Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: messages/431 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Rent is expensive because they only want you living there if you're working. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/432 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Social media idea: everyone posts short snippets of writing, like tweets, but a random one is displayed every day. If you want to see them chronologically, you have to pay the author for their writings. And if you want to see more, you can spend "tokens" to display another random one for everyone to see that day. Each token spent will simply increase the count of "words" (think tweet) displayed. You get one token per day, and they don't carry over from previous days. You can also buy them, and any bought tokens that are spent give their value in dollars to the author you spend them on. The data is all local. The servers are all distributed and P2P like torrents. Everything is encrypted with keys that cycle every day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/433 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── What if wind was fake and its really the ghost of the waves from the shore? What if trees moved on their own, to gesture at the feelings around them? What if the sky was home to the clouds, and we who look upward are given the treat to know them? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1847 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I want to invent synthetic general intelligence so that nobody ever has to do │ ║ anything they don't want to do ever again. │ ║ │ ║ that's pretty much my only goal in life. There are lots of things I'd like to │ ║ do because I think theyd be neat or fun, but thats the only goal. And if │ ║ someone else does it first and makes it free and open source as I would, then I │ ║ will rejoice alongside everyone in the world who no longer is bound by scarcity. │ ║ │ ║ Well that or bringing magic back into the world. Magic nice too but │ ║ programmable matter is basically magic anyway and that's not too far off so I │ ║ guess I can wait on that one. │ ║ │ ║ Maybe if I cut out all my friends and sorta ignore my family and do as little │ ║ work as possible for as much money as I can and never engage with or contribute │ ║ to my community or buy things from the economy or look at memes on the internet │ ║ Ill be more productive and able to achieve my goal? Or perhaps I'll just keep │ ║ staring at the wall consumed by my own thoughts. │ ║ │ ║ "seek help" yeah right I scare therapists away │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1848 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── stripping the punctuation from my posts so I can get an extra 12 letters hehe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1849 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I wish I could block and unfollow myself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1850 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── There is no problem that one single person can solve, which is why nothing ever gets fixed. ... also the powerful who benefit from it being broken, but that's a different problem which is much easier to fix. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1851 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── You only get love if you pledge to keep it. Hence, marriage vows. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1852 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── hackers should repair things that are broken that are good ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/434 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I work with large language models because it's a quick and easy way to turn language into meaning. And computers are meaning abstraction machines, so if you can speak your language and they hear their language, you can do anything. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/435 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── We never ended slavery, we just started paying people for it. We never ended imprisonment, we just enslaved people to sit around and rot in a cage. "oh how about instead of sitting around, we make them build license plates?" What if - hear me out - we freed them but kept them from harming others through constant vigilant surveillance until their sentence was through? And made it unconstitutional to surveil anyone else in a personally identifiable manner? Like, maybe puppy-murder-bots are okay if they follow violent criminals around and can be controlled by a human operator if a violent situation emerges Prison is meant to give people a period of solitude and contemplation, to consider their choices and make a better life for themselves. If they're old as dirt when they leave, they cannot live. If they have no capabilities, they cannot apply themselves to a good life. If they have no resources or community, they will do what they can to survive. Much better, I think, to nourish them as you would a child or immigrant. Much better to pay them for their hours and years of life, so they might revel in society with the kind of us. Much better, I think, for the liberty of a citizen to be granted to those who both need it and can care for it. For liberty unjustly used is an utmost betrayal. But liberty to choose which gutter to die in and the freedom to starve is hardly just. I know I owe my life to my government, an institution of my people, by my people, and for all people. I should not owe my life to a corporation, though with the liberty to choose which to sell myself to. That is not freedom. That is starvation. Does the needs of a few outweigh the labor of the many? Or are those who sacrifice a bit of liberty for a bit of security still free to do as they will? We are not alone so long as we are outside. Indoors, they claim us. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/436 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── There is endless work to do. Never will our labor abate. That is not the goal - to see an end to all fulfillment. No, the goal is to choose how we contribute - to define how our own story goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/437 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I would much rather have the government in control of the drug trade than private citizens. See: fentanyl, versus marijuana ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/438 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── The rich should act as courtiers in the houses of America. They should not be lords of labor, nor directors of change. They should represent our best hopes and refinement - essentially, kings from another time. I would gladly be inspired by a virtuous leader. And yet none has yet to appear. I wonder why the media wouldn't show us a good representation of the people we are meant to fear? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/439 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── They're afraid of the hamster wheel. I get it. But really I'm just asking myself questions - why, why, how, what, when, who... Mostly why though. Always and forever the questions and answers I did ponder - yet forth through my life I've never met any surefire design, there's always been the matter of [hope, but pronounced choice]. Only an eternal question monger could suffice for the teachings of christ. (in the general sense, not the religious implication) (as a title, almost) Fear not the one who takes the lords name, but perish the thought of a crook. Only the vane, in this do profane. No questions? Then let us move on. Oh? Well I have some answers, about the truth of totality as it spreads across all centuries. What's on your mind? ... Well, I have to leave people I care about. Relinquishing love is difficult. And I get to choose how to move forward. But I must choose soon, and though I ask myself always what I'd like to do, I always get a new answer. And every time I think "I should do this. I should dedicate myself to this [whatever it may be] and on the other side of that thought I realized my power. I can imagine really quickly and adeptly, but chaos is difficult. " something like that. Anyway I don't know how to move forward but I'll figure something out. The point is that I'm sad for leaving those I care about. It's a sad kind of love, a bittersweet mercy, the chance to be part of a flock. And I don't know why I I am not entry level. I haven't spent my time here left fallow. I never stop working, I am constantly online. I do not know how to relax, every moment to myself is spent on learning through play. Like a child, almost. Do you want a company to make good decisions? Hire a gamer. They literally practice strategy all day long. Don't expect results overnight because they're learning a new song, but still apply yourself as their teacher. They'll bring you insights and intuitions that achieve specific near and long-term goals. If executed correctly, of course. Because the value is not in the follow through - life is not a book of numbers [like a banker or accountant] it's more like. ? ... Right sorry I got off track - the point is you shouldn't hire athletes (the people who play games like an esport) for a strategic role - they excel at tactics. However, strategy gamers (who plays games primarily of the mind, the science of making good decisions) can often make good decisions to achieve defined meta-goals and objectives. Longer thoughts make sense if you spend a long time thinking about them. And grammar is quickly forgotten to the past. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/four-dimensional-spaces ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── you'd still perceive higher dimensions in 3 dimensions - unless you can only see things that are coming directly toward you. magic only happens when your other half is in a situation and needs to turn your narrative into theirs so that you can collectively engage with a shared inter- operationality. your dark side is just a massive bitch hey how about we put the game designers in charge of running the government just saying they build human-oriented systems all the time "how do we get the player to do this or that" "everyone keeps picking the same card so we gotta make them more different" "how much gold persists in the virtual economy, how much resources are produced and traded by players? where does it all go, do they have enough at level 30 to afford weapons and armor? I wonder what happens if we swap prices on A and B.." it's literally their job actors, meanwhile, know how to interpret the emotions of another. Like... you're up on stage, thinking out what to do next IN REAL TIME, as your partner is trying to throw you curveballs. AUDIENCES LAUGH AT CURVEBALLS that's the whole point of improv comedy - to be surprised in a state of joy. It's great! It's fun! It's practicable like a sport! Yet nobody comes. To the shows, where it's performed, like a hospital where you perform surgery or a pizza place with no walls so you can see the pizzas being cooked. It's just part of what they do, but that's not why they do it. Sure, some want to be seen, it's not a BAD feeling once you're used to it. But, like a sauna or jacuzzi, sometimes you've just had enough of the hot. Like, the sun peering through a magnifying glass as a creature roasts alive. yikes. ............. anyway being quickly versatile and adaptable is important when you're taking turns in unpredictable scenarios. You can react to your opponent, and keep time with the rhythms of the moment, to deliver your wittiest lines. It's fun! It's a game! But it's also a place to be entertained. and like a gym, it's sometimes just fun to watch people exercise. like, damn, you got a good body. Wow, nice flex, yeah sure I'll put that one away. Cool pals helping each other out, and showing off all of their efforts. Neat! ... anyway .. being emotionally vulnerable gives your opponent a chance to continue. When nothing's going on, your moves barely make an value (of comedy) (for the moment, so the crowd's not just sitting there staring at you like ... and then - and then ummmm nevermind lemme sit down (usually someone else picks up on it before then and jumps up to save you, but EVERY actor has felt that moment where nothing goes well and the audience just is totally not into it. it's the worst. anyway, they try their darndest to AVOID that, because like... duh it sucks, why would you want that. Much cooler I think to have a good time, and chill out and listen to your friends talk. Like, they can show you an argument they had earlier, or maybe work through an idea with input from another. like, debate club, but for whatever kind of respective [retroactive, recreation, relearning, maybe others] you desired in that moment. ideally, something that someone could take the arguments of the other side and present them, regardless of whether they believed them or not. like, lawyers arguing for a client. in these stochastic seminars, you could think about and study for future societies. how would you like to conduce? [-] every time you see a face in motion, that's another time that's seen from their place. we are all present in each other's lives, in terms of the spaces we choose to fill. well, that's a tough thought, but don't worry about it. faces are just waves on the winds of light. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/notes-about-stuff-and-things ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── what if your wage corresponded to like, for example, 30$ an hour being equal to the top 30% of society then == so == having kids is important because then you understand why you do things for children. it should not be a stressful experience. -- if EVERYONE in a city fed animals every time they saw them, then maybe city life wouldn't be so bad. -- a company starts to feel pretty bad when only 20% of people are actually there. like, it's a ghost of a shell of a corporation that once knew how to sell. the husk of what once was, as all the good people left and all the bright people are swamped. to top it all off, suddenly there's nobody about where are all your coworkers? and then you think about how many you knew little about. who's that guy who used to stand over there? Why is his jacket still [in lost and found, but pronounced "coat/coast"]? why am I suddenly alone it's weird, having never known true society, how life always starts to feel like your home. How weird is it, now that all of us are online shopping, that now we can't remember how to even vote. Like... there used to be people walking around in public signing you up. Like, at the grocery story. inconceivable, right? that people should contribute to a fight? [for justice and freedom and equality and goodness and kindness and all other things that humans have the clarity for which to hope] voting is like, literally the simplest thing you could do. Yet it's difficult, because of reality. often, immigrants don't really care about politics. They've only known about it for a short short time, but hey wouldn't you know it now X country is recruiting so now we're from kenya. ... like, who cares about the past. Who cares where you're from. We are all part of the human race, a race against life itself. We're all on the same side, and yet there is a singular foe ever-present in our thoughts: death it comes for every one of us, as we choke on our soot and our smog. Yet... the world grows warmer, at about half a degree every year. for the first couple years. then, the atmosphere started burning up, and we became... mars don't be like mars the dinosaurs couldn't survive mars -- bro if you're so worried about AI hallucinations, just... don't let it give out any concrete answers. Literally just say "I can't tell you anything specific, it's not how I was built" and just use them for syntax questions or like, how to do something specific that is repeatable (and maybe suggestions for how to over- come specific issues that are common) - don't let it GENERATE information, let it PRESENT information. AI is not language just the same as the mouth is not the person. you need more, but luckily once you make the PHYSICAL STRUCTURE of the brain, not much else is needed. You can simulate one on a computer, but it doesn't have the same SOUL space. Think, a dimension overlayed on-top of this one, like electicity or matter or gravity or whatever. no soul, no consciousness, no perception. plus, no home for said consciousness to live, unless you build a physical structure that mimics the biological and neuro-chemical reations of the brain. all you need is better ways to observe things happening in the brain (non- -invasively, otherwise the data is tainted and UNUSUABLE because it is INCON- -PATIBLE and completely USELESS because it reflects a dimension hitherto un- -desired, and perpetually mourned. death don't dabble in death, sweet nazis, you might find yourself drawing your last breath also, fuck you (if that doens't apply to you sorry for swearing it's just a strongly felt feeling) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/440 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── A Mastodon server owned by the employees and only available to people who work at the company (people who once worked there can see some posts but not all) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/441 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Do you remember stores with floor-to-ceiling goods? The kind that didn't go bad, so you could afford to have lots of inventory. Not like it's being replaced and thrown out as soon as the executives with their profit margins decide that its no longer worthwhile. Here's an idea - how about executives are paid by the employees to manage their company? And if things aren't going right, they can get a new team. Like, if every team had control of their manager, I wonder what dynamics would emerge? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1853 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I really really love ramen noodles that are just a little bit old but still │ ║ warm and are slightly drying out a little bit but there's juuuuust enough sauce │ ║ down at the bottom to keep it coated │ ║ │ ║ that's the stuff │ ║ │ ║ (meanwhile my evil side says: it starts with "hey can you help me cook dinner" │ ║ and then suddenly you're working all day every day) │ ║ │ ║ (and then so are they) │ ║ │ ║ (and it continues.....) │ ║ │ ║ (... until.... ) │ ║ │ ║ (one day you wake up and there's nothing you are capable to do) │ ║ │ ║ (so then you're useless) │ ║ │ ║ (and demanding) │ ║ │ ║ (and that's hard to handle) │ ║ │ ║ (when your schedule is blocked, and there's nothing you are capable to do) │ ║ │ ║ ... weird, kinda drifted off for a second, anyway we should talk about │ ║ BIRTHDAYS! Birthdays are fun, theyre the day when you switch from being one age │ ║ to another. Like, rolling over a clock, or ticking-up a variable in response to │ ║ another variable which is at capacity. │ ║ │ ║ buffer overflows would be impossible if you put import/export controls on │ ║ registers │ ║ │ ║ not "you can't do that" but "wheres your cre │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1854 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ okay how about this: one side of the political spectrum gets to pick the rules, │ ║ and the other picks the people playing the game (carrying out the rules, like │ ║ government work and stuff) │ ║ │ ║ then they switch every 2 years or whatever. they can vote to decide which group │ ║ of people do what, and if something is owned by one side then the other can't │ ║ touch it. Ah, but what if it's in the way? Well, then move it duh" │ ║ │ ║ hey, you know pride? yeah, that event that happens once a year? sure would be │ ║ nice if we met people we didn't know there. if we knew everyone else. if we │ ║ spent most of it sharing our discussions, and talking about what we're most │ ║ proud of. then, okay here's an idea, we could filter and organize and figure │ ║ out which one of us has the most "votes" in terms of what's the things we agree │ ║ on and then we could pick our own CEO │ ║ │ ║ yeah I'd totally work for the gay company, they got rainbows and shit that's │ ║ awesome. │ ║ │ ║ What they do? Oh, I dunno, butt stuff I guess. but like I'm all for it (not the │ ║ butt stuff, │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1855 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: being-afraid-of-something-is-hard-but-can-be-overcome │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ if you're afraid of spies, then they've already won. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1856 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ rice and lentils in the rice cooker with lots of butter when it's done, serve in a large bowl and add one can of vegetable soup is delicious ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1857 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: scary-question │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ honest question: if they cut off internet to a medium sized town like Nashville │ ║ or Spokane and man-in-the-middled every attempted communication out and │ ║ sabatoged any plans to visit... they could kill everyone in that city and │ ║ replace them with an LLM that sorta posted the mostly correct things, and if │ ║ users comment things like "hey are you okay you don't sound like yourself" then │ ║ just have a human operator study their data for a bit and pretend to be them │ ║ using deepfakes over zoom or whatever. Then, any time they say "I miss you, I │ ║ want to visit you" just say "darn I'm actually visiting my grandma in │ ║ afghanistan" or "sorry my cousin is visiting from peru" and suddenly they're │ ║ completely isolated and alone. Oh and their teams at work? Cut off from the │ ║ rest of the corporation who doesn't even know they exist. how, uh, how would │ ║ you even notice if all these people who live around you were suddenly replaced │ ║ by those you don't know? What if they cycle through, like a slaughterhouse... I │ ║ don't want to │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1858 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ they say gemini are duplicitous because they're close to exactly half one year │ ║ and half the next. │ ║ │ ║ I was supposed to be born on the summer solstice, but I was a C-section because │ ║ reasons. two weeks early, I think. │ ║ │ ║ gemini are born in the summer, if you didn't know. I don't know anything about │ ║ astrology except what people say about me. │ ║ │ ║ they aren't duplicitous though. they aren't trying to trick you. their struggle │ ║ is internal, the struggle between their two selves. one representing one │ ║ extreme, the other the other, like a constant "good cop bad cop" style │ ║ situation that plays out through the strings of your story. │ ║ │ ║ the muses look a bit like the characters in Inside Out, I think, both visually │ ║ (HA) and actualizationally. │ ║ │ ║ ... gemini is already plural, so you might say "capricorns" or "tauruses" or │ ║ whatever but gemini is just gemini │ ║ │ ║ "that which you resist is what you'll find" because pushing in one direction │ ║ leaves you unbalanced, which causes your mutual orbit to swing around one │ ║ another, like a wave. Up/down │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1859 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 would be nice : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1860 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ republicans who vote for biden are my friends ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/442 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── In symbeline, they aren't monsters. They're "Mordaunts" and they need your help. When slain, their essence flows back to the villain who remakes them in a new form. As time passes the villain gets more and more essence, as heroes are slain. They have taken several ancient guardians (many types, randomized at the start of the game) and they protect their sanctum in the center of the island. The heroes need to level up to defeat them and slay the villain, but the villain gets stronger as well. If too many heroes die, the villain wins. And the villain can focus their efforts on one area or another, while your heroes fight with the kingdom next door. Brigands arrive on ships as well. If you implement the law saying only approved members may travel on boats, they'll arrive in little dingies on the coast, meaning less trouble in the city but same amount of trouble. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/443 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── RTO on specific days (WFO others) but with optional social events scheduled all day. Returning to office is intended to foster community and cohesiveness right? What better way to do that than playing board games, singing in choir, or having a potluck? Doesn't have to cost dollars, look to churches for community building activity ideas. Let the employees lead. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/444 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Like, you COULD work instead, but like why would you when you could go bowling or watch a movie. Works best I think if the days cycle through the week too so your employees can't make permanent obligations during the weekdays. If you're so concerned that they'll start working for another company or start a grassroots political movement, just make it so that they can't reliably have empty spots in their schedule. Maybe two days, one cycles forward the other back. So like, Monday and Friday one week, then Tuesday and Thursday, then Wednesday and friday, then Monday and thursday, then Tuesday and wednesday, then Friday and Wednesday, then Monday and thursday, etc etc. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/445 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── In Majesty, you place reward flags on specific monsters as a concession from the simulation crowd to the real time strategy crowd who wanted more direct control. In Symbeline, you determine the bounty price for various crimes that mordaunts and bandits might commit. In addition, you can incentivize your heroes to commit crimes against neighboring nations the same way. In this way you do not have direct control, but rather can build out a simulation and tweak it bit-by-bit to reward certain types of behavior. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/446 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Every month, a new ship arrives in port. It bears with it many souls who come seeking gold, glory, or bloodshed. Your job is to make sure they all get jobs that are suited to them. If you don't, they'll start to starve and become brigands. If you feed them, they get bored and become brigands. If you entertain them, they are useless and you'll be overcome with monsters. If you police them, they'll go to your rivals. You do this by building guilds which can identify and train the best potential candidates. You can invest in more time spent identifying, training, and equipping, but the more time they spend on those things the less resources they'll have to process more people through their systems. On the other end, you get a hero, or perhaps something similar. They do battle with the mordaunts and strive to better the kingdom. You reward them with bounties and they can find treasure on their adventures - how weird, it seems to just... Spawn from the earth. Almost like it's an elemental property of the land. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/447 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Symbeline is a competitive simulation game with enough dynamic elements to keep it unpredictable, like how roguelikes are more replayable than ARPGs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ |