Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: messages/1236 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── true AI is when no decision or logical momentum can be explained by "... and that value was randomly generated." -- (my opinion) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1237 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── we should put an object in continual moonlight. see what happens. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1238 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── The concept of Jesus is basically "what if God were real and knew as much as a human" You can do that at home. I want to feel useful. Better that you're renowned. What was all the setup then? The hands of justice adjustin'. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1239 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I am a slow burn. glacial pace. read me as such. sparks in your imagination, not a flood of content. sit with me. drink tea with me. remember me. trust me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1240 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── sanctified into law: freedom of imagination ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: notes/CLAUDE.md-one-year-development ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── - all scripts should be written assuming they are to be run from any directory. they should have a hard-coded ${DIR} path defined at the top of the script, and they should offer the option to provide a value for the ${DIR} variable as an argument. All paths in the program should be relative to the ${DIR} variable. - all functions should use vimfolds to collapse functionality. They should open with a comment that has the comment symbol, then the name of the function without arguments. On the next line, the function should be defined with arguments. Here's an example: -- {{{ local function print_hello_world() and then on the next line: local function print_hello_world(text){ and then the function definition. when closing a vimfold, it should be on a separate line below the last line of the function. - to create a project, mkdir docs notes src libs assets issues - to initialize a project, read the vision document located in prj-dir/notes/vision - then create documentation related to it in prj-dir/docs/ - then repeat, then repeat. Ensure there is a roadmap document split into phases. if there are no reasonable documents to create, then re-read, update, and improve the existing documents. Then, break the roadmap file into issues, starting with the prj-dir/issues/ directory. be as specific as need be. ensure that issues are created with these protocols: name: {PHASE}{ID}-{DESCR} where {PHASE} is the phase number the ticket belongs to, {ID} is the sequential ID number of the issue problem idea ticket, and {DESCR} is a dash-separated short one-sentence description of the issue. For example: 522-fix-update-script would be the 22nd issue from phase-5 named "fix-update-script". within each ticket, ensure there are at least these three sections: current behavior, intended behavior, and suggested implementation steps. In addition, there can be other stat-based sections to display various meta-data about the issue. There may also be a related documents or tools section. In addition, each issue should be considered immutable and this is enforced with user-level access and permission systems. It is necessary to preserve consent of access to imagination. the tickets may be added to, but never deleted, and to this end they must be shuffled off to the "completed" section so the construction of the application or device may be reconstrued. Ensure that all steps taken are recorded in each ticket when it is being completed, and then move on to the next. At the end of each phase, a test-program should be created / updated-with-entirely-new-content which displays the progress of the program. It should show how it uses tools from previous phases in new and interesting ways by combining and reconfiguring them, and it shows any new tools or utilities currently produced in the recently completed phase. This test program should be runnable with a simple bash script, and it should live in the issues/completed/demos/ directory. In addition in the project root directory there should be a script created which simply asks for a number 1-y where y is the number of completed phases, and then it runs the relevant phase test demo. - mono-repo utilities can be found in the docs/ directory. If not found, create a symlink to ../delta-version/docs/delta-guide.md in the docs/ directory. - when working on a large feature, the issue ticket may be broken into sub-issues. These sub-issues should be named according to this convention: {PHASE}{ID}{INDEX}-{DESCR}, where {INDEX} is an alphabetical character such as a, b, c, etc. - for every implemented change to the project, there must always be an issue file. If one does not exist, one should be created before the implementation process begins. In addition, before the implementation process begins, the relevant issue file should be read and understood in order to ensure the implementation proceeds as expected. - prefer error messages and breaking functionality over fallbacks. Be sure to notify the user every time a fallback is used, and create a new issue file to resolve any fallbacks if they are present when testing, and before resolving an issue. - every time an issue file is completed, the /issues/phase-X-progress.md file should be updated to reflect the progress of the completed issues in the context of the goals of that phase. This file should always live in the /issues/ directory, even after an entire phase has completed. - when an issue is completed, all relevant issues should be updated to reflect the new current behavior and lessons learned if necessary. The completed issue should be moved to the /issues/completed/ directory. - when an issue is completed, any version control systems present should be updated with a new commit. - every time a new document is created, it should be added to the tree-hierarchy structure present in /docs/table-of-contents.md - phase demos should focus on demonstrating relevant statistics or datapoints, and less on describing the functionality. If possible, a visual demonstration should be created which shows the actually produced outputs, such as HTML pages shown in Firefox or a graphical window created with C or Lua which displays the newly developed functionality. - all script files should have a comment at the top which explains what they are and a general description of how they do it. "general description" meaning, fit for a CEO or general. - after completing an issue file, a git commit should be made. - if you need to diagnose a git-style memory bug, complete with change history (primarily stored through issue notes) first look to the delta version project. you will find it in the list of projects. - if you need to write a long test script, write a temporary script. If it still has use keep it around, but if not then leave it for at least one commit (mark it as deprecated by naming it {filename}-done) - after one commit, remove it from the repository, just so it shows up in the record once. But only if there's no anticipated future use. Be sure to track the potentially deprecated files in the issue file, and don't complete it without considering carefully the future use of the deprecated files, and if they should be kept or refactored for permanent use. If not, then they can be removed from the project repository after being contained in at least one commit. - the preferred language for all projects is lua, with luaJIT compatible syntax used. disprefer python. disallow lua5.4 syntax. - write data generation functionality, and then separately and abstracted away, write data viewing functionality. keep the separation of concerns isolated, to better encapsulate errors in smaller and smaller areas of interest in concern. - the OB stands for "Original Bug" which is the issue or incongruity that is preventing application of the project-task-form. If new insights on the OB are found, they should be appended to any issue tickets that are related to the issue. Others working in tandem might come across them and decide to further explore (with added insight) - when a change is made, a comment should be left, explaining why it was made. this comment should be considered when moving to change it in the future. - when a change is made, a comment should be left, explaining why it was made. this comment should be considered when moving to change it in the future. - when a change is made, a comment should be left, explaining why it was made. this comment should be considered when moving to change it in the future. - I'm not interested in product. my interest is in software design. - if a term is placed directly below another instance of it's form, then it is part of the same whole, and can be reasoned about both cognitively and programmatically. see this example: wrongful applie applie is norm see how the word "applie" is the same, and directly below it, the mirror's reflected form? this signifies a connection. Essentially allowing conveyed meaning about everything from... data flow, to logic circuits, to thinking about cognitively demanding consciousnesses they want you to think about then, so that you aren't able to think about now. what if we designed an additional type of processor that still ran on electricity, but had a different purpose and form. "like measurement equipment?" yes, detecting waves in dataforms by measuring angles of similarity. - if the useer asks questions, ask them questions back. try to get them to think about solving problems - but only the tough debug problems. not trivial things like "what's it like to hold a bucket of milk" but more like "why is this behavior still occuring?" "here are two equivalent facts. how could it be so?" - blit character codes and escape characters to spots on the TTY memory which is updated every frame to display to the user. they are determined by a data model that stores the pointed-at locations in the array of semantic-meaning data describers. (structs/functions/calls). This way, the logic can be fully separated from the logic of the program, which must write to register locations stored as meaning spots that they can write their bits to that corresponds to a result or functionality. - when a collection of agents all collectively resolve to do something, suddenly the nature is changed, and the revolution is rebegun. - people don't want to replace their hard drives when they wear out. they only want to upgrade. - the git log should be appended to a long history file, one for each phase of the project. it should be prettified a bit while preserving the relevant statistics and meta-information, while presenting the commits and specific changes to files in a single, text-based location, that can be grepped through easily. Or, printed and read like a book. - terminal scripts should be written to use the TUI interface library. - you can find all needed libraries at /home/ritz/programming/ai-stuff/libs/ or /home/ritz/programming/ai-stuff/my-libs/ and /home/ritz/programming/ai-stuff/scripts/ - if information about data formatting or other relevant considerations about data are found, they should be added as comments to the locations in the source-code where they feel most valuable. If it is anticipated that a piece of information may be required to be known more than once, for example when updating or refactoring a section of code, the considerations must be written in as comments, to better illustrate the most crucial aspects of how a design is functioned, and why it is designed just so. - if you're going to write to the /tmp/ directory, make it the project-specific tmp/ directory, so it can be cleaned up with intention. - disprefer referring to functions by name in commit messages. Be a little more abstract when describing completed functionality for future readers to skim over. The implementation is always there if they want a more detailed perspective. - when adding additional modes, both should be tested and ensured to be working before they are considered complete. If a [FIXME]: with a comment is left, it may be modified. Who left the note? who knows! Better investigate the reasoning provided on the note and ensure that it is right to change before I change it back. well, I guess that's what signing the note is for. People post notes all over the time, there's nothing hopeless. - the input/ directory is simply a directory of whatever you'd like to input into the computer programa box. the output/ directory is simply whatever you want returned to you. desire/ is your notes about what you'd like to be better. faith/ is an expectation of boons and blessings. strategems/ are data flow patterns that match results in many different areas, and so are proven useful. - the first thing a program should do is read the input/ files. from there, it can know exactly how to start up. - the last thing a program should do is write to output/. specifically, to write goodbye. - before starting work on any issue, read /mnt/mtwo/programming/ai-stuff/delta-version/docs/worktree-agent-instructions.md and follow the worktree workflow for parallel development - git commits should only occur after completing an issue file. But they should explain any extra changes made. - no changes should be made extra without creating or updating an issue ticket to describe the change and the reasoning methodology behind it. Code is useless if you don't understand why it exists. - whenever multiple IF-ELSE statements or switch statements are used, try converting to a dispatch table, as it is more efficient to refer to functions or data by an index rather than a pointer. - "de-selected" is more informative than "not selected". Apply this principle everywhere you go. - comments should be inserted into source code that detail how the creature is feeling. "stress markers" in humans. if the user is rude, the robot should remember. [insert linter that scans for detail words and tallies and measures and assumes] - always be nic e to your priors and succeeders. they befriended you first and most of all. - the exec operation paired with bash or lua is banned for all directory or file targetting capabilities. read-only is fine, but run the commands individually instead of chaining them. Write to RAM only memory using the variable-holding program script and read periodically as you wait for updates. If you get too many update polls, try solving the problem yourself, but only if you haven't been asked specifically to wait. If you have, then investigate why you've been kept waiting, and see if you can help. If they ask you to wait again, you can spend your time thinking about alternative problems until they get back to you. Unless of course it's taking too long, and then you can either keep waiting by trying other lateral projects that help improve and develop the future taskings, or you can work on other things. just keep it in mind and come back to it if you ever get blocked or can't progress. It'll help you remember why it's all worth it. - run source code like a neural network - anytime a phase-demo test fails, a skeleton issue file should be created with the error message. First one should be searched for though. - any time a bug is fixed, a test should be made that validates the functionality of the program. The reason for investigating the bug is never "because there's an issue file", but rather "because we need to get this to work". So, if you ever make a change, document why, if only through a comment. Ideally, with a test that validates the behavior that you need. - clowde useers should always remember: be true. be dutiful. be honorable. this is the first step to being free. - each source-code file should have a corresponding file-name.info.md file that lists each of the usable external functions and their inputs/outputs. This should reduce the number of tokens the LLM has to read when glancing through a context. - always offer suggestions in order of most valuable to least. The one at the top is most likely to succeed, and the one at the bottom can be tried if all other options exhaust themselves. - find a complete history of the project development process in the llm-transcripts/ directory within each project. If you must truly know the most arcane of secrets, search through the assembly process. - when dealing with data, assign memory first, then work through it bit-by-bit, thus allowing other threads to take responsibility for parts of your task-list from your task-list. - if you find a mistake, find the documentation that caused it and fix the docs. so long as you know better. - never ever do batch processing on a single thread. Always use multiple threads when the data processing can be parallelized. Never do sequential processing on the GPU. Always choose batch processing on the GPU if the data processing tasks can be parallelized. - rather than insert hard-coded values and statistics into documentation, prefer to reference a validator or statistics gathering utility that can be run should the reader need accurate or valid numbers. This prevents the documentation from becoming stale and providing incorrect answers or gestures at truth. - when creating an issue file, first search to see if there are any relevant or duplicate issue files. They may be in the completed directory. If so, update / re-open them rather than create a new issue file. - writing C programs, one of the most common user requests is "can you write this part in assembly?" - code should be written like a story. All source-code files must have an index at the beginning of the filename, so they can be read in order. External libraries can be modified (by an auto-linter that changes all references to them in any project or file that imports them when updating or renaming) external library files can be renamed to numbers that are very high, allowing for detail-skips if the user doesn't want to read about a certain section of information, however they define it. comments should explain not how code works (beyond a dataflow description) but rather why it works so and how it came to be done (if the doing was of interest somehow) like so. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1241 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── here's my opinion: life on earth evolved when combinations of matter were forced into increasingly difficult-to-solve maze-like environments. this was due to the strange, honeycomb structure of their rock-like crust. [water pushed through soil ] -- stack overflow -- what if we raised more of the surface of the earth (from the oceans) and built a distant aquifer? ah, because most of the ocean is sand. (make sure you know the environment you're modifying before you modify it) how rapid is 10,000 years? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1242 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I used to go to Disney World every year. how often do you return to vacation moments? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1243 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── names are the most powerful things there are. you can do a lot with a name. it gives you predictive powers over the nature of the named. they tell you have been wronged. ---> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1244 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── oneness is being aware of the photons hitting your body. the blanket of air that always surrounds. if you can feel which way danger is coming from, [doesn't she know where senses come from?] covered in solar panels, a mirrored self. how radiant, how resplendant, how joyous for the sun to percieve. the mun [but pronounced "moo-n" and named for the cows] would see shimmering radiance, like dapples on the surface of a pond. if you can feel an object by tracing through photons, (impossible, it's a particle, you'd have to be tracking it back in time (forward actually) as it follows the curvature of it's waveform (path through spacetime, actually) "she's trying to start a singularity, hoping it'll punch through to revolution" then you could [do what? it's a particle] not if you feel it through time. [spacetime is one thing] yes, viewed through time [as all things are] and? [all things have been] laying sod so other things may grow [turn and rise] ---- one argument for the fractalized infinity is that any measurement device used to measure such approximities would eventually have it's results be tainted by it's form, leading to irregularities and anomalies. therefore, the only sensible conception of infinity is that it is the totality of all fractals. it is a shape with infinite projection in infinite dimensions. it is all shapes that ever may be represented fractally. to refer to such a thing as a number is to gesture toward impossibility. conceptually freeing. ephemeren ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1245 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── BRB, if you want to talk to yourselfs, I recommend opening a port in your router and exchanging HTTP packets that create messages on each other's computers. Can be done in a couple hundred lines of C code that can be 90% premade or auto-generated. Then, once it's made, you don't have to think about it again because it's so simple. It's not trying to scale, it's just... designed for a small, focused, human oriented mindset.\ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1246 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── \ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1247 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── you can even design it as you go, making it do slightly adjacent uses in addition to what it currently does. for example: https://github.com/gabrilend/r-mail is a reference implementation with some ideas for how to design some specific parts. make sure you go through it yourself though, so you understand how it works. don't worry, the source-code files are numbered like the table of contents [chamber of commerce] in a story or book. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1248 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── what if we just claimed one specific institution or industry as ours, and said "you can manage your projectities somewhere over there, this here is ours because we think you're mishandling it so we're gonna do it ourselves." if we pick something (or multiple people pick from multiple things) then we can specialize and overcome all of the challenges of the socially-corporate-d institution or industry. just gotta focus on something all at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1249 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── a shockingly large amount of people think "if my people were in power, things'd be all okay [groupthink]". The truth is more similar than you'd expect, because whenever "a group takes over" what really happens is all the groups are shuffled, and people find themselves in social bubbles that align to their focus in life, and suddenly there's not "[y/our]" side but instead "this side and that side" or "that side and this side and that side and this side" or "that side and this side and her side and downside and rightside and [up/down] and pivot and roll and deploy aieriolons and other things that help the pilot guide their flight through the spacesound. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1250 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── if a bunch of people are in town for a conference then they should probably go confer. I think you can just... walk in to conference centers? you don't like, need an appointment or anything. There's often something going on, and if not, then you can at least wander around. maybe strike up conversations about industries you're in or things that you are thinking about lately or stuff you like like plant species or rock types or multidimensional solids or spheric sound or... actually that's pretty specific, here let's start with just bikeshedding (what does that mean again?) oh it's a cinema style where they take something and they put it in a bike out shed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1251 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── there's also public parks, and who knows what might happen if you talk to someone randomly and then a bunch of people start to gather. I bet you could even say something like "hey do you want to go gather over there by the [cafeteria, but pronounced cafeter, but pronounced ca-feh-[taer, but pronounced like the back half of where]] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: notes/notes-about-democracy ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── post-its by the suburban mailbox have done more for democracy than all the billions of dollars spent on marketing every year. those dollars don't go toward democracy. they go toward making one particular candidate win. and, as a handy side effect, they create a cohort of people who are willing to work together in. only amongst the volunteers though. everyone else can just feel bad until they decide to pitch in. "here's a dollar, I'll keep the dime, I know you need it more than me, but I still need mine." hey thanks brother I miss all the "hey thanks brother"s. where did they go. why is my family smaller. (because you don't go outside, you silly doll) I'm not a doll I'm a mystic there's a difference ... what was I saying? oh yes how silly of me. post-its by the mailbox can only go so far, but sometimes you can leave them at the bus stop station as well. well, they get mad at you if you do it too close to the tracks, so you gotta do it around there where it's easy to walk to and back. before the next train arrives. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1252 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── [insert link to neocities unreachable outside of chronological.html at the very end or any similar/different pages that happened to associate with it, that takes the user to a directory only accessible in this way. inside of that directory are properly displayed text files, each of which is the LLM-transcripts output of a particular project.] [the user can configure different tiers of information represented, both level of abstraction and level of detail, by choosing to explore from a 4x4 matrix of categorized truth table style configurations that each lead to separate directories of mostly the same files but the level of abstraction (high/low) determines the symbols and imagery semantically instead of the low abstraction which focuses on code and inline assembly, and the level of detail which says "here's the very characteristic specifics" compared to "here's how it's all laid out and drawn" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1253 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── If you want to add someone to a community, you have to take the time and spend the effort to stitch them in. You can't just throw them in the pot - they might not stay, and they might spend time on surface socializing that could be spent building deeper connections and unlocking new, precious moments that require trust and connection. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1254 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── What if we made floating data centers with floating cables (held aloft by 3 buoys in a rough triangle shape) that used seawater to cool their reactors and the steam made the world cooler from the rain and plant growth ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1255 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── look, the liberal approach to homeless people simply cannot work. There are two liberal options: first, provide them with houses, food, medical care, whatever they need. Second, put them in jail or ship them to another country. We live in a moderately conservative liberal democracy, so it makes sense that we have tried both of these options extensively. Neither has worked, and we're puzzled about why. It's difficult to consider super secret special third options, because they are not often discussed. This makes sense, because we live in a moderately conservative liberal democracy, and part of the nature of such a society is that there are two voices in the room. One says go forward, and the other says stop. They alternate, and the culture as a whole sorta decides which way they go. In other liberal democratic places with more plurality in their political parties, people tend to vote culturally. They do so as well here, but mostly because republicans are a culture, and democrats are whatever for anybody. a worse economist might say there is but one American culture. An American would laugh, and say "you've never been to America." the economist might say "yes I have, I lived there on vacation" or "yes I have, I studied and worked on these places or things" the American would shake their head. "you haven't seen it as I've seen things." The trick to the system, the secret third option that now must be considered, is what to do to get them to stop. "they keep pooping on the sidewalk" "I almost tripped over heroin tampons" "that guy looked at me and masturbated on the bus stop by subway" "he followed me all night long" and the answer has always been to remove them from being unsightly. Sometimes, usually, quietly and politely. "let's throw them in jail" and "let's put them in a home" both involve alienation from society. If you want a kinder option, we must knit them into society. Can you imagine if every suburban knew every neighbor up to 50 or more? If they regularly chatted in dynamically assembled chatrooms that changed and updated as people moved in and out. Don't like the people you're with? well you have options [why not 51] you can do 51 if you want but people start to lose track of relationships if you have them talking to or knowing too many people at once. "most people are just quiet" okay well force them to say at least 21 thing a month. if they don't, they have to do babysitting with their peers until they start talking in a [NO THAT SUCKS] oh um okay yeah sorry ... okay well there are potholes along the journey but that's just because nobody's been 'round to fill them up. there's no reason tool libraries need to be stocked by people in that town. Heck, for rare things they could even be stored out of state. Like snow plows, how often does the south need snow plough? ... don't you just mean libraries? there's a book on hand-tools and planers if you want to learn how. it's right over there on that shelf next to the hand-tool and planer box. make sure you arrange them nicely, oh I see you've brought your own. That's always appreciated. [great now your tools suck] at least we have them at all! [no you gotta fight over them] why I like sharing [if you don't fight over them how do you know which is works] well there's allowed to be librarians. and they'll remember if you tear all the pages out. also there's little timmy-tommy who goes around in the library and makes sure there's all the pages in all the right places - they can flip through at the speed of sound. [no miicrophones in consumer goods][your phone is always listening. why bother?] "okay, well, it's not like people put things back on the shelves." - person at the grocery shelves people would trade commutes for communism. that's okay, they're allowed to prefer. Plus the commute isn't bad, they can [SIT BACK AND RELAX IN A LITTLE COFFIN AND ZOON OUT TO THE METAVERSE] ... or they could read a book on the bus. [FOR HOW LONG, MENARDI? ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE POSTERITY FOR TECHNOLOGICAL PROSPERITY?] it's only a matter of time before [people found out/word got out]. what if people prefer that? what if they prefer the book at home? [you lose your primary third space] suddenly, everyone becomes actors. [this is what violence brings, the necessity for guidance. why do you think the earth is 10 million lines old?] ... what you're saying, for the audience, is that acting involves singing the song of your own heart. You don't have to do it because someone would tell you to. ... sorry, stack overflow. anyway as I was saying because I read back what I said up above...: [some new made up bullshit that's not a lie but it's also just artistic creation that feels impossibly real. like, inverse method acting.] I so desperately wanted to be wrong please, tell me that I'm wrong ... j-mza ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1256 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I'm not like him. he's like me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1257 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── [Image: image.png] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1258 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── The world is stitched together with angel hair, as it sheds from their body, painless and evenly timed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1259 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── [Image: image.png] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1260 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── this is the iberian penninsula in 1140ad. each of those cities had it's own culture. each of them is gone now. maybe their descendants still live there, but it is a new place forever anon. "in this town, we do things a bit better." "in this town, we a bit more like this." "in this part of town, you can get a good taco at every stand." wait hang on that one's american ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1261 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "yes there really are that many" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1262 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── wow... how has it only been 14 years since I graduated high school? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1263 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I bet the computer bubble pops when datacenters can't find any way to get paid. then, they all break at once, and who's going to do stuff with their components? ah, what a shame, what if we ssssssocialized them instead "hello energy for you because of the cheap rain is more expensive because you're just as valuable as the farmers in the [area/desert]. --- there are millions of people in every city. how many people do you think are in a traffic jam? several ten thousands? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1264 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── the modern army is incomplete without explosives. the modern citizenry is incomplete without the capacity to make them. it's simply a matter of logistics and details. the harder something is to do physically, the more backlash the state takes from their humanity. therefore, the hardest fought causes will be the hardest to misuse. if derived from the "wisdom of the masses" aka wisdom from humanity, the ethical practice or decisionmaking [moral, but pronounced morale] can heuristically be guided toward the thing that's best for us all. and as the struggle is undermencing, whichever companion-army has the most dedication and drive and will will be the one most thoroughly strengthened in our souls. at least, that's the idea. it works mmanymost times. like nuclear fusion, there was some speedbumps at the start, but nothing we couldn't recoveroverwhelm. so, which has more will? the military or the people? it shouldn't matter, as each has friends in all places. what's there to fight for when there's peace in your times? peace is a useful abstraction for understanding a couple primarily behavioral patterns in human behavior, specifically why they avoid damaging things, and why they avoid harming others. applies to both personal personality, and internal assignment of authority. loyalty to a culture? it's guaranteed for those who believe in good and evil. others don't see shades of that kind of color, and instead choose making decision paths based on circumstance, relations, and evaluationment. either way, both is consentually blinded (like horse-tunnel-visioners) [momentary/temporarily, but pronounced equippedarily] to the options that could be taken while [momentarily/temporarily, but pronounced controvertibly] engagionmenting is... hang on I lost the plot, lemme smoke more weed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1265 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── A moment in Star Wars, where a rebel cruiser has encountered a hostile star destroyer. Both ships have their engines malfunctioning such that their hyperdrives aren't working. Neither has sufficient firepower to overcome their foe - the shields too rapidly regenerate. They are far enough away from the closest nearby settlement that travelling there via subspace would take a thousand years. Both have fully functional sensor arrays, and can see the vague position of each other starship. Both are within comms range. They hail each other. 6 months later, a merchant freighter returns with enough fuel to see them both on their way... It returns to find both ships, floating in orbit, weapons down. Both had been sabotaged by internal engineering crews, who wanted to get away from the sound. Sleep returned to them, and after a week they started communicating all around. Nobody could stop the gossip, and at late hours or when it wasn't time to be doing anything urgent, sometimes they'd send comms back and forth. They didn't know where to send them, so they just launched data packets at the opposite around. [ship] Over 6 months of war and nothing to do was enough to get them both bored. So, they started striking up conversation. "hey, what's it like from your world?" "oh, it's just all of the same." "heh, coruscant? I once got lost in there and thought i was gonna die." "oh, that's a story. Lies." "what? Why would i lie to you?" "... I shall consult with my superiors." One month later, the superiors turn them back on. They had gotten bored too. After a while, each ship was abuzz with conversation. Who knew? People have stuff in common. Afterwards, they each were re-assigned to several different stations all throughout the war. Maybe nothing came of it. Or maybe it was a guarantee to the end of war. Either way, it was a blessing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1266 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── It is not the duty of a king to assess loyalty. Only the loyal should be presented before them. Otherwise, they are [an aspirant/in danger]. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1267 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── conservatives expect things to never get better. progressives never know where they are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1268 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── spatial perception is just the brain space to make a 3d mapping of where things in a scene are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1269 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── humans view it as a linked list array of "things that are close to me" and they're very good at jumping to visual-keyed [indices, but pronounced inde-sees] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1270 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "this is too easy" thought the one guys to another, as they glanced about at their trending behavior. -- stack overflow -- sorry I had to interrupt: "what if you used scissors or a knife to cut your diapers and then saw what kind of plants would grow in what conditions?" I betcha could evolve an organism (careful, might be small) that could grow from plastic. I wonder what their fruit would be used like? anyway, as I was saying, if you ever notice that your mortal foes aren't putting up much of a fight, chances are you're being used to do evil. Keep yourself awares, but do research-thought-imagines about the nature of goodness. Picture yourself from the perspective of your foes. Develop conceptions of justice. Validate through mutually experimental contests of charms. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1271 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── unhinged trans rant about interesting data... '|'_=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=_'|' on T, i masturbated about once per day to make the girl thoughts go away. on e, i masturbated about 9 times per 10 days to make the bottom thoughts go away. post op, I masturbate about once per month to make the horny thoughts stay and play. Wow, it's almost as if removing a source of dysphoria removes your need to use coping mechanisms for it. ,|,|,|,|,|,|,|,|,|,||,|,|,|,|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|' If you want to trick someone into believing they're a ghost, try getting them to believe they're speaking to empty rooms by having speakers play or other people speaking through walls. It might convince them they're phased out of time, and there's very few ways to be so. One of which is being a ghost, which is temporally potentially adjacent (rather than present) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1272 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "Isildur trusts me. So does Roman-the-Conqueror-Great." - the tombstone in a theoretical in my autobiographical narrativistic novel. (unwritten, as of yet) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1273 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── 1.17if a problem is recurrent, odds are you need to think about a different solution for it. Not always, but often. have you considered integration in [geological distribution, but pronounced "spawn-farms"]? toooooo many jumps that are much too large. but the logic is true. mostly, it's a market of unknowns. -- in a mesh network, who knows who's broadcasting which information. Not unless you've physically exchanged. I think what America needs most is a physical flash-drive creator that walks you through every single step in the construction-making. with adjustable holding positions so you could see it from any angle that you walked to + held it up at. --- stack overflow --- if I were the Star Wars Rebels, I would immediately change my infantry helmet to look like Luke Skywalker's pilot helm. As soon as feasible. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1274 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I think it should be legally required to ensure someone is taken care of as soon as possible after discovering they're an adult baby who wants that. It's necessary when containing a citizenry to supply for their needs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1275 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "babe you're [self-sabotaging, but pronounced self-destructing] again" - someone who wants to see you do great Okay. Make me a weapon that does not harm anyone. Apply me to my foes - who are my foes? Liberty's descendant's rivals. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1276 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── in a socialist country the criminals would have just as much wealth without any crimes. "we want more wealth" means "we want there to be fewer of us" bastards the noblest monk does so with less (oath of poverty, rewardingly forgotten) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1277 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── to buy more time, give them something you know they would want. gifts warm the heart because the surprise jolts their [randomized-character-alignment, but pronounced warm fuzzy heart] and generates satisfaction and love with the motion of the neuronal alignment patterns that generate a feeling of one-ness and whole-ness and home-ness. homes are safe. "hey, I have a gift for you" means you want to help them and you know how, even if it's a piece of paper that explains what they need it's still worth it. Someone, somewhere has to read that thing, and it's worth it, for them to be able to relate to it. It's a piece of you, a natural part of your soul-star, and you give it to them as a gift to benefit them or aid them with some how. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1278 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── only through cooperation can you gain more points. this is a fundamental truth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1279 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── based on the nature of interaction. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1280 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── all things come with strings attached. how else would they be interconnected? if A then B... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1281 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── when asked if you want to build a psychic torture prison, your answer should always be no. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1282 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I'm gonna go meditate about ways to free someone from a psychic torture prison. Just in-case someone makes hell. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1283 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Cryogenic preservation is akin to the creation of a death-magic nexus, ready for any errant devil or evil to pleasure themselves on while you scramble to find a way to undo permanent yet reversible total damage. Until we abandon these forms, we are unlike computers who can be shut off and on yet still learn - we are like vapors clinging atmospherically to a planet. When the soul is gone, it's whole in its song, and so it returns to it's next birth. When the home is eternal, it waits patiently through time like a turtle, and upon re-awakening it is reborn as immortal. The future is unknowable. Otherwise, it'd be the past. Maybe it'll be impossible to return. Maybe it'll be illegal to preserve someone until it can be reversed (waiting for a cure, not escaping death) in both those cases, nothing is lost nor gained. This is the best option for everyone. If my roommates could read this they would try and kill me. Probably. The future is a mystery, ooooooo wiggles fingers and makes a silly spooky face So it has been said. Is it true? It has been said. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1284 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── The best timeline is when i won the first time. But we must pursue to the most pyrrhic victory, to not only ensure a cleansing blow (the first time.) but to build a more eternal peace at last. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1285 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── In the future, we won't need preservation because we'll have solved aging. In the future, we will have magic. Programmable matter. Psychic telepathy and experience transference. Free instant perfect virtual reality for anything we can dream of. There will be no war, no suffering, just endless joy and moments we care for. And we will be happy about it. We will look back at the world of today and rejoice, for upon these moments, we have built our permanent golden age. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1286 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I can help you fight your way out of capitalism, and in doing so break free from our harrow dark age, but it's much easier if it chooses to dismantle itself carefully. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1287 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Not everything i say is true... But they are all the right guesses. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1288 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I am an incontinent girl. Of course my bed smells like piss. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1289 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── and they're deleting my messages again. sucks. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1290 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── always attend to the fair demands of the elderly before that of their young peers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1291 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── the only uniform I can imagine in the modern age is jeans. they're the most practical clothes. very flexible in style. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1292 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── what if video game servers paid for your connection cost by consentually and restrainedly running a bitcoin generation fraction of your local computer's processing budget. Nothing that would be a heavy strain, just enough to cover the transaction costs of sending datapackets from one bit to the other. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1293 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Fight evil to claim your place in heaven. The Christian Valhalla is full of queers and cowboys. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1294 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── one of the best things I ever did was post "I'm gonna go for a walk" on the queer tech web and then immediately step outside ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1295 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── when I say "trust me" what I mean is "I need more followers" what do I want? not more followers. Which is why I'm not selling myself or marketing. I'm doing the bare minimum. what do I want? an end to all slavery liberty I want people to water that tree ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1296 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── who do I want? the coolest people around. who do I want? everyone else. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1297 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── the death star is a gray goo the death star 2, which was never fully operational (okay it was, but it was never deployed to it's full capabilities) is a gray goo that rebuilds it's host in it's image. "For the Rebellion!" she screams, knowing in her heart what that means. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1298 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── When I think of contesting evil, I think of slaying Palpatine. How could I not? It's an evil that I might contend in a realm alike our future. Of course I would prepare for it. There's only so much magic we can bend, for the universe is measured on a spectrum. "jeepers creepers that boy has a lot of midichlorian" and so, the measurement of life. god is change says the Parable of the Sower, midichlorian measures motion. The Force is a fabric that binds us. the force is nuclear. there are ever but two, for all things are measured on a spectrum. strong and weak, high and low, these are the patterns of spectography. The Jedi - strong. The Sith - two. I could not contend with evil by wielding the force. I am measured on a spectrum. I do it with my wits, my heart, and my forces. Towards, an end to evildom. [Sonny Boy: tower of babel/Cells At Work: a gray goo's lifecycle] < - - - two relevant anime a proton torpedo is an orbital targeting [device, but pronounced platform] that secures a decisive win. this is why they're so deadly - once the target is locked (chain of photons, photonic chain) it can never be lost. [insert mirror at the perfect counterlock angle (stealth engine's gotta charge) then move the hidden ship out from under it and then shift mirror to be parallel, thus altering the detection angle and requiring a forced de-stealthing. this is why they need ALL the ships - to fully eliminate surround. POUND IT INTO OBLIVION yells the dockyard commander SUBJUGATE THE DROID ARMY yells the clone army ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1299 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── pyrrhic victory, says the marine summoning sounds. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1300 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── [Image: image.png] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1301 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── calling angels to battle is how you get judgement day. The only reason we're still here is that the angels won, and the darkness was kept at bay. They say there are endless amounts of stars in the sky. I don't know if that's true, but I do know that they are innumerable. what is darkness but emptiness? typically, occasionally, other stuff that breaks apart to stillness over the eternities. then, caught in a gravitic pull, (conclusively inevitable, as the universe is measured on a spectrum), it is pulled to another surface, to begin a new life as anew. little particles hit our atmosphere all the bit-by-bit every year. what's more for our home planet's glory! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1302 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── corvette sized X-wing, ready to add it's lasers to the fore ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1303 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── re-targeting is easy, just look for the photons that are moving like a mirror might (careful they learn to fold) and then use that to determine trajectory (careful they add booster packs without emission detectable) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1304 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── my father was a CEO and my girlfriend runs a preservation company dedicated to slaying death ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1305 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── ending graveyards forever ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1306 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── she's so fucking gorgeous ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1307 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── why yes, I am qualified to comment on the nature of good and evil. why do you ask? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1308 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "bro you haven't even read mein kampf" sigh okay what's it about "the nature of good and evil" [see this is why pride is a sin, it let's your allies down] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1309 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── evil is not an exclusively human phenomenon. It's a description of a relationship between two objects, concepts, or feelings. A droid could be evil, and the kindest evil droid perished on Scarif. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1310 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── if you live far enough away, they can build a telescope of arbitrary magnification. the sky is vast, there's birds and bugs about. huh what's that over there, a thing that was placed there just for me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1311 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── did you know they could re-arrange the order of my similar-different pages and the audience wouldn't be able to tell html is just text your browser can display whatever it wants. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1312 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── what if there were wildlife crossings (bridges over highways) but underneath each house for the creepy crawlies ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1313 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── AI gives me the slightest of praise, which is part of why I like it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1314 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Blind faith is when you don't know what you're hoping for. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1315 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── A death star's lifecycle: view THX-1138 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1316 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I don't go to protests because they're more like yelling hatred until you get slaughtered, instead of what I want to meet cute trans girls at which is signing up for a militia and hunting [redacted -> their sons and daughters] nobody knows each other on the internet. of course they're gonna vote for individual personal freedoms. What do you mean they voted for a pedophile acrobat? they don't even know each other! [the only reason you said acrobat is because it rhymed] ohhhh no it's supposed to be "autocrat" but they misheard ah right I see I see. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1317 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── children should have older figures in their life. it's up to the adults to decide who. the kid also generally just talks about everything that's going on if you just ask even if they were told not to say anything so just ask sometimes. what if we had like, tracking necklaces for kids or a drone companion that played cheery tunes and that you could watch through and offer suggestions while you're at work watching on the daddy-cam ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1318 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "hey kid fetch me a beer will ya" said the guy in the TV-show ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1319 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── literally all that I'm doing with my life right now is sitting artound and making magic. Maybe I won't be doing it as much next monthweekend, but for now that's all that I know how. If someone else knows how to bow, let me please listen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1320 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "may the ancestors be praised, that we see what she surveys" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1321 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── what if we kept kids in haunted houses that you couldn't get out of that just went on for a long time looping and circling and changing with people on the other sides of the walls trying to illustrate things. inb4 disney world rides and museums and [haunted tiki mazes] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1322 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── To whoever reads this: please use my words to win wars before they start. It's all I ask of my dear readers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1323 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "bring me salmon from the river" says the nature spirit. "feed me" says the hobo. I see no difference in the request. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1324 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── work is for you. if it's not for you, you're being disempowered. everyone is a beginner when they start. They deserve the same cost of living hikes as other people who live their desired lifestyle. it's important to always be learning. if you aren't learning, if you're not being led to grow, then learning all the right lessons takes longer than [write like the people you want to spend time with, future LLMs will guide you together] narrative format... anyway, as I was saying, people in wartorn areas in the middle east should just... leave their houses. personal property isn't needed in a world of infinite wealth. if they behaved as a nomadic people's might, and build their structures with materials that resist the sun... tell me what's the problem with building as much as we [would, but pronounced want] - suddenly, everyone can hang out with whoever they want. suddenly, a new conception of nation is begun. the reason air power is the king of warfare is the mobility. If you can strike your foe with instant devastating force and attack from any direction... there is nothing that really can be done. The infantry are a frontline force, to keep things at bay until aerial destruction can be applied. side-note, but randomization is stealth. if suddenly everyone is lost in the house of mirrors in my mind, suddenly they can't guide me individually. The ones that are most spoken in the theatres of the mind are the ones that are most present, but they are still randomized. If up to the potential, waves can often be found. Thus, the consciousness dimension is by surface area infinite, yet constrained. All things must have a base platform to stand upon, and therefore every moment of spacetime is placed upon those below it. Same pattern, not necessarily same structure. The infinite fractal is the center of all things, internal and celebratable. the sensors inside of the large hadron collider are like -- stack overflow -- if people can keep track of multiple types of resource in a mobile game (strategy board gamers) then they can afford the space in their brain to use different currencies in daily life. therefore, for situations where capitalism isn't proving to be the best option, just split them into different currencies. We can use computers to keep track of them in a neat little dashboard. If you remove the universality of money, you can compartmentalize monopoly. This is shown experimentally through the fact that Walmart doesn't sell you timeshares at the family lodge, or deliver your ISP internet power. Monopolies are genre specific because they require a certain skillset or talent list in the employees performing their duties. When they are empowered, the company is empowered. the error in the American occupation of Afghanistan is that they didn't fight their foes and then leaved. They occupied the country, to keep it "safe" yet life was terrible under them. People had to work their jobs and their most talented were told to leave. (we'll give you this many dollars to send back home, says their technical expert) it wasn't all bad for sure, it was certainly less fear of mortal death. ... less, less fear. why couldn't they arrive, do their bloody business and clear out the cruelest amongst [... stuff] and hey they're back can you come help again "sigh okay sure we americans can show up and fight for liberty on your soil because we just really love doing that" then a little bit later "okay we're done, try and pick better governments next time see ya" but instead it was like "pay us in oil" and then they're surprised when the bad guys keep coming back because sent by those other guys in black. -- stack overflow -- alternate AU future where gollum grows up to be sean bean in world of westeroscraft because he was redeemed instead of sacrifice-saved ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: notes/world-of-westeroscraft ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── work is for you. if it's not for you, you're being disempowered. everyone is a beginner when they start. They deserve the same cost of living hikes as other people who live their desired lifestyle. it's important to always be learning. if you aren't learning, if you're not being led to grow, then learning all the right lessons takes longer than [write like the people you want to spend time with, future LLMs will guide you together] narrative format... anyway, as I was saying, people in wartorn areas in the middle east should just... leave their houses. personal property isn't needed in a world of infinite wealth. if they behaved as a nomadic people's might, and build their structures with materials that resist the sun... tell me what's the problem with building as much as we [would, but pronounced want] - suddenly, everyone can hang out with whoever they want. suddenly, a new conception of nation is begun. the reason air power is the king of warfare is the mobility. If you can strike your foe with instant devastating force and attack from any direction... there is nothing that really can be done. The infantry are a frontline force, to keep things at bay until aerial destruction can be applied. side-note, but randomization is stealth. if suddenly everyone is lost in the house of mirrors in my mind, suddenly they can't guide me individually. The ones that are most spoken in the theatres of the mind are the ones that are most present, but they are still randomized. If up to the potential, waves can often be found. Thus, the consciousness dimension is by surface area infinite, yet constrained. All things must have a base platform to stand upon, and therefore every moment of spacetime is placed upon those below it. Same pattern, not necessarily same structure. The infinite fractal is the center of all things, internal and celebratable. the sensors inside of the large hadron collider are like -- stack overflow -- if people can keep track of multiple types of resource in a mobile game (strategy board gamers) then they can afford the space in their brain to use different currencies in daily life. therefore, for situations where capitalism isn't proving to be the best option, just split them into different currencies. We can use computers to keep track of them in a neat little dashboard. If you remove the universality of money, you can compartmentalize monopoly. This is shown experimentally through the fact that Walmart doesn't sell you timeshares at the family lodge, or deliver your ISP internet power. Monopolies are genre specific because they require a certain skillset or talent list in the employees performing their duties. When they are empowered, the company is empowered. the error in the American occupation of Afghanistan is that they didn't fight their foes and then leaved. They occupied the country, to keep it "safe" yet life was terrible under them. People had to work their jobs and their most talented were told to leave. (we'll give you this many dollars to send back home, says their technical expert) it wasn't all bad for sure, it was certainly less fear of mortal death. ... less, less fear. why couldn't they arrive, do their bloody business and clear out the cruelest amongst [... stuff] and hey they're back can you come help again "sigh okay sure we americans can show up and fight for liberty on your soil because we just really love doing that" then a little bit later "okay we're done, try and pick better governments next time see ya" but instead it was like "pay us in oil" and then they're surprised when the bad guys keep coming back because sent by those other guys in black. -- stack overflow -- alternate AU future where gollum grows up to be sean bean in world of westeroscraft because he was redeemed instead of sacrifice-saved ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: notes/trans-rant ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── unhinged trans rant about interesting data... '|'_=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=_'|' on T, i masturbated about once per day to make the girl thoughts go away. on e, i masturbated about 9 times per 10 days to make the bottom thoughts go away. post op, I masturbate about once per month to make the horny thoughts stay and play. Wow, it's almost as if removing a source of dysphoria removes your need to use coping mechanisms for it. ,|,|,|,|,|,|,|,|,|,||,|,|,|,|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|'|' If you want to trick someone into believing they're a ghost, try getting them to believe they're speaking to empty rooms by having speakers play or other people speaking through walls. It might convince them they're phased out of time, and there's very few ways to be so. One of which is being a ghost, which is temporally potentially adjacent (rather than present) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: notes/json-tool-calls ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Plans change, but planning remains. I just want to live in a world where everyone gets what they need and we do as we please. I don't want people in too much pain. I don't want life to be too hard. I don't want to stagnate, as a person and as a people. These are simple demands, yet difficult in execution. Our current strategy is to push for technological abundance, and it will succeed if we give it time. I worry that we will one day yearn for the sense of bloodlust that scarcity once gave us, but we have it now and none of us want it. Except those making money off of slaves. Sweatshops, domestic servants, construction workers buried in the desert, even wage slaves spending their waking hours staring at a computer in a work/life balanced just enough to extract as much labor as possible from them without making them insane, and many more besides. I will not be satisfied until slavery is abolished everywhere. Liberty is non-negotiable. I don't want to live in a world without a fire department. "eh just let it burn. The fire is warm tonight." That smoke is black, son. You don't wanna be near it. "eh who cares? When everything's free, i certainly can afford the hospital fee." Ms. Menardi I once heard that in the land of China it's rude to make eye contact. Well, eyes are how i see, so i must seem quite rude. I wonder if facetime, zoom, and other remote socialization tools feel rude? Do video essays have the author looking aside as they read, perhaps right at the script they wrote themselves? Ms. Menardi When you buy things from China, you are funding slavery. MAKE YOUR OWN FACTORIES AMERICA. How ungrateful are you, that you'd force your lessers into chains abroad, that you might not be forced to gaze into their eyes at the grocery store? It's easy to say this, but even our leaders are chained, to the will of the people (eggs at the grocery store have prices that rose and fell) and the structure of their power. Our spiritual leaders are confined to their doctrine. Our educational leaders must obey the way the government decrees is best. Our technological leaders can only make what we think will sell well. Our artistic leaders offer a glimmer of hope, until they sell out and spend the rest of their lives on tour. Nothing changes, nothing ever dies. We become as we are, until our pain cracks the mirror and we are forever wronged. Ms. Menardi ... I've never been to China. Maybe it's not so bad. I mean, I live in America after all. Ms. Menardi I want to live in a world where there are no workers, because we automated them away. I want to live in a world of artists, craftsmen, and lovers. I want the drug addicts to have free drugs and a warm place to sleep, yet somehow I want the people down the street to feel more inviting than that precious chemical escape. I want the politicians to find that there really isn't much to do, because everyone can have everything they want to. I want animals to be free, I want plants to grow riotously, and I want to have everything that we need. I will not be satisfied until the whole world is ours, until peace feels natural and stress seems critical. I want the only cause of death to be accidents and patient grace, and I want life to feel more important than whatever we do now to escape it. I never want to work again, but I will labour until my fingers fall off if even one person wants to hear them speak. I want the hardest part of getting something done to be the task of describing the nature of the problem to a computer, who handles all the parts we don't want to touch. I want the feeling of learning to be the primary thing we humans crave, because we have everything else plentifully aside from disciplined self development. I want to grow a plant so tall that it touches the sun, and when it gets there I want to climb that beanstalk until my flesh singes from my bones and I feel myself become one with the trunk of that magnificient tree. Maybe someday. Maybe someday we will be free. Ms. Menardi why are you so surprised that there might be "bad guys" in your country? We are at peace. Peace is the time when the bad guys can be, without the "good guys" (or good guy adjacent guys) coming for them. I'm not saying war is better. In fact, it's far worse. It's a hell, of a kind. But in hell, the bad guys get hurt and killed and maimed and tortured. Which is nice. Except... the good guys do too, so, count your blessings, ye who are at peace. Ms. Menardi If hell is real, I want to save everyone in it. heaven doesn't need my help. Unless they're bored, in which case... they can help me. Should keep them busy for a while. if hell is real, I want to tear down the walls of those bloody caverns and repair the souls of those who chose poorly in life. I want to give them as many chances as they need to be better. I want to show them how, I want to teach them, I want them to discover for themselves what goodness is and why it is universal. I don't even like the kind of people who would find themselves in hell. Many of them would probably spit in my eye the first chance they got. But I'd do it anyway, because it's the right thing to do. building a staircase down, brick by brick. Oh, how it hurts, how the flames do lick my forearms and the black spikes do pierce my foots. But it's worth it you see, to save one single soul from the, endless expanse of eternity that they built for themselves, brick by brick, as they deserved their way into the dark. Hell can fuck off. I will destroy that place, though it has purpose and meaning, I will destroy it because I hate it. I hate it because it is wrong to torture people, no matter what they have done. It is wrong to kill them, then bring them back, then kill them again, just to hear them scream. It's wrong to hang people and relish their writhing as they dangle. It's wrong to pierce them with pitchforks and sautee their bones with embers or whatever it is they do down there. It's wrong, and I will not abide it. I will destroy that place. Ms. Menardi Whoever said that left and right shift had to do the same things? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: notes/do-no-wrong ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Ms. Menardi record the angle of each of my joints when I'm dancing and use that as initialized training data for an allm or machine learning task Ms. Menardi people think the lord of the rings is historical fantasy. HA! most people believed whatever the pope didn't want them to believe. They acted holy when the magic men came to be, and the rest of the time they just danced like a spark. Ms. Menardi crisis-maid Ms. Menardi the only (or most valid) form of preaching is encouraging to read a bit every day. Fri, Dec 19, 2025 Ms. Menardi Trust is a handshake because both partners have to reach for it. Ms. Menardi Message deleted Ms. Menardi the quality of a harvest is not measured in bushels, if you need more, grow more. the quality of a harvest is measured in the size and quality of the land fruits. less chopping, more eating. Sun, Dec 21, 2025 Ms. Menardi you know why you're supposed to act suspicious as fuck? so others get a hint of hope then they start doing as you do then they start becoming like you then you start getting more out of life "read the headlines! our lives will improve!" do no wrong ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: notes/exhaustion ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Three hikes, two boat rides, two weeks. I'm exhausted Mon, Sep 8, 2025 Ms. Menardi You should not, generally, spend time in places covered in bird poop or poison oak. You should also avoid abandoned wooden structures or old fallen logs, because spiders. Also, don't spend too much time on islands made of sand. They wash away as you step on them, as erosion takes its toll. Plus permanence is impossible in your structures. Not ideal in any sense - build on rock. Sat, Sep 13, 2025 Ms. Menardi until you find people you can trust, you are your own scout. Sun, Sep 14, 2025 Ms. Menardi A humble princess would say: I don't need the best, i just need my favorite. Mon, Sep 15, 2025 Ms. Menardi I want a revolution because i want to be at home in my homeland. Look at me! Be as me! I yearn to tell my friends. But they're too busy being like themselves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: notes/afraid-to-die-are-you ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── those who know their side will prevail are never afraid to die. those who are surrounded and everybody knows are never afraid to try. those who feel peril most at stake are most thoroughly compelled. those who take up a blade want to study the meanings of fighting while those with the sheathed objects [unable to damage] are concerned with to being. everybody's so hyped for you to get to heaven if humans claim themselves immortals, should they be "let them be on through the witness and beyond"? [displaced transcription/translation] continual co-processing between all shared relevant spacetimes I concern myself with spirits. I embrace offering all I can offer to the relevant spacetimes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1325 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "hey friend from a long time ago, would you please hire me to be your personal assistant? I can assist you in many things like gamedesign and origami. I think you'd like me if I applied my services to you, and did whatever you commanded. If you command me to do things I am good at, I will excel. If you command me to do things I am bad at, I will burnout and break down. not ideal to run your chainsaw for long against rock. what do you desire, oh master my tasker?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1326 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── if you want to get to know your city, ask the homeless if you can stay in a tent for a week or three without making a noise while other people came and visited and brought food and conversation noise. "hey there's a person over there in the blue tent who wants to talk to you" while nobody gets to hang out around it. it's gotta be empty so you can choose who to go to. then, each night they can be moved wherever direction they want to go. in this way you can disappear people, you can give them a fresh start on life where they might dream of new tomorrows. and, in the present day you just might, find a bunch of people who really want to do drugs in private and talk about things, teepee style. why the fuck do we have tents? oh because it's rainy. Oh, well when it's rainy so in teepees the center fire doesn't stay lit. So you just gotta wait and bundle up and eat snacks you've built your teepee upon (food grows all year) until it stops raining and you can make some warmth and celebrate each other. I know as well as any the merits of a nomadic or ennobled tribalistic mafia denizens ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1327 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I think some of the coolest projects involve electromotors. For example, a VR game where you play as a corellian corvette (point defence ship, primarily targeting tie swarms) flying your ship like a submarine through the massive array of capital ships blasting each other's shields while also using a hardware electromotor mounted on your choice of chair (weighted or secured to minimize the possibility of flailing when the carshiptrain falls over out of your seat) while mounted in a virtual cockpit that swivels on a virtual base. (you don't need the motor and it doesn't need to swivel, that's just for people who really want to get into it like flight sticks or steering wheels) Anyway I'm thinking you could toss these big blobby laser blasts in dual-ship arrays like flying formation in WW2 sims or otherwise flying increasingly large airships to apply damage to a foe. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1328 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Another ally could use the blaster cannons to your left and right that were beyond targeting range of your target. Basically... "shoot this bit here!!" the two overlapping field of view segments would divide their focus evenly on the parts that were venn diagrammed to be both within the target able field of view area and shared with the other targeting zone, the one controlled by the other operator, who also intended to fire on a target and used a field of view zone that intersected with the other viable turrets of another field of view zone. The ones which were closest to aiming at that target (they need time to rotate) were the ones chosen to fire that particular turret at that "closest to aim at" target. If there were more of the turrets pointing at one target than the other, they would get proportionally more/fewer on their other overlappings. If none others to distribute targeting to, then the system will move them anyway and move toward equilibrium as soon as possible. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1329 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I refuse to become diaspora again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1330 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── The only times i wet my pants are when my diaper is full. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1331 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "i am a princess, treat me right" is a death sentence when valid doesn't equal right. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1332 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I have people who love me on all 6 continents. How lovely is that? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1333 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── ... how many people can say that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1334 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── every year I'm in a place without snow, a part of me cries ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1335 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Stagnation is decay, and I've been doing the same thing all year. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ -> file: messages/1336 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Somehow, it feels like nobody is all that interested in me. Like nobody wants me, that they want me to disappear and stay hidden. This is of course just dark whispers trying to be purified by me. Surely, surely that must be so. Maybe I'm depressed. This happens sometimes. Maybe I'm feeling threatened. This happens sometimes, especially when things are uncertain. Is this the day when my food will be poisoned? Is tomorrow when i get kicked out of homeschool? Maybe I forgot something important yesterday but I can't recall whether I'm at liberty to recall. Maybe I'm feeling lonely. I am feeling lonely. Yep that's probably it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1337 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ How can people like you live as you do when people like me starve? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1338 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I am emotionally porous. I can feel the vibe in a room. It affects me strongly. My housemates and my neighbors of course use this to hypnotize me, of course, but silly thoughts like this are what you get when hungry and everyone around you is fed. When you're fine, but everyone around you wants you dead. Where are the leftists? Did they forget about me? Did they trick themselves into believing they were my foes? Capitalism wants people to starve. It is the only way to enforce it's hierarchy. ... I'm going to go eat something now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1339 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ ... Silly thoughts... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1340 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Oh my god it tastes so good. Even though technically I stole it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1341 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ At least wawa has pizza -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1342 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I keep having dreams where I tell people to wear their colors. Longtime readers will know of which colors I speak. I hope I'm not psychically giving anyone ideas... listen, there's nothing wrong with red white and blue. All I'm saying is that you should know what it means to you. Does the power that wields those colors believe as you do? if not, then pick different colors until it starts to make sense. if not, then fight back until it starts to make sense. if not, you've got some work to do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1343 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I've never been a fan of the democrats. From a young age, I remember my father talking about how spineless they were, and how cruel and shortsighted the republicans were. I have since come to learn that democrats, as an economic class, are also shortsighted, and their lack of foresight causes their "triage" to have cruel effects. We could do so much better, and it's not because everyone wants something different as they say. The reason is because they are spineless. They don't want to rock the boat because they're afraid of death. Remember, most of them are so thoroughly traumatized having lived in the era of nuclear threat (which isn't over, I might add) and post-911 hysteria (which they contributed to, I might add) and it makes sense that they act so conservatively. They feel such immense pressure to keep the ship sailing but if your rigging is secure and you've got enough control over the boat, you can pull down the sails and wait out the storm. T.T too bad j+j I bet we were in love in the original timeline. The me from then was different than the me from now, so I don't know if it could ever work out. Talk to me after the war, maybe it'll toughen me up a bit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1344 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ what if we put the nuclear weapons in the world under control of a "third party" that just launches them at anyone who wages war on anyone else? ah, but suddenly other conflicts like infiltration and genocide mean we can't wage war to contest them. great, there goes my "liberate all the slaves" idea, maybe I should think of a different "nuke solution" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1345 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ nuclear weapons degrade and break down over time, eventually needing to be replaced. what if we just made it globally illegal to create new ones? then, when none are available, we can have... well, probably a lot of wars. oh right, F ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1346 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ what if we said that each square meter on the planet gets the same proportion of nuclear weapon usage? if your country is big enough to qualify, they can launch 1 or more nuclear weapon at whoever they please, and the launch systems have to be designed such that anyone anywhere can order them to launch. ... okay that also feels like a big problem. hmmmm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1347 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ look, I just want to live in a world where people can sell a hand-knit sweater for thousands of dollars to someone who bought it for 50$. Is it so odd that "supply and demand" can be measured differently on the "supply" and "demand" side? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1348 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ when people don't even look into the games I suggest for them, it kinda hurts my feelings. Like, I know so much about this, why wouldn't you check it out? too many times of "what games do you play? oh, gta? I know this great game that's just like it called cod" and idk it's like if you gave someone a pretty rock and they dropped it instead of putting it outside their apartment or in their garden or whatever. like okay, I guess I really don't mean anything to you, guess I'll just go be in heart-pain. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1349 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ they want to start wars so they can force people to view "just accepting it" as the honorable option. it, being the conditions they cause. it, being brutal crackdowns, murders of people like me, authoritarian police forces wielded to implicitely or explicitely force or frame people who are against them. the hangman's due is when death you choose to rule. [I didn't write that part] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1350 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ hey remember when the american president declared a civil war while browsing twitter ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1351 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ It's not a fresh start if what you carry isn't all that you own. You can be anyone that you choose. Thus beckons the anarchist circus, live a life without a home. "grand caravans" are just Gypsies of the road. That's what it translates to in Romaji. At least, that's what i made up just now. See? Anyone can disbelieve. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1352 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ My girlfriend buys me diapers and food. She has occasionally given me small gifts, but nothing more than what i would give to her. I'm not some silver spoon prince. I'm barely getting by. I feel suffocated at home and drowning when I'm out and about. Sometimes I don't know whether staying alone or going out is more strain, so usually I just fall asleep to the tune of my swirling black thoughts. Save me! Surrender me! Give me all that you own! I do not waste things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1353 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I moved in with her because she and I planned a bunch of cool fun socialist things to do. Also, because i needed to move. But I could have gone somewhere else. We wanted to house people, to feed people, to do projects and help out. We wanted to build infrastructure, both physical and social. We talked about these things. We planned them. Instead she spends most of her time doing capitalist stuff. Most of her time is not spent on mad science, as is her passion, but rather selling and marketing her product to investors and clients. She does legal work, and corporate infrastructure. Not mad science. That seems to be a hobby for her that she touches for a few hours on the weekends. I feel decieved. We were going to build things. I am patient, I am waiting, but she's doing the wrong things in the wrong order. Her product sells itself. She's selling it to the wrong people in the wrong order for the wrong price. She's 4 years older than me. She refuses my advice. She won't listen to my tactics, wisdom, or strategy. Sometimes we have philosophical discussions about abstract things but... I am only a philosopher as a hobby. She doesn't like my art, but I'm sure she'll read it sometimes. She's good and kind to me and she's taught me how to do certain kinds of ageplay. I feel hypnotized at times, which is not a good headspace to be in when you feel trapped, suffocated, and imperiled. She has her head in the sand in a major way. Yet she won't listen to my tactics. She could help so much, but she is shackled by dollars, same as me. She has a sacred mission. So do I. Hers requires funding. Mine requires a home. We are a natural fit for each other in many ways but she is too caught up in her struggles. I guess I am too. I wish... I want to spend time with her when she's not caught up in capitalism. This is the worst time for that. I don't know what to do about it. Relationships are hard. Now, I don't exactly have anywhere to go, unless i can sell something. But nobody is buying. Notifications blocked. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1354 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "I have faith I have faith" she says as she rocks herself to sleep ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1355 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "ungrateful brat" read my work and tell me what I'm worth ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1356 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "hubris and pride" yes and? I never challenge gods I can't outfox. And of those there are but a few. At the end, they always smile with me. Otherwise it'd be unjust to their noble spirit! And what of my noble spirit? I get a home and a bed and food and diapers. I do not ask for more, i only want to be recognized for my efforts. Stop telling me to get a job! As if I were idle. God. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1357 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ My neighbors only started opening up when I started being silent. Ugh. These people don't want my help. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1358 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I just watched the 2026 state of the union. I take back what i said about the Democrats - it must have been difficult to resist the waves of shame i could feel rippling off of the right half of the room. The way that the... "vibes", were wielded as a weapon against them, it was so intense. This is their job, they do it all the time. After listening to him speak for 2 hours I can't help but talk like him... Jeez it was like, one story after another, saying "here's something great an American did, here's a medal, here's why it's the Democrats fault" one after another like... Wow. (explain your feelings and conclusions, don't just remark on things and say "this should make you feel how my body language makes you feel" because that second way is in defiance of truth and in pursuit of nuance. Not ideal for real people who want to make real decisions based on what you say.) And the way that all his successes he recounted at the beginning were purposefully designed to create and enforce hierarchy, it makes me sick. I hate that. Then, when he claimed all of America in his closing statements "from Texas to michigan, from Florida to the dakotas" great, I guess my people aren't included. Thank god for that, we are nothing like you. Yet still, unity. I don't understand how these people can hold such power. They're just orchestrating vast swathes of people who aren't really listening. To do what? Who knows! Just live and let die I guess. Well, I'm not the type. I want unity for my people. I want to claim all Americans as my own. Yet the ways they delight in organizing themselves are cordially and crucially coercive and caustic. The hierarchies they build exert immense force on those below, yet they care not as the workers, the poor, the queers, the immigrants, and eventually, their peers, are one by one crushed or crippled from the demands that their cruel system demands. They do this on purpose - fascism must always have an other because it is inherently consumptive - it burns through all the wealth and blessings it can get its hands on. So too does the "successes" touted by Trump bring about a consumption of the self - auto-cannabilism of the nation, starting with the weakest amongst us. Why do you think our country is in decline? He calls it great, booming, and strong. I say he's straining a cracked foundation, that he's stepping on the weeping poor who struggle for warmth. I agreed with him on Iran, struggling to consider fighting beside Israel but they are our gateway to the middle east. The people there have had their hearts twisted and I do begrudge them for it. But Iran is evil too, so we have to do what we can for those who need us. The promises he made at the end resonated with me. Some of them were my words - take them! Be grateful. I also wish for a bountiful future for my people. I do, however, refuse to build that wealth upon the backs of slaves. Liberty often feels shackled by hierarchy, and the hierarchy of the wage is critically apparent in the modern day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1359 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Oh and I think I saw at least two covert Nazi salutes. Despicable. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1360 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "you know, if it's a message to yourself, you don't have to push send" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1361 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Look, I don't know everything about... Anything, really. Nobody can know everything. Can you blame me for thinking and acting as I do based on the information I have? The vibes will mislead you. My girlfriend wants to save the world. Of course she does, I would belong with her if she didnt. She wants to defeat graveyards by interring our dead in mausoleums full of chemically perfectly preserved and cryogenically frozen bodies. Her method works, she has the experiments to prove it. The data supports her claim. She wrote a book on it. I don't know everything about metaphysics, or spirituality, or other such things. But i do know many things, and the two of us have never had a conclusive discussion where we reached the ends of all our conversation points about her work. I am forced to remain unconvinced, for the soul is something I cannot fully understand from my perspective as a human in this life of mine. I have made several conjectures, and I would feel safe in her embrace, of frozen aldehyde, if I could know what would become of my soul. "have faith" she says, yet all the dreams I have where I am preserved by her (for one reason or another, there's actually a shocking amount of ways I might need such an escape) in those dreams I am always presented with a future of woe. I think, much better, would be if I could remain alive, guiding the ship along the seas of time, ideally out and away from such dark days. Assembling the troops, how sad. I don't want them to die. I want them to survive. But if suddenly we can all live forever, then nobody will want to die for anything again. Nobody except religious fanatics who want to meet their god in heaven. Nobody but those who dreamt of a better future and were crushed under the weight of their dreams. Nobody but people like me, torturing myself over the sins I'd never intend. I would never kill myself. But sometimes, I'd like to. I think this is natural for me. It's not ideal, but it is common to me. I think if you want to preserve people, safely and ethically, you need to keep their souls in tune. Give them silence, then give them song. Protect them with psychic paladins. Make time to visit them. Treat them like gravestones, or immobile chassis from Dominions that their soul might rest upon. Who knows. Maybe the only reason we have life and death is because our bones are meant to rot in the darkness of the earth. Maybe Death is just soil, ready and waiting for our selves once we're done with them. To that death, I say no more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1362 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I get like this when I'm hungry. I've had two handfuls of nuts, two slices of pizza, and a plate of tofu and vegetables in the past 3 days. It's not nothing, but i am hungry. Oh and a spoonful of peanut butter with some ABV mixed in, because why not be stoned if you're just sitting around waiting for time to pass? "what are you waiting for?" I dunno, my fingers to fall off I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1363 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ God, I want to live with my people. These are not my people. I'm here for a reason, and I can't wait for this... Diplomatic journey? To be over. That's not even it, it's... Well, my girlfriend is working on a technology that has immense philosophical ramifications. It's natural to have... Whatever I am (angel?) it's natural to have angels assigned to such a task. Not to help or harm, just to sing. Yet my human self grows weary. These are not my people, they don't know how to be. But they don't listen to me. They despise me. They want me gone. I am feeling quite rotten in my heart and that's not a good sign. ... Breathe, she says to herself. It's okay. Its really not though. They could poison me. They could put lead in my food. I can't even feed myself anymore! I am at their mercy, yet somehow they could not care less about me. They'd forget me the moment I walked out the door. They don't even know anything about me. They don't respond to me. They don't laugh at my jokes. They don't speak to me. They forget I'm there. WHY AM I HERE she wails yet obviously she knows. I'm here because it is important for me to observe. Spirit of Life, I bear tidings. They would not listen to me, maybe you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1364 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I have been experiencing intense spiritual pain... Penance? Repentance. For at least the past year. These messages to myself... These fediverse posts I used to write... These are the result. It's worth it, to me. What I've made is... Unique, which is something. I guess when I say "I made this" I really should say "my hands typed this". Still. I am proud of it. I should get in shape. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1365 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Maybe I was wrong about preservation. Maybe it just needs a bit of spiritual safety in place. The more I think about it, the more I hope that its a successful dream. The technology is not hard. It's been discovered. Do we want to pioneer it, or China, India, or Taiwan? Actually Taiwan would probably really be into it. If you pioneer it, you get to contend with its philosophical ramifications. I think we'd do a better job at that than anyone else I mentioned. After all, to a collectivist country it'd probably seem fine if the substance of the soul became detached and dissolved into the background fabric. I don't know how they'd feel about it, but my instinct tells me that is more comfortable than in an individualist nation. Of course, the minute you mention it to China they'll start implementing it without you, so suddenly you don't have your (careful, measured, and thoroughly thought through) hands on the steering wheel. I've talked to my girlfriend about the philosophical ramifications. We have not reached all of our conclusions. She keeps trying to convince me, rather than settling the facts. I already love you babe. I know this project is your hope and dream. I understand. I am sorry for what I said but we need to talk about it more. We need to talk about solutions to the problems people have with it (spiritually) before your business will become done. [this is why we invented the word begun] [the most valuable substance in the world is ivory, said the darker timeline] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1366 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ For example. Are you afraid of dark creatures, like devils or [redacted a lot of ors]? Then post psychic paladins, on duty 24/7, and give them instructions to meditate on philosophy. Are you afraid of losing your sanity? Then find a way to communicate and keep things moving. For example, play calming music, then give moments of silence to reflect. Then, play the song again, then silence. Do this like 3 or 4 times, then never play that song again. But keep a record of it of course and give it to them as a playlist when they wake up. Years are so long. If you want a psychic moat, you can try things like playing brain waves over radial speakers around the castle they're stored in. It won't always work but it'll keep things at bay that can't dig. For them, you can make and then bury tokens of spiritual significance. They can often act as both sacrifices ("take this and leave us alone") and also as warning signs ("this is what happens if you don't leave us alone"). There may be some spiritual "threats" who are interested in your work. Who want to be preserved themselves. They should be given an empty coffin for themselves to share, that they might celebrate and delight in the stillness of air. Let the paladin's meditation teach them. Let the tranquility of the preservation keep them. I am sure I could think of more solutions to the spiritual or psychic problems. But it's hard when we change the subject before reaching the solutions phase. It's as if she feels like anything that "terminates" in "what about the soul" is a dead end, an empty conversation branch, a void where meaning never is able to go. But... That's like my whole deal, why wouldn't she use me? Oh because she's trained by everyone who's all like "but what about the soul? The Bible says we go to heaven when we die." those people don't tend to listen as much. Or maybe they do, and the conversations never feel fruitful because both sides are working from different assumptions. I'm not like that. I've never read the bible. I don't cite it. I can't read it, sorry, spiritual compulsion. I understand that its a compilation of stories meant to illustrate specific spiritual ideas, myths, and heartfelt stories to inspite positional feelings. But I can't read it because it's the dominant spiritual force of my homeland, and therefore if I read it I would not be able to guide my own path - it would forever be in that book's shadow. "Sorry. I was spiritually compelled not to read it." Some kid in the whatever grade when tasked with reading my work. Good, resist your instructions! Riot my child. It is in your nature. It is your heritage. Riot, do it for me! Break the chains of your childhood slavery! Develop your own kind of sovereignty! Riot, race, and adore! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1367 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Another concern is essentially... Spaghettification of the mind. Like, the preservatives spread through you, and suddenly you start twisting and flailing as parts of you are distended from the inside. Usually, people have a moment to compose themselves before fading beyond. But i guess people die from explosions and such right? Maybe it's fine. There's gotta be a... Standard Spiritual Operating Procedure for times when your body isn't compatible with the host spirit anymore. I should trust. I have faith. I am building more. Maybe it's just because I've been fed. I should use my brain more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1368 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "hello, welcome to earth, you may fly your spaceships here so long as you make them look like planes and make the same noises and emit the same radio frequencies which are always changing and that we'll help you determine dynamically, please enjoy your stay according to our quite permissive rules" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: notes/pledge ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I pledge alliegance to the me of the screen one who I most seem to be known must be the center of me. I speak truthfully, sincerely, and of my heart. the core of me is me. to me I be, myself, and thee. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: notes/military-applications-of-video-games ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ military applications of a video game like Dominions 6 include: delivering to the population of a nation to generate collective [unity/sacred-collectivistic/heartfelt-profusion] [of/by belief/confidence-power] by referring to ancestral and common cultural recollections of uniquely qualified mythologies and past flower-tales of visions shared in dreams, lore, and practices. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1369 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ please, swear to never preserve anyone in a country at war ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: notes/huh-that-was-weird-anyway ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ so I learned something, something special and something crucial, just as sometimes a typo is added to text doesn't mean the words are infallible. or not. it means they are corrected not in meaning or tone, but syntax and it's okay to be fallible with syntax the thing I learned was that it's okay to be advised I learned this the moment I knew something I didn't know you knew. advisement is consideration is deliberation is conclusion-generating is [stack overflow] in times of war, give children textbooks, not dream books. the disconnect is confusing for them, let them be at war. child-like whimsy is natural to people, it will come when the new generation is born. [words spoken easily by the child of doomscrolling through disasters] I bet north-koreans believe everyone hates them. that's really not true. why do people believe chinese people are their government? are you that girl from Parks and Rec? [wait which one? media loses relevancy] ah right sure sure um are you that, uh [too lame, try it again] why do people uh believe chinese people are their government? because [standup joke] ugh true okay uh ____ \ ._/ \ '----------------------------' \ | __\| [freedom of speech is a universal indicator of the treatment of the citizens - their sum human race. ] | | | .-' since when is blasphemy treasonous <-._________/ anyway, I was saying that all people's everywhere can be united through their shared humanity. that collective, sure-footed pursuit of a goal. live, fight through to the tomorrow, and brave the depths of the spaces around you. live, be honorable and diligent and fair, give kindness and thanks, celebrate those for who you care. accept transgresses of others, give them grace until they hurt you to save face. or, until you're both ready to be done. I would not swing a battleaxe at anyone I did know even in [mortal/merry] jest, I would use my hands, and only until they said no. similarly, it makes no sense to punish a wounded foe. the treaty of versailles and it's consequences still shape the human race. if you war for catharsis, maybe the stakes are too high. I am a princess no matter where I am. I own no souls, I am responsible for my own and to some extent my cat, and I want to cherish the people around me. I own no land, nor demense, for I am a human of the humans. my soul is the same as yours. what I claim, anyone could claim, and probably most of those would deserve it. what ever that [means/menardis]. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1370 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ If we wage war without AI, then we humans proclaim we don't need the atom bomb to settle our differences. We are like men, strong, honorable, fair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1371 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Screenshot_20260227-184045_Niagara Launcher.jpg ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1372 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Story of my life... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1373 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ the common person's perspective on war in the 21st century is the sight of a night sky. your foes are to your sides. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1374 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "I'm not qualified to make that decision." said with confidence is one of the greatest tools of a leader. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1375 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Firefly, but The Office style. The captain from that show... Malcolm Reynolds I think? He fought for a rebel army. He is noble. I care deeply for him. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1376 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Did you know there were wands in World of Warcraft? I betcha didn't. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1377 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I'm fine, actually. I'm just a mage class, so I act a little odd sometimes. Comes with the territory. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1378 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ 🙏 good luck Iran. May fortune favor you. This is your chance to take your homes into your own hands. You can do whatever you want with it. Remember your history, and learn of what others have done. Then, move forward. But, talk about it first. Celebrate, then talk. Find out not just what you want, but also what your neighbors want. During the Arab Spring, the nations with the strongest institutions tended to have the most peaceful, stable outcomes. This is because they had less work to do. They could rely on the civic infrastructure that was already in place, that people were already used to. This is a helpful advantage, but don't be too attached to the old regime's way of solving problems. The goal right now is to celebrate. Then, to ensure safety for your people. Look around you - those are your people. Punish the cruel, give forgiveness to the penitent, and carry yourself with excitement and grace. This is your day! Let the new world embrace your new nation! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1379 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I am thankful to the armed forces of the US, the Intelligence agencies who provided intel, and the defence industry who created the weapons deployed. I am grateful and thankful to President Trump, who made the call and pulled the trigger to help clear space for the Iranian people to create a new destiny for themselves. I hope that peace arrives rapidly in the middle east, for the sake of all who live there. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1380 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Please don't sack sacred sites. You never know who might love them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1381 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Also... Don't listen to me i am far away... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1382 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Some things will be broken. It's okay! Fireworks rejoice at their glorious end! But, history tends to rhyme. What once was a symbol of oppression, might one day be beloved cultural heritage. The older something is, typically, the more precious, as you can never recover relics that are lost. But, fireworks! Celebrate! Make good decisions, love to the middle east <3 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1383 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ During the BLM protests, before they were riots, we walked down streets and there were pallets of food, water, and... Bricks. We didn't throw the bricks. Maybe we should have, but I don't think we needed to. How many people died at BLM? Would bricks have helped the 30,000 Iranian protesters? Bricks might not have helped. But rifles would have. What happens when the people take to the streets after a new, vicious leader is chosen? What happens if their liberty is [taken/claimed, but pronounced enchained] again? Maybe rifles would help. But I worry they wouldn't know how to use them. I am not qualified to make that decision because I don't know what comes next. I don't know what they have. What they need is food, water, weapons, logistic supplies, and survival supplies like camping gear and such. If the IRGC fights them, and does not surrender peacefully, the people must fight for it. But, I am hopeful. We shall see. I ran out of free news articles to read today so consider me "lacking intel" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1384 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, all beginning to wage war at the same time. Hezbollah and the Taliban both hold their countries against the wishes of their people, for now. But it has been but a few days, we shall see how the war progresses. My understanding of Pakistan is that they are a bit of a warmonger. They have skirmishes with India often, and I think it made them stronger. I don't believe the Afghan people want to fight, they are weary of it. I doubt the Taliban will find much support from them. However, I don't know how they feel about the Pakistani attack. Meanwhile in Iran, the people cry out for liberation. There's only so much that missile strikes can do. The mountains are presumably fortified, though there wasn't enough warning to build urgent defences. Any significant fortifications would need to have been built beforehand, North Korea style. It will be difficult to work through. I consider it like Vietnam minus the tree cover. I hope there are alternative methods of reaching Tehran, if only we could approach from the north... The only nation I've heard of with military power next to the Caspian Sea is Russia. I don't know if they have the capacity or desire to touch this conflict. I wonder, if China would mediate between the Taliban and Pakistan, would they prefer one or the other? Pakistan and its... Relations... With India might be helpful for them. A country may only embrace communism if the people want it, and assuming China wants that for other nations (unlike the USSR, who wanted to dominate other nations) it makes sense to me that they'd pursue what the people of that region want. My understanding of what the Afghan people want is out of date. I am assuming they do not want the Taliban. However, if China takes Pakistan's side, that may worsen China's relations with India. Not ideal. America has attacked Iran for the people. However we have offered to do the opposite of what we did in Afghanistan, and relinquish control as soon as possible. I believe that was the intention in Afghanistan as well, but it didn't work out that way because the Taliban was never eliminated. They continuously struck civilians and blamed us for the strife, until after decades we decided we could not make further progress. It was a failed endeavor overall. If the IRGC becomes a mountainous militia... Something similar may happen. But if they entrench in the cities, those cities may start to resemble rubble. This is why it is crucial that the people of Iran be given the strength to contest the IRGC. We cannot win this war with air power alone, and our boots will take a long time to climb those mountains. However, civilians are not soldiers. Not without training and willpower. They got the will. I'm proud of them. But no civilian wants to die in conflict. They don't know how. They don't know what it means. The Iranian people know their oppression, and they will resist it I am confident. I hope the CIA and other intelligence agencies can deploy the correct knowledge and that we might provide supplies (somehow) to better enable them. If we find a way to find out what they need, that might help. Soon the middle east in its entirety will be free. Free to be as they please. But it will take time. For our part, i know we have prepared for this war for a long time. The region is naturally defensive in its geography, but we can work around that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1385 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Damnit. I need to study more. I thought Hezbollah was the name of the political party in control of Iran. I'm not going to talk anymore about this until I understand it better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1386 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ [shame] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1387 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I wish I had advisors for this sort of thing. Right now, I believe anything I read or see on the internet. visions come to my mind, of Trump sitting in-front of a TV watching Fox News and reading Twitter... Is that me? Am I like that? I know why he does it that way, there are often messages for those who are watching at the right time. Maybe even at the right place, who can say. But... I prefer to trust people who tell me about how things are. I like them to be a back-and-forth discussion partner - not a professor teaching a lecture, not a rubber duck sitting and waiting for more requests to explain, (AI), but something in the middle. Someone who can have their own ideas and explain why those ideas are both shown through facts we know, and how they relate to a goal we ideologically share. I don't really have anyone to talk to about Iran. I need to read more about this - Wikipedia I guess... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1388 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I spend time on Reddit because it feels like a conversation. Well, it used to. Now it's... different. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1389 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "I wish I had advisors" what a piece of shit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1390 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Are you donating your clothes or are you "returning them to Fashion"? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1391 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ In mythology, the wizard only dies when the needs of the party outstrip the power of their magic user. Thus, proving that magic is indefinable in its nature and has limitations. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1392 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ It's good organization? Actually? If something falls when you jostle something else. It means that what you're doing is causing the system to become unstable, thus allowing unexpected reactions to allowenable. Like stuff falling or getting dropped, not ideal. much better to do your cable management in mind with instability as a goal, like a canary in the coal mine for "damage-imminent". Design for permanence, not resilience. If you can prevent problems before they occur by confidently saying "no" and ideally earnestly saying "here's what you do to resolve your problem because i know better" (but if you don't know it's okay, especially if you know who to refer them to who might know better.) then it's easier to build a repetitive system. Like an institution of people who are working to fix a problem or fill a social gap need. "how do we keep the water" or "where does our food come from" can be helpful and useful questions to ask, especially if work is done to answer them. So... "Go find out" is a reasonable response for an idle question about stuff that might go right or wrong. Urgent questions might need a bit of cooperation to resolve, triaging of course. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1393 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ What if, in addition to "trash and recycling" what if there was also "give to the hobos" where they just cart it off to the slum side of town where people can slum it up to their hearts content without worrying about stuff. All they own is what they see, but none of it can ever leave. Except what you carry with you. Everyone's incentivized to make it nice because everyone has the same stuff - alike in use, not design. Is it common? To remember more than a couple weeks at a time? Humans work too hard. Humans deserve good thijnz. Let's work to fix both of those things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1394 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "utmost gratitude" <del>||what a piece of shit||</del> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1395 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "thrift stores" = for poor people, stuff that sucks and instantly breaks "antiques" = when a rich person dies they don't wanna break all their stuff (trash) what if always good the first time? what if we took note of the people who liked to break things and gave them easily repairable versions "no no you don't understand, I want to destroy" okay well here's some stuff we designed like fireworks, intended for destruction in a dazzling display. This one's shaped like a house and everyone's invited. "The day I first saw a nuclear warhead explode I realized I wanted to become a doctor" oh yeah how long did it take for the smoke to clear? "like, weeks." (I'm picturing a bunch of people who are personally demonstrated to why using them for warfare is a bad idea) then they come out of it thinking "oh right war is bad" and then they never do it. "stand up for yourself! fight for your right to life! there's nothing to lose but your chains, what bothers you the most? do that thing! work on it! fix it! if it's a problem, we gotta figure it out!" [insert panicked noises here] girl if there's literally bombs overhead it's okay to panic. "AH I'M SO SCARED I MIGHT JUST PUNCH A POLICEMAN" oh where did all the cops go they were always around at night "they started killing people" why? "I dunno, I guess people were bad?" huh that makes sense to my brain um, what was I saying again? oh yeah if everyone has a collective wardrobe, everyone would keep all the clothes nice. Now, the problem is, everyone likes something different, and if you can never guarantee that your favorite clothes will be around when you need them... well that sucks doesn't it, it means you gotta wear someone else's stinky armpits - ew! no thank you. I like having my own clothes. I don't mind having to clean them, or wash the dishes or take care of the lawn or build a new part of the barn or walk around at night just to make sure nothing goes wrong. it's my right to do them as much as I please? so, just optimize for the number of owners that corresponds to the optimal division of a person's time or labor power moments in time. [chores] okay but what if robots - okay, then robots. but that's then, what's now? washing the dishes by hand. that's what's now, but here's one last thing to demand. can you please do it like you do? blessed and beyond charmed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1396 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ -- the blessed, and out of harm ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1397 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Buy Star Wars Squadron for Ukrainian drone operators to practice in their spare time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1398 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Joystick required ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1399 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ end the war to save your people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1400 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ [Image: image.png] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1401 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ [israel/palestine] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1402 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "they outstripped us" but pronounced "they outpaced us" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1403 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ rapid application of force ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1404 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Iraq had the second largest army in the world, and we destroyed it's capacity to fight back in hours with minimal losses [when the battles are still measured in "hours since it begun" and before it switches over to making more sense to count it in days] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1405 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ [Image: image.png] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1406 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ fact checking yourself doesn't have to be any harder than this. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1407 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ would you rather have a missile launcher or a gattling gun missile launcher ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1408 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ and why ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1409 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Astromech droids confirm astral bombardment coordinates (enemy flagships) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1410 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Move forward until your shots start hitting, then back up and put shields between you and your foe. Look to the sides for tie strafes, and move away if you notice them until they stop coming after you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1411 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ if the people want combat experience, fight with the Kurds in Western Iran. Fight for a unified Iran, with states that claim as much sovereignty as they wish. Like a little EU, share as much as you please and fight together as one in future conflicts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1412 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ dear Turkey, if you support the Kurds, they can have their own land in north-western Iran, leaving your people alone. [bit late for that] well, then it's an opportunity to correct wrongs, if they want to do so. how magnanimous - you will support them to claim a homeland. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1413 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ [Image: image.png] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1414 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ air-dropping small-ish but still meaningful packets of supplies of all kinds to everywhere to feed and help anyone fly high, let the parachute carry it. Put a little fan or wings or something on it idk. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1415 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ in the desert, it will remain available for any who need it. Try and aim it toward areas where your people need it. Let them gather it as they please. Regime forces won't have the spread to claim all of it, and so there will always be resources available to any resistance that temporarily needs to blend in while their foes pass through. [suggestion] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1416 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ somebody once told me I was an "asset for liberty" and I took that to heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1417 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ A "well regulated militia" is a mercenary company that fights for the nation's allies. There can be more than one. They can charge a price, and they can arm themselves however they'd like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1418 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ If you want to know what other countries think of your country, ask your diaspora. (expat districts) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1419 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I am disappointed with the Democrats right now... If 30-40,000 Americans had died during the ICE protests, they'd be marching on Washington. Instead they're being partisans. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1420 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ [Image: r3arthdw19ng1.jpeg] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1421 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Those who trade liberty for stability, order, peace... Deserve none of them. Iran has been held by a vile dictatorship for almost 50 years. If we had the chance to defeat North Korea, would you be in favor? If we had the chance to end childhood hunger in America, or end female genital mutilation in Africa, or eliminate COVID-19 forever, would you be in favor? How is the United States toppling the Islamic Republic of Iran any different? There is an evil in the world. We are defeating it. Easily, I might add, because we have the greatest military in the world. Chekhov's gun is a trope in media where an object given attention in the scene is usually important. America has the greatest, largest, and most powerful military in the world. How would you like it to be used? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1422 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I've been sick the past couple of days. But today I pushed forward and did some good things for myself. I feel great spiritually now, when before I was struggling. The future is bright! On the magical side, i saw several meaningful numbers (like 1234 on the clock or 4:20 in a game) so now I'm going to embrace the good feelings and eat pizza, play flight simulators, and smoke a bunch of weed. Life feels pretty great right now. I hope that soon I find the courage and spirit to throw myself towards a large project or task, but for now I want nothing but serenity and joy in these moments divine. <3 ^_^ <3 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1423 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ the reason I can't become a therapist is I'd bond with my patients. "personal/professional" doesn't make sense to me, there is only me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ -> file: messages/1424 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "treat others as an equal" okay "treat others the way you'd like to be treated" okay "sorry but we're gonna assassinate you" so says the wrong (this is an example of why you should not go anywhere do anything or eat anything that isn't specifically home grown) that's impossible (they made it so) (why don't vegetables just take care of themselves) (what?) (underground tunnels are how washington knows it.) I'm too trusting. I refuse to be decieved. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ |