PostiveNoise

Also eco village and co-housing. There are plenty of videos showcasing eco villages on youTube.

I assume the root problem is a near complete lack of money to make Friendica polished, or user friendly, or full of great features, or well-known. If it's a tiny team who may have other jobs, then it's hard to imagine it getting better.

This was my career. Seeing popular sci-fi/fantasy movies maybe 1-2 times a year (especially on opening day...woot!) seemed fun and to boost morale a bunch. The studio was large enough so that several times we could rent out the theater to ourselves and be extra raucous, which was also fun. I don't think people complained, since this was during office hours and not after hours or on a weekend. Otherwise, I think 'if your going to give me free time then let me go home'.

I think longer 'field trips' might have sucked, even if they related to a game we were making. Sticking to sci-fi and fantasy films with cool fx was close enough.

Denouncing Microsoft.

Oh, and coining the term Ambient Music, and being an electronic music pioneer. ...Nothing as historic as composing a chime sound for windows, once, however.

Hell yeah, kitty! This new box DOES smell fresh and ready for fun, right?

Great track on a great album! So much cool 'big beat' style production..

It seems like this would be awesome if done really well. Hopefully each village co-op won't become a village hub of corruption, and the people working there will be monitored closely enough and paid decently enough so that they have good reasons to NOT engage in corruption.

I suggest you ask an AI, like Deep Seek, that can give you a bunch of info for your exact situation. e.g. mention what country you are coming from, and ask for a list of options based on what you want the process to be like, ideally. Then ask follow up questions as needed.

And if it's not obvious, don't tell the AI personal stuff like your name. They shouldn't upload anything from your conversation, but it's best to be safe, in case they upload data anyway.

Classic Roger Dean goodness

People like to chat and vent about relationship stuff, and coming up with new wacky terms to describe the stuff is fun.

Maybe your relationship with a hot cat-girl you really liked was, um, problematic:

'At first, Miso love-bombed (💣) you into oblivion—showing up at your door with dead birds (gifts?), kneading your thighs while whispering "You’re my favorite human… for now." But soon, the breadcrumbing (🥪) began: "Let’s chase lasers together… but not this weekend. Or ever, probably." When you tried to leave, she hoovered (🚁) you back with a dramatic, tear-streaked "I licked your sweater and now it smells like me—you can’t go." Classic situationship purgatory.

Then came the zombieing (🧟)—after a month of silence, she slid into your DMs with "Did you delete my number, or…?" followed by future faking (⏱️): "We should get a tiny apartment with 100% sunbeam coverage." (Spoiler: She never signed a lease.) You were clearly benched, her backup human for nights her other "kittens" were busy. The slow fade was brutal: replies dwindling from novels ("I dreamt about you…") to single letters ("k."). Just when you moved on? Paperclipping. A 4 AM "pspsps" text. You blocked her… or so you thought.

THE ENDING YOU DESERVE: One year later, you’re at a café—happy, healed, dating a nice dog girl who fetches your coffee instead of your sanity. Then… a flicker of ears at the window. Miso. Her eyes widen. You brace for chaos—but she just drops a crumpled note ("Sorry I broke your PS5. And your heart.") and darts away. The dog girl growls. You laugh, toss the note, and order a croissant. Finally free.'

(Lesson: Never let a cat girl gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss you into emotional ruin. Unless her apology comes with a new PS5. Then maybe consider it.) 🎮🐈⬛💔

Sure. I worked in the game industry and sometimes AI can mean 'pick a random number if X occurs' or something equally simple, so I'm just used to the term used a few different ways.