Recent content by Cortavar

We never thought we'd get that far by 2045. We were all persuaded that we were driving toward the wall and accelerating. Fear sells, and the media and social media kept highlighting the worst humanity had to offer. We thought that hate was coming back fast, that we were bound to relive our...

I just watched Troll on Netflix. The Troll is BIG. Like Kaiju big. And Norwegian, not a country you'd cite as a kaiju-prone. And that got me thinking. What if a national Kaiju (giant monster) suddenly appeared for every country? Or what if they'd always existed? What would they look like? Would...

I am cheerful and deliberately straightforward. Some people think they're playing 3d-chess with relationships. I play marbles on the board. Not because I couldn't enter the mindgames, but because they have no interest once you abscond from them: it's way more comfortable and simple. And it...

Thanks for the precision! Now I'll use those terms properly (and therefore rarely)!

Wait wait wait! You're telling me that if you come across an elephant or a bear in the wild, and are not trying to have them reproduce, you're not supposed to gender them with cow/bull or sow/boar even if it might be relevant for other purposes (like behaviour/threat assesment or just generic...

Thanks for the offer! I'm just curious about a lot of random stuff, and that question bugged me tonight... I'm definitely not headed towards zoology or veterinary studies. (no more studies for me, unless they're law refreshers, or maybe professional/law-oriented English!)

Hi everyone! Ok, so English has no gendered words (I'm French BTW), that makes it friendly to learn. But then you have animals, who don't always have a distinct name for male and female. So you slap another animal on it to indicate the gender, like a bull elephant or a hen pheasant, right? But...

Whatever map tool you end up using, I remember a tip from some mapmaking forum about coasts. If you're drawing a whole continent, or even part of one, with a body of water next to it, there's a method for nice coasts. 1) draw the general shape of the landmass, like a blob thingy 2) refine that...

I'll bring out the tequila tonight to celebrate!

Thanks, and thanks for the advice as well! And congrats on your dream job from last year!

Right hand definitively shows AI vibes, left hand is good! And the image looks cool AF!

Drat, I'm busted! And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids!

Hence the "I'm letting the news out here instead of Facebook, Instagram or X". It's not 100% safe, but I have a pseudonym, gave some details but not all of them and count on the general goodwill (and apathy) of people reading me. Please don't bust me out?

Hi everyone! Here's the thing: I've been working as a temporary replacement for a guy for almost a year and a half. He was off work due to cancer, and he got progressively better. His cancer was beaten last summer, he has been recovering ever since. I realy like my workplace. My bosses are...