Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/300 ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── @user-220 weight: wear a chain shirt and use a weighted blanket. density idk, maybe something with gyroscopes? brightness is easy, wear sunglasses temperature you can adjust your "normal" temperature by wearing fewer clothes in the winter and more clothes in the summer - essentially acclimating yourself to a slightly more extreme climate. this can be useful if you know you're going to travel north / south, and want to be comfortable when you get there. or maybe just people who don't want to be vulnerable to air conditioners in the winter (whyyyyyy) taste: you could eat some of these berries and then gnaw on a lemon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum inertia: ride a bunch of roller coasters sense of compassion: try empathizing with your enemy, just for a moment, even if you don't want to, if only to see their trajectory. sense of justice: public executions for a negative direction, but a positive (and much longer and healthier) path is true justice, the satisfying feeling when everyone gets what they wanted here. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/301 ╔════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ If I ever own a set of weights I'm taping over the numbers and storing them in │ ║ a random order. I don't own a scale because nothing I do is precise enough to │ ║ measure in weight. Except my cat, of course, but I can tell when she's gained │ ║ weight. I cook for myself almost every day, and I never follow a recipe. Each │ ║ dish is different, because I like improvising with ingredients. Like a venture │ ║ to create a desired taste, different components will have different effects │ ║ when cooked in a certain order with certain actions taken to them for a certain │ ║ period of time under certain conditions and ugh it's just too much. I prefer to │ ║ pick a base, pick some vegetables, then pick a seasoning. Cook the base, sautee │ ║ the vegetables, and add the seasoning - bam, delicious meal. I'm not much of a │ ║ planner, more of a... problem solver. Someone who's sorta been latent. I wish I │ ║ could be a consultant. someone who works like, 10 days per month. I think │ ║ that'd be my most adapted schedule - every day would be either a weekend or │ ║ friday! │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/302 ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mathematics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-211 math such as SUM(as x approaches infinity)(i*x) this would add i, 2i, 3i, 4i, 5i, 6i, etc off into infinity. would that give you complex infinity? a direction orthogonal to the X axis, yet infinitely far in the direction of y. it'd probably have a positive and negative side too, just saying. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/303 ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mathematics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-211 if the 2nd dimension is i, then what would be the third? the real number line, the complex plane, and the ____ space? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/304 ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── shout out to all the people who think being cringe is a personality flaw and not an opportunity for growth ya'll suck and make life difficult in exchange for a brief moment where you can savor a feeling of superiority over someone who's living their best life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/305 ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── cringe is a introspective feeling only change my mind ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/306 ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── the only unethical act is a destructive application of power to an non-consenting subject. every ethical question is an abstraction of this definition. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/307 ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── normalize building a library that's just a wrapper around solutions you've made to common problems from the past that can be imported into every project you work on ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/308 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── when tech people are hurt by technology they say "how can I fix this? what do I need to install? what configuration should I use? is this company ethical, or are they going to hurt me in the future? could I make something that fixes this myself?" when non-tech people are hurt by technology they say "okay" because they don't have the bandwidth to figure it out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/309 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── @user-223 normies need third places too... just, a lot of them, I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/310 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── am i not wretched enough to be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/311 ╔════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ "always online video games" are *fragile*. They scare me away because │ ║ they can be taken away much easier than a directory on your computer. When that │ ║ happens they shatter into shards, piercing my heart where I once loved them. I │ ║ miss them, but, I'm used to it - years of playing World of Warcraft has taught │ ║ me the perils of developing as a person while your media is going to be │ ║ forgotten. If you can't play it, you can never return to reflect, to ponder, │ ║ and to cherish old songs. I missed you, World of Warcraft. I missed you, City │ ║ of Heroes, and Runescape and... darn I can't seem to remember. │ ║ │ ║ resilient software doesn't fail less often - that's a measure of it's │ ║ completeness. │ ║ │ ║ resilient software can be run in 10 years. 20. however long it takes. │ ║ │ ║ computers are deterministic turing machines - how hard could it be to only │ ║ update with a downgrade mechanism in place and available for the users? If it │ ║ worked once, it should work forever. │ ║ │ ║ thank you, git. thank you for giving me an endless library of time and change. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/312 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── normalize playing one game while listening to the soundtrack of another ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/313 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── when we're fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/13 ◀═╦═══════════════[BOOST]════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ External post: https://indiepocalypse.social/users/Packbat/statuses/1115 │ │ ║ │ 36682675469526 │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: fediverse/315 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── normalize building games with a built-in virtual machine that plays all previous versions of the game for free ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/316 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mathematics │ └──────────────────────┘ ask not "what can logarithms do for you" but rather "what shape does a logarithm make" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/76 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── You know all those companies who say "we're a family" well... I wish they would adopt me. I want a family that I work with. But it kinda feels like... if I say anything personal they'll use it against me? What's the point? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/77 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── And lo! She would forever be know As the girl who smelled Like she had pissed herself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/78 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── My biggest fear as an autistic transgender incontinent schizophrenic person is that one day I'll become a game of hot potato for my relatives to pass around ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/79 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── I protest the conditions that harm me by harming myself. This hurts you because you use me for your own gain. How can I protest the fact that you use me? If you were to concede, then you wouldn't care that I hurt myself. Were you to fight back, then you'd hurt something that wasn't going to help you anyway. I need a different tactic. I need to protest the conditions that harm me by attacking the conditions that harm me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/80 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── "Capitalism doesn't hurt me, so it's fine!" - most of America ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/81 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── If humans don't have intrinsic worth, then neither do animals. Yet we humans respect animals to the best of our abilities. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/82 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── When you're storing pencils (or other fragile long tubes) in a bag or container of some kind it's often good to store them at a right angle, so that they can have a higher chance of being safe should a strain or stressor impacted upon their storage location device. Like... a bag that bends but not twist would have 50% of the glowsricks intackt. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/83 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── Native people should have the right to walk wherever they want. It should just be... given to them, as a gift to their heritage. Why not? If someone asked them to leave, they should. Doesn't have to have a reason but like, wouldn't it be thematic and a (frankly token) gesture to the history of this great land? Ah but like... fences are an implicit expression of the retraction of consent. I believe that as the symbol of the encroaching force that consumed them, a fence means nothing to their tribes. It's a stupid excuse to section off the world into miniature gardens with their own little economies and systems and instructions. Why can't people just live wherever they want? Well... economics, I guess, which is why communal based systems are best. We've learned through the downsides and we've come up with a solution, it's just a question of how to do best. We'll figure it out, time and time again, but for now the future is beset by riddles of your jest. (Ure). Gesture. Sometimes when the memory is full a syllable will get cut off the end of a word and that's how it'll come out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/14 ◀═╦═══════════════[BOOST]════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ External post: https://crimew.gay/objects/2b53cadf-ed09-4907-8549-ba9298 │ │ ║ │ 554e74 │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: fediverse/318 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-anarchism-fascism-portland-2020-time-is-flat │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-226 also something to keep in mind is that the people getting into those vans might have been paid agitators. Meaning people who rile up a crowd in ways that give the police an excuse to crack down on them. Not that they needed an excuse, but I don't think the fascists really had a plan and were trying to cover their bases. Or maybe it was different in Portland than Philly, where I was? more interesting to me is the bangs that went off for HOURS AND HOURS in the nights after the riots. They said it was dumbasses taking advantage of the commotion to "break into ATMs using fireworks" like... what Just saying, from a certain distance gunshots might sound a lot like large arrays of small fireworks. And certain parts of the city did sorta look like warzones. misinformation aside, wouldn't we notice the bullet holes? In this era of electronic social warfare there is nothing you can trust. no words that can hold meaning. that stuff in this thread-is it true? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/319 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── I wonder if we could make an AI that analyzed workflows in people's jobs and abstracted the application of meaningful tasks to a pattern that could be matched to other input mechanisms - for example, a mobile game where you push buttons and make cool game things happen, but your inputs are defined by the mechanics of the game, and those mechanics are essentially just function calls that you can hook onto and create additional behavior. Like... running a web server that sent your data to a factory where your inputs (based on data produced in the factory) could control and manage the various machines and productions. Like... heart surgeon robots that can be remotely operated with VR or whatever, except instead of medicine you're manufacturing. essentially, designing a game as an API that can match with the data flows (configuring itself on the fly, perhaps?) of a process or activity in some other intention. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/320 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── @user-232 @user-233 @user-234 you're not wrong. there's more to it than that, but you're not wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/321 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── content warnings are like white-listed cognito-consent. but they're applied by the creator of the cognito-units, meaning it's consent that must be offered. what happens when something triggers someone but you didn't think to put it in a content warning? consent should be GIVEN not OFFERED. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/322 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── And lo! She would forever be know As the girl who would smell Like she had pissed herself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/323 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── @user-236 here's some music that I like lately https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q84Td36Tpys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCcWWcL_Sg4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7gEgIEUj3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgnSMftcFN0 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/84 ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── I dream of paradigm defining change ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |