=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: silly-physical-health-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ Normal people: bandaids Capitalists: staples, because they're cheap and so what if you ooze a little? That's the end user's problem Unix developers: duct-tape and gauze, because the shape is so customizable and it'll never come off accidentally, plus you can use gauze for so many other things too like mopping up oil spills or~ Medical professionals: bandaids Normal people: bandaids ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/594 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── Normal people: bandaids Capitalists: staples, because they're cheap and so what if you ooze a little? That's the end-clothes user's problem Unix developers: duct-tape and gauze, because the shape is so customizable and it'll never come off accidentally, plus you can use gauze for so many other things too like mopping up oil spills or~ Medical professionals: bandaids Normal people: bandaids ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1246 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hehe if I don't understand how it works it's difficult for me to use things. My Linux friends get so exasperated with me because I'm like "cool script gimme like 2 days to figure it out" and they're like "bro just use these flags" and I'm like "no" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/308 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── when tech people are hurt by technology they say "how can I fix this? what do I need to install? what configuration should I use? is this company ethical, or are they going to hurt me in the future? could I make something that fixes this myself?" when non-tech people are hurt by technology they say "okay" because they don't have the bandwidth to figure it out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/753 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── trusting the "open source community" to properly vett software is absurd because 90% of them just... install whatever and throw libraries and frameworks at problems until they can script their way out of whatever problem they face. the other 10% are focused on very specific tools that are so niche that other people can't even understand when to *use* them much less how they work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3745 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── everyone's all like "why would you spend so much effort writing that software in a distributed way when it works so well in a centralized manner" and the answer is because you never know when you're going to need to train an LLM on like, 400 raspberry pi's or calculate the velocity of an unladen swallow as it circles a black hole the size of mercury or whatever physicists do in their spare time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse_boost/6017 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════════════[BOOST]════════════════════════════════────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/ │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\ │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────╝─▶ --- #8 fediverse/5988 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── but I like moonmen T.T what if the ISS was untethered "send thrusters to space? why bother? just use them down on the surface to get that extra oomph!" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2480 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── so what if people want to sit on the couch eating cheetos? they're more than capable of something far greater, but of course they are allowed to spend as they like their life. their ONLY life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3907 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── kinda wanna make a linux distro that has all the capabilities of a GUI distro and isn't so minimal (like screen recording, calculator, screenshot, wifi manager, etc etc) but with i3 instead of a desktop. they could literally just be symlinks (shortcuts) to scripts that are in your /usr/bin or whatever directory seriously it's not like there's THAT many ways to use ffmpeg, why not just write a script for them? that's what you're going to do when you use it for the first time, anyway, so... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1343 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-chromebooks │ └────────────────────────┘ technology in it's abstract form represents the collective growth and breadth of human innovation. so why the heck do we make tech products for non-tech people like... they should be more like us, and we shouldn't compel ourselves to apply ourselves for their benefit. If someone doesn't want to learn Linux then maybe they don't need a computer? something something "chromebooks are good, actually" which is sorta true but instead of being a generic thin-client for web servers anywhere in the world they should be thin-clients for servers that they intentionally connect to and trust ... oh sorta like a chromebook then? how about a chromebook with a white-list comprised of friends and family who run their own servers... I don't know if disarming people is the right play. I should add a cursed tag to this. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/1270 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "this is too easy" thought the one guys to another, as they glanced about at their trending behavior. -- stack overflow -- sorry I had to interrupt: "what if you used scissors or a knife to cut your diapers and then saw what kind of plants would grow in what conditions?" I betcha could evolve an organism (careful, might be small) that could grow from plastic. I wonder what their fruit would be used like? anyway, as I was saying, if you ever notice that your mortal foes aren't putting up much of a fight, chances are you're being used to do evil. Keep yourself awares, but do research-thought-imagines about the nature of goodness. Picture yourself from the perspective of your foes. Develop conceptions of justice. Validate through mutually experimental contests of charms. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #13 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/3164 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── it fails after like 15 or 20 scrapes but I think that's just their scraping policy. They don't have a robots.txt file that I could find. So... just run it, then come back every 15 to 30 minutes and restart it until you're done. Maybe I could increase the sleep duration? one sec lemme try that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4804 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── I love it when wine doesn't work because it "failed to open program.exe" ... okay, can you tell me why it failed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #16 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 │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #17 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3123 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── using linux requires constant maintenance and that's kind of unfair, actually. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/6040 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── everyone's all against ai because it's big tech but it doesn't have to be that big it can be [minimized but pronounced marginalized] == stack overflow == distributed so I think the idea is that by the time you would use AI, there's been enough time to rewrite the software to work on handheld laptops in a distributed way and we'd vote on what to ask the amphora of great knowledge, the answer could always be 42. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4259 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── source code should be like a story "here's why we did what we did with our architecture" and as it's being written, it may be altered in many different places at once - git style. parts of it could rhyme, if they wanted to show parts that were really difficult but easy to summarize because it's mostly just a lot of boring work y'know like writing getters and setters and doing the testing pre-deploy environments ,,, they could selectionize ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ |