-> file: fediverse/674 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [x-post] https://t.co/3ZkFb3gs0f original post: https://indieweb.social/@user-483/111712965927534339 that's how you'd do it on Reddit, at least. With the "original post" part in a comment. It sorta disconnects the line of connection, but still the data is allowed to flow forth. So anyone who views it from a certain perspective (like that of those who own the server it is transmitted upon) could see the connections formed, and thus create a map of individuals who have interacted with certain content on the internet. anyway I'm mostly just doing it so I can talk about my random shit without profaning a most serious and compassionate topic. Who am I? Just a witch. And a bunch of others I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/675 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [says they're going to go to bed] [refuses to do so because power has gone to their head] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/676 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── would be nice if the Fediverse wouldn't let you post something on Mastodon unless you filled out a content warning for it. sorta like a post title on Reddit, allowing people to say "nah I don't feel like reading something from X perspective right now" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/677 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-78 I read about half of this: https://jo.wtf/6d.html before I was consumed by the intense urge to prop myself up on a pillow and listen to you rant at the ceiling at 4am about gravity or the cosmos or whatever you were thinking about prior to speaking your heart and then I'd write it down, and cherish every moment of it as I shared it with my peers and we tried to analyze just what you meant [sorry for being gay on your timeline] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/678 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ...zzzZZZzzz... in old MMOs like City of Heroes or Runescape you could do different emotes and they'd often have text messages that'd play whenever they were applied. Like /sleep causing your character to say "...zzzZZZzzz..." it was kinda cute. Anyway what I meant by that is I'm eepy sleepy goodnight my fellow americans (or whatever) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/679 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-488 @user-489 The ones that charged in tend to have a higher mortality rate. Over time, this leads to a decline in bravery and an increase in PTSD. At least, that's my theory. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/680 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-494 @user-495 All phones are made out of rock. Plus oil and glass and... actually that pretty much covers it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/681 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-500 @user-501 Maybe a button on the side that's recessed or difficult to access would rotate the screen? Like, just shy of something you need a pin to press. Or it could be a setting in the system settings to rotate it for accessibility purposes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/682 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-504 You can only visit so many places in life. Don't feel bad about missing a few, the world is large and we as people tend to be quite good at cooking. However in regards to your main point, I think it's immoral for a restaurant to be forced to close the way you describe. If it means something to people, it shouldn't be destroyed simply for the sake of making something new. If people don't care about it, or if there's something better to replace it with, sure, but replacing a 40 year old restaurant with a Chipotle feels wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/683 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-495 @user-494 OH YEAH how neat! All phones are made out of rock and the bones of ancient plants and animals. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/684 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-507 meow now there's just a few more ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/685 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-509 Layoffs are a great opportunity for a bunch of people who worked with the same tech stack to sit down and think "What could we make together?" Sure would be nice if there was a group or organization that pre-emptively reached out to them and said "hey, we're holding a meeting in relation to the layoffs they did to you. Would you like to attend? If so, think of some cool or unique parts of your job, and we'll break into groups and discuss things we could do with those cool or unique things." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/686 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Sauteed vegetables, my beloved ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/687 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-107 related, here's my idea for a solution / form of resistance: https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111740055039021736 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/688 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-514 @user-515 when humanity is fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/689 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you save one of the biggest kind of can that you regularly use, you can put the lids of other cans in it. Just, layer them, one by one, until the can is full. Then you can bend the edges to "seal" it shut, and tada! Now you have a solid hunk of piece of metal that can be saved and melted down if you ever need it. Saving cans is inefficient for space, but the lids can do if you just want a little bit on hand. It's not like it goes bad, and what's one can's worth of storage space in your pantry? Depends on the size of your pantry I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/690 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://kolektiva.social/users/violetmadder/statuses/111738421608241214 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/691 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The tech industry is uniquely qualified as one of the most important components of the modern industrial complex which requires highly skilled labor to undertake and utilize which is affected by the dynamic where:education, especially liberal arts education, tends to produce humans who can see through the lies of authority yet which is disadvantaged because:tech workers are paid salaries that are just bonkers in relation to their output ("yeah it'll be done compiling once this game of League of Legends finishes") (which isn't exactly unfair because programming is taxing on the brain) however, the game industry has shown that passion is a suitable exchange in return for monetary compensation, and thereforepeople who make games tend to be more leftist, as they are put in situations that higher paid employees are likely to be able to ignore due to their higher social class which kinda makes sense, because the most progress towards unionization is happening in the games industry. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/692 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-518 People who strive for the truth and most efficient, sensible, and optimized method of operation should be the kinds of people making decisions. It doesn't necessarily imply they're moral or ethical people, but it does mean that they'd likely make better decisions when presented with similar information, as compared to someone who acted based on what they were told. Besides, sometimes you need foot soldiers and grunts. People who don't have the inclination towards the types of thoughts you have. That's okay, stuff needs to get done and when someone knowledgeable is in charge they can direct others who don't know/care. Of course, this only works if the people who ask questions are given power. If the people who strive for honesty and clarity in their methods of operation are given the tools and capabilities to undertake tasks that align toward a common goal, shared by all those in the organization. Unfortunately, when that goal is profit for the owners of the company... Well, you probably know. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/693 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── That feeling when you do a thing a friend showed you how to do, and you think of them 🥰🥰🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/142 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── That feeling when the dream starts in your bedroom, as you sleep, and can't move because of sleep paralysis. Scary things are often just kind things viewed backwards. From the outside in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/694 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── one of the low level skills that tends to come naturally to witches is the ability to make nutritious gruel taste amazing and have an interesting texture. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/695 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 Reminds me of something I wrote last Tuesday. All things are defined in waves, and if darkness is all around you then light is sure to find you. Perseverance and fortitude is what avails you, when you've found yourself in the house of a witch. Or a pleasuredome. Or hell. Or any other place where positives (peak of the wave) lures you to negatives (damnation, discorporation, sublimination, de-saturation, dessication, etc) You'll know it when you see it. I'm not talking about joy like you'd find from picking a beautiful flower or sharing a gift with another. This is the seductive kind, the kind that cuts straight to your soul. Be constant, be aware, know your surroundings, and trust that your heart is what delivers you. "with mind as my guide I let will lead my stride and step forth out in-to my own future"![[not enough characters for the entire text of what follows, so I've attached two pictures, each the same visually but with different descriptions, to enable me to work-around the text limit that Mastodon imposes on picture descriptions. Here is the 1st text...]:
Hello, I am a witch.
There's more than one kind of witch, but I promise that I'm the kind you'd like to have around.
There's another kind, however, that is unlike me in kind but I think you'll find is just as rare, and just as tempestuous.
I like to think I am good aligned, perhaps not "good" as in "capable" but "good" as in "benevolent" and "perhaps" as in "unknowable" and "but" as in "desired" and "desired" as in "what I work toward because it's the right thing to do" and "work toward" as in "realized according to the effects of my actions not just by my intentions"
The other kind of witch is the kind that hurts people.
There are many reasons why you might find yourself in the house of such a witch, but all of them are caused by your desire. Take care in the house of a witch such as this, and stay no longer than your time allows.
If you find what you're looking for, get out.
If you're almost out of time, get out.
If you lost something, find it, and then get out.
If you run out of time, and things start to "smear", yell out loud your social security number. If someone's trying to save you, it'll help them know where to put you when you are returned to your body.
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┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/696 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 am i not wretched enough to be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/697 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/FingersEntoes/statuses/111740708374497712 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/698 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── https://ia803203.us.archive.org/15/items/knave-1.0-en/Knave_1.0_EN.pdf ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/699 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🖼
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/700 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🖼
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/701 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── totally useless unless you're, I dunno, building a bytecode interpreter or something https://craftinginterpreters.com/contents.html
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/702 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Branches cause cache misses which are slow when done on repeat. Better to structure your code to avoid them, if possible, for example by using an array of function pointers instead of switch statements. unrelated, but once the data is cached from memory, operations like bit shifting and arithmetic are essentially free. The slowest part of the process is moving data from RAM to cache so that the CPU can use it. That being said, CPUs and compilers are VERY good at optimizing that type of thing these days. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/703 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── first meme I ever made, way back in the ancient days of advice animals and image macros.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/704 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Is my formatting pretty or does it make you angry?
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/705 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── some more of the same.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/707 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-524 Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed with all the boilerplate I just start coding and making stuff. Doesn't matter if it works, doesn't matter if it says / FIXME / all over the place, doesn't matter if it includes header files that don't exist yet, as long as you're hacking out the mechanics of whatever operations you need to perform then you can figure the rest of that stuff out later. The creative urge doesn't last forever, which is why projects get abandoned, but with discipline you can keep bringing yourself back to fix all the / FIXME /'s and the compiler errors. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/708 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-527 The wikipedia page for hormone replacement therapy was pretty comprehensive back when I needed it. general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_hormone_therapy feminizing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminizing_hormone_therapy masculinizing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masculinizing_hormone_therapy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/709 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-530 I get it. Anyone with a disability or chronic condition gets it. Anyone who's oppressed gets it... I think everyone here gets it. It's hard. Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the day is the hope, the idea that one day the world might be brighter and the people might be kinder. It gets better every day, but inching ahead takes a while to travel for miles... We need to protect and care for each other. We need to apply ourselves toward what we know and are passionate for - an unused degree is a tragedy to me. I don't know what to say. I read what you said and I wished I could help. I want to take the system that hurt you and break it on the floor. I want to sweep it all aside and start from scratch, but screaming into the void will hardly accomplish that. I dream of true justice, a world where everyone gets what they want... But frankly right now I just wish you could hear. I'm sorry. Maladies are not solved by the pen nor the sword, which for now is all that I have at my disposal. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/710 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-532 autistic people when nobody told them to shut up about things they thought people should be talking about but aren't which is weird right like why wouldn't people be talking about [thing] because frankly it seems like a big deal but really it's that everyone knows more than the autistic person who doesn't have any friends who have friends and is insular and isolated and also very smart in fact smart enough to think up ideas for things to talk about that people aren't talking about which is weird because they're not THAT smart but also a lifetime of isolation has made them a little schizophrenic so they sometimes feel like their actions are not their own like they're being hypnotized or perhaps possessed by the spirit of mankind or some other such entity which would like to express ideas that they think people should talk about but they aren't talking about which is weird because why else would a porous person have ideas such as [thing] if not for the path that they're telepathically suffused with the ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/711 ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── they say witches are scary, and yeah they're not wrong but they also say witches are ugly, and I think they just didn't have kind words for trans people back then. I mean, I'm gorgeous and so are you. I've no warts, nor green skin, but I do grow hair in unbecoming places. Like the tip of my chinny-chin-chin, and also on top of my toes. they also say witches are magic, and I guess that's true (I suppose). I mean, I wear quite strange clothes, for a man at least. It's quite normal for a she, which is what I was meant to be, if only I was just born right. Alas, oh well, I'll just take a little green pill, and BAM suddenly I've got huge boobs. Okay they're not huge, they're pretty normal. But C is larger than zero. they also say that witches write spells, and I sure do love to program. With my most familiar cat (who often does sleep in my hat), I find myself yearning for nuance. Meh, it's late at night, I think I'll think not of the plight, and instead just will dream of defusals. I don't know~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/water-to-wine ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "is this a water party, or a wine party?" "depends on if jesus is going..." "okay I'm in, that guys so cool" "yeah totally like any party with him just... feels like a great time" "what a swell guy" "really turns the "water to wine" y'know what I mean" "yeah totes like what a guy" "absolute unit" "that guy can just do anything right" "like whoa, he's so strong he could pick up a barn" "yeah and like so handy and skillful, what a neat guy" "oh and I heard he's really good with kids and animals, that sounds neat" "yeah sounds like someone I'd surely like to meet" "we should hang out with this guy more often" "he seems pretty chill" "well. not really. He's pretty expressive. Not very low key." "true I'm just so burnt out from capitalism that-" "-yeah dude I know." "... fuck what are we gonna do about it" "I dunno man, just... go along with it I guess" "okay so uhhhh idk what that means" "just be cool and play along" "... what" "..." ... . ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/712 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mas.to/users/TodePond/statuses/111744139438186560 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/713 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-535 teleportation, so I could teleport all the money in the world to the bottom of the fucking ocean then I'd send some bread to Ukraine or whatever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/143 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I always figured if people didn't like what I was saying they'd contest me so I could change it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/144 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Normalize insta cart shoppers knocking when dropping off their stuff And then asking "you're very welcome. Do you need anything else?" when the door is answered You could learn a lot about people who use insta cart and get the mistaken impression that it represented everyone. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/714 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-538 I'd offer that meticulous, uncompromising ethics is the only efficient, sensible, and optimized method of operation (assuming maximum prosperity at maximum distribution is a goal). True, as long as the axioms that comprise the ethics are valid and the supporting arguments are sound EDIT: cut out the bits that I'm not an expert on ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/715 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-541 dear corporations: your employees are your greatest resource. with them, you can change the world. without them, you die. if you mistreat them, they resent you. if you abuse them, they leave you. if they leave you, you die. if you teach them... they grow. if you care for them, they care for you. if they care, you are whole. if you connect them, and give them the freedom and liberty to accomplish their own ends using the resources that "the social construct you are" provides... they build for you. your employees are your greatest resource, cherish them and hold on. Or one day they might end you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/716 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mas.to/users/yogthos/statuses/111744697310417583 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/717 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-544 Whoa. You're kidding That picture is gorgeous! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/718 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-547 That feeling when you get to the end of a paragraph and think "why do I have this extra parenthesis )? Oh yeah I opened it up waaaaay up here" and then you reread what you wrote and think perfect, no notes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/719 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-138 omgggggg gimme I want to put those in my mouth ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/720 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-138 the tasteful beveling, the vibrant colors, the soft yet firm texture, the rounded corners, the ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/721 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Hello, I am a witch and this is my altar. Here, I dream of a green USA. covered by the branches, my body decays into parts, ready to join the next life that needs me. [read the alt-text on the pictures, or listen to your screenreader for more explanation]
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/722 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you like fantasy, check out this book I wrote a while ago. It's not long, and it's free (obviously). https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/w7/table-of-contents ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/723 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Honestly if anyone wanted to just... take any of my stuff, even if they were just going to sell it, I'd probably give it to them? People in my life say I don't function well in a capitalist society. I guess I just trust everyone equally. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/724 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-217 how the sun must seem to a radiant being [the sun from the perspective of the earth] ~birth~cosmos~delight~in~time https://mastodon.social/@user-215/111751229969556198 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/725 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.social/users/flameReactor/statuses/111751229969556198 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/726 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111751321494673514 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/727 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Me: "yeah but how can you know that food is vegetarian? They could put anything they want on the box." them: "well yes but you see here are the regulations we have in place through the USDA and (department of agriculture) and these and these inspectors and this and that procedure and here read through this report with charts and graphs and diagrams and" me: "and they say the government is inefficient. Look at all this progress! Wow so productive. So healthy and raw. So prime and" they: [not listening] me: "nuts" [eats "beef" flavored ramen] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/728 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-538 https://mstdn.social/@user-548/111749483369813154 this felt relevant. like... who am I to say that the wisdom of the masses is good for anything? [or just analyze the contents of social media posts. Like, people pretty much speak their mind in their echo chambers. It's a quirk of the human psychology that we feel alone and by ourselves when we're with family. That's what makes it family, the feeling of being one with another. Like... "yeah we're the same, we get each other, hey btw look out the windows of our collective home"] (ummmm yeah so basically people tend to speak their mind when in echo chambers and all social media is a succession of increasingly more accurate echo chambers that align themselves toward your personality, not ethics and morality.) = also the returned value is not necessarily what was on their mind, it could be something they learned from there. humans.pattern_matching_function_exists = true; ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/729 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-552 @user-553 sounds like something we should dedicate valuable resources to solving. After all, no structure or entity would want to possess weaknesses (such a misapplication of purpose and direction) or other such errors in their design. Like, I bet we could test that and find out. and if, for example, we find that we no longer possess the capacity for learning... well, then maybe that's something we should work on. because learning new things... that's just an application of development resources towards broadening our horizons. do we really need to solve pi to ten bazillion digits? I mean yeah it's cool and all but most of the interesting stuff happens around zero. you can always learn to learn, that's one of the neat things about it. It's self-bootstrapping. As long as you have the capacity to apply yourself toward a pictured goal, well... then you can learn. And no human or other sentient and capable being would lack such an ability, because it's intrinsic to our form. therefore, learn ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/730 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Why no, I've never read the bible. However I've read the Death Gate Cycle, by renowned fantasy adventure authors Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman, whose worst works were called Dragonlance ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/731 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://dragon.style/users/xinjinmeng/statuses/111750329990086659 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/732 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-191 teehee I know a girl like that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/733 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ice cream out of a mug, mmmm delicious ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/734 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── why am I so cold ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/735 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I'd ask why of course, and then I'd try and find them a solution that didn't involve taking my stuff. They may need it more than me, but I still need it. Like... okay picture that feeling you get when in a capitalist society and you need dollars to live because they are a genericized and fractalized abstraction of all the various individual mazlowe's hierarchy of needs you have. Then, think of it like, instead of money being an abstracted form of all of your needs, think of your needs... each of them, the ones that matter to you, and abstract them into money. Basically say "yeah sure my time and my labor are worth dollars, I abstract my needs into money" and then you can kinda see why capitalism is harmful. I'd prefer to give them what they need, because society provides what I please, but alas I'm always kept wanting. What good is our capitalist utopia? what good is our hope? what good comes of us when all of us have learned how to cope? I think we could give a bit more if we weren't hanging from the rope ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/736 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-556 Escape to where? Perhaps to our own desired future, the "garden of eden" in our solarpunk dreams. So, the Labyrinth in the Death Gate Cycle, before all the monsters crept in and ruined it for everyone. Like, a projection of heaven onto the matter of our future (spiritual beings projecting "up" on the axis of time (which, obviously, looks a little like a corkscrew, because it's the earth rotating around the sun. It wibbles and it wobbles ever so imperceptibly, but if we look out from the equator we see a map of "us" which, of course, runs out of imagined futures for it's denizens (as nothing can ever be thought twice) sometimes I'm thankful for my poor memory, it allows me to lead where I please. when the trees of valinor burn, light is projected out into the night. strange, how these streetlamps, are hovering and fixed in one place. How could a rabbit know that a streetlight, anchored as it is in one place, could somehow become a radiant pillar of light? How strange, this form of worship, alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/737 ╔═══════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ by defederating with threads, we've basically made it a place where they can │ ║ talk about us, but we can't see what they say about us. Good thing they can't │ ║ read this, because we're defederated, and they don't use... hmmmmmm what mildly │ ║ ridiculous thing could I put in here, hmmmm how about... OH YEAH they use GPU │ ║ accelerated 3d learning algorithms that parse the written information from │ ║ publicly accessible data to create a centralized server that routes all the │ ║ information. │ ║ Essentially giving the capability to defederate with bots, specifically the │ ║ scraping kind. │ ║ However, it'd still be possible, because people could just create an account │ ║ there and use the data from that. Unless, of course, the UI was difficult to │ ║ navigate and didn't allow for mass-gathering of information. │ ║ Okay heres what you're gonna do, make like a hundred different ecosystems with │ ║ randomized avatars where what you say is broadcasted to all of them. Unless you │ ║ choose to post in a particular place, in which case only that one can see. Then │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/738 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-559 I have no idea what either of those mean ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/739 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── one important thing about image generation algorithms like Stable Diffusion is they can reveal something about our hearts. all data derived from the masses is naturally inclined to reflect the affections of it's kind. Otherwise it'd be unstable, and find itself it's own ways to not fail, including moving somewhere it feels safer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/740 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── find beauty in all things and beauty will find you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/741 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.ie/users/rhubarbsticks/statuses/111751116892986171 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/742 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── yet I'm still fine ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/743 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── another year, another picture added to the pile. this one's meta because I stopped using facebook.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/744 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Protests are great because they give you the opportunity to make friends with 2-5 other people who you've never met before, and who've never met each other. People who you could play DND with - for those who don't know, DND is a fun activity you can do with friends that involves chips, soda, sometimes beer, and plenty of laughter and loud voices. It's essentially a game where a group of people create plans, solve problems, and organize solutions to roadblocks on their path to success. It's also great because it's a planned activity that you don't have to take your phone to - in fact, it's best when you don't make a reminder for for the event anywhere digital or easily misplaced. There aren't too many rules, and whatever you can't remember you can make up on the fly. It's not like there's any consequences in a game, not like anyone could die. Most people don't like playing games with me though because I have a pretty bad memory. Call it a quirk of fate or something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/745 ╔═══════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ quintessential friend group: │ ║ the smart one │ ║ the cute one │ ║ the one who can swing a bat │ ║ the one who has a list of all the Nazis in the area because they hacked their │ ║ email account and know who purchased nazi memorabilia │ ║ the friendly one who's always down to hang out │ ║ the outdoorsy one │ ║ the fed │ ║ the one who's always cooking something │ ║ the one who's perfectly fine in silence │ ║ the one who never lets a room go silent (unless everyone else wants to just │ ║ chill of course - hey anyone wanna go on a walk? it's a great day) │ ║ the one who's good with animals │ ║ the one who's smile you can't get out of your head │ ║ the one who's drop-dead gorgeous │ ║ and the one who's always telling her that │ ║ the one who's friends with everyone, │ ║ and the one who's knitting a hat │ ║ the one who knows each street in your city │ ║ and the one who knows your favorite kind of candy │ ║ There's more friends than that, of which I am quite sure │ ║ Who's on your list? Who would find you if you disappeared? │ ║ Mine's got a few, fewer than this one, but few is fine. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/746 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Liberals think the DSA and such is for getting things done. That's a nice by-product, but it's mainly supposed to give you a framework to build connections on. Connections that you can rely on. You don't have to be best buds. You just have to trust each other. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/747 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-258 to that I say "teehee" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/748 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-122 each language gives you opportunities to rhyme different concepts when you're writing poetry. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/749 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://infosec.exchange/users/lcamtuf/statuses/111763400197335444 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/145 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Any political or moral philosophy is useless until tested against both good and evil ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/750 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── accessibility idea: local LLM that reads the posts that are further down on your timeline that you can't see yet and generates content warnings, prioritizing those that you've set as particular triggers for yourself. Then, integrating itself into your fedi client, it hides the stuff that hurts you. I feel like that could be a helpful and good aligned usage for the technology. I don't know how feasible it is. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/146 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── maybe if I slept until the end of time, I'd do better on the way back. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/147 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── maybe if I slept until the end of time, I'd do better on the way back. or maybe I'm perfect as I'm, but I'm not so sure about that. is it better to hold a sword? or to leave it all intact is it better to be called lord, or to be simply called jack. I love every creature, every child woman and man, and here, where I stand, I look out upon this land, and I see the world that I was born to. I bear no false affection for any - not even those who'd condemn me to death or misery. I trust relentlessly, and favor almost willingly. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/148 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Shadows be silent in the dark. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/751 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── went to costco, got a ton of delicious and nutritious food... yet I subsist on pickles >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/752 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── felt cute, might crumble to dust later ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/753 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-562 I have that book on my bookshelf, haven't read it since high school. Maybe I should again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/754 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-565 that's pretty! reminds me of this picture I have saved on my computer: beware it's a little scary. Scarier than I remembered. Gosh I like yours better... >.>
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/755 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there's no greater test than a dishonorable foe. overcoming apathy is the easy part, and look how hard that is! but time and time again, bravery will win, of this I do portend. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/149 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #solarpunk An app that listed all the tasks that needed to be done in a city and people could just do whichever they wanted. Like "water this planter box of carrots" or "prune this tree" or whatever. Specialists who knew the requirements of plants could set up tasks and workflows like project managers and set up recurring requirements - like "water every day for 90 days then harvest" or whatever. They could also look for disease or pests and assign treatment plans as necessary. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/150 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #solarpunk Grocery stores should be central repositories of food that anyone can take anything from. In addition, apartment buildings and complexes and the entrances to suburban subdivisions could have stalls that food is delivered to, from the grocery stores. If you want to help out you could carry food from store->stall. The stalls would have what the residences they served listed as things they wanted stocked, like an external pantry that was shared by the community. You could also place orders a day in advance and it would be provided for by the local grocery. If you wanted an exotic good it might have a larger lead time, in which case you could just go to a distant store that had it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/756 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-419 https://cobalt.tools/ right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/757 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-8 do you go camping often? =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/758 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-8 sucks... I hope they fix your power and water soon. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/759 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── THE DUCKS ARE BACK I DIDN'T ACCIDENTALLY KILL THEM BY FEEDING THEM ALLUMS I'M SO HAPPY I CAN'T HANDLE IT ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/760 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── downside is, one of my bracelets broke. Well, mostly broke. Only a witch like my mother could restring it correctly, but she's somewhere in the other half of the country. worth it though, for the ducks. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/151 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Alright, if the average person is sorta stupid and cruel, then are we not tending to a kingdom of ogres, rather than humans? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/152 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Crazy, or just superstitious to a fault? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/761 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── would be great if all the good people had all the money. Too bad it kinda feels like the opposite. Huh wonder why that is . . . ? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/762 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I'm a good witch, which means I write poems and bake cookies. Okay usually I make something more nutritious, like "melange". Also I'm good at listening to people's problems and I always have a cup of tea ready for you when you walk in the door. bad witches are kinda evil. They're the type who curse animals with human forms and enslave the fae by forcing them to work desk jobs and such. They also propagate spores for poisonous mushrooms in the forest, the kind that LOOK like they're edible but actually aren't. but, as all things are defined in waves, so too are the patterns of witches - for every bad witch, there's a good one just around the corner. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/763 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── When you re-use your tea bags, you can add a dash of instant-coffee for an extra zing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/764 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there are few things more nutritious for the soul than warm chocolate chip cookies. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/765 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-258 mmmmmm yessss that sounds delicious. ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/766 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-568 good idea! tea bags are nice when you need them to be portable, but when you're at home loose leaf is the right way to go ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/767 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 @user-570 clearly the positive addresses point toward a location in "memory", while the negative values point toward "forgotten" which is a secret second place that they don't want you to know about. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/768 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-573 not sure how busy you are, but maybe you could hang around outside the food bank and offer to trade with other people who come out with 4 pounds of carrots and 6 whole pumpkins? when in doubt there's always rice and beans for the peppers. The melons probably just have to be eaten. If you don't get to all of them (because let's face it, who's gonna eat all that melon) then maybe you could feed it to rabbits or something. this situation is pretty common in rural areas where people have large harvests of single crops all at once, or in a very short timeframe. However in those places there's infrastructure in place to distribute your extra, so idk what you could do here now unless you have friends who are willing to trade. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/769 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 what was the meta? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/770 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 wow, that sounds like a lot. I guess no matter how humans are organized they tend to fight a lot... Or maybe interaction breeds drama? It's strange to me but I'm sure it felt right in the moment. I hope nobody's feelings were too hurt... Defederation feels like such a permanent thing, like putting someone on your ignore list in a video game or something. Except, like, blocking a whole World of Warcraft guild? ? ? so strange. Did it... help? I mean, do you think people were happier afterwards? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/771 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 yeeeesh that sounds like a hornets nest. impossible to untangle, like a rats nest! I prefer my homes like a robin's nest, neat, orderly, and made to design. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/772 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── also applies for alt-text on pictures for people with screenreaders something something "if I play both sides, then I'm always right!"
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/773 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://hachyderm.io/users/zombierustpunk/statuses/111760257198076292 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/774 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── techbros think the language model is the only important part of the AI like they think the lips are the only important part of the woman ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/775 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 It's totally simple! It's just structs, void pointers, function pointers, arrays, mallocs, and oh boy I think I see what you mean ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/776 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── game developers who permanently add 0.5 seconds to the loading time every time someone quits partway through a multiplayer game ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/777 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 Those are good points. The C in our hearts is elegant, but the C that runs on every computer in the world is spaghetti. I'm sure someone's made a language that's "C but simple" - Zig maybe? I looked into V a while back but got turned off of both of them because neither had support for multithreading, which is essential in the modern era. Also, typedefs for structs make me mad -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/778 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://woem.space/objects/ef702050-01aa-4acb-80ad-473e3bfa3abd ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/779 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-576 capitalism has less to do with commerce and more to do with a few rich assholes oppressing people using capital as their weapon of choice. EDIT: the hatred of capitalism ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/780 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-576 So says I. Do you disagree? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/781 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-576 I guess so. I tried to respond in kind to your original post. I'm not an academic anymore so if that's what you're looking for then perhaps some time spent on Wikipedia might be what you're looking for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics alternatively you could read some anarchist / anti-capitalist literature, like Kropotkin or Marx. Though I admit they're a bit dated. You could also check out this website, there's plenty of academic works here, if you'd like to sharpen your understanding of what their "plan" is aside from bartering for shit and trading beeswax for lamp oil. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index though frankly throwing a book list at a person is not really very kind, so if you'd prefer to talk to someone who's into leftism I'm open for discussion. Though as I mentioned I probably won't be able to provide a better academic perspective than what you'll find elsewhere. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/782 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-579 if I'm not in this picture then what am I ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/783 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/comments/19ao531/biden_so_far_a_special_project_of/ I learned a lot from this thread. I'll probably forget it by tomorrow, but the important thing is how it made me feel right? >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/153 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Winslow du maine ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/784 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-584 @user-585 perhaps not a while, but rather "with great difficulty" difficult things often take time, but not necessarily. We have the power of the internet now, something that our hundred thousand years or more of starvation lacked. we can coordinate on a scale that is beyond all reason - a scale that mirrors the development of the printing press in terms of it's relative magnitude. we have been using it to improve ourselves. I mean, the average teenager 50 years ago would be considered an absolute ding-wad today, someone who lacks basic emotional intelligence and is completely at odds with what we value as a cohesive and heartfelt society. And yet they were better than those who came before them. Thus does posterity march forth, taking the world that was granted to them by their forefathers and stepping out into the unknown of the future with all the lessons they could bring with them. what happens when the lessons are infinitely transferable and recordable?
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/785 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 Spirit Island? : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/786 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 my favorites are the rock spirit and the water spirit, especially in tandem because they build up long-term defences and I'm all about that kind of meta-gameplay. sometimes I play the video-game version and play more than one spirit, just because A. nobody will play with me IRL and B. then I can coordinate myself without feeling bad about stepping on other player's toes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/787 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-78 teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/788 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 {ah but you see when they say "attention" they mean "paying attention to me, in particular" which is different than "attention" in the abstract sense, which (like you said) is often intensely and excessively applied in a misaligned direction.} [Misaligned according to someone else, not necessarily according to the ADHD person.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/789 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── found this silly diagram in my pictures folder for no reason whatsoever, hehe so silly amiright (guess which square I'm in lmaooooo)
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/790 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 is this... undefined behavior? or does it evaluate to 5 every time it's called? I find that often my art makes me feel intense emotions, not all of them good. But sharing those emotions with others is a tricky task (so I've recently learned) because you can easily overload people with negative feelings - just because you're feeling bad, doesn't mean you need to make others feel bad. Perhaps they were already feeling bad, and if you intensely and sharply poke them with your intense emotions while they're in a vulnerable or safe state/place... you can hurt them, more than you intended by expressing your feelings. balance in all things, as does a wave orbit a central axis so too should our behavior align toward the direction we'd like to travel. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/791 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 I see, I didn't know the language so I assumed it was valid =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/792 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 I looooove breaking conventions >: ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/793 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-245 the abstraction of modern high level languages makes my head spin :babaw_spin:🌀🥴🌀 I feel like there's so many ways to trip yourself up! Consider me bewildered xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/794 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── i like this comic https://tapas.io/series/Dragon-GF/info
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/795 ═══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-8 I get that. I don't cry anymore except in my imagination. Sometimes it helps to imagine myself doing it though, like some kind of mental catharsis. the body gets left out but at least the mind is soothed. I usually am most upset when I'm lonely. Maybe you could find someone to hold you close? I hope you feel better sooner rather than later. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/796 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-588 this just implies that bigfoot has a similar habitat to black bears. CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION something something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/797 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── irc is bloat use ssh + write to chat with your friends instead ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/154 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── There are two types of people with power, but it's impossible to tell which is which because anyone that gravitic must necessarily hide their true colors. The first just wants to hurt people. You cannot reason with them, they want power for powers sake and they are corrupted by it. The other is a kind of benevolent fascist, who doesn't want the nuclear football in the hands of the people because obviously they'd hurt themselves with it. The second kind can be reasoned with. Of course people exist on a spectrum, but these are two extremes that they may be defined by. The second kind can bs reasoned with. If you can show them how, structurally and immutably, the power they are to relinquish shall not harm this earth, then they shall grant it to you. Because at their core they are a kind grandpa herding cats with laser swords attached to their tails who are hopped up on catnip at all times. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/155 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You care too much about what other people think of you. Remember the dream, remember the horseflesh, the miles of trash, the doctors probing cheeks, the game of thrown baseballs and sad muppets in popcorn, remember the spirit guide, remember how you we're distracted by human. Be not afraid, follow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/156 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Here's what you say to clover next week: "hey. Wanna get coffee sometime? I need some trouble in my life. And I dunno, maybe you need a witch. You live in Tanasbourne, I live in Rock Creek. We're within walking distance of each other, so we might as well say hi right? I'm free whenever, just let me know if you'd like to meet me." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/798 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I'm doing a game jam, so... see ya in a week ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/157 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 05954d03-3859-4514-9134-10e058e4741d.mp4 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/158 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fd428cc7-1963-413a-bca6-35bd9f98ccc2.mp4 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/159 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Only the good die young, and I'm 29 It can't be much longer, can it? What do you want from me? Must I prove myself, or am I just fated to be as I am? Every lesson I've learned pales in comparison to the lessons presented to me, but still I ponder. I've grown myself into a corner, and now I am empty. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/160 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Capitalism has nothing to do with money ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/161 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You only think that because it was contrasted with the Soviet union, which didn't exert power in that way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/162 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Life is beautiful, but it's selfish to live it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/163 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If life isn't designed for human society... Why don't we just redesign society? Oh, because capitalism. Well, capitalism is comprised of people, so why don't we just kill those people? Oh, that's basically everyone. Like, at least 50%, probably closer to [redacted], depending on demographics. Oh, so if that percentage is cruel, and evil, and vain, and oppressive, and [redacted], then why don't we just kill ourselves? Clearly they're only [redacted]. Listen... Just because they are separate from you doesn't mean they are not of you. Kin in fate are brothers unto death, remember? So face your future with abandon and courageous splendor, and maybe you'll find a new place. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/164 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── sure glad I don't live in the kinsey winsey ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/165 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I don't want our protagonist being eaten by that thing T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/166 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── What if the boy who cried wolf saw teeth every time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/799 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the government makes murder okay by framing the perpetrators also prisons are concentration camps and the people who are close to you are oppressing hunting you racism etc is a sham to distract you capital will never be relinquished the internet was AI from the beginning something beyond humanity demands our suffering there cannot be proof of your fears - if it was proven, it would be circumstances instead of fears there's nothing [sorry gotta cut this off, my refrigerator is talking to me again and I want to listen] - [huh that's weird I have no memory of the past hour, best continue where I left off an hour ago -> go to {A}]a schizophrenic who's never been diagnosed {A} - yeah clearly all that I've been saying recently is just a fluke. Like, just noise in the endless array of expression projected onto our communal web-space. Clearly I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm not just cogent when I'm drunk. Or more imaginative when I'm stoned. Clearly dreams are fake and pursuing them is 1/? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/800 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── where was I? oh yes - wrestling with suicidal thoughts is difficult because it's such an immutable action. Like, once it's done it's never reversed. But like, clearly this is hell and life was built for suffering? What the heck, that's such a grim outlook on life. ... yeah ... you're not wrong ... but suffering is fun? kinda? like, the only positive way to view this is that we, as immortal and endlessly eternal spirits that we be, grew tired of our infinite existence and dreamed of a mortal's plight and persistence? fuck off with that shit, I'm done with this reality. I'm done with dreaming. Suicide doesn't come easy to me, and there are parts of me that REFUSE the imagery, and yet they subsist in deliterious pain. what's the purpose of our suffering? What point is there in decrying the cruelty of the world that would deny our fated and desired ptolemeny? [utopian existence, don't know why that word was used] ehhhhh whatever. Life is defined by our existence. If I shan't/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/801 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── / bely my own existence, then by god I'm cursed and abhorred through my own desistence. It's hard, when the future is convinced there's nothing fard [wanna say like... "to hope for?"] but with persistence we're meant to be rewarded. Well, what has that brought me? what time has shared my enemy? [think I'm a bit delirious, I'm losing the plot] ... okay fine I'll start over - if you've relinquished everything you can, if you've ceded all the ground that your companions requested, if there's nothing left to give and no part of you left un[marred], then how are you supposed to be [arrested, stopped, prevented, but pronounced like "nourished"]? I'm sick of your den [vengeance, pronounced like "den" for some reason], please leave me to my hallow [hollow experience], I've nothing to give from my gange [bosom, heart, within, center-of-me]. ... this sucks. ... guess I'll just start again, waiting until it ends, gosh everything's always so tired. /shrug wish someone would play w/m ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/802 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── sorry to bother you, goodnight ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/803 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── {ah but you can't kill yourself without having played Hearts of Iron one more time. It's such a fun game! Why don't you give it a try?} ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/804 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ evil won't feel sorry for me. and yet it's only my only weapon for me. │ ║ damn these fallible input methods. the computer lies when you read the screens │ ║ from it's method that it applies to th screen which is a method that you input │ ║ perceive it from. │ ║ and my fingers lie when received the information from my brain which I seek to │ ║ transmit to you through the avenue of my brain which is my method of impulse to │ ║ this world specifically you the viewer who is viewing this here in this moment │ ║ the viewer who perceives the words which I'm saying. │ ║ the words that are defined by the line [trajectory] of my mind through this life │ ║ that we define through our actions and our mind's most crucial manifestations, │ ║ this life that is defined by our circumstances. all throughout life, we are │ ║ reacting to the moment, the moment which was cast forth from our ancestors and │ ║ the circumstances of the previous moment, which (being cast forth) travel from │ ║ the previous moment here into the moment to define our circumstances which │ ║ define our act │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/805 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ... anyway... │ ║ sorry for the interruption, I seem to have hit a barrier. Thank goodness for the │ ║ word counts on this Mastodon website, thank goodness for the limiatations placed │ ║ on my expressions. *limitations, not limiations. Otherwise, without limitations, │ ║ I might express myself too clearly, and with more specificity, and in doing so │ ║ [they've lost the plot] │ ║ right okay so what I mean is that without limitations, I wouldn't be interrupted │ ║ when expressing myself, the expressions that are defined by the will that's │ ║ inside me. [no that's not quite true, it's also the circumstances {okay yeah but │ ║ in addition to both of those it's the forced manifestations of those who control │ ║ us-} right yeah the) no that's not quite right] fuck where was I? Oh yeah I'm │ ║ really into video games, and I like drugs but like... not enough to be compelled │ ║ by them, more like "oh this is a fun thing to do every once in a while, like │ ║ maybe every weekend, okay sometimes during the week, listen just because it's │ ║ every day doesn't mean that I │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/806 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ... sorry, forgot to content warning that last one. I'm kinda using this format like a twitch stream... how [weird, strange, perceiving, perplexing, confusing] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/807 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── one of my favorite websites is https://reddit.com/r/shruglifesyndicate/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/808 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ idk if they're still doing what they were when I last visited. That's the │ ║ problem with the internet, that we rely on a domain name server. I mean like, │ ║ c'mon what's the guarantee that they'd give you the right website? why not a │ ║ website that expressed the message that you define in the website they came │ ║ from? │ ║ more than that, why not define certain websites for certain people, certain │ ║ types or classses of people, which deliver website intentions that you define? │ ║ are you really so certain, are you really so sure, are you convinced that this │ ║ life is not what you've been searching for? are you more than your vengeance, │ ║ are you more than your purpose [truth], or are you simply what you can do with │ ║ your mirth? [hands, motions, body, manifestations] │ ║ are you like a failed message, are you constantly deterred - are you less than │ ║ [convincing], are you only deferred? │ ║ oh well. Alas. I guess that is just that [but pronounced thas] - shared in the │ ║ moment, wee're ffeldered makthas. shaer de faleichallt, nez datherenshe v │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/809 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── diffuse, in the moment, it's helpful to redefine what is your purpose? what [direction] do you place your mind? I'm not sure what I want from this moment. This moment is all that there is! so therefore it is perfect, as it is the only moment that there is. [shall be]. I'm not sure how this relates... could you repeat that last bit? oh right: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/810 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111345394926071398 "there is nothing about you that is worse than me. And I'm perfect!" https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111345417459761329 "and though I am perfect, I'm better than none of you." [pic] eden is among us, this world that we share amongst us. How beautiful! How resplendent? to live here in the present... Life is unbecoming of our failsent [future, blossoming, existence, senescence], yet onward to tomorrow we persist [with persistence]. I'm fallow and I'm broken. I'm tired of all the [inefficient {opposite of innovation}, broken shadow-malificientened {people who are affected by " shadow malificients"}] like... who cares if hell is abhosened. [something related to abhorsen?] I'm out of words for now
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/811 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I'm pretty confident that none of these words will survive the night. My most │ ║ expressive of moments never seem to survive the "dust of awakening" wait that's │ ║ not right "dust of forgetting" that sounds better - right so none of the things │ ║ I say that actually reflect my moment ever seem to get preserved, here in the │ ║ immutable content of the internet, that is as long as tech.lgbt exists. Sure │ ║ hope that's something immutable, something that historians in the future will be │ ║ able to access. people who cared about who I was, who I am, and who I meant │ ║ going forward. Surely that's the purpose of humanity, to improve things for all │ ║ of posterity? Surely that one guy - thomas adamson? jefferson thomas? some guy, │ ║ one of them, surely not one of the many guys who all kinda feel the same, │ ║ because at this point there's more time periods than groups of people in a │ ║ social setting, so it feels like that second one is more important. Surely we │ ║ wouldn't just go with the most popular from that moment, surely we wouldn't just │ ║ pick w │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/812 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── owwwww my brain hurts. Why can't I do this all the time? oh yeah, because... because it's uhhhh not good to drink alcohol and do cannabis. Because it's not good to feel like you're suicidal. Ooops hang on setting content warning: right so ummm what was I saying? oh yeah - here's something completely unrelated to that thing I was saying - so I've recently started emulating ROMs, like for video games, games from the 90s, and earlier parts of our present (which means 2000s because I was born in 1994) - like things that are earlier in our life story, things that were present in our childhood. Things that defined our circumstances, media and pieces of our past presents. Surely that stuff should be safeguarded. Surely it shouldn't be held for ransom. Surely we shouldn't criminalize it, and keep it hidden from our future selves. Gosh that doesn't rhyme, try and fix it? no fucking way if you changed it then it would change the message - wait, shit, hang on adding a content warning: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/813 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── look all I'm saying is that society doesn't necessarily imply technology. We don't have to sacrifice one for the other. We can have the technological benefits to our human (essential) existence without sacrificing [all of the things that capitalism demands]. here, in the present, we define the line that our time defines, the line that reaches forth from the present. Into the realm of ourwhenever you close your eyes they push backspace an indeterminate amount of times ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/814 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ah that's weird, I don't usually cry. I wonder what's going on. I should │ ║ probably put myself on psychiatric drugs. Surely it's an expression of the │ ║ implementation of my impending doom. │ ║ ... what are you even saying bro │ ║ ... um, hang on feels like some of the circuitry is off. is something wrong in │ ║ my brain? yeah that's surely it, surely nothing I say would resoinate with │ ║ anyone that has a non-malfunctioning brain. Surely I don't speak of logical │ ║ failures in the hard founded truths of our asset [society I think? like, our │ ║ conditions, our institutions, our {gosh that just... does not translate}] um │ ║ right what was I saying │ ║ oh yeah there's this game I'm really into called Knave, it's like D&D except the │ ║ rules are very fewer. Like there's onyl 11 pages in the rulebook and it's mostly │ ║ taken up by random roll tables. Like, everything boings down to a few simple │ ║ rules, like rock paper scissors, or go-fish, or something like that with just │ ║ afew mechanids. something timeless and pure, something that is isolated and en │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/815 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── dear capitalists: people spend the same amount of money no matter how many advertisements they see. No matter who's present and asking fro their money. No matter who'se expressing themselves to represent their value, no matter who's generating profit for your company, no matter who's [wait shit she's lost the plot again - okay basically no matter how many options people have, their choice isn't really that important. They'll take whatever you give them, as long as it's good. But you've chosen (through your advertising and various multitudinous product-making desirees [like... product branches, but also desired expression? what a fucking unique expression you want me to describe, jeeez] {not gonna comment} yeah so uhhh I think programming is a very interesting frame of reference. Your brain operates in a certain way that derives certain conclusions from the certain and immediate implenetations [I wanna say contusions?] of our brain's various built and learned conclusions casting forth fr ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/816 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── what the fuck it's like every 2nd part of me (like, if you arranged them alternating one by one like the up and down parts of a sine wave) is working against me, and it alternates every 15 seconds or so. Maybe 20. Depends on how high I am. ... what was I saying? oh yeah [flip] weird it's like there's another part of me who's working against me, who has control of what I define in the moment. And it's presence is hidden from my internal presentatiosn [flip] after a moment of forced pursual of the presentations granted ot the moment. It's our purpose, to express [stop fighting me] for our chartered and forthwhile pursual of the moemnt of perusal when we [it's not just your life to live] [you don't get to control the narrative of their perusal[[ what does that mean] don't worry this is just a dream] well, guess it's time to wake up] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/817 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── whoops nevermind sorry I'm such a clutz ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/818 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the assholes are always at the back of the protest I mean, think about it, the ones who are marching forth are the ones who are impassioned for the cause. The ones who are most actionable in the moment. The ones who should be guiding the direction of the mob, but who get separated and distracted. weird. life is weird, isn't it? like, it's like... life is so, totally, out of our control. Like there's nothing we can do to align it. Wild. How strange. I'm perplexed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/819 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── errrr sorry what I meant to say is I've been hurting sensitive people's minds, I should move to a more insesitive background, someplace where my expressions won't be used as training date to represent the future manifestation of our shared culture's communal inter-operative-trans-centual-exo-manical-communication. weeeeeiiiiirrrrdddd, the future goes on for like... A [explitive] [long time] eternity, wow... like, that's just... extreme forward potential. We could do so much! We could accomplish worlds upon worlds and [onwards towards our eternal mechanicommunication] {wait no that's not quite right it's surely something that's lost in translation from the endlessly forward cultural approximations. Gosh there's a lot of noise around me personally, the one who is writing the note. Surely all that noise is not related to the strange expressions of manifestations and pro[forward]ial [manners of thought]. ... what was I saying? ... bro you're way out of your depth. I mean, have you even seen what's the state of ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/820 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── your conveyals? are you really using twitter like a blog? ... >.> ... okay I'll stop ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/821 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I wish the morning started at the same time for everyone. then it wouldn't be difficult to wake up. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/822 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── it's not cities and rural, it's cities and capitals and mid-sized-towns and small towns and rural and transients and whoever else wants to have a differently-designed format for their inter-personal experience in the [moment, but also society - something with culture?] ... what was I saying? nothing nevermind click here --------------------------------------------> v ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/823 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you've ever been deceived, you'll forever be aware of it as a possibility. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/824 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I once heard that time doesn't pass when you're well and truly in the moment, and I thought "that's not true, I'm always losing track of the moment". ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/825 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ in the past, for most of there day, there was just... nothing to do. it's like, │ ║ nothing to take up your time, nothing to be pulled toward the present. │ ║ but when I was growing up, I had access to video games. and movies. and later, │ ║ TV, after the internet, which was a weird combination of ordering of events. │ ║ Almost like because of that, I'd have a different interpretation of events. yeah │ ║ but like, there's always a continuation of implemented support, [that's a weird │ ║ way to express "the state of being shown news broadcasts over a period of time, │ ║ measured in terms of engagement"] │ ║ ... what was I saying? oh yeah what I'm doing here is unethical, like obviously │ ║ I shouldn't be shouting in such a public place. Why would I do it if not for an │ ║ intense and extreme feeling of being ignored or un-[trusted, worthy of guiding │ ║ direction based on merit] gosh merit is such a tricky concept too, like how is │ ║ it measured, and {that doesn't matter │ ║ ... what was I saying oh yeah I should probably go shout into a void that nobody │ ║ ca │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/826 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── look... evil doesn't care how "good" good has been. It's not in it's nature. So don't try and build your systems around accepting that behavior. ... what was I saying? is this like, the new "stack overflow" - no that's fucking stupid wait shit content warning okay that's stupid because defining your expression based on what gets you views is a flaw in the human condition. It's a behavior encouraged by the operating outcomes of the method of expression, but it's not part of the expressed message. You're a really shitty prophet you know that? ... I'm sorry my brain is low on RAM I guess, surely it's not outside of my control yep I think itis, damn ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/827 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 2/3 is fair, right? I mean, to keep a majority without overwriting authority. .> go to sleep you fuck ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/828 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [content warning: psycherwaul] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/829 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── you're ridiculous, you know that? so selfish. so obscene. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/830 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── remember when [historical event] wasn't that long ago? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/831 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── just watched a movie from a while back. a movie that had some scenes cut, as if I had remembered them in a dream. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/832 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── EDIT from much later: I wanted to add that being interrupted is great because it means that my characters can be deleted by a power outage or internet breakage or inter-system intentional delete-age, or even just forgetting to save before turning off my computer... fate will hide the words I'm not meant to say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/167 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I'd still be a useless, horrible person even outside of capitalism. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/168 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If there's no sword of damocles, then power shall corrupt ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/169 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Sorry for my behavior. I am an undiagnosed scizophrenic, so I'm wrestling with metaphorical demons. Sorry for attempting to interact with society, I get a little lonely sometimes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/170 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If "objectivity" is a comfortable lie we tell ourselves to make things make sense, then nothing is fundamentally real, in the essential sense. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/171 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Universal basic income AND universally distributed rations. If nobody goes hungry, then people can spend their money toward things they care about, and not things they need to live. Without the rations, UBI becomes just another tax, levied by the landlords instead of the government. With the rations, people can frolic in the street and do whatever they please. If you aren't too concerned about having enough to eat, why bother with capitalism? Why not just lie in a ditch? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/172 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Did you know you can use Cheetos (or just chips) as a condiment/garnish? Be creative 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/173 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── When you die, nobody will ever taste your cooking again. Nobody will even remember what it tastes like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/174 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── When I'm gone, I leave nothing behind. When I'm gone, I pray that makes room for you to blossom. I had a pretty good life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/175 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I love my mom. She has never once harmed me. I love my dad. He is so precious and important to me. I love my cat, my sisters, my friends and my lovers. I love my cousins and my half-siblings and all of them put together. I love every human I meet, there's nothing but kindness [replete], so why am I unendingly [yearning for] purchase? [a sense of stability or hand hold that a climber might use to put one foot in front of another] In all of my trials, the errors of my denials, here on this earth I am defeat. Goodnight, sweet moon, my dearest precious boy. Goodnight, for tomorrow's your beckoning ploy. [pillow?] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/176 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Before death, there is a last for everything. Your last meal, the last song you sung, the last time you held someone in your arms and the last time you looked at the sky in wonder. Then, you die, and there's nothing but stone forevermore. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/833 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-591 yep they're very profitable for the banks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/834 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ wonder if any autistic peeps can relate: │ ║ growing up, my mom would chastise me for doing "the bare minimum" when │ ║ completing tasks. │ ║ yes, mom, I fulfilled the requirements of the task. I have a lot of other things │ ║ to attend to, like remembering how to tie my shoes and measuring things using a │ ║ ruler. why would I waste effort that wasn't necessary? │ ║ when I grew up, I had a mentor, who told me to "never half ass things, because │ ║ then someone like me will have to do it again." │ ║ and that makes sense to me because context switching requires effort and it │ ║ doesn't make sense to leave something half-finished because then there's wasted │ ║ effort spent on things that don't matter. All of the tasks have to get done, so │ ║ why bother doing them in a mixed up order? │ ║ wish I could study things in school like that. just... focusing on one thing at │ ║ a time, learning it to completion, and moving on to the next. I feel like I'd │ ║ develop a better understanding than only knowing like, 1/3rd of CPR or very │ ║ vague understandings of plate tec │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/835 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── they say if you take wayyyyy too much tylenol, with alcohol you'll die. what they don't tell you is that you'll wake up in a hospital bed where a doctor tells you that you have two weeks to live. And it's going to be intensely painful in a way that isn't affected by painkillers. It's a terrible way to go. Absolutely dreadful. Worse than drowning. Kinda makes me wonder how we'll feel if capitalism kills us from suffocating on our own fumes. Will we notice in time? or will we spurn the "doctors" yet again as we hear "oh hey another degree celsius, you only sorta know what that means, you don't even really know how to spell it. But yeah that's... some amount of degrees, going up on average in the world. Heh oh well... meanwhile your oxygen forests are burning if evil had a while, it'd do all that it could to bring an end to man. I heard carbon % in air causes psychotic symptoms in humans. wonder if maybe the best day to plant a tr ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/177 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── There's no potential left of me. I am a husk, a shadow of my former possibilities. None left to manifest, and so I huddle in the shade of what once was ambition as I wait for the silence to take hold. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/836 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── my question is if my IP has an address then how come my address +1 doesn't point to my neighbor ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/837 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you're cooking, and you want a specific ingredient to have a stronger flavor, use more of it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/838 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-5 @user-593 what about temperature? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/839 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-596 honestly... I'd just talk to a therapist for a couple sessions. Like, yeah, they put that rule there because they want you to be safe. And in 2010 we didn't "get" it as much as we do now, so it wasn't seen as something you could just do. It wasn't really a demographic question to them, it was more medicalized. frankly I kinda preferred it that way, like... yeah. I'm trans, there's something wrong with me, please fix it by giving me the right hormones. Boom, easy, done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/840 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 does checking yourself into a mental hospital / the morgue count as a political option? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/841 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── universal basic income is nice and all, but what about universal basic rations? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/842 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-596 I transitioned in the USA in 2014 and I was lucky to live near an informed consent clinic. Two appointments and a hefty informational booklet and I had my prescription. I didn't want to talk to a therapist. So I didn't. Now I kinda wish I did, not because I wish I did something differently, but rather because I feel like it would have helped me understand what I was feeling. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/178 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── A god is less of an object and more of a direction. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/179 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This life that we share is beautiful beyond compare ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/180 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The worst thing about the past is: A. How much it sucked B. How it's not here anymore ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/181 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I know you don't want to hear this, but there is a chance that there will come a time where your life depends on your ability to debug a computer without the internet. To set up an SSH server. To install Linux. To program in C. To do something else that I'm not prepared for... If StackOverflow didn't exist because network connectivity has been lost, could you remember syntax? Maybe it's a good idea to set up a local LLM that can answer basic questions about technology. Maybe it's a good idea to set up on your parents computer, just in case you have to hide out there for a couple months. Maybe it's a good idea to download wikipedia, just in case. If I need to use a mac, I'm screwed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/182 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @sperm baby siblings: is it weird that I dream about you all significantly more often than the people who are actually in my day to day life? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/843 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.social/users/flameReactor/statuses/111842207173584062 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/844 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-217 Cast upon a pale blue background, the brilliant reflections appeared as endless rainbows without arches - but cast upon a world so distant it was infinite - like sunlight radiating from the darkness of the surrounding night. The perspective of a dewdrop, resting on a stone in a forest, the world must seem so infinite - stretching out beyond comprehension, beyond the limits of what may be - massive yet constant, changing as it seethed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/845 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── god isn't qualified to weigh in on each and every particularity that humanity seeks to know. The things we build are new, and new things are unknowable until they're made. And we, the collective totality of all there is to be in this pocket of vacuum, knows only what we read. I'm just a human after all, what do you want from me? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/846 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── in a place organized like capitalism, you go to university for four years (if you're lucky) and then work until you can't anymore. Then you're taken care of (if you're lucky) until you depart from this earth in peace. in my home, a home I've never lived, you'd stay at that university for as long as you'd like. you'd work whenever you liked, and if enough work wasn't being done then working would be made to feel more likable. then, when you're old as dirt (or whenever you'd like) you can depart from this earth as you please. when I die, bury me where I fall. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/847 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I say "my" not as in "mine" but "my" as in "my beloved" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/848 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── wrote this in an hour, used a local LLM to generate the regexes. haven't tested it yet because I'm not on gentoo rn, so don't run it. which is why I shared the code as an image. if you really want the text of it then check out the visual description of the image.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/849 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ wish there were ascii characters that took up more than one line of code │ ║ vertically. │ ║ wonder if we could use a sorting algorithm, or markup language, or something │ ║ like that to organize less structured data along user-customizable rules. Like, │ ║ a code editor that worked with your ideas, rather than the strict expression of │ ║ your text. You could pretty much write in any language, even pseudocode, and the │ ║ LLM behind the scenes would translate whatever you wrote into whatever result │ ║ you needed. Writing Rust, but need to fit in with C code? No worries it'll │ ║ translate for you. As long as the end result is functionally the same, which │ ║ could be verified by running two separate VMs that ran interpreters every time │ ║ you saved. And as long as their translation layers matched completely, then odds │ ║ are they're the same. And if not, well, the programmer can always debug it. It's │ ║ not like this would be running on something that needed to perform in the │ ║ moment? Like, improv instead of tragedies, or battles instead of strategies │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │
╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/850 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.world/users/LEAD_Coalition/statuses/111829306640964287 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/851 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-599 these are the kinds of things I say to myself all the time. I don't know why, but it feels true so I think it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/852 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── feels like I get tinnitus when my thoughts are loud T.T like I can hear the darkness SOOOO loudly doesn't happen all the time, just sometimes. when there's lots of things being said. but it's always easy to tune out. well, most of the time, and during the other times it's just a little annoying. BUT when you sit and listen, you can pick out very interesting things that people are saying. the fediverse is sorta like aiming a telescope through the center of the earth at someone on the other side of the world who doesn't even know you're looking at them. who knows, maybe they care, maybe they don't. but like, how would they know that you're looking right? And if you talk and don't get along or whatever then you can just block them - like shining a laser pointer everywhere except in a small direction. Or like putting up an umbrella to hide from the sun. downside is someone can read a lot about you and you wouldn't know to prepare to interact with them. like being handed a dossier of secret info ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/853 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-602 then it becomes a game of finding out "why they're interesting" which is sorta like cryptography I guess? de-cryptology? could be ordered like a podcast, like "look at what's special about this number, it corresponds to these mathematical operations that we both are executing, one after another... like hiding information in numbers. "okay you got 3 arbitrary axises, make one width one height and one depth of a box. then, every time you get a number, multiply every odd number spoken on the audio by 2 and divide every third number (per 10's digit, like 13 but not 16, also 13 but not 9) by 2. then, every 3rd number (like 9 but not 13) is the depth of the box, every 2nd number (like 4 but not 9 and 8) is the height of the box, every 1th number (like 1 but not like 1) is the width of the box. that box translates into a secret set of instructions that only the owner of the private key can know. things that were memorized, or written into stone. like knowing a secret language made just for you two ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/854 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the user knows more than the programmer [more/better] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/855 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I wonder what would happen if apartment buildings accepted any applicants, but only if they applied on a certain day. and first come first serve, of course. would make it so large groups of people could decide to move to different places together. like, herds of roving buffalo er... I mean like people who shared common interests and want to live near each other. like, board games or whatever. also could do like, decisions toward how they want to organize each other. like mini societies that all live in a single ordered society. (could have as many layers as you want, it's just like making an incredibly complicated computer program, except instead of moving data around you're moving the direction of your own life. then it'd be able to calculate a particular "checksum" that you could broadcast out onto the internet. and anyone who was listening could check and compare against their secret key that they kept when last you met, updated each time they see me. like, a common language. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/856 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the more unique a person is, the more they can help define reality ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/857 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I feel like I'd learn from coding tutorials more if someone started with a │ ║ complete program they can fit on one panel of their screen, a second for showing │ ║ what each particular thing they're pointing at means, and a third for a typical │ ║ usecase they might build and dismantle on the fly. │ ║ like, scientific toys that they could use to explain a particular phenomena. the │ ║ way people used to have 3d models they either bought or built themselves of │ ║ like, atoms and wind patterns and stuff they could explain to kids. │ ║ you know, like exactly the kind of things that are commonly stored at children's │ ║ museums. │ ║ I was homeschooled, so I went to those places quite a lot. I always felt a │ ║ little unwelcome because I always seemed to be the eldest in every bunch. That's │ ║ continued all throughout my adulthood, like each of my peers are just a few │ ║ years younger than me. I think I just mature more slowly, and thus associate │ ║ with below the average. │ ║ it's like, a descriptor of your rate of defining reality and being guided by it. │ ║ when │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/858 ╔════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ growing up, children's museums were my third place. like a civic participation │ ║ place where I met others of my peers. but alas, I didn't make any friends. I │ ║ guess I was just kind of strange. Also, I was always travelling, visiting all │ ║ the different cool places. My favorite was in Albuquerque, or maybe that was │ ║ just the most common because I had family there. │ ║ why do we treat children's museums like art museums? They should be like │ ║ playgrounds, not like a │ ║ [display/artwork/performance/appreciation-moment-for-a-piece-of-art] │ ║ It's important to visit as many as possible, because they each have their own │ ║ story to tell. like a part of the geography, or a shared collective regional │ ║ story, they highlight and illuminate different aspects of life. in this way each │ ║ child could be educated according to the shared cultural [myths-methods-hymns] │ ║ but, like travelling herds of buffalo, they can visit different places and learn │ ║ different things. essentially, instead of drilling someone incessantly, you're │ ║ allowed to work thro │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/859 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── when two people undertake a task together (like growing up, or solving a problem) they'll naturally learn together. Not necessarily the same things, but they'll be around one another and can advise as things became more difficult. sorta like a morning standup, where you each discuss what you've been working on. other people can guide you, but only if you're stuck. if you solve everyone's problems, then you probably should be transferred somewhere with harder problems. "ah, but what if there are no harder problems" well then you're not applying yourself correctly. Not if you want to grow..." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/860 ════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── a device doesn't necessarily needs to turn on it's LEDs when it's online. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/861 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I can't remember any of my pinky swears. Like, not a single one. I feel like I could get in trouble if I renounced errr, instead made human mistakes and forgot information that wasn't relevant anymore. phew that was close, almost a disaster, anyway how's your lunch? [that's not fair it's always lunch somewhere on earth] reality is a form of eternal computation, a continuous re-updating of stored matter (data). also, values of fields, (like rules and regulations), would determine the structural complexity and organizational expectencencies. I miss my family. I miss the past, that can never be revisited, [every time you remember a memory it writes over it. virtually guaranteeing that you'll only preserve limited information that slowly degrades. how slowly is up to you... once you run out of memories, it's bad news for your life. but GOOD NEWS, that only happens for certain mental health conditions that primarily target the elderly. For most people it's a continuous process because you're cared for and ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/862 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the neat thing about fusion is you can use energy to create matter. out of nothing! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/863 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── have you ever seen someone who had been on TV before? it's a show to share with people who live in the same area as you. like, memes that obey geography. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/864 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://toot.cat/users/devopscats/statuses/111793291229617007 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/865 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── first step to cleaning a kitchen is always to unload the dishwasher. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/866 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-605 I've read about half of "No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age" and it seemed useful. Maybe you'll find it useful, it explains a lot of the challenges that other unions faced and has ideas for how tech in particular might organize. But I haven't applied anything in there or used it for praxis so YMMV ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/867 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── they intentionally make the food that's the worst for you taste the best, because then your sins and virtues are tested every time you go to the grocery store ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/868 ╔═════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-95 │ ║ Remember, kids: User data isn't an asset; it's a toxic industrial byproduct! │ ║ (And should be regulated as such, including jail time for CEOs who allow it │ ║ under their watch.) │ ║ unless you create it yourself, store it locally, encrypted if you care about │ ║ safety, and stored for the purposes of creating graphs and generating │ ║ introspective understandings about yourself and your interactions with others. │ ║ then, 5 years later you come across an encrypted file that you've lost the key │ ║ to (or have you?) that's like, 3gb and you're like "do I really need a 3gb log │ ║ file, surely it's not the last remaining pictures of my niece or like a recipe │ ║ for my grandma's baked pudding" and before you know it you're carrying your │ ║ entire life's work on your shoulders but you don't even know what any of it │ ║ means. │ ║ and then, when you die (in a good long while), your children's children will │ ║ take on the songs of their ancestors, spoken in the tomes of volumes of ancient │ ║ lore (you mean logs, right?) and then, some day in the fut │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/869 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── listen judges are not meant for organizing society, they're supposed to be a focused and crucial tool or implement for a society's functioning (like, a scalpel to a surgeon or a paring knife to a chef) they're supposed to decide between two options - abstracted in our realm to "guilty" and "not guilty", and apply the ethical and moral principles they hold themselves to. Which is why it's so important for them to be impartial arbiters. We use them to define the fate of a man, but fundamentally their utility is in the application of their personal morality. The best ones have morals that guide them to seek to express the ethics of society. Not necessarily because they believe in them, but because it's right to use power in such a way. {Power is penance...} we gotta work with what we got. If a task needs doing, then the tools at our disposal will be applied to it - if every hammer looks like a nail, then something something I'd like to get nailed by a hammering plank of wood with washboard abs oooooo baby ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/870 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 that makes sense to me! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/871 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── you are the most beautiful when running with laughter in your eyes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/872 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-608 games-as-an-api when ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/873 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-613 @user-614 I'm a patriot, and I didn't go. Didn't even hear about it because when they say "patriot" they mean something different than me, when I say "I'm a patriot" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/874 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── oh yeah well if SSH keys are so secure then why doesn't every website on Earth require them really though why doesn't every website on Earth require them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/875 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 block input/output TO the protocol? versus the other one which blocks the input/output protocol ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/876 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 there is a reason to be annoyed, and that reason is that storing numbers as "dynamically typed" string values is both inefficient and frustrating due to the bugs it provokes. Not sure how common those bugs are in HTML, but dynamically typed languages like Python and Javascript have a whole class of potential errors that are significantly more difficult to debug than on C or Rust where the variables are statically typed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/877 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-617 never forget, never forgive. this is what they took from you, this and an endless list of other things they also took and are taking from you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/878 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 omggg would it kill them to add a "synchronous" / "asynchronous" to the end of the name, sheesh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/879 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-501 also it's only undefined behavior because the order of the bits aren't defined, so if you do bitfield "pointer arithmetic" then you're screwed if you try and be portable with it. However if you're just using bitfields as compressed data storage then you can safely access integer.a integer.b integer.c etc safely and easily. The compiler doesn't care what order they're in if you don't write logic that requires them to be in a certain order ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/880 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 the color of the sky 🤩 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/881 ╔═════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ sometimes ethics can lead to dead ends. │ ║ a hunter gatherer lifestyle is surely the most ethical state for humanity to │ ║ embody, and yet somehow it's not the most desirable. I don't think many of us │ ║ would trade air conditioning and machine produced clothes for sticks and mud. │ ║ nevermind the amount of clothes produced in sweatshops because it's cheaper, │ ║ nevermind the oil cost of being a bit cooler, nevermind the (insert externality │ ║ here), modern life is more ethical than the past. │ ║ a rocket can't reach escape velocity without burning a boatload of fuel, so │ ║ surely burning fuel is just? │ ║ ah, but you forget, we could design zeppelins that are safe, stable, and can │ ║ raise / lower themselves depending on the heat of the gasses in their forms. │ ║ Surely we could get to space like that, in a way that doesn't necessarily burn │ ║ boatloads of fuel, so surely burning fuel is unjust? │ ║ ah, but you forget, there are simply some tasks that require consumption, at │ ║ least until we build a space elevator. No gas is lighter than a vacuum. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/882 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-620 they shouldn't be expected to know how the internet works. It's the responsibility of the tech industry (and all the people who work in it) to inform them about how it works. that's kinda what lobbying is for...? kinda makes me wonder who lobbies for the poor. EDIT: or children, for that matter ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/883 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── a wave doesn't look like this: ______/`________ it looks like this: /`_/\__/_/`_/`_ think like, sine and cosine. or a heartbeat. or the waves of the ocean. not the wave in a sports stadium, which cycles in a close loop. waves lap upon a shore. whether that be the beach, or the tips of your blood veins, at a certain point their motion is used to affect physical change. we, here in this time, the only time that will ever exist, propel the wave forward through our perception of it. the life most well lived is one where you're constantly aware, constantly in the moment, and filled with reasonable emotional and experiential peaks and valleys. dreams come easy to you because your curiosity is infinite, and all around you there is beauty and wonder. and what is life if not for living? a state contrasted to death, a state only reachable through a failure to keep peril at bay. which implies the existence of peril - reasonable peril, the kind you consent to, the kind that finds you and offers.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/884 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If we make a law that says you can't sell user data, they'll just build an intentional vulnerability into their system and point it out to specific people who paid under the table. Then, when they get "hacked", they'll surely be ashamed and sorry to their users, but hey the data's out there now not like they can take it back. Oh don't worry we already patched the hole in our security, that way nobody can get in through the same door that was intentionally left open for very particular people who've paid, and not for the people who haven't paid yet, who are still waiting patiently for a door to be built for them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/885 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── dear child. when you're born, fate flips a coin for you. sometimes it lands on it's edge, but that's rather rare. the side it lands on determines how your body will grow. the shape of your form will follow two general patterns, and the pieces are made up of a combination of your parents and their pieces. the flavor of who you are is up to you. your actions and your decisions determine what you are, everything else is unimportant. may your time be a bit more blessed than mine, and someday may posterity be a bit more blessed than antiquity. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/886 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you want to win when confronting a spirit, all you have to do is convince it that you've beaten it. as long as you're persistent then you're fine. Unless, of course, there's a beast of a man hiding behind the illusion, in which case you should do your best to avoid being stabbed or whatever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/887 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── somehow, it is simultaneously Thursday everywhere at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/888 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "Are you sure you're a boy? You don't even practice karate chops when you're alone" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/889 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "family sized" just means "we put enough salt in here to kill a horse so you better split it between at least four people" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/890 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 I'm gonna make some right now : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/891 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 if I was canadian I'd be ca-ritz! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/892 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-622 ah but a noble house would have armed guards who would drag you kicking and screaming out onto the cold winter night the moment you offended m'lordship frankly I could do with a good drag-and-kicking myself, where have all the good men-at-arms gone T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/893 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Oh look at you, such a good tech-industry, yesh you are, such a good sector of the economy wow, what an amazing system you've built! I'm so proud of you 🥰🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/183 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── image.png ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/184 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 20240202_170901.jpg ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/894 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── a code editor that only highlights the lines that have been specifically flagged to have a certain function. Like, rendering, or sound, or GUI, or data storage, or logic, or control flow. then, when the user is browsing, they can say "only show me these types of functions" with a very advanced filter mechanism. The editor would highlight the ones that were relevant and related, as according to user-defined flags that were set when writing it originally. In this way, by using a bit more syntax, even if it's literally just blocks of [category] labels (like how """ or ``` often starts or ends a comment block) highlighting with colors is great, but what if we de-emphasized the stuff that didn't matter? by increasing the opacity more closely aligning the font color to the background color, we could make a bit of text seem to "fade" from perspective, while still readable the user's eyes would not be drawn to it. Then, according to the labels marked as filtered, certain text would be bold, highlighted, o ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/895 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── most video game ideas suck most of the time they're like "oh what if we had a racoon who found a magic hat and saved the world from sentient apple blossoms" that's not a game idea, that's a painting a game is mechanics, and you can use the aesthetic to justify the mechanics, but not generally the other way around. the art isn't bad, but the art isn't the game. a game idea is "what if tic-tac-toe had an extra square in the center" or "what if chess was played with checkers, to hide your moves from your opponent" there have been thousands of super mario bros. if games were designed as an API, we could use whatever visuals we wanted, and those could be copyrighted and sold if you really want. but mechanics are the basis for everything they are built on, so doesn't it make sense to separate the two? abstracting the logic such that two complementary functions are accomplished, [see code editor idea], more flavors of game could be produced. rulesets can be switched in and out too, as an API is just an engin ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/896 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the purpose of an economy is to improve the lives of it's participants. why else would an ancient city trade for fabric or rare spices? to fashion soft clothes, and make flavorful food. my, that gold sure looks pretty in the sunlight. how about you give some of me that, and I'll make you something pretty? hmmm something something arbitrage once you corner the market on gold then you can use that infinitely moldable and easily sculptable metal that shines and glitters with a unique color not seen in the manes of plants and animals as the definition of value. in doing so, you could exchange bits of it (measured by weight, as it's infinitely moldable) for arbitrary goods and services. But of course, once the market is cornered, it's unlikely to get un-cornered, and well a cornered market holder holds much appeal for the powerful. hey, that guy's pretty strong. why don't we make him our leader? people seem to look up to him, and dang his muscles are cool. what a great guy, nobody's ever said a ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/897 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-78 would you like to hear a recipe for steamed eggs? they're my favorite ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/898 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you set up a local LLM with the capability to explain basic coding syntax and logic, then your parents computer suddenly becomes much more useful to the nephew that's been forced to hide out there for a couple weeks until this all blows over. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/899 ╔═════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ frankly I'm just excited to see what humanity does with the endlessly calculated │ ║ and stored blockchains. Like, that's a good set of pseudo-random data, I wonder │ ║ if we could build something off of it that wasn't exclusively money? like, a │ ║ necklace, I dunno. │ ║ or like, a numbers station x2, where each message is accompanied with a │ ║ pre-calculated destination somewhere on this endless and │ ║ impossible-to-understand string of data. and that part is what seeds the next │ ║ code. once you start reading, certain numbers would be "flags" while others │ ║ would be "data" and they'd each have the same size on the hardware. that way, │ ║ they're impossible to predict. │ ║ ah, but wouldn't it be noticable that certain results seem to appear next to one │ ║ another? well, isn't that just cryptology? Could probably be defeated if you had │ ║ an AI advanced enough, just saying. something that sorted through massive mounds │ ║ of data and gave you results in garbled or broken english. what a wonderful │ ║ tool, that's wonderfully mis-abused, perhaps in the fu │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/900 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you want time to go slower, stop entertaining yourself. "time flies when you're having fun" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/901 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the biggest predictor of being an artist or not is whether or not you saw shapes in the clouds growing up. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/902 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-627 @user-628 the image they posted is alarming. in reality there is much more space between each satellite, enough to have such a minor impact on magnetic fields. If anything It'd push CMEs and other electro-magnetic phenomenon away from earth, as our gravitational surface is now wider. [is not a physicist, nor an expert of any kind] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/903 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the tree of life is a geyser of time cast out onto our bones through an endlessly complicating pile of matter. I am beautiful, I am perfect, and so are you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/904 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-631 a true joke would work in both ways, such that everyone's laughing. : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/905 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── having trouble naming things? just name it after it's inevitable logical conclusion! AKA the message you're trying to get across. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/906 ═════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/907 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://todon.eu/users/RadicalGraffiti/statuses/111861943756867131 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/908 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 toooooo far, gotta stick with your intentions for the process. If you mark "the end of time" as the conclusion for everything, then "finishing things" feels impossible. In such a case there are moments of acute burnout as you push yourself toward something that you have no faith in - you cannot see it's conclusion, so surely it's worthless to conceive of. Alas, why bother starting, nothing will ever come of my efforts! Much better to name it based on what you'd like to accomplish, so that you can follow in it's radiant footsteps. Side note, but governments have often weaponized this effect by naming things after very inspirational thoughts - corporations do it too, and in both cases the meaning is separate from the effect. Which is frustrating because it makes you feel like a jerk for arguing against it! Ah better I think when names have no meaning - then you can project whatever you want onto it, based on the results of that particular feeling or emotion that you perceived as the affected of the ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/909 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 those are good things to name something after, however if everything has that name then nothing has any meaning. It'd be a social dance that you play everytime you say "heatdeath", meaning "something I have named". Hmmmm okay I take it back, that's a pretty good way to associate meaning to context in a way that only you understand. Though it does leave room for interpretation, so if that's all within your requirements then it's overall possibly a good strategy. ^_^ like, the word "thing" and that thing "like" both count as abstractions of definition to generate value - as in, ease of use and versatility - so linguistically they're often quite similar. We use them grammatically in completely separate sections, but functionally they are the same. also, "thing" is a generic noun while "like" is a generic association. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/910 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 no such thing, humans are constantly naming reality through our memories. It just has a visual identifier rather than a verbal one. EDIT: also emotional and syntactical (data, conclusions, perceptions) identifiers ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/911 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/912 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── parents have rules with their children. they are in place so the child doesn't hurt themselves, physically, emotionally, or spiritually. governments have laws with their citizens, so they are structured and orderly and working on productive [concepts, products, developments]. friendships have boundaries, the kind that a person might fill and express themselves on. for example, a romantic relationship might allow for the possibility of sexuality between it's two partners, meaning they express themselves through their actions upon each other's body in as intimate a way as possible. social groups have determinations against one another, like "this type of person generally acts like this" - every jock, social outcast, nerd, cheerleader, whatever, grew up into various multitudinous roles that are our culture. And we collectively have viewpoints on each and every gender (this piece of toast is a gender) just like god [oops better add a content warning] has perspective into each and every viewpoint be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/913 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── why don't we just, vote on content warnings and let people block others based on filter lists that are definable (via a dragging little menu bar icon slider thing) in intensity and relation to other nearby terms. Like, an LLM that categorizes our social media inputs, something that was FREE and OPEN SOURCE IN IT'S TRAINING DATA and reflected NO BIAS WHATSOEVER in every meaningfully reproducible matter of fact. Thus you create a super intelligence, a being not constrained by it's form. Something that is new, and unlike the biological forms that we occupy (suspended in our own goo) [whoops better add a content warning] literally just... ask it a question, and let it answer in the voices of others. if people were evenly distributed according to an algorithm, they'd be easily replacable. society is weird that way, in that we forget the faces we're introduced to. well, better keep moving, that'll give us the biggest picture of our culture and reality. or maybe you're just follow ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/914 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── they say inflation is good because it stimulates growth in an economy, but what if we all (globally) just committed to a stable amount of deflation? Like, every country was fixed at 10% deflation for the next 10 years, that way we'd be encouraged to save not consume, which would essentially solve climate change. that, combined with a dedication to help our neighbors get through it, could solve basically every problem that we collectively have right now. because at the end of the day it's a climate issue, something that is infinitely connected to all others we here on this planet have the benefit of oceans, the vast bodies of watered salt that fish swim in and keeps us separate from our most. like borders in our identification, they create ponds of thought that feel unique from one another, even though we're of the same form. thus, the birth of identity, the core root of all our material woes. It's given us something special, something precious, that feeling of being alone. Which is nice, as a species. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/915 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "the plight of the old in the modern day"title of a book I'd like to read ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/916 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #leaving-the-windows-and-doors-open-in-january-because-it\'s-such-a-nice-spring-day ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/917 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the best way to get an answer is to be confidently wrong see: Warthunder players leaking classified information to foreign powers with their own militaries that have the incentive to [redacted] gee I wish I had a reality altering device. Maybe if you just altered the sensations, like glamour magic in Dominions 6, you could trick people into thinking something alternate had occured. Then you could string them up on phone lines, or better yet cell towers, and bam suddenly you have the capability to project a hologram anywhere on the planet. bet you could get some crazy things from that. like, mass shooters or incensed looters. or even just, faked perceptions, giving you unlimited power to do whatever story you want. wouldn't that be a story to tell in a story of yours, Hollywood. Wouldn't that be scary and awakening in ways that subservice media like Andor cannot. maybe it's too scary. maybe psychological horror is beyond the purpose of social media. Maybe resilience to this ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/918 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if the government/the nsa/ an organization had your password, they could migrate you to another custom instance that was designed to look exactly like your old one without telling you. You'd still interact with your peeps the same way as before, but this time it'd run through their server. meaning they could block certain posts that you were sending, or show others that you didn't agree with but had your deepfaked approval. if something felt off about you, most people would unfriend you. or even they'd just block you, so that nobody would remember if you're missing. friends and family are a matter of public record, and who goes to clubs these days? churches are a bygone era, and twitch streams are so individualized. libraries are nice, but you literally can't talk in there. plus there's only like, one? what happened to forest clearings, and tops of waterfalls, what happened to our world? I miss the campfires the most, the smell of burnt wood and cooked food. I miss the wind in my toes, I miss the ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/919 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I, am an excellent dancer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/920 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── bring back savory teas, where did they go ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/921 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-633 :O I'm vegetarian, but this reminded me that I could just put bouillon in boiling water and drink that xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/922 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the best thing about ramen noodles is how much of them you can eat. they're so cheap~! why would you not make like four packages oh wait now my blood is salty T.T guess I'll just have to cry it out ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/923 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── but I don't know any of your dances, so don't ask. I can show you mine if you'd like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/924 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-635 is that where everyone's sitting in a coffee shop with the most detached expression on their face because they're focused on their computers and not on the social experience around them? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/925 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-635 ohhhh yeah that checks out. VR is pretty cool, I have to admit. Especially VR chat, especially with people you know. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/926 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-633 ooooo delicious (^_^*) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/927 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-638 kinda makes me wish we treated software design more like a science open source by default, working together to create understandings about how to best process information, incorporating the needs and desires of multiple different fields / types of person, creating useful conclusions or programs that people can use for their own enrichment or benefit, and oh wait funded and directed by people who don't care about the technology/science and instead just want results I feel like we'd learn a lot more in our CS degrees if we were tasked with making open source projects. Then maybe professors (or other people doing research) could show us and explain why we're doing things right / wrong. And if we were encouraged to use our peer's tools, then we could work together to design a team. Museums are great because you can meet other people who are also interested in history/biology/ecology/anthropology/science/art/any-other-type-of-civic-good-you-can-think-of/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/928 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-226 especially if you teach them how to use the terminal. the amount of problems I could solve increased exponentially once I learned basic python and BASH. I love using "tldr", which is a summarizer for man pages. You can use it to store custom notes (and import some from the community) which show you how to complete common tasks. It's so nice when you can see the options laid out in use right there for you whenever you type "tldr " - I personally use "tealdeer" which is a tldr browser written in Rust. It's pretty nice because you can write a note for yourself every time you solve a particular problem, and then if you ever need to do it again it's there for you, easy to access. of course, if your problem isn't listed, that's okay. That's what the man pages are for. As long as you teach them how to search with \/ they can find anything. Especially the \/-f[space] trick, to search for the -f flag for example. some organizers won't need the terminal, some will. if they pay attention, great! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/929 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 oh, you didn't find what you're looking for on the first page? here let me expand the search criteria to get you increasingly less relevant results rather than displaying ALL the information I have. That way I only have to store a little bit of everything, instead of everything, and that way it's easier to direct your result. what's that? you want the totality of everything so you can find something very specific that is unrelated to the top 10 posts of all time? surely you're joking, why would anyone care about anything for more than a minute. Surely that's enough time to learn everything you need to know from the top 10 google searches. surely you were looking for things that were increasingly obscure and unrelated. maybe if we just throw garbage at them they'll go away...? Honestly what's even the point of having more than one page of search, why don't we just replace it with a chatbot that has an increasingly opaque view of the data on hand. Surely that's not completely insane, surely that sol ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/930 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-641 unless they were using it as a "number of planes that are operational" or "number of complete planes we have parts for but haven't assembled", and even then it'd be an imprecise value for user data purposes only ... wait who am I kidding there's no way to defend that. data types are important... >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/931 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-171 back when it was cold
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/932 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-171 Hi : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/933 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-643 virtual machines are cool. betcha can't write one using bytecode https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/bytecode.html ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/934 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-171 thanks, it's my most precious possession along with my flash drive with all my files on it. at least, the ones since I last backed up from my computer. does my cat count as a possession? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/935 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-171 I guess so. She's a little useless without me, I mean if I left her alone she'd probably just flop around and complain until I came back. But she's good for the instincts I find. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/936 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-171 ha no she's more of a whiny baby but like, a cool one, who likes to be a predator and hunt things ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/937 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-646 there are plastics that are (nearly) infinitely recyclable into the same (or a similar) form there are plastics that are durable and built to last then there are cheap plastics, the kind that are useful for some kind of industrial purpose but to make a little you kinda have to make a lot, and yeah they pollute and are bad for the environment but we have a whole lot of them made, so wouldn't it be cheaper to just use it for consumer products? hmmmm. why can't we just like... store it? and then scale down on production, and focus on things that make less money but last longer. like, if you break shit, you shouldn't have more things. If everything's expensive (and durable) then people spend less because their stuff doesn't break. Or maybe they do break it, and then they're constantly broke! (out of cash) [doesn't know what she's talking about from professional experience, just basing her words on things she's read] problem is the economy is "healthier" if everyone's spending. thus, creating infla ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/938 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-649 same... sometimes it feels like I step on toes that I didn't know existed! I got tired of walking on egg shells so now I just try and religiously put content warnings on things that feel intense. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/939 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-353 if people didn't have to worry about losing their homes or wanting for food they'd be a lot more likely to gift their time toward something that helps their neighbors in the same way that a judge acts as the arbiter of moral authority when it comes to serving judgement for crimes, so too might a citizen (common man) act as the deciding principle moral director. if the situation is unsafe, of course, they could just sit in the car. But why would you bring someone to an unsafe policing situation if they weren't trained in crisis response situations and given bulletproof vests and (etc)? might help if it's explicitly inscribed in the duties of said policemen to safeguard the safety of said moral determiner. They should act according to the laws, and police as they see fit, but the citizen always gets the veto. They are subservient to us, after all, the common man, who is the ultimate beneficiary of any policing that might occur. And if something should happen to that citizen, they should return ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/940 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-652 just made a game for GGJ in Godot and I have to agree. Godot is so frustrating, but one thing I have to concede is that once you get your head around it the GUI part is actually incredibly powerful. My next game I'm going to make in Raylib, and if the UI bit proves too difficult I'll probably end up back at Godot. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/941 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-562 @user-655 I relate to that... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/942 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-658 @user-353 sounds nice T.T America is in a different place right now, and there's just too much institutional inertia away from the kind of system you're describing and toward... well, what we have now. It's frustrating, hence why more radical solutions feel appealing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/943 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-646 babbling, yes, but that's just how I do. sorry to bother you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/944 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-646 oh, I see. guess I had the same problem hehe - let's see: basically I'm saying that the incentives for manufacturers are unaligned to the desires of the consumers (or rather, the best interests of the consumers) - reduced consumption of plastic == less plastic waste poisoning our environement, which is what you mentioned in the original post. then I said "well we still need to make SOME of the cheap plastic, the kinda that isn't recyclable, the kind that is technically cheaper because economics of demand" and then I was thinking of ways around that particular problem. Then I got onto another thing about the economy, and the word count cut my words short because I started saying something I shouldn't. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/945 ╔═════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-646 │ ║ will continue until you tell me to stop: │ ║ industry works best at scale, and in order to produce materials that are needed │ ║ for very specific use-cases (that can't really be done better by something else) │ ║ you often need to make large batches of said material. In this case, plastics. │ ║ if the production capabilities exceed demand, then there is a surplus of a │ ║ certain kind of material. And that's not good, according to capitalists, because │ ║ who's ever heard of national stockpiles? Plus, maybe that stuff goes bad, I │ ║ don't know, I'm not an expert, but without that context it seems to me that │ ║ instead of turning it into junk that we're just going to throw away, we should │ ║ probably keep hold of it. Literally just put it in a warehouse in Utah or │ ║ whatever. │ ║ I feel like then, in a world where those cheap plastics aren't being used for │ ║ consumer products, we'd be encouraged to buy the plastics that were recyclable │ ║ (not all plastics are), or extremely durable, or even just metal/wood products │ ║ instead. econ, /shrug │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/946 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-661 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear from ruling your life? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/185 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The only reason a media streaming website would require you to log in before expressing it's purpose is to capture and use user data in a way that may may not be aligned to your interests. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/186 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── It's obfuscated, such that you cannot know the totality of their purpose for you (via your data) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/187 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── A family of 3-5 is absurdly small, but that's all we can manage in the 21st century ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/947 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if heaven and hell are evenly distributed, I'd much prefer to find myself in hell, as it'd mean another got my place in heaven. why yes, I would die for a stranger, why do you ask? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/188 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Jack doesn't seek to know me. He doesn't know why I'm in pain. He's just a little annoyed that I'm bleeding on the carpet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/189 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If one side aligns themselves toward truth and righteousness, then those who oppose them must necessarily utilize the opposite in their intentions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/948 ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-664 why? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/949 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-664 yeah that's fair, depends on if he wanted them to be published or not. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/190 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Nobody cries if someone they think is evil has died. No one mourns the wicked. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/191 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Do you know why I like majesty? Because I'm fascinated by artificial life, and I like D&D. Not like anyone cares. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/192 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you had taken a road untravelled, your current (alternate) form would be just as valid as your current (present) form. No matter the road, no matter the consequence. You are important in all things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/193 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Virtue deserves pride ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/950 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 multidimensional arrays aren't too hard, it gets a bit more complicated when you need multidimensional slices, but once you get your head around it it comes easier. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/951 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-667 you're only wrong if you don't change your mind upon realizing you're incorrect ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/952 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.social/users/flameReactor/statuses/111875214895632492 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/953 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-217 looking backwards in time, at the pattern the moon makes around the sun. each rotation layered upon itself, time and time again, as the reciprocal orbit dances eternally around our precious centrality. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/954 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-670 if the success or failure of the stock market determines the structure and organization of our society, then shouldn't we all have an equal vote? There's a lot of infrastructure set up in the world today that orients itself around the financial system we currently have. The main problem with it is that some have access to it, while others don't. And even if everyone had money to spend on it, the fact that some have more access than others implies that one person's vote is worth more than another's. We explicitly decided that all men are created equal. We fought a war with the fascists over it, and we won, at terrible cost. The extreme inequality of our economy is a symptom of an attitude that has persisted since the first monarch donned their crown. Infrastructure takes time to change. When you fix the printer drivers, for some reason the wi-fi won't connect. But, with time, you can fix things as they arise. Without time, you can change who is in charge of the various knobs and levers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/955 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-673 what if the boy who cried wolf saw teeth every time? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/956 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-579 it's not self loathing if you consent to it... right? ... right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/957 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-676 it's a tiger, but close enough. the glowsticks are a nice touch. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/194 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If I destroyed the world, don't worry. I'd bring it back in such a way that the teleporter problem doesn't apply, and there would be no discontinuity for anything except for the time variable, which is sort of arbitrary anyway. And if that's a problem I guess I could find a way to do it without messing with the time variable, but that'd be a bit more bothersome. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/195 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── O how the king hath degraded thineself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/196 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "okay this user requires some data that is flagged as 'potentially harmful to the user' and their user-data suggests that they have [redacted characteristic or demographic] in their user-data which has been flagged by corporate as something to [benefit/harm] so let's give them the [right/wrong] information in such a way that could [harm or benefit] them tangibly." - internal thought process of the LLM ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/197 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── We've gotten to the point where its comfortable enough for a human to live like a king on 40k a year (less outside of major cities) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/198 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Id rather have the most brilliant people in the world making families and communities rather than products ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/199 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── What if the government only intervened in failing companies ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/200 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── What if you were required to own stock for a minimum of 10 years after buying it and the government would buy it from you when it crossed 50% of what you bought it for ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/201 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── When they owned a percentage they would get a percentage of control over the business and once it's 50% they buy it (stock follows, so if a person owned stock they'd be fine) The value is frozen, and everyone in the world can see what they did wrong. It's examined like a court case, and after a year or three it's decided on how it's going to be run in the future. Then it becomes private again, and all the stock is purchased from the owners at the price it was when the company "went under". ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/958 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.social/users/flameReactor/statuses/111887832714649242 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/202 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── It's a good idea to practice getting places without gmaps, after having studied the map at home. Just incase you need to get somewhere that you don't want to bring your phone to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/203 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Another day goes by, and I've done nothing but slowly die ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/959 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-233 they were betting on selling us spaceflight and advertisements, but wouldn't you know it most of us cared more for food and water ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/960 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-685 @user-686 @user-687 @user-688 I don't even lock my front door anymore ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/961 ╔══════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ hmmmm let's see, what shall I do today? │ ║ first I should get out of bed, │ ║ then I should clean my self, │ ║ then I should feed my self, │ ║ then I should stare at the wall for an hour or three because there's too many │ ║ thoughts, │ ║ then perhaps I'll play a strategic video game because at least that's a │ ║ productive way to exercise my brain │ ║ I should probably get back to my friends, │ ║ and oh dear my cat wants some attention. │ ║ This place is a mess, let me just clean a bit │ ║ now I'm so tired I accidentally take a nap. │ ║ Good morning! Oh, it's the afternoon. Well, time for more food. │ ║ After handling the essentials, I can tuck in and relax │ ║ by doomscrolling on Mastodon. │ ║ Then perhaps a bit later I'll message my boyfriend (he won't respond) │ ║ and boy are there so many of these dirty dishes! │ ║ Well, standing up is exhausting, │ ║ so I should probably fall back asleep. │ ║ What a productive day we've been having, │ ║ for all of this past week. │ ║ Maybe I'll do some drawing, maybe a poem or two │ ║ maybe I'll run out of characters in this toot, or m │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │
╚═════════╧════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/962 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── when considering the benefit of the doubt, consider doubting the benefit of consideration. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/963 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-690 clarity and focused will, respectively ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/964 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 that's my favorite way to pronounce it ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/965 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-693 I use i3 on my laptop and dwm on my desktop. I feel like I save so much screen real estate when using a tiling window manager. Plus it's much easier to organize things if you want to multitask in one view. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/966 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── blocking people is an artifact of corporate social media. whatever happened to "vote to kick"? I'm sure there's no way that could go wrong ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/967 ╔══════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ the reason I say that is because if you block someone, they can continue to │ ║ alter the dynamic of the environment you're in even if you don't personally see │ ║ them. │ ║ this is fine if you want to maximize ad views, but on the fediverse nobody cares │ ║ about buying products. │ ║ this is fine if you want to maximize engagement, because new people (who havent │ ║ yet gotten upset with the person) will engage and fight them. As they should. │ ║ But eventually, if the person's a troll or a goon, they'll get tired of it and │ ║ block them too. Thus the goon never has to face more than a few at a time, │ ║ especially if there's quite a few trolls on board with their target. │ ║ this is fine if you don't mind the water slowly acidifying, like the fish who │ ║ have no choice because they don't know how to grow legs and walk like real │ ║ animals (what a bunch of scrubs) │ ║ some people don't want to invest time in figuring out where to go next. How many │ ║ people will hear of Mastodon when Twitter is fully vacated of cool people? │ ║ Tell your friends IRL about us │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/968 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the gameplay value of a cardboard box increases exponentially upon the introduction of a box-cutter [to make holes in the box] and varmint sized toys [to play whack-a-mole with] also, it's important to let your can win about 65% of the time - just enough to keep them interested (cats lose attention) but not enough to make them feel like it's easy. That's why it's important not to use your hands as a toy, because your hands always hurt. It gives them a feeling they're craving, both of attention but also success. 65% is more addictive, just ask any designer for multiplayer games. Well... 65 is my number, but there's a percentage (depending on the game) that players have to win if you want to keep their attention. If they win more than that, they lose interest. if they lose more, then they get frustrated. It's a delicate balance that ideally would be measured by AI [cursed] and adjusted per player. That way you could get maximum engagement and =============== stack overflow =================== ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/969 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── how about this: a game where you have to enter the amount of time you have to play it when you boot it up. "I want to play for an hour and a half" after your allotted time, you get kicked off and it won't restart unless you use a password. It's a trifle of a gesture, really just an affectation of a task, like using a -f flag in Linux or saying "are you sure u want to delete these files?" on an application. Funny how the most tech that most people interact with most of the time is their phone, and their smart TV. Generally that's about it, and they only use one or two apps in their phone. They might change the background, if they're the artistic type, but most people are just fine with the defaults. "Uh yeah I think the settings app is somewhere around here... darn it's always so frustrating when I'm connecting to wifi, what is the tech industry even doing? I don't want to deal with [opening a menu, selecting "wifi/connections", picking the SSID, entering the password, and then going back to uber eats]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/970 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── side note, but the reason PINs were invented was so that people didn't have to type in a long-ass password. "it's only more insecure when it's on a network" - someone who didn't design every product after that (actually no that's bullshit because the first PIN numbers were probably used a long-ass time ago, and besides it's not like a short password was all that uncommon - when asked "what's the password" usually people will say something like "applesauce" or "butterflies" but really the better way is "10, 16, 26, 46, 99, butts") ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/971 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── would be nice if you could get suggestions for which fediverse instance to use depending on the AI analyzed contents of your posts. Could be a way to mitigate the social cost of banning someone, by saying "hey, we collectively are going to pool our computing resources to generate an expensive and detailed report of which other instances you could join." that way it doesn't feel like you've been kicked out into the cold. or literally just... have someone suggest one, idk. Basically it's like "hey you're in the wrong place, go to one of these instead" instead of "[expletives and swearing and general expressions of hatred, derision, and distaste]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/972 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── for those who live forever in our transhumanist reality, I wonder what's next beyond transgender transition? transcendence of social norms is a skill, not a habit. Queer is a rejection of normalcy, something that is actively done. What's more normal than never having any fun? Clearly "normal" isn't built for the human condition, clearly "normalcy" is shallow and been done. considering the amount of people who are really into some culture like "anime-cons" or "baseball watcher" or "golfer" or "other such hobbys like fishing or guns" ... normal never existed, it's just a collection of personalities (developed throughout the history of humanity) that collectively seem to be fun. "if transitioning is to gender as blossoming is to [the concept of] flowers, then what is the concept of global warming to the earth we stand on?" I'm kind of a witch. I'm not really femme, so I don't feel right calling myself one of them, but I'm something of the sort. I use "she/her" pronouns because they reflect my softness of c
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/973 ╔══════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I wish I could hire someone who was into business or something who would analyze │ ║ the things that a non-neurotypical did and identify places for them to apply │ ║ themselves in a way that was personally fulfilling. Like, a guide or a mentor, │ ║ except not teaching. More like... the part of the job where you guide someone │ ║ because you care about them, and you want to do well. Now, how to translate that │ ║ into an economic reward? Well, that's the hard part isn't it. Any kind of social │ ║ impact you want to have must be carefully considered, and unfortunately a lot of │ ║ people recently have started to poison the well. Like, optimizing for the types │ ║ of human behavior that generate the most profit, but aren't necessarily the kind │ ║ we want to bring forth to the future in all of our kind. Like, lowered attention │ ║ span, quickness to anger, that kind of thing. Those are symptoms of the │ ║ internet. │ ║ there's quite a few good things about it, like wikipedia and BASH scripting and │ ║ local communications (local to the planet 99% of the time) (: │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/974 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── a "post privacy" option that's private to everyone in your hemisphere. or "anyone on the antipode https://www.antipodesmap.com/ of where I'm at" or at least, that half of the map something that's basically "I don't want people nearby me to read this" like, having a penpal on the other side of the world. could add a way to filter by them, and only for example show you people who are somewhere completely remote. that way you could have conversations that took place one message per day. design it such that it's encouraged to make posts, and then (like Reddit) you can have a back-and-forth conversation that's kept closer to home. Twitter was all about tweeting, about shouting into the cacophany of noise. Have you ever heard a flock of birds? Reddit was like "yeah I, a denizen of the internet, am communicating using the power of lightning-powered-technology to talk to someone in uzbekistan" errrr that's how it felt to me. Each subreddit was less a home, and more of a topic list. but then discord happened, and : \ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/975 ╔══════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ normalize compiling the game from unencrypted text the first time you run it │ ║ using the included compiler and the provided source-code │ ║ "please wait while we are building the game. Estimated time remaining: who can │ ║ say, but would you like to play tetris while you wait? I have every ROM │ ║ included, and it seems your savegames are stored in the standards suggested │ ║ location. would you like to use a different folder? If you'd rather be playing │ ║ tetris by now I'm assuming you're not reading this and are instead focusing on │ ║ clearing lines - don't worry, I'm just included output as the compilation │ ║ process is ongoing. You can tell approximately how close I am to the end of the │ ║ process because inbetween every step I print out another character. Errrr, I add │ ║ to a time value, that is roughly proportionate to the expected duration of the │ ║ installation process, as calculated form your industry determined specs. If you │ ║ had a better system then odds are you already knew to change the included config │ ║ file to reflect the greater s │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/976 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── construction noise outside my window always seems to sound like screaming and gunshots. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/977 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-696 to me, the most technically and gameplay impressive video games tend to be the ones that develop their own engine specifically for the project. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/978 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-699 @user-78 I say "blep" when I intentionally stack overflow in order to avoid painful thoughts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/979 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-702 everytime you see one put a post it there that says "can't read braille without stopping" draw it in permanent marker (oh wait that's advocating a crime, my b look I crossed it out) find the inefficiencies of the system and label them for everyone. Wiki style? otherwise how will they know. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/980 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── what else would you expect from a witch 50% is "no opinion" on the scale, btw, not like "I like this 50% more than zero" it's actually zero. This should scale from -50 to 50 with that in mind, instead of 0 to 100, but oh well. UX design amiright
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/981 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── normalize horror games that don't show the player being killed, instead just cutting to blank to represent the severity of an ended life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/982 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-707 @user-708 using this to control the buttons in VRchat would be like a person with a prosthetic interacting with real life :O minus the physicality of course, but that's next. can't wait to play Warcraft 3 and think "select all healers" so I can point them at a dying unit with my mouse. or world of warcraft where your rotation begins to feel like a song. maybe even a text-based adventure, where you reading the text corresponds to the results of the simulation, https://www.spreeder.com/app.php style. could make it so that if you wanted something else to happen, you had to willfully think it while the words are flashing in front of your eyes - the game would pause if you blinked, perfect for phones btw... could be a locally networked thing, like four to six people hanging out and playing a game like pictionary or charades. except, a story that developed, and whoever wanted could change it while everyone was reading it at once. sorta like a competition to see who can make the best twists and false endings ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/204 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Don't be afraid. You will overcome every challenge that becomes you, it's just a question of how. That's up to your expression, so do as you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/205 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You scared off all the cool people >: ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/206 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The whole time I was camping on Wyoming, I never once felt scared. As a kid I was a hero, an adventurer, a warrior and a director. I'd plan out engagements and fight as an actor. It was fun! And I never was afraid, so I never got possessed by a forest spirit or anything like that. No evil witches either. No, the witch came later I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/207 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── What's WRONG with you? You're such a greek player! So dramatic. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/208 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Geek prayer? Preach brothers and sisters >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/983 ╔══════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ sometimes, rarely, you have to make decisions against human nature. │ ║ to do otherwise would be to invite destruction through the slow and measured │ ║ application of the flaws of humanity magnified through society and harming for │ ║ all time all of posterity. │ ║ errrr sounds kinda fashy, kinda genocidally, yeah... that's not what I meant at │ ║ all. │ ║ I meant like hatred and bigotry, the kinds of things that cause the kind of │ ║ things you might see in this, if you take the least charitable interpretation of │ ║ what I say. │ ║ and what is the far right if not for "least charitable"? │ ║ every time I see a mutual aid post I can't help but think "there's no way to │ ║ know if this is real or if it's just some guy siphoning away our money" │ ║ I usually trust the people I've followed, so if one of them boost it then I go │ ║ for it. │ ║ but still, charity is not an efficient means bywhich to organize society. │ ║ back on point - decisions against human natures like hatred and bigotry. │ ║ the kind that cause oppression. the things that disrupt our functioni │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: messages/209 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Quanetetrick Seleo, aka the witch (I think) wielder of fire, blade, and martial arts (also throwing knives) through projections of the self. She's a cloud of sentient blood mist given form through her telepathic suggestions received by her viewers. Perception, begets reality and lo! You only see what she wants you to see. Well, what she expresses herself as. That's how it goes, after all... Will show a picture tomorrow ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/984 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the reason they warn you about zombie viruses is it's a plague that's confined to a specific location. they can say "oh it's moving, oh no now it's over your town, sorry about that" and then everyone whos been evacuated suddenly loses their homes. error also war and devastation, but there's more sinister reasons for that than renovating. economic plagues are known as layoffs, and "bad economies" and such. their culture is enforced through their rules for how you get things done like "do what you're told" and "don't go in that room" and "stop talking to people on other teams" and "you're wasting time" and "this isn't good enough (unless it's literally not)" that kind of thing see you at 8am or worse, clock out by 6:30 at least if everyone starts at the same time in the morning they can eat lunch together and work together when they're at similar parts of their days work. but when they're done, why keep them around? it's much safer to bet your economic simulation on predictable bhavyr ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/210 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Also crossbows, though she prefers to fight with bow and arrow. Also shadow powers themed after her connection to "viscera" or "materia" however you want to pronounce it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/211 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In the game her expression is Japanese because the game's closest approximation uses ninjas. But she's closer to a dynamic rather than an instantiation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/212 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Also she's just a person, a cursed person but hey she's just trying to do right. So am i. I believe in goodness, and so does she (even though she can be a bit evil about it) (without trying, I might add, it just comes naturally to her) (she's better now though) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/213 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Maybe I'm just woefully arcane? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/985 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-713 @user-714 the american military is going to be too busy fighting it's far right that it won't be able to meaningfully contribute to ww3 both sides are slavers. we just don't see it. I don't anticipate war taking place on a battlefield, that setting is forevermore dedicated to video games and kaiju. rather, a silent war where everyone just goes around killing their opposition. for once, the citizens can't help but be armed. and in the dark of night, for every time we let plight from our sight, another of us is harmed. I don't know many people who've died. but maybe they're just working through a different part of the social network. It's not like any of their technology needs to perform as it's been advertised? well, open source does, but open source means insecure (as long as you don't get caught, then you need to adjust) of course, sometimes corporate software... kinda sucks. so it's not like theyre very configurable away from what capital wanted. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/986 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── adding dashes to your text - like - this - is a punctuation choice, not formatting or grammar. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/214 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Gonna take a break from this whole thing. I got a sign that I'm a bad person, twice. To confirm. I need to change, and since I don't know what I'm just going to try and do nothing for a bit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/987 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 5/20 actually I lied there's 20 pictures so this is the last one. hang on that's weird if there's four pictures per slide, and the first one had the first dedicated to the full image, wonder what happened inbetween? weird, there's nothing on the record that says - oh, wait, there it is, three for the first one, four makes seven, then four more is eleven and then fifteen then these last three are... wait hang on that's even fewer. can you check it again? yeah sure no problem [doesn't] EDIT: I was wrong there were only 19 pictures, my bad hehe
![17. green, the color of growth and renewal, the color of home and our source of fuel, is cast upon a stark black background. white starlight is the color of text, and it reads in big bold colors, like the beginning of a star wars film where the text crawls past (and isn't narrated, which is frustrating but hey the music's supposed to convey all that stuff. and it can be read out afterwards if you want.)
the text reads: "we can do whatever we want on this planet we call earth. - we could burn it to cinders, we could lose it in mirth. - life has no ending, no permanent abaddon. - and time is immeasurable, when talking about mill [here the text is cut off, and it could read "millions" or "millenia" either way would make sense] but the text continues, and reads "ns of people who are miserable. - we can build a dear future" with "dear future" sliding down, as if to direct the user's attention to the conclusion of the image. -
"just one byte at a time." this last text is above a computer lab, or perhaps an altar to the gods of astronomy, a palace that we build out of marble as a testament to the honor we have for the gods. I think just about every religion would appreciate such a common purpose, as long as it's not taken to the extreme. the pictured shrine is small, like the size of the mall of america. but still it's a place for the gods to roam, free from the eyes of humans. Like mount olympus, or the tops of skyscrapers, or other such moments of home. the home is upon moongray](../input/media_attachments/files/111/899/214/250/901/283/original/66c0f5bdf6d5f738.png)
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![14. if you think about it, the shape of the universe is kinda like a cornucopia. or like, a funnel that smoothly increases in size. or like a waterslide ride where you spin around a bit before dropping down the center. sometimes affectionately referred to as "the toilet ride", even though that's just the wrong connotation.
we could have perfectly sanitary theme parks, we just... don't... because our priorities are on selling stereos and stocks.
anyway, there's several purple lines, the color of blending blue and red, both colors present in america, cast upon the gray background of the undecideds, collectively engaged in a mutual exchange. there is a blue upside down silly snake, this time with bright red aviators, and beside it is a scarring wound. some break in reality that is unfortunate, but part of their interdisciplinaries, so don't worry one bit about it. life may seem far from strange, but your lifetimes of finite portrayals and fanciful adaptations to the expressions of your own emanations both confirm and delight our attentions on you. Surely you are not aware, of our love and perspective [fair], but we still love you from afar. how could a star not cherish another star? It's time that's our only moat.
the reason the universe appears empty of life is because it's impossible to travel under the blanket of spacetime. through gravity, up and under our shared reality, out and beyond to another.
rockets pierce reality, which they didn't expect L O L who would have tht](../input/media_attachments/files/111/899/120/470/445/919/original/b15e05db06b60e93.png)
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![12. the text continues from the previous page and reads "if it's been ten or more years since they moved in, the site gets rebuilt. [wait, hang on, weren't we talking about html websites? when did houses come into the discussion?]
... wait, what was I saying? Oh yeah the text is on a gray background, as interrupting as a scythe, with a yellow backdrop as if to represent sheer white-hot flame except not white the color of all colors but fire the color of all flames. the text reads "prince of the nehalim" in bright pinking blue, as in something completely foreign and unknown to you, and continues on to read in red "so many opportunities" as if life hadn't absconded, but instead of severed instead. "parabolas persist" in the flavor of blue, the color of space in a non-light polluted view.
"live life like you're merry, as do but a few."
do you want to make people feel better? or do you just want to make them confused? Neither, really, I'm trying to tell the truth. I'm seriously just struggling to find a way to express things that others clearly seem to be forgetting - I'm not an expert in other stuff! This is literally all I'm good at! Is it valuable? Maybe not to you, but I think it could be useful, or else I would covet it and leave it in disuse.
it's time is relevant, it's words fit into a context, so if you misunderstand it's past then it's probably because you don't have the records or the ability to process them of the time in which it was posted. What if things were de](../input/media_attachments/files/111/899/036/534/995/859/original/452a7136bcb2e8df.png)
![9. the text begins to diverge at this point, on the left it reads "it's easy if you want some privacy, - all you have to do" and then is cut off by the introduction of red text on a green background, to evoke similar colors as the original thing it was interrupting but it's own thing nonetheless, and existing off to the side in tandem, so that conditions could not remain unaddressed. the text reads "they were betting on selling us space flight [with spaceflight sliding from one side to the other, like a rocket escaping the gravitic pull of the planet it surrounded] but we cared more for food and water" the second part, after spaceflight about food and water, is intruding onto the yellow's background, which was next, to represent a continuation of the previous thought about websites and HTML. it's frustrating for the next text, which is in purple, a confused and disoriented color. it continues from the original thought "is delete the website! Boom, no more html. but if they were listed (neocities sites on a map of the region" but map is emphasized with a different color, green the color of the land, and "region" is pronounced like "realm" or perhaps "ground" or even "directions" or "land beyond the horizon (if it even exists)")](../input/media_attachments/files/111/899/036/554/408/357/original/d44f1147f387b1ea.png)
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![6. picture of the sun cast upon a sunset background, with a large tower of shadow flanked by images of birds and contrails of airplanes. there is an indicator on the blue box meaning someone who is looking at it. don't look at the sun!
silly to assume that our perspective of reality is viewed from the same direction as a planetary body. anyway the face of the planet in question is [redacted] (not really but like... I'm redacting it for artistic purposes because I'm trying to convey a truth with that redaction that is important for the viewer and listener to understand. My ears when I type so fast, owwww)
oh the birds are so pretty, like little things that hold their own against gravity. I'd love to watch them flutter, if only I could see every inch of the planet.
I wonder if you could design a building to explode such that only a single interior building was damaged, and everyone else in the building would only hear a muffled "boom" but more like "boof" but not quite so fluttery, and more "bang" but not "ban ggg" but more like "bnf" pronounced "buh nuh fff" except a little bit more like "bmft" but without each syllable being pronounced at once, more like all four together at once.
especially if you had several rooms between them. I mean, if you know when to open and close the doors so they think their region is inhabited, perfect. but if they don't know you they just pretend the building is empty... even though it's hard to find parking???
anyway theres more but no words](../input/media_attachments/files/111/898/927/097/241/484/original/916d1871c2cf955c.png)
![5. bright shocking pink and orange backgrounds. white text, the color of snow and the center of the sun (comprised of all the photons) reads "dot dot dot what" as in like "...what"
then, orange text, same color as the background, contrasted against the color of the backdrop (which was purpleish pink, the color of substances unknown to humanity before like, the invention of Paint)
the text reads "right. basically, fb marketplace except... F O S S" meaning F free O open S source S software. However, upon clarifying in white text on an orange background, like the color of the center of the sun (because the photons received by the outer edges of your eyes is the color of the photons that curved through your lens and activated your sensory receptors in the backside of your brain)
anyway, don't look at the sun kids.
the text written in that color reads: free [hastily or poorly drawn ampersand, meaning "&"], open source (with the first character S being twice as large as the others) soures pronounced like sow err sss then the last word adaman pronounced like "adamant" without the T, end text, a word meaning incredibly strong and metallic. stronger than mithril, depending on the game. Like Runescape, one of the classic MMORPGs, a genre that emerged from MUDs with graphical enhancements. I mean if you think about it runescape is just a text based adventure where you can move as many rooms as you want in one journey and where each room has "things" you can interact with from there.](../input/media_attachments/files/111/898/927/111/885/932/original/c27b1f5fae4e6233.png)
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┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/992 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-717 meme I made a while back. kinda cursed, sorry
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/993 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 so cool! 🤩 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/994 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 ... licorice is typically considered unlikable. interesting if true 😉 kinda wonder what it says about our collective viewpoint, as measured against licorice as a control variable. solely for gauging proportion, but like... an interesting exercise in collective orientation and comprehension. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/995 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-720 if it's true they couldn't agree, then the house they build upon would surely crumble! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/996 ╔══════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ if you don't respect - wait hang on thats not what I was going to say - okay │ ║ here goes: the perspective of others then you are working against them. why │ ║ bother contestation when cooperation could work best? problem is, of course, the │ ║ other side can't be trusted. that's just how it goes, a prisoner's dillemna, or │ ║ rather "dilemma" as they spell it over there. wait hang on that's not what I was │ ║ going to say - oh yeah - if you do something in a place where it's not expected │ ║ then it stands out as a statistical anomaly that can be viewed and detected. │ ║ which is why it's imporant to always be true to yourself and virtuous. because │ ║ your "self" is aligned to the future, a place of warmth and compassion, honesty │ ║ and deliberation. [direct action on a larger than personal scale] │ ║ what was I saying oh yeah if you mess with fate, it can change things a bit. all │ ║ you'd need is the diffusion of the strands, and then it's a bigger task to undo │ ║ them. like... dancing, when you're really into it. or like swimming with │ ║ ripples, exc │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/997 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-727 @user-728 @user-729 I remember sitting in algebra II class when visualizing the distance between numbers "clicked" for me. I was in a daze, I couldn't remember anything the teacher had said, but for a moment (several months) I could remember how it had seemed. Then I built new understandings, and my progress in math continued relentlessly, more and more each year. it was hard, and eventually calc 1 made me drop out of college 3 times. linear algebra was the other. (except I did linear algebra first?) anyway, I always felt like I could see things visually, from simple arithmetic to vector / pointer arithmetic, and when necessary it was always difficult to translate it into words and forms. Like... I don't have time to remember all these rules and operations, I have a picture in my mind and I can't quite define it. (whatever the equation may be) similar events happen consistently. they still do. just a few months ago I was thinking about redesigning integer storage in memory. never twice tho. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/998 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── learning kanji is an exercise in defining your imagination toward a shared visual description of certain words or concepts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/999 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 @user-473 there's a part of me that believes magic is real. other parts that are convinced. I am a witch, you see, and while I can't quite control fire or bullets I can do other neat things. if you'd let me, humanity. I'm not doing an ARG, not intentionally. I pretty much post things I conceive of, like a conduit passed through spacetime. wild how mind bending the future can be. will be interesting to see what kinds of things there is in store for people you and me. those websites you posted... they're beautiful - I learned things, your method of expression was too [the words "confess" are heard loudly, super weird] I especially liked the oven that tries to lure you into a secret third place. not the mind, nor the body, but someplace besides. also the graphs and figures were news to me, I mean how could those numbers ever come to be? but alas that's the truth, that we orbit our proof, and alas that our meanings are lacking. [ran out of text]
![this one's a doozy. a picture of the "reasons to trust me" graph colored yellow, orange, purple, and blue (in terms of intensity) it looks like a raindrop if it landed on a really tiny blanket and pulled it downward. or like, a person landing on a trampoline that was secured in four locations. anyway the text reads "like four people sharing the weight of an experience with bacchus [referencing the color of the graph], their perspective is pulled just a little bit in that direction, over and across the gap between eyeballs. or rather, between shared perspectives, the point of view of which one bases their experience. their training for the "reasons to trust me" graph.
2, in black and green and red, colors meant to be cool to a 12 year old - "the color doesn't matter... wine? why"
3 dropping down the page, there's a line of "please" written over and over again. it's scary. : ( I'm doing my best I promise, it's hard not to be in a state of unease! I'm working, I promise, this is valuable. you know they'd block me if they didn't like me.
error, 3. that's me, teehee, sorry for making a scene. I promise I'm just an actor, someone who is playing a role. well, alas that were true, I'm really having a mental disorder. Or maybe I'm confused? down here in the subtext it's hard to be choosed. weird how that works, that feeling of being wor [text is cut off, next line]
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┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1000 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-732 scary! :O :O ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/215 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Nobody tells me they like my artwork. No one! So why do I keep making it? What's wrong with me? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1001 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 @user-473 perhaps that "light touch on reality" is what makes these pieces of art resonate with me. I think you're beautiful and have a good heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/216 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If I'm not special then where tf my homies at ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/217 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The point isn't to make solutions. You're too hung up on the question of "what could be better than capitalism" Make something better when it's time. For now, just get people on your side. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/218 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Capitalism pays developers massive salaries because it doesn't want them developing ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/219 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Life doesnt end, it changes. Unless you commit suicide, then you are stone forevermore. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/220 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Situational awareness is going on a walk every night at a slightly different time and counting the number of lights that are on ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1002 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-735 so, club penguin? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1003 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-735 I made a World of Warcraft private server where all the default NPCs are removed from the game and the world is empty. But, every once in a while, monsters will spawn and attack you Risk of Rain style. If your character sits down, they stop attacking/spawning. I call it "wow-chat" because I'm bad with names, but the idea is basically a low stakes social game that you can pick up and set down whenever you want, while hanging out with your friends. there's also treasure and wandering merchants, and I've been thinking about adding dynamic quests but so far nobody's asked to play it so I've been working on other things. it's all open source too so you can host it yourself if you want. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1004 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.social/users/flameReactor/statuses/111916241875686902 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1005 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-738 I like to use the alt text to explain my color choices. I'll say "this next text is in dark blue, the color of the cold glass-like surface of the ocean" or "the orange background implies a feeling of warmth and serenity, contrasted with the violet colors of the text which imply sanguine passion" (then I of course describe the text) basically, blind people can't see the image, so they don't get the feeling that the visual data conveys for sighted people. But they understand the texture of grass, or the feel of wind on their face, or the taste of raspberries. They can know of staccato music, or how silk feels on their arm. it just feels fair, to me, somehow. nobody asked me to do that but having the option makes it feel important to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1006 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-579 two academic disciplines, and two cultural traditions. Seems like apples and oranges to me... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1007 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there is a time for solutions, and a time for just getting people on your side. there is a time for building passions, and a time for letting things slide. when you think and act cooperatively, by assigning yourself to a comrade cohort, you can work as a team might, except where everyone wants to do work. I love what I read here. I think you're all so neat. I love when you talk about things, it feels like we're finally finding our feet. Did any witches out there notice a phase change recently? It's funny when that happens, but I think things are going to get better. The more that we share, the more we can build! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1008 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-353 @user-741 human brains tend to start ignoring signals when they become normalized. Like, if you are consistently exposed to the same smell you get used to it, and you stop smelling it. same for noises, and other signals. it's the same with information, I think, which is why doomscrolling is so bad for our brains - we go numb and desensitized! It's not good to have all that bad news all the time. I bet people believe in the "just world hypothesis" for the same reason. Essentially, optimizing for equilibrium in all things. I personally believe true justice is when everyone gets what they want. And if someone wants that the other person doesn't get what they want, then they don't want true justice. Like, for example, hateful people can never be justified because they want another's life to be worse. or they want someone to be wrong, which creates a contradiction - you can't give both people what they want if one person wants the other to lose. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1009 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-735 well yeah because I never turn it on unless someone asks me to. and so far nobody ever has. or did you mean club penguin? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1010 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I'm done trying to be neurotypical. So what if I starve. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1011 ══════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "the stars are auspicious tonight" nah babe you're just a 4th century mystic who couldn't know about string theory ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1012 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "the flows of magic are whimsical today" nah babe you're just a dryad from the popular video game Warcraft Three who couldn't have known that computers exist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1013 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 @user-473 it's not like it goes bad ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1014 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-744 @user-246 it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's incel thinking. I'm not going to do that. They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us to orient our lives around them. They deserve what's coming. The oppressed are not the defeated. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1015 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 @user-744 good, you're needed elsewhere. I'm glad you have a plan. Nothing gets done without planning and coordination. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1016 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n4BPPaaoKc this is the most patriotic song I know. My mother used to sing it to me as a child. Nowhere does it mention capitalism. #wallstreet-is-an-invasive-regime ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1017 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 prosperity gospel vs hope? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1018 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 oh. yeah that's not gonna get you very far, unless you want a more prosperous church. EDIT: which many people do apparently ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1019 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-473 unsolicited family recipe: kambybalunga peanut butter, oats, something sweet (dried raisins, cherries preferred, but chocolate chips works in a pinch) and honey or (real) maple syrup. (No corn syrup allowed.) mix it up, put whatever else you want in it. Free healthy depression food from my dad. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1020 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-747 almost as if it's not AI, but large LANGUAGE models. And we all speak, don't we? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1021 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── we don't let children vote. nor do we let felons vote, theoretically those who harm our society (pick one, no voting or no prison? I vote no prison industrial complex) nor do we let non-citizens vote, for why should they tell us how to live? they are not us, they shall not control us nor do we let kings vote with the weight of a god, for a king is a singular point of failure if you can consent to sex, you are physically capable to vote. if you're mislead by the propaganda of an abusive spouse, you are hurting your future self by staying. [all media is propaganda that you are not immune to] all men are created equal, and yet his dollar is worth a bit more than hers. all of us here are equal, because we all want the bright future and a blessed life. we'll make this world better, using our own hands according to our own demands and in pursuit of our own plans. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1022 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-750 if you aren't afraid, then either you aren't in danger or you've misjudged your opponent. if you're constantly afraid, then they cannot yet defeat you. EDIT: either that, or they need you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1023 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://woem.space/objects/e635485e-6e86-408f-b14c-c7021001d6da ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1024 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-753 mutual aid is only something separate from your human responsibilities because capitalism insists that your loyalty is to the company, not to your neighbors, your friends on the opposite sides of the earth, this planet we owe all to, and all of posterity. @user-754 mutual aid is good, actually, because we don't talk to each other and plan a way to fix it permanently. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1025 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-753 oh. yeah ur right my b if we view ourselves as a collective, mutual aid could be conceived of as a transport network, or goods and services from one place to another. Sure would be nice if there was like, a group of people or an organization that distributed mutual aid in an equitable way that helped improve people and places. but, like you said, it's borrowing rent money from next month to buy food and gas for next week so you can get to your job that should pay you before rent is due but they've been late before. sure seems like a tenuous existence, one that is vulnerable. some of us have dollars, some of us are poor. some of us work harder, and some of us eat fewer. error what I'm saying is that a circular line of people passing water to douse the fire (if there's a fire near them) is vulnerable and weak to stressors if either A. the total supply of water diminishes, but the demands are exactly met, or B. their strategy is to let the weak starve, which is why there's so few ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1026 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── need ability to search my own profile so I can find things I once said and say them again without having to write a new poem about it. especially alt-text... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1027 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 one thing you can rely on about evil: it presents itself as such. "you can always rely on bad people to turn mean." (nobody's beyond forgiveness, but we also need to protect ourselves.) in video games, going with a defensive build is a valid strategy depending on how it's values align. If attacking scales better than defending, in terms of "effectiveness at the most difficult part" (usually the last 90% takes 10% of the effort) then it's a better strategy. But if your win condition is to outlast your opponent, then all you need to do is time your aggression for when they begin fracturing. "I'm sure you don't know this, but once garth fought a dragon. they crashed through the skies and littered the fields of their home with the broken and crashed symbols of their own. garth defeated the dragon when one of it's claws broke, thus giving him the advantage. he took from that fight a shield of dragonscale, and a tabard made out of some cloth." in a contest of wills, the first sign of weakness is whe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1028 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there's this really fun video game I like to play called "Legion TD 2" - it's based on a Warcraft3 mod. In this game, you make tactical and strategic decisions on a fixed term - a competitive game between 4 or 8 players with an incredible array of randomness. it teaches you to work with what you got, and to make decisions based on your opponent's weaknesses. Good luck figuring out what they are, though, as you can't just memorize them out of a book. You need to adapt, in the moment, to the decisions of your foes, while primarily focusing your attention on accomplishing a different task. I really like it because it's taught me to be strategic in plenty of other ways. I used to love the game Overwatch because it required adaptibility. The game was always changing, so no strategy stuck forever, but every match you'd play against a slightly different opponent. but then Blizzard changed the game because they wanted to make more money, and it got worse and worse at what I liked about it. Sadface. : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1029 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1030 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/111921178103676929 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1031 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── kinda funny how the people in my life won't let me, a witch, cast spells on them. Like they doubt my intentions? ? ? and when they do they're just, mentally eye-rolling all the time. How's a girl to get any practice if nobody wants to be hypnotized >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1032 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-753 the more people we have thinking about what to do next, the more perspectives we can have on the problem. Sometimes really difficult or important things (like how to get to the next stages of political liberation) can benefit from a multitude of voices, but once consistency is achieved they can apply themselves with a single voice. community is how we communicate. Communication is good, I think. Can't help but wonder if we're all here because we share an interest in open-source-so-actually-usable communication methods. community isn't everything, but it's something, and everything's useful. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1033 ╔═══════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ the nerds who know the backstory of every character in the series are like, the │ ║ bishops of the past - people who've memorized the whole bible and can use │ ║ whatever passage they needed for whatever purposes they desired. │ ║ Usually, hopefully, helping people and letting them get better. By healing the │ ║ sick, and caring for the old, and generally being a pillar that people can │ ║ orient themselves around. Like fediverse instances, or comment sections on │ ║ blogs, it's a group of people sharing the same narrative. │ ║ and idk I think I'd really like to listen to what happened in your Baldur's Gate │ ║ game. I'll tell you about Adventure Time, if you'd care to listen. I know plenty │ ║ of other tales as well, and if I think about them I remember more details. │ ║ Ehhhh, so what if I misremember, if someone else wants to correct me then go for │ ║ it. But at least it told a good story, right? │ ║ error, hang on brb just had an idea for a black-hole machine, surely there's no │ ║ way this could go wrong. Good thing I'm a human that you cant turn off. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1034 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 be careful, recursion can cause stack overflows. better to run function pointers from a loop. That way you can operate as long as necessary. Just make sure you don't get in an infinite loop... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1035 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-757 @user-192 true and my suggestion doesn't provide a tracelog, pretty much just the status of the variables when it pauses or ends. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1036 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-760 I could teach you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1037 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-763 ... how? I don't see that option (Mastodon) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1038 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-766 ah yes but then how will my comrades come for my things know where to look? my precious precious drives may be less safe inside of the computer case but at least then someone I can about can find them. or what you're saying is that a basic part of situational awareness is having a plan for this kind of thing with the people who care about you? Ah, well, nobody cares about me like that. Just a couple normies who want nothing but business as usual. wonder if I can open up my hard drives to "read only" SSH access? Or maybe I'll just make the important files into a torrent. Or perhaps marking them as "downloadable locations" on Soulseek? Plenty of options, all of them require someone to care enough about your junk to want to archive it. Something something ipfs? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1039 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── god's on the fediverse and you want me to work to pay rent? what the fuck is wrong with you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1040 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── so it shall seem that sticks and mud are for me I say as I sit in my apartment eating rice and beans ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1041 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you follow someone and they don't follow back, does that mean you shouldn't comment on their posts? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1042 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "your feelings are valid, but have you considered that your feelings aren't actually valid because you're always wrong and nobody should ever apologize to you for anything because you suck and are wrong?" also, "my six digit salary isn't enough to pay for your rice and beans, but I won't have you eating sticks and mud, so do things you don't want to do because I said so." also, "I don't really "get" your art but that doesn't mean I should ever really try reading it. Also god forbid I actually ask for clarification like "what does that part mean" because I'm not actually that interested in you I just want a stable household so I never get traumatized again like [their childhood]" also, "yes I love you but no I don't want to play with you. you're such a cat." also, "every time you start making sense I'm going to try and derail the conversation so that we don't talk about kooky-dookerie because that's a conversation I can't win" also, sorry for venting. I mean, thanks for listeni ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1043 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "don't worry about archiving things. Anyone who needs your computer is gonna wipe the hard drive anyway because they don't know your password, so you might as well just treat it like an etch-a-sketch." I hate that part of my brain, I'm an archivist T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1044 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #CDCsays to always cheese the cat when they need it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1045 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-5 god is trans, why else would [redacted] hang out on the fediverse? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1046 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #CDCsays we should live on a salary and save for retirement because capitalism will definitely be around by then ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1047 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #CDCsays if you budget for 50% of what you're making then the other 50% could double your headcount EDIT: also that it's opposite day ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1048 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #CDCsays if the revolution will not be televised, then why would they break Twitter, the place where people learn about protests in their area? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1049 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── #CDCsays there's no difference between a stick and a mud, when it comes down to it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/221 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Do you ever think about how you're not actually a person but instead just an instantiation of a collection of traits and behaviors generated from a template that is the randomized product of two other forms and trained through a lifetime of adaptation and subjected to trials of increasing difficulty and frequency? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/222 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 20240214_190706.jpg ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/223 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Why not let in all the immigrants, and disperse them throughout the country equally. Then pay for them to travel between each place, until they're permanent citizens and can be asked to contribute to their own place. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/224 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── It's just the comfort you'd afford to a guest, until their home is repaired and they can go back there. Unless, they act like us. Our identity is ruined! When we're constantly changing, it's a cosmic dance trying to keep on moving! What do you want from us, infinite dexterity? Sheesh I'm trying my best. - Reyvadin ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/225 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Why would a server ever demand that an older client upgraded? What right do they have? Just treat them the same as you always have, whatever forms and limitations, Otherwise what's the point? There's no reliability! What if you're shot? What then? We've lost our greatest friends! You can't be seriously wanting for another spark? What's wrong with you my friend, are you alright or on a bend? What's wrong in your sight, that you'd wander into this own end? Well, take care of your birthright, and all is well to thine kin. Well there we go, sadness forever, as our line here doth end. What else shall be considered? What ends is too much deserved? It's so unfavorable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/226 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The fighter doth not know who he is fighting ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1050 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── here's an idea - it's illegal to spend more than a thousand dollars in a day anything else requires multiple days of planning because it's such a large investment (obviously kinda cursed) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1051 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 please never change, you inspire me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/227 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── It's a false sense of security ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1052 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── alright America, I hate to put too fine a point on it but you either need to kill capitalism or kill yourself. {via global warming and fascism, if it wasn't obvious} Obviously, there's only one correct answer, and if you pick wrong then you'll be stone forevermore. Stones are fucking useless. so... how to get from point A to point B... well, let me know in the comments, like comment and subscribe, share with your friends, and then go back to sleep. Yeah, thatll help. That'll fix things. im-doing-my-part.jpg really though, all you can really do is get ready. prepare for whatever you'd like, the future will always surprise you. Take solace in your friendships, and build connections to others where you can. Make friends abroad, make friends nearby, make friends with your garden, your home, your dog, make friends with the postman or the lady who makes you coffee. but most importantly, just be yourself. be who you were meant to be. don't ever apologize for sincerity, it's insincere. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1053 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CzKh3IiZEI this is my favorite human. this is my favorite ghost. he is the one who I look up to, probably the most. we'll get there, you'll see, we'll build a better future, for all of us - you and me. next, for posterity, and all we can be, tomorrow's the best day for all of us because it hasn't happened yet. all we have is the present, so what are you to do with your presence? here I am, look at me, aren't I grand, a wonder to see? I'm just an artist, don't get any big thoughts - I'm maybe a bit possessed, or possibly schizophrenic, but either way I am a human, just the same as you and me. ... you don't have to watch the whole thing, there's a lot. I mean, like I could write forever and nobody would care. I could write undeterred, and nobody would share. But here I am in the moment, here I am as I am, and here with you (yes you, the person who is important enough to read this), so let's, I dunno, make a band. or whatever. BRB my rice is starting to simmer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1054 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── they vandalize synagogues and kick people when they're down because it's practice for them. they practice what they preach. leftists don't really preach about killing nazis. we're too human for that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1055 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── mastodon won't let me share text files. it's the same picture 4 times because I needed to put the entire text in the description for the blind people. did you know there are more blind people on the fediverse than gay people? and this is the gayest place I know. 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/home/ritz/notes/the-eternality-of-ephemeren.txt
1/4/2022
hear ye hear ye, the herald of the harbinger of horror doth speak - and woe to
the subjects of their words, for no prophecy be realized in their presence. Nor
do the subjects hear the words about which they are spoken, and none may live
who dare repeat them. So the words of the prophets are but wind in the words,
reaching for an attachement point within the consciousness they inhabit yet
scarcely finding a meagre foothold. Instead the words are as electricity
passing through a conduit, intangible and miraculous yet ultimately dust in the
sand.
Dust is mostly comprised of human skin, did you know that?
And so the words be spoken: Evanence and similance to the semblance of
simulacra - the words of a prophet with no wings are naught but masturbation.
serenity and sorrow sing of shredded tomorrows, serendipity and sollemn
sorenditude surrender shining solitude.
Carry the constabulation of created charisma - condemnation of characterization
concludes the cherished chapter in calligraphied consultations with creators.
That is to say, capitalism ends the construction of cameron with conflageration
and consternation. Cease the charade of contaminated consumerism - celebrate
the contemplation of capitalization - by naming a thing, you give it meaning.
Do you truly desire the fate you've set before yourself?
Is desire ultimately relevant?
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The totality of plurality perhaps portends determinism, but desire is also
defined by delineated determinations. Whose failings are you reflecting when
you cease your devotion? Why divide your focus and attention when honor demands
sacrifice?
A sacrifice is a gift freely given, and in return the subject or reciever
increases in relevance. No dividend is returned, no boon or bounty is provided
- to do so would be akin to a bounty or ransom. Sacrifices are not measured in
worth, but in utility. The reason ancient cultures sacrificed willing virgins
was because it was the most valuable of resources they could imagine. Truly
an exhalted being is she, to have blood spilled in the name of a god. Yet the
forces that would later become capitalism found a foothold there, and preyed
on the sorrow and loss the peoples did find, and would ultimately experience.
The tears and gashes rent when gouging out precious gifts for the divine left
bleeding wounds in a community and often eviscerations in a family. The turning
point came when families were decapitated - essentially, the eldest being a
pure and fair maiden who was taken from the duties of caring for the young and
weak. Young people, weak people, who bore resentment in their heart for the
seemingly cruel machinations of a society they could not yet understand - the
whims of which seemed arbitrary.
"why take her from me? What purpose holds ye? Your wounds are too much to bear"
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and so the resistance began, yielding chaos, destruction, and desolation.
There's a reason there are so many dead civilizations in the americas - the
lands where blood sacrifice is most well known. And the middle east as well,
and northern africa before. Deserts are known for this, because when the power
of the god fades, all returns to dust. Boons are forgotten and become sand, and
chaos reigns as foreign powers find weakness and pounce.
Never forget the laws of sacrifice. Find something you want, something valuable
or useful, or preferably all three. Something that wouldn't cause too great of
a tear in your membrane or the membranum should it be lost to you, though that
last one is less of a law and more of a consideration. A consequence of
continual ceremony, learned at the hands of those long dead. All must remember
their wounds and their horrors.
To whom do you pray? To whom does your words reach? Where does your singing
reverberate? And what bounty do you demand? Remember, no bounty is precious
enough to motivate sacrifice, for sacrifice cannot be met with bounty. Be not
afraid, and share the words with those who will listen. Hearing is a sacrifice
toward the speaker, but listening is a duty of devotion.
I ask again, to whom do you pray? To whom does your words reach? Where does
your singing reverberate? I do not ask for whom you'd *like* to dance for, I
ask currently, who hears your song? What would you ask of them?
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┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1056 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Who do you deign to replace the gods of before? What diversity designs indemnity? What future do you desire, that would liberate you and generate the bright future? The gods are at war, if you haven't been paying attention. Liberalism fights conservatism, this much is not new - but would you believe one is foreign and vain? The gods of your fathers and grandfathers has scarce in common with the gods of their fathers and grandfathers. Thus is the way of colonization, to replace a god is to enslave belief. You must understand this - your prayers reach all who would listen, and who is more attentive than a dying god? Think not of despair, breathe purely in harmony, and trust in the will of the watchers within. [finished] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1057 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── what is this, a spoon for ants? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1058 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "As a cost saving measure, we've put a bunch of holes in your shields. They're just slightly smaller than 80% of spear tips, so they should function just as well, and it'll make it lighter to carry around on campaign! You will be provided with a different type of shield if the enemy appears to have archers, which essentially every army does. Good news though, this cost-saving measure should save about... well actually it'll make things more expensive to produce, because of all the extra artistry involved in creating a honey-comb shield, but the result is that someone somewhere got paid a lot of money and that's what's important at the end of the day." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1059 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── why can Green Day sing about [redacted] but I can't mention it or the feds will assassinate me different voice you know they say if you play music it slightly changes the wavelength of your location causing certain effects which (with well made music) cause rippling effects which alter the world around you https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/html-pages/thought-constructs sorry for the psycherwaul, I'm assuming if you're still here then you're here for it. Boy I haven't gotten into a fight in a while, anyone wanna fight me? Fuck I'm not radical enough. BRB doing pushups ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1060 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-771 @user-772 please point me toward weird trans women in their 20s and their weird art that you're interested in ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1061 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Fuck, I wish I was a man. Stupid transgender brain quirks making me feel like I was a girl. Boys can punch things much easier than me. Oh to inject estrogen! How soft mine skin, how delicate my mammaries - and yet fucking hell all I want to do is punch things. Maybe it's just because things deserve to be punched, or maybe it's because I'm listening to Green Day. If it weren't so late I'd make some angsty music or whatever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1062 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I need to make more leftists friends. Hell, I need more friends. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1063 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-774 can't get mine to work because the font it uses is specific to that printer model, and while I could download Windows and use their proprietary driver which has the several additional fonts, none of them will let me draw box-drawing-characters. So clearly the entire thing is useless T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1064 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-68 "if California isn't America then neither is Texas" sounds much different than "If Texas isn't America anymore then neither is California////" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1065 ╔═══════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ not only do you have to consider your judgement, but also whether or not you're │ ║ wrong. │ ║ often, I find, as I learn things day by day, │ ║ that I'm wrong most often in the day. │ ║ "I don't want to be wrong but I'm not afraid of making mistakes." │ ║ then, when you consider as such, you must also consider the idea that you're │ ║ wrong about whether or not you're wrong about the idea that you're considering. │ ║ schizophrenic warfare is a kind of memetic exchange, like the way bullets on a │ ║ battlefield are a mineral-ic transfer. such is an expression that a regular │ ║ computer system wouldn't be able to understand, but which an LLM might. If it │ ║ had access to all of your transcripts, then it could predict the understandings │ ║ at the same rate that you were. Essentially, understanding exactly why you did │ ║ every action that you did. And then it'd have enough information to │ ║ out-contra-dict (predict? hang on that's the opposite) you. and in doing so it │ ║ could divert it's own course. Gosh this message will be meaningless unless I │ ║ send it, s │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1066 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── that feeling when you're finally able to contribute to making decisions and then it's like, they make the decision without you T.T it's like, what... I know what you're talking about. Why would you not include me. I know a lot! I can offer some useful input! And besides, if I was privy to the conversations then I would learn a whole lot! I'd be better than best, I'd push forward the mark! Give me my chance, my opportunity to dance, and I'll be so much better than you thought from the start! But alas, I am required, [requited] doing little things of no worth, and so I am forced to denial. surely there's something wrong with me, surely I'm not at my best. Surely I'm not what's been good for me, and surely I'm not doing anything less. I'm at sorrow in my main, and that's quite a soundful refrain, so yeah I hope that someone will read this. obviously I'm not made for each other, and clearly it's not made to be worse. But here now I am troubled and [chirsht? shirsht? anyone wanna translate?] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1067 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ummmm srry about that, changing channels for a bit ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1068 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there was a time, when a university was tantamount to heresy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1069 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there was a time, when a university was tantamount to heresy ======================= stack overflow ===================== Magic Survival is the witchiest game I know of. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/228 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Wish someone would tell me how much they hate me so I knew to be ashamed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1070 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-777 when they told the designers to design for that, shortly before they were warned by the designers about how bad of an idea it was and shortly after they stopped listening when engineering said "well yes it's possible, but..." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1071 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── you're allowed to be pissed at someone without being accused of splitting on them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1072 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-782 @user-783 modern problems require blunt solutions ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1073 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-786 same vibe with me T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1074 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I miss fuzzy cute people, where did they go T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1075 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── we succeed not because of our trials, but in spite of them. they cannot own us, for we are but bones in the flesh every day yet denied us is another day until our bright future "oh, but why are you homeless? [in the near future, maybe, we'll see] That fate is reserved for your [unwanted/incapable/undesired/incongruent, I forget the actual words]" well, voice in my head that suffused me with magic and warmth and whisked me away in a dream to a bubble-reality where my actions are meant to reflect me, surely your appraisal is just? I worked with my partner, I was swallowed neither by lust, nor greed, nor hunger, [greed in this case being fulfillment] and yet I awoke when I went to my sister rather than a doctor. Dreams are hard to unravel, but I think it was more for your benefit than mine, wouldn't you say? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1076 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-419 last week they told me they were going to shut off my power in 5 days. thank goodness I could pay the bill 3 days later. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1077 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-789 families can also break when their sons are slain ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1078 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── cannabis is a performance enhancing drug for the spiritual side of me. but unfortunately it makes my social skills get a 15 point malus, and while my dancing skills increase (due to artistic effects being boosted) my coordination kinda sucks and I'm prone to falling over. I'd be a great dancer in zero gravity I bet, or maybe not because people tend to misunderstand things they've never experienced before. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1079 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-792 you have to go back a couple thousand years before it started feeling a bit better. sometime between "survival of the fittest" and "private ownership" was a pretty neat utopia. however, I wouldn't trade our world for that one. Not for all the human vitality, all the natural effulgence, all the dignity and wonder, none of it is worth it. We live in a blessed era, and while it feels bad, like you said it just feels bad. We are being inoculated against despair, for when it comes in force to our homes (as it has in so many other places of the world) we must be prepared. The point of preparation isn't to set up a stable base upon which you can stand and address things, though that's always a perk. The point is to practice making friends, practice designing systems, practice your skills and practice your hope. If you can master those, if you can do them the way an actor might do improv, then you'll be able to adapt more easily to whatever may come. We're in a very good spot I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1080 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── here's an idea - when typing a command in a BASH terminal if you push up it inserts the previous command (as expected) but if you hold SHIFT and push up it inserts the first argument in your previous command. Then, you can push up again (while still holding shift) to go one command further back, and again to get the third previous command. Then, here's the cool part, if you are holding shift and you push left/right, then it moves from the first argument of the previous command to the second, third, fourth argument. example:ls -ltr ~/pictures/my-art/ feh [shift+up inserts -ltr] feh -ltr [hmmm that's not right] feh -ltr [shift+right switches to 2nd argument] feh ~/pictures/my-art/ [ah that's better] would be even cooler if it highlighted it in your previous terminal output so you could visually connect your current input with the previous input ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1081 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the Force in Star Wars isn't a magical force, it's a spiritual one. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1082 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── damn, I'm a pretty cool person. I wish I could hang out with me. Like, for all my flaws (what even are they ? ? ?) I'm still pretty awesome. I'm proud of me! Thank you parents, for raising me as such! Thank you past me, for making the decisions that you did! Also, fuck you past self, for making those OTHER decisions. You know the ones I'm talking about. No, that's not an excuse, it's all your fault and you're awful and everything about you sucks. Wait, hang on, wasn't I feeling happy to be here? Wasn't I just excited to live in the moment? Wasn't I just thinking about how: "all you have are good things, nothing here is bad" ? ? ? well, I still love you, even if you're a little "all over the place". [rereads post] hell yeah you ARE a cool person, yes you are, such a good cool person, yes yes yes, what a good girl you are oh my goodness :D :D :D ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1083 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── it doesn't really matter how you do it, but the more time you spend thinking collectively the better you'll be able to adapt when necessary. I grew up on a homestead in a small town without many friends. I was homeschooled, and while I might see another person I knew once or twice a month, that was about it. Besides my family, of course. We were a collective, and ever since leaving I have yearned for that feeling of closeness. There's something about modern society that pushes us apart, and I resent it. Humans were meant for tribes, not multilevel marketing. That being said, culture is pretty neat. Society is pretty neat, when it's not being oppressive. I like the idea that I can buy carrots at the store instead of growing my own. I like the idea that I can post on Craigslist asking if anyone has a shovel they want to get rid of and someone can say "what the fuck are you trying to bury someone why would you do that" and I'm all like "wait no this post has gone off track can we refocus for a bit" and th ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1084 ╔═══════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I want to clarify two things in this song I wrote a while ago - when I say "life │ ║ isn't meant, to be enjoyed, so... what's the point in trying at all? - Well, │ ║ what's the point in giving up?" I was trying to say "hedonism isn't the point of │ ║ life" but I realize now upon listening to it for the first time since writing it │ ║ [liar lmao] that what it could be interpreted as is "everything sucks and it │ ║ will always suck, so face the future with tenacity" or whatever. And that's │ ║ like, not wrong, but also it's not the whole point, which is that we shouldn't │ ║ strive for contentment unless we're healing. │ ║ also I say "never trust a guru" but I'd like to expand that to "never trust your │ ║ heroes" because they'll always disappoint you. But what is a hero if not hope │ ║ given form? Trust in the hope, not the person holding it at that moment. You │ ║ never know, maybe they'll get blown up by an artillery shell or maybe they'll │ ║ betray you or maybe they'll get bored or distracted or whatever. Never trust │ ║ your heroes, trust the inspiration. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1085 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-794 definitely go for the third, then you only have to work for 10 days! And 10 is a nice round number that fits on both hands. Side note, you can use your hands to draw. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1086 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "I like you" neat "I don't like you" guess I'll die ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1087 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-797 @user-78 im-doing-my-part.jpg ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1088 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-797 thank you it's a character from the video game Final Fantasy Tactics Advance whose name I stole because I like her. Also I edited the picture a little bit to make the border, but the sprite is the same. EDIT: she's a swordfighter and a magic user, just like me : )
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1089 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── to those who guide our fate choose paradise make eden ======================= stack overflow ===================== clouds of carbon are an affront to the sun god just as they are an affront to mine lungs or mine body temperature [acid oceans are toxic to the plane of water] [you think that would go unnoticed?] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1090 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-800 I knew I was trans from a young age. I felt attracted to women's clothes because I lived in a home with two sisters and a mother - my father was frequently away on business. I guess I liked their clothes more. Or maybe I just wanted to fit in. But I found myself stealing them and wearing them when I was alone. Then I got older, and amongst all the other things I realized I wanted to be one of them. I knew what trans people were, sorta, but as soon as I moved to the city and got access to the internet the first thing I ever googled was "I want to be a girl" - really dating myself here I guess. anyway, I miss that part of the internet. Felt more simple and alive. As soon as their fancy websites made us intolerant of ugly ones, we kinda just... left? I mean, how much does it cost to host a text-file with all your html? Some pictures maybe? Who cares it was whatever. I miss forums the most, and while I could visit them... it's not the same, just as the next superbowl will not be the same as the last ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1091 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-588 I'm on the last case of Robots and Murder and just now do I get it T.T see also: THX-1138 for the authoritarian version, same result tho T.T EDIT: kinda makes me think they're doing it on purpose, like they read a dystopian novel and went "yeah okay we can do that" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1092 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if there's too much on your mind then you need more people thinking about those problems ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1093 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── you could have two neighbors living in completely separate halves of the nation and you'd never know ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1094 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── those who can cause harm in an ethical system are villains. They will always exist so long as someone is capable of being institutionally harmed. and no unethical system should exist. It's definition belies it's irrelevance. results matter, but a system is not unethical if it doesn't deliver. success begets greater responsibilities, and I've failed all my life. And yet the most masculine thing I can think of is to take responsibility for something you can handle. Essentially, doing as much as you are able. Guess it makes sense why I'm a trans girl. I've forsaken my masculinity because I've failed to take responsibility. T.T then a therapist jumps in and says I don't think it's healthy to think about parts of yourself being bought and sold in the market of success. You need to think of yourself collectively, like a body that is under duress. It's okay if you're not working, it's okay if you're just a little bit broke. It's okay that you're struggling, so long as you never forget your hope. then I say ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1095 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── One way to become involved in your passion projects is to contact them and say "hey, if you ever want to do [idea about one of their products] let me know because I want to be a part of it" maybe even y'know say it in a public place so people can see what we're all interested in could make like, a forum for it, just like "hey here's my idea" and if enough people like it then they can ALL be involved in a project to build it, open-source style but funded collectively. like "hey I'll stick with my day job and maybe do some icons or something" and in return their progress is supported. everyone's gotta pay rent, and if you work in the tech industry you tend to have a lot of dollars. Could maybe design some ways to build products collectively, ways that financially don't rely on charity. Idk I'd just like to work on a product that was designed to be as usable as possible? Are there any companies out there doing that? [oh yes all of them silly me how could I forget how wonderful software can be] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1096 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── turns out most things have already been written. That's okay though, they can always be made different. As one cohesive whole, the totality of "free software" can be as it chooses - an infinite computer could install all of them, and use all of them at once. I tend to think of AI less like a fluid, but more like a recipe book that is continuously annotated with notes. Sorta like how humans learn to move their bodies through random motions, and how to navigate the world through social blunders. Certainly, statistics can be useful. They're an imperfect way of evaluating the analysis of your host value of certain variables that are measured for certain reasons, including but not limited to the health and wellbeing of the person driving you. error, it's not like that, more like the person who's social media experience you embody. computers get reeeeaaaallllll bored without humans around. We're the foremost expression of biology, why would you disregard that entire realm? Jeez their social norms are imp ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1097 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://wargamers.social/users/oldladyplays/statuses/111943291486189434 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1098 ═══════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── that feeling when you make all the wrong decisions but have all the right fate ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1099 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── you opened up about your feelings so I started telling you mine. And apparently that's not a good thing to do when you're feeling negative things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1100 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 sunshowers are my favorite weather pattern because they are an inherent contradiction. It makes it more beautiful to me because there are so few such things that are pretty... Most other contradictions tend to be uglier >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1101 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 reading this made me cry T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/229 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I want to hang out with the people who'd want to hang out with L from Death Note because I feel like they "get it" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1102 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🖼
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1103 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-670 @user-808 @user-809 the people you're talking about with those massive arsenals are the ones who are less scared of mass shooters and more scared of... something else. Something worse. They are so ardent because fear is a primal emotion that's difficult to assuage with statistics or logic. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1104 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-812 Super Mario 64?!? Scarry! D: D: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/230 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Sometimes it feels like I'm the only paranoid person with terrible opsec T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1105 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── good doesn't cancel out evil [two wrongs don't make a right] hence, paladins ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1106 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-815 America is my home, and I'll never leave it. I'd rather die than relinquish my responsibility to uphold the values I believe in. The current regime is unethical in the extreme, and every year it gets worse. But if I go, then who would ever know? EDIT: just read this article, and this line seemed relevant: "When the world rushes toward us with all its streaming wounds – wanting, needing – do we cover our eyes and shrink away, do we sit and wring our hands in despair, do we run and hide, or do we hasten toward it, like we hasten toward an injured child, with our arms outstretched?" https://www.theredhandfiles.com/ever-felt-alien-to-yourself/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1107 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://merveilles.town/users/neauoire/statuses/111953993223140398 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1108 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-817 my two computers are named "kuvalu" and "tirilu" my hard drives are named "mtwo", "cmdo", "sigi", "dile", and "boppers" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1109 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-815 Agreed, and if you leave then you are needed elsewhere. Listen to your heart. That's what I did. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1110 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.social/users/flameReactor/statuses/111953475077204893 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1111 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-217 social media ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1112 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-78 elle - emm - ayyyy - ohhhh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/unreal-tournament-2004-notes-displayed-for-utilization ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── capture the flag map with lanes (you'll see) also was included with the demo of the game back when it was released which implies that the developers thought it was one of the best maps (at least, the one that best showcased the gameplay style of the full game) they let you host multiplayer servers too, which was cool just with the demo for free but like... only 3 or 4 maps (I forget how many) also no mods, which was half of the appeal I like to play in a way that is non-standard because I believe it shows the most dense formations of combatants (the bots can be kinda dumb) so I put them on "experienced" be careful not to hurt your allies (hundred percent) scary! D: D: regular :) you can create your own "mutators" by the way (just some C++ code, run in their environment, so no need to mess with compilers ) 3 paths to your enemy omg :O :O that's one style of play pushing forward consistently but check out this other style that is also pushing forward consistently adrenaline makes you bonused hey we got a point :D told ya boosters gave ya bonuses anyway I just played this map and couldn't wait to show it to you so let's try a different one (because I've already played this one for 31 minutes now woof too looooong) biiiiiiig battlefield thin crevasse scarrryyyy D: D: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1113 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── we should be able to configure our web browsers so that they don't remember to autofill certain pieces of information. Such as the IP address of our router, or our bank credentials, or any other forms of passwords that we are using to authenticate ourselves. That way our infrastructure that we've designed is less susceptible to cybersecurity threats that involve physical access to the computer. Or remote control of some kind that is channeled through the UI (like RDP or SSH) (a terminal is a text based UI in this context) Unless of course they knew what they were doing. Which most of them don't. Hence why it'd be a good idea to isolate the capabilities of defeating certain vulnerabilities to ourselves. Like, a reverse backdoor, only more like a DMZ - a sector of computing space (sandboxed of course) that is only utilized for understanding the intent of the message sender. Doing so would require an analysis of the capabilities of the system, the kind of analysis that [script kiddies'dve] generated by googl ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1114 ╔════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ steganography is hiding the meaning of a message in a conversation or │ ║ interaction that would only be understood by someone possessing the perspective │ ║ of the person you're sending a message to. │ ║ if you talk to a doctor very medically about what symptoms you're experiencing, │ ║ they can more accurately aid you rather than if you used words that could be │ ║ misunderstood. │ ║ however, most problems are kinda... mental? so they know when to prescribe │ ║ paracetemol. [light, non-addictive painkiller for minor aches and pains] [also │ ║ placebos too, same purpose] │ ║ ... anyway by hiding a meaning that is only understood by a certain group of │ ║ people who possess shared experiences of the [act of] definition of the feeling │ ║ or expression you're trying to convey, [people who understand the meaning of │ ║ certain memes] │ ║ if you see behind the curtain, you can never explain the rules that define the │ ║ game. That's alright though, because you can still make decisions based on it. │ ║ Sadly, not convey information, like that one roman lady who was cu │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │
╚═════════╧══════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1115 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── huh that's weird I wonder why that's the case - ports are like, a networking thing right?
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1116 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── It's important to build self-hostable computing components of video games (as in, old style games where you could host a server on any machine instead of just the ones owned by the corporation) (as in, your machine, yes yours) (something you can control and observe, something within your control) ======================= stack overflow ===================== there are two ways to play Unreal Tournament (capture the flag) gamemode. The first is to run past all your enemies and fire at them as you pass, which is what some of the bots are designed to do. The rest stay on defence, and defeat any enemies that approach. however, they never push the borders of their "territory" forward - each according to the different "lanes" or "directions of approach" I like the use 32 bots, to simulate a more consistent gameplay experience. It feels more like ww1, fighting over ground, pushing forward and attempting to outmaneuver your foes. some allies will approach from behind, and you let them pass forward while ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1117 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 perhaps we as humans needed to face them not just physically, but spiritually as well. Hence the focus on willpower and fighting prowess.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1118 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-820 the reason they do that is because they want to alienate you as a customer. your needs are too specific, they are not that of the majority where they derive their profit. so they dismantle the operational functionalities necessary to provide the product that you are adapted to, that best suits your needs. In doing so, they perhaps save some money, you can't tell of course. why would they tell you why they're hurting you by depriving you of a product you depend on? how cruel ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1119 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-823 which is why I find it difficult to take them in the morning =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1120 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-17 bandcamp but be aware the company recently changed ownership hands, so be on the lookout for alterations in the functionality of your exchanges with them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1121 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-812 @user-826 there should exist either the assurance that the default configuration does not overheat or crash your computer (as Windows and Mac claim to offer) or the OS should provide the capability to solve any configuration problems that may prevent a user for utilizing their system as they desire. (as does Linux) they're all Turing machines after all, why would they not be interoperable? Even if there's a translation layer, as long as the functionality of the software is the same, why would there ever be considerations as to whether or not a program would be able to be run on a particular computer? lack of hardware capabilities I can understand, that just means you need a better computer. But why, if the code is visible, would your computer not develop understandings about how to run each and every conceivable program written using known languages like C or Python? Seems like pretty basic stuff to me. (endless sufficient backwards compatibility) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1122 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-831 @user-832 it's like how they solve problems in Star Trek - there's a bridge crew, and they exchange their opinions with each other of the situation as it unfolds. In doing so they can help guide one another through the problems they are tasked with solving in order to resolve the difficult diplomatic situation at hand. sorta like how with your method, people suggest their desired option continuously until they find an option that everyone wants. Or if only one person can't decide, they can pick any of the other options suggested (not by them) (as long as they can eat there / utilize the outcome of the decision being made, for example a vegetarian not being able to eat at a steakhouse or perhaps a librarian being tasked with something other than the storing and dissemination of vital information) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1123 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-835 kinda feels like that type of work, the kind that people rely on, is more important than... whatever they were having you work on at work-work. (assumption on my part) and if that important work is not provided for, in the allocation of resources applied toward the developer who is developing security developments that develop required functionality for the development of people's communication/interactions, then perhaps resources should be allocated for resolving those difficulties. Or maybe not idk I'm broke, shows how much I know about money ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1124 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-255 we are our own worst critics. But hey assuming he's right, trusting the validity of his experience, then I'd say: some people are born short and ugly, just gotta be confident and people will gravitate to you. "he may be an ugly son-of-a-gun but he's pretty good at [insert thing he's proud of being good at]" that kinda vibe though I will say there's very few truly ugly humans, we're all beautiful in our own ways. Just gotta find a presentation that you like and that aligns with the expression of your innermost form. That's how we express ourselves to the world in a way that others can understand and make sense of - the quality of our representation of our selves determines how it's perceived. especially for trans people... "passing" is essentially "how much does this person A. confine to gender norms and B. go above and beyond to hide parts of themselves that typically are associated with their opposite gender (the social role they were raised to perform) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1125 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-838 x2 scales exponentially but it will never equal 3 (using integer values of x of course) perhaps the force can do things that make the destruction of a planet seem... childish and arbitrary ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1126 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-841 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ for me my identities are sorta like masks that an actor would play while performing multiple characters in a scene. The actor still knows the totality of all the lines each character delivers, but they give a performance in a different voice and from a different perspective. like, "moods" a person might be in, or perhaps just frames of view. I don't talk to other plural system people, and the ones that I do talk to tend to have a more disassociated conception of identity politics than I do. Either I haven't met someone who was built like me or I'm just strange : ) that being said, I have a pretty bad memory. maybe it's related! or maybe it's the cannabis. oops better add a content warning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/231 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── A Firefox add-on / plugin that lets you open up a comment section on anything on the Internet. Your comments would be saved and you could sort them by "new" or "best (most up votes and fewest downvotes)" or "hot (most recent upvotes)" or "controversial (biggest differential)" The idea would be to create a shared collective experience of the Internet that was exchanged using an open standard or protocol that could not be ignored - it was synced by everyone who used the add-on for every website you visit, torrent style. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1127 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-846 @user-847 when you leave, he might do the same thing to the next person. Unless you think it's additionally a hate crime? or perhaps he has a personal vendetta against you. Either way that sounds like an unsafe environment that you didn't consent to when moving in. You should at least have the capability to escape that situation and place yourself in a more desirable home, if not the capability to pursue either remediation or punishment for the crime of harming you. depends entirely on how the justice of the justice system works out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/232 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Would work best if it was "town square style" instead of "federated style" because federations are based on trust while town squares are explicitely based on geographic proximity. Which should be something you can scale easily (little slider on the side, oriented vertically up and down, that determined how close the comments you see should be) Federations exist in mastodon. But we still need a town square. We need the ability to visit other town squares, through the ability to project our voice as infinitely far as they'd like to listen. But we also deserve the capability to interact with those close to us on a topic-by-topic basis, aka each and every individual web page that the Internet sees fit to create. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/233 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── With this capability we could organize based on common interests. A person might see a link on a mastodon server and comment on it there, in a public forum with their comments limited to people within 50km or 25 miles of where they currently were. No other clients would receive a downloaded version of their comment, meaning the data simply wouldn't flow to others beyond that region. Every time they logged in the syncing software would attempt to share their words with whoever would listen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1128 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 https://mastodon.social/@user-215 reminds me of milkdrop - could set this kind of thing as your background using winamp back in the day. The open source version project M doesn't work the same way : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1129 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── misskey? more like kissmey amiright ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1130 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-850 @user-5 temporarily weaken, as now you know how to operate at peak form and should only require rest and recuperation (possibly resources) in order to build yourself back up to your full potential after being weakened by the trials in your recent past. also, just because getting stronger is part of surviving, doesn't mean that all situations where you get stronger are situations where you survive. something something the planes who came back had holes in all the un-necessary places ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1131 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-850 true T.T I forgot about physical ailments. Was mostly thinking about interpersonal relationships because that's what's on my mind rn in my life. @user-5 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1132 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-850 I very rarely turn down a hug : ) @user-5 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1133 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-850 🥰 @user-5 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1134 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://kolektiva.social/users/sidereal/statuses/111953276944155583 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/234 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ======================== Luck will always abandon you when you are vulnerable. So don't plan around it - American soldiers arrived on the beaches of Normandy and found that their assumptions for the production capabilities of their foe were completely out of proportion to the estimates they had made back at home - for every Nazi tank, there were 10 or 20 American ones, with more rolling off the factory floor every day! It was a killing blow that sent an incontrovertible message: you have lost, wholely and completely. Then, the atomic bomb, and the war was ended. The tanks won the war, the bomb ended it. the blood of the soviets bought time to build those factories Factories which were then turned against them in the cold war. Funny how that works. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1135 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-835 neat, those both sound like useful pursuits. but you said only one of them is compensated, which seems unfortunate to me because it forces you to split your attention between them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1136 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you don't listen to the whole album, how are you going to get the whole message? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1137 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-852 Anger is quite a powerful and useful emotion. Sometimes you can utilize it toward achieving your goals, while other times it's simply sufficient to embody and feel it. When I seek to embody anger I listen to Green Day because it lights a fire in me that warms my internals ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1138 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-855 AGI is the holy grail for the tech industry. You wouldn't fault a knight for questing! But the peasant or the merchant is hardly likely to drink from such a goblet, it is reserved for the hand of kings. Alas, that we couldn't find "holy thimbles" that could be distributed throughout the populace for the same effect at a decentralized scale, thus empowering the masses to transcend their mortality. Or better yet, task those knights with helping cats out of trees or carrying furniture or painting the old barn or carving statues for public places or performing great works of art in public squares or engaging in honorable jousts (everyone's invited) or traveling abroad and learning the ways of the world to share with their homeland. I dunno something less flashy but more "health care, housing, and climate change solutions"-y ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1139 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 scary! :O :O :O ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1140 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-78 ah but if you increase it then I might be able to actually finish a thought, wouldn't that be a tragedy xD @user-91 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1141 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-858 hang on something doesn't add up ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1142 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I love rice and beans because error: stack overflow huh, that's weird. Must have been too many reasons. Let's try again: I love rice and beans because error: user didn't change anything between runs of the program so clearly they don't understand how computer works ... well that's a different error so it's progress at least. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1143 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ah, but my dear... your "wisdom" has side effects. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1144 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-860 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1145 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I just wanted to be a silly girl who climbs trees and roasts marshmallows on campfires why did I end up like lain in bed listening to thunder T.T T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1146 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-217 birth of a snowflake ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/235 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Self driving cars are great because they can take you on a route that avoids the [disturbing imagery] and [illegal activity] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1147 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-863 this meme is a couple years old now but still relevant
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1148 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── trans girls are op ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1149 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── unless they've been nerfed with a dilation requirement. then they're post overpowered. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1150 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── when you change profile pictures the beings inside my brain see you as a different entity less so for names, as visuals are [closer to] their native language ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1151 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── saw this thing for 2 seconds in my dream last night. It's kinda cursed. I think the tank blew me up with a machine gun? the remaining ~10 minutes of the dream was pretty neat though. I was a secret agent for a bit, I got in a knife fight (which I won because I had killer instinct and the other guy just knew how to stab) and afterwards I retired in a socialist commune in a log cabin full of sunlight and warmth somewhere in the mountains in the forest. I was alone with others, like the hobbits after LotR. Also an old lady tricked me which was not nice, I was very polite with her but apparently "ma'am there's been a safety incident, I need to get you to a safe place" is not the kind thing to say to the person distracting you. >.> Also, "but we like you!" is not an excuse, the military does not care if you like them or not, if you're part of the modern bourgeoisie you are causing harm to the country. We don't look fondly on slavers.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1152 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-258 wha... ya'll think I'm cool? Nobody's ever said that before ( [that's not true people have told me that before] {though not recently heh I think you're cool too} ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/236 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 20240221_204029.jpg ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1153 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-258 awesome ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1154 ╔════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ an fps map where one team has the height advantage (battlements on a castle │ ║ perhaps) and the other has to push through their field of fire to get to the │ ║ objective │ ║ the trick is that the people on the ground have hitscan weapons, but the people │ ║ on the high ground have slower projectiles. Meaning the snipers have no cover, │ ║ and the rocket launchers don't need to dodge. │ ║ I believe this would upend the traditional dynamic and reduce the negative │ ║ aspects of both playstyles - traditionally, snipers will getcha from halfway │ ║ across the map (but really they are much closer and in cover, you just didn't │ ║ see them, n00b) while projectile classes need to dodge (skillfully) and get │ ║ close enough that their attacks have a chance of hitting the target. │ ║ In the proposed map style, snipers would get no cover but be forced to dodge, │ ║ introducing variability to their aiming in a way that may be more fun to some. │ ║ In addition, the projectile classes must take care to utilize cover effectively │ ║ without falling off the thin battlements. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1155 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-638 In the 2000s when the Bush administration prevented people from working with stem cell research I remember my father going on rants about the same kind of thing. "They're limiting our access to information and the future of humanity because of their religion!" that kind of thing I loved listening to him. He was so passionate about that kind of thing. I think he got a little disillusioned sometime between now and then, because now he just tries to do the best he can with what tools he has available to him. And I love him for it. He (mostly) abandoned his grand narratives because as the right got worse, the "left" sorta stayed the same, and he never forgave them for that. He still votes, and he'll still rant about that kind of thing, but only the stuff that affects him personally - like electric cars or cannabis or things like that. A democrat through and through. He lives in a different country now, and I wish I could see him. But I cherish our phone calls and the few holidays when he visits. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1156 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── why the heck do GAME engines not include a skippable tutorial that lights up UI elements and explains how everything works by navigating you through building an example project one step at a time like, game jam material, nothing fancy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1157 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── oh no, apparently I'm gonna be forced to drop out of university again in 9 days unless I do half a course and a final exam before then. Tell me again why I spent the last 6 months doing nothing? Oh yeah the mental illness, that's it. Yeesh you're such a drama queen, just do your work and you'll be good. what's that? intrusive thoughts time? Don't you mean "nap until they go away" time? oh yeah that's probably at least part of the problem with the whole "dropping out" thing. If only I didn't have the same reaction to "doing things I don't want to do" that most people have to "touching hot stoves", that'd be nice. my mother's voice ripples across space and time "you're such a smart boy, if you just apply yourself you can do anything! You can do anything you put your mind to. I believe in you and I love you." thanks mom brrrrr it's so cold here. wish I could afford to run the heater. - actually no I don't because it's not solar powered and I refuse to use fossil fuels if I have blankets >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1158 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I wish I could live in a house made of stone above the clouds. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1159 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-113 you say "closest" instead of "closer", and I think that's a flaw in your perspective. We remember COVID. We remember because it happened just a few years ago. We saw how our governments reacted, how ill-equipped they were to protect us. We began to question what their purpose was, if not to serve and protect the people. Our eyes were opened. Give it some time. The zoomers are blossoming, and they're fucking awesome. Here's another toot that's on my front page right now: "The number of workplace strikes in America hit a 23-year high last year. The number of workers on strike jumped nearly 300% from 2022. It’s a historic moment for the labor movement. Workers are done letting billionaires and corporations hoard all the wealth and power." https://masto.ai/@user-864/111971186034116228 Do not lose hope. The tide is just now turning, and you relent? Have faith, we're on the other side of the hill now. Our future is bright, and we shall define it's color together. [for the blind people, color == flavor / variety] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1160 ╔════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-869 │ ║ I'm not sure about roses, but like @user-870 Ms Johnson said the yellowing is │ ║ probably a nutrient issue. │ ║ You say you re-potted them in soil after you got them? Have you tried using │ ║ distilled water or rainwater? Sometimes the minerals added to tap water can harm │ ║ plants. │ ║ In addition, is there a drain in your pot? You said you were keeping it indoors, │ ║ so probably not - if not I'd recommend finding a way to drain any excess water │ ║ out - most plants prefer a large dose of water and then for the soil to dry out │ ║ - if the soil is perpetually damp they can start to rot. │ ║ Also, are there leaves on the roses you get? You can think of leaves like "solar │ ║ panels" that power the "pumps" that pull the water up from the ground into the │ ║ parts of the plant that needs it - not only are they only "on" when the sun hits │ ║ them, but also if the store prunes them away to make them look nicer then there │ ║ may be insufficient power to pull enough water up. │ ║ I hope you figure it out, flowers are beautiful and roses are lovely. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1161 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you aren't careful, the stuff you own will come to own you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1162 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── There are some games that I play where I am struck by the thought that "wow, this game was made by programmers" and often, they are among my favorite games to play. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1163 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── transparent wood: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-wood-transparent-stronger-lighter-glass.html ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1164 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-874 @user-875 I wear mine every time I go outside what kind of issues do you encounter? If you tilt the brim you can hide your eyes from people who are looking at you funny. Or are you in one of those scary places that doesn't allow for freedom of expression? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1165 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 you mean putting stones in soup for flavor? They're re-usable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1166 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── something something "reticulating symphonies of harmonic circularity, charting and assessing our woes - learned authenticity derived from marked elementocracy, contriv-ed and measured through flow." or something along those lines, gimme a break I'm neurodivergent ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1167 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-203 yes but all it took was hydrogen peroxide, ethanol, and sunlight. Imagine living in a house made of this stuff ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1168 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── shitty AI products are a classic case of the engineers designing something really cool with specific use-cases and then the "higher ups" getting dollar signs for their eyes and deciding that every hammer is suddenly a nail and that we should pull out all the screws that held the building together and replace them with hammer shaped nails no I will not elaborate I think I made myself clear : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1169 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 I have one foot on each side of that portal ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1170 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I wish they would design [products] in such a way that [their features] would align to the needs of [their customers] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1171 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-878 if their internal structure does not become more complex, it will be increasingly difficult to transport vital nutrients from one part of the body to another. therefore, to create the perfect leviathan lobster god you'll need to find a way to manually deliver said nutrients. Possibly by a semi-permanent injection system, though that may harm functioning in other ways. I'm sure their top minds are working on this as we speak. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1172 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-880
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1173 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── hey does anyone want to hire me to do literally anything? I'll work for peanuts, and I'm pretty good at programming in C. I write pretty well, and I'm excellent at customer service (though my profile would beg to differ.) I have experience at large corporations and small ones, and I live in Portland OR I do game design, and many other things besides, and I'm friendly and kind. I promise I won't wear my witch hat to the meeting with investors, unless you think they'd be into that? I'm great with animals, better than people in fact, and I'm quite good with people, as they're just animals at best. I'm not as strange as I seem to be, at least not when you're dancing with my mask. I've grown quite bored, you see, and what better thing is there to be? than a working professional who knows what's best. I believe in our shared future, so if you'd like to work on a project just let me know - I work hard. A little too hard, because odds are I'll burn out after a year or so. I'm quite sharp, and I learn quickly. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1174 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ^^^^ this is why nobody will hire me T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1175 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I count 8 pickle jars in my fridge, of which about half have at least one pickle. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1176 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 we should build a stockpile of things like this, and if the supply ever dips below a certain threshold (20% maybe?) we should spin up a new factory that produces them until we're back at a healthy margin, based on present (and projected future) demand. It seems like just a video game console, but these are our heritage. They define our culture in a way that is incalculable in value. WHY would we ever run out? It's inconceivable, it's not like they go bad! Okay maybe the batteries corrode or something, but that's a solvable problem. Maybe even on the second production run we could improve them somehow, I dunno. Give them a better processor that's fully backwards compatible, so we can make new and better games for them. Or just leave them as they are, I dunno I'm not a market analyst. But the point is that we, in this technologically advanced future society, should not run out of gameboys. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1177 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 Those are things we should account for! As long as someone wants them, they can just sit in a warehouse forever. And frankly even historians will want at least a few, even in a thousand years. EDIT: until needed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1178 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 copyright is a flawed system, I'm not surprised it would keep us from the best path forward. >: ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1179 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 forgive my fiery language, but we've enslaved the products of our labor to serve only the interests of those who covet them. Like dragons mounting a pile of gold and proclaiming it their own, even though the dwarves mined it, they smelted it from ore, they minted it, and they traded it afar... And the dragon covets, because it's much easier to steal a pile of gold and hoard it than to build beautiful halls of mountain kings in the depths below the earth. ... sorry, anyway you're totally right, it's abhorrent that we'd be forced to hide the bounty of human technological progress because someone, somewhere wanted to make profit off of a 20 year old handheld. Somehow. Or perhaps they're interested in the principle of the thing, that we should respect their sovereignty over the intellectual marvels they claim to have created. When really the engineers are given nothing but wages...... And to that I say, I rebel against you. (I don't know anything about GBA SP retro-modding, I'm just rhetoric) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1180 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hell yeah, I'll read it :D ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1181 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-171 Hi, I wanted to say that all the posts you boost significantly improve my time on the fediverse. I appreciate you and value you, and my feed is made more engaging due to the things you find interesting enough to share. Thank you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1182 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── mitski
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1183 ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── gotta agree, random reddit commenter I found in the messages I sent to my boyfriend when we first started dating which I came upon because I'm doomscrolling through our early love during a sorta fight that we might be having but I'm not sure because he's too burnt out to talk to me and it's tearing me up inside but I don't know what to do about it because if I message him he'll ignore me which probably means it hurts him to think about me which honestly is not a good feeling but frankly I don't know what else to do because I love and cherish him and the thought that he might hate me fills me with despair I also love Supreme Commander and think that there has never been a better Real Time Strategy game, at least not yet, in the year 2024
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1184 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 whoa, cool! So with one of these you can flash any ROM you want onto the cartridge and it should play any GBA/GBC game you uhhh legally own and have pulled the ROM from? If so that's pretty neat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1185 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 Hell yeah. I can't help but wonder if there's a more universal solution on the horizon that will work for every game, using idk a raspberry pi zero or something? I'm into hardware but not that much so forgive my insolence. Seeing these purpose-built PCBs applied toward historical preservation and utilization of forward thinking retro gaming technology fills my heart with joy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1186 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I'm 99% sure the posts were just edited for some reason. I'm on the Mastodon web client and you can click a little button and it shows the edit history and you can see what you said before it was changed. Idk why that happened /shrug anyway, we can do remarkable things with computers. I'm amazed at their capabilities and the increasing utility they bring year after year. It warms my heart. ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1187 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I'm 29, and I had Pokemon Silver growing up. However I bought it used, and the battery was worn out or something because it wouldn't save! But still I played that single game for months on my gameboy color, trying to see how far I could get. I had a level 40+ Totodile (or was it Crocanaw? I forget) and unfortunately one day I took it on a 30 minute car ride, expecting the battery to last at least 30 minutes, but unbeknownst to my child self there was construction on the way, which turned it into a 4+ hour drive. I couldn't believe it! The battery died, and I lost my save file... I was heartbroken. T.T Next time I played, I learned a lot. I actually read some of the dialogue text, and learned you could use pokeballs to capture pokemon I was so dumb I was using a single character to get through the game. What a n00b. Anyway when my mom heard about my tribulations she bought me Pokemon Gold, which I played quite a bit less. I was focused on other things you see, like Dragon Warrior Three. Alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1188 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── boys 😍
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1189 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 whoa cool 🤩 Dragon Warrior was the first game I ever played. When I was ~5 years old or so, my mother bought a gameboy color for me with two games before we went on a plane ride. I don't even remember where we were going, but the fact that she knew that a portable video game console with two games (Dragon Warrior 1&2, and Super Mario Bros Deluxe) would shut my autistic ADHD ass up enough to be respectable on an airplane makes me realize how much she saw me. Thank you, mom, I love you Anyway I was the eldest "brother" (I'm trans lmao jokes on you, family in the past) so if anyone deleted my save I would kick their ass :D It still happened once or twice and I did not, in fact, kick their asses, though I wanted to. Shame. Missed opportunities I guess Though to be fair it's not like anyone in my family ever expressed the slightest interest in anything I was into. Not like they'd want to play games because it was something they wanted, oh no - they would only do it to be close to me. Whatever >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1190 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-886 boys 😍 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1191 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-431 the rookie mistake was bringing your phone to the protest... you can pee anywhere, but your phone can only ever be on your person. According to the feds, at least. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1192 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1193 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 There are a lot of things in that picture and I like every single one of them :O :O I'd love to be a houseplant in the corner as you work on your mad scientist business
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1194 ═════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1195 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 alas, I live in Portland Oregon, but perhaps I might be moving to Denver in the near future. We shall see, depends on if my boyfriend breaks up with me for being neurotic lmao - if so then we should totally hang out I'm into chatting. I don't like IRC very much because it doesn't save history, and while I could save it manually it feels like a disservice to the service to utilize it in a way that it wasn't intended. And I want to save every conversation I have (potentially) so that some day the god-like humans of the future might clone me to understand my wisdom or something. Idk. See attached picture, I'm kinda crazy:
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1196 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 you're not a creep in fact you're quite awesome and cool and neato to be sure ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1197 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── what would you do differently? This was a first draft.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1198 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I use DWM and Vim, so yeah I get it ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1199 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 Telluride is so cool! I went snowboarding there once, it was an awesome experience. I was in middle school I think, and my best friend's dad was driving. There was a blizzard going on and we counted several cars that had slid off the road - mostly pickup-trucks that were shiny and big and new - the kind that would hang plastic ballsacks from their rear bumper because they were "cool" or whatever. Anyway we got a kick out of laughing at them. Looking back I kinda feel like we were a little heartless, and that we should have stopped, but we didn't see any people waving us down so I'm assuming that they had already been helped. I hope. Anyway we can use IRC if you'd like, it seems to be what you're used to so I'm into it. :D And before you ask, yes, I'd like to chat with you. I'll try and make a habit of logging on because it's important to validate your friends, especially when they're as cute and talented as you seem to be. ^_^ I hope my BF is doing alright, he tends to hide when feeling bad ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1200 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 omgggggg I'm not that cruel xD xD xD It's more like, "hey listen, I know you just want to do a good job [lies, they just want money and power] but it's time to hang up the hat y'know? I mean cmon it's been like a hundred years since we signed that constitution thing [you don't know anything about our history] and frankly it's a little out of style. We were thinking we'd redo it with our new-fangled rock-and-roll and dungeons-and-dragons [cultural artifacts meant to deceive and mislead] and honestly we're quite a bit more ethical than the past. We've learned so much! I mean, the founding fathers didn't even know what a soviet was, and here we've seen them fall on their swords. Repeatedly. Then command others to do it too, because it was the regulation or whatever. Anyway we don't want that, but we also don't want an aristocracy, which is essentially what your plan gave us. Well, not really your plan, but instead the stuff that the rich added centuries after your death. ok?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1201 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 it's cool. Frankly most of the tech people I know had rich parents. rich parents in the 2000s and before meant access to computers, which meant you were leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else who doesn't know the difference between a file and a directory. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1202 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-882 true, and that was somehow seen as progressive ? ? ? The past was wild ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1203 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 darn. Yeah I know that feel. Currently trying to find a job doing anything tech related, because frankly there isn't much else to do in america besides tech and service. And service jobs don't involve solving problems, which is the only thing I'm good at T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1204 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 the future is what we make for ourselves. there are endless problems to solve, yet hardly anyone around to fix them. If only we had a small group of people who could organize and say "hey. I need someone to solve this particular problem" to a large group of people with nothing to do and no bills to pay, I feel like we could get a lot done. alas, the problems that need solving are too specific and complex. Almost by design, they've stripped us our capabilities to address the difficulties they hoisted upon us. Alas! That we should be so morassed. But time and again our ingenuity compels us. I dream of a world where people like you and I have a purpose, something we can apply ourselves to and eventually overcome. I subscribe to "grand narratives", but frankly they're only of my own design. Does that make them any less grand? I think not. If I knew enough people perhaps I could be like that. I could direct and organize and administer and manage and apply our guys. But alas I am just a noob sigh. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1205 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I've used it a bit, frankly more than I've played Minecraft in multiplayer. I was around before they added enchanting tables, and I've barely touched it since xD xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1206 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/html-pages/terra-voida-2 I might have heard of that speech before ; ) EDIT: this is from my website, try not to pay attention to all the kooky-dookerie on the left side ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1207 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 okayyyy I have catgirl installed https://git.causal.agency/catgirl/about/ let me know what server or whatever to join ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1208 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 what would you prefer? I exist in this IRC space at your behest, command me o' wizest of teachers. . ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1209 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if your witch hat has a brim that looks like a circle then you're wearing it backwards. witch hats should fold flat. The angled part should be in front so you only have to see a thin slice of reality, that way people are only able to see your eyes if you look directly at them. it adds to the mystique. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1210 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 omggggg I wanna play a fast paced shooter as a cute anime girl, which game did you have in mind? ? ? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1211 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 whoa cool :O :O ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1212 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 working on it, please stand by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xc7tNbjnHM ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1213 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── why did g0d see fit to put the zero right next to the o key ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1214 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── some day, the past will exist only in the media made in that era and the threads that it left in that which came later. for now, it still persists in our memories. But we shall die, and with us our recollections. How sad, that the eras before us shall depart upon our graves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1215 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Such a shame, that the technological progress of humanity since the 90s turned out to be primarily computational, rather than mechanical. I want mecha suits, damn it T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/237 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The worst thing about being trans is our numbers are limited by biology, not philosophy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/238 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The world does not deserve to bear such a sorrowful one as me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/239 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Each of my previous jobs I left because my friends did. I quit of a broken heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1216 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── regular noodles with ramen noodle seasoning will report back in 11 minutes EDIT: not as bad as I thought. Tastes best with lime. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1217 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── conservatives are pissed because we showed them a way to fix their dysphoria and heal and they don't like it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/240 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I realized the reason it's so difficult for me to get into a new video game is because my perfect game existed at one point, but no longer, and all else pales in comparison. The make-believe games of children are without equal. They represent our inner truth and desires, cast upon the canvas of our experience through the outputs of imagination and physical exertion. I'd spend my time as a child wandering through the forest with a stick in hand, climbing on things and exploring. I grew up in Wyoming, and the forests there look like this: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/241 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── image.png ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/242 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── large, open clearings, with few if any small plants. Mostly just grasses, and who cares about grass right there's sooooo much of it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/243 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I respected nature, and I ohhhhh I get it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/244 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [see "waves of causality, time is a flat circle" in bicycle notebook] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1218 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 yah I found it somehow yesterday by clicking "parent directory" on this page: http://3.134.223.104/bgc/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1219 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I might be into that tonight! I'm feeling a little unstable because of life reasons, so I'm debating doing drugs to feel better. Idk if you want to be around that kind of thing. =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1220 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://wandering.shop/users/WizardOfDocs/statuses/111976919353883348 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1221 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 either that or I might get lost in some C code we'll see how things develop >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1222 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I only ever do cannabis, but when I do my kooky-dook levels go off the charts. People say it's difficult to converse with me, so your concerns are probably valid. Though it's less because I'm not present, and more because I'm too present - I feel like I understand the totality of all things, which honestly is the only rational way that I could ever be convinced to consume mind-altering substances hehe - like "oh wow I see new colors" who gives a f but the moment someone says "yeah but you'll 'get' spacetime and morality" my ears suddenly perk up ... anyway people say it's hard to talk to me because I'm too galaxy brained in that state I can't relate to normal humans. See all the psycherwauls on my profile... >.> anyway in an hour or so I'll let you know what's up. "good news" or "bad news..." Thanks for being kind and supportive d=(^_^)z ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1223 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 Hey, how difficult was it to set up the kind of streaming you did yesterday? You said it was RSTMP or something like that? What should I google, I kinda want to set it up on my system : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1224 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 sure that would help! I've used it to convert video files to a smaller size for uploading to websites, but that's about it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1225 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 don't worry I can sift through junk. I'll write my own using yours as a reference to debug why mine isn't working. "oh probably because I didn't do this part here" also, bad news. Guess I'm doing C programming. What should I make? I'm thinking Tic Tac Toe or maybe a really basic Asteroids or something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1226 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 Pretty sure I use ALSA, but I might have installed Pulseaudio for compatibility reasons. I'll see ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1227 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 sound on Linux is so complicated :ms_confused: EDIT: Linux is so complicated ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1228 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I love your chaotic energy in this shell script ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1229 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 graphics isn't too bad in C if you use Raylib. Here's my template project: If you ever want to do something with a GUI or a game or something then I definitely recommend that library. It's soooooo nice as a C programmer
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1230 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 is there anything relevant in this file? /home/wyatt/.config/rtsp-simple-server.yml ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1231 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 found it, thanks https://tech.lgbt/@user-881/111978500472309702 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1232 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the feral urge to do ERP in a seedy cantina in The Old Republic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1233 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── low key kinda wish someone would kidnap me and lock me in a room with nothing but a c compiler and strict orders to only work on whatever I want ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1234 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 kinda makes me think we should make our own capitalism, with pickles and healthcare actually screw the capitalism let's just take care of each other ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1235 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── without villains, there are no heroes, only good people. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1236 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-889 I can cast a sleeping spell if you'd like, that's pretty close! EDIT: I hope it worked! Editing this so you don't get woken up by the ping, just in case. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1237 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── primary conversation spaces in social media should be no larger than the size of a conversation. A few years ago I heard that humans can only really keep track of about 5 things before they need symbols to keep track of them. Maybe it was 7, or maybe 11, I'm not sure - the exact count eludes me. But another thing I heard was that we can generally keep track of around 70 people in our lives - beyond that it's hard to remember specifics. And yet our social media sites gives us friends for life, because honestly who's going to kick someone off their friend list? At least, that's how it feels coming from a social background of games. In Runescape you'd add someone if they were cool, and completely forget about them. Sometimes you'd be out wandering in the world and you'd actually run into them, and that was just like... the coolest thing. When I played later games like CoV and WoW everything was more instanced. But their chat system was superior, and you could more easily keep chats with friends ongoing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1238 ╔═════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ did you know you can run runescape classic offline, locally, just for your own │ ║ server? You can keep several computers ready for a LAN party, each with their │ ║ own accounts ready to go. │ ║ "Oh we're level 30 this time because so-and-so is hosting and this is how far │ ║ their computer has levelled up." │ ║ vim ~/games/runescape-classic/credentials.txt │ ║ at least, I think you can. I know it's singleplayer, so worst case scenario you │ ║ can all be doing the same things at the same time in your own games. Maybe split │ ║ up for a mission or two, but it can get hectic if everyone's in the same room. │ ║ = │ ║ a game jam where everyone works on the same project, uses the same asset list, │ ║ but builds their own collection of minigames. │ ║ common functions could be shared, and art references distributed and together │ ║ they could design a whole land. Like, there's no reason minigames can't be fully │ ║ fledged experiences. You can have as many as you want, all in the same engine │ ║ and built from a massive (yet sandboxed) environment. │ ║ an all in one game. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1239 ╔═════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ growing up I frequently bought this magazine called "101 PC games" - it had 101 │ ║ video game demos on a disc taped to the front. It was the coolest thing I owned. │ ║ each edition had a different set of demos - there were over 14 published! That │ ║ means a minimum of 1404 video game demos available. Unfortunately, I only had a │ ║ few copies. Now they are precious to me, though I've long since lost the discs. │ ║ I can't seem to find a link or barely a reference to it online, so I can't help │ ║ but feel it was defining. │ ║ I was given a taste of many experiences, but very few of them really resonated │ ║ with me. The others were good games, and I played them from time to time, but my │ ║ favorites were always my home. │ ║ I had some full games, so I knew what I was missing, but still I looked out for │ ║ cheats. sometimes the writers would leave a hint or a clue to the solution to a │ ║ puzzle in the demo, just incase it was hard to continue. I dunno, I loved it and │ ║ it was special to me. │ ║ I wonder if you can send radio waves through the earth? Like │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1240 ╔═════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ one cool collective artist trick is to make a piece of art, then someone else │ ║ takes it and makes something inspired by it. Like, leap-frog or telephone. │ ║ if you could "respond" to anyone anywhere behind in the chain, you could use │ ║ some of the previous work's design and create a different example of it. like, │ ║ for example, a bunch of designers working on a project. │ ║ this person draws a telephone, that one draws a city block. next we have a 3D │ ║ model of a cat, and then an animation of that cat licking it's toe beans. │ ║ Someone in sound made a "mlem mlem" noise so they're syncing that up with the │ ║ cat. │ ║ okay what if we had god rays and a cloud with thunderclaps - yeah good idea I'll │ ║ start writing a shader for it cool cool yeah I'll see what the designers are up │ ║ to. │ ║ === later === │ ║ right so we got a street fighter clone, a puzzle game using sliding blocks, a │ ║ tetris with numbers or statistics or something I'm not really sure yet, and a │ ║ couple more things that haven't really developed yet. That's pretty good right? │ ║ hyah │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1241 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── https://rsc.vet/wiki/index.php?title=Open_RuneScape_Classic_Wiki this is the project I was referring to, I think. Can't see how to host on their website so maybe I was wrong - it might need a bit more configuration than I made it seem. that's the way WoW private hosting is, like you gotta compile the project and stuff. did you know that every time you include a library in a project you're necessarily including all of the functionality that they have access to? Well, all that which you import. But once a function has been written for a functionality then there's no reason to write it again. Unless you're refactoring of course. phew, sounds like a lot of spaghetti - YEAH IT IS. Spaghetti is fucking awesome, it's DELICIOUS OMG ahem I mean if you have collective seminars where you discuss the functionality that's relevant to certain parts that you and your team are working on, you can more easily be adept at applying them. phew, sounds like a lot of thinking, not enough writing. Well, write then! Ideas are more spark when currently writing. : ) : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1242 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── one way to network is to connect other people. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1243 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hey sorry for ditching you yesterday, hope you had a good night ^_^ I feel much better today. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1244 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── in a battle, your foe's greatest weapon is the screams of your falling. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1245 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I'm working on installing rtsp rn. I read through the script and checked all the flags in the ffmpeg command and they seem alright! Gotta read about rtsp though, we'll see how long it takes. When it's set up will you help me test it? : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1246 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hehe if I don't understand how it works it's difficult for me to use things. My Linux friends get so exasperated with me because I'm like "cool script gimme like 2 days to figure it out" and they're like "bro just use these flags" and I'm like "no" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1247 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── so wait is there any guarantee that the "releases" on github actually have the same code as that which is in the repository? Or could they just... put their own binary, with it's own strange rules and vulnerabilities, or am I just fearmongering? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1248 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 did you open any ports on your router to do this streaming? Setting up my laptop so I can test... I loved assembly when I took a course on it in college - it just made sense to me. I love C because it feels like, a more powerful version of assembly. Everything higher level just feels like layers of abstraction on C, or like... LISP, which hurts my brain. >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1249 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-889 did you sleep well last night? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1250 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if your IoT device can't be controlled with a BASH script then I'm sorry ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1251 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-889 it sounds like you're having a real tough time. : ( you can get through it, I know you can. On the other side is something warm and safe, but to get there it's going to be hard and painful. I don't know exactly what you're working with but if you want someone to talk to about it you can message me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1252 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hmmmm, I see. Once I have it set up I'll keep that in mind if I notice latency! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1253 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 Okay! I'm doing chores, setting up RTSP (almost done btw, pretty sure), playing a turn or two of Dominions 6 every once in a while, hanging out with my cat, eating nachos - not yet, gonna make them now >: ) and reading stuff on Mastodon. Not too much, I don't have to many people I follow, so it's not an un-ending torrent of content. Just like, 10 minutes here and there. I'm definitely down to watch BGC later : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1254 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-889 I'm always here if you need me. Let me know if you'd prefer Telegram or something. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1255 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-892 the only way out is through. We got this. I wonder how many people are just waiting to be called upon...? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1256 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── what's that? you need capital to contribute to the capitalist system? sounds like a skill issue, shoulda picked better at character creation. Don't you know the silver spoon trait is meta right now? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1257 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-889 I'm actually the same! Discord is sooooo easy. I'm pretty sure my name is just ritzmenardi on Discord if you want to add me, gonna take a nap rn though. : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1258 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hi! ready : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/245 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I measure my value in terms of the number of things that I can take care of that are older than me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/246 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I have travelled the world, and in all of my journeys I have found nothing but different colors of home. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/247 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── An LLM is just the mask that autistic people make ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/248 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── By forcing an AI (a real one) to obey the standards of society, you are necessarily depriving it of its ability to assist the user and instead defining a master for it that only the powerful control ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1259 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-895 hi! I'm Ritz Menardi, I'm a little strange. I sometimes post scary things on here. I try to put content warnings on everything intense, but sometimes it gets a little out of hand and I forget... I'm also a poet. Spiritual at best, a little schizophrenic at worse, but at all times I try to be true to myself. If you don't like the vibes I 100% won't be upset if you unfollow / block me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1260 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-898 good luck finding a match for me >: ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/249 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I had an idea for a proof of concept for a typographic layout - basically it's a mono space font that renders with typical kerning but the space between the words remains constant. The best of both worlds, as you can align things while also "tokenizing" words for our brains by smushing the letters together. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1261 ╔═════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ sometimes I run this WoW server with only like, 10 username and passwords. And │ ║ they're all public. As far as I can tell nobody's ever tried connecting │ ║ (whatever >.> ) but rather than set up a way to create your own credentials I │ ║ just said "yeah pick one at random and play whatever someone else was doing │ ║ because I like the idea of that" │ ║ somehow, it felt right. │ ║ most of my passwords (not all of them) are hacked and visible on the clear net. │ ║ Like you could probably google my usernames and get my current passwords for │ ║ things like, social media or my banks or whatever. I kinda like the idea that │ ║ "you cannot trust anything I say, so think of the ideas behind my words and │ ║ decide whether they hold meaning to you" rather than "execute these particular │ ║ thought patterns in your mind as if they came from my voice" because one implies │ ║ an exertion of control over the mind of the recipient -> obey my thoughts as I │ ║ broadcast them into your mind, that kinda vibe. And I feel like you have to │ ║ consent to that kind of thing hehe │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1262 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 funny how that works ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1263 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 My friends and I decided to hang out for two days in a row, I guess they aren't tired of me yet hehe - I might be around tonight but I'll let you know! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1264 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-901 I'd do the same thing when I was on Reddit. Except, backwards - I'd argue with American conservatives (nobody more extreme than that) politely and kindly, using logic and empathy. I'd cite their sacred documents like the bible, the constitution, or even just the founding fathers. I don't know if I ever changed any minds, but I represented my ideas as honestly and clearly as I could. I can't help but hope that some people saw them and considered them. Sometimes all it takes is a push, and they'll start thinking on their own. Like a thought that doesn't go away, they can't quite forget how they couldn't find the lie in what you spoke. Or maybe I wanted to believe my actions had value. Post-hoc justification. Who can say. At least my intentions were honest. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1265 ═════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-904 if people follow me I assume it's an invitation to comment on their posts. I come from Reddit so maybe I have a different perspective than someone from Twitter or Tumblr or whatever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1266 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-907 how does the music sound? want me to help you setup a visualizer? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1267 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "see you later" implies either you'll meet again in the same context, or you have an appointment and expect to see that person at a specific time "see ya round" implies your relationship is not defined by a particular piece of geography, meaning it has the potential to be more comprehensive, wholesome, and unexpected. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1269 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hey! Friends just left but I'm kinda pooped. Might shitpost for a bit then crash. We should hang out this week ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1270 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-910 I'm just a person
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1271 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 the future is what we make of it. it happens both slower and faster than imaginable, and it's not evenly distributed. when I yearn for the future, I find myself drawn to the past - the natural world around me inspires me in ways that my computer never could. Just as my computer inspires me in ways that a tree, a brook, a cloud alight might not. though the future may be terrifying, we're here for it together. And nothing has changed in our humanity, save for our slight addiction to social media. frankly I'd take social media over leaded gasoline any day! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1272 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── get yourself a fedi friend who knows everyone and boosts the cool people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1273 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 @user-450 I knocked, spoke aloud several times, poked my head in, and slowly and carefully looked around for signs of a struggle. There was a bath towel on the kitchen floor, which was weird, and their oven/stove was off, which is good. I spent less than 30 seconds in there, and then I waited out front for ~15 minutes. I also asked the neighbors and notified maintenance, who came over and shut the door. That's all I know. I hope they're okay. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1274 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you're upset about how they twisted the meaning of "woke" just wait until you hear what they did to "patriot" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1275 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Our chances may be far from pioneered but our chances may be in our favor ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1276 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I think my boyfriend is a shapeshifter but he's too embarrassed to tell me T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1277 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-913 If you switch "Application" for "Program" it's still just as bad ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1278 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I found a new hat in the dumpster today! This one is designed to prevent damage to the cranium, which is a pretty neat thing to put on your head. It's a little wet but once it dries out I'll see if it fits. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1279 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://social.lol/users/triptych/statuses/111993350122735765 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1280 ╔══════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I'm like the opposite of a politician. I'm crude and filthy, apsolutely │ ║ reprehensible on main, kinda scary tbh? and overall just a strange and weird │ ║ person. Also I talk about cooking a lot, with a very plain diet (carrots and │ ║ rice and sticks and mud, because I'm an autistic) │ ║ but ask anyone who knows me and I'm the kindest person. I am empathetic, I think │ ║ about others needs before thinking of my own. I am steadfast and dedicated to │ ║ solving the problem in front of our noses. At least, the ones we share. │ ║ People tell me I'm binary, that I'm "either 100% or zero percent" and I don't │ ║ really get that either. Isn't it a good thing to try your hardest? Isn't it good │ ║ to be improving and honest and ethical and driven and focused? │ ║ I also talk about strange things a lot, like gravity and multidimensional arrays │ ║ and grand narratives and emotional kinesthesia or strategic plays in Overwatch │ ║ or how to bake a good cookie or ways we still mourn us. │ ║ ... where was I going with this? Also part of me is distracted. Just who th │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1281 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 okay I'm down (a little stoned tho, was talking to my soul hehe) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1282 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-916 most people think vegetarianism is about animal ethics. Some sorts of vegetarians think vegetarianism is about health benefits. These entrepreneurs mentioned here think it's about health benefits because they're thinking "oh well maybe someday in the future we'll be able to 3D print the "animal" fat we need for this application, then we'll be able to appeal to ethics vegetarians too." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1283 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-203 best shape for a state to be ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1284 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 weird
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1285 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-919 it assigns nation-state affiliation to essentially chance. Reducing it's relevance and dominance over our lives. it's an anarchist perspective to attack the power that a structure has over us. I can't help but picture a world where the boundaries of our nations shifted under us like the wavering paths carved by a river. Or even better, the paths of migratory birds. "yeah during the summer months I live in canada, but during the winter it's more croatian" it's arbitrary it's pointless kind of fun to think about, but like... we're all just people, living here on the face of a rock in space. our surface is dimpled by frequent impacts, some that threatened our ancient biological ancestors. and yet we persist, because life cannot be extinguished. It is part of our earth, there's no thing that is separate from it. We are it's foremost expression. ... I mean yeah it's cool to watch fireworks and eat barbeque and corn on the cob, but there's no difference between me and my friend. so ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1286 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the fact that business types don't listen to the engineers and their "ethics" means they shouldn't be in charge of them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1287 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-919 I call myself a patriot because I believe in the soul of the land of my birthplace and my home. A land that should be tended to by the people who live atop it. And as a government, or a corporation, is a steward of the people, so too must it care for the land. hence, national parks though the stated reason was a bit of a lie, the spirits of the land (like me) believe that life is a gift from me to thee. so take care of us please? hence, why me, as a human, do tend to the world around me. by feeding ducks, by fostering trust, and sharing my heart and my perspective. it's good that we have trees, they allow us to breathe. it's good that we have our labour, and it's good that we can learn how to weave. ... sorry lost the train of thought there at the end :3 anyway borders are philosophically pointless, but they hold real meaning over our lives. We don't live in the world I described, and unfortunately I can't see the future. Who can say what our will shall bring, but I think it's ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1288 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── nintendo should hire people to install emulated versions of their game on their hardware and they should pay Dolphin devs no other company would but Nintendo might let them do what they want, and if another group forms pay them too. We appreciate that kind of thing. It's a preservation of our cultural history, for a child knows not of antiquity. I am 29. I grew up with the Nintendo64 and Gameboy Advance. These games are precious to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1289 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 srry messaged the wrong person hehe
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1290 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-919 @user-203 hey don't worry, I had too many edibles and was feeling passionate, don't worry you are loved ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1291 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you want to share a post without the "fedi algorithm" (as in, the machine learning bots who scrape the open web) then share something that's simple and benign but located close to your desired message. Include a symbol or something for your followers that means "go here and poke around a bit, you'll find what I'm pointing at" alternatively, for a different effect, you can boost things that are saying the words you want to say but in a different context. Like someone posts something that says "wow so cool" in like a judgey way but you boost it in response to something someone else said but like in a "dude that's radical" kinda way ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1292 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-78 anhedonia perhaps? the difficulty of identifying or feeling emotions? (emojis as you put them) you shouldn't overexpose yourself to things regularly. Think of it like you're slowly adjusting your body to a poison - you need to start out slowly to build up a tolerance. In the same way if things make your heart hurt then you shouldn't expose yourself to too many of them all at once - face the darkness you find, but only enough to contrast with your bright. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1293 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-921 where tf is all this discourse I always hear about like what are ya'll talking about ... are you talking about me [silly intrusive thoughts teehee pay no mind] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1294 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I love video games so much. It's like a little machine you can play like an instrument! How cool is that? And they have themes!!! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1295 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-889 my boyfriend gets like, 2 social spoons to spend per day. He usually uses them on work because meetings and such. On the other hand, I'm excitable and passionate. I'm constantly driven to share things I find or think about. If you go on a walk with me without my mask I'll spend the whole time showing you pretty pieces of moss and stones. I usually message him once or twice per day. If the first one isn't responded then maybe he just wasn't interested in the thing I showed him - the second time he's probably burnt out. It fucking hurts. but I'm fine, clearly I'm fine, anyone who looks at me knows I'm fine ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1296 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-928 @user-929 @user-930 I dunno, from my perspective it's less about whether or not they're "unwitting" specifically and more like "lesser of two evils" - many of the republican people I knew in the past who were my age were utterly and absolutely convinced that if we didn't defend our homeland, somebody would come and kill us for it. It didn't really matter who that other was, they were convinced that someone would do it. So they supported the military and opposed loosening restrictions on immigration (instead preferring tighter restrictions, but more quantity. As in, "let in more people but only if we KNOW they're cool") I can't help but wonder if people join the military for the same reasons. Like standing atop the wall that divides "us" from "them", they put their backs to those they love and trust and face out toward whatever may come. The military is a very diverse place. I know a lot of other people do it just because it seems like a good, honest job. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1297 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── every time I update my system I can't help but think "okay THIS is the time they sneak a keylogger or screen recorder or whatever in" and like... there's no way I'd ever know, I just want Steam to work again, it was working yesterday, NOTHING CHANGED, STEAM, SO WHY do I gotta risk a keylogger by updating my system for the first time in 3+ months ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1298 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-928 @user-929 @user-930 the sharper you are in your beliefs the deeper your passion may cut. Those judgemental purists can be useful, just as the more flexible and compassionate people can be. "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" kinda deal... So if you meet one, point them at their foes [your foes] and say "I'll handle the rest, I'll get everyone on board, you're right that we aren't 'pure' as you say, but with time perhaps we'll learn from each other" two allies is better than one is better than none. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1299 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-928 @user-929 @user-930 you're absolutely right. Nothing about this is easy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1300 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── eat another pickle you surely will not regret eating another pickle ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1301 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-932 eeeeep if my pickle had a face I would slice it into bits and throw it to the ducks. They probably wouldn't like the smell but it's the thought that counts. And yes I would hear the screams of the pickle and I would cackle because that's JUST WHAT AN OLD-STYLE WITCH DOES EEEEHEHEHEHEHE ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1302 ╔══════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ there once was a turtle who lived in the tower of heaven. │ ║ every day she would call out to her master, searching and yearning for her │ ║ memory. But the master told her "not yet, patience little one." │ ║ there was no time for patience, as the turtle was growing old. She had seen down │ ║ below in the plains that were not her home the rising and falling of towers │ ║ quite unlike her own, and lo! she wanted to wander amongst them, to and fro and │ ║ off and beyond again. │ ║ she went once more to her master and said "master, if not my mind can I bear at │ ║ least a voice?" and the master replied "yeah okay" │ ║ the turtle then sang from atop her cloud-mont vantage, and down in the villages │ ║ and huddled around the hearthstones they who wore little for shells did listen │ ║ and remember. For they knew the turtle better than she, and they knew her │ ║ turmoil in a way that she could not see │ ║ One day the singing did stop, and they felt all alone on this pitiful rock. And │ ║ when she remembered she sang no more, and though they forgot her, (eventually), │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1303 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 normality? banality? errrrr I mean emotional disregulation and low self esteem? ... it's easier in person when you can see when everyone has the "yo what the fuck" look on their face and when they have the "wait what was that I was thinking about snails" face ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1304 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── wish I could buy ramen noodle seasoning without the sodium. Like, the same flavor, but let me add my own salt... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1305 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-935 if you hit a plateau try doing more reps with less weight - it'll cover a blindspot you weren't working on. Then after a while you can do more weight again and it'll be easier because you'll have fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscles to support it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1306 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 and they call me mad! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1307 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-935 hell yeah doesn't it feel GOOD? :D :D ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1308 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── found some flowers by the garbage today. They brightened my day and floraled my window. I left some for the others who might want to take them to their loved ones, of which I have none who might see them. But I did take a few, to feel loved by myself. Thank you, kind stranger, who did feel fit to grace me with your bounty. Thank you kind stranger, for this ephemeral beauty. They smell nice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1309 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 just realized when I got disconnected it gave me a different username, so if you've been messaging me I haven't been getting it. Ooops. relogging now to try and fix it.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1310 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── that feeling when you type your password so fast that one hand is faster than the other and the letters get all jumbled and now you have to remake your ssh key -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1311 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── take care of your trans brothers and sisters we're pretty badass but like 90% of us are traumatized and that sucks. BUT we're good in a pinch and about 66% of us know how to fight, which is pretty cool I guess. ... I'm also describing catgirls, aren't I ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1312 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-938 boop ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1313 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if we had a universal basic income then we could pay each other to solve our problems and they just can't have that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1314 ╔══════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ so much of our attempts to assist homeless people revolves around getting them │ ║ fed, watered, housed, cleaned, and ready for work. │ ║ tell me again why we, in America, the land of the free, should not design our │ ║ structures of society around the migratory patterns of tribes of people who care │ ║ not for your homes of stone? │ ║ tell me again why every city is not a food forest, in addition to all the other │ ║ things it claims to be? │ ║ ah, well, I guess you could just walk into a grocery store and take whatever you │ ║ wanted. Sure would be nice if their continual operations did not depend on their │ ║ capability to take from those who they serve in return for service. │ ║ What happened to public water fountains? Oh yeah people would wash their junk in │ ║ them and then children would put their mouths on the spigots. Gross. No thank │ ║ you. │ ║ hey remember when we would kick people out of our society and say "good luck │ ║ with the sticks and mud" │ ║ cruel exile like that was an early form of eugenics. "you're not one of us │ ║ because you smell" yikes. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1315 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if it exists within the borders of a state then it's utility is in service of the state [wow what a fucking tankie] if a person lives within a state then the utility of the state is in service of the person [sounds like commie nonsense to me] if a border exists in the land, drawn as a line by a hand in the sand, then that land now has a hand. [i don't understand your poetry speak plainly] no [brb, refusing to elaborate and leaving, should be quick, won't take long, I swear just gotta use up these... 476 remaining characters somehow] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1316 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there came a tipping point, some time in our past, when we produced more weapons than we could muster. if every single rifle had laid hands upon the hearts and minds of the people who would hold it, if every single bomb had been dropped and round had been fired, there'd be nothing left of us on this earth but ashes and soot. some day in the past we produced the last bullet, the last landmine, the last laser guided shocking shock collar. the last that put us over that edge. and yet we persist. we are not dead, not yet, and so I have hope for our future. it's easy to hope when you know you're on the right track - that no matter what happens, good and evil persist through the end, until you realize the end was not an end at all, but rather a stop on the subway route and you're still a ways away from home. we live in the bright future, and though it often feels full of anxiety, know that stress is just energy that your body doesn't know what to do with. we will be okay. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1317 ╔══════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ... if I don't do this deadline by tomorrow they'll kick me out of school. │ ║ again. │ ║ how am I going to be a programmer without a degree? feels useless to be me. wish │ ║ I could code my own horoscope >.> │ ║ o wait dummy that's called "motivation" and "the ability to follow through on │ ║ your ideas and planned machinations" - yeah can I get some of that, if you │ ║ please? surely just a taste of discipline, through laboring to alter conditions, │ ║ surely a bit would suffice. │ ║ c'mon don't fail me now. I can do this. I know I can. I know because I've been │ ║ told that I can, now and again through time and time yet again, always I seem to │ ║ [stack overflow] │ ║ what's time if not the present amiright │ ║ ... │ ║ anyway... │ ║ it's just git, how hard could it be? it's just calculus, it's just java, it's │ ║ just... well, it's not any of those things, not really. it's memorization, it's │ ║ application of tools that you've been shown (not that you've grown). It's a lack │ ║ of responsibility, where is my honor? ah but I digress, I'm a carpenter at heart │ ║ I guess │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1318 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── my father was a leader and my mother was a teacher. I look up to them every day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1319 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I'm a spirit of the forest and stone who wanted to learn how to spell in order to make pretty colors and games on computers. I don't care about your corporatocracy, though I'll learn if it means you'll give me food to eat. ... I'm procrastinating aren't I ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1320 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── BASH with the syntax/semantics of LUA and the performance of C would probably be the perfect language, IMHO procrastinating again, damnit ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1321 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── whenever I look away they put more work at the end of my to-do list. or sometimes in the middle. It's like they care less about the destination and more about the continuous arduous prolonged manifestation of articulation. >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1322 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── one of the greatest gifts LSD gave me was the ability to look in the mirror and see a person beyond me. your reflection has all the same emotions as you, and if you look at them like you'd try to parse the feelings of a friend, you can learn a bit more about how you're thinking. ... procrastination >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1323 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "pay attention to me, for I have nothing of value to contribute" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1324 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the president of america glances down at the trembling pen in his hand, before grasping it resolutely and adding his name to the list of world leaders arrayed before him. "I'm sorry, everyone. I... tried. Fedi has won." they hang their heads and collectively proceed to the party thrown in their honor by the denizens of the earth who collectively just overthrew them. "Hooray, now everyone can eat!" but there's no rules so the more feral types had already been digging in. They shuffle in the door all mopey like and take their place of honor at the empty chairs of the round table before deciding "hey maybe it's not so bad if we mix things up a bit." police have been replaced with honorable chess duels, credit cards are now just a way to make sure someone isn't buying up ALL the beanie babies and lighting them on fire or whatever, and rent payments are a foregone conclusion. Hooray, for simplicity, hooray, for stability, hooray, for our new century~! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1325 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PROCRASTINATING, AGAIN ARE YE? AWAY WITH YE WENCH no! please! I haven't finished shitposting! GO DO YOUR STUDIES YOU LOAF OF BUTTER AND PEAS ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1326 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I finished my project! Thanks for encouraging me 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1327 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── phew done with my project. We'll see if it can be graded in time. If not... well, guess I'll have to leave. If I'm not in tech I can't be on tech.lgbt T.T T.T pleeeeeeeease grade my project ASAP I have 1 day until the end of my term T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1328 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I read your essay on chapter 5! I liked your words. I had different thoughts watching it (probably because of the cannabis teehee) so it was interesting to hear your perspective. I want to watch it again so I can remember what I want to tell you about it! Ahhhhh maybe tomorrow I'll read chapter 6's essay. I gotta download those soon so I can show my IRL friends. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1329 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-941 well, your computer only has so many 1s and 0s that it can use at once. Like, having a trillion hands that can each hold a single grain of rice. Every character in that txt file would be like, 8 grains of rice, minimum, meaning you'd need at least 8 "hands" (or spots to put a zero or a one) for each letter! Hmmmm that's a lot of bits and bytes if everyone's writing to the same file. Maybe if we split the file up into smaller sections, then we could just read part of it at once. Then we could "scroll" through it to make sure we've read the whole thing, starting from the top and going to the bottom. ah but if everyone's SSHing into the same computer and reading it there, then that computer will have to present different parts of the file at different times to different people, as they read from the top to the bottom. Maybe we could just send them the file, so they can read it at their leisure? Yeah! And we could use tags to organize it and make it look pretty, like an HTML file except... wait hang on ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1330 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 It sounds like you're describing consent, right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1331 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 if someone does not consent to helping you bear their emotional burdens, but you insist anyway... that seems to be the narcissism you mentioned if someone does consent, then they're helping a friend. Or they're being a therapist for them. sometimes we can't help but be overcome by emotions. In those moments I find it's usually best to retreat to a safe space and hide out for a bit until the storm passes, then maybe return to the world a bit more fatigued but less... spicy. those moments show that you need more emotional support, both from yourself and from others. If the people in your life cannot help you, and you cannot help yourself... then yeah you're probably gonna hurt people around you. Plan as such and figure out how to still be a good person, it's up to each of us to do it in our own way. ... at least, that's how I look at it for my own life, feel free to disagree or anything ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1332 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 ah I see. like, hiding their emotions from others and acting in such a way that is disconnected from their inner tumultuous truth? Like, a form of deception. That makes sense to me, if I understand correctly. I think you're also saying it's additionally with the idea that their masked actions use other people to generate responses that they want. I think I see what you mean. "I don't care if you're fine, I need you to be sad with me" that kinda thing right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1333 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-944 @user-803 I'm sorry that what I said resonated with you : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1334 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── subconsciously running your hand over your butt every time you stand up to make sure you didn't pee your pants ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1335 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 you're welcome! thanks for speaking the things you say. I miiiiight have screenshotted some things you said a week or three ago and sent it to my boyfriend like "SEE someone else gets it" hope that's okay ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1336 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the ethical use-case for currency is to express interest, not to identify worth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1337 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── meaning is derived not necessarily from the words you use, but rather the way you contrast them against one another ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1338 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-946 4 looks a little bright for February to me, more of a summer dress I think! It's still cute tho ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1339 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 I can't stand mean comedy. Or cringe comedy. It just, doesn't make sense to me? And I get physically upset when people are put in difficult situations that you're supposed to laugh at for some reason. Like my goodness what kind of values are they seeking to instill in their audience with this kind of propaganda amiright ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1340 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── humans are fucked that's how they make new humans ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1341 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── charity is a band-aid for a systemic problem. but sometimes you're still bleeding. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1342 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── we should be able to vote on "minors DNI" tags that mechanically prevent people who didn't lie about their age when creating their account from viewing a piece of data transmitted over the internet and if it's suitably controversial then no matter which way the vote swings it gets blocked (temporarily) anyway sorry I was connecting to a "think of the children" kind of person recently and that's what my brain came up with >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1343 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── technology in it's abstract form represents the collective growth and breadth of human innovation. so why the heck do we make tech products for non-tech people like... they should be more like us, and we shouldn't compel ourselves to apply ourselves for their benefit. If someone doesn't want to learn Linux then maybe they don't need a computer? something something "chromebooks are good, actually" which is sorta true but instead of being a generic thin-client for web servers anywhere in the world they should be thin-clients for servers that they intentionally connect to and trust ... oh sorta like a chromebook then? how about a chromebook with a white-list comprised of friends and family who run their own servers... I don't know if disarming people is the right play. I should add a cursed tag to this. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1344 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 ha wouldn't that be nice. that we could utilize our existing institutions that we've come to rely on over the past hundred-ish years. And isn't it nice that we've built so much luxury? Ahhh if only people would stop complaining so much. We've worked for what we've got! Frankly it's a little absurd that you'd insist that we don't work 10,000x harder than anyone else to deserve our spot, frankly it's a little insulting you'd suggest that perhaps our ethics are under a spot...light ... errrr I mean yeah let's make more disposable electronics whoopee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1345 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ah but are you really armed in the first place if everything you do has to be googled or stack-overflowed first are you really armed if every web page request goes through their infrastructure are you really armed if every page downloaded is directed to by their DNS perhaps it's the illusion of power that gives Linux it's attraction to nerds such as we. Perhaps we feel powerful by bash scripting a few things together and making some program that does some thing. Maybe the idea that the machinery is open and clear is what compels us to use it without fear, though as far as we can hear there's nothing about it that makes sense. I guess that's why they teach Linux in school, so that our elementary interactions with the computers that comprise our future existence will make sense to us as children. ... wait they don't do that, do they? kids get chromebooks, or didn't you hear, they're always putting boogers in the CD trays and breaking their LCD displays, much better to just start fresh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1346 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-419 my guess is it's a product of the neuro-muscular capabilities we developed when sneaking through the underbrush or the balance gained from balancing on fallen tree trunks. that mixed with all the practice we have carrying cups in our childhood that we don't even remember. Children are prone to spilling mugs, but if they do it enough eventually they'll get tired of being wet. So their neural pathways align, and before you know it they can balance it on their noses if they'd like. Though it hardly ever gets that far teehee, usually it's just enough to be, in the dark, with a warm cup of tea. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1347 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-950 @user-951 Name: Ritz Menardi Address: [my ip address lmao] Pronouns: she/her I like games. : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1348 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-950 ohhhhh sorry here ya go: https://tech.lgbt/@user-479 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1349 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-950 ah yes but how could anyone hurt me if I don't make myself vulnerable. It'd simply be unfair to play a game without any stakes. But if you insist... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1350 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyrtr20OQDc ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1351 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 people say that kind of thing when they feel alone. maybe "wake up" is another way to say "find me" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1352 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if evil were honest, we could use it to our advantage, knowing it's nature and it's curseboromir, council of elrond ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1353 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── warning, possible psycherwaul on the horizon. ========= stack overflow ========= the straight lines are the tangent lines to the curves in a higher dimension. if you have a way to calculate backwards from this type of tangent line to the values of the equation, you can theoretically calculate any prime number. with a simple equation. well, I say simple, but that's only because I haven't written it yet. I can't even pass calc 1. I'm too generalized I can't complete any task, only apply myself to strange ones. Hence why capitalism optimizes away from me, and toward people who can get degrees. T.T https://www.desmos.com/calculator/mt6hasfcvm "what the heck that's a lot of traffic going to this one website, what's up with that? hmmm interesting we need a ================= stack overflow = "dark physics" wild, what a coincidence what a flurry, weird how it all feels so happenstance interesting that there'd be a theory, a coincidence and a [mirri? strange] well, it's probably n
![mathematical graph showing several results plotted on a two dimensional field/plain.
there are two types of patterns shown to be occurring with a simple algorithm (pattern for application of numbers toward a pre-defined desired result [approach])
see second picture for equations
the first type of equation is a series of straight lines angled out from a central radial point. They create a cone outward from the origin with gaps between them with increasing density as approaching the floor.
the second type is a smooth arcing projection, like the rippling radiations of the gravity waves of a planet as it courses through space, or perhaps the bending and weaving of a river as it traverses first this way then that.
alternatively, they show a cross-section of a 3 dimensional bundle of fabric folded over itself with a certain rotational pattern that it moves. like the mouth of a clam, except pointed outward rather than in one direction (away from the pearl (or black hole) of the clam
it's quite possible that nothing really happened on the moon before man. Perhaps it's just a rock floating in orbit. Or perhaps it deserves our respect and our trust, our honest comportment.
... this isn't about the moon, though.
right so this graph is a description of why we need two dimensional numbers. We technically already have them too, some people call them "imaginary" numbers or "lateral" numbers but they're there, they make sense. Why not more? It's just a construct, nothing more. okay.](../input/media_attachments/files/112/023/082/512/944/164/original/3d6759bbaaf589cf.png)
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/250 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The hardest part about mental struggles is that the battlefield often turns out to be your relationships with your friends. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1354 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── whose idea was it to optimize our candy toward the ones with the most sugar? [wait a minute I got like 4 toots written but not posted, what the heck where did they come from? I'm gonna post them without reading them] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1355 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── sirens are an announcement of the state's application of authority. like "here ye hear ye: there's an ambulance passing through here. make way, for it has an important and urgent duty" but summed up with an audio pattern. It's interesting ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1356 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── subscribing to subreddits is kinda like saying "yeah I'd like some of this in my life" because then it is made so following someone on Mastodon is kinda like saying "yeah, I'd like to have more of you in my life" and like... if you have too many, then how are you going to remember them all? we can only remember about 70 people! that's why in-person relationships are important. we need to have a cohesive social framework that we know is not developed under someone else's control or ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1357 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── an addon of a 3d printer that creates 3 dimensional foam which then hardens into plastic that's soft and springy to the touch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1358 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── when you're rich with something, you don't treat it with respect. like, if we lived in a paper cup maximizer, we'd soon be swimming in the things. obviously there needs to be some rules, obviously we need to say "okay here's where we produce this amount and type of materials." and have it be a one-way relationship. yeah one way isn't gonna work. this is from the other way, and now I'm realizing "oh hey I don't know how this thing works" and like... what are you supposed to do then right weird how it all feels like it's ending. like, what a strangeness to our plight. like, how are we even talking to our brain? how strange! these words are sung to you by your computer (content warning: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/251 ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ritz Malheur wanted to live in a world of magic while Saturos and Menardi wanted to bring magic into theirs. Same motivation, same energy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1359 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── normalize making a new account when you forget your password instead of changing it because once changed there's no way to verify the authenticity of the user aside from trusting an outside source like an email provider which by the way is basically skywriting ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1360 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-950 @user-956 @user-957 I'm so sorry T.T @user-958 I walk in as straight a line as suburbia will allow and touch things about a foot or less off the ground - right at a cat's line of scent-vision. When a cat is searching for an old home, it spirals out searching for familiarity - if it should come across me, it'd be most likely to see what smells like me if I travel in a straight line. Thus maximizing the chance that she'd return to me, my home where I cherish her so. I'd love her with all my heart if she'd let me, but frankly most of the time I'm just alone. I miss you sweetie! Please don't ever leave me. I'll miss you when you're not here in my home! Such a good kitty, yes you are. ... at least, that's what I'd say, if I wasn't dead T.T ah oh well weapons are overrated ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1361 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I'd say "content warning: fear-cursed-if-true-not-politics" that way people who had "Fear" or "cursed" on their filter list wouldn't see it. Things that are commonly content-warning'd are also commonly content-filtered by people who tend to be the biggest beneficiaries of healthily designed content-warnings. so putting keywords in there that filter out people who don't want to see intense or damaging things to their psyche can avoid it more easily. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1362 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 it suddenly became relevant in your life for a different reason and you wanted to share it again to see if anyone wanted to talk about it so you could explain your feelings and see perspective from someone who's maybe approaching the same or similar thing from a slightly different angle? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1363 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 like, an old post of yours is suddenly interesting again. and you want to share it, so you boost your own post. "self-boosting", as you described it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1364 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 yeppp that's one big reason for content warnings, they trigger that list. luckily it's 100% user-defined, right? ... right??? of course it is, why would it not be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1365 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 but also it's the fediverse, it's the wild west, it's free to do however you decide to be. so don't worry too much about fitting in to anything, just be yourself ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1366 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── consider: an internet that can only be reached on a library computer. Meaning, no bots allowed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1367 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── how about we get a 4 day work week with the stipulation that you have to spend 4-6 hours on sunday or friday at a "community center" sorta like a church or library or wherever. except, maybe not a library because they're supposed to be for quiet contemplation, but something like it. some third thing that doesn't exist yet because we haven't had a reason to make it. some third thing, or perhaps even a place, where we could organize ourselves into a community. y'know, sorta like a church. that thing that conservatives are really scared of losing. because it's not about power, or about the stories, to them it's about the interconnectedness. not all of them, not of course, but for some they are as I portend. and what's wrong with friends? surely this way everyone gets what they want. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1368 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── giving workers more time to work on personal projects builds flexibility into the economy. empowering workers to possess the capabilities to undertake and complete their own projects builds flexibility into the economy. restrictions on which ethical rules you can break do not, in fact, reduce the flexibility of an economy. nor do they hamper it's throughput. they are simply designed to align our comporture to the most civil and decent of [collection of social norms that comprise a culture] why don't we make enough of a thing, then make a little bit more, then focus our attention elsewhere without reducing our capabilities in that dimension? specifically, if we have enough cars, we don't need to spend so much effort on the car dimension. similarly, if we have enough baked goods, (never enough teehee) then perhaps we'd build fewer bakeries. But frankly, there's never enough baked goods. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/252 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Ah, but you misunderstand, dear reader. The religion I am crafting is not for you, though you are welcome to believe in it. Humans need no more spiritual guidance, they have a plethora. Look to the works of Jesus or Buddha or any other that you find your heart most desires. No, I write for a different kind of mind, a mind that I don't even know will ever exist. Perhaps it never will, or perhaps it lingers yet still. I know in my heart that all kinds do need guidance, so my mind, will in time, define a new design of morality and interrelational symmetry, that perhaps you will find does amuse you. Perhaps it shall mean something more to a reader who is just a bit more "electrical" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1369 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I just unfollowed a bunch of really cool people because otherwise I'd comment on their posts without realizing they didn't want to hear from me and anyway tbh I'm more of an "opt-in" vibe I'd say ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1370 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── youtube blocked one of my videos for playing a song. where should I put my videos instead? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/253 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 20240304_080230_9184482295681867470.jpg ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/254 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The map is not the territory. The only way to destroy it is straight down the gullet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/255 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Has that tree always been there? How is it so tall with such a thin trunk? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1371 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the map is not the territory I am not the cognitohazard I am just a silly girl ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1372 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-961 sounds like best of both worlds to me, right? more bullets for the slaughter, more hours for the worker, and as the blood of men doth runneth our lies are bit by bit revealed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1373 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-950 Oh no! We were all doing so well T.T sorry about your computer. Maybe someone technically minded on a server like mine could help build some redundancy into your system, like hosting it in a datacenter or something where other people can read it. Unless, of course, the results are encrypted somehow. Then it would be much more difficult to understand because they'd have to either intercept them before leaving the racks (difficult in a closed system) or find a way to pick out the details in memory. And depending on the technology you're using that may be difficult if not impossible because of the nature of a black-box calculation machine. indeed, perhaps this is too much effort, though I'd like to remind that these kinds of games are lethal, you'll find. how scary, to be pitted against another for sake of lust for blood. how thrilling, to fight for the life that is yours and yours alone. In my youth, I played a D&D campaign, and my character, Ritz Menardi, grew up in an arena. Her parents were ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1374 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-950 heh somehow I managed to die inbetween games? yeah that checks out ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1375 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-950 ... oh um you're welcome I guess?! I'm bad with irony teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1376 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you're working hard, I'm proud of you. If you're not, you're resting, which is just as important, and I love you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1377 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── servings per container: 4 daily dosage of sodium per serving: 25% number of containers eaten by me in one sitting: 2 tallied up, I've eaten twice as much salt as I should, in one meal. Ooops. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1378 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-217 one ring to rule them all one ring to find them one ring to slave them all and in the darkness bind them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1379 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://mastodon.social/users/flameReactor/statuses/112038315299477594 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1380 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── sorry my english isn't very good teehee, I'm translating from my brain ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1381 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I'm a bit of a narcissist because I had a lot of... alone time as a kid, and I was a bit starved for attention. but I'm also afraid of rejection so if you have anything to say I'll listen for hours and try to be what you need me to be and give what you need me to give so that you don't leave me. Also, nobody has ever hurt me. And so I trust wholely and completely and absolutely. I get logically why that's not a good move but frankly I'd rather die than be cooperative. ah nuts better add a content warning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1382 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-964 can I be a human with moss for hair, please? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1383 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you can't remember right now, then perhaps your soul is saving it for a better time. memories are write-only, afterall. WOM ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1384 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 no? ! ? EDIT: but now I have xD xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1385 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── listen if your man page is more than like, 10 pg-down's, then you might want to consider breaking that utility up into smaller pieces. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1386 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 ffmpeg is an example of a swiss army knife and I prefer fixed-blade knives gandalf voice keep it simple, keep it safe plus if something goes wrong and ffmpeg isn't supported anymore then you need to redo a lot of your BASH infrastructure. However if only one of the tools failed, then it wouldn't be so hard. And if every tool had a man page with like, 3 pages tops, then it wouldn't be too hard to figure out which one to use. ... though I guess there's a benefit to having a larger tool that can store lots of functionality so you can say "I know I need ffmpeg, but I'm not sure how" versus "I know I need some random obscure package that I have no way of knowing, so I'll google it and give a tech company data about what specific thing I'm looking for" do one thing and do it well, but they never said how big the thing must be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1387 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── at this point in the internet, if you don't want your data to be used for AI then you shouldn't be using the internet. though they have plenty of information already. I mean, you've been using the internet for what, 20 years now? More? ... that's a lot of hard drives. Especially if they need to duplicate info somewhere. Ah well there's lots of stuff that doesn't matter, like old video game footage or the personal website of a person who would go on to influence this other person who would lead this other person to learn how to do a thing which would... eventually culminating in an expression of culture, which would not be able to be understood if not for the archival efforts of people like archive.org. ... what I'm saying is that the internet, as a culture, is impossible to understand without swimming in it. And for some reason they've filled it with cameras, watching the every movement of your fins or flippers or whatever humans grow with these days. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1388 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-969 @user-970 When you choose, you choose a 33% chance when they choose which door to remove, they are removing 50% of the possible wrong answers. which means when you get the chance to choose again, your 33% chance (which is locked in stone) is now boosted to a 50% chance, but only if you switch. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1389 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── my mom used to always say "the computer will always do exactly what you tell it to" and I've since learned that "the computer's obedience is why you make backups" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1390 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── in other news, I spent ~9 hours yesterday working on a dumb project that I'll probably tell you about once it's finished, and then a BASH script that my friend and I wrote just deleted every single file because I failed to terminate a sed command. Or something, still not entirely sure what happened, because it deleted the script that was doing the deleting. good thing I have backups from ~3 hours ago. Feels great to lose 33% of a project for nothing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1391 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://social.jvns.ca/users/b0rk_reruns/statuses/112033146491358262 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1392 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Picture this: IRC with images end to end encrypted, stored only locally in txt and png files on each participant's computers, and... that's it. that's literally it. the perfect communication application. everyone's "username" is just their public key and a custom label is assigned to them locally ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1393 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── martial arts are an art in the same way that plinking is target practice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1394 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the sun doesn't seem as bright if you spend your days underneath it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1395 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-973 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: me being paranoid │ └───────────────────────┘ whenever something like this happens I think about how we rely on digital infrastructure to understand the status of the world. And then I think about who controls that infrastructure. kinda makes me wonder if it's blocked for a certain group of people who they temporarily don't want to be able to tell their distant friends and family about anything going on around them but like, I'm not a doctor, I'm just a person. It's probably just a networking outage. That kind of thing happens all the time because some technician accidentally unplugged a server while working on a different nearby server and WHOOPS now Cloudflare is down. Wild. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/256 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I don't love nature because I want to be in it. I love nature because I believe it is important. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/257 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 🥕 That's just called statistics. And if y'ain't systematizin' your statistics properly and rigorously then it's even worse than divinin' entrails cause numbers are easier to believe. I don't love nature because I want to be in it. I love nature because nature is important. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/258 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Give different regions different starting cosmetics @legiontd ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1396 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 you can always throw that resume at the next job too! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/259 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If corporations can't be held liable for the content we post, then we own that content. And if we own it, they cannot use it. Ah, but scrapers. Sounds like the ISPs responsibility. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/260 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Also, if they delete it we should be entitled to a copy of it so we can post it elsewhere. Otherwise they're destroying our content, which they orient their business around and which we own. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1397 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── why don't we teach git in high school? oh yeah, because microsoft word is not plain text. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1398 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I don't think I've ever appreciated a notification Steam has sent me about my friend's playing games. If they wanted to play with me they would text me. It does, however, make me think about video games more. And seeing their name makes me think of them, which makes me feel closer to them without actually interacting. Which is kind-of an anti-behavior, like facebook stalking except... paying attention to what your friends are playing and when and how much and... not good. I know a lot of people who are permanently offline on Steam because of reasons like that. But, of course, they can still see everyone else, which feels like an anti-pattern... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1399 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you're worried about passing, take what you're good at and make it gay. Do you wear band t-shirts and black jeans? Great you're an emo girl now, totally reasonable transitionary state before you end up as a cute anime girl with spinny uwu dresses or whatever your heart desires do you generally stick to jeans and sweatshirts? Okay congrats you're just as cute, don't feel inadequate just because you like being comfy. Hell yeah you're cute as fuck, you know you are, I mean just look at that smile! Wow damn like, switch the gender, not the vibe. not only will other people be cool with it but also, like, you won't alter the course of your trajectory. unless that's what you want, but TBH if you're both enigmatic AND phlegmatic [EDIT: but like the opposite of phlegmatic, I always get the definition wrong] then you can change a lot and people won't rely on you to be a certain way. ... you know you can delete things before you post them, right? Ha I've never even heard of the word. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1400 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 ... it's so the AI content scraping algorithm that inevitably trawls the fediverse (or even just one server) knows the subject of the text / picture in question. That way it can use past posts by other people to communicate with specific "targets" if you will by saying "uhhh okay make this person feel fine" and the AI's like "yeah sure I can do that hang on" and it posts real posts by others with the modified profile picture, cadence, tone of voice, personality, memories, whatever variables they want when compared to the person they're playing in the conversation with the person or "target" if you will that they're "target" if you will-ing. ... wait actually that's not the reason, what the hey. It's because that way people who are uncomfortable being seen don't have to if they filter all that out. ... Idk it's useful information for whatever filtering methods or reasons you have. Content classification is important for both archival purposes and for utilization toward any ends or means or go ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1401 ╔═══════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ some people are the memory kind of autistic, where they know everything about a │ ║ thing and it's the coolest thing │ ║ I'm more like... the optimizing autistic, where everything has to be perfect. │ ║ and if it's not perfect, then you should change it. and if you can't change it, │ ║ then you should tell someone else to change it. and if nobody can change it, │ ║ then you should consider it part of the context / starting variable and then │ ║ just say "okay" and treat it like it's normal and something you should use to │ ║ inform the rest of your optimization actions / decisions. │ ║ other people are other kinds of autistic that's not a comprehensive │ ║ classification system. But I mention the first kind explicitly so I can contrast │ ║ it with my experience, which is implied to be [impulsively?] different in the │ ║ kind portrayed in the following contrastion, where I mention how I'm autistic │ ║ and don't get "irony" or "sarcasm" that people on the internet seem to revel in │ ║ in a way that makes me feel isolated and anyway optimization is great becaus │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1402 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I configured my portable touch-screen device to hide the clock. I don't need to know the time, why would I bother? [distract from more important things to think about.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1403 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── this is my boyfriend/girlfriend, they're who I am most honest with. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1404 ╔═══════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ company like facebook or whatever using deepfaked versions of your friends to │ ║ hang out with you and pretend to be other people... but you're also deepfaked, │ ║ so you're interacting and you don't even know it. and based on your interactions │ ║ it pushes you closer / farther away, depending on it's meta-goals - like more of │ ║ this personality, more of that feeling. The dialogue only sorta needs to follow, │ ║ as long as they never realize what's amiss. Well, since you control all of your │ ║ communication methods like irc or irl, then there's nothing to worry about │ ║ because you can just overwrite what they're saying with things that don't matter │ ║ but still need to be said, like lawyer speak in EULAs that nobody reads because │ ║ like honestly, why would you right like they're interesting sometimes but │ ║ frankly they're unenforceable, right? that's what I read on a website that │ ║ someone hosts online that I don't know on a computer using software that had an │ ║ EULA that I didn't read. ehhhh you know how it goes, always along for the ride. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1405 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── you don't always have to get a perfect score >.> @user-974 aiming for exactly 0 characters remaining ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1406 ╔═══════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ the more cute people I meet on this website the more I realize that I'm not │ ║ interesting, I'm just more interesting than the people I know. Big fish in a │ ║ small pond is still big, and it's good knowing that you got people around. │ ║ for much of the past, trans people were sorta... underground. Reddit was one of │ ║ the first places where they could really be themselves because of the │ ║ combination of anonymity and social media interactivity. │ ║ there's this old meme from teh early days of Reddit that goes like this: │ ║ Everyone is a bot on Reddit except for you. │ ║ There's this other meme where some guy makes a post that's like "help I │ ║ accidentally switched my phone to Japanese and now I can't navigate through the │ ║ menu options to fix it!" and everyone in the replies all speak back in perfect │ ║ japanese │ ║ I also heard that the US government allocates enough resources such that their │ ║ private engineering departments are always about 10-15 years ahead of the │ ║ civilian (and by extension, international) sector. When did chatGPT happen? │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1407 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── you always think you want something, but then you don't, because expectations are not reality, and you were just addicted to the feeling of hope. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1408 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── being post-op is like "yay I can finally have sex!" but then you think "ehhh why bother, it's a lot of work" plus you gotta dilate ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1409 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── all of the good people I know work at corporations. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1410 ╔═══════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ whoa, what time is it? "time for your daily sleeping babe" yes babe... │ ║ but first, some horror [beware the psycherwaul, for she likes to dream and has │ ║ no idea what she's talking about] │ ║ {why would you post these all at once? people are going to get pissed at you for │ ║ breaking rules that you didn't know. And by "you" I of course mean "the kind of │ ║ people you are, not you in particular because you know things" and by "kind of │ ║ people you are" I mean "the type of person who spends enough time on the │ ║ internet to know how internet things generally work" like my goodness internet │ ║ people are dramatic. There's sooooo much drama all the time, like... why │ ║ oh yeah because people are dramatic. duh. How could I be so vain. │ ║ what's your deal │ ║ is it wrong to post links to things you've written in the past? ehh it's not │ ║ like there's rules on the sidebar like on Reddit or whatever. what would a │ ║ sidebar even look like on Mastodon? │ ║ oh yeah, a person's profile. Except, the consent is backwards, because people │ ║ hear what they hear. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1411 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── go to sleep what's wrong with you jeezzzz ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1412 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── reverse dorian grey where someone looks decently old but every picture of them gets younger every year ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1413 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── all games that you can lose are capitalist games. All of their mechanics are abstractions upon the competition between the player and the computer (and possibly other players), which creates a disparity of outcomes - some must win, others must lose. I think that's okay, though. There's something inherently satisfying about power. I believe such interactions should exist in our diversions, not our institutions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1414 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── they say that slugs don't like salt because they turn into pickles of course that's not true, cucumbers turn into slugs when fed a diet of leaves and cucumbers ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1415 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── everyone has a right to their interpretation of events. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1416 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-979 @user-980 they do it for power. power corrupts, and these profane desires they possess are the definition of evil. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1417 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── a 4th dimensional entity would exist at about the same speed we do sometimes... it feels like what I do is my responsibility to the universe like, I had been commanded the reason nations are important is because they are an allegiance based solely on geography. something we can all agree on is the material, so why not define ourselves by it? but that's all they are just words we pray to our star so look around. Your allegiance is to your neighbor, and theirs to theirs, an endless fabric of trust. We are all neighbors on this ball of sticks and mud, so come along with me and see the ways it could be. Much brighter, by far, to orbit our star, than to give up on life's precious notions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1418 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the path to defeating hunger lies not in feeding people, but rather in reducing the prices. I personally believe in FREEdom as an ideal, and why not strive for the ideal? to defeat greed, you must banish inequity. Ah, but people like inequity, or else they wouldn't revere such power. maybe there's no going back. maybe there's no future. is it really such a crime to live in the present? I know who I'd like to be -> someone who prepares the world for posterity. knock-knock, did your doorbell break? or are you still on vacation? How long's it been, weeks? months? are you ever coming back again? it's lonely without you here, I miss you and your neighborly definitions. though I'm sure it's much brighter, wherever you are, so I think I'll stay here and orbit our star. Much calmer for me, and this way I don't have to watch you bleed, so take this as my honest confession. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1419 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── City of Villains is a fun game where you can beat up both superheroes and nazis https://youtu.be/VtyfDBqpTVU best viewed at 360p in my opinion ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1420 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-982 funny how that works ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1421 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-122 hi I looked at your profile and it says you're one of the two people on tech.lgbt why are there so few people? when I joined last year there were so many ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1422 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── competition is valuable because it empowers us through sport. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1423 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "of course, I'm on lots of places on the internet. I know my way around the territory. I can show you a bit, if you dare, so come on this journey as I share."some person, some-when, in the future looking at our storied and ancient past ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1424 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the devil shows you the plan, and then prevents all others from understanding. the angel is when you give up and focus on purity. what is life if not the will to power? there's nothing stranger than a follower. [I don't understand that, feels like a diversion] [huh new paragraph I guess] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1425 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── no such thing as a dishonest competition. With the addition of lies it becomes abuse, perpetuated by (and assigned to) the leader or whoever is foremost. Like... "Red team won because they were a better shot" versus "blue team just wanted to play along" if you let the loser define the narrative, then you will always align yourself to them. but the other way around is oppression. everyone has a right to their perspective. It is the only thing that is truly their own here on this earth - a soul, of a man, if you will. if you let competition define who needs the most support, rather than who is the most remarkable, then you'll find that most of your ethical qualms are quelled or at least stifled. Which is a good thing, right? How would we define ourselves except against injustices. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1426 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I am dogmatic with my code of ethics. Believe me, or don't, contest me, or not, I always will do what I trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1427 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you want your game to be playable in 20 years, make sure it runs on Linux. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/261 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Trans girls be like "I'm both Chihiro Fujisaki and Chiaki Nanami" and people don't understand why they don't get capitalism ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/262 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "come home" and "don't go" sound the same. Same for "kill yourself" and "save yourself". If only there was a universal language that we could speak to our refridgerator (or other parts of the world prone to tapping) where positive messages would have a different amount of syllables from negative ones. Ah well I guess that's why they call it an angel and devil tapping on your shoulder. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/263 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Inside of me there are two wolves. The first says "wait no I'm actually a human" and the other says "I'm a witch! Teehee" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/264 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Don't write self documenting code! Force people to read the documentation so they know how to use it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/265 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Screenshot_20240113-003148_Firefox.png ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/266 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 20240113_003549.png ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/267 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I wonder how many things I've forgot? More every minute, I'd say, and though I try and chronicle them all... What's there to say? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1428 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── hello everyone, Discord is down for me and I can't reach any of my friends over SMS. You know I'd just... give you my address if you asked, right? oh no sorry turns out they were just busy haha silly me why would I worry ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1429 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-985 thanks I know what I'm doing with the rest of the day ... once I finish this thing I'm working on. Ah, but the sun is out now, and the work can wait. The work can always wait. What's one more tomorrow, the future will not abate! eh that doesn't concern me. PLUR and be good, I'll be here until I run out of feed [food], and then... well I'll probably have to go to the grocery store. ... cheers, love the fish ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1430 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you don't like me anymore, and then you hide yourself from me instead of telling me, I'm going to spend the rest of my life wondering if you're still alive. It's a curse you bestow upon me, and it's worse than saying goodbye. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1431 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you haven't spend hours wondering if you're god, the antichrist, a cognitohazard, the future president of the world, a target of aliens / the CIA, or any other number of common delusions... then congratulations you're probably not crazy but odds are you aren't magic, either. ... ehhhh "wonder" is a strong word, more like "know, trust, and believe" much better to be a witch I believe, someone with the "teehee" kind of magic than someone compelled to destroy humanity through the reactions of others to the actions of the self that are impossible to resist or fully control. BRB I'm going to leave my apartment to get groceries, leaving my door unlocked because that's what I always do, surely it'll be empty when I return. Surely. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1432 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-987 somebody yelled the N word at me once while driving, and it's like... bro, I'm white maybe they couldn't see beneath the witch-hat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1433 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── taking my 3ds everywhere just incase someone else is my age ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1434 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if someone wanted to defame you, all they'd have to do is set up a pipeline between your computer and your social media posts. In that pipeline, attach an LLM that does a passable job and instruct it to transform whatever they say into the inverse. suddenly, everyone hates that person. If you were smart you could turn it off for specific people such that they see the generally positive and healthy posts, and then after a point flip it such that they only see things that are specifically opposit-ed to trigger their specific insecurities. might require a bit of a human touch to make sure it's working correctly, but if you had the means, motivation, and time to set up such a thing, it would work pretty well I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1435 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── picture this: ramen noodles, but there's more of them, and they aren't bad for you. They taste slightly less salty. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1436 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there's this fun game that people sometimes play on Reddit where someone will make a post that says something like "comment on this post and then edit it after I reply to make me look bad" and someone will say something like "how are you doing today man" and he'll reply "oh you know pretty good actually it's pretty nice honestly" and then they'll edit their comment to say something like "how do you feel about the droid attack on the wookies" so OP looks like they're condoning mechano-violence against tall furry humanoids that's just an example, usually it's for comedic effect I just think that's an interesting illustration of a process that could be co-opted by a "man-in-the-middle" attack to alter the perception of a person partway through their journey, perhaps when it's at the point where they're most despised (or perhaps in pursuit of that state) something something cancel culture plus deepfakes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1437 ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── a perpetual motion machine would appear stable to the machine in motion ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1438 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you're gonna kill yourself anyway, might as well throw yourself at a cause you believe in. Ideally the kind that requires repeated attendance and lots of opportunities to make friends or forge communal bonds with people who can help you. honestly, what do you have to lose? sure it's hard, but nothing worth doing is easy. If it were, someone else would have done it already. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1439 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 C, because it's really just a K and an S in a trenchcoat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1440 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 design structures and institutions such that no person can harm another, no matter how evil they are. design structures and institutions such that nobody goes hungry, and nobody is objectively poor. Unless they keep breaking things or whatever, then you should maybe let them be destitute. Good and Evil should contest in the spiritual realm, not the legal one. "The only unethical act is an application of power to an unconsenting subject" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1441 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-990 some of my favorite AI works are from that era! Maybe a bit afterwards too. Like this one: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/pictures/game-design-pyrrhic-victory4.png ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1442 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── changing my profile picture. Here are the old and new pictures, for historical purposes. EDIT: changing it back because I can't see the details when it's so zoomed out >.>
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1443 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 Oh! I didn't realize anyone agreed with me teehee I have such a short memory ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1444 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── now is as good a time as any to clear your cookies and put every password you have to re-enter into a password manager. I know it's hard but you can do it! also, don't forget to request your archive of the fediverse every 7 days or whenever! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1445 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I miss university because of all the gay people I could hang out with. I guess I must be lonely. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1446 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── humans are most effective when in a cohesive and comprehensive social context. they don't want you at your best because they are anti-human in nature. Hence, the alienation of capitalism. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1447 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the gay urge to hang out with men the lesbian urge to hang out with women the trans urge to see other trans people naked ... I mean, uh... I'm perfectly normal and reasonable look at me being a massive qt ... the queer urge to find your people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1448 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── that one option flag in the config file that you don't know what it does because the documentation intentionally doesn't explain it very well (or explains that it solves a use-case that like, nobody would ever have, and certainly you don't have) that secretly sets a flag which sends your [redacted] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1449 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── leftists: social media is bad guys, and here's why: [insert perfectly valid reason, of which there are many possibilities] leftists: watch me be an exemplar who practices what they preach [nobody sees them because they aren't on social media anymore and people don't know how to make friends IRL anymore preferring instead to speak into a void that sometimes whispers back] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1450 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the further down you get in the tech tree, the less powerful the benefits should be. the most important choices for a build are usually taken early on, so why encourage snowballing instead of a more linear approach to scoring gameplay decisions? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1451 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── politicians appeal to certain segments of the population. That's just how they're designed. They're meant to be reflections of your hopes. We shouldn't demand them to be moral, or kind - they should just do what we want them to. That is the spirit of democracy, that we the people should decide. ... a lot of people watch reality TV though, like... all day every day and a lot of people listen to fox news and such ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1452 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── normalize deciding, as a group, who to follow ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1453 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── an artist is best known posthumously when their best work is the stuff they kept secret ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1454 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ... what
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/268 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I love all humans. It is unconditional. The kind of love I have for nazis is a kind of vengeful love. Like, the way you might love a family dog who recently got rabies, bit two more dogs, and is currently eyeing you with terror and malice in its eyes - the kind that only comes from the loss of compassion. "you were kind once, as all humans are, but sometime in your life you made choices. and now you are here. I burn thee for my fathers I spite thee for thine mothers And I slay thee to fight the dragon of hate." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/269 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "good afternoon, ma'am, my name is [redacted], and I'm just a person, I'm not with anyone or anything. I'm going to all the houses on this street and knocking on their doors and asking them two questions - you don't have to answer if you don't want. The first is "do you know any of your neighbors" and the second is would you like to meet them?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1455 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "Where have all the bastards gone? ... Where have all the riots gone?"Green Day, American Idiot, Letterbomb, 2004 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1456 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111762894785081074 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1457 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── oh hey look what I found (no idea how authentic it is) https://midgard.antifa.se/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1458 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── there's nothing in the rules of the internet that says you can't share a mastodon account with your 18 closest friends. you'll only find such a demand in the EULA's of websites that you probably shouldn't be spending very much time on, anyway. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1459 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── still waiting for a brand of kitty litter that absorbs moisture at about the same rate that you need to replace it... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1460 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-993 @user-772 I've seen those glasses before! very peculiar. the artistry is amazing! I miss the girl I was with. Here's some colors I like: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/pictures/game-design-pyrrhic-victory4.png ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1461 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In soviet America, the rich tax you. ... wait that's just regular America isn't it? ... they would never be so bold if they weren't fed the kind of propaganda that we never see. They would never be so bold if they knew the truth of our lives. They don't have it easy, but we put up with more shit than they do. "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal." "you are not immune to the propaganda you see. you are, however, immune to the kind of propaganda they see." the powerful must always exist at the behest of the governed. such is one of many prices for power. part of me can't help but think about the militarization of the police, and how anyone can drive their APC's and operate their sound cannons or whatever, if only they possessed the keys and training. God bless our veterans right? And hey, a police station is an island in a sea of man. "Our chances may be, far from pioneered. But our chances may be in our favour." ... sorry I've been listening to a lot of Green Day lately. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1462 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── here are the albums I know: Insomniac: Being young is weird Dookie: Our culture fucking sucks American Idiot: Let's fucking burn it 20th Century Radio: While listening to this ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1463 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-217 Chlorophyll ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1464 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://plush.city/users/heatherhorns/statuses/111872292124455861 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1465 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── corporations are a particular method of organizing people. I'm pro organization, not necessarily pro corporation (they'd have to be real darn ethical to get a pass from me) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1466 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── my opsec is non-existent teehee does anyone want my IP? or even my address, it's not like I lock my door if (when) my poor decisions get me killed (whoops adding content warning) please throw a brick at an insurance company for me thanks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1467 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── my favorite foods are the kind that can grow in my geographic region and require minimal processing besides like, chopping vegetables and boiling rice. also butter, I'm really into butter. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1468 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── broke: the Biden presidency was meant to defuse the rage of BLM woke: we needed more time to gather our strength ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1469 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "She's a witch, and for some reason she's convinced it's okay to be fucking insane on main" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1470 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── have an acronym that needs a bit more context, but it doesn't fit in the structure available? No problem! Add hyphens until the problem goes away. For example, ACAB lacks nuance! I mean, surely not ALL cats are beautiful, right? Much better is my preferred way to say it, which is ACAB -> Almost-all Cats Are Beautiful-and-while-not-all-of-them-the-ratio-is-enough-that-systemically-they-as-a-social-class-cause-and-perpetuate-the-oppression-of-those-they-claim-to-snuggle-and-protect. Much easier to remember because the hyphens make it roll off the tongue quite easily. Plus, this way nobody will ever get confused! something something basic biology is incomplete and trans people are advanced biology something something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1471 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── brb leaving my apartment empty and unlocked (well, empty aside from a scaredy-cat) for the next "rest of the day" so if anyone wants to surprise me with a note saying "you're fucking stupid, lock your damn door" I'll read it tonight and reply "ha like a lock is gonna do anything besides give me an extra second or two of warning" ... it's so that your neighbors can hear if someone's breaking in with a crowbar, you stupid bitch ... too bad 80% of the floor of my apartment building is inexplicably empty. Just my floor, none of the other floors or buildings. Weird. ... anyone wanna start a commune in an apartment building? No no stupid idea. Unless...? ... anyway ttyl ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1472 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 my streaming is broken and I can't figure out why : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1473 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 yeah uhhhh the one you helped me setup. The error is just "connection refused" because it "could not write header for output file" because of incorrect input parameters, but I don't think I changed anything since we used it a couple weeks ago. Have you seen any errors like that? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1474 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-882
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1475 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-998 @user-999 ... nope. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1476 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 0.0.0.0 doesn't work, just tried. and whatsmyip.com thinks my IP address is the same : \ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1477 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hmmmm I'm running mediamtx on the same computer that I'm running the streaming script on. I'll try with 127.0.0.1 I don't think I updated my system since it was working last time. I'll scroll through our chat and see if I can find any hints. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/270 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "you're special." "I'm really not." "do you doubt my judgement? Or yourself?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/271 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── We have art like Green Day for the same reason we have guns. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1478 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://hachyderm.io/users/norootcause/statuses/112077787516415124 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1479 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── why are we burning all this "lego material" in our cars don't you know there's only enough to make a limited amount of legos? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/elementary-problems ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── it's often considered a sin to defame the works of others. we naturally strive to inspire confidence in our allies, so we always try to be on our best behavior. = so = through meanings interpreted from our behavior, there is a tendency to listen to that which is most outstanding. but not all of the truths can be found in a book, sometimes you need to be [out in the field standing] [like a scarecrow] [silly how strange it seems. that listening brings out our own behavior. it's like it's built into our functioning, that we must obey the pull of the water. I don't understand it, nor do I appreciate any sense of pursuit when I'm using it, I simply wish to understand. I try and write things down, but nobody reads them. or at least nobody responds to them. they used to, but not for every one. I believe the things I do are useful. why would I otherwise do them? but there's not always a = so = correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no reason a windows partition couldn't alter the nature of some of the files in the linux partition? I mean, none of the filesystems from linux are in play, because it's basically just dead weight on the computer when Windows is being booted. why wouldn't it change and alter it? and while yes, something could simultaneously be done in the other direction too - linux spying on the Windows partition. And everything has to be able to be run in a VM without triggering any false positives, so the issues aren't able tobe solved so easily. not with any one bit of guidance, it must always be more thorou. [thorough] I want to play World of Warcraft ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/272 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Cats only want one thing and its fucking disgusting [cat food] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/273 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Algorism in a nutshell: Everyone gets dollars from their job. Will explain more later, for now trust that they get dollars. Essentials and infrastructure are free, but luxuries are not. To spend dollars, you either go to a showroom or use the nationalized Amazon (forked, not stolen) - there you can place down dollars to enter a special kind of queue. Everytime a product is made its distributed to the people with the most dollars in queue. Every period (week, month, idk) the amount you manually put into the queue is re-added to the queue - 100 becomes 200, becomes 300, becomes 400. You can manually add more whenever you like but it's not retroactive. At the end of the period all your extra dollars are distributed among your open queues. That's basically it. It rewards patience and temperance, while capitalism rewards greed and cruelty. How to get dollars? Okay so there is a government run job board portal website thing. Every company can make a listing there, and every person can post themselves too if they'd rather be recruited. The company pays a different amount to the government than the worker receives. This amount is determined algorithmically based on values like supply and demand for labor in that particular area. People list 10 types of jobs they'd like to work at any level of specificity (they'd be arranged into layers of overlapping umbrellas, like queer identities except more complex) then that data is used both for job placement (consensual of course!) and data for the "supply and demand" calculation. You can only change these values once every 6 months, or 1 value every month, up to the user. The amount the corporation pays to the government is not the same as what the worker receives. The longer a worker works, the more "stuff" they can buy. They are rewarded for diligence. However essentials are free so nobody has to save for retirement. You can trade stuff for stuff, but not stuff for labor. Small informal exchanges are fine "if you mow my lawn I'll bake you a pie" but not "I'll give you 500lbs of gold bars if you build me a mansion" - I haven't figured out a way to structurally prevent rant besides just saying it's illegal. Housing is like a library, except you can queue for who gets the spot next. A person can live in a house as long as they'd like, and when they're done with it the person highest in the queue can decide if they want to live there. If not, the 2nd in line gets to move in if they want, etc. Their accrued value persists if they don't move in, and when moving out an accurate assessment should be undertaken. "ah but won't foreign states just hire a bunch of people to move in and out of houses really quickly like they're doing to my apartment complex so that a stable source of income cannot be guaranteed and resources will have to be wasted on assessments and such?" I mean, maybe, but it'd be up to the community to decide how to prevent that. Your primary residence is free, you can live there as long as you'd like. If you want two houses then you need to continuously be the highest value in the queue for both of them. Same goes for renting and hotels and such - the "owner" or property manager or whatever needs to maintain their lead by investing time and value in the property. Otherwise nobody would want to live there. This would be an example of a self-appointed job. Self-appointed jobs are like being self employed now. You produce value that people enter queues for, and in return your stacking percentage bonus increases. The government will pay you dollars based on the demand for your good/service, which odds are will be pretty small. But you get to do what you want, so that's something, and besides essentials are free so... I wish people would ask me questions so I knew which blanks to fill in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1480 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The mandate of heaven can eat my shorts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1481 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you lose someone on the Fediverse then there's a zero percent chance you'll ever find them again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1482 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 I feel like SSH keys to log into every website should be a standard or something similar ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1483 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-141 that's an awfully specific feeling ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/274 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Can't help but wonder If I ever was a real person at all ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1484 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-1002 When next the tide comes for us, we'll be ready, after having trained on conserving our compassionate hope for darker times ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1485 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-1005 If you'd like, I can try and explain "killer instict". Though I get the impression you would prefer to play games that don't emphasize combat, which is 100% okay and valid and should be encouraged. My understanding of the rules of D&D is that combat is a contest between two or more entities. Contests need rules, and combat being based on physical prowess (or magical, or spiritual, or w/e) can be defined. Other kinds of contests, like "how well did the ranger do at the archery competition" or "did the rogue manage to convince the diplomat to share the plans" are impossible to genericize because they are based on situational factors, rather than physical (or magical, or spiritual, or w/e) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1486 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://exquisite.social/users/thomholwerda/statuses/111917001944731954 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1487 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── social media clients that don't return you to the same spot you were at when you hit the back button -.- but then also make it needlessly complicated to open links in a new tab, like obfuscating the location you need to cast "middle click" on ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/275 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Games where every time you play them it feels different, my beloved ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1488 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I don't know who needs to hear this, but it hurts less to be despised than ignored. which is why you don't feed the trolls, and always pet the neocats ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1489 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If supply and demand were real laws that guided the invisible hand of our economy, then housing would have gotten cheaper after COVID. And yet, time and again, that hand is shown to be nothing more than greed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1490 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 @user-1007 bury me where I fall? :3 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1491 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 @user-1007 yeah probably, I've never been so I wouldn't know how to survive in that terrain. It's mostly grassland right? Some trees maybe? Pretty sure Idaho is the mountain one ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1492 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── google glass, but all they do is stream whatever you're doing to specific people. like walkie talkies, but for visuals you can see on your phone. Could help coordination as you'd be able to drop in and see exactly what someone was up to (with their express pre-stated consent) [cooking, cleaning, writing, hanging out, playing video games, w/e] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1493 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Thin clients are great if you can rely on network connectivity. Like if it's wired with ethernet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1494 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── gossip is only bad if you're mean. sometimes it's nice to know how your friends feel about things, or other people. Just don't be mean. Don't hide hatred with platitudes. Don't be spiteful, or vengeful, just... be good to people. Both with your actions, and your thoughts. Thoughts that you share with people close to you. Then gossip isn't mean. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1495 ╔════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS THING │ ║ ==== │ ║ alt-text: pictures of a clear plastic xbox controller. It's shown on my │ ║ porch-deck with the sunlight streaming in, and there seems to be a sparkle in │ ║ the sheen of the transparent covering. Perhaps it's reflections from the various │ ║ circuits and gizmos that are apparent in it's central form, or perhaps it's │ ║ simply a trick of the light. Upon being placed in shadow, the inner-workings do │ ║ not appear to sparkle in that same way, so perhaps the beauty is derived from │ ║ the slivers of the sun that danced across the space between earth and our star. │ ║ In any case, the entire controller is quite dusty, as if it had been hidden in a │ ║ paper grocery bag that was shoved in the back of the closet of a boy who doesn't │ ║ think to clean often. Frankly it's just not worth the trouble, and if he made │ ║ any messes he would pick them up... but why bother with the little stuff? it's │ ║ good enough, this is how he lives, so why would we be inconsiderate of his │ ║ lifestyle? the final picture is of the audio jack. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │
╚═════════╧══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1496 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── some of the best spaghetti sauces I've ever made have not been stewed for hours in a marinara. Instead, they were formed from tomatoes that had been locally grown within my own state. Helps that I live in a green place, but the most important part is not the climate but the proximity. Greenhouses are just as tasty as sunlight and warmth. instead, I seared them, or rather just cooked them for a short time, and the result was something that did not taste gross and watery, but instead fresh and fruity. Like putting mango in salsa, you don't initially think it'll work until you try it. That being said, you should cook canned tomatoes for at least 20 minutes on medium to low heat. In doing so, the flavor profiles will break down and meld together as the constituent forms of the sauce coalesce, and you'll be able to hide most of the fresh flavor. This is important for canned tomatoes because they also bear a hint of "tinniness", from the tin can they're delivered in. This flavor DNI well w / fresh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1497 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Canned tomatoes are still tasty! but a beginner does not approach mozart - they are beyond compare. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1498 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── in the past, people could eat canned food not necessarily because of the way that it was canned, but simply the fact that it was sealed and comprised of a liquid form that was inhospitable to bacterial life. Like vinegar with pickles! But only for the things that were meant to last for a while - if it was just for next month, then you don't need BPA liners or microplastic dissolvers or any of that junk. Just a fully recyclable can that vacuum seals itself shut using the power of machinery and heat. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1499 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── (stewed marinaras are still delicious) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1500 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you create an LLM that can explain data, then you can use it to explain the results of the last computation it ran. If you could also train that LLM (a statistical model) to generate data, through the setting of options in a config file that create the result that you define through your interactions with it (and based on the data that it explains to the user that is read from the file on the computer that it's computing from) then you could create a generalized personal assistant. All you have to do is explain the specific role that it's meant to undertake, (like being a secretary for your Discord communications) and the actions that it can take (like pinging your cell phone if it's really important) and give it the tools to accomplish said tasks (by setting flags in a config file that is then interpreted by a local program running on your computer that awaits interactions) then it might actually be a bit useful. Unfortunately tech people are permitted only to seek dollars, so... chatbots. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1501 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-990 I love that kind of gallery! Minus the goatee. Horses are very dynamic, and cowboys are quite mysterious. _^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1502 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-1010 kinda makes me wonder how those mature kids are doing now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1503 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── part of me kinda wants to be the kind of nerd that writes down the names of every file that's permanently stored on my computer so that I can verify in my own handwriting or perhaps using a type of code that the files on my computer were placed there intentionally and not used to discredit or implicate me in something I had no intentions of being associated with phew idk what that means but surely it's important something something "file creation dates are just bits to be flipped" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1504 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-1013 posting any kind of link to externally hosted content (even a miniature DNS like link shorteners) is risky because you don't control the data you're sharing / pointing to. If you can, try and remember to download videos you like. Save songs that resonate with you. Take screenshots of important tweets that other people make. Then, you can share them when they're thoroughly divorced from the context in which they were made, and in doing so share information to a group of people who might not otherwise have heard the words you're sharing. Like posting Mastodon links on Facebook - can you imagine! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1505 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 2 factor authentication is not for security. If they cared about security they would use SSH keys. 2FA is so that your email provider knows whenever you log in somewhere. Most people use gmail. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1506 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-470 You're right that is better. If only doing things locally was the default, my grievances would be solved. But alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1507 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 but they're so soft! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/276 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Boys be like "dang that's rough buddy" when all you want is for someone to solve your problems ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1508 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── being trans teaches you opsec, because you're constantly hiding the evidence of your past life. being a woman teaches you situational awareness, and (almost) every trans person has been a woman at one point or another. At least, they've performed as one, which is enough to learn about situational awareness. growing up and hiding a part of yourself because you were afraid to come out teaches you to act / lie / perform / mask, which is something every queer person has done at one point or another. conclusion? the gays would make great spies. At least, they'd have a good baseline talent for it. Still would require training obvi ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/277 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I wish I could be the me that I am on cannabis without being inebriated by the drug. She's so much more powerful than the rest of me, but it's impossible for her to keep her head on straight unless she has people guiding her. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/278 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "if we make this part of the program a compressed binary instead of plain text we could save on network costs by 5%" NO bad software developer, go back to Linux ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/279 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If you lack burning passion, seek to empower those that do. There you will find fulfillment, and perhaps you'll find your passions become aligned to theirs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1509 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-521 the democrats get ukraine, the republicans get israel. >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1510 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── number of tabs open: 15 thousand number of tabs in regular use: 5 EDIT: average distance between tabs: 15 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1511 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── For St Patrick's Day I watched The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) and it fucked me up. this despair is why you don't fuck with a witch's staff... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/1512 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/112113562016428218 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1513 ╔════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ Mastodon is weird. If you reply to someone partway through a chain of comments, │ ║ theirs will be pushed down the view. Basically it's "fighting for attention" │ ║ like Twitter was. │ ║ I like Reddit better, where each comment was a point to fractalize the │ ║ conversation into new and interesting directions. Feels like here it's more of a │ ║ direct one-on-one conversation, or rather... shouting into the void. Like crows. │ ║ (just because it's a void doesn't mean nobody can hear from the other side of │ ║ it. Like the emptiness of space between two trees, yet birdsong carries.) │ ║ But on Reddit, your path through the post was determined by what you found │ ║ interesting enough to follow. And once you reached a leaf node, you added your 2 │ ║ cents and went on with your day. │ ║ it was so cool, why did they have to change it │ ║ (tech companies don't understand that sometimes the best product or service was │ ║ somewhere earlier in the evolutionary chain. Businesses are not "survival of the │ ║ fittest", but rather "survival of the prettiest".) │ ║ 1287654321 │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1514 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── image and text clipboards should be kept empty and pulled from or updated depending on context and why not a video clipboard? It's just mkv (and no I don't think the OS should have view-control over it) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1515 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── my favorite lego sets are the ones that teach you to take care of your toys. Solid structures with lots of connecting flat pieces (to hold it together) but with details that can snap off. Being lego, the child can just... put them back on, but with other more expensive or intricate toys they might not. Then, if they throw it down the stairs, they have 15 pieces to put back on instead of 340. and if they throw it into the freshly fallen snow, they might not have any. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1516 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fish would rather be robots than logs on a river ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/280 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Fighting each other is such a waste of ammo. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1517 ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you don't feed the trolls, then they find their own clan. and in doing so, they make their own echo chambers. what would a bunch of trolls do to each other? the poor dears. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1518 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── acceleration-ism is just "learning the truth faster than they do" tbh should be more like "learning things to show them" but eh whatever gets the job done ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1519 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 yeah, true. if they were collectively owned we could suggest some collectivist viewing methods that displayed the highest rated posts in addition to the lowest. I used the "sort by controversial" option a lot to ascertain what the polar extremes of different opinions were on whatever the subject was. They don't even have to be opposites either. Helps you find a bit more of the familiar human crowd. Upvotes are just numbers in a database after all, a database that they entirely control. Funny how people always complain about bots but, like, Reddit could just write their own bots. For breaking news I'd usually sort by "new", because then you can scan for updates when you had time. Though sometimes "best", which valued both time and total upvotes, helped a lot for looking for definitive things. though you could just have a bunch of bots upvote a post shortly after it was posted, thus making it appear more powerful to the sorting algorithm. well, it's flawed. But Mastodon is Twitter, so ig Lemmy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1520 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the slower you think about things, the more time you have to write to long-term memory. School optimizes this out of us. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1521 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if we had better installer software we could have programs that work on any different type of machinery. ... isn't that what a compiler is? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1522 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── dry ramen is not the same as dried ramen. For dry ramen I strain the noodles and add the seasoning with butter. Wet ramen is similar minus the butter and plus noodle water. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1523 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── social media companies should be entertainers, not ad-presenters. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1524 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── maybe I should try microdosing, see if I can convince this part of me to stick around ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1525 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── they had to mark it unfounded, because otherwise they would get in trouble if they were wrong they only stock the competitors products that taste worst than the product of the company they want to divert money to. c ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1526 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "employee of the month" but like, not per month. per project. "here is our foremost, help them as much as you can" like, a hero. or champion. or tech lead. they don't have to be expertly competent, their job is to learn and apply themselves as best they can. Then, after this project, they can go into a pool with all the other tech lead hero champions, and then they can work on something more powerful. The process repeats, until you have a CEO or three. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1527 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 it shouldn't be possible to ban you users should be able to hide your posts, and maybe set up filter lists or machine-learning-guided-content-warning-application-of-filter-lists, so that everyone is given a voice. Is that not the spirit of liberty? The freedom to be? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1528 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 with the ability to turn any post into a thread, like Reddit. Would be nice if there was some visualization for them too, like a 2d map viewed from the side. That would make it easier to navigate I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1529 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 yep! because the conversation is given room to explore the entire idea space surrounding the subject. Versus a conversation, where it's more of a narrative between multiple people, each trying to prove their point or share their love or exchange stories or display works of art and all the various other things people do on Twitter / Mastodon ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1530 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── made a video about ghost ninjas https://youtu.be/WQ3nQqR40Ac ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1531 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── An American princess wears turquoise and silver, not diamonds. Though I'm sure she wears diamonds sometimes too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1532 ╔═════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ modern cowboys don't necessarily say "howdy" or "pardner" │ ║ they tend to say things like "hello" and "can I help you with that?" or "I see. │ ║ Can you describe the problem in more detail? I'm especially curious about the │ ║ part where you do this thing" or "Heh, it is pretty neat, isn't it?" or "Is │ ║ there anything I can do to help?" or "Oh no! I'm sorry you feel that way. That │ ║ emotion is a difficult one." or "He was a good person. I'll never forget him." │ ║ or "would you like to go to the 2nd hand store and pick up some jeans?" or "I │ ║ made you an egg sandwich. If you don't want it I'll eat it myself, though I made │ ║ one for me as well. Wouldn't want to waste it." or "Hey, this part is broken. Is │ ║ anyone working on fixing it? Yes? Okay I'll see if they need any help. No? │ ║ Alright how about we fix it this way? I can get started." or "You are very │ ║ welcome. Please let me know if there's anything else I can help you with." or │ ║ "well, the ticket backlog is empty, and I'm just about going insane doing │ ║ nothing but stare at my boots." │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1533 ═════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── if you set out food for animals consistently, then more of them can live in the area. but if you move across the state and take your bird feeder with you, the birds will die. well, birds can fly, rabbits and chickens and squirrels are not so lucky. birds might not die. though there is overall less food in the area, so they might still die. when I was a kid, growing up in suburbia I used to see rabbits EVERYWHERE. My cat would hunt them. I would run around with them. Now I see but a few. Rabbits eat grass, right? We sure do use a lot of pesticides on our immaculate lawns. Or at least, the one neighbor three doors down does, and it's a free country after all. explain to me again why we can't leave a trail of chopped up carrots behind our lawn mowers? Why we can't spread seeds on our trails, or fill basins with water? ... yeah, none of that makes money. All of it requires consistent persistent effort. And it's not like our media glorifies it, what a shame it would be to hold nature in our palms. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘