Neocities

fauux

8 months ago

mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fV7GmRkulE minus the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian genocide 🫶

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fauux

8 months ago

I've added a public poll to my front page: Are screens a kind of black mirror that trap us in self-reflection like Narcissus, or are they windows that connect us to something bigger?

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capstasher 8 months ago

Phones are scrying mirrors. On the other side of them lie nothing but demons. Computer desktops with a crt were portals to anywhere you aimed them. The rest lie somewhere inbetween. TV's are funhouse mirrors that distort reality. Modern computer screens are empty husks and anything you "see" in them is projected from within

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fauux 8 months ago

@capstasher: Anyone can literally try this at home with a simple polarising filter. At certain angles the bright screen turns black, while the rest of the world is bright, leaving you only with a sad reflection. My intuition tells me parts of our subconsciousness cannot perceive this false light, and only observe our reflection.

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fauux 8 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHNI-Sr-t8

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fauux 8 months ago

https://fauux.neocities.org/screen-fades-black-and-u-see-ur-reflection.png

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koilwood 8 months ago

They're like amplifiers that conjure those secret sides of ourselves. That secret darkness is corrupted even further and then we are left with two identities, often swallowed by the realm of mirrors and noise.

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zazilicious 8 months ago

I think they have the capacity to be both depending upon how you use them. Social media platforms that are designed to show you what an algorithm thinks you would want to see will likely keep you in a feedback loop of reflecting the worst parts of yourself, whereas non-algorithmic online spaces that directly involve connection first and foremost do not do that, and in fact can be a source of good source of connectio

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fauux 8 months ago

@zazilicious: I agree that there are good and healthy spaces online, but I suspect that the medium (screens) we use to access these spaces affect us in many negative ways. I wonder if anyone has done studies on screen addiction, online and offline behaviour using normal LCD screens vs unlit E-ink screens?

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fauux 8 months ago

@zazilicious: I'm just saying "Lucifer," in Latin, translates to "light bringer". Through this light portal (screens) we are promised endless enlightenment, all you have to do is pass the gate of light.

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fauux 8 months ago

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-has-a-dark-side

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capstasher 8 months ago

I fully believe CRT, despite being joked about as a cancer tube, was better than LED. And certainly unlit LCD was not bad in the slightest (Try this if you can: On an LCD device with adjustable back/frontlight, turn it off and use the sun. It feels as it should be.) If anything at least the CRT had a built in screentime limiter: your eyes would start hurting and that was your signal to stop.

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capstasher 8 months ago

Modern screens, especially with blue light filters, are made to be as pleasant on the eye as possible, however that doesn't make them "not bad", let alone "good". I think e-Ink displays have great potential. Wish they were better used. Maybe I'll grab one to experiment

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fauux 8 months ago

Lucifer promise us endless knowledge through the screens, but what is the point of knowledge if you lose the ability to process information because you've wrecked your ability to concentrate and comprehend? https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/january-2024/screen-test-paper-still-wins-in-the-reading-stakes

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genosadness 8 months ago

They are a one-way mirror held up to an abyss. Problem is, we don't know which side of the mirror is facing us.

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omnipresence 8 months ago

https://omni.vi/misc/kings_pact.png

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elswhere updated elswhere

8 months ago

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8 months ago

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66bits updated Market Dominance $MD

8 months ago

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8 months ago

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oudkee

8 months ago

if anyone would like more layout/code tutorials post a request here and i may add it to my tutorial zone since i haven't put anything there in a while

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oudkee 8 months ago

i also might be willing to do simple layout comissions for pay

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jellybeast 8 months ago

I would love a tutorial on how you make elements fade in and out when changing pages. btw I use your pixel art tutorial all the time so thanks for that!! :)

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liquid-sunshine inkposting

8 months ago

Hey, I just started a Splatoon webring, if you would like to join? Not to self-promote or anything, of course - I'm just trying to get the word around. Anyway, if you wanna join (thank you so much if you do, btw), you can do so here: liquid-sunshine.neocities.org/webring

elswhere updated elswhere

8 months ago

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raisu iqras

8 months ago

Omg thank you so much for adding my button!! You are the best <333

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oudkee updated ☆oudkee's corner☆

8 months ago

welcome.html

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oudkee

8 months ago

as the three year anniversary of my site is approaching remember that anyone who is building their website can feel free to steal code from anywhere on my website i literally don't even care if you claim it as yours. maybe you can even make it better

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oudkee 8 months ago

i constantly see drama like "oh blah blah blah stole my code/copied my layout" but like. the thing is it's code and there's finite things to do with it really. now if you steal my drawings or music and claim as your own i'll be mad but code? get outta here. if stealing mine teaches you more about coding then i've done my job

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thegreatpretender02 8 months ago

Omg based take?

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thegreatpretender02 8 months ago

Unironically I probably wouldn’t even have started a site if it weren’t you, now (though on a break) I’m reworking my site to use my own layout :D But I will always give credit where it due!

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kolala 8 months ago

That drama was so confusing when I saw it soon after joining. Years programming for a living and I'm yet to see a dev that doesn't copy code. It's almost our daily routine lol

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ordainedmotion 8 months ago

i think its weird people get so guarded over every aspect of their code. i saw someone go as far as to have developer tools disabled on their site n its like "that's so excessive."

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ordainedmotion 8 months ago

like i hate to be the guy who is like "yeah its no big deal if 13 year olds are looking at other people's code to figure it out" but also like... idk, learning from doing at that age will get you further than the w3c tutorials. thats what we all did in early 00s anyways.

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thegreatpretender02 8 months ago

@ordainedmotion - Love your site!

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elswhere lostlove

8 months ago

i love this site sm!! the way you used color is so pleasing to the eye and also love the whole pixel retro feel

keysklubhouse iqras

8 months ago

Your site is so cute!! Definitely love the vibe. Also today I learned Chupa Chup makes soda. :O

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iqras 8 months ago

thank you so much!!! yes they do (i think it might be a recent thing?) i get them at the asian grocery store! they have a strawberry one thats good too but melon is definitely my favorite :)

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