=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: warcraft-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ In engaging in this manner, they are sharpening their skills and talents. Then, when peril strikes their world (everything from a black dragon seizing control of parliment to a flame elemental awakening and threatening to Yellowstone the globe) they are honed and tempered enough to combat them. Power begets power, though, and with greater nuclear proliferation comes greater threats, like an demon alien invasion, the afore-mentioned death incarnate waking up, the elemental forces of hate and despair corrupting the very earth beneath their feet, an evil time-travelling dictator bringing fascism to the Americas before Columbus showed up (along with WW2 tanks and industry), a bunch of ghost pirates and dinosaurs I think? (I was in college for this one srry), more demons, and then I think like, the shadowlands or something idk I hung up the phone when I got the message. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ === DIVERSITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1101 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-803 reading this made me cry T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/6413 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── to understand something, work backward from present understandings back to the fundamentals of algebra. insert words. wield LLM. build a neuronal structure many layers wide. let them coprocess bit-by-bit as they are adding new processors to be "learning" new domain specific memory context-processing-thingy. "over here's the memory cells, over here are the conceptual structure" suddenly, organified. not ideal. much better, I feel, is for a disambiguous association of processor selves, each contextualizing a cache in a ram. ['s horn] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5986 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: meat │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-192 freezers full of meat last a year or so, why waste it on every month or other? our past didn't get future tech, how unfair! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #4 fediverse_boost/3376 --- ◀─╔══════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════──────────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111843564814825762 │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #5 fediverse/4572 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── goodnight, people-who-all-agree-with-me-but-who-I-still-rant-to-anyway-because-I'm-full-of -rage, talk to you tomorrow. or whenever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/6047 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── camouflage in an urban environment is not camo. rather, regular clothes of black or white. don't wear sports glasses, you look like a dummy. revolution is when they murder everyone but your friends. this is what happens, ya dingus not ideal. "okay who are the bad guys here? okay let's go shoot them to death with our bullets and guns." violence as a first aspect, cause as a third spark. "I have a strange urge to play video games?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3972 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: immigration-social-designs-national-cultures-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if people at home had half as much compassion, respect, and reverence for the │ ║ people abroad that the people abroad have for the people at home, we could │ ║ have a truly multicultural society. │ ║ │ ║ instead, we get melting pots which melt you down and combine into a new, third │ ║ thing. And in America we really have a multitude of miniature melting pots │ ║ creating subcultures of racial, religious, professional, or other origin. │ ║ │ ║ Neither approach is entirely good, and neither entirely bad. They're different. │ ║ │ ║ America is the largest melting pot design, but sufficiently large cities find │ ║ them popping up in the strangest of places. │ ║ │ ║ My thoughts go out to the Americans abroad, whether in peace, war, or times of │ ║ hiding, know that we are grown from the same tree and our apples have fallen │ ║ on different sides of the hill carrying us to worlds beyond. But still our │ ║ heritage binds us, so I care for you. I pray that you will ask me if you need │ ║ my aid, and I will do so too unto you. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴──────────┘ --- #8 messages/534 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── War is hell - each casualty bids farewell to a wholely unique treasure from this world - war is hell - there is nothing that cannot be resolved with words. And yet we fight, and yet we pillage. War is hell, and those who demand it must do so only to resist evil, elemental evil, the kind that wars on the innocent and pillages the bounteous. War is hell. Fucking kill the ones who make it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5569 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: self-harm-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ for the record, I would never kill myself. even if I were in a bunker hiding from warcrimes, I'd wait to be Nuremberged. frankly tho that's highly unlikely. Let's just see what the future will bring. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse_boost/6099 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════════════───────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ External post: https://hachyderm.io/users/marianoguerra/statuses/115366899548181326 │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────╝─▶ --- #11 messages/738 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── Dear Anakin, for as long as you've known him, Obiwan learned just as much from you as you did from him. His title as "master" was a formality - he didn't get it because he was better than you, and "padawan" does not mean you are lesser. There is no hierarchy. He was learning to teach at the same speed that you learnt to learn. You built each other up, an unstoppable force for good in the galaxy. But then an evil wizard stole your heart and twisted your mind. Have no fear, fear is the path to the dark side. Your mother knows this well, for it is a common lesson among all people as they age. Fear not, hate not, and feel fury more than rage. You can bring the universe into a bright golden age, never forget your purpose and your [potential / duty] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3533 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: weird │ └──────────────────────┘ dear people watching my screen: if you're so disturbed by what I'm looking at, then why do you bother watching? ... oh right, you think I'm a danger to the membranum. Well... sucks to be you then. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse_boost/4008 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════───────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/RadioAddition/statuses/113292494727215042 │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #14 fediverse/240 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: game-design │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ i like to design games. my darling is a game based on Majesty (2000) the │ ║ Fantasy Kingdom Sim. you can think of it like a management strategy game where │ ║ you control the knobs and levers that a fantasy monarch might have - │ ║ allocating funds, placing quest bounties, hiring heroes, and organizing the │ ║ peasantry. the important part is that your units are not controllable - they │ ║ just do their own thing. │ ║ │ ║ unrelated, but I think we should design games as APIs that a user's preferred │ ║ tool could interface with and render as they will. it'd help a lot with │ ║ cross-platform compatibility and would allow people to customize parts of the │ ║ game to their desires. │ ║ │ ║ unrelated, but I think if you could design an AI that could play games │ ║ (perhaps through an API) that it hadn't been trained on, I think you would │ ║ have a pretty convincing argument for abstract "problem solving" capabilities. │ ║ │ ║ unrelated, but games like the one I described are good for situations where │ ║ people don't have to trust their monarch. to it you are AGI │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #15 messages/1 --- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1028 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── there's this really fun video game I like to play called "Legion TD 2" - it's based on a Warcraft3 mod. In this game, you make tactical and strategic decisions on a fixed term - a competitive game between 4 or 8 players with an incredible array of randomness. it teaches you to work with what you got, and to make decisions based on your opponent's weaknesses. Good luck figuring out what they are, though, as you can't just memorize them out of a book. You need to adapt, in the moment, to the decisions of your foes, while primarily focusing your attention on accomplishing a different task. I really like it because it's taught me to be strategic in plenty of other ways. I used to love the game Overwatch because it required adaptibility. The game was always changing, so no strategy stuck forever, but every match you'd play against a slightly different opponent. but then Blizzard changed the game because they wanted to make more money, and it got worse and worse at what I liked about it. Sadface. : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 messages/2 --- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3184 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── "reboost with content warning" would be quite nice 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse_boost/3174 --- ◀─╔══════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════──────────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Yes I did transcribe alt text for this. My eyes hurt now. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #20 messages/3 --- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ |