=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I think every law or policy should be required to be labelled as "short term" or "long term" the short term ones are meant to gather information, to try things out, and to reassess after stated conditions have been met. Ideally with protections against "infinite loops" - a term that any programmer will know. The long term legislation is something that can be relied on for quite a while. If there is enough momentum, then an alternative can be created, but the original must remain operational. The alternative must be "short term", and if it's deemed successful and does not harm the long-term it's contrasting, then sure yeah go ahead implement both. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/467 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── Laws should be required to be marked [short term] or [long term] Short term means it should be redesigned after its effects become apparent. Long term means that if there's sufficient demand, an alternative should be created. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2752 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: police-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ cops thought "enforcing the law" was their job when really it was "keeping the peace" and like, yeah, sure, laws define how they optimize for but sometimes the laws are just out of reach. (though such an impartialized system is also pretty flawed in it's own unique ways, like for example the enforcers of the law would be able to apply their law selectively, which... would not be great.) downside is... how do you dissent to those who cannot hear you? you have to break things which is why I believe that breaking things unnecessarily is unethical. sometimes you have to do a MORE unethical act in the pursuit of your goals, however nefarious or not they may be, but as long as they are done in pursuit of a greater grander truth, then... the ends justify the means? right?" ... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/1479 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ When the rules are made for a system that is struggling with insufficient resources, they will make compromises that typically cause harm or don't fulfill needs completely. The problem is the insufficient resources. If the problem is upstream, then it should be addressed upstream, until all of the needs of the downstream resource utilization services are fully supplied. Then, the rules should be updated to account for the sufficient supply. If they are still limited, they should be labelled as such, and it should be considered virtuous (temperance) to use only what you need, neutral to use as much as you want, and sinful (gluttony) to use as much as you can. It's okay to sin a little. Especially on accident or in a frenzy. But be sure to calm down, and spend some time with the opposite virtue to counteract it. Ideally more time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #4 fediverse/6139 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: law-enforcement-as-a-topic-and-discipline-mentioned-or-as-the-lads-like-to-call-it-the-political-will-weaponization-program-en-force-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if it was a constitutional amendment that all measures of law enforcement must be done with parity of force well, that's a heuristic for being right, but not an uncommon one among the out of sight. [I'm confusing because I have no idea how to best use me] oh uh, yeah it uh aligns towards being "right" which we think means being "true". and it does this by giving unlimited potential interactions where a rational being could be convinced to be wrong. owning weapons and knowing how to use them (not just storing them for safekeeping) is an invitation for equal force, but to all an even and replete interaction. " ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4123 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-883 you're right but I think your first impulse should be to think about how to do it in a multithreaded way If the result is that single-threading would be better, great! It'll be easier! But thinking about multithreading first will give you crucial insights into the structure of the program. depending on what kinds of programming you do...! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1977 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── functions should be forced to describe the context of why they were being called. I think it would help debug a lot if we supplied a reasoning for each and every request [function call] that we made. We might even be able to parse them into semantic pyramids which we could sorta use to estimate [tree-like scanning] how and why the program did do wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/434 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-324 @user-325 @user-326 thus enters the promise of technology: that we might solve the problems of bureaucracy once and for all by ever more effiency-aligning mechanical processes that produce effects which we desire - such as efficient allocation of medical resources such that all of humanity is protected from the ravages of pain and the incongruencies of our nature. Alas, that we should only conceive of success through the lens of profit. Perhaps another design is in order? (oh yeah also people who are in control are worried that we, like all other examples of natural entities, might immediately proceed to breed beyond the capability to cater to the needs of said entity (such as "to feed" and medical resources) and therefore might overburden (and therefore destroy) said system which allows for their sustenance and initial creation. To this I say... Yeah probs, what should we do about it?) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/6015 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ In 2025, if you want to create a piece of software your options are to either: devote your life to it, or use AI to build a semi-working prototype that you can use to pitch your idea to a bunch of people who have devoted their lives to learning how to use your idea as documentation while they build it from scratch, throwing out most of the code but keeping all the checklists and progress-trackers you built along the way, perhaps even utilizing some of your tooling that you used while constructing the scaffolding of this monstrous application that you won't be using most of the source-code for. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5065 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: strange-ideas-about-software-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ software should have 3, maybe 4 or 5 maintained releases imo for adding security improvements and whatnot then people wouldn't complain about updates because they wouldn't feel like they were being left behind (after expressing their differences (of opinion and such)) I think that'd uh maintain them as, I guess, userbase optics parallelograms? oh sorry we're on rhomboids this week - right, and no I won't forget the differences in creed, all things are received equally...d. uh-huh yeah no that makes sense. gotcha. okay see you at the location. have fun with your demarketion. what if we played games with swords but like, the peril of steam is that you can't decline to update. meaning if a corporation wants to break an old game and it's collectively hosted servers... all it has to do is push an update that disables them. suddenly nobody has room to do, and the whole -- stack overflow -- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/6438 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── why would you gatekeep content by keeping us from easily using LLMs some people aren't technical and still need to write computer programs because that's how you enlighten a people is empower them with new tools "I've never heard of that programming language, but luckily I can fit all of it's documentation in my context window." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #11 fediverse/6040 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── everyone's all against ai because it's big tech but it doesn't have to be that big it can be [minimized but pronounced marginalized] == stack overflow == distributed so I think the idea is that by the time you would use AI, there's been enough time to rewrite the software to work on handheld laptops in a distributed way and we'd vote on what to ask the amphora of great knowledge, the answer could always be 42. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #12 fediverse_boost/4925 --- ◀─╔══════════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════════──────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ still waiting to find the energy and headspace to write an irritated blog post about why the fact that most toolchains are like 80% of the learning curve for those who are just getting into programming (especially on windows) │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #13 fediverse/4125 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-883 yeah that's probably better too since it'll be easier so there'll be fewer bugs, especially since processing audio isn't usually performance critical ^_^ TBH I just want people to make more threading primitives like locks, semaphores, and iterators. Like... thread pools, or hashmaps that run a function on each record stored within every time each of the threads passes a checkpoint, or paginated arrays of data that run a function on themselves and the records near them (with slightly different input values, of course) idk what those are called but I can't resist putting them in everything Anyway I do think multithreading programs that don't need it will teach you to be a better programmer, so... depends on what you're working on I guess. Are you preparing to be ready and working, or are you ready and working? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/6107 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── commanding a coding agent to write bash is a lot different than telling it to write a systems analysize. one is "hey can you examine this repository and make a note somewhere on a todo-list or whatever that there needs to be a bugfix in relation to the options setting input translation recommendation algorithm matchbox field because when I click on it the program crashes" and the other is like "okay now put the box over there. great now drag it a little bit closer. okay now take the refluxinator and adjust the bamboozlewhap to account of brass-terminatrix-incorporated and strip out the question-mark-eyes" wait actually neither of them is like that okay the bash one is like: "okay yeah do it. sure. yeah okay. yes, but we should put them at this location: [loc]. ummm it still has this error message. it still says the same error. okay now it says this, I don't think it's gonna work so let's try this other thing." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2518 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── it's good to be ethical, it's good to be kind, but there will always be assholes, and sometimes you're not having a good time it's okay it's fine assholes deserve life times deserve others to be kind life is not always interesting and that's often by design the moments of clarity, the moments of heart, these are what define you and display your own spark. trust in yourself. be kind to one another. you are braver than you know, and always a bit wiser. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2031 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1074 We've always been that way in their eyes. If they make it legal, nothing will change in how people think of you. They might be a bit bolder if there's fewer legal protections, but laws have always just been words. There are more of us than there are of them. If you have community, you'll feel safer. I know it's scary but we can get through it together. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4470 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── to be "rich" is to have more than another. if you are happy, they are happiness poor. if you have community, they are alone. if you have serenity, they are chaotic. I am rich in very little but fire in my soul. I have enough in most cases, but I still struggle to pay rent. I am warmed by the pearl my swirling darkness has coalesced into. It nourishes me and keeps me aligned. Never forget your purpose and your truth. It will not abandon you, so long as you do so too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/527 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── could give us some experience organizing small, short-term projects to accomplish specific goals and tasks in an ad-hoc way that relied less upon procedure and more on "I think so-and-so knows something about that, they were looking into those files and posted a breakdown of how they work yesterday" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual information presented to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3226 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── if your man page is longer than a list of options and their usage and a paragraph or twenty of how to use the software... then you need to abstract, and break your code into multiple purpose-built applications. do one thing, and do it right. alternatively, do one set of things, and do them concisely. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ |