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-> file: fediverse/1657 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: what, mh shitpost │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1052 also, I can't exactly teach myself. There's no knowledge to pass on. So the only other thing I can do is punish myself, like a slap on the wrist saying "nope not like that, here's a free negative emotion at just the right spot in time so you can push off of it toward the better direction." Doesn't have to be physical pain btw. My piano teacher would get really into the music because she used to teach at Juliard and it was the most beautiful thing in the world to always be hearing music. But now in the present as a piano teacher she's hearing, y'know, mostly students, and they're great and beautiful but... they mostly just play other people's stuff, and not very well. sigh. ... anyway she'd get really into it and I'd watch with intense acuity to try and determine when I messed up. Every slight wince I knew I had to avoid, and I instinctively adjusted my behavior to learn as well as I tried. she called me a prodigy. I suck now because I got scared of playing music because I ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1658 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── the thing about blue shells is that they always keep the game competitive. I feel like you should get +400 points whenever hit by one... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1659 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: what, mh shitpost │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-1052 │ ║ │ ║ you're right, hubris has claimed many a paladin before-me. I can only hope I │ ║ remain humble enough to survive. │ ║ │ ║ you're right about projecting, but the most beautiful takes are ones that align │ ║ with the experience of the viewed. Hence why method acting works so well - just │ ║ put yourself in the shoes of the character and acting's easy right? │ ║ │ ║ I dunno, I just always felt like it was important to always be trying your │ ║ best. Even if "your best" is relaxing. People say I'm "100% or 0% at all times" │ ║ and I totally agree - it's like you said, a calling, to be the best version of │ ║ me I can be. │ ║ │ ║ Though I would like to add that the missteps aren't wilful, rather they're │ ║ failures caused by imperfect information. Which is why I'm never too harmed │ ║ when other people fail me - ah well, it was their turn to screw up, thats │ ║ alright. It'll be me next time. │ ║ │ ║ But also, if I do something wrong, well, I'll do better next time. It's only │ ║ when I fail to apply what I've learned mistakenly do I shame myself. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1660 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1053 │ ║ │ ║ if there's not enough resources allocated for all the autistic people who need │ ║ it (or other disabilities) then perhaps more resources must be allocated to it │ ║ and other things should be sacrificed (like building fewer jets or graphics │ ║ cards) │ ║ │ ║ like, every doctor should have about 3x as many assistants as they do. There's │ ║ already an immense demand for medical expertise (as evidenced by their massive │ ║ salaries) but they can't handle all their patients because they're stuck doing │ ║ paperwork. │ ║ │ ║ part of why people don't join that industry (medicine) (as evidenced by │ ║ doctor's massive salaries as they do wayyyyy too much work) is to help people, │ ║ but they can't if they're so dang stressed out all the time that they're an │ ║ immensely pressured person. │ ║ │ ║ Ah, but if they're not stressed at all, they'll tend to relax on the job. Which │ ║ is NOT something you want when your health is on the line. │ ║ │ ║ ... anyway, more dollars for doctors and education pls so there's more doctors │ ║ so autistic people get more resources, + UBI. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1661 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── what if we hired each other and paid in rent and vegetables ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1662 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1056 │ ║ │ ║ animancy, or the ability to give life to objects. │ ║ │ ║ a block of stone might not necessarily move, but it could store information or │ ║ act as a guard-post that notifies you when enemies pass by. │ ║ │ ║ a branch in the road might not cause you to stumble if you chance upon it in │ ║ the daytime, but as all objects are in control of their own fate the branch │ ║ might direct fortune to chance itself upon you at night. Essentially, itemized │ ║ wish-magic with marginal effects that occur to marginal degrees that is caused │ ║ by the wishful intentions of the object in question. │ ║ │ ║ "this sword more often strikes true because it wants to be useful to you" │ ║ │ ║ You don't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you │ ║ need. And whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right! so │ ║ don't give your socks any goals aside from keeping your feet dry and unsweaty, │ ║ but give them the option to wish. │ ║ │ ║ tada! │ ║ │ ║ plus, golems are neat. animancy plus animation-ancy - hmmmm really need a new │ ║ name for that. kineticism? │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1663 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── @user-1059 the trick is to have a whole bunch of projects so everyone has a different one downloaded on their phone, meaning they can't inter-operate when the time is right. much better, I think, to think in terms of protocols. things like http and pgp encryption. file-server over bluetooth sending emails through a mesh maybe? or something more immediate for messages. like... calculate a path to your target, then for each step create an encrypted portion and a small "destination" header that is then encrypted so the next guy in the chain can't see it. ... there's a lot of problems to solve, but using tried-and-true technology in the unfortunately busted and constrained platforms they give us is difficult. but not impossible, if you're willing to use tools to create protocols that are commonly shared, like bluetooth or http or pgp encryption. ... I use Briar for this purpose, for what it's worth. idk if it's a protocol, I haven't looked into it since I downloaded it during the BLM protests. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ |