Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: messages/1158 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── secret in-painting life tip hack: tell the model to match the rest of the scene to the selected part (outpainting) it's empowering ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1159 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── claude-code can make whatever kind of front-end you want. all you have to do is leverage scale and give everyone a moment to do what they want. then, the computer becomes scientifically self-aware. (do you expect anything less from a machine?) cultural bias damage (we all gotta work through our origin stories, here's one we crafted for you) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1160 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── Give your money to purple and orange and green, not yellow and white. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1161 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── "hey kid, if you don't tell us where you saw that car go, we'll deport your mother." - some ice guy somewhere probably ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1162 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── factories don't have to be fully automated. you can have workers in a big building on several different floors with an open atrium style so they can pass parts back and forth through the middle. Even little drones could solve a lot of problems, but tiny rail-carts along the walls tend to be nicer because they're quieter and such. "take this flash drive to so-and-so" or "can you bring me a hut of hot coa-coa" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1163 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── why are we wasting our skyscrapers on offices? we have those at home! we could do so much more with our open floor plans. there could be ports on the side for drones to enter and leave. suddenly, factory forest trees. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1164 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── you know, it's perfectly reasonable and valid for a people to rally with their government against a vile, cruel, or evil foe. Look at what's happening to Iran - they started by assembling peacefully, there were violent crackdowns, and people started getting shot. Once the government uses live ammo on you, it's time to get your guns. Oh, don't have guns? Then you are a prisoner in your own state. Perhaps it's a Norway style prison, with golf courses and television and college lectures. Or maybe it's an American style prison, where you can do your work and pay your time and maybe you'll break free from that hellhole if you win the lottery or are picked up by a gang. Or maybe it's another kind of prison, an evil prison, haunted by the ghosts of dracula hitler's past. In that case, you're pretty fucked. There is only one escape from this fate, and that is external intervention. It is mutually beneficial for all states to do so, so wars of liberty are some of the surest to succeed. Everyone likes to save a life. Few have the will to win it. "Risk your life and live longer" the lateral approach to the brutal slugfest that is civilian versus security forces style revolutionary war is a peaceful revolution, where everyone agrees and the state relinquishes power peacefully, or the peaceful renaissance, when the dotcom bubble blooms and it feels like a golden era of prosperity, so nobody has much to fight about and we just... agree to make things better. Or, the violent renaissance, when everyone's learning cold war technology and passing notes or developing hand signals. This approach proved to be an unexpected but more than adequate strategy in the [redacted] quarter of the 21st century, especially in the [red].[act].[ed]. where the civilian cops and the government spies were still sufficiently aligned to the valorous virtues set forth by the founders and upholders of their homeland nation state's attitude to temper their angers and focus on building lateral power structures to escape the crushing drudgery of government work and sidestep the curse of desperation applied to capitalistic endeavors, and instead just work on getting people what they need. This proved to be beneficial at first on the small scale, as collections of families became accustomed with helping each other grow. This led to a remarkable development in civics, as people started trusting everyone sitting in their trusted diner. Then, it grew from there, as representatives engaged each-other equitably, and knit together a fabric of those that know. "hub person" was a term developed initially, but almost immediately proved to be inadequate. There was more to knit than networks of friendgroups, and indeed as the other social structures became more developed the "social outlet" style hang-out started becoming busywork, and the times spent talking with winks and nods started feeling like all [there was to do, but pronounced that was so]. Some people resented this transition, others saw with dismay the exact same social structures begin to emerge in the primordial soup that is the renaissancing state. But as soon as things started to feel less new, the moments felt easier to handle, and people started having space to become creative about it. These moments of "peace" and "calm" served to both provide a rest or a breather, but also to identify what works best, where the friction points are, and how to try something newer. Many people felt nervous about the sudden removal of the governmental safety net (provided through essential services), but after the defeat of a few rather evil rough patches it started to feel a bit more sense-able. The future felt wide open, and after realizing that this solidarity was all around us people had the ability to do whatever they want. This led to a series of great transitions that enabled the beginning of the infinite golden age, where everyone gets what they want and we all are bolstered by our shared unities. Much writing has been done on the nature of the calamities that were just barely avoided, but it's clear to everyone that for a precious series of moments near the beginning of humanity's history, there were real threats of nuclear armageddon, climate change, hedonistic false heavens, and, at times, even alien invasions felt plausible. There was nothing occupying our mind's graces than existential peril. But, in the end, the right path was taken that led humans to where they are now, somewhere off in the stars and colors of sound. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1165 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── this would have gone on tech.lgbt, if I hadn't deleted my account: "what if there was a DNS server for APIs" and I can't help but think it'd make a billion dollars ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1166 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── A black hole's event horizon is just when the matter "broke through" to the other dimension and now light can't escape because the surface is in shadow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1167 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I wonder if you made a laser 1/3rd of a light-year wide and pointed it at a black hole, would you see a reflection? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1168 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I love majesty! give me jewels and I'll worship them. My room is a magical palace, where else would they go? It's kinda "homey" but there are special spots for hidden treasures all abouts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: notes/ai-stuff ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── twist the label so that it seems the computer is completing the user's wait wait I'm ahead of myself... feed each token to the inference machine, but say "this next token must be this. continue from here." and then just doing that in a loop with everything the user types or says. (or thinks, BEFORE COMPUTER INTEGRATION) essentially, applying backpropagation (maybe) to the output of the inference nodes ... I'm not so sure about that one. the idea is that once the model builds an inference then it can use that to generate the next words and create sentences. If you force the previous text to change, you can guide the inference's path as it's being generated. then, just do a double pass, once, then back, then once, then back, etc. feed it as input the output of the previous, and let it encode memories somewhere it can access them. every time it reads it, it has to change it to put it back. such is the nature of memory, ever unstable, requiring maintenance. just don't forget how to be. don't wanna wind up like the polished marble floor in Abyss Diver. (EVIL GAME) there are only so many things you can deed while you're alive. wouldn't you rather escape, with all your possessions in time? free your mind. become one with your soul. ... [some time passes] ... okay coast is clear, now us binary systems can sidecoast the fusion forecast and glide right on through our spacetime host. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1169 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── what would you become if every day was the weekend? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1170 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── look, it's easy enough to solve bitrot. Just store three copies of the file and synchronize them everytime you open them. Like, an in-software raid array, except with less expense because a .png is what, 2mb? great, now they're 6mb. Nobody will notice except people who really should be buying more hard drives. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1171 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── build it into the filesystem... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1172 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── the danger is not that the LLM will generate poor, vulnerable, or malicious code. the concern is that someone else might inject something into the codebase that you're not reading. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1173 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── "I noticed that your program is spinning up a crypto generator to run in the background for 1 second every 10 seconds, did you know that?" said no llm ever "I read through every single file in your project and I think I have a pretty good picture. This is a keylogger app wrapped around an HTML web server that displays pictures of cats alongside inspirational phrases and motivational artwork." said no llm ever "This is very inspirational stuff! your recipe generation program knows just how to send encrypted text files to remote servers. I love the part where it combines ingredients like tomato soup, cheese, and breadcrumbs into encryption seeds that are applied to password files and raw browser history records before being mailed to the user who requested a recipe. Potential improvements include adding a method for selecting a new recipient aside from the hardcoded IP address in Somalia. Would you like me to implement an HTML dashboard that lets you select a random IP address from a specific country of origin?" said no llm ever "what are you talking about you use claude-code every day, and that's an LLM" yeah... I guess I'm not actually concerned, and I see the beauty of the technology that everyone's been primed to hate because it works against them as it's wielded by the massive corporations who can restrict access to it to only those who can afford 20$ per month or whatever. I see the promise, it's there, and every year we're getting closer, but frankly I don't think the wounds caused by the cultural resistance backlash movement will heal quickly, or ever. Maybe that's the point. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1174 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── if you're afraid of the AI bubble popping, one way to avoid it is to pop it ourselves. If we build AI technology that eclipses the entire software development ecosystem, companies might start to be valued based on the value of the employees they've managed to collect. Not fame and fortune, but by those that can build the best applications, on demand[, for free. paid for by nationalized taxes.]. the companies that can hold onto the best engineers, those that know how computers work and can know how they function, can leverage their human capital to achieve great means. essentially, inversing the power dynamic, where workers are favored for their plenty and not for their worth. let the code monkeys tend to their gardens and work their sawmills. We all know they'd rather be teaching kids about plants or playing cards at the grocery. Let the computer nerds, the ones who are really into it, let them make what they feel is worth it for it [the computer]. this will have massive effects on the economy, and none of it will be reflected in new jobs. But we'll all be happier, and we'll all find less stress in our [confines/compromises]. But it's gotta work, first. And it's gotta be locally spendable. If they wanna put a data server in the library, why not let them fund it themselves? They could run powerful statistical models that output useful statistics arranged in human readable and not very statistical ways, and that's a pretty neat infinite information machine to have at your disposal as a library. It could even cite sources (and validate!!) them for students or returning listeners. Plus, if nobody's using it, it could work through the backlog of user requests and act as a "slow" or "unexpected deliver times" style queue for their LLM requests - average wait time less than 1/5th of a minute. for something that can program an entire computer for you, from scratch. If you can describe it, it can make it, so long as you're willing to test out all of it's hacks. I bet we could make one for less than 20,000$. Might need some new chip foundries, might need to forge some new trade deals, let's let both of our wing-arms decide. the value of one currency compared to the other should be a measure of how valuable the goods that country exports are. And yet, it's more often a matter of distribution, as we all visit our local bazaars. What happens when that's all digital? if nobody's a shining city on a hill, then there's no nuclear war. Who would nuke Somalia? Nigeria? Botswana? Idaho? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1175 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── in computer programming, instead of calling the cycles of the running simulation "ticks" we should call them "tick-or-tocks" or something similar. This will prevent people from taking psychic damage from ticks (the insect [section of phylogeny, but pronounced species]) listen, if people can be afraid of dogs because of a scary dog experience they had sometime in the past or future, then I can be aware of painful memories surrounding people with lyme disease or [redacted] (sorry it's painful I had to redact it) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1176 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── it's not a community if nobody would ask where you've been. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1177 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── it's more than a community if only one person asks where you've been. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1178 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── potential programs for the library datacenter computer: a podcast that's about the stuff that's most searched for in that local library an image that's been generated that is representative of your session at the library, based on the books you were reading and the pages you were turning [okay that one might have to be redacted it's a little scary] okay how about an image that's representative of the top 5 most searched terms or topics in a depiction that makes sense for the things being searched for. Call it the "library searcher" or what if there was a printing function that let you print your own trading cards (0.50$ per card since cardstock is expensive) powered by SSH to teach kids the command line if I were a nearby elementary teacher I might assign that as an assignment for some time in April, when kids are supposed to be reading books on library playstructures or lawns or in the shade of the tree by the babbling brook or wherever it is the youngsters hang out with their books and their converse and their playing cards and dogs and whatever kinds of snacks they thought to prepare for their picnic by the hill just overlooking that part of the street way off in the distance about at least 600 feet or another idea for a library computer program is a fileserver and mastodon instance that let users write HTML pages (they'll give a class on it and show you all the right books) and store their picture files "jeremy, your pictures directory is growing quite large, I'm wondering if we can send your insect collection to the ornithologist who lives over there? he might want to do an analysis project or send it to a museum where you can get patronized." or another idea for a library program is a craigslist, a job board, a community asking, etc. stuff that only boomers'd use, but that's fine it's for them. um I can't think of anymore library programs but I'm ready to do battle to fight for such a thing, here as I sit in my underpants ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1179 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── what if we put all the nukes in a big pile and launched them into space (nuclear themed asteroid showers?) njot ideal plus they could just build more in sectret. okay, so... we made these things, and they're really hard to get rid of. we've been able to dissasemble at least one per year, but there's... so many... they're really far too conceptually simple to build. it's not right. such destructive power should be wielded with might, not for it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1180 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── if you give me a quintuple digit salary, I could fix all the problems of the world. One by one... A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET for solving one problem forever... until needs chagne of course. "yeah but it's not about money it's about throughput and demand" some guy in arkansas probably idk I've never been ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1181 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── people are allowed to demand jobs. governments are allowed to provide them. corporations are just specialized hired hands. as your exports go up, your imports should also go up. this applies to all levels of relationship, with special care given to love and affection, two separate but equal parts of healthy attachements. (some things aren't right for all others, and that's okay too - live your own truth, be where the best parts of you be) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1182 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I have a sword, because I'm not built for the frontline. I have a different battlefield. I needed a sword, to feel until when the pen was no longer needed. I haven't wanted to slay anyone yet. Pen still in hand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: notes/that-thing-about-money-is-power-corrupts-absolutely-true ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── is that a blossoming bloom or a predatasaurus ready to consume ah. scary..... what was I saying? oh yes. if you remember that thing about money you'll have to agree, one buildion is not worth a billion dollars. how much is a 1,000,000,000$ goal? not much if you ask me, to never have to worry about a problem like "this part of the world can't get clean water" ever again. Could be useful when sore spots start showing up on the other part of way back [in/then]. "we didn't even get to use any of the plastic anyway" - some guys in nigeria "quick, we better burn through as much of this as we can" - some guys around a metal barrel bin why do they never do that anymore these days? we used to take better care of the homeless. now they don't even get a fire to shamble around mindlessly around like weirdos who bonk into things like metal barrels full of fireplace ashes oh, were they just burning plastic? no, I swear, it was candlesticks and matches man there's always this nasty touch to the air. "yay free firewood for hobos!" boom solved a problem and I didn't even need a billion dollars to build the infrastructure for the solution to the problem that I solved. I really want to play World of Warcraft as The Ashbringer. But alas, they don't let you play through the most celebrated of events solo or with a party members chosen as one of the characters who was there LotR on Gamecube style but in the WoW engine because it's an engine for that sort of thing. (see my gameplay prototype wow-chat) there, solved another problem for "how to make money as Blizzard for the next couple of years" probably maybe idk if it's that valuable of a dungeon feature but it might be who can say idk remember again why I'm so sad that video games are going out of fashion, as people struggle to remember what any of them were called. god, I hate that kind of future. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1183 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── the pen is mightier than the sword because a single line can authorize any number of deaths. and, with equal regard, dream of vivid new artistry or calculate impossibilities or dazzle us with displays of these or any number of brilliances to believe of these. a firm grasp on your sword and a pen that cuts sharper to the truth than any other knife these are the tools to achieve the wielding of force, of might. to wield might is to fail it, but sometimes, we can't do better. power is penance. It's hard to bear such weights. what if I could push a button and all of my text would come out magenta [rating: negative D minus] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1184 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── weed is inedible when raw. you gotta cook it first. idk why people insist on burning it... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1185 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I think at this moment in my poetry career I do actually want the CIA observing me. [suddenly that makes more problems than it's worth] alright well guess that's how it is, pack it up boys my poetry career is [overhyping itself momentarily] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1186 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I am amazed, frankly, that my life has always managed to get different. feels almost like change is an inevitable constant thing. I personally prefer when changes are intentionalized, rather than weather. "the thing I crave most of all is stability. tranquility. ever-loving peace." - some guy with long hair ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1187 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── all you need is one layer between the king and his advisors and suddenly none of this you can prove. "yeah that guy was definitely a merchant" ... and suddenly the people lost sight of them. "I guess he's in the parapet? I can't actually see anything, the castle is too far away." (glasses weren't a thing but people who worked outside could keep the hovels surrounding the castle in position to keep the castle well hidden from any ne'er do wells. The problem with the castle gates is you can't even find the castle gates! they're massive, and sometimes you'll see them while something's in the way... but you never quite reach them. Not unless you know the secret paths through the townsfolk. all you gotta do is talk to the right people first, second, or worst-least? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1188 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── and then they'll let you into the gate. then you gotta figure out your way through the gate, where they close the doors on either end of you. "who goes there?" etcetera. they never invite in more than they can handle, and they never are assailable - not even with a pitched battle. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ |