose,
and with some changes or without –
this software; let there be no doubt.
But you must meet conditions three,
if in compliance you wish to be.

The first is obvious, of course –
To keep this text within the source.
The second is for binaries
Place in the docs a copy, please.
A moral lesson from this ode –
Don’t strip the copyright on code."

…more: https://blog.gerv.net/2018/03/poetic-license/
@Azure your turn? :)

What's cooler than someone playing with giant arcs of million-volt potential electricity as if they're best friends?

The above.. but in slow-motion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqwj5bACKbU "THE SUPER SLOW SHOW S1 • E2 Part 4: Tesla Coil"

(If only someone could film the electromagnetiwonderfox @Azure in slow-motion... ⚡️)
#teslacoil #electricity #science #fun #slowmo

...when you screw up, you recognize it too late, and you screw up trying to recover from screwing up, then you screw up trying to recover from that failed recovery, and so on, spiraling into temporary self-isolation.

(I'll be okay in a while, it's not the first time.)

"Isqa - Tree Eater", 8m:17s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXeAeNMTZ9M

Someone in the comments to Andrew Huang's video suggested writing a piano piece with #glitch #music concepts in mind, and, apparently, it exists. I'm not sure if it's glitch-y enough for @Azure 's tastes, but it *is* a fun subversion of expectations.

It started as an odd, but calm piano piece.. but it quickly ªevolved into aló matters of glitcÃ�Åœy noÕses��

"5 steps to make awesome GLITCH BEATS" by Andrew Huang, 8m:56s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yv1HSl_oA4

Stumbled across this in my YouTube subscriptions yesterday, was insightful and fun, especially for #glitch #music . I ought to play with randomness for music in the future, right now I'm just using it with my music lights...

I had not expected that choosing to eat lunch today instead of just dinner meant giving up most of my mathematics studying. Will try harder tomorrow…

How do others manage a full-time college degree? Or dual major? With a job?

I'm rather fortunate to have caring, supportive parents, but I feel that makes it worse as I don't seem to do well with what I'm given. #health #spoons #autism

*squints at @rey as #vulpineclub admin*

https://d2pc52zrmidoft.cloudfront.net/favicon.ico

*wags his fluffy, white-tipped tail*

"First patch with Erica Synths Pico System" from Andrew Huang's second channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52aFpryIBw8
⚠️​ Caution: Contains unapologetically loud noise!

A 6 minute song mostly based on random generation to modulate every aspect of sounds (pitch, placement, etc), forming an atonal soundscape of sharp, impersonal harshness, offering moments ranging from relative calm to, um, ear-invigorating (e.g. 3m:50s).

In other words, I think @Azure would really like this :)

#music #glitch #random #noise