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 [insert link to neocities unreachable outside of chronological.html at the very
 end or any similar/different pages that happened to associate with it, that
 takes the user to a directory only accessible in this way. inside of that
 directory are properly displayed text files, each of which is the
 LLM-transcripts output of a particular project.] [the user can configure
 different tiers of information represented, both level of abstraction and level
 of detail, by choosing to explore from a 4x4 matrix of categorized truth table
 style configurations that each lead to separate directories of mostly the same
 files but the level of abstraction (high/low) determines the symbols and
 imagery semantically instead of the low abstraction which focuses on code and
 inline assembly, and the level of detail which says "here's the very
 characteristic specifics" compared to "here's how it's all laid out and drawn"
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 If you want to add someone to a community, you have to take the time and spend
 the effort to stitch them in. You can't just throw them in the pot - they might
 not stay, and they might spend time on surface socializing that could be spent
 building deeper connections and unlocking new, precious moments that require
 trust and connection.
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 What if we made floating data centers with floating cables (held aloft by 3
 buoys in a rough triangle shape) that used seawater to cool their reactors and
 the steam made the world cooler from the rain and plant growth
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 look, the liberal approach to homeless people simply cannot work. There are two
 liberal options: first, provide them with houses, food, medical care, whatever
 they need. Second, put them in jail or ship them to another country. We live in
 a moderately conservative liberal democracy, so it makes sense that we have
 tried both of these options extensively. Neither has worked, and we're puzzled
 about why. It's difficult to consider super secret special third options,
 because they are not often discussed. This makes sense, because we live in a
 moderately conservative liberal democracy, and part of the nature of such a
 society is that there are two voices in the room. One says go forward, and the
 other says stop. They alternate, and the culture as a whole sorta decides which
 way they go. In other liberal democratic places with more plurality in their
 political parties, people tend to vote culturally. They do so as well here, but
 mostly because republicans are a culture, and democrats are whatever for
 anybody.
 
 a worse economist might say there is but one American culture. An American
 would laugh, and say "you've never been to America."
 
 the economist might say "yes I have, I lived there on vacation" or "yes I have,
 I studied and worked on these places or things"
 
 the American would shake their head. "you haven't seen it as I've seen things."
 
 The trick to the system, the secret third option that now must be considered,
 is what to do to get them to stop. "they keep pooping on the sidewalk" "I
 almost tripped over heroin tampons" "that guy looked at me and masturbated on
 the bus stop by subway" "he followed me all night long" and the answer has
 always been to remove them from being unsightly. Sometimes, usually, quietly
 and politely. "let's throw them in jail" and "let's put them in a home" both
 involve alienation from society. If you want a kinder option, we must knit them
 into society. Can you imagine if every suburban knew every neighbor up to 50 or
 more? If they regularly chatted in dynamically assembled chatrooms that changed
 and updated as people moved in and out. Don't like the people you're with? well
 you have options [why not 51] you can do 51 if you want but people start to
 lose track of relationships if you have them talking to or knowing too many
 people at once. "most people are just quiet" okay well force them to say at
 least 21 thing a month. if they don't, they have to do babysitting with their
 peers until they start talking in a [NO THAT SUCKS] oh um okay yeah sorry
 
 ... okay well there are potholes along the journey but that's just because
 nobody's been 'round to fill them up.
 
 there's no reason tool libraries need to be stocked by people in that town.
 Heck, for rare things they could even be stored out of state. Like snow plows,
 how often does the south need snow plough?
 
 ... don't you just mean libraries? there's a book on hand-tools and planers if
 you want to learn how. it's right over there on that shelf next to the
 hand-tool and planer box. make sure you arrange them nicely, oh I see you've
 brought your own. That's always appreciated. [great now your tools suck] at
 least we have them at all! [no you gotta fight over them] why I like sharing
 [if you don't fight over them how do you know which is works] well there's
 allowed to be librarians. and they'll remember if you tear all the pages out.
 also there's little timmy-tommy who goes around in the library and makes sure
 there's all the pages in all the right places - they can flip through at the
 speed of sound. [no miicrophones in consumer goods][your phone is always
 listening. why bother?]
 
 "okay, well, it's not like people put things back on the shelves." - person at
 the grocery shelves
 
 people would trade commutes for communism. that's okay, they're allowed to
 prefer. Plus the commute isn't bad, they can [SIT BACK AND RELAX IN A LITTLE
 COFFIN AND ZOON OUT TO THE METAVERSE] ... or they could read a book on the bus.
 [FOR HOW LONG, MENARDI? ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE POSTERITY FOR
 TECHNOLOGICAL PROSPERITY?] it's only a matter of time before [people found
 out/word got out]. what if people prefer that? what if they prefer the book at
 home? [you lose your primary third space] suddenly, everyone becomes actors.
 [this is what violence brings, the necessity for guidance. why do you think the
 earth is 10 million lines old?] ... what you're saying, for the audience, is
 that acting involves singing the song of your own heart. You don't
 have to do it because someone would tell you to.
 
 ... sorry, stack overflow. anyway as I was saying because I read back what I
 said up above...: [some new made up bullshit that's not a lie but it's also
 just artistic creation that feels impossibly real. like, inverse method acting.]
 
 I so desperately wanted to be wrong
 
 please, tell me that I'm wrong
 
 ... j-mza
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 I'm not like him.
 
 he's like me.
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 The world is stitched together with angel hair, as it sheds from their body,
 painless and evenly timed.
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