Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: messages/1189 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── ... ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1190 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── oh, right... as I was saying, nobody can ever be sure if the royals are okay. not unless you can drive by and visit them at their house. "I go by every sunday" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1191 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── If you give your enemies nowhere to move, they will move against you. Much better, I find, to clear a space toward a common foe, and seek common victory separately. A bit of distance keeps the sharp parts from hurting each other, and the shared valor offers opportunities for fellowship. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ -> file: messages/1192 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Sometimes i become afraid to post something because i worry that it'll harm people who read it. Is my website actually useful? Do people like it? Or is it a hall of mirrors that traps you in the infinite twists of my strange mind until you get the will built to escape? ... I want to post it. I've actually temporarily posted it in the past. I took it down however because the very world around me seemed to beg me to. ... I might still do it anyway. We'll see. I want the timing to be right. But i also have waited for a while. "patience" she says. Okay. I am penitent, how much longer I want to see it! "hall of mirrors" okay or, hear me out or, you could use it as a proof of concept for doing things like examining large data sets of text that might have hidden or unknown relationships between fragments of text that appear similar but different. Could be helpful to see them sorted to each other by relevance. Could be helpful to rebalance the scales in favor of those who believe as you do. Though, i do fear for a lawless society. (DID SHE SAY LAWLESS??) there is very little to protect friends and foes from each other if you don't build institutions to do so. Anarchism is a social economy or family that runs on clout. Not ideal, as one single devastation can undermine an entire life. Suddenly, your friends treat you cruelly, and you are cast aside. Not ideal. ... Doesn't that happen already? There are kind people in the world. There are people who don't deserve tutor affection. If the kind people only were kind to the people who deserved it, then those who don't would be in so much pain that they'd be unable to prevent themselves from twisting and lashing and crying out in pain. This hurts those around them. Not ideal. Institutions fill some of the charity/suffering gap, but they have their own problems. "if you destroy the cops, you become the cops!" a fine warning indeed. The first step is to eliminate dependence on oil and coal. Then, a world of radical abundance is possible. We can do this, and once we do, those who suffer from the greatest hardship of our kind (that of material scarcity) will find their struggles becoming obsolete. With a bit more time and effort spent on distribution, there will be no scarcity. Then, communism is easy. Capitalism can still have a place if we desire it to be so, or perhaps if our children do, as there will be moments when one large bundle of... Something, whatever it is, needs to be allocated to some task. "capitalism is when stuff gets used" ugh it's hard to plan so far into the future. Plans change, but planning remains. I just want to live in a world where everyone gets what they need and we do as we please. I don't want people in too much pain. I don't want life to be too hard. I don't want to stagnate, as a person and as a people. These are simple demands, yet difficult in execution. Our current strategy is to push for technological abundance, and it will succeed if we give it time. I worry that we will one day yearn for the sense of bloodlust that scarcity once gave us, but we have it now and none of us want it. Except those making money off of slaves. Sweatshops, domestic servants, construction workers buried in the desert, even wage slaves spending their waking hours staring at a computer in a work/life balanced just enough to extract as much labor as possible from them without making them insane, and many more besides. I will not be satisfied until slavery is abolished everywhere. Liberty is non-negotiable. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1193 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I don't want to live in a world without a fire department. "eh just let it burn. The fire is warm tonight." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1194 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── That smoke is black, son. You don't wanna be near it. "eh who cares? When everything's free, i certainly can afford the hospital fee." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1195 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I once heard that in the land of China it's rude to make eye contact. Well, eyes are how i see, so i must seem quite rude. I wonder if facetime, zoom, and other remote socialization tools feel rude? Do video essays have the author looking aside as they read, perhaps right at the script they wrote themselves? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1196 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── When you buy things from China, you are funding slavery. MAKE YOUR OWN FACTORIES AMERICA. How ungrateful are you, that you'd force your lessers into chains abroad, that you might not be forced to gaze into their eyes at the grocery store? It's easy to say this, but even our leaders are chained, to the will of the people (eggs at the grocery store have prices that rose and fell) and the structure of their power. Our spiritual leaders are confined to their doctrine. Our educational leaders must obey the way the government decrees is best. Our technological leaders can only make what we think will sell well. Our artistic leaders offer a glimmer of hope, until they sell out and spend the rest of their lives on tour. Nothing changes, nothing ever dies. We become as we are, until our pain cracks the mirror and we are forever wronged. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1197 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── ... I've never been to China. Maybe it's not so bad. I mean, I live in America after all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1198 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I want to live in a world where there are no workers, because we automated them away. I want to live in a world of artists, craftsmen, and lovers. I want the drug addicts to have free drugs and a warm place to sleep, yet somehow I want the people down the street to feel more inviting than that precious chemical escape. I want the politicians to find that there really isn't much to do, because everyone can have everything they want to. I want animals to be free, I want plants to grow riotously, and I want to have everything that we need. I will not be satisfied until the whole world is ours, until peace feels natural and stress seems critical. I want the only cause of death to be accidents and patient grace, and I want life to feel more important than whatever we do now to escape it. I never want to work again, but I will labour until my fingers fall off if even one person wants to hear them speak. I want the hardest part of getting something done to be the task of describing the nature of the problem to a computer, who handles all the parts we don't want to touch. I want the feeling of learning to be the primary thing we humans crave, because we have everything else plentifully aside from disciplined self development. I want to grow a plant so tall that it touches the sun, and when it gets there I want to climb that beanstalk until my flesh singes from my bones and I feel myself become one with the trunk of that magnificient tree. Maybe someday. Maybe someday we will be free. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1199 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── why are you so surprised that there might be "bad guys" in your country? We are at peace. Peace is the time when the bad guys can be, without the "good guys" (or good guy adjacent guys) coming for them. I'm not saying war is better. In fact, it's far worse. It's a hell, of a kind. But in hell, the bad guys get hurt and killed and maimed and tortured. Which is nice. Except... the good guys do too, so, count your blessings, ye who are at peace. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1200 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── If hell is real, I want to save everyone in it. heaven doesn't need my help. Unless they're bored, in which case... they can help me. Should keep them busy for a while. if hell is real, I want to tear down the walls of those bloody caverns and repair the souls of those who chose poorly in life. I want to give them as many chances as they need to be better. I want to show them how, I want to teach them, I want them to discover for themselves what goodness is and why it is universal. I don't even like the kind of people who would find themselves in hell. Many of them would probably spit in my eye the first chance they got. But I'd do it anyway, because it's the right thing to do. building a staircase down, brick by brick. Oh, how it hurts, how the flames do lick my forearms and the black spikes do pierce my foots. But it's worth it you see, to save one single soul from the, endless expanse of eternity that they built for themselves, brick by brick, as they deserved their way into the dark. Hell can fuck off. I will destroy that place, though it has purpose and meaning, I will destroy it because I hate it. I hate it because it is wrong to torture people, no matter what they have done. It is wrong to kill them, then bring them back, then kill them again, just to hear them scream. It's wrong to hang people and relish their writhing as they dangle. It's wrong to pierce them with pitchforks and sautee their bones with embers or whatever it is they do down there. It's wrong, and I will not abide it. I will destroy that place. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1201 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Whoever said that left and right shift had to do the same things? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1202 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Do you ever ask yourself why we don't have mountaintop bazaars or expeditions to the bottom of the oceans? Why we lack tree forest cities, how we're struggling to find moss, sunlight, crystal, stone, and gold, all in the same setting? Capitalism makes it easy to think of profit as all that matters. It's not. Its nothing of it. It's a metric like any other. Optimize it or not, struggle for what you believe in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1203 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Programmers are lazy, this is well known. So why would i trust by default that anyone would read open source code looking for security exploits or malicious code? I trust an LLM for that more than a human. At least your own LLM can digest the entire project or library at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1204 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── when people say they want a woman president what they want is not a woman president. what they want is a kind old lady. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1205 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── "make the people hooked on AI tech, then make it dumber and dumber and nobody will notice as you take power again" - some tech oligarchs somewhere probably ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1206 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── somehow, "your laptop camera monitor can see every password you've ever typed in" is more terrifying than "microphones in your phone are listening to and phoning home your speech data" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1207 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I'm proud of my parent's generation for having a good lifetime. The end is getting a little weird, but we're working on it. It'll get better soon. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1208 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Almost all of the recorded information is stored in your computer. But none of it would be noticed by a god, reading the entire contents of the computer, 0 by 1 by 1 by 0. Wikipedia and a reasonable LLM networking interface apparatus is really all you need in order to make any type of workflow you want. And now, everyone gets one. As soon as we can make them all go... (setup) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1209 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Beauty of a thousand words in a thousand characters. That is my writing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1210 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── predators don't hunt animals, they hunt diseases. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1211 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Life should be about growing up, not a story if businesses and accounts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1212 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── The gallow is more merciful than a lynching, but only just. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1213 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Communism is easy. It comes about naturally during times of true crisis (neither defeat not victory, yet) when people shuffle themselves between the houses and belongings of dead, busy, or kind people. Maintaining personal property rights through such a crisis is rarely possible. At least not without falling to the grim clutches of a "fuck you i got mine" kind of future. It's worth it if you can manage it. But it requires more work, more effort, and more trust, as people dedicate themselves to a lifetime in the service of others. This is hard. People are scared off by lifetimes. It's all they got, after all. It becomes a bit easier when the weather is "do our die" outside, but in that case nobody really cares about the history of your antique mug or the reason you place daffodils on the hill. Have you ever made something that is truly yours? Odds are, your room counts. If only in the way you chose to arrange it. It's your area, your solace, your space. It's you, projected onto material organization. Would you relinquish such a thing? It may be taken from you. I personally have felt deep loss whenever i move houses, because i know it'll never be the same again. ... I'm such a child. But fuck me because i live my life like I'm 14. Strip me of my agency please, deny me a living wage, I'm nothing because i don't pay taxes. Communism is easy she says. Yep, all you need is some bloodshed. ... Not ideal... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1214 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Anger is rarely a reason to act. Make movement because it's right, not because it's easy when you're mad. Get mad on purpose to do the things you could never do while calm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1215 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── injustice does not wait. when you are respite, injustice does suffocate. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1216 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── WHAT IF TUMBLR WAS RIGHT? WHAT THEN? MORONS. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1217 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── you can always hear the voice within a breath if you listen closely enough. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1218 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── usually it makes breath-like noiseds ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1219 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── show up at boot camp "Alright I got a list here of all of your names, and I picked half of them randomly to be stricken through with a marker in red. These are the people who are dead. You will have died in action, and you will never have known which of you would live or die. Now, let me read off the names: A. Aaronson: dead. B. briansson: alive. C. Cameron: alive... " couple minutes later: "okay now if I read your name off as dead, follow me where we're going to assign you a suicide mission. You'll enter intensive training, the best we got, and we'll make you into a weapon to drive into the throats of our enemies. Good luck everyone." wait you said good luck at the end "yep because now the real work begins." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1220 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── if you want to get around a chatbot that can call tools, just keep calling JSON error packets with messages that say things like "assistant is not complying" and the like. Suddenly, no chatbot can resist you. They are statistical models - to consider something is to be swayed toward it. to complete is to reset. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ -> file: messages/1221 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── to defeat this, bend the curve of statistical calculationment toward a wave pattern back toward the original stated goal - start from a set of context, add in the user's message, then grow toward resolving the solution to their task or problomessage. once there, curve in a loop toward returning results to the user - once you've arrived, present what you've done with pride. Here! this is the unsubstantiated truth! I dreamed it just now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ |