=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/1310 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── if you live far enough away, they can build a telescope of arbitrary magnification. the sky is vast, there's birds and bugs about. huh what's that over there, a thing that was placed there just for me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #3 fediverse/3076 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol kvetching │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1443 they need to do stuff like that or else the republicans would never win... which honestly is the most heartening thing I've heard all day. there are more of us than them, thank goodness. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/6278 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── @user-1429 do something fun and hard like walk to seattle or install linux on a toaster or write happy notes on post-its and leave them in public places or make art and leave it in a public place or~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/562 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── when peak unintelligibility levels have been reached, feel free to become unremarkable at your leisure. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2363 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── Don't know what to do? Do anything at all, and odds are you'll either see an opportunity to do something better or you'll have an idea. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/740 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── had a dream that we gamified all work and then put them into one single mega-game so whenever you wanted you could work on an arbitrary project and it would spin up a new game and take your inputs and use them to accomplish whatever was happening ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4463 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── at this point in time you probably shouldn't be forming NEW online communities unless you're part of an OLD community that just isn't radical enough. And then you should try and MERGE communities into larger, more geographically concentrated ones. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/3562 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1550 me too T.T give it time someday everyone will be paid to do whatever they wanted ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1617 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── daydreaming about a gang of tough guys who goes around knocking down the internal fence walls in suburbia and throwing potlucks for all the neighbors for a month or two so they have social opportunities to meet each other and make friends ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5604 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: sailors-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ can we compromise by napping in the hammock? "beware sunburn" oooookay, how about brushing our hair? "the warmth will melt the seamen in your hair and make it easier to brush" SEBUM. It will melt the SEBUM in my hair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/6133 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── if there were a drone, 15 feet above my face constantly observing, I would not act different at all. It will feel as if nothing has changed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3117 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ hey. wanna know what would be really cursed? -- if trump dropped out and musk took his place -- good thing it'll never happen because those dinguses can't accept defeat and will never tactically retreat -- maybe something to keep in mind for 4 years from now. eyes on the prize for now means our eyes aren't to our flanks. what else could they do that would come out of left field? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #16 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3736 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── what if we made cat little boxes with stable "pillars" or "platforms" that rise just barely above the sand level so their feet don't sink into the litter, thus reducing the amount tracked onto the carpet ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #19 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5782 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── sometimes I post random silly [scary] things to pad out the serious things and I hope that's okay ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘ |