Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: messages/1178 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── potential programs for the library datacenter computer: a podcast that's about the stuff that's most searched for in that local library an image that's been generated that is representative of your session at the library, based on the books you were reading and the pages you were turning [okay that one might have to be redacted it's a little scary] okay how about an image that's representative of the top 5 most searched terms or topics in a depiction that makes sense for the things being searched for. Call it the "library searcher" or what if there was a printing function that let you print your own trading cards (0.50$ per card since cardstock is expensive) powered by SSH to teach kids the command line if I were a nearby elementary teacher I might assign that as an assignment for some time in April, when kids are supposed to be reading books on library playstructures or lawns or in the shade of the tree by the babbling brook or wherever it is the youngsters hang out with their books and their converse and their playing cards and dogs and whatever kinds of snacks they thought to prepare for their picnic by the hill just overlooking that part of the street way off in the distance about at least 600 feet or another idea for a library computer program is a fileserver and mastodon instance that let users write HTML pages (they'll give a class on it and show you all the right books) and store their picture files "jeremy, your pictures directory is growing quite large, I'm wondering if we can send your insect collection to the ornithologist who lives over there? he might want to do an analysis project or send it to a museum where you can get patronized." or another idea for a library program is a craigslist, a job board, a community asking, etc. stuff that only boomers'd use, but that's fine it's for them. um I can't think of anymore library programs but I'm ready to do battle to fight for such a thing, here as I sit in my underpants ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1179 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── what if we put all the nukes in a big pile and launched them into space (nuclear themed asteroid showers?) njot ideal plus they could just build more in sectret. okay, so... we made these things, and they're really hard to get rid of. we've been able to dissasemble at least one per year, but there's... so many... they're really far too conceptually simple to build. it's not right. such destructive power should be wielded with might, not for it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1180 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── if you give me a quintuple digit salary, I could fix all the problems of the world. One by one... A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET for solving one problem forever... until needs chagne of course. "yeah but it's not about money it's about throughput and demand" some guy in arkansas probably idk I've never been ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1181 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── people are allowed to demand jobs. governments are allowed to provide them. corporations are just specialized hired hands. as your exports go up, your imports should also go up. this applies to all levels of relationship, with special care given to love and affection, two separate but equal parts of healthy attachements. (some things aren't right for all others, and that's okay too - live your own truth, be where the best parts of you be) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1182 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I have a sword, because I'm not built for the frontline. I have a different battlefield. I needed a sword, to feel until when the pen was no longer needed. I haven't wanted to slay anyone yet. Pen still in hand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: notes/that-thing-about-money-is-power-corrupts-absolutely-true ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── is that a blossoming bloom or a predatasaurus ready to consume ah. scary..... what was I saying? oh yes. if you remember that thing about money you'll have to agree, one buildion is not worth a billion dollars. how much is a 1,000,000,000$ goal? not much if you ask me, to never have to worry about a problem like "this part of the world can't get clean water" ever again. Could be useful when sore spots start showing up on the other part of way back [in/then]. "we didn't even get to use any of the plastic anyway" - some guys in nigeria "quick, we better burn through as much of this as we can" - some guys around a metal barrel bin why do they never do that anymore these days? we used to take better care of the homeless. now they don't even get a fire to shamble around mindlessly around like weirdos who bonk into things like metal barrels full of fireplace ashes oh, were they just burning plastic? no, I swear, it was candlesticks and matches man there's always this nasty touch to the air. "yay free firewood for hobos!" boom solved a problem and I didn't even need a billion dollars to build the infrastructure for the solution to the problem that I solved. I really want to play World of Warcraft as The Ashbringer. But alas, they don't let you play through the most celebrated of events solo or with a party members chosen as one of the characters who was there LotR on Gamecube style but in the WoW engine because it's an engine for that sort of thing. (see my gameplay prototype wow-chat) there, solved another problem for "how to make money as Blizzard for the next couple of years" probably maybe idk if it's that valuable of a dungeon feature but it might be who can say idk remember again why I'm so sad that video games are going out of fashion, as people struggle to remember what any of them were called. god, I hate that kind of future. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1183 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── the pen is mightier than the sword because a single line can authorize any number of deaths. and, with equal regard, dream of vivid new artistry or calculate impossibilities or dazzle us with displays of these or any number of brilliances to believe of these. a firm grasp on your sword and a pen that cuts sharper to the truth than any other knife these are the tools to achieve the wielding of force, of might. to wield might is to fail it, but sometimes, we can't do better. power is penance. It's hard to bear such weights. what if I could push a button and all of my text would come out magenta [rating: negative D minus] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ |