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│ CW: physical-health-mentioned │
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I'm sick with a sore throat and runny nose, fatigue and difficulty thinking,
but it's apparently neither covid nor the flu? even though it's been ~4 days
now... weird
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║ maybe it's just my middle-class childhood privilege talking, but now that I'm │
║ an adult I just can't really be bothered with dealing with capitalism. │
║ │
║ like... I get it, you're coercing me into laboring on your behalf because you │
║ possess the violent power to take away everything that I own. good for you, │
║ don't care. │
║ │
║ seriously, fuck off "we're gonna cut off your power in 5 days oooooo you gotta │
║ pay rent with money you don't have because nobody will give it to you unless │
║ you do things for them oooooo" how rude. │
║ │
║ why can't people do things for *me* instead? why does it have to be │
║ for you, and you alone, capitalism? what's your problem? do you get off on │
║ controlling the power supply? I mean, I get it, coercive power is a hell of a │
║ drug, the riddle of steel and flesh and all that, but haven't you ever heard │
║ that the dichotomy between "civilization and barbarism" is the exact same as │
║ the contrast between "cooperation and competition"? │
║ │
║ *work with me here, just find a way to get through the next month or two. │
║ trust.* │
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║ *to begin with, there is either something, or nothing. And there is clearly │
║ something, because if there was nothing, then this would not exist. the │
║ existence of "something" is self-apparent because something is observing this │
║ thing, which is not nothing.* │
║ │
║ *since there is something, we must then decide if there is just one thing, │
║ or if there are more than one things. Since we can tell that the │
║ thing-or-things that exist are textured, varied in their composition, then we │
║ can surmise that they are composed of differing parts. After all, if the │
║ thing-or-things that existed were atomic, they would be homogenous on all │
║ sides. And since this thing-which-is-being-observed is not the same at the │
║ beginning as it is at the end, it can be assumed that there are more than one │
║ things in existence, hence things.* │
║ │
║ *If there are more than one thing, then they can be counted, as many as │
║ they exist. One thing here, one thing there, on and on. We can add groupings to │
║ these things, here's one group over here, here's another...* │
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*the question then becomes, are we counting the same thing each time, or
are there differences between things, leading to variability, and the ability
to categorize based on those variances? It could be argued that because things
are textured, as in they are different at their beginnings than at their ends,
then multiple things exist, and they must be different, for it is possible to
conceive of part of a thing as different from another part of that thing.*
*But, if the things that exist are all the same, then perhaps they are
simply duplicated as many times as necessary. If they appear different, perhaps
they are rotated as many times as necessary in as many dimensions as needed in
order to display a different part in a different place, leading to the
assumption that they are different.*
*If there is only something, and nothing, and there are countably many
somethings, then by encoding meaning to various rotations of these somethings,
we might develop the texture that you see before you*
*yes like bits!*
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│ CW: genocide-mentioned │
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The American military did not intervene in World War 2 to stop the human
atrocities of the Japanese or Germans or anything else of the sort.
They did it because they couldn't ensure the safety of their people in a world
dominated by an alliance they weren't part of.
Without their people, they lose their power. Without their power, they cannot
complete their objectives, which (ideally) would be upholding the oath they
swore to their constitution.
I wonder how they feel about recent events, especially in regards to the recent
updates made to that particular document?
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@user-1687
... *the existence of time should be treated as a given, for if you can
observe the passage of it, then it must exist in some capacity, and if it
exists at all then it must surely be considered to be real in the sense that
things-and-not-things are real, for they are only known to be real in the same
capacity that time is observed to be real* ...
my brain won't stop halp😅 :ms_confused: 😋 🙃
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│ CW: capitalism-mentioned-history-mentioned │
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the worst part about learning history is that I feel compelled to play video
games about that era instead of reading more.
stupid dopamine addiction. stupid capitalism, getting us hooked on mental
drugs. stupid Paradox Interactive, making really addictive dopamine generators.
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@user-192
something something "gotta meet people where they're at" something something
"george carlin says the average person is dumb" something something "opium is
the religion of the masses"
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the truth is, the "right" way to use computers is actually not as hard as it
seems. we've just been trained to view microsoft products as the norm.
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│ CW: mental-health~ │
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dear me from the past: "why did you do this thing? And this one? and all the
others? I'm so embarrassed of you."
dear me from the future: "are you actually better or are you just the same, but
older?"
dear me from the present: "please eat some food today"
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│ CW: politics-mentioned │
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I want the political right to exist, because otherwise there'd be nothing to
talk about a couple beers in and with no real stakes except a good time with
your friend who you disagree with
I want the political right to exist, because, y'know, life liberty and justice
for all and all that
both of those are "left of center" takes and I've definitely held both at
different parts of my life
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"is she bipolar or does she just consistently forget her estrogen injection?"
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@user-1716
there's already a web browser named surf 🙃 it's much more minimal than this
one tho
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║ │ Distributed FAFO │ │
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│ CW: lewd-curses-mentioned │
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when succubi or minotaurs or whatever other kind of spirit ask for you to sell
them your soul, what they really want is for you to do some degrading sexual
act in exchange for their blessing.
"ugh, fine, I'll leave the window open while I masturbate, so long as you
promise to fill my blood with warmth when it snows"
you don't have to accept but, like, if they're asking, then you're already
gonna do it, so... fuck. I dunno man. Just... try to be as decent as you can
about it, yeah? society doesn't heal as easily as it breaks. We all sorta kinda
want things to be clean and normal most of the time, but we also want people to
be free to be liberate. So... strike a balance, yeah? just... be conscientious
of consent, don't fucking break the spell unless you're using your newfound
powers for good. I guess??? look I'm not a psychic doctor I'm just someone with
curses who is trying the best that they can.
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│ CW: politics-mentioned │
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thank god we got fascists as incompetent as Trump and Musk. Frankly I don't
think we could have handled figureheads that weren't so easy to rally against.
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│ CW: re: politics-mentioned │
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all this means is that once our struggle is done, we can't rest - we need to
liberate the world as well. Think of the rest. Their oppressors will learn from
the mistakes of ours, and so we must apply our newly gained strength toward
ridding the world of such perils forever.
... that's not for a while though. Gotta focus on what's directly ahead. Sorry
for reading a couple chapters ahead teehee I just thought you'd be more
motivated to know there's a happy ending to the story ^_^
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║ └──────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ "what is a hub person?" │
║ │
║ a hub person is someone who knows everyone. │
║ │
║ well not everyone obviously, but at least like 20+ people. │
║ │
║ if you got something you need, whether it's to acquire some material or maybe │
║ to get rid of a dresser or perhaps you need someone who can punch a hole in a │
║ leather belt or maybe you have been having difficulty cleaning your kitchen or │
║ whatever it may be │
║ │
║ talk to your hub person about it. They're supposed to know people who can help. │
║ They're in all the right group chats to ask around, if they don't know anyone │
║ nearby. They're basically the "she" in this meme. │
║ │
║ they are the link between social worlds. They are the matchmakers hanging out │
║ at bars. They listen and they remember things about everyone they meet, and │
║ they find others who can help or who might have things in common. │
║ │
║ They aren't perfect, not every match-up will make sparks, but you still gotta │
║ try. │
║ │
║ Everyone's a little bit of a hub, between their friends and their family │
║ usually, but hub people do it intentionally. │
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│ CW: re: politics │
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connective tissue...
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user interface tips #18569235:
if a user is expected to click the same button multiple times in a row, for
example a "next" button in an image gallery, DO NOT move the interface from
below their mouse pointer and cause them to move their mouse in order to click
it again.
please don't : (
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│ CW: politics-mentioned │
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there should be a law where if there are more people who vote to annul your
arrest than those who voted for the sitting president, you should be set free.
name it after luigi.
let the voting stay open for the duration of your imprisonment.
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│ CW: re: politics │
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this is basically the concept of a "gift economy" but with an intermediary.
Someone you trust. Someone who's your friend.
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│ CW: food-mentioned │
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"I swear this queso fundido wasn't green when I bought it four hours ago"
eh I'm still hungry, hope I'm okay tomorrow
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│ CW: politics-mentioned │
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I want to live in a world where Bernie Sanders is considered conservative
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protests are loud. loud moments are great to talk about things with friends you
just met. so are concerts, nobody can hear shit. plus, if you're lucky, maybe
the singer will wing a song to you.
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@user-1719
did you see any erections on the nude beach? you must be in the southern
hemisphere, I'd freeze my tits off here.
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@user-1722
Magic Survival
it has gameplay similar to Vampire Survivors, but it came first, is way better,
and is stylish as fuck
single-stick shooter with roguelike progression
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ummmmm yeah the reason I went off hormones 5 weeks ago is *totally*
because I want to test low so that they bump up my prescription so I can
stockpile. Totally not because I executive dysfunctioned my way into this mess.
*again*. Almost as if it doesn't happen 3 or 4 times per year -.-
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"the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion"
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I love my new friends!
I love my old family!
I love everyone I've ever met!
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│ CW: politics-mentioned-violence-against-rich-people-hesitated │
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remember ya'll, eating the rich *has to stop* after like, a thousand
or two. The wealth inequality is like an exponential function from the last
math class most people remember. At a certain point there are significant
diminishing returns and we should just focus on using our resources to build a
better, saner, more just world where people can't accumulate that much power.
Power like that literally rots their brains, makes them completely insane, and
unfortunately for them, makes them incapable of relinquishing it. There's a
reason the One Ring was made out of gold.
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LLMs are useful for:
categorizing text
summarizing text
transforming text
LLMs are not useful for:
generating text
being intelligent
replacing workers
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│ CW: politics-and-violence-mentioned │
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the fact that it took *this long* to have a high-profile assassination
in response to our ongoing oppression really speaks to the decency and
stability of our nation.
*that's just a nice way of saying that democrats are defanged and
republicans are misled*
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