Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/3145 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-999 the trick is to control the belief, not the science. Because science has a will of it's own, it bends to no laws nor dictates but reality. satanic summoning cults are different in that they obey the will of the narrative they sell. Like a corporation, selling products, or a myth, selling legends. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3146 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: modern-military-video-game-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ are you nervous about battle? try playing the game Running with Rifles! It's a great simulation! See if you can live for a whole match! Good luck, don't be useless, and only play co-op online. competitive is useless because then you're competing against the other player playing the game. Instead of thinking about how you should be behaving in real life, and applying that to a reasonably accurate simulation with similar rules to in-person modern combat. well, the kind with infinite ammo. but you get the idea, right? like, don't treat it as fact. Think about the nature of the actions you're performing, and what moves you could make to best participate. well... that game plus drones, I guess, which they haven't figured out how to program because imagination for future tech is hard. if you're a veteran, don't fucking play Call of Duty. Play fucking Arma. Or RWR. Or Hearts of Iron 4. And please, use the crouch button. Use the prone button. And dont let yourself die. fuck ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3147 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-1457 @user-1458 @user-687 that way people who follow you can't collectively decide whether or not you're an asshat. it's basically saying "I only want you and people who are like you to read this" ... or do I have it backwards? "I want you, me, and only people like me to read this"? which is worse tbh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3148 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ A big reason why I hate Java is because I write terrible Java that would constantly need to be refactored. Even though it's faster and better, nobody would understand it, so it would need to be rewritten. Fucking great, that's why I don't write Java. Fucking Java. [Java is the main language used in her university studies. The ones she's currently failing out of.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3150 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ I fucking hate how games give dopamine they're so much more educational than that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3151 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-1461 │ ║ │ ║ I'm best at Bash. │ ║ │ ║ I'm most capable with Lua. │ ║ │ ║ My favorite is C. │ ║ │ ║ I'm not a good programmer, I think too hard. Massive systems are too large for │ ║ me. I like laying out data, whether that be by files and programs in Bash, │ ║ arrays and tables in Lua, or memory and datatypes in C, I like to think about │ ║ how programs are constructed. │ ║ │ ║ Which functions point to which piles of numbers? what do they do when they get │ ║ there? │ ║ │ ║ I think I'm better as an artist. But I can do systems administration quite well │ ║ (with Bash and a guiding hand telling me what and why to do) │ ║ │ ║ ... though I kinda suck at technical sysadmin, like Gentoo. There's too much │ ║ terminology - why is data too complicated? Just use data! │ ║ │ ║ anyway. I sound opinionated, but I listen closely to good arguments and quickly │ ║ change my tune when I am incorrected. I am a team player, and I firmly believe │ ║ that sometimes a bad plan executed with cohesion and precision is better than │ ║ the best play executed too late and with too little strength. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3152 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-socialism-mention │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ when I think socialism, I don't think soviet. │ ║ │ ║ I think cool dudes in sunglasses handing barbecue'd shrimp to whoever walks │ ║ past the grill. │ ║ │ ║ I think of wandering bands of house-maids who wander the city and clean every │ ║ house they can get their hands on. │ ║ │ ║ I think of bicycles and newspapers and sewing machines and pianos in the park │ ║ with ribbons in our hair and onions growing below corn supporting tomato │ ║ plants. Carrots beneath every tree. Every tree shading a sidewalk, and every │ ║ sidewalk is in the shade. (deserts can have covered paths with airflow powered │ ║ by the solar panels on their roofs) │ ║ │ ║ Laughter ringing through the street, mechanical sleighs with bells on the snow, │ ║ vast open spaces with nothing but green and blue and sky and stone. │ ║ │ ║ I think of fountains, of stories told in the dark. I think of campfires every │ ║ night in our cities, marshmallows free and included. │ ║ │ ║ I think of moss covering every shaded half of each skyscraper (I live in a │ ║ rainforest) │ ║ │ ║ I dream of freedom and purpose. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ |