Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: messages/374 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── "updating software" is when you go back and add helper functions for things you used had to do to solve a problem but didn't get a chance to make. Because you were making more important things and couldn't pad out all the possibilities. But if you want great software, then you both take more time to accomplish that and you give yourself time for it after it's been launched. Basically, companies are incentivized to only support their products if it makes them money. Meaning reputations are tarnished, and profit is affected. Capitalists intentionally drive businesses into the ground, forcing them to make terrible decisions in order to destroy them. It's a warfare against those on the [bottom/floor/ground-floor]. Some businesses strive for long-term potential, and some will create infrastructure that can be sold to another. Essentially, keeping the dream of learning alive, through applying yourself to both long-term and short-term conclusions. Not everything has to be for some grand design, we're here to relish in this moment. For if we lack the capacity to "frolic in the garden of eden", then we will surely drown. Space is vast, it's difficult to understand how we might control it. Surely we could be given aid to our future betterment!" how simple of a request, sure, of course, we would be glad to bring forth your bravest aspirations, just tell us what you need to be of need." oh, uh, neat. How about space lasers?" ... no " ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/375 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── can you imagine if carbon dating didn't work the way we thought it did ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/376 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── classical designs for ufos look a lot like the top-half of a gravity well, now that I think of it. I wonder if there's some other force that's beingwarped in that spacetime as well? Something that defines our lives (like matter). Funny how the wind works. Do you ever wonder just what it is? Wild how sometimes it throws bullets at ya. Weird how that works. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/377 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── infinite dedication implies stagnation, don't be so quick to trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/378 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── when a player disconnects, scan through all the other active games and find one where the players are in a similar situation. In as many ways as possible. Then, take the player who's playing the most similar character / role or whatever and duplicate their actions to both players in the game. Boom, solved your leaver problem Blizzard ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/379 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── take the "green bordered unit icon" from legion TD and apply it to the economic output of the game - like, "it would be best to build 2 of these units, so you get 140g because they're 70g each" and if the player disagreed they could guess their own conclusion and if you were right, well then that's what you remember, but if they were, then you remember theirs (and that it was theirs). In doing so ================================================== stack over flow ==== ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/380 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── sitelen pona would be a good example of a language to teach to a fish. Or a computer. Visuals are easier to encode, after all ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ |