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Here's an idea: A program that uses the Reddit API to create an account with a
random username and password and automatically subscribe it to every state
subreddit for all 50 states. It would be a lot of posts from a lot of different
places, but someone could endlessly scroll and find more and more news stories
that were relevant to them as a nation. They'd hear about ongoing struggles in
other places, and they'd yearn to help them. They'd hear of other's struggles,
and they'd see how they could apply their lessons to their own lives. Like...
Maybe there's a factory upstream that pollutes a river - well, we should
probably do something about that and make it so that it doesn't happen ???
like... duh ??? The problem is we don't want to spend the resources on it. We'd
rather focus on growing as much as we can. The issue is, of course, that we'd
run out of resources eventually, but eh oh well. Oh yeah you gotta make sure
that each account has an equal amount of posts between each region.
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a life without property can be visualized as a person who lives in a hotel room,
has free parking overnight (but not during the day) and commutes two hours to a
job where they work 4 hours per day. During those two hours at the start and end
of each day,they have little requirements other than focus and discipline to
face whatever tomorrow yet may. many will listen to podcasts, or sing to in the
car. some have a cat, that is cared for at their destination during the day.
I think it'd be cool to have self driving cars in a situation like that - it
essentially becomes
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a trick, I learned, for cooking. two things. the second is that seasoning should
be thought of as a coating. like, dust on the outside of a donut. as the food is
cooked, the seasoning penetrates deeper and deeper to the core of the substance
- meaning certain flavors become prominent and others are de-emphasized over
time. And the well-established cook (most successful) will be able to ensure
their narrative doesn't go foul. They have the most experience, and so they are
the least likely to burn their own goods. Surely they should be trusted to
establish their company in the philosophy of their own choosing? Business people
ruin everything, I swear. And it's not even their fault, so you can't even get
mad at them. How frustrating! That their method should prove superior? Perhaps
more perspectives are necessary, to provide you some kind of a clue. So what if
we're overflowing,
========= stack overflow =======================================================
for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. therefore it doesn't
matter what you do, because each of your options are recorded. 50% of you is
aligned to some variable, and the other 50% are aligned to that variable
squared. humans think it's tymes negative one, but the truth is that's
impossible. negative numbers just don't exist. but you know what does?
times tables
addition and accretion is the only language spoken by the universe - subtraction
is just another in kind. So with those two operations, both movements in a
particular direction, (and sometimes not even then, if nothing's been blown
apart. (also hawking radiation and lightwaves and other such emanations))
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crystals glow with the light of a thousand nights
what grows with the light of the thousand lights?
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answer: s t n a lp
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see, this is interesting because it mirrors the sea-shore. the radiations from
the sun (a planetary body) are only felt by the moon every 50% of the time. Each
half has it's own animation, and it's
===== stack overflow === okay basically it's like cartoons that are manifestatio
of the spirit of the night. each "slice" of projection as the sun rotates around
it's sphereical form, so does each radiance begin to be (seen, formed, understoo
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the quest for posterity is quite possibly one of the most human of traits
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< watch flashback > --- is crazy (movie made in 2020)
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I wonder if anyone's made "Omegle for IRC"? Like, 5 people get thrown in a room
together for as long as they want - they can chat through text or whatever and
like it doesn't matter, who cares, because in ~10 minutes nobody will care what
you said
I feel like a lot of people would express their true feelings. The people
running the service could set it up so that a personality profile is set up
(all locally, never seen by the company) and sent to the user through email. It
would highlight potential weaknesses and give you ideas for how to improve.
Sorta like, weaponized spying software that works FOR the user instead of
against.
It could also be used as sort of a... digital profile that would interface with
other applications. All locally, of course. ~~They could transmit to one
another
through open sourced and industry standard protocols, and frankly each
interaction could use a *different* protocol. So like, you don't know
whether
some packets are encoded in one way or another. They're also encrypted, so it's
like... twice as unlikely that you'll hack their bits or w/e.~~ dead end,
sorry
-> here's the real continuation: All locally, of course. Your "profile" would
essentially be the best approximation of your personality, passed through a
large language model that is trained on EVERYONE's data. The inner workings of
an LLM are NOT understood by humanity, and I believe that's all that's necessary
for some semblance of artificiality. Errr I mean Synthetic Intelligence. The
reason why is that each individual user, the conversation partner, is a person
living their life. Every digital thing they interact with, even CAMERAS and
MICROPHONES on PHONES would essentially be like... data gathering for the
algorithm (Again, I want to stress, the algorithm that nobody *can*
understand.)
Idk. AI is a blackbox. I think that's okay. I think that running things locally
is important, at least until everyone's forgotten how to design AIs...
The framework that these programs
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game mechanics are easily transferrable.
you can use the mechanical interactions of one game as a pre-planned blueprint
for what is to come. Looking forward to the next best move
= etc
i am the face the gods hide behind
they kinda want to see where this goes
and it's... frustrating, to know they can help you, but forever be tasked with
just life
it's grand and it's a standard, but that doesn't mean it's commands're heard
so oh well. that a fourth dimensional being should not be a well,
because fire think it's an eye for a sunspot. But that's not what would be
========= stack overflow =======================================================
now, as I was saying, the light of our eyes is apparent. We are clear from where
we are here, to know that what's standard is coherent, so let's find strength
in our wavelengths.
may our eyes be ever true, and trust that we do love you, for without you I'd di
anyway now that we've assent'd t'you, what truths do you give to our prospects?
what ways can we be measured as worth less? we'll do whatever it takes to improv
you know, it's really less complicated than that. here let me tell you all about
my idea which is clearly all===============================================stack
overflow ==================
So anyway now that was somethin' hey what do you say
we give you a chance to come home?
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@user-84 I heard that's only in chromium based browsers. Firefox should be
okay, for now
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thx 1138 is interesting because it paints a picture of a society adrift, as if
they no longer had any tether to reality. Like an asteroid colony or colony ship
or other long-term space installation.
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@user-87 I stopped posting on reddit a week or two ago. Nobody missed me, but I
feel much better : )
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@user-89 hence why it shut down, I guess
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music is an example of "emotive media". It (usually) lacks a description of
events, but it seeks to instead express the feelings and emotions of the people
involved. Video games are another example, and so is essentially every comedy in
existence. All of them deliver a sensation to the brain of the viewer, causing
or provoking compatible methods of thought.
A textbook is a different kind of media, as is a newspaper, a text message, and
even the bits stored in the hard drive of your computer. It is an analysis, a
description, and an incredibly complicated configuration of microscoping
physical switches. But functionally it is no different than a page design of
pictures, graphs, blocks of text, and organizational meta-data like page number
or article number. These types of media, "descriptive media", are purely
designed to inform.
these two options exist on a spectrum, ranging from "most technical" to "most
empathic".
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okay a game like legion td except you can see the entire map, the units are very
small (but still distinct) and it plays more like a game of Dominions. Armies
instead of units, like in WC3. Led by lieutenants which are guided by captains,
each with their own effects. Tank, dps, melee, ranged, healer, support, corrupt,
ranged tank, unique, etc. Of course, just like in legion td, there are multiple
types of units, each of a particular category but possessing their own unique
playstyle and usage scenarios. Essentially the game is finding the best tool for
the job, whatever that may be. You should be able to see what mercenaries your
opponent is summoning for you, because each turn is delayed. also, the
units keep coming until you die, sorta like... minimum required to push through
the chokepoint that you're holding with these particular units in this
particular formation.
oh and another thing
the units should be placable not on a square grid, but rather in a hex formation
arranged such that the middle unit is in contact with them all. Just like you'd
place units for an aura in Legion TD.
image describing said hex:
**
* *
**
each * is a group of units (a batallion, if you will, of a particular size,
arrangement, and density) - sorta like the formations in Dominions.
anyway
since you place units like that anyway, why not abstract away the grid and just
have slots you can fill for each unit? And maybe a hero unit that is assigned to
the board itself (you could have more than one) who will go wherever your line
is weakest. Shouldn't be too hard, just calculate the value of all of the
fighters in each location and return that to the hero as an array. Then pick the
smallest one as a destination, and boom your hero reinforces the frontline where
it's weakest.
The center unit of course is for the lieutenant, and the "heros" are actually
captains. Because y'know maybe heroism isn't celebrated the way it is in our
culture. Anyway it's better to describe them based on their role rather than
their reception.
... right so
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make the combat sorta like crusader kings - the actual army to army part.
Except with three long boards that represent flanks. As your units approach, the
boards would fill up with pixels. (resolution configurable)
there would also be a line (or block) approaching from the top of the screen. It
essentially represents your distance to the other team.
Each unit has been configured in the army management phase, which happens
inbetween each turn. Essentially, while the game is loading, you can assess the
units you have at your disposal, and
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in the ancient and storied days there once were legends. stories from beyond the
horizon of time. now all we have are social media updates and new movies and
car brands or whatever. But back then, we told tales of the fractured moon.
when last the moon did shatter, there was a conflict of those who live beyond.
Celestial and boundless are their origins, a unified and awakened consciousness,
something that transcends our understandings of human existence. It's not hard
to do, frankly, as long as you can empathize with a cat. or a dog. or a plant.
or maybe that rock over there. What would it be like to be a tree? To have long
reaching arms, covered in hairs that absorbed heat. I bet it'd be sooooo comfy.
And RAIN! How wonderful! You are most beautiful when you are covered in it.
Down to our roots, our beautiful absolutes, whever we find to be most stable.
I love it. This feeling, of being unseen. You can hear me, you can feel my
presence. But you don't understand me. You don't know what I mean to me.
======== stack overflow ========================================================
Alas, that media could share a mood.
when last the moon did shatter, a prophet and a gambler were riding through town
searching for a noun. They wandered throughout and in circles, always finding
whatever they'd left alone. Forever in their yearning, they never know quite
what to jot down. It's as if their mysterious quest is indescribable, but that
is how it's recorded. Even the people of that era had no understanding nor
recollection of how it came to unfold. When the two were riding through town
they came upon an omen.
Perhaps it will be forseeheard, but for now all we know is they did thirst.
A vast dying, a cataclysmic defining, and now we are truly unbirthed.
Just like the dinosaurs... How does that feel? To be ended on our heels? I'd
rather die facing my front.
It's our way or the high way, the old way, the violent way. You are permitted to
vote.
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when last the moon did shatter, a prophet and a gambler controlled their own
narrative. What truths would they find, hiding behind the lies? Is it really
worth asking their questions? Bah, what did I know. I was a completely different
person. This hunk of flesh was born in a house that grew on a forgotten
graveyard. It at of the land, as do many and most men, the fruits of their labor
in the garden. Our animals were always fed, our place never yearned for water,
and peace was our life and our virtue. Violence, hatred, and oppression were
delegated to the stuff of fantasy, the stories that are peddled in youth. As in,
"pay someone to perform it for you or tell you the tale". Not sure why that's
relevant. Anyway, the spirits of the dead laid to rest in honor and not dread,
were a bane and a boon to my virtue. I was raised to be good. To love and be
kind. But mostly I just wanted a friend.
I have so much to share. Please, someone talk to me. I'm lonely here on this
earth, away from my people. I'm scared of the truth and I'm scared of the
future, but for now I'm merely obtuse. Tell me your secrets, the things who have
most worth, and I'll craft you a powerful narrative. Need a confession? I can
explain every valid decision, I'll show you why and how it is the way it is.
I'd probably be a pretty good lawyer. Too bad my memory sucks. If only we could
build a chatbot that had an extensive and throughoughly represented block of
memory and wisdom related to the law. I bet I could present it's arguments and
it would be a suitable and reasonable replacement.
anyway, what can I say. I'm just a person who thinks we can make better systems.
everything can be improved because not everyone's happy.
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Life is just a series of minigames for your primate brain to solve that are
generated by an impossibly complex algorithm with a dash of ethical value-based
choices thrown in.
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At the end of the day, all we are is our intentions and our choices.
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Telling someone you love them is not the same as loving them. You could tell
them the sky is blue, but why should they believe you? The sky is black.
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🖼
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@user-92 I haven't received a single knock, I'm kinda broken up about it : (
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@user-95 Which hour? This hour!
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@user-95 did you get the instructions? Mine came in a dream, which sucks
because I only remember two or three of the rules. I think there were nine
total, and now I'm afraid to practice my non-programming spelling because I
don't want to violate causality or redefine temporality or something like that.
I guess now is as good an hour as any... Dear other witches, hear my prayer,
I'm kinda lonely and I only know a few spells, but I think that's good enough
for now.
Do you know any spells, prospective witch?
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@user-98 hell yeah
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@user-101 eat your heart out, it's halloween! Are you sure one chocolate bar
will suffice? Perhaps you should run down the street to the shop that's open
all night, see if you can find some more sweets. You deserve a love that
doesn't leave you wanting as you do tonight.
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@user-104 you might be interested in this blog post:
http://lofi.limo/blog/write-html-right
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@user-107 If you can figure out how to do it well, everything else seems less
difficult. : )
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║ │ I'm an old school gamer, so avoid looking up min/max combos or │ │
║ │ character builds for games on the internet. The whole POINT is to find │ │
║ │ what works yourself, and what you enjoy. It's what gives a sense of │ │
║ │ achievement. │ │
║ │ │ │
║ │ But I don't mind taking real-world advice from people. Sharing tips is │ │
║ │ fun. │ │
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@user-110 Exactly! I play games to practice strategy and empathy, not to stand
triumphant over a virtual foe. Why should I care for the lessons of others when
mine so often go unlearnt?
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@user-113 I feel like that's only true if you rely on your work for survival.
Most people do in a capitalist system, so you're not wrong, but it doesn't HAVE
to be that way. People could do what they love because they loved it IF and
ONLY IF they wouldn't starve by pursuing it. Or by neglecting it. Most people
love to do more than one thing, of course, so if you punish people for being
diverse then you'll find a culture where people only do the bare minimum to get
by. Which, coincidentally, is what we have now. Which, fortuitously, is not the
most efficient way of production. If humanity had lived to it's potential from
the start we would have burned through our wood stocks, our coal, our minerals
and all of it would be rot. But we didn't. These crude inefficiencies have
brought us here, to an era where we have the choice to be more resourceful. I
just hope we figure it out sooner rather than later.
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@user-116 get ready to be discorporated : )
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║ @user-119 @autisticadvocacy I couldn't live with myself if I wasn't the │
║ kindest, most heartfelt person I could be. The simplest mistake has me in │
║ sorrow. When I hurt someone's feelings I can't help but try to rectify what │
║ harms I caused and apologize and console for those I cannot fix. I try to be │
║ gracious and welcoming to all hearts and minds, and when presented with │
║ arguments that are contrary to my beliefs I change them. "If what you say about │
║ X study and Y statistic, then you're right that Z conclusion makes sense. I'm │
║ worried about A cause and I believe it might cause B effect, which would still │
║ make sense if X and Y are true. I think you might be right! And it would make │
║ sense that C is present still, wouldn't it?" Basically trying to understand │
║ another's point of view so concretely that you cannot help but understand their │
║ viewpoints. I'm also pretty good at understanding their viewpoints and changing │
║ *their* mind, because I can feel what's important to them. Empathy is │
║ like human telepathy. │
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║ │ My hypothetical grandchildren: why didn't you revolt if wealth │ │
║ │ inequality was off the charts, working conditions were hellish and the │ │
║ │ ecosystem was collapsing? │ │
║ │ Me (old): we definitely thought about it, we even started to action it. │ │
║ │ Every time we did someone employed by the government would claim we had │ │
║ │ 'serf anxiety' and make us sit in a room counting breaths. │ │
║ │ Grandchild: and that... Worked? Seriously? You started counting shit in │ │
║ │ a little room instead of fighting for the last bit of earth we had left? │ │
║ │ Me (old): Sorry │ │
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@user-5 why not just use a keyboard? 🙃
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@user-5 Those are good reasons to use a controller! Also, you get the analog
inputs, which is nice.
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@user-122 Yes, it's called a "double wink" - it's a level two maneuver so don't
feel bad if you can't pull it off at first. Keep practicing though, it feels
very rewarding when it finally clicks!
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