Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cooking-recycling │ └───────────────────────┘ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: tech-unions │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: │ │ scary-absurdist-magic-symbolism-discipline-honor-dedication-virtue-safehavens-meditation-[presupposed │ │ destinations]-hypnosis-[clarity of purpose]-[something about how turntables turn │ │ or something] │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @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"
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/696 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: │ │ scary-absurdist-magic-symbolism-discipline-honor-dedication-virtue-safehavens-meditation-[presupposed │ │ destinations]-hypnosis-[clarity of purpose]-[something about how turntables turn │ │ or something] │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: Tabletop-Roleplaying-Game │ └───────────────────────────────┘ https://ia803203.us.archive.org/15/items/knave-1.0-en/Knave_1.0_EN.pdf ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/699 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: meme │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/700 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: silly │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/701 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: computer-code │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: meme │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: trans-witches │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── SANDPOND SAGA ARROWS IN ARROWS IN ARROWS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNBKdU6XrLY ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/713 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: it was revealed to me in a dream │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ @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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── People love to talk about what the intentions are. However, when a system constantly produces a different outcome than the one it is "intended" for then it's perfectly reasonable to assume the actual intention is the outcome it continues to produce. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-and-homelands │ └────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── Arkri wiggles. If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings. #generativeArt ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ‘It is a time of witch hunts in #Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about #Gaza deaths | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/it-is-a-time-of-witch-hunts-in-isr ael-teacher-held-in-solitary-confinement-for-posting-concern-about-gaza-deaths #palestine // qudos to the brave Israelis speaking out ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/742 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── yet I'm still fine ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/743 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ another year, another picture added to the pile. this one's meta because I stopped using facebook.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/744 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: alcohol-mentioned-protests-games-laughter │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── The distant future, the year is 2025. Your daytime job is moving Bejeweled tiles in the Metaverse. You unlock your first paycheck. There's a flash of animated confetti and the number: 7.2 billion flooz. It's enough to buy yourself a brand new NFT. But which one to choose? A quick hand gesture to feed your Metaverse children. A joyful chime as the exclamation marks above their avatars disappear. A keypress to kiss your Metaverse wife. Five more days and the "model family" trophy is yours. Suddenly, a ringtone reverberates. It's your mom. She gets updates on your unlocks and wants to tell you that she is proud. "Don't forget to like and subcribe," she blurts out before hanging up. She needs seven hundred more friends before she's eligible to monetize her lifestream. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ there are few things more nutritious for the soul than warm chocolate chip cookies. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/765 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: Re: food │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: content-warnings-ai-trauma-woe-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── a message to all my haters! i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry what did i do wrong i’ll do anything to fix it i’m so sorry please i’ll do anything to get you to stop hating me i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/779 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-capitalism │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol-capitalism │ └────────────────────────┘ @user-576 So says I. Do you disagree? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/781 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol-capitalism │ └────────────────────────┘ @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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: "schitzoposting" │ └──────────────────────────┘ @user-579 if I'm not in this picture then what am I ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/783 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-biden-presidency-summary │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: ADHD, metacognition │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mh- │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── [Video: 05954d03-3859-4514-9134-10e058e4741d.mp4] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/158 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── [Video: 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: scary - suicide mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary - suicide mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ / 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary - suicide mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ sorry to bother you, goodnight ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/803 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary - suicide explicitely mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ {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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: ummmmmmm I have 300 characters left │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: suicide mentioned-cursing mentio │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weird-this-one-doesn't-have-80-characters │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: totally-useless-completely-whatever │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: one more thing sorry going to sleep now │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: │ │ ║ │ suicide-mentioned-graphic-climate-change-politics-capitalism-existential-NSFL │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: csa death-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-246 does checking yourself into a mental hospital / the morgue count as a political option? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/841 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Harrios twitches. If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings. #fractalFlame ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-spirituality │ └───────────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: gentoo │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Let's raise awareness about what NOT to say to a friend who is experiencing a #mentalhealth problem. #caregiving ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cognitohazard │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: wonder-what-would-happen-if │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-scary │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: completely-unfounded-no-evidence-mis-information │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: witchery │ └──────────────────────┘ 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: image.png] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/184 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── [Image: 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 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-economy │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: what │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-78 would you like to hear a recipe for steamed eggs? they're my favorite ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/898 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── "Imagine what they did when we couldn't see their crimes on our phones" Sticker spotted in NYC ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: spirituality │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: scary-also-body-horror-I-guess? │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary-too-scary-for-a-wednesday │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: scary-curse │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-sorta-cursed-i-meant-saline │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ 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-yo u-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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: eye-contact-selfie │ └────────────────────────┘ @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 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── Boyah in motion. If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings. #artBot ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── Fust spins. If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings. #generativeArt ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: definitely not cursed │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: for-cats-only │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: psychosis-symptom-right? │ └──────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: kink-lewd-nsfw │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-scary-genre:-horror-video-games │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: plagues-zombies-layoffs │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursed-scary-pol-doomer-misinformation │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @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
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/988 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── 4/20
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/989 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: 3/20 swearing │ └──────────────────────┘ 3/20
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/990 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: 2/20 buncha-stuff │ └───────────────────────┘ part 2/20
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/991 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: 1/20 scary-add-more-warnings-later │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ made this a couple days ago. [thread] 🧵 part 1/20
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/992 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-curséd-scary-not-real-u-dont-have-to-read │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @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]
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cursed-curséd-scary-not-real-u-dont-have-to-read │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── Haysber's possibility space. If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings. #artBot ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-not-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: food/eating(-), re: mh(--) │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: ableism-against-non-verbal-people-sorry-<3 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-voting-sex-mentioned-god-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── Okay I dunno who needs to hear this but please please please stop putting glass and ceramics in or on conventional heating elements like ovens or stoves unless the product is explicitly designed for it I;m begging ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Vauge │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-763 ... how? I don't see that option (Mastodon) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1038 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: what │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal-vent-sorry │ └─────────────────────────┘ "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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-thought-in-the-back-of-my-head │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ "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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: religion lh │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── [Image: 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-money-economics │ └──────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-suicide-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-spirituality-eye-contact- │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary-religion-nazis-violence │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: │ │ spirituality-god-complex-oops-sorry-said-I-wasn't-going-to-do-that-anymore-in-my-defence-this-is-from-a-while-ago │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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. [needs 5 images worth of description but I only had room for 4 in this post, see the next post for the rest]
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1056 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: │ │ spirituality-god-complex-oops-sorry-said-I-wasn't-going-to-do-that-anymore-in-my-defence-this-is-from-a-while-ago │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: violence-cursing-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-fighting │ └────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: bones-flesh-mentioned-spirituality-dreams │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis │ └──────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-star-wars │ └────────────────────────────┘ the Force in Star Wars isn't a magical force, it's a spiritual one. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1082 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-cursing-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned-mental-health │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ "I like you" neat "I don't like you" guess I'll die ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ |