Bit of a #coldtake, I know, but I’m abstractly considering moving to another server (feels kind of disingenuous to still be on sfba.social when I’m in WNC), and choosing one is still confounding. Feels like I’m ignoring the advantages of federation by just heading to mastodon.social (I’d rather just stay here). But choosing most any other feels like I’m making a political statement, or shouting that I’m _really into_ some hobby.

I don’t want a political statement to be the first part of my identity people see online, and I’m not into anything enough that I want it to be the primary part of my identity.

I know, I’m overthinking this…

#coldtake la réalisation la plus amère que j'ai eu depuis l'avènement des LLM est que pour une grande majorité des gens, et je ne suis pas exempt de tout reproche, l'éthique n'a que peu de poids en regard des bénéfices immédiats apportés par une solution. Que même chez ceux qui savent les problèmes de vol de propriété intellectuelle à grande échelle, des PTSD des petites mains qui finetunent les modèles et de précarisation des emplois, ça ne suffit pas à nous retenir de mobiliser ces outils

You know what, fuck bling. If you're rich it's for rubbing people's face in it & if you're not, it's for lying to them. Fuck both of those options.

#ColdTake

Probably unpopular opinion, and hoo boy do I realise I am a grumpy old man with this one, but: Korean Barbecue is hugely overrated. It’s…fine, nothing particularly special, but the whole cook-your-own gimmick rolls it right over the top into absolute bullshit territory. If I wanted to cook my own damn food I’d do it at home; I pay money at restaurants to _not_ cook for myself. #coldtake #shittyopinion
@phire corporate slop will never be punk #coldtake
Don't come at me I'm just curious, because I don't think they are luck based. I think it's all pattern recognition and learning the best ways to deal with the pattern in a quick moment. But what do you think? #hottake #coldtake #rogue-like #roguelikes #soulslike #gaming #indiegames

crows are cool.

#ColdTake

I recognize that there are people who genuinely believe trans & queer people to be abnormal.

I still don't consider it a legitimate position, however, because at this point if you haven't enlightened yourself the extremely little bit required to know that this is bullshit, then you're showing a borderline criminal level of un-curiosity, unworthy of the mind nature has given you.

The universe didn't take 13.5bn years making your brain just so you can enthusiastically not use it.

#ColdTake

Not to be posting cold-ass takes on here, but the music of Beauty and the Beast is just... So good. So many themes so expertly woven through the whole soundtrack.

#musical #beautyandthebeast #coldtake #bonjour