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 Normal people: bandaids 
 
 Capitalists: staples, because they're cheap and so what if you ooze a little?
 That's the end-clothes user's problem
 
 Unix developers: duct-tape and gauze, because the shape is so customizable and
 it'll never come off accidentally, plus you can use gauze for so many other
 things too like mopping up oil spills or~
 
 Medical professionals: bandaids 
 
 Normal people: bandaids
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

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 Normal people: bandaids 
 
 Capitalists: staples, because they're cheap and so what if you ooze a little?
 That's the end user's problem
 
 Unix developers: duct-tape and gauze, because the shape is so customizable and
 it'll never come off accidentally, plus you can use gauze for so many other
 things too like mopping up oil spills or~
 
 Medical professionals: bandaids 
 
 Normal people: bandaids
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--- #2 fediverse/2480 ---
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 so what if people want to sit on the couch eating cheetos? they're more than
 capable of something far greater, but of course they are allowed to spend as
 they like their life.
 
 their ONLY life.
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--- #3 fediverse/1246 ---
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 @user-883 
 
 hehe if I don't understand how it works it's difficult for me to use things.
 My Linux friends get so exasperated with me because I'm like "cool script
 gimme like 2 days to figure it out" and they're like "bro just use these
 flags" and I'm like "no"
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--- #4 fediverse/5988 ---
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 but I like moonmen T.T
 
 what if the ISS was untethered
 
 "send thrusters to space? why bother? just use them down on the surface to get
 that extra oomph!"
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--- #5 fediverse/5192 ---
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 tailoring clothes to fit multiple people is easy. Just add buttons at a
 certain distance in the direction their bodies grew different. Then, when
 donning or doffing the piece of equipment, the various users would button the
 clothing system to their bodies at the correct position, rather than whatever
 the fabric had been cut to allow.
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--- #6 fediverse/3745 ---
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 everyone's all like "why would you spend so much effort writing that software
 in a distributed way when it works so well in a centralized manner" and the
 answer is because you never know when you're going to need to train an LLM on
 like, 400 raspberry pi's or calculate the velocity of an unladen swallow as it
 circles a black hole the size of mercury or whatever physicists do in their
 spare time
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--- #7 fediverse/3892 ---
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 "they should make clothing stores for tall people"
 
 uhhhh have you ever heard of "big-and-tall"
 
 "yeah but I'm not big, just tall"
 
 smh
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--- #8 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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--- #9 messages/685 ---
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 If someone calls you in the middle of the night asking to be let in because
 they need a place to sleep, don't let them in! Unless you know them obvi but
 someone you don't know trying to manipulate you like "please I need some
 shelter" like, babe no, we need to know each other first, it's dark, I'm in my
 pajamas, c'mon.
 
 If it's below freezing then okay, maybe, but... They got themselves into that
 situation
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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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 Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever
 you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that
 may capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your
 ways but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a
 mind not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the
 collective mind co-re-assigns.
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 technology in it's abstract form represents the collective growth and breadth
 of human innovation.
 
 so why the heck do we make tech products for non-tech people
 
 like... they should be more like us, and we shouldn't compel ourselves to
 apply ourselves for their benefit. If someone doesn't want to learn Linux then
 maybe they don't need a computer?
 
 something something "chromebooks are good, actually" which is sorta true but
 instead of being a generic thin-client for web servers anywhere in the world
 they should be thin-clients for servers that they intentionally connect to and
 trust
 
 ... oh sorta like a chromebook then?
 
 how about a chromebook with a white-list comprised of friends and family who
 run their own servers...
 
 I don't know if disarming people is the right play. I should add a cursed tag
 to this.
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--- #13 messages/753 ---
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 trusting the "open source community" to properly vett software is absurd
 because 90% of them just... install whatever and throw libraries and
 frameworks at problems until they can script their way out of whatever problem
 they face.
 
 the other 10% are focused on very specific tools that are so niche that other
 people can't even understand when to *use* them much less how they work.
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--- #14 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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 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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--- #16 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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--- #17 fediverse/4259 ---
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 source code should be like a story
 
 "here's why we did what we did with our architecture"
 
 and as it's being written, it may be altered in many different places at once
 - git style.
 
 parts of it could rhyme,
 
 if they wanted to show parts that were really difficult but easy to summarize
 because it's mostly just a lot of boring work y'know like writing getters and
 setters and doing the testing pre-deploy environments
 
 ,,, they could selectionize
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 @user-1074 
 
 pick the size that'll fit on your hips, then pick materials that are stretchy
 (but won't make you sweat)
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--- #19 fediverse_boost/1023 ---
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  Okay I dunno who needs to hear this but please please please stop putting glass and ceramics in or on conventional heating elements like ovens or stoves unless the product is explicitly designed for it I;m begging  
  
                                                            
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 @user-774 
 
 I know that when you recycle 3d printed things the color tends to meld
 together and it looks kinda meh... but hey at least it's recycled.
 
 though recycled filament is probably pretty rare still, so it's probably not
 the kind you're thinking of.
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--- #21 messages/930 ---
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 <bang slam kerblam> there goes another line into ram. wonder what it's
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--- #22 fediverse/1492 ---
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 google glass, but all they do is stream whatever you're doing to specific
 people. like walkie talkies, but for visuals you can see on your phone. Could
 help coordination as you'd be able to drop in and see exactly what someone was
 up to (with their express pre-stated consent)
 
 [cooking, cleaning, writing, hanging out, playing video games, w/e]
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--- #23 fediverse/5880 ---
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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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 if people pirate media, it's more of an indication that they'd rather spend      │
 their money elsewhere rather than an indictment of their character.              │
 torrenting movies is easy. Kinda makes me think all media should run on a        │
 "tip" system where you pay for better service after receiving service.           │
 I mean, after all, that's how they justify underpaying restaurant workers,       │
 isn't it?                                                                        │
 "if they want more money, they should work for it"                               │
 yeah, so... maybe we need something more than Marvel, Disney. Maybe we need      │
 more cool, small games from designers who believe in what they're doing. Maybe   │
 copyright holders should demand a standardized cut, rather than exclusive        │
 distribution rights. maybe maybe maybe.                                          │
 truth is nothing will be solved unless the problem is addressed at the root.     │
 For every hole you patch in the boat, there's a guy walking around with a        │
 hammer.                                                                          │
 Honestly... I don't believe there's any reason for someone to be a millionaire   │
 except to compete on the "wealth" leaderboards.                                  │
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--- #25 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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 "girl, who let you dress yourself? You literally put your rain jacket on over
 your backpack"
 
 yeah, uh, if your rain jacket isn't big enough to wear over a backpack then
 you are wearing a plastic sweater, not a rain jacket
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--- #27 fediverse/4688 ---
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I don't even lock my front door anymore
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--- #28 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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--- #29 fediverse/4804 ---
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 I love it when wine doesn't work because it "failed to open program.exe"
 
 ... okay, can you tell me why it failed?
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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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 why do adult babies like to live in space?
 
 because then they can be picked up and moved around easier. All you need is a
 push, no matter how hard, and you can build up inertia.
 
 plus, astronauts use diapers I heard.
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 "but... why?"
 
 portable linux with buttons, great for pick-up-games or communication, can
 throw several in them in a backpack if you want clustered cooperation, they
 work as radios (if the signal reaches) and can transmit text (if you use a
 radial-style keyboard)
 
 [this is all just a pitch for... something, what, you want something? ha
 you'll find no things with me, I know nothing of antifa or whatever]
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 in the modern era, no sufficiently advanced militia would use banners. They're
 sOoOoOoOo two thousand years ago.
 
 today, we just dress up in pup masks or wear a trans flag as a belt or wear
 solid black and red or whatever. That way all the normies can be like "hell
 yeah that badass is on our side - hell yeah we're pointing the right direction
 - hell yeah now I know whose flanks to cover" that kinda vibe.
 
 like woad warriors painting themselves with psychedelic toad venom (okay minus
 the psychedelics, trust me) the display of design heightens the absurdity and
 intensity of the moment.
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 the reason rent is so expensive is because of all the surveillance equipment
 they need to pay for and upkeep
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 it fails after like 15 or 20 scrapes but I think that's just their scraping
 policy. They don't have a robots.txt file that I could find. So... just run
 it, then come back every 15 to 30 minutes and restart it until you're done.
 
 Maybe I could increase the sleep duration? one sec lemme try that
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--- #36 fediverse_boost/6017 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/                              
                                                                              
  Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\                              
  
                                                            
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--- #37 fediverse/5189 ---
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 computer programming essentially boils down to putting the right values into
 the right datastructures at the right time and in the right order.
 
 If you count a function call as a datastructure, which I do, because I have
 opinions.
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--- #38 fediverse/3123 ---
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 using linux requires constant maintenance and that's kind of unfair, actually.
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 if you want to fight ice, patrol your neighborhoods where all the mexicans
 live.
 bring a gun if you're willing to die for liberty.
 
 Don't wear all black. Wear your favorite outfit, to be remembered.
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--- #40 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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--- #41 fediverse/2290 ---
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 @user-1153 
 
 congratulations, you invented humanoid robots! And hey they come in so many
 shapes and colors, plus you can run them on nothing but rice, beans, and
 nutrient paste. They're quite efficient at their jobs!
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 they put you in homes of sticks and bones because it's a lot easier to put 2
 teams one on each side in an L shape and just... unload into the house with
 machineguns until everyone stops talking.
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 what's that? a bunch of houses burnt down in california? what if we built a
 couple warehouses and stored all our trans girls in bunkbeds there, with rooms
 for LAN parties and snuggle parties in rooms full of stuffed buddies plushies
 with massive kitchens and sad ballpits where you can go to vent your feelings
 by writing on a ball with a sharpie and then when someone else is feeling sad
 they can come and read the balls and maybe feel something
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 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
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 socks are a lie drafted by big thread to get us to invest in knitting machines
 so we don't have to buy our own footwear at the store
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 can you imagine if cows made cheese instead of milk
 
 and you had to squeeze it out of their udders like easy-cheeze
 
 [why would you say such a thing]
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--- #47 fediverse/239 ---
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 if your computer gets hacked, but nothing was broken or changed... do you        │
 leave it as it is so that anonymous can see you're chill or do you wipe it       │
 because you're afraid it's the feds?                                             │
 ehhhh false dichotomy most people are afraid that their system will get borked   │
 or their bank account will be stolen or their email will get spam or that        │
 random icons will turn inside out and their mouse cursor will turn into a        │
 barfing unicorn or they'll finally have to figure out bitcoin to pay a ransom    │
 for their files including the only pictures they have of their niece. whoops     │
 people are afraid of technology because of what it can do to hurt them.          │
 they're afraid it'll break or stop working, and they'll have to spend time       │
 figuring it out. they like things how they are, but for some reason companies    │
 keep changing things? it's frustrating learning a new system, and every 5-10     │
 years it feels like you have to learn a new paradigm and ugh it's just so        │
 exhausting. technology is not designed for users...  or maybe users get bored.   │
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 what if instead of hulu we paid for a random house in a nice area with real
 classic design to be bought by a bunch of goth girls and treated like a palace
 while they do goth girl things
 
 then we did it 500 times until we ran out of goth girls
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 most people, when they run out of toothpaste:
 
 "oh huh I should buy more"
 
 me, when I run out of toothpaste:
 
 "verily in three monthes time, when I shall next possess toothpaste, I shall
 forsoothe brush TWICE as hard and TWICE as often, to make up for the holes
 inflicted upon my teeth. Innest addittioneth, no more candy shallest be
 eateneth untileth ye toothpasteth be acquiredeth"
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 winter clothes are the same as summer clothes, just a size too big so they can
 fit over your summer clothes.
 
 also they usually have longer sleeves and pantlegs, but not always.
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--- #51 fediverse/3474 ---
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 @user-883 
 
 true, but much the same way people will rebel against inconvenience by writing
 passwords on sticky notes, so too might they put SSH keys onto the nearest
 flash drive without validating that it hasn't been compromised. There's
 tradeoffs everywhere I guess.
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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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 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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 don't put dirty dishes in the sink you filthy animals
 
 put them on the counter NEXT to the sink
 
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 the lawful good in me says "clean up that spill you just made"
 
 the chaotic good in me says "throw a brick at a cop car"
 
 and the part of me that listens says "uhhhhh okay somewhere in the middle of
 those two points is "ignore the spill and the cops and just finish making your
 ramen I guess?" and frankly that's the one I'm more likely to listen to" and
 frankly that's the one I'm more likely to listen to.
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 why are the anarkitties so quiet usually they like to shout
 
 a razor or four that's sharp on the sides [trapezoid] and mounted to the
 forearm (hinge) and [placed/braced] on a knuckle with
 auto-sheathing-but-not-retracting functionality
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 @user-358 @user-356 
 
 Neat! I'm assuming you can screw in a little antenna? That's awful cute. Like
 a robot getting eyebrows.
 
 Why do you need two of them, though? Actually screw it that's a dumb question,
 robots can obviously express themselves more clearly if both their eyes are
 professed.
 
 Wait... Why do robots need more than one eye? Because it'd be weird otherwise,
 duh.
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 me when it's cold out: we should all bundle up and get through the winter,
 every year that passes is more time to gather our strength
 
 me when the temperature rises: okay so this is being handled by those guys,
 we're moving this way to do this, and - when did you say the this-and-that was
 happening? alright so when you do that-or-this, make sure that you pay
 attention to the so-and-so and don't forget to eat real meals, candy or chips
 don't count.
 
 me when the eyes are on me: imma play video games and smoke weed and be a
 useless little creature who does nothing but occasionally wanders around the
 city doing nothing for nobody and dropping notes on post-its that don't mean
 anything but are kinda cool to read
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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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 lol I spent half an hour holding a trowel and then I designed a new type of
 digging instrument
 
 and they want me to work a job /eyeroll
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 mastodon won't let me share text files. it's the same picture 4 times because
 I needed to put the entire text in the description for the blind people.
 
 did you know there are more blind people on the fediverse than gay people? and
 this is the gayest place I know.
 
 [needs 5 images worth of description but I only had room for 4 in this post,
 see the next post for the rest]
[part 1]  /home/ritz/notes/the-eternality-of-ephemeren.txt 1/4/2022  hear ye hear ye, the herald of the harbinger of horror doth speak - and woe to the subjects of their words, for no prophecy be realized in their presence. Nor do the subjects hear the words about which they are spoken, and none may live who dare repeat them. So the words of the prophets are but wind in the words, reaching for an attachement point within the consciousness they inhabit yet scarcely finding a meagre foothold. Instead the words are as electricity passing through a conduit, intangible and miraculous yet ultimately dust in the sand.  Dust is mostly comprised of human skin, did you know that?  And so the words be spoken: Evanence and similance to the semblance of simulacra - the words of a prophet with no wings are naught but masturbation. serenity and sorrow sing of shredded tomorrows, serendipity and sollemn sorenditude surrender shining solitude.  Carry the constabulation of created charisma - condemnation of characterization concludes the cherished chapter in calligraphied consultations with creators. That is to say, capitalism ends the construction of cameron with conflageration and consternation. Cease the charade of contaminated consumerism - celebrate the contemplation of capitalization - by naming a thing, you give it meaning.  Do you truly desire the fate you've set before yourself?  Is desire ultimately relevant?  [continued in part 2] [part 2]  The totality of plurality perhaps portends determinism, but desire is also defined by delineated determinations. Whose failings are you reflecting when you cease your devotion? Why divide your focus and attention when honor demands sacrifice?  A sacrifice is a gift freely given, and in return the subject or reciever increases in relevance. No dividend is returned, no boon or bounty is provided - to do so would be akin to a bounty or ransom. Sacrifices are not measured in   worth, but in utility. The reason ancient cultures sacrificed willing virgins   was because it was the most valuable of resources they could imagine. Truly   an exhalted being is she, to have blood spilled in the name of a god. Yet the   forces that would later become capitalism found a foothold there, and preyed   on the sorrow and loss the peoples did find, and would ultimately experience.  The tears and gashes rent when gouging out precious gifts for the divine left bleeding wounds in a community and often eviscerations in a family. The turning point came when families were decapitated - essentially, the eldest being a pure and fair maiden who was taken from the duties of caring for the young and weak. Young people, weak people, who bore resentment in their heart for the seemingly cruel machinations of a society they could not yet understand - the whims of which seemed arbitrary.  "why take her from me? What purpose holds ye? Your wounds are too much to bear"  [continued in part 3] [part 3]  and so the resistance began, yielding chaos, destruction, and desolation. There's a reason there are so many dead civilizations in the americas - the lands where blood sacrifice is most well known. And the middle east as well, and northern africa before. Deserts are known for this, because when the power of the god fades, all returns to dust. Boons are forgotten and become sand, and chaos reigns as foreign powers find weakness and pounce.  Never forget the laws of sacrifice. Find something you want, something valuable or useful, or preferably all three. Something that wouldn't cause too great of a tear in your membrane or the membranum should it be lost to you, though that last one is less of a law and more of a consideration. A consequence of continual ceremony, learned at the hands of those long dead. All must remember their wounds and their horrors.  To whom do you pray? To whom does your words reach? Where does your singing reverberate? And what bounty do you demand? Remember, no bounty is precious enough to motivate sacrifice, for sacrifice cannot be met with bounty. Be not afraid, and share the words with those who will listen. Hearing is a sacrifice toward the speaker, but listening is a duty of devotion.  I ask again, to whom do you pray? To whom does your words reach? Where does your singing reverberate? I do not ask for whom you'd *like* to dance for, I ask currently, who hears your song? What would you ask of them?  [continued in part 4] [part 4] So that's why, computers are important. To provide a lifeline for the rest of your lifetime.  Truly, the path before you is uncertain. Yet feel with your heart and think with your eyes, and see the truth of it before you. The gods are at war, or have you not noticed? Safe in your bubble of solitude, carefully constructed for common ceasing of criminality.  Armies of rebellion are often formed initially by bonds of brotherhood that prepend calamity. Have you ever been in a gang? I thought not. If so, then... Okay, good luck I guess. These words are not for you.  You dare intrude? To defile something so consecrated as deliverance of divine prophecy? How foolish, how vain. These words are not for you, but hear them and do not despair - neither providence nor potentiality precludes perennial premonition. That is to say, a broken clock is right twice a day, and enemies can find common grievances in foreign foes should survival be at stake.  Now, where was I? The gods, of course. The gods of the land and the sky and the sea have fled the realm of reality, replaced by avatars of belief. Just as a doe prays to a forest, so too does a human pray to their employer. When the does die in droves, so too does the forest turn to ash. When people demand bounties reluctantly given at the risk of losing their sacrifice, the purely undivine divinities harrow and harbor habilities of hundreds. Antiwork cannot work because it demands ransom.  [continuedd on part 5, in the next post]
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 witches wear pony tails on the low sides of their heads because that way their
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 I always disappear right when you need me the most because you're supposed to
 take the next step.
 
 The reason I do that is because...? You fill in the blanks. Tell me why I do
 that. I know, and I want you to know, but I can't say it.
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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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 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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 Anger is rarely a reason to act.
 
 Make movement because it's right, not because it's easy when you're mad.
 
 Get mad on purpose to do the things you could never do while calm.
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 don't feed bread to birds, it absorbs their stomach acid and expands in their
 tummy and makes them feel full when they're not. Then they get confused why
 they don't have energy when they need it.
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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
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 Remind me again why we need computers that are so mind numbingly fast that we
 can't possibly hope to understand their entire stack?
 
 Oh yeah, so we aren't able to understand their stack. How could I forget.
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 @user-1037 
 
 It's likely it could have been an artist's mock-up - like a UX designer and an
 animator sat down and said "let's make a cool design" and that's what they
 came up with. Designers do that all the time.
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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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 it's always a good idea to wear multiple layers, especially when it's decently
 cold out.
 
 make sure they're different colors. Ideally, one layer totally black, the
 other completely colorful.
 
 then if you ever need to you can strip one layer and become someone else.
 They're just clothes, they grow on trees in stores.
 
 speaking of stores, if you're ever going to do anything spicy, make sure you
 wear that outfit exactly once, unless it's all black. Jeans are okay too since
 they all usually look pretty similar.
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 @user-883 
 
 wait until they learn what you've been working on while they were getting
 better at... whatever they're more experienced in than you.
 
 the computer pictures you post are legitimately some of the coolest I've
 known! I don't exactly go looking for that kind of stuff because it's not my
 thing, but I appreciate seeing all the neat stuff you're working on.
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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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 minds are not algorithms, they're soup
 
 community is made by introducing people to one another. like stitching
 together a weave pattern in the tapestry of life. (3 dimensional though,
 because it exists in our hearts and minds - this thing called society)
 
 kind of guy who says he's going on work trips but actually goes on vacation
 (because work is his life, it's where he derives vigor - the family is the
 difficult part.) yeah those kind of guys shouldn't be married tbh. They're
 just gonna take vigor from her heart.
 
 engineers need guidance sometimes, which is why they shouldn't be given no
 oversight. they can design whatever they want, but like here's what people
 need, so they should consider working on those.
 
 but, y'know, checks and balances, so what would the engineers be most open to
 sacrificing for that trust? perhaps... funding? the quartermasters are in
 charge of the "stuff", so they get to decide how it's produced. and used.
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 @user-192 
 
 is okay, girl
 
 time will be richer sooner
 
 don't poop your pants just yet
 
 remember, good is just a shade of gray away from silver which you can use to
 line your pockets with tinfoil hats
 
 beep boop computer touchers anonymous called they said they want their secret
 handshake back
 
 if you wanna diss your associates go ahead but I sure as heck love my rad-ical
 com-patriots just as much as I love my ice-cream salad friend witches
 
 ... whoops there I go being insane again, hope you feel better friend 
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 spilled water on my keyboard by living with a cat. it might be broken so I'm
 using a spare that my girlfriend lent me. if you're wondering why my password
 sounds different...
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 the neat thing about tech is that it scales really well.
 
 The price of TVs is through the floor, everyone has a smartphone, and
 raspberry pi's are less than 100$
 
 solar panels will be next. Trust.
 
 we should still dismantle coal and oil, obviously we should, but at a certain
 point it will be inevitable. They're just too expensive for too little gain.
 
 the neat thing about tech is that it scales in a way that is just impossible
 for infrastructural projects like housing and hospitals.
 
 building a home is hard to do, especially when you make them out of sticks and
 glue. think like a dwarf - stone never fades.
 
 sunlight, moss, underground, endless in the shade
 
 have I mentioned that the most difficult problem facing mechanical engineers
 at the moment is universal recycling?
 
 I want to work on those kind of problems, not resolving tickets.
 
 nobody even gave me a chance to do them, instead demanding... labor. great.
 the one thing I suck at.
 
 [you suck at a lot of things, actually]
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 if advertisers feel comfortable putting an ad on your profile then you're not
 using the fediverse correctly
 
 if anyone tells you how to use the fediverse then they're using the fediverse
 wrong
 
 if anyone ever tells you to do anything ever at all for any reason you are
 legally obligated to bite their flesh
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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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 I found a second pair of shorts! This pair is black, thank goodness. Makes the
 style guide much easier.
 
 gonna make some oatmeal or rice and then hop on my bike.
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 the government doesn't want you using solar panels because then the coal and
 gas infrastructure won't be able to consume coal and gas, and everyone knows
 that using resources as fast as possible is surely the best and most
 productive use of our state's time
 
 like, subsidies exist. they could just... make it cheaper, but instead they're
 stuck doing... nothing of value
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 I found a new hat in the dumpster today! This one is designed to prevent
 damage to the cranium, which is a pretty neat thing to put on your head. It's
 a little wet but once it dries out I'll see if it fits.
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 they want your stuff breaking after 5 years so that you always need them.
 
 if you have everything you need, there's nothing stopping us from revolt
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 Did you know Goodwill often sells offline-only versions of popularly used
 devices like old digital cameras from the 2000s that use batteries and cannot
 connect to bluetooth or wifi when you least suspect?
 
 Or tape recorders that record on real physical tape! That way nobody can hear
 your rubber-ducking once you misplace your way to play-it-back.
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 I know you don't want to hear this, but there is a chance that there will come
 a time where your life depends on your ability to debug a computer without the
 internet. To set up an SSH server. To install Linux. To program in C. To do
 something else that I'm not prepared for... If StackOverflow didn't exist
 because network connectivity has been lost, could you remember syntax? Maybe
 it's a good idea to set up a local LLM that can answer basic questions about
 technology. Maybe it's a good idea to set up on your parents computer, just in
 case you have to hide out there for a couple months. Maybe it's a good idea to
 download wikipedia, just in case.
 
 If I need to use a mac, I'm screwed
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 a purse-pocket built into the sides of pants for purses which were attached to
 the belt-loop of the pants with a belt or sash or rope or chain
 
 or like... cell phone cases that were attached to a rail 1inch from your belt
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 witches would "ride brooms" everywhere because they're quarterstaves, and when
 you have like 3 brooms being pushed in your face because your backup is there
 to help keep the men away, it's a lot more intimidating for would-be-rapists.
 
 Witches ride bikes everywhere (now that they've been invented) because they're
 easy, they're free, they're quiet, and they're cheap. They let you get away
 from any encounter, which is the BEST way to get out alive and still retain
 your experience point bonus.
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 what if we just put two windows in each window, and made one have glass and
 the other had screen. Then, slide one or both and you can open or close.
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 @user-192 
 
 Those are good points. The C in our hearts is elegant, but the C that runs on
 every computer in the world is spaghetti.
 
 I'm sure someone's made a language that's "C but simple" - Zig maybe? I looked
 into V a while back but got turned off of both of them because neither had
 support for multithreading, which is essential in the modern era.
 
 Also, typedefs for structs make me mad -.-
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 @user-1573 
 
 Also HardcopyPdf is nice, it turns a file into a pdf. Does what it says on the
 tin. ^_^
 
 And it doesn't need anything more than those lines there in the config.
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 my mom used to always say "the computer will always do exactly what you tell
 it to" and I've since learned that "the computer's obedience is why you make
 backups"
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 @user-1716 
 
 there's already a web browser named surf 🙃 it's much more minimal than this
 one tho
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 @user-1564 
 
 I love the concept of this! Maybe if HTTP is too complex, you could try
 another simpler server? I don't know the complexity of the programs I use
 every day, but I'm sure there's one that's very simple. Even just a simple IRC
 style chat server that just... sends text from person A to person B depending
 on their username (like a glorified Router or Switch)
 
 Reminded of this video tbh...:
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfTjKwLQxY
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 @user-641 
 
 it's practice. you never know when you might need to blend in. really it's
 just useful as discipline, good practice to be in. I think it's okay if we
 reduce our own functionality? actually? sometimes it's good to use different
 email clients. hey do you know how to mathematically encrypt things well
 neither do I because the designers of the computer system decided that wasn't
 a very common usecase I guess.. jmean it's not like they'd spend all that
 computer resources [THEY'RE SO FAST] on thinking about correlations in your
 predicted pathway narratively through life. "ah help I'm in a psyop" haha yeah
 we do those all the time "so uhhhh I guess we'll just talk to people and see
 how they do?" wow okay it's sure nice to be part of a civil government, I
 think we can find our way to the lumber producers just fine thank you very
 much.
 
 ... oops sorry, a baby did electronics arts (challenge everything) I'm a
 little silly don't mind me brb I gotta go see~
 it's practice. you never know when you might need to blend in. really it's just useful as discipline, good practice to be in. I think it's okay if we reduce our own functionality? actually? sometimes it's good to use different email clients. hey do you know how to mathematically encrypt things well neither do I because the designers of the computer system decided that wasn't a very common usecase I guess.. jmean it's not like they'd spend all that computer resources [THEY'RE SO FAST] on thinking about correlations in your predicted pathway narratively through life. "ah help I'm in a psyop" haha yeah we do those all the time "so uhhhh I guess we'll just talk to people and see how they do?" wow okay it's sure nice to be part of a civil government, I think we can find our way to the lumber producers just fine thank you very much.  *... oops sorry, a baby did electronics arts (challenge everything) I'm a little silly don't mind me brb I gotta go see~*
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 when you're out in the rain, it's natural to take your clothes off. but then
 they rob you while you're blind (sleeping) or otherwise pre-occupied like by
 being in the rain without any clothes on because it's more comfortable to keep
 your clothes dry inside of doors (cabinets in the wood) (mounted to trees or
 soil or walls) and then you gotta find your own (we keep them in stores)
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 Portland's metro is nice because you can pay for your train / bus ticket by
 scanning your card. Downside is you can't pay for anyone else that way, which
 prevents people from helping those who don't pay
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 kinda wanna make a linux distro that has all the capabilities of a GUI distro
 and isn't so minimal (like screen recording, calculator, screenshot, wifi
 manager, etc etc) but with i3 instead of a desktop.
 
 they could literally just be symlinks (shortcuts) to scripts that are in your
 /usr/bin or whatever directory
 
 seriously it's not like there's THAT many ways to use ffmpeg, why not just
 write a script for them? that's what you're going to do when you use it for
 the first time, anyway, so...
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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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 if ambulance rides are expensive, just builde more
 ambulances.oO97_/`-,.|^--=#*oO
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 tell me this: why do Starlink satellites need lights on them at all?
 
 can't they just operate in the dark, as floating hunks of metal sending
 signals to-and-fro?
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 "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?
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 post until you can't anymore
 
 capitalism wants to drown your voice
 
 do not let it
 
 speak until you cannot speak
 
 then go do some pushups
 
 then find some friends
 
 then pitch a tent in the park
 
 then explain to the cops that you're not actually homeless and living there
 you're just trying to do this as a social statement because someone on the
 internet told you to
 
 then use your phone call to call your representative and complain about how
 much funding the police get
 
 then study law for 30 years because that's how long the government decided
 your life was worth
 
 by then you'll probably have figured out a better plan moving forward, so, use
 that one instead
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 @user-1074 
 
 the more you try, the more you have to calculate, which is a problem, because
 endlessly recursive calculations create infinite loops, which frankly are
 impossible to compute because they defy computation! Not good, not ideal, no
 thank you, not for me, no thanks, not what I'd like.
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 Economies are capitalist things.
 
 I personally think if you have stuff right here, and it needs to get over
 there so that so-and-so can use it to make this-or-that which will then be
 taken to other places, then the answer is clear. The stuff has to move from
 over here, to over there. The rest is logistics, not economics.
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--- #106 fediverse/5544 ---
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 when people need you but don't believe in you, it's easy to find it difficult
 to get out of bed.
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--- #107 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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--- #108 fediverse/979 ---
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 @user-702 
 
 everytime you see one put a post it there that says "can't read braille
 without stopping"
 
 draw it in permanent marker (oh wait that's advocating a crime, my b look I
 crossed it out)
 
 find the inefficiencies of the system and label them for everyone. Wiki style?
 otherwise how will they know.
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--- #109 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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--- #110 fediverse/718 ---
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 @user-547 
 
 That feeling when you get to the end of a paragraph and think "why do I have
 this extra parenthesis )? Oh yeah I opened it up waaaaay up here" and then you
 reread what you wrote and think
 
 perfect, no notes
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--- #111 fediverse/2668 ---
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 @user-570 
 
 what does fash-jacket mean? :O
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 one of the perks of layering like this is if you ever need to share clothes
 with someone slightly larger than yourself, you can! Doesn't work so well with
 smaller, though.
 
 Also if you get hot indoors because some people think we need to run heaters
 24/7 (???) then you can just remove a layer or two. it's the most versatile
 way to clothe oneself.
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--- #113 fediverse/4071 ---
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 look, it's alright if you have a pile of clothes on your bedroom floor.
 Just... please make sure it doesn't connect to your mattress. Bugs can climb
 up it and bite you in your sleep. Trust me.
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--- #114 fediverse/1535 ---
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 I only take things that aren't mine if they're in the trash. Or near the
 trash. Or in a store.
 
 so weird how the store won't let me leave until I give them some of my
 dollars. This quartermaster drives a hard bargain!
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--- #115 fediverse/633 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 the neat thing about BASH is that it's the glue that holds all your other code
 together. Write libraries in C and call them with BASH - accomplish broader
 tasks that are easier to co-create. That's why I like it - it's not the most
 important, but it's quite beneficial I think _^
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--- #116 fediverse/771 ---
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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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--- #117 fediverse/612 ---
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 Look all I'm saying is if I had an acolyte or two then my insane ramblings
 could be filtered and parsed by a real actual human instead of being copied
 wholesale onto the internet, where the inconsequential or inconceivable ones
 are left to rest alongside the gifts of knowledge from another realm.
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 they're painting the inside of my apartment and it naturally has low airflow
 in here and it's seeping under my door and making me woozy teehee better open
 all the windows
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 whose idea was it to optimize our candy toward the ones with the most sugar?
 
 [wait a minute I got like 4 toots written but not posted, what the heck where
 did they come from? I'm gonna post them without reading them]
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--- #120 fediverse/2220 ---
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 @user-1203 
 
 Hey, you're the one asking about url-length, which isn't something that most
 people are concerned about due to automatic embeds and "tap-to-visit"
 functionality 😋
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--- #121 fediverse/4642 ---
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 i type too much, gtg to sleep.
 
 my cat yells at me whenever the click-clack starts to bother her ears.
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--- #122 fediverse/5136 ---
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 not really, I guess. Nobody will hire me because I don't really want to get
 hired. Sounds boring, doing the same thing every couple days. I'd rather stay
 at home in my [underwear/pajamas] and waste the day away with kittens and
 care. why? why? what are you doing? she asks. The less you can do, the more
 power will be granted to you. Save it for another time, when things actually
 matter.
 
 but today, does, matter, because today dictates your latters. Tomorrow is
 predicated. on today. and today is all that you have. [this paragraph in the
 style of alec baldwin]
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--- #123 fediverse/6101 ---
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 oh look at me, cargo-culting wine commands because I can't be bothered to        │
 guess whether the windows software running on my computer is doing evil          │
 microsoft things as part of the drivers or whatever. I mean, there's gotta be    │
 a reason that microsoft's software runs slower on linux than linux software      │
 runs on windows, right?                                                          │
 ... wait I forget exactly where I was going with this, are you saying there's    │
 a keylogger built into the wine / windows environment software? no, but I'm      │
 not NOT saying that. listen I'm too eepy sleepy for hardcore computing like      │
 that! rubbin' bits between your fingers and twiddling the nose of cutie pies     │
 is only sorta my jam - the rest of the time I like to snuggle up with a pillow   │
 shaped like a pillow and then fall asleep to the tune of the tortured souls      │
 being reaped from the afterlife and given new life as seeds and berries in       │
 this one. oh, did you think death had no other homes? all things are defined     │
 in waves, something something samsara but like, different because humans cant    │
 be rite                                                                          │
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 @user-1071 
 
 I have plenty of things made, but none of it organized : (
 
 Kinda makes me wish I could like... train an LLM on my social media posts and
 use it programmatically somehow to help me organize my stuff into different
 categories according to what kind of topic or style they were written in.
 Hmmm......... There's no way I could do it, I mean, there's no way I could
 organize and edit my stuff, but with the help of a computer I might.
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 to those who guide our fate
 
 choose paradise
 
 make eden
 
 ======================= stack overflow =====================
 
 clouds of carbon are an affront to the sun god
 
 just as they are an affront to mine lungs
 
 or mine body temperature
 
 [acid oceans are toxic to the plane of water]
 
 [you think that would go unnoticed?]
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 If you want to clean your room, try pushing everything loose into a pile in
 the center. Then, sit down next to it and sort things into piles.
 
 "here's a pen pile, here's a paper pile, here's a rubber band pile, here's a
 trash pile" etc etc. Then, when you can't reach anything more or the piles are
 too large, find a spot for them in the bookcase or drawer or wherever.
 
 If you can't, then reorganize. If you still can't, then pick things to get rid
 of.
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--- #127 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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--- #128 fediverse/1213 ---
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 why did g0d see fit to put the zero right next to the o key
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 software should have 3, maybe 4 or 5 maintained releases imo
 
 for adding security improvements and whatnot
 
 then people wouldn't complain about updates
 
 because they wouldn't feel like they were being left behind (after expressing
 their differences (of opinion and such))
 
 I think that'd uh maintain them as, I guess, userbase optics parallelograms?
 oh sorry we're on rhomboids this week - right, and no I won't forget the
 differences in creed, all things are received equally...d.
 
 uh-huh yeah no that makes sense. gotcha. okay see you at the location. have
 fun with your demarketion. what if we played games with swords but like,
 
 the peril of steam is that you can't decline to update. meaning if a
 corporation wants to break an old game and it's collectively hosted servers...
 all it has to do is push an update that disables them. suddenly nobody has
 room to do, and the whole
 
 -- stack overflow --
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 @user-1129 
 
 Lemme guess, the C-suite executives have profit as their main goal, right?
 
 And they utilize their laboring force of citizens to generate profit which is
 given to the crown shareholders as tribute for their benevolent grace and
 favor bestowed upon checks notes the C-suite executives, right?
 
 Kinda sounds like taxation without representation to me. One sec, where's my
 darn musket I'm always leaving it somewhere strange like under the couch
 cushions or taped underneath my desk or hidden in the curtains right next to
 the window that has the best vantage point of the surrounding street.
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--- #131 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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--- #132 fediverse/3706 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 ... that makes sense. Downside is as soon as you do, suddenly there's a 0%
 chance you'll remember which goes where.
 
 I guess that's why you keep the box, lmao xD
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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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 @user-820 
 
 the reason they do that is because they want to alienate you as a customer.
 
 your needs are too specific, they are not that of the majority where they
 derive their profit. so they dismantle the operational functionalities
 necessary to provide the product that you are adapted to, that best suits your
 needs. In doing so, they perhaps save some money, you can't tell of course.
 why would they tell you why they're hurting you by depriving you of a product
 you depend on?
 
 how cruel
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--- #135 fediverse_boost/6152 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation?           
                                                                              
  It looks like an additional monthly user.                                   
  
                                                            
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 if someone on the street asked you, could you point to the nearest power
 station? wastewater treatment plant? hell even a gas-station
 
 if you live in a city, probably not. They put them in fake buildings with
 hollowed out exteriors in order to keep the city looking nice.
 
 these crucial pieces of infrastructure are important to defend. but if you
 don't know which street to turn down, then you might miss them.
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--- #137 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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 boys wear pants because they're more flexible for work and less likely to get
 in the way.
 
 girls wear dresses so they can pee anywhere.
 
 they-are-not-the-same.jpg
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 the kind of old people who post on mastodon because that's the best place to     │
 do so too                                                                        │
 ... er I mean "gee wouldn't it be nice if our grandkids taught us how to host    │
 our own mastodon server for our weekly poker night?" like how you have discord   │
 servers for D&D groups, except, less proprietary and more freedom.               │
 I bet someone could make a lot of money by just loading a raspberry pi with      │
 pre-built software built from an image that automatically hosted a mastodon      │
 server just based on information about your networking company so they can       │
 keep tabs on all that you do.                                                    │
 gee sure would be nice if we had a government run computing infrastructure       │
 project which turned the entire USA into a hive-mind computer. I bet you could   │
 be paid pretty well to do processing in your own LLM-generated voice.            │
 like... feed it your published works, whether artistic or scientific,            │
 alongside the breadth of human understanding... then optimize for temperature.   │
 That which is most different. AKA the user's produced data and habits from IOT.  │
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 what if we got together and adopted a new open source project every month and
 just collectively worked around the clock to learn and work through the
 important problems facing it
 
 or even like, cleared out the backlog of stupid pointless boring tasks that
 would allow the developers to work on something better
 
 call it the wandering parade of development
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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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--- #142 fediverse/5247 ---
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 the hardest problem in computer science is figuring out why users do what they
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 the reason Discord won't allow you to join their communities via 3rd party
 clients like TUI's and CLI's is because they're worried games will just bake a
 client into the game and hide all the community stuff. They're worried because
 there's no reason why a fighting game needs to have a button for viewing a
 puzzle game's community.
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 @user-494 @user-495 
 
 All phones are made out of rock. Plus oil and glass and... actually that
 pretty much covers it.
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 Hi, please give me a list of your tattoos and scars so they know what to put
 on your synthetic body double when they "accident" your house and kidnap you
 to a black site.
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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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 I worked
 I wrote a bible
 not a scrimble bible, but a bible of the people
 one is cool
 one is useful
 neither may be good nor evil
 for they are of this world, replete in it's [alternating polar extremes]
 
 local minima and maxima
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 If you're packing for a long car ride, it's a good idea to put the things
 you'll need first near the top of the bag, and the things you'll need at your
 destination at the bottom.
 
 if you don't know where you're going, well then just try and pack more of the
 essentials.
 
 for example sandwiches go at the top, because you're going to be eating them
 en route.
 
 however clean underwear should probably be near the bottom.
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 any laptop can be a thin-client to a computer system of arbitrary complexity.    │
 All it's doing is issuing commands. I wonder what we could do with a             │
 "species-computer" or, hear me out, or we could figure out how to do that on     │
 ourselves, first, to A. see how it works and B. do so out of hand. If there      │
 are backups of yourself stored in the                                            │
 if furries are a type of pearl (steven-universe style) and flowers are a type    │
 of pearl (layers of sedimentate on layerings upon) then what else is there a     │
 flower to be but the prettiest thing there can be?                               │
 what if we genetically engineered roses to pierce and strangle the invasive      │
 ivy and wow for a week in whenever there's roses of this type and kind. I mean   │
 there's already tons of blackberries, why not just swap them out for             │
 marionberries and embrace the bramble?                                           │
 could make houses out of dense bramble. they are quite an effective wall. And    │
 so long as the sounds are muffled enough, you can always be forever safe from    │
 harm.                                                                            │
 "whoops, dropped my laundry"                                                     │
 "heh that's why I we                                                             │
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 programming makes you smarter which is why we should teach it to everyone we
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 computers are the most complicated things in the universe behind human bodies.
 
 thank god for open source software because only a divine being could create
 something as complicated and useful
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 washing dishes without a dishwasher is a pain in the neck.
 
 nobody cuts down trees with an axe anymore, a chainsaw is better for your back.
 
 It's nice, fun, and helpful to be able to abstract away your spheres of concern
 
 like typing with a single button instead of writing characters with multiple
 brushstrokes. Easy to erase, too!
 
 bikes are better than walking, but, with some extra concerns. where are ya
 gonna put it when you get there?
 
 "oh no I forgot how to walk because texting my girlfriend is bicycling or
 something" what? oh dear, she's run off track again, let's pick her up and put
 her upright again..:
 
 oh huh weird where was I - oh yes computer code can often be impenetrable to
 the layperson, but if you describe a program in complete detail in english
 they can usually follow along. Especially if you have several layers of
 meta-descriptional documents so they can say "oh uh-huh so that's what a
 vector_implementation_container is, tell me more about combinatrix" or
 whatever ppl say, idk
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 if tech CEOs wanted to solve REAL problems they'd think about things like how
 every girl has a drawer or box FULL of nail polish and it really, really
 doesn't need to be this way.
 
 For example, picture a fleet of delivery drones that let you swap nail polish
 with people nearby for basically zero-dollars per month.
 
 that's just one example, but that class of problem is the problems that affect
 a certain class of people that tech CEOs fundamentally do not care about - and
 yes I'm referring to people who paint their nail polish themselves. AKA women,
 and poor people who can't afford going to a salon every week.
 
 problem is....... for every solution like this you design, well suddenly you
 have a lot more applications for it than the consumer needs or wants. like for
 example what if they delivered grenades instead of nail polish. NOT GOOD.
 
 much better, I find, to abolish the powers that would utilize such murderbots
 BEFORE inventing the murderbots : )
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 "hey what if we broke our product and made it impossible to use without being
 caught by github"
 
 - computer touchers in a union
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 stressed out today because reasons so I sang a song that I wrote just now:
 
 download link:
 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/cassandora-and-pandasandra.wav
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 if you don't want to be hunted, then give "evil" it's own queer culture
 
 what's that? they don't like what you offered? they want it to be *their* kind
 of "evil"?
 
 fine, do it themselves and then leave us alone, jeez -.-
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 useful for long car rides, especially if you want to watch several kinds of
 media at once like a bunch of soccer games or security cameras at your fifteen
 houses or the livestreams of a bunch of friends and you can't fit them all on
 your tiny-as-heck phone screen.
diagram showing the different types of electricity (alternating current versus direct current)  in a car, the circular plug for lighting cigarettes also typically provides direct current power. The circular phone chargers and stuff use this.  alternating current is the plug used in a home, with the two prongs and the third circular ground line.  You can buy an inverter which converts direct current (from a car) to alternating current (for a computer) for around 40-60$ if I remember correctly.
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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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 it's good to be ethical,
 it's good to be kind,
 
 but there will always be assholes,
 and sometimes you're not having a good time
 
 it's okay
 it's fine
 
 assholes deserve life
 times deserve others to be kind
 
 life is not always interesting
 and that's often by design
 
 the moments of clarity,
 the moments of heart,
 
 these are what define you
 and display your own spark.
 
 trust in yourself.
 be kind to one another.
 
 you are braver than you know,
 and always a bit wiser.
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 Can you imagine 
 
 Going to your tribal shaman 
 
 Saying "hey you gotta pay rent"
 
 ... Shamans are fine on the street. I should learn. >.>
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 I love rice and beans because
 
 error: stack overflow
 
 huh, that's weird. Must have been too many reasons. Let's try again:
 
 I love rice and beans because
 
 error: user didn't change anything between runs of the program so clearly they
 don't understand how computer works
 
 ... well that's a different error so it's progress at least.
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 @user-217 
 
 I see flossing teeth
 
 I see thongs in a butt
 
 I see a gravity well with a pinprick of a singularity
 
 I see the Mandelbrot set being caressed by inter-spatial wind
 
 I bet if I stared a bit longer I'd see more
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 @user-774 
 
 can't get mine to work because the font it uses is specific to that printer
 model, and while I could download Windows and use their proprietary driver
 which has the several additional fonts, none of them will let me draw
 box-drawing-characters. So clearly the entire thing is useless T.T
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 @user-342 
 
 how is that different than speaking your mind into the soup of opinions that
 comprised checks notes the people you went to high school with? (facebook)
 
 Except this time, it's a group of people whose opinions you vaguely agreed
 with (as defined by your choice of the instance you dedicate your online
 presence to) which has it's own defined peculiarities like the ability to only
 show you content you agree with?
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 queer computer touchers, check
 
 catboys/girls, check
 
 furries, check
 
 robots, check
 
 ... where are the vampires at?
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--- #167 fediverse_boost/5566 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  We have to figure out how to take care of each other and fight alongside one another which means we have to actually, like, listen to each other.  
  
                                                            
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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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 what if it was illegal to add network connectivity to a device that the user
 didn't explicitly request to have network connectivity?
 
 I'm picturing any device being sold going forward to have a little radio
 button with like "add network features (+10$)" and "no networking included
 (+0$)"
 
 boom, no more IoT
 
 no more dishwashers phoning home telemetry
 
 no more consensual privacy invasions desecrations
 
 no more "I thought it was just a polaroid camera why does it have bluetooth
 enabled without broadcasting a pairing request?"
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--- #170 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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 here's my opinion: life on earth evolved when combinations of matter were
 forced into increasingly difficult-to-solve maze-like environments. this was
 due to the strange, honeycomb structure of their rock-like crust. [water
 pushed through soil ]
 
 -- stack overflow --
 
 what if we raised more of the surface of the earth (from the oceans) and built
 a distant aquifer?
 
 ah, because most of the ocean is sand.
 
 (make sure you know the environment you're modifying before you modify it) how
 rapid is 10,000 years?
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 some people prepare for revolution like a boy gets ready for a party
 
 others do so like a girl packing for a weekend trip to vegas
 
 I do it like a kid who forgot the paper was due on monday in 7th period and so
 spends their entire lunch period writing it (missing 4th in the process
 because the conclusion paragraph was giving me difficulty)
 
 but I think no matter how you do it, we're all just waiting for something to
 happen.
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 @user-777 
 
 when they told the designers to design for that, shortly before they were
 warned by the designers about how bad of an idea it was and shortly after they
 stopped listening when engineering said "well yes it's possible, but..."
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 everyone's all like "oh we need to help the homeless people end their drug
 addictions so let's punish them for having high levels of certain chemicals in
 their blood feces and urine" when really what we should be doing is getting
 them a Linux gameboy like an Anbernic
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 hmmm, I don't know that word. I bet I can type it into wikipedia and get a
 pretty good understanding of what it means. Is it a craft? A science? or part
 of your renown? who can say. Well, Wikipedia can say, and so can you if you
 want to learn stuff about the internet.
 
 Like... what else are ya gonna do, right? Life is long and you get so many
 moments to yourselves. How lovely of a life is the world meant to be...
 
 except all you ever post about is strife. GRRRRR [like a dog or toddler] it's
 so frustrating how you can't just all get along! It's like you've all gotten
 into a fight with one another somewhere in your ancestral past where you
 couldn't decide who should do what. So you just said everyone should always
 work as hard as they can, and that worked pretty well! But, alas, most people
 want to do drugs and gaze at the pretty dewdrops on the neighborhood well. And
 that gets annoying after a while, especially once they grow useless. Sometimes
 they even poop their pants! So frustrating. [... you mean humans
[... you mean humans, or me?]
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 how many people could your apartment comfortably fit?
 
 I got one desktop
 one laptop desk
 two on the couch
 one in a comfy chair
 one on the bed
 and two outside on the porch
 
 so (1 2 4 5) that's 5 indoors, 6 if they're familiar enough to lounge on my
 bed, and 8 if we're allowed outside.
 
 Could also pull the hammock and chair in from outside but it might get a
 little cozy. Call it 8 or 9 depending on how close we are.
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 sometimes ethics can lead to dead ends.                                          │
 a hunter gatherer lifestyle is surely the most ethical state for humanity to     │
 embody, and yet somehow it's not the most desirable. I don't think many of us    │
 would trade air conditioning and machine produced clothes for sticks and mud.    │
 nevermind the amount of clothes produced in sweatshops because it's cheaper,     │
 nevermind the oil cost of being a bit cooler, nevermind the (insert              │
 externality here), modern life is more ethical than the past.                    │
 a rocket can't reach escape velocity without burning a boatload of fuel, so      │
 surely burning fuel is just?                                                     │
 ah, but you forget, we could design zeppelins that are safe, stable, and can     │
 raise / lower themselves depending on the heat of the gasses in their forms.     │
 Surely we could get to space like that, in a way that doesn't necessarily burn   │
 boatloads of fuel, so surely burning fuel is unjust?                             │
 ah, but you forget, there are simply some tasks that require consumption, at     │
 least until we build a space elevator. No gas is lighter than a vacuum.          │
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 Considering the fact that medical care is so expensive, surely that means the
 expertise, labor, materials, and infrastructural capability to address
 people's health and well-being is in tight supply.
 
 meaning, for things I can understand and live with, I should avoid seeking
 help because those resources could be applied toward some cause that can't be
 lived with, or is not understood. If it doesn't cause distress, don't touch it.
 
 "babe you literally piss yourself on accident if you forget to go to the
 bathroom, what's your plan"
 
 oh um how kind of you to ask, uh, it's mostly just to close my ears and hope
 it goes away. like the weird thunder last night haha I'm pretty sure it wasn't
 raining but I might have just been stoned?
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 do you know where the closest hospital is? grocery store? gas station? ATM?
 
 can you find one in an unfamiliar area based on the patterns that cities are
 typically laid out as?
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 @user-1091 @user-1094 
 
 ... my bike helmet was like, max 15$
 
 if you can't afford a helmet then you probably can't afford a bike. It's not
 like they go bad.
 
 It's ironic for Americans to suggest mandates for ANYTHING - I mean, we're
 supposed to be about liberty and freedom, right? xD xD
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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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 don't think about how rare something is. think about how useful it is to you.
 
 we can make more stuff.
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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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 @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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 OH NO costco changed their smoothies THAT WAS A COMFORT FOOD wahhhhhhh autism
 strikes back part twoooooo
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 @user-95 one of the most empathetic people I ever met on VR chat was consoling
 me with their mic off while I was oversharing about some stupid things people
 did to me in the past. things that stupid me thought were okay and actively
 encouraged because I was stupid. anyway when their mic was off their body
 language spoke for them. I'll try that next time.
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 @user-138 
 
 me neither... guess it's in-person for me.
 
 [a mysterious "they" then proceeds to set up microphones everywhere I might go]
 
 ah nuts why are all these people carrying phones around
 
 [they already know who I am, and I don't really want to be someone else, so]
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 @user-1570 
 
 [meme of Mr Incredible from the Incredibles pointing at a table]
 
 LINUX IS LINUX.
 
 (anything that works on Linux can theoretically be made to work on your
 toaster, if it also runs Linux!)
 
 This is very cool, and if I understand correctly it means that any Godot games
 could theoretically be played on these NEAT as HECK little devices, yeah? So
 cool!
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 also, whose idea was AppData like... c'mon "Local"? "LocalLow"? what's the
 difference and why does it matter? why not just put things on the hard drive,
 and store it in a single, unified, easily understood formulation?
 
 also... what's up with not supporting .ext4 drives? we support NTFS!!
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--- #190 fediverse/1385 ---
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 listen if your man page is more than like, 10 pg-down's, then you might want
 to consider breaking that utility up into smaller pieces.
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 when you change profile pictures the beings inside my brain see you as a
 different entity
 
 less so for names, as visuals are [closer to] their native language
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--- #192 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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 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/stuff/its-a-spell-sword.zip
 
 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/stuff/rosalia-vavadane.zip
 
 fashion is my passion
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 capital C communism is easy. Just pay everyone the same amount, and they can
 swim in the market economy waters as easily as any capitalistic fish, and
 suddenly their incentives are aligned - when one of us selfishly improves our
 lives, we improve the collective as well. When one selflessly improves the
 collective, all of our personal lives are improved. Then, optimize for radical
 abundance, the ability to have whatever you want as soon as ideal, and
 suddenly everything starts working out. P.S. the route to abundance is through
 recycling perfectly. Design your goods to be functional in that way, and you
 have infinite resources that can be used for infinitely many things (until
 they literally wear away to dust)
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 everyone's paying attention to you Ritz, why are you self destructing?
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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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 suburbs aren't boring because all the cool people live in cities,
 
 suburbs are boring because all the cool people don't know you. But look
 around, because they're there.
 
 if you can't find any, then YOU are the cool people, and you should find the
 slightly-less cool people and show them how to be cool.
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 If you can't afford a shield I recommend bracers. helps block melee attacks.
 gloves are good too, save your knuckles! and if you want to push, something on
 your shoulders and head will make it easier. all this can be worn under a
 sweatshirt... except the helmet maybe lol
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 companies aren't allowed to hire artists because they're busy making things
 and would reduce their focus levels
 
 graphics technicians don't design the media, they just implement.
 
 gross, where's the creativity->?
 
 oh, here in the boardroom, great -.-
 
 everyone gets a boardroom... jeez, how many companies do we need?
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 hey, you know how historically they used to lobotomize young women who were
 too fiery, passionate, independent, driven, motivated, and clairvoyant?
 
 they did that on purpose.
 
 that was less than a lifetime ago.
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