Broadly speaking, you can regain what you’ve lost in the previous 7 years or so. It takes years though. And it’s not guaranteed. Most people regain some hair on HRT, but like all things genetic, it’s a dice roll

Her comment was meant as black and white. To use your analogy, she would be arguing that 6 wheeled cars don’t exist, and insisting that all vehicles have two or four wheels, and that’s how we distinguish them

Games with cyber psychosis tend not to have androids, as they blunt the impact of exploring the stories of people who replace more and more of themselves with cyberware and lose their humanity as they do it.

So the androids that have existed in the various version of cyberpunk over the years have all been some variant of replacing your body with chrome, whilst leaving at least some part of your original brain behind to drive it.

So, my typical process looks like this

• Exposure I normally leave as is, preferring to use other modules to fix exposure issues. There are exceptions, but generally, I leave this module alone on its “scene referred” default
• I apply haze removal, chromatic aberration, lens correction, denoise (profiled) and raw chromatic aberration without modification, though I will sometimes leave out haze removal if the image is high contrast straight out of the camera
• Tone equalizer, I tend to set to “contrast tone curve: soft”, but again, this one will get adjusted as needed.
• Local contrast. I always use this, mostly on “clarity” , but I will use HDR tone mapping if it’s a backlit subject or the like
• Sharpen. I rarely use it, as most of my photos are done with pro glass these days, but if I’ve used a tele converter or the like, I’ll sometimes use this modeule
• Colour Balance RGB. This is where I do most of my work. Up until now, I’ve use presets, but here, I use either “standard” or “vivid” as my starting point, before tinkering. For all of my adjustments here, I use the “RGB parade” panel (rather than a histogram) to watch the exposure and colour balance. I typically start on the 4 way tab, and adjust “power” and “shadows lift”. Then on the master tab, I’ll adjust the perceptual brilliance grading. This is where I correct any remaining exposure issues, and to some extent, contrast issues. Then, I’ll play with vibrance and contrast a little, just to tweak the final result.
• If I am really struggling with a poorly lit subject, or a contrasty background with a non contrasty subject, I’ll create a second (and sometimes even a third) Colour Balance RGB module, and use “drawn and parametric masks” to selectively adjust the areas I need. The killer secret to make this work is after you’ve selected your area, increase the feathering to smooth it out and blur it, and then increase the mask contrast, to make it respect borders. I find that tweaking these is best done with the mask preview turned off.
• Finally, if I’m not happy with the temperature/colour cast, I’ll use the “colour correction” module. This one is display referred rather than scene referred, so I always leave it until last. There are other options for adjusting this, but I find the ease of moving the offset point around the colour map too efficient to pass up. I can quickly move through a lot of options and find the value that looks best.

I think I’m the only darktable user to not use filmic rgb :)

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This is going to look great in my memoir. A plastic robot on all fours, mooning me as it clambers to get up. My, covered in half a rubbish truck full of shit and vomit, and the bird guy, hanging upside down, attacked by birds.

And what kind of super power is that anyway? The ability to get attacked by birds? But hey, who am I to talk? I can be attacked by dust bunnies on demand!

Ok Sparkie, stay focused! New plan! Get this shit off me, and help the bird guy. This is why I always carry empty batters with me!

I gather a handful of batteries, and dump all of my excess charge in to them, and chuck them at the robots butt

If this were a movie, the batteries would explode or something, but in reality the best I can hope for is some of the shit comes off of me and sticks to the batteries, letting me get free! If this were a super hero comedy, the battery, covered in shit, would get stuck in the robots butt! Lifes a joke right? Can this be a super hero comdey?

Action: I dump my excess charge in to a handful of batteries and throw them at the robots butt, hoping to plug it with gunk, free myself of some of the gunk at the same time, before trying to run towards bird guy!

Reasons it will succeed: I am carrying empty batteries for just this moment. The robot is on all fours on the ground, and I’m right behind it!

Roll: 4 before modifiers

I don’t understand how Kaliya’s statements can be controversial or classed as transphobia

That’s because it’s mostly dog whistles and wedge tactics. It’s a rehashing of common transphobic talking points, but with the edges brushed off. It’s the way transphobia is portrayed to appear reasonable at first glance.

The dog whistles are easy to miss if you aren’t familiar with them, but the sheer volume of them from her shows that they were absolutely intended. This isn’t accidentally repeating something, this is an active relisting of transphobic talking points predominantly utilised by transphobic groups.

Sex isn’t a “gender orientation” it is really simple biology.

There are unspoken parts to this. What she really means here, even though she doesn’t explicitly say it, is that sex is real, and thus gender isn’t, and because of that, sex is more important than gender. It’s the way transphobic folk often phrase things so they can have a facade of acceptance, whilst still being transphobic. "I’m not questioning your gender, but you’re still male and should be denied space

Sex and gender might be distinct, but they’re related, often conflated and neither are inherently static, binary or immutable. Any attempt to draw a hard line between them, or to point at a dictionary definition is normally always said with the goal of validating exclusion, and that’s what is happening here.

Gamete size – its really simple.

This is a regular talking point used by transphobic groups. It is said precisely for the reasons I mentioned above. It’s an attempt to make a black and white, one sized fits all definition. And the reason that TERFs use it, is because to them, it’s a “gotcha” definition that allows them to exclude trans folk from spaces. And those reasons are there, but unspoken when Kaliya wrote that.

Stop confusing young autistic vulnerable people.

This is also a straight up transphobic talking point. It comes from transphobic literature that paints transgender identity as a form of social contagion, whilst also implying that autistic folk are more vulnerable to this social contagion. The specific context in which it is normally used by these transphobic groups is when talking about young trans men, by portraying them instead as vulnerable young girls.

You think it IS moral to have male-bodied people who identify as trans women playing in elite comparative sport for female-bodied people?

This is more dog whistle transphobia. The big give away here is that she can’t even give trans women the validity of their own identity. She defines trans women first as “male bodied” and secondly as “identitying as trans women”. There is a transphobic term “TIM”, that transphobes use as a slur against trans women. It means “trans identified male”. Transphobes like it, because it is a masculine name, and because it defines their identity as being male, whilst implying that the trans part is less real. The word “identified” here implies it is a phase, or a deceit.

This comment from Kaliya is using that exact concept, but just skipping the acronym.

Gender can be socially-constructed.

Sure. Parts of it can be, and are socially constructed. But what she is really saying here is that gender isn’t as real as sex.

There are only two sexes.

See my earlier comment. When you try and make things black and white, and use strict definitions, generally, the reason for doing so is to validate a push for exclusion, which is exactly what this is.

Telling male children who have feminine tights they must be female is what is happening and it is hurting boys.

Once more, portraying trans identity as social contagion.

culture has gone competely bonkers confusing sex and gender.

Explicitly transphobic. Portrays trans folk as “bonkers”.

Which is a lot of words to say, she’s a transphobe, and she is rehashing transphobic talking points, but framing them in such a way that the transphobia isn’t immediately obvious to folks who aren’t familiar with trans and gender diverse folk.

You can add another mod, and then step down to transfer ownership. If you want to still be a mod after that, the new owner will have to add you, or the admin of the instance the community is hosted on

As long as you’re not trying for leaderboards, the only thing that matters is what it means for your own training

I’ll generate a new one. We put a limit on how many times they can be used so we don’t get spam bot waves

kind of how AOSP is for Android)

https://9to5google.com/2025/03/28/google-android-aosp-changes-announcement/

You don’t “confirm” it. It’s an attempt to describe a system/outcome. It’s a model of a system, not the system itself and no model is perfect, because all models are our attempt to understand and describe things, and there is no such thing as perfect understanding.

However, it’s a highly accurate model, that explains things very well. So, either we will find that one day, we make a brand new, better model (this seems unlikely given the accuracy of the current model, but possible). Or, more likely, we continue to come to a better understanding of the system, and improve the model we use to describe it.

Are you mounting a FAT32 disk by any chance?

When we’re done here, I hope no one needs me again for at least a week, because it’s going to take at least that long in the shower to get clean! Maybe more!

But wait, was that the bird guy? Maybe he can help! But it sounds like he can only speak bird! Hopefully he understands though, because I have an idea!

“Hey bird man” I yell, between brief moments of air as the robots thighs give me a chance to talk! But finally, it stops moving, and I fall free, with half of the city still attached to me. Taking the chance, I yell “Bird guy, I have an idea. Why don’t we…” I shout to his disappearing back, as he jumps off of the end of the pier. And then it hits me, a huge blast of squeaky air.

I’ve got no chance to avoid it, and no chance to think, but you know what I do have! Mad pinball skills! (Ok, I don’t really, but leave that part out of my memoir please). I shrink myself as small as possible, hiding deep in the ball of vomit, lint and hosiery as it lifts in to the air on the wave of sound and air! Now, if I can time this right, and use some of those smashed streetlights and cars, maybe I can use that momentum he’s given me, but turn it around right back at him! Surely this ball of gunk will stuff his squeeker up if I can aim it right!

Of course, it would help if I wasn’t starting off at high speed in exactly the wrong direction, with little to no experience at pinball.

Action: Try and use the charged ball of lint that I’m wrapped in, and bounce off of lights, cars, and whatever else I can charge to come right back at him!

Reasons I’ll succeed: 1) I’m in a super charged ball of lint. 2) The robot has destroyed so many things, there are broken cars, water and downed lamp posts everywhere, giving me plenty of things to bounce off! 3) I REALLY REALLY want this shit off of me. Ok, that’s not a real reason I’ll succeed, but I really do want it off me!

Raw roll: 3

Kaity has just done her magic and we’re a green tick now!

/OOC - I’ll put Wattage Woman’s reply here as well, just so the thread is easier to follow for folks after it’s all over. /OOC

“I told you I hate this right? I was upfront about that…” I yell to the universe, glad that no one can hear me. Or maybe hoping that no one can hear me…

I try to lift my hand from the robot for a moment, to clear some of the vomit out of my hair, but it’s not happening. I’m stuck to this disgusting thing. Have you ever had that thing where you get car sick, and you throw up everywhere, but then you can’t get out of the car just yet, because you’re on a freeway? Or is that just me? Anyway, this is like that, but worse, because the car is a roller coaster, and the doors are locked! Wait, roller coasters don’t have doors, so the car is a roller coaster, and the coaster won’t stop. And it’s covered in vomit.

My inner monologue is disrupted, as the world suddenly lurches around me, and I find myself smoothered between two rubbery layers. Static sandwich anyone? The foot slides off, and I’m still stuck, but now, the robot is spinning and twirling, and so am I! Bricks, glass, dust, vomit, bird shit and who knows what else is flying around me, but hey, I’m still stuck to the robot, so at least I’ve got that going for me!

Of course, it would have been nice to have a plan for what comes next. But, that’s a problem for future Wattage Woman. For now though… What happens to a squeaky toy if I clog up the squeaker and it can’t squeak anymore? Would that work? Maybe there are some giant dogs around that could come and chew this thing up? Though on second thought, maybe we skip the big dog. That sounds like a bad idea. We’ll go with the “clog the squeaker” plan

Though now that I think about it, I don’t actually know where the squeaker is on this thing? Is it the head? It’s the butt isn’t it? It’s going to be the butt isn’t it? Well, I guess at least that’s closer than the head…

Action: I start inch worming my way up the robots leg, towards the butt, hoping to see and reach the squeaker, looking something like a vomit covered caterpillar

Reasons it will succeed: Static woman, rubber robot.

@chetradley@lemm.ee

Australians love to turn our birds in to pie! Pied Stilts, Pied Currawongs, Pied Oystercatchers, Pied Butcherbirds, Pied Herons, Pied Cormorants, LIttle PIed Cormorants… So much pied bird!

"Great start to the day. Squeaky is out with his toys again, and of course, they’re still made of rubber! It’s not enough that he doesn’t use battery powered toys, his super power has to be to make toys basically immune to electricity! Honestly, it feels like the universe is playing with me! There’s sparking power cables, but where does that get me? Yeah, you know it, I know it. It ends with me stuck to the side of a giant squeaky toy. Static is a bitch! Things are so bad, I’m even talking to myself! Squeeky couldn’t even send a hench man I could banter with, instead, I’m talking to myself, whilst a big robot (A robot of all things, but a rubber one!) lumbers around, not understanding a word I’m saying.

Fine… Fine… I’ll climb the damned robot…"

I run over to the sparking cables and grab hold. My hair instantly stands on end, and I swear, realising I’ve forgot to pull down my goggles again, so I’m half blinded by my own glare. I pull the goggles down, and dart amongst the cars, sucking up from their batteries as I go, trying to dodge stray bullets from the cop I saw earlier. I think to myself, for the 100th time, this would be so much easier if I could actually zap people or something with all of this charge, but nope, spiky haired human cling wrap is the peak! For that matter, this would be so much easier if I wasn’t own my own! Hey, but at least no one is going to see me retching, stuck to a giant rubber robots backside!

Waiting until the robot steps past me, I climb up on a car roof and jump, pushing myself towards the robot, hoping that I stick, but hoping I don’t as well. I hate this part so much! But this is going to work right? A quick pulse of power in to the car I’m standing on to give me a bit of repulsive push, and a rubber toy almost designed to attract static charge! What could go wrong? And if I only had a clue of what I’m going to do once I’m stuck to the robot. Well, aside from throwing up!

Reasons I’m going to succeed: Rubber toy, static woman. Bonus boost the car battery

Alas, I can’t post a link to my roll because the URL is so long, it breaks the lemmy character limit!

@chetradley@lemm.ee

Edit - I have saved the URL if you have a way for me to get it to you.

And here’s a screenshot of the roll

I made a character and submitted her!

What weird power do you have that nobody else can do?

I can drain the electrical charge from any battery and transfer it to another. Car battery? Zapped into a AA. AA? Exploding with enough juice to power a small city block for a minute. I can also absorb electrical attacks, but I really prefer not to!

What is your biggest fear?

Static cling. Seriously, the thought of being stuck to someone or something because of rogue electrons sends shivers down my spine. And it happens more often than I would like, especially when people start throwing lightning around!

What crippling flaw do you have?

I have absolutely no sense of direction. Like, at all. I can be standing right in front of the Eiffel Tower and still ask for directions to Paris. This often leads to me showing up at the wrong battles, or accidentally supercharging the enemy’s getaway vehicle. I can’t even use a compass, or GPS, because my static screws up the signal!

What do people call you?

Most people call me Wattage Woman, but my mom calls me “Sparky”. The Big Squeeker (and most villians to be fair) like to call me “Short Circuit.” If only he used battery powered toys, instead of chew toys, I’d show him!

What do you look like?

I sport a bright yellow and black spandex suit with lightning bolt accents that are slightly off-center because I sewed them myself. Think “walking caution tape”. My bright pink hair is perpetually standing on end due to all the stray electricity, and I wear oversized, bright green goggles to protect my eyes from the glare of my own powers. I’m about 5’8", with a surprisingly muscular build for someone who mostly fights household appliances.

A femboy posted a meme about femboys. You came in and tried to tell him that actually, some of those femboys are trans women based on their appearance.

This was a misstep, but that’s OK, because mistakes happen and people’s understanding of gender diverse folk is often limited.

He then told you about his direct lived experience as a fem boy that contradicted your opinions. At this point, instead of listening to folk who are talking about their own experiences, you got offended and started arguing.

At this point, you’re simply out of line. Arguing with folk about their own experiences, whilst not even sharing those experiences.

This isn’t an argument about when it’s ok to assume and when it isn’t. This is a case of you assuming, being corrected, and then trying to turn it in to a debate.

And to be clear, I’m not simply asking you to stop, I’m asking you to consider what happened, acknowledge you fucked up, and then stop.