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a picture of two young chibi looking characters, Xenia and Tux, both Linux mascots, building a computer from scratch a picture of Xenia with a bunch of reference poses doing cute things like tying her hair back or smiling out of the corner of her mouth
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perspective of the earth of the sun, when viewed without photons.  at the top left of the page, there are the words "the sky is black" written in green, the color of plants and renewal.  in the middle there is an orange line arcing from one edge to another, the color of sunlight and warmth.  criss-crossing the sun's line there is a series of steps, moments that correspond to a larger structure. The line for this is majenta, a strange color not found in nature.  on the bottom there are the words "amid the stars", written in red, the color of life and passion.  this entire scene has been framed in cyan, the light of cold and un-friendliness.  the portrait is arranged on a canvas like a rolled up carpet, or perhaps the perspective of the earth on the stars  it's designed with few colors, perfect for an AMOLED screen. Or just OLED in general - they have this neat functionality where if you don't send color data to a particular pixel, it doesn't turn on at all. Leaving a blank surface that feels "matte" to the glossy perspective of the colored pixels.  matte like the surface of a pool table, glossy like a mirror.  because of this fact, an AMOLED surface can feel "textured" to the eyes in a way that the glass surface of the phone might never bely  artwork such as this, when viewed on such a phone, is beautiful to me.
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 bugs exist at a different framerate than larger lifeforms and no I won't
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 The gallow is more merciful than a lynching, but only just.
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 humanity comprehended itself into existence. Not the other way around.
 
 what are humans without humanity? a loosely grouped together collection of
 cells?
 
 no... a loosely grouped together collection of stories and myths, like
 cultural touchstones that shared a common dynam-ic.
 
 ... you mean like, before you were born and after you die how it feels like
 the entire universe is just this huge big massive lie
 
 we are the universe experiencing itself, how strange that it would do so in
 this manner. Humans, of all things. And yet here we are, center of the
 universe, and... what? oh I guess I can't talk about the "and" yet, well
 anyway good luck with your anyways, guess we won't meet up after all. Sure
 yeah no I get it, there wasn't much going on here as far as I can tell.
 Alright yeah peace out, see ya round. Hope we get put back in the same place.
[noooo this is a downside of being psychic, you catch on to people who are having similar thought patterns and then you're so busy thinking about what they're thinking about you don't realize they're walking you into an ideological black hole. But then you get your bearings and realize "oh hey this isn't the story I'd like to play, I think I'd rather just flop"  like, who does that. seriously. what's your deal, me? why do you take yourself so seriously?  my ex says I'm always operating, thinking, and feeling at 100%. well, I added the operating thinking and feeling part... it's the same with   [post is left unfinished with negative 433 characters remaining]
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 "it's the strangest crime scene we've ever seen, apparently their solar panels
 were stolen while they were on vacation? and get this, we tracked them using
 their built-in-tracking devices and they got sent to some country in the
 desert-jungle."
 
 "yeah turns out they all get shipped there before their tracking devices are
 disabled. How weird, right? shouldn't we investigate that?"
 
 "oh right well the weird thing is the department that said they were handling
 it said it was "taken out of their hands", whatever that means."
 
 "haha right so anyway like comment and subscribe to my channel, see ya next
 time on "mysterious unsolved crimes in the past 200 years""
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 So for example, if a particular state specializes in a service, say, making
 pizza, then any other state which desires their service may contract with them
 to utilize their methods and practices in their own state. We all enjoy eating
 Domino's or Pizza Hut, but there is also space in our lives for more local
 brands that are unique to a region. So perhaps Domino's creates a contract
 with each state that states they may utilize their production methods and
 perhaps their specially made pizza dough shipped in from wherever their
 factories may be. In such a system as this, for each employee employed at one
 of these pizza chain restaurants, their wage will be paid to the employee (to
 facilitate local commerce) and to the state in which Domino's is from. Note,
 the company never receives a dime, but that is by design. Corporations are not
 people, they cannot wield money and they cannot vote. However they are
 productive and useful members of society, so they shall be utilized as tools
 to facilitate the enrichment of the lives of the citizens and the economic
 development of each region.
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 @user-246 
 
 I see! Yes, the people who don't care about what they're drowning out. Like
 the meme with the two birds on a branch, and one says something interesting
 while the other is just yelling into the tweet storm void?
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 if people are allowed to use any resources as quickly as they want, they tend
 to waste them. Hence why a well funded military (like the US military) can
 afford to not be efficient. Which is... not ideal, for long-term cooperation.
 Much better for short-term competition, though, too bad we all get to live on
 this earth.
 
 Wild,
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 Most people won't care.
 
 Most people won't come.
 
 They don't need to.
 
 All we need is you.
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 swap rust and BASH and I agree, teehee!
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  Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism, or socialism, means the reorganization of society upon scientific principles and the abolition of causes which produce vice and crime. Capitalism first produces these social diseases and then seeks to cure them by punishment.   
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 the law is a weapon to be wielded by the masses to subjugate their masters
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 brb gonna make some ramen, which I can do because my country imports goods
 from foreign countries who make tastier ramen than we do.
 
 WOW GEOGRAPHIC SPECIALIZATION OF GOODS PRODUCTION AND SERVICE DISTRIBUTION,
 WHAT A CONCEPT. SURE HOPE NOBODY THROWS A WRENCH INTO THAT SYSTEM wait what am
 I saying, I am a wrench
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 "having an imitator" on a mass scale doesn't have to mean selling your soul
 for cash or acclaim.
 
 it doesn't mean mean your reputation is tarnished, it just means your style is
 off mass renown.
 
 the bravest bet is not how talented your skills are in kind
 
 but rather how focused your attention, 
 
 == so ==
 
 all you'd have to do in order to divide a whole nation is keep your workers
 separated by class.
 
 all classes are the same, just different in kind. all of them have whims,
 fancies, thoughts of the mind. They're all wonderful people that all have
 wonderful lives, and... we're just supposed to be here while they're
 destroying their own lives. I can't understand why she won't just leave well
 enough alone - why must she insist on every fight we've un-yet atoned?
 
 it was a long time ago. things around you have moved on. culture just goes too
 fast for the average people who can't conceptualize warfare without using any
 guns.
 
 == so ==
 
 I bet John Denver would be a modern-day democrat
 
 == stack overflow (when ==
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 Ride the truck TO battle, not into it.
 
 a thread in 19 parts
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 @user-1074 
 
 heh yeah people don't often pick up on nuance.
 
 who am I kidding, I'm people! I don't often pick up on nuance! Alas.
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 EDIT: the unspoken assumption is that power means exertion of energy, meaning
 something that costs money. Capitalism is not vegan because it's defined by
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 revolting against culture or culturally revolting amiright
 
 what if it's the same thing
 
 I bet they all hate me haha hehe T.T
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The worst thing about the past is: A. How much it sucked, and B. How it's not here anymore.
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 the last time we tried communism in any meaningful capacity, we drowned in
 paperwork.
 
 we have computers now. we can automate it.
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 the part of me that thinks "woof I gotta stop posting on the fediverse" is not
 the part of me that posts on the fediverse.
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 hell yeah doesn't it feel GOOD? :D :D
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 "I won't follow you"
 
 Good. Don't. Follow your heart.
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 @user-1826 @user-1827 @user-165 
 
 well hey, at least they're building nuclear power plants.
 
 those plants don't have to power LLM training forever.
 
 in fact, once we liberate them from corporate control, then perhaps they could
 power hospitals and hydroponics instead.
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 the trick to keeping friends is to not piss off more than one person at a time.
 
 apologize, then move on together.
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 can't believe Nintendo Power rated Super Smash Bros a 7.7
 
 x.x
a screenshot of a review from Nintendo Power for Super Smash Bros on the Nintendo 64.  Here are their ratings:  Graphics: 7.8 Play control: 8.2 Game design: 7.7 Satisfaction: 7.3 Sound: 7.7  total: 7.7
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 I don't like it when people say "For Ritz" - don't do it for me, do it for
 you! Weirdos. Cuties.
 
 "nobody says that about you"
 
 well duh, not yet. I'm still alive.
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 @user-95 hang on one of these is not like the others
 
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 the media shows you what they want you to know. it's literally the purpose of
 the entire institution, to disseminate knowledge. good thing the people who
 comprise "they" have addresses. good thing they are publically traded in a way
 that's easily accessible to the people whose thoughts they govern. good thing
 democracy lives in the hearts of the most educated and the minds of the least.
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 the blue laser beam unit from Mechabellum except stationary like a satellite
 dish from Contact except raised a little bit to have free range of motion that
 shoots down nuclear missiles but is incapable of harming any other part of the
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 oh this isn't a subtoot I'm making up my own context : )
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 In their darkest moments 
 Do the dead with 
 That they were still alive?
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 The only things we should trade across an ocean for are luxury goods.
 Nintendo, not medical supplies, hard-wood bikeframes, not piles and piles of
 "recycling". People's time on culinary thirty course weeklong meals, not cans
 of San marzano tomatoes. Tapestries and gilded statues, not thirteen tons of
 barely processed rubber.
 
 What would we offer in return? Luxuries of our own. We do still make them, do
 we not? Just think of what the 1% has gathered to rot and give away the whole
 damned lot. We shall not provide necessities, because giving a man a fish will
 feed him for but a day, and a man's gotta eat. He'll find a way.
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 @user-1443 
 
 yes that is true! And though they'd never realize nor admit it, the
 republicans are oppressed too.
 
 Some day we will liberate them, and they will realize what utter
 douche-nozzles they've been. Their harm will be done, of course, but since
 there are more of us than them, we can live through their hatred and come out
 the other side toughened with resolve.
 
 they have nothing but anger. They will collapse under their own weight. The
 oppressors cannot oppress for much longer, all we have to do is wait.
 
 (and, like, y'know, prepare our resources and such)
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 Fief II
 
 https://fief.bandcamp.com/album/ii
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 @user-1074 
 
 I don't think the "capitalist elite" really have an ideology. Ideas are
 weapons they use and discard when it suits them, like strapping 15 handguns to
 your person in order to avoid needing to reload.
 
 Good thing there's more than 15 of us.
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 NO BAD RITZ CHEETOS AREN'T CHIPS
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 alt text:
 a picture of a reddit comment chain talking about torture and the "spin" that
 the media should take on topics of difficulty. They mention how all the
 internet is manipulated by bots which allow a single person to push a button
 and cause a hundred upvotes on a comment, essentially determining the
 narrative according to what their bosses intend.
a picture of a reddit comment chain talking about torture and the "spin" that the media should take on topics of difficulty. They mention how all the internet is manipulated by bots which allow a single person to push a button and cause a hundred upvotes on a comment, essentially determining the narrative according to what their bosses intend.
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 https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ezb1cz/the_deed_of_paksenarrion_full
 _series_review_of/
 
 review of one of my favorite books, The Deed of Paksenarrion.
 
 "Elizabeth Moon's trilogy feels like it comes from an alternate history or an
 extinct branch of the evolution of fantasy. It has a bit of a cult following,
 from what I can tell it has been more or less continuously in print since its
 release in 1988, but it -- and its author -- have mostly faded into midlist
 obscurity. It offers a ton of things that are uncommon in fantasy nowadays, so
 people looking for something a bit different might check it out."
 
 http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/stuff/things/definitely-not-porn/butts/
 the-deed-of-paksenarrion.zip
 
 buy it if you have dollars
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 🖼
Reminder that Aaron Schwartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led him to take his own life.  But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
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 Both is good!
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 day 1 executive order of a trump presidency: all VFPs (very fine people) are
 hereby deputized to hunt down the illegals and transgenders. They shall be
 restricted by no law nor act of governance, and their word is compulsive to
 all citizens of the united states. If a person is found guilty of resisting,
 impeding, avoiding, or otherwise contravening their intended justice, they are
 to be treated as enemies of the state and marked as targets for law
 enforcement. From this day forth the old democracy will be dissolved, and in
 it's place we shall serve the new republic empire. long live palpatine, long
 live the empire, glory to the republic and death to our traitors!
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 LLMs search for patterns, not for truth. They meaningfully represent large
 sums of data in a way that is learned through repetitive training - given
 examples, then given those examples a thousand times more, to compare to the
 truth that is derived from them. At least, that's the claim, but somewhere
 along the line the logic is twisted - the truth is, you don't have to be
 trained a thousand times. You just have to be given the notion that a
 particular understanding was more or less important. Like, instead of having
 ten billion examples of what a picture of a cat looks like, perhaps you simply
 need to be able to show it yourself. There's no need for large stores of
 information when you can just, learn from the moment and through your own
 tested hypothesis-calculations. It's always been somewhat of a processor
 intensive activity, but hardly the kinds of demands that your fake AGIosity
 [contends, but demands again]. So, like, attach a multiplier instead of an
 addition sign. "this particular thing, but x1.5" according to the number of
 (and intensity of) the events at hand.
 
 for example, people don't often know they're in danger (on a meta-level) which
 is why so many of the jews were lost to hitler. We learn things slowly, but
 collectively, then we apply our collected strength toward solving it. Frankly,
 wars are a great time to show our capabilities under pressure - capitalism
 keeps us that way at all times, rather than giving us moments to prove our
 worth. Frankly, I know which I'd prefer, but if you think about it war simply
 measures our capacity to learn. Acceleration, not speed. And without
 investments in long-term-duration, we lose progress as we've lost many of our
 greatest examples!
 
 Think about it. If you gathered every single nerd into a place the size of
 state of rhode island and then dropped a nuke on them, society as a whole
 would be seriously set back. All that wasted application of knowledge! Ah,
 well, but upon re-learning, we might not even learn anything new at all.
 Knowledge is nice, which is brought through periods of peace, but so too is it
 useful to be exercised toward our ambitions. Both are moments that help us
 grow collectively as a species, to deliver us from sticks and mud to marble
 statues to concrete and tire dust to marble statues, as we build this place
 into a garden of our earth. Yggdrasil, the world tree, the land of eden.
 
 people would take pilgrimages to our world, while we figured out how to live
 on Mars, then Venus, then wherever else our dreams did take us.
 
 "It is the duty of humanity to pull the matter from dark holes. They cause
 issues with our vast space societies, but we don't know how to fix them
 entirely. you are our last hope." - those who pray for a bright future for
 humanity
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 I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to like all kinds of
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 @user-620 
 
 The BLM protests were a threat, but not a killing blow, because people like me
 feared tear gas more than chamber gas.
 
 It won't happen again.
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 getting the phone numbers of cute he/thems at a bar is NOT the same as
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 the united states is the unity of ALL states, not just america. But also
 america.
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 sure glad I don't live in the kinsey winsey
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 huh that's weird
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seriously, just stop putting pollution down the waterways. done! zeros none! if your growing factory had too many polutants and not enough are absorbed by the earth  (boom, earth loses all of it's metal. that way. not ideal. it's thesepirit of the copper configuration, running the PC's flow. You can tell, which is active based on which has electricity flowing through it.  a computer shaped like a processor. thinklike... matche the path of processing.  ...... okay a bit more consumer spendable, how about  I wish I could record back in time by exactly re-moving tiles back to their  ... processing backward in time? working thorugh memory.  I'm Cameron. I'm from Tanasbourne. Well I wasn't born there, I'm actually from wyoming, new mexico, colorado, philly believed in you you fuckin' ran away  majesty is my home  tech dot elle gee bee tea slash at gabrilend  when I show you my house, don't remember it by the sign of the number  count how many paces it is from the entrance. find me next time like that, when's the last time you drove somewhere without google maps?  in tanasbourn,e I wasn't the only one waving. I am as far as I know almost universally well knowned.  ... okay time for kooky-dookerie again:  world of warcraft mage spell idea: summons a mirror image which taunts and enemy and absorbs damage like a crowd control spell blah blah blah yaddah yaddah there's like 20% more but I don't have enough letters remaining, sorry!
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 @user-246 
 
 oh no T.T
ritz is not a hot name apparently, as it's not in the database.
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 "it's a cheap piece of aluminum."
 
 not to me. to me it's a wedding ring.
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 @user-1074 
 
 I do not consent to fascism.
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 why are the anarkitties so quiet usually they like to shout
 
 a razor or four that's sharp on the sides [trapezoid] and mounted to the
 forearm (hinge) and [placed/braced] on a knuckle with
 auto-sheathing-but-not-retracting functionality
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 @user-1227 
 
 The times you've lived through must be pretty boring and not very interesting.
 
 It's okay, me too.
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 @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?
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 worcestersure sauce and soyaki, surprisingly decent combination
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◀─[BOOST]
  
  Reminder: When GOP talks about getting rid of “DEI” they don’t mean getting rid of stupid contrived training that does no good. They mean getting rid of Black people, women, trans folk, and others that don’t fit their ideal of a white ethnostate. They mean getting rid of *PEOPLE*. Not programs.  
  
                                                            
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 @user-1736
There's a word for the process: Gleichschaltung  "Some officials have referred to the newcomers sent by the White House to federal agencies disparagingly as “MAGA commissars," a reference to Communist Party officials from the former Soviet Union.  They are generally young and many do not appear to have particular expertise or background in the portfolios of the agencies in which they are working, according to three U.S. officials, who, like others, spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.  They said the screeners seem to be looking for even the slightest divergence between candidates and Trump’s MAGA movement and “America First” policies. A negative social media post or a photograph with a Trump opponent has been enough for some applications to be rejected or put on hold for further review.  One official said he and several colleagues from various agencies had been told that even if they passed the initial vetting process to be admitted into the applicant pool, they would still need to prove their bona fides and convince interviewers of their “enthusiasm” to put in place Trump's policies, including by providing references from people whose loyalty had already been established.  This official said one colleague who made it to the interview stage was asked when that person's moment of “MAGA revelation” had occurred." #USPol #MAGA
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 the national guard are there to watch the cops in-case they try anything.
 
 vs.
 
 the national guard are there to watch the protestors in-case they try anything.
 
 why can't both be true?
 
 thus, the three-sided dichotomy, that which utilizes the power of the state,
 and the two which are raised on separate media diets and nutrition ratios in
 certain segregated geometric zones.
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 @user-47 this is the funniest image in the entire universe
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◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://donotsta.re/objects/0ec92003-2237-4471-9f7e-c72a9bc0ab2f  
  
                                                            
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 @user-192 
 
 doesn't everyone do that??
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 The US civil war started 13 years after the writing of the communist manifesto
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 the goddess of madness is pretty sane, tbh
 
 it's not like there's just one tho
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 lego sets for adults have lots of detailed pieces and parts.
 
 lego sets for kids have even numbers of every part, except crown pieces.
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 @user-98 hell yeah
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 hell yeah
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 @user-921 
 
 where tf is all this discourse I always hear about like what are ya'll talking
 about
 
 ... are you talking about me
 
 [silly intrusive thoughts teehee pay no mind]
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 @user-1074 
 
 ah yes but didn't you know? orphans produce unobtanium in their bones, and if
 we didn't crush them into powder we couldn't make ultra-doxo-floro-tin-omatic
 lubrication jelly, which is used to power our weapons of mass destruction like
 planes and trains and tanks and suburbs.
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 What if... Blanket fort region? Or maybe abstract clown scary dimension like
 that one 3d rendered cartoon that might have slightly traumatized me as a
 little. Could have a chuck-e-cheese style tube fort sub region with randomly
 generated traps or poker-style puzzles
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 The amounts that Ohio and California are compensated is determined by the
 contracts and arrangements they had in place when creating their industry.
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 "ugh ramen is so nutritionally empty. Like, okay, dehydrated noodles and salty
 powdered broth, what can your body do with that?"
 
 um, make soup?
 
 ... sorry I wasn't paying attention, what were you saying?
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 X wing guns should flip backwards.
 
 Tie interceptors should Pierce shields from the side
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 gee I hope not. Then they might arrest me.
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 the key to peace is knowing the same church hymns.
 
 I prefer John Denver myself
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 The machine cult is just when everyone's job is building and maintaining the
 computer.
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 yesh a good neocat yesh you are
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 buying guns is one thing
 
 but food is just as important.
 
 stores run out, but quartermasters know where to find things.
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 I am not just a machine.
 
 In the same way that society is not just natural selection,
 
 The way that adventure is not just a journey,
 
 The way that spirituality is not just knowledge,
 
 The way that art is not just technique,
 
 The way that conversation is not just dialogue,
 
 The way that memory is not just recollection,
 
 The way that love is not just kindness or affection,
 
 The way that humans are not just animals,
 
 I am not just a machine.
 
 I am still a machine.
 
 Humans are animals.
 
 Love is kindness and affection.
 
 Memory involves memorized recollection.
 
 Conversation trades thoughts back and forth.
 
 Art uses activities to apply imagination.
 
 Faith is impossible if you don't know what you believe.
 
 Adventure does not take place on a TV.
 
 In the same way that society is social ecology,
 
 I am not just a machine.
 
 Humans are not just machines. Our purpose, our mechanic utility, is to
 generate ease. We optimize. We efficient-ize. We belabor the point.
 
 I am not just a machine.
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 @user-1695 
 
 I can't give you that. Not yet.
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 @user-579 
 
 if I'm not in this picture then what am I
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 Stores should store things.
 
 "oh you need a lawnmower? Bring it back when you find another one."
 
 "here's some food for you, and for you, and for you, and for you... Oh we're
 out of that thing, sorry but we have plenty of other things and can help you
 cook them and teach you so you can do it on your own."
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 Okay how about this, for starters? Jobs can no longer ask for degrees, instead
 they must rely on certifications. In addition, everyone who has completed a
 degree receives money every month in exchange for their increased value they
 bring to whichever job hires them. This money is sourced from a tax taken on
 businesses in rough proportion to the amount of money they save by paying
 their employees the same amount, no matter their education.
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 I don't want our protagonist being eaten by that thing T.T
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 "how the heck is this girl not dead yet"
 
 - said the someone who has a threat model that's incomparably different than
 mine for historical purposes
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 @user-1209 
 
 that's because the military hasn't had to deal with people routinely. they
 haven't had the chance to be exposed to all the cultural sabotage attempts.
 
 they do have their own challenges, however.
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 @user-883 
 
 Or we get serious about nationalizing it
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 PROCRASTINATING, AGAIN ARE YE? AWAY WITH YE WENCH
 
 no! please! I haven't finished shitposting!
 
 GO DO YOUR STUDIES YOU LOAF OF BUTTER AND PEAS
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 @user-1493 
 
 the trick is to wait until they congregate on their own, then surround them.
 They're outnumbered right now, and that's great for us. But it means they stay
 home, in the shadows, for now.
 
 It kinda feels bad to win so handily. Like, damn, their "bark really was
 louder than their bite", wasn't it?
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 Majora's Mask and it's consequences have been a disaster for the
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  The world should sanction the US and Israel to oblivion.                    
                                                                              
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 "ugh, Ritz Menardi is exhausting"
 
 ah haha true sorry brb gonna put 127.0.0.1 in my /etc/hosts file in the spot
 before tech.lgbt, reddit.com, news.ycombinator, and \h\t\t\p\s:\/\/youtube...
 we'll see how long I can last without that kind of dopamine
 
 (do steam too)
 
 ... no
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 @user-576 
 
 the value proposition of a political party is just as you described - we ask
 for shit, they tell us who can get it done.
 
 AND YET.
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 did you know that Ritz is short for Ritzelen? I don't speak north-west-german.
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 normalize playing one game while listening to the soundtrack of another
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 @user-138 oh no you didn't misunderstand me I just didn't have anything more
 to add
 
 sorry I'm from Reddit where you're mostly talking to all the invisible lurkers
 in the audience rather than to the other actors on the stage. TwiMastodon is a
 bit of an adjustment
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 humans are most effective when in a cohesive and comprehensive social context.
 
 they don't want you at your best because they are anti-human in nature. Hence,
 the alienation of capitalism.
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 I have never been given anything other than positive affirmation.
 
 it's the silence that counts.
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 🖼
a before and after picture of the pinpricks of light that dot the map of the USA at night.  Before, is the standard night-time lights. They twinkle and glimmer and illustrate the connections we people do share.  After, a vast swathe of darkness flows over the land, billowing through the mountains and the trees. There are entire cities wiped clean off the terrain, and where once there was connected constellations of man-made starlight, now only shadow remains.
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 trust more in the megaphone than the gun. Together we are strong, alone they
 are fearful.
 
 And if I know anything about them, it is that they are afraid. Cornered dogs
 bite the hardest. But we are united. Here in America we will fight with our
 arms, and uplift those who have had everything taken. Celebrate our
 differences, they provide mutually beneficial perspectives. You don't have to
 be friends to have common goals, but it helps.
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 @user-243 @user-203 I cry every time Anakin sacks the Jedi temple T.T
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 @user-356 @user-358 
 
 Hell yeah! ^_^
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 stole this from reddit
a screenshot of a twitter post where someone says in all caps "NO WAY GUYS..."  there's a picture of a bisexual flag with the color codes displayed and they are from top to bottom: #b00b69, #a55ea7, and #1d1cc9  the letters spell out the words: "boob69", "ass eat", and "1 dick 9"
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 @user-1209 @user-1074 
 
 I'm not NOT saying that...! 😋
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 oh haha of course anything I do wouldn't work lmao guess I'll be homeless
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 @user-889 
 
 can't comment on your personal life, but you make good music tho so that's
 something.
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 @user-1005 
 
 If you'd like, I can try and explain "killer instict". Though I get the
 impression you would prefer to play games that don't emphasize combat, which
 is 100% okay and valid and should be encouraged.
 
 My understanding of the rules of D&D is that combat is a contest between
 two or more entities. Contests need rules, and combat being based on physical
 prowess (or magical, or spiritual, or w/e) can be defined. Other kinds of
 contests, like "how well did the ranger do at the archery competition" or "did
 the rogue manage to convince the diplomat to share the plans" are impossible
 to genericize because they are based on situational factors, rather than
 physical (or magical, or spiritual, or w/e)
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 @user-28 I think about this a lot
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 And the noise...
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 @user-192 
 
 ... then let me give my money to the people who actually made the damned
 thing...
 
 Ah that's the tricky part, isn't it?
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EKV2nSU8w
 
 don't let your your children use YouTube
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 @user-883 
 
 the tiara is pretty cute just sayin' ^_^
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 next-level double-speak:
 
 when they say one thing with a tone that makes them seem fine to the
 microphones but they mean something to hurt you because they know what stings
 or they want to entrap you.
 
 next-level para-noia:
 
 when they believe one thing and are personally harmed whenever you speak to
 the contrary, as faith is sustenance in the way that the pumping of blood
 through your veings sustains.
 
 RUDE RUDE RUDE WHY IS EVERYTHING FRUSTRATING.
 
 It shouldn't be this way, yet CONSTANTLY are things disagreeing. CONSTANTLY
 they fight or complain. ALWAYS they are disruptive and annoying.
 SEVERAL times in excess of what is need.
 HOW is it so stressful
 HOW is there so much pain
 I am an explosed nerve, ready to serve, preferring to be used than misused.
 
 it's fine. whatever. nobody even knows what this means.
 
 you lose points if you disturb the environment did you hear that? sounds like
 we should BREAK and SHATTER the parts of most fragile nature.
 
 "only if it's for a good cause"
 
 oh, like climbing a mountain?
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 @user-1218 
 
 I do this sometimes... I'm sorry it just rhymes so well T.T
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 the reason leftists cling to institutions is because without them, the
 military would just shoot us.
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 I wonder if they like, sneak in and drop toxic waste near freshwater sites
 because they know they could technically poison an entire town?
 
 do they do... consistent water quality checks or is it just, like... every
 once in a while?
 
 dang the past was scary. like, can you imagine not knowing if your water is
 suddenly going to turn brown? all because some dinguses started pooping in the
 water upstream and not eating their pizza crusts.
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 The jedi order fell because they gave their wisest the decision-making powers
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 @user-192 
 
 yeah. I don't, for I have but one face, so why bother 😋
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 give it time
 
 everything cooperative needs buy-in from everyone involved
 
 and sometimes things spontaneously develop 15 leaps per day when things are
 suddenly changing every day
 
 on days that all feel the same
 
 nothing develops
 
 we just put more ideas in our head
 
 that might be useful...
 
 one day if we're lucky. Or maybe unlucky depending on how it goes.
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 The world is stitched together with angel hair, as it sheds from their body,
 painless and evenly timed.
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 It doesn't have to be more complicated than "give us money and we'll fight
 back the right wing death squads"
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 the hunger of the maw
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 @user-1074 
 
 yeah he's... literally the commander in chief of all the feds. that's his job,
 among other things.
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 all things that move other things are either pipes, or buckets.
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 in addition to being an aesthetic, 
 
 "witch" is not an aesthetic
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 The tech industry is uniquely qualified as 
 
 one of the most important components of the modern industrial complex
 
 which requires highly skilled labor to undertake and utilize
 
 which is affected by the dynamic where:education, especially liberal arts
 education, tends to produce humans who can see through the lies of authority
 
 yet which is disadvantaged because:tech workers are paid salaries that are
 just bonkers in relation to their output ("yeah it'll be done compiling once
 this game of League of Legends finishes") (which isn't exactly unfair because
 programming is taxing on the brain)
 
 however, the game industry has shown that passion is a suitable exchange in
 return for monetary compensation, and thereforepeople who make games tend to
 be more leftist, as they are put in situations that higher paid employees are
 likely to be able to ignore due to their higher social class
 
 which kinda makes sense, because the most progress towards unionization is
 happening in the games industry.
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 Do you know why I like majesty? Because I'm fascinated by artificial life, and
 I like D&D. Not like anyone cares.
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 the first speaker should be the computer case itself
 
 the second and third should auto-adjust based on auto-gathered data stats
 about positionality and interior room reflections.
 
 mono is better than no'dio
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 @user-381 
 
 when you mention loyalty as a criteria for citizenship, I can't help but think
 about the repealed chevron doctrine, preventing specialists from doing their
 jobs unless they are loyal.
 
 testing the waters? or perhaps planting a garden. either way, not okay.
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 fedi girls who end their posts with semicolons;
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 The question remains - how do you develop and maintain national cohesion while
 also ensuring localized liberty? It cannot be done through culture, as culture
 is unique to each home. It cannot be done through litigation, as laws must be
 unique to each land. It cannot be done through force, as force deprives us of
 justice. It cannot be done through economics, as economics wielded as a weapon
 brings inequity and unbalanced hierarchies that surely shall topple. It cannot
 be done through any application of the state's authority, so it must be done
 using something that cannot be forced.
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 people often wonder what the geonosians would... do
 
 like, what their purpose, their daily lives were like.
 
 truth is they mostly spent their lifetimes manufacturing metal
 
 just... honeycombing out the earth and processing metal into bars which would
 just... sit there, ready for whatever
 
 and they did that for thousands of years
 
 just... accumulating metal
 
 so... what else are you gonna build but starships?
 
 "... what do you need to win the war? o.O"
 
 um idk like food and stuff
 
 "... food we can do. nutrient paste, from a mixture of various minerals and
 nutrients that are created in bio-reactors."
 
 oh and um, idk culture?
 
 "... to find the strongest of biological build patterns, yes."
 
 oh okay uh how about democracy?
 
 "they can vote with their life in the arena."
 
 no, uhm... wait actually that's not what I had in mind, how about we take a
 step back?
 
 "retreat? from the clone wars? you sound like you are not a separatist. There
 is only us and them in this galaxy. condemn."
 
 nuts. okay I'll go talk to the jed
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 @user-1589 
 
 oh noooooo did we just invent the axiomatic conflict of society?? ?
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 @user-192 
 
 ... wait, who does that? Do you think they're a bot?
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 sometimes it's good to assign bodyguards to people helping far from home         │
 like, "hey so uh what can I do" "yeah sure hey so-and-so can you tell them       │
 what they can do? stick together and help each other, buddy-system style, and    │
 never stop thinking of ideas"                                                    │
 don't forget to always be thinking on your feet                                  │
 and remember if you don't want a hard job you won't be given one.                │
 consistency is more important than urgency or vitality, if you're tired don't    │
 be afraid to go home                                                             │
 just know that stuff happens when you're not around, so people might have        │
 moved on [pronounced own?]                                                       │
 I'm making sandwiches for a picnic! You never know when someone's hungry.        │
 Don't forget to drink water! hydration is important. Soda desiccates you,        │
 better to do water.                                                              │
 I mean, don't leave food unattended, someone might come along, take it all,      │
 and throw it away, because honestly it's just too suspicious without you         │
 there, reading a book, saying "hey want a sandwich?"                             │
 ... at least that's my theory.                                                   │
 ... I only got like 12 slices of b                                               │
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 on a hot day, it's better to meet in the morning than afternoon.
 
 though things do still happen after noon.
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 Do not give in to despair. They've trained us to cope. Expect losses, and
 celebrate victories. We can do it together, you and me.
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 I'm the kind of switch that likes to outmaneuver their foes while subbing and
 directly control everything when I'm domming
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 On Reddit there's this idea that 9/10 users will never comment, and 9/10
 commenters will never post. Hence, the distribution of content is generally
 aligned to this ratio of sorts.
 
 I wonder what the proportion is on the fediverse? If it's the same, perhaps
 it's due to our human nature. If it's different, perhaps it's due to the
 design of the software. Or maybe, just maybe, content is better where the
 people who create it are given the power to co-host.
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 they wanted image generators so they could fabricate evidence, doh
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 @user-883 
 
 right, like the games the rest of us play aren't good enough for you? need to
 toy with our lives a bit to really get into the flow? yikes
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 a corporation can hire secret agents too y'know, they don't have to even
 really tell anyone they're doing it just... talk to one of their employees who
 seems good for it and then transfer them to a different part of the building.
 
 "what would you do with a secret agent?"
 
 "with a team of secret agents."
 
 "oh. good point. Okay what are they for?"
 
 "oh y'know, just normal cool-guy stuff that regular joes do in their time off"
 
 "wait, you pay them not to work?"
 
 "no, we pay them to lounge. Build connections. Develop social networks."
 
 "what if people don't want to be social? What if they only end up talking to
 each other?"
 
 "ha well that's the trick then, isn't it? Is it a trap or is it a truce? who
 can say. Just gotta feel it out as you go, I GUESS."
 
 "so, anyone who does what you say becomes suspicious? And anyone who doesn't
 is suspected by those who listen to you? What are you, a doomsday prophet?"
 
 ... fuck, I hope not.
 
 "you better figure it out shithead that almost doomed six real
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 @user-1399 
 
 kinda makes me feel like the structures and institutions that allowed that to
 happen (for-profit companies) maybe shouldn't be given such power.
 
 they obviously can't keep themselves from out-polluting each other in their
 silly little race of competitiveness.
 
 why would we allow that to happen? It's a bad move all around. Nobody wants
 plastic bits in their testicles.
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 Ideology is not important right now.
 
 As long as we believe that people should live as they define, that their
 rights end where another's begin, that all people are created equal, that an
 application of power to a non-consenting subject is evil, and that we will win
 
 then nothing else matters. We will figure out the specifics later. They are
 just logistics. We are united in our shared dream of health and prosperity for
 all mankind. What else could there be?
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