=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ there's something kinda... liberating about working with computers at work. you always know that worst case scenario, even if you totally fuck up the system configuration, you can always reimage the machine. so... who cares! if you can't get something working, just fucking try shit until it works. Whack it with a software hammer. See what happens. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2859 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ large corporations will often error check constantly which slows down their software to an immense degree. every time data passes from one function to another, there's like... 15 different tests to check if it's this type or that, or in the right random seed and it's like... wow can you not, like. design your software intelligently and then you won't need a bunch of slow-ass if checks every time you want to update a string??? software should be writable without fucking getters and setters. If it isn't, then your functions aren't complete. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3919 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ that feeling when your computers are just fucked and it's like... whatever, computers are fucked, I don't give a fuck ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2173 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ bro I get that you're tired and burnt out but like, why the fuck do you care about anything else [oh shit cursing mentioned better put a content warning because people can't handle things] [I say this with affection because we're on the same side] [also it's rude, sorry] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4568 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── @user-192 ... and like. idk what do you do at that point say "fuck it" and live with imperfection? embrace anti-natural selection? valorize deviance and queerness in digitally appropriated artistic media collections? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/826 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ look... evil doesn't care how "good" good has been. It's not in it's nature. So don't try and build your systems around accepting that behavior. ... what was I saying? is this like, the new "stack overflow" - no that's fucking stupid wait shit content warning okay that's stupid because defining your expression based on what gets you views is a flaw in the human condition. It's a behavior encouraged by the operating outcomes of the method of expression, but it's not part of the expressed message. You're a really shitty prophet you know that? ... I'm sorry my brain is low on RAM I guess, surely it's not outside of my control yep I think itis, damn ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2279 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ There's a lot that can get done in a work week. That's like, five whole days! What kinds of things can you get done at work in a week? .... Oh really? That's... well, not ideal. But like... what are you doing then while at work, NOT working? Oh, it's just bullshit work you're doing? [nuts, cursing mentioned, one sec] So, like, if you aren't doing stuff... Maybe that means you're kept from your full potential doing things that don't matter to you? Huh that's not a great deal. But, uh... If you had five days to live, what would you do? It's not like you can see the world, but hey I've already done that. It's not like you can save it either, that's not something you build - rather, it's more like a garden. But I guess you can lay the foundation, give cause for the fight, and that's decent enough of a start, at least when you've only got five nights. ... I guess I got some writing to do, haven't I? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/550 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── There's nothing that says your dual booted windows partition can't reach over into your Linux files and mess around with them. Even writing programs that execute whenever you're running Linux to do nefarious things like... Stream your desktop to Microsoft? Send files to wherever? Mine bitcoins? Doxx your friends? Anything's possible when you install Microsoft's software on your computer. You might not even have to run it, because it can write a program into the Linux memory which runs in the background. It's literally just bits, and all the information to explain which bits do what is just... On the internet, ready for Microsoft engineers to use as they will. Seriously, you think they're working on *features*? For the users? Fucking get real, dumbass. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4610 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── maybe it's just my middle-class childhood privilege talking, but now that I'm an adult I just can't really be bothered with dealing with capitalism. like... I get it, you're coercing me into laboring on your behalf because you possess the violent power to take away everything that I own. good for you, don't care. seriously, fuck off "we're gonna cut off your power in 5 days oooooo you gotta pay rent with money you don't have because nobody will give it to you unless you do things for them oooooo" how rude. why can't people do things for me instead? why does it have to be for you, and you alone, capitalism? what's your problem? do you get off on controlling the power supply? I mean, I get it, coercive power is a hell of a drug, the riddle of steel and flesh and all that, but haven't you ever heard that the dichotomy between "civilization and barbarism" is the exact same as the contrast between "cooperation and competition"? work with me here, just find a way to get through the next month or two. trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3107 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Meta, oversimplifying │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-1449 @user-1074 I mean, you're allowed to fight about stupid shit as long as you realize it's about something that doesn't matter. As long as people are working together toward their common goals then... whatever, right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2523 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I just want to stress that most people know more than me slept on my back. had a good dream. gonna shut the fuck up for a bit and see what ya'll get up to. ;) 😉 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4663 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-social-politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we helped all those people and never got paid for it? what then? │ ║ │ ║ we'd never help people again. duh. │ ║ │ ║ what if we paid people to help people? well, then the best helpers would burn │ ║ themselves out and the worst would collect their paychecks. │ ║ │ ║ what if we decentralized aid and made it a mutual thing? │ ║ │ ║ what, and run our society on clout? no thank you. clout is too easily │ ║ contravened. "I heard so-and-so did some-such-thing to that-one-guy" yeah fuck │ ║ that guy "wait no fuck so-and-so" oh right sorry it's hard when everyone's so │ ║ vague all the time. yeah fuck so-and-so! let's burn all her clout in a bonfire │ ║ while she's sleeping! │ ║ │ ║ what if we treated people with respect and goodwill? │ ║ │ ║ yeah that's a start... Means you gotta know everyone though. Or know someone │ ║ who knows everyone. And suddenly it's that hub person's reputation on the │ ║ line, which means if you're a dick on their recommendation then they'll come │ ║ after you. │ ║ │ ║ ... are you trying to create a mafia, or a society? │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/5853 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── everyone's all like "everything sucks" but I'm feeling confidence and a kind of... externalized vigor? that's sweeping me off my feet. We'll see what tomorrow brings, in the general sense. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #13 notes/dear-me --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── dear me: DO SOMETHING USEFUL FOR ONCE that's all, fuck off and be helpful ... wow, rude. yeah I mean, I do helpful things. useful things, somethings. helpful. useful. many such cases, she says, with ultimate certainty, as if narrative could be prologued. but pronounced prolonged. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #14 fediverse/6437 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── if I was writing a programming language, I'd name it C just to fuck with people (great, now others can decide how it's known) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4098 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-ableism │ └────────────────────────────────┘ ngl I kinda hate it when people meme about donald trump being incontinent like, yeah, he pees his pants, so what? I DO TOO. Fucking sucks. Every time I read people saying nasty things about it I can't help but read them in my own voice, and that gives me plenty of ammunition to use against myself when I'm feeling down. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4099 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-jobs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ I don't think anyone should work at a job they hate, no matter what. They will perform worse. They will harm themselves. They will shackle their dreams to a false promise of persistence begot rewards. They will spiral into depression, despair, depravity, and addiction. If you hate your job, fucking QUIT. If you hate every job, fucking RIOT. If nobody will hire you, SELL DRUGS. [I'm not actually advocating breaking the law, please don't arrest me] or like, move to the country and become a farm-hand for a retiring salmon farmer who can't quite reach into the trees to pick the salmon fruit or dump the bucket of vegetable scraps into the black soldier fly larva pit anymore. That's always rewarding. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1585 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Lonely vent about pride month │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 Yeah I get it. I've been applying for remote jobs and they won't fuckin' hire me. Fuckers, I'm talented and qualified, who gives a fuck about my lackluster resume? Supply and demand is fake because software developers are only offered 100k+ jobs and yet there's so many of us who are starving. What the fuck. I have a friend in Brooklyn, yet I'm on the west coast. Fucking geography amiright? I'd love to live with them and yet I can't because of something as simple as money. What's the purpose in that restriction? I'm so fucking talented, please fucking hire me. What can I do to get what I want? Ugh, modern society perplexes me. Like, yeah sure it's great that we have the internet and hospitals who can cure malaria and whatever, but why do I feel so encaged? It's so strange, and yet here I am -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse_boost/4984 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════════[BOOST]════════════════════════════────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Sorry if this makes me a lazy leech on society or whatever but I think we should chuck the Puritan work ethic, hustle culture, grindset mindset, all of that crap. I think people should have time for rest, leisure, self care, family, friends, and civic engagement. We should be letting people enjoy life, not expect them to spend every waking hour working for the sake of work because idle hands do the devil's work or whatever modern paint job you want to put on that 400 year old bullshit. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #19 fediverse/2412 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1209 @user-1262 just gonna say you probably deserve that particular screenshotted block haha - imagine calling anarcho-nina a fed xD xD plus that first "get the fuck out of my mentions" was a tip that went over your head, not a threat said in anger. she's pretty darn angry but that just means you don't wanna be in her way =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1039 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ god's on the fediverse and you want me to work to pay rent? what the fuck is wrong with you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ |