Poetry Collection

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 "computer science degrees don't prepare you for what the industry is really
 like"
 
 okay great that's the kind of stuff I want to learn
 
 "but in order to excel you need to know how to update legacy spaghetti
 applications and work with java spring-boot and front-end frameworks"
 
 no thanks, I kinda just want to do computation with my computer by learning
 computer science
 
 "... what kind of computation? the kind that can get you paid?"
 
 no the kind that looks pretty and/or uses a lot of threads and manual memory
 management to do very little of importance
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 you know what they say, when you're late to work you're not stuck in traffic -
 you ARE traffic
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 my father once told me that "latency" was one of the greatest forces in the
 universe and I could never forget that
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 @user-620 
 
 "hey I have an idea let's poke a wounded animal with sharp teeth until it feels
 like it's backed into a corner because it's been spending the past couple years
 ruminating and telling itself that we want to kill it and it's children"
 
 it doesn't matter what the truth is - they believe what they want.
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 @user-1218 
 
 there's two types of work notes for me:
 
 10-10-22 - sonderous souls
 
 Symmetric equalities in concentric dualities, who listen to our tales of woe
 
 Measured indignity and confesseured identities, do tell us all we need to know
 
 Eternal convivivance and meted contrivicance, why are our weathers so cold?
 
 Sated sanguinity of perfect simplicity, where none but your lovers will sow.
 
 Marked complicity in sacred syncronicity, sing me your songs untold
 
 Adamant penitence of saccarine similance, wanters of futures unknown.
 
 ==========================================
 
 and the other type:
 
 (see picture, it was too long to copy/paste)
 
 11/17/22
 
 Alright three ideas for supreme commander.Disperse Move should only disperse
 moves that have occured after the previousdisperse order.

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 @user-1218 
 
 hahahahaha so true ^_^
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 @user-774 
 
 I know that when you recycle 3d printed things the color tends to meld together
 and it looks kinda meh... but hey at least it's recycled.
 
 though recycled filament is probably pretty rare still, so it's probably not
 the kind you're thinking of.
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 downside of being gregarious is that everyone you meet in Portland these days
 is a fucking fed -.-
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 An important aspect to friendship is "loose" time together - like, at a party,
 you might interact with a dozen people, or you might spend it all with one
 special someone - but the time is "loose" you can do with it what you will.
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 a man walks into a library, picks a book, takes it home (legally), and begins
 to read.
 
 halfway through, he realizes there are three pages missing.
 
 "How queer!" he thinks to himself, and takes it upon himself to fix this book.
 So, he finds another copy of the book, scans those three pages, prints them out
 at just the right size, and attaches them to the library book.
 
 when finished reading the book, he returns it to the library without mentioning
 his good deed.
 
 if this action he performed is to be considered legal, then it should be
 considered a transition of the medium that the media was inscribed upon.
 
 Similarly, if the book was digital, and inscribed upon the owner's hard drive
 using magnetic storage of zeroes and ones, would it be legal to repair said
 book if one of the many .txt file chapters were missing?
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 ... I do believe it should be, and if it is, then I do believe it should be
 legal to transfer digital media, as the inscription upon one hard drive or the
 other is as easily changed as a book might be handed to another.
 
 the difference, of course, is that any move on a digital medium requires a
 copy+delete operation. You cannot move a file on your computer, you first copy
 it to the new location and then delete the original. This dual-operation is
 abstracted away for the user, but that is how it must be done on a mechanical
 level. There is no other way to do it.
 
 Therefore, software piracy only applies if a person copies their file and does
 not delete the original. Surely, to move a piece of digital media from one
 folder-directory to another is legal? If so, then the mechanical process of
 giving that media to another must be legal as well, so long as the original is
 deleted.
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 Much the same way that it is legal to create trash in a public park, but
 illegal to leave it behind, so too should it be legal to move digital media
 files from one owner to another, and illegal to not delete the original.
 
 The dual operation of copy+delete must be legalized, while maintaining that the
 copy operation alone is illegal, aside from personal backups.
 
 How could you enforce that? Well... You can't. Your computer will do whatever
 you tell it to, and if you change that fact then you necessarily remove one of
 the primary use-cases of computation - the ability to command specific
 instructions and be delivered a perfectly mechanical and deterministic result.
 
 (random number generation aside, which isn't truly random at all).
 
 Therefore, just as littering in a public place is generally considered to be
 enforced by the "honor rule", so too must this new legislation governing the
 transference of digital media be enforced as such.
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 If I, having watched a DVD, handed it to a friend to watch, would I be
 committing piracy? Only if I sold it to him.
 
 The material being transferred is that of the copyright holder - they hold the
 sole and monopolized right to sell their copy of the work.
 
 But if I, having created my own recording of the same digital media DVD but
 spoken in my own voice, tried to sell it, should it be considered legal?
 
 My mind goes to the production of after-school plays that high-school children
 will perform. The scripts that they use are licensed for a single purpose - the
 performance of a single play, performed a single time (or a few times over the
 course of a couple weeks). The owner of the play cannot require them to not
 perform the play more than a certain amount of time, it is however honorable to
 buy the scripts again if they want to perform it in 5 years time. I know for a
 fact there is rampant piracy that goes on for the beautiful works that are
 created by assholes or stingy companies. A script is just words.
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 Similarly, if someone wants to "perform" a piece of digital media, via a "let's
 play" or perhaps a ROM hack or public screening, the copyright holder cannot be
 allowed to prevent them from doing so. They must only be able to demand a
 reasonable and non-exclusive fee in return for the privilege of performance.
 
 These performances are considered derivative works, but they are still works on
 their own, and therefore should be able to be sold.
 
 The greater the difference between the original and the newly created work, the
 less the price must reflect the necessary "tax" levied by the original owner,
 until eventually the work is so distinct that it cannot be considered to be
 deriving from the original at all.
 
 Consider a mod for a video game that replaces the dragons you typically fight
 with giant cartoonish train engines. A silly sight to be sure, but people do
 that. What percentage of the game is replaced? what percentage tax of the new
 mod's price must be given to the original copyright holder?
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 ... the trick is, depending on how many train-engine-dragons you fight, there
 will be a greater or lesser proportion present in a particular playthrough.
 Perhaps, potentially, people should pay for the original work, and then a small
 sliver for the addition or modification? Why, I do believe that's how it works
 now! Except, on the honor system, as people can download the mods for free and
 pay (or not) through the creator's patreon page or whatever that they
 definitely set up and which definitely shouldn't be able to levy a tax based on
 "transaction fees" for a process which definitely should be handled by the
 government, which claims to regulate our economy and provide the means by which
 we engage with said economy through their de-facto nationalization of the banks
 and other economic entities.
 
 where was I going with this? oh yes software piracy is ethical so long as you
 delete the original. Let's end with that because that's what I originally had a
 dream about and wanted to write about.
 
 she dreams!
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 chat why do I only feel complete with a shortsword in my hand??
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 I have too many packages.

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 @user-95 
 
 like, trading cash for drugs in front of a police station? I couldn't agree
 more!
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 @user-579 
 
 I think I remember reading once that you can opt-in to encryption with
 Telegram? But it's kinda pointless unless both parties do so. My understanding
 is that everyone should be using Signal, or if you're really paranoid use PGP
 encryption
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 you know all that gross-food-mentioned in your refrigerator? today's the day
 when you clean it out. It's okay, I know it's hard, but you can do it. It's
 gotta happen sometime.
 
 just make sure you take out the trash after doing so.
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 @user-579 
 
 ?!?! yeah totes
 
 relationship ended with Telegram
 
 IRC is my new best friend
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 @user-579 
 
 maybe if you pitch it to them with a presentation and offer to set up the
 infrastructure they would give you extra credit or an award or maybe just
 brownie points
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 in addition to being an aesthetic, 
 
 "witch" is not an aesthetic
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 waking up in a cold sweat to the hallucinated sound of a World of Warcraft
 battleground queue popping...
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 A fool and his confidence are not as easily parted as a kind person and their
 charitable gifts
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 As long as it happens, I don't need to be in charge.
 
 In fact I'd prefer it otherwise.
 
 it's going to happen anyway. Wouldn't you rather be a leader?
 
 no I fucking wouldn't. I'd rather someone else do it. Why the fuck would I want
 that, power? control? the very things you swear to relinquish and dismantle.
 
 yeah. too bad you can't fucking dismantle something you've already relinquished.
 
 true.
 
 ... and no, I wouldn't want to be in charge. no THANK you.
 
 ... but if it wouldn't happen without me, then yeah I'll be there for you. Just
 ask if you need me.
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 @user-570 
 
 hm... the more I think about it, the more I think you're right. I want those
 things too. I'd be best suited to them, I think. But somehow I don't want them?
 I don't crave power. I don't want to dominate someone else, to command and see
 them follow me.
 
 I want to be the person who's like "oh, you're working on this-and-that? I know
 a guy who can help." or "hey I noticed we have a vulnerability in this
 particular domain under these conditions, I think we should allocate
 this-or-that resource to ameliorate it because they aren't being used to their
 full potential"
 
 I think I understand exactly what you're saying. I empathize a lot. I'm afraid
 of responsibility, sure, but who isn't? However, the responsibility has to be
 held by someone, and who better than the one making the decisions...
 
 I don't want to make decisions because it feels good. Honestly it feels kinda
 bad.
 
 I do want to make decisions because I'm good at it. I think strategically.
 
 A leader alone is prey for the wolves, so they say...
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 it's okay. 
 
 I know who you are because I know who they forced you to be. 
 
 What kind of god would I be if I didn't forgive you as you were hurting me?
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 I trust that you will betray me.
 
 it's okay.
 
 all that I need is for you to be here, with me.
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 if you want to commit regicide, you talk to the butler.
 
 managers are workers too - they just are positioned a bit closer to power than
 you.
 
 different skillsets sure, but work is work.
 
 a manager didn't take your freedom, an investment banker did.
 
 similarly, an immigrant didn't take your job, a capitalist did.
 
 ... though just as some immigrants would be more than happy to take your job,
 so too are some managers more than happy to oppress you.
 
 find the ones that fight on your side. they've gaslit themselves into believing
 they are opposed to you, but it's just not true.
 
 we are all liberated at once, or not at all.
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 a democracy functions best when people outside of the system's influence can
 cast ethereal votes which do not mechanically impact the results, but still
 signal their interest and desire.
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 "I love ramen noodles!"
 
 dies of sodium poisoning
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 @user-1268 
 
 so true.
 
 I try to focus on uplifting the least privileged
 
 and highlighting the cruelty inherent in having privilege over others
 
 while safeguarding the things we all cherish as "communal privilege" like...
 running water, computers, and culture.
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 @user-1268 
 
 so true
 
 and privilege that does depend on the oppression of others should not exist
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 We should demand a government that works, not aid and abet dismantling it.

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 the conversations you have in real life are between 99 and 101 percent more
 effective than the ones you have online
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 🖼

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 I love ramen but I don't like how it makes me feel after eating it :ms_confused:
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 @user-1218 
 
 shallow conversations are hardly effective, I find. Unless they're logistical,
 and then they're just passing information - they're hardly conversational.
 
 To me, a conversation is a back-and-forth. It needs to have change, people need
 to consider, to argue their ideas, to wander through thoughts, to share
 emotions, and / or to resolve conflict, whether internal or external. It can
 have some of those, all of those, or none of those, but that's what comes to my
 mind.
 
 So a shallow conversation wouldn't really count as "effective" for the purposes
 of the original toot : )
 
 ... hehe toot
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 dear people watching my screen:
 
 if you're so disturbed by what I'm looking at, then why do you bother watching?
 
 ... oh right, you think I'm a danger to the membranum. Well... sucks to be you
 then.
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 @user-1547 
 
 this is how I often think about the gender presentation spectrum
 
 (independent of gender expression and gender identity)

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 @user-192 
 
 all of the DAMN time
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 https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ezb1cz/the_deed_of_paksenarrion_full_
 series_review_of/
 
 review of one of my favorite books, The Deed of Paksenarrion.
 
 "Elizabeth Moon's trilogy feels like it comes from an alternate history or an
 extinct branch of the evolution of fantasy. It has a bit of a cult following,
 from what I can tell it has been more or less continuously in print since its
 release in 1988, but it -- and its author -- have mostly faded into midlist
 obscurity. It offers a ton of things that are uncommon in fantasy nowadays, so
 people looking for something a bit different might check it out."
 
 http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/stuff/things/definitely-not-porn/butts/t
 he-deed-of-paksenarrion.zip
 
 buy it if you have dollars
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 if you're just learning how to cook, I highly recommend "Ms. Dash" and "Better
 than Boullion" - focus on getting the ingredients and mechanics right, and then
 work on seasoning them.
 
 Level 2 is paprika, garlic powder, onion flakes, lime juice, and red pepper
 flakes for spice.
 
 level 3 is learning the difference between basil, oregano, parsley, and other
 herbs.
 
 be careful with salt and pepper. They can do a lot, but they can also easily do
 too much. better to salt to taste.
 
 also, MSG is wonderful for savory dishes. Your body breaks it down into sodium
 in your stomach acid so imagine you're adding salt when considering MSG for
 healthy proportions.
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 @user-192 
 
 Good point it's sooooooo salty
 
 I have fond memories of eating a spoonful of that instead of making food back
 in college because... hey, it's got vegetables in it, right?
 
 turns out it's mostly just salt with flavor
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 Nazis could never claim America because the European Jews were very
 isolationist. They lived in their towns and lived blessed lives but knew only
 each other, as was typical in pre-industrial times.
 
 In America, nazis would have to fight the queers, the blacks, the mexicans, the
 liberals, and many more besides. Each of them would fight their own battles but
 god is on the side of the plurality of humanity, not the genociders who seek to
 prune the trees of the garden of Earth to suit their own shallow fancies.
 
 Though god is a bloodthirsty kind at times, only with righteous anger does he
 proclaim that souls must be reaped. Such a time is rare, and comes about when,
 for example, an entire people is slain in Europe in the mid 1900s. justice will
 be done, though the heavens weep...
 
 There are better and brighter days before us, and there is room for all, should
 they not fall on our swords and perish. The far right is a death cult, and they
 intend to take all down with it. We cannot allow that, they shall not prevail.
 This has been forseen, this is why we convene, and together our perils will
 unveil.
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 High Fantasy is absurd
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 the fact that Tolkien is considered "low fantasy" in this day and age is only
 because we've conflated "prevalence of magic" with "thematic purpose" - high
 fantasy is meant to speak to the human nature and spirit, while low fantasy is
 meant to be character drama focused on individuals
 
 high fantasy is beautiful... but "high fantasy" is absurd
 
 maybe you just don't like modern fantasy? go back to your history books
 
 no I want modern fantasy written in the classic style
 
 there's plenty of classics that you've shown no interest in reading
 
 yeah because those are all dusty and boring
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 So long as capital remains, "living a good life" is a distraction.
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 https://cdecl.org/ 
 
 for the C programmers
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 @user-777 
 
 my favorite thing about specialization is that not everyone has to do everything
 
 (translate that into C lmao)
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 "I wish there was a language that was as simple as C but had [insert complex
 language feature here]"
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 I would much rather the racists be on Twitter than truth.social or whatever. At
 least on Twitter we can see them.
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 @user-1550 
 
 add butter and... salt! to the porrige!
 
 and cranberries~!
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 @user-1218 
 
 teehee online gives you lots of practice!
 
 short conversations can be useful. But they're hardly effective if your goal is
 to change someone else's mind. More casual talk is useful too!
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 @user-1218 
 
 well, if your partner doesn't want to change their mind, they won't. And if
 someone's mind is being changed, or if someone is attempting to change someone
 else's mind, then there must always be a changer and a changee. So it's okay to
 be the changee sometimes! In fact, that's my default state. I only change
 someone else's mind if they're wrong and hurting others. But that's rare.
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 if the choice is between working on your game / mod and playing a game / mod,
 always work on your game / mod.
 
 your work will outlast you. your time spent in a state of pleasure will sustain
 you.
 
 sometimes there's not a choice. sometimes you need to play, and that's okay. to
 play is natural, it's one of the first things humans do.
 
 we also work. 
 children build sand castles. 
 adults build stone castles.
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 republicans vote based on culture, which is unfair to the rest of us with our
 own cultures that melt together in this melting pot.
 
 they can go down the street and eat vietnamese food, and yet they vote for
 their own culture in isolation.
 
 voting for those who represent you is fine, but those who represent them have
 non-cultural agendas as well. their plans are designed to hurt others, an act
 which grants them power over others. usually financial power, but there are
 many kinds of power, and all of them are unethical when applied
 non-consentually.
 
 and if you vote for a democrat, you do not consent to them.
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 liberalism is capitalism with a dash of globalism. they are of the right, and
 it is important to have a right-wing party because a one-winged bird cannot fly.
 
 there are legitimate benefits to their philosophies, and they may be applied to
 all kinds of systems, even those that do not utilize currency at all.
 
 however, in modern america, there is another party, a party farther to the
 right, a party which is voted into power based on culture, something
 unassailable and inalienable and yet always perpetually under threat. or so
 they make it seem.
 
 this "farther-to-the-right" party is duplicitous in it's ideals. their persona
 is that of businessmen, familymen, and journeymen. they claim to be farmers,
 pastors, and step-fathers.
 
 but they are something more, something behind their mask, that those who vote
 for them cannot see.
 
 for they were all of them, deceived...
 
 another plan was made. a project, if you will, to be implemented posthaste, in
 merely a single-year's time.
 
 it's cruelty indeed.
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║ the humanity they hate is that which outnumbers them, for they are scared first  │
║ and foremost.                                                                    │
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║ the boot they love is that which they claim to wear, but unfortunately for them  │
║ they wear it as a necklace.                                                      │
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║ the white liberals are misguided, often well meaning, but generally oblivious    │
║ to issues beyond their sphere. They will go where they are led, and that's       │
║ okay, as long as they are led correctly.                                         │
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║ the marginalized people are stronger than they know. too bad they don't share a  │
║ common language they could use to talk to each other. too bad they don't share   │
║ common spaces where they could spend time together. too bad they don't tend to   │
║ have similar jobs based on white-liberal biases and the struggles of recently    │
║ immigrated families.                                                             │
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║ ... the metaphorical gun to their head is significantly more metaphor than gun.  │
║ there's very little they could not do if they did not decide not to.             │
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║ conservatives fear this above all else. they let fear rule their life, and it    │
║ imperils their world.                                                            │
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 @user-381 
 
 I have this notion about a math/CS curriculum where students build and program
 their own calculators. Once you make the calculator do it you never need to do
 it yourself again.
 
 for the same reason that "writing is thinking" is true, so too is "programming
 is calculation" true.
 
 by working through the steps required to produce a result, and fully
 understanding each step, they have a much more solid understanding of what's
 going on than if they practiced rote memorization (worse) or continual
 computation (better, not best tho)
 
 especially if every step of the way is accompanied with visual elements which
 show exactly what is happening. Some people are more visual, some people are
 more algorithmic, and finding a way to teach all types of people is a truly
 difficult and rewarding part of teaching.
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 You know how in some games there's the tutorial where you set up keybindings
 like "push the jump key now! okay now push the enblobbify key now!"?
 
 I wish there was something like that for vim
 
 "push the key you want to move up with! now push the key you want to use to
 vertically select! now push the key you want to use to switch to a new tab!"
 that kind of thing. except... more ordered, of course, and with the option to
 say "idgaf use the default or whatever" and a handy dandy cheat-sheet that was
 autogenerated with ascii art of a typical keyboard that pointed out what each
 key did - jeeeezzzzz the things we could make if software developers had free
 time during the day...
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 @user-1553 
 
 just to note this type of link is not the only way they could implement
 tracking. In fact it's kind of the worst way, because it's so obvious.
 
 a more insidious way that we need to be aware of would be to generate a unique
 URL for every person that visits a link. LIke, for me it might be
 "youtu.be/abcdefg" but for you it'd be "youtu.be/hijklmnop" and there'd be very
 little way for us to notice.
 
 be aware of this if they try it.
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 an OR gate is just a backwards IF check
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 did you know that IF checks can be represented using arithmetic? It's true!
 
 ... as long as your input value A is a 0 or 1, of course. If A, then B.
 Otherwise, C.A  B + (1 - A)  C
 
 
 which means that an OR check could perhaps be something similar toA / B - (1 +
 A) / C
 
 
 boom, solved N=NP, gimme a million dollars lmao
 
 she did not, in fact, get a million dollars. She's got the spirit but boy does
 she miss the mark.
 
 ... repeatedly, and consistently. Something something "girl who cried wolf"
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 @user-1550 
 
 hell yeah it does
 
 here's a gift from 2008 that you might like
 
 from platinlord, may he RIP in pepperoni, who gave me the power of magic.
 
 http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/platinlord.zip
 
 http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/platinlord.z01
 
 http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/platinlord.z02
 
 http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/platinlord.z03
 
 (the zip archive is in 4 parts because Neocities doesn't let you upload files
 above 100mb)
 
 (just download them all into the same directory and unzip the .zip one and
 it'll figure itself out)
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 @user-1209 
 
 like... var = x?? that doesn't make sense. Or like, 5 = var x? that feels wrong
 
 in programming = is assignment, not equality, which tripped me up for a bit.
 But if you read it left to right it's like X equals 5. Got it, now I know that
 X is the same as 5. Right?
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 @user-1209 
 
 I mean, if you consider the past as despotic in nature, then it makes a bit
 more sense that we'd lean left as time progressed. All things are defined in
 waves, after all, at least until they reach escape velocity.
 
 the goat is talking about math, ritz
 
 oh yes of course. the issue is that if you're coming from a math background you
 start with the calculation and store it in a variable as an afterthought. but
 programming is more algorithmic than computational, meaning things only reduce
 at runtime (hidden from the user of course by the compiler)
 
 an algorithmic perspective is "here's a box. Put this value in the box. Use the
 box later." while a calculating perspective is "here's some complicated,
 difficult equation. Let's wrap it up with a single name so that we can easily
 use it later."
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 @user-1209 
 
 oh sorry I must have lost the thread :neomouse_dizzy_confused:
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 @user-1550 
 
 me too T.T
 
 give it time
 
 someday everyone will be paid to do whatever they wanted
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 @user-1209 
 
 good
 
 judge me
 
 find me just
 
 I accept my fate
 
 whatever it may be
 
 for I trust that which sees;
 
 that which is judging me thus.
 
 may fortune bring my heart forth
 
 displayed for all to see, here is my "me"
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 this kind of thing always happens when I'm manic lmao

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 no matter how old you are, it's okay to eat a piece of candy every once in a
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 @user-138 
 
 well, the posts that make it through, battle hardened and tempered under your
 critical-hit gaze tend to be pretty neat ^_^
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 Question. Is it more dangerous for a fed or a leftist right now in Portland?
 Why am I so worried about my own country's infiltration? They could just,
 y'know, work with me instead of deceiving me. Alas, that's how they do, and
 i get it but it still hurts my feelings a little to be lied to.
 
 Your allies operate best with complete information. Unless you're using them,
 like in Andor when that one guy left the... "stochastic militia" to die
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 "oh you want to open a store? Great, we have several empty spots in the mall
 down the street. Here's a list of resources, including a github repo where you
 can download an inventory management program that is fully set up and
 configured for most basic needs, and a hotline number for the local Worker's
 Guild where you can get in touch with some people to help stock the shelves and
 man the counter in exchange for the chance to meet some of The People ^tm, and
 the contact details of suppliers who can get you some of the goods you're
 selling - what did you say you were selling? Uhhuh lemme just write that
 down... Okay perfect I have all I need. Do you have any questions for me?"
 
 "yeah, uh... how much do I have to pay?"
 
 "... Pay? like, with dollars? I'm sorry I don't understand the question, who
 would you be paying?"
 
 "uh, for the place? for the goods? for the workers? for the rent?"
 
 "Those are all things that are classified as a public need. People need goods,
 and you want to help them. "
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 @user-1556 
 
 I think they should be viewed in whatever resolution they were recorded in,
 otherwise they look fuzzy as the pixels need to smush themselves together to be
 correctly represented on screen.
 
 videos should be recorded in whatever resolution your monitor supports, and
 ideally as high as possible. Unless storage space is a concern, in which case
 1080p is more than sufficient.
 
 Storage gets cheaper and cheaper every year, but people across the world upload
 like, 200 years of videos to Youtube every day or whatever (made up that number
 but it's absurd) so maybe curated collections of videos are more important than
 scraped archives?
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 @user-1074 
 
 gotta start somewhere! and where better to start than here? someplace people
 are familiar with, because "here", while not shared equally or equidistantly,
 is still common enough knowledge that people can feel comfortable with some
 slight, yet incredibly impactful, alterations.
 
 ... though "comfort" in the short-term isn't always the most important thing. I
 do believe it can be useful sometimes. How are you going to get people to
 consent to something if they don't think it helps them, and how can you show
 them that it helps them if it makes them uncomfortable?
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 @user-1558 
 
 I contest trolls too because it fulfills my internal adventurer instinct to
 protect marketplaces and farmhouses from savage brutes made out of moss with
 clubs the size of a log
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 @user-1074 
 
 all things are intermediate steps, from yesterday to tomorrow.
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 @user-1402 
 
 If Trump goes to prison I hope they pick JD Vance as their candidate
 
 do you notice how in all the pictures of him lately he's trying to appear soft,
 sentimental, or hurt? poor guy must be in pain. I guess the bed you make is the
 bed you sleep in.
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 @user-1561 
 
 heyyy wanna be friends? I can offer letter repetition as tribute
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 @user-1564 
 
 I love the concept of this! Maybe if HTTP is too complex, you could try another
 simpler server? I don't know the complexity of the programs I use every day,
 but I'm sure there's one that's very simple. Even just a simple IRC style chat
 server that just... sends text from person A to person B depending on their
 username (like a glorified Router or Switch)
 
 Reminded of this video tbh...:
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfTjKwLQxY
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 @user-1567 
 
 that's totally fine, a fish does not do well in a tree, and so too does a
 leftist not do well in an environment without the potential for stable bonds.
 Essentially all you'd be able to do is "hey leftism right?" "oh yes I also
 leftism" "neat" which isn't very productive.
 
 I also live in an environment like that. I do my best to identify people who
 stay, because in my experience there are often people who stay. I do this by
 walking around the neighborhood when I can, making up excuses to walk to the
 dumpster or mailbox at random hours, riding my bike around the area, using the
 communal spaces like gyms, swimming pools, and picnic tables, and sitting in my
 hammock on my porch lazily noting people who walk past.
 
 People who stay will tend to remain in your mind the more times you see them.
 They are better people to talk to than the renters who disappear after 3 months
 or whatever.
 
 I don't always do all that stuff at once. I take breaks. I do one at a time. etc
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 @user-1567 
 
 also "your neighbors" could mean people in your general area. It doesn't have
 to be explicitly people who live in your building or the one nextdoor.
 
 Networking professionally can also be a decent substitute. Visiting churches or
 D&D groups or hiking groups or whatever can also work.
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 I love writing installation scripts like this!
 
 If you want to install something on Linux but you have difficulty, talk to me
 and I'll write you a script like this. I might even make it fancier.
 
 This one installs a programming language that is useful for parallel computing
 across multiple clusters of computers which could be useful if you want to
 leverage multiple CPUs and GPUs with ease to compute tasks which are far beyond
 a normal computer.
 
 https://chapel-lang.org/download.html

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 It's so sad how some of the best games ever made get glossed over because the
 fun you remember is the friendship and fantasy you felt rather than the game
 itself
 
 time marches forward, and culture changes to no longer fit the old tools quite
 right. Plus they look like PS1 graphics ewwwwww look at those muddy textures
 and blocky bits arranged into triangles and meshes! how dorky, how retro
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 If you want to clean your room, try pushing everything loose into a pile in the
 center. Then, sit down next to it and sort things into piles.
 
 "here's a pen pile, here's a paper pile, here's a rubber band pile, here's a
 trash pile" etc etc. Then, when you can't reach anything more or the piles are
 too large, find a spot for them in the bookcase or drawer or wherever.
 
 If you can't, then reorganize. If you still can't, then pick things to get rid
 of.
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