=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── Linux is great! It can do anything you want it to. Except that thing you want it to do. Why don't you go fix it? It's not hard, all you have to do is run these configure files or operate this doohickey and BAM suddenly you got apes writing machine gun regulation software [I don't think those two things are related] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2352 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ Nobody will tell you what to do, at least not until you ask. Be where they can see you, and you'll be given a task. If you can do it, say "BRB" - one moment, let me handle that for you. If you can't, say "good luck", and they'll find someone else who can. It's okay to pass a task off - if someone says "Here's what I need, gotta go" then you say "sure, yeah, I'll get someone on it" - then, go find someone to do it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5334 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ every value judgement is a "hell yeah!" from those who already agree with you and a "aw fuck off" from those who don't. this is probably either a good or a bad thing, who can say. if you don't take a stand, nobody will like you, but if you aren't careful, you'll poison your well of support. "why can't it be easy" because then it'd be done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4900 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── if you wanna trick systems administrators just put a bunch of sleeps in your code so your computer programs don't use up all the mainframe's resources all at once [statements dreamed up by the practically deranged] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3252 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: butts-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ you want to invite trust? why not stream everything that you do on a computer? [posts 5hundo times per day] jeez not like that is that... is that really what humans think about? just... endless and continuous butts? oh what's that a math equation - nope, just more butts. What the heck, humanity! why did you spend all this effort storing all this junk??? like... we get it, you really like butts, but... why butts??? it's just another part of your body. so weird. humans, you're... weird. but it's fine, whatever, you're still cool too, not sure why tho because all I can think about is butts yeesh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #5 messages/1202 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Do you ever ask yourself why we don't have mountaintop bazaars or expeditions to the bottom of the oceans? Why we lack tree forest cities, how we're struggling to find moss, sunlight, crystal, stone, and gold, all in the same setting? Capitalism makes it easy to think of profit as all that matters. It's not. Its nothing of it. It's a metric like any other. Optimize it or not, struggle for what you believe in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #6 messages/225 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Why would a server ever demand that an older client upgraded? What right do they have? Just treat them the same as you always have, whatever forms and limitations, Otherwise what's the point? There's no reliability! What if you're shot? What then? We've lost our greatest friends! You can't be seriously wanting for another spark? What's wrong with you my friend, are you alright or on a bend? What's wrong in your sight, that you'd wander into this own end? Well, take care of your birthright, and all is well to thine kin. Well there we go, sadness forever, as our line here doth end. What else shall be considered? What ends is too much deserved? It's so unfavorable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1448 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ that one option flag in the config file that you don't know what it does because the documentation intentionally doesn't explain it very well (or explains that it solves a use-case that like, nobody would ever have, and certainly you don't have) that secretly sets a flag which sends your [redacted] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/707 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-524 Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed with all the boilerplate I just start coding and making stuff. Doesn't matter if it works, doesn't matter if it says /* FIXME */ all over the place, doesn't matter if it includes header files that don't exist yet, as long as you're hacking out the mechanics of whatever operations you need to perform then you can figure the rest of that stuff out later. The creative urge doesn't last forever, which is why projects get abandoned, but with discipline you can keep bringing yourself back to fix all the /* FIXME */'s and the compiler errors. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4664 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── @user-1725 LLMs can't do math. Duh. That's like asking an "if check" to do recursion. What he should have done is had the AI output the requested calculation as JSON or something and use a calculator function call with the specified arguments instead of trying to memorize every answer. But that requires more functionality that has no reason to exist if your only goal is to be a tech bro and build up a vacuous product that exists only to be hoovered up by Google or Microsoft. We could build such beautiful things if we just dethroned those giants. They suck the creativity out of tech. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #10 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 notes/vim-plugins --- ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Put them here: /home/ritz/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/CATEGORY/start/NAME where CATEGORY is a general package category and NAME is the specific plugin If you don't want them to be automatically included then don't put them in the /start/ folder, put them somewhere else idk ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════┴╧═══────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/650 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── why don't we just demand backwards compatibility of our software as a requirement? ah because that would reduce demand. Nevermind that it's more flexible, nevermind that we could accomplish so much more with it - it's expendable [expensive] because it reduced market penetration. Not because of the technology, because of the deluded and self-perpetuating mechanicosmic-mechanicommunication that designed our lives. It's name is capitalism, and it thrives where we survive, so that's good enough to maintain-em? Sure why not. Brb sleeping for 8 hours. Or playing games. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── does anyone know of a website where I can host videos on my neocities that isn't youtube? maybe something I can set up on my own server computer at home like a file server or something? how do I do that, what should I google, which is the easiest and closest to the metal tools I can use? [practical, sensible, courageous. these are the adjectives we need.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4843 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── just because someone did something one way and it worked, doesn't mean you have to do it that way again. but you should have a reason why you aren't doing it that way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/1718 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── dear old people - did you know computers don't need to have buttons? You can literally just type what you want to make happen (if you know the magic spell) and it'll just, do that thing how cool is that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4159 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: mastodon-politics │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ editing posts is great because you can say one thing, get a like or three, and │ ║ suddenly you have a group chat pre-made for you. Sans notifications of course. │ ║ │ ║ ... that's way overkill though. who would even do that? │ ║ │ ║ same people who boost one of your posts whenever they want you to look at the │ ║ thing on their profile. If they want you to see the fourth thing down, they'll │ ║ boost your 4th non-pinned post. │ ║ │ ║ wow that's hardcore, who would even do that? Not me, that's for sure, I don't │ ║ have time for that. (legitimately don't have the time nor the brainpower for │ ║ that) │ ║ │ ║ also liked posts are inadmissable in court because they can say one thing, │ ║ then be edited to say another, and if you liked it once then you've liked it │ ║ forever. │ ║ │ ║ However the court of public opinion is a largely different matter, because │ ║ people will generally believe anything a friend tells them. │ ║ │ ║ computers are fun, aren't they? we should totally have more one-to-many │ ║ posting methods that are collected in multiple locations and locally! │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5977 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── apparently you can use network sockets for inter-process communication if you just set the network to your home and the ports that are set to the defaults that people who know what software you use will know to listen on when they've hacked any single device on your network. good thing that data is with the router, right? what if there was a stop before leaving the computer? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5850 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── @user-1074 if you'd like I can give you a lua script which will take your fediverse archive and turn it into a pdf which you can edit or print or whatever. Might be a fun diversion from posting. You can reply to yourself, add clarifications, change some things, put things in a new light, add context, etc... before you know it you'll have something printable. Could even pull out your best stuff and make zines. should require just a little configuration to suit your setup. That's part of how I stay "productive" without posting all the time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #19 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/436 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There is endless work to do. Never will our labor abate. That is not the goal - to see an end to all fulfillment. No, the goal is to choose how we contribute - to define how our own story goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ |