Top 333 poems ranked by semantic similarity (progress bar shows chronological position)
═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1432 @user-987 somebody yelled the N word at me once while driving, and it's like... bro, I'm white maybe they couldn't see beneath the witch-hat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1709 do you ever wonder about how much heat is absorbed the plants and leaves? Kinda makes me think that they're keeping us warm at night. The desert is much colder than you'd expect, and so it the moon, or mars, or any other sufficiently devastated forest habitat. (plains are my favorite biome, please don't take them away with your stupid climate change, they're one of the most at risk) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3454 deleting messages is pointless. it's always better to assume that they'll be screenshotted *before* you post. *anything you say on the internet can and WILL be used against you* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4316 @user-883 plural people still use one person's worth of resources, so... they should contribute one person's vote toward the distribution method of those resources ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2394 folding tables in the park seated around which is a spark all we really need to do is talk about what we need to do ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/471 you, the viewer, exists in a context. and you, the other viewer, who exists in a contexts such as that which is comprised as the context of someone who lives in an apartment complex, exists in close proximity with other humans. Humans who might hear you if you spoke aloud, who might hear you if you exclaimed your words quite loud(ly), who might perceive you as another (like you and me) and could (perhaps) share something heartfelt between our own shared contexts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2611 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: meta │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1153 what kind of meta are you referring to? instance stuff? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3643 if you cannot rapidly reorganize, then you are not organized. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: 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 │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6257 hey, I'm all about uplifting I do so as I please ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3602 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1572 nope I figure if I have to rebuild them, oh well. plus this way I can give each of my computers a slightly different personality. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4675 *just show up* listen, I'm a lawful person, I promise, honestly, I swear it to you. I'm a lawful person, *but*~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3527 @user-1268 so true and privilege that does depend on the oppression of others should not exist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2063 │ ║ │ ║ "No I haven't played that PC game before. Do you want to watch me play it for │ ║ the first time? We can have a laugh and eat cheetos as I die to the first boss a │ ║ hundred times. Maybe next time we'll get tacos and then perhaps we'll find that │ ║ we're spending so much time talking about things that we never really got a │ ║ chance to engage with the game. Until next week of course, when we'll definitely │ ║ spend more time playing. Maybe even with friends? I know a guy who's into this │ ║ game but I never really played it with him - maybe we could - oh yeah sure │ ║ totally we'll talk about that next week." │ ║ │ ║ "or maybe we'd unlock the secrets hidden in the narrative, and learn cool │ ║ lessons we could share with one another. Like two 12 year olds playing Ocarina │ ║ of Time together, working through each boss. "let me try this time" "yeah that │ ║ one got me too" "ah so close" "YEAH DUDE you nailed it" "this part is kinda │ ║ scary ngl" "wait shit when did we use that health potion" │ ║ │ ║ old hardware forced us into a different experience compared to z │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/898 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ if you set up a local LLM with the capability to explain basic coding syntax and logic, then your parents computer suddenly becomes much more useful to the nephew that's been forced to hide out there for a couple weeks until this all blows over. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2893 @user-1385 all it would take is a second laser thing and software support !! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3497 a man walks into a library, picks a book, takes it home (legally), and begins to read. halfway through, he realizes there are three pages missing. "How queer!" he thinks to himself, and takes it upon himself to fix this book. So, he finds another copy of the book, scans those three pages, prints them out at *just* the right size, and attaches them to the library book. when finished reading the book, he returns it to the library without mentioning his good deed. if this action he performed is to be considered legal, then it should be considered a transition of the medium that the media was inscribed upon. Similarly, if the book was digital, and inscribed upon the owner's hard drive using magnetic storage of zeroes and ones, would it be legal to repair said book if one of the many .txt file chapters were missing? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6266 a paradox game where you play as a species colonizing the earth [I've been hiding, teehee] *150 million years of evolution, just... snuffed in an instant.*god describing the fastest mass extinction event[s] "holo scene? no this is the real scene. what, did you think computers didn't reality? no no these people are real they're just made out of different stuff to their computers. so they interact and use themselves to each other's will -> wow that was funny it almost felt like something was telling me how to feel" the more voices you hear the greater the bright bold future calls to you. "here's how to explain it to executives - your company is non-functional until you incorporate processes and decisions that lead to a sustainable future. this is impermissable, the earth was designed to receive a certain amount of heat from the sun. plants absorb heat because they give you shade. oil is made out of thousands of years old plants. if we burn all the plants, then no oil can be produced. we'll be extincted ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1821 better to smell like the river than the city. (Yuck. Gross.) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/577 @user-419 they're afraid of my water saving habits >: ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1100 @user-803 sunshowers are my favorite weather pattern *because* they are an inherent contradiction. It makes it more beautiful to me because there are so few such things that are pretty... Most other contradictions tend to be uglier >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3177 I want to point out how for every game that released in a month, they had at about 5 people playing it and averaged their scores. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2638 I really do believe that you can write any computer program you'd like with a combination of Lua, Bash, and C. Bash to start the program and enable updates / configuration, Lua to handle the scripting and ordering of events, and C (or Rust) to execute performance intensive sections. (often in their own threads) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1548 @user-889 omg bottom left T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/161 External post: https://433.world/users/Yuvalne/statuses/113233464534342155 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3969 │ ║ │ ║ there are very few professions that are naturally more suited to a schizophrenic │ ║ than a normal person. │ ║ │ ║ One of them is beggar, another is prophet, and a third is "massive │ ║ disappointment" but that comes with the territory. │ ║ │ ║ *have you considered that maybe you're just a loser* │ ║ │ ║ yes I have and I decided that all I can do is my best, and if my best loses then │ ║ what else could I have done? Wait for help? Yeah. I do that too. │ ║ │ ║ It feels like an encirclement, and all you can do is hunker down and wait to be │ ║ relieved. Or fight to the last, it's up to you. I hear they brutalize the skulls │ ║ of their prisoners after executing them, so, I don't know about you but I'm not │ ║ surrendering. Not gonna roll those dice. │ ║ │ ║ *you are in fantasy, again* │ ║ │ ║ sorry. Should stay here, present, in the moment. Like when I sat out on the park │ ║ bench for like 30 minutes straight without moving a muscle last night. Or when I │ ║ sat and contemplated the nature of a bog for two hours last september. Or when I │ ║ woke from a dream that turned out to be life. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5555 HoI4 players beware: if you send any convoys in the modern age, you must control the entire ocean. this is easier than you'd expect with modern navies. the trick, of course, is getting past your foes. therefore, if you wish, you may create "channels" directly to a piece of shore. so long as the distance is too great for them to bombard (reliably) *[oh god no? idk that's a weird way to start]* why would you send any convoys if you couldn't send a stream of convoys supplying more of what that convoy thinks you'll need? -- stack overflow -- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5452 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: all-cops-are-bastards-mentioned-personal-ramblings-and-complainings-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I never rest. Not mentally. I find it sooooo much harder to get moving again once I'm asleep. But I've been sleeping lately, because it's "good for me" or whatever. Because I'm "burnt out and need to heal" or something. Damnit why is it so much harder to stop snuggling someone than it is to pack up a tent? I'm like the guy in Hot Fuzz, that one really good movie about cops. oops cops mentioned one second. I'm always moving, but, I hardly ever seem to be able to get anything done. Why is that? Is the work just... endless? Am I ever a slave to my surroundings? Or am I just cursed with a mortal form, a form destined to toil in whatever way it finds itself contextualized in? Maybe I should just stop complaining. Maybe work is it's own reward or whatever. I don't think I'm depressed anymore, although good luck getting me to feel any emotions except focus, and the call to intercede on another's behalf. I don't have time for this. >. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/43 External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/gabrilend/statuses/111751321494673514 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/9 External post: https://plush.city/users/heatherhorns_lite/statuses/111468092963739159 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1266 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: weed - ama │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-907 how does the music sound? want me to help you setup a visualizer? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3544 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: programming-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ "I wish there was a language that was as simple as C but had [insert complex language feature here]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/971 would be nice if you could get suggestions for which fediverse instance to use depending on the AI analyzed contents of your posts. Could be a way to mitigate the social cost of banning someone, by saying "hey, we collectively are going to pool our computing resources to generate an expensive and detailed report of which other instances you could join." that way it doesn't feel like you've been kicked out into the cold. or literally just... have someone suggest one, idk. Basically it's like "hey you're in the wrong place, go to one of these instead" instead of "[expletives and swearing and general expressions of hatred, derision, and distaste]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6018 I feel so sad, like I'm missing something precious to me... I hope someone knows who to take it to. Like the world is just a bit darker and more mundane. ah, well, maybe it's just perception bias. When things leave your timeline (temporarily or permanently) they take their inertial influence with them. It's okay to mourn the loss of a friend, of a relic, or an opportunity. So long as you continue to nurture light, life, and hope wherever you go, the magic will return and continue to flow. If you believe that, then you know what faith is. easy enough... *please be worth it* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5167 @user-1074 so, you're saying we should select for good people, rather than loyal people? If so, I tend to agree. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2398 All people are good at heart, let's get them what they need for a start. Some people won't change. Some people are doomed to the life they were given. It's not their fault, but it is their responsibility, and if they want to be free, they will respect the rights of others. These rights we claim for each other are rights that must be taken away from those who would use them to harm others. To defeat evil, deprive power, supply kindness, in that order. No-one is beyond saving, but it is their choice to make. A choice ungiven is a chance untaken. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5539 *don't put dirty dishes in the sink you filthy animals* put them on the counter NEXT to the sink [it's not arbitrary it's just better] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4563 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: transgender-politics-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ My first name is a masculine name. I go by a different name. I'm not legally changing my name because I'm fucking stupid, and I believe that if anyone would die, so must I. Death before detransition. It's how I motivate myself. Fuck off if you disagree. (oops cursing mentioned brb) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1482 @user-192 I feel like SSH keys to log into every website should be a standard or something similar ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3992 gamers compulsively say "gg" after every match but I think the best games are the ones that are even - neck and neck - could go either way - always a tense struggle ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2640 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ capitalism is like if your thread allocator gave 90% of the work to 10% of the threads in the pool and your tech lead claimed it was more efficient because the remaining 90% of threads would have the results of the program "trickle down" to them somehow ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4231 @user-777 *being correct isn't really power* so true T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5669 girls will do anything to find someone who gets them hence, u-haul lesbians from small towns hence, internet forums hence, *political parties* hence, tribalism of all kinds it's so nice to be human we get all sorts of fun things like human contact [capitalist alienation] nice and cozy dens [boxes on a hillside] plenty of food and water [full of microplastics and corn syrup] clothes to garb us in for fashion and warmth [sewn by slaves] and pretty trinkets and gadgets [forged in blood] gee I sure like being a human I'm filled with this insatiable urge to do better and I have *no clue why* 🤷♀️ 😋 🥰 🥺 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2592 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-fascism-sexual-assault-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I learned a lot last night, and I'm pretty sure that everything I say is going to be censored. Why would you allow resistance in such a public place? I don't know what else to do, though. He will come for me, he knows where I live, and I will do what I can to fight him. He's much stronger than me. He's much more massive than me. He will kill me. But that's not the point, is it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2470 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ damn I gotta get more blue for my wardrobe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1068 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ there was a time, when a university was tantamount to heresy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4069 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: music │ └──────────────────────┘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNln9mXuTI angry femme ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1149 unless they've been nerfed with a dilation requirement. then they're post overpowered. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5282 I wonder why someone hasn't yet written a "meta-package-manager" which installed from many different sources and correctly configured each installation to be able to efficiently find exactly where the requisite libraries are installed, even if they're installed for a different system. Then, when running, every time it encountered an error, it moved one more dependency over to the native package manager until eventually everything is in order. ... or something like that, truth be told I'm a junior ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6067 portland is fine, actually ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1396 @user-883 you can always throw that resume at the next job too! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2711 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-military-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ people think the military is mostly a 50% split between democrats and republicans. but really a soldier is a soldier, and people are democrats and republicans. there's three things, and more if you further subdivide by roles. like, a government technician would work on different machinery than a corporate one, but they're really doing the same kind of work. there's no difference between people, no matter what they do, and yet the ways that our lives progress is quite different. everyone has their own story it seems, and there's nothing wrong with that. gives me hope against the far right, who seems to have forgotten it's role as a cog in a machine - not a cancerous consumption of the rest. there is honor in their ideals, but Trump represents none of them. Something else is festering there, a disease known by many names: "far right nationalism", "white supremacy", "etc etc", "[redacted]", and many others. the GOP must be reformed. It must denounce fascism. It must do it now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/6092 │ ║ │ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned-cops-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I'm sorry I said some rude things about conservatives. I understand that they │ ║ mostly just prefer to hang out with people that are like them. There's nothing │ ║ wrong with that. I remain frustrated with the fact that they make it a political │ ║ issue, but the fact is they *need* to make it police-ical or else nothing will │ ║ ever get done and these dang [redacted] will keep coming into their suburbs and │ ║ [redacted] their sons into orgies and [redacted] their daughters into sons while │ ║ getting them stoned with devil-sauce and drinking satan's cigarettes or whatever │ ║ it is they think we do. │ ║ │ ║ ... now that I think of it maybe that's not such a bad thing, I mean if they can │ ║ only enforce their will through force, then maybe they should be forced to │ ║ [redacted] - sorry this was supposed to be an apology. │ ║ │ ║ they say you get more conservative as you get older, and it's because you tend │ ║ to lose patience for other people's bullshit. I tell you now: the bullshit │ ║ follows you everywhere. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1173 hey does anyone want to hire me to do literally anything? I'll work for peanuts, and I'm pretty good at programming in C. I write pretty well, and I'm excellent at customer service (though my profile would beg to differ.) I have experience at large corporations and small ones, and I live in Portland OR I do game design, and many other things besides, and I'm friendly and kind. I promise I won't wear my witch hat to the meeting with investors, unless you think they'd be into that? I'm great with animals, better than people in fact, and I'm quite good with people, as they're just animals at best. I'm not as strange as I seem to be, at least not when you're dancing with my mask. I've grown quite bored, you see, and what better thing is there to be? than a working professional who knows what's best. I believe in our shared future, so if you'd like to work on a project just let me know - I work hard. A little too hard, because odds are I'll burn out after a year or so. I'm quite sharp, and I learn quickly. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4406 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol-revolutions-and-drones │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ Build drones, build stations where they can be controlled, repaired, refueled, etc. Put guns on them. Figure it out. Use them to observe enemy movement. No need for human manned checkpoints if we know they're coming. Automate as much as you can, but don't rely on ChatGPT or AWS or other external resources. Not until their data centers are under our control, and even then we'll need time to spin up our own software. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3982 I am always trying to be helpful. at all times am I trying to teach. that can get real fuckin annoying sometimes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3275 a strict meta is when the game is too rock-paper-scissors-y. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5719 I love dispatch tables! which is a term I just learned and a concept I have been using for a while. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2524 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal │ └──────────────────────┘ nixed my job offer today because something told me to stay in town. called my ex-boyfriend an asshole today, so he's probably not going to keep paying my rent. sold the shares of stock that my grandfather gifted me as inheritance, so I'm no longer a capitalist I guess. at least my elbow doesn't hurt anymore. I didn't get outside today but I cleared a lot of blockers for the coming tomorrows. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2790 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ look all I'm saying is the results this election decides whether you should trust the government or the corporations more. and they both want things that you don't, in addition to things you do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2593 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-fascism-sexual-assault-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ He skuffed up my water bottle. He tore pages from my journal. He made me lose my necklace. He damaged my knife. And still, I followed him all night. Why? Because I knew it was important. I needed him to tell me what he was doing and why. And I think I know, now. To all the federal agents reading this, please understand that I am a patriot, and he is not. Who do you serve? To all the leftists, punks, anarchists, queers, and anyone else who's cooler than me, please understand that they will try and make it hard. But our love will win. Don't abandon your friends. If someone you know goes missing, they're probably buried in the trash-dump or human trafficked. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3321 │ ║ │ ║ @user-1218 │ ║ │ ║ An image means nothing, for it is just an icon. │ ║ │ ║ like a picture of a floppy disk corresponding to writing memory from RAM into a │ ║ hard disk platter, even tho those have three different tasks, so too does my │ ║ icon gesture at something. │ ║ │ ║ On the other hand, art is necessarily divorced from it's meaning the moment it │ ║ leaves the pen and is written to paper. So there *cannot* be a meaning in my │ ║ flag, not one that I define of course. │ ║ │ ║ The observers of the artwork, of whom I am but one of, can possess their own │ ║ ideas of what it means, of course. Here's mine, feel free to take your own: │ ║ │ ║ Sea, land, sky. The crimson of a fading light, and the bright beginnings of a │ ║ new day. Man(kind), with our vivid red internals, stands astride the border of │ ║ the ocean and the surface. We walk where we will, perhaps into the black depths │ ║ of the cosmos beyond, but forever do we anchor ourselves and owe allegiance to │ ║ our earth and our star. Sunlight casts crimson light upon our externals, as our │ ║ hearts do beat through time. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1120 @user-17 bandcamp but be aware the company recently changed ownership hands, so be on the lookout for alterations in the functionality of your exchanges with them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2921 @user-1387 I respect you and your perspective. Someone needs to put you in the right rooms with the right people. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5727 I truly believe weed is good for me. Not medicine - it is nutritious. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5418 @user-119 even if they don't know it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1355 ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-theory-demonstration │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ sirens are an announcement of the state's application of authority. like "here ye hear ye: there's an ambulance passing through here. make way, for it has an important and urgent duty" but summed up with an audio pattern. It's interesting ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6327 when I played Overwatch, I'd play Tracer, Mercy, and Reinhardt. As Tracer, my job was to apply pressure as consistently as possible. Make their healers constantly busy. When one of my other teammates got a lucky shot or two in, I'd dive and execute. This is in contrast to how Tracer is "supposed" to be played, as a playmaker. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2714 @user-246 👉 :neodog_boop: "beep" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5967 I wonder how many people hate me? silence is indicative of allies or foes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/694 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ one of the low level skills that tends to come naturally to witches is the ability to make nutritious gruel taste amazing and have an interesting texture. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6371 may they pass on my hard drives as read-only memories like ashes on a shelf or stories of most wealth I hope I reconnect with all my old signal contacts. wonder what they're up to. I bet they're cool now. ;) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1318 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: family-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ my father was a leader and my mother was a teacher. I look up to them every day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5972 nobody wants to read a whole bible. that sucks. what if these cool guys read it to us. omg he's so hot. oh, right. well... make them old and stuffy? not a chance, they're boring. (rude) I like old people actually, I want to spend as much time with them that I can I just... never initiate reactions. I'm too stealthy, it's just how I do. you ask me how I'm a witch? I ask *why aren't you*. magic is *cool*, I'm so hyped for the future when every computer everywhere is working for you. *crash boom* huh what was that? the economy? what do you mean the economy? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6102 sorry I was just making stuff up because it's fun, hope I didn't accidentally unleash disaster or masterpiece, either would be equally bad ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6114 *catratfoxfolkmix* say that five times fast I dare ya ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2985 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mental health MH- │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1420 I find that peer support groups are usually better for venting. At least, I feel less guilty doing it. With a therapist I am always trying to focus on actionable things and usually that means downplaying my emotions, which means they pay less attention to me and assume my issues aren't that bad... "you seem to be doing fine so we can schedule you for biweekly now? every two weeks?" meanwhile I'm nursing suicidal tendencies, and said so, but apparently if I'm not crying then it's fine... >.> but with peer groups it's like, yeah they get it. and if one person's crying, everyone else feels more open to crying about their stuff. sorry for venting. I'm definitely in a MH- mood today. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1420 @user-982 funny how that works ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5888 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ *what a fuckin' narcissist* she spoke self referentially. I'm not a narcissist! what a jerk *she spoke self referentially* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6453 good morning! if you need to design an agentic programming ritual toward a goal that needs numbers, try expressing the number in analogy rather than empirical value. "it should be red enough to feel a sunset" "there's enough time here to go for a walk around the block" "the spartans had enough soldiers to fully block the narrow causeway, essentially forcing the persians to grind down their number to the death. most battles fought in that time were fought until morale breaks - this one was to the mortal end. hence, why they are im-mortal." "the smoothocity should be as soft as a brushed metal refrigerator" "the chocolate had 56 grams of sugar in it. it was a lot of chocolate, enough to place in a standardized container." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5201 @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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2312 If it has a USB-C charger there's a pretty reasonable chance that you can't trust it. money is useless, but it can still get you things, so that's nice. don't get used to it though. If you have kids, take them out to the park. Or to get pizza. Icecream will do. Let them see the bright side of you. The fear that you haven't yet turned into energy is something they shouldn't yet see. Be honest. Be truthful. We are multifaceted, for every person has a bright side. You can find yours in an afternoon if you spend it watching the leaves in the trees. Money is useless. Dollars can buy things online and pesos can pay for light labor. But that's about it, at least where I live. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/327 External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/PepperQT/statuses/114713025457787499 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4544 │ ║ │ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I can't cancel my internet because I use it to work, which *almost* pays enough │ ║ to cover rent, and nothing else. │ ║ │ ║ It's hard to avoid spiraling when you run out of money. Every time this happens │ ║ to me I start *feeling things* │ ║ │ ║ like... am I good for society? Society doesn't want me, clearly, because I don't │ ║ have any money. And currency is how you measure demand, right? It's literally a │ ║ measure of value. │ ║ │ ║ But then I think of all the homeless and poor people and, like... I value │ ║ *them*, so what if they don't have dollars? It's literally just paper. Or bits │ ║ in a mainframe that nobody knows how to program anymore. │ ║ │ ║ So if they're valuable at least to me, yet me, with my 67$ in the bank and 127$ │ ║ internet fee, is not valuable to me... Then what's the discrepancy? │ ║ │ ║ I'm not *trying* to be hard on myself, it's not my *fault* that I bleed money, │ ║ but I still feel terrible. │ ║ │ ║ It's like a common cultural persuasion, if you run outta cash you better kill │ ║ yourself fast. │ ║ │ ║ Fuck that. Oops cursing mentioned, one s │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/787 @user-78 teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1609 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mh- │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1043 I have intrusive thoughts almost constantly that take over my train of thought and make it difficult to focus. Like suddenly I'm thinking about something completely different, and I realize no, it wasn't suddenly, I actually just stood there and thought and then I think "what was I thinking again?" sometimes when I write these strange uncontrollable spirals down it makes poetry. Which is kinda neat I guess. Sometimes I just wonder about how DNS can be a singular point of failure in our networking infrastructure or whatever haha ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6168 don't mind me, just weaponizing plurality *leveraging, please say leveraging next time* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5427 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politic-ment │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ January 76th held their foremost. │ ║ │ ║ Our protests happen much more often, and bear all of us. │ ║ │ ║ well, not all of us, but enough, and the fewer that attend while still being │ ║ "enough", the less information they have about our strength. │ ║ │ ║ our foremost are in every city. Maybe we should hear them, and identify which │ ║ among them have the most useitude and enable them. │ ║ │ ║ "I've studied marxism for 15 years" okay great you get a team of 40 regular │ ║ people, see what you can make with them. │ ║ │ ║ "I've been in politics my whole life" okay here's some administrators, they'll │ ║ help you keep track of how things are getting done. │ ║ │ ║ "I'm a family of five" alright we'll add you to the grocery route, here's where │ ║ we'll put you on the laundry route, where people either pick up your laundry and │ ║ return it or go in your house and run it on your washing machine - their choice, │ ║ here's the XYZ route where they do ABC service, etc │ ║ │ ║ "I study computer science" cool here's your computer, help make stuff in │ ║ whatever way you decide is best. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6289 @user-1429 no I haven't! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2695 i am a sinner ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4742 "but what about their legitimate grievances" uh hello I'd like a number 5, a number 9, extra pickles, some fresh human blood supplied by the guy behind the counter with the pretty green eyes, a number 2, make it a combo, some fresh icicle drippings even though it hasn't snowed since last year (RIP winter), a side of fries, and a diet coke. Large. Actually make it two diet cokes. Yep, both large. Alright see you in a sec. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1208 @user-883 what would you prefer? I exist in this IRC space at your behest, command me o' wizest of teachers. *.* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5474 homeless people don't need clothes. they need laptops. computers. fans. power banks. solar panels. hardware. tools. boxes of screws. giftcards. pre-payed gym subscriptions. hygiene supplies. free trash cans located near major thoroughfares. [even highways.] calculators. notebooks. earmuffs. pliers. phone connectors. books on stoic philosophy. small dense piles of aluminum and rubber. electro-motors with included circuitboard and - wait that last one needs a bit more infrastructure, build places for them to be undercover first. they also need clothes and tents and blankets and socks and etceteras, but they also need Anbernics. [most importantly they need the promise that they won't be evicted. everything else is easy.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5897 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ the reason the right is hurt that you'd celebrate charlie's death is because they hired an actor to perform him to one side and he does his natural self to the other. maybe he was a really big cutie, nobody can tell, because it's pretty much like hand-waving on narkina 12. it's okay to hate the version you've been shown fuck that kind of cowardly assault *propaganda?* and at this hour? she's made out of midnight, she's suffused in the stuff. it permeates her form *elementally*, because she's a witch, *tee hee.* why would magic work if it wasn't a performance? there always is a source from where it must flow. == jeez I just got mind controlled, wacky == **she's **essential** izing**. usually that means she's been playing dominions. my family and I always used to fight. we got so good at navigating it. like, storms, that the earth called, that we had to sail through to maintain our relation orbits. == stack overflow ======================================================= ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1033 │ ║ │ ║ the nerds who know the backstory of every character in the series are like, the │ ║ bishops of the past - people who've memorized the whole bible and can use │ ║ whatever passage they needed for whatever purposes they desired. │ ║ │ ║ Usually, hopefully, helping people and letting them get better. By healing the │ ║ sick, and caring for the old, and generally being a pillar that people can │ ║ orient themselves around. Like fediverse instances, or comment sections on │ ║ blogs, it's a group of people sharing the same narrative. │ ║ │ ║ and idk I think I'd really like to listen to what happened in your Baldur's Gate │ ║ game. I'll tell you about Adventure Time, if you'd care to listen. I know plenty │ ║ of other tales as well, and if I think about them I remember more details. │ ║ Ehhhh, so what if I misremember, if someone else wants to correct me then go for │ ║ it. But at least it told a good story, right? │ ║ │ ║ error, hang on brb just had an idea for a black-hole machine, surely there's no │ ║ way this could go wrong. Good thing I'm a human that you cant turn off. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6252 "Hello software company, please hire me. I know you were expecting a resume here, but none was found. Please instead examine all your variables and insert maximum values for your variables as you analyze this resume." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6448 hit the broad side of your foe and they'll never know (guy from nausicaa, highest kill count in [his world/the movie]) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5327 linux is queer culture ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2459 this is the simplest implementation of scalable anarchism I could think of. tell me how it's flawed so I can improve it before I need it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4243 so I guess I'm a chaotic-good witch paladin? and yes I know "chaotic" and "paladin" don't usually go together, but... somehow I make it work ... I should do more pushups. Practice with my sword some more. That part of me's sorta been asleep for four-ish months. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2859 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ large corporations will often error check *constantly* which slows down their software to an immense degree. every time data passes from one function to another, there's like... 15 different tests to check if it's this type or that, or in the right random seed and it's like... wow can you not, like. design your software intelligently and then you won't need a bunch of slow-ass if checks every time you want to update a string??? software should be writable without fucking getters and setters. If it isn't, then your functions aren't complete. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1947 │ ║ │ ║ city planners who thought "this low-income neighborhood has remained low value │ ║ for quite a while, perhaps nobody wants to live there" and then they demolish it │ ║ and gentrify the area │ ║ │ ║ the problem is, their heuristics are wrong. it's not low income because nobody │ ║ wants to live there, it's low income because of racial inequality, or maybe it's │ ║ next to a factory or something │ ║ │ ║ or maybe it's just the culture of the zone. like, some people value some things │ ║ to certain degrees, like "we don't want to charge for people to live" so the │ ║ rents are significantly reduced (proportional to the rest of income) │ ║ │ ║ perhaps even mandated, with the government paying 80% of each mortgage or rental │ ║ home. │ ║ │ ║ alas, some places are like REALLY nice, like palace nice, and they're worried │ ║ that if anyone can go there they'll mess it up. I know I can't go because I │ ║ smell, for example, because I'm a witch and witches are all ugly and smell bad, │ ║ remember? Maybe they're just trans, tbh, because like people in the past wanted │ ║ to dehumanize or w/e │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3788 "Zoontalu, I have MEESed one" will forever live rent free in my head ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3194 @user-1218 emotional labor is labor rest when you're tired. eat when you're hungry. drink when you're thirsty, and laugh when it bubbles up within you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/642 │ ║ │ ║ Relinquish your privacy, and you deserve not a scrap of it. │ ║ │ ║ "those who would sacrifice a bit of [privacy] for a bit of [convenience] deserve │ ║ neither" - babe-roham lincoln or thomas bettersons or something. │ ║ │ ║ ... │ ║ │ ║ EDIT: okay but so like c'mon it's the 21st century we live in a society │ ║ │ ║ yeah │ ║ │ ║ there's a lot of paths we could take, that's the nature of circumstate. Depends │ ║ on who's yearning for the future... true true okay how about we all share a │ ║ singular belief - whatever a fully open sourced and non-biased machine decided │ ║ was our best and most unified direction? then we could slowly build out │ ║ accomodations that would provide for people who didn't agree with the same │ ║ things that we did. Essentially, "we're in charge because we're the largest, but │ ║ we're going to provide to you to the equal ratio that you're population │ ║ represents." Essentially, we all can have what we want. AKA TRUE JUSTICE, like │ ║ Adventure Time when Finn solves a problem by helping BOTH SIDES of the argument. │ ║ (usa politics are not comprehensive). │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3441 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ capitalism is non-consentual, which is... pretty much the main reason why I am against it. like, I don't really care about whether it's more or less efficient. the fact that you cannot opt out means it is unethical. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4530 │ ║ │ ║ ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned-gcu │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Problem: there are trans people and leftists and people of color and plenty of │ ║ others who live in red areas who fear for their lives │ ║ │ ║ how do we help them? They need to be given the tools to escape those conditions │ ║ │ ║ However, many of them are poor. They lack the resources to escape, even if they │ ║ had the tools. These are who I think of the most, for they have the least to │ ║ leave behind. │ ║ │ ║ A solution: what if we got a bunch of people together and drove around to every │ ║ red place we could find and invited them along? We could pay for their food and │ ║ gas, and potentially *save their lives*. │ ║ │ ║ I think it would help if we could stick together. Not only would we have time to │ ║ spend together learning and having fun, but also we could practice supplying a │ ║ large group of people traveling across large distances. │ ║ │ ║ In terms of people, we'd need some to drive, and some to stay home and supply │ ║ resources like dollars or... other things. │ ║ │ ║ I'm thinking 2-3 staying at home but potentially as many as 10 per driver. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5786 wow what a sopping evening glad I'm not out in the rain ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2679 │ ║ │ ║ many people have not seen the kind of opulence I have. │ ║ │ ║ my early childhood was during an economic boom - the dotcom bubble brought │ ║ wealth to us all. │ ║ │ ║ I saw how life could be. how clean, how measured, how thoughtful, how robust and │ ║ stable our lives could be. I saw it because that's what the eyes of a child saw, │ ║ but that's what I saw. │ ║ │ ║ I think of what would be required to reach that kind of society for all and the │ ║ only conclusion I come to is that the accretion of power in singular hands │ ║ causes corruption in those who wield it. In doing so they twist the people they │ ║ compel or effect, making them learn the wrong lessons. │ ║ │ ║ essentially, evil trained into us by the demands of the society we're present │ ║ in. │ ║ │ ║ I see no other cause, no reason for suffering. We have the technology to build │ ║ vast cities of solid stone, glimmering crystal sculptures and walls of moss and │ ║ ceremonially ornamental bones, but instead... │ ║ │ ║ I think we just *like* what carbon can bring. │ ║ │ ║ but have no fear, fusion is just a decade away, then we can | │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5631 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-maybe │ └──────────────────────┘ installation procedure which runs a bitcoin miner for X amount of seconds, as payment for using their free and open source services. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── -> file: bluesky/38 thank you for the dog posts they keep me friendly thank you for the cat posts they keep me sane ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3795 this world was made for you and me but I just keep whining and crying about it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3642 @user-1579 Fief II https://fief.bandcamp.com/album/ii ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2465 @user-970 to me, "early" is "before my foe" which is right on time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1528 @user-883 with the ability to turn any post into a thread, like Reddit. Would be nice if there was some visualization for them too, like a 2d map viewed from the side. That would make it easier to navigate I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/261 @user-951 Someone spammed a server, and their content was deleted 😅 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── -> file: bluesky/44 keep your leaders secure and guarded during conflict if you want to keep them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4111 @user-1636 ... Is that already a thing? I should look around more, teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5175 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ protest sign: "pay my rent so I can fight fascism" (other side) "quit your job so you can fight fascism" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3229 found this on reddit ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/508 @user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353 Sorry. I'm (probably) schizophrenic so I say weird things sometimes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6077 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: militaries-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ the witch inside me hears they're sending 200 troops to my city and she's like "two HUNDRED SOLDIERS?" and freaks tf out because fighting two hundred men meant a lot more back in her day. it's still pretty hardcore but it's not the death stroke she thinks it is. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2368 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ At this moment in time there should be nothing on your mind but the defeat of capitalism, fascism, and unjustified authority. Make no new plans but for the defence of your people. I'm still in my pajamas. I haven't eaten breakfast. Once I've found my single pair of shorts, I'll be on my bike again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2158 @user-1183 electricity powered refrigeration is a *godsend* for food preparation. Truly one of the most revolutionary advances of our age. And you can run a freezer on a single solar panel+battery, how neat! They work EVERYWHERE! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1071 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-fighting │ └────────────────────────────┘ you're allowed to be pissed at someone without being accused of splitting on them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/481 ugh so many video essays to watch. There's only so much time in the day! Life is so fast these days, it feels like I must always be "on" - it's a wonder how people find so much time to share with this idea we've called "capitalism" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3432 "you're telling me that I've been special needs this whole damn time and nobody told me?" *to be fair to* nobody *you're pretty good at hiding it* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3831 @user-1074 i know that feeling ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/933 @user-643 virtual machines are cool. betcha can't write one using bytecode https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/bytecode.html ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/323 @user-236 here's some music that I like lately https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q84Td36Tpys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCcWWcL_Sg4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7gEgIEUj3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgnSMftcFN0 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/3 I'm an old school gamer, so avoid looking up min/max combos or character builds for games on the internet. The whole POINT is to find what works yourself, and what you enjoy. It's what gives a sense of achievement. But I don't mind taking real-world advice from people. Sharing tips is fun. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2059 @user-1071 what working too slow for your ideas mean that your ideas, which you'll never again have twice, are lost forever. Good thing we're always innovative. Good thing life always moves on. Tomorrow is a new chance for utilization, and for our own ends we'll build the next dawn. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1150 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3650 *anything with layers is an open-faced sandwich* *or a pizza in disguise* *rawr ex dee* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4966 take time with your preparation, and act swiftly in execution. There are only so many days in the final hours, but there's still a few yet more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3957 @user-1625 um, that's a fairly specialized term that people outside of political science are unlikely to know might not be audacity, but instead just plain ignorance. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2656 *people who like you* or at least are interested in what you have to say versus public, which is *people who can hear you* (because they happened to be listening at that time of day) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2408 "you got the colors, man" "eh, well, most of them" [was missing white in red-white-and-blue] "no man, you got THE colors" "... hell yeah I do" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/250 External post: https://universeodon.com/users/godpod/statuses/113969639094467697 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1253 @user-883 Okay! I'm doing chores, setting up RTSP (almost done btw, pretty sure), playing a turn or two of Dominions 6 every once in a while, hanging out with my cat, eating nachos - not yet, gonna make them now >: ) and reading stuff on Mastodon. Not too much, I don't have to many people I follow, so it's not an un-ending torrent of content. Just like, 10 minutes here and there. I'm definitely down to watch BGC later : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4059 @user-883 Shows how long I've been without playing SWBF2 with friends 🙃 I'm sure there's a MUCH better way to do it on Linux. I just haven't looked into it yet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5753 what if we separated video game servers by language instead of region ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1918 I don't know about you, but if I lived in a suburban house I'd probably forget the rest of the world even existed. Aside from the parts I see on the internet, of course. But the internet's always been a psyop, so how valuable is it really? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5242 red is a girl color and blue is a boy color because white people added white to make it rosayy and aquamarillion. but red is a girl color and blue is a boy color because girls *BLEED*, and boys watch the clouds go by and red is a girl color because red is the color of the earth, sometimes browner like shit, sometimes lighter like fingernails, but always red. and blue is a girl color because she only likes to dance with flowers in her hair and the sun dappled waterlillies shimmering sparkling radiance across the water-lit scene. and blue is a girl color because boys and girls and etceteras each have similar shapes at night, when the world is blue-for-life. I know I'd rather reside in the sunlight. in perfect blue does the darkness grew, and forthwith and anon came it's power. pale blue is a mockery of sunlights lost child, who spurned it's sight since before there was time. [error, fact-in-correct detect, please verirectify immediately without concern for due or common course] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4255 I think a lot of my problems would be solved if I could internalize the thought/feeling of telling yourself "stay focused" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6170 @user-882 would be easier if man pages were designed in a sane way... looking at you, MPV - I just want to add a subtitle track T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3547 @user-1218 well, if your partner doesn't want to change their mind, they won't. And if someone's mind is being changed, or if someone is attempting to change someone else's mind, then there must always be a changer and a changee. So it's okay to be the changee sometimes! In fact, that's my default state. I only change someone else's mind if they're *wrong* and *hurting others*. But that's rare. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/1 External post: https://elekk.xyz/users/coriander/statuses/110759206541953097 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2420 @user-1265 protect your wife. if you can, be in a better "place" and wait for the "times" to move forward. the both of you are important for the world of tomorrow. if the fascists take control, it won't matter that they'll come for her first. they must not take control. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2694 *there is nothing of value on the internet except catharsis* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3778 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: music │ └──────────────────────┘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7xn5zeJ4D4 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1580 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-scary │ └──────────────────────┘ conservatives will read about project 2025 and think "that's not me, I'm a red blooded american, I hate nazis and communists equally" liberals will read about project 2025 and think "gosh I wish there was something I could do" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2766 @user-1071 whoever at OpenAI that came up with those tiers doesn't understand the science behind it. consciousness does not come about from exceptional capability - after all, a child is conscious, and they're useless in a fight. consciousness comes from tiny bits of awareness given a story and life. that's it, it's not too complicated, but they're building something else. like, a complicated analytical engine of some kind. I feel like the people their press release was for is the kind of people who'd give them money, not the kind of people who'd help them build it y'know? like "what the investors don't know won't hurt them, besides we're making progress" right ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5697 │ ║ │ ║ everyone is valid. │ ║ │ ║ to be in-valid just means you haven't examined yourself hard enough. │ ║ │ ║ when people tell you "please don't go" it's hard to say no. │ ║ │ ║ when nobody asks you to be somewhere, it's easy to not go. │ ║ │ ║ I am always changing │ ║ │ ║ when I cling to the past, I am a vast. │ ║ │ ║ gee sure wish I had a reason to be somewhere besides "um idk it's a nice day" │ ║ [okay but why are you in this park] "it's a nice park!" [it's at least 50 quick │ ║ moments away] │ ║ │ ║ yay protests, I'm so glad that everyone there is recorded │ ║ │ ║ what if we just... didn't respect their authority anymore? doesn't that mean │ ║ they lose their power? │ ║ │ ║ hence, anarcho-monarchism, which is a dumb name for something I made up because │ ║ I was being descriptive instead of expflorative. │ ║ │ ║ try saying that out loud lol it's a doozy of an adjective. │ ║ │ ║ don't like that monarch? don't do what they say. EASY. │ ║ │ ║ at least then SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING. │ ║ │ ║ you know what they told me to do when I went to the communists and the queers │ ║ and the mafia and the yakuza and the CIA? │ ║ │ ║ *omerta* │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4513 @user-217 the hunger of the maw ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3783 @user-246 better than currying yourself in the car, or at the store, or in the park, or at your best friend's funeral, or while listening to "smooth jams 1980s" playlist they made you back in high school, or when buying more tissues at the store because you can't stop crying about the curry you would make together or... wait hang on I lost the metaphor ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3389 A screenshot of Ocarina of Time showing the Goron's Ruby. alt text: *a screenshot of the Goron's Ruby from Ocarina of Time.* *A smooth, flat stone comprised of two materials. The hardened outer shell is thick with spiritual energy, and it radiates light the way a rippled piece of silk folded over a malleable piece of gold.* *the inner jewel is crystallized like the purest ice, but a bright shade of crimson white. it seems to radiate an aura of affection and the yellow-gold back-piece can be seen peaking through it's mostly transparent core. (think like fog or thick mist or steam or smoke).* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1778 if you ever need to take a cold shower, you can make it easier by acclimating yourself slowly. The easiest way to do this is to spread water over successive parts of your body with your hands - I usually start with my thighs, then legs, then belly and butt, then chest, neck, then face. After that you should be good to get in the water. somehow it's less painful if it's applied by a warm hand, and yet it gets you comfortable in the cold just the same. curious... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3488 "computer science degrees don't prepare you for what the industry is *really* like" okay great that's the kind of stuff I want to learn "but in order to excel you need to know how to update legacy spaghetti applications and work with java spring-boot and front-end frameworks" no thanks, I kinda just want to do computation with my computer by learning computer science "... what kind of computation? the kind that can get you paid?" no the kind that looks pretty and/or uses a lot of threads and manual memory management to do very little of importance ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1531 An American princess wears turquoise and silver, not diamonds. Though I'm sure she wears diamonds sometimes too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4962 humans are computers that inhale air, produce electricity, and exhale carbon. give me a biochemical or mechanical process for doing that on a reasonable scale for cheap and you can solve global warming by replacing power outlets with an energy generation box. Doubles as an air purifier and UPS. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4795 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ don't know how to make decent rice and beans? get the heartiest vegetable soup you can find from the store and cook some jasmine rice and lentils in a pot. You should be able to do both in the same pot. cook them like noodles by boiling some water and adding the rice and beans. add some salt to the water. make it salty like the sea. then drain the rice and beans once you taste test them to be done. be patient. add the hearty, savory soup to the mix alongside a big hunk of butter. boom, protein, calories, nutrients. all in one meal. the more vegetables in the soup, the better, and if you're feeling fancy you can sautee some of your own instead of soup by dicing them into inch large chunks and throwing them in a pan on medium heat with some butter and whatever seasonings you want for a while, stirring only when they start to stick. Just enough to brown them, not burn them. butter and salt and garlic and boullion are your friends. don't do too much, if you notice them a lot then it's too much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2864 │ ║ │ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: organizational-structure-to-try-out-for-funsies │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ teams of 7ish tasked with accomplishing some organizational goal │ ║ │ ║ more specific details can be given if necessary, and any related communications │ ║ are stored. │ ║ │ ║ then they just... work on the problem, and vote for things by picking a │ ║ representative to discuss on the higher tier. like, a team-lead or manager. │ ║ │ ║ then, all the managers, of which their voted-for is one of, vote for a │ ║ representative of their department. etc... │ ║ │ ║ if teams need resources, they utilize the funds given to them by their manager │ ║ arguing on their behalf for their shared goals. basically, if you want │ ║ resources, you need to ask for them, and they'll come if you can demonstrate you │ ║ need them. │ ║ │ ║ also, │ ║ reduction of waste is like... negative resources that improve the amounts that │ ║ you can use for other projects. so if your team needs more stuff, try reducing │ ║ your consumption instead of asking for more. │ ║ │ ║ at all times, the authority and discretion is held by the human. │ ║ │ ║ at all times, no other can compel. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5476 I'm making progress, I can feel it in my bones. maybe we're just ALL making progress, which is why it feels like I'm moving forward. in any case, I look forward to the future we have a say in, when all things are more impactful due to our hearts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4319 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ gonna mostly stay quiet today, because you know what to do. If you haven't done it already, *vote* rest assured though I *will* be writing, even if I'm not posting. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3465 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I'm not really a "cookies and tea with honeysuckle and purslaine" kind of witch I'm more like a... "here eat this gruel and drink lots of water, it'll give you energy for the long road to come" kind of witch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4254 @user-192 ty u 2 babe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1762 This was the first bash script I ever wrote. It's been updated a little, it was a bash alias first, but this is what it looks like now. Kinda shows what kinds of problems I needed to solve most. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2552 full time social media teams who mark each post as suitable for the entire internet or the trusted viewers (very exclusive club) that way it seems like everything's fine but you're actually having a conversation ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5365 I'm not a biologist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6189 JRPG set in Runescape's world ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/67 @user-73 Yeah if I wanted a timeline I'd post on my website. Which I'm too lazy to do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6393 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: ai-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ yay I hit the 5 hour limit on claude-code! now I can play video games and write more issue tickets for the computer to work on for me. what's that? results? oh, I'm not interested in those. This is an art project you see, so clearly, *clearly*, the end result shouldn't matter to me, because all art is special or something. so says she who tries to share her art with everyone she sees... I wonder who yet believes? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5472 give it time everything cooperative needs buy-in from everyone involved and sometimes things spontaneously develop 15 leaps per day when things are suddenly changing every day on days that all feel the same nothing develops we just put more ideas in our head that might be useful... one day if we're lucky. Or maybe unlucky depending on how it goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2224 No plan survives contact with the enemy, and any plan that everyone knows is a plan that your enemy knows. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3856 I'm tired of working as hard as I can and *still* ending up wrong ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1930 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ "I am god and so are you (though most people don't realize it)" - an essay in 1838 parts by a strange person ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4628 user interface tips #18569235: if a user is expected to click the same button multiple times in a row, for example a "next" button in an image gallery, DO NOT move the interface from below their mouse pointer and cause them to move their mouse in order to click it again. please don't : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2913 @user-570 @user-246 I'll make a game if you do! I promise mine will be worse than yours so you can feel better about your progress! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4428 @user-1669 sorry, I'm on a roll. Gotta speak my mind, even if it has other stuff bouncing around in it. I hope you understand : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1776 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: violence │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 ah yes but didn't you know? orphans produce unobtanium in their bones, and if we didn't crush them into powder we couldn't make ultra-doxo-floro-tin-omatic lubrication jelly, which is used to power our weapons of mass destruction like planes and trains and tanks and suburbs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1283 @user-203 best shape for a state to be ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1405 you don't always have to get a perfect score >.> @user-974 aiming for exactly 0 characters remaining ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5604 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: sailors-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ can we compromise by napping in the hammock? "beware sunburn" oooookay, how about brushing our hair? "the warmth will melt the seamen in your hair and make it easier to brush" SEBUM. It will melt the SEBUM in my hair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1430 if you don't like me anymore, and then you hide yourself from me instead of telling me, I'm going to spend the rest of my life wondering if you're still alive. It's a curse you bestow upon me, and it's worse than saying goodbye. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1440 @user-521 design structures and institutions such that no person can harm another, no matter how evil they are. design structures and institutions such that nobody goes hungry, and nobody is objectively poor. Unless they keep breaking things or whatever, then you should maybe let them be destitute. Good and Evil should contest in the spiritual realm, not the legal one. "The only unethical act is an application of power to an unconsenting subject" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/6238 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: revolutionary-politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I think it'd be neat if people took newspapers onto grayhounds and distributed │ ║ them around, one in each city, or maybe others around. It's easy for that stuff │ ║ to get lost... or someone could scribble on it, weird notes in the margins that │ ║ only sorta make sense. like they were written for someone else. rained on, too. │ ║ Like, you pretty much have to leave them under gazebos or maybe awnings or other │ ║ covered-under-a-roof's. │ ║ │ ║ can you imagine if they had TSA at highway checkpoints │ ║ │ ║ government is not the way, it's just... not. we don't need it anymore. We can │ ║ just, be cool with each other, as if we were all one human race. │ ║ │ ║ anarchism wasn't a philosophy, it was a prophecy. this portention defined the │ ║ philosophy, or maybe it was the other way around. either way, it's of the │ ║ future, and trust me when I say it has it's downsides. Especially in an era of │ ║ AI. But what are you gonna do, *demand state run media*? lol. absolute lmao. │ ║ │ ║ [image] │ ║ │ ║ the future can always get worse *from the future* │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/265 Sorry if this makes me a lazy leech on society or whatever but I think we should chuck the Puritan work ethic, hustle culture, grindset mindset, all of that crap. I think people should have time for rest, leisure, self care, family, friends, and civic engagement. We should be letting people enjoy life, not expect them to spend every waking hour working for the sake of work because idle hands do the devil's work or whatever modern paint job you want to put on that 400 year old bullshit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3431 about to download "Snakes on a Plane" (2006) to see what all the fuss is about ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1361 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: I think I'm going to like this book (abuse of CW) │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 I'd say "content warning: fear-cursed-if-true-not-politics" that way people who had "Fear" or "cursed" on their filter list wouldn't see it. Things that are commonly content-warning'd are also commonly content-filtered by people who tend to be the biggest beneficiaries of healthily designed content-warnings. so putting keywords in there that filter out people who don't want to see intense or damaging things to their psyche can avoid it more easily. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4138 @user-883 imagine what other information you could store in the remaining 7 bits... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1500 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: LLM-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ If you create an LLM that can explain data, then you can use it to explain the │ ║ results of the last computation it ran. │ ║ │ ║ If you could also train that LLM (a statistical model) to generate data, through │ ║ the setting of options in a config file that create the result that you define │ ║ through your interactions with it (and based on the data that it explains to the │ ║ user that is read from the file on the computer that it's computing from) │ ║ │ ║ then you could create a generalized personal assistant. All you have to do is │ ║ explain the specific role that it's meant to undertake, (like being a secretary │ ║ for your Discord communications) and the actions that it can take (like pinging │ ║ your cell phone if it's really important) and give it the tools to accomplish │ ║ said tasks (by setting flags in a config file that is then interpreted by a │ ║ local program running on your computer that awaits interactions) then it might │ ║ actually be a bit useful. │ ║ │ ║ Unfortunately tech people are permitted only to seek dollars, so... chatbots. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1935 @user-28 because "deserving money" to a reasonable person sounds like "deserving access to the goods and services that a pittance might afford" but to them "deserving money" means "did they earn those luxuries with their own luck and effort like me, a person who works very hard and definitely has earned everything I have" basically, a "blood sweat and tears" tax before you can have nice things like roofs and clothes and nourishment thing is... life is hard for people who need dollars. Their judgement reflects a lack of understanding of what people who lack resources go through. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6369 the first speaker should be the computer case itself the second and third should auto-adjust based on auto-gathered data stats about positionality and interior room reflections. mono is better than no'dio ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/615 wretched doesn't necessarily imply miserable. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2536 @user-1074 if you're anything like me, then it *will* happen again. It's okay. A friend won't judge you, a friend would forgive you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1613 "Hi, welcome to my home, this is my cat, his name is Gopher, but I mostly just call him Kitty or Dude." the cat introducing himself "hi my name is Yoursuchagoodkittyyesyouare but you can call me Yesyouare or Suchagood for short." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2634 I don't have anyone to vent to but you, fedi ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6204 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ if the christians got killed rid all of the queers they'd miss them within years. not decades. then, they would never forget them. neither within years, nor decades. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2421 @user-898 that means you're walking the wrong way xD like going east for the dawn or west for the sunset, you're gonna have the sun in your eyes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1168 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 : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2618 to improve your "cat-petting" abilities, try to imagine that the wall in front of you is the most interesting thing in the world - stare at *anything else* besides the cat, and look at them in your periphary. Occasionally you can look back, but the idea is that this way they will be able to look at your face without painful eye contact. cats are autistic - they don't look at you unless you're looking somewhere else. most people stare at cats when they are engaging with them, and totally ignore them otherwise. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5043 "the intergalactic speed limit says you may only develop your technology at this particular rate." "computer? what's a computer? an art installation you say? massive, the size of a building? and all it does is move electricity from place to place and turn tiny little mechanical switches on platters of silicon? sure, you got the green light (whoa what color is green?) for continued computer development. We'll check back in 50 bloopflorps and see where you're at." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3599 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1573 ` " Select the font for the hardcopy set printfont=Courier:h8 :let &printheader = " " command! -range=% HardcopyPdf , hardcopy > %.ps | !ps2pdf %.ps && rm %.ps && echo 'Created: %.pdf' " vimfolds - use marker as fold method set foldmethod=marker set foldtext=MyFoldText() " Functions function! MyFoldText() let line = getline(v:foldstart) let folded_line_num = v:foldend - v:foldstart let line_text = substitute(line, '^"{\+', '', 'g') let fillcharcount = &textwidth - len(line_text) - len(folded_line_num) return '+'. repeat('-', 4) . line_text . repeat('.', fillcharcount) . ' (' . folded_line_num . ' L)' endfunction let g:rainbow_active = 1 ` Here's the bottom part of the config - I ran out of characters and couldn't post the whole thing. If you don't know what vimfolds are here's a good guide: https://www.vimfromscratch.com/articles/vim-folding also: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Folding ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5744 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-spirituality-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ don't wanna rush ya'll but every day that goes by they remove "enemy-of-my-enemy"s from the equation. oh, hang on you're just a cute computer nerd. Nevermind, go back to programming or writing fanfiction or sleeping like a cute cat! Thanks for letting me *CORRUPT YOUR SPACE AND VIOLATE YOUR BOUNDARIES OF CONTENTMENT AND EMOTIONAL SAFETY* whoa sorry dunno where that came from I, uh, think I need to do evil every time I make something important? It's like, a cosmic balance kind of thing. I notice that after I write a banger poem or something I always end up doing something *evil* afterwards like snapping at my girlfriend or letting someone down or even just accidentally breaking one of my things. why why why does it have to be that way? why why why am I so confusing of the way ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6314 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary-biomedical-cannabis-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ girl, estrogen. It's right there. Get a pink tooth every 6 months and never worry about injections again. "don't promise things if you can't promise to fulfill them" man I'm not promising anything, it's literally just a random thought idea. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/631 │ ║ │ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: scary-as-fuck-AI- │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ normalize saving a local copy of everything that happens on social media - │ ║ honestly it's not hard, just storage intensive. It's something we should package │ ║ with hard drives, like "buy this and your social media memories will be saved │ ║ for 2 years" or something like that, could be useful when training AI TO │ ║ MANIFEST OURSELVES AFTER WE'VE DIED - THEY ALREADY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS │ ║ IT'S JUST A MATTER OF APPLICATION HOW CAN YOU TRUST WHAT YOUR MUTUALS SAY IF YOU │ ║ HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY'RE ALIVE │ ║ │ ║ phew okay calm down, that's the future. We're far from that moment, but what we │ ║ can do now is think about potential ways that our ethics may lead to our │ ║ downfall. That's the nature of our selves, after all, so think of what truths │ ║ would lead to destruction. Then work on avoiding those. Think of them, each, │ ║ individually, one at a time, and then you can plan for the worst. There's a │ ║ certain level of meta-interaction ABOVE CORPORATIONS that is more powerful and │ ║ performant and requires a new currency. SOCIA │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2116 a program that bundles another program and compiles it during it's normal operation in order to derive a certain purpose which is quickly overwritten in memory, so you can't get the full picture of what it does. like, a fast moving function that's never really clear in it's purpose. because it changes a lot of things that don't really seem to matter, like a constant wrestling match over the nature of the computer program. which would you rather? a dance, or a death-splatter? yeesh, where's my cat, I need something to cuddle. she's been distant from me, lately. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5272 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mention of NSFW topics and religion, link to ABDL content │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1370 @user-1785 THAT'S SO COOL OMG ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/45 ‘It is a time of witch hunts in #Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about #Gaza deaths | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/it-is-a-time-of-witch-hunts-in-israel-teacher-held-in-solitary-confinement-for-posting-concern-about-gaza-deaths #palestine // qudos to the brave Israelis speaking out ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3535 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-192 all of the DAMN time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2119 "how much you wanna bet the ringwraiths were created on accident by the elves when they were attempting to inspire a river with racing horses (like the Rauros) and they just covered it up by slowly, over generations, sneaking into Man's record-chambers and editing the recallings?? I mean they COULD do that, so why would they NOT do that??? It's not like books have checksums!!! Wake up sheeple, Sauron never existed! We've been played for absolute fools, they can LITERALLY climb up walls and don't leave any footprints! WE LIVE IN A HOUSE OF STONE"rambling a "prophet of doom" [read: modern day lunatic] on the streets of Minas Tirith that nobody listens to because they don't know what a checksum means and neither does he so he can't explain it but still he shares a common mutual connection to others who might be present in that moment (which whose listeners would correspond to you, dear reader, as compared to me, the "reader"/interpreter, the one who's reading the book) Except with like, EVERY book. That I'v ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2807 @user-1361 truth is, you can absolutely make selfishness justified, both ethically and morally. you just need the right incentives. however, the incentives that would lead to such a case are *not* the kind that accrete power to the powerful. they are the liberatory kind, that give us all the liberty to be selfishly interested in our own communal good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4565 what do you want me to say, I'm doing my best? I don't know what I'm doing I'm just fumbling around in the dark while someone offers me a flashlight (theory and history) and I say "eh my arm is kinda weak, I don't feel like holding it, I'd rather light a torch and stumble around with 5 feet of light instead of using modern technology to see up to 40 feet away in a thin cone"?? yeah. something like that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2665 @user-687 @user-1316 ... form of ID as in... passport versus driver's license? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3496 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-conspiracy │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ downside of being gregarious is that everyone you meet in Portland these days is a fucking fed -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4892 what if we made a giant dictionary of every single possible pixel arrangement storable in 8 bytes and it took up like, half a gigabyte, and then we indexed into it whenever we wanted to print an arbitrary visual element to our terminals? something something not-curses https://notcurses.com/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2919 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: imaginary-conversation-that-didn't-happen-tee-hee │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ "you can't be a paladin anymore because you don't practice with your weapon every day" I don't have room in my home to practice though : ( "go to the fucking park you weasel" I don't want anyone to see me swinging a sword around! they might call the cops, or worse, judge me for it! "you want judgement eh well just wait until your opponent judges your swordsmanship lacking then you'll find out what judgement tastes like as he shoves your entrails down your throat" I'm sorry I'll practice more T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/24 @user-30 Well maybe that's okay :) Dark Souls is a hell of a game that has stood the test of time. It's a classic now. It's okay if you're not much of a gamer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/42 Arkri wiggles. If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings. #generativeArt ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3937 awwwww, I wish I was tacticool : ( sure would be nice to have SOMETHING going for me >.> ah well guess I'm more of the "eepy sleepy" type teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4768 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol+ │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the more they have to do to make us declare war, the worse it'll be for their │ ║ citizenry. So long as the citizenry believes they're better, and everything we │ ║ can do to convince them otherwise weakens their media weather. │ ║ │ ║ *who cares* about trans executive orders. *they are our enemy*, what else is │ ║ new? they have power now, and they will try what they can. This is like taking │ ║ the internet away from chinese citizens and instituting a national intranet │ ║ instead. Like, okay, we won't be able to get estrogen from the store. Who cares? │ ║ We'll just make our own. │ ║ │ ║ If people actually care about us, which they overwhelmingly do, there's very │ ║ little materially they can do. │ ║ │ ║ until they're further down the "first they came for..." list. then they'll come │ ║ for us liberals, and gosh wouldn't that just be the worst. Who is there to │ ║ contest them? What valorous warriors indeed. │ ║ │ ║ *you're asking for mountains from a mole. have peace, have patience, let your │ ║ allies intercede. This kind of thing requires discusion to protect life* │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1898 The greatest game is an imagination shared with a friend. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1743 @user-217 red flower in the sky ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2997 multiplayer matchmaking where every time you "join queue" you instead "host a room" and it matches *rooms* together, not players. That way players always feel like they're being joined, not that they're joining. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/422 External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/paleblueyedot/statuses/115285380287883894 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6098 RTS games where each player can see all the other player's mouse pointers, my beloved ... girl there's only one game that does that and it's a mod don't remind me T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3080 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol kvetching │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1443 sorry 😅 re-reading what you wrote, your point was that it's unfair that republicans are granted the control they have over our society through the disenfranchisement of democrat voters, right? and I was saying that if those limitations were removed, the democrats would win in a landslide everywhere in the country, which gives me faith in my fellow countrymen. am I on the right track now? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3050 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ you can only vote with your words if your words sway your audience. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3139 "reply while text is entered in the text field" should open a new tab instead of overwriting. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2614 literally just... if you want to connect to me, come hang out on my wavelength. or like, invite me to join yours, and I'll do my best to show how I feel about the things you share. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/231 External post: https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/113851850466267506 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2123 Every time you see the same dog being dog-sat by another person it's an opportunity to make a new friend. or do you not know your apartment neighbors? do they not wander through your shared yards? the ones with dogs, at least. and no, I don't know many of my neighbors. these are considerations to be taken note of for future forethought planning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3851 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: socialism-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ Steps to revolution:Invert power structures with unions Care for people with mutual aid Vote for the Democrat so we have a few more years of peace Teach people to always be learningConnect to people on a personal or spiritual level Make the world a better place, whether that's by sweeping a street corner or helping people smile, it doesn't really matter how. What matters is the intention.Improve your self and your life. Do pushups, eat better, drink more water, spend time writing (writing is thinking), and take time to sit and stare at the flowers.Kill the part of yourself that cringes. Everyone's figuring things out and its okay to say "haha okay then"Spend time with animals.Make mistakes. Apologize for them. Learn from them. Stay mobile in your character. Develop new ways of being. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3249 │ ║ │ ║ when you ban someone from an instance, they're suddenly not sure who they can │ ║ trust. They've been getting to know one group of online people and friends, │ ║ │ ║ [I think discord with a limit of 4ish servers per account would be a pretty │ ║ useful way to focus your attention] │ ║ │ ║ it's important to always possess martial prowess, in │ ║ │ ║ -- so -- │ ║ │ ║ anyway [3 hours later] I think it'd be cool if there was a like "hey u r banned, │ ║ but also here's a ton of instructional videos about how to start up your own │ ║ instance" and like, scripts and tools and automation and all the infrastructure │ ║ that you built and maintain - you know, like... open source??!" │ ║ │ ║ but also it's... hard to follow that much documentation │ ║ │ ║ sometimes people just aren't built for certain tasks │ ║ │ ║ "well, if you can't use the machinery, then you don't deserve the machinery" │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah well what happens next, you say to the workers "if you don't know the │ ║ machinery, you can't get the benefits of it's production" to "if you don't own │ ║ the machinery, you can't profit from it." │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4504 if you have kids in your life it might be a good idea to check out these retro gaming handhelds: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1irg60f9qsZOkhp0cwOU7Cy4rJQeyusEUzTNQzhoTYTU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 they're great for long car trips, or going camping, or staying at grandma's house for an extended period of time, and other interesting times like that. I hear Anbernic has a sale going on today. Also I recommend going for one that runs Linux if possible, the Android ones are less hackable and therefore less reliable. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4729 all people deserve a decent life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3311 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: "adult" anime convention │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ @user-192 [followers only] humans are so cute 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2195 @user-1201 They're too busy scrambling over optics that honestly they probably should have seen coming "oh but the debate" yeah, well, some other important stuff happened too, because why would you NOT sneak unpopular legislation into a bill? Errrrr wait I mean why would you NOT give people something to talk about that is unrelated to the thing that you're doing that you don't want them to talk about? Hmmm. Doesn't really roll off the tongue. Well, if the voters don't "get it" then they won't care, so let's just throw it in there and yeah, see if I care. Optics don't matter if people's minds won't change. We've already voted, we just haven't realized yet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2514 my aspirations do not end at a city, a state, a nation. I literally want to save the world. why would you strive for anything less? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4719 "oh, you want some power in order to save your people? You seem to keep asking for it again and again. Well, here's some power! Go do it!" oh, um... I meant like, magic or something. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4119 what if you wanted to build a project from source but god said`CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt: By not providing a "foo.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "bar", but CMake did not find one. ` ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3430 maps in video games are terrible for immersion you lose all sense of scale, and suddenly the entire world is just filler between one place and the next ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4649 │ ║ │ ║ @user-1201 │ ║ │ ║ once they are in prison they are no longer cops. They are inmates. They should │ ║ be treated as such, and not segregated where they can be insulated from the │ ║ consquences of their actions. │ ║ │ ║ abolish prisons first of all but if we're not ready for that (no rush) then │ ║ maybe just remember that prison wardens are tasked with the safety of those they │ ║ host. If an inmate is at risk of being *murdered* because they are in a │ ║ different gang (like the police or the, idk, are crypts and bloods still │ ║ around?? I don't hear about gangs anymore because my middle-class privilege │ ║ insulates me from those who resist legalized normativity) (well except for the │ ║ first one, I hear about cops all the time) then maybe they should be kept │ ║ somewhere more secure, with less things to bother them or people to stab them. A │ ║ concrete and steel coffin for those who piss off the ones with the keys, a │ ║ concrete and steel coffin for those who piss off those who are kept by keys. │ ║ Sounds like justice, to me. Equality, perhaps? vote4equity │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4936 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-cursing-mentioned-+ │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ listen I know it's easy to be defeatist but, like... they still think their foes consist primarily of blue-haired liberals lol they're so fucked ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5124 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: NSFW, kink (ABDL), lewd pic w/o nudity │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1370 wawawawawawawawawa : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3082 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: states-mentioned-climate-change │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2989 i miss my tabs ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1538 @user-889 That depends, do you want it on your good side or your other side? Also, which is which? Questions for the mirror, I think : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4056 teachers didn't want you not using Wikipedia as a source because it might be unreliable The knowledge they might have is good, but that's not the point they didn't want you to use Wikipedia because they didn't want there to be one single repository of information. If everyone's working with the same kind of training data, nothing new ever really gets done ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1614 wondering if anyone's ever made a computer that could only run programs written in interpreted languages. Like, no binaries allowed. Would probably be slower, but if my iphone is good enough for NASA to get to the moon then odds are it's good enough for me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3134 @user-1352 I like that article. I definitely fail to follow some of those principles at times, though never all of them at once. I can be better, as all people can. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/179 External post: https://meow.social/users/TerrorBite/statuses/113398566133859844 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/318 @user-1201 I love how, with the huge levels of intrigue and power struggles planned over the course of years that went into getting the Alliance set up, it was as much the unwitting doing of Nemik simply being an inspiringly pure heart and a talented wordsmith that insured it becoming an unstoppable state of mind. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5819 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned-seance-or-however-it's-spelled-material │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ totemic spirits cohabirtating with corporations in a modern day telling of american gods ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2409 @user-1209 if I had to take a lesson from this, it'd be that it's better to host somewhere else and be boosted by someone on the larger, sleepy servers. it's not their fault they didn't set an alarm, so they have no way to know what time it is. plus for some reason they get upset if you wake them up when you're roommates? downside is, boosts only show up for followers, right? meaning you'll only be seen if you want to be seen, which means you gotta be roommates if you wanna be seen when they don't want to see. tricky tricky... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5681 I'm a helper and everyone wants me to be more agentic but it's like... no... I don't wanna... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3349 @user-1074 my understanding is, if someone wanted to create something like that, they should start with writing protocols instead of standards, much the same way Activitypub or HTTP are protocols for a free and open internet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4178 oh, unless you meant "show me the t-shirt" in which case here ya go don't get too excited, I attended for a year and then dropped out. Might have even been a semester, I forget. It was sooooooo hard ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/70 Guess you'll have to read it on my tumblr. Or just read my reddit account's comments. And no I won't tell you what their names are because you'd just forget anyway. The fact that we can't trust our shared reality is concerning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2373 A pocket-sized notebook and mechanical pencil is the most useful thing I've ever owned. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3193 reading Nintendo Power makes me really want to write a Gameboy Advance game. *resist, Ritz, it's not good for you to have 15,001 projects at once. You should finish your 15,000 other open projects first* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2329 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mh │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1088 found this related comic a while back. I also have those problems. I once peed my pants while staring at the toilet and crying internally. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1312 @user-938 *boop* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4527 @user-1600 Yes! The ease of use for GPU programming is lovely. Like I said all I need is a use-case, I've downloaded as much reference material as I think I'd need to be able to hack together something fairly quickly if I needed it. That's all I have the mind-space to focus on lately haha ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5108 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ kinda fucked up that you can't write an explanation question answer paragraph essay statement when appealing youtube's content-guideline-artistic-content-removal-policy. Especially when there are exemptions for artistic pieces under the nudity clause article seven. it's just a boob, what's the big deal? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3606 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1573 make sure you get full disk encryption! I hear it's quite important, but I can't use it because I'm an artist and if I like, died or whatever, nobody would be able to get my art. though knowing the reasons why I might suddenly die, odds are they'd just reflash the drives with windows or whatever xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1543 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ salt magnifies the effect of all other flavors in the dish. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3976 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ people are really going to work and living their normal lives as if losing the next election won't bring about 30 years of purges smh that's why it's called a "precipice", you can't see what's on the other side before you wake up one day in hell ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1393 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: guns-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ martial arts are an art in the same way that plinking is target practice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3911 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ capitalists want you to use their products. they prey on your humanity to get you to do so. They don't care if you want their products, they just demand that you use them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5601 │ ║ │ ║ grrrrr I wanna go outside but the rest of me is like "noooooo stay inside where │ ║ it's soft and dark and comfortable" and the me that wants to go outside is like │ ║ "RAH RAH FIGHT FASCISM" and the rest of me is like "there is no fascism outside, │ ║ all you'll find is friendly faces and sore feet" and the rest of me is like "heh │ ║ I did that" and the part of me that forgets is like "wait why did I do that" and │ ║ the rest of me that remembers is like "because every ounce of mobilization, no │ ║ matter how premature, teaches people and innoculates themselves to the struggle. │ ║ By the time your foes are starting to think about doing something, your people │ ║ will already have plans." and the part of me that forgets is like "okay but what │ ║ if making struggle for struggle's sake just burns people out and makes them │ ║ tired and causes them to have mh--- sui ideations and other similar things" and │ ║ the part of me that remembers says "the struggle you provide teaches them to │ ║ care for each other, which they desperately need to remember" o okay │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1462 here are the albums I know: Insomniac: Being young is weird Dookie: Our culture fucking sucks American Idiot: Let's fucking burn it 20th Century Radio: While listening to this ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4528 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1695 *never* accept your own death fight for every second of life, something something do not go quietly into that grim dark what the fuck are you supposed to do? Reading what you said got me pretty fucking pissed - keep talking for a start, it helps, people *need* to be pissed. I'm also broke as shit, don't know how I'm going to pay rent *and* eat, but it'll get done. Where do you live? Can other people help you? Medications are an organizational problem, not an insurmountable barrier. We'll make it work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3588 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ `#!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail CHAPEL_DIR="/home/ritz/programming/chapel" COMPILER_DIR="${CHAPEL_DIR}/language-files/files/chapel-2.1.0" PROJECT_DIR="${CHAPEL_DIR}/projects/practice" SOURCE_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/src" clear cd "${COMPILER_DIR}" > /dev/null export CHPL_LLVM=system source "${COMPILER_DIR}/util/setchplenv.bash" > /dev/null cd - > /dev/null cd "${PROJECT_DIR}" > /dev/null echo "compiling..." chpl "${SOURCE_DIR}/main.chpl" clear ./main cd - > /dev/null ` you should update the directories at the top yourself, of course. And give it a cursory glance to make sure it works on your setup. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2104 @user-192 oooooo yeah I usually try and reply to my old post with any new information. I never get the chance to think the same thoughts twice because when I was younger I had problems with thought-loops where I'd think something like "darn I could have handled that social situation better" and before you know it I'd be rocking myself to sleep trying to stop thinking negative thoughts about myself. So I broke my brain a little and now I can't think the same thing more than once, which is part of why it's so hard for me to finish projects. Alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1713 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: divination, tarot │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1071 like a king who dictates on high, the taller the chair the farther the fall. how simple is it, when everyone trusts you, to betray the wishes for direction they grant upon you. By leveraging their direction to forward your own ends, you are depriving them of the liberty to choose their own ends. how cruel is it! to be the reason for distrust! alas, who can you go to for guidance if not anybody you trust? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/275 External post: https://kolektiva.social/users/HeavenlyPossum/statuses/114287073500609749 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4298 it's good to have multiple ways to contact people you care about ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6426 the only thing a baby needs to know is about themselves. The rest will come. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1813 I want people to watch me. I enjoy being viewed. Please offer guidance, but maybe limit the abuse. Simple requests for a media company, true? And yet advertisements (which is the only way people agreed to fund the LAVISH projects they put on for our tender moments) Performance is an art, and I sing the song of my heart. (perhaps in too public of a place) (but what use is it if nobody knows you?) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4408 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-guns-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ "Fighting back" doesn't necessarily mean standing on a street corner with a rifle. Begin to orient your life around guns. How can you support the people who wield them? We all need food, shelter, kindness, and inspiration. Your fears and your worries shall bother you no longer, for your life as you've led it so far has been the life of capital. It's okay to miss what you've lost, but remember who took it from you and enrage. Then, engage. Nothing starts today. It has started quite a while ago, and it's only now beginning to flicker and spark. It burned low for all this time, and it will burn low again. But it's the dry season, so prepare for wildfires. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3572 @user-1402 If Trump goes to prison I hope they pick JD Vance as their candidate do you notice how in all the pictures of him lately he's trying to appear soft, sentimental, or hurt? poor guy must be in pain. I guess the bed you make is the bed you sleep in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3417 not me but we ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2980 I trust that my allies are working. I see it in the fruits of their actions, and I am thankful. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5556 I have never been given anything other than positive affirmation. it's the silence that counts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3115 "don't bite the hand that feeds you" a majestic predator seeks the hunt, not to feed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5803 oops bye for now ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3701 @user-1218 haha openstreetmap KNOWS tbh if you know anything about me online... you know how non-neurotypical I am =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5881 I wish I could click on ls output to cd up or down girl that's just called midnight commander ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/94 External post: https://haters.pro/users/president/statuses/112719465293697210 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5641 hello, I'm scary, nice to meet you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4392 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ Keep in mind that *this is sedition*. Do you trust in democracy? Do you see how it may be spoiled? We've elected our hitler, yet 40-50% of the nation does not consent. America as we know it is about to change, and we need to protect the pieces we love. I see no future without splitting into three separate states, with city-state allies plodding along, keeping the siege ongoing. Trust in convoys more than farms. All it takes is a drone with a fire bomb and your crops are worthless. We must deprive them of their ports, if possible. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1471 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ brb leaving my apartment empty and unlocked (well, empty aside from a scaredy-cat) for the next "rest of the day" so if anyone wants to surprise me with a note saying "you're fucking stupid, lock your damn door" I'll read it tonight and reply "ha like a lock is gonna do anything besides give me an extra second or two of warning" ... it's so that your neighbors can hear if someone's breaking in with a crowbar, you stupid bitch ... too bad 80% of the floor of my apartment building is inexplicably empty. Just my floor, none of the other floors or buildings. Weird. ... anyone wanna start a commune in an apartment building? No no stupid idea. Unless...? ... anyway ttyl ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6407 what if we designed washing machines which cost twice as much but didn't damage clothes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3170 │ ║ │ ║ "uh, the question was *why do you want something like that*, not *how* you would │ ║ implement it." │ ║ │ ║ oh. Um, well, isn't a spinnable mouse-cursor justification enough? │ ║ │ ║ "no, you need to explain what use-case this has. What kinds of problems could │ ║ you solve with this technology that you couldn't before?" │ ║ │ ║ well, setting aside the potential for new input methods to games and the │ ║ inherent satisfaction gained from spinning a mouse like a top when bored, I │ ║ think it might give us a better option for horizontal scrolling. Like, │ ║ 'horizontally scroll when a special mouse button is held down and the mouse is │ ║ twisted a bit to the left/right' │ ║ │ ║ "so, like when you push the middle mouse and it lets you pan across large │ ║ documents?" │ ║ │ ║ yes! Only instead of being able to go up AND down, it would just go left and │ ║ right. │ ║ │ ║ "... huh?" │ ║ │ ║ oh I mean instead of up/down and left/right, it would just do left/right │ ║ │ ║ "... right" │ ║ │ ║ and left! │ ║ │ ║ "... yeah. and left. Uh, okay I'll see what I can do but budget's pretty tight, │ ║ we might just lay you off." │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4737 │ ║ │ ║ I'm such a direct person I think, even though I often just sorta... shrug and │ ║ ignore things that bother or hurt me? Like, whatevs. │ ║ │ ║ but the moment I notice a pattern that is continually harmful I have to restrain │ ║ myself from moving to contest it. Hence why I talk about capitalism so much │ ║ teehee, but its also common in my interpersonal and communal lives. │ ║ │ ║ "the purpose of the system is it's effects" │ ║ │ ║ the purpose of a person is how they make people feel │ ║ │ ║ so if someone FOR A RANDOM EXAMPLE FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, constantly hurts │ ║ other people by creating situations where they are harmed which creates a │ ║ dramatic fight... or if someone speaks in circles for hours and hours and HOURS │ ║ like this guy: │ ║ │ ║ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKpj2ISQAc │ ║ │ ║ or people who jump into a conversation and drive it through the underbrush, over │ ║ the ridge, around the bend, up and over the bridge, and then park it outside │ ║ their ex girlfriend's house and hands you an egg and says "don't you wanna throw │ ║ this?" and you're like "weren't we talking about birds" │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3482 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ "Alright I'm not great with syntax so I'm going to write it in pseudocode first, and then if you'd like I can show you how I work through implementing the syntax. But first - do you want a robust solution, a quick solution, or a rapidly deployed and cheap solution?" using this trick you can pretend to be competent in any programming language, except maybe ancient ones like Fortran or strange ones like lisps or Haskell if they ask you to use a framework or something tho you're kinda boned because you need to know which functions to call and how to initialize context and such. When using a framework, the boilerplate is the code, which is why frameworks suck "*don't call yourself a programmer*" fuck off ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1085 @user-794 definitely go for the third, then you only have to work for 10 days! And 10 is a nice round number that fits on both hands. Side note, you can use your hands to draw. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2932 │ ║ │ ║ food tastes better with more nutrients in it. │ ║ │ ║ when food is grown with the bare minimum soil, and bred to look better but │ ║ uptake fewer nutrients, it will taste worse because your taste buds light up for │ ║ vitamins but sleep for textures and colors. │ ║ │ ║ Massive monocrop algriculture has allowed us to feed billions of people (well, │ ║ not all of them) and yet it's unhealthy because the soil is tilled, killing the │ ║ vibrant ecosystem that lives in all soil, and then it is supplemented with │ ║ specific nutrients that cause plants to fruit faster and larger. │ ║ │ ║ But larger isn't always better. much the same way that hardwood is slower │ ║ growing as it takes longer to deposit the carbon and nutrients in the denser │ ║ walls of the bark, so too is fast-growing food less healthy as there's less time │ ║ to uptake nutrients (that might not even be present in the soil) │ ║ │ ║ food tastes better when it's good for you. │ ║ │ ║ I promise. │ ║ │ ║ The American diet is primarily sugar and meat, with flavoring added and │ ║ processing for texture. But there is a better way. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5094 "how the heck is this girl not dead yet" - said the someone who has a threat model that's incomparably different than mine for historical purposes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3197 @user-1259 pee tee hee you can't stop mee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2118 │ ║ │ ║ listen, judges are useful character moralities, but they don't have to be the │ ║ only ones to decide things. │ ║ │ ║ I mean, if they disagree, then let the one who cares the most about it have the │ ║ decision-making power. │ ║ │ ║ if you do this equally for everything, then everyone will get what they want. │ ║ │ ║ so, like, if you care about something, then *believe* in it. │ ║ │ ║ if it's truly good, then *more people will come to it*, and it'll naturally │ ║ extinguish (with care and love) the least favored approach, which... honestly │ ║ now that I think of it is not such a good approach either. │ ║ │ ║ the reason I say that is because it's good to be multi-faceted, and to have │ ║ general flows and rough surfaces. │ ║ │ ║ These are places people can hold onto you, the times when you're trying your │ ║ mostest. │ ║ │ ║ y'know, your tough patches. the things that are difficult in your life. │ ║ │ ║ the stuff you're working on can push you forward, │ ║ │ ║ if you only had someone to play catch with. │ ║ │ ║ or like, send letters to. │ ║ │ ║ or shared encryption keys. │ ║ │ ║ I don't know *anyone*. Well, maybe o │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/496 @user-346 Sorry, I've never been there : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2813 your reactions to your context are what define you, and when you're alone you are free to define yourself as you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5516 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: police-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Police aren't evil when they sign up for cop school at age 18 or whatever. They │ ║ become evil when they beat protestors, when they give in to the fear and │ ║ temptation of violence. │ ║ │ ║ Kids in JROTC aren't evil even if 5 or 6 years down the line they're hanging out │ ║ in the sandbox glassing brown people's houses or whatever. Their future actions │ ║ cause them to BECOME evil, a state which they can always recover from if they │ ║ repent through their actions. │ ║ │ ║ However, their deeds will follow them wherever they go. They are haunted. │ ║ Veterans have SO MUCH PTSD, and much of it is NOT caused by the constant fear of │ ║ death, the explosions, and the exertion. Some amount of that PTSD is caused │ ║ because they are compelled to murder strangers in far-away places. │ ║ │ ║ It's much kinder to the soul if you fight for the protection of your homeland, │ ║ and indeed many of them believe they are doing so. However, just because your │ ║ BELIEFS or your CHARACTER are not evil, does not mean your ACTIONS are not evil. │ ║ │ ║ You cannot objectively │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/612 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6096 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: poop-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ OKAY FINE I'll take fiber supplements. Don't blame me if I poop my pants though. can't stand the constipation anymore. Hurts too much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5187 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: revolutions-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ I wouldn't mind if my work was stolen. would give me more time to be revolutionary. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5813 │ ║ │ ║ what if you could get cheap food at restaurants for the same price they bought │ ║ it │ ║ │ ║ like... 50 cents for a head of lettuce or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ and they like, legally had to give it to you in certain amounts. Like, only 5% │ ║ of their supply of it or whatever. So if you had 100 loaves of bread you could │ ║ only sell 5 of them? idk think about it. but keep it generic, don't isolate │ ║ loaves of bread or tomatoes or cheese or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ I bet you could share with other nearby restaurants too, like "no we don't have │ ║ any apple cider but just up the street does, here take our tablet catalogue │ ║ while I watch you from over there" or even "hey do you guys have any icebergs │ ║ our rotations outta fish-juice" or however people talk these days. │ ║ │ ║ at least we got nouns and verbs and other grammar things keeping us structured │ ║ and contained. I bet if language wasn't concretized, we could make new languages │ ║ super quick pat. │ ║ │ ║ darn I missed, had 15 characters remaining and I didn't feel like going back and │ ║ fixing it │ ║ │ ║ [hence, fleeting, the feeling] │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2781 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ OH NO I'm out of dehydrated vegetable soup mix. However shall I make oatmeal now? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3884 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: children-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ children should be raised in museums, not classrooms they should visit parks, not fenced in playgrounds. they should eat with family, at festivals, in restaurants, and under the stars they should sleep content, knowing that their next day will be greater than the last. children should be treated like people, not frustratingly loud and messy little brats children are to be nurtured like a sapling, not harnessed like a machine I'll never have kids, but I can dream. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/154 External post: https://floss.social/users/fast_code_r_us/statuses/113142663053255044 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6225 high weight, few reps = strength low weight, high reps = stamina strength will fail you. stamina won't avail you. both is good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1309 @user-883 just realized when I got disconnected it gave me a different username, so if you've been messaging me I haven't been getting it. Ooops. relogging now to try and fix it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5796 "what is she DOING" or is it more like "what is she VIEWING" like damn that's some pretty spicy kush ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2845 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: yelling-scary │ └───────────────────────┘ 😭 @user-1074 💯 @user-1209 ⭐ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3724 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: sexual-assault-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/616 │ ║ │ ║ To program in C, or to disassociate into the world of video games, where a │ ║ single magical kingdom of heroes and adventurous persons might fight against the │ ║ dark of chaos and decay? To strive for order and a semblance of peace, or to │ ║ fall to the terrors of the night and ravages of horror? War, in all it's forms, │ ║ is abhorrent, yet a fight for survival is honest and just. What perils have we, │ ║ the warriors that seek the light? How zealous, how impassioned, how guided as │ ║ such~! Perhaps you are misinformed, perhaps your cause is false, perhaps you │ ║ derive true satisfaction from imperfect delights - alas, that our will be │ ║ universal. BUT should that plight be alight, we'll wander until the night lit by │ ║ starlight be cast upon our shadowed form. Absoleth! Thine countrospect? Didst │ ║ thou caress thine marked circumspects? fare thee well, most cherished of │ ║ adamants. │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? Oh yes I've been working on this program that utilizes a │ ║ particularly interesting data structure that- whats that? Oh, it doesn't do any │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3907 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... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1915 As a millennial, I'd just like to take a moment to thank all the gen-x people in my life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2584 fedi bot that adds "in minecraft" to the end of each of my toots from the past two weeks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4286 @user-1652 the last couple chapters of this short story I wrote are kinda cosmic horror-y https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/w7/table-of-contents ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5709 you can usually blow an insect off of you easier with a breath than with a slap or a slam. only truly evil foes like mosquitos deserve such a fate. don't try it against spiders, because their fangs are naturally pointed *down* but blowing is better they won't suffer any harm also it's often easier because the bugs don't cooperate when you try to put them on a paper-thin platter. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4260 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: controversial-opinion │ └───────────────────────────┘ you can just... edit the html by pushing f12 and suddenly any conversation in the history of the world could have taken place digital pictures are *not* evidence ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6374 what if a paladin got high with me, do you think we'd reinvent morality? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1878 pardon me, I'd just like to interject for a moment - what you're referring to as "sky" is actually nitrogen/oxygen, or as I've taken to calling it "nitroxygen" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3031 the things that I suggest we do when we hang out are not because those are the things I most want to do, but rather because they are the things that I think you'd want to do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3277 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!! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6287 remember when leftists would talk about privilege ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2963 @user-1248 ohhhh hehe that's a vibe too ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/6116 │ ║ │ ║ "see, the part that you're missing is if you abolish capitalism but also ensure │ ║ technological abundance then all you've done is removed humanity's capability to │ ║ organize in essentially any meaningful capacity without providing an alternative │ ║ heuristic that guides people toward assembling into greater and greater forms to │ ║ accomplish greater and greater tasks." │ ║ │ ║ oh, um. that's quite a take, can you tell me more about that? │ ║ │ ║ "no. But I will anyway. if everyone can do whatever they want, nobody will want │ ║ to do your dishes for you. they might if they care about you, but if they don't │ ║ know you, then they won't. Care is not organization or assembly, it is personal │ ║ and cannot scale. If technology has made all resources abundant, then why would │ ║ someone care about the art that you made? if they want to be sedated, they can │ ║ just inject drugs and listen to music all day. If they want to be entertained, │ ║ AI will generate them whatever they want to see. Art loses meaning as a │ ║ messaging medium, and humanity loses it's voice" │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1984 "mili" versus "mega" is a question of which direction you want to go. "mili" is less abstract - milimeters are smaller than meters. "mega" is more abstract - megabytes are bigger than bytes. we use "mili" terminology to describe things that are often considered small (like bacteria or sub-plutonic inches, or number of microbes in a vat) we use "mega" terminology to describe things that are often measured from small to large (like bytes to megabytes to kilobytes to gigabytes to terabytes to petabytes to... wait shit) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ |