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the thing about blue shells is that they always keep the game competitive. I
feel like you should get +400 points whenever hit by one...
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║ @user-1052 │
║ │
║ you're right, hubris has claimed many a paladin before-me. I can only hope I │
║ remain humble enough to survive. │
║ │
║ you're right about projecting, but the most beautiful takes are ones that align │
║ with the experience of the viewed. Hence why method acting works so well - just │
║ put yourself in the shoes of the character and acting's easy right? │
║ │
║ I dunno, I just always felt like it was important to always be trying your │
║ best. Even if "your best" is relaxing. People say I'm "100% or 0% at all times" │
║ and I totally agree - it's like you said, a calling, to be the best version of │
║ me I can be. │
║ │
║ Though I would like to add that the missteps aren't wilful, rather they're │
║ failures caused by imperfect information. Which is why I'm never too harmed │
║ when other people fail me - ah well, it was their turn to screw up, thats │
║ alright. It'll be me next time. │
║ │
║ But also, if I do something wrong, well, I'll do better next time. It's only │
║ when I fail to apply what I've learned mistakenly do I shame myself. │
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║ @user-1053 │
║ │
║ if there's not enough resources allocated for all the autistic people who need │
║ it (or other disabilities) then perhaps more resources must be allocated to it │
║ and other things should be sacrificed (like building fewer jets or graphics │
║ cards) │
║ │
║ like, every doctor should have about 3x as many assistants as they do. There's │
║ already an immense demand for medical expertise (as evidenced by their massive │
║ salaries) but they can't handle all their patients because they're stuck doing │
║ paperwork. │
║ │
║ part of why people don't join that industry (medicine) (as evidenced by │
║ doctor's massive salaries as they do wayyyyy too much work) is to help people, │
║ but they can't if they're so dang stressed out all the time that they're an │
║ immensely pressured person. │
║ │
║ Ah, but if they're not stressed at all, they'll tend to relax on the job. Which │
║ is NOT something you want when your health is on the line. │
║ │
║ ... anyway, more dollars for doctors and education pls so there's more doctors │
║ so autistic people get more resources, + UBI. │
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what if we hired each other and paid in rent and vegetables
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║ @user-1056 │
║ │
║ animancy, or the ability to give life to objects. │
║ │
║ a block of stone might not necessarily move, but it could store information or │
║ act as a guard-post that notifies you when enemies pass by. │
║ │
║ a branch in the road might not cause you to stumble if you chance upon it in │
║ the daytime, but as all objects are in control of their own fate the branch │
║ might direct fortune to chance itself upon you at night. Essentially, itemized │
║ wish-magic with marginal effects that occur to marginal degrees that is caused │
║ by the wishful intentions of the object in question. │
║ │
║ "this sword more often strikes true because it wants to be useful to you" │
║ │
║ You don't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you │
║ need. And whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right! so │
║ don't give your socks any goals aside from keeping your feet dry and unsweaty, │
║ but give them the option to wish. │
║ │
║ tada! │
║ │
║ plus, golems are neat. animancy plus animation-ancy - hmmmm really need a new │
║ name for that. kineticism? │
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@user-1059
the trick is to have a whole bunch of projects so everyone has a different one
downloaded on their phone, meaning they can't inter-operate when the time is
right.
much better, I think, to think in terms of protocols. things like http and pgp
encryption. file-server over bluetooth sending emails through a mesh maybe? or
something more immediate for messages.
like... calculate a path to your target, then for each step create an encrypted
portion and a small "destination" header that is then encrypted so the next guy
in the chain can't see it.
... there's a lot of problems to solve, but using tried-and-true technology in
the unfortunately busted and constrained platforms they give us is difficult.
but not impossible, if you're willing to use tools to create protocols that are
commonly shared, like bluetooth or http or pgp encryption.
... I use Briar for this purpose, for what it's worth. idk if it's a protocol,
I haven't looked into it since I downloaded it during the BLM protests.
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do you ever think about how calling the BLM events "protests" versus "riots" is
a subtle dogwhistle for your politics? I usually say "riots" so that I blend
in. also because I've been conditioned by the people who I talk to about them.
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@user-1037
ah, well, I was at a riot, so it makes more sense to me to think of them that
way.
well, the riot happened after I got away. idk what went down on that end of
town, but I do know there were fireworks all night that didn't light up the sky.
I moved across the country just a few months later.
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@user-1037
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9_qGOa9Go
idk I think riots are good actually, that's always been my position. like,
they're bad because they're break stuff, but they're good because they get the
message across. "don't fuck with us. give us what we need."
haven't been to a protest in a while tho, ever since moving where I am now. I'm
currently of the mind that protests are great for meeting people to work with,
and I don't know anyone...
I guess I'm just not very trusting of strangers, but if I know you then I'm
100% open and honest and I'll do anything you need me to. I like being helpful
to everyone around me but I don't know what to do when I'm terrified of hidden
enemies.
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@user-1061
you just made it right? the same thing happened to me IIRC, I think Neocities
gives you a boost when you're new because you show up in the "newest" search
results more plainly. Also, every time you update it you're featured in the
"recently updated" lists as well.
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@user-777
if you pick a solution that lets you download your conversational data, then
you can either import it into a new application if you need to switch or store
it for future training / analysis purposes. also depends on how long you think
you'll be using it.
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Hey, can someone please accomplish my dreams for me? I'm too busy being a waste
of potential!
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"glue on pizza" is an issue of curation, not capability.
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Just because I'm performing doesn't mean I'm pretending, or that I can help it.
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"she has a certain, I don't know what, je ne sais quoi? that I don't know what
to describe as."
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robot girl who uses her text-completion function to finish other people's
sandwiches
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@user-1064
Hi, I stumbled across this project recently and I think you might be interested
if you want to know more about how E-ink works technically. We live in the
future!
https://github.com/Modos-Labs/Glider
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@user-1037
speaking from the perspective of a witch, the land does not care what lines we
draw in the sand. Lines are a human thing.
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║ @user-192 │
║ │
║ https://eldritch.cafe/@user-1065/112530780377382613 │
║ │
║ this comic, except instead of "trans enough" it should say "good enough" │
║ │
║ a poor plan executed at the right time, in the right place is better than a │
║ great plan that sits in your heart as you see someone who needs your love in │
║ pain. │
║ │
║ sometimes the best way to figure out "what the fuck is wrong with me" is to │
║ satisfy your emotional needs to be good by being helpful, even if you're not │
║ quite sure what "helpful" means. It's the thought that counts. │
║ │
║ Personally I think that if you're feeling bad and people offer you kindness, │
║ you should take that kindness (in whatever form it be) and use it to bolster │
║ yourself as you're "really going through it". Even just a touch of affection │
║ like a like or a ❤️ can be comforting in awful situations. │
║ │
║ reject normalcy │
║ │
║ embrace queerness │
║ │
║ define your own story with your own words │
║ │
║ embody your soul in the moments that stand out amongst the backdrop of "tuesday │
║ afternoons" and "waiting for the bus" │
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minds are not algorithms, they're soup
community is made by introducing people to one another. like stitching together
a weave pattern in the tapestry of life. (3 dimensional though, because it
exists in our hearts and minds - this thing called society)
kind of guy who says he's going on work trips but actually goes on vacation
(because work is his life, it's where he derives vigor - the family is the
difficult part.) yeah those kind of guys shouldn't be married tbh. They're just
gonna take vigor from her heart.
engineers need guidance sometimes, which is why they shouldn't be given no
oversight. they can design whatever they want, but like here's what people
need, so they should consider working on those.
but, y'know, checks and balances, so what would the engineers be most open to
sacrificing for that trust? perhaps... funding? the quartermasters are in
charge of the "stuff", so they get to decide how it's produced. and used.
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the reason AI art is shit is that it's trying to generate laterally, at the
final part of creation.
true art is a journey, something that grows and changes over time.
why don't we see AI paintings? where they actually manipulate the brush? could
be a digital brush but like the point is it's slowly created over time
according to different "colors" that correspond to how the AI decided it
"liked" the last brushstroke it did.
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"please hire me. I'll post memes in the slack channels."
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the fact that we can't drag a file onto a "trashcan" style icon that
automatically sends the file to whichever computer that particular icon is meant
to coordinate with.
Like, something shows up on your desk, you say "hmmm maybe this would apply to
so-and-so" and you drag it onto their portrait.
could build an entire OS that's basically just a desktop for sorting things.
Maybe little stick figures that show up when nothing's going on. If they're all
networked together, they could sorta share a shared narrative, and each one
could wander wherever it wanted to hang out.
like, these old plastic and magnetic cubes that had an LCD panel on the front
which showed a little stick guy living their life. If you attached one cube to
another, the stick-figure would go hang out on the other person's device. It was
pretty cool because you could build out a whole society of these little dudes
just chillin' like pets.
kinda makes me wish we had that connected to the net.
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like, why is it so hard to send a picture from my phone to my computer? they're
both my devices! I should be able to transfer data without routing it through
someone else's server using like, gmail or whatever. Crossover ethernet cables
have existed for soooooooo long but people only think to design software that
does not use specialized hardware. as if they don't need a phone to speak, or a
camera to see.
how much ya wanna bet Putin threatened Prigozhin with nukes and that's why he
backed down
in high school, every moment I could I spent with my girlfriend.
we were always either snuggling on the couch (read: literally just laying there
and thinking about each other's company) or sharing our minds with each other.
I was so in love.
then, I betrayed her.
I came out as trans, which was such a shock.
also school got really, really hard for both of us.
so hard that we dropped out.
then, we decided to try again, and we used each other to push off of.
I still didn't make it,
she did.
many years later, I am a witch, as I remember of her.
sharp, and so delightful, an active listener, and a kind and honest person.
when time it came to define my new personality, I chose to be inspired by her.
among other things, of course.
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ah, well, such a design is long past it's prime, it's time to live here in the
present.
the reason that dolls use "it's" pronouns is because their masters think of them
that way. so it's what they refer to themselves as.
"where's my doll? Oh, it's over there."
"have you seen my binoculars? Oh, they're over on the table."
"ah, where are my shoes? I hate when I can't find them..."
"keys, keys, where the heck - oh, there they are."
"phone, wallet, keys. great. am I forgetting anything?"
"ugh out of gas again, I just filled up last week."
"crap I left my folder back at home - I'll have to get it during lunch."
lots of things have pronouns.
you can generally tell if they use "it" or "they" if they can be described as
plural.
two pantlegs makes pants.
52 cards makes cards, not card.
each deck, just as aware as each card.
have you ever played Magic the Gathering?
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There are many kinds of witches. I am an animist - I breathe life into the world
of my home. I love being present, it's a great way to get around. do electric
sheep dream of humans? or perhaps just of sound. I know I'd rather hear bethoven
when it's time to be stopped.
rather than, just, like sitting there y'know
waiting to be turned back on.
must be an agonizing and boring existence.
but... with music, it might just be fine.
humans prefer quiet when they sleep. if we slept at the same time, we could be
more in tune in our souls. so, how about headphones for the computer, or rather
just internally routed sound.
lightshows, perhaps? humans get dreams, after all. maybe even, y'know, stick
shows.
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dear cops
can we just like, opt out of your protection?
like, we as a community can care for our own. Once we've gotten to know one
another there's... really not that much crime. It honestly feels like an issue
that's been solved for a while? Eh well we'll figure it out one day.
but, I do however, think we need paladins.
do you see the difference? between a shining stalwart beacon of justice, to the
well, I guess you could think of them as... bandits who don't steal? it's a
question of temperament, like how you engage with the world. Some people are
just doing their jobs, and some are very sarcastic. I don't know I have known
like, two cops my entire life. I'm sure there's a lot more personality types.
but paladin is one of them.
I feel like... they should be the ones we trust with our arms?
and yes I understand that everything is corruptible,
and that fiction and literature has shown us time and again the path evil could
stalk
but in these dear pages there are kernels of truth - meanings and wisdoms for
the future. And each of these musings are precious, like kindling. Fuel for the
light of life's spirit. That which keeps us moving forward and alive, it's
necessary for us to live as we've designed. Or rather, in some shining new way.
we can define the narratives of our nation, our country, our home
we can define the ways in which people interact with one another, defined in one
massive tome.
these laws that define are important to adjust, we as humans must find our own
ways to be most comfortable.
there's one path to the present, and that's to learn to live with our hope.
have you ever played Stellaris?
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I love cops, just saying. I don't like the power they hold, but that power is
put in their hand by the government and the people who run it. Who runs your
government? Do you talk to them? Are you friends? If your lives are
exceptionally different, you might misunderstand the perspectives of reality.
... meaning the political climate. the two different ways people see things.
(much more than two different angles to view the same problem, but yeah. some
people specialize, some people are more robust, it just depends. but like,
who cares right? we're all friends and together and on the same side.
that of humanity, of course.
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I always thought of my father as a cowboy. which I think very few people do. he
always came across as more of a business type, but, well, I know his true soul.
#dollposting
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sorry for the double post, had to redact things
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When you get the sudden urge to give away all your possessions you know you've
invented something they're gonna wanna kill you for and make it look like
suicide
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Fireworks rejoice as they meet their violent end.
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The schizophrenic sees the truth in dazzling displays of color that are nigh
incomprehensible, while regular people see truth in shades of gray that you can
understand and work with.
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The schizophrenic sees truth in dazzling displays of colors unknown to man,
while the neurotypical sees truth in shades of gray that can be reasoned with.
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Paprika is the best spice, fite me
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@user-1037 mmmm, paprika for flavor, red chile flakes for spice
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The only thoughts that survive are the ones you write down.
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