>>35982
>Hell, it's been used for more than two millennia, and the ancients certainly knew what they were doing.
Ha! Thanks for sharing. Juxtaposition of the formal RFC style and the nonsensical spec is always amusing. You're probably already familiar with it, but the classic HTTP 418 RFC is also a fun read (rfc2324).

Although shouldn't the doc have mentioned TLS (née SSL) as prior work? That effectively obscures the URL path, leaving only the domain itself visible to eavesdroppers. You could even mitigate that a bit by using encrypted DNS (DoT/DoH) and improving adoption of eSNI, leaving only the dest IP visible as plaintext (which with the rise of CDNs is practically useless anyway).


>>35983
Check the date of the draft.

Coming home is self-therapy now that I live alone. I fill my house with bright colours such as white, pink, cream, light brown, and just a bit of blue.

>>35529
Fyi they're running a promotion for another free Momoiro work. They even have english subtitles this time (hardsubbed only, sadly)
https://www.dlsite.com/home/campaign/voice-works-trial-fes2020
(My coupon said it expired in 2 days but I don't know how long they're running it for – It's even possible it's the same one you mentioned and I haven't noticed until now)

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Talking & Walking solves a lot of little problems

Now do it again with safe search off this time!

Interesting results...

>>37399
Well that's it. Nuke the site from orbit.

Since horriblesubs is kill now, we might see a reemergence in fansubbing.

>>36299
Other people are doing their work better than they did. Don't bet on it.

>>32638
>>32638
Commie can be hit or miss. When they stick to just typesetting the original CR script their stuff is fine. When they try to get clever with their localized translations, they're utter garbage.

I bring this up because I recently found out that there are "uncommied" versions of some shows (yuyushiki and aiura are the two I found about) which preserve commie's typesetting but have the original CR script. I was intrigued enough to do a line-by-line diff to find out how bad the commie version was, but surprisingly for these two shows in particular it wasn't too bad. Generally for both commie removed the honorifics -san/-chan and added "Mrs." for okaasan-sensei (I'm not sure why they used "mrs." since that implies she's married, when that's not likely to be the case in the show).

For Yuyushiki in particular, I noted the following changes between the original CR script (equivalent to the uncommied version modulo typesetting):
Slightly better phrasing on some English (technically less of a literal translation but I doubt even pedantics would mind the below):

"The cost would end up pretty high." -> "It'd be pretty expensive."
"If you were going to die the next day, what would you eat on your last day?" -> "If you were going to die tomorrow, what would you eat as your last meal?"
" Yui is the most shining of all of us." -> "Yui shines the most out of us three."

and eliding repetition of the object in favor of using a pronoun when the antecedent is clear (which I don't mind since it matches the jp and improves conciseness)

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>>36300
The asian anime licensors (Muse, AniOne) manage to release better quality English translations than Aniplex/Funi. It's simply astounding that those (relatively) smaller companies who are probably paying a pittance to translators for whom English isn't even a first language can pump out better subtitles than the American conglomerate can. And Muse even releases their licensed shows for free on youtube while the others have the gall to charge money for their garbage.

>>33117
>Being unable to decide what to do, or even know what kind of thing I would like to do. And I mean in every day situations, like not being able to decide on milk or soda
My tip: Just flip a coin. Or if you have more than one choice, throw dice.

If one choice were really so much better than the others, you wouldn't have such trouble deciding, so fuck it and pick whichever, then go on with your life. Just about anything you can possibly do with your time is better than worrying about unimportant decisions.

Food and porn

>>36905
I do this sometimes. Especially when it comes to food, or classes in a game, or something that gets me wondering what the optimal choice is. I try to never spend more than 30 seconds in a menu if I have to.

Motorbikes & coffee are my demons.

>>37335
>I'm genuinely curious as to what media you were consuming before finding anime to have that impression.
Not him either but the drugery of fiction that we were forced to read all throughout middle and high-school killed any interest in pursuing reading as an independent hobby. It was always the most boring books with themes I couldn't care less about – Scarlet Letter, Beloved, etc. not to mention the insanity of reading Shakespeare's plays (that's like reading a movie script and expecting it to be any fun; not to mention that some of the puns get lost as a result of vowel-shifts). Even supposed "classics" like Great Gatsby or To Kill a Mockingbird were boring and predictable.

Maybe I'm just not the kind of person who's good at visualizing because for me reading things lacks the visual emotions that can be wrought from watching an anime. The only two books that I can remember sort of enjoying were The Stranger and East of Eden. I might have liked other stuff from Camus as well (and I've heard Dostoevsky's works are also similar in this vein) but at this point I've mostly given up on fiction entirely – reading something like Hōjōki or the biography of Yukichi Fukuzawa has been much more captivating and insightful than I ever remember reading fiction to be.

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>>37337
>Great Gatsby or To Kill a Mockingbird
Yeah, both of those sucked. In my school we also had to read The Giver, Odyssey and Farenheit 451, which I really enjoyed. We were only assigned excerpts from the Odyssey, but I went ahead and read the whole thing. The ending when he takes off his old man disguise off, brutally slaughters the suitors and then has all the female servants who slept with them hanged was awesome. That part wasn't assigned, but I made sure to tell everybody in the class about it.

It's funny how much lipservice is constantly given about how getting kids to read more is important(or at least people used to say that), but they blatantly ignore the parts about books which would actually be attractive to young people.

>>37331
I read quite a lot of literature growing up, actually reading was pretty much all I ever did before I was in highschool. I can't say I ever read anything that really dug into a few specific themes I really found interesting in anime, maybe Childhoods End. Now there's a certain kind of style western literature uses in an attempt to approach philosophy, and maybe my patience is just too low, maybe the way japanese movies and stories use exposition is more to my liking, but I find that it tries to be TOO serious and takes the setting and characters so seriously that it almost has trouble actually daring to make any real point. Anime has its fair share of shitheaps, and there are no end to the amount of cliches based around being the typical good japanese citizen. But I have never seen a western piece of fiction approach the real world phenomenon of being a hikki NEET. Sure there's stuff that deals with depressing isolation, like jack london, but NHK actually shows a real hikki and to some people that would probably have been their first and only exposure to the concept in its proper form. There's tons and tons of western mdeia, too, that lauds and talks about individuality, but even the most esoteric of stories sort of dance around the concept of the seperation of peoples thoughts in the very real world and depressing fact that you will ultimately only ever know yourself, and that you can never completely connect with another person. Do writers get close? Yeah, they do, but japanese media has a way of just getting right to the point and depicting the problem as an actual element of its setting in no unclear terms. I guess to me, it feels like japanese media actually adapts western and eastern philosophy of the ego to a fictional medium, whereas western fiction tends to only skirt around it and occasionally reference it. Obviously I'm referring to a certain subgenre of anime but even really fucking dumb anime will sometimes touch on philosophical themes in a more substantial way that any popular movie or even book. I think actually seeing philosophy applied to a scenario and ran through as a simulated test of its validity is pretty important. There's something about the way jap

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>>37345
>There's tons and tons of western mdeia, too, that lauds and talks about individuality, but even the most esoteric of stories sort of dance around the concept of the seperation of peoples thoughts in the very real world and depressing fact that you will ultimately only ever know yourself, and that you can never completely connect with another person.
I think American Psycho did a good job at this.
"It's hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but "The Greatest Love of All" is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity. Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it's not too late to better ourselves. Since, Elizabeth, it's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It's an important message, crucial really. And it's beautifully stated on the album." - Patrick Bateman.

>>37231
>>37228
>now we've got year of the cow
I wonder if this will be the next pixiv trend. Are cowtits back in vogue?

>>37242
Maybe... do you want more cow-girls?

>>37289
Call me a milk drinker because my thirst for cow girls can't be quenched!

>>37242
It is the new Pixiv trend. I have 10+ pages of cowgirls from my followed artists.

A friend and I bought each other some games over steam as Christmas gifts. Then I watched him stream a VN. It was fun exchanging banter along the way and he really enjoyed both the VN and the streaming. Later I played a game with some online friends and we made sure to use voice chat. We were quiet for most of it beyond some idle comments and chatter but it was fun. It definitely helped me feel less lonely unlike I normally do this time of year. It felt nice and I hope we'll all do it again. The christmas gift I ordered for myself came in just today but it wasn't what I ordered. I e-mailed the seller about it and hopefully they will respond soon.

Got stuck trying to fix some computer shit after a storm so that wasn't very fun, but y'know 12 days of Christmas so once that was fixed the next day I got to enjoy myself and take it easy making little Christmas-themed crafts (which I should have done earlier in the year)
>>37177
If only law enforcement looked like that, huh...

>>37181
Said everyone ever.

>>37177
Just blow up your local police station or something, I dunno. This isn't really that hard.

>>29782
Beanie babies are awesome though.

>>29783
You may wanna visit the world trade center while you still have the chance. Also, get a good PC and mine the shit out of bitcoin once it becomes available. Oh and if you can try to invest in apple products, their cordless phones are gonna become really really popular (don't ask me why, hell if I know). You'll thank me latter.

>>29767
Is her birthday on Xmas day or something?

Merry Xmas 2020

>>37283

In that case, I could understand the idea of a "security deposit" that will eventually be returned, but forgetting to return it or outright refusing to just seems like a dishonest practice to take even more of an unsuspecting person's money, more often than not. Colleges are especially guilty of this nowadays. I recently began to apply for study abroad and now apparently I will owe my college 225$ just for the application, whether I get accepted or not. You could argue that fee is justified because of the paperwork they do for the student or something, but since it is an external program, most of my application so far has been done and will probably be reviewed without the school's involvement.

>>37311
The college application fee serves dual purpose: it's a way for colleges to make free money off of the boatload of applicants and it also serves to discourage people from applying to places that they don't care about.

>>37312
It serves a third purpose as well, discouraging poor 'people'.

>>37311
>In that case, I could understand the idea of a "security deposit" that will eventually be returned, but forgetting to return it or outright refusing to just seems like a dishonest practice to take even more of an unsuspecting person's money, more often than not.
That doesn't sound just like it's dishonesty; it sounds illegal depending on the involved parties' jurisdictions and contractual obligations. I've made similar deposits before, but I've always gotten most of the money returned since I don't make a mess of my apartments. Haven't dealt with a slumlord, though.

>>37016
I thought about mention them but they are so weird looking and different even compared to EVA's, while they share the heavy stylization.
Model kits are probably the most beautiful I've ever seen but also heard they are hell to build.

>>37028
They seem tough, yeah. Do they still make them?

>>37031
I think this was from 2010 or so, don't know if there's more newer ones but probably.

>>32869
>>36926
But Evangelion *IS* Godzilla now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CEjqATcPAg
Or will be in January 2021.

There's another thing about online social norms that bugs me that centers around the sensitivity you mentioned. Back in the day it felt like I could come on the internet and speak unfiltered without fear of getting shouted down over some petty social rule or ruffling some insecure normie's feathers. That isn't the case anymore. People don't seem to want actual conversation. They want to sit around and pull levers to get a neurochemical fix. That sort of behavior has always existed online but it seems to have gotten a lot worse over time. Like others have said I think it comes down to demographics.

Outside of shitposting banter you used to be able to find people to converse with pretty easily and they actually had varied opinions. These days you say one word that isn't in alignment with whatever the hivemind agrees on and they'll start losing it. It'd be one thing if they explained why they think your viewpoint is misguided, or gave you a bit of shit for having one point of disagreement but that's not what happens. They just throw your entire post in the garbage and focus solely on the part that makes them uncomfortable. The behavior differs depending on what site it happens on but the core theme remains the same: an emotionally charged temper tantrum because they didn't get their worldview validated 100%.

If you're basically normal and fit in with mainstream culture you don't face a lot of criticism. It seems like normals learn to dismiss others ruthlessly as a means of protecting their psychology. Taking the time to weigh what someone's experiences has been is a lot of work and neurotic behavior people only learn through being in a hostile social environment for a prolonged period of time... It seems like with the normie invasion you see a lot of people who would be more considerate learn to quickly dismiss others. Unless a space is explicitly abnormal to start with it'll become normal infested over time. It's one way to stop social gentrification but it comes at the cost of creating a real race to the bottom mentality in a lot of communities.

It feels like the internet of seasons past was a magical place. A fluke that's now being corrected. I've changed some but it feels like the world around me has changed a lot more.

>>37040
Kiwifarms is actually exactly the kind of retards I can't stand. A lot of the stuff they build up "lolcow" resumes over is the kind of whining about creepy or cringey stuff that was taken in stride on the internet before. They're the furthest cry from the wild west of the internet as you can get and, in large part, I genuinely think that tumblr providing a large "alt" platform for women on the internet outside of facebook was responsible for the spread of this kind of shit. Kiwifarms and tumblr used to be closely linked i believe.

>>37047
>So did social norms change in general, or did internet demographics just change?
The internet's social norms were subsumed by real life's norms like a ball bearing getting pulled in by an electromagnet. This was due to changing demographics, specifically that the newest crop of people coming online were ones who from early childhood were using the internet to talk to people they knew in real life. No previous generation did that.
>On the internet, or in real life too?
Internet.

>>37046
>Who is the imaginary authority in your head... offline authority... or the collective wisdom... the anticipation of their emotional reaction
On the surface this seems like a false dichotomy. Even when adhering to grammatical rules, I think good writing should still be done with the audience's "emotional reaction" in mind. Decisions of semicolon vs. period, en-dash vs. parenthetical remark, etc. all play a role in influencing how the reader interprets the message. That said, the gist of that quote – that there's a sharp difference in the punctuation employed by "older" generations and the (lack) of punctuation by the newer – is something I've seen mentioned elsewhere and have observed myself. But then again, this might just be due to chat being the dominantly preferred medium for the newer generation, and when each message is comprised of only a single sentence or fragmented thought, punctuation can't really apply (aside from the trailing ellipsis; and ironically the overuse of that is negatively associated with the much-older, less computer literate generation).