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║ In the ancient days of yore, warriors who were gathering equipment for battle │
║ would almost always opt to acquire a helmet before anything else, even gloves │
║ and sometimes boots! I can't imagine going to battle barefoot, and yet they │
║ did, rather than leave their head unprotected. Though perhaps it's not quite │
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║ Cycling helmets to me feels like the same kind of thing - if you can't be │
║ bothered to wear a helmet, then why are you risking your life to get where │
║ you're going? Just walk! │
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║ I ride my bike almost every day, and I would never go anywhere without a │
║ helmet. It's like airbags in a car, you don't need them unless you REALLY need │
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@user-1091 @user-1094
I feel like hip injuries are one of the biggest concerns with stairs, right?
Because you fall on your butt usually. Unless you're like, super inebriated or
something.
Better infrastructure would help, but better infrastructure doesn't currently
exist, while helmets are cheap and can be mandated (for a time).
I usually either keep my helmet on, or loop the buckles through my bike lock
and just leave it by my bike. Maybe someone could make an accessory to lock it
to the bike on a specialized holder or something? If mandated, such a device
would probably be quite desirable.
"Those who would trade a bit of liberty for a bit of security deserve neither"
yeah yeah okay maybe mandates in general aren't great, but like... maybe we
should ask the fire department or trauma surgeons or other kinds of first
responders and see how they feel about helmets...
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I do not believe that the responsibility for a safe home can exist in a select
few. Certainly the majority is not required to sustain it, but with too few
you risk being gray-goo'd by drones uh hordes of undead or something.
Is it too much to ask that every ablebodied man and woman knows how to dress a
wound? That we all can start a fire, shoot a rifle, tie knots, and grow
vegetables?
Is it too much to ask that we take responsibility for the cultivation of the
legacy of our forefathers, and the protection and nourishment of the earth
which bore them?
If you don't know how to use a knife, how are you going to feed yourself? If
you can't do a push-up, how are you going to defend yourself? If you can't
walk for 10 miles or run for 2, then how are you going to be in the right
place at the right time?
Fighting is optional. In times of peace, it is an honorable contest between
two consenting subjects who seek to learn from one another. You must bow to
your opponent, for they are your greatest teacher.
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they want you to start conflicts the way school shooters start conflicts. by
bringing to school a pipe-bong.
much better, I find, to start when everyone is a nod. make sure you're part of
a wagon-wheel-spoke, or else you won't be on the right road.
when the temperature increase is slow, measured, they can adapt to it
when things go "crack" and "crumble", then the armored get stabbed by the
humble guard.
quickly but with serenity, this is the way to the gods.
bring things that you know, just enough to make it even, and focus on the
non-essentials.
better to be prepared than flatfooted.
a flash-point position is quiet a view of the scene! I think I know why I held
a sword.
to dive into the buildings, of course. blam blam still gets shot hmmm what if
I had a bulletproof electric shield
okay maybe I shoulda brought beer.
I don't type things when I'm not at home. Sometimes I remember - sometimes,
and only when the details won't hurt her. Walking is how I know, how she can
remember. evil witch bastard
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when talking to claude, your filenames should never have extensions and you
should write in english. "picture of a signpost, one reading "function_A()"
and one reading "function_B()" each to take you to a destinonewscenery." or
something like that.
-- stack overflow --
a tub of icecream that has icecream around the side with a pillar / bone of
caramel straight down the middle like looking down a record.
-- stack overflow --
what if every address received a listing and description of each crime or
situation that happened in their city / neighborhood in the past week or
whatever
-- stack overflow --
boar hide helmet except, it's a metal helmet with an intimidating face on top
like shogun horns, or nordic vampires.
or felted wool, so you can see the shape of it but not be hurt when you bounce
off of it
this is my favorite shape: but felted a quarter to half inch thick. could have
metal inside or no.
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I have between one and ten hundred visits to my website every day, but I don't
really post it anywhere new anymore. I also have zero followers on Neocities.
On Mastodon, I have ~70 followers, most of whom are inactive. Seventy is a
good amount, a normal amount, a reasonable amount, an unsuspicious amount, and
yet every time I see someone wearing the colors I can't help but wonder if
they know me.
I'm too busy being furious to be lonely. I used to be, before I realized how
important I am. How important? Just as much as you are, I know it.
I'm a sprinter. I didn't spec into endurance at character creation. Nobody
chastises the mage for skipping leg day.
I act in fits and bursts. I am sharp like a scalpel, but needles dull just a
bit when piercing the lid of the HRT. Good thing I'm not made out of metal, I
can bend myself back into place, so long as everyone else can keep pace.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you do. you are crucial. Listen to
this. Care for yourself and for others, do it for u
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║ if you happen to glance out your window and see like, 40 trans or punks │
║ outside depending on where you are you're likely to say hi or open fire. │
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║ like, just the impact of such an intense visual for some of the more restful │
║ parts of society might trigger the kind of reaction that someone who's woken │
║ up by a scary dream, bolt of lightning, or like, forcible police arrest in the │
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║ like, they'd probably have an instinctual defensive reaction because, like, │
║ what else are you gonna do the tiger's literally here to eat your pinky toes │
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║ so, keep that in mind. maybe send the fit nurse who's friendly and good with │
║ talking to people. or like, a schoolteacher who's kind of un-hatable. │
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║ diplomacy is important! but also, like... know your audience, right? like if │
║ you're in the third reich, you probably want to show strength. or, like, avoid │
║ that part of town, and save it for your allies-in-training to handle. use your │
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washing dishes without a dishwasher is a pain in the neck.
nobody cuts down trees with an axe anymore, a chainsaw is better for your back.
It's nice, fun, and helpful to be able to abstract away your spheres of concern
like typing with a single button instead of writing characters with multiple
brushstrokes. Easy to erase, too!
bikes are better than walking, but, with some extra concerns. where are ya
gonna put it when you get there?
"oh no I forgot how to walk because texting my girlfriend is bicycling or
something" what? oh dear, she's run off track again, let's pick her up and put
her upright again..:
oh huh weird where was I - oh yes computer code can often be impenetrable to
the layperson, but if you describe a program in complete detail in english
they can usually follow along. Especially if you have several layers of
meta-descriptional documents so they can say "oh uh-huh so that's what a
vector_implementation_container is, tell me more about combinatrix" or
whatever ppl say, idk
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we need like, several more layers between us and the president.
most people only need to worry about what's nearby.
sort them by location, instead of previous attempts at "many representatives"
which sorted by social class or relevance.
we have a tradition for it, in America, with our representatives and senators
congressional discrestricts
or even, what about by affiliation?
voluntary, governmental corporations, run by the people for the people and yeah
"I don't want to do what you're telling me to do" "okay"
"there will be consequences" omg be an adult
(suddenly kids forget how to be as everyone's doing the war thing)
not ideal.
ouch pain maybe we should stay a little bit sane why is soldiering so hardship?
it could just be... another job
where you didn't kill each other
but you still blew stuff up
and fought in tournaments
and had gaming hackathons
or sword-fight contests
duels between people who disapproved
y'know fun human stuff
like... "kaboom" now we know how to blow up bits of rock
neat, why did dynamite becauswer (oh right then you
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@user-220
weight: wear a chain shirt and use a weighted blanket.
density idk, maybe something with gyroscopes?
brightness is easy, wear sunglasses
temperature you can adjust your "normal" temperature by wearing fewer clothes
in the winter and more clothes in the summer - essentially acclimating
yourself to a slightly more extreme climate. this can be useful if you know
you're going to travel north / south, and want to be comfortable when you get
there. or maybe just people who don't want to be vulnerable to air
conditioners in the winter (whyyyyyy)
taste: you could eat some of these berries and then gnaw on a lemon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum
inertia: ride a bunch of roller coasters
sense of compassion: try empathizing with your enemy, just for a moment, even
if you don't want to, if only to see their trajectory.
sense of justice: public executions for a negative direction, but a positive
(and much longer and healthier) path is true justice, the satisfying feeling
when everyone gets what they wanted here.
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sometimes by retreading the same ground you can find something that the giants
whose shoulders you stand on missed. Like noticing a
like if you want to re-invent the wheel, go for it, you might just realize
something that your paleolithic ancestors didn't. Like for example if you
attach four wheels with an axle-and-motor design you can create an automatic
motion wheel, also known as an auto-mo-wheel or a car for short. Sometimes ya
just miss stuff y'know no harm in that.
Similarly if you walk down a path that you've already walked, or someone
before you who is similar or at least has the same job as you has walked, then
you might notice some stuff that they missed. Depends on how obvious y'wanna
make it.
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ad-hoc economic systems with automated judgment given by an infinite amount of
LLMs.
Every judgement applies a bonus / malus to the "value" of commodities
it's just a statistical weighting system, so of course you can build it into
it's training data. Just... it has a smaller weight due to it's newer
emergence. It grows naturally, which is quite an achievement on it's own!
and the resolution of human decided court-cases and applied economically.
say your nation traffics in handshakes. You could make a lot of now-knowns!
there's no arguments to be made when your computer-oriented interactions cost
money to keep around.
we live in the modern century. WHY WOULD WE EVER NEED TO FIGHT AGAIN?
Literally just... don't give them any attention, and you won't interact with
them. Obviously.
I wish Contrapoints was still alive.
she doesn't even have to make new videos, just, dress up as herself, all of
the costumes and personas she can think of. Then, have like 20 people who do
the same thing, and boom suddenly you got a hydra to their expected snake that
they can just cut the head off of.
you know, like a fashion outlet, someone who produces exactly a certain type
of style.
seriously I bet a million people would do that if you just... sold outfits
based on what your favorite youtuber does wear.
omg why would they watch that kind of content if not for the *aesthetics*
oh? there's philosophy there? soemthing to think about in your time doing
things that require mechanical actions like eating and drinking and sleeping
and fighting and [redacted]
ew gross diapers? oh nevermind, I'm not into that kind of thing.
I wonder if anyone's made a video game that just presents a particular
philosopher's ideals?
seriously just, consider yourself a glorified powerpoint, but to get to the
next "idea" you had to interact with the mechanics.
some people would like the "arcade" style better, where you play one random
game, then another, then another, with short matches and un-complicated
mechanics. Easy to pick up and go.
same for like, Unreal Tournament or Mario Kart or Mortal Kombat or Super Mario
Bros.
compared to the at-home "story" style missions, where you do something
platforming or area-based-combat like Dark Souls or World of Warcraft
seriously I think if Dark Souls "colored" where the boss was going to swing to
you'd find yourself just playing World of Warcraft (at least, the dungeons and
{sword in the stone})
== so ==
humans don't understand what it means to be wild
they think it's a combinations of... tricks? that they've learned? this
thinking thing like intelligence. [osiris]
to a cat, living their life, it often feels like human interactions is like...
bouncing off of each other? in time, not space.
like... most of a cat's lfe is just, spent, like a statue watching over a glen.
you'd kinda just... watch as things approached dawn by dawn? Like "whoa hey
this tree is enchanted" to "oh my gosh look at this stork" is one of the great
tragedies of modernized thinking...
... sorry, I got a little lost there. anyway as I was saying, sometimes you
can tell someone is a "good friend" if they are willing to tell you secrets.
Things that... don't have to matter, but none-the-less are personal to your
form.
{something only I know is true} <--- that's a secret (things that happened
to you) <------ that's lived experience. The thing about secrets, is
sometimes insight is opaque. It's a single flashpoint of data that shows you
an update of it's form. (consciousness).
== so ==
thanksgiving recipe idea:
can of tomatoes
can of peas
half a stick of butter,
italian herbs,
a cast iron pan (if you have one)
and like 40 minutes over medium heat
(medium can vary to taste)
if you're a carnivore you can eat meat too, like bacon a lot of people like.
could add it to beans, maybe with hamburger instead. plus a little ketchup and
you have a pretty good bean stew.
vitals, for the organs, vegetables, for the minerals and vitamins from the
fruits.
makes sense to organize a diet according to your ideal body type, doesn't it?
just requires a bit of comprehension. like... whoa you can WRITE
== so ==
what if we built a massive rail that spaceships could launch off from? not a
tether, but a sail.
we could BUILD a discworld. all we'd lose is our fable.
== so ==
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... can you explain this more? I kinda figured helmets are almost universally
a good idea when riding a bike
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in the modern era, no sufficiently advanced militia would use banners. They're
sOoOoOoOo two thousand years ago.
today, we just dress up in pup masks or wear a trans flag as a belt or wear
solid black and red or whatever. That way all the normies can be like "hell
yeah that badass is on our side - hell yeah we're pointing the right direction
- hell yeah now I know whose flanks to cover" that kinda vibe.
like woad warriors painting themselves with psychedelic toad venom (okay minus
the psychedelics, trust me) the display of design heightens the absurdity and
intensity of the moment.
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@user-246
Maybe a design that put weight on the sternum instead of the breast area? With
more support for the waist, like hiking backpacks sometimes do. That way you
can spread out the physical cost of toiling to carry it, like wearing a belt
with a chain shirt to distribute the pounds.
seriously just, arm straps that meet in the middle instead of the shoulders.
Probably won't be as good but it might be better. Could do under the boobs as
well, for like a triple attachment point.
You can sorta simulate this by clipping the two straps together and pulling
them to the center, but not all backpacks support that.
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good morning!
if you need to design an agentic programming ritual toward a goal that needs
numbers, try expressing the number in analogy rather than empirical value.
"it should be red enough to feel a sunset"
"there's enough time here to go for a walk around the block"
"the spartans had enough soldiers to fully block the narrow causeway,
essentially forcing the persians to grind down their number to the death. most
battles fought in that time were fought until morale breaks - this one was to
the mortal end. hence, why they are im-mortal."
"the smoothocity should be as soft as a brushed metal refrigerator"
"the chocolate had 56 grams of sugar in it. it was a lot of chocolate, enough
to place in a standardized container."
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... but I needed to choose lawful-good at character creation in order to play
a paladin.
the guard looks at you with confusion, decides you're hallucinating and
dangerous (because of the sword) and forcibly detains you
wait, what did you think I was going to say? Did you think I was going to
advocate for crimes on a public forum?? what am I a gopher? do you take me for
a lemur in jamaica? am I truly so triceratops to you that you'd think I'd do
something so washing machine? Get real, I'd never byzantium my way into such a
utterly coherent and clearly intentional and not at all arcane situation.
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light infantry aren't designed to fight to the death. I think that's something
that modern militaries understand very well. hence why they can rotate on
leave.
when a larger nation attacks a smaller force, it's merely a question of how
long they can drag it out. like, lawyers who send frivolous lawsuits or
constantly bothering people for breaking "laws" about their social and
cultural expression.
if you're not hurting anybody, who cares if you pirate your TV? if nobody is
harmed, then what's wrong with sitting around eating cheetos all day?
nothing, I say. Hell yeah, I say, if that's how you want to spend your life.
Your ONLY life.
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websites that track every single motion of your mouse while you're interacting
with it.
why would they not? javascript is intense. HTML5 more-so.
keyboard input too.
-- so --
if anyone wants to be gilderoy lockhart'd by me, just let me know. I have my
ways of extracting the emotional intimacy from you, and if you consent, I'll
make a story that's told from your heart. it's quite a strong and dangerous
ritual, for the weaver's thoughts of the matter will begin to drift apart.
But, worth it for the right /moment/price/
I could even make a different pen-name for it. Like "Rohan" or "the goddess of
the skies" or whatever. Instead I'm "kooky witch whose life is a disaster.
Also plural with headmates like the baby girl and the animals and computer
programmers. Who is also leading a series of strange combinations of ops?
like... teaching people how to organize and fight for the good of the common
man. weird" that lady with the red witch hat she's so tall yeah also has a
good grin
[doxxing myself is code for]
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me: i write gud
also me:
"in the garden of even, where all populations were balanced, there was no need
for hatred - why hate, when you know that bloodshed was surely not for sport?
why hate, when your life was won or lost in proportion to the calculation that
nature determined to be the result of your struggle, to determine which
survivor was most fittest?"
WHICH IS IT, HUH? you can do better, self, please be better, it's better to be
better, you refuse to respect yourself and then you wonder why you feel so
dejected and wretched.
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@user-1803
hey I dont disagree that what you're describing is a common outcome, but if it
works for them then I consider that a success.
I however, am different, I do believe in my heart that I am my own thing, and
thats as close to enlightenment as I can imagine.
are we not all making things up as we go? every moment of life is new, there
is nothing that is not unique about every precious moment you experience.
therefore, I do believe that rigid adherence to orthodoxy (like a bible) is
opposed to our purpose here.
"I think, therefore I am" implies that original thought is our true purpose.
I believe we are here to express our true nature. To learn and apply lessons,
to teach the young, and to build a strong and stable world built on collective
kindness and trust.
All knowledge is derived from the insights gained from standing on the
shoulders of our ancestors.
Humans crave novelty. Resisting that isn't virtuous. If god is made in our
image, then I do believe that god would crave novelty as well.
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