[They're really pure, aren't they? Sorey and Mikleo. They're just good people, who want the best for others. Not, Dirk thinks, because they can see the malevolence and it makes them uncomfortable, but maybe seeing the malevolence makes them more acute to the suffering of others.
They're just good.]
Building things is always something I enjoyed doing. I'll be open to any requests you have.
I have one, but I don't know if it's a reasonable request or not. If you want to keep busy, I was wondering if you have a way to make a lens for our goggles so that people can see Mikleo.
[He mimics goggles with his hands just to emphasize what he's referring to.]
I was thinking about it for a while, but it would go a lot faster with someone who actually knows what they're doing.
[this...is very clearly a surprise to Mikleo, because he chokes and sputters, and nearly (but thankfully only nearly!) drops the new camera in his hands.]
I don't see any reason it would be impossible if these cameras and URSULA's sensors can do it. It might require a bit of experimentation. We'll need Mikleo and someone who can't see him normally.
[Dirk doesn't know how to handle this level of emotion. Sorey's a little easier, because with happiness you just sort of are happy for them. How do you handle Mikleo? He does not know.]
It's cool. Do you two wanna pick out our volunteer?
[fortunately Mikleo doesn't need much handling; he's half-hiding himself behind Sorey's shoulder, kind of embarrassed at ALL THIS EMOTION, though he also ducks his head in a visible nod. feelings! how do you deal with them.]
[Honestly it's Dirk here who needs the handling of How To People. He feels like Sorey is better equipped to do this for Mikleo, so he is considering a smooth exit stage left.]
Cool. I'll leave you two to... [Hm no.] ..Do whatever. Let me know.
[he sounds more surprised than mad, because you know what? Holy shit. Holy shit, Dirk is using science to make their dreams come true. This should absolutely be commemorated in a suitable way.
He holds up the new camera to take the friendship selfie with. It's not very ironic, but it is full of feelings.]
Of course it would be! If cameras are popular in more scienticially advanced worlds, then it makes sense they'd be used as a form of personal and social documentation. They're much faster and easier to use than anything we're used to, aren't they?
[Dirk nods because THIS IS IN FACT HIS JAM.] Selfies were extensively used in the early 21st century through media-sharing mediums similar to our communications network. Humans found ways to express themselves and their relations to others by choices in the images they shared.
But then if a photo doesn't contain yourself directly, is it still a selfie? Or is 'selfie' more of an umbrella term referring to photos taken for personal and social consumption rather than public purposes?
A photograph that doesn't contain a picture of yourself isn't a selfie. Technically speaking, a selfie has to be done while holding the camera you're using. You can use a reflective surface, but if you're not holding the camera, it isn't the technical selfie. Moving into the general structure of Instagram, which was a program that enabled users to share selfies and other pictures with one another and the most popular platform for it in its time, there's an entire separate class for images of what you're eating, varying from 'foodporn' to 'nom.' Then there are 'ootd' pics, or Outfit of the Day pictures. They're generally a class of selfie. TBT is the initialism for "Throw Back Thursday," a day when users share old photographs of themselves. Petsagram is for pet pictures.
All of these are in the form of 'hashtags,' which is a form of metadata placed on content that allows users to search across multiple users. Tagging was broadly used across multiple platforms.
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Date: 2016-08-20 07:50 am (UTC)Not great. But to be totally frank, having something like this to work on for you two helped keep me focus.
[So, that helped with it? Yay?]
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Date: 2016-08-21 01:16 am (UTC)[positive reinforcement!!]
You really like making stuff like this?
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Date: 2016-08-21 01:21 am (UTC)And it's good to hear the distraction helped, as well...you make a lot of neat things.
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Date: 2016-08-21 05:37 am (UTC)[They're really pure, aren't they? Sorey and Mikleo. They're just good people, who want the best for others. Not, Dirk thinks, because they can see the malevolence and it makes them uncomfortable, but maybe seeing the malevolence makes them more acute to the suffering of others.
They're just good.]
Building things is always something I enjoyed doing. I'll be open to any requests you have.
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Date: 2016-08-21 06:35 am (UTC)[He mimics goggles with his hands just to emphasize what he's referring to.]
I was thinking about it for a while, but it would go a lot faster with someone who actually knows what they're doing.
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Date: 2016-08-21 11:13 pm (UTC)You--w-what? You don't have to--
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Date: 2016-08-21 11:16 pm (UTC)I don't see any reason it would be impossible if these cameras and URSULA's sensors can do it. It might require a bit of experimentation. We'll need Mikleo and someone who can't see him normally.
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Date: 2016-08-22 12:57 am (UTC)We've got Mikleo! So we just need a volunteer who can't see him. Unless you need to run some tests first.
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Date: 2016-08-22 12:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-22 01:01 am (UTC)I need a couple hours to develop a prototype. We should be fine with a volunteer after that.
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Date: 2016-08-22 01:08 am (UTC)I mean he does that a lot normally anyways but even more so now.]
That's perfect. More than perfect. It doesn't need to be done right away, just whenever you feel like it.
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Date: 2016-08-22 01:36 am (UTC)[HE'S OVERCOME]
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Date: 2016-08-22 03:27 am (UTC)It's cool. Do you two wanna pick out our volunteer?
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Date: 2016-08-22 04:14 am (UTC)Yeah, sure. We can ask around. There are a few people I can think of who might want to give it a try.
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Date: 2016-08-22 04:51 am (UTC)It shouldn't be too hard.
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Date: 2016-08-22 07:02 am (UTC)Cool. I'll leave you two to... [Hm no.] ..Do whatever. Let me know.
And have fun with the cameras.
[Okay not that smooth.]
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Date: 2016-08-23 02:48 am (UTC)[Before Dirk can escape he puts his arm around Dirk's shoulder!!! And drags Mikleo with him sorry Mikleo.
Someone else is going to have to take the selfie because he has Mikleo in one arm and Dirk in the other.]
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Date: 2016-08-23 03:09 am (UTC)[he sounds more surprised than mad, because you know what? Holy shit. Holy shit, Dirk is using science to make their dreams come true. This should absolutely be commemorated in a suitable way.
He holds up the new camera to take the friendship selfie with. It's not very ironic, but it is full of feelings.]
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Date: 2016-08-23 07:22 am (UTC)I'm glad you two are really taking to selfie culture.
[He genuinely is? They are good people.]
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Date: 2016-08-24 02:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-24 11:42 pm (UTC)[NERD]
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Date: 2016-08-26 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-28 04:10 am (UTC)[PONDERING, fascinated]
That does open it up to pretty much anything. A picture is worth a thousand words, right? It makes communication and art more versatile.
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Date: 2016-08-28 04:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-29 10:55 pm (UTC)All of these are in the form of 'hashtags,' which is a form of metadata placed on content that allows users to search across multiple users. Tagging was broadly used across multiple platforms.
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