Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/852 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cognitohazard │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ feels like I get tinnitus when my thoughts are loud T.T │ ║ │ ║ like I can hear the darkness SOOOO loudly │ ║ │ ║ doesn't happen all the time, just sometimes. when there's lots of things being │ ║ said. │ ║ │ ║ but it's always easy to tune out. well, most of the time, and during the other │ ║ times it's just a little annoying. │ ║ │ ║ BUT when you sit and listen, you can pick out very interesting things that │ ║ people are saying. │ ║ │ ║ the fediverse is sorta like aiming a telescope through the center of the earth │ ║ at someone on the other side of the world who doesn't even know you're looking │ ║ at them. who knows, maybe they care, maybe they don't. but like, how would they │ ║ know that you're looking right? And if you talk and don't get along or whatever │ ║ then you can just block them - like shining a laser pointer everywhere except │ ║ in a small direction. Or like putting up an umbrella to hide from the sun. │ ║ │ ║ downside is someone can read a lot about you and you wouldn't know to prepare │ ║ to interact with them. like being handed a dossier of secret info │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/853 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-602 │ ║ │ ║ then it becomes a game of finding out "why they're interesting" │ ║ │ ║ which is sorta like cryptography I guess? de-cryptology? │ ║ │ ║ could be ordered like a podcast, like "look at what's special about this │ ║ number, it corresponds to these mathematical operations that we both are │ ║ executing, one after another... like hiding information in numbers. │ ║ │ ║ "okay you got 3 arbitrary axises, make one width one height and one depth of a │ ║ box. then, every time you get a number, multiply every odd number spoken on the │ ║ audio by 2 and divide every third number (per 10's digit, like 13 but not 16, │ ║ also 13 but not 9) by 2. │ ║ │ ║ then, every 3rd number (like 9 but not 13) is the depth of the box, every 2nd │ ║ number (like 4 but not 9 and 8) is the height of the box, every 1th number │ ║ (like 1 but not like 1) is the width of the box. │ ║ │ ║ that box translates into a secret set of instructions that only the owner of │ ║ the private key can know. things that were memorized, or written into stone. │ ║ like knowing a secret language made just for you two │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/854 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── the user knows more than the programmer [more/better] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/855 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: wonder-what-would-happen-if │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I wonder what would happen if apartment buildings accepted any applicants, but │ ║ only if they applied on a certain day. and first come first serve, of course. │ ║ │ ║ would make it so large groups of people could decide to move to different │ ║ places together. like, herds of roving buffalo │ ║ │ ║ er... I mean like people who shared common interests and want to live near each │ ║ other. like, board games or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ also could do like, decisions toward how they want to organize each other. like │ ║ mini societies that all live in a single ordered society. │ ║ │ ║ (could have as many layers as you want, it's just like making an incredibly │ ║ complicated computer program, except instead of moving data around you're │ ║ moving the direction of your own life. then it'd be able to calculate a │ ║ particular "checksum" that you could broadcast out onto the internet. and │ ║ anyone who was listening could check and compare against their secret key that │ ║ they kept when last you met, updated each time they see me. like, a common │ ║ language. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/856 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── the more unique a person is, the more they can help define reality ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/857 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I feel like I'd learn from coding tutorials more if someone started with a │ ║ complete program they can fit on one panel of their screen, a second for │ ║ showing what each particular thing they're pointing at means, and a third for a │ ║ typical usecase they might build and dismantle on the fly. │ ║ │ ║ like, scientific toys that they could use to explain a particular phenomena. │ ║ the way people used to have 3d models they either bought or built themselves of │ ║ like, atoms and wind patterns and stuff they could explain to kids. │ ║ │ ║ you know, like exactly the kind of things that are commonly stored at │ ║ children's museums. │ ║ │ ║ I was homeschooled, so I went to those places quite a lot. I always felt a │ ║ little unwelcome because I always seemed to be the eldest in every bunch. │ ║ That's continued all throughout my adulthood, like each of my peers are just a │ ║ few years younger than me. I think I just mature more slowly, and thus │ ║ associate with below the average. │ ║ │ ║ it's like, a descriptor of your rate of defining reality and being guided by │ ║ it. when │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/858 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ growing up, children's museums were my third place. like a civic participation │ ║ place where I met others of my peers. but alas, I didn't make any friends. I │ ║ guess I was just kind of strange. Also, I was always travelling, visiting all │ ║ the different cool places. My favorite was in Albuquerque, or maybe that was │ ║ just the most common because I had family there. │ ║ │ ║ why do we treat children's museums like art museums? They should be like │ ║ playgrounds, not like a │ ║ [display/artwork/performance/appreciation-moment-for-a-piece-of-art] │ ║ │ ║ It's important to visit as many as possible, because they each have their own │ ║ story to tell. like a part of the geography, or a shared collective regional │ ║ story, they highlight and illuminate different aspects of life. in this way │ ║ each child could be educated according to the shared cultural │ ║ [myths-methods-hymns] │ ║ │ ║ but, like travelling herds of buffalo, they can visit different places and │ ║ learn different things. essentially, instead of drilling someone incessantly, │ ║ you're allowed to work thro │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |