=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── Laws should be required to be marked [short term] or [long term] Short term means it should be redesigned after its effects become apparent. Long term means that if there's sufficient demand, an alternative should be created. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2289 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I think every law or policy should be required to be labelled as "short term" or "long term" the short term ones are meant to gather information, to try things out, and to reassess after stated conditions have been met. Ideally with protections against "infinite loops" - a term that any programmer will know. The long term legislation is something that can be relied on for quite a while. If there is enough momentum, then an alternative can be created, but the original must remain operational. The alternative must be "short term", and if it's deemed successful and does not harm the long-term it's contrasting, then sure yeah go ahead implement both. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5719 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I love dispatch tables! which is a term I just learned and a concept I have been using for a while. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #3 messages/695 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── If your work is organized for mass-market appeal, it means you want everyone to read it. If your work is scattered and distracted, then only the sage would learn from it. So speak your mind, and let the words flow forth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/3226 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/6368 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── @user-1927 "is it a long document or a small one? documents are usually about this-or-that size, this one is much higher than that." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #7 messages/885 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── There are no long term decisions to be made that will not make future short term decisions more difficult. The trick is to find long term decisions that do not contest your desired future short term decisions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2516 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── According to a sign that I passed just four days ago, I have one day left. Whatever that means. so next week better be good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2686 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1209 change is a natural part of the cycle of life. when your thing dies, make another. defend it for a time, you might even persevere true. but should it's end be apparent, be displaced and fight for something else. the largest pictures require the most maintenance. meaning they are the easiest targets. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5496 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weirdness-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ "why bother disadvantaged and vulnerable people when you could just grow your own?" - motivations of a capitalist-in-regard empowerment requires strength. do you force people to unbecome the victim? how are your traps mentally prepared? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2565 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: water-dispersal │ └──────────────────────┘ truck driver who has a long-ish range drone ferrying water bottles back and forth while invisible to satellite surveillance EDIT: better yet, kids playing games at home ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/373 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── that moment when you swear you see your messages changing under your fingertips, long after you've written them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 messages/527 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── 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" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2786 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── the best way, I find, to be deserving of trust is to do the best that you can, and be honest when you cannot do more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 notes/utopian-fiction --- ═════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── But the past is boring, it already happened after all! Clearly there's nothing to be learned... Right? Seems like there's a big market out there for examining what we as a species did right, even if we had to sacrifice ethics to get there. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/436 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-326 almost as if the nature of power is misaligned to the most efficient and most desirable outcome of humanity (utopia) (EDIT: utopia of endless forms most beautiful) what would a more aligned framework look like? Perhaps we should spend some time thinking about such a design? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2668 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: meta-adjacent, but fedi and Internet cultures in general too │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-570 what does fash-jacket mean? :O ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/662 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── The trolley problem, but you're strapped to the track, and pulling the lever means working hard for months on end. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/2224 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── No plan survives contact with the enemy, and any plan that everyone knows is a plan that your enemy knows. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/1274 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I think it should be legally required to ensure someone is taken care of as soon as possible after discovering they're an adult baby who wants that. It's necessary when containing a citizenry to supply for their needs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ |