Top 88 poems ranked by semantic similarity (progress bar shows chronological position)
════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3275 a strict meta is when the game is too rock-paper-scissors-y. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3788 "Zoontalu, I have MEESed one" will forever live rent free in my head ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/161 You only think that because it was contrasted with the Soviet union, which didn't exert power in that way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5914 when you have power you find that you "don't have to worry about that stuff" more and more often. It's liberating, to relinquish a chain. ah well just take care not to feel shackled by empathy. dear reader, I want to liberate all mankind, as a start. We'll get around to the rest of the denizens soon enough, if they want it. "can't want to understand what you don't understand" uh-huh true. That's very "Cypher from the Matrix" of you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/6414 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/3580 friendship ended with best friend now my cat is my best friend ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1548 @user-889 omg bottom left T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/2702 hobbies are for getting better at something, not consistently accumulating more stuff related to it. you engage with a collection hobby by learning more about it, like paleontologists who study fossils. if every (dinosaur) nerd was a collector, there'd be no such thing as a museum. much better, I find, to centralize the storage of precious irreplaceable pieces and study them from afar. hence, tool libraries as the more ethical form of "means of production" dispersal. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/5727 I truly believe weed is good for me. Not medicine - it is nutritious. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/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/2470 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ damn I gotta get more blue for my wardrobe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4069 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: music │ └──────────────────────┘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNln9mXuTI angry femme ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: 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/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: messages/9 https://www.ivpn.net/password/reset/3d76d4f660914169ce08dd66d9c03997e2376a49093f93b3648de9b44d25ba77 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3957 @user-1622 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/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/4513 @user-217 the hunger of the maw ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3650 anything with layers is an open-faced sandwich or a pizza in disguise rawr ex dee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1396 @user-883 you can always throw that resume at the next job too! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/691 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: tech-unions │ └──────────────────────┘ The tech industry is uniquely qualified as one of the most important components of the modern industrial complex which requires highly skilled labor to undertake and utilize which is affected by the dynamic where:education, especially liberal arts education, tends to produce humans who can see through the lies of authority yet which is disadvantaged because:tech workers are paid salaries that are just bonkers in relation to their output ("yeah it'll be done compiling once this game of League of Legends finishes") (which isn't exactly unfair because programming is taxing on the brain) however, the game industry has shown that passion is a suitable exchange in return for monetary compensation, and thereforepeople who make games tend to be more leftist, as they are put in situations that higher paid employees are likely to be able to ignore due to their higher social class which kinda makes sense, because the most progress towards unionization is happening in the games industry. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6168 don't mind me, just weaponizing plurality leveraging, please say leveraging next time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3290 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ All because [redacted] stupid fucking dumb piece of shit [redacted] put their half-empty ice-cream mug next to [redacted] and forgot about it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3679 Heavy things should be stored closer to the ground. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/3 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4014 I don't know about you, but "trying my hardest" involves giving up sometimes. How else are you to know your limits if you don't test your boundaries? And, after finding that there's nowhere else for you to go, you turn around and "give up", until you're ready for your next expedition. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/5868 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: tech-conspiracy │ └──────────────────────┘ sucks how all the versions of old video games on thepiratebay or whatever have been modded to be subtly different to fuck with you. like crashing after 5 minutes in-game randomly if you play it 6 months after installing. or buffing and nerfing random unit's damage values randomly each time you play. or giving the AI a scaling resource bonus that increases over time and makes you feel like you just suck at the game and it must be because you're 40 now and your reflexes are slow. I have no evidence ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5418 @user-119 even if they don't know it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4231 @user-777 being correct isn't really power so true T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/6114 catratfoxfolkmix say that five times fast I dare ya ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1068 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ there was a time, when a university was tantamount to heresy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/3831 @user-1074 i know that feeling ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4729 all people deserve a decent life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/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/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 │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1898 The greatest game is an imagination shared with a friend. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/3229 found this on reddit ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/3535 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-192 all of the DAMN time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/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 │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ |