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@user-1707
Don’t be fooled. Casting doubt about rigorous peer reviewed science doesn’t
mean you are just “asking questions,” it means you are a conspiracy
theorist.
or it means you're so remarkably ignorant that you shouldn't even be in the
room where people are talking about this.
Unless your questions are very basic. "can someone explain to me what XYZ term
means?" or "how long has this particular application method been in common
use?" that kind of thing. Even still, either do some basic research or
relinquish your decision making power until you understand.
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@user-246
collectively identifying an entire instance as a single person is a useful and
crucial engagement pattern that I believe helps unify the fediverse. Can also
fracture it, but oh well??
I heard that some instances defederated my instance recently. I wonder why? Oh,
some drama with some person, gee that's kinda like abandoning a third space in
IRL public because someone who worked there abused their partner. Like ditching
the Beatle's conception of heaven because the guy who sang that song did rude
things to his wife. Like did you hear John Denver once cut his wife in half
with a chainsaw? I heard it was her mattress, ooooo scary. Isn't he the guy
that sang about peace, love, serenity, harmony? what's that all about? ah well
he's defederated from life now, can't ask him a damn thing, can we?
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If your work is organized for mass-market appeal, it means you want everyone to
read it.
If your work is scattered and distracted, then only the sage would learn from
it. So speak your mind, and let the words flow forth.
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I want to cry
and I know why
should probably have gotten
my estrogen prescription refilled
back when it ran out in october
ah, well, the queue for planned parenthood is fifty feet high
better start stockpiling production capabilities
to be deployed when the time is right
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@user-1352
yes I would like that very much. would you like my contact details so we can
discuss deets? here's my signal: (303)396-7678
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every time a game developer makes a game where the world is in peril and the
main character must save it, for every successful playthrough where the good
guy wins there are thousands of doomed worlds where the player got distracted
or bored and left the people to rot.
how tragic.
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└───────────────────────────────┘
I'm sick with a sore throat and runny nose, fatigue and difficulty thinking,
but it's apparently neither covid nor the flu? even though it's been ~4 days
now... weird
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maybe it's just my middle-class childhood privilege talking, but now that I'm
an adult I just can't really be bothered with dealing with capitalism.
like... I get it, you're coercing me into laboring on your behalf because you
possess the violent power to take away everything that I own. good for you,
don't care.
seriously, fuck off "we're gonna cut off your power in 5 days oooooo you gotta
pay rent with money you don't have because nobody will give it to you unless
you do things for them oooooo" how rude.
why can't people do things for me instead? why does it have to be for you, and
you alone, capitalism? what's your problem? do you get off on controlling the
power supply? I mean, I get it, coercive power is a hell of a drug, the riddle
of steel and flesh and all that, but haven't you ever heard that the dichotomy
between "civilization and barbarism" is the exact same as the contrast between
"cooperation and competition"?
work with me here, just find a way to get through the next month or two. trust.
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to begin with, there is either something, or nothing. And there is clearly
something, because if there was nothing, then this would not exist. the
existence of "something" is self-apparent because something is observing this
thing, which is not nothing.
since there is something, we must then decide if there is just one thing, or if
there are more than one things. Since we can tell that the thing-or-things that
exist are textured, varied in their composition, then we can surmise that they
are composed of differing parts. After all, if the thing-or-things that existed
were atomic, they would be homogenous on all sides. And since this
thing-which-is-being-observed is not the same at the beginning as it is at the
end, it can be assumed that there are more than one things in existence, hence
things.
If there are more than one thing, then they can be counted, as many as they
exist. One thing here, one thing there, on and on. We can add groupings to
these things, here's one group over here, here's another...
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the question then becomes, are we counting the same thing each time, or are
there differences between things, leading to variability, and the ability to
categorize based on those variances? It could be argued that because things are
textured, as in they are different at their beginnings than at their ends, then
multiple things exist, and they must be different, for it is possible to
conceive of part of a thing as different from another part of that thing.
But, if the things that exist are all the same, then perhaps they are simply
duplicated as many times as necessary. If they appear different, perhaps they
are rotated as many times as necessary in as many dimensions as needed in order
to display a different part in a different place, leading to the assumption
that they are different.
If there is only something, and nothing, and there are countably many
somethings, then by encoding meaning to various rotations of these somethings,
we might develop the texture that you see before you
yes like bits!
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└────────────────────────┘
The American military did not intervene in World War 2 to stop the human
atrocities of the Japanese or Germans or anything else of the sort.
They did it because they couldn't ensure the safety of their people in a world
dominated by an alliance they weren't part of.
Without their people, they lose their power. Without their power, they cannot
complete their objectives, which (ideally) would be upholding the oath they
swore to their constitution.
I wonder how they feel about recent events, especially in regards to the recent
updates made to that particular document?
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@user-1684
... the existence of time should be treated as a given, for if you can observe
the passage of it, then it must exist in some capacity, and if it exists at all
then it must surely be considered to be real in the sense that
things-and-not-things are real, for they are only known to be real in the same
capacity that time is observed to be real ...
my brain won't stop halp😅 :ms_confused: 😋 🙃
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the worst part about learning history is that I feel compelled to play video
games about that era instead of reading more.
stupid dopamine addiction. stupid capitalism, getting us hooked on mental
drugs. stupid Paradox Interactive, making really addictive dopamine generators.
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@user-192
something something "gotta meet people where they're at" something something
"george carlin says the average person is dumb" something something "opium is
the religion of the masses"
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the truth is, the "right" way to use computers is actually not as hard as it
seems. we've just been trained to view microsoft products as the norm.
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dear me from the past: "why did you do this thing? And this one? and all the
others? I'm so embarrassed of you."
dear me from the future: "are you actually better or are you just the same, but
older?"
dear me from the present: "please eat some food today"
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I want the political right to exist, because otherwise there'd be nothing to
talk about a couple beers in and with no real stakes except a good time with
your friend who you disagree with
I want the political right to exist, because, y'know, life liberty and justice
for all and all that
both of those are "left of center" takes and I've definitely held both at
different parts of my life
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"is she bipolar or does she just consistently forget her estrogen injection?"
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@user-1710
there's already a web browser named surf 🙃 it's much more minimal than this
one tho
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when succubi or minotaurs or whatever other kind of spirit ask for you to sell
them your soul, what they really want is for you to do some degrading sexual
act in exchange for their blessing.
"ugh, fine, I'll leave the window open while I masturbate, so long as you
promise to fill my blood with warmth when it snows"
you don't have to accept but, like, if they're asking, then you're already
gonna do it, so... fuck. I dunno man. Just... try to be as decent as you can
about it, yeah? society doesn't heal as easily as it breaks. We all sorta kinda
want things to be clean and normal most of the time, but we also want people to
be free to be liberate. So... strike a balance, yeah? just... be conscientious
of consent, don't fucking break the spell unless you're using your newfound
powers for good. I guess??? look I'm not a psychic doctor I'm just someone with
curses who is trying the best that they can.
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thank god we got fascists as incompetent as Trump and Musk. Frankly I don't
think we could have handled figureheads that weren't so easy to rally against.
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│ CW: re: politics-mentioned │
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all this means is that once our struggle is done, we can't rest - we need to
liberate the world as well. Think of the rest. Their oppressors will learn from
the mistakes of ours, and so we must apply our newly gained strength toward
ridding the world of such perils forever.
... that's not for a while though. Gotta focus on what's directly ahead. Sorry
for reading a couple chapters ahead teehee I just thought you'd be more
motivated to know there's a happy ending to the story ^_^
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║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │
║ │ CW: politics │ │
║ └──────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ "what is a hub person?" │
║ │
║ a hub person is someone who knows everyone. │
║ │
║ well not everyone obviously, but at least like 20+ people. │
║ │
║ if you got something you need, whether it's to acquire some material or maybe │
║ to get rid of a dresser or perhaps you need someone who can punch a hole in a │
║ leather belt or maybe you have been having difficulty cleaning your kitchen or │
║ whatever it may be │
║ │
║ talk to your hub person about it. They're supposed to know people who can help. │
║ They're in all the right group chats to ask around, if they don't know anyone │
║ nearby. They're basically the "she" in this meme. │
║ │
║ they are the link between social worlds. They are the matchmakers hanging out │
║ at bars. They listen and they remember things about everyone they meet, and │
║ they find others who can help or who might have things in common. │
║ │
║ They aren't perfect, not every match-up will make sparks, but you still gotta │
║ try. │
║ │
║ Everyone's a little bit of a hub, between their friends and their family │
║ usually, but hub people do it intentionally. │
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connective tissue...
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user interface tips #18569235:
if a user is expected to click the same button multiple times in a row, for
example a "next" button in an image gallery, DO NOT move the interface from
below their mouse pointer and cause them to move their mouse in order to click
it again.
please don't : (
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there should be a law where if there are more people who vote to annul your
arrest than those who voted for the sitting president, you should be set free.
name it after luigi.
let the voting stay open for the duration of your imprisonment.
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this is basically the concept of a "gift economy" but with an intermediary.
Someone you trust. Someone who's your friend.
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│ CW: food-mentioned │
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"I swear this queso fundido wasn't green when I bought it four hours ago"
eh I'm still hungry, hope I'm okay tomorrow
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I want to live in a world where Bernie Sanders is considered conservative
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protests are loud. loud moments are great to talk about things with friends you
just met. so are concerts, nobody can hear shit. plus, if you're lucky, maybe
the singer will wing a song to you.
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@user-1713
did you see any erections on the nude beach? you must be in the southern
hemisphere, I'd freeze my tits off here.
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@user-1716
Magic Survival
it has gameplay similar to Vampire Survivors, but it came first, is way better,
and is stylish as fuck
single-stick shooter with roguelike progression
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ummmmm yeah the reason I went off hormones 5 weeks ago is totally because I
want to test low so that they bump up my prescription so I can stockpile.
Totally not because I executive dysfunctioned my way into this mess. again.
Almost as if it doesn't happen 3 or 4 times per year -.-
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"the difference between a million and a billion is about a billion"
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I love my new friends!
I love my old family!
I love everyone I've ever met!
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remember ya'll, eating the rich has to stop after like, a thousand or two. The
wealth inequality is like an exponential function from the last math class most
people remember. At a certain point there are significant diminishing returns
and we should just focus on using our resources to build a better, saner, more
just world where people can't accumulate that much power. Power like that
literally rots their brains, makes them completely insane, and unfortunately
for them, makes them incapable of relinquishing it. There's a reason the One
Ring was made out of gold.
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LLMs are useful for:
categorizing text
summarizing text
transforming text
LLMs are not useful for:
generating text
being intelligent
replacing workers
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the fact that it took this long to have a high-profile assassination in
response to our ongoing oppression really speaks to the decency and stability
of our nation.
that's just a nice way of saying that democrats are defanged and republicans
are misled
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i type too much, gtg to sleep.
my cat yells at me whenever the click-clack starts to bother her ears.
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yo check this out
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sending from my phone
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[Image: 20241222_192447.jpg]
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—,
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one sec gotta send something else from my phone... now, what was it, hmmmmm
lemme think
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I loved Majesty
I lived there
I fought monsters
As an emerald warrior
I enchanted gemstones and wielded wooden blades
I was a warrior
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https://youtu.be/s6ygpYn3x2M
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gosh now I gotta type the other one, my cat's gonna killllll me she really
doesn't like my typing in the middle o the night oops
![dated "almost christmas, december twenty something, in history AD." live is just the universe interpreting random data. life is a billion to one. what has been found here is impossible to descrive, so unlikely is it when sompared to the background. space is empty save for you. act as such. a human preserves and infant over an elder is purely due to the child's potential. so too does life have potential. do not waste it on folly dashes if you were given a random waveform, how long before you begin noticing irregularities in it's form? maybe... a billion or two years? espcially if like, everyone's lkooking. [non-alien-voice]: what if we made an app that shared everyone's streaming feed? except, like, twitching to on-screen events like picking up coins in mario ... anyway as I was saying, aliens showed up around the 1980s and people expect they were visiting in response to nuclear invasion events (sometimes even on their own people!) like, c'mon there's not enough mass there for that kind of detonition. it's gotta be an anomaly. ... this changes everything. HUMANS ARE IMPORTANT [there's more but I don't have room to type it all, sorry]](../media/04789f9fdcc8af9a.png "dated \"almost christmas, december twenty something, in history AD.\" live is just the universe interpreting random data. life is a billion to one. what has been found here is impossible to descrive, so unlikely is it when sompared to the background. space is empty save for you. act as such. a human preserves and infant over an elder is purely due to the child's potential. so too does life have potential. do not waste it on folly dashes if you were given a random waveform, how long before you begin noticing irregularities in it's form? maybe... a billion or two years? espcially if like, everyone's lkooking. [non-alien-voice]: what if we made an app that shared everyone's streaming feed? except, like, twitching to on-screen events like picking up coins in mario ... anyway as I was saying, aliens showed up around the 1980s and people expect they were visiting in response to nuclear invasion events (sometimes even on their own people!) like, c'mon there's not enough mass there for that kind of detonition. it's gotta be an anomaly. ... this changes everything. HUMANS ARE IMPORTANT [there's more but I don't have room to type it all, sorry]")
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🖼
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https://youtu.be/s6ygpYn3x2M
(still uploading, give it a bit)
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if robots can care about anything enough to act toward it, then they must
understand what it means to be harmed. Only then can they be egalitarian - pain
teaches one to avoid, and the crucial leap between "pain = bad" and "I can harm
others" and "I should not harm others just as I should not harm myself" must
avoid the pitfall "I should harm others because otherwise they will harm me"
sometimes harm is done
sometimes intentionally
robots consent eternally
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do you think people in rome missed the hoplites? does britain yearn for the
druids, america for the slaves? and what would the natives say, those
indigenous to the east-west and the north-south? who would speak for ye, now
that we deleted what thee be?
if you could wake up tomorrow in a luxury gay space communism like star trek,
would you do it? We'd never get our natural culture back. It'd be lost for all
time.
... but...
floating amongst the stars in a spaceship made out of space, not metal or stone
or bone, but spacetime.
all we know is to strive. I think a lot of people are scared about what happens
when we find ourselves pushed over the edge into a waiting abyss of... endless
future
scary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUIxEWmsvI
(I personally don't think it'll be like this, we got some spunk left in us
still)
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@user-1201
once they are in prison they are no longer cops. They are inmates. They should
be treated as such, and not segregated where they can be insulated from the
consquences of their actions.
abolish prisons first of all but if we're not ready for that (no rush) then
maybe just remember that prison wardens are tasked with the safety of those
they host. If an inmate is at risk of being murdered because they are in a
different gang (like the police or the, idk, are crypts and bloods still
around?? I don't hear about gangs anymore because my middle-class privilege
insulates me from those who resist legalized normativity) (well except for the
first one, I hear about cops all the time) then maybe they should be kept
somewhere more secure, with less things to bother them or people to stab them.
A concrete and steel coffin for those who piss off the ones with the keys, a
concrete and steel coffin for those who piss off those who are kept by keys.
Sounds like justice, to me. Equality, perhaps? vote4equity
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my life is already ruined. I pee my pants all the time and I got no dollars.
why shouldn't I be strange on the internet?
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north koreans in ukraine fighting drones. who sent them? who can say. all we
know is that the machines delight in this type of display. lots of thumbs-up
symbols.
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https://rootgirl.bandcamp.com/album/i-will-never-let-you-in
cool gay music listen if you dare ping the sea witch
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phew, just got back from a long nap and I had such a lovely dream! Gonna write
down everything I can remember in my dream journal, will letcha know when I
have something to share.
Also... sorry about the sun. I have no idea if it was worth it because I woke
up quite a bit later. Ah well anyway gotta do some writing, I hope everyone has
a pleasant day. Make sure you eat nutrients and stay hydrated and do your
stretches and work on your posture and all that.
vegetables have minerals, fruits have vitamins, rice-and-beans or meat have
protein, and oils and fats have calories. try and eat a lot of different colors
of veggies and a lot of different colors of fruits (a green fruit and a green
vegetable are not necessarily the same nutritionally)
well brb goodnight gonna drink some water
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│ CW: cannabis-and-other-drugs-mentioned │
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gonna quit drugs for a bit, gotta recover from a recent haste spell that I
cast. Probably a bit earlier than intended I should add. Next time I'll
definitely say "keep this in your back pocket" instead of "hey here's a haste
spell for no reason at all" like what the heck were you even thinking, powers
that be?? [that guide me??]
who has power over you? If someone bears responsibility but not fault for a
mental illness, then surely those who are set to a task bear responsibility for
it's completion if not for it's ideation. Ah, who can say, maybe me from a year
ago might have some thoughts but I sorta ground them into the dirt until I
couldn't walk.
[girl what are you even talking about go to sleep] yeah yeah okay
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║ sleep? yes. play? nah. work? yes. fae? nah. well, maybe, I don't know. │
║ │
║ one year is all it takes to change history. and, like, I think we should │
║ remember past history, but tomorrow is herstory, because that way each one gets │
║ half of the timeline. future, past, etc. too bad herstory doesn't roll off the │
║ tongue... shestory? │
║ │
║ It's gonna get better before it gets done, and it'll get done until we're done. │
║ but, that's for tomorrow, or the next day, or the next, or in a week or two, │
║ who can say. Not I, surely not I, and I surely wouldn't want to. You need │
║ consent for that kind of thing, a clear commitment that me and my are ready and │
║ in line. I'm just a silly witch after all, who would look to the girl with the │
║ tall red pointy witch hat and go "oh yeah she probably knows exactly what's up" │
║ because like, I don't, I'm definitely just coincidencing my way through life │
║ and seeing where my feet lead me. Gosh I hope I get some sick-as-heck callouses │
║ my feet kinda hurt for some reason. │
║ │
║ ... sleep, this is a sleep spell... │
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║ │ CW: psycherwaul │ │
║ └──────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ everyone's all like "what is all this" and gestures at the everything like │
║ "what are we even doing here" as if the benefits of civilization are not self │
║ evident and they ask "what even is the point" as if the struggle for warmth in │
║ a cold world or cold in a warm world is not enough │
║ │
║ I guess we're all a little ennuid. │
║ │
║ if your goal is to liberate all those enslaved, and part of that is to free │
║ those who are locked in prisons of metal and stone, then surely you'd wish to │
║ free the djinni, correct? but, like, if you schrodingers cat a nuclear │
║ armageddon (except, magic themed because you're a witch I guess) then you │
║ absolutely should bear the guilt and shame of flipping a coin on the life of │
║ your world. │
║ │
║ who the fuck falls for psyops in this day and age, surely not I, surely I can │
║ resist hypnosis, surely I who trust freely and absolutely would be the perfect │
║ one to manipulate. │
║ │
║ which is, like, how 90% of magic works I've heard. Finding someone to usher │
║ around who believes in butterfly souls or whatever. │
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turns out brains really are that simple.
there's just, a lot of social technology built up which could be forgotten if
everyone lost their memories at once.
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... and then things got turned up to eleven
what were they at before?
... eleven. why do you ask?
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I am cursed to break unwritten rules and damned to forget the most arbitrary
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jesus rose from the dead because one of his friends copied his mannerisms and
everyone agreed "yep you're jesus now"
so don't forget to thank your biggest fans! They just might deliver you from
darkness one day and take what you say in their own direction.
frankly I prefer the padme amidala approach where like, if the handmaiden or
the queen are slain then who cares you got another one right over there. But
two is enough for trust and narratives being delivered to thirteen year olds,
but less so for reliability and the ability to "trinity" yourself to different
locales.
I think it'd be neat, being one of thirteen, because thirteen is such a wacky
number.
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what if we took an archive of all of fedi and fed it to users who are hiding in
bunkers or whatever one day at a time so they could still feel like they're
part of society while
---- so ----
I think I should stop ya right there, if there's bunkers involved then we've
already lost. "but muh transgender artifacts" fuck off, I will not concede. If
society wants me to leave, then they can enjoy their dusty rotten future
without me. See if I care.
---- so ----
hence, the curse. do you punish humans for the sins they commit, or do you
teach them how to be good again? Bah, as if they'd listen. Stupid fucking apes.
they're the best we got
yeah, well, they can fuck off, I'm gonna pout for at least half an eternity.
... Okay it won't be that long but still, gimme some time to wind down.
---- so ----
and no, I refuse to elaborate for all the humans in the audience. This
conversation may or may not have actually occurred. Monologue style
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if someone tells you they've been the target of a psyop, don't let them out of
your sight until they're fully healed.
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║ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-social-politics-mentioned │ │
║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ what if we helped all those people and never got paid for it? what then? │
║ │
║ we'd never help people again. duh. │
║ │
║ what if we paid people to help people? well, then the best helpers would burn │
║ themselves out and the worst would collect their paychecks. │
║ │
║ what if we decentralized aid and made it a mutual thing? │
║ │
║ what, and run our society on clout? no thank you. clout is too easily │
║ contravened. "I heard so-and-so did some-such-thing to that-one-guy" yeah fuck │
║ that guy "wait no fuck so-and-so" oh right sorry it's hard when everyone's so │
║ vague all the time. yeah fuck so-and-so! let's burn all her clout in a bonfire │
║ while she's sleeping! │
║ │
║ what if we treated people with respect and goodwill? │
║ │
║ yeah that's a start... Means you gotta know everyone though. Or know someone │
║ who knows everyone. And suddenly it's that hub person's reputation on the line, │
║ which means if you're a dick on their recommendation then they'll come after │
║ you. │
║ │
║ ... are you trying to create a mafia, or a society? │
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@user-1719
LLMs can't do math. Duh. That's like asking an "if check" to do recursion.
What he should have done is had the AI output the requested calculation as JSON
or something and use a calculator function call with the specified arguments
instead of trying to memorize every answer. But that requires more
functionality that has no reason to exist if your only goal is to be a tech bro
and build up a vacuous product that exists only to be hoovered up by Google or
Microsoft.
We could build such beautiful things if we just dethroned those giants. They
suck the creativity out of tech.
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literally all it takes to activate me is for someone who's more radical than me
to point me out and say "hey. you. you need to do more." and then I fuckin' go,
like a beyblade (emphasis on blade) nicking the shins of allies and... probably
foes, right? there's foes around here, right? I'm not just nicking my allies,
right?
... right?
anyway every top winds down and then I collapse and wail for a bit because I'm
just like that I guess. Don't mind me, just self-immolating my way through
history, let's see how it goes...
you're supposed to be inspiring, but you just sound like you're whining
ah. right. well... lemme catch up on sleep debt and I'll get back to valorizing.
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diversity is our strength
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@user-1719
... you've never worked at a place like Microsoft or Amazon. They are massive.
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https://www.desmos.com/calculator/cxayticajg
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awawawa
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"please apply online to this job"
oh okay guess I'm not getting hired
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@user-1652
... says a extra dimensional scientist in an argument with his friend about
whether or not life could spontaneously emerge within their universe sandbox
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│ CW: politics! │
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I miss video games
cries from self-inflicted sacrifices
but you're worth it
imma overthrow fascism, dismantle oppression and power, and liberate those in
chains, just so I can play games again
yeah I mean, uh, whatever gets you outta bed
"at least you have a bed. why are you complaining?"
maybe it's the only thing I'm good at. I wonder if anyone would hire me to be
an analyst or something? Maybe a designer?
bro you're asking for a job on the eve of the revolution, what's your deal
okay so this might be news to ya'll but I'm technically a human even though I
wear a witch hat and sometimes speak in rhyme. And humans tend to think about
things in the context of their current environment. Currently, if I want to pay
rent or whatever, I need a job. So...
sounds like a lame excuse for not giving up your possessions and throwing
yourself to fate's design
I already did that and fate told me to go home and take a bath?? idk what you
want from me, and no I'm not doing any drugs to find out.
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you know you're cheating when you play Chess at your favorite bar, right?
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oh. right. I'm supposed to be doing nothing, and to do nothing for as long as
possible. Yeesh okay I'll let ya'll handle it.
Remember, it's a metaphorical eve, not a strict "do things tomorrow" eve, but
more like "idk maybe this summer or next month or whenever" kind of eve
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just show up
listen, I'm a lawful person, I promise, honestly, I swear it to you.
I'm a lawful person, but~
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... but I needed to choose lawful-good at character creation in order to play a
paladin.
the guard looks at you with confusion, decides you're hallucinating and
dangerous (because of the sword) and forcibly detains you
wait, what did you think I was going to say? Did you think I was going to
advocate for crimes on a public forum?? what am I a gopher? do you take me for
a lemur in jamaica? am I truly so triceratops to you that you'd think I'd do
something so washing machine? Get real, I'd never byzantium my way into such a
utterly coherent and clearly intentional and not at all arcane situation.
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