=== ANCHOR POEM === ◀─╔═══════════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════════════───────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────╝─▶ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/341 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── So for example, if a particular state specializes in a service, say, making pizza, then any other state which desires their service may contract with them to utilize their methods and practices in their own state. We all enjoy eating Domino's or Pizza Hut, but there is also space in our lives for more local brands that are unique to a region. So perhaps Domino's creates a contract with each state that states they may utilize their production methods and perhaps their specially made pizza dough shipped in from wherever their factories may be. In such a system as this, for each employee employed at one of these pizza chain restaurants, their wage will be paid to the employee (to facilitate local commerce) and to the state in which Domino's is from. Note, the company never receives a dime, but that is by design. Corporations are not people, they cannot wield money and they cannot vote. However they are productive and useful members of society, so they shall be utilized as tools to facilitate the enrichment of the lives of the citizens and the economic development of each region. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/342 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── So. To reiterate, the employee in Arkansas is paid a wage of 30$ per hour, and the state in which the corporation is based (say, Oklahoma) is paid 30$ for each hour that employee works. However, these dollars are specific to the region, and cannot leave it - Oklahoma and Arkansas *must* reach an equitable arrangement where their dollars equal out. Balance is desired, as it brings stability and provides a foundation for future growth. If one side prospers, so does the other. Why should the Oklahoman have less than the Arkansan? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1886 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1091 @user-1094 I feel like hip injuries are one of the biggest concerns with stairs, right? Because you fall on your butt usually. Unless you're like, super inebriated or something. Better infrastructure would help, but better infrastructure doesn't currently exist, while helmets are cheap and can be mandated (for a time). I usually either keep my helmet on, or loop the buckles through my bike lock and just leave it by my bike. Maybe someone could make an accessory to lock it to the bike on a specialized holder or something? If mandated, such a device would probably be quite desirable. "Those who would trade a bit of liberty for a bit of security deserve neither" yeah yeah okay maybe mandates in general aren't great, but like... maybe we should ask the fire department or trauma surgeons or other kinds of first responders and see how they feel about helmets... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1554 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-socialism-fediverse-commune-transgirls-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ do you ever think about how a fediverse instance is basically a socialist commune where the only needs that are met are our needs for community and acceptance? kinda makes me wonder if we could use it to meet other needs too, like if everyone had an alt account in an instance run by their city / state maybe with some extra mechanical tools that helped distribute goods and services without explicitly relying on the exchange of currency. or perhaps with, depending on what the instance wanted. ... that being said, such a localized instance would not be as good at building community. What's the meme about the 3 transgirls in the 3 different time zones? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/5000 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ brb gonna make some ramen, which I can do because my country imports goods from foreign countries who make tastier ramen than we do. WOW GEOGRAPHIC SPECIALIZATION OF GOODS PRODUCTION AND SERVICE DISTRIBUTION, WHAT A CONCEPT. SURE HOPE NOBODY THROWS A WRENCH INTO THAT SYSTEM wait what am I saying, I am a wrench ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5547 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── everyone's like "we need to organize! we gotta do something!" and they're asking for more effort. we don't need more effort. We have enough effort. The required effort is a small fraction of our total reserves of effort. what we need is to re-align our priorities. For example, I think our entire research industry should focus on one project at a time. Everyone should make an effort to contribute, no matter the field. I think this would enable some EXCELLENT co-ordi-operat-ion. I also believe that our neighborhoods should self-support each other. "For example, did you know that we have a daily delivery service where so-and-so drives to the grocery store, picks up everyone's orders, and then delivers to your front door? No, you don't have to pay for it. We don't really do that anymore. Well, you can buy things wherever if you want, but that's not how it's done around here." sorta vibes. what is money? money is the product of peacetime. Money is fake! It's useful if everyone agrees, but dollars are paper. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #7 messages/769 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── If a person gathers enough money that they can't spend it fast enough, then they are hoarding it and it should be be distributed through the rest of the economy. There are legitimate uses that could benefit from extra dollars and by keeping them locked up they are damaging the economy, and hence, our society, which is largely governed by our economy. There is a legitimate fear that dismantling the system of monetary exchange will cause people to barter in influence and clout instead, trading favors and making illusory transactions that the government cannot impartially enforce. Impartiality is the entire purpose of governance! Look to NFTs for an example of this. While that is a valid concern, it is just as if not more concerning to consider that they already do this. They already trade favors for blood, gold, and property. What else is there to covet, in their wicked and cruel game of maximum exploitation and unlimited industrious fallacies? I believe it is reasonable to curtail the worst excesses of their monetopoly by diverting power to the people who can contest them. Just as rulers of old were checked and balanced by the vote of the citizenry upon implementing democracy, so too much power be abated by depriving it of its most powerful leverage - that of its crushing weight, when applied en masse. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse_boost/3391 --- ◀─╔══════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════──────────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #9 fediverse/2659 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I was being tested, of that I have no doubt. I was focused on the situation at hand, because that's how an improv actor operates. but the improvized conversational "scene" that is in play was also designed to test for understanding. if the actors in the scene made the same logical "leaps" or "conclusions", moving from one thing to another with a clue of emphasis, tone, cadence, and flow of conversation...?!*# hence, why it's important that the speaker is always the one engaging. leaving off the conclusion of a thought in order to check that the person you're talking to is going down the correct path of understanding. in doing so, you can transfer knowledge in an impossible-to-decrypt manner. endless synonyms and custom-made figures of speech (to illustrate a previously expressed dynamic) while also confirming concurrent data as it's stored. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/345 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── The original question, the most critical question I believe, is how to preserve a sense of unity between tiers. How to ensure that there is no reason to abdicate our responsibility to preserving unity and fostering goodwill between the people of this earth. A proposed solution is to allow for the greatest freedoms, such that there is little reason to desire liberty from unity, however freedom is not enough - there must be mutually beneficial reasons for coexistence. Hence the idea that economics must be tied to national structure. If Texans would rather be part of their own structure, well then it is functionally impossible for them to trade (legally) between other states. That is not ideal, so it is much more appealing for them to work together and define their lives as they will while also co-habitating in the same national structure as everyone else. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1912 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1074 │ ║ │ ║ Yeah they even said as much. Autism is quite common among denizens of the │ ║ internet, especially in tech spaces. But still, if a post is popular enough to │ ║ be boosted by Cory Doctrow... Then perhaps the discussion should be focused on │ ║ the topic at hand? │ ║ │ ║ ... That being said as you said fascism and child abuse are sorta linked, so │ ║ you're probably right. Sorry. │ ║ │ ║ But still I care about the ideas presented rather than the identity of the │ ║ person presenting them. It felt like they were changing the subject or │ ║ diverting the flow of conversation toward something they care about, rather │ ║ than what the OP (you) originally posted. Other readers who come to the thread │ ║ are attracted by the original post (or subsequent posts on Mastodon I think? │ ║ Sorry I'm from Reddit, it's different there) so things that are off-topic │ ║ should be "downvoted" or whatever the equivalent is here. │ ║ │ ║ EDIT: Yeah like despotism! That's my favorite because I imagine a super-strong │ ║ guy like Conan the Barbarian lording over a bunch of noobs │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/555 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: unnecessarily-combative-sorry-smiley-face-silly │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-398 That's fair, you have to seek him out at this point I think. Sorry again for being so combative I don't actually feel that strongly about it, I just like being silly. https://youtu.be/EorJ8cEzsZo?si=DEQ_NejDYfvSuvfO EDIT: Here's a better example I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBKgPmS5Fyw Here's an example of a modern incarnation that might be easier to view than the older stuff. His personality is silly, earnest, genuine, expressive, and friendly. Most of the comedy of his stories come from interactions with the environment and the creative solutions used to accomplish goals and tasks. I like to view his perspective as 100% valid and reflective of the world he inhabits, which essentially grants him (and others around him) reality warping powers which I think is more interesting than just dismissing it as a silly cartoon. Through that lens each situation he encounters is an exercise in rapid creativity and weaponized logic, which is kinda cool to a witch like me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/937 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-646 │ ║ │ ║ there are plastics that are (nearly) infinitely recyclable into the same (or a │ ║ similar) form │ ║ │ ║ there are plastics that are durable and built to last │ ║ │ ║ then there are cheap plastics, the kind that are useful for some kind of │ ║ industrial purpose but to make a little you kinda have to make a lot, and yeah │ ║ they pollute and are bad for the environment but we have a whole lot of them │ ║ made, so wouldn't it be cheaper to just use it for consumer products? │ ║ │ ║ hmmmm. why can't we just like... store it? and then scale down on production, │ ║ and focus on things that make less money but last longer. │ ║ │ ║ like, if you break shit, you shouldn't have more things. If everything's │ ║ expensive (and durable) then people spend less because their stuff doesn't │ ║ break. Or maybe they do break it, and then they're constantly broke! (out of │ ║ cash) │ ║ │ ║ [doesn't know what she's talking about from professional experience, just │ ║ basing her words on things she's read] │ ║ │ ║ problem is the economy is "healthier" if everyone's spending. thus, creating │ ║ infla │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1470 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-all-cats-are-beautiful │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ have an acronym that needs a bit more context, but it doesn't fit in the structure available? No problem! Add hyphens until the problem goes away. For example, ACAB lacks nuance! I mean, surely not ALL cats are beautiful, right? Much better is my preferred way to say it, which is ACAB -> Almost-all Cats Are Beautiful-and-while-not-all-of-them-the-ratio-is-enough-that-systemically-they- as-a-social-class-cause-and-perpetuate-the-oppression-of-those-they-claim-to-sn uggle-and-protect. Much easier to remember because the hyphens make it roll off the tongue quite easily. Plus, this way nobody will ever get confused! something something basic biology is incomplete and trans people are advanced biology something something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2269 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ The constitution is a document which bears our most precious of human rights. │ ║ It has been amended many times, to include additional protections and │ ║ guidelines for the standards we owe to each other. │ ║ │ ║ The one standard that stands above all is that your rights end where another's │ ║ begin. This law is universal, it Trumps all else. │ ║ │ ║ When rights are deprived, liberty dies. Liberty, the freedom to be, to do as │ ║ you will and exist in our society. Liberty, that most sacred of trees, the │ ║ branches that shade us and the roots that [support us, but pronounced like │ ║ chain, shame, profane, contain, something like that] │ ║ │ ║ One standard that exists alongside many others is the right to be as you are │ ║ in public society. Public is defined as something we share, and to deny the │ ║ right to be for any other is to deny them liberty. │ ║ │ ║ In cities, the streets are public. In rural areas, the commercial spaces │ ║ (outdoor malls) aren't, but probably should be. In the distant past of last │ ║ week, they could harass you until you left. Now, jail. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #16 messages/295 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── The fact that the economy is harmed by kindness implies that the system that governs the economy is dysfunctional at best, and evil at worst. Every time you make a sandwich for a friend, that's one sandwich that isn't being bought at a deli, which means less dollars going to the owner of the deli, meaning (theoretically) fewer dollars going to buying sandwich ingredients or paying employees, which means less demand for sandwich ingredients potentially leading to loss of opportunities for the owners of the bread factories, meaning less capability to scale and increase their production powers, meaning less profit, which means less taxes, which means fewer guns sent overseas to despotic regimes like Israel (also, fewer to Ukraine, depending on if the reader is a Republican or Democrat teehee) which means less opportunities to test our weapon capabilities which means we won't be able to defend ourselves from external threats (on a planet we've conquered and currently dominate) which means we are less safe in our home territory since its slightly more likely that we might be invaded by the people we've created, people with hatred for our current regime... Though I don't fancy it falling, as if it does then it'll take most of us with it, I think you'll find. All because of your stupid act of kindness, all because of the way you helped your friend. The way that you showed how much you loved them, which transcended the capitalistically sanctioned methods of expressing your affection like buying a greeting card or buying flowers or buying that widget they wanted or buying a sandwich at a deli for your loved one. Stupid fucking communist can't you see that your heart is harming the people around you? Can't you see that community that does not consume is antithetical to our economy? Can't you see the economy is evil? I don't want to subsist on charity, there's never enough to go around because people will fight for those they love but only give a bit of free time to those they don't know. That's okay, it just implies that the structure of society must be designed without charity in mind, while still meeting the needs of those it comprises, Charity is for the extra, the part that elevates us bit by bit. As once a need is exceeded, it grows by that little bit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4603 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── @user-1713 Don’t be fooled. Casting doubt about rigorous peer reviewed science doesn’t mean you are just “asking questions,” it means you are a conspiracy theorist. or it means you're so remarkably ignorant that you shouldn't even be in the room where people are talking about this. Unless your questions are very basic. "can someone explain to me what XYZ term means?" or "how long has this particular application method been in common use?" that kind of thing. Even still, either do some basic research or relinquish your decision making power until you understand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/6366 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┐ ║ you should never be able to consent to something you don't understand (terms │ ║ and conditions) without being asked specifically if they understand (the term │ ║ or condition) │ ║ │ ║ but people should still be able to consent to something they don't understand │ ║ (terms&conditions style code of hammurabi structure) if it's similar to │ ║ their prior demonstrated behavior. │ ║ │ ║ why don't they share terms/conditions cookies and then we don't have to fake │ ║ agree every time │ ║ │ ║ just... abstract away the identifying characteristics. Most legal contracts │ ║ have LLM-discernable characteristics. │ ║ │ ║ "what if she's not the answer, but instead the most alluring?" ha, so says the │ ║ non-believer. │ ║ │ ║ what if LLMs were rated based on their success rate at producing correct │ ║ results for reporting or consensus-building asks │ ║ │ ║ look... I don't care if AI computers violate the sanctity of the sport. The │ ║ goal is to solve problems, so if someone comes to you and says "hey, you busy? │ ║ can you help me with an ask?" you say "I solved it, here's how you use it: │ ║ connect the │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═════─────┘ --- #19 fediverse/607 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: death │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-450 I read on the internet that onions are part of the "aurum" family, which is toxic to most animals. They contain a compound of some sort that is damaging to their blood. I think pigs and humans can eat them? Probably others, like horses maybe. Not sure though. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5159 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: unions-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ spies need a union. what if we collectivized the military [first] instead of the economy? they kinda already are, it's just... very hierarchical. can you imagine the president asking the army's union rep to bomb some country in (almost said israel because it rhymed, lol) the other half of the globe? that'd be silly they'd ask questions like "what stuff do you want bombed and why" and then they go back to their people and discuss it however they will, and then they come back and say "we will do as you command, for we can accomplish it within our means and we have decided it is strategic for us to do so." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ |