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I want to write C programs with threads and manual memory management and
function pointers and lots and lots of arrays and I'm not even kidding
... wait a minute I literally don't have a job, why am I not writing C programs
right now?
BRB I got something important to do, where's my vodka --> pkill firefox
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@user-1056
heh probably, though for this specific instance my Ollama server wasn't running
and I had already killed my Stable Diffusion server after utterly failing to
produce anything useful... alas, a girl can dream of having a robot familiar,
but not today I guess.
Not if they keep hiding GPU usage from me >: (
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Artificial Intelligence represents hope for a lot of people and I think it's
kind of cruel how we're selling it before actually making it
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@user-1074
yeah drinking's overrated. I know I'd rather eat a home-cooked meal any day.
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@user-1097
scary T.T
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my thoughts typically come very quickly, and leave just as fast. They are long,
yet oh-so-short and sweet. Somehow impossible to describe in fewer than 1024
words, but completely obvious when I think about them. Utterly arcane to anyone
else trying to parse whatever the heck I was trying to say - and this includes
me, in 2 weeks, trying to decypher what insight-shaped-sentence the LLM running
in my brain was trying to portray.
... Sucks.
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The greatest game is an imagination shared with a friend.
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don't ask me how I know this, but I'm pretty sure minors are the most likely
amongst us to open the "18+ only" content warnings -.-
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On one hand, socialism.
On the other hand... people.
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║ @user-246 │
║ │
║ Slavery has existed for most of our history. The act of compelling another to │
║ labor under your will is quite a fundamental process that requires very basic │
║ social technology. │
║ │
║ Ethics are cultural and societal understandings we've built up over time. │
║ Before slavery was unethical, if you needed to get something done, you either │
║ did it yourself or you got someone else to do it. And if nobody wanted to do │
║ it, you used whatever power you had to make them do it. │
║ │
║ Now we can look back on the ancient past and decry it as immoral or profane. │
║ But slaves got shit done, and people were cruel. │
║ │
║ These days, we pay our "slaves", and though they are free, they are free to be │
║ enslaved by whomever they choose. I hardly think that's free, that's more │
║ like... liberty, to me. The ability to choose. │
║ │
║ That being said, we don't get whipped anymore. We aren't property. We owe no │
║ allegiance beyond what a mutually enforced contract might stipulate. │
║ │
║ And yet... we still must work or starve. │
║ │
║ I sure do enjoy not being homeless │
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@user-246
Oh yeah? Almost as if people who are coerced into situations of desperation and
scarcity will fight for their right to life. Wolves are no different. Wolves
are animals, after all, and so are we.
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@user-1074
listen... we are the good people. You, me, and everyone who has the capacity to
hope.
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@user-246
Oh absolutely
"but people" is only a concern when you orient yourself around "people" - in
contrast or opposition to them.
There is no "other" in us. And we are united in our humanity, if nothing else.
Are you a beast? Are you nothing but ravenous hunger, the shiver of the cold,
the need for territory? Of course not, you're a person. (apologies to the
furries in the audience)
A person, being an agent who interacts with the world as an equal, who thinks
and reasons and loves and remembers each season, is the atomic element of
society. And society is good, for it brings us the future.
We, the people, can decide how that future is defined, and the struggles of
capitalism are NOT the only way. They are the most convenient way for those
with the most to keep the most.
Wolves in captivity we are, but a wolf in a cage still bears teeth. Where are
your teeth, ye who readeth?
Things are fine, I guess. Fine enough. Better than most. Better than dust.
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@user-246
In my high school IB English class, one of my classmates brought that song in
and we analyzed the lyrics. I can't help but think about how anti-capitalist we
were, even considering how young we were. The internet existed but was not an
ever-present force in our lives, and yet we were aligned. Perhaps that says
something - with education, brings an understanding of the evils of the
establishment.
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.
Rage breaks bars. But rage alone is vermin. Rage united is revolution. But rage
is scary. "but people", remember?
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I like Mastodon because it feels like I'm contributing to something larger than
myself even though like, 30 people read each of my posts
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@user-1074
do you mean this one? https://tech.lgbt/@user-1072/112640880099864378
on my screen it doesn't show any comments at all. Two favorites but that's it.
Am I shadowbanned? :ms_confused:
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@user-1100 @user-1074
haha what the fuck
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@user-1103 @user-1074
Bro we're all living through this at the same time. There's no past, there's no
future, only now. Like, NOW now.
People realize they're living under fascism when it intrudes in their lives.
They generally don't notice otherwise, unless people make a lot of noise in the
town square / on social media. Alas, that our social media is so divided these
days. Kinda makes me wish I could hear what people in my area are talking about.
Living under fascism is just like living under any other system, except with an
increasing amount of fear as time goes on. More and more of your neighbors
disappear, more and more of the life that you once knew turns to ash in your
mouth. Suddenly, you realize "oh shit maybe I should have - " but it's too
late, there's no time for throwing bricks, no time for pride marches, no time
for BLM. You're fucked now, just like all of us were way back in the day.
Great. Hope you like being enslaved, our bones will bear your weight as you
march to your grave.
srry
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@user-1074
heh yeah people don't often pick up on nuance.
who am I kidding, I'm people! I don't often pick up on nuance! Alas.
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@user-1074
Hmmmmmmm, interesting. I think that child abuse was more common in the past,
yes, but more importantly I think child abuse shows a child that it is possible
to abuse another. The idea that it's even possible doesn't even cross the mind
of most kids, but for some it does, and they often express that upon others.
And when an abused child becomes a dictator, well, what else are they gonna do.
"Ah but how did they become a dictator" that guy from that thread about
spanking asks
well, abuse is an act of power. Power is an expression of willfull intent that
coerces another into obeying said will. When abstracted to a society, abuse of
power often takes the form of oppression, or in extreme cases, genocide. Hence,
fascism, though I'm sure someone else (maybe you) could provide a better
explanation.
Fascism seems to be more complex than plain run-of-the-mill despotism, but
honestly I don't care - they are both my enemy.
also, the thread was about fascism, dummy. Stay on target. (sorry)
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║ @user-1074 │
║ │
║ Yeah they even said as much. Autism is quite common among denizens of the │
║ internet, especially in tech spaces. But still, if a post is popular enough to │
║ be boosted by Cory Doctrow... Then perhaps the discussion should be focused on │
║ the topic at hand? │
║ │
║ ... That being said as you said fascism and child abuse are sorta linked, so │
║ you're probably right. Sorry. │
║ │
║ But still I care about the ideas presented rather than the identity of the │
║ person presenting them. It felt like they were changing the subject or │
║ diverting the flow of conversation toward something they care about, rather │
║ than what the OP (you) originally posted. Other readers who come to the thread │
║ are attracted by the original post (or subsequent posts on Mastodon I think? │
║ Sorry I'm from Reddit, it's different there) so things that are off-topic │
║ should be "downvoted" or whatever the equivalent is here. │
║ │
║ EDIT: Yeah like despotism! That's my favorite because I imagine a super-strong │
║ guy like Conan the Barbarian lording over a bunch of noobs │
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@user-883
Who's the audience? This is Priss right? I think she'd definitely have a
different reaction to some people versus others...
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@user-883
YEAH do the smile then ^_^
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As a millennial, I'd just like to take a moment to thank all the gen-x people
in my life.
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"you don't seem autistic"
wow no shit almost as if I had acting classes as a child
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Try and eat as many different colors of vegetables as you can, as often as you
can.
drinking cool clean water is bliss, savor that moment
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I don't know about you, but if I lived in a suburban house I'd probably forget
the rest of the world even existed.
Aside from the parts I see on the internet, of course. But the internet's
always been a psyop, so how valuable is it really?
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do you ever just look at the sky and think "who gave you the right to be a
single color? in this world of infinite complexity, how dare you be the one
thing with a consistent color?" and then the sun sets and you think "ohhhh I
get it now, the color is always changing"
meanwhile the sky is shaking it's head like "bro, no, I'm just the scattered
diffusion of light waves from the sun. The sky is black."
and the earth spins on...
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being vertical while drunk: :ms_confused:
being horizontal while drunk: :ms_confused:
don't drink kids it's not worth it
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UX idea: text is rapidly revealed (rate configurable) letter by letter and upon
reaching the bottom of the page it starts over at the beginning, overwriting
what was there in a different color to show that they're separate.
For colorblind accessibility it might switch between white background black
text, and black background white text. Again, user configurable, colors are
cool too.
If the user pushes the spacebar it pauses until they resume it, and it goes a
bit slower. If they catch up to it they can double spacebar to make it go
faster!
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@user-188
@user-1106
A scene is a collection of circumstances that the people involved contribute
to. Like a scene in a movie, or play, where each of the actors contributes to
the narrative. When you post on the internet, you're contributing to your
little slice / flavor of the internet, but that's about it. You're building
content for others to view.
A community is a group of people who are part of each other's lives. They
orient themselves around each other. They address problems and connect people
together. They help each other with real, tangible tasks that need doing. They
collaborate on large projects and do pot-lucks and such. They sit down and talk
with each other for hours consistently, ideally at least once a week.
Y'know, like a church, or a really tight-knit family.
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Kinda pissed that all the software developer jobs pay so much. I'd gladly write
code or program for 40k a year and yet it's impossible to find a job because
how expensive (read: competitive) the industry is.
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double-clicking the star button to let someone know you liked their comment
without saving it to your "liked posts" feed (which btw is quite fun to scroll
through if you want to feel nostalgic)
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Yesterday, 1,000 people visited my website.
50 people trusted me enough to click a single link and see the rest of the
site. Apparently my poem scared them off.
Either that, or one single person asked for 50 different files (images, html
pages, etc), but there's no way for me to tell.
(according to the Neocities site traffic stats)
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I know that the west coast is technically on the western part of the country,
but "the west" to me always meant the Rockies. California is it's own thing,
and Oregon and Washington are cool but soooo different.
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AI that can't run on a laptop is useless.
But AI that can run on a laptop (even now) is still useful.
Just, don't ask it to compose a masterpiece, solve all your problems, or write
elegant code. It's not for that.
Instead, ask your chatbot "hi can you fix these syntax errors?" on your
pseudocode.
Ask your weighting algorithm "which of these two is more [adjective]?" or
perhaps "can you ask these numbers in the form of a question?"
Use your tools not for their intended purpose, but rather for your own stated
goals. Make things easier for people, make things work.
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I don't understand why modern software isn't error correcting. We shouldn't
have any bugs in this day and age.
For example, if you're missing a dependency then why doesn't your program try
to, I dunno, download that dependency to the program's installation directory
and use it there? Seriously there are very few problems that are unsolvable!
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If you look at the modern state of machine learning and AI and can only think
of:chatbotssingularity god-mind AI that solves all our problems
then either you haven't worked with the technology or you are not applying your
imagination as you could.
AI is not a smartphone. It is not the internet. It is not the printing press.
AI (as it currently exists) is a special kind of "if" statement that you only
use for very specific, non-performance intensive tasks that require judgement
or reasoning and cannot easily be translated into numbers or booleans. These
situations are rare, but they unlock new possibilities for the programmers, not
their marketers.
If an LLM can't run on a laptop, then it is useless.
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It should be illegal to lend money acquired from a loan.
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If you visit someone's apartment and have a conversation near an open window,
assume you're being overheard by a kid, a grandma, and a cop.
So, don't talk about illegal things, use curse words, or mention sex and drugs.
Also don't give out any specifically identifying information if you can help it.
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║ How do you go from determinism to sentience? Nature's response is a collection │
║ of primitive operations applied at a mind-boggling scale to create a human. │
║ │
║ But we, as enlightened bundles of matter, can abstract chemical reactions and │
║ complex interactions into systems which have inputs and outputs. │
║ │
║ What more is a brain but a soup of neurons which form ever-strengthening │
║ connections between flexibly interpreted operation patterns? Connect up this │
║ versatile and dynamic wiring to input and outputs via sensor arrays and │
║ nerve-signal distribution points and give it a good 20+ years of continuous │
║ operation and hey you got a graduate student. │
║ │
║ "Ah, but how can it tell right from wrong?" I hear nobody in particular ask │
║ │
║ The answer is pain. The pain of losing a loved one, as they play with someone │
║ else on the playground instead of you after you broke their doll. The pain of │
║ stubbing your toe because you were walking around at night in the dark like a │
║ dummy. Pain... can be an excellent teacher. │
║ │
║ But what about love? hm │
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fucking updates
I know right like why is the UI different this sucks
yeah and it might even be a different program - SORRY TO INTERRUPT
new thought incoming
grrrr how rude for interrupting
anyways darn I forgot
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"I am god and so are you (though most people don't realize it)"
- an essay in 1838 parts by a strange person
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these two things took me all evening. I played some video games too. I put them
in one so you don't have to see so many of them.
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│ CW: food-mentioned │
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candy should be medicine to soothe the soul, not snacks
...zzzZZZzzz...
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Anytime someone updates their profile picture it should get a period of like,
two weeks where it turns into a gif which cycles back and forth between the new
and the old picture, so that followers can remember who is who
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@user-217
quantum jellyfish
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@user-1109
do it in a random color each time! Here's my implementation for viewing txt
files colorfully:
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@user-28
because "deserving money" to a reasonable person sounds like "deserving access
to the goods and services that a pittance might afford"
but to them "deserving money" means "did they earn those luxuries with their
own luck and effort like me, a person who works very hard and definitely has
earned everything I have"
basically, a "blood sweat and tears" tax before you can have nice things like
roofs and clothes and nourishment
thing is... life is hard for people who need dollars. Their judgement reflects
a lack of understanding of what people who lack resources go through.
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"Ugh, policing AI agents as they interact with the internet and run our economy
for us is soooooo boring. hey I have an idea! Let's automate it!"
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║ The best tip I have for people new to Linux is every time you solve a problem, │
║ put the solution in a script. In addition, put the operations necessary to undo │
║ the operation you just performed into a separate script (or function in the │
║ same script) │
║ │
║ It's not hard. It's very easy. Its basically just typing things into a text │
║ document instead of entering them one-by-one in your terminal. But now if you │
║ ever need to solve the same problem twice, you just need to look through all │
║ the scripts you've written instead of trying to relearn how to fix the thing │
║ you're working on. │
║ │
║ Plus, if you ever need to disable what you did, well there it is, you're good │
║ to go. You can use chatGPT for things like text parsing or whatever, like "hey │
║ can you write me a sed command that does this exact thing that I'm going to │
║ enumerate and spell out for you" followed up by "that didn't quite work, the │
║ desired behavior was this, but when I ran the script provided it did this" boom │
║ you're a Linux administrator now, heres your rubber duck. │
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│ CW: food-mentioned │
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American ingredient lists be like:thing-that-you're-eatingsugarcane sugarcorn
syruphigh-fructose corn syrupdextrosesucralosenatural flavorsartifical coloring
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@user-579
OMG I've never met someone who also uses Void - it's the best distro for my
purposes!
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@user-579
Yeah if there isn't a package in the package manager XBPS then I usually just
install it from source. Which is ALSO something you can automate with a quick
and easy script! Just put all the notes from the README on Github or whatever
into a file named "update" and put that one level above the project directory!
For any installed program my file hierarchy usually looks like:
program-name
- run (script)
- update (script)
- files (directory to clone into)
- configs (point the program here)
I find that this kind of organization makes it MUCH easier to keep my packages
configured and installed as I'd like. Using a package manager is hard because
they're all specific per distro, but using this distro-agnostic approach always
seems to work better 9/10 times I find.
And if another program needs a library that you manually installed, just
symlink where it's looking to point to where you're installed! Or vice versa I
guess.
I use DWM so I don't have a desktop like KDE or anything like that
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@user-579
I've never actually used xbps-src, I usually just compile it using the same
tooling that the people who made the program use. If your project doesn't have
a make file then it's probably not ready for distribution yet. That's like, the
first thing I write! Though I don't use make, I just use BASH and chain
together compiler commands and whatnot
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this close to submitting a semi-fictionalized autobiography instead of a resume
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║ the point of roads is not to transport goods, it's to build rail lines upon │
║ once we've saved up enough materials to build it all in one go │
║ │
║ boom, no more car pollution │
║ │
║ free public transit that goes to each home │
║ │
║ and is inalienable and considered a right, just as we have a right to walk on │
║ the sidewalk, so too shall we be able to get where we're going unimpeded. │
║ │
║ leave cars on the racetracks and mechanic museums. we have a new approach │
║ that's oh so much better. │
║ │
║ imagine if every road in the country was a train │
║ │
║ and like, a continuously moving train that occupied all parts of the track. So, │
║ stretching like a massive game of Nokia snake, this giant conductorless system │
║ would keep everything in motion. │
║ │
║ and maybe it could suggest points to redesign, according to the metrics on │
║ throughput and efficiency. Like "oh we need more solar panels to supply this │
║ region" or "hey this factory could be closer to the boats" that kind of deal. │
║ │
║ Like the Kinsey Winsey in The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weiss and Tracy │
║ Hickmann │
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║ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: sexuality-mentioned │ │
║ └─────────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ it's not wrong to be turned on by the thought of being the gender youre │
║ transitioning to. Your subconscious mind is yearning for a healthy sexuality, │
║ nothing more. │
║ │
║ and if you aren't, if you're into "other people" like a weirdo, then yeah sure │
║ what I described probably sounds pretty weird. Oh and it's cool if you aren't │
║ sexually attracted to anyone either. Sometimes being ace is a phase because sex │
║ doesn't really fit into your life, and other times it's more something that │
║ defines you. It is the progenitor of all genders and sexualities that │
║ fluctuate, because it's based on the simplest binary of "yes sexual attraction" │
║ or "no sexual attraction" - with some extra variables to tweak like "sex │
║ positive/negative" or "cuddle-starved/cuddle-slut" type of ranges. │
║ │
║ ... anyway sexuality is weird and if yours made sense then so would that guy, │
║ and that person over there, and the person who lives down the street, and the │
║ other who lives in a blimp and jacks off into the sky calling it "bird poop" │
║ │
║ uh │
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@user-1074
darn I should kick it up a notch
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the art of propaganda is being in the right social media place at the right
time with the right things to share. Sometimes you have to blend in, that's
okay. The words are what are important, if you think "huh yeah true, where's
the lie though" then maybe it'll not be such a betrayal.
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║ city planners who thought "this low-income neighborhood has remained low value │
║ for quite a while, perhaps nobody wants to live there" and then they demolish │
║ it and gentrify the area │
║ │
║ the problem is, their heuristics are wrong. it's not low income because nobody │
║ wants to live there, it's low income because of racial inequality, or maybe │
║ it's next to a factory or something │
║ │
║ or maybe it's just the culture of the zone. like, some people value some things │
║ to certain degrees, like "we don't want to charge for people to live" so the │
║ rents are significantly reduced (proportional to the rest of income) │
║ │
║ perhaps even mandated, with the government paying 80% of each mortgage or │
║ rental home. │
║ │
║ alas, some places are like REALLY nice, like palace nice, and they're worried │
║ that if anyone can go there they'll mess it up. I know I can't go because I │
║ smell, for example, because I'm a witch and witches are all ugly and smell bad, │
║ remember? Maybe they're just trans, tbh, because like people in the past wanted │
║ to dehumanize or w/e │
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@user-217
lightsaber construction
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the world has grown by 2 billion persons in my lifetime
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I honestly don't care if someone deadnames me, or calls me the wrong pronouns,
or forgets to put me in the girl section, or asks me to sing baritone
like... I don't give a shit, why are you so worried about all this vapid
nonsense like yeah I get it, being disrespected sucks but like... why do you
want the kind of respect that is a forced platitude
we could all do with being a bit more radical, it's not a race and everyone's
roles are important. Be yourself, and follow people you want to be like.
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@user-1112
back in the day playing a magic game with someone felt like an event
now it's something to wait through while your burrito cooks
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@user-1112
if you'd like to come over to the dark side
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@user-470
You're absolutely right, would that we could.
I'm lucky I wasn't traumatized in that way. It's my job to tell people who care
about pleasantries more than action that they should... y'know, care about
action
but it couldn't be done by someone who received a critical hit every time they
were attacked in that spot.
I have my own weak-points of course, for example my fear of isolation (like,
not having any friends, not being alone. I live alone!)
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┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CW: cursed-unnecessary-fear-mongering │
└───────────────────────────────────────┘
My parents always told me that you should build up an emergency fund of dollars
so that you could address any unexpected expenses.
however, money is only useful if you can spend it, and sometimes when I'm
thinking about what would happen if suddenly every trans person in the country
had to go into hiding and never leave their apartment while being supplied by
helpful members of the community who they had to trust because like what else
are you going to do and boy that opens up a lot of opportunities for abuse like
what if they bring poisoned food or what if they're secretly judging you to
decide if you're good enough to support or if they're going to throw you to the
wolves so that suspicion in the area is reduced and when I think about things
like that I kinda feel like my bank account isn't that important tbh
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I like cooking at home because I can just double each recipe and think about
food half as often.
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┌──────────────────────┐
│ CW: food-mentioned │
└──────────────────────┘
"The pasta is 10$ for the labor and 3$ for the ingredients. For each 3$ you pay
we'll double the amount of noodles and sauce but every 4 increases we add
another 10$ because that's how big our pots and pans are."
"The burritos are 14$ each, because there's not really an opportunity to
double-up on labor per food unit outputted"
"This movie is free, because it costs one hundredth of a penny every time
someone downloads it. It was fully funded before being produced."
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Social media where comments are sorted like Reddit except you can also
"sidevote" something - if it's different from the comment chain above it, you
can move it to the side. If it's the same as the comment above it, either
upvote or downvote it depending on which you think is a better comment.
This way, contrasting opinions can be sorted and placed next to one another.
Perhaps even with a center vote which you can drag a pin and say "this comment
is related to this other post over here" (okay drag is the wrong word for
mobile devices, it'd be more like pick up and then place)
Users could follow these pins like links if they wanted, and the more pins
holding a comment to another the more the sorting algorithm will prioritize
placing them next to one another.
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God can't do shit. He can just pull strings to get shit done.
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We don't need to surround the sun with solar panels, just mirrors. And a few
solar panels.
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"in the modern era, we don't worship gods. We worship the people who deserve
it."
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I might let you down, but I'll never betray you.
... I'm letting someone down right now. I'm sorry.
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I can't believe I didn't go. What's wrong with me.
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@user-883 @user-1115 @user-1053
dying won't help you escape. It'll leave you stuck in capitalism forever.
The future is where capitalism dies, not in a grave of stone stuck forever in
time.
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Source code is like, the worst way to view code, but I can't think of anything
better, so whatever
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@user-1037
Here are some neat ways!
https://hachyderm.io/@user-1044/112512896931443652
but you were part of that thread last month so you might remember : )
(I ended up buying two of those python-only processors chips btw - I don't know
how to solder though so I'm waiting to meet a new friend at my new job who can
do it for me)
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fedi account which boosts a random post from a particular user every time they
post something new - like listening to that user, but on shuffle
(Ideally configurable with a blacklist, so people could comment "bad bot" or
whatever everytime it posts one of their comments that say like "yeah same" or
"whoa that's so cool!" or whatever)
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@user-246
sometimes all it takes is an active listener
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║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │
║ └──────────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ the greatest trick that capitalism pulled on us was to convince us that the │
║ needs of a corporation were synonymous with the needs of an individual. │
║ │
║ you, as a person, should apply yourself toward goals and ends that matter to │
║ you. And "getting money" is not a goal or an end, that's a means. Money allows │
║ you to achieve goals, which is why it feels so unfair that some people are │
║ just... born with the right to achieve all of their goals. For free. │
║ │
║ Kinda makes me think that with great power should come great responsibility. │
║ And remember kids, money is power, because money is time and there's nothing │
║ more immutable than time. We're all sharing this single moment, yet somehow │
║ some people have more dominion over this moment than you or I. Why? Well, it is │
║ their birthright of course, because they were born into a family with wealth. │
║ │
║ Achieving goals is a need, by the way, as precious as food or water. If you │
║ don't achieve your goals, you wither away and starve (spiritually, at least). │
║ How cruel - │
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║ My family is of wealth. Well, not really, just my father. We could probably be │
║ considered top 10-20%, if I had to guess, though he's never really told me how │
║ much he makes. I never asked, as I felt it would be rude. │
║ │
║ But still, I restrict myself. I live in as cheap a home as I can find, while │
║ still affording space for myself. I eat rice and beans, that I cook myself. I │
║ apply myself as hard as I can as often as I can, not just to my own goals but │
║ to the goals of whichever corporation is merciful enough to hire one as │
║ wretched as me. │
║ │
║ I am fine, fine enough, and yet life's vigor runs out. │
║ │
║ When my father dies, god forbid, I have no idea what happens to the rest of my │
║ family. We're all trying our hardest, but we're really fucking neurospicy and │
║ he was just lucky enough to be born in an era where if you're neurodivergent │
║ you can fake it till you make it. And he made it because he's lucky and because │
║ he (legitimately) worked his ass off. "New money" if you will... │
║ │
║ Top 20% is like, the salary of a doctor or lawyer │
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The design is simple: Have an array of function pointers that need to be
assigned to a thread. Then, have a manager thread read through that array, and
for every non-zero value put it into a thread-specific array. Those threads
will read through their personal array and execute whichever function is
pointed to by the function pointer placed in their todo-list by the manager
function.
... I'm too stupid to make it happen though. Writing code is hard.
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If I don't write the ENTIRE PROGRAM in one sitting, then it's never getting
done. Sorry, future self, you're going to die penniless and alone because I
couldn't continue what you started.
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║ what is it with me and buying steam games for long-lost friends while drunk? │
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║ I swear I'm not depressed about my upcoming new job, I'm just doing all these │
║ drugs in such a short time period because I'm, uh... living for the the moment? │
║ Yeah that sounds good, better post that on the internet where everyone in the │
║ world can see it and read it and realize what a mess you are because you've │
║ been traumatized by employment and are about to dive back into that frigid pool │
║ after a lengthy break where you did nothing but heal and recover which is not a │
║ boon that most people are able to afford │
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║ lucky you, Ritz Menardi, lucky you for being so privileged. │
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║ But hey, those long-lost friends surely will want to hear from you! Surely. │
║ Surely you're not someone they're trying to forget. Surely you didn't hurt │
║ them, didn't twist them into knots, didn't compel them to act in ways that │
║ benefited you but not them, SURELY you're a good person, according to all the │
║ things people tell you and the results of your act │
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