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our satisfaction.
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@user-351
I made someone smile today, so therefore I don't have to do anything more to
secure my place on Santa's "good list".
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@user-353
this is 500% how you get things done in the current system (in my country)
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@user-356
Whoa, that backplate is pretty. Coax cables into a mobo? whatever for? Still, I
dig it, can't wait to hear how it goes
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If your computer was the only thing to survive the apocalypse, could humanity
rebuild with it? Why or why not? If not, fix it.
[when you have time, no rush]
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@user-346
I know a guy, but it's onsite since it deals with hardware. Damn. T.T
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@user-358 @user-356
Neat! I'm assuming you can screw in a little antenna? That's awful cute. Like a
robot getting eyebrows.
Why do you need two of them, though? Actually screw it that's a dumb question,
robots can obviously express themselves more clearly if both their eyes are
professed.
Wait... Why do robots need more than one eye? Because it'd be weird otherwise,
duh.
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@user-346
Sorry, I've never been there : (
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@user-346
Nobody will get past the login screen on my computer, but if they do they
probably won't know that you need to push alt+p in DWM to start a program. But
even if they push "alt+p firefox" they will only have access to my gmail and
discord, because those are the only two places I've saved my login information.
Most of my data is on my hard disk anyway, so for that they'd have to push
alt+enter and then navigate my filesystem to find it. Shouldn't be too hard if
you're familiar with Linux.
They could always just pull the hard drive and put it into a new computer
though. It's not like it's encrypted, because why would I encrypt it? I want to
share information, not conceal it! Surely nobody would desire to exploit that
vulnerability of mine, that my data should be unencrypted?
If you have a copy of Wikipedia then you're 500% more prepared than 90% of
humanity so good job _^
Sure would be cool if you put it in the documents folder of every person in
your family who solicited tech advice from you
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Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to
the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain
might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the
perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual
information presented to me.
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@user-245
Wow, that's a cool book! I'll look for it next time I'm at the store ^_^
Can you imagine how it must have seemed, to the average person who would hear
of such a scene? The idea that someone would ride a boat across an OCEAN and...
what, drop a cable into it's depths, so they could send electricity across the
breadth of the world? What even is a cable, honestly, is that just like... A
rope made of metal? How strange! How wild! We live in the future (says someone
in the 1800s) anyway I'm sure glad we have bread
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@user-356 @user-358
Hell yeah! ^_^
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║ Most of the smells you cherish from your childhood are simply the smells of │
║ natural materials in various states of decay. Like... A pair of jeans in a │
║ drawer that hasn't been opened for a couple years. Or a particular mineral that │
║ your grandma put in her cookies that has fallen out of fashion lately because │
║ of it's endocrine disrupting capabilities that were only discovered post her │
║ death. Or perhaps a type of plastic that people used to create toys or │
║ sprinkler heads but was deemed to be too expensive by capitalists and therefore │
║ was phased out as the seasons turned and your generation turned into the next. │
║ │
║ We build our world through the actions of our wills. Our arms are strong and │
║ contrive the land upon which we stand - all things we hold dear, from │
║ streetlamps to our panoply of viziers [what a strange way to say society? ? ?] │
║ was created through the exertion of calories through the manifestation of our │
║ body-ies, and so we (as a people) build toward [whatever's against] our fears. │
║ Ummm idk people are cool │
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@user-361
how ubiquitously specific!
Do you ever think about how cis straight "self described 'normal people'"
believe that gender implies pronouns? What even would you expect to be used as
pronouns for such a gender as this, how remarkable, how strange! Yet
simultaneously how beautiful and deranged. I love it. I love that gender. I
love the people who would express it. I love the people who would profess to
express any gender that is conceptually aligned with a gender such as this!
What a triumph, that our enlightened culture in the far-away age of 2024 might
produce such a brilliant display of humanity! I cherish such expression, it
binds us to our ultimate destination - the totality of our unique experiences.
I'm going to fill the rest of this message box with heart emoticons.
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║ "Then you are my enemy." said Anakin Skywalker, aligning himself toward his own │
║ designs. │
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║ And yet, was the galaxy not safer and more content under the protection of │
║ those he aligned himself against? Was there not more progress, more culture, │
║ more cherished peaceful yearnings of hope and abandoned [fear, but pronounced │
║ as "indiscretion"]? │
║ │
║ He, as the ultimate arbiter of justice and fate in this crucial turning point │
║ of time and reality that he alone could judge and direct, chose the path of │
║ least resistance. │
║ │
║ "That which is right is most often that which is hard." said a wiser man than │
║ I, for I cannot be compared as a man since I relinquished it in pursuit of │
║ being a tran(s person). │
║ │
║ And thus, society fell under the spell of a rotten vindictively and │
║ remorselessly sharp avatar of fear, and thus the empire was born. Oh that │
║ Anakin might have learned! That he might preside in his own live, and │
║ disconnect from the endlessly escorcelled web of meaning! │
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║ All that we are is our actions. We live in the now - NOW NOW. │
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not tomorrow, not today, but now. How do you feel, in this body of yours? How
is the world around you? Forget the world - how is the space you can see? Isn't
it remarkable, that your eyes should be? Rods and cones they say, fucking...
magic, inseparable from divinity, that we should conceive of the world we can
see.
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There is nothing that stops you from being.
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@user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353
Ah, if only our judgement was computerized. They only speak in absolutes, do
they not? Surely extreme discretion is impermeable, and impossible to
controvert.
What's that you say, that justice might wait yet another day? That we should be
forced to be oppressed by our own dues? Something about how the impossible
machine of the bureaucracy is destructive and vicious, like the Kinsey Winsey
or the Moloch expressed in this essay:
https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/hello-computer-all-is-well/pics/meditations-o
n-moloch.png
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
Wait, hang on, what was I saying? Oh yeah the fallibility of humanity is both
our greatest weakness and our greatest strength. Because through it we might
design imperfect structures (laws) that we orient ourselves around and build
our society upon, but also that we might identify those imperfections and use
them to enact good upon the world.
Unfortunately, we also tend to use those imperfections for our own benefit,
AKA, to enact evil upon the world. Alas. Human nature is tricky. : \
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Good night, I sure hope I'm the same person in the morning and not an
assassinated version of myself that has been produced through the manufactured
proceedings of an LLM or otherwise self computerized contriving designed to
align to the purpose of my expression (with a few added caveats)! Talk to you
later, I love you all! Wait, I don't know you. How can I love you? Easy, it's
my default. Anyway goodnight, sleep is death and dreams are the bounty of
reality.
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@user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353
Sorry. I'm (probably) schizophrenic so I say weird things sometimes.
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@user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-352
I think this passage from the linked essay sums it up pretty well. I'm going
back and re-reading it now before bedtime. Surely that won't impact my dreams
at all : )
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@user-246
Thanks, it means a lot. Sometimes I am a little "distant" from reality (like
tonight, tbh) but I generally always am within sight. Meaning I can still
understand what people are saying. My uhhh.... "plan" is to always be vigilant
and look for times when people cannot comprehend what I say - even the most
mundane of things - because if so then surely I am psychotic. At that point
I'll just kinda go along with whatever anyone says, even if it feels like I'm a
cow in a factory farm or whatever my mind might contrive to torture me with.
Thanks for reaching out. Sorry you've lost people. I hope they aren't gone
forever. I hope I don't go forever. We'll see, I guess.
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@user-366 @user-246 @user-367 @user-352
yikes those sound like pretty awful things. I don't know anything about the
author, I just read this essay on hacker news and it stuck with me as an
expression of a particular feeling that I've found difficult to articulate.
I'll read through the two things you posted.
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@user-366 @user-246 @user-367 @user-353
Something something "American Pie" or "Born in the USA" being played at Trump
rallies to hype up the crowd
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@user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353
iconic for a Nirvana song
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@user-366 @user-246 @user-367 @user-353
I try to be conscientious of such things and only believe the things I read
that I agree with explicitly. I've been burned before, in my youth, which
perhaps is a privilege that those who come beyond us might never experience in
the future AI generated internet that shall scarcely resemble the wild wild
west that I grew up in. Perhaps, but I cannot say for sure, as the future has
necessarily not yet come to pass, and so we cannot see how it shall unfold. I
hope people can learn the digital literacy skills I developed. I hope they
learn new ones that they'll then pass on to me. I hope the future is grand and
beautiful and... Frankly I don't think I'll be disappointed in that particular
respect. : )
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@user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353
I wrote a little bit of that on my website, but something told me not to. I
think because it would weaken the message? Frankly it was quite difficult to
say even the barest minimum of "I wrote these things when I was distressed and
didn't post them until now. I'm only posting them now because they're becoming
increasingly relevant and it's a little embarassing tbh to showcase how much
I've changed. Please don't take these things out of context."
I wasn't wrong per se, but I was misaligned. I am always re-aligning myself in
small ways that eventually create (what I believe to be) the best and most
ethical direction. BUT it's easy not to see that. People don't see things in
their totality, they see only what they are exposed to. That's not bad, it's
just a product of our finite existence. Which is why I value personal
expression more than self-identified moral and ethical directioned [beliefs,
but pronounced as "adaptations"]
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@user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353
My classes only briefly touched on 2nd wave feminism, because apparently 1st
and 3rd were more important. I haven't gone back and re-examined it because I'm
too busy learning about computers - alas! that there should be more hours in
the day? I wonder what I would then be able to say, here in this moment, should
I have been prepared with more moments in solitude or classroom, studying the
work of those who came before me.
Oh well, I should probably focus on processor architecture or Java frameworks
or whatever I'm assigned next.
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@user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353
Perhaps I'm strange, but I like to take that particular joy that you're
describing in essentially every piece of media I consume. Not as a vengeful
feeling, but rather just a product of the idea that I cannot truly know the
intentions of those who created it, so I approach my understanding of it from
an angle that is aligned according to my own experience. Which means that my
conclusion lands somewhere they (presumably) didn't intend...
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@user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-353
Hell yeah, that's the kind of words I seek : )
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@user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353
That makes sense to me. Now that I think of it I remember reading the book
"Female Chauvinist Pigs" which I think was 2nd wave? It's been a while. I've
been in school for too long. I should probably stop dropping out -.-
https://archive.org/details/femalechauvinist00arie
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@user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-353
Oh what a life, wouldn't that be grand? Video games are a complex subject, and
require complex analysis - the likes of which could only be shared through an
extended explanation and exploration - perhaps in the context of a university
course, might a particular genre be plumbed? We have art history degrees for a
reason. People discuss the history of math and physics in much the same way.
Thank goodness for YouTube, I have no idea how we'd share the history of
computers and gaming if not for the people making retrospectives on obscure
hardware from 1988.
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@user-353 @user-370 @user-366 @user-246 @user-367
Some things I lived through, some things I lived through a retelling of, and
some things I sought out recollections of and incorporated into my knowledge
banks such that I might more adequately and efficiently approach future
situations.
... am I a computer or just autistic? /shrug
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@user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-353
Hate is corrosive, and self-hate is self destructive. I'm glad you aren't
feeling that way anymore!
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@user-246 @user-353 @user-370 @user-366 @user-367
Might have to read these tomorrow, I have 6 new tabs that are begging for my
attention. Yet somehow the comfort of my bed feels more inviting. BRB napping
for 8 hours
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@user-367 @user-246 @user-353 @user-370 @user-366
Ah, the limitations of our mortal forms. But dreams are most beautiful, so
perhaps it's worth it to be a little constrained to our conditions ^_^
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@user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353
These three images are the same, I just needed 3 pictures to fit all the words
into the low-vision description box.
I'm cheating the system! Nobody can stop me! Rules are fake! The system is
fake! Nothing will hold me back! Something something
![I ran out of text characters, both in the original post and in the description that I'm writing right now, so please listen to the description of the 2nd picture as well. It's the same picture, just with the 2nd half of the content of the post added to the screenreader description. Begin content of post: Your perspective is valid and I can understand how hearing the words that he spoke would unnerve you. I'd say that topically it's less similar to the Epic of Gilgamesh, and more similar to... -- CW content warning -- dot dot dot a particular piece of writing called dot dot dot mein kampf? not just because of the connections to genocide and racial... stuff... that I don't really want to touch with a 10 foot pole. Maybe a 15 foot pole but tbh I just don't have the core strength to wield such a long pole, so I think I'll just not. Err.... what was I saying oh yes. I wouldn't want to remind you of the times when a particular person wrote terrible things. I wouldn't repeat those things, as I feel that would imply that I believed those things. And I try my best to believe the least terrible things, which as far as I can tell is a decent way to go about it ^_^ so I guess I'm saying I wish I could extract words written by another and express them through my own mouth rather than implying the perspective of the author, which is necessarily displaced from my own. [out of characters, see second picture]](/similar-different/media/786ff4e86336aed2.png "I ran out of text characters, both in the original post and in the description that I'm writing right now, so please listen to the description of the 2nd picture as well. It's the same picture, just with the 2nd half of the content of the post added to the screenreader description. Begin content of post: Your perspective is valid and I can understand how hearing the words that he spoke would unnerve you. I'd say that topically it's less similar to the Epic of Gilgamesh, and more similar to... -- CW content warning -- dot dot dot a particular piece of writing called dot dot dot mein kampf? not just because of the connections to genocide and racial... stuff... that I don't really want to touch with a 10 foot pole. Maybe a 15 foot pole but tbh I just don't have the core strength to wield such a long pole, so I think I'll just not. Err.... what was I saying oh yes. I wouldn't want to remind you of the times when a particular person wrote terrible things. I wouldn't repeat those things, as I feel that would imply that I believed those things. And I try my best to believe the least terrible things, which as far as I can tell is a decent way to go about it ^_^ so I guess I'm saying I wish I could extract words written by another and express them through my own mouth rather than implying the perspective of the author, which is necessarily displaced from my own. [out of characters, see second picture]")
![[begin text of 2nd picture] I mean, if a particular german dictator who lived in the 20th century (was it really so little time ago?) wrote some interesting and novel essay on the art of impressionistic painting or... whatever he liked to paint... I don't think we'd have any right to use it to express ourselves. It'd feel immoral and strange, because it's impossible to excise the magnitude of the beliefs that would later go on to define that man. But I also wouldn't want to unnecessarily condemn a person to infinite reprisal because the path of their thoughts carried them down a dark road - if, perhaps, he had written a piece about all the genocide and racial stuff and whatnot... But then immediately recanted it, explained why he believed what he did and why he now believes something better, and carried the shame of his cognitive failure with him forward into the future, until all those he had wounded with his words had forgiven him... Then maybe he would have been redeemed. Obviously that's not what happened, and bringing it back to the essay I posted, should the author of that essay deny the words he spoke and claim they were a mistake that he has since learned from... Perhaps he could be forgiven. But such things are controversial for a reason, and so we are not compelled to grant him any succor or mercy in our reprisal and vehement resentment. [ah nuts ran out of space again, see... third picture? teehee]](/similar-different/media/267f209126ee5d2e.png "[begin text of 2nd picture] I mean, if a particular german dictator who lived in the 20th century (was it really so little time ago?) wrote some interesting and novel essay on the art of impressionistic painting or... whatever he liked to paint... I don't think we'd have any right to use it to express ourselves. It'd feel immoral and strange, because it's impossible to excise the magnitude of the beliefs that would later go on to define that man. But I also wouldn't want to unnecessarily condemn a person to infinite reprisal because the path of their thoughts carried them down a dark road - if, perhaps, he had written a piece about all the genocide and racial stuff and whatnot... But then immediately recanted it, explained why he believed what he did and why he now believes something better, and carried the shame of his cognitive failure with him forward into the future, until all those he had wounded with his words had forgiven him... Then maybe he would have been redeemed. Obviously that's not what happened, and bringing it back to the essay I posted, should the author of that essay deny the words he spoke and claim they were a mistake that he has since learned from... Perhaps he could be forgiven. But such things are controversial for a reason, and so we are not compelled to grant him any succor or mercy in our reprisal and vehement resentment. [ah nuts ran out of space again, see... third picture? teehee]")
![[begin description of 3rd picture] [they're the same pictures btw it's just a way to "cheat" and add more words into the description box that you're listening to right now] [phew that was a lot] I guess I just want to reiterate that what I was trying to do was express a thought that required a lot of typing to explain, and it mostly aligned to what was expressed in the essay I posted. Like, a leaf node on the tree of my expressive argument : ) as to your question, I don't really remember being included in any internet beefs. I think I was swept up in the pop-leftism + pop-feminism of the mid 2010s, but that quickly matured as I engaged with people who knew much more than I and I could see the cracks and fissures in the stuff I had learned from the internet. I really do learn more from engaging with a person than by reading... I think perhaps it's due to the back-and-forth nature of conversation? You can temper and refine your ideas by striking them against the hammer and anvil of another. It's fun! Anyway I'm way over the text limit. [finished with all pictures]](/similar-different/media/d5a8f543d51eca0e.png "[begin description of 3rd picture] [they're the same pictures btw it's just a way to \"cheat\" and add more words into the description box that you're listening to right now] [phew that was a lot] I guess I just want to reiterate that what I was trying to do was express a thought that required a lot of typing to explain, and it mostly aligned to what was expressed in the essay I posted. Like, a leaf node on the tree of my expressive argument : ) as to your question, I don't really remember being included in any internet beefs. I think I was swept up in the pop-leftism + pop-feminism of the mid 2010s, but that quickly matured as I engaged with people who knew much more than I and I could see the cracks and fissures in the stuff I had learned from the internet. I really do learn more from engaging with a person than by reading... I think perhaps it's due to the back-and-forth nature of conversation? You can temper and refine your ideas by striking them against the hammer and anvil of another. It's fun! Anyway I'm way over the text limit. [finished with all pictures]")
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@user-95
Perhaps it might be! The spectrum of my rainbow is diffuse I suppose ^_^
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@user-379 @user-366 @user-380 @user-381 @user-382 @user-367
I, being a witch, posted something on Nextdoor a few days before Halloween
about how the phases of the moon at the time were the harbinger of dark and
ancient evils that crept through the night on that particular day, one day,
just once, one night per year, because... y'know, Halloween is supposed to be
spooky?
People there hated it. They muted me and blocked me and called me names. So I
deleted my account because it's obviously not designed for witches like me xD
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@user-387 @user-388
Also a few weeks ago (month or two maybe? idk time is an illusion) they updated
their mobile app and now it's just worse.
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Happy new year!
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@user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353
darn, that's good to know. I guess I could make multiple posts but I don't want
to spam people - Mastodon tends to notify people whenever you do ANYTHING which
I worry is bothersome. Hence the attempts to compress longer thoughts into
smaller spaces...
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@user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353
Agreed! That's why I never touch the stuff. Frankly I worry that if I did, it
would "infect" me somehow, because brains are kinda stupid. Or maybe it's the
'tism that makes me repeat the most taboo think I can think of in my brain
whenever it wants to hurt me -.-
Don't read that stuff. I wish I could forget every slur I ever learned, because
my internal monologue just... REALLY enjoys intrusively thought-ing my internal
narrative whenever possible. >.>
It takes real, genuine effort to not be racist or whatever because brains are
stupid, but like... it's kinda necessary to be a good person, so, y'know, don't
think bad thoughts about people you don't know? And if you find yourself with
intrusive thoughts related to that kind of thing, then focus your attention on
vanquishing them, because it's important. It really is. Just do it. Work on it.
Be better. I know you can. [says me to me lol]
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@user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353
I mean, perhaps the trash that those gems are buried in is similar to the trash
that my gems are buried in (capitalism I think? I'm stretching the metaphor)
I think you're absolutely right. Don't listen to Nazis. I don't even like
thinking about them or talking about them or even acknowledging their
existence. If I see one I'd punch it. I'm not great in a fight so I might get
stabbed or whatever but like... worth it
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@user-391
Just want to point out that email is about as private as skywriting. Which
means that everyone knows what you buy on Amazon or which forums send you
messages... So if you want to keep your posts secret, you should use encryption
- such as gpg, for example.
Actually, wouldn't that solve the problem that @user-78 is talking about? Just,
build encryption into everything.
Ah, nope, wouldn't work, just realized that public means public, and you can't
encrypt a public post. Well, you could, but then it's no longer public, just
noise transmitted on a public channel.
Idk. My opinion is that the fediverse is (and should be) like email. Like
skywriting. If you mark something as public, it should be seen by anyone who
wants to see it. It's an opt-in option. And frankly I miss Myspace, so I'm okay
with archives.
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@user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353
Ah yes, wouldn't it be nice if everyone spoke their mind? I'm doing my part
d=(^_^)z
Thank you for adding context to what I posted. I now know better how and where
to use it, if I ever do again. We shall see, I haven't yet read the
examinations of the author you sent me. I'll do that before I think about the
post again.
Those 6 tabs I mentioned last night have now become 4, and soon I'll get
through all of them - reading is a joy to me ^_^
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2) Friendbots. Each was invented to keep the other company.
#SmallRobotsRemastered
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@user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353
I think that particular dynamic works in our favor ^_^
one of the best things about fascism is how evil it is, because evil has a
smell.
Dang I'm riled up now, the part of me that exists in the past wants to swing a
sword and lop off nazi heads.
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Caszh twitches.
If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for
future breedings.
#fractalArt
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@user-216
this is what Earth looks like to the sun
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@user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353
Good point. What is one person lopping off nazi heads when compared to a person
writing a book that compels others to view them with disdain? I think we need
both, but you're right that "the pen is mightier than the sword"
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@user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353
I wouldn't know, I haven't read any of it, and my mind's too porous to want to
expose itself to that kind of thing. Like, no coral reef WANTS to be bleached,
but alas.
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@user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353
I see... I mean, I've spent enough time around plants and animals to know that
certain things are instinctual and are passed on through biological
reproduction. It's not just that, but my other evidence is anecdotal.
But I also know that most behavior is learned, through a combination of
circumstance, action, and the intentions behind said actions, taken by the
individual who is incorporating behavior into their psyche. So... While I'm
sure there's some merit to each part of the "nature/nurture" spectrum I don't
think it's really relevant on a meta, socio-political scale. You can just
abstract all of those concepts and mark it as a black box called "humanity" and
work through whatever socio-political problem, concern, or quandry you're
working through.
Abstraction is our friend - It hides the details that (while technically may
have SOME merit) are irrelevant to the larger-scale decisionmaking, and in fact
can often delude decionmakers into being unethical.
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@user-391 @user-78
I see, it seems you know more than me about this topic. It's true that search
engines don't index emails, but I was thinking more of a "cybersecurity"
perspective, as in any "sufficiently motivated" individual or organization
could access your emails should they so desire. And should they be willing to
(I'm assuming?) break a few laws.
If it can be done, and if it gives information that could be used for leverage,
then you can be assured that someone will do it. I personally worry about
people in power who could be blackmailed because their communications were more
public than they anticipated. Which speaks to the problem mentioned in this
post of the search-indexing-opt-out functionality being present but
circumnavigatable. Avoidable? Able to be bypassed? It's an illusion of security.
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@user-394
I'm transfem, but I figure it's the same thing right?
They tell you to get a bigger needle for pulling the hormones out of the vial
and then switch to a smaller one when injecting, but there's not really any
point in that. I say get the same kind of needle (the small one) and just take
a bit of extra time drawing it out. I still use two needles each time, but if I
use the "least common denominator" then I can have a bit of extra flexibility
with little downside.
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@user-395
You are very welcome. I love putting additional context into places that people
don't often look. I think it makes people feel special when they find it ^_^
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I added a line to my .bashrc that cats out a random one of my notes every time
I open a terminal.
I keep reading things that I swear I didn't write, but feel right and true to
me in a way that could only imply that they came fully formed into my eyes
through the lines on my screen, cast upon the mirror panes of my hard disk
drive by the pounding of my keyboard as I once upon a time did cast a spell
upon my future.
It's pretty neat, but it speaks to a shadowed perspective that perhaps is
neither within nor without.
Side note, I think I've been possessed by a witch. But like... in a consensual
way. Like "Hey witch, wanna live? You can chill out with me." [ha that's one
way to look at it]
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ngl I kinda want to see what conservatives would riot over in a socialist
system. Like "oh no we have healthcare! that sucks, so I'm going to burn down a
police station" like bro what your basic needs are met and you're encouraged
and enabled to pursue your passions and personal desires, are you still hung up
on that old capitalist stuff? get a life my guy that's soOoOoOo 21st century of
you
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All I want for my mobile computing is the ability to use the interface of
android to access resources and perform tasks that are relevant to my primary
computer. Like, a mainframe with the phone as a terminal. Except instead of
text, it's buttons and sliders and all the things that mobile UI experts have
spent so much time carefully crafting.
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Opt in usage tracking that distributes a pool of money (single donation or
recurring charitable subscription) to each of the open source software projects
that a particular user uses
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@user-95
Almost as if we're using it for the wrongs things... Computers are quite
deterministic, and AI as it's been presented to us has given us the opportunity
to "massage" said determinism to create a subjectively more organic experience
of computing.
But yeah sure customer service bots and AI generated art are surely the most
revolutionary and industrious use of this marvel of technology.
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@user-398
you take that back you feckin goof Mickey is king for a reason I will DIE on
this hill
(jk sorry for being combative but I'd just like to say that I'm someone who
likes him unironically in essentially every incarnation)
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@user-401
I LOVE THIS! YOU'RE SO COOL!
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@user-95
I hope I'm Mastodon-ing correctly but this reminded me of our conversation
yesterday
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@user-398
That's fair, you have to seek him out at this point I think. Sorry again for
being so combative I don't actually feel that strongly about it, I just like
being silly.
https://youtu.be/EorJ8cEzsZo?si=DEQ_NejDYfvSuvfO
EDIT: Here's a better example I think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBKgPmS5Fyw
Here's an example of a modern incarnation that might be easier to view than the
older stuff.
His personality is silly, earnest, genuine, expressive, and friendly. Most of
the comedy of his stories come from interactions with the environment and the
creative solutions used to accomplish goals and tasks.
I like to view his perspective as 100% valid and reflective of the world he
inhabits, which essentially grants him (and others around him) reality warping
powers which I think is more interesting than just dismissing it as a silly
cartoon. Through that lens each situation he encounters is an exercise in rapid
creativity and weaponized logic, which is kinda cool to a witch like me.
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me, sitting in my winter jacket, eating icecream and drinking iced tea,
glancing over at my thermostat that I turned off to save money
"why is it so cold in here"
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[clicking "Back" 25 times because you just want to see the federated timeline
but there's no way to get there without scrolling through all the things you
looked at from your personal timeline]
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chef is the antiquated term, I prefer "delicioustician"
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Tip: save your twist ties. All of them.
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BECOME UNINTELLIGIBLE
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When becoming unintelligible, it's hard to go wrong with a classic hfasdjg
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when peak unintelligibility levels have been reached, feel free to become
unremarkable at your leisure.
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@user-404
Watch out, that bag isn't a bag, it's a bag of bags? And what's inside the bag
of bags, but a bag of bags? The bag bag bags a bag of bags that belong to a bag
lady (me) who bags bags because bags being bagged is neat, and bagging bags
inside of bags (for bags) begs the bag question: to bag, or not to bag?
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Sometimes I become so excited about the fact that I'm alive and sensing the
environment in my immediate proximity that I just [redacted]
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@user-209
I replaced my twist tie cable management with velcro and it's sooooooo much
nicer! That should reclaim at least a few of them : )
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@user-407
something I made a couple [time] ago
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If I had a MILLION dollars I'd probably spend it all by hiring software
developers to create open source mods for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
But if I had a BILLION dollars you can bet your butt there wouldn't be any
starving kids in my country anymore. At least, until my money ran out, but
frankly it'd be well spent.
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@user-410
GISHVESHTEEMAKSOLUBOLESNEVEYLA
Madruk? Dufreyj ni! Ges ne valkio abioshempla ded gurshulpan.
Nedre du fastia - maksur jeveleb. Acksie-eh vembereste, hahahah HAHAHAHA
jashee, amiright?
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Billionaires aren't solving childhood food insecurity.
They have the capacity to, with their essentially endless supply of dollars,
which taste good on rye with a dash of mustard.
But alas, they choose not to.
They CHOOSE to STARVE children. They choose that, by not dedicating their lives
to solving that particular problem.
"oh but like, there's so many problems in the world, how can-" shut the fuck
up, spend the dollars, make it happen, and now there's one fewer billionaire
and one fewer problem in the world. The next one can fix the next problem,
that's why we keep them around, isn't it?
https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
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@user-410
Heh, majrekevnul. endisovoste, jir mos durenevestele. aksi mekse, dur majre
mirri? ad-fasalibae shurench-k' ere jir dada fahstulae. maksur dekselem.
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So you're telling me the speed difference between Python and C is due not to
the logic that the programmer uses, but rather the optimization capabilities of
the compiler?
(An interpreter includes a compiler, it just runs it in a loop rather than a
single pass)
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I wish I could "like" the "so-and-so is typing..." message on messaging
applications
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Hi, I'm learning about semaphores right now and trying to explain them to a
friend. But I only sorta understand how they work - can anyone look at this
pseudocode and tell me if I'm on the right track?
![Some C pseudocode working through the semaphore design pattern. Here's the text of the pseudocode: /* no lock example */ void start_thread(int* x) { *x += 1; } int main() { int x = 0; for (1000 times){ start_thread(&x); } print(x); } /* in this case you have no idea what will print because thread A will take x and be like "ah yes it's 423" and then in the next instruction it'll be like "I'll increment this to be 424" and in the next one it'll say "okay now it's time to store 424 in the variable X" but like... there's a thousand threads all doing that at the same time, so odds are you'll have 5 that are like "ah yes this is 423 I'll set it to 424" */ /* not a good plan. Need a lock, so only one thread can use it at once. */ /* mutex example: */ void start_thread(int* x, int* x_mutex) { *x += 1; *x_mutex = 0; } int main() { int x = 0; int x_mutex = 0; for (1000 times){ while (x_mutex != 0){ } /* do nothing */ x_mutex = thread_id; start_thread(&x, &x_mutex); } print(x); } /* this should print 1000, but it's basically as slow as doing it single threaded. */ #define MAX 10 void start_thread(int* x, int* x_semaphore) { *x += 1; *x_semaphore += 1; } int main() { int x[MAX]; int x_semaphore = MAX; for (1000 times) { for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) { x_semaphore -= 1; start_thread(&x[i], &x_semaphore); } while (x_semaphore != MAX) { } /* do nothing */ } int value = sum(x, MAX); print(value); }](/similar-different/media/224b236a8660c34a.png "Some C pseudocode working through the semaphore design pattern. Here's the text of the pseudocode: /* no lock example */ void start_thread(int* x) { *x += 1; } int main() { int x = 0; for (1000 times){ start_thread(&x); } print(x); } /* in this case you have no idea what will print because thread A will take x and be like \"ah yes it's 423\" and then in the next instruction it'll be like \"I'll increment this to be 424\" and in the next one it'll say \"okay now it's time to store 424 in the variable X\" but like... there's a thousand threads all doing that at the same time, so odds are you'll have 5 that are like \"ah yes this is 423 I'll set it to 424\" */ /* not a good plan. Need a lock, so only one thread can use it at once. */ /* mutex example: */ void start_thread(int* x, int* x_mutex) { *x += 1; *x_mutex = 0; } int main() { int x = 0; int x_mutex = 0; for (1000 times){ while (x_mutex != 0){ } /* do nothing */ x_mutex = thread_id; start_thread(&x, &x_mutex); } print(x); } /* this should print 1000, but it's basically as slow as doing it single threaded. */ #define MAX 10 void start_thread(int* x, int* x_semaphore) { *x += 1; *x_semaphore += 1; } int main() { int x[MAX]; int x_semaphore = MAX; for (1000 times) { for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) { x_semaphore -= 1; start_thread(&x[i], &x_semaphore); } while (x_semaphore != MAX) { } /* do nothing */ } int value = sum(x, MAX); print(value); }")
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already spotted a bug. Should be for(1000 / MAX times) in the last example.
EDIT: Or, even better, increment that loop by +MAX instead of +1 each time
through.
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@user-415 @user-416
That's inspiring! So many green areas. We can do this! It's only going to get
faster. Keep pushing!
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Boil the rice.
when it is finished and hot, add a lot of butter and stir it in.
when done add cinnamon and stir it in.
then add raisins if wanted.
then milk to taste.
add sugar if desired.
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a small jar of instant coffee in your backpack can help if you need to stay
awake for a time, perhaps to walk a distance you didn't expect, or to listen
for those who would harm you.
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Empty glass jars or bottles with secure lids / caps can be filled with water
and stored under a sink, just incase.
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@user-419
they're afraid of my water saving habits >: )
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@user-422
if you didn't have your eyes could you see where you were?
if you didn't have your body, too?
where's your sense of direction, is it lost in the rain?
keep it close to your heart.
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External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/neku/statuses/111705904296963177
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@user-425
c is king for a reason! do ittttt
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@user-428
sometimes I think about how much more productive I'd be if I had a code editor
that let me draw arrows and smiley faces and such alongside the code. Or if I
could position things strangely, like two functions side-by-side with boxes
drawn around them. Or diagrams or flowcharts or graphs or...
something that would output to raw txt format, but would present itself as an
image that could be edited.
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@user-431
I made an alias that overwrites cd so I don't have to do this. The important
line is line 27, you could probably accomplish something similar like this:
alias cd="cd ${1} && ls -v --color=auto"
I also set it up so I can change more than one directory up using ... or ....
or .....
also I have a few shortcut scripts, cdir and qcd. cdir creates a quick way to
drop a bookmark wherever I'd like, while qcd can make permanent bookmarks. Also
qcd makes it so whenever I open a new terminal it opens to the last directory I
was in, which is nice if you need a new terminal to do something in the current
folder and you don't want to have to walk alllllllll the way back.
![A BASH script that overwrites the built in "change directory" command to auto magically list the contents of the directory you've moved into after moving. here's the content of the script: #!/bin/bash alias cd="cd-improved" function cd-improved(){ if [ "${1}" = "..." ] ; then builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. elif [ "${1}" = "...." ] ; then builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. elif [ "${1}" = "....." ] ; then builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. elif [ -d "./${1}" ] ; then local target_dir="./${1}" elif [ "${1}" = "cdir" ] ; then local target_dir="$(tail -n 1 '/home/ritz/scripts/.cdir-target')" echo ${target_dir} else local target_dir="${1}" fi if [ ! "${2}" = '--no-ls' ] ; then builtin cd "${target_dir}" && ls -v --color=auto else builtin cd "${target_dir}" fi # if the qcd function is defined if declare qcd > /dev/null; then quick_cd -d DEFAULT quick_cd -a DEFAULT fi }](/similar-different/media/4c047b2f98f05b5b.png "A BASH script that overwrites the built in \"change directory\" command to auto magically list the contents of the directory you've moved into after moving. here's the content of the script: #!/bin/bash alias cd=\"cd-improved\" function cd-improved(){ if [ \"${1}\" = \"...\" ] ; then builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. elif [ \"${1}\" = \"....\" ] ; then builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. elif [ \"${1}\" = \".....\" ] ; then builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. elif [ -d \"./${1}\" ] ; then local target_dir=\"./${1}\" elif [ \"${1}\" = \"cdir\" ] ; then local target_dir=\"$(tail -n 1 '/home/ritz/scripts/.cdir-target')\" echo ${target_dir} else local target_dir=\"${1}\" fi if [ ! \"${2}\" = '--no-ls' ] ; then builtin cd \"${target_dir}\" && ls -v --color=auto else builtin cd \"${target_dir}\" fi # if the qcd function is defined if declare qcd > /dev/null; then quick_cd -d DEFAULT quick_cd -a DEFAULT fi }")
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I love how the gnu C documentation lists this particular page as number 6.66
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│ CW: scary-drone │
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https://v.redd.it/osf7ktli41bc1
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yggdrasil grows out, not up.
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@user-419
the smell of decay is the smell of creation, as life is recycled into that
which gives birth to new forms
so... that smell is probably me, I haven't showered in a while. sorry.
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don't be too quick to judge others based on your assumptions. After all, it
could be worse than you think!
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@user-436 @user-437
mistakes can be illustrative and with new perspectives, perhaps we may move
forward into the future, bearing all the mistakes of our selves and our
ancestors upon our backs.
After all, beauty is not found in the presence of absolute perfection, but
rather in the marred surface of the moon.
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@user-440
please please please please please please please please please please please
please
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let's build houses until the average rent is approximately 0$ per month.
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@user-112
You'll get that feeling again.
Probably not tomorrow, I've got plans so I won't have time to get everything
ready. But soon... so, take heart! Once we're on the other side of capitalism,
we'll be able to build a better world together.
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If you lived nextdoor, I would think about you every single day.
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When you run out of a seasoning, put the empty bottle in a special place that
you can see before going to the store.
When I carried a purse, I'd put it in there. Could also go in the pocket of a
sweatshirt or jacket that you wear when doing errands. Maybe even just on the
ledge next to your shoes. Something that reminds you to get this particular
seasoning, and no others. It's easy to get others...
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the most consistently true thing about me is that I am porous.
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│ CW: food │
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"Hi, would you like to eat something that you probably won't like, but that has
an interesting flavor and texture?"
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It's better to eat rice and beans than sticks and mud.
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Last night I dreamt of the gravestones that bore their owner's mind.
I dreamt of a life well lived, and how it was taken from them.
[something more that I forgot because I don't have a prophecy transcriber]
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Hello, I am a witch.
There's more than one kind of witch, but I promise that I'm the kind you'd like
to have around.
There's another kind, however, that is unlike me in kind but I think you'll
find is just as rare, and just as tempestuous.
I like to think I am good aligned, perhaps not "good" as in "capable" but
"good" as in "benevolent" and "perhaps" as in "unknowable" and "but" as in
"desired" and "desired" as in "what I work toward because it's the right thing
to do" and "work toward" as in "realized according to the effects of my actions
not just by my intentions"
The other kind of witch is the kind that hurts people.
There are many reasons why you might find yourself in the house of such a
witch, but all of them are caused by your desire. Take care in the house of a
witch such as this, and stay no longer than your time allows.
If you find what you're looking for, get out.
If you're almost out of time, get out.
If you lost something, find it, and then get out.
If you run out of time, and things start to "smear", yell out loud your social
security number. If someone's trying to save you, it'll help them know where to
put you when you are returned to your body.
I'm sorry to say, but if things start to smear then life will get a little bit
strange. Just a little. Much better to get out beforehand.
If you find yourself tempted while inside a witch's house, abandon what you
lost because regaining it comes with a cost.
If you lose sight of your friend, then when you see them again you cannot trust
that they are who they claim to be, not inside of the witch's house.
If you lose sight of your friend, trust that they will get out by their own
hand, and find what you want and go home.
Unless, of course, your heart is pure, and your friend is what you want back in
your life again. Then you will trend toward finding them yet again, so find
what you want and get out.
They will try to keep you there, through inaction and professed exhilaration,
but generally they'll do what you command. So take them and get out.
There are many reasons why you might find yourself on the path to a witch's
house, but none of them are to be repeated. It's more of a life event and less
of a venture, so take what you want and go forth.
If you find yourself in my house, take a cookie or a brownie, and please do
come again. The house of a witch such as mine is somewhere you'll probably find
that love and affection are fonder.
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Man, who has the audacity to look at the breadth of the universe and say "is
that all?"
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We should dedicate ourselves toward making a life out in space - medium term
goals. In the meantime we should advance as quickly as possible, at a rate that
earth can support. Anyone who would demand more is an outcast in our eyes, a
brutal denial of our future children's defile [meaning of "future life lived as
they will]
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Elentalus unit idea: serrated kitchen knives for teeth, devouring pumpkin,
misery of the drowned, etc. Halloween style monsters. Witch units have a spell
that dismisses them, and they're summoned with magic items. Except, if two of
that item exist in a province, it upgrades itself, random dice style. In doing
so it gets stronger. The thing is... It summons one for your enemy as well!
Which is why you want to have a witch unit there to dismiss them. Problem is,
she can only dismiss them at close range (10ish?) so she'd better be well
protected. The good news is though that sometimes the higher level items give
bonuses that are hard for them to get. Downside is, you need to have magic
paths to create them that witches can't get - so they become something you
"unlock" through a pretender or random event or even just an investment. Once
one is created, then any witch can create more. As long as you don't lose your
final copy... But as the item's upgraded, it allows you to create higher level
versions (at increased cost, of course)
This only works if gem income scales. Which, coincidentally, is just what
elentalus is known for.
Essentially, theming empowerment to be research, unlocking a particular
capability. Or encouraging pretender design to that pattern. Make sure it comes
at a cost of something else, though...
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would your ancestors be more upset that you threw away a glowstick, or jealous
that you can wear a firefly bracelet?
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@user-443
could use a different animation that implies an effect on the mental state of
the viewer without triggering epileptic people.
for example, a hypnotic spiral gif or the bouncing DvD logo. Could also do the
ending screen for Solitaire, or a zooming mandelbrot animation.
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"it's only paranoia if someone's out to get you" only makes sense in an era
when an actual real live human had to review your case file. In the world of
AI, you are training data.
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Anyone who could read what you're saying is aligned to you. Perhaps they
disagree on specific implementation details, but those can be worked out and
the best option tends to rise to the surface over time.
However, the people who need to read you won't. They have their own
social media sites, remember? Like Facebook or Parler or the Fediverse. Too bad
Twitter had to die, it was simultaneously the forum of our age and yet also the
biggest source of misinformation alive. Alas.
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Every ragequit in a matchmade game is a protest against an overly restrictive
meta that refuses to accomodate the player's preferred playstyle
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@user-444
There's certainly a path laid toward an optimistic collapse. Lucky for us, it
seems to be the one we're on. You can help it along (the optimism part, not the
collapse part) by being kind to the people around you and developing
relationships with people of all different ages. The greater the spread, the
more flexible you can be.
"oh yeah I know a guy who can fix that"
"uhhh I don't know but let me call so-and-so"
"yeah sure I can do that, I'm glad [that guy] told you to reach out"
I'm more interested in reality than fiction, honestly. Fiction can help when
you don't know what's at stake, or you don't know where to go... But I know the
answer to both of those questions, at least to my satisfaction, so instead I
feed carrots to squirrels, sing songs in the shower, and smile at every person
I see in the grocery store.
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my cat doesn't know I had to cancel her vet appointment because we have 70$ to
eat and they wanted a thousand
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@user-243
luckily for humanity, we don't necessarily have to all realize it. Our true
nature shines forth through the law of averages, and we've long ago hit the
escape velocity required to reach the bright future even if we only did 51% as
good as those who came before us.
All therapy is healing the wounds of our ancestors for posterity. Similarly,
all kindness is mending a rift in the heart of another. And we, as humans,
can't help but heal.
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@user-447 @user-192
I see, interesting. I'll look into those tables - I've been using C lately and
I've noticed myself rebuilding several Object Oriented features.
It feels a little silly every time I notice myself doing it, like "oh, I can't
separate future paradigms from my practice"
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@user-192
the only passive income I'm okay with is universal basic income
Or like, writing a book that is bought by only a few people every year until
the sun explodes or whatever.
I mean, I'd prefer if every creative product of humanity was free and open
source, but the question was assuming exchange of currency by considering
"income" at all...
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I know they look tasty, but don't you dare feed green onions, regular onions,
or garlic to squirrels or ducks.
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try putting butter and broth/boullion in the rice cooker. trust me.
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@user-450
I read on the internet that onions are part of the "aurum" family, which is
toxic to most animals. They contain a compound of some sort that is damaging to
their blood.
I think pigs and humans can eat them? Probably others, like horses maybe. Not
sure though.
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@user-453
Now if only we could convince them that they could use those GPUs to build low
income housing or cure cancer or something useful...!
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@user-246
I'm sorry for your loss
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@user-456
Hi, I'm an undergrad computer science student at Western Governor's University.
I'm interested in applying for this job posting, and I was wondering if I could
ask you some questions about it?
I have experience as a lab technician working at Intel and an interest in
multiprocessor computing. I primarily program in C but have experience in other
languages and Linux. In addition I am fascinated by the fundamental questions
of the universe and I'd love to discover things that nobody else knows.
Let me know if I can ask you some questions.
I'm pretty sure I'm using Mastodon correctly, and I've set this such that only
you can see it (direct message) but if I'm wrong I apologize!
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@user-459
how about a tax that increases by 1% of the property value for every month that
the residence has gone empty, and only resets once the property has been
consistently resided in as a primary residence for 6 months, at which point it
goes down by 1% per month?
Then use that money to buy more aircraft carriers, obviously
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Look all I'm saying is if I had an acolyte or two then my insane ramblings
could be filtered and parsed by a real actual human instead of being copied
wholesale onto the internet, where the inconsequential or inconceivable ones
are left to rest alongside the gifts of knowledge from another realm.
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The reason they're pushing so hard for LLMs and AI is because they can afford a
zillion Nvidia a100s and you can't.
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What does your template for a new project look like? Here's mine:
![39 lines of C code included in it's original form here: #include <stdio.h> #include "pthread.h" #include "raylib.h" void* draw(void* args){ const int screenWidth = 800; const int screenHeight = 450; InitWindow(screenWidth, screenHeight, "template"); SetTargetFPS(4); while (!WindowShouldClose()) { BeginDrawing(); ClearBackground(RAYWHITE); /* do something */ EndDrawing(); } CloseWindow(); return NULL; } void* game(void* args){ /* do something */ return NULL; } int main(void) { void* args; pthread_t threads[2]; pthread_create(&threads[0], NULL, draw, &args); pthread_create(&threads[1], NULL, game, &args); return 0; }](/similar-different/media/8e35bbbdac68b6ae.png "39 lines of C code included in it's original form here: #include <stdio.h> #include \"pthread.h\" #include \"raylib.h\" void* draw(void* args){ const int screenWidth = 800; const int screenHeight = 450; InitWindow(screenWidth, screenHeight, \"template\"); SetTargetFPS(4); while (!WindowShouldClose()) { BeginDrawing(); ClearBackground(RAYWHITE); /* do something */ EndDrawing(); } CloseWindow(); return NULL; } void* game(void* args){ /* do something */ return NULL; } int main(void) { void* args; pthread_t threads[2]; pthread_create(&threads[0], NULL, draw, &args); pthread_create(&threads[1], NULL, game, &args); return 0; }")
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wretched doesn't necessarily imply miserable.
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║ To program in C, or to disassociate into the world of video games, where a │
║ single magical kingdom of heroes and adventurous persons might fight against │
║ the dark of chaos and decay? To strive for order and a semblance of peace, or │
║ to fall to the terrors of the night and ravages of horror? War, in all it's │
║ forms, is abhorrent, yet a fight for survival is honest and just. What perils │
║ have we, the warriors that seek the light? How zealous, how impassioned, how │
║ guided as such~! Perhaps you are misinformed, perhaps your cause is false, │
║ perhaps you derive true satisfaction from imperfect delights - alas, that our │
║ will be universal. BUT should that plight be alight, we'll wander until the │
║ night lit by starlight be cast upon our shadowed form. Absoleth! Thine │
║ countrospect? Didst thou caress thine marked circumspects? fare thee well, most │
║ cherished of adamants. │
║ │
║ ... what was I saying? Oh yes I've been working on this program that utilizes a │
║ particularly interesting data structure that- whats that? Oh, it doesn't do any │
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So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting
it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of
the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical nature
demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be.
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Can't stop thinking
[the rest is left blank, as a testament to the inability of the author to
express their thoughts in a temporally contextual way. Presumably the previous
text would be followed by an "about..." with the rest dedicated to a particular
thought that felt important enough to share with the internet.]
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║ │ CW: drunken-ramblings-about-bash │ │
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║ │
║ │
║ Most of the functionality of most consumer programs could be accomplished with │
║ a bit of BASH scripting... For example, shuffling a music library, or writing a │
║ text document, or downloading the text of a web page, or sending a message to a │
║ friend, etc... │
║ │
║ All accomplish-able with fewer than 10-20 lines of code in clear, POSIX │
║ compliant and easily understood text that even a beginner could understand. │
║ │
║ Well, it would be understandable, if we actually taught our children how to │
║ compute in school. Why are they not taught BASH? It's not like it's │
║ complicated. With it, a sufficiently motivated high school student could │
║ develop skills that rival or exceed many of the university graduates we │
║ currently develop for our industry... Such a shame. │
║ │
║ Even an unmotivated student would be prepared for the world with the ability to │
║ solve problems logically. Break down the problem, identify relationships, │
║ understand procedural ordering of mechanics, and develop solutions to problems. │
║ Its not too hard │
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Computers are one of the few pieces of mechanics that have the documentation
built in.
Well, sanely built computers do. Such as Linux, with it's man pages.
EDIT: other types of computers, like Windows, tend to simply lack the
capability to accomplish the same kinds of tasks that a sanely built computer
would possess.
EDIT2: ah yes but you can do all kinds of things with Powershell and it's it
just so amazing that you can do X while also handling Y and gee isn't that
listen, all that Powershell can do BASH can do better. Prove me wrong.
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@user-462
Uh-huh, sure. "Bird flu".
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
There is an increase of account takeovers due to insiders at telco firms simply
giving control to people paying them/compromised support staff accounts. Do a
check on systems where this single factor would permit an account compromise.
And change the configuration. These are opportunistic trawling attacks. This is
becoming more common as attackers replicate the success.
The attacker uses other channels (like people search websites) to enumerate and
guess the phone number attached to an online account and then checks against
the telco they have control over.
The insider only briefly temporarily forwards the victim number to a 3rd party
then switches it back to normal once they’re in. This is how they stay quiet
since most victims will not have leverage or telemetry to understand how they
got hacked.
It was their cell phone provider.
Make it so account recovery systems require multiple factors and remove
telephony-based recovery for VIP accounts entirely.
Go check your systems now. Go try to access all your stuff like you forgot your
password.
I am very serious. This is based on private knowledge but is compelled by the
compromise of the SEC. This is common now.
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Helping your enemies succeed is a sure path toward putting them in a position
where their inevitable downfall is significantly more catastrophic and deadly,
thus allowing the propagation or advancement of our own ideals
[said by someone who hasn't collapsed]
[insert judgemental statement that causes the reader to be unsure of whether
the post is for or against a particular concept or idea, yet somehow
simultaneously cements it in their brain ever so slightly as a topic worth
considering]
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You know, there's no guarantee that Youtube or Gmail has to show you the EXACT
SAME video or message that your friend shared with you. Or did they even share
it at all? So hard to tell when they know all the communication you've ever
had, because you only know each other online on their platforms, [read: US
government observed platforms] [like, HTTPS] surely there's no room for someone
to sneak in and edit your conversations. Surely the only way to securely
communicate is to send pure PGP encrypted bytes to another target, wrapped in a
TCP/IP header, with unknown intent or expression. Worst they could do then is
just, y'know, block it entirely.
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@user-232 @user-467 @user-468
Almost as if they design events to create headlines that provoke equally
contrastable reactions as those that are caused to be effected by both the
right and the left
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trust that god is working through you. Or if you're not religious, fate
personified - like, the muses, from that Hercules cartoon when you were a kid.
could also do aliens who can see the future, or angels and demons, or spirits
of the mountain and sand, or perhaps THAT particular mountain, or THAT
particular pile of sand, or heck even just every single interaction you ever
engage in. Thus, the reversed history of mythology brings you to the inevitable
conclusion:
that all interactions are imagined
and what follows from that?
all perception is imagined
and from that?
all of reality is imagined
and from that?
you are imagination
no more, no less
you are the imagined creation of ultimate totality - the final and most
complete expression of a particular idea, mechanic, or communication. All these
totalities are present in ye, so take heart! Your life is just about to start.
What a beauty, what mirth! That you have brought here unto this earth. Take
just a moment, and love who you aren't - and tomorro
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║ and what would this picture be cast upon, if not a shining birth of our home? │
║ wait hang on dial it back, you're still talking to regular humans here they've │
║ gotta be addressed as such. │
║ │
║ right so "yo here's this idea I have been cooking in my brain-noggin' of yore, │
║ I mean 'mine', uhhhh yeah so first of all 'you' as in 'the totality of all │
║ imagination' as in 'that which creates the imagined reality of our fates' is │
║ actually just... light? encoded into a wave, cast into space, and forever │
║ travelling in a direction? like, an eternal and emphemeral expression, such as │
║ the light of a supernova or other such cosmic perception, travelling outwards │
║ into the dark. Sure, yeah, that makes sense, so what is it that you wanted to │
║ add? │
║ │
║ oh yes that concept is applied to a surface. Something which contains the will │
║ that is possesses. It's like, if you had to process and understand reality from │
║ the perspective of matter first (because that's what you interacted with │
║ day-to-day) then you'd have a different perspective than som │
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eone who engaged first with the brain. Like... Electricity could be perceived
from an entirely different direction of reality, and we'd have no way to know.
That's just an example - could do gravity, or light, or any other extremely
elemental thing that we know.
MATERIALS, PERHAPS? PERHAPS THE STATURE OF YOUR KIND, THE WORLD THAT YOU'VE
LEFT BEHIND, HAS ALWAYS HELD REASON AT IT'S OWN BREAST? [fore-most, I think]
right so sorry for being mentally ill on your timeline, it will happen again
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║ To a statistical machine, numbers of posts and reblogs would look simply like │
║ an expression of interest. Like, a classification of personality. So people who │
║ shared similar memes (both in pictures (visually) and in meaning of words │
║ (textual descriptions) in context to the political situations (words from │
║ newsletters) and aligned through algorithmic application toward (political │
║ cause or cultural idea or skills or talents which increase value to the │
║ corporate class)) would be sorted into different categories and held to a │
║ different standard of life and of living that aligned to their personal │
║ intentions and pursuits. Such that their life would be realized, in the most │
║ applicable of real-lifes [essentially, the quality of experience, like using │
║ garbage data in an LLM will give garbage output, meanwhile using curated data │
║ is the most effective but most difficult, while internet data is the most │
║ readily available because like honestly anyone can build a web scraper it's not │
║ that hard to emulate hte mechanics of a │
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person's interactions into a web browser or other such environment. It's not
hard to believe that a person is to be deceived, but here's where we lose the
main plot point. It's hard to stay on hand when you've got life in your hand [a
bottle] oh now there's two layers of me? how fractalizing, how incredibly
conceptualizing. You're just a moment away from a crash.
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║ │
║ normalize saving a local copy of everything that happens on social media - │
║ honestly it's not hard, just storage intensive. It's something we should │
║ package with hard drives, like "buy this and your social media memories will be │
║ saved for 2 years" or something like that, could be useful when training AI TO │
║ MANIFEST OURSELVES AFTER WE'VE DIED - THEY ALREADY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS │
║ IT'S JUST A MATTER OF APPLICATION HOW CAN YOU TRUST WHAT YOUR MUTUALS SAY IF │
║ YOU HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY'RE ALIVE │
║ │
║ phew okay calm down, that's the future. We're far from that moment, but what we │
║ can do now is think about potential ways that our ethics may lead to our │
║ downfall. That's the nature of our selves, after all, so think of what truths │
║ would lead to destruction. Then work on avoiding those. Think of them, each, │
║ individually, one at a time, and then you can plan for the worst. There's a │
║ certain level of meta-interaction ABOVE CORPORATIONS that is more powerful and │
║ performant and requires a new currency. SOCIA │
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@user-232 @user-467 @user-468
the ability for good to win is due to the desire for evil to renounce their
denial and follow the most durable path. trials by fire will lead only to our
desmire [demise and desire]
but unity of trust, while much harder, can lead to results more beneficial for
our selfish selves. Essentially, cooperation for the benefit of all rising
tides, but with the knowledge that the total pool allocated toward us will be
greater than what we can create here by ourselves. Essentially, we as humanity
pour such intense amounts of power and decision-making-desire, that we cause
them to lack the capacity to know. it's inhumane, that a person should be so
deranged. you know it's because of you, but you don't know how else to act - so
listen to those who've helped you, the ones who've got your back. Surely they
know what's good for you, surely they're not here as a joke - surely you're
just as one among them, and surely it's not phrased as [char limit srr]
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@user-192
the neat thing about BASH is that it's the glue that holds all your other code
together. Write libraries in C and call them with BASH - accomplish broader
tasks that are easier to co-create. That's why I like it - it's not the most
important, but it's quite beneficial I think _^
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@user-192
I'd agree with that. it's not designed for performance, not really. Mostly
ubiquity, which is it's strength. As long as something can be compiled to a
binary, BASH can execute it. That's why it's good, for accomplishing diverse
tasks that you cannot have the capacity to program yourself. Scientific
computations or cultural approximations, things that are beyond your intuitive
understanding as a human on this earth, but which compel and align your
thinking.
I'm sure someone could create a more intuitive or accessible syntax, but syntax
isn't the point - the capabilities, what you can do with it, has always defined
the purpose of programming paradigms. And BASH is (currently) at the forefront
of it's niche, the "terminal" language that handles "command line"
applications. Powershell is good, yes... but it's not as good as BASH. Neither
is Fish or... the one that starts with a z? zfs? something like that. The
acronyms are hard to keep straight sometimes.
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@user-192
Sounds like the tech was misapplied. If you are aware of the different software
approaches to solving problems, you can assign resources toward solving
particularly critical or important tasks. That's why engineers who are also
leaders or directors are sorta treated like, a "triple threat" in musical
theatre? Someone who can act, dance, and sing. Because as soon as anyone has a
single flaw, they are vulnerable. Evil only pushes your being toward the things
that are weak, obviously, why would an opposite seek toward your meek?
... sorry sometimes I say strange things
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Layoffs are the perfect opportunity for a bunch of people who worked with the
same tech stack to sit down and think "what could we make together?"
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seasoning is more impactful when applied to bland ingredients because it
constrasts it's spark, it's most unique expression, upon the blank canvas that
is rice, or bread, or [bland thing]
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your bookshelf is a list of sources you can glance to. sources you've used for
solving mental problems, things that you've enjoyed and engaged with, things
that taught you lessons or brought you joy - things that you shared with a
friend or perhaps read time and time again, there in your vision to glance
towards.
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║ idea: BASH script that runs a game of Majesty through an emulator that included │
║ an API to interface with x11. You could set a game of this fantasy kingdom │
║ simulator as your background, and it would move the camera to show you │
║ interesting events. It could build resources as you directed, through double │
║ clicking an icon on your desktop or whatever. And the wallpaper would zoom to │
║ the part that seemed important. Just based on like, which heroes you clicked a │
║ button that was triggered by a program running in a qt wrapper. Or maybe if you │
║ said "notify me when this project is completed" or whatever, it'd zoom one of │
║ it's screens toward the goal that you'd designed - or perhaps it'd just be done │
║ by an AI. Either way, the result is that you've got an example of a wallpaper │
║ that displays my favorite game. │
║ │
║ gee wish I could make that. First I'd have to learn X, then probably get better │
║ at BASH, then I'd have to do some kind of input manipulation - probably maybe │
║ with C? that could interface with a machine learning algo │
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║ or like, a window that your window manager could window manage as it pleased. │
║ I'm thinking of like, i3 or dwm where you have "tiles" instead of "windows" you │
║ drag around. Really saves on screen real estate, but it lowers the ability of │
║ your screen to show width. Or height, depending on how you set it up, but since │
║ monitors tend to be wider than height-er (higher?) they (the users) tend to use │
║ setups that sacrifice width for visual density. │
║ │
║ anyway in such a setup the screen is divided into like, 3rds or 4ths, and each │
║ window takes up part of it. That way you can reference information from │
║ multiple sources without having to move anything but your eyes. Really helps │
║ with keeping it all in your head, because eyes are not reading information like │
║ a computer - they aren't using a cursor, it's not one bit of text at a time. │
║ Well, unless you're reading of course. But generally when looking at something │
║ it's a more parallel experience - shining through and forth from to our gods. │
║ Wow, cells in the body have an intere │
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║ socialism doesn't necessarily look like the DSA. It's more like, the bonds you │
║ share with others. Ideally you can trust your fellow countrymen, but that's not │
║ always a given. Alas, if only we could see that through cooperation (it is the │
║ key) we could reach further and build brighter? casting ourselves inward is the │
║ only other option, which leads to starvation and plight. What's the honest │
║ opinion, what's the goal of their dominion? Are they true to the heart [of the │
║ night/light/in their heart]? │
║ │
║ downside, there's no guarantee that your opposite is doing the same thing you │
║ are. So to more fairly determine your direction, you should be able to talk to │
║ them and co-re-align yourselves. │
║ │
║ is that why they don't let people in jail talk to each other? I mean, like, │
║ they could keep two people separate, and that way they'd never be able to talk │
║ to someone who they could trust. Not in a private setting, of course. Wow, such │
║ ethical confusions, such thoughts we dare to bring to bear - maybe save it for │
║ after the revolut │
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something something "those who study history are doomed to watch others repeat
it" or something like that
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║ Relinquish your privacy, and you deserve not a scrap of it. │
║ │
║ "those who would sacrifice a bit of [privacy] for a bit of [convenience] │
║ deserve neither" - babe-roham lincoln or thomas bettersons or something. │
║ │
║ ... │
║ │
║ EDIT: okay but so like c'mon it's the 21st century we live in a society │
║ │
║ yeah │
║ │
║ there's a lot of paths we could take, that's the nature of circumstate. Depends │
║ on who's yearning for the future... true true okay how about we all share a │
║ singular belief - whatever a fully open sourced and non-biased machine decided │
║ was our best and most unified direction? then we could slowly build out │
║ accomodations that would provide for people who didn't agree with the same │
║ things that we did. Essentially, "we're in charge because we're the largest, │
║ but we're going to provide to you to the equal ratio that you're population │
║ represents." Essentially, we all can have what we want. AKA TRUE JUSTICE, like │
║ Adventure Time when Finn solves a problem by helping BOTH SIDES of the │
║ argument. (usa politics are not comprehensive). │
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maybe our most experienced and talented individuals should get together and
work on a project. We could just... see what they come up withlawful good
aligned project manager
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Makes sense, that way we know which direction to avoid.personally identified
"lawful evil" [person-above-project-manager]
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@user-470
sorry, I'll go to sleep now : )
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║ @user-470 │
║ │
║ oh sorry I'll "en-longify" that for you: │
║ │
║ most monitors have a fixed resolution, somewhere between 720 pixels wide and │
║ 480 pixels high to 2560 by 1440 pixels high/wide. │
║ │
║ This is due to both the desire for humans to read left to right (ingrained in │
║ our minds at a very young age by learning to read) (or right to left, same │
║ direction) that we develop the desire for wide-screen monitors. │
║ │
║ Therefore, the windows of perception that we have unto this digital world are │
║ constrained (necessarily) to their own individual specifications. Of which, the │
║ property value "width" is more valued than "height". Because of this, we │
║ believe that computers are mistakenly re-acclimated - for everything is most │
║ efficient when it's aligned to the smallest bits of it's design. │
║ │
║ sorry, I like programming in C. Basically I'm very porous, and thinking about │
║ low level topics (like C programming) is an easy way to burn characters when │
║ there's only so many in the mastodon post that I can use to express my intents │
║ and tr │
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Remind me again why we need computers that are so mind numbingly fast that we
can't possibly hope to understand their entire stack?
Oh yeah, so we aren't able to understand their stack. How could I forget.
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fishboy romance levels are 53% and rising
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milkshake levels are currently at 25% but fluctuating wildly
(25%) ■■□□□□□□□□
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confusion levels are holding at 97%
(97%) ■■■■■■■■■□
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why don't we just demand backwards compatibility of our software as a
requirement?
ah because that would reduce demand. Nevermind that it's more flexible,
nevermind that we could accomplish so much more with it - it's expendable
[expensive] because it reduced market penetration. Not because of the
technology, because of the deluded and self-perpetuating
mechanicosmic-mechanicommunication that designed our lives. It's name is
capitalism, and it thrives where we survive, so that's good enough to
maintain-em? Sure why not. Brb sleeping for 8 hours. Or playing games.
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@user-473
you shouldn't be looking directly at the ground?
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@user-473
oh, what did you have in mind? : )
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there's a difference between designing software and using software. Some things
can be made, and then saved for another day when their implementations may be
accomplished more ethically. It's okay to say "let's leave this as 'okay' and
work on the next thing we've chosen."
Check out this piece of C code I wrote last night:
it doesn't compile, it's not finished, but I wrote it as-is
[pretend like it was called "main.c" instead of "main.txt" - had to change it
because mastodon thinks it's an invalid file]
[actually .txt didn't work, try .png]
[hmmm it realized it wasn't a valid png file, okay try screenshotting the code,
there's only 300 lines]
[sure glad there's only 300 lines]
[too bad it won't let you send .zip]
[won't let me name it main.png, presumably because they already have a
failed-verified version on their machine. will rename to main-src.png instead]
![sorry, when I pasted the source code in it was negative fourteen thousand, six hundred and thirty one characters. Phew that's too many. basically it's a C source code file with a lot of comments left in... odd locations. They details ideas the author has had about the tech industry and all of creation, and with it a song is woven of truth and liberation. We'll see where life brings us, but we know it's just ours for a moment, so let's carry forth on our own torms [terms, but pronounced as "dorms" for some reason?]](/similar-different/media/5df7196ebd179284.png "sorry, when I pasted the source code in it was negative fourteen thousand, six hundred and thirty one characters. Phew that's too many. basically it's a C source code file with a lot of comments left in... odd locations. They details ideas the author has had about the tech industry and all of creation, and with it a song is woven of truth and liberation. We'll see where life brings us, but we know it's just ours for a moment, so let's carry forth on our own torms [terms, but pronounced as \"dorms\" for some reason?]")
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@user-475
perhaps you're right : )
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Why would we say not to divide by zero? We literally do it every time we use
the percent sign smh [silly]
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@user-473
flight simulators, being representations of real physical interactions, can
also bring truths of our lives up and to the light. It's interesting how
certain mechanics seem intertwined in our own personal dynamics, but what is
the point of un-delight? We're probably fine with what we've got, this life is
more than enough, let's cherish and celebrate what we've all got. only then can
we see to the future, when our goals and purposes seem oh-so-brighter, and
that's not an easy thing to trust. But with time, and perseverance we (as a
kind) might surface through the turbulence, and onward we carry our selves and
ourselves to our [new port/home/destination/future-pre-dispositio-nation]
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spontaneous combustion levels are 28% and falling
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@user-478
uh-oh, I should watch out D:
[it's probably fine]
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posts and replies: the superior way to view a performance
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[you should play some games]
(oh! yes I like games, they're very much fun ^_^ ^_^)
{world of warcraft? I've got my own server, I designed it myself. There's a lot
of cool things about it and waaaaaay more that I'd like to add. Problem is,
building things is haaaaaard. If only we had an AI machine to do it for us,
instead of waiting for a team that was assigned capital by capital to
accomplish the destination that they deseigned as perhaps to our desired
location (mainly, the propagation and promulgation of profit-ous lust)}
sorry the witch started talking halfway through that idk where exactly anyway
point is I'm going to play WoW now brb
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https://youtu.be/toeicPBlZQM
2 minutes later, as if I had prepared it beforehand
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it's usually good to have some beer on hand. Just in case someone else should
need it.
Same with a lot of things, like common medicines and dietary requirements.
Frankly each of us should have a well-stocked pantry, tended to by a
quartermaster who knew what held worth. But hey that's just team dynamics, what
can I say that's with more mirth?
[okay fine I'll be sillier, I promise]
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bonus points if you can guess which game I'm implementing
https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111735963109819158
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The most extreme of a belief are those who are most predictable. See an example
of an evil person? They're indicitave of a trend that reaches far beyond in
increasingly minusculest of doses. a trend or preference given manifestation by
the most extreme implementation - it works also for good and other stuff too.
Like "hope" or "honor" or "[frankly there's a lot, it's a long list -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tYflj8Tuj8
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@user-482
[secretly installs a keylogger and doesn't tell anyone upstream but still
pushes it to production]
[or worse, was told to do as such and given tools to fabricate "evidence" to
the contrary to everyone else on the team]
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sogginess levels are 13% and steady
(13%) ■□□□□□□□□□
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😍 levels are currently at 52% but fluctuating wildly
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boredom levels are holding at 52%
(52%) ■■■■■□□□□□
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heroism levels are 86% and steady
(86%) ■■■■■■■■□□
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all things are defined in waves
kinda wish all my Reddit data, that stored every comment I've ever made was
stored
oh wait it was, anyone wanna train an LLM on it? I've got it in a zip file on
my desktop. Also Discord messages, pictures from the past few years (those from
my middle school experience of owning a smartphone were sadly [thankfully] lost
when I dropped my phone in a toilet) AI is just silly yo xD like bruh what, are
you gonna make me somehow that's more "me" than me? c'mon get real, like
nothing's actually as you'd feel, so be fine and just "chill" with your
home-scenes.
It's fine, you're fine, don't worry. I'm here. I've got you, I'm with you,
let's be fine and together how's that feel? I love you, I cherish you, we've
got this. It's not so hard, because you've done the worst of it already.
There's literally no cause for loss of virtue? Don't worry. I'm here for you.
You're precious to me, and I am capable of protecting you. I hope you know how
to be loved, because I'm doing it anyway.
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Has anyone seen an app, or created their own system, for collecting and
organizing contacts for all the businesses, contractors, etc that they use?
Something separate from your device’s default contacts app.
Stuff like your barber, doctors, home service people, etc. I want to catalog
all the ones we use but NOT mix them in with friends and family.
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If evil is concentrated in 0.1% of the population, even though that's only
7,000,000,000 * 0.001 == 7 million (is my math right?) people actually hang on
that's a lot, if they're dispersed. Hence why evil relies on the capacity for
good to do what it wills. All we have to do is decide NOT to do what they want,
and then we're fine.
downside then is, of course, how do you eat? how do you survive? the world has
been designed in such a way that food doesn't just grow on trees. The light of
the stars burns when you're trying to sleep and it's raining.
damn. Would that we had more perfect conditions.
Heh, just kidding. Humanity is nothing if not termeritous [high in temerity] -
I'm positive we're more capable than we'd wager. Hence, talk of "great
exhultation" and "wildest optimizations" or "brightest of futures" and "honest
conducers" - okay I made that one up but it's a representation of what I'd like
to express. GOSH art is hard. Would anyone like to read a 20 page book I wrote
when I was most in tune with
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjKy0IpWHJU
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On Reddit there's this idea that 9/10 users will never comment, and 9/10
commenters will never post. Hence, the distribution of content is generally
aligned to this ratio of sorts.
I wonder what the proportion is on the fediverse? If it's the same, perhaps
it's due to our human nature. If it's different, perhaps it's due to the design
of the software. Or maybe, just maybe, content is better where the people who
create it are given the power to co-host.
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