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☆The State of A.I. (spring ’25)☆

The A.I. bubble has gotten to a point where it's managed to tick off just about everyone, from the tech folk of Fedi to their crochet-loving grandmas. Generative slop has poisoned the well for any A.I. at all.
There are actually a LOT of good uses for A.I., just not generative A.I. And I'm here to talk about both.
(...) https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/the-state-of-a-i-spring-25/

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☆Capes and cloaks☆

While "NO CAPES!" is a very repeatable quote from The Incredibles, unless you're a superhero (or supervillain), I think these items really need to be reconsidered as part of modern fashion. Why? Well, 1) they're highly fashionable, 2) they're actually quite practical, and 3) I know the benefits of having apparel(...) https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/capes-and-cloaks/

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☆Why corporate social media is still necessary☆

Fedi has thankfully moved past the point of obsession with Bluesky and seeing as that's where everyone in Brazil is fleeing with the sudden ban of Twitter in the country, it's worth ruminating about why.
The answer is that on some level, ... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/why-corporate-social-media-is-still-necessary/

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☆Final Fantasy VII Rebirth fall/winter infodump analysis☆

To take my mind off everything else, a bit of me doing fan analysis here.
Okay, to get some gushing out before the rest:
OMG, RED, I CAN'T WAIT!
CAIT SITH AND HIS CUTE LITTLE TEEFS!
KUJATAAAAA!
*DEEP BREATH*

Okay, let's get into this.... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-fall-winter-infodump-analysis/

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☆Computers: work smarter, not smaller☆

If you haven't heard the news, computers are facing the end of Moore's law, which was a prediction of how computers would get more powerful over time that held up nicely until now. The reason for this is because it's now impossible to mak... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/computers-work-smarter-not-smaller/

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☆Chuck E. Cheese’s: saving the band☆

If you haven't heard, Chuck E. Cheese's is phasing out the robotic band in favor of a puppet show and other novelties that cost less money. However, there was a huge fan campaign to save the show and it worked, sort of. The band will remain in what is effectively a test loca... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/chuck-e-cheeses-saving-the-band/

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☆Color in computing☆

I talked quite a bit about this in my Mega Man Battle Network review, but computers have fallen into a two-dimensional cave for quite a while now and people are slowly expressing that they're pretty much done with that. At the same time, games have become more colorful again aft... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/color-in-computing/

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☆Web3 is dead☆

Don't let the door hit ya where the dog should've bit ya.
Yes, Web3 is more or less over and nothing of value was lost. People are barely talking about it anymore except in derision because all of it was a solution looking for a problem. The Metaverse, as I noted in my review of a game featuring a digital office complex, is not new in concept ... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/web3-is-dead/

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☆Mass tech layoffs☆

[Upon better consideration, opening lines removed from this toot. - bluesey]
https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/mass-tech-layoffs/

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☆Mass tech layoffs☆

As if it wasn't already clear, tens if not hundreds of thousands of tech workers have been and will be laid off in a cascade caused by the flailing husk of what used to be Twitter.
To be clear, not all of the companies doing it are in dire straits. Most of them are posting record profits. Actually, Twi... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/mass-tech-layoffs/

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☆5 Retro Kids Show Themes That Went Harder Than They Needed To☆

Note that this isn't a list of "themes that went hard" or else Thundercats would of course take the top spot, but despite what you might think watching some random part of it, that show trusted its age demographic with a LOT. I'll also say that... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/5-retro-kids-show-themes-that-went-harder-than-they-needed-to/