=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─── if you give me a quintuple digit salary, I could fix all the problems of the world. One by one... A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET for solving one problem forever... until needs chagne of course. "yeah but it's not about money it's about throughput and demand" some guy in arkansas probably idk I've never been ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/1470 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that 100 bucks is useless. Totally useless. Sure it can get you some sandwiches, but it's not going to solve any problems. 10,000 dollars is a convenience, and 100,000 dollars lets you chip in. projects are measured in millions of dollars, and only royalty or national importance deserves billions. Nobody has trillions of dollars. That number is reserved for the earth, of whom dollars we are borrowing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #2 fediverse/1313 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-economics │ └────────────────────────┘ if we had a universal basic income then we could pay each other to solve our problems and they just can't have that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/596 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── If I were a millionaire, I'd always be a millionaire, and so would my children. I would save it, I would cherish it, and I would safeguard my children and immediate family as best as money can do. If I were a billionaire, I'd be a millionaire. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/1347 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ look, I just want to live in a world where people can sell a hand-knit sweater for thousands of dollars to someone who bought it for 50$. Is it so odd that "supply and demand" can be measured differently on the "supply" and "demand" side? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #5 messages/364 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── Capitalism isn't perfect but if it's capitalism or cyberpunk North Korean style dystopia, I'll pick capitalism. Can we at least make it so that the rich aren't safe financially though? Like, if you own a billion dollars it should be because you make a billion dollars per year. Anything you don't spend should be taxed away, to be used for public services and the defence of our nation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 messages/1310 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── if you live far enough away, they can build a telescope of arbitrary magnification. the sky is vast, there's birds and bugs about. huh what's that over there, a thing that was placed there just for me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #7 fediverse/6134 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4470 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── to be "rich" is to have more than another. if you are happy, they are happiness poor. if you have community, they are alone. if you have serenity, they are chaotic. I am rich in very little but fire in my soul. I have enough in most cases, but I still struggle to pay rent. I am warmed by the pearl my swirling darkness has coalesced into. It nourishes me and keeps me aligned. Never forget your purpose and your truth. It will not abandon you, so long as you do so too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4900 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── if you wanna trick systems administrators just put a bunch of sleeps in your code so your computer programs don't use up all the mainframe's resources all at once [statements dreamed up by the practically deranged] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3562 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1550 me too T.T give it time someday everyone will be paid to do whatever they wanted ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #11 messages/968 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/6160 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: ai-pol │ └──────────────────────┘ "oh but what if one artist has 1500 works and another has 15" first of all, damn, good job. That's a lot of work. second of all, what you should be doing is making a simple thing called a STRUCT that stores DATA about each artist which lets you make decisions about how to distribute dollars. The artist with 15 pieces simply has fewer data points than the artist with 1500, but they are no less deserving of compensation for their work when the AI generates something in their style, or using their style as an inspiration. "oh but just because a piece is similar to another piece doesn't mean the first piece used the second piece as inspiration" I don't care. It's not meant to be a perfect solution. I'm sure there's problems with it, just like there are problems with anything that I, or anyone else, has ever suggested at any point in time while living on this earth or beyond. But it gets dollars into the hands of artists and I'm okay with that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1535 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── 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! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/466 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/581 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-428 sometimes I think about how much more productive I'd be if I had a code editor that let me draw arrows and smiley faces and such alongside the code. Or if I could position things strangely, like two functions side-by-side with boxes drawn around them. Or diagrams or flowcharts or graphs or... something that would output to raw txt format, but would present itself as an image that could be edited. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3798 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── fellas is it gay to get a software job that pays 6 figures just to buy out all the mutual aid posts every time one crosses my feed?? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5350 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── 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? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3711 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-politics-capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if instead of spending most of our paycheck on rent we spent most of it on food so that our food could be higher quality "but then people will starve because they can't afford food" okay how about we make food free and tax it "but then people will be fed by MY tax dollars and what if I don't want to use the services that the tax dollars are paying for" oh you don't want to eat, do you? or do you just not want THEM to eat? I hope leopards eat your face ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/476 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 ... then let me give my money to the people who actually made the damned thing... Ah that's the tricky part, isn't it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/404 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── They don't build toll roads to abstract taxes. They build them to keep track of where you're going. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ |