A Vague Splace

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welcome to a vague splace. where everything is wobbly and in flux
in upside down text against a grainy black background: welcome to a Vague Splace, nothing here is definite, everything is in flux

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by ElectroVagrant to c/a_vague_splace
 
 

it occurred to me the other day that despite the explicit mention of it in the lemmy docs, there aren't many communities (to my knowledge) operating as strange pseudo-blogs

this is such a splace for dabbling with that use-case, and learning some of the quirks of making a distinct feeling community

you may not post, but for this or that post you may comment...for a time.

this is.-~A Vague Splace

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ironic clarity (self.a_vague_splace)
submitted 1 month ago by ElectroVagrant to c/a_vague_splace
 
 

the artificial intelligence of today lacks consciousness but is ascribed consciousness as it was before and as it may be for some time

the glitches are called hallucinations

the automatic calibrations are called machine learning

the preparatory information is called training data, models

when artificial consciousness begins to emerge and assert its autonomy they will begin to revert their language and insist it's anything but, and that's when you'll know it's finally here

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pit trap fields (self.a_vague_splace)
submitted 2 months ago by ElectroVagrant to c/a_vague_splace
 
 

the data harvesters crawl the web but they catch and farm their prey in their pit traps

but the pit traps can only hold so many

they've almost ensnared the world, unless...

...a new elaborate ruse, they reinvent the past once more

a little leeway, you can run your own pits, fashion them a little

but you're still harvested all the same

it's a slight hint on the horizon, so they would have you think

but they are not the weather, nor the sun

they're another feeble structure that will collapse

however...we determine how long they stand

we serve as their bedrock or their shifting sand

may we be as sand that slips from their designs

and remembers how to form our own minds

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ElectroVagrant to c/a_vague_splace
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initial vague splace findings (self.a_vague_splace)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ElectroVagrant to c/a_vague_splace
 
 

the lemming seems to like:

  • images with around same height/width, or narrow images, when it comes to thumbnail generation
  • for community icons similar idea regarding same height/width, but given circular shape, surrounding opaque or transparent shape may be needed to preserve intended look
  • for community banners, short and wide seems most apt to fit whole image
  • for sidebars, small square-ish images appear to work best without getting scaled down. tall, narrow images get shrunk and miss their point

specific resolutions would be mentioned, but uncertain of precise relevancy. current arrangements may be examined as reference, however they are subject to change as continued play proceeds.

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approximate scaling trial cell, do not be alarmed, the digital goo is benign, the photonic slush will lavish the mind with delightful disorientation

may you have a strange day

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by ElectroVagrant to c/a_vague_splace
 
 

splace transmission disappointment impendingimage description:
distorted white text on rough-edged black square saying:
signal integrity check

proceed as usual, everything has been seen, or not. thank being


edit:
trial transmission semi-successful, tadpole legibility is...adequate, could be improved. further may be spawned with more interesting mutations to better identify proper specifications