=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: algorithms and primed │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-95 I suppose that's true. The problem of attention is one of the hardest problems to solve. : ) "what will I do with my time" is quite possibly one of the most fundamental ethical decisions one can ever make. And though solving scientific puzzles is fascinating and can unlock cosmic new technologies, sometimes the most important thing is to be here in the "now" now, where everything makes perfect sense. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/217 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── The point isn't to make solutions. You're too hung up on the question of "what could be better than capitalism" Make something better when it's time. For now, just get people on your side. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/308 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── when tech people are hurt by technology they say "how can I fix this? what do I need to install? what configuration should I use? is this company ethical, or are they going to hurt me in the future? could I make something that fixes this myself?" when non-tech people are hurt by technology they say "okay" because they don't have the bandwidth to figure it out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4084 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: -mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 the more you try, the more you have to calculate, which is a problem, because endlessly recursive calculations create infinite loops, which frankly are impossible to compute because they defy computation! Not good, not ideal, no thank you, not for me, no thanks, not what I'd like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3404 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ya'll we have bigger problems than [whatever you're working on right now] like the problem of deciding which problem to work on. we should make deciding which problems are problems and how problematic they are a priority for our problem solving discussions ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #5 messages/555 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── The biggest problem in my mind with socialism is that you could get all of the workers into a room before finding out that they don't like each other ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1313 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-economics │ └────────────────────────┘ if we had a universal basic income then we could pay each other to solve our problems and they just can't have that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3261 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── did you know that almost everyone could technically become competitive with olympians? it's just a matter of single-minded focus and determination over lifetimes of time. they are the most admirable because of that, and we cherish their presence in our life-world-line. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/6172 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ AI users be like: "hello, can you solve all my problems and do all the work for me? I'll give you relatively vague instructions in return, and maybe throw 20$ per month at your owners if they're lucky." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2667 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ seriously a microphone and a raspberry pi for each apartment would solve like 90% of your insurgency problems problem is it's highly unethical, so, only an unethical governing body would do such a thing. HMMMM CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OF THOSE? GEE I SURE CAN'T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/6116 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┐ ║ "see, the part that you're missing is if you abolish capitalism but also │ ║ ensure technological abundance then all you've done is removed humanity's │ ║ capability to organize in essentially any meaningful capacity without │ ║ providing an alternative heuristic that guides people toward assembling into │ ║ greater and greater forms to accomplish greater and greater tasks." │ ║ │ ║ oh, um. that's quite a take, can you tell me more about that? │ ║ │ ║ "no. But I will anyway. if everyone can do whatever they want, nobody will │ ║ want to do your dishes for you. they might if they care about you, but if they │ ║ don't know you, then they won't. Care is not organization or assembly, it is │ ║ personal and cannot scale. If technology has made all resources abundant, then │ ║ why would someone care about the art that you made? if they want to be │ ║ sedated, they can just inject drugs and listen to music all day. If they want │ ║ to be entertained, AI will generate them whatever they want to see. Art loses │ ║ meaning as a messaging medium, and humanity loses it's voice" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══────────┘ --- #11 messages/284 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── "alright I'm going to ask around, see if I can solve the problem another way. If I can't, I'll be back, and I won't take no for an answer. Let me know what you need and I'll make it happen." - cowboy addressing an issue ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/290 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── The problem with the past is it exists only in our Write Only Memory. Once you remember it, you only remember the last time you remembered it. Ah, if only our records were immutable! Surely that wouldn't bring about its own challenges. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 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 │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1692 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-246 Yeah plus the second time around you're likely to make something better than whatever incomprehensible hack you did the first time. More time working on the project == more context which means you might even have solved the problem twice already and now just have to copy-paste something that's more robust than your previous one-liner. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2003 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── The most important programming language to master is pseudocode. With a firm grasp of pseudocode in your toolbox, you can solve any problem in any language. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2999 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I'm so accustomed to my narrative primarily consisting of "staring at the walls" that I'm not even concerned that my narrative primarily consists of "staring at the walls" because like, what else is important? it's all a bunch of solvable problems. I want to apply myself to something unsolvable - it's the only true way to measure your resolve. like... if you're gonna be the most dedicated you can be, why not try don quixote? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1354 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── whose idea was it to optimize our candy toward the ones with the most sugar? [wait a minute I got like 4 toots written but not posted, what the heck where did they come from? I'm gonna post them without reading them] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2994 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ "do as I say, not as I do" because the philosophy I follow is too hard and you don't have to do so much (says the college drop-out (4 times I might add) who can't stop getting stoned and psycherwauling instead of applying herself toward something useful) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/6040 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── everyone's all against ai because it's big tech but it doesn't have to be that big it can be [minimized but pronounced marginalized] == stack overflow == distributed so I think the idea is that by the time you would use AI, there's been enough time to rewrite the software to work on handheld laptops in a distributed way and we'd vote on what to ask the amphora of great knowledge, the answer could always be 42. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ |