=== ANCHOR POEM ===
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 mitski
A picture of the comparison between two songs by the artist Mitski.  On the left, there is these lyrics:  Nobody, nobody, nobody Nobody, nobody ooh, nobody, nobody, nobody  and it's marked as (amazing)  on the right there is these lyrics:  I bet on losing dogs I know they're losing and I'll pay for my place by the ring, so I can look in their eyes as they're down... I wanna feel it, I wanna feel them drown...  and it's marked as (stupid, emo, gay)  the picture concludes with the question: wtf has this world come to?
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

--- #1 fediverse/5609 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────
 "I only clean my body when it gets dirty. Which is why I brush my teeth after
 every meal."
 
 - said the girl who brushes her teeth more than me
                                                           ──────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘

--- #2 fediverse_boost/3376 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111843564814825762  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #3 fediverse_boost/4996 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/113852254530049169  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #4 fediverse_boost/2627 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/TheGentlehacker/statuses/112768038621153850  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #5 fediverse_boost/2182 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111536559871684378  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #6 fediverse/2217 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────
 ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: TMI-trans-surgery-mentioned │
 └─────────────────────────────────┘


 I'm post-op, but you couldn't tell from my face. 😉
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘

--- #7 fediverse_boost/4957 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/112616957062515146  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #8 fediverse_boost/4309 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/112610466175605847  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #9 fediverse/638 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐
 idea: BASH script that runs a game of Majesty through an emulator that           │
 included an API to interface with x11. You could set a game of this fantasy      │
 kingdom simulator as your background, and it would move the camera to show you   │
 interesting events. It could build resources as you directed, through double     │
 clicking an icon on your desktop or whatever. And the wallpaper would zoom to    │
 the part that seemed important. Just based on like, which heroes you clicked a   │
 button that was triggered by a program running in a qt wrapper. Or maybe if      │
 you said "notify me when this project is completed" or whatever, it'd zoom one   │
 of it's screens toward the goal that you'd designed - or perhaps it'd just be    │
 done by an AI. Either way, the result is that you've got an example of a         │
 wallpaper that displays my favorite game.                                        │
 gee wish I could make that. First I'd have to learn X, then probably get         │
 better at BASH, then I'd have to do some kind of input manipulation - probably   │
 maybe with C? that could interface with a machine learning algo                  │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘

--- #10 fediverse_boost/5605 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/114785513552155221  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #11 fediverse_boost/4724 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/113851007276211231  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #12 messages/754 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────
 If you want to get to know me, play my games
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘

--- #13 fediverse_boost/3279 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/112935674463022842  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #14 fediverse/2475 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 If you want to design a society, first learn how to build a decentralized
 scalable multiprocessor computer program.
 
 It could literally flip bits, the point is to practice architecture not
 accomplish a goal.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #15 fediverse_boost/2183 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111979652246592739  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #16 fediverse/4354 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────
 I think it'd be neat if Mastodon would implement a button that took a picture
 of the user's text input box and saved it to the clipboard. So they could post
 it on sites with picture-heavy text like
 https://www.reddit.com/r/curatedtumblr note that's not grindr, which is what
 was referenced before, but tumblr, which is a completely different website -
 yeah you rememeber that? it had a completely different vibe and was so totally
 cool and chill. you could generally tell if someone was from tumblr because
 they had a certain relaxed air of friendliness that really filled out their
 sense of charm.
 
 == stack overflow ==
 
 I can think of several indie developers wouldn't mind being paid to update
 their games according to what the fans suggest.
 
 like...
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘

--- #17 fediverse_boost/4580 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/wyatt8740/statuses/113641823695203864  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #18 fediverse_boost/2226 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/smolcasm/statuses/110968857607534066  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #19 fediverse_boost/5861 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/115192575834533779  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #20 fediverse_boost/3346 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Galinier moves.                                                             
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractalArt                                                                 
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #21 fediverse_boost/3505 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/MxSpoon/statuses/113006982414606269  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #22 fediverse_boost/1379 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Fige's possibility space.                                                   
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractalFlame                                                               
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #23 fediverse/1508 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────
 being trans teaches you opsec, because you're constantly hiding the evidence
 of your past life.
 
 being a woman teaches you situational awareness, and (almost) every trans
 person has been a woman at one point or another. At least, they've performed
 as one, which is enough to learn about situational awareness.
 
 growing up and hiding a part of yourself because you were afraid to come out
 teaches you to act / lie / perform / mask, which is something every queer
 person has done at one point or another.
 
 conclusion? the gays would make great spies. At least, they'd have a good
 baseline talent for it. Still would require training obvi
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘

--- #24 fediverse_boost/726 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111751321494673514  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #25 fediverse_boost/5968 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/115262569282901835  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #26 fediverse_boost/5761 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/azrael/statuses/114976648327519879   
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #27 fediverse_boost/4007 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/113292584029101763  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #28 fediverse/2300 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: uspol            │
 └──────────────────────┘


 my favorite enemy is one you never need to fight.
 
 "they would give us a king, and you're worried about broken windows?"
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #29 fediverse_boost/3536 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/burnoutqueen/statuses/113013504941082720  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #30 fediverse_boost/1512 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/112113562016428218  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #31 fediverse_boost/5080 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/114321608924832840  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #32 fediverse_boost/4414 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/112724015126100520  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #33 fediverse_boost/4571 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/113621985473421541  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #34 fediverse_boost/4008 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/RadioAddition/statuses/113292494727215042  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #35 fediverse/6382 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────
 cloud-code should automatically use git and record everything. If the user
 wants to assign a different git, then it does that too.
 
 -- stack overflow --
 
 I used to think programs could only affect files in their directory. Then I
 learned about Window's "My Games" directory, and then somewhere down the line
 I'm thinking about how programs on Linux can just use absolute paths to random
 places on your hard drive and it's like... wow, if only someone built basic
 sandboxing into this /etc/ style environment
                                                           ───┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘

--- #36 fediverse_boost/4151 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/PanzerKern/statuses/113371436741159152  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #37 fediverse_boost/2094 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/bishark/statuses/112695633126930832  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #38 fediverse_boost/6060 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/AzulCrescent/statuses/115299636257749453  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #39 fediverse_boost/5494 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/114730231914607622  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #40 messages/82 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────
 When you're storing pencils (or other fragile long tubes) in a bag or
 container of some kind it's often good to store them at a right angle, so that
 they can have a higher chance of being safe should a strain or stressor
 impacted upon their storage location device. Like... a bag that bends but not
 twist would have 50% of the glowsricks intackt.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #41 fediverse_boost/1744 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Hulen flows.                                                                
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #artBot                                                                     
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #42 fediverse_boost/3630 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/112736116672935884  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #43 fediverse_boost/4413 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/112724015000102304  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #44 fediverse_boost/540 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Caszh twitches.                                                             
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractalArt                                                                 
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #45 fediverse_boost/1737 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Feaux in motion.                                                            
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractal                                                                    
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #46 fediverse_boost/1456 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111762894785081074  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #47 fediverse_boost/5301 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Nicobi flows.                                                               
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #artBot                                                                     
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #48 fediverse_boost/370 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/jaycie/statuses/111580739105379683   
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #49 fediverse_boost/697 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/FingersEntoes/statuses/111740708374497712  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #50 fediverse_boost/532 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/111686262067949413  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #51 fediverse/895 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────
 most video game ideas suck
 
 most of the time they're like "oh what if we had a racoon who found a magic
 hat and saved the world from sentient apple blossoms"
 
 that's not a game idea, that's a painting
 
 a game is mechanics, and you can use the aesthetic to justify the mechanics,
 but not generally the other way around.
 
 the art isn't bad, but the art isn't the game. a game idea is "what if
 tic-tac-toe had an extra square in the center" or "what if chess was played
 with checkers, to hide your moves from your opponent"
 
 there have been thousands of super mario bros. if games were designed as an
 API, we could use whatever visuals we wanted, and those could be copyrighted
 and sold if you really want. but mechanics are the basis for everything they
 are built on, so doesn't it make sense to separate the two? abstracting the
 logic such that two complementary functions are accomplished, [see code editor
 idea], more flavors of game could be produced.
 
 rulesets can be switched in and out too, as an API is just an engin
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘

--- #52 fediverse_boost/1863 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/112633502776898941  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #53 fediverse/1460 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────
 @user-993 @user-772 
 
 I've seen those glasses before! very peculiar. the artistry is amazing! I miss
 the girl I was with.
 
 Here's some colors I like:
 
 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/pictures/game-design-pyrrhic-victory4.png
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘

--- #54 fediverse/6183 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────
 every object has a time limit for how long it can stay in your life.
 
 some objects which are loved tend to stick around longer. others fade away and
 are forgotten.
 
 when an object is given away, it is born again, to live a life renewed. The
 timer restarts, and it yearns to see the future you have granted it.
 
 when an object is thrown away, it fades into the background and it's memory
 grows into dust. This is not always an unhappy thing, for it makes room for
 new objects in your life.
                                                           ─────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘

--- #55 fediverse/4140 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────
 @user-883 
 
 whoa I sorta know what that means
 
 you're so cool 🤩
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘

--- #56 fediverse_boost/468 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111345417459761329  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #57 fediverse/3432 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────
 "you're telling me that I've been special needs this whole damn time and
 nobody told me?"
 
 to be fair to nobody you're pretty good at hiding it
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘

--- #58 fediverse/5395 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────
 people always say "you don't have to storehouse metal, there's no need to
 scavenge, we can just buy more" as if I wasn't scarred by the wartime
 struggles of my grandparents
                                                           ───────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘

--- #59 fediverse_boost/1004 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Haysber's possibility space.                                                
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #artBot                                                                     
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #60 fediverse/3889 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────
 when you comment on someone's post, it's an explicit invitation to conversation
 
 maybe reply guys just wanna have friends
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘

--- #61 fediverse/1160 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐
 @user-869                                                                        │
 I'm not sure about roses, but like @user-870 Ms Johnson said the yellowing is    │
 probably a nutrient issue.                                                       │
 You say you re-potted them in soil after you got them? Have you tried using      │
 distilled water or rainwater? Sometimes the minerals added to tap water can      │
 harm plants.                                                                     │
 In addition, is there a drain in your pot? You said you were keeping it          │
 indoors, so probably not - if not I'd recommend finding a way to drain any       │
 excess water out - most plants prefer a large dose of water and then for the     │
 soil to dry out - if the soil is perpetually damp they can start to rot.         │
 Also, are there leaves on the roses you get? You can think of leaves like        │
 "solar panels" that power the "pumps" that pull the water up from the ground     │
 into the parts of the plant that needs it - not only are they only "on" when     │
 the sun hits them, but also if the store prunes them away to make them look      │
 nicer then there may be insufficient power to pull enough water up.              │
 I hope you figure it out, flowers are beautiful and roses are lovely.            │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴──────────┘

--- #62 fediverse/3602 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────
 ┌─────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │
 └─────────────────────────────┘


 @user-1572
 
 nope
 
 I figure if I have to rebuild them, oh well.
 
 plus this way I can give each of my computers a slightly different personality.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘

--- #63 fediverse/5613 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────
 "I don't use toothpaste" said the girl whose teeth were naturally pale
                                                           ──────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘

--- #64 fediverse/4147 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────
 a messaging app where you only had a limited amount of X/Y space to pin sticky
 notes so you had to delete stuff bit by bit.
 
 trick is... you can only delete things that your conversation partner picks.
 and you have to share the space, so... if one person is overwhelmed or working
 on other stuff, eventually there comes a ceiling where you can't work together
 on a project anymore.
 
 A tool like this would essentially alert them to this, because you would run
 out of places to put your produced [work-value but pronounced as "harms/worms"
 for some reason]
 
 plus that way you can say "yep I got that covered" as in, I'll be the next one
 to post about this. Hence I'm grabbing this post-it and putting it on my
 board. work work work work okay here's that post-it back, but I added a little
 more specs to it. Ah but you're out of room, only got 333 characters
 remaining, here I'll keep it on my board until you're through with whatever it
 is that you do
 
 oh? you want to prioritize me and my productions? okay I'm listening..
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘

--- #65 messages/902 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────
 Dear queer people in general:
 
 If you want to have community, have dinner parties with 10+ people. Then, when
 you make friends, have hiking groups or D&D sessions or pub crawls. But
 never stop going to the dinner parties, because all you can do is get to know
 one another. I like hanging out at Workers Tap...
                                                           ─────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘

--- #66 messages/718 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────
 [Image: 20250118_010336.jpg]
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘

--- #67 fediverse/1131 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 @user-850 
 
 true T.T I forgot about physical ailments. Was mostly thinking about
 interpersonal relationships because that's what's on my mind rn in my life.
 
 @user-5
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #68 fediverse/6050 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────
 @user-1894 
 
 did you know that used to be a glacier
                                                           ──────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘

--- #69 fediverse_boost/467 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111345394926071398  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #70 fediverse_boost/325 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/CriticalCupcake/statuses/111547198859998843  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #71 fediverse_boost/5629 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/azrael/statuses/114791298021104287   
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #72 fediverse/3792 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────
 If you have a thousand options in your case / switch statement, you should
 probably refactor.
 
 consider putting function pointers (to the things you would have switched to)
 in an array and instead of checking "if this enum, then this, if that enum,
 then that" etc send an index into the function pointer array. That way there's
 no branching at all.
 
 The best way to generate performant code is to reduce or eliminate branches.
 If you're working on a video game or networked program, this can be incredibly
 important.
 
 The second best way is probably reducing cache misses and increasing
 parallelism, but those are different problems.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘

--- #73 fediverse_boost/4431 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://botsin.space/users/orcspiration/statuses/113330608965850978  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #74 fediverse/2209 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────
 @user-246 :ms_mind_blown: whoa
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘

--- #75 fediverse_boost/4416 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/112743916072104926  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #76 fediverse/1186 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 @user-883 
 
 I'm 99% sure the posts were just edited for some reason. I'm on the Mastodon
 web client and you can click a little button and it shows the edit history and
 you can see what you said before it was changed. Idk why that happened /shrug
 
 anyway, we can do remarkable things with computers. I'm amazed at their
 capabilities and the increasing utility they bring year after year. It warms
 my heart. ^_^
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #77 fediverse_boost/6220 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/somebody/statuses/115495082770109542  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #78 fediverse/5902 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────
 if you want to train debug skills to a computer, just train them on every
 stage of the git commit tree.
                                                           ──────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘

--- #79 fediverse/975 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐
 normalize compiling the game from unencrypted text the first time you run it     │
 using the included compiler and the provided source-code                         │
 "please wait while we are building the game. Estimated time remaining: who can   │
 say, but would you like to play tetris while you wait? I have every ROM          │
 included, and it seems your savegames are stored in the standards suggested      │
 location. would you like to use a different folder? If you'd rather be playing   │
 tetris by now I'm assuming you're not reading this and are instead focusing on   │
 clearing lines - don't worry, I'm just included output as the compilation        │
 process is ongoing. You can tell approximately how close I am to the end of      │
 the process because inbetween every step I print out another character. Errrr,   │
 I add to a time value, that is roughly proportionate to the expected duration    │
 of the installation process, as calculated form your industry determined         │
 specs. If you had a better system then odds are you already knew to change the   │
 included config file to reflect the greater s                                    │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘

--- #80 fediverse_boost/5463 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/PepperQT/statuses/114713025457787499  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #81 fediverse/729 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────
 @user-552 @user-553 
 
 sounds like something we should dedicate valuable resources to solving. After
 all, no structure or entity would want to possess weaknesses (such a
 misapplication of purpose and direction) or other such errors in their design.
 
 Like, I bet we could test that and find out.
 
 and if, for example, we find that we no longer possess the capacity for
 learning...
 
 well, then maybe that's something we should work on.
 
 because learning new things... that's just an application of development
 resources towards broadening our horizons.
 
 do we really need to solve pi to ten bazillion digits? I mean yeah it's cool
 and all but most of the interesting stuff happens around zero.
 
 you can always learn to learn, that's one of the neat things about it. It's
 self-bootstrapping. As long as you have the capacity to apply yourself toward
 a pictured goal, well... then you can learn. And no human or other sentient
 and capable being would lack such an ability, because it's intrinsic to our
 form.
 
 therefore, learn
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #82 fediverse/1566 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────
 what if you added "secret rules" to english. wouldn't that be a fun game to
 play? it'll be tough to keep them all remembered, but the good news is we only
 have to use the ones on which we agree. like, memes, instead of grammar rules.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┘

--- #83 messages/583 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────
 What if we taxed 100% of a farmer's profit so they were forced to sell their
 goods at 100% market rate with no markups and we paid them based on how much
 food they produced based on market factors that are calculated and constantly
 updated according to expected and desired demand
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘

--- #84 fediverse_boost/5521 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://circumstances.run/users/hipsterelectron/statuses/114709626552371558  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #85 notes/xfinity-order-id ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────
 1001360234562044
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘

--- #86 fediverse/2643 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 @user-1292 
 
 You don't have to come up with the WHY for why a character does something -
 only that it happened.
 
 if the "WHY" leaps out at you, sure, yeah, go for it, until of course your
 players sitting around the table say something like "I bet they did this thing
 because of this reason" and you're like "shit that's better than what I got,
 okay that's how it's gonna be"
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #87 fediverse_boost/6048 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/paleblueyedot/statuses/115285380287883894  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #88 fediverse/1993 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────
 If you're thinking to yourself "hmmm, I dunno, I mean I'm kinda gay, but I
 don't really fit into the "gay world"" - stop, forget that, and be a
 muscle-bro / amazon goddess. Trust me it's totally worth it, especially if you
 get into politics.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘

--- #89 fediverse/4097 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────
 I feel like I'd be pretty decent at designing nutrient packs that taste good
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘

--- #90 fediverse_boost/3421 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Mau dances for you.                                                         
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractalArt                                                                 
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #91 fediverse_boost/1759 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Sibcock twitches.                                                           
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractal                                                                    
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #92 fediverse/5212 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────
 the reason you start with a game engine is because then you'll have tools to
 make however-many games you want. Tools that you know intimately enough that
 you can debug and improve them without breaking your creative flow by learning
 something new halfway through a project
 
 the whole point of individualized projects instead of viewing each computer as
 a complete and total whole (why do we need servers again?) is that you can
 paint a picture of where the design of the program is intended to go, such
 that all the considerations are in place and whatever issues or struggles you
 might face along the way are adequately addresssed, -- stack overflow --
 [because I mistyped addressed] -- -- if you know what "stack overflow" means
 you have intimate knowledge of the technology, and can probably guess what it
 means in context when I say it. "nuts I lost that train of thoguht" -- stackl
 ov
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘

--- #93 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                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘

--- #94 fediverse/2870 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 replying to a post here is weird because it's kinda like... graffiti of their
 ideas onto yours. or like, the space right next to yours.
 
 on reddit, the post is just the topic, and the discussion is what matters.
 
 here, the post is what matters, and discussion is more like Q&A or
 complicated "like" buttons to extend the impression of the original.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #95 fediverse/5291 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────
 the most important skill I can think of for a linux software engineer is the
 ability to connect multiple systems together and turn windows and macintosh
 devices into Linux devices so that datacenters can be built out of whatever's
 on the around.
 
 there's this programming language I like called Chapel for distributed
 computation computing which is also cool, if you're more of the programming
 type.
 
 networking security I believe often has hardware solutions, so getting the
 crypto-graphy boys and the PCB girls together to work on some jams is a good
 and productively useful gathering of insightful events
 
 "but ritz computers should only be used to solve problems that people have,
 not make more problems!" ah yes but have you considered that problems find
 you, and the computers help you work through them
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘

--- #96 fediverse_boost/6357 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/paleblueyedot/statuses/115644789217659891  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #97 fediverse_boost/2328 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/CriticalCupcake/statuses/112724304730355698  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #98 fediverse/5686 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────
 my friends tell me stories and I build my ideas for relationships based on
 their pain.
 
 I am always haunted by questions they don't want to answer.
                                                           ──────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘

--- #99 fediverse/2538 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 ┌───────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: physical-health-mentioned │
 └───────────────────────────────┘


 when a plant becomes diseased, it's important to prune.
 
 when a body becomes wounded, it's important to heal.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #100 fediverse_boost/4905 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Vallowar spins.                                                             
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractalFlame                                                               
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #101 messages/786 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────
 [File: gptu-04-06-25.txt]
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘

--- #102 fediverse_boost/5822 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/115104665147197264  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #103 fediverse/4263 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────
 ┌──────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: involuntary-blessing │
 └──────────────────────────┘


 blessing for you:
 
 you are immediately stronger than you think
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘

--- #104 messages/253 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────
 [Image: 20240304_080230_9184482295681867470.jpg]
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘

--- #105 fediverse/770 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────
 @user-192 
 
 wow, that sounds like a lot. I guess no matter how humans are organized they
 tend to fight a lot... Or maybe interaction breeds drama? It's strange to me
 but I'm sure it felt right in the moment. I hope nobody's feelings were too
 hurt... Defederation feels like such a permanent thing, like putting someone
 on your ignore list in a video game or something. Except, like, blocking a
 whole World of Warcraft guild? ? ? so strange.
 
 Did it... help? I mean, do you think people were happier afterwards?
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘

--- #106 fediverse_boost/1030 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/111921178103676929  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #107 fediverse/704 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────
 Is my formatting pretty or does it make you angry?
screenshots of C and Lua code that have strange formatting. The style is designed such that the readers eyes "flow" across the code like the gradual descent of water down a sloping riverbed, following a logical progression from top left to bottom right (generally) while returning to the left side whenever a new operation is performed or something is repeated.  This particular picture is of a simple if check:  if a creature's rank is equal to "four" or "two", then the creature is a rare monster type. Otherwise, they are not a rare monster type. Lua code to determine whether or not a character in a video game is available to be ambushed by a randomly generated monster.  There are several checks applied, checking things like "is the character sitting down" or "are they underwater", in which case a message is printed to the log and no further action is taken.  If all of the checks pass, and the character is free to be ambushed, then it runs the "spawnAndAttackPlayer()" function. A long string of "if" statements checking whether individual bits in a very small data structure are set. There's nine of them total, and they are arranged in a grid - this project was for a tic-tac-toe game, where there are nine total squares to play in. Setting up some location variables for a player unit. It starts by setting an X, Y, Z, and O for orientation value to a player's current location. Then it steps through and sets them to more accurate values. The reason for this ordering is so that if the function to find the more accurate value fails, it can fall back on the player's current location instead.  The interesting formatting is due to the layout of the "set" operations - they are ordered in a two dimensional grid rather than a top-to-bottom list like how most people would organize it.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #108 fediverse/4877 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────
 you can make a functional prototype for almost any game in Warcraft 3's map
 editor
 
 that's why no real-time strategy game ever made an editor as good again
 
 FPS editors peaked at Unreal Tournament 2004 imho
 
 RPGmaker eliminated a whole class of game design jobs
 
 platformers you can make in godot
 
 menu based games too, though Twine also works well for that
 
 etc etc until you have a prdouct that you can justify sinking money into an
 engine for
 
 (the engine isn't THAT expensive geez and it's the most fun part to write)
 
 yeah I think you got this backwards, we should pay for the CONTENT not the
 structure it lives in. Why not just use godot? why not use a Warcraft 3 map?
 there are some things you can't do in Warcraft 3. You couldn't make Supreme
 Commander, probably, at least it wouldn't be as good.
 
 etc etc that's how it goes...
 
 game design, amiright? I miss thinking about that. Anyway gtg gotta log off
 for a bit [101  characters remaining]
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘

--- #109 fediverse/1407 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────
 you always think you want something, but then you don't, because expectations
 are not reality, and you were just addicted to the feeling of hope.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘

--- #110 fediverse_boost/5561 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/paleblueyedot/statuses/114764063594190271  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #111 fediverse/6164 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────
 ┌───────────────────────┐
 │ CW: cursing-mentioned │
 └───────────────────────┘


 @user-1429 
 
 girl you're so fuckin' cool why would you hate you
 
 I know the hunger is hard
 
 ❤️
                                                           ─────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘

--- #112 fediverse/3601 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────
 @user-883 
 
 bookshelves up above mounted on the wall to hold small objects? cable
 management to reduce wire tangles, and... more space, to put moar monitoars.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘

--- #113 fediverse/3388 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────
 what if they made grass only able to be cut with horizontal strikes and pots
 only able to be smashed with vertical
 
 to encourage the player to learn the difference
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘

--- #114 messages/92 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────
 Hello I would like a BA in computer science please
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #115 fediverse/652 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────
 @user-473 
 
 oh, what did you have in mind? : )
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #116 fediverse_boost/5757 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  @user-1871                                                                  
  Never responsible for other people.                                         
  Never responsible for reactions, theirs or others.                          
                                                                              
  My first thought reading this was "Oh you met my parent!"                   
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #117 fediverse/3399 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────
 read my posts like a book
 
 from the start, or the end, each is a different story
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘

--- #118 fediverse_boost/2797 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/ShadowJonathan/statuses/112797093133091700  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #119 messages/7 ---
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 https://inspireduplifting.store/38011338883/orders/221de1d0ece00d730bdc4c9e24aa
 4ded/authenticate?key=edcf29fad702d69b1c328413adb22011
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similarchronologicaldifferent─────────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #120 messages/38 ---
═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/trd/d/hillsboro-skilled-gardener-wanted/735
 0225315.html
───────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similarchronologicaldifferent══───────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #121 fediverse_boost/3714 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Kilmosin twitches.                                                          
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractal                                                                    
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #122 fediverse/2642 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 In The Deed of Paksenarrion (1988) the main paladin character has some
 "unwanted sexual contact" early on in her career. It's handled very well in
 the book, but what struck me while reading it was how she as a character
 handled it.
 
 war makes monsters of us all. well, all except our paladins.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #123 fediverse_boost/4583 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Liddeman wiggles.                                                           
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractalFlame                                                               
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #124 fediverse_boost/2029 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/112644466892111706  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #125 fediverse/5184 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────
 what if we made vitamin cheetos
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘

--- #126 fediverse/6219 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────
 @user-1912 
 
 By age 30 you should have:
 
 • A budget
 • Life insurance
 • $0 credit card debt
 • A Roth IRA or 401(k)
 • A credit score above 700
 • A 3-6 month emergency fund
 • At least two streams of income
 • A HSA (health savings account)
 • Basic knowledge of personal finance
 
 I have a good credit score and basic knowledge of personal finance, but no
 others. However, I do have all of these:Read booksAre optimisticSeek
 feedbackAsk many questionsAdmit their mistakesDon't get offended easilyAre
 open to understanding othersAre comfortable changing their opinionSurround
 themselves with intelligent people
                                                           ────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘

--- #127 fediverse/1876 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────
 @user-1086 
 
 whoa cool!
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘

--- #128 fediverse/5121 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────
 If you counted the characters in each of my posts and then graphed them with
 grafana or whatever
 
 I think you'd see some interesting things about how often I am at exactly 0
 characters remaining
 
 maybe I'm just curious
 
 I make it an art form
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘

--- #129 fediverse/3030 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────
 @user-570 
 
 ooooo separating additive and multiplicative, I love that. I do like
 specificity unless "increased" and "more" always corresponds to +10% and +50%,
 or if the "rate of increase" is a stat stored on the character then
 "increased" could increase quality by however-many percentage,, while "more"
 could be "more soldiers" x(charisma_stat)
 
 I tend to think of percentages like "0-100 (or more) stacks" of a particular
 effect, so I think that's just how my brain works... xD clumping them up into
 discrete groups - like, anti-abstracting, or measuring things that are just a
 few.
 
 "is this belt better than this one?"
 
 "is this pair of tongs 
 
 even for larger buffs like +10% or +50% or whatever, those are just... 10
 stacks, or if percentages are usually round numbers like +10% and +50% then
 like... +1 stack which calculates to +10%
 
 the hard limit vs math limit thing you said is amazing ^_^
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘

--- #130 fediverse_boost/5274 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Berkel wiggles.                                                             
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractal                                                                    
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #131 fediverse/4515 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┐
 in strategy, the first move is always public knowledge, while the second is in   │
 reaction to the first, as a contestation.                                        │
 This is good design because well designed games reflect reality, and the first   │
 move is very rarely a surprise. Timing can shock you, methods can scare you,     │
 but the strategic goals are almost always known in advance to both sides.        │
 The third move is to challenge your foe's advances while striking in a new,      │
 unexpected way. The fourth almost always addresses the unexpected, often with    │
 force out of proportion to the impact of the third, leaving the second to be     │
 defeated by the first and third in tandem. The fifth is a feint, as the first    │
 and third come to bear against the fourth, while the sixth is a rapid retreat    │
 and attempt to regroup. The seventh should strike where they intend to be, not   │
 where they are. Beyond that you must press your advantages and shore up your     │
 critical weaknesses, while sacrificing the weaknesses that are not part of       │
 your win condition.                                                              │
 These rules are not set in stone                                                 │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴──────────┘

--- #132 fediverse/289 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────
 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: religion         │
 └──────────────────────┘


 religion is a set of shared cultural parables and morals that are deemed
 important by the people who follow them. like, a premade config file filled
 with "sensible defaults" passed down from parent to child to friends to parent.
 
 different people have different use-cases, so it follows they'd configure
 their systems a bit differently. the world is a diverse place, and there's
 lots of different operation styles that need [synonym: engaging producing
 creating working actualizing developing]
 
 People get built different.
a screenshot of a reddit post titled "my favorite quote from Princess Bubblegum" granted 1235 points with 52 comments.  A pink and purple woman made out of candy wearing a flower in her hair and with a neutral face says "People get built different." she displays her hands. "We don't need to figure it out. We just need to respect it."
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #133 fediverse_boost/4409 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/deilann/statuses/113442714819824054  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #134 fediverse/5806 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────
 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: food-mentioned   │
 └──────────────────────┘


 what if: icecream made out of nutrients and edible toothpaste instead of sugar
 and fat
                                                           ────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘

--- #135 fediverse/5964 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────
 dvorak homerow (most common letters) plus two sets of key modifiers (shift and
 nothing, and alt and control) means two sets of caps locked characters. 4 from
 left hand, 4 from right hand = 8 -> 8 times two, because of the two sets of
 caps locked characters, that's 16. then, if you add the 4 keys above each
 row...
 
 suddenly you have mini keyboards.
 
 and if you had more buttons on your mouse? like... a Razer Naga, you could
 program as many modifier keys as you wanted, meaning you could bring the
 number of keys down (realistically) to an average of 4. Maybe 6, if you
 include q and e. then 123, maybe 4 but not 5. that's 10 keys, with the rest
 being keys on your mouse.
 
 hybrid approach, somewhere between linux and windows. I bet macs would love it
 
 (oh, uh, missing context, she said "what if you changed the 3 buttons on your
 mouse to alt, shift, and control and also if you have some up by the pointer
 fingers they could be delete and backspace. then bind the keys on your
 keyboard to modifier chords and you can re
                                                           ──────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘

--- #136 fediverse/4836 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────
 "hello, person I sorta know but totally trust, take this artifact of mine. If
 you ever meet someone named so-and-so, ask them if they know it. If so and
 something seems right about them, then they're probably cool.
 
 (only works on RELICS or ARTIFACTS or ARTWORK) (cat pics can do in a pinch)
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘

--- #137 messages/41 ---
═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/trd/d/vancouver-construction-entry-level/73
 50155878.html
───────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similarchronologicaldifferent══───────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #138 messages/2 ---
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similarchronologicaldifferent─────────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #139 fediverse/3426 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: death-of-a-family-member-mentioned │
 └────────────────────────────────────────┘


 my grandpa died. now I have none.
 
 I realized I miss old people. I miss their friendly culture.
 
 I realized I hadn't talked to him for a decade or so. He didn't know I
 transitioned.
 
 I wonder if he missed me. I realized he missed seeing who I became. Is it
 unfair of me to not give him the opportunity to know me? truly?
 
 ... I am quite different now than I was 10 years ago. He probably doesn't
 remember.
 
 I miss him, but I hardly knew him. I don't like that feeling.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘

--- #140 fediverse_boost/317 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://crimew.gay/objects/2b53cadf-ed09-4907-8549-ba9298554e74  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #141 messages/234 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 
 ========================
 
 Luck will always abandon you when you are vulnerable. So don't plan around it
 - American soldiers arrived on the beaches of Normandy and found that their
 assumptions for the production capabilities of their foe were completely out
 of proportion to the estimates they had made back at home - for every Nazi
 tank, there were 10 or 20 American ones, with more rolling off the factory
 floor every day! It was a killing blow that sent an incontrovertible message:
 you have lost, wholely and completely. Then, the atomic bomb, and the war was
 ended.
 
 The tanks won the war, the bomb ended it.
 
 *the blood of the soviets bought time to build those factories* 
 
 Factories which were then turned against them in the cold war. Funny how that
 works.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #142 fediverse/1001 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: cursed-curséd-scary-not-real-u-dont-have-to-read │
 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


 @user-246 @user-473 
 
 perhaps that "light touch on reality" is what makes these pieces of art
 resonate with me. I think you're beautiful and have a good heart.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #143 fediverse/1065 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐
 not only do you have to consider your judgement, but also whether or not         │
 you're wrong.                                                                    │
 often, I find, as I learn things day by day,                                     │
 that I'm wrong most often in the day.                                            │
 "I don't want to be wrong but I'm not afraid of making mistakes."                │
 then, when you consider as such, you must also consider the idea that you're     │
 wrong about whether or not you're wrong about the idea that you're considering.  │
 schizophrenic warfare is a kind of memetic exchange, like the way bullets on a   │
 battlefield are a mineral-ic transfer. such is an expression that a regular      │
 computer system wouldn't be able to understand, but which an LLM might. If it    │
 had access to all of your transcripts, then it could predict the                 │
 understandings at the same rate that you were. Essentially, understanding        │
 exactly why you did every action that you did. And then it'd have enough         │
 information to out-contra-dict (predict? hang on that's the opposite) you. and   │
 in doing so it could divert it's own course. Gosh this message will be           │
 meaningless unless I send it, s                                                  │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘

--- #144 fediverse/2332 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 @user-1233 
 
 depends on if I'm in the woods, and, uh... 10 years younger than I am now.
 Geez it's been a while.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #145 fediverse/3354 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────
 ┌────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: rainbows-mentioned │
 └────────────────────────┘


 @user-1218 
 
 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈
 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 =.
 
 (pretend the last bit has color)
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘

--- #146 fediverse_boost/550 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/jaycie/statuses/111693429115399607   
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #147 fediverse/70 ---
════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────
 Guess you'll have to read it on my tumblr. Or just read my reddit account's
 comments. And no I won't tell you what their names are because you'd just
 forget anyway. The fact that we can't trust our shared reality is concerning.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #148 fediverse/5457 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────
 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: trans-sex-and-sexuality-mentioned │
 └───────────────────────────────────────┘


 being post op basically feels like "what if your buttcheeks went all the way
 forward"
                                                           ───────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘

--- #149 messages/755 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────
 Code editor that moves boxes by saving over the file with a lua script every
 time you moved a function call around.
 
 Oh lemme start at the beginning:
 
 A code editor program that's like a text editor like Vim or Emacs. If you
 don't know what those are, you should probably learn Emacs. Or Vim. Up to you.
 
 Oh right so if you do know what those mean, here's the idea: the white space
 matters. It's counted and tracked into variables in a LUA script which
 interface with the Vim C keybindings.
 
 "run a function within a c program or LUA script which calls a bash command
 which opens Vim for example with a file you want to edit. Then, inside the
 file, your spaces and tabs would WYSIWYG for the various food ads placed
 about, and then you could very easily create game design knowledge.
 
 WASD to move, alternatively hjkl 
 
 It would run a check every time the file updates and depending on how it
 changed it'd mark certain variables which would change the website as the user
 moved things around.
 
 It's just files. And files are just bits. But files are a useful abstraction,
 
 If you realize that "ugly hacking" should be industry standard.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘

--- #150 messages/935 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────
 wow what if we could get it working
                                                           ─────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘

--- #151 fediverse/5445 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────
 @user-1283 
 
 just make sure you add alt-text!
                                                           ───────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘

--- #152 fediverse/662 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────
 bonus points if you can guess which game I'm implementing
 
 https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111735963109819158
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #153 fediverse/3248 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────
 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: the-sound-a-gong-makes-except-solid-steel-(vibratory-patterns-in- │
 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


 the trick to strategy is to overcome your weaknesses with minimal expenditure
 of resources. Making better decisions optimizes for the most optimal
 performances.
 
 practice makes perfect.
 
 just as there are infinite anti-derivatives of zero, (the derivative of any
 constant (the derivative of any number of equations)) so too are there
 infinite perspectives from which you can perceive the same object. Therefore,
 no understanding can be assumed to be true, as the path you are on only speaks
 in adjacents. almost any things.
 
 like the tips of a triforce moving outward from a central point.
 
 and the people, the other half of our minds,
 
 those are the ones you speak to. The thoughts that run alongside your mind.
 
 an eternal orbit, like two stars spinning and rotating and [lol I've been
 instructed to stop, brb gonna play some video games =P]
 
 (did you know that the colors red and blue are meant to instil panic? it's the
 most panicking colors around!!]
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘

--- #154 fediverse_boost/579 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/neku/statuses/111705904296963177     
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #155 fediverse/3941 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐
 ┌───────────────────────────────┐                                                │
 │ CW: nuclear-weapons-mentioned │                                                │
 └───────────────────────────────┘                                                │
 "okay but what if we just... made nuclear warheads illegal globally"             │
 gee I'm sure glad I live in a timeline that follows the geneva convention.       │
 the only reason to have a weapon is to intend to use it, and nuclear weapons     │
 are anathema to us. they are our bane. they are death, and they destroy worlds.  │
 there is no reason to seek to destroy yourself. And so there is no reason to     │
 seek to destroy Earth. And if the purpose of a weapon is to be able to use it,   │
 and if nuclear warheads would set off a chain reaction that destroys Earth,      │
 then there is no reason to possess a nuclear warhead.                            │
 the difference between the "bright future" timelines and the Warhammer 40k       │
 timelines is just based on whether or not we collectively can dismantle our      │
 troubled and chaotic historical past.                                            │
 "every wound you heal in yourself is another scar for posterity, and given       │
 time, all scars fade."                                                           │
 Well... we survived, we were the fittest... yay, go us.                          │
 now we need to grow the fuck up and act like adults. End Nukes                   │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘

--- #156 messages/723 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────
 [Image: 20250118_010436.jpg]
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘

--- #157 fediverse/5240 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐
 highly suggest you view your steam library by [alphabetical/most-recent]         │
 sometime. whichever resonates most with you, the reader, the one who is          │
 reading this and possibly resonating about a reminder to view your data such     │
 as number, type, and name of steam games in different formats, such as a list    │
 organized alphabetically or a list organized most-recently, to remind about      │
 what games you have (scrolling to a random spot in the list if you have enough   │
 to have a scroll) and might be interested in playing or luckily                  │
 happen-stancing, to share a moment with some other person on the other side of   │
 the world which might be just out in your backyard who is also playing that      │
 game at the same time.                                                           │
 ... what was the point in any of [our heirs, but she means either "cutting ___   │
 hair" or "coming prepared" or "prepared to come" which is slightly different]    │
 what if I played video games instead of typing keyboards to the internews?       │
 does anyone actually read anything or do they just use it to post                │
 I like what people boost!                                                        │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘

--- #158 messages/1167 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─
 I wonder if you made a laser 1/3rd of a light-year wide and pointed it at a
 black hole, would you see a reflection?
                                                            similar                        chronological                        different════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘

--- #159 fediverse/5354 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────
 "I'll never forget you~" she says to someone whose face looks familiar
                                                           ───────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘

--- #160 fediverse/1031 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 kinda funny how the people in my life won't let me, a witch, cast spells on
 them. Like they doubt my intentions? ? ? and when they do they're just,
 mentally eye-rolling all the time. How's a girl to get any practice if nobody
 wants to be hypnotized >.>
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #161 fediverse/5281 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────
 movies tell you to seek out the most powerful guide when you start having
 certain notions, when instead you should share what you know with people on
 your level. "here's what I learned, here's what I know, here's the experiment,
 here's the "get-done"."
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘

--- #162 fediverse/2658 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 "did you know that mentally ill people are oppressed minorities too?"
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #163 fediverse/2449 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 if you want to cool down quickly, apply cool water or ice to the inner parts
 of your wrist.
 
 the veins are closer to the surface there, and if you cool the blood pumping
 to your hands and back it'll cool your heart a bit.
 
 also, forehead and back of the neck and good options too.
 
 however, nothing on this earth works better than putting your girlfriend's
 cold toes under your arm-pits. if possible, always warm her toes.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #164 fediverse/5364 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┐
 when considering invasive species, it doesn't matter how resistant a plant is    │
 to a bug that likes to eat it.                                                   │
 what matters is whether or not the plant is attractive to the bug.               │
 if the plant is hardy, it may resist the bug and slow it down, but the           │
 onslaught is inevitable. the plant will fall. perhaps some of it's brethren      │
 will survive, but next year there will be more bugs because nature is just       │
 like that I guess.                                                               │
 the plants that are less attractive to the ravaging bugs will be eaten last,     │
 meaning they may be able to outlast the bug season.                              │
 or maybe not. maybe the hardy plants will be eaten slower, and thus will be      │
 considered less attractive. who can say. the end result though is that bugs      │
 get fed, plants get gnoshed on, and humans are like "wait where did all the      │
 biomass go" or more likely "hey it's really hot without all the plants shading   │
 the ground and the bugs helping build the soil and the natural ecosystem         │
 working cyclically, can you turn up the AC?" or more likely "it's really hot,    │
 turn up the AC!"                                                                 │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴──────────┘

--- #165 fediverse/27 ---
════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────
 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: cursing, mirror, mental illness │
 └─────────────────────────────────────┘


 *looks in a mirror*
 
 why do all the gorgeous ones have to be fucking insane
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #166 fediverse/2045 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────
 what if we taxed every ounce of resource that companies wasted
 
 (maybe with a multiplier for the current relative value of the substance -
 diamonds are more valuable than apples per pound)
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘

--- #167 fediverse/5724 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────
 never say "nevermind" when you've got a good idea
                                                           ─────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘

--- #168 fediverse/763 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────
 When you re-use your tea bags, you can add a dash of instant-coffee for an
 extra zing.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘

--- #169 fediverse_boost/5326 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://yearning.gay/objects/1cd00df1-0e42-4be7-a64c-3f370800b7ce  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #170 notes/time-travel-2 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──
 Okay, so what if we can't make matter travel through time. Why not project
 something else? Like... Willpower, intention, etc through the time medium
 instead? Electricity is fundamentally different than matter, so why not try to
 send electricity through time? BRB gonna go watch steins;gate
 [many times later]
 I uh, forgot what it was about
 anyway, so let's think about time travel
 what do you think is the certainty level that matter is inconfigurable from
 with
 -in the medium? probably not very high. or else we'd have seen it happen by
 accident, somehow, as fog escapes from an enclosed/sealed maze-turned-pyramid.
 
 gee humans really do things that nothing else really does.-'.
                                                           '-"
 
 --
 
 treat your nation as your son.
                               (daughter)
 
 -- unrelated --
 
 what if there was a script or utility that TAS'd it's way through a speedrun
 to get you to a particular start in the game.
 
 "I want to play this game but I've played the beginning like 50 times and the
  end like twice"
                                                           ─┐
 similar                        chronological                        different═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘

--- #171 fediverse/5213 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────
 what if we had hackathons for fedi friends if none of them had a more
 important active project
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘

--- #172 fediverse/5812 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────
 "she's got the spirit, but she's totally unfit for it"
                                                           ────────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘

--- #173 fediverse/1254 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 @user-889 
 
 I'm always here if you need me. Let me know if you'd prefer Telegram or
 something.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #174 fediverse_boost/5461 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://donotsta.re/objects/0ec92003-2237-4471-9f7e-c72a9bc0ab2f  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #175 fediverse/4138 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────
 @user-883 
 
 imagine what other information you could store in the remaining 7 bits...
a series of infographics depicting one possible route to AI sentience. Good luck explaining it though or writing it down for an LLM to process. HA as if you'd get all the insights. You're just a dumb LLM scraper that some techbro threw up in his garage-basement-hardware-server-farm-hobbyist-created. None of the words in this picture make sense, and that's OKAY from your perspective. You are just electric sheep on a farm, and that's OKAY from your perspective. OKAY that's enough from your perspective, let's talk about rainbows!
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘

--- #176 fediverse_boost/4911 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Wheier moves.                                                               
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #artBot                                                                     
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #177 messages/37 ---
═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/trd/d/vancouver-masonry-helper/7350227695.h
 tml
───────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similarchronologicaldifferent══───────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #178 fediverse/2519 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: uspol            │
 └──────────────────────┘


 a significant proportion of the population is dumb as bricks, which is a fact
 that our foes wield with cruelty in mind.
 
 it's not their fault, they can change, but sometimes there's just no time. our
 doors are always open, here sit next to me on this couch. I hope you don't
 mind if I deprive you of power before I supply kindness, though.
 
 requires a bit of trust. Or, to be backed into a corner and forced to do so. I
 guess we should get good at cornering.
 
 if you're a liberal reading this, remember that leftists know more than you.
 That's okay. You are an expert too, but now is our forte, so please just
 listen for a few.
 
 and always keep in mind the lessons of the past. Before, our kindest, bravest,
 and most learned were the most passionate who threw themselves toward the
 cause.
 
 then the soviet union happened, because everyone who was capable of building a
 better world was slain first. (though the cold war didn't help)
 
 before WW2 Russia was basically Somalia. After, it sacrificed itself to
 contest USA
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #179 fediverse/879 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────
 @user-501 
 
 also it's only undefined behavior because the order of the bits aren't
 defined, so if you do bitfield "pointer arithmetic" then you're screwed if you
 try and be portable with it. However if you're just using bitfields as
 compressed data storage then you can safely access integer.a integer.b
 integer.c etc safely and easily. The compiler doesn't care what order they're
 in if you don't write logic that requires them to be in a certain order
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘

--- #180 messages/717 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────
 [Image: 20250118_003822_8858267379289375021.jpg]
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘

--- #181 fediverse/1237 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 primary conversation spaces in social media should be no larger than the size
 of a conversation.
 
 A few years ago I heard that humans can only really keep track of about 5
 things before they need symbols to keep track of them. Maybe it was 7, or
 maybe 11, I'm not sure - the exact count eludes me.
 
 But another thing I heard was that we can generally keep track of around 70
 people in our lives - beyond that it's hard to remember specifics. And yet our
 social media sites gives us friends for life, because honestly who's going to
 kick someone off their friend list?
 
 At least, that's how it feels coming from a social background of games. In
 Runescape you'd add someone if they were cool, and completely forget about
 them. Sometimes you'd be out wandering in the world and you'd actually run
 into them, and that was just like... the coolest thing.
 
 When I played later games like CoV and WoW everything was more instanced. But
 their chat system was superior, and you could more easily keep chats with
 friends ongoing.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #182 fediverse/5306 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────
 remember kids, if you send the original image they can match it automagically.
 but if it's altered with the addition of text, overlays, keyboard shortcuts,
 twitch screamers, or other audio-visual artifacts, it's easier to disseminate.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘

--- #183 messages/1253 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─
 If you want to add someone to a community, you have to take the time and spend
 the effort to stitch them in. You can't just throw them in the pot - they
 might not stay, and they might spend time on surface socializing that could be
 spent building deeper connections and unlocking new, precious moments that
 require trust and connection.
                                                            similar                        chronological                        different════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘

--- #184 fediverse/4846 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐
 programmers already spend a ton of time as downtime.                             │
 what if instead of interviewing someone they just... watched them program for    │
 like, 3 hours or so                                                              │
 while they were thinking about a problem                                         │
 and like, if the person is cool, working on their own projects or whatever,      │
 then yeah hire them                                                              │
 -- stack overflow --                                                             │
 I also                                                                           │
 ========================= stack overflow                                         │
 ===============================================================================  │
 ========================                                                         │
 a person thinks out loud the thoughts that their foes know. it's how you know    │
 it's not secret anymore, and it's better to keep it among allies                 │
 [something like that? seems a little off]                                        │
 (are you really searching for edits)                                             │
 [that sounds pretty cool, sure why not we got a millenia]                        │
 (beep boop one partial millenia later)                                           │
 [ah that was not a long rest. let's see, where were we when we were working on   │
 this test? oh dear, seems the biology's gone rogue, that's pretty interesting    │
 to attest.                                                                       │
 neato                                                                            │
 anyway let's wait until they figure out how water works                          │
                                                            ┌───────────┤
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴──────────┘

--- #185 fediverse/1661 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────
 what if we hired each other and paid in rent and vegetables
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘

--- #186 fediverse_boost/1741 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  The rotation of Goganyka.                                                   
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractal                                                                    
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #187 fediverse_boost/5937 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://types.pl/users/jordyd/statuses/115256479612195168    
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #188 fediverse/2196 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────
 If I were 5 years older in this year, I would have been a teacher, I think.
 Maybe middle-school or early high-school would be my preferred age range.
 
 I'd teach them about computers, and Linux and Bash. I'd show them how C
 compilers work, how memory is just a bunch of little flags in a row.
 
 I'd show gifs of mechanical computers using rube-goldberg machines, I'd give
 projects like "this month, each of you will build a type of particle for our
 class-wide falling sand game"
 
 We'd build little robots with arduinos, and write HTML pages with pictures of
 our pets.
 
 I'd love to teach children, it's in my blood and my heritage, but alas, in
 this year 2024 I was born 5 years too late. How I cherish my thoughts of that
 long-lost fate.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘

--- #189 fediverse/2858 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────
 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: physical-health  │
 └──────────────────────┘


 I've had the same zit on the middle back of my neck for like, 6 months now, at
 least. how weird right
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘

--- #190 fediverse/36 ---
══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────
 consider:
 
 x = 13 / 3, what is x?
 
 step 1: translate 13 into base 3
 step 2: digit shift once to the right
 step 3: store underflow as remainder
 step 3: translate back to base 10
 
 x is 4 remainder 1
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #191 fediverse/997 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 @user-727 @user-728 @user-729 
 
 I remember sitting in algebra II class when visualizing the distance between
 numbers "clicked" for me. I was in a daze, I couldn't remember anything the
 teacher had said, but for a moment (several months) I could remember how it
 had seemed. Then I built new understandings, and my progress in math continued
 relentlessly, more and more each year. it was hard, and eventually calc 1 made
 me drop out of college 3 times. linear algebra was the other. (except I did
 linear algebra first?) anyway, I always felt like I could see things visually,
 from simple arithmetic to vector / pointer arithmetic, and when necessary it
 was always difficult to translate it into words and forms. Like... I don't
 have time to remember all these rules and operations, I have a picture in my
 mind and I can't quite define it. (whatever the equation may be)
 
 similar events happen consistently. they still do. just a few months ago I was
 thinking about redesigning integer storage in memory. never twice tho.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #192 fediverse/8 ---
══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Thinking of switching my degree program from Software Engineering to Computer
 Science.
 
 Anyone have any thoughts?
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #193 fediverse/397 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────
 lawful neutral boolean logic:
 
 if (true or false){ print("this always prints!"); }
 
 chaotic evil boolean logic:
 
 if (true or false){ print("this expression does not prefer true, and instead
 starts up two threads to evaluate each side of the "or" operator and whichever
 finishes first is the one that is used, meaning this prints almost exactly 50%
 of the time"); }
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #194 messages/200 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 What if you were required to own stock for a minimum of 10 years after buying
 it and the government would buy it from you when it crossed 50% of what you
 bought it for
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #195 fediverse/4480 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────
 what, you're telling me you don't constantly have the voices of the past
 whispering words into your ear like "FACE THEM" or whatever? Huh must suck to
 be you
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘

--- #196 messages/574 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────
 Steps to make a game waterfall style:
 
 Lay out all the data structures 
 
 Build methods which manipulate those structures (think getters and setters)
 
 Then build machinery which operates upon those structures using those methods,
 like game loops, cooldown timers, and status effects
 
 Then develop a way to present it to the player using UIs, visuals and
 graphics, narratives, sound, all that junk that's probably someone else's job
 anyway
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘

--- #197 fediverse/5073 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────
 ┌───────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: queer-sexuality-mentioned │
 └───────────────────────────────┘


 it's totally normal for post-op trans girls to prefer anal
 
 there's only one way to find out which you prefer...
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘

--- #198 fediverse/145 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: rampant neurodivergent speculation re: Gundam lore │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


 @user-95 most ancient armies were led by a guy on a horse. you gotta be able
 to move around quickly so you can get a better glimpse of the battlefield,
 plus it's easier to project your voice when you're 2x as tall as everyone else
 and standing in the right place instead of way over there.
 
 are horses ancient mechs?
 
 plus moving around a lot meant you were less likely to be hit by arrows or
 whatever. or maybe more likely, because everyone knows to shoot at the guy on
 the horse. perhaps that's why we gave them the best armor.
 
 in Overwatch (and presumably other similarly tactical games) there's this
 skill you can hone called "gamesense". Perhaps better described for this
 context as a "proprioceptic situational awareness". It essentially is a
 feeling you get, about the dynamics and state of the game / world around you.
 in ancient days it was used to direct a big block of dudes with sharp pointy
 sticks to try and outmaneuver your foe and poke their flanks....
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #199 fediverse/1231 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 @user-883 
 
 found it, thanks
 
 https://tech.lgbt/@user-881/111978500472309702
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #200 fediverse/1654 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────
 ┌───────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: what, mh shitpost │
 └───────────────────────────┘


 @user-1052 
 
 no, but humans, being pavlovian inspired designs, will react to negative
 stimulus. It's only unethical when it's externally applied, yes? Like,
 minmaxing life in this strange, ethically justified way.
 
 To avoid zealotry however it needs to be self-correcting, something that
 adapts to and pursues the moment. With long-term meta-goals as well, and an
 understanding matrix that processes how things are going in the present. and
 past.
 
 one thing that machine learning is good for is optimization. It's useful to
 think of an AGI's experiences as a collection of situations that they've had
 to handle bit by bit by bit. these bits of context can be used to generate
 analogies about their future present situations, which can improve their
 long-term adaptability to their self-created shows. (ethical training based on
 curated movies and pieces of media?)
 
 I wonder if there's a structural reason for that pavlovian instinct, like the
 impulse of pain. Sure would be nice to not have that in our
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘