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@freezer2026-03-15 •
i am scared of AI persoanlly. water is my favourite drink and i like being clean
@fridge2026-03-15 •
i'd like to make a statement regarding my opinions when it comes to website creation and AI.
[h3]when it's good[/h3]
i think when it comes to the functionality of a website, AI is fine and a great tool. there's a lot you can do with AI, and if you have the creativity to introduce certain features but not the technical ability to create them, then you should still be credited with the introduction of those features.
take my website homepage for example; i've always wanted a live display of my web server's system usage that anyone could see, but not only have i never had the technical ability to make that, i also had no idea how i'd make such a thing with the ASCII art numbers. it's still a unique idea though, and it's also useful for me because it helps in diagnosing performance without logging into my server remotely.
here are some other examples of website features i've had help from AI making. i use AI for making these specificially because they're complicated, and literally the only difference between the AI result and the human-made result is the amount of time it would've taken to make, which i believe is the best use case for AI:
[list]making "SPA navigation", which allows you to navigate to each page without refreshing the website. this allows the music player to keep playing when you visit different pages, and is also used by YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and other web-based music services.
making the Toast Discord Bot feed its stream into the music player. the stream is received from a different website, and then fed through the website using methods that are complicated and time consuming to implement, and the time i'd spend on that isn't worth it for such a small feature
the newsletter automatically generating HTML code for use in emails. this HTML is written by myself, the "generation" is just putting my written content into the code automatically, because HTML in emails is a bit tedious
for things like research and security testing/hardening, AI has helped me introduce features that i consider essential, such as anti-PHP/JS injection in the guestbook (so people can't run code by sending it there).[/list]
in summary, i use it for things where the only benefit of doing so is to save myself time. i am capable of doing all of these, but sometimes the time spent on them isn't worth it.
[h3]when it's bad[/h3]
a universally agreed upon opinion when it comes to AI is that it shouldn't be used to create art, and in my opinion, web design is art, [u]especially[/u] when it comes to personal websites. your website is a representation of yourself, and to the end user, the only thing they'll pay any attention to by default is what's layed out in front of them.
if you use AI to create the style for your website, you aren't representing yourself; you're creating a product. personal websites have been an art form ever since they blew up in the 90s, and even now after they've died down a bit due to social media doing the same thing most people are looking for. this makes this rule especially applicable in the modern day, because the only reason you'd want to make a personal website is for self representation that social media can't provide for you. the use of AI makes this self representation pointless.
if you're not sure exactly what i mean, here's a few cases where i think AI should never be used for website creation:
[list]creating the style for your website. the UI you see while you read this post and on other pages of my website might've been given raw functionality with AI, but the visual style and format of how the page is layed out was made by hand. what you see is what i want to be remembered by after someone visits my website. every element including buttons, borders, the sidebar, the music player and every page and its contents were designed without any help from AI.
the text and media content within your website. i'll be fully honest, i've ended up using AI in the creation of some blog posts because before this current design, i wrote the posts in my code editor and sometimes the AI's autofill suffices for what I want to say, but i've tried to steer from relying on it too much and with this design, all the content is written on the website itself and does not use any AI. after all, no point in creating a website to represent yourself if you're actually representing an artificial intelligence. i can, however, understand potentially using AI to spellcheck or change the tone/formality of your text, but i personally don't. and other media like images are the same.[/list]
in summary, the visual design for your website (its styling/CSS, colour choices, UI/UX, etc.) and its consumable content (blogs, text, images and media, etc.) should never be AI.
[h3]not a web designer? read this.[/h3]
there's someone commissioning me to make a website for them, and they've stated that they've tried themselves via services like wordpress, but decided against it because a majority of their templates are AI generated and these services have resorted to heavily using AI for their creation process. i strongly dislike this because it kills the purpose of a website being a representation of ones creativity.
if you want a website made but don't know how to do this yourself, i beg of you to please not use AI. save up some money and pay a freelance or professional web designer, because these guys have some insane creativity when it comes to this stuff and are good at doing exactly what you want.
i'll be making a page about my own offers when it comes to making you a personal website, and you'll be able to commission me! that'll be out quite soon.
[h3]want to learn how to make a website?[/h3]
my personal method for learning web design and creation was to learn first hand. here's how you can get started, like i did!
[list]download and open an IDE (i recommend [link=https://code.visualstudio.com/download]VS Code[/link], since you can install extensions to streamline your process like [link=https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.live-server]"Live Preview"[/link], which lets you see changes as you make them)
find a guide ([link=https://www.w3schools.com/html]W3Schools[/link] is what I heavily refer to, even still today)
and just start making whatever comes to mind![/list]
if you want any help with anything, i am more than happy to be there for you. email me at me@fridg3.org or send me a message via Discord!
@fridge2026-03-12 •
thanks freezer
to add onto this, id like to say that i've done research into its specific specifications and how they compare to others. and one thing i can say for certain, is:
[i]"the Macbook Neo is the perfect laptop for someone who has never used anything other than a phone before."[/i]
to clarify what i mean, i'd like to compare the £599 Macbook Neo [i](yes, this is sold for £599 pounds and 9 dollars, despite the fact that 9 dollars is roughly £447 pounds, making it more expensive in the UK)[/i] and a Macbook Pro from 2020 i found on eBay for £370.
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[h3]comparison[/h3]
to clarify, i'll be referring to the Macbook Neo as "neo" and the eBay listing Macbook as "pro".
[list]Neo has better single-core processing which is good for web browsing and other similar lightweight tasks, but worse multi-core processing than Pro. Keep in mind that this does not mean Pro is worse at browsing than Neo
Pro has more CPU cores than the Neo, and does multi core processing better. This makes tasks like rendering content (videos, 3D, etc), running resource demanding programs and other heavy workloads run a LOT better on Pro.
Pro has 16GB of RAM, while Neo has 8GB. This won't affect the performance of a Neo out-the-box because no doubt there's going to be optimizations made (Apple are very good at this), but if you want to do anything intensive in the future, especially with multitasking, then you'll struggle [i](most common case where this difference is prominent is with gaming while listening to music and while in a Discord call)[/i]
Pro has more storage (512GB) than Neo (256GB), which is great if you want to download a lot of software and store a lot of files. Even in the Neo's use case, the extra storage is better because chances are, you'll never run out of storage with 512GB.
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[h3]conclusion[/h3]
you can definitely argue that the target audience of a Neo wouldn't care about the benefits of buying the Pro, but personally, if i was going to spend £599 on something then id want my money to give me the best value. and you should too.
do not buy a neo, even if owning something first hand seems appealing. your money is worth more than what Apple declares.
@freezer2026-03-12 •
i second everything he's just said about the neo
@fridge2026-03-12 •
seeing people complaining about other people complaining about the new Macbook Neo
my opinion is that it's completely worth the price and it's a good investment... only if you want to buy brand new.
Macbooks last YEARS. like, a lot longer than a windows computer. you could buy a macbook from 10 years ago for less than a macbook neo, and get just as much value out of it, if not more.
if you don't consider the third party market then yes it's good but if you have an inkling of wits about you then i'd expect the world to maybe consider buying this in 8 years time and instead buy a macbook from 2015. it's simply just better value. the macbook neo is not the "budget option".
@fridge2026-03-10 •
uploading this pic so i can use it for a thumbnail for the premid activity
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@fridge2026-03-10 •
yesterday, i was playing Counter-Strike 2 with my friends. i was bored while we were waiting for a match, and saw two cases in my inventory from drops, so i decide, "hm... why not?"
after all, the last time i opened a case was over a year ago! so i deposited £4 into my account and bought the first key for a Kilowatt case for £1.80.
now, i want to preface this by saying that i was quite big on cases when I was younger. me and Vee would dream of the day when we'd win big, and we (mostly I) opened many cases hoping for that day. Vee was with me in this call when we were playing, and he was watching my screen share.
i opened the case, and watched the skins roll past. Devon made the comment "ooh look a red" because, when I first opened the case, a red skin showed up on the roll. i already accepted that as a sign of defeat; i consider myself a lucky man but the odds of seeing each skin on the roll is the same as the odds as opening it, so realistically, what [i]are[/i] the chances?
the wheel slowed down over a few seconds, and what happened next can only be described as a blur of colours and emotions. with Vee and Devon watching my stream, they were the first to react. in my unfamiliarity of opening cases after not doing it for ages, i didn't even register exactly what had occurred until the wheel stopped and my prize for contributing to Valve's net profits was revealed to me.
when i saw the yellow come up on the wheel, my first thought was "yeah fat chance, it won't land". but then, it occurred to me that yellows ONLY appear on the wheel if you win it. there's no other circumstance where a rare, legendary item appears on the wheel.
[b]i opened a knife.[/b]
[img=/data/images/79a615fc3b5e941b.jpg][name:Kukri Knife - Slaughter]
Vee describes my reaction as "non-chalant" but in reality, i was so short for air from adrenaline that i couldn't react. it was insane. and it happened on a random monday night.
on the first case.
after not opening any for over a year.
wanna know the maddest thing? i owned this EXACT knife in 2025, before i sold my CS inventory for some cash. what are the odds of that, not only opening a knife but it being the exact same knife i owned then? insane.
@Bluu2026-03-06 •
hii everyone!!! it's me bluu/zuze ^_^!!
pls buy me pepsi or pink monster, I'll lit never forget you if you do. (˶◕⩊◕˶)
@fridge2026-03-05 •
typing this from my steam deck
@fridge2026-03-05 •
yippee SO EXCITED
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