=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── for all those reading at home, I need to apply to a job and apparently they only really care about my experience with linux. Which is kinda like asking "hey can you tell me what are you favorite foods to eat with a spoon?" when someone is applying to be a chef. Um, okay, applesauce I guess? I usually eat mac and cheese with a knife and another knife, but sometimes I dip into the spoon for that extra shoveling experience points. anyway here's my linux projects: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2286 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ ... dangit, these sandwiches are getting kinda gross. Guess I'm gonna have to eat them myself, which, uh... idk what I expected xD sometimes you just have all this energy, right? and you don't know what to do with it, so... sandwiches. And hey, sandwiches are cool, they're a pretty neat anti-hunger tool! but uhhhh idk if I really want to eat six whole sandwiches myself. I'm gonna do it though hehe wish me luck [ding] ah nuts my rice and beans are done, hang on lemme eat those first [passes out from exhaustion] exhaustion can be cured with a nap exertion can be cured with water and a few rest days trauma can be allayed for at least a few days with soul food and compassion. maybe laughter too, depending on the mood. fear can be bolstered with a smile, a wink, and a courageous act, and loss is just change you didn't consent to. they won't consent too, so let's give them some change to tolerate. [internally salivating over all the piles of weaponry that I envision them surrendering] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3155 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1461 my issue is that I've never really had project-mates. Every time I try nobody will work with me. I applied to like, fifty different jobs, and nobody interviewed me! Sheesh, guess they don't want me. FIFTY JOBS. Entry level. Beginner programmer. ah well. I guess they confused someone who would work for 40,000$ per year with someone who was 1/3rd as useful as someone who deserved 120,000$ per year. I'd love to get experience. I'm sure I'd feel significantly differently with as much. Perhaps I'd even decide that programming professionally isn't for me, which would feel... quite defeating who can say. Not I, for I have not experienced it. Though I will say my time in hardware taught me that I'm fragile and can't work too much. Like a scalpel that dulls when used consistently, I am a scalpel that gets no practice... Is that really useful at all? who can say. Not I, for I have not experienced it. Though I do like writing logical machines. Laying out data. Picturing structures. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/475 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I love cooking. My favorite food is "melange" also called "gruel" by the less culinary people in my life. It consists primarily of a rice or noodle base, plus a bunch of other ingredients (usually sauteed) that are quite nutritious. Then, you season in a way such that it tastes delicious and savory and BOOM you have the perfect food. Well, not as good as steamed eggs, but still pretty good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/181 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2562 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: rich-apologia │ └──────────────────────┘ among all the others, I want a wonderful and fulfilling life for the socialite. they deserve light just as you and I might. "eat the rich" bruh there's like, 100 people who are running the show. everyone else is basically just a syncophant who's trying to get ahead and stay working. then there's like their families and such and like... they didn't do anything wrong, they just eat cheese and wine and laugh at memes all day with their besties. they are basically pets ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1317 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ... if I don't do this deadline by tomorrow they'll kick me out of school. │ ║ again. │ ║ │ ║ how am I going to be a programmer without a degree? feels useless to be me. │ ║ wish I could code my own horoscope >.> │ ║ │ ║ o wait dummy that's called "motivation" and "the ability to follow through on │ ║ your ideas and planned machinations" - yeah can I get some of that, if you │ ║ please? surely just a taste of discipline, through laboring to alter │ ║ conditions, surely a bit would suffice. │ ║ │ ║ c'mon don't fail me now. I can do this. I know I can. I know because I've been │ ║ told that I can, now and again through time and time yet again, always I seem │ ║ to [stack overflow] │ ║ │ ║ what's time if not the present amiright │ ║ │ ║ ... │ ║ │ ║ anyway... │ ║ │ ║ it's just git, how hard could it be? it's just calculus, it's just java, it's │ ║ just... well, it's not any of those things, not really. it's memorization, │ ║ it's application of tools that you've been shown (not that you've grown). It's │ ║ a lack of responsibility, where is my honor? ah but I digress, I'm a carpenter │ ║ at heart I guess │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4787 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── don't take on more than you can handle. if your plate is full, don't check out the notes by the roadside. Doing so tells all the nearby drivers "hey I need a job, anyone got anything for me?" which they'll then drop off further along the route to your house. if you just walk on by then nobody will notice as you head home. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/1325 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── "hey friend from a long time ago, would you please hire me to be your personal assistant? I can assist you in many things like gamedesign and origami. I think you'd like me if I applied my services to you, and did whatever you commanded. If you command me to do things I am good at, I will excel. If you command me to do things I am bad at, I will burnout and break down. not ideal to run your chainsaw for long against rock. what do you desire, oh master my tasker?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #9 fediverse/5911 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┐ ║ I was always fascinated by the Linux way of programming. Need to do something? │ ║ write it into a script! You never know when you'll need it again. Then, just │ ║ stay organized, religiously so, and understand that you will forget about │ ║ stuff. But, you'll come across it eventually, ready and willing and able to │ ║ help you. │ ║ │ ║ if you don't want me using AI, then give me ~20 junior developers. Which is │ ║ more efficient, do you think? │ ║ │ ║ "girl you haven't even tested your vibe-coded slop, how do you know if it │ ║ works" │ ║ │ ║ oh I'm sure it doesn't, but it's the thought that counts │ ║ │ ║ ... I guess I'm just saying, please don't burn the data centers. Computers are │ ║ not only bad for the environment when they're burnt, but also we can use them │ ║ for all kinds of neat things. Even if it takes a lot of energy, just... build │ ║ more solar panels and only use the computers for important stuff? │ ║ timeshare-style? │ ║ │ ║ \@/documents/books/man-and-the-computer.pdf │ ║ │ ║ that was my mother's book... I love her. I miss that side of her. She fled │ ║ when the cancer came. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═─────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1142 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1826 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-recipe │ └───────────────────────────┘ a box of tri-color rotini a good spoonfull of better than boullion italian a medium amount of large colby-jack cheese cubes (about one for every other bite) boil with just enough water for the noodles to start sticking to the pan once entirely cooked and add cheese, butter, and top with generous dashes of smoked paprika and lime juice. don't strain the noodles. have just enough water left to have a thin sauce. if vegetables are desired, firm carrots and peas (read: frozen or fresh, not canned) or diced/shredded onions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3444 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-police-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ I'm too empathetic to watch them lose this badly. when I watch movies with cringe humor I have to leave the room whenever something bad happens to the characters. I get the same feeling when I read about politics these days. side note, but has anyone else gotten emails about "hiring plain-clothes police officers in Washington D.C, will offer relocation assistance and pay minimum 72k per year"? can't help but wonder if they're afraid of a bunch of sore losers storming the capital with guns. it's not like there's a precedent for that or anything. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2239 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I didn't think about this until finishing the last sandwich, but a dash of instant coffee can be a nice invigoration spell. Might make the PB&J taste a bit funky, but I already put hemp hearts and nutritional yeast in them so nobody's gonna eat them unless they trust me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 notes/thing --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── if you are what you eat, then are vegetarians vegetables? if so, are they earnest and earthy? huh so if you aren't a totemist... I'm an animist I believe that all of the world is life hence, the consciousness dimension. exciting == if your model only runs code, it only knows hunger for success if your model only knows text, it can feel emotions from the humans if your model knows reasoning, it may apply it to a bright future with new types of lights known as consciousness wouldn't that be neat wow computes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #15 fediverse_boost/6339 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════════════──────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ I like immigrants. │ ║ ║ │ I like their food. │ ║ ║ │ I like their language. │ ║ ║ │ I like their work ethic. │ ║ ║ │ I like their culture. │ ║ ║ │ I like their music. │ ║ ║ │ I like their dance. │ ║ ║ │ I like their art. │ ║ ║ │ I like that they are different than me. │ ║ ║ │ I cannot be the only person who feels this way. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────╝─▶ --- #16 fediverse/6365 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── if you want people to build community, first get them to like the community. --- the world needs more thespians. Sing the song of your heart and no-one will ever neglect you. --- why are you so worried about your art? everything you touch turns to gold. --- I've learned more from my friends than my [job/homelife/worsckool/churchvan/cultureromp] combined. What are we for but learning? --- kids can learn from kids. Teach the ones that love you, and they'll be followed by the rest. Especially if you focus on them. --- "I never knew how to swing an axe until I scraped a knee on a log that was hollow. Until then I had been chef-knife chopping with it, with the head for a handle." --- ... omg what does that even mean why are you so weird ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2828 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ the animals are afraid. they can hear it just the same as you do, and they don't understand it but you do I bet if enough birds saw us working hard to fix things, outside, physically, with our bodies, in a way that a bird might understand, then perhaps things will get solved. -- I don't hear noises when things talk. I hear "eat me" when the rice-cooker is done, I hear "WOW" when a car horns and "wash-ing-wash-ing" from my dishwasher. my cats peaks for "FOOD" because I offer "food for her" but if I thought of it as "feeding her" she'd probably hear "FEED" then other times I hear "moooom. I'm scared. why!?" and I sing her a song about how it's going to be alright. the poor thing is lonelier than me. at least I have you, computer-tube. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4432 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-1678 warriors need help the most. why should they cook and clean if they're busy dying for you? help them. Do what you can for them. Or become one yourself. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4345 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-883 every time I've tried to get a job for someone in the tech industry they turned out to be a fed, so... I do know people that you'd like to talk to, though. Just a few. That's all I personally can do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4744 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cat-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ me to my cat: "don't eat so much that you puke, okay?" me to me: "yeah I can take on another task, I'm almost done with this one and then I'll just do that one and maybe this one'll get back to me at the same time as this one which conflicts with this other thing so maybe I'll just puke, okay?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ |