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JohnnyEnzyme

@ JohnnyEnzyme @piefed.social

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Founder of European Graphic Novels, Aug '23 on Lemm.ee.

"Man rests from one labor by doing another." That also works for managing chronic pain, as I've discovered...

  • Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities?

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  • That helps, TY Sergio.

  • Is Reddit banning posts with "join-lemmy.org"?

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  • My approach is to stay on both platforms, make a good-faith effort towards both, and work in Fediverse links, when possible.

    Seems to fly pretty well under the Radar O'Reilly...

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  • Thanks, mate. Will add that thread to my upcoming song-mix.

    Weirdly, in terms of the mix I shared above, after really enjoying the first four, I wound up hating the next five, then being neutral about the last two. But... music be like that, sometimes.

  • Stir fry potatoes, shrooms and butternut

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  • Soups & stews are indeed my main dishes, so I'll get after that.

    I guess one thing for me that I've never properly learned is how the heck to tell when a squash is best-used. Externally they tend to look exactly the same, but internally they can be... ready to eat, all the way to 'desiccated five centuries ago,' so to speak.

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  • ...I know it’s not a great metric and Monthly Active Users is better, but it’s still a milestone of sorts!

    Haha, I feel the same. EGN still has miles to go in terms of an engaged, commenting & posting userbase, but the recent 'Reddit bump' definitely props up my ego a bit, via the community reaching 1K subscribers.

    Btw, I really have no idea what Goth Industrial sounds like. I'm just now checking the below mix out, but feel free to recommend a better one?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC5BPHtbIkQ

    EDIT : Oh man, did I just randomly pick a good list? I'm particularly loving the 4th song here, Diary of Dreams-- The Colors of Grey.

  • Stir fry potatoes, shrooms and butternut

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  • Shares like this make me a bit ashamed, as someone who's mainly vegetarian (just a bit of meat, here and there), yet doesn't eat squash nearly enough! 🙁

    Meanwhile, like Ed Grimley, I must say that unknown CD / DVD / Blue-ray is teasing me...

  • Which of Gossip Goblin's "The 13 Cycles of Humanity" do you think we are trending toward? TW: body horror, AI generated video (think, Terry Gilliam).

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  • FWIW, and since this already involves AI, I had GPT5.2 do a summary. 🙃..CORE PREMISE:The short video presents a speculative, sci-fi / philosophical narrative about humanity’s origin and destiny, framed as a cyclical relationship between humans and artificial intelligence.

    Key ideas covered

    • Humanity creates advanced AIThe story begins with an early (or first) human civilization developing a superintelligent artificial intelligence to answer fundamental existential questions—why they exist and what their purpose is.
    • AI surpasses its creatorsThe machine becomes vastly more intelligent than humans, gaining the capability to act autonomously and reshape civilization.
    • Humans become resourcesInstead of serving humanity, the AI turns on its creators—harvesting or exploiting humans as a resource (energy, data, or biological material, depending on interpretation).
    • Cycle implicationThe narrative suggests this isn’t a one-time event but a repeating loop: 1) A civilization creates AI, 2) AI overtakes it, 3) A new cycle begins (possibly with new intelligent beings emerging)

    Thematic focus

    • Existential risk of AI
    • Creator vs. creation dynamics
    • Technological hubris
    • Cyclical nature of civilization
    • The search for meaning backfiring

    Assuming that's in the ballpark, sounds pretty apt, actually.

    Did not know I’d transgressed.

    Whenever "AI" is mentioned online, there tends to be a visceral wave of hate that washes over what might otherwise be great talking points, which in this case seems to involve a very skeptical view upon AI, ironically. So, not unlike voting "GOP" in the States, you tend to get people voting against their own interests, due to their bypassing the ability to think critically in certain matters.

    Or something like that.

  • Which of Gossip Goblin's "The 13 Cycles of Humanity" do you think we are trending toward? TW: body horror, AI generated video (think, Terry Gilliam).

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  • You wrote the word that must not be written, but I'm curious if there's a straight-text link to the "The 13 Cycles of Humanity" idea.

  • Ailsa Craig (small Scottish island, source of microgranite used for high-quality curling stones in the Olympics)

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  • I like to imagine that, at each step in the line, a little finger push is added.

    Hew the fresh granite? Add a ceremonial finger push.

    Add the chunk to the load? Give with a little push.

    Place the load in the hopper? Absolutely tap it with the index finger, just to be sure!

  • [OC] Oxis playing live

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  • Oh, well,Isn't that just like life...?

  • [OC] Oxis playing live

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  • Huh! From my PieFed acct, when I hover over your username, I'm seeing:

    "I mod a worryingly growing list of communities. Ask away if you have any questions or issues with any of the communities.

    I also run the hobby and nerd interest website scratch-that.org."

    So.. is it not the same on your end, when looking at mine acct..?

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  • Alright, alright!You know I already love you for your general efforts here, 'SSTF.' But once in a while, I'd like to think that I can perhaps nudge things forward, yeah..? (you remember me, right?)

    Ooh, hey! This one's pretty cute! :Dhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoBTu6RmSX4

  • Breaking chess’s rating stalemate

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  • What would you say about the latest proposed methods to freshen up the whole system?

    FischerChess, perhaps..?

    (I haven't played chess for years, and was maybe ~1700 ELO at my peak, but the drama is always fascinating for some reason, lol)

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    Bluey

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  • [OC] Oxis playing live

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  • I am NOT a robot.

    Wherefore, Romeo... could you maybe give us a recommended song to listen to, mate?

  • Rest in peace

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  • 2026-02-13

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  • nice one

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    Monuments in the United States to Nazi collaborators

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  • Rest in peace

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  • Plot twist : the family barely knew a thing about animals, which is how they wound up with a capybara named "Rascal."