Talarus Luan ([email protected])

Celestial Dragon (Earthly indulgences include: IT Consultant, Game Developer, Software Architect/Engineer, Gamer, Electronics Hobbyist, occasional Writer, more)

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@KathMcGill1 Just go to https://t.co/Gxspr95zgY and sign up. It's on verified signups for the moment. :)

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

OKies.. am finally 100% live on Mastodon! :D Only other news to report is that, well, I was in the hospital due to a mild heart attack and had bypass surgery.

Anyway, I'll be following more federated peeps soon. Reply if you're out there!

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@LashynTheDragon Yeah, it's just another trick to try to keep Moore's law going, but it's a trade-off tech. Quality for speed.

"But you won't notice it!" Yeah, you will, the loss of fidelity is painfully obvious, at least to me.

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@Tarkirr I feel your pain. Still trying myself, and will likely still be trying when I finally leave this misty ball.

The journey is the challenge, though. Make the best of it.

I wish you all the luck in the world! :D

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@NoctemTenebris Might be an oldie, but it sure is a goodie. :)

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@LeviCurrie ..and I won't get into the HORRIBLE fat-vs-carb situation which has pretty much caused far more disease and suffering than anything in modern history.. which "actual medicine" just treats the symptoms of.

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@LeviCurrie I also know that alternative treatments for certain kinds of cancer also work. I have family members who have had great success, extending their lives by more than a decade when "actual medicine" told them they had 6 months to live or less.

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@LeviCurrie I do use chiropractic for pain relief, and it does work. I can't speak to the woo aspects of it, because I refuse to participate in them, but as a source of physical therapy, it is effective.

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@LeviCurrie I tend to agree for some of the practices listed, but I don't give modern medicine the pass people think it deserves. Yes, it has progressed and helped a lot of people live longer, happier lives, but not all practices under its umbrella are well-researched or evidence-based.

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@LeviCurrie Dunno. I would take "doing nothing" over "doing harm" from so-called "actual medicine". :)

Still, I think that everyone should do diligent research for their own health choices and not take anything anyone says at face value, including modern practitioners.

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@LeviCurrie Basically, there is a lot of hooey and woo to go around, even in modern medicine. The problem with modern medicine is that it is often difficult to dig it out by the roots when it is shown to be wrong and harmful. It becomes "established" and unassailable.

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@LeviCurrie It does seem like a potpourri, but there is some value in actual traditional medicine practices. After all, a lot of today's pharmaceuticals originally come from natural sources or traditional remedies.

I also have issues with modern medicine, as often it is poorly researched.

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@RaealTheProto @VRChat Second Life has (had) the same problem. "Copybot" was the term used for ripping assets on that platform, and it never really has gone away. It's an endemic problem of the system that cannot be practically be eliminated, but it can be made more technically challenging for rippers

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@RaealTheProto @VRChat They can never truly stop ripping, since you can always intercept content at any point in the asset download/management/rendering pipeline. However, they can delay it as much as they can to make it more difficult to reconstruct. The closer to the hardware, the more "raw" it is.

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@KathMcGill1 So, you mean some kind of special effects sequencer? I think that can be done, yes.

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

I guess it's time to spin up that Mastodon node and prepare for curtain call for this place.

Not active yet, but it will be @[email protected]

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@NoctemTenebris I am always trying to encourage my mate to work on her skills, though. She has a great deal of creativity and unpolished talent, and she's always improving. :)

[Talarus Luan ([email protected]) @ArchaeanDragon]

@NoctemTenebris Unfortunately no, we've drifted a bit from that part of the family. So it was more of a thing in my youth. My stepfather passed earlier this year. :-/