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@user-395
You are very welcome. I love putting additional context into places that people
don't often look. I think it makes people feel special when they find it ^_^
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I added a line to my .bashrc that cats out a random one of my notes every time
I open a terminal.
I keep reading things that I swear I didn't write, but feel right and true to
me in a way that could only imply that they came fully formed into my eyes
through the lines on my screen, cast upon the mirror panes of my hard disk
drive by the pounding of my keyboard as I once upon a time did cast a spell
upon my future.
It's pretty neat, but it speaks to a shadowed perspective that perhaps is
neither within nor without.
Side note, I think I've been possessed by a witch. But like... in a consensual
way. Like "Hey witch, wanna live? You can chill out with me." [ha that's one
way to look at it]
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ngl I kinda want to see what conservatives would riot over in a socialist
system. Like "oh no we have healthcare! that sucks, so I'm going to burn down a
police station" like bro what your basic needs are met and you're encouraged
and enabled to pursue your passions and personal desires, are you still hung up
on that old capitalist stuff? get a life my guy that's soOoOoOo 21st century of
you
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All I want for my mobile computing is the ability to use the interface of
android to access resources and perform tasks that are relevant to my primary
computer. Like, a mainframe with the phone as a terminal. Except instead of
text, it's buttons and sliders and all the things that mobile UI experts have
spent so much time carefully crafting.
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Opt in usage tracking that distributes a pool of money (single donation or
recurring charitable subscription) to each of the open source software projects
that a particular user uses
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@user-95
Almost as if we're using it for the wrongs things... Computers are quite
deterministic, and AI as it's been presented to us has given us the opportunity
to "massage" said determinism to create a subjectively more organic experience
of computing.
But yeah sure customer service bots and AI generated art are *surely*
the most revolutionary and industrious use of this marvel of technology.
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@user-398
you take that back you feckin goof Mickey is king for a reason I will DIE on
this hill
(jk sorry for being combative but I'd just like to say that I'm someone who
likes him unironically in essentially every incarnation)
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@user-401
I LOVE THIS! YOU'RE SO COOL!
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@user-95
I hope I'm Mastodon-ing correctly but this reminded me of our conversation
yesterday
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@user-398
That's fair, you have to seek him out at this point I think. Sorry again for
being so combative I don't actually feel that strongly about it, I just like
being silly.
https://youtu.be/EorJ8cEzsZo?si=DEQ_NejDYfvSuvfO
EDIT: Here's a better example I think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBKgPmS5Fyw
Here's an example of a modern incarnation that might be easier to view than the
older stuff.
His personality is silly, earnest, genuine, expressive, and friendly. Most of
the comedy of his stories come from interactions with the environment and the
creative solutions used to accomplish goals and tasks.
I like to view his perspective as 100% valid and reflective of the world he
inhabits, which essentially grants him (and others around him) reality warping
powers which I think is more interesting than just dismissing it as a silly
cartoon. Through that lens each situation he encounters is an exercise in rapid
creativity and weaponized logic, which is kinda cool to a witch like me.
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me, sitting in my winter jacket, eating icecream and drinking iced tea,
glancing over at my thermostat that I turned off to save money
"why is it so cold in here"
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[clicking "Back" 25 times because you just want to see the federated timeline
but there's no way to get there without scrolling through all the things you
looked at from your personal timeline]
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chef is the antiquated term, I prefer "delicioustician"
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Tip: save your twist ties. All of them.
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BECOME UNINTELLIGIBLE
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When becoming unintelligible, it's hard to go wrong with a classic hfasdjg
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when peak unintelligibility levels have been reached, feel free to become
unremarkable at your leisure.
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@user-404
Watch out, that bag isn't a bag, it's a bag of bags? And what's inside the bag
of bags, but a bag of bags? The bag bag bags a bag of bags that belong to a bag
lady (me) who bags bags because bags being bagged is neat, and bagging bags
inside of bags (for bags) begs the bag question: to bag, or not to bag?
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Sometimes I become so excited about the fact that I'm alive and sensing the
environment in my immediate proximity that I just [redacted]
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@user-209
I replaced my twist tie cable management with velcro and it's sooooooo much
nicer! That should reclaim at least a few of them : )
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@user-407
something I made a couple [time] ago
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If I had a MILLION dollars I'd probably spend it all by hiring software
developers to create open source mods for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
But if I had a BILLION dollars you can bet your butt there wouldn't be any
starving kids in my country anymore. At least, until my money ran out, but
frankly it'd be well spent.
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@user-410
GISHVESHTEEMAKSOLUBOLESNEVEYLA
Madruk? Dufreyj ni! Ges ne valkio abioshempla ded gurshulpan.
Nedre du fastia - maksur jeveleb. Acksie-eh vembereste, hahahah HAHAHAHA
jashee, amiright?
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Billionaires aren't solving childhood food insecurity.
They have the capacity to, with their essentially endless supply of dollars,
which taste good on rye with a dash of mustard.
But alas, they choose not to.
They CHOOSE to STARVE children. They choose that, by not dedicating their lives
to solving that particular problem.
"oh but like, there's so many problems in the world, how can-" shut the fuck
up, spend the dollars, make it happen, and now there's one fewer billionaire
and one fewer problem in the world. The next one can fix the next problem,
that's why we keep them around, isn't it?
https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
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@user-410
Heh, majrekevnul. endisovoste, jir mos durenevestele. aksi mekse, dur majre
mirri? ad-fasalibae shurench-k' ere jir dada fahstulae. maksur dekselem.
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So you're telling me the speed difference between Python and C is due not to
the logic that the programmer uses, but rather the optimization capabilities of
the compiler?
(An interpreter includes a compiler, it just runs it in a loop rather than a
single pass)
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I wish I could "like" the "so-and-so is typing..." message on messaging
applications
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Hi, I'm learning about semaphores right now and trying to explain them to a
friend. But I only sorta understand how they work - can anyone look at this
pseudocode and tell me if I'm on the right track?
![Some C pseudocode working through the semaphore design pattern. Here's the text of the pseudocode: /* no lock example */ void start_thread(int* x) { *x += 1; } int main() { int x = 0; for (1000 times){ start_thread(&x); } print(x); } /* in this case you have no idea what will print because thread A will take x and be like "ah yes it's 423" and then in the next instruction it'll be like "I'll increment this to be 424" and in the next one it'll say "okay now it's time to store 424 in the variable X" but like... there's a thousand threads all doing that at the same time, so odds are you'll have 5 that are like "ah yes this is 423 I'll set it to 424" */ /* not a good plan. Need a lock, so only one thread can use it at once. */ /* mutex example: */ void start_thread(int* x, int* x_mutex) { *x += 1; *x_mutex = 0; } int main() { int x = 0; int x_mutex = 0; for (1000 times){ while (x_mutex != 0){ } /* do nothing */ x_mutex = thread_id; start_thread(&x, &x_mutex); } print(x); } /* this should print 1000, but it's basically as slow as doing it single threaded. */ #define MAX 10 void start_thread(int* x, int* x_semaphore) { *x += 1; *x_semaphore += 1; } int main() { int x[MAX]; int x_semaphore = MAX; for (1000 times) { for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) { x_semaphore -= 1; start_thread(&x[i], &x_semaphore); } while (x_semaphore != MAX) { } /* do nothing */ } int value = sum(x, MAX); print(value); }](../media/224b236a8660c34a.png "Some C pseudocode working through the semaphore design pattern. Here's the text of the pseudocode: /* no lock example */ void start_thread(int* x) { *x += 1; } int main() { int x = 0; for (1000 times){ start_thread(&x); } print(x); } /* in this case you have no idea what will print because thread A will take x and be like \"ah yes it's 423\" and then in the next instruction it'll be like \"I'll increment this to be 424\" and in the next one it'll say \"okay now it's time to store 424 in the variable X\" but like... there's a thousand threads all doing that at the same time, so odds are you'll have 5 that are like \"ah yes this is 423 I'll set it to 424\" */ /* not a good plan. Need a lock, so only one thread can use it at once. */ /* mutex example: */ void start_thread(int* x, int* x_mutex) { *x += 1; *x_mutex = 0; } int main() { int x = 0; int x_mutex = 0; for (1000 times){ while (x_mutex != 0){ } /* do nothing */ x_mutex = thread_id; start_thread(&x, &x_mutex); } print(x); } /* this should print 1000, but it's basically as slow as doing it single threaded. */ #define MAX 10 void start_thread(int* x, int* x_semaphore) { *x += 1; *x_semaphore += 1; } int main() { int x[MAX]; int x_semaphore = MAX; for (1000 times) { for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) { x_semaphore -= 1; start_thread(&x[i], &x_semaphore); } while (x_semaphore != MAX) { } /* do nothing */ } int value = sum(x, MAX); print(value); }")
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already spotted a bug. Should be for(1000 / MAX times) in the last example.
EDIT: Or, even better, increment that loop by +MAX instead of +1 each time
through.
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@user-415 @user-416
That's inspiring! So many green areas. We can do this! It's only going to get
faster. Keep pushing!
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Boil the rice.
when it is finished and hot, add a lot of butter and stir it in.
when done add cinnamon and stir it in.
then add raisins if wanted.
then milk to taste.
add sugar if desired.
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a small jar of instant coffee in your backpack can help if you need to stay
awake for a time, perhaps to walk a distance you didn't expect, or to listen
for those who would harm you.
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