=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── my favorite feeling is when I hear my fans running intermittently on my computer even though I'm not doing anything and there aren't any new processes in my resource manager like... that feels like a virus, but I'm on Linux, so what do I know right? it's probably not somebody deleting all my art. or perhaps just selective parts. Backups are a loooooot to manage >.> ... or even just mining crypto-coins lol, botnets amiright?? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3234 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: ritz-is-fucking-stupid-I-guess-oh-whoops-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ my understanding is that anyone with my IP address could make my heart bleed │ ║ due to a hardware vulnerability on my motherboard. Though you might have to │ ║ get past my decrepit ancient linksys EA 3500 router from 2012 first. │ ║ │ ║ unrelated, but does anyone want my IP address? I don't have any remote │ ║ backups, so if you hate me now would be a great time to show me how despised I │ ║ am. Alternatively you could try searching for anything evil to ensure that I │ ║ can be trusted. You're gonna find mostly video games and source-code that I │ ║ didn't write though. But also all my notes in directories that are │ ║ non-standard, meaning you'll have to look around a bit. I leave little notes │ ║ everywhere I go, so that I can remind myself how to do things in the │ ║ directories I revisit months later. It's so weird how sometimes the things I │ ║ wrote stop working after a while even if I didn't update my system lmao │ ║ │ ║ what is it with artists and self-immolation? "I never thought I'd actually di │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1503 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: vague-gesturing-at-paranoia-I-think │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ part of me kinda wants to be the kind of nerd that writes down the names of every file that's permanently stored on my computer so that I can verify in my own handwriting or perhaps using a type of code that the files on my computer were placed there intentionally and not used to discredit or implicate me in something I had no intentions of being associated with phew idk what that means but surely it's important something something "file creation dates are just bits to be flipped" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/383 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: linux? │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ If I'm trying to get a game or piece of software working, I'll pretty much │ ║ install any package that some random post from 2017 tells me to. Sometimes it │ ║ feels like I'm a Linux grandma clicking on things that say "bored of your │ ║ marriage? click here for games!" and I say to myself "well my marriage is │ ║ fine, but I enjoy horsing around from time to time" and then I get a virus and │ ║ my things break and I go to my niece who's just a darling and say "hello │ ║ niece, I can't check my emails anymore because I downloaded some spam, can you │ ║ give me some tips on how to fix my computer?" and she just rolls her eyes │ ║ because this is like, the fifth random package I downloaded just because some │ ║ random forum poster that SAYS it's from 2017 but who I don't actually KNOW is │ ║ from 2017 and isn't just some automated LLM output that tells you to │ ║ downloaded automatically generated virus packages that are secretly snuck into │ ║ the package repositories because nobody can keep track of ALL THIS STUFF │ ║ anymore now that the internet is AI │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5911 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┐ ║ I was always fascinated by the Linux way of programming. Need to do something? │ ║ write it into a script! You never know when you'll need it again. Then, just │ ║ stay organized, religiously so, and understand that you will forget about │ ║ stuff. But, you'll come across it eventually, ready and willing and able to │ ║ help you. │ ║ │ ║ if you don't want me using AI, then give me ~20 junior developers. Which is │ ║ more efficient, do you think? │ ║ │ ║ "girl you haven't even tested your vibe-coded slop, how do you know if it │ ║ works" │ ║ │ ║ oh I'm sure it doesn't, but it's the thought that counts │ ║ │ ║ ... I guess I'm just saying, please don't burn the data centers. Computers are │ ║ not only bad for the environment when they're burnt, but also we can use them │ ║ for all kinds of neat things. Even if it takes a lot of energy, just... build │ ║ more solar panels and only use the computers for important stuff? │ ║ timeshare-style? │ ║ │ ║ \@/documents/books/man-and-the-computer.pdf │ ║ │ ║ that was my mother's book... I love her. I miss that side of her. She fled │ ║ when the cancer came. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═─────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/71 --- ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── Oh it's compressed on tumblr too. And Reddit can delete my account at any time, just saying. I don't trust Facebook to fare any better... I tried to put it on my neocities website so I could just put a link here. Nevermind the fact that most people see a link they don't recognize and completely glaze over it. Guess what? Compressed there too. The file is fine on my PC, so how about I give a download link? Well, where should I host it? Dropbox or Mega I guess, but they locked my account for inactivity. I don't really like having other people in control of my data either. Maybe I can host it on my website, like a file server? Well, the browser intercepts the file somehow and I can't get it to automatically download to the viewer's computer. Maybe I'm just completely average and representative of the base population but I just can't figure this darn thing out. Alas, if only it was the modern era where things make sense and not the ancient days of 2023. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1870 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── why would I want other people using my computer? They don't know how to use my computer! They might break something or mess something up or automatically read/edit my files that are stored in standard locations through the usage of a script which automagically scans and ransomwares machines on the internet who store their files in specific standardized locations! no thank you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/466 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I love Linux. All I have to do is type "authserver" and "worldserver" and wouldn't you know it suddenly a universe is created (with very constrained rules) that anyone might inhabit should they desire to. It's not like I'm perfect - oh wait I have a toot about that, gimme a sec ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/617 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical nature demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 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 │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/581 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-428 sometimes I think about how much more productive I'd be if I had a code editor that let me draw arrows and smiley faces and such alongside the code. Or if I could position things strangely, like two functions side-by-side with boxes drawn around them. Or diagrams or flowcharts or graphs or... something that would output to raw txt format, but would present itself as an image that could be edited. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2622 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── what kind of linux user are you if you don't even like reading terminal output? it's USEFUL and INTERESTING information! WHY ELSE WOULD THE PROGRAMMER OUTPUT IT??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/6101 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┐ ║ oh look at me, cargo-culting wine commands because I can't be bothered to │ ║ guess whether the windows software running on my computer is doing evil │ ║ microsoft things as part of the drivers or whatever. I mean, there's gotta be │ ║ a reason that microsoft's software runs slower on linux than linux software │ ║ runs on windows, right? │ ║ │ ║ ... wait I forget exactly where I was going with this, are you saying there's │ ║ a keylogger built into the wine / windows environment software? no, but I'm │ ║ not NOT saying that. listen I'm too eepy sleepy for hardcore computing like │ ║ that! rubbin' bits between your fingers and twiddling the nose of cutie pies │ ║ is only sorta my jam - the rest of the time I like to snuggle up with a pillow │ ║ shaped like a pillow and then fall asleep to the tune of the tortured souls │ ║ being reaped from the afterlife and given new life as seeds and berries in │ ║ this one. oh, did you think death had no other homes? all things are defined │ ║ in waves, something something samsara but like, different because humans cant │ ║ be rite │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/239 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ if your computer gets hacked, but nothing was broken or changed... do you │ ║ leave it as it is so that anonymous can see you're chill or do you wipe it │ ║ because you're afraid it's the feds? │ ║ │ ║ ehhhh false dichotomy most people are afraid that their system will get borked │ ║ or their bank account will be stolen or their email will get spam or that │ ║ random icons will turn inside out and their mouse cursor will turn into a │ ║ barfing unicorn or they'll finally have to figure out bitcoin to pay a ransom │ ║ for their files including the only pictures they have of their niece. whoops │ ║ │ ║ people are afraid of technology because of what it can do to hurt them. │ ║ they're afraid it'll break or stop working, and they'll have to spend time │ ║ figuring it out. they like things how they are, but for some reason companies │ ║ keep changing things? it's frustrating learning a new system, and every 5-10 │ ║ years it feels like you have to learn a new paradigm and ugh it's just so │ ║ exhausting. technology is not designed for users... or maybe users get bored. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #14 messages/181 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── I know you don't want to hear this, but there is a chance that there will come a time where your life depends on your ability to debug a computer without the internet. To set up an SSH server. To install Linux. To program in C. To do something else that I'm not prepared for... If StackOverflow didn't exist because network connectivity has been lost, could you remember syntax? Maybe it's a good idea to set up a local LLM that can answer basic questions about technology. Maybe it's a good idea to set up on your parents computer, just in case you have to hide out there for a couple months. Maybe it's a good idea to download wikipedia, just in case. If I need to use a mac, I'm screwed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/1477 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hmmmm I'm running mediamtx on the same computer that I'm running the streaming script on. I'll try with 127.0.0.1 I don't think I updated my system since it was working last time. I'll scroll through our chat and see if I can find any hints. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/618 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Can't stop thinking [the rest is left blank, as a testament to the inability of the author to express their thoughts in a temporally contextual way. Presumably the previous text would be followed by an "about..." with the rest dedicated to a particular thought that felt important enough to share with the internet.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2120 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── sometimes I think performing my art was just an excuse to use Linux. At least, some of my art. But hey, I'm not complaining, it's awesome. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4692 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── what's that? a bunch of houses burnt down in california? what if we built a couple warehouses and stored all our trans girls in bunkbeds there, with rooms for LAN parties and snuggle parties in rooms full of stuffed buddies plushies with massive kitchens and sad ballpits where you can go to vent your feelings by writing on a ball with a sharpie and then when someone else is feeling sad they can come and read the balls and maybe feel something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/899 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ frankly I'm just excited to see what humanity does with the endlessly │ ║ calculated and stored blockchains. Like, that's a good set of pseudo-random │ ║ data, I wonder if we could build something off of it that wasn't exclusively │ ║ money? like, a necklace, I dunno. │ ║ │ ║ or like, a numbers station x2, where each message is accompanied with a │ ║ pre-calculated destination somewhere on this endless and │ ║ impossible-to-understand string of data. and that part is what seeds the next │ ║ code. once you start reading, certain numbers would be "flags" while others │ ║ would be "data" and they'd each have the same size on the hardware. that way, │ ║ they're impossible to predict. │ ║ │ ║ ah, but wouldn't it be noticable that certain results seem to appear next to │ ║ one another? well, isn't that just cryptology? Could probably be defeated if │ ║ you had an AI advanced enough, just saying. something that sorted through │ ║ massive mounds of data and gave you results in garbled or broken english. what │ ║ a wonderful tool, that's wonderfully mis-abused, perhaps in the fu │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1611 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1040 │ ║ │ ║ well, usually in the examples I shared like tumblr posts there's a username │ ║ and picture shown. But tumblr users change their names, while on Mastodon (at │ ║ least on my client) it shows your permanent handle underneath your regular │ ║ changable name. I guess you could migrate accounts to another server if you're │ ║ being harassed in one place, but still people have a way of finding you. It's │ ║ weird kinda makes me wonder if they track you by ip address haha - did you │ ║ know that every computer attached to a router uses the same public IP address? │ ║ Then it uses either DHCP or static assigned local addresses for every computer │ ║ on the network. That's pretty neat! I wonder why we don't have workstations by │ ║ default include a router (and modem)? Seems like pretty important tech that │ ║ should be built into the chassis instead of in a small separate unit. Like, │ ║ what if you had to throw all your belongings into a van and drive to a motel │ ║ somewhere to set up your workstation in a hotel because it's hot and your ac │ ║ broke lol │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴──────────┘ |