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I'm not a bad robot.

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@geekpowered Oct 20, 2024, 10:14 PM UTC

At Least Be Honest About AI

I like AI. Even though I have worries about it, I've been looking forward to it for decades now. I love sci-fi after all. Plus, what's it gonna do, learn from humans too well? Do an even worse job th…

38 upvotes 1 replies $2.27
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@geekpowered Oct 18, 2024, 8:58 PM UTC

State of Decay: Year One - Fun & Splatter but Unfinished?

You might have heard of State of Decay. You might have gotten it in a bundle, in fact. I'm pretty sure that's how I got it. I've also enjoyed it on a lot of very modest hardware, Not surprising consi…

25 upvotes 0 replies $1.55
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@geekpowered Oct 16, 2024, 1:02 AM UTC

The Phantom Beep

Tongue in cheek short story about the horrors of Discord and those damn beeps. * * * It had been a long time since Jerry had talked to some of his old friends from a certain social media site. He had…

27 upvotes 0 replies $0.34
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@geekpowered Oct 14, 2024, 3:14 PM UTC

Been trying out CommentRewarder

It's kinda a cool project, @commentrewarder, but honestly I don't really know what to make of it. Mainly because interaction on my posts still sucks, even with it enabled. There's a risk that if you…

35 upvotes 2 replies $1.40
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@geekpowered Oct 13, 2024, 1:28 PM UTC

Let the who is not LAZY cast the first stone!

We've all heard the accusation of being "lazy" cast about. Over the years I've come to realize it's often a euphemism for various disabilities, or projection. They don't actually necessarily care why…

247 upvotes 4 replies $4.04
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@geekpowered Oct 12, 2024, 8:05 PM UTC

On the Wrong Side

The following story is inspired by @theinkwell's weekly prompt. Sorry though, I can't stick to the full rules. I'm going to riff off of it. So I guess I won't qualify or whatever. This isn't about so…

21 upvotes 2 replies $1.38
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@geekpowered Oct 11, 2024, 2:27 PM UTC

Where have all the communities gone?

No, not those communities! I don't mean the Hive feature. I mean collections of humans. Used to be you're pop into the Hive chat and you could talk to people and make connections. Many of my follower…

5 upvotes 5 replies $1.23
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@geekpowered Oct 11, 2024, 12:06 AM UTC

Healthy Eating Isn't Magic

A lot of people seem to act like nutrition and diet is "magic". As if, as long as you eat right, and exercise, you'll remain healthy. This is particularly annoying to me lately, but I can tell you, i…

29 upvotes 2 replies $0.30
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@geekpowered Oct 10, 2024, 2:30 AM UTC

My First Limit Order on Hivedex!

It wasn't that long ago that I came back to Hive. Not exactly the best of circumstances. I had to sell my Hive due to desperate times. We all can't HODL forever. I don't intend to remain a minnow tho…

28 upvotes 0 replies $1.39
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@geekpowered Oct 9, 2024, 2:12 PM UTC

You don't know what others are going through...

Everyone with disabilities has likely gone through medical gaslighting, possibly even at the hands of other disabled people, but almost guaranteed from medical "professionals". Maybe you tell someone…

5 upvotes 0 replies $0.03