Olives @olives@qoto.org

Ciconia's opening is kind of cool. It shows up in the first half hour of the story, so it is probably not much of a spoiler.

As I pointed out before, Ciconia is worse than Higurashi and Umineko, lol.

Well, it's kind of hard to beat those two, to be fair.

Ryukishi is probably setting something up though. He always does. And he likes making use of red herrings.

First off, it's interesting to see a discussion about trigger warnings. Well, I suppose they've been rebranded as content warnings.

As far as I know, the science tends to show that people tend to underestimate their own resilience.

A very effective way to fight PTSD involves controlled exposure, such that a trigger will no longer be upsetting (and often, the trigger is not the scene but the precursor to the scene, such as someone standing there).

In any case, avoidance might work in the short term, however, it's not good in the long run.

The warning itself can also contribute to anxiety. It's particularly questionable whether it's useful in an educational setting.

One time, I saw a content warning on an article about legal policy, simply because it had to do with taking down actual child porn on the Internet (and the implications for online privacy and those other things we tend to talk about).

It didn't even really cover that subject at all. It was an article purely about legal policy. Is this not too cautious?

Wow, there are quite a lot of people joining the fediverse lately.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/words-matter/201808/do-trigger-warnings-help-or-harm Since the subject of "trigger warnings" has come up again (and there's been a bit of interesting discourse), this article should be enlightening.

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/09/intels-latest-graphics-driver-includes-telemetry/ Apparently, there's a way to stop Intel from spying on you.

One for Americans, lol.

I should play more of these games (and survive getting beaten up by them), lol.

Perhaps, there will be a day when I finish watching the plot for Ciconia.

I haven't heard much of it though, people prefer the other titles (which tbh are better, lol).

Have you ever just sat there for half an hour individually objecting to "legitimate uses" in the cookie overlay prompt?

The British Government can't even secure their own electoral records and they want to build a very authoritarian state (which will involve a lot of sensitive info being held by various parties).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2lhwb_OckQ
Linus giving Nvidia the middle finger here is kind of inappropriate but it should give you an idea of what I think of these shenanigans.

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/intels-gpu-drivers-now-collect-telemetry-including-how-you-use-your-computer Unacceptable invasion of privacy.

Isn't #noucome (a common abbreviation because the full name is far too long) one of those "the name runs all the way down the spine of the book" novels? Lol.

It's a funny anime (with I suppose a cute art style) about basically God screwing with him. #anime