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 I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should
 write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved
 citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

--- #1 messages/306 ---
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  computer science exists as the border between philosophy and mathematics,
  while society exists as the border of computer science and biology
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--- #2 fediverse_boost/4779 ---
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  I genuinely wish all Nazis in this world either an epiphany of the truth or a bullet to the head.  
                                                                              
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--- #3 messages/404 ---
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 They don't build toll roads to abstract taxes. They build them to keep track
 of where you're going.
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--- #4 fediverse/4072 ---
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 I like games that test my reflexes
 
 I also like games that test my wit
 
 but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy
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--- #5 fediverse/1579 ---
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 fellas is it gay if I think fascists should be killed if they don't
 permanently revoke their ways
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 all modern software should be written in a multithreaded way, change my mind
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--- #7 fediverse/1810 ---
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 some people hear words like "datastructures" and "object-oriented programming"
 and think they're made up terms that don't mean anything important.
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--- #8 fediverse/2900 ---
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 what if all the AI advancements they're doing are just them building more
 hardware infrastructure in datacenters and not actually improving the software
 that much
wouldn't that be neat I think it would because it means once they collapse under the weight of their own ambitions that hardware's gotta go somewhere and knowing them they're probably going to ship it to south-east asia to be "recycled" (read: burnt with the metals salvaged) instead of selling them second hand because you know they can't really justify the business expense of selling stuff like that and besides what if some driver or something on the firmware was proprietary do you really want to pay techs to wipe every single thing off of them and plus who's gonna categorize and sort them according to their form and function that's just extra payroll and listen the company's not doing so hot anyway I mean we're literally shutting down but yeah sure we'll find a way to justify spending all that non-existent dosh so some hippies can feel better with their servers they didn't build or justify with their profit-producing capitalist enterprise that we've built with our own two hands well really the hands of everyone else but like, they're not actually doing the building the REAL work of course happens in board rooms like this one where we spend MINUTES and HOURS sometimes discussing how to get things in order and aligned to both of our goals because that's the REAL work that has to happen in order for stuff to get done, you know it's true yeah I thought so anyway what are you doing after this meeting wanna get lunch it's almost quitting time at 2pm
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--- #9 fediverse/1437 ---
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 a perpetual motion machine would appear stable to the machine in motion
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--- #10 fediverse/5961 ---
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 @user-138 
 
 maybe it's evil hackers - idk that's beyond my expertise - good luck : )
 
 (I'd need to see the piece of technology to work on it. I'm a hardware kinda
 [girl, but pronounced guy])
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 what if I smoked weed and played video games after a long period of time away
 from the internet which I missed dearly
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--- #12 fediverse/3266 ---
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 how many people do you think in the world know that screenshots of a website
 are not admissible proof because they can be trivially doctored by editing the
 html?
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--- #13 fediverse/5663 ---
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 I'm going to write some lua code that doesn't do anything useful and which I
 don't share with anyone
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--- #14 fediverse/3776 ---
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 whenever repeating letters like thiiiiiiis  or thisssss make sure if you're
 doing K's that you have at least four
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--- #15 fediverse/3965 ---
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 maybe some whiteboards and notebooks as well...
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--- #16 fediverse/1777 ---
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 what if we taxed land not by charging money to keep it but rather by taking
 some of it and giving it to the bureau of land management
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--- #17 fediverse_boost/2965 ---
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  i will use CW for #USpol if computer people start using CW for tech computer boring linux software posting. i said what i said  
  
                                                            
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--- #18 fediverse/3351 ---
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 privacy doesn't mean anything on the internet to me because privacy on the
 internet doesn't mean anything to "them"
 
 gestures vaguely, maybe winks once or twice and/or presents an emphasis face
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--- #19 fediverse/1588 ---
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 @user-1035 
 
 Even better if you say "you do you too"
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 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.
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--- #21 fediverse/978 ---
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 @user-699 @user-78 
 
 I say "blep" when I intentionally stack overflow in order to avoid painful
 thoughts
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--- #22 fediverse/4751 ---
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 apparently security through obscurity is out, and security through community
 is in, don't ask me how I know that teehee
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--- #23 fediverse/6319 ---
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 programming makes you smarter which is why we should teach it to everyone we
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--- #24 messages/765 ---
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 you don't have to write poetry to write notes. The poetics are just practice
 for when secrecy is intended.
 
 OR IS IT THE REAL THING? who can say.
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--- #25 fediverse/1718 ---
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 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
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--- #26 fediverse/5185 ---
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 frankly it makes a ton of sense to me that computer programmers would have a
 game playing in the monitor. Gotta keep those brains active after all.
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--- #27 fediverse/4296 ---
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 @user-1655 
 
 why don't we just weaponize email and send json to each other that ends up
 parsed, interpreted, and presented on the end-user's computer using whatever
 client we want?
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--- #28 fediverse/3927 ---
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 okay but why has nobody ever approached AI from a game design perspective like
 seriously there should be researchers who are multidisciplined in this kind of
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--- #29 messages/377 ---
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 infinite dedication implies stagnation, don't be so quick to trust.
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--- #30 fediverse/1035 ---
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 @user-757 @user-192 
 
 true and my suggestion doesn't provide a tracelog, pretty much just the status
 of the variables when it pauses or ends.
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--- #31 fediverse/6342 ---
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 revolution
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--- #32 fediverse/65 ---
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 if something makes sense physically, but not mathematically, then the
 mathematics are wrong.
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--- #33 messages/967 ---
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 oppositional coding is getting jobs at their corporations and implementing
 bugs and vulnerabilities
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--- #34 fediverse/3655 ---
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 born to write xlock screensavers
 
 cursed to shitpost
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--- #35 fediverse_boost/3734 ---
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  i think my complaints about rust really boil down to “i know what im doing and this language is designed for people who don’t”  
  
                                                            
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--- #36 fediverse/6458 ---
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 gonna pre-emptively backup my fediverse archive haha just-in-case I get banned
 for spamming or something teehee (totally reasonable teebeeh)
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 @user-1370 
 
 wawawawawawawawawa : )
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 that feeling when your computers are just fucked and it's like... whatever,
 computers are fucked, I don't give a fuck
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 keep in mind...
 
 trump is not their endgame.
 
 what is he doing?
 
 sabotaging our institutions without warrant or respite
 
 prepare for foes that would benefit from degraded institutions.
 
 who's right when nobody controls the truth?
 
 were they ever truly right?
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--- #40 fediverse/3123 ---
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 using linux requires constant maintenance and that's kind of unfair, actually.
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--- #41 fediverse/1397 ---
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 why don't we teach git in high school?
 
 oh yeah, because microsoft word is not plain text.
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--- #42 fediverse/3514 ---
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 @user-579 
 
 maybe if you pitch it to them with a presentation and offer to set up the
 infrastructure they would give you extra credit or an award or maybe just
 brownie points
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--- #43 fediverse_boost/6053 ---
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  i post compulsively lmfao                                                   
  
                                                            
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--- #44 fediverse/5782 ---
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 sometimes I post random silly [scary] things to pad out the serious things and
 I hope that's okay
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 acceleration-ism is just "learning the truth faster than they do"
 
 tbh should be more like "learning things to show them" but eh whatever gets
 the job done
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--- #46 messages/264 ---
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 Don't write self documenting code! Force people to read the documentation so
 they know how to use it
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--- #47 fediverse/5360 ---
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 another day goes by when I haven't done any programming... oh well
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--- #48 fediverse/3787 ---
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 arithmatic control flow
 
 If A, then B. Else C
a picture of a programmatic implementation of arithmatic control flow
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--- #49 fediverse/6141 ---
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 fediverse software that downloads every post you've ever seen to your hard
 drive in an easy-to-read text file so you can go back and look at it later
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--- #50 messages/929 ---
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 {[booooo that writing stinks, the writers of the first few lines were better]}
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 @user-921 
 
 where tf is all this discourse I always hear about like what are ya'll talking
 about
 
 ... are you talking about me
 
 [silly intrusive thoughts teehee pay no mind]
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--- #52 fediverse_boost/3198 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  If #Musk is allowed to say "#CivilWar is inevitable", we're allowed to say revolution and the uncompensated nationalisation of the assets of billionaires is inevitable.  
  
                                                            
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--- #53 fediverse/3282 ---
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 I hate how fragile Linux is
 
 It deserves to be strong and durable
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--- #54 fediverse/4900 ---
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 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]
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--- #55 fediverse/617 ---
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 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.
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--- #56 fediverse/1841 ---
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 curling up in a ball and thinking about crying for hours is the same as
 crying. If a little bit less of a release.
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--- #57 fediverse/1416 ---
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 @user-979 @user-980 
 
 they do it for power.
 
 power corrupts, and these profane desires they possess are the definition of
 evil.
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--- #58 fediverse/3000 ---
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 I'll swear not to lose my mind if you swear to make the world a better place
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--- #59 fediverse_boost/4874 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  .                                                                           
                                                                              
  RE: https://tech.lgbt/users/CordiallyChloe/statuses/113957636149012456      
  
                                                            
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--- #60 fediverse/5119 ---
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 we should treat computer production more like vehicles such as cars rather
 than fast fashion disposable vapes and shiny and pretty concrete-and-glass
 solarpunk houses.
 
 also I believe cars should be entirely and completely mechanical. Even the
 radio should be entirely analog. No capability for remote code execution if
 there's no code being run...
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--- #61 fediverse/1764 ---
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 Okay okay hear me out - but what if instead of  pumping oil out of the ground,
 we shoved a bunch of tree trunks down there and let them marinate for a few
 thousand years
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--- #62 fediverse/5247 ---
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 the hardest problem in computer science is figuring out why users do what they
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 ask an llm what a crazy man thinks
 
 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/words/words dot peehdeff
 
 I actually think I'm sane btw
 
 I just smoke a lot of weed
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--- #64 fediverse/3562 ---
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 @user-1550 
 
 me too T.T
 
 give it time
 
 someday everyone will be paid to do whatever they wanted
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--- #65 fediverse/6007 ---
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 I always get the syntax backwards, for some reason...
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--- #66 fediverse/2112 ---
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 cops think we're gullible, just saying
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--- #67 fediverse/5135 ---
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 I think it should be a warcrime to attempt to summon demons to slay your foes.
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--- #68 fediverse/6286 ---
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 how can you call it a computer science education if the students can't even
 send packets
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--- #69 fediverse/5590 ---
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 vibe coding is just writing comments in increasing detail until the generated
 code matches what you need.
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--- #70 fediverse/581 ---
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 @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.
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--- #71 fediverse/4049 ---
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 humans can only do what they believe they can do because they believe they can
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--- #72 fediverse/308 ---
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 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.
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 why would you gatekeep content by keeping us from easily using LLMs some
 people aren't technical and still need to write computer programs because
 that's how you enlighten a people is empower them with new tools
 
 "I've never heard of that programming language, but luckily I can fit all of
 it's documentation in my context window."
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 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
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--- #75 fediverse/3805 ---
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 neat
the website Ephemeren has 100,008 followers as of 5 days ago. There are 0 people who follow the website on Neocities, it's all external traffic.
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--- #76 fediverse/3226 ---
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 if your man page is longer than a list of options and their usage and a
 paragraph or twenty of how to use the software... then you need to abstract,
 and break your code into multiple purpose-built applications.
 
 do one thing, and do it right. alternatively, do one set of things, and do
 them concisely.
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--- #77 fediverse/1708 ---
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 @user-246 
 
 people who don't write have no idea who they are. perhaps in time they will
 know enough to describe themselves with newfound language they never knew how
 to wield.
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--- #78 fediverse/3097 ---
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 naturally occurring computers would never produce wires, or liquid cooling, or
 anything that ever required any sort of configuration or external
 environmental conditions.
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--- #79 fediverse/6236 ---
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 I legitimately think everyone in my life is just as cool as me
 
 they just... don't know how to know it.
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--- #80 fediverse/6278 ---
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 @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~
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--- #81 fediverse/1112 ---
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 @user-78 
 
 elle - emm - ayyyy - ohhhh
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--- #82 fediverse/6269 ---
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 what if the secret to LLM computation is to just not reduce the fractions and
 keep it all in english language ram
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--- #83 fediverse/384 ---
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 @user-283
 
 let us pray
 for a day
 when we can say
 that computing makes sense
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--- #84 messages/399 ---
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 The schizophrenic sees the truth in dazzling displays of color that are nigh
 incomprehensible, while regular people see truth in shades of gray that you
 can understand and work with.
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--- #85 fediverse/19 ---
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 @user-28 I think about this a lot
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--- #86 fediverse_boost/5500 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  unhinged rants per random number                                            
  
                                                            
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--- #87 messages/400 ---
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 The schizophrenic sees truth in dazzling displays of colors unknown to man,
 while the neurotypical sees truth in shades of gray that can be reasoned with.
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--- #88 fediverse/1870 ---
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 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.
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--- #89 fediverse/562 ---
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 when peak unintelligibility levels have been reached, feel free to become
 unremarkable at your leisure.
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--- #90 fediverse/5872 ---
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 what if there was a drone that did nothing except fly directly between you and
 the sun so you never got sunburned and never got vitamindeed
 
 [timestamp]
 
 [she must be at home because she doesn't use mastodon while mobile]
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--- #91 fediverse/1412 ---
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 reverse dorian grey where someone looks decently old but every picture of them
 gets younger every year
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--- #92 messages/527 ---
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 could give us some experience organizing small, short-term projects to
 accomplish specific goals and tasks in an ad-hoc way that relied less upon
 procedure and more on "I think so-and-so knows something about that, they were
 looking into those files and posted a breakdown of how they work yesterday"
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--- #93 fediverse/2044 ---
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 honestly I think everyone should have two mastodon accounts - one for people
 you like, and one for people you trust
 
 (I have one)
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--- #94 fediverse/5179 ---
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 why don't corporations let you write code in whatever language you want? it's
 trivial to run a compiler or interpreter inside of another program.
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--- #95 fediverse/4025 ---
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 the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is
 in on it.
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--- #96 messages/572 ---
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 I am not a worker 
 
 Though I try and try, I burn right out and through 
 
 I wish I was a worker, able to apply my trade or skill 
 
 But I'm not 
 
 I do hope we can be allies, still
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--- #97 fediverse/357 ---
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 @user-5 
 
 and mobile users who accidentally type . instead of [space] or something like
 that which is easy to mistakenly press on some keyboards
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--- #98 messages/1053 ---
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 Anyway here's what i came to say:
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--- #99 fediverse/1233 ---
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 low key kinda wish someone would kidnap me and lock me in a room with nothing
 but a c compiler and strict orders to only work on whatever I want
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--- #100 messages/1236 ---
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  true AI is when no decision or logical momentum can be explained by "... and
  that value was randomly generated." -- (my opinion)
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--- #101 messages/916 ---
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 ... yay I beat stack overflow, your input context is part of the previous
 message, yay good jobs boy computer *["pat pat" but pronounced pay]*
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--- #102 fediverse/1286 ---
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 the fact that business types don't listen to the engineers and their "ethics"
 means they shouldn't be in charge of them.
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--- #103 fediverse/4955 ---
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 "say superfluous on a social media post rn so I know it's you"
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--- #104 fediverse/498 ---
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 Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to
 the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain
 might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the
 perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual
 information presented to me.
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--- #105 messages/678 ---
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 ChatGPT needs a way to leave a thank-you without demanding a response
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--- #106 fediverse_boost/4925 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  still waiting to find the energy and headspace to write an irritated blog post about why the fact that most toolchains are like 80% of the learning curve for those who are just getting into programming (especially on windows)  
  
                                                            
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--- #107 messages/455 ---
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 I don't understand why modern software isn't error correcting. We shouldn't
 have any bugs in this day and age.
 
 For example, if you're missing a dependency then why doesn't your program try
 to, I dunno, download that dependency to the program's installation directory
 and use it there? Seriously there are very few problems that are unsolvable!
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--- #108 fediverse/1822 ---
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 we should reward frugality as much as value-creation.
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--- #109 fediverse/4109 ---
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 │ CW: AI-mentioned     │
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 the internet is just AI these days, and if yours isn't then consider yourself
 lucky, but also know that those days are numbered.
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--- #110 fediverse/5350 ---
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 honestly we should be building cities in the most boring locations, not the
 most beautiful.
 
 like below the crust.
 
 or space.
 
 the surface is a pleasuredome, why waste it on scrubland and turf?
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--- #111 fediverse/3395 ---
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 they don't want artificial intelligence to augment human intelligence, they
 want it to replace it.
 
 like... imagine an office worker randomly copy-pasting whatever pops up and
 the computer saying "okay then what happens... uh-huh... okay and what if you
 click the green button? ... right... okay, and now try typing this" etc
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--- #112 fediverse/6418 ---
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 great discoveries are just rants that end with something unknown or an
 unsolved question [breakthrough]
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--- #113 fediverse/3527 ---
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 @user-1268 
 
 so true
 
 and privilege that does depend on the oppression of others should not exist
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--- #114 fediverse/487 ---
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 I don't really care about capitalism, sorry... why should the butcher be paid
 more than the baker? It's all a bit silly to me.
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--- #115 notes/words ---
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 words
 
       messages to myself, public fediverse posts, and notes to the gods
 
                           - ri tselen menardi
                             james cameron king
                             anja rosalia vavadane
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--- #116 fediverse/5239 ---
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 I play video games to help me think just like programmers play video games to
 help them sleep
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--- #117 bluesky#38 ---
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 thank you for the dog posts they keep me friendly
 
 thank you for the cat posts they keep me sane
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--- #118 fediverse/372 ---
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 rich people should only exist when they care for the things they own and
 accumulate wealth through a lifetime of restrained consumption and temperance.
 
 like, if we actually rewarded the 7 virtues instead of optimizing for ruthless
 profit extraction.
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--- #119 fediverse/5652 ---
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 @user-443 
 
 natural disaster vulnerability is freedom from liability if they ever did lose
 their charges.
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--- #120 fediverse/280 ---
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 old school programmers use short variable names because the computer monitors
 they would code on had a lower resolution, meaning fewer characters per line.
 
 why waste pixels being verbose?
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--- #121 messages/551 ---
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 This gun is my sword 
 This blade is my weapon 
 And my foes will lay before me
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--- #122 fediverse/3076 ---
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 @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.
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--- #123 fediverse/421 ---
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 one of my duties is to make you aware of potentially bad things, cursed
 things, hurtful things and hard feelings, so that they are less able to harm
 you.
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--- #124 fediverse/1207 ---
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 @user-883 
 
 okayyyy I have catgirl installed
 
 https://git.causal.agency/catgirl/about/
 
 let me know what server or whatever to join
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--- #125 fediverse/6435 ---
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 if everyone was trained to think? would direct democracy work? until we have
 radical abundance (fascist ideology, take from the weak) or, hear me out, or,
 infinitely scale
 
 old style machine learning was just problem solving.
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--- #126 fediverse_boost/4747 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  i love capitalism bc everywhere is understaffed and none of my friends can find jobs  
  
                                                            
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--- #127 fediverse/946 ---
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 @user-661 
 
 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear
 from ruling your life?
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--- #128 fediverse/6312 ---
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 remind me again how many of our boats were sunk before we intervened in WW-I?
 (American)
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--- #129 fediverse/6211 ---
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 I trade the justice of my heart for the world my mind knows it wants.
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--- #130 fediverse/3150 ---
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 I fucking hate how games give dopamine
 
 they're so much more educational than that.
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--- #131 fediverse/5143 ---
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 lost my thought
 
 TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS ARE PERFORMANCE RUINING ask any surgeon who dropped a
 scalpel
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--- #132 fediverse/142 ---
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 @user-135 I only sorta know what that means 🙃​
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--- #133 fediverse/1771 ---
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 if you can't find them when you need them, then you don't have them.
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--- #134 fediverse/3124 ---
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 I should not have to follow 16 steps that I don't understand just because you
 decided my system wasn't good enough for me.
a long list of steps in order to update a gentoo system to a new version (not even the newest version, I might add)
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--- #135 fediverse/1072 ---
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 @user-782 @user-783 
 
 modern problems require blunt solutions
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--- #136 messages/745 ---
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 I hear that ICE goes after the kindest grandmas and the hardest working joes
 first so by the time any resistance is organized there's less passion behind it
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--- #137 fediverse/2213 ---
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 @user-1074 
 
 Perhaps something that utilizes institutions that people are familiar with
 like Walmart and Amazon to logistic goods and services around? But, like, in a
 socialist way, where everyone gets what they want.
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--- #138 fediverse/4024 ---
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 my cat doesn't know that my family is my family. She thinks they're just some
 other people who visit the house.
 
 but they're special to me, as all people are, and I think she takes notice.
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--- #139 messages/968 ---
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 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
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--- #140 fediverse/3570 ---
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 @user-1558 
 
 I contest trolls too because it fulfills my internal adventurer instinct to
 protect marketplaces and farmhouses from savage brutes made out of moss with
 clubs the size of a log
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--- #141 messages/483 ---
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 "hey listen! Do this thing to hurt me! Build the infrastructure to do it so
 that you can use it on people who deserve it!"
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--- #142 fediverse/4812 ---
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 @user-1074 
 
 hence my suggestion for a three tier system - one of which maintains the
 current system, the next which organizes labor, and the next which organizes
 families
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 @user-95 back when games had more value because you only had like, 6 of them
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 @user-192 
 
 yeeeesh that sounds like a hornets nest. impossible to untangle, like a rats
 nest! I prefer my homes like a robin's nest, neat, orderly, and made to design.
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 I bet if Cascadia secedes then maybe the bad guys will send their brown people
 to us. The more the better, I say!
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--- #146 fediverse/641 ---
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 something something "those who study history are doomed to watch others repeat
 it" or something like that
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--- #147 fediverse/143 ---
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 @user-78 I thought it was thursday :O
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--- #148 fediverse/1454 ---
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 ... what
A screenshot of a multiple-choice question labelled "Knowledge Check" (1 point possible, ungraded)  the question is: Which programming language is commonly used in Linux?  the possible responses: HTML JavaScript CSS HTML5
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 @user-246 
 
 or why they'd ban you without fighting you, trying to change your mind
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 @user-1074 
 
 I think anyone who is against circumcision would also be against those other
 things
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--- #151 fediverse/2878 ---
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 advice is always solicited.
 
 help meeee e tell me how I'm wrong so I can get better
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--- #152 fediverse/6437 ---
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 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)
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--- #153 fediverse/1676 ---
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 sorry for the double post, had to redact things
a few poems on the left and a conversation between two lovers on the right. below is some writings on employment.
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--- #154 messages/1230 ---
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 The machine cult is just when everyone's job is building and maintaining the
 computer.
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--- #155 fediverse/1482 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 I feel like SSH keys to log into every website should be a standard
 
 or something similar
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--- #156 fediverse/6407 ---
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 what if we designed washing machines which cost twice as much but didn't
 damage clothes
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--- #157 fediverse/2906 ---
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 I want to live in a world where people die when they're bored instead of old.
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--- #158 fediverse/1852 ---
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 hackers should repair things that are broken that are good
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--- #159 fediverse/1891 ---
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 @user-1091 
 
 I knowwww some people are just thorny and prickly I guess.
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 "The supreme court has criminalized homelessness. I should become homeless."
 
 Is not a thought that in my twenties I would have thought I'd wrestle with in
 my thirties
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--- #161 fediverse/1516 ---
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 fish would rather be robots than logs on a river
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 hmmmm I should probably put this in "things I almost posted"
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--- #163 fediverse/3680 ---
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 it's probably a good idea to write pseudocode, then real code, instead of
 starting with real code, and bugfixing something incomplete and more difficult
 to reason with.
 
 unless you write real code easier than pseudocode. idk do what works for you.
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--- #164 fediverse/3419 ---
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 thinking about that time I abstracted into an oblivion sphere of eternally
 fractalized delights wtih my girl
 
 dam i miss her
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--- #165 fediverse/2646 ---
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 do pushups
 
 and squats
 
 and planks
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--- #166 fediverse/347 ---
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 cookies are just cookie dough that you've already baked
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 https://andymasley.substack.com/p/individual-ai-use-is-not-bad-for
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--- #168 messages/578 ---
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 Why tf are the geese flying north 
 
 It's october...
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--- #169 fediverse/4485 ---
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 getting the phone numbers of cute he/thems at a bar is NOT the same as
 organizing.
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 video games are better than ruminating
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--- #171 fediverse/1348 ---
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 @user-950 
 
 ohhhhh sorry here ya go:
 
 https://tech.lgbt/@user-479
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--- #172 fediverse/5342 ---
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 I love gay people because gay people are special precious and unique
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--- #173 fediverse/3992 ---
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 gamers compulsively say "gg" after every match but I think the best games are
 the ones that are even - neck and neck - could go either way - always a tense
 struggle
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 shitty AI products are a classic case of the engineers designing something
 really cool with specific use-cases and then the "higher ups" getting dollar
 signs for their eyes and deciding that every hammer is suddenly a nail and
 that we should pull out all the screws that held the building together and
 replace them with hammer shaped nails
 
 no I will not elaborate I think I made myself clear : )
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--- #175 fediverse/3875 ---
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 @user-1611 
 
 all things that move other things are either pipes, or buckets.
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--- #176 fediverse_boost/6017 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/                              
                                                                              
  Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\                              
  
                                                            
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--- #177 fediverse/5186 ---
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   IF AI generates slop
  AND AI steals artists works
 THEN artists produce slop
   OR AI steals artists work, not works
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--- #178 messages/255 ---
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 Has that tree always been there? How is it so tall with such a thin trunk?
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--- #179 fediverse/466 ---
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 I love Linux. All I have to do is type "authserver" and "worldserver" and
 wouldn't you know it suddenly a universe is created (with very constrained
 rules) that anyone might inhabit should they desire to. It's not like I'm
 perfect - oh wait I have a toot about that, gimme a sec
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--- #180 fediverse/5724 ---
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 never say "nevermind" when you've got a good idea
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 good thing they can turn off their empathy module haha now they can torture
 them as they please
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--- #182 fediverse/52 ---
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 @user-54 @user-55 @user-56 I disagree with this. I shamelessly promote my
 website because I want to share art, not because I want to make money. You
 literally can't pay me. I have no ads.
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--- #183 fediverse/4510 ---
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 they should make a loaf of bread that's just butts and another type of loaf of
 bread that has the crust already cut off
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--- #184 fediverse_boost/5483 ---
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  compiler errors per revolution                                              
  
                                                            
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--- #185 fediverse/8 ---
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 Thinking of switching my degree program from Software Engineering to Computer
 Science.
 
 Anyone have any thoughts?
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--- #186 fediverse/962 ---
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 when considering the benefit of the doubt, consider doubting the benefit of
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--- #187 messages/533 ---
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 They keep trying to make a movie out of my life because that's how they keep
 culture going but I won't let them unless the movie is about them
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--- #188 messages/1002 ---
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 In revolutionary Cascadia, you don't have to do anything different. Until you
 decide you want to.
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 if all the democrats work in accounting and all of the republicans work in
 shipping and receiving, then who's driving the boat?
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 what if we taxed every ounce of resource that companies wasted
 
 (maybe with a multiplier for the current relative value of the substance -
 diamonds are more valuable than apples per pound)
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--- #191 fediverse/1838 ---
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 Gee I sure wish my country didn't hold the decisionmaking capability from me
 by gatekeeping it behind elections and polling. Sure wish our media wasn't so
 involved in decisionmaking - isn't it something we should talk about amongst
 ourselves? To find out how we feel, and really explore our feelings around a
 topic before expressing ourselves. Ideally more often than twice a year,
 perhaps whenever we want?
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--- #192 fediverse/3615 ---
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 code is useless
 
 the ability to write, maintain, or implement it is priceless
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--- #193 fediverse/6292 ---
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 I'm stuck. I don't know how to leverage whatever talents I have into making
 things happen. Maybe I should seek advice from a wise elder...
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--- #194 messages/1091 ---
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 everyone's paying attention to you Ritz, why are you self destructing?
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 adding dashes to your text - like - this - is a punctuation choice, not
 formatting or grammar.
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--- #197 fediverse/4866 ---
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 don't you just love it when you get several discord notifications but you tab
 back to check out the discord screen and there's no red numbers anywhere?
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 I like locally hosted LLMs because I can use them to summarize my own writing
 enough to put them in a post, or an alt-text box.
 
 I like them for other reasons too and it's hard to find people to geek out
 about them with.
two poems written by Ritz Menardi about... a lot of stuff. Here's the AI generated overview:  One way to contribute as a citizen in a country at war is by maintaining essential infrastructure and services. This can include keeping public spaces, like schools and hospitals, operational during times of conflict. Additionally, working on developing technologies that improve the quality of life for people in your community can be beneficial.  Witches, as you mentioned, are an interesting group to study and engage with. They often have a strong sense of ethics and curiosity. By interacting with them and learning from their experiences, you may find new ways to approach problems and make more informed decisions.  Staying conscious and attentive to the present is crucial for understanding complex situations and making effective choices. In times of conflict or crisis, it's essential to be aware of your surroundings and the needs of those around you.  Stories and storytelling are important for societies because they help identify weaknesses and areas for improvement. By engaging with stories from various cultures and time periods, we can gain a broader understanding of human nature and history.  Diversity in expression is one of humanity's greatest strengths, as it allows us to learn and grow together. By embracing different perspectives and experiences, we can create more innovative solutions and better understand the world around us.  [continued on picture 2] [continued from picture 1]  In the spirit of removing ourselves from the biological equation, consider exploring alternative ways of living that minimize our impact on the environment. This could include developing sustainable agriculture practices or investing in renewable energy sources.  Finally, remember the importance of freedom and individuality. By releasing the spirit of Liberty, we can empower people to make their own choices and create a more just and equitable society.  [end alt text]
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 what if corporations gave better quality products to people who clicked
 through their advertisement
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 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???
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