=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: AI-mentioned-crimes-mentioned-penises-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ but ritz, if you do the same thing every time, you'll get predictable oh true. what if we cycled them and made it like a numbers station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station with auto-generated alterations ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5081 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── what if mastodon recorded the date and time of every time you boosted / unboosted something so you can keep track of what your page looked like over time [in the export data functionality] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/41 --- ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-36 As a thought experiment, what do you think happens using this system to divide by 1? What about dividing by 0? Curious to see what you think ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/39 --- ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-36 That makes sense to me. I'll have to think about how to generalize that, hmmmm... It would only work for numbers that have even square roots right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3776 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── whenever repeating letters like thiiiiiiis or thisssss make sure if you're doing K's that you have at least four ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2320 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: strategy-games │ └──────────────────────┘ If you have numbers, envelop your foes. If you are elite, pierce to their heart. If you only have numbers, give your commanders bodyguards. If you only have elite, become undiscoverable. EDIT: If you are fast, hit from the side. if you are only fast, keep them just out of sight. If you are strong, deal crushing blows if you are only strong, you no longer have any foes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/65 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── if something makes sense physically, but not mathematically, then the mathematics are wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/38 --- ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-36 ideally you'd convert to an arbitrary base (in this case 9) and shift from there, but shifting two places might work. idk I haven't thought about it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4789 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── what if there was a bank or credit union or something which created a randomly generated credit card number for you every time you made a purchase? and randomized your account number too, just in-case they're forced to display their records. would be cool. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/1201 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Whoever said that left and right shift had to do the same things? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #10 fediverse/3760 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── DID YOU KNOW if you ask someone 15 times over the course of an activity whether or not they're "having fun" then odds are they won't, in fact, have very much fun ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5552 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── I once heard that when you click a link, the developer of the website can tell which website you came from. idk if that's true or not. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #12 messages/433 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── What if wind was fake and its really the ghost of the waves from the shore? What if trees moved on their own, to gesture at the feelings around them? What if the sky was home to the clouds, and we who look upward are given the treat to know them? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #14 messages/141 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Why would we say not to divide by zero? We literally do it every time we use the percent sign smh [silly] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5039 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ leftists be like "what if everyone was fed" and the response is "ah but what if they gave us some of their stuff first" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1588 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-1035 Even better if you say "you do you too" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3258 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-570 I wonder how it would feel to bind numpad enter to tab instead? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5834 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── would you feet a cat at your door? how about a crow? would you water a dying plant? (don't, they get waterlogged if the soil is already moist) what if a dear what if dear food what if bear what if bear food what if dogpack what if dogpackfoodtearchompbitepullsavor I'd feeeed my self but dollars and errands are hard : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/2357 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1245 I disagree. What if we did not learn to count numerically, but instead viewed all values as percentages between 0 and 1? Essentially, as a magnitude between empty and full. That would radically redefine our mathematics, and it's just one simple change, one tweak, and suddenly negative numbers are just out of reach. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/968 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── what if you painted every house twice, to ensure you got the color completely applied [ bright green or yellow would shine through in little spots, clear and obvious to even the most undiscerning of patrons of the arts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ |