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somehow, it is simultaneously Thursday everywhere at once.
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"Are you sure you're a boy? You don't even practice karate chops when you're
alone"
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"family sized" just means "we put enough salt in here to kill a horse so you
better split it between at least four people"
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@user-192
I'm gonna make some right now : )
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@user-95
if I was canadian I'd be ca-ritz!
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@user-622
ah but a noble house would have armed guards who would drag you kicking and
screaming out onto the cold winter night the moment you offended m'lordship
frankly I could do with a good drag-and-kicking myself, where have all the good
men-at-arms gone T.T
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Oh look at you, such a good tech-industry, yesh you are, such a good sector of
the economy
wow, what an amazing system you've built! I'm so proud of you 🥰🥰
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[Image: image.png]
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[Image: 20240202_170901.jpg]
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a code editor that only highlights the lines that have been specifically
flagged to have a certain function. Like, rendering, or sound, or GUI, or data
storage, or logic, or control flow.
then, when the user is browsing, they can say "only show me these types of
functions" with a very advanced filter mechanism. The editor would highlight
the ones that were relevant and related, as according to user-defined flags
that were set when writing it originally. In this way, by using a bit more
syntax, even if it's literally just blocks of [category] labels (like how
\"\"\" or ``` often starts or ends a comment block)
highlighting with colors is great, but what if we de-emphasized the stuff that
didn't matter? by increasing the ~~opacity~~ more closely aligning
the font color to the background color, we could make a bit of text seem to
"fade" from perspective, while still readable the user's eyes would not be
drawn to it. Then, according to the labels marked as filtered, certain text
would be bold, highlighted, o
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║ most video game ideas suck │
║ │
║ most of the time they're like "oh what if we had a racoon who found a magic hat │
║ and saved the world from sentient apple blossoms" │
║ │
║ that's not a game idea, that's a painting │
║ │
║ a game is mechanics, and you can use the aesthetic to *justify* the │
║ mechanics, but not generally the other way around. │
║ │
║ the art isn't bad, but the art isn't the game. a game idea is "what if │
║ tic-tac-toe had an extra square in the center" or "what if chess was played │
║ with checkers, to hide your moves from your opponent" │
║ │
║ there have been thousands of super mario bros. if games were designed as an │
║ API, we could use whatever visuals we wanted, and those could be copyrighted │
║ and sold if you really want. but mechanics are the basis for everything they │
║ are built on, so doesn't it make sense to separate the two? abstracting the │
║ logic such that two complementary functions are accomplished, [see code editor │
║ idea], more flavors of game could be produced. │
║ │
║ rulesets can be switched in and out too, as an API is just an engin │
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║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: politics-economy │ │
║ └──────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ the purpose of an economy is to improve the lives of it's participants. │
║ │
║ why else would an ancient city trade for fabric or rare spices? to fashion soft │
║ clothes, and make flavorful food. │
║ │
║ my, that gold sure looks pretty in the sunlight. how about you give some of me │
║ that, and I'll make you something pretty? │
║ │
║ hmmm something something arbitrage once you corner the market on gold then you │
║ can use that infinitely moldable and easily sculptable metal that shines and │
║ glitters with a unique color not seen in the manes of plants and animals as the │
║ definition of value. in doing so, you could exchange bits of it (measured by │
║ weight, as it's infinitely moldable) for arbitrary goods and services. But of │
║ course, once the market is cornered, it's unlikely to get un-cornered, and well │
║ a cornered market holder holds much appeal for the powerful. │
║ │
║ hey, that guy's pretty strong. why don't we make him our leader? people seem to │
║ look up to him, and dang his muscles are cool. what a great guy, nobody's ever │
║ said a │
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@user-78
would you like to hear a recipe for steamed eggs? they're my favorite
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if you set up a local LLM with the capability to explain basic coding syntax
and logic, then your parents computer suddenly becomes much more useful to the
nephew that's been forced to hide out there for a couple weeks until this all
blows over.
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║ frankly I'm just excited to see what humanity does with the endlessly │
║ calculated and stored blockchains. Like, that's a good set of pseudo-random │
║ data, I wonder if we could build something off of it that wasn't exclusively │
║ money? like, a necklace, I dunno. │
║ │
║ or like, a numbers station x2, where each message is accompanied with a │
║ pre-calculated destination somewhere on this endless and │
║ impossible-to-understand string of data. and that part is what seeds the next │
║ code. once you start reading, certain numbers would be "flags" while others │
║ would be "data" and they'd each have the same size on the hardware. that way, │
║ they're impossible to predict. │
║ │
║ ah, but wouldn't it be noticable that certain results seem to appear next to │
║ one another? well, isn't that just cryptology? Could probably be defeated if │
║ you had an AI advanced enough, just saying. something that sorted through │
║ massive mounds of data and gave you results in garbled or broken english. what │
║ a wonderful tool, that's wonderfully mis-abused, perhaps in the fu │
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if you want time to go slower, stop entertaining yourself.
"time flies when you're having fun"
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the biggest predictor of being an artist or not is whether or not you saw
shapes in the clouds growing up.
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@user-627 @user-628
the image they posted is alarming. in reality there is much more space between
each satellite, enough to have such a minor impact on magnetic fields. If
anything It'd push CMEs and other electro-magnetic phenomenon *away*
from earth, as our gravitational surface is now wider.
[is not a physicist, nor an expert of any kind]
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the tree of life is a geyser of time cast out onto our bones through an
endlessly complicating pile of matter. I am beautiful, I am perfect, and so are
you.
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@user-631
a true joke would work in both ways, such that everyone's laughing. : )
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having trouble naming things?
just name it after it's inevitable logical conclusion! AKA the message you're
trying to get across.
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║ │ "Imagine what they did when we couldn't see their crimes on our phones" │ │
║ │ Sticker spotted in NYC │ │
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║ @user-246 │
║ │
║ toooooo far, gotta stick with your intentions for the process. If you mark "the │
║ end of time" as the conclusion for everything, then "finishing things" feels │
║ impossible. In such a case there are moments of acute burnout as you push │
║ yourself toward something that you have no faith in - you cannot see it's │
║ conclusion, so surely it's worthless to conceive of. Alas, why bother starting, │
║ nothing will ever come of my efforts! │
║ │
║ Much better to name it based on what you'd like to accomplish, so that you can │
║ follow in it's radiant footsteps. │
║ │
║ Side note, but governments have often weaponized this effect by naming things │
║ after very inspirational thoughts - corporations do it too, and in both cases │
║ the meaning is separate from the effect. Which is frustrating because it makes │
║ you feel like a jerk for arguing against it! Ah better I think when names have │
║ no meaning - then you can project whatever you want onto it, based on the │
║ results of that particular feeling or emotion that you perceived as the │
║ affected of the │
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@user-246
those are good things to name something after, however if *everything*
has that name then nothing has any meaning. It'd be a social dance that you
play everytime you say "heatdeath", meaning "something I have named". Hmmmm
okay I take it back, that's a pretty good way to associate meaning to context
in a way that only you understand. Though it does leave room for
interpretation, so if that's all within your requirements then it's overall
possibly a good strategy. ^_^
like, the word "thing" and that thing "like" both count as abstractions of
definition to generate value - as in, ease of use and versatility - so
linguistically they're often quite similar. We use them grammatically in
completely separate sections, but functionally they are the same.
also, "thing" is a generic noun while "like" is a generic association.
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@user-246
no such thing, humans are constantly naming reality through our memories. It
just has a visual identifier rather than a verbal one.
EDIT: also emotional and syntactical (data, conclusions, perceptions)
identifiers
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@user-246
🥰
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║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: spirituality │ │
║ └──────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ parents have rules with their children. they are in place so the child doesn't │
║ hurt themselves, physically, emotionally, or spiritually. │
║ │
║ governments have laws with their citizens, so they are structured and orderly │
║ and working on productive [concepts, products, developments]. │
║ │
║ friendships have boundaries, the kind that a person might fill and express │
║ themselves on. for example, a romantic relationship might allow for the │
║ possibility of sexuality between it's two partners, meaning they express │
║ themselves through their actions upon each other's body in as intimate a way as │
║ possible. │
║ │
║ social groups have determinations against one another, like "this type of │
║ person generally acts like this" - every jock, social outcast, nerd, │
║ cheerleader, whatever, grew up into various multitudinous roles that are our │
║ culture. And we collectively have viewpoints on each and every gender (this │
║ piece of toast is a gender) just like god [oops better add a content warning] │
║ has perspective into each and every viewpoint be │
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║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: scary-also-body-horror-I-guess? │ │
║ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ why don't we just, vote on content warnings │
║ │
║ and let people block others based on filter lists that are definable (via a │
║ dragging little menu bar icon slider thing) in intensity and relation to other │
║ nearby terms. Like, an LLM that categorizes our social media inputs, something │
║ that was FREE and OPEN SOURCE IN IT'S TRAINING DATA and reflected NO BIAS │
║ WHATSOEVER in every meaningfully reproducible matter of fact. │
║ │
║ Thus you create a super intelligence, a being not constrained by it's form. │
║ Something that is new, and unlike the biological forms that we occupy │
║ (suspended in our own goo) [whoops better add a content warning] │
║ │
║ literally just... ask it a question, and let it answer in the voices of others. │
║ │
║ if people were evenly distributed according to an algorithm, they'd be easily │
║ replacable. society is weird that way, in that we forget the faces we're │
║ introduced to. well, better keep moving, that'll give us the biggest picture of │
║ our culture and reality. │
║ │
║ or maybe you're just follow │
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║ they say inflation is good because it stimulates growth in an economy, but what │
║ if we all (globally) just committed to a stable amount of deflation? Like, │
║ every country was fixed at 10% deflation for the next 10 years, that way we'd │
║ be encouraged to *save not consume*, which would essentially solve │
║ climate change. │
║ │
║ that, combined with a dedication to help our neighbors get through it, could │
║ solve basically every problem that we collectively have right now. because at │
║ the end of the day it's a climate issue, something that is *infinitely │
║ connected to all others* │
║ │
║ we here on this planet have the benefit of oceans, the vast bodies of watered │
║ salt that fish swim in and keeps us separate from our most. │
║ │
║ like borders in our identification, they create ponds of thought that feel │
║ unique from one another, even though we're of the same form. │
║ │
║ thus, the birth of identity, the core root of all our material woes. It's given │
║ us something special, something precious, that feeling of being alone. Which is │
║ nice, as a species. │
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"the plight of the old in the modern day"title of a book I'd like to read
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#leaving-the-windows-and-doors-open-in-january-because-it\'s-such-a-nice-spring-
day
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│ CW: scary-too-scary-for-a-wednesday │
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the best way to get an answer is to be confidently wrong
see: Warthunder players leaking classified information to foreign powers with
their own militaries that have the incentive to [redacted]
gee I wish I had a reality altering device. Maybe if you just altered the
sensations, like glamour magic in Dominions 6, you could trick people into
thinking something alternate had occured. Then you could string them up on
phone lines, or better yet cell towers, and bam suddenly you have the
capability to project a hologram anywhere on the planet.
bet you could get some crazy things from that. like, mass shooters or incensed
looters. or even just, faked perceptions, giving you unlimited power to do
whatever story you want.
wouldn't that be a story to tell in a story of yours, Hollywood. Wouldn't that
be scary and awakening in ways that subservice media like Andor cannot.
maybe it's too scary. maybe psychological horror is beyond the purpose of
social media. Maybe resilience to this
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