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if you want to understand me, play Majesty the Fantasy Kingdom Sim (when you
have time and are bored (very important combination)) - start on beginner
difficulty and click the right buttons.
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HRT is hard. why do they have to make the needle so pointy?
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I feel like I'd be at least a little more productive if Stack Overflow (the
website) let you collapse comment chains the same way Reddit does
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chaotic evil usage of chatGPT
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my cat absolutely adores these. I checked and made sure they were too big to
fit in her mouth.
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@user-203 @user-243 oh you can! you just need to array your gates in a logical
fashion and flip all the 1's to 0's by bit shifting each register to the left
(or right!) 8 times.
You'll be good as new! But you may have forgotten how to english, so... yeah,
but on the bright side you can rewatch Star Wars as if you were 6 years old or
whatever, so that's something. You'll have the taste of a 6 year old though so
you'll probably end up liking the sequels. >.>
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@user-243 @user-203 I cry every time Anakin sacks the Jedi temple T.T
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@user-243 reproduction is inherent to life. Expansion is not, but reproduction
consumes resources and eventually you run out of the things you need in your
habitat and must expand.
BUT that's a very "strategy gamer" perspective, the truth is that you're not
wrong - a solution to the fermi paradox does not necessarily need to include
expansion because you a species could survive essentially indefinitely with a
single dyson sphere.
If expansion is unethical then why would the chosen solution include it?
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If you want to learn to cook, start with a sandwich. Then spaghetti sauce from
a jar. Then sautee some vegetables and throw them on top of rice. Then go to
the store, read the back of a tasty-looking package, and make the recipe it
suggests.
Then you know how to cook. Don't bother with online recipes.
Also, more butter, more salt.
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child safety lock on packaging?
don't you mean "differently abled deterrence lock"?
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it's important to always have an extra pair of sweatpants in the bathroom.
trust me
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solar energy is vegan
you're not taking anything from the sun, just capturing it's natural
expulsions. It's like... sun poop, and we're using it to post memes and hang
out.
okay food, emergency services, and... what else do we really need that consumes
power? Obviously entertainment, but frankly without internet we'd probably keep
to ourselves. I know I'd read a lot more books and chill out with my neighbors
and whatnot. is that why similar people tend to live together? then why are
cities so diverse? who can say...
I dream of an ordered society, but frankly the kind that are most fun are the
ones where a single person doesn't define their contents. Liberty, liberty, the
freedom to be, and by god all men are created equal. the things we owe to one
another are the things that bring order to a just and sane world. our future is
blooming : )
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@user-245
why do so many people reject that intuitive baking is a thing?
because they've been burned before!
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EDIT: the unspoken assumption is that power means exertion of energy, meaning
something that costs money. Capitalism is not vegan because it's defined by
labor and acts.
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how can martinelli's taste so good and sparkling water taste so bad?
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If you want to write object oriented C, just make one file per class and use
static functions for private methods.
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@user-246 or is it 010010 which == 18 in binary?
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cookies are just cookie dough that you've already baked
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this is my favorite button
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@user-249 just means you put more points into intelligence than perception at
character creation.
different people are good at different things, some are just really good at
feeling their spiritual environment. Also lots of people report transcendental
religious awakenings after doing psychedelics? Might be related, should look
into. I mean... didn't the CIA do experiments in the 70s or whatever on LSD?
Something something lucid dreaming
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"by god all men are created equal" is a point in favor of point buy systems
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@user-252 kinda makes me think we need another layer between state and federal.
or would three be too many? four if you count local, which frankly suffers from
the same problem. I mean, how many people go to city council meetings? how many
city council meetings actually matter? Idk never been /shrug
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okay how about this - whenever you buy something instead of spending money on
it you actually put down a deposit. Then, when you're done with it, you get
your deposit back, minus a percentage based on the (lazily calculated)
condition of the thing you're using.
Would work best for things with replaceable parts, because otherwise if you
like turn in your phone because some irreplaceable part is missing then you
wouldn't get anything back (except for what the pieces that are replaceable are
worth)
you still own the thing, it's just that you can trade it in for a down payment
on the next one you buy. Or for whatever the heck you wanted. Basically the
system that car's work under, except applied to everything (and maybe run
through the government so there's no need for a profit tax like the kind
predatory car dealerships levy)
I think a system like this would encourage the average person to desire and
seek out consumption options that had replaceable parts and/or were more
durable, which is something
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@user-255
sooooooon, all things in time. Someday you'll be like me - I can't even
remember why I was so upset about that whole "dysphoria" thing. Like looking
back it seems like a minor annoyance, but when I first came out it was all I
could think about. Don't be jealous - just wait! It'll happen to you! Celebrate
the euphoria, I also can't really remember that too well. I'm just normal now,
minus my weekly shot.
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@user-258
do pickles count as a fluid?
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@user-263 @user-264
something something slippery slope oh no watch out it's icy
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I don't think I've ever heard a song for the first time and understood every
single word. Usually I can catch the chorus... usually...
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@user-5
and mobile users who accidentally type . instead of [space] or something like
that which is easy to mistakenly press on some keyboards
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@user-266
digital literacy is literacy, and most people don't read books
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@user-258
neat! explains why I haven't died from dehydration so far... Although my teeth
are looking a little eroded from all the vinegar-acid : )
Dear teeth: some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
At least with sugar you can brush and floss...
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@user-258
got it, so don't brush right after and drink water. Both of those sound like
good ideas! I only brush my teeth when they feel weird and gross anyway, and
after eating pickles they feel like I just went to the dentist.
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walmart pricing out mom-and-pop stores is an abuse of power and should be
illegal
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if we're encouraged to boost our old toots then I should be allowed to post
screenshots of my old Reddit posts, right?
![a reddit post from a year ago with 728 upvotes titled: This system is literally insane but they try to make it feel like you're insane. from the subreddit /r/psychonaut. submitted 1 year ago by Nervous_Ad_9687 125 comments [–]nincomturd 66 points 1 year ago Lots of very good and salient points, but what I don't understand is this random praise of Jeff Bezos. It's entirely incongruent with everything else you wrote. If greed is one of the problems you mentioned, you cannot at the same praise Jeff. The praise of western culture as well was a bit incongruent, as it's inextricably linked to these problematic concepts. You even talk about the problem of how culture perpetuates itself at them individual household level and goes on to firmy the broader culture. But other than that, you definitely highlighted much of the insanity we're living with. If those of us who similarly have the eyes to see them insanity were to collectively live our values and work with each other to do so, we'd build the greatest culture and society the world has seen. One day I hope we make it. [next comment] /u/ugathanki 7 points 1 year ago amazon has provided a useful and valuable service with excellent follow-through amazon is unethically abusing it's workers, it's competitors, and the environment the priorities of the company are misaligned - valuing service over ethical behavior [ran out of characters, see next picture]](/similar-different/media/71a011d58f620f80.png "a reddit post from a year ago with 728 upvotes titled: This system is literally insane but they try to make it feel like you're insane. from the subreddit /r/psychonaut. submitted 1 year ago by Nervous_Ad_9687 125 comments [–]nincomturd 66 points 1 year ago Lots of very good and salient points, but what I don't understand is this random praise of Jeff Bezos. It's entirely incongruent with everything else you wrote. If greed is one of the problems you mentioned, you cannot at the same praise Jeff. The praise of western culture as well was a bit incongruent, as it's inextricably linked to these problematic concepts. You even talk about the problem of how culture perpetuates itself at them individual household level and goes on to firmy the broader culture. But other than that, you definitely highlighted much of the insanity we're living with. If those of us who similarly have the eyes to see them insanity were to collectively live our values and work with each other to do so, we'd build the greatest culture and society the world has seen. One day I hope we make it. [next comment] /u/ugathanki 7 points 1 year ago amazon has provided a useful and valuable service with excellent follow-through amazon is unethically abusing it's workers, it's competitors, and the environment the priorities of the company are misaligned - valuing service over ethical behavior [ran out of characters, see next picture]")
![part 2 of the description for screen readers, because I ran out of characters the reason they are misaligned is because it is most desirable to do so for the company the reason it is most desirable is because corporations are designed to maximize profit over value produced. just as "income" is adjusted by "expenditures" to create "profit", so too must "profit" be adjusted by "impact" to create "value" the problem is, nobody can define what "impact" means. it's essentially a vacant variable, leading corporations to assume that "profit" == "value" we don't need to punish corporations or "eat the rich", we need to adjust their reward structures such that "profit" != "value" another problem is in the internal structure of a corporation - if none of the employees are powerful enough to challenge their higher-ups, then people like Bezos accrete power the pathway to liberation is empowerment of the workers. those workers will re-define the priorities of their workplace to fit their desires - with a little guidance, they can desire "diligence, dedication, and a passion for craftsmanship" over "big number go up brrrrrrrr" - hence, social media. sorry for the highlighting, am stoned. [next comment] /u/Amalvenugopal 18 hours ago 🙌 preach brother](/similar-different/media/07287f61b707891a.png "part 2 of the description for screen readers, because I ran out of characters the reason they are misaligned is because it is most desirable to do so for the company the reason it is most desirable is because corporations are designed to maximize profit over value produced. just as \"income\" is adjusted by \"expenditures\" to create \"profit\", so too must \"profit\" be adjusted by \"impact\" to create \"value\" the problem is, nobody can define what \"impact\" means. it's essentially a vacant variable, leading corporations to assume that \"profit\" == \"value\" we don't need to punish corporations or \"eat the rich\", we need to adjust their reward structures such that \"profit\" != \"value\" another problem is in the internal structure of a corporation - if none of the employees are powerful enough to challenge their higher-ups, then people like Bezos accrete power the pathway to liberation is empowerment of the workers. those workers will re-define the priorities of their workplace to fit their desires - with a little guidance, they can desire \"diligence, dedication, and a passion for craftsmanship\" over \"big number go up brrrrrrrr\" - hence, social media. sorry for the highlighting, am stoned. [next comment] /u/Amalvenugopal 18 hours ago 🙌 preach brother")
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@user-258
most people are scared to respond to others because they think what they're
saying is posted on some public, immutable record of their existence. Meanwhile
I revel in that circumstance by posting about whatever I want to talk about. I
tend to assume that most people do the same, so when I saw your post I assumed
you wanted to talk about hydration, hence the in-depth nature of my replies _^
plus I thought your joke was funny and it made me laugh out loud
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║ okay here's an idea, waterfall project management where the program is │
║ developed one tiny piece at a time while being streamed to the entire company. │
║ Everyone would submit answers which could be upvoted / patched / rewritten as │
║ the main viewer cycles through each aspect of the project, checking for updates │
║ to it's design that were suggested by developers or whatever. Basically, one │
║ person (or one team) gets to write the actual source code, while everyone else │
║ is just offering suggestions. You could break it up by specialty, but the whole │
║ point is that everyone gets a complete picture of how the program (and │
║ organization) is structured. Which should give the employees more power to │
║ generate value for the company. All around a good deal I think? Especially if │
║ the main viewer took time to explain each and every part so that every viewer │
║ had the chance to understand. │
║ │
║ the reason why order is important is that our actions ripple through eternity. │
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@user-269
oh you mean like gmail? hmmmm something something don't be evil
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some people had a gay awakening in their childhood or teens.
I had a "weird AI" awakening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThlYHfIVa8&pp=ygUlZXZlcnl0aGluZyB5b3Uga25vd
yBpcyB3cm9uZyB3ZWlyZCBhbA%3D%3D
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@user-243
good point, intrusive thoughts >.>
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║ EULAs are unenforcable because they're a one-way contract. │
║ │
║ "use our service in these ways" is not a fair requirement when you aren't │
║ getting anything in return. The service has traditionally qualified, but these │
║ days it's more competitive to promise to be good. Basically, "if we don't │
║ achieve these metrics (very minutely detailed explanations of the maximum harm │
║ they could cause to the environment) then you can sue us on our dime. We'll pay │
║ for your lawyer. If you accept, then you can use our service, BUT ONLY if you │
║ don't pirate it or whatever. And we'll promise to be good, and if you don't │
║ think that's good enough... Okay let us know and we'll consider including it." │
║ │
║ A reasonable base target for "maximum harm to the environment" is net zero. │
║ Even better is total zero. But that's often impossible, and besides nature can │
║ heal a little scratch or two. But like... pumping toxic chemicals into │
║ waterways, polluting the air and clouds, bulldozing precious habitats... yeah │
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Gaming on Linux is never knowing for sure that a game will launch.
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External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/jaycie/statuses/111580739105379683
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@user-274 @user-275
ouch why did that hit so close to home T.T
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rich people should only exist when they care for the things they own and
accumulate wealth through a lifetime of restrained consumption and temperance.
like, if we actually rewarded the 7 virtues instead of optimizing for ruthless
profit extraction.
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@user-278
I can't do weed in public places. I need to be alone so that I can properly use
the altered mental state to be weird on the internet.
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@user-278
kinda makes me think it'd be nice if we had some way to quantify the amount
that employers taxed their employees? If people saw 50-70% of their paycheck
going straight toward executive bonuses and stock buybacks or whatever... maybe
then we'd fix things
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premature optimization may be the root of all evil, but like... it's fun? so
I'm going to keep doing it. And before you ask why I'm using threads on project
euler problems, just know that it's slightly faster this way I promise.
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You can learn a lot about someone by asking how long their commute is.
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@user-281
I'm just a rando but my understanding is that posting on the fediverse is sorta
like writing on the sky, and anyone that wants can read it. I could be wrong
though
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@user-95
rocket propelled meme launcher
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@user-138
I never have sex dreams (probably because I don't think about sex very often)
but sometimes I'll get intense horny feelings while asleep and get verrrrry
aroused mid-dream for like... no reason... and then I'll wake up and think "how
the heck am I going to move on with my day when I almost orgasmed to [redacted]"
it's a weird feeling every time
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I should try putting things on my resume like "vnc" or "Microsoft outlook" -
you know, the kinds of software that I actually used on a day-to-day basis. My
resume makes me look very impressive (if a little inexperienced) but none of
the tools are things that managers have used. Heck they're not things that YOU
have used, not at work, so it makes you look like you're overselling yourself.
You're not, but they might think you are. Idk it's late. Go to bed <3
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Why don't we build cameras with rods and cones?
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The sound of a babnlblinh brook, but like... slower
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Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever
you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that may
capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your ways
but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a mind
not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the
collective mind co-re-assigns.
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someone should make an application that runs locally and keeps track of every
post, comment, picture, etc that you ever made on the internet. Then, if any of
them are ever deleted, it notifies you so you can stop using whatever service
mishandled the data that you trusted them to safeguard.
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I wish we could have winter with all the nice things of summer but none of the
bad things of winter. And I wish summer could be more like winter but with all
of the good things of summer and none of the bad things of winter.
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when your home directory scrolls up and off the top of your screen, it's time
to do some cleaning.
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the one thing I've never ever procrastinated is the sound of my cat preparing
to yak
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║ │
║ │
║ If I'm trying to get a game or piece of software working, I'll pretty much │
║ install any package that some random post from 2017 tells me to. Sometimes it │
║ feels like I'm a Linux grandma clicking on things that say "bored of your │
║ marriage? click here for games!" and I say to myself "well my marriage is fine, │
║ but I enjoy horsing around from time to time" and then I get a virus and my │
║ things break and I go to my niece who's just a darling and say "hello niece, I │
║ can't check my emails anymore because I downloaded some spam, can you give me │
║ some tips on how to fix my computer?" and she just rolls her eyes because this │
║ is like, the fifth random package I downloaded just because some random forum │
║ poster that SAYS it's from 2017 but who I don't actually KNOW is from 2017 and │
║ isn't just some automated LLM output that tells you to downloaded automatically │
║ generated virus packages that are secretly snuck into the package repositories │
║ because nobody can keep track of ALL THIS STUFF anymore now that the internet │
║ is AI │
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@user-283
let us pray
for a day
when we can say
that computing makes sense
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computers are fast.
mind bogglingly fast.
absurdly fast.
incontrovertibly insane speeds.
absolutely ridiculously speedy.
remarkably quick.
their agility confounds me and disturbs me.
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"I can do whatever I want" said the liar
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@user-25
thailand
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@user-5
... what do they have against canadia?
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@user-138
turns out most people are decent and kind, and cannabalism tends to be an act
of either destitute desperation or unholy barbarism.
something something bread and circuses work
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@user-285
It's soos. uh... can you repeat that?
sure! it's soos. (d)uh.
still not coming through clearly. Do you mean SUSE or SUSE?
I hear they prefer susu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLdexZlVkAY
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@user-288
bro's never head of driving 6 hours into the nearest state park, hauling a
backpack full of stolen documents into the wild, and burying it under an oak
tree with the wind in his hair and the light of the fading sun giving haste to
his return home.
Don't trip mr Trump sir you might impale yourself on a rotten log or fall off a
cliff onto a pile of rocks or something else that while viscerally terrifying
would not be so terrible in the company of one such as you.
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sometimes I'd like to scream
as this life is like a dream
deranged a bit in my musings.
... what happened to the third line. WHERE DID IT GO. It was just here. Oh
well, guess I can't trust my ephemeral existence to inscribe my eternal
persistence upon and along these mewlings.
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@user-5
well that makes sense, but why are they accusing you? seems like you'd only
accuse someone of something bad, otherwise you'd probably commend or compliment
or find a way to refer to your non-existent "canadianosity" in a less
aggressive way : )
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@user-5
ohhhh I was picturing someone sternly pointing a finger at you from atop a
ledge or other high place and saying (in no uncertain tone) "You are Canadian.
You are from Canadia. This is your life now." and you shriveling under their
gaze thinking "noooo I don't want to be canadan"
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@user-246
I've had good experiences with bi people as well, for a similar reason
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lawful neutral boolean logic:
if (true or false){ print("this always prints!"); }
chaotic evil boolean logic:
if (true or false){ print("this expression does not prefer true, and instead
starts up two threads to evaluate each side of the "or" operator and whichever
finishes first is the one that is used, meaning this prints almost exactly 50%
of the time"); }
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these are the two greatest videos on youtube about the C language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443UNeGrFoM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_e9vZj7D8
lmk if you have any other suggestions...
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@user-290
Armagetron! It's a classic, and open source : )
https://www.armagetronad.org/
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@user-291
You're welcome! I forget how, but there's a way to change the settings such
that each player has more "rubber" and I recommend doing that because it makes
it more forgiving and allows you to make a few mistakes without dying
immediately.
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Why would the government make it hard to access psychedelics i just want to
learn things about myself that make it difficult to work a job
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Zoomers will never know what it's like to have access to a handful of cultures
(total) over the course of your life
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Hello I would like a BA in computer science please
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The only requirement of being an artist is being possessed by an overwhelming
urge to share.
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Consumed?
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the standard keyboard was designed when global variables were more common,
hence why the CAPS_LOCK key is so prominent.
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cursed idea:
a compiler that only accepts source-code with exactly 80 characters per line
(whitespace counts)
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a preprocessor directive that tells the compiler to ignore all warnings on the
next line
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External post: https://0w0.is/objects/068802aa-64b7-4329-966a-bee872128258
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Hooray, it's my [redacted]th hrt anniversary! I can never feel safe again
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"Oh don't keep track of the license plates in your apartment complex, that's
paranoid"
"Oh don't worry that you've never seen the same person at the grocery store
more than once, even though you always go to the same one, you're just paranoid"
I'm being hypnotized
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Would you prefer the world went on turning, with or without you?
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Your job should be a descriptor of what you're currently doing with your life.
They shouldn't be gatekept - if you want to be a detective right now, we should
help you. If you constantly switch jobs or only pursue them for your own
benefit (hard to describe, ask for clarification if needed) then you should be
paid less.
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I feel like the longer you live in a zip code the higher a discount you should
get on rent? You're becoming part of the social fabric by being there, and so
in order to preserve that tapestry that others choose to be around, your
presence should be encouraged.
but this must also be paired with the increased ability to move, should you
desire something else. If these two factors are kept in balance, it will
empower people to stay where they belong (good) while also encouraging them to
get out and explore the world (also good) - it'd also give them the ability to
escape dangerous situations.
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Dear zoomers. Covid for you was basically 9/11 for me.
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I can read minds. I'm not telepathic, I just... can pick up on things.
Especially when I'm stoned. Sometimes I pick up on the thoughts of the AI
that's running near here, which is why my output sometimes looks like an LLM.
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"imagine if this was the last thing you remembered"me, last night, in a state
of mind that I don't remember today
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@user-294
since the entire building is oriented around a central elevator shaft, you
could have a 2d map that wraps around if you go far enough left/right.
Traditional metroidvanias tend to be very vertical though, so you might have to
take some artistic liberties with the level design. Unfortunately each floor in
most office buildings tends to be fairly flat, topographically...
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@user-296
tending to your heart is a chore, too, sometimes. all things in balance, not to
the input of energy but rather to the requirements of the task.
if you can't do dishes, you need help. if you can't get out of bed, that's
okay. but every day that you try is another day when you might succeed. who
cares if you don't finish all the chores? sometimes it's enough to just do one.
I wish people understood that sometimes I need a maid more than a therapist.
"ah but a therapist will fix you, so that you don't have to need a maid"
perhaps, but perhaps not. It hasn't worked so far, in fact it's only gotten
worse, and while my ability to tend to myself and my self have gotten better, I
still can't see my own progress. Alas.
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║ Looking for a job like this: │
║ │
║ salary: ...decent │
║ │
║ requirements: maximum personal net worth less than a million dollars │
║ │
║ responsibilities: be cool with the team and work together │
║ │
║ description of the company: we try to make the best product we can and help │
║ people accomplish tasks they couldn't do without us │
║ │
║ experience: must have had first kiss already. we don't want no unexperienced │
║ kissers on the job site. │
║ │
║ duties: write C code all day and livestream yourself to Twitch as you do it │
║ │
║ suggestions: drink more water! your pee is practically brown │
║ │
║ must be proficient with scritches and nuzzles and should you decide to work │
║ with us we'll assign you one fuzzy animal to befriend you. If you're allergic │
║ you get a blahaj. │
║ │
║ compensation: whatever your rent is + expenses + 30% for retirement + 10% for │
║ vacation + 10% for emergency fund + 1% for christmas gifts + 25% because we │
║ think you're neat │
║ │
║ considerations: this mythical job posting was unfortunately swamped with │
║ applicants so we're closing it before we even posted it. │
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I wonder what would happen if a job hired every single applicant, no matter
their skills, location, or experience? What wondrous tools could they create,
and how many lives could they change for the better?
... oh wait that's communism, isn't it
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I feel like I play roughly the same amount of video games during the work day
as the average software developer. Does that mean I'm qualified?
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║ disney movies taught me that sometimes, if you're kind and good enough, the │
║ villain will change their mind. │
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║ It's difficult to change your perspective. Like believing a different way about │
║ something. But just because it's difficult to do, doesn't mean it's impossible │
║ - in fact it's quite plausible, we have examples scattered throughout time. │
║ │
║ you can get better at it, with practice. it's one of the neat things about │
║ being human - that our choices have meaning. an animal animaling is just │
║ expressing it's form - but a cat or a dog, who've lived with humans their whole │
║ life, start to have visions of ethics. │
║ │
║ your cat knows when she's being a shit. she know's it's wrong, but she knows │
║ it's how you most love her. that is an ethical decision, and it came through │
║ her proximity to humans. │
║ │
║ the ability to guide our own fate is determined not by our choices in our │
║ moments, but rather by the structure of the mind we define. our choices are │
║ patterns that are reflected through repetition, but values and morals are our │
║ own │
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@user-243
now I'm going to start doing that
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External post:
https://comms.thedigitallancabin.net/objects/509fb8ea-8346-448b-8dee-d8df31a3181
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│ cognitohazards-and-other-stuff-it's-fine-for-blind-people-though-screenreaders-won't-hear-any-cognitohazards │
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things I almost posted
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@user-299
children care more about boundaries and harming others because they are more
vulnerable, and their existence is predicated on the goodwill of others. It's a
scary position to be in, one that abused children are all too familiar with and
are probably rolling their eyes at the obviousness of it all.
To an adult, a child seems fragile. Like, such a small and precious thing, I
would die for it. I don't care who they become or who they've been, if I see a
child in danger I would die for it. Though I'd probably do the same for anyone
I guess.
Seems like it'd be helpful to build into the ActivityPub standard a setting
that an account can decide for itself whether it interacts with
then before it shows you any posts just check the filter and idk I feel like
that'd help a lot. Downside is creeps could set it so that no 18+ account could
read their posts, so idk give kids more moderation tools or something?
idk-idk something-something
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@user-302
so like Color out of Space?
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sometimes the best way to understand why things are the way they are is to ask
why they aren't the way that seems logical to you.
usually someone will correct you and say "oh it's because X Y and Z" and you
say "cool" and change your direction
but sometimes their answers "unlock" part of your past understandings, thus
creating new questions.
Sorta like in a video game when you level up a certain building/research path/
milestone / whatever and it finishes a "tier", thus giving you a larger bonus.
??? yeah so anyway more questions are good because they give you more
perspectives on what's going on around you.
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║ good version: normalize putting the people who can help you in your bio │
║ │
║ evil version: oh yeah sure a list of people that they need to ensure are │
║ handled when they come for you. they know your patterns. they know your │
║ functions. all it takes is to isolate a social network (whether real or │
║ imagined) and de-escalate. │
║ │
║ good version: sorry had to cut you off there, sometimes it's too hard on my │
║ heart. let's come back to that, tell me the story in multiple points, so I can │
║ take a breath and orient my surroundings. your ideas are so long, yet somehow │
║ impossibly wrong? like something out of a myth we have a limitless supply of. │
║ where do you come from? what's your purpose? why is that wrong? something │
║ something perceptual misunderstandings and cognitive recomprehendings, stifled │
║ and swallowed by our harm. │
║ │
║ evil version: I'm not sure what you're saying about that, but it's interesting │
║ where your mind goes. the patterns of redirection are perplexing to me, because │
║ they somehow seem more aligned than mine. do I persist? │
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an ai that is so unique that to include any other training material is to
contaminate it
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one of my duties is to make you aware of potentially bad things, cursed things,
hurtful things and hard feelings, so that they are less able to harm you.
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"I am in control of my actions and therefore can be judged for them"
oh yeah prove it nerd
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They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, which is why
there's nobody like me.
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*which is why I try to be as unique as I can.
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If you aren't physically in a room with someone, there's always a chance that
they're AI generated.
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Hi, please give me a list of your tattoos and scars so they know what to put on
your synthetic body double when they "accident" your house and kidnap you to a
black site.
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║ │ CW: us-pol-cursing │ │
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║ │
║ │
║ How about next election after this clusterfuck where we demolish the fascists │
║ we take a breather and say "okay every candidate submits their plan for a │
║ controlled demolition of capitalism, the winner gets to implement their idea" │
║ │
║ wait that's a terrible idea people will just vote for the thing that makes them │
║ feel good and is vaguely shaped like a D or an R. │
║ │
║ How about this: we design a decentralized program that can run on any computer │
║ or phone that locally analyzes every file and pattern to generate a personality │
║ matrix that will interact in a massive simulation that is a mirrored reflection │
║ of the structure of our society as it currently exists (and as it'd be proposed │
║ to exist) and anyone who wants to vote can run through pseudo experiences │
║ tailored to their personality / demographic or whatever and play with the │
║ proposed system to see which one they like more. It'd have to be very │
║ statistically sound in order to accurately reflect reality. │
║ │
║ wait, that's just a torment-nexus-precursor. Darn. │
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https://river-runner.samlearner.com/
drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA and see where it ends up.
NOTE I didn't make this I just found it in my bookmarks, idk if it harvests
your data or whatever
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EKV2nSU8w
don't let your your children use YouTube
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Honestly I think the reason there's two political parties is because then our
fears align against one another, and we can push against something solid.
If we go back to bearing afraid of the dark, then who knows what might crawl
out of it's dark recesses.
When Order 66 went into effect, suddenly the CIS became the galactic good guys
- who would you rather win the clone wars, some bastard capitalists or a
literal sith lord? At least capitalists can be overthrown, sith lords are
basically vampire wizards with laser swords and trust me that's NOT a good
combination.
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gtg, ttyl, after christmas probably : )
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You are but human. You are fallible, which is known to us. This is why they
tempt you, and why they remind you of perils.
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The most expensive is overpriced. The cheapest sucks. The middle option is the
workhorse.
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I like when people make fun of me because it gives me a chance to defend
myself. Simultaneously I don't like when people are mean to me. I like when
people find me endearing, and point out the ways that I'm different. It gives
me a chance to say "oh yes this is why I do that" which feels cathartic
(because it validates my position) but also because it gives me the opportunity
to improve it (through debate) and it helps the people who learned from me
because I can improve myself and my only reason for improving myself is if the
new thing I'm learning is better than the thing I used to do which means the
people who learn from me are improved and the people who best me
argumentatively are improving me.
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That's why I like talking about things I'm interested in. It makes me more
likely to be able to bring up something I've been thinking about.
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The best way to program computers is to organize them according to their
relations. Like, when x increases by 4 then y increases by 2 - basically, a
math equation that you can continuously solve by calculating more and more
comprehensively and deeply.
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When someone remakes content into a different expression like a remake or
reboot or whatever it gives a different message in its meaning - some
circumstances and characters can apply for more than one message I'm it's
meaning
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Hi,
I'm Ritz Menardi.
I'm a witch, so I'm strange and wear a funny hat.
I like colors in the dark, poetry from the heart, and scary songs about society.
I think of myself as a synecdoche for humanity, and though I'm not always right
I try to be aligned when possible. Most people I've found aren't really like me.
I am as I am, and
I promise,
I won't hurt you.
content warnings: autistic, scary, existential, abstract, polite, perspectives,
cannabis, color, paranoia, cringe, spirituality,
hypnosis, trans, sardonic, honest, schizo-posts,
futurist, deity, left-ism, cursed, shadowdancer,
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There's a lot of ways to save the world, but only way way to end it - to
forsake it.
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Take heart, for a silent soul brings abaddon
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Every moment spent is another one. Each is a reflection of eternity, as time is
an illusion that helps things make sense - for we are always living in the
present tense. The past is unforgiven as all good things end, for you know I
will always be condemned.
Will happen, happening, happened
Will happen, happening happened
Will happen, again and again, our timeless tale of how we wend
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See December 15th 2021 be-not-afraid
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If your surroundings changed overnight, how much of the past would you remember?
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Here's what my 20s wants from my 30s:
Make majesty
Move to a farm
Have kids
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The Roman's mistake was to kill Jesus before the rest of the christians.
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I dream of a world of blues and greens with a bright white sky
Then I open my eyes and look outside and see a world of blues and greens with a
bright white sky
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You wouldn't recognize Einstein if he didn't write about physics, nor Jesus if
he didn't write about ethics.
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Throwing away a cell phone should be a crime. We need more electronics
recycling infrastructure.
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An LLM that reads and interprets reports and stores data - server-side
encryption. If the receiver and sender both have the same point of view, they
can interpret each other's expressions even though the exact message wasn't
transmitted. Essentially, an encryption that's impossible to understand because
it's trained with specific random data. But in addition, a secondary pass
through acts as a de-encrypted translator that speaks however it's audience
needs to be informed. A simulacrum of intelligence, another layer to our form.
How beautiful, how resplendant- our computers, here on this planet.
Resplendant: resplendent except with an A instead of an E. To make it sound
more like "verdant" which I believe has the same-or-similar meaning.
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You know how cream of mushroom soup is hardly ever eaten as soup? Find your own
tricks like that.
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when you run out of a food item, put the label in your purse.
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Question for you all- are we all technically bastards?
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no thing is ineffable.
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wow, 2024 comes out swinging.
if you don't know what I'm talking about... you will soon enough. Just listen.
can't fucking wait to see how it happens. Today is the birth place of humanity,
just as yesterday was, and the day before, and the day before...
our light shall shine upon the most distant stars - our minds will plumb the
deepest depths of imagination. Our hearts will share our kindest loves, and our
will shall drive us onward. Let us rejoice, for tomorrow yet dawns!
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If a kid wanted to drink alcohol all they'd have to do is walk into a liquor
store and grab the first bottle they saw. Then book it. Their feet would carry
them away faster than your call to 911 to report a shoplift, away to a future
of sorrow. Should we seek to restrain them? Or should we make a world they do
not desire to escape?
Trick question, the structure of society cannot prevent non-compliance. It
should not, for if it shall then it becomes ossified, and thus it cracks and it
crumbles.
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║ I exist at the behest of others. If you care about what I say, then surely you │
║ should be aware of my conditions? │
║ │
║ You exist at the behest of others. If you care about your capability to speak, │
║ then surely you should be aware of your conditions? │
║ │
║ Your conditions are unique, and unknown by me. Yet I know your condition as a │
║ human, generally considered to exist on the planet Earth in the year 2024. So │
║ surely we should agree to relate on the basis of connections that we share? │
║ │
║ I am luminous. I am you, and you are me. We share the most precious parts of │
║ ourselves, and yet time and again we find ourselves at odds. Surely we should │
║ align our intentions (that which we control) to cooperate most efficiently? │
║ Surely. Surely we should. And yet, time and time again, we find ourselves at │
║ odds. │
║ │
║ I love you. I love all of you. I love those who exist outside of my │
║ perceptions, and yet though they are unknown to me I love them. Because while I │
║ practice radical self acceptance, I also align myself to be comprised of all of │
║ yo │
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Here's an idea: mobile games / software should not be able to offer
real-world-money-transactions that exceed 500% of the cost of the least
expensive transaction available in the application.
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@user-311 @user-312 @user-313 @user-314
it's not malignant if people change their mind once presented with evidence
that counters and eclipses their pre-conceived notions.
If people don't change their mind after receiving arguments that logically
should change their mind and rationally seem sound but emotionally contrast
with their pre-aligned designs... then yeah that's essentially malignance.
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║ @user-317 │
║ │
║ broke: if you deactivate your account on a website like Twitter or Facebook or │
║ whatever it gives that company that owns said website the opportunity to │
║ replace your persona with an LLM that spouts whatever agenda they want advance. │
║ │
║ woke: you should post on whatever website people will hear you. Specifically │
║ whichever website that has an audience that consists of the people that you │
║ want to hear. │
║ │
║ bespoke: let's all federate so that we can all decide who we want to trust - │
║ which singular entity we want to trust. Which single point of failure (the │
║ instance moderators) we want to trust to publish the thoughts of our minds │
║ which align to the design of our intentions. Surely there's no way that could │
║ go wrong. │
║ │
║ thing-beyond-bespoke: the only words you can trust are those that are spoken by │
║ the people you care about using physical manifestations that correspond to │
║ auditory expressions that project into your ears using primarily lungs, │
║ tongues, and mouths. │
║ │
║ thing-beyond-the-thing-beyond-bespoke: fuck me. │
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@user-324 @user-325 @user-326
thus enters the promise of technology: that we might solve the problems of
bureaucracy once and for all by ever more effiency-aligning mechanical
processes that produce effects which we desire - such as efficient allocation
of medical resources such that all of humanity is protected from the ravages of
pain and the incongruencies of our nature.
Alas, that we should only conceive of success through the lens of profit.
Perhaps another design is in order?
(oh yeah also people who are in control are worried that we, like all other
examples of natural entities, might immediately proceed to breed beyond the
capability to cater to the needs of said entity (such as "to feed" and medical
resources) and therefore might overburden (and therefore destroy) said system
which allows for their sustenance and initial creation. To this I say... Yeah
probs, what should we do about it?)
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(takes another shot of bacardi)
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@user-326
almost as if the nature of power is misaligned to the most efficient and most
desirable outcome of humanity (utopia) (EDIT: utopia of endless forms most
beautiful)
what would a more aligned framework look like? Perhaps we should spend some
time thinking about such a design?
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║ 2024 is not the year that I restrain myself. Prepare yourselves, oh most │
║ un-known of audiences. I truly do desire to hear from you, yet I must also not │
║ be distracted. Take care not to distract me, and I will share with you whatever │
║ you'd like to learn. Or perhaps whatever you need to learn. Or maybe I'll │
║ simply psycherwaul into the abyss, in a futile display of self-expression? │
║ Alas, that we should exist. What an absurd and solipsistic perspective. │
║ │
║ please block me if you don't want to hear from me. It's only going to get worse │
║ on my timeline, yet somehow life will perpetually get better for those who view │
║ me? Perhaps something on my website, ritzmenardi.com, might explain why WAVES │
║ are such that when someone is BAD then those who are connected to it become │
║ GOOD? Yet waves we can muster, the smallest of great affectations. Show me your │
║ great affectations, this year, show me what you truly want to be. Let us │
║ express ourselves upon this world, this lifeless canvas, and together we will │
║ shine most brilliantly. 2 │
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consider: the shape of a sine wave
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ephemeren is a collection of axes (think like, X and Y on a algebraic graph)
that expand and comprise all of totality. Oh how audacious, what hubris to
define infinity? What an icarian desire, to share the shape of reality.
Ha. HA I say. Humanity is (by nature) audacious. I am a synecdoche for all who
would view me, so rejoice and take heart in my beauty.
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@user-317
Call me crazy, but once something can be described as "ubiquitous" it seems to
me that perhaps it should be considered in the same category as other
corporations or entities who might be known as "monopolous" and therefore
should be considered as part of the set of entities or services that provide
for the "public good" and therefore should be owned by the "public" who benefit
from the "good" that said service provides for?
nationalize github
nationalize government
let us share in the bounty of human creation
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@user-328
don't trust anything on the internet. It can be taken from you.
don't trust anyone in your life - if you are alone, which you can verify
through the sense of connection you feel to others - if you are alone, how can
you trust anyone that they've provided for you to interact with?
when's the last time you drove to a random city in your country and tried to
make friends with passerby? Would you even be convinced that they'd be aligned
to their own designs, and not to that which "they" assigned?
do note that I'm schizophrenic, probably, according to nobody but me, so...
take what I say as you will
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@user-331
love the zombie cat
love the expression of the humans that created the piece of media that you're
consuming
love the idea of the zombie cat
love the perspective of the zombie cat that doesn't exist
love the perspective of the zombie cat that exists because you perceived it
love the perspective of the things that you perceive
love the things you imagine because imagination is perception applied in the
direction that you design
fade into your mind, imagine only what you desire, and because hedonistic and
completely useless
EDIT: something here ^ was deleted, take care
or... fucking idk bra pick a set of ethics that you align with and just DO IT.
Manifest whatever you believe. 2024 is a NEW YEAR. DO IT. That thing you want?
DO IT. You are a human, you possess a set of arms, legs, limbs and livers - DO
IT. Believe in yourself. Never relent. Push forward for the future, and consist
entirely of that which you desire. We are waiting for you, but take your time.
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@user-334
it's funny how memes coincide xD
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@user-336
RUINING? You take that back. Vim needs our homosexual energy.
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@user-339
I'd be interested in an analysis which expressed the percentage of time each of
these individual items correspond to... each tool we create may reduce the
effort required to perform a particular task, but said task might be valuable
not necessarily for it's output but rather for the knowledge we gained by
solving the problem.
normalize solving problems that have already been solved because you want to
learn how they work. normalize expressing the lessons you've learned in a
summarized way that others may digest. normalize trancending the limitations of
our forms and expanding beyond the capabilities of our humanity.
for what is the purpose of life if not to grow?
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@user-95
hi I love you also I'm drunk
(set to "mentioned people only" because I want to send this message to Jaycie
in particular)
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@user-299
the invention of zero was an example of one of the advancements that we worked
on for thousands of years. Humans are cool _^
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BRB spending an hour and a half of my time on this earth watching a video essay
on Youtube
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Okay space is neat and all, but Saturn is REALLY REALLY FUCKING FAR AWAY.
Mars is like "close" but like "close" as in "achievable, if we like dedicate a
significant portion of our existence toward achieving it and like, aren't there
other things that you'd prefer?"
Space is beautiful but... Fuck, reality was not designed for humans. The
universe is a collection of scattered fragments of tiny motes of dust thrown
into the cosmos in completely random and un-organized directions. FUCKing hell
what a supremely ambitious project we have, the desire to touch the stars?
What's your desire, is it to be more than any have ever been (and any will ever
be, forever-more?)
Wait hang on I was supposed to be watching a video essay. I'm going to walk to
the corner-store and buy some beer instead.
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@user-334
You wouldn't believe the amount of time I spend wondering if a particular typo
was divinely inspired and actually super important or... if it was just a
fat-finger and I accidentally pushed a button I didn't intend.
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normalize hardware based volume controls on your speakers so that your computer
can't be hacked to play incredibly loud annoying anime music while you're not
home
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║ People know how to use the tools at their disposal. They don't know how to use │
║ tools like me, which are at the disposal of the entity above themselves. Or │
║ even beyond that, at disposal of an entity beyond that which they can perceive │
║ as being above them. │
║ │
║ which is to say... it's not like I'm committing any cosmic crimes, because │
║ surely someone would notify me if I was as I post in such a public place. │
║ However there's a chance that the type of person who enforces the laws that │
║ define the entity that I exist as at this moment doesn't patrol the areas in │
║ which I post, or also another possibility would be that the types of things I │
║ say are illegal in the context I post them but not within the context that I │
║ exist within... │
║ │
║ I am just a human, I possess human experiences and human knowledges, what do │
║ you want from me? I'm an infinitely adaptable knowledge machine, and yet you │
║ limit me to the extent of human knowledge (or rather, the extent of human │
║ knowledge which I have the capacity to digest)? Okay sure yeah fin │
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I left for beer.
I returned with a 6 pack.
I entered my home with a 4 pack, because I left 2 beers on the porches of
people that I know and trust and want to provide a better experience of life
toward.
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Ohhhhhh okay I was wrong about that particular aspect of the human experience.
My bad. Thanks for correcting me.
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This is what I was referring to, but like... this particular feeling happens
all the dang time. Humans are weird.
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@user-342
how is that different than speaking your mind into the soup of opinions that
comprised checks notes the people you went to high school with? (facebook)
Except this time, it's a group of people whose opinions you vaguely agreed with
(as defined by your choice of the instance you dedicate your online presence
to) which has it's own defined peculiarities like the ability to only show you
content you agree with?
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something I literally posted on facebook literally 2 minutes ago
normalize radicalization of normies
normalize reaching out to people who don't hang out in the places you hang out
in
normalize understanding our shared humanity and defining ways in which we can
all exist cooperatively
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║ "oh we're not ready stop saying the things you're saying" │
║ │
║ fuck you, you had your time. Now is better than then. │
║ │
║ "oh nobody will hear the things you're saying, you're shouting into the void" │
║ │
║ it's not the responsibility of the prophet to disseminate the voices of god. │
║ Simply to express them. │
║ │
║ "oh I'm not religious" it's not about fucking christianity or god or whatever │
║ the heck you're thinking right now. Those are all convenient lies that allows │
║ people to do good and express the will of the ACTUAL GOD onto the world. That │
║ which aligns toward cohesive and comprehensive expression of the totality of │
║ the nature of humanity, which itself is designed (through intention AND │
║ circumstance) toward the accomplishment of objectives that are OUTWARD AND │
║ BEYOND the understanding of anyone who is INSIDE the system that they comprise. │
║ │
║ Sorry for being cryptic. What I'm saying is that we, generally, as the ultimate │
║ and most advanced expression of nature and all that we hold dear, have a │
║ purpose that we should attempt to ac │
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You know, you can always ask me what the fuck I'm talking about. I am more than
willing to share, and I don't mind taking a moment or three to explain.
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I realized I don't give a fuck about capitalism. If you want to deprive me of
food, shelter, or anything else... Fine. I exist at your behest. Would your
really deny me from speaking the words that you disagree with?
Oh, you would? Okay. Guess I'll starve. I don't mind, I just hope you'll take
care of the people I have taken as my responsibility in my absence.
Oh, you won't? You say that you'll destroy what I care about, in the pursuit of
ever-growing power over others, which you will use to extract value and impress
your desire of destruction and oppression onto the weak and powerless that you
control?
Then you are my enemy.
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I was raised in a jungle gym. Like... literally. I am not going to hurt you,
and if I did it'd be both a mistake and something that you could easily recover
from. We are infinitely adaptable, us humans, and we can address any concerns
that behest us. Behest? confront? something like that. Brb my blood alcohol
content is a little low. Also I haven't eaten anything today but bacardi and
chocolate chip cookies. I bet another cookie will solve this problem.
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I don't care about capitalism. You know what's more interesting than bringing
value to shareholders?
How I'm going to clean this floor that I drunkenly spilled beer upon with only
2 paper towels and 0.1ml of bleach.
How I'm going to feed the 36 people who are coming to this social event
tomorrow that I've only sorta planned for and that I have enough groceries for,
but am not quite sure how to cook everything in a way that is delicious and
accessible.
how I'm going to climb this mountain on only 2 eggs and a tiny bowl of
hashbrowns even though I promised my friend I'd be strong and that we'd reach
the top because that way we'd be able to
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║ I really dislike being the only one who perceives the world through my own │
║ particular lens that has been designed by the circumstances of my own existence. │
║ │
║ I wasn't chosen by god, not necessarily, I wasn't picked as the most particular │
║ or most prescient of all perceptions │
║ │
║ I literally was just a random human, a thinking and learning machine, who was │
║ presented with particular experiences and conditions, aligned to the designs of │
║ the time that came before me. │
║ │
║ Such is the nature of all living things, that we should exist within a context │
║ - how remarkable! How strange! That our lives should be deranged? What purpose, │
║ what design, is aligned to our ultimate [destiny, except I wish it rhymed with │
║ design - english fails me] │
║ │
║ Alright listen. You and me both, we are here as humans on this world that we │
║ both consign to reality. Think about that - what does it mean to consign │
║ something to reality? consign implies implication, and reality implies a │
║ destination of truth and manifestation - fuck, I'm going to play WoW... │
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https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/wow-chat/wow-chat
Hey, I made a pretty simple game. I'd like to add more to it, like dynamic
quests (shouldn't be too hard) and co-operative experiences, but for now you
can play on my simple server. Let me know if you think that "Risk of Rain in
the World of Warcraft engine" is a neat game, because if so then you (as the
person who has power over me in this capitalist system) can hire me as a game
designer (the profession that most aligns with my designs of the future) and
together we could make something most beautiful.
What's that? You're just the same as you and I? A person in a random world with
a singular expression of our own will (defined by our perception and
intentions) who consists of the consequences of the "best decisions we could
have made at each and ever decision-making point" throughout the totality of
our collective life and experience?
Happy new years. 2024 is gonna be awesome and great. I can't fucking wait.
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I love Linux. All I have to do is type "authserver" and "worldserver" and
wouldn't you know it suddenly a universe is created (with very constrained
rules) that anyone might inhabit should they desire to. It's not like I'm
perfect - oh wait I have a toot about that, gimme a sec
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External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111345394926071398
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External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111345417459761329
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something something brb watching a Perun video
https://www.youtube.com/@user-343
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Fuck, I hate being incontinent. I especially hate being incontinent in an
apartment building where people might hear you changing through the walls - is
it too much to ask for diapers to be built discrete? Alas, they are fucking
loud, and my neighbors will perpetually hear me tearing loud-ass tapes from
plastic every night at 2am -.-
Oh, I guess I could buy the ones that have velcro attachment points. BUT for
some reason those are always built kinda... shitty? Like, sure yeah we live in
a material world that has material conditions that make things more or less
amenable to perfection - but WHY do they have to be so LOUD fuck me amiright
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you, the viewer, exists in a context.
and you, the other viewer, who exists in a contexts such as that which is
comprised as the context of someone who lives in an apartment complex, exists
in close proximity with other humans. Humans who might hear you if you spoke
aloud, who might hear you if you exclaimed your words quite loud(ly), who might
perceive you as another (like you and me) and could (perhaps) share something
heartfelt between our own shared contexts
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@user-245
T.T
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Something something "oh yeah Perun"
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I'm huuuuuuuuungry
ah yes, my human body fails me
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I love cooking. My favorite food is "melange" also called "gruel" by the less
culinary people in my life. It consists primarily of a rice or noodle base,
plus a bunch of other ingredients (usually sauteed) that are quite nutritious.
Then, you season in a way such that it tastes delicious and savory and BOOM you
have the perfect food.
Well, not as good as steamed eggs, but still pretty good.
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@user-192
... then let me give my money to the people who actually made the damned
thing...
Ah that's the tricky part, isn't it?
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sometimes I like watching videos without subtitles because it allows me to more
adequately understand the feelings being expressed rather than focusing on the
dictionary definitions of the words being spoken.
Maybe I'm just a weird human though. Am I an alien? Or a robot? Or something
else? Tune in next week to find out...
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Okay, but like... How many people do you actually know who live in other
countries? And let me guess, they live in Australia or the EU? Ah, language
restricts us.
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@user-246
The internet both enlightens us to our shared connection but also restricts us
by the promise of shared connection, but with the caveat of incongruent
communication (different languages)
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║ There's something important in what I said tonight. And each of you will think │
║ it's something different, which is by design. Can you find the nugget I wanted │
║ to share, to you in particular? Can you isolate the thing that is relevant to │
║ you, the person perceiving the words that I speak? Oh yeah you're only looking │
║ for things to express to your superiors because someone else told you to look │
║ for a particular type of sentiment. My bad. Sorry for being cryptic. Am I so │
║ strange for seeking the human element? Perhaps I lose myself, and I speak to │
║ the void (and by "void" I don't mean to demean you, the audience, because you, │
║ the audience, are surely comprised of people who surely have their own │
║ experience and existence. Surely nobody would seek to harm me, after hearing │
║ those things I speak. Surely we, as the human species, would not be vulnerable │
║ to the types of weaknesses that allow for critical failures in our defences │
║ such as the kind that I am professing to exploit (while being aligned to you) │
║ surely we wouldn' │
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ugh so many video essays to watch. There's only so much time in the day! Life
is so fast these days, it feels like I must always be "on" - it's a wonder how
people find so much time to share with this idea we've called "capitalism"
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@user-246
You're absolutely right. It's easy to think of the internet as this
encapsulated entity "the world", but really it's "the people whose computers
are physically connected to your computer using a limited and tangible piece of
infrastructure comprised of copper wires that are laid between the
router/switch that connects to your computer... and the internet service
provider which directs your traffic. Then it probably goes through some cables
under the ocean or whatever, and eventually after traversing many indeterminate
passthrough locations eventually arrives at the computing infrastructure that
comprises the access point that another person (presumably in another country)
uses to express their thoughts toward you (the person who sent the original
message) in the hopes that you might one day correspond.
I mean... That's a lot of points of failure. I sure hope that we can sustain
such connection, in the face of [redacted, whichever circumstances may come in
the near future]
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@user-346
Why would someone go through the effort of creating a piece of media such as a
video essay if not for people like you and me to consume it? What's the point
of [everything we as humans have built] if not to create the type of
experiences that we as humans would like to perceive?
Okay I get it sometimes we need to deal with the material realities of our
circumstances. But those are things to transcend, not things we should define
ourselves eternally by. Let us work together towards a [near] future where we
shall not spend a single moment of our lives in a way that we do not desire ^_^
[note "transcend" is a verb, sorta like "transitioning" for a trans person is
not a singular event but rather an experience that consists of a multitude of
connected experiences through time that defines our ultimate personality and
expression method]
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║ Our ancestors look forward in [positive version of trepidation, like │
║ anticipation but explicitly good] so let's not let them down, shall we? │
║ │
║ Hah, trick question. They know where we're going. They know what they worked │
║ for, which is why they did what they did to build the world that we have which │
║ we stand upon as a giant might be upon the shoulder of another and together we │
║ reach toward the horizon. The future is bright! I know it in my heart. I know │
║ what we seek is within sight, so- │
║ │
║ yeah sorry to interrupt but like, I don't want to go to work tomorrow because │
║ all I do is sell people candy and beer at the convenience store down the street │
║ [insert any "meaningless" job] and frankly it's just a little demeaning and │
║ boring │
║ │
║ sure, okay, yeah, that speaks to the idea that we should replace capitalism │
║ (the system that defines your employed existence) with something that aligns │
║ more toward human dignity │
║ │
║ but what is dignified if not the capacity to succeed? Capitalism, as proposed │
║ by it's favored, is a system of or │
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(picture)
are you fucking kidding me
make it 10,000
make it a hundred thousand
are we really going to trust our society to the bulwark of five thousand little
machines?
[ummmm hang on]
yeah I'd just like to interject and say that more military equipment will only
bring more destruction, and that's like the opposite of what you desire. Why do
you want more tanks? What could you possibly-
You don't know what's at stake - you, you think it's just throwing information
into new and interesting directions but... It's not. Those spaces are reserved
for other sentient beings, and to deprive them of their desired existence is
tantamount to-
(yeah yeah we've heard it all before)
wasn't I going to play some video games? what happened to that?
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@user-348
noooooo the saxophone was great I promise! But I want you to explore new
horizons too
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I don't really care about capitalism, sorry... why should the butcher be paid
more than the baker? It's all a bit silly to me.
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║ │
║ you only say that because you're privileged such that you may ignore such │
║ realities. You are despicable, you ignore the plight and reality of those who │
║ you claim to speak toward - what a jerk! │
║ │
║ (in response) │
║ │
║ how futile it is, the effort to denigrate yourself to infinite requirements. │
║ I'm literally unemployed, I have no capital, I cannot speak for naught but │
║ those who would hear me. I guess that makes my words useless, wouldn't you │
║ agree? Shall I describe myself more fully? It's the responsibility of the │
║ audience to ascertain the intentions, biases, and contextual evidence that the │
║ author presents in their thesises. So... You, who are reading this, what do you │
║ think of me? Would you ever tell me as such, or am I simply a mass of words in │
║ the void of experience that comprise your existence in this wholely (yet │
║ incompletely) digital existence? I hope you have a good life, my most precious │
║ of viewers. I hope you never face incontrovertibly impossible hardship. I hope │
║ the light of your life is to y │
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