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@user-5
and mobile users who accidentally type . instead of [space] or something like
that which is easy to mistakenly press on some keyboards
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@user-266
digital literacy is literacy, and most people don't read books
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@user-258
neat! explains why I haven't died from dehydration so far... Although my teeth
are looking a little eroded from all the vinegar-acid : )
Dear teeth: some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice *I* am
willing to make. At least with sugar you can brush and floss...
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@user-258
got it, so don't brush right after and drink water. Both of those sound like
good ideas! I only brush my teeth when they feel weird and gross anyway, and
after eating pickles they feel like I just went to the dentist.
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walmart pricing out mom-and-pop stores is an abuse of power and should be
illegal
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if we're encouraged to boost our old toots then I should be allowed to post
screenshots of my old Reddit posts, right?
![a reddit post from a year ago with 728 upvotes titled: This system is literally insane but they try to make it feel like you're insane. from the subreddit /r/psychonaut. submitted 1 year ago by Nervous_Ad_9687 125 comments [–]nincomturd 66 points 1 year ago Lots of very good and salient points, but what I don't understand is this random praise of Jeff Bezos. It's entirely incongruent with everything else you wrote. If greed is one of the problems you mentioned, you cannot at the same praise Jeff. The praise of western culture as well was a bit incongruent, as it's inextricably linked to these problematic concepts. You even talk about the problem of how culture perpetuates itself at them individual household level and goes on to firmy the broader culture. But other than that, you definitely highlighted much of the insanity we're living with. If those of us who similarly have the eyes to see them insanity were to collectively live our values and work with each other to do so, we'd build the greatest culture and society the world has seen. One day I hope we make it. [next comment] /u/ugathanki 7 points 1 year ago amazon has provided a useful and valuable service with excellent follow-through amazon is unethically abusing it's workers, it's competitors, and the environment the priorities of the company are misaligned - valuing service over ethical behavior [ran out of characters, see next picture]](../media/71a011d58f620f80.png "a reddit post from a year ago with 728 upvotes titled: This system is literally insane but they try to make it feel like you're insane. from the subreddit /r/psychonaut. submitted 1 year ago by Nervous_Ad_9687 125 comments [–]nincomturd 66 points 1 year ago Lots of very good and salient points, but what I don't understand is this random praise of Jeff Bezos. It's entirely incongruent with everything else you wrote. If greed is one of the problems you mentioned, you cannot at the same praise Jeff. The praise of western culture as well was a bit incongruent, as it's inextricably linked to these problematic concepts. You even talk about the problem of how culture perpetuates itself at them individual household level and goes on to firmy the broader culture. But other than that, you definitely highlighted much of the insanity we're living with. If those of us who similarly have the eyes to see them insanity were to collectively live our values and work with each other to do so, we'd build the greatest culture and society the world has seen. One day I hope we make it. [next comment] /u/ugathanki 7 points 1 year ago amazon has provided a useful and valuable service with excellent follow-through amazon is unethically abusing it's workers, it's competitors, and the environment the priorities of the company are misaligned - valuing service over ethical behavior [ran out of characters, see next picture]")
![part 2 of the description for screen readers, because I ran out of characters the reason they are misaligned is because it is most desirable to do so for the company the reason it is most desirable is because corporations are designed to maximize profit over value produced. just as "income" is adjusted by "expenditures" to create "profit", so too must "profit" be adjusted by "impact" to create "value" the problem is, nobody can define what "impact" means. it's essentially a vacant variable, leading corporations to assume that "profit" == "value" we don't need to punish corporations or "eat the rich", we need to adjust their reward structures such that "profit" != "value" another problem is in the internal structure of a corporation - if none of the employees are powerful enough to challenge their higher-ups, then people like Bezos accrete power the pathway to liberation is empowerment of the workers. those workers will re-define the priorities of their workplace to fit their desires - with a little guidance, they can desire "diligence, dedication, and a passion for craftsmanship" over "big number go up brrrrrrrr" - hence, social media. sorry for the highlighting, am stoned. [next comment] /u/Amalvenugopal 18 hours ago 🙌 preach brother](../media/07287f61b707891a.png "part 2 of the description for screen readers, because I ran out of characters the reason they are misaligned is because it is most desirable to do so for the company the reason it is most desirable is because corporations are designed to maximize profit over value produced. just as \"income\" is adjusted by \"expenditures\" to create \"profit\", so too must \"profit\" be adjusted by \"impact\" to create \"value\" the problem is, nobody can define what \"impact\" means. it's essentially a vacant variable, leading corporations to assume that \"profit\" == \"value\" we don't need to punish corporations or \"eat the rich\", we need to adjust their reward structures such that \"profit\" != \"value\" another problem is in the internal structure of a corporation - if none of the employees are powerful enough to challenge their higher-ups, then people like Bezos accrete power the pathway to liberation is empowerment of the workers. those workers will re-define the priorities of their workplace to fit their desires - with a little guidance, they can desire \"diligence, dedication, and a passion for craftsmanship\" over \"big number go up brrrrrrrr\" - hence, social media. sorry for the highlighting, am stoned. [next comment] /u/Amalvenugopal 18 hours ago 🙌 preach brother")
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@user-258
most people are scared to respond to others because they think what they're
saying is posted on some public, immutable record of their existence. Meanwhile
I revel in that circumstance by posting about whatever I want to talk about. I
tend to assume that most people do the same, so when I saw your post I assumed
you wanted to talk about hydration, hence the in-depth nature of my replies _^
plus I thought your joke was funny and it made me laugh out loud
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║ okay here's an idea, waterfall project management where the program is │
║ developed one tiny piece at a time while being streamed to the entire company. │
║ Everyone would submit answers which could be upvoted / patched / rewritten as │
║ the main viewer cycles through each aspect of the project, checking for updates │
║ to it's design that were suggested by developers or whatever. Basically, one │
║ person (or one team) gets to write the actual source code, while everyone else │
║ is just offering suggestions. You could break it up by specialty, but the whole │
║ point is that everyone gets a complete picture of how the program (and │
║ organization) is structured. Which should give the employees more power to │
║ generate value for the company. All around a good deal I think? Especially if │
║ the main viewer took time to explain each and every part so that every viewer │
║ had the chance to understand. │
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║ the reason why order is important is that our actions ripple through eternity. │
║ we must set a good example for all the baby aliens, don't you think? │
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@user-269
oh you mean like gmail? hmmmm something something don't be evil
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some people had a gay awakening in their childhood or teens.
I had a "weird AI" awakening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThlYHfIVa8&pp=ygUlZXZlcnl0aGluZyB5b3Uga25vd
yBpcyB3cm9uZyB3ZWlyZCBhbA%3D%3D
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@user-243
good point, intrusive thoughts >.>
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║ EULAs are unenforcable because they're a one-way contract. │
║ │
║ "use our service in these ways" is not a fair requirement when you aren't │
║ getting anything in return. The service has traditionally qualified, but these │
║ days it's more competitive to promise to be good. Basically, "if we don't │
║ achieve these metrics (very minutely detailed explanations of the maximum harm │
║ they could cause to the environment) then you can sue us on our dime. We'll pay │
║ for your lawyer. If you accept, then you can use our service, BUT ONLY if you │
║ don't pirate it or whatever. And we'll promise to be good, and if you don't │
║ think that's good enough... Okay let us know and we'll consider including it." │
║ │
║ A reasonable base target for "maximum harm to the environment" is net zero. │
║ Even better is total zero. But that's often impossible, and besides nature can │
║ heal a little scratch or two. But like... pumping toxic chemicals into │
║ waterways, polluting the air and clouds, bulldozing precious habitats... yeah │
║ that's too much. we must live in tandem. │
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Gaming on Linux is never knowing *for sure* that a game will launch.
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@user-274 @user-275
ouch why did that hit so close to home T.T
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rich people should only exist when they care for the things they own and
accumulate wealth through a lifetime of restrained consumption and temperance.
like, if we actually rewarded the 7 virtues instead of optimizing for ruthless
profit extraction.
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@user-278
I can't do weed in public places. I need to be alone so that I can properly use
the altered mental state to be weird on the internet.
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@user-278
kinda makes me think it'd be nice if we had some way to quantify the amount
that employers taxed their employees? If people saw 50-70% of their paycheck
going straight toward executive bonuses and stock buybacks or whatever... maybe
then we'd fix things
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premature optimization may be the root of all evil, but like... it's fun? so
I'm going to keep doing it. And before you ask why I'm using threads on project
euler problems, just know that it's slightly faster this way I promise.
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You can learn a lot about someone by asking how long their commute is.
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@user-281
I'm just a rando but my understanding is that posting on the fediverse is sorta
like writing on the sky, and anyone that wants can read it. I could be wrong
though
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@user-95
rocket propelled meme launcher
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@user-138
I never have sex dreams (probably because I don't think about sex very often)
but sometimes I'll get intense horny feelings while asleep and get verrrrry
aroused mid-dream for like... no reason... and then I'll wake up and think "how
the heck am I going to move on with my day when I almost orgasmed to [redacted]"
it's a weird feeling every time
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I should try putting things on my resume like "vnc" or "Microsoft outlook" -
you know, the kinds of software that I actually used on a day-to-day basis. My
resume makes me look very impressive (if a little inexperienced) but none of
the tools are things that managers have used. Heck they're not things that YOU
have used, not at work, so it makes you look like you're overselling yourself.
You're not, but they might think you are. Idk it's late. Go to bed <3
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Why don't we build cameras with rods and cones?
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The sound of a babnlblinh brook, but like... slower
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Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever
you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that may
capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your ways
but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a mind
not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the
collective mind co-re-assigns.
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someone should make an application that runs locally and keeps track of every
post, comment, picture, etc that you ever made on the internet. Then, if any of
them are ever deleted, it notifies you so you can stop using whatever service
mishandled the data that you trusted them to safeguard.
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I wish we could have winter with all the nice things of summer but none of the
bad things of winter. And I wish summer could be more like winter but with all
of the good things of summer and none of the bad things of winter.
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when your home directory scrolls up and off the top of your screen, it's time
to do some cleaning.
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the one thing I've never ever procrastinated is the sound of my cat preparing
to yak
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║ If I'm trying to get a game or piece of software working, I'll pretty much │
║ install any package that some random post from 2017 tells me to. Sometimes it │
║ feels like I'm a Linux grandma clicking on things that say "bored of your │
║ marriage? click here for games!" and I say to myself "well my marriage is fine, │
║ but I enjoy horsing around from time to time" and then I get a virus and my │
║ things break and I go to my niece who's just a darling and say "hello niece, I │
║ can't check my emails anymore because I downloaded some spam, can you give me │
║ some tips on how to fix my computer?" and she just rolls her eyes because this │
║ is like, the fifth random package I downloaded just because some random forum │
║ poster that SAYS it's from 2017 but who I don't actually KNOW is from 2017 and │
║ isn't just some automated LLM output that tells you to downloaded automatically │
║ generated virus packages that are secretly snuck into the package repositories │
║ because nobody can keep track of ALL THIS STUFF anymore now that the internet │
║ is AI │
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@user-283
let us pray
for a day
when we can say
that computing makes sense
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