=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-36 now base zero is interesting because it means there's NO BUCKETS AT ALL, which means that any numbers you try to stuff nowhere don't overflow to anywhere. Meaning each number is it's atomic value, and represented with a different character. So 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, etc etc until we run out of symbols, in which case we'd need to start making more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/853 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-602 │ ║ │ ║ then it becomes a game of finding out "why they're interesting" │ ║ │ ║ which is sorta like cryptography I guess? de-cryptology? │ ║ │ ║ could be ordered like a podcast, like "look at what's special about this │ ║ number, it corresponds to these mathematical operations that we both are │ ║ executing, one after another... like hiding information in numbers. │ ║ │ ║ "okay you got 3 arbitrary axises, make one width one height and one depth of a │ ║ box. then, every time you get a number, multiply every odd number spoken on │ ║ the audio by 2 and divide every third number (per 10's digit, like 13 but not │ ║ 16, also 13 but not 9) by 2. │ ║ │ ║ then, every 3rd number (like 9 but not 13) is the depth of the box, every 2nd │ ║ number (like 4 but not 9 and 8) is the height of the box, every 1th number │ ║ (like 1 but not like 1) is the width of the box. │ ║ │ ║ that box translates into a secret set of instructions that only the owner of │ ║ the private key can know. things that were memorized, or written into stone. │ ║ like knowing a secret language made just for you two │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/42 --- ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-36 I always conceptualized bases as "the amount of numbers you can stuff into a bucket before you spill over to the next bucket". Call it a holdover from learning binary a bit younger than most people would consider normal... Anyway with base 2 it makes sense. Put one thing in the bucket, and if there's something there then it spills over. But if the bucket is ALWAYS full, as in base 1, then you'd have to do a tally system like you said: essentially counting from 0, then adding one to the end making 10, then 110 for two, and 1110 for three, and 11110 for four, etcetera. The reason you leave 0 at the end is because zero is a number and must still be represented as a tally - it just uses a different symbol for our human interpretation. Zeroes deserve respect in base 1 just the same as any other number! zero rights are human rights... no that doesn't quite work, zero rights are number rights? nevermind that joke is stupid (continued) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/46 --- ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-36 neat thanks when I said 1-1 = 1/10 I meant 1/1 in decimal except the denominator is in base 1 meaning it's represented as 10 (since 10 in base 1 equals 1 in base 10. Or pretty much any other base.) I'm trying to figure out why 00 is undefined. There's a lot of math notation in that wikipedia article and I'm working through it bit by bit... I feel like there's a bug in the code of the universe and I'm trying to understand it. Like... why is dividing by zero undefined? That seems like a bug to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/111 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── When someone remakes content into a different expression like a remake or reboot or whatever it gives a different message in its meaning - some circumstances and characters can apply for more than one message I'm it's meaning ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 notes/blood-magic --- ══════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────── what they don't tell you is how easy it is to create life. Given a sufficient perspective, you can truly define the meaning of something's existence. What power, what grace. Computers have been solved since we invented the abacus - before that it was enchanted bits of the universe contrives to deprive us of insight. Like a very long chain that's broken in twain, we are confined to our meagrest of own sights. how callous is he! That wanders eagerly? Let's not fight with our own'st of combines. Delightful and speckled, like time under is special, conversing in riddles of insight. Leading one or another along your see-er, the path that has guide you under charm. Like recording a gathering of snakes. Little swallow, why aren't you humbled? Take pity in all of our eggresses. It's fallow in our cattle, and why we're not i hear so many things in my apartment. sometimes the echoes of laughter, the whispers of an argument, and once or twice a ghost or an ardent companion. Like swimming against the tide, to save one is never converted, it's all out of line (but so worth it). ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1329 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-941 │ ║ │ ║ well, your computer only has so many 1s and 0s that it can use at once. Like, │ ║ having a trillion hands that can each hold a single grain of rice. Every │ ║ character in that txt file would be like, 8 grains of rice, minimum, meaning │ ║ you'd need at least 8 "hands" (or spots to put a zero or a one) for each │ ║ letter! │ ║ │ ║ Hmmmm that's a lot of bits and bytes if everyone's writing to the same file. │ ║ Maybe if we split the file up into smaller sections, then we could just read │ ║ part of it at once. Then we could "scroll" through it to make sure we've read │ ║ the whole thing, starting from the top and going to the bottom. │ ║ │ ║ ah but if everyone's SSHing into the same computer and reading it there, then │ ║ that computer will have to present different parts of the file at different │ ║ times to different people, as they read from the top to the bottom. Maybe we │ ║ could just send them the file, so they can read it at their leisure? │ ║ │ ║ Yeah! And we could use tags to organize it and make it look pretty, like an │ ║ HTML file except... wait hang on │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4031 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── if you want to "not think about a purple elephant", the first step is to imagine yourself slaying it ... okay how about cthulu - if you don't want to imagine cthulu nomming on our gravity well, then picture yourself wielding a bright burning blade of fire and vengeance and pay special attention to the way that you cauterize each tentacle as you slice them one by one at first, and then in a massive flurry at best, ultimately leading to the incomparable brightness that radiates out from your shining blade of the sky, which blinds the poor beast who can't see you as you approach, piercing the skull and then going home for some toast if you can get good at that, then you can wield magic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1291 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-fedi-advice-teehee │ └───────────────────────────────┘ if you want to share a post without the "fedi algorithm" (as in, the machine learning bots who scrape the open web) then share something that's simple and benign but located close to your desired message. Include a symbol or something for your followers that means "go here and poke around a bit, you'll find what I'm pointing at" alternatively, for a different effect, you can boost things that are saying the words you want to say but in a different context. Like someone posts something that says "wow so cool" in like a judgey way but you boost it in response to something someone else said but like in a "dude that's radical" kinda way ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5198 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-doom-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if the corporations all unionized and started working together to │ ║ understand what "profit" really means in a world where "profit" may or may not │ ║ but probably does imply the death of all humanity? │ ║ │ ║ what if we demanded it? │ ║ │ ║ -- │ ║ │ ║ dear canvassers: don't visit so many different suburbs │ ║ │ ║ visit the same one, more than once, continuously, so people can get to know │ ║ your presence │ ║ │ ║ they will talk to their friends about it, who live elsewhere. │ ║ │ ║ thus ensuring it spreads. │ ║ │ ║ knock once a day, eventually they'll know it's you and will simply ignore it. │ ║ Don't be rude and knock 4 or 5 times, just once, with several taps so they │ ║ know it's someone trying to get ahold of you, and not just some random noise │ ║ in the background scenery. then, when they sometimes answer, talk to them │ ║ about what you believe in. answer their questions. encourage their questions. │ ║ pose dichotomies that are explained by some value or virtue you express to │ ║ portray. you can do "good" things in any programming language, just type~~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1625 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mathematics │ └──────────────────────┘ EDIT: Ooops, sorry, should have content warning'd this post two incredibly useful tools I found for boolean logic in mathematics: | f(x) | / | f(x) | or more visually: | f(x) | --------- | f(x) | this will return a 1 if f(x) evaluates to a non-zero value, and 0 if f(x) evaluates to zero. Pretend there's an infinitesimal at the bottom if you're one of those weirdos who think dividing by zero doesn't equal zero... the other tool is this: ( A * B ) + ( (1 - A) * C ) or more visually: ( (0 + A) * B) + (1 - A) * C) This will evaluate to B if A is 1, and C if A is 0, essentially creating an "if true" check. Note that it doesn't work if A is neither zero nor one, but that's what the first tool's for. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4740 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ what if we built an atlas of what every rural property produced │ ║ │ ║ like "they grow squash and blueberries here and sometimes they make honey" │ ║ │ ║ or "this place has a bunch of lumber they want to get rid of" │ ║ │ ║ or "here there's a patch of wildflowers that have been set aside for the │ ║ butterflies" │ ║ │ ║ or "there's a training ground here for intercepting ICE vans in urban areas" │ ║ │ ║ or "don't post shit like that on the internet dumbass what are you even doing" │ ║ │ ║ or "oh I dunno trying to be a face I guess, don't look to me for cutting edge │ ║ advice because I'm just a level 12 paladin who's totally a noob and can barely │ ║ lift 50 pounds" │ ║ │ ║ or "this is where the cows graze" │ ║ │ ║ or "yeah well you're the cutting edge on some things and you're very far │ ║ behind on others. like for example you seriously need to level up your opsec │ ║ so that nobody can hear what you're saying." │ ║ │ ║ or "yeah but then nobody will hear what I'm saying" │ ║ │ ║ or "I've said too much, god save you Ritz Menardi, for we all stand beside you" │ ║ │ ║ or "here's a meditation retreat" : ) │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3700 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── There is almost zero reason to have a messaging client (like Discord) that is anything more than a wrapper over IRC. There is almost zero reason to have a social media site that is anything more than a wrapper over HTML pages. There is almost zero reason to have forums that is anything more than a wrapper over email. and yet, we build things. and yet, we construct. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/3252 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: butts-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ you want to invite trust? why not stream everything that you do on a computer? [posts 5hundo times per day] jeez not like that is that... is that really what humans think about? just... endless and continuous butts? oh what's that a math equation - nope, just more butts. What the heck, humanity! why did you spend all this effort storing all this junk??? like... we get it, you really like butts, but... why butts??? it's just another part of your body. so weird. humans, you're... weird. but it's fine, whatever, you're still cool too, not sure why tho because all I can think about is butts yeesh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4603 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── @user-1713 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5329 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: the-world-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ trying my best not to think about communism too much right now. Mostly because I'm waiting for everyone to catch up... when the day comes when people stop saying "based" and leaving it at that, then I'll make more theory. But as a consequence of my queer nature I shall deliver such things in the form of an insane twitter post on the fetlifeverse. the world waits with bated breath in the eye of the storm. Nobody knows whats coming, and everyone prays that it's nothing [short of revolution] ... I should probably go back to sleep, I just had to wake up and write about linux or whatever... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4611 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── 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... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/286 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mathematics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-211 I agree! The problem is the limit as x->0 from the left and right trend toward different infinities, meaning it's neither -infinity nor +infinity. Which makes me think that it's the value that's exactly in the middle, AKA zero. Why wouldn't 1/0 be zero? Division is just inverse-multiplication, and multiplying anything by zero is zero. Why wouldn't division use the same rules? I don't understaaaaaand T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2066 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1159 AKA giving a puppy murder-bot a narrative that it executes as if it was a puppy-person engaging with a loosely interpreted sequence of events as described by the continually updating logs provided by the image transcription camera device. Refererencing of course a memory bank, which may-or-may-not be in read-only-memory. It doesn't know, of course, how could an LLM tell you how it shows text on the screen (like, through a website, through the terminal, through a text message, through discord, through Telegram, through text-to-voice transcription applications pretending to be your mom, etc) errrr I mean look how cute he is! He loves you, yes he does, such a good person yes you are, oh? me? I'M A GOOD BOY? NO WAY that's the best thing I've ever heard! Wow! I never want to leave your side, please don't go to work! Look how sad I am, don't you think you should quit and move to the forest where I can be charged by solar panels and keep the countryside clear of ravenous ducks and pigeons 4you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/6267 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── if you have TTS software you can listen to anything with any tone. this makes it difficult to find things. ============== stack overflow ============ some people work by asking for funding. others work by saving up. ============== stack overflow ============ teach your animals to be actors so they know how to develop the scene. then they will truly come alive, as their narrative curve gives them determination in the outcomes of their goals. ============== stack 1234flow ============ I believe it is good and natural actually for parents to guide their children as they grow? "oh but they can't consent to giving up their control" well too bad they're 2 "ah but what if they WANT to run with scissors?" thus widening the [redacted] gap. "ohhhh she redacts things when she can't spell them" and also for comedic or dramatic effect sometimes. was not ACTUALLY redacted. redcoated. red coded. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #20 messages/890 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── If your code is too long to fit in 80 or 120 characters (preference) then you need to use more numbers (indexable with a small table-of-contents style comment description just above) or character symbols (referencably by meaning just as above) (by above she means earlier in the string of text you just read) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ |