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โI miss how I viewed the world before I knew too much about itโ
Just seen this posted on a Peanuts cartoon. The artwork didnโt look like Schulz, probably AI, hence not reposting it.
But the sentiment of it caught my eye.
Its the old โignorance is blissโโฆbut equally everyone reaches a tipping point in their knowledge, whether itโs #ClimateCrisis, #economics, #PoliticalLobbying or #MedicalCare.
You look under the bonnet and it scares you rigid in a way you sadly can never forget.
Overall, the philosophy is to attack the availability problem from two
complementary directions: to reduce the number of software errors through
rigorous testing of running systems, and to reduce the effect of the
remaining errors by providing for recovery from them. An interesting footnote
to this design is that now a system failure can usually be considered to be
the result of two program errors: the first, in the program that started the
problem; the second, in the recovery routine that could not protect the
system.
-- A. L. Scherr, "Functional Structure of IBM Virtual Storage Operating
Systems, Part II: OS/VS-2 Concepts and Philosophies," IBM Systems Journal,
Vol. 12, No. 4, 1973, pp. 382-400 as rendered by /usr/games/fortune
Here we go, a two-fer for #WerewolfWednesday - 1994, Haunted Verdun Manor, Forney, TX. That's me in the then newly-finished Silvermane and Bart B_ in Lugaru, my previous suit. (Waves at Bart, wherever he is now; I've lost track over the years).
Imagine bumping into the two of us while going through a haunted house!
This was the only night Lugaru was "loaned out," and the only photo of both of us.
#Werewolf #Fursuit #HauntedHouse
Thank you for sharing these photos and these memories.
It really is neat to see the Verdun Manor werewolves throughout the years, and they've always been amazing work.
@Berto Thanks for your interest!
I'm finally scanning in old film negatives, so expect a trickle of images :)
Arty and Mathias stand in it quietly, not needing to say anything. The sunโs almost gone, but thereโs still enough glow to catch their eyes.
A pause, a look, and the feeling that everything is exactly where itโs meant to be.
The pieces I do are meant to be loved, not just approved, or feeling like a drawing factory to say "this is done, what's next", I think each piece needs to say something to someone, and I'm so glad this one achieved that for Arty and Mathias. I usually don't say this on my captions but I'm so proud of this one.
Traditional. Acrylic on canvas.
Piece for Arty, the fennec fox, and Mathias, the arctic wolf.
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Also I recorded the process of this piece on a time-lapse video, you can check it out on the first comment of this image on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
There is also a full version of that video, as well as the high resolution and the scanned of this piece, along other pieces that I haven't even shared on my galleries yet. All this is exclusive for those who support me on Patreon or Ko-Fi, that also helps me to keep creating art (and hopefully I can get a point where I can work more on my own projects, including new comics):
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco
Thank you!
Well worth a sign & share. Direct link to the petition: https://chng.it/drsQt8VrHY
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jstauxz2kkdhrc3codypvdtr/post/3luikjldedc2v
Queeg was a very funny episode.
RIP
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lpyj3nisdzgv4cgfu7bgm6jq/post/3lugotwbtc22j
Saw Prof Gina Rippon at the Norwich science festival a few years backโฆbrilliant, funny and made neuroscience very accessible.
So glad sheโs taking the fight to those who are claiming there is is an โover diagnosisโ of #autism taking place right now.
A diagnosis brings relief, self-understanding for adults and the hope of support for children /young people who desperately need it.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/21/rise-autism-diagnoses-neurodiversity
A ninefold increase is the result of huge advances in our understanding โ and brings the hope of fulfilling lives to many more people, says author Gina RipponGina Rippon (The Guardian)
sorry everyone, my third wish from the genie was to make the world's electrical standards weirder.
south america is now using 70hz 40v AC, france & belgium are strictly DC outlets (no AC), and apple products are all on 3.3v USB. AA batteries are now 9v, and 9v batteries are still called that but they provide 6v.
Land line telephone connectors were weird and different in every country. I still have a set of telephone adaptors for different countries left over from dialup days (kept because it also has all the power adapters, which are still useful).
This is EXACTLY how my job as consultant works! Absolutely precise!
Once I had a gut feeling that the people in the current project and I think alike. So I just told them: This is the problem your CIO wants me to address. You know as well as me that you know the solution. Tell me, I translate it to CIO - then he gets what he wants, you have the solution you need, and I have a good reputation and will be hired for he next project, too.
Worked perfectly.
Cross-post from bsky. Direct link to article: https://filmstories.co.uk/news/no-generative-ai-does-not-count-as-fair-use-eu-report-finds/
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k3gvqm5dcvzj2usg53agsqlz/post/3lucqoawka62y
A paper written by the European Parliament concludes that using creative material for AI training does not count as fair use, and that โtimely reformโ is required.Ryan Lambie (Film Stories)
I'm bad, and that's good.
I will never be good, and that's not bad.
There's no one I'd rather be than me.
Wow, I really sat and watched this whole thing before I realized it was 53 minutes long, or that it was almost sunrise.
Uh, anyway, Kezzie's a furry YouTuber and made a video about their drug addiction. It's worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG4zQ8XYD84
I've opted to leave this video unedited, this is as shot, sorry for the random pauses. Here's some helpful links:https://smartrecovery.org/https://988lifelin...YouTube
I have no idea how people manage to talk in fursuit, and not only talk, but *give* actual hour-long talks. Examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG4zQ8XYD84
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE20gAvnru0
I can barely talk at all in suit, and I don't *want* to talk (I'd much rather be silent). I don't know how people do it.
Here's Spottacus giving a talk at Berkeley for 'Furries at Berkeley'... In fursuit, of course.
I think it was EF where I first met him, and he had so much energy. He was a personality that radiated.
I only got a few opportunities over the years to talk.
He will be missed.
"Furries, Neurodivergence, and STEM: Finding Your Path from Zero to One to One Billion"This is Furries at Berkeley's inaugural Furry Masterclass event, the f...YouTube
The view gets better with every step. Riff leads the way, steady and sure, while Procyon takes a moment to pause on a nearby rock, looking back for a second the path they've already walked.
The scenery of this piece is inspired by a real hike, through a place that already felt a bit like a painting, nearby Snowdon, in Wales, UK
Picture for Riff and Procyon
Digital. Procreate
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You can watch a short version of the time-lapse process video, shared on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
But there is a longer version exclusive for my Patreon and Ko-Fi supporters, as well as the high resolution of this piece, with other pictures I haven't shared online yet, WIPs of upcoming pieces and more.
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Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco
if your programming language doesn't have a power metal theme song, I'm not using it
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yup8gIXxWDU
Live album "XX Years Of Steel" out this Friday! Order here: https://lnk.to/NoS-XX-YearsOfSteel Mixed by Christian Ice at Temple of Noise Studios Video by L...YouTube Music
really? Seems like hand oils would still eventually pose a problem.
Depends on what's being handled / storage etc though.
Anthro dog characters wearing pup hoods will never stop being cutely funny.
That's it. That's the toot.
People really do seem to think that if they just make it "illegal enough" that we'll all go back in the fucking closet.
HELL no.
The hottest thing in local Seattle politics is the city's war on Saint Rat / Hot Rat Summer, a mosaic that someone put up (without permission) on the old pumphouse in Cal Anderson Park last year. Recently, city workers have been painting over the mosaic, and good citizens have been cleaning off the mosaic to restore it when they do so. It is a fierce battle, and one I hope the citizens win. We must fight for Hot Rat Summer.
EDIT: IMPORTANT UPDATE NEWS FLASH JUST IN! https://bsky.app/profile/councilmember-amr.bsky.social/post/3lu27fhkj3k2d
Gary Stevenson left his lucrative finance job at 27 as a multimillionaire. Now, heโs campaigning for a fairer economy, arguing that the only way to fix the c...YouTube
More drawings from FWA I was missing to share
Keita! Character from Kaos, part of an art trade
Russec and Scotch, those super cute bunnies!
Moving a few papers in my office, I came across a print of this image from a long, long time ago. I dug it up on one of my computers โ the file is timestamped January 2003!
The second image is the file I originally downloaded (but a reverse image search comes up with nothing so I have no idea where it's from any more), and the first is what I printed out to put on my wall after I edited the stripes a bit.
I've had this up on the wall for literally decades but only really noticed it again after taking it all down to move house. It's sitting in a pile of other prints, waiting for me to get round to finding some way to display them all again.
Of course I came across another few nice zebrataurs while trying to find the origin of this one!
https://www.deviantart.com/drjavi/art/Zebrataur-913619568
https://www.deviantart.com/valkenkuart/art/Cyberpunk-Zebrataur-Commission-1073199466
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22812918/
https://www.deviantart.com/larkitrope/art/Zebra-Centaur-663372093
Just one day before heading to Anthrocon I got to do this painting to give it there in person as a surprise.
It was a small way to say thank you for something that meant a lot to me. My best way I can express myself is through paint and a smiling character.
So here's this yote boy, saying hi on my behalf, with all the warmth I couldnโt quite put into words.
For Oatyote.
Traditional. Acrylics
