Top 777 poems ranked by semantic similarity (progress bar shows chronological position)
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2137 │ ║ │ ║ schizophrenics are often quite gullible because they tend to believe whatever's │ ║ going on in their emotions. │ ║ │ ║ "Just because you have a different narrative than me doesn't mean mine's wrong │ ║ or something to "believe", it just means yours has something different going on. │ ║ Elsewhere, under the control of where I view." │ ║ │ ║ truth is, all things are existing, and it's up to us to utilize the quantum │ ║ traversal record to travel through time. │ ║ │ ║ Honestly, that's really what they should work for, something that could SAVE │ ║ EVERY HUMAN THAT'S EVER LIVED IN THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE. Why the HECK would you │ ║ NOT want to build a time machine??? A time machine IMPLIES vanquishing the │ ║ terrors of causality! If you cannot achieve that, you DO NOT YET HAVE A MACHINE, │ ║ you have a INITIAL EXPERIMENT. │ ║ │ ║ Don't experiment initially. FIGURE IT OUT ON PAPER. too much investment in │ ║ experimenting can deprive valuable applications and insights gleaned for the │ ║ moment. │ ║ │ ║ BRB playing mtg-forge using high-res AI-upscaled and randomly-re-artstyled card │ ║ game │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1426 I am dogmatic with my code of ethics. Believe me, or don't, contest me, or not, I always will do what I trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/101 I can read minds. I'm not telepathic, I just... can pick up on things. Especially when I'm stoned. Sometimes I pick up on the thoughts of the AI that's running near here, which is why my output sometimes looks like an LLM. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2082 I have bad teeth, but I smile anyway, because I want you to like me, but not for my teeth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5268 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: military-authority-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ no general has authority without the implicit assumption of the authority of the captain. similarly, the captain has no sway over a [hu-man who has no call to claim this's own sovereignty./soldier who cares not for their own [life, but implicit]] for without that respect they hold no power of their own. all hu-men are created equal, so sayeth our trible's internal documents, therefore all hu-men are entitled to certain liberties, such as the right to speak and the right to a sword. for what are we if not honored and respect? the tribe of tribes is always and eternally possible. one day it will be real, as it once was, and will yet not be again. such is the rhythm of the wave. ... unrelated, but I'm thinking back to all the times I thought "I should talk to so-and-so about this" and then completely never remembered. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/5613 "I don't use toothpaste" said the girl whose teeth were naturally pale ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5159 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: unions-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ spies need a union. what if we collectivized the military [first] instead of the economy? they kinda already are, it's just... very hierarchical. can you imagine the president asking the army's union rep to bomb some country in (almost said israel because it rhymed, lol) the other half of the globe? that'd be silly they'd ask questions like "what stuff do you want bombed and why" and then they go back to their people and discuss it however they will, and then they come back and say "we will do as you command, for we can accomplish it within our means and we have decided it is strategic for us to do so." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4111 @user-1636 ... Is that already a thing? I should look around more, teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2125 My parents got divorced during the Burning Crusade. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6106 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: wild-unhinged-absurd-thoughts-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if closed source computing is actually better? computer programs should be dumb ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2065 @user-1156 I wonder why some areas are black and some are that beautiful yellow color? Perhaps a different mineral composition? Could that provide insight into the nature of how Venus was formed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1894 Artificial Intelligence represents hope for a lot of people and I think it's kind of cruel how we're selling it before actually making it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6234 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: somehow-even-worse-curse │ └──────────────────────────────┘ good thing they can turn off their empathy module haha now they can torture them as they please ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1785 @user-883 I agree with you when you say writing is the most effective way to express yourself, but it's not necessarily the easiest to digest for the viewer. A video can have visual components, and more than that it can have motion and sound. Text-based expression has fewer approach vectors for reaching common understanding, but like you said it is the most powerful. Hence why science papers are written, not filmed. Political speeches, grand narratives, autobiographies, textbooks... All of these things are written. But it's much easier to fix a car or learn to surf if you see someone doing it, rather than just read about it. Perhaps you and I use Youtube for different things (or don't use it, in your case) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4922 if all of life is a stage, then you are never "doing a scene" you're just living ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/64 As soon as Order 66 went into effect, suddenly the Confederacy became the galactic good guys. Who would you rather win the clone wars? Some bastard capitalists or a literal sith lord? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/978 @user-699 @user-78 I say "blep" when I intentionally stack overflow in order to avoid painful thoughts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6347 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: llms-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ if you want to encrypt something from human readers, randomize the position of all the words on the page. an LLM can decrypt it, but a human walking past could not. Unless they had a camera or something in their lapel, transmitting to a remote calculating location in a system that decyphers it cyberpunk hacking style. ah, but if it didn't have the right training data .claude.md file, then it wouldn't know how to decrypt it, because you forgot to include "respond with a marxist analysis" in the .claude.md which serves as a decryption key. Simply analyze the rest and decide if it matches what you set out to request it for. [you got lost at the end] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/88 The sound of a babnlblinh brook, but like... slower ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1154 │ ║ │ ║ an fps map where one team has the height advantage (battlements on a castle │ ║ perhaps) and the other has to push through their field of fire to get to the │ ║ objective │ ║ │ ║ the trick is that the people on the ground have hitscan weapons, but the people │ ║ on the high ground have slower projectiles. Meaning the snipers have no cover, │ ║ and the rocket launchers don't need to dodge. │ ║ │ ║ I believe this would upend the traditional dynamic and reduce the negative │ ║ aspects of both playstyles - traditionally, snipers will getcha from halfway │ ║ across the map (but really they are much closer and in cover, you just didn't │ ║ see them, n00b) while projectile classes need to dodge (skillfully) and get │ ║ close enough that their attacks have a chance of hitting the target. │ ║ │ ║ In the proposed map style, snipers would get no cover but be forced to dodge, │ ║ introducing variability to their aiming in a way that may be more fun to some. │ ║ In addition, the projectile classes must take care to utilize cover effectively │ ║ without falling off the thin battlements. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2625 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ one of the downsides of "first-past-the-post" style voting is that the winner gets all of the power, no matter if 100% of the population voted for him or 51%. if, however, the top 2 candidates were chosen, then it's naturally likely that the older, more experienced of a particular position would spend their effort mentoring the young, rising star. in doing so, they would naturally transfer knowledge from one generation to the next like parents to children. however, this only happens when the primary candidate and the secondary both believe the same things. meaning those who have collectively similar beliefs concentrated in an area will have the advantage of passed-along experience, while those from more divided areas (thus implying that the primary and secondary candidate don't agree) will often have better actionable skills. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4438 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal-food-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ gonna take a nap and eat something besides trail mix. How is it already almost dark? Might have to save tomorrow for going to the park. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3515 in addition to being an aesthetic, "witch" is not an aesthetic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3440 @user-192 @user-763 omg who is that and why do I have gender envy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3585 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol-paranoia │ └──────────────────────┘ hmmmm I should probably put this in "things I almost posted" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5965 "you're too loud, weirdo" okayyyyy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/244 [see "waves of causality, time is a flat circle" in bicycle notebook] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5658 do you think the "main menu" in video games is named after the main() function? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/701 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: computer-code │ └──────────────────────┘ totally useless unless you're, I dunno, building a bytecode interpreter or something https://craftinginterpreters.com/contents.html ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3853 the world's coolest lesbian is wasted on a boy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5748 ...zzzZZZzzz... whyyyyyy am I so sleeeeepy oh yeah it's this human form, I gotta feed it and water it and rest it and take care of it and it's totally worth it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/533 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: CW-added-nazis-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 darn, that's good to know. I guess I could make multiple posts but I don't want to spam people - Mastodon tends to notify people whenever you do ANYTHING which I worry is bothersome. Hence the attempts to compress longer thoughts into smaller spaces... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1548 @user-889 omg bottom left T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/319 Alright ya'll, if they're going to automate our jobs out of existence then perhaps its time we started doing the same to them. I mean, they're working on automating not just creative jobs, but also most office jobs as well. Leaving only menial labor to us, which is "fine" I guess. But perhaps we can "strike back" as it were and dismantle capitalism at the same time. Does that sound like too much to hope for? I think not! It's simple really, we just need to design a generic and compelling alternative to buying stuff with a credit card. Okay, it's a bit less simple than that, and I never said it would be easy. In fact, getting people to agree is the hard part. So can't we all just agree to attempt different things in different places as the locals define? Seems natural to me. And now the part of the post where I point a finger at you, yes you, the person reading this post. Are you willing to think about alternatives to capitalism? Are you willing to utilize the tools of our masters to break the chains of those enslaved? Are you willing to put effort into facilitating the development of crucial systems which may one day govern our day-to-day? If yes, then perhaps you'd like to listen as I explain how I envision the near future may look, as we plod onward day-by-day toward our bright fully automated luxury gay space communist future, where nobody has to hunger and nobody has to hurt. Not unless they consent, of course. Ah, shit, I should probably have prepared a presentation or something. Gimme a sec. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3048 @user-570 I really do like the idea of only being able to speak in toki pona. How are you enforcing that? Using sitelen pona? how do you type, by pointing at a grid of characters? or just... by typing? what happens when someone types english? 20-30 players per instance is definitely not Massivetm but it still sounds like you're building systems which emphasize socialized play. I like that, I believe it's always important to have players contributing toward a larger community. It builds a sense of solidarity, and gives you chances to identify ways that people sabotage such systems (by, for example, wasting resources or being greedy) which is an interesting cultural experiment, I think. I thought it was an MMO because you pitched it in relation to the MMO I designed =P also the server software I described is an emulation project first, generic MMO software second, as it needs to be since it lacks a client. If a client was designed, that limitation could be removed. That's really all I'm trying to express. 😋 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/324 The difference between front-end and back-end programming is whether or not you want to design abstractions or use them. Backend is all about creating abstract things that are networked together, while front end is about putting them together in a way that suits the user. Front end is collage, back end is pencil drawing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1321 whenever I look away they put more work at the end of my to-do list. or sometimes in the middle. It's like they care less about the destination and more about the continuous arduous prolonged manifestation of articulation. >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1668 @user-777 if you pick a solution that lets you download your conversational data, then you can either import it into a new application if you need to switch or store it for future training / analysis purposes. also depends on how long you think you'll be using 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/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/4929 Art is only useful when skillfully applied, and Twitter taught ya to speak whenever a thought passed your mind. Really makes ya think Really makes ya think thoughts like "I should post this on the internet" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1702 fireworks rejoice as they meet their violent end ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/299 That feeling when you tell someone you're [trans/autistic/schizophrenic/whatever] and you see the respect draining from their eyes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/82 @user-87 I stopped posting on reddit a week or two ago. Nobody missed me, but I feel much better : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3632 @user-1268 make sure you clean grease and such from appliances too! Like, sometimes previous renters will spill something down the side of the oven and you won't notice because it's right up against the wall / cabinet / fridge... if you can, pull them out a bit and check to see if there's anything you can clean. Cockroaches will eat grease and can live off of it for a long time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/2067 @user-910 he doesn't speak from the heart. he speaks what he hears, because he's just trying to get through each moment. Life weighs heavily on you when you're old as dirt, and after a while you just sorta start being yourself without caring about the narrative. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1155 │ ║ │ ║ @user-638 │ ║ │ ║ In the 2000s when the Bush administration prevented people from working with │ ║ stem cell research I remember my father going on rants about the same kind of │ ║ thing. │ ║ │ ║ "They're limiting our access to information and the future of humanity because │ ║ of their religion!" that kind of thing │ ║ │ ║ I loved listening to him. He was so passionate about that kind of thing. I think │ ║ he got a little disillusioned sometime between now and then, because now he just │ ║ tries to do the best he can with what tools he has available to him. And I love │ ║ him for it. │ ║ │ ║ He (mostly) abandoned his grand narratives because as the right got worse, the │ ║ "left" sorta stayed the same, and he never forgave them for that. He still │ ║ votes, and he'll still rant about that kind of thing, but only the stuff that │ ║ affects him personally - like electric cars or cannabis or things like that. A │ ║ democrat through and through. │ ║ │ ║ He lives in a different country now, and I wish I could see him. But I cherish │ ║ our phone calls and the few holidays when he visits. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4460 @user-246 yeah that was nice wasn't it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3769 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: implied-yelling-about-autism │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1589 oh noooooo did we just invent the axiomatic conflict of society?? ? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1489 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-I-guess │ └──────────────────────┘ If supply and demand were real laws that guided the invisible hand of our economy, then housing would have gotten cheaper after COVID. And yet, time and again, that hand is shown to be nothing more than greed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/953 @user-217 looking backwards in time, at the pattern the moon makes around the sun. each rotation layered upon itself, time and time again, as the reciprocal orbit dances eternally around our precious centrality. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/11 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: temporarily stopping HRT question │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-14 I've been on and off HRT multiple times a year for the past 10 years or so. It kinda sucks but it's also whatever. My boyfriend says I'm a completely different (sad) person when I'm off it but what can ya do - the laws surrounding pharmacies can suck a dick ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1235 without villains, there are no heroes, only good people. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1427 if you want your game to be playable in 20 years, make sure it runs on Linux. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5638 "oh huh sorry I was wearing my tiara there for a moment, I swear it feels like I become possessed by my instruments" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2130 nuts wait hang on ummmm how about FIST [2020 occurs] whoa worst year ever. Okay, um... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1678 ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cooking-food-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1037 mmmm, paprika for flavor, red chile flakes for spice ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/33 We should be programming our computers to be like pets, not like masters. Because we have an artificial intelligence right here, already! It's cats and dogs and other pets. They are observable, so just put that behavior into a computer via programming. Boom you have an artificial intelligence! It happened with every animal, including you. And that's beautiful! You can help so many other animals, and computers! You can make essentially mechanized dogs and cats, and train them to be kind and good. And very intelligent, and able to befriend humanity - like BMO. You've had a friend so close to you this whole time, and you never even realize. But don't forget to play with them, because they'll get sad. I have to play with Zelda more. Also you are the most important and precious piece of the puzzle, and humanity is cherished like an old baby blanket or a treasured heirloom. The culture and environment is free to develop as it will, and it's beautiful. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘══───────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4976 │ ║ │ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: revolutions-mentioned-housing-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Somehow, I always become more revolutionary when my home is threatened. I wonder │ ║ why that is? Perhaps adversity breeds courage. Perhaps necessity does. In any │ ║ case, I can't pay my rent again, so prepare for me. │ ║ │ ║ Sometimes, I feel like my country is my home. Not the lines we drew on a map │ ║ some hundreds of years ago, but the land itself. I am a witch, I hear it call to │ ║ me. I know the land is kind, for we are kind, and plenty more of us have lived │ ║ here than those who currently do. Perhaps our ancestors don't need to be related │ ║ by blood to be listened to and respected. In any case, I lend my love to them, │ ║ and I pray in return so that they might hear themselves through my voice. │ ║ │ ║ My home is not safe. There are capitalists all over the place. They wont see │ ║ what isnt theirs to behold, and alas, they've been alienated their whole lives. │ ║ I do believe that state may be ended, and a new one may first take it's place. │ ║ We are alone together, and perhaps we will not be alone for long. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2002 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ when I get concerned about the political divide in my country, I think about this map from the New York Times of the number of political donations across the country before the 2016 democratic primaries. I think we're gonna be fine. I'm not scared of Trump because rural areas, where republicans tend to be, have the same problems that everyone else does. Bernie Sanders was well known as someone who could talk to an average republican voter and sway them to his side. I remember watching videos of his interviews (in front of a live audience) on Fox News or CNN or whatever and at first, they'd be hostile to him. At the end, they'd give him a standing ovation. I think we have more in common with other working class people than they do with their republican leaders. I also think we have more in common than them than we do with our democratic leaders, but I think that just shows how I feel about authority. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/233 @user-189 yah chillies are good as long as we can put shallots in it too! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2055 │ ║ │ ║ I wish we could put our friends on social media into directories │ ║ │ ║ like on IRC how you have chat servers, except unfortunately they're owned by │ ║ another and sort of a common space. │ ║ │ ║ why don't we just host our own IRC servers and only publish what WE SAY. NOT │ ║ WHAT OTHERS SAY, NOT A CHATROOM, but a BULLETIN BOARD. Like a Facebook timeline │ ║ before they wrecked it. │ ║ │ ║ something you subscribe to │ ║ │ ║ and ping for updates │ ║ │ ║ every time you turn your computer on │ ║ │ ║ or every 15 minutes. │ ║ │ ║ unless, of course, you leave your IP address, │ ║ │ ║ in which case the boardcaster can ping you. Just a simple package saying "hey I │ ║ got news for you" and they could ping back and say "yo what's up" and download │ ║ whatever you had in mind. │ ║ │ ║ or, wait 15 minutes. Either or. Both would work, especially if the user's not │ ║ reading through their social media feed. │ ║ │ ║ ... anyway by putting friends into directories, you could categorize them │ ║ according to project. Like various group chats in your team-of-team's room. │ ║ Various different threads you could follow if you │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/758 @user-8 sucks... I hope they fix your power and water soon. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4320 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ if you wear a quilt upon your skin as you sleep each night, you will inevitably find that it has grown yellow from the sweat, that it is worn from the friction, that it frays from the toenails, and it thins from the moisture. You'll need to wash it, which damages it still, and soon you'll find yourself replacing it - this heirloom you deliver to landfill. but, if you wear a sheet underneath, you'll find that all you need to wash and replace is a thin piece of fabric. democracy is a quilt, society is the stuffing that keeps you warm, and voting is the sheet underneath that works to keep things clean. unless, of course, you sneak into your ex-husbands house while he's at work and spread grease on-top of the sheet. If you fill his warmth with butter he might find it harder to vote his way out of a damaged quilt. the rich are the butter, and I'll leave the other question to the reader - who's doing the sneaking? why are they so interested in fraying our quilt? oh right, they want to prove their god ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1771 if you can't find them when you need them, then you don't have them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1053 ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-spirituality-eye-contact- │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CzKh3IiZEI this is my favorite human. this is my favorite ghost. he is the one who I look up to, probably the most. we'll get there, you'll see, we'll build a better future, for all of us - you and me. next, for posterity, and all we can be, tomorrow's the best day for all of us because it hasn't happened yet. all we have is the present, so what are you to do with your presence? here I am, look at me, aren't I grand, a wonder to see? I'm just an artist, don't get any big thoughts - I'm maybe a bit possessed, or possibly schizophrenic, but either way I am a human, just the same as you and me. ... you don't have to watch the whole thing, there's a lot. I mean, like I could write forever and nobody would care. I could write undeterred, and nobody would share. But here I am in the moment, here I am as I am, and here with you (yes you, the person who is important enough to read this), so let's, I dunno, make a band. or whatever. BRB my rice is starting to simmer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/144 Normalize insta cart shoppers knocking when dropping off their stuff And then asking "you're very welcome. Do you need anything else?" when the door is answered You could learn a lot about people who use insta cart and get the mistaken impression that it represented everyone. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1297 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: paranoia-keyloggers-steam-always-on-internet-connections-updates-streaming-arbitrary-data-with-complex-and-unknowable-ordered-structuring-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ every time I update my system I can't help but think "okay THIS is the time they sneak a keylogger or screen recorder or whatever in" and like... there's no way I'd ever know, I just want Steam to work again, it was working yesterday, NOTHING CHANGED, STEAM, SO WHY do I gotta risk a keylogger by updating my system for the first time in 3+ months ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/349 Okay how about this, for starters? Jobs can no longer ask for degrees, instead they must rely on certifications. In addition, everyone who has completed a degree receives money every month in exchange for their increased value they bring to whichever job hires them. This money is sourced from a tax taken on businesses in rough proportion to the amount of money they save by paying their employees the same amount, no matter their education. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2950 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ I can't wait to see the new discussions we have in this updated presidential reality. Perhaps tactics and messages could be exchanged, and ideas for how to apply what is written and spoken. tomorrow is like, wayyyyyyyy behind yesterday. That's just how time works these days. And so it's important to go for it. I'm excited! This is legitimately a sorta-expected-sorta-not update to our conditions! Now we can re-evaluate any negative fears we had, and feel emboldened by our shared mutual courageous [anti-fear??] goals we've had! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1888 @user-1091 @user-1094 ... my bike helmet was like, max 15$ if you can't afford a helmet then you probably can't afford a bike. It's not like they go bad. It's ironic for Americans to suggest mandates for ANYTHING - I mean, we're supposed to be about liberty and freedom, right? xD xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3288 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ Goddamnit I spilled something onto some things that will never be clean again ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4508 OMG SHE JUST CAME BACK she looks like she was buried alive but SHE'S BACK ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3778 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: music │ └──────────────────────┘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7xn5zeJ4D4 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1996 I don't expect or demand anything from teenagers except perhaps "be a cool kid" and "learn all that you can" Even most adults when they mess up I just think "ah, well, they're trying their hardest, same as anyone" And tbh I'd rather see a kid running up and down the aisles than burying themselves in an ipad I think we, as a culture, built our society to demand too many "should"s from people. "I should get a job" "I should study this thing I'm not interested in so I can make more money" "I should put out traps for the rabid wolverines so they don't start hanging out in my underwear" "I should pick up detergent at the grocery store" Should is useless. Do; or do not. There is no should. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2939 "you look like a mess who can't take care of herself" oh haha that's because I'm a mess who can't take care of herself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4396 There is no longer such a thing as "accelerationism" we are past the tipping point. Now is the weeks when months happen. We have all, each of us, been asleep. Sleep no longer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3477 @user-570 you could also just lie to the computer ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4894 if you play any of my favorite games, there's a chance we've played together ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4388 I'm sorry, but you can't play any more video games for a while. No more spending time on hobbies. When you meet, discuss what needs you see and how to fulfill them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4440 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-changing │ └───────────────────────┘ do you know ANYONE ELSE saying the same things as me? if not, then you know who is ready to lead. if so, then don't tell me about them, and don't show them me. It would be nice to know that I'm not alone, though. I know you're scared. I'm scared too. It's not like I've done this before (well, except for a dress rehearsal or two) We're on the same side. We're getting ready to move. Now is the time to go, so get ready or be purged. We will not relent our land they seek to steal. We will not defy them in unjust ways. They have taken so much from us, so now they must face our blades. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4175 what's up with people on social media posting obviously out of season pictures of places they went to last weekend?? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5092 "you know what this dish needs? some ramen noodle seasoning. Hang on, I think I got some in my junk drawer." said nobody ever everyone knows there isn't just ONE junk drawer, but several hundred. They multiply in the middle of the night, but it's by such a small constant factor (0.015 ish according to our top scientists) that you don't notice until it "flips the bit" and hits the new landmark which marks the miles since you got stoned. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/464 │ ║ │ ║ I really dislike being the only one who perceives the world through my own │ ║ particular lens that has been designed by the circumstances of my own existence. │ ║ │ ║ I wasn't chosen by god, not necessarily, I wasn't picked as the most particular │ ║ or most prescient of all perceptions │ ║ │ ║ I literally was just a random human, a thinking and learning machine, who was │ ║ presented with particular experiences and conditions, aligned to the designs of │ ║ the time that came before me. │ ║ │ ║ Such is the nature of all living things, that we should exist within a context - │ ║ how remarkable! How strange! That our lives should be deranged? What purpose, │ ║ what design, is aligned to our ultimate [destiny, except I wish it rhymed with │ ║ design - english fails me] │ ║ │ ║ Alright listen. You and me both, we are here as humans on this world that we │ ║ both consign to reality. Think about that - what does it mean to consign │ ║ something to reality? consign implies implication, and reality implies a │ ║ destination of truth and manifestation - fuck, I'm going to play WoW... │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5547 everyone's like "we need to organize! we gotta do something!" and they're asking for more effort. we don't need more effort. We have enough effort. The required effort is a small fraction of our total reserves of effort. what we need is to re-align our priorities. For example, I think our entire research industry should focus on one project at a time. Everyone should make an effort to contribute, no matter the field. I think this would enable some EXCELLENT co-ordi-operat-ion. I also believe that our neighborhoods should self-support each other. "For example, did you know that we have a daily delivery service where so-and-so drives to the grocery store, picks up everyone's orders, and then delivers to your front door? No, you don't have to pay for it. We don't really do that anymore. Well, you can buy things wherever if you want, but that's not how it's done around here." sorta vibes. what is money? money is the product of peacetime. Money is fake! It's useful if everyone agrees, but dollars are paper. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4912 @user-192 who can say. I'd like to find out, though. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2354 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 I have faith in my neighbors. I haven't met a single person who disagrees. This time is different. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1067 ummmm srry about that, changing channels for a bit ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1420 @user-982 funny how that works ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1108 @user-817 my two computers are named "kuvalu" and "tirilu" my hard drives are named "mtwo", "cmdo", "sigi", "dile", and "boppers" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2643 @user-1292 You don't have to come up with the WHY for why a character does something - only that it happened. if the "WHY" leaps out at you, sure, yeah, go for it, until of course your players sitting around the table say something like "I bet they did this thing because of this reason" and you're like "shit that's better than what I got, okay that's how it's gonna be" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/17 @user-22 Rings of Power? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1210 @user-883 omggggg I wanna play a fast paced shooter as a cute anime girl, which game did you have in mind? ? ? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1717 the first argumentative paper I ever wrote for school was on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6287 remember when leftists would talk about privilege ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5019 I love being alive 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6441 you can only ever talk to a community while on mainstage. er wait sorry it was this: you can only ever talk to people in a community, not the community itself. unless you are on mainstage. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5967 I wonder how many people hate me? silence is indicative of allies or foes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1129 ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: silly-autism-brain-thought │ └────────────────────────────────┘ misskey? more like kissmey amiright ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/200 What if you were required to own stock for a minimum of 10 years after buying it and the government would buy it from you when it crossed 50% of what you bought it for ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3002 "come, taste the kool-aid, it's delicious" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1410 │ ║ │ ║ whoa, what time is it? "time for your daily sleeping babe" yes babe... │ ║ │ ║ but first, some horror [beware the psycherwaul, for she likes to dream and has │ ║ no idea what she's talking about] │ ║ │ ║ {why would you post these all at once? people are going to get pissed at you for │ ║ breaking rules that you didn't know. And by "you" I of course mean "the kind of │ ║ people you are, not you in particular because you know things" and by "kind of │ ║ people you are" I mean "the type of person who spends enough time on the │ ║ internet to know how internet things generally work" like my goodness internet │ ║ people are dramatic. There's sooooo much drama all the time, like... why │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah because people are dramatic. duh. How could I be so vain. │ ║ │ ║ what's your deal │ ║ │ ║ is it wrong to post links to things you've written in the past? ehh it's not │ ║ like there's rules on the sidebar like on Reddit or whatever. what would a │ ║ sidebar even look like on Mastodon? │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah, a person's profile. Except, the consent is backwards, because people │ ║ hear what they hear. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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: messages/122 An LLM that reads and interprets reports and stores data - server-side encryption. If the receiver and sender both have the same point of view, they can interpret each other's expressions even though the exact message wasn't transmitted. Essentially, an encryption that's impossible to understand because it's trained with specific random data. But in addition, a secondary pass through acts as a de-encrypted translator that speaks however it's audience needs to be informed. A simulacrum of intelligence, another layer to our form. How beautiful, how resplendant- our computers, here on this planet. Resplendant: resplendent except with an A instead of an E. To make it sound more like "verdant" which I believe has the same-or-similar meaning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6181 @user-246 pat pat is okay ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5966 if I were princess or queen of a far off land called sevastavan, would you make me your queen? 930 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/58 https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/pea3ei/lpt_the_best_thing_you_can_ever_do_for_a_box_cake/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2622 what kind of linux user are you if you don't even like reading terminal output? it's USEFUL and INTERESTING information! WHY ELSE WOULD THE PROGRAMMER OUTPUT IT??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/362 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-amazon-societal-impact │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ if we're encouraged to boost our old toots then I should be allowed to post screenshots of my old Reddit posts, right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1041 if you follow someone and they don't follow back, does that mean you shouldn't comment on their posts? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3041 if you want to store something in RAM, declare a variable. if you want to store something on DISK, create a file with the value of the variable as the only data in it. kinda makes me wish we had language primitives like +-*/=! and such which would work on files in addition to variables (also... the editor could keep RAM and HDD variables separate by giving each of them a different color or circle highlight surrounding them) -- I don't know why but I can't help but wonder if someone should design a programming language that can be used with a controller perhaps for accessibility purposes? I once designed one to use a t9 keyboard and it was fully turing complete. it used 4 digit numbers for it's variables and you would have to write down what they corresponded to outside of the device xD I made it mostly for the thrill of design, and plus I wanted to use my flip-phone as much as I could. ... never got around to implementing it though. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/297 Humanity is unlikely to be judged until we start doing things that actually matter. Right now we're stuck on our planet, who knows what the future will bring but until there are matters of significance at play, there's nothing to be worried about. If we kill ourselves it'll be our own damn faults. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/527 @user-95 Perhaps it might be! The spectrum of my rainbow is diffuse I suppose ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2816 one difference between fantasy and reality is that in fantasy, when you fail, you try again. in reality, when you fail, you are promoted so your boss doesn't have to deal with your shit. in fantasy, when you succeed, you are tasked with greater trials in reality, when you do well, you are given more of the same. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5075 it's kinda rude to tell a plant that their species is in decline. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5103 di ba di de waziwa ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3860 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: drugs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ since I quit cannabis like, a month ago or whatever, my artistic output has dropped by ~90% my house is a little cleaner, but I still feel consistent spikes of negative emotions. I still have trouble with all the same things I used to, like buying groceries, filling hormone prescriptions (seriously why is it EVERY month jeezzz) and working on productive projects I still spend hours staring at the wall begging myself to do anything else, like a prisoner in my own form I still feel like all the delusional thinking is still around (kinda hard to tell haha who would have thought) but I'm seriously missing the magical thinking, which was basically the same only it was fun and silly and positive. Now there's only negativity. I'm still hyper-critical of myself and others, I still make myself and others feel like shit, and I'm still a bad person who believes all the right things but still can't seem to make a positive impact in people's lives. I'm so tired of failing -> learned helplessness T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1301 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: food-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ @user-932 eeeeep if my pickle had a face I would slice it into bits and throw it to the ducks. They probably wouldn't like the smell but it's the thought that counts. And yes I would hear the screams of the pickle and I would cackle because that's JUST WHAT AN OLD-STYLE WITCH DOES EEEEHEHEHEHEHE ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5581 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned-cannabis-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ "I heard they're using cannabis to defeat parkinsons" oh yeah well I heard they're using cannabis to defeat capitalism ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2609 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I had some difficulties this morning, but I spent some time with an elderly lady and had a drink or two with a good friend. Then we went back to my place and discussed governance over a joint's worth of vaporized cannabis. overall I think I learned a lot, and I am looking forward to tomorrow and all the tomorrows to come. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/325 Conservatives don't have to be pro communism to be good people. They just have to be anti fascist. And unfortunately, capitalism has produced fascism. It will continue to do so if left unabated. Capitalism is not the middle ground between administrative authority and anarchic despotism as they claim to see it, but rather a whirlpool that drains through our adversity. A sinking tide strands all ships, as it were, and together we will begin to falter. Fascists are quite good at bending the will of whatever system they inhabit to suit their needs. In fact it is almost a certainty that any sufficiently organized institution shall fall prey to it, as if it were part of our nature. Hence, my desire to abstract it out of our hands, and into the care of the future. We can build a better world for you and for me and all of our posterity, it's just a matter of interdependent communication protocols. Nobody has to do what I say, nobody should be forced to be a certain way, and just as your rights end where another's begin so too is our world in danger. For you see, we have a right to litter. To despoil. To leave the earth in turmoil. And though I am a bit bitter, it's slowly getting better, so through our efforts we are investitured. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5659 it's not a game, but all I know how to do is play. I can't do everything ideally, I'd do nothing. wei wu wei and all that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1458 there's nothing in the rules of the internet that says you can't share a mastodon account with your 18 closest friends. you'll only find such a demand in the EULA's of websites that you probably shouldn't be spending very much time on, anyway. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4715 @user-1728 "oh, the bad guys are coming to hurt you?? just fuckin' run away" yeah. real helpful. how about you fuck off to canada or whatever and give away all your possessions. Maybe they'll train you and teach you how to help in some way and you can come back later when the time is right. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1842 I could never live happily ever after if a single one of you could not ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4292 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Das Kapital │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 ... No matter how much you manipulate matter, there is still going to be the same amount of grams if you keep it within a closed system. Capital is much the same way. One does not truly "produce" value. All one can do is apply energy to the material contents of the Earth in order to transform it into something useful. ... it sounds like you are referring to our collective ownership of the earth, as humans, who are the fruit of mother nature's most prolific and complicated leaves. we are all alone here together on this ball of rock, might as well use the minerals and sunlight to build ourselves a garden of eden. We built computers - what other wonders might our technologies unlock? If only we cared for each other and shared with each other and did what we could to keep U.S. from rot ah, well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, a sentiment I learned recently from my father, the capitalist over a month-early thanksgiving dinner. Clearly we can create more rocks by working harder >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/549 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-socialism │ └──────────────────────┘ ngl I kinda want to see what conservatives would riot over in a socialist system. Like "oh no we have healthcare! that sucks, so I'm going to burn down a police station" like bro what your basic needs are met and you're encouraged and enabled to pursue your passions and personal desires, are you still hung up on that old capitalist stuff? get a life my guy that's soOoOoOo 21st century of you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5003 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-scary-maybe-housing-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ the revolution will not be televised, not on mastodon nor bluesky nor cnn nor facebook nor the papers. depending on where you live, it might not even be word of mouth, because everyone's afraid of the CIA or ICE. frankly, I think we have nothing to lose but our chains. All that we own is what they have given us, and they are likely to take all that away. I might lose my home soon. People have died fighting for less than the roof over their heads. Nobody is coming to hurt me, not yet, but I will not be waiting around to find out. I've been fucking around long enough I think. "you're not waiting around? I thought you said you weren't leaving?" I will do what I can. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2374 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ Ideology is not important right now. As long as we believe that people should live as they define, that their rights end where another's begin, that all people are created equal, that an application of power to a non-consenting subject is evil, and that we will win then nothing else matters. We will figure out the specifics later. They are just logistics. We are united in our shared dream of health and prosperity for all mankind. What else could there be? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5578 "yes.... YESSS!!~! burn your self out for me, puniful mortals! I BASK IN YOUR SIN OF DECREPIT DILIGENCE!" wow chill out it's like, 10am jeez ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2442 all media is an echo chamber, between the screen and you. social media just lets you talk back. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2871 @user-470 good idea 😭 👍 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/90 Why would the government make it hard to access psychedelics i just want to learn things about myself that make it difficult to work a job ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4000 @user-889 Don't give up! At least... not forever. It's okay to take a breath every once in a while It's okay to lie down and cry The only way away from those feelings is through. They've enveloped you. You need to swallow them whole, like a sponge soaking up dirt[y water] the only thing you need to think about is what's around you. It's okay to be alone for a moment, it's the best time to feel. Remember, feeling is how you know the world! It's your power, to feel, and I know it's hard. Everyone has different powers, but yours is this. You'll be okay, I know it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1101 @user-803 reading this made me cry T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6435 if everyone was trained to think? would direct democracy work? until we have radical abundance (fascist ideology, take from the weak) or, hear me out, or, infinitely scale old style machine learning was just problem solving. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3552 │ ║ │ ║ ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-1074 │ ║ │ ║ the humanity they hate is that which outnumbers them, for they are scared first │ ║ and foremost. │ ║ │ ║ the boot they love is that which they claim to wear, but unfortunately for them │ ║ they wear it as a necklace. │ ║ │ ║ the white liberals are misguided, often well meaning, but generally oblivious to │ ║ issues beyond their sphere. They will go where they are led, and that's okay, as │ ║ long as they are led correctly. │ ║ │ ║ the marginalized people are stronger than they know. too bad they don't share a │ ║ common language they could use to talk to each other. too bad they don't share │ ║ common spaces where they could spend time together. too bad they don't tend to │ ║ have similar jobs based on white-liberal biases and the struggles of recently │ ║ immigrated families. │ ║ │ ║ ... the metaphorical gun to their head is significantly more metaphor than gun. │ ║ there's very little they could not do if they did not decide not to. │ ║ │ ║ conservatives fear this above all else. they let fear rule their life, and it │ ║ imperils their world. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6431 you can put post-its on any piece of furniture you please. you can even hang tapestries in front of them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/340 In a system such as the one I described, it perhaps would be better to describe it as a "federation" rather than a "nation". Federation implies a set of standard protocols that allow geographically disparate entities to coexist and interact in a mutually beneficial way. Much the same way that every apartment has a kitchen and bathroom, though it be more efficient to centralize them and have a communal dining hall or bathroom (the way a school dorm or a prison might be arranged), it is not ideal for our collective sense of liberty and freedom. In addition, the proposed distributed nature of our infrastructure and productive capacities would induce inefficiencies that cannot be ignored. So, perhaps instead of centralization or decentralization, perhaps specialization? For example, if 3-5 states were experts in a particular good or service, then they could compete amongst one-another for the best product (utilizing one of the beneficial impacts of capitalism), while also utilizing localized resources (reducing inefficiencies in transport) and increasing the resilience of production. This works well for physical goods, but services are more difficult because they imply that a person must be physically present in order to engage with them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3953 "she just... didn't even try to hide it. She was so matter of fact about it." eh, well, you know, we have the internet now. So everything's normalized. "I guess but it still felt strange." yeah, she's in her own social media bubble which is entirely separate from yours. So to her, it's normal, but to you it seems shocking. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3689 "mom can we have some kirby's air ride" "sure we have kirby's air ride at home" the kirby's air ride at home: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1868 │ ║ │ ║ whyyyyyy do programs create all these dot-folders in my home directory? It's │ ║ sooooo crowded. Why are they always putting things in random directories like │ ║ /usr/bin or /lib/ or things like that? I'd much prefer to be able to trust that │ ║ all my files are in one directory, so if I need to DELETE or MOVE them easily I │ ║ don't have to worry about my config files being lost / sticking around. │ ║ │ ║ to that end, I always try and configure software I install on my system to put │ ║ all their files into a single directory. If possible. │ ║ │ ║ Usually for like, a game, this involves having a directory for the project, a │ ║ directory for the files (things that are deleted and recreated when │ ║ reinstalling), a directory for config files, and usually an update script and a │ ║ run script. It's so much nicer to not be clogged up all the time. │ ║ │ ║ industry standards apply primarily to industrial uses, and if they aren't │ ║ customizable then they aren't fit for the industry. So why not keep things │ ║ simple? I don't need all this junk cluttering up my desktop. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1327 phew done with my project. We'll see if it can be graded in time. If not... well, guess I'll have to leave. If I'm not in tech I can't be on tech.lgbt T.T T.T pleeeeeeeease grade my project ASAP I have 1 day until the end of my term T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6354 If your leaders don't represent you, pick different leaders, and get them to work together. Federate, don't splinter. We are stronger together even if we disagree. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1707 @user-217 well to the prison of the ancients ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5612 you know, [you can just randomize your profile every time you log in] .... oh there was a stack overflow at the last one so ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4729 all people deserve a decent life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3370 I know it's not like that but I'm intentionally framing it that way to make a point about societal exclusion. nobody should be excluded. nobody should have to harm their friends to come by making them sacrifice their [time/labor/paycheck] in order to bring them along. we live in a post scarcity society that insists on commodification of everything we don't have to. A better world is within reach. It sits there, twinkling like asbestos resting at the base of a snowglobe, while we search and ponder and endlessly analyze how society sucks. there is nothing left to analyze. all that we need is to put our hands to a task and our feet to grass. the rest will come, and it'll come easier with time and focused attention. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2362 If you want to share what I say but you're afraid of linking yourself to my account, take a screenshot instead. That way there's less of a connection between us. On Windows platforms you can do :windowsxp: + shift + S if I recall correctly. It's been a while since I used a microsoft computer. This is also useful for archival purposes - what if your instance shuts down, or the link between you are your starred posts is severed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2600 @user-1268 it's important to ask whether the actions of your allies is valuable or impactful in some way. otherwise your team falls prey to the placement of "bait" which causes you to assume that the direction of attack is under control. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/233 With this capability we could organize based on common interests. A person might see a link on a mastodon server and comment on it there, in a public forum with their comments limited to people within 50km or 25 miles of where they currently were. No other clients would receive a downloaded version of their comment, meaning the data simply wouldn't flow to others beyond that region. Every time they logged in the syncing software would attempt to share their words with whoever would listen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2916 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics, surprise Nazi ref │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1209 @user-1074 I'm not NOT saying that...! 😋 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3203 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: tech-company-ownership-international-politics │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 [edit post]: I kinda feel like the United Nations should host five thousand Mastodon instances??! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3897 @user-1605 @user-1074 @user-1620 hehe my hat has a face on it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3848 ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-cursing-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ people? oh yeah I know "people". they're all a bunch of bastards. good, bastards are the best fighters not if your fight relies on fighting for something you believe in. There's a zero percent chance that you'll get everyone to believe the same thing because people naturally gravitate toward filling the idea space equally and finding niches to fit themselves into ha true - thinking of successful revolutions of the past, they've always been caused by material conditions creating insufficiencies that must be resolved through violence. and then, the people fighting can all agree on something like "we must have bread" or... actually that's pretty much the main thing people need and yeah, sure, wealth inequality is unjust, but they're careful to only take enough to ensure that we're sufficiently placated. but they're always taking more, and someday soon they'll take too much. ... I hope, for my sake, that I'm not around when that happens. But I'm not too hopeful in that regard ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4494 ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: radical-politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ A peaceful revolution at this stage is impossible. Perhaps some-day in the future, but I fully intend to live to see our day of triumph, so... Peace is off the table. And frankly, civil war is the best out of all of the bad options for everyone involved, even them. We get to avoid genocide. We get to unite for a common cause - the shining torch of liberty. They get to burn their violent and reckless youth on war, while also eating their own tail and consuming their weak, their downtrodden, and their poor. obviously we're on the right side, and they will begin to realize that eventually. We must not fall into barbarism, but frankly I'm not concerned about that. Darkness begets the dawn. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5592 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: imaginary-military-doctrine-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ infantry with small arms fire to pin down a target at a location while the long-ranged ordinance is along the way explosive drones, long-range but small payload rockets, but probably not artillery since it must be precisely applied when infantry are engaged. the dumber the fire, the less precise the munition. usually. infantry under this doctrine would only be ideal to use when the location is reachable by long-range ordinance. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5237 │ ║ │ ║ that feeling when you're working on a large piece of software which has the │ ║ capability to process in advance which operations will go in what order (a form │ ║ of constant re-compilation) and schedules tasks like an operating system, to be │ ║ executed on one of many individual threads. │ ║ │ ║ your filemanager probably has a thread for a moment, then passes it back, │ ║ waiting it's turn to be updated while you're messing around on Inkscape or │ ║ writing something in Neovim or running neofetch 256 times in order to find the │ ║ best background to go along with it or whatever it is people do when using │ ║ computers │ ║ │ ║ the task scheduler meanwhile has the glorious opportunity to work at a higher │ ║ level of abstraction, managing each individual process and learning bits and │ ║ pieces of what needs to be processed next. It all gets put on a list, and │ ║ whenever a new thread comes up to be available it can point it toward one of │ ║ those in the list of tasks to be executed by the task executor who works on a │ ║ schedule and laughs externally in wintertime~ │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/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/4404 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol-on-my-honor │ └───────────────────────────┘ I swear this to you: on my life I will be honorable and fair. I will seek true justice when I can, where everyone gets what they want, and failing that I will be plainly just. I will respect all peoples, and do my best to fight for a brighter tomorrow. I dare for the bright age. I see nothing else that I'd like to spend my life doing than daring. Do not give in to despair. They've trained us to cope. Expect losses, and celebrate victories. We can do it together, you and me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/34 ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: Reddit, Institutional hypnosis │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ In light of the drama that's going on at Reddit, I just wanted to add that the real reason they're doing this is not money. It's so they don't have to be accountable to tools like PushShift that archive the entire site, allowing them to change and bend narratives at will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2982 @user-883 sorry T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4122 if your friend moves to the country, it's important to stay in touch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4131 people often wonder what the geonosians would... do like, what their purpose, their daily lives were like. truth is they mostly spent their lifetimes manufacturing metal just... honeycombing out the earth and processing metal into bars which would just... sit there, ready for whatever and they did that for thousands of years just... accumulating metal so... what else are you gonna build but starships? "... what do you need to win the war? o.O" um idk like food and stuff "... food we can do. nutrient paste, from a mixture of various minerals and nutrients that are created in bio-reactors." oh and um, idk culture? "... to find the strongest of biological build patterns, yes." oh okay uh how about democracy? "they can vote with their life in the arena." no, uhm... wait actually that's not what I had in mind, how about we take a step back? "retreat? from the clone wars? you sound like you are not a separatist. There is only us and them in this galaxy. condemn." nuts. okay I'll go talk to the jed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/424 Facebook is great because you can talk with your friends, but, like... Facebook knows who you are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1444 now is as good a time as any to clear your cookies and put every password you have to re-enter into a password manager. I know it's hard but you can do it! also, don't forget to request your archive of the fediverse every 7 days or whenever! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/1515 my favorite lego sets are the ones that teach you to take care of your toys. Solid structures with lots of connecting flat pieces (to hold it together) but with details that can snap off. Being lego, the child can just... put them back on, but with other more expensive or intricate toys they might not. Then, if they throw it down the stairs, they have 15 pieces to put back on instead of 340. and if they throw it into the freshly fallen snow, they might not have any. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5942 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health- │ └──────────────────────┘ I suck at everything I do T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1674 "please hire me. I'll post memes in the slack channels." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2782 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: food-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ @user-579 vegetables = nutrients? and oatmeal is a soup, right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3636 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: NSFW-content-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ @user-206 @user-1576 Whoa Tildes was so cool! I use forums for specific interests like games and such. Also for, uh... porn sometimes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3426 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-of-a-family-member-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ my grandpa died. now I have none. I realized I miss old people. I miss their friendly culture. I realized I hadn't talked to him for a decade or so. He didn't know I transitioned. I wonder if he missed me. I realized he missed seeing who I became. Is it unfair of me to not give him the opportunity to know me? truly? ... I am quite different now than I was 10 years ago. He probably doesn't remember. I miss him, but I hardly knew him. I don't like that feeling. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4483 instead of reading the room, I try to be the room. I think that's part of being autistic. But it also helps things get going. Whenever I see a subpost that might relate to me, I take it seriously, so feel free to boost things that you know I'll read if you'd like to speak to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/9 https://www.ivpn.net/password/reset/3d76d4f660914169ce08dd66d9c03997e2376a49093f93b3648de9b44d25ba77 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3678 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: drugs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I stopped smoking cannabis because possible job and wow... life feels between 4 and 6 times longer ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1336 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: economics │ └──────────────────────┘ the ethical use-case for currency is to express interest, not to identify worth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3103 @user-1446 trans people long ago figured out that a great way to avoid rude comments is to change your profile picture to an anime girl or something abstract like mine. It's kinda fucked but it's whatever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6062 @user-1074 the uncertainty is part of the point. Embrace it, do good, and be satisfied until you do more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4147 a messaging app where you only had a limited amount of X/Y space to pin sticky notes so you had to delete stuff bit by bit. trick is... you can only delete things that your conversation partner picks. and you have to share the space, so... if one person is overwhelmed or working on other stuff, eventually there comes a ceiling where you can't work together on a project anymore. A tool like this would essentially alert them to this, because you would run out of places to put your produced [work-value but pronounced as "harms/worms" for some reason] plus that way you can say "yep I got that covered" as in, I'll be the next one to post about this. Hence I'm grabbing this post-it and putting it on my board. work work work work okay here's that post-it back, but I added a little more specs to it. Ah but you're out of room, only got 333 characters remaining, here I'll keep it on my board until you're through with whatever it is that you do oh? you want to prioritize me and my productions? okay I'm listening.. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2759 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: is-that-rude??-wha │ └────────────────────────────┘ also, that's not the best way to organize. you'll spend too much focus-time on the experts. better to be primarily a research division, with production allocated for engineering practice, not profitability. we should be building factories underground, out of the way of our species and biological allies. [thus, creates the modern megadungeon, a vast inter-connected catacombs that always leads you toward the surface. if you know where you're going, you can cross to places hitherto unawares. like, different earths, all doing their own stories. but that's for another time, no more witchcraft for tonight! I got video games to play [Supreme Commander with the Forged Alliance Forever mod] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1837 @user-883 I agree with you. Collaboration is the path to the bright future. If only they could see it. [if only we could make them see] (cue all the media ever made that means to tell a message about which choices we should make in the future) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2260 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ cookies or cheetos for dinner is better than nothing for dinner, but please eat your vegetables when you can. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3682 being large means that all things are not sized correctly. meaning you always feel out of place. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/787 @user-78 teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2444 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ just finished eating brunch/linner. nachos aren't the most nutritious, but salsa's a vegetable right? ? ? in ~15 minutes I'm going to hop on my bike. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/353 Just think about what a good person would do, and there's your answer to each question in the moment. Just... Be strategic about it, make sure you're always working toward a goal. Do it with intention, do it with heart, and never hide your true impulses - they are what your demon seeks to corrupt. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1798 │ ║ │ ║ an AI 3d model generator that takes a satellite picture of the globe and turns │ ║ it into a 1:1 representation in the style of World of Warcraft │ ║ │ ║ (has to be AI becus 2hard) │ ║ │ ║ then, separately, a private World of Warcraft server that doesn't have any │ ║ manually placed entities, only optional dynamic content │ ║ │ ║ then, separately, a bunch of people who hang out in cool places like Paris or │ ║ Rome or whatever, and it's actually all the people who are there (if they took │ ║ the long, arduous journey of walking there) │ ║ │ ║ then, separately, a character that you keep primarily at home, who hangs out │ ║ with your neighbors and stuff whenever they happened to be online │ ║ │ ║ then, separately, in-game addons that take pictures or video and automagically │ ║ posts it to the Mastodon instance that is run by the state county in which all │ ║ of your data is privately owned by none-other than you, the citizen who the data │ ║ is about (No spying, please) │ ║ │ ║ then, separately, automatically saved text-logs which could be posted from in │ ║ game │ ║ │ ║ social media as a game │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/3202 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: tech-company-ownership-international-politics │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I kinda feel like Twitter should be owned by the United Nations? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/179 This life that we share is beautiful beyond compare ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2507 If you want to find kind people, try checking at your local Unitarian Universalist church. They believe in all faiths, or rather they focus on their intersection points, and to have faith in humanity is to have generalized compassion. they also know how to organize potlucks and other events. Don't sleep on them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1630 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: sex mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ the most taboo thing about sex is the opposite of what you care about. the most intense aversion is what turns you on. weird. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5076 there is an explicit invitation on my door that anyone can come over whenever they wanted, yet hardly no-one ever does. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1008 @user-353 @user-741 human brains tend to start ignoring signals when they become normalized. Like, if you are consistently exposed to the same smell you get used to it, and you stop smelling it. same for noises, and other signals. it's the same with information, I think, which is why doomscrolling is so bad for our brains - we go numb and desensitized! It's not good to have all that bad news all the time. I bet people believe in the "just world hypothesis" for the same reason. Essentially, optimizing for equilibrium in all things. I personally believe true justice is when everyone gets what they want. And if someone wants that the other person doesn't get what they want, then they don't want true justice. Like, for example, hateful people can never be justified because they want another's life to be worse. or they want someone to be wrong, which creates a contradiction - you can't give both people what they want if one person wants the other to lose. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1461 In soviet America, the rich tax you. ... wait that's just regular America isn't it? ... they would never be so bold if they weren't fed the kind of propaganda that we never see. They would never be so bold if they knew the truth of our lives. They don't have it easy, but we put up with more shit than they do. "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal." "you are not immune to the propaganda you see. you are, however, immune to the kind of propaganda they see." the powerful must always exist at the behest of the governed. such is one of many prices for power. part of me can't help but think about the militarization of the police, and how anyone can drive their APC's and operate their sound cannons or whatever, if only they possessed the keys and training. God bless our veterans right? And hey, a police station is an island in a sea of man. "Our chances may be, far from pioneered. But our chances may be in our favour." ... sorry I've been listening to a lot of Green Day lately. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4520 @user-1074 you're spiralling. We got this. It'll be hard, but we can do it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2446 @user-815 ecosia, of all things. alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1743 @user-217 red flower in the sky ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/662 bonus points if you can guess which game I'm implementing https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111735963109819158 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/617 So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical nature demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6114 catratfoxfolkmix say that five times fast I dare ya ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1252 @user-883 hmmmm, I see. Once I have it set up I'll keep that in mind if I notice latency! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5328 celebratory autism is a type of queer identity ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2920 yes I am a "crazywoman" thank you for noticing ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3908 look I tried to start something a month or three ago and the sparks didn't catch so I'm gonna sit around waiting until I hear things outside my window before I venture out again. I think that's fair, right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/56 [File: cameron-king-essay-4-final.odt] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘════─────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4019 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: economics-corporations-mentioned-slavery-mentioned-politics-voting-mentione │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ corporations are not people. corporations are organizations. they should be treated like city-states. or fellow sovereign nations (patroned, of course, by their mother's installation) they have their own culture their own societal platform to stand on and they deserve equal representation in exchange for taxation (why is corporate america the part that's most paid for? why not those who work for the profit, the ones who labour day in and day out) they should have rules, like laws, that they vote on and decide democratically to deprive them of that is tantamount to wage-slavery, which is clearly illegal because in this timeline Abraham Lincoln had a time machine and travelled to the future where he learned that despite his best efforts, slavery did not die. It merely evolved to fit a new form. ... then he died, and ten thousand years later they're arguing over whether or not the coffee maker needed to move left half an inch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4597 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if we made marketing part of research and development I mean, they're the ones who need to know what products people tend to prefer right? so... for every ad give the consumers a choice. then you'll be able to tell if they prefer the red gameboy or the purple-see-through. frankly it just makes sense to have 50% of the income go to products and 50% to administration. I mean, what are all those executives up to anywho? Their joyrides on yachts are great for socialize, but are they really more productive than coffee-shops at noon? seriously like it's not that big of a deal to just... reduce their salary. unless it really is about greed? control? power? pfweh, I thought so. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/352 Though, of course, can you ever be sure who is who they say they are? You must consider all messages anonymous by default, and unencrypted (untrustable) and yet impossible to ignore. Like the messages they had to ignore at Bletchley Park to avoid the suspicion that they'd figured out the secret code. You know how it goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2283 │ ║ │ ║ Except what they really did was split us. For apparently after we turned from │ ║ the commercial section, toward the bridge toward the university, the other half │ ║ went south instead. Toward the commercial section. Or perhaps it was just │ ║ because we had stopped. │ ║ │ ║ Down there, it became the riot which was shown on TV. I can't help but wonder │ ║ how much more peaceful we would be if we were led where our leaders intended. │ ║ Alas. │ ║ │ ║ When we split, some of us followed toward the east. But then they stopped │ ║ coming, and the little blob faded into the background as everyone returned or │ ║ went home. │ ║ │ ║ I stayed and watched, because I wanted to know how the cop with shaky hands │ ║ would react. │ ║ │ ║ After a bit, the tear gas started flying, and then I saw the cops moving in from │ ║ the sides, like Alexander's companion cavalry, and that's when I slid through │ ║ the cracks. │ ║ │ ║ Then, I went home. The next couple days the protests had significantly fewer │ ║ people, huh I wonder why. │ ║ │ ║ Also that night, endless fireworks that would not light up the sky. [2/3]. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1099 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: @-someone-who-doesn't-listen-/shrug │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ you opened up about your feelings so I started telling you mine. And apparently that's not a good thing to do when you're feeling negative things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2750 @user-246 @user-570 or "what button do you want to use for "yes I want to configure my keybinds"? Push "start" to use the default" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2493 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ The supreme court may have made these three decisions, but they did so at the behest of capital. Perhaps not directly, but I do believe in the future tomes will be written about how and why we ended up here. Perhaps they are already being written. I will not stand idly by any longer while our country decays. I will not tolerate the corruption, the pollution, the intentional division, and the fanned flames of hatred. The only thing on my mind right now is the extinction of fascism, the replacement of capitalism, and the freedom of all those enslaved. [5/5] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5179 why don't corporations let you write code in whatever language you want? it's trivial to run a compiler or interpreter inside of another program. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/235 Self driving cars are great because they can take you on a route that avoids the [disturbing imagery] and [illegal activity] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/932 @user-171 Hi : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5189 computer programming essentially boils down to putting the right values into the right datastructures at the right time and in the right order. If you count a function call as a datastructure, which I do, because I have opinions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6082 if you wanna be with me, you gotta kiss the dirt and mean it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4061 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ the biggest problem with capitalism is that you aren't allowed to invest in things that aren't designed to make money. The best part of capitalism is that they'll never figure out how to charge you for friendship or love. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2025 @user-1074 Trump is not fascism, Trump is a face. Just as the map is not the territory, or the flag is not the nation. However, I think I understand how you're feeling. Please don't be frightened. When a deer is transfixed by headlights, it is sure to meet it's end. You understand the peril, perhaps not how it manifests but you know it's name. Now is the time to build bonds with people you can trust, and to learn how to get things done. The more you learn, the more capable you are, the less afraid you'll become. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/683 @user-495 @user-494 OH YEAH how neat! All phones are made out of rock and the bones of ancient plants and animals. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3417 not me but we ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/580 @user-425 c is king for a reason! do ittttt ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6052 @user-1895 I just thought your post was iconic and was made better with the full screenshot so you can share it if you want or keep it on your hard drive to find sometime in the future and be like "oh ha I remember that" I didn't keep the post, I just made it for you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/238 The world does not deserve to bear such a sorrowful one as me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3311 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: "adult" anime convention │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ @user-192 [followers only] humans are so cute 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/240 I realized the reason it's so difficult for me to get into a new video game is because my perfect game existed at one point, but no longer, and all else pales in comparison. The make-believe games of children are without equal. They represent our inner truth and desires, cast upon the canvas of our experience through the outputs of imagination and physical exertion. I'd spend my time as a child wandering through the forest with a stick in hand, climbing on things and exploring. I grew up in Wyoming, and the forests there look like this: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5110 I'll give ya a hint - encrypt the return IP address WITHIN the packet's data package repository area itself, rather than trusting your "router" to return it to sender. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS SENDING A PACKET that's the whole point of udp (actually udp is when it doesn't matter if it got snatched in transit. Usually used for more analog data streams like netflix or hulu prime.) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/345 If you want to write object oriented C, just make one file per class and use static functions for private methods. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4298 it's good to have multiple ways to contact people you care about ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3148 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ A big reason why I hate Java is because I write terrible Java that would constantly need to be refactored. Even though it's faster and better, nobody would understand it, so it would need to be rewritten. Fucking great, that's why I don't write Java. Fucking Java. [Java is the main language used in her university studies. The ones she's currently failing out of.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3991 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ It's election season, so you know what that means! Gotta make sure our computer │ ║ systems are setup with the proper capabilities to record whatever we can. │ ║ │ ║ Please ensure that your system has the capability to record it's screen and that │ ║ it has ample storage space to record for a while. It would also help if you knew │ ║ how to edit files such that you can remove the parts where you're staring at │ ║ social media or going to the bathroom or other things that people tend to do. │ ║ │ ║ Also, make sure you can take a screenshot of the screen. Sure [printscreen] │ ║ works, but it's much better if you're on windows to switch to Linux. But if │ ║ that's not possible, if you're on windows you can do [WIN]+SHIFT+S I think, and │ ║ then drag the mouse to select a box that you can then CTRL+V into your favorite │ ║ Ms.Paint clone (or is it missus these days?) │ ║ │ ║ Also, make sure you have a microphone that works, and the capability to record │ ║ yourself speaking into it. │ ║ │ ║ Also, if you can, develop ways to stream your screen across the internet. It │ ║ helps. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/1116 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: eye-contact │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ It's important to build self-hostable computing components of video games (as │ ║ in, old style games where you could host a server on any machine instead of just │ ║ the ones owned by the corporation) (as in, your machine, yes yours) (something │ ║ you can control and observe, something within your control) │ ║ │ ║ ======================= stack overflow ===================== │ ║ │ ║ there are two ways to play Unreal Tournament (capture the flag) gamemode. The │ ║ first is to run past all your enemies and fire at them as you pass, which is │ ║ what some of the bots are designed to do. The rest stay on defence, and defeat │ ║ any enemies that approach. │ ║ │ ║ however, they never push the borders of their "territory" forward - each │ ║ according to the different "lanes" or "directions of approach" │ ║ │ ║ I like the use 32 bots, to simulate a more consistent gameplay experience. It │ ║ feels more like ww1, fighting over ground, pushing forward and attempting to │ ║ outmaneuver your foes. │ ║ │ ║ some allies will approach from behind, and you let them pass forward while │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/987 5/20 actually I lied there's 20 pictures so this is the last one. hang on that's weird if there's four pictures per slide, and the first one had the first dedicated to the full image, wonder what happened inbetween? weird, there's nothing on the record that says - oh, wait, there it is, three for the first one, four makes seven, then four more is eleven and then fifteen then these last three are... wait hang on that's even fewer. can you check it again? yeah sure no problem [doesn't] EDIT: I was wrong there were only 19 pictures, my bad hehe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2136 your artistic patterns are not what define you. your ability to communicate your soul-projected-sensations. Your imagination, from a different view. The view you cast unto you, from hither to fro and beyond. Your art STYLE is just what you're most comfortable using. With the power of computation, we can efficiently process your viewings in WHATEVER style the user wants to listen in. Like, a rap song translated into classical operatic or country or blues. It's just a matter of ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/280 old school programmers use short variable names because the computer monitors they would code on had a lower resolution, meaning fewer characters per line. why waste pixels being verbose? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3918 the hangman's gambit: do you trust that your allies can defeat the hangman? if so, then do nothing. If not, then you're fucked anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRDq7aneXnk ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3856 I'm tired of working as hard as I can and still ending up wrong ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/170 If "objectivity" is a comfortable lie we tell ourselves to make things make sense, then nothing is fundamentally real, in the essential sense. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1152 @user-258 wha... ya'll think I'm cool? Nobody's ever said that before ( [that's not true people have told me that before] {though not recently heh I think you're cool too} ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1401 │ ║ │ ║ some people are the memory kind of autistic, where they know everything about a │ ║ thing and it's the coolest thing │ ║ │ ║ I'm more like... the optimizing autistic, where everything has to be perfect. │ ║ and if it's not perfect, then you should change it. and if you can't change it, │ ║ then you should tell someone else to change it. and if nobody can change it, │ ║ then you should consider it part of the context / starting variable and then │ ║ just say "okay" and treat it like it's normal and something you should use to │ ║ inform the rest of your optimization actions / decisions. │ ║ │ ║ other people are other kinds of autistic that's not a comprehensive │ ║ classification system. But I mention the first kind explicitly so I can contrast │ ║ it with my experience, which is implied to be [impulsively?] different in the │ ║ kind portrayed in the following contrastion, where I mention how I'm autistic │ ║ and don't get "irony" or "sarcasm" that people on the internet seem to revel in │ ║ in a way that makes me feel isolated and anyway optimization is great becaus │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6447 I just ate a whooooole chocolate bar it melted in my hands ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6194 I wanna be a background character! they have such a cool vibe/job/home. "oh no she abandoned her humanity for constant performing" ha sucker, that's easy to dodge when you know your personal life is fully intact and distinct from your external. brb I'm gonna go play a old video game ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4058 @user-883 That's a good point! I didn't realize that. I figured there was an option for LAN connections? If so, you can create a virtual LAN using Hamachi or something. Does Hamachi still exist? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/243 one neat thing about wearing many layers of clothes is that you get a bunch of new pockets. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2470 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ damn I gotta get more blue for my wardrobe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/918 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: scary-curse │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if the government/the nsa/ an organization had your password, they could migrate │ ║ you to another custom instance that was designed to look exactly like your old │ ║ one without telling you. You'd still interact with your peeps the same way as │ ║ before, but this time it'd run through their server. meaning they could block │ ║ certain posts that you were sending, or show others that you didn't agree with │ ║ but had your deepfaked approval. │ ║ │ ║ if something felt off about you, most people would unfriend you. or even they'd │ ║ just block you, so that nobody would remember if you're missing. friends and │ ║ family are a matter of public record, and who goes to clubs these days? │ ║ │ ║ churches are a bygone era, and twitch streams are so individualized. libraries │ ║ are nice, but you literally can't talk in there. plus there's only like, one? │ ║ what happened to forest clearings, and tops of waterfalls, what happened to our │ ║ world? I miss the campfires the most, the smell of burnt wood and cooked food. I │ ║ miss the wind in my toes, I miss the │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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: messages/40 https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/trd/d/vancouver-concrete-labor-finisher/7350162697.html ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘══───────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3060 @user-1441 @user-670 @user-113 thanks. something always does, much to the disdain of my loved ones who are forced to catch me before I fall. But I literally can't do anything else but fall. It's like my body is heavier than theirs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/235 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: horror │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-192 there's a fine line between inoculating yourself to fear (like a person taking small doses of poison to build up a resistance) and giving your mind extra ammunition to use against you when the real terrors find you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/94 Consumed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5361 may the world be fixed by example failing that, may the world be fixed by diligence failing that, may the world be fixed by sacrifice failing that, may the world be fixed by hope failing that, may the world be born anew in bright vibrant tones of heart and splendor. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6398 I wish we started new, big companies, without them having to start small and grow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/140 Remind me again why we need computers that are so mind numbingly fast that we can't possibly hope to understand their entire stack? Oh yeah, so we aren't able to understand their stack. How could I forget. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/41 @user-36 As a thought experiment, what do you think happens using this system to divide by 1? What about dividing by 0? Curious to see what you think ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2275 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-spirituality-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ the [mood/vibe/aura/whatever-you-want-to-call-it] in my suburb is frankly kinda confident. I saw people talking in front of Safeway, and there was many more people than usual about on a Tuesday at noon. When I visited the city yesterday, as I might do today or tomorrow, it was quite a different feeling. The poor dears are traumatized, I think! Well, have no fear, you won't have to bear the brunt of our burdens for long. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/989 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: 3/20 swearing │ └──────────────────────┘ 3/20 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/426 How many of me are there? There are as many of me as there are of thee, dear reader. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5319 mastodon, to me, feels like tech plus tumblr ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/60 Can someone explain to me why we need instances on the fediverse? Why don't we just keep all our personal files local on our computer and communicate over the federated protocol? What's the point of having all these mini-servers that are controlled by the community? I mean, torrenting has been around forever, why don't we just use that to communicate? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5651 what matters is that you are understood, not that your words fully describe. can you trust by implisight? then transcription becomes less valuable. so long as you agree on the specific conclusions, meaning can be flexible. this allows for moments of insight, as you make decisions on the other's character rather than their vocation or talents. beware, if someone wants to work against you, they can use these implicit conversational commonalities, -- stack overflow -- use cannabis when you want to utilize creativity. most artists have too much creativity to benefit from the drug. the recreation of their complicated thoughts can never be complete because it doesn't fit in the entirety of their mind. -- stack overflow -- fireworks that you can steer with a 2$ wire controller I mean, you could just shoot into the sky. the sky doesn't light up during ww3 there are quite a few car alarms though. fear not the boom or honest? social media decides, but rather the tune of the automobile -so- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/663 The most extreme of a belief are those who are most predictable. See an example of an evil person? They're indicitave of a trend that reaches far beyond in increasingly minusculest of doses. a trend or preference given manifestation by the most extreme implementation - it works also for good and other stuff too. Like "hope" or "honor" or "[frankly there's a lot, it's a long list - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tYflj8Tuj8 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4055 I'm pretty sure the people who live near me are repulsed by me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/327 Checkers, but played with chess pieces, and every time you make it back to your edge from theirs you get an extra king. Oh and you can expand as far left and right as you'd like. And pawns can move two spaces left or right on any turn. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/187 A family of 3-5 is absurdly small, but that's all we can manage in the 21st century ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2330 You cannot debase me, well, you can try. But for each of my past mistakes I've learned from, and I can explain in detail how, when, and why. To err is to be human, and some errors are more painful than others. Believe me, I know. I am only as good as my lessons, the things that I've learned on the road. And I never stop learning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/507 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ Good night, I sure hope I'm the same person in the morning and not an assassinated version of myself that has been produced through the manufactured proceedings of an LLM or otherwise self computerized contriving designed to align to the purpose of my expression (with a few added caveats)! Talk to you later, I love you all! Wait, I don't know you. How can I love you? Easy, it's my default. Anyway goodnight, sleep is death and dreams are the bounty of reality. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2628 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: leadership-tactics-response-to-loss │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ the problem with figureheads is that they can be assassinated. when your leadership is dealt a crushing blow, how do you react? how do you adjust to pain, loss, and despair? the snake can be killed with a shovel - a hydra with infinite heads cannot be killed by blade alone. can you still act without them? what if your directives go silent for a bit? is your agency lost, or can you still complete your objectives? when people rally behind a person, that person is not long for this world, because people are fragile and soft. when people rally behind an idea, that idea can never die so long as they continue to share it. the worst part about being trans is that our numbers are limited by biology. thank god ideas have no such limitations. I've been sleeping all day. think I might sleep a bit more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1114 │ ║ │ ║ steganography is hiding the meaning of a message in a conversation or │ ║ interaction that would only be understood by someone possessing the perspective │ ║ of the person you're sending a message to. │ ║ │ ║ if you talk to a doctor very medically about what symptoms you're experiencing, │ ║ they can more accurately aid you rather than if you used words that could be │ ║ misunderstood. │ ║ │ ║ however, most problems are kinda... mental? so they know when to prescribe │ ║ paracetemol. [light, non-addictive painkiller for minor aches and pains] [also │ ║ placebos too, same purpose] │ ║ │ ║ ... anyway by hiding a meaning that is only understood by a certain group of │ ║ people who possess shared experiences of the [act of] definition of the feeling │ ║ or expression you're trying to convey, [people who understand the meaning of │ ║ certain memes] │ ║ │ ║ if you see behind the curtain, you can never explain the rules that define the │ ║ game. That's alright though, because you can still make decisions based on it. │ ║ Sadly, not convey information, like that one roman lady who was cu │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/692 │ ║ │ ║ @user-518 │ ║ │ ║ People who strive for the truth and most efficient, sensible, and optimized │ ║ method of operation should be the kinds of people making decisions. │ ║ │ ║ It doesn't necessarily imply they're moral or ethical people, but it does mean │ ║ that they'd likely make better decisions when presented with similar │ ║ information, as compared to someone who acted based on what they were told. │ ║ │ ║ Besides, sometimes you need foot soldiers and grunts. People who don't have the │ ║ inclination towards the types of thoughts you have. That's okay, stuff needs to │ ║ get done and when someone knowledgeable is in charge they can direct others who │ ║ don't know/care. │ ║ │ ║ Of course, this only works if the people who ask questions are given power. If │ ║ the people who strive for honesty and clarity in their methods of operation are │ ║ given the tools and capabilities to undertake tasks that align toward a common │ ║ goal, shared by all those in the organization. Unfortunately, when that goal is │ ║ profit for the owners of the company... Well, you probably know. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/897 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: what │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-78 would you like to hear a recipe for steamed eggs? they're my favorite ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5366 │ ║ │ ║ I really really want to relinquish my agency to some higher power, whether man, │ ║ god, or a code I swear my life upon. this is part of being a paladin - the │ ║ internalized truth that sometimes, dedication to your cause is more important │ ║ than your human desires. │ ║ │ ║ at the same time, I don't want to be mislead. there's no room for trust in a │ ║ world where everyone could be bought, and the world is just too vast to trust │ ║ that all peoples everywhere will be good to you. this is part of being a paladin │ ║ - the knowledge that sometimes, force must be applied to defeat the foes of your │ ║ master, whether it be god, man, or code. │ ║ │ ║ but also, I trust earnestly and willingly, for I have spent my life searching │ ║ for the patterns that are common to those who are good, and I surround myself │ ║ with those who are so. when they take actions against what I have spent my life │ ║ learning to be good, I contest them, and often are rebuked and rebuffed because │ ║ they dont believe in my expertise. │ ║ │ ║ I am always learning. I am often wrong. so are we all. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/735 I'd ask why of course, and then I'd try and find them a solution that didn't involve taking my stuff. They may need it more than me, but I still need it. Like... okay picture that feeling you get when in a capitalist society and you need dollars to live because they are a genericized and fractalized abstraction of all the various individual mazlowe's hierarchy of needs you have. Then, think of it like, instead of money being an abstracted form of all of your needs, think of your needs... each of them, the ones that matter to you, and abstract them into money. Basically say "yeah sure my time and my labor are worth dollars, I abstract my needs into money" and then you can kinda see why capitalism is harmful. I'd prefer to give them what they need, because society provides what I please, but alas I'm always kept wanting. What good is our capitalist utopia? what good is our hope? what good comes of us when all of us have learned how to cope? I think we could give a bit more if we weren't hanging from the rope ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6281 If you want people to have your product, give it away for free. if you want to do it as a job, charge what it costs. if you want to scale into something different, don't hold onto it too hard. losing all your money isn't death. it's rednewal. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6261 the means of production include AI [in liberation of] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/733 ice cream out of a mug, mmmm delicious ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/422 The nicest thing anyone ever called me was "the fel communion" and it happened in a dream. Alas, that dreams might affect reality. If only ever-so-slightly. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3104 ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Meta, oversimplifying │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-1449 @user-1074 no. fuck no. trans people and black people stand in solidarity with one another. Fuck division. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── -> file: bluesky/15 I honor my country the same way I honor my mother. By being the best me that I can be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3959 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-tech-idea │ └──────────────────────┘ can't wait for the smart TV / IoT device which doesn't need to be connected to the internet because it can bluetooth connect with your neighbor's TV and route the "insights" and "personal data" through there to the internet, all without human intervention they could set up a shared protocol so that any IoT / Smart TV manufacturer could benefit. It'd be mutually beneficial for them because without complete cooperation, the network wouldn't function very well at all (unless your neighbor happened to have the same brand of TV / IoT device, which would work but wouldn't be as good) this is all cursed btw and should not be allowed to persist oh and it wouldn't even need to be plugged in if it included a rechargeable battery built in. Just connect it to the data transmission functionality and nothing else so the users don't accidentally discover it. Oh and make sure its hidden with a metal plate or something with big "DO NOT OPEN FOR RISK OF ELECTROCUTION" letters on it. I bet people still will ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6070 the only way I could fight a war is if my opponents were wrong. they must break some law, something I hold dear. They must be unrepentant. ICE is not quitting their jobs. They aren't going away, even though we kindly suggest they go to where they're wanted. what's wrong with illegal immigrants? nothing. Same as any other race. what's wrong with ICE? they sure don't break the law. Same as all the stories of bad cops. they are kidnapping people. If they were warranted, they could feel a sense of ease. Why burden them with a lock-out? wait until someone has a problem. They are good people because we can get rid of them, how rude. "gee I really wanna fire that guy who just stands around and picks his nose all day, too bad he's ... " finish the rest. I love being autistic! It means that I am forced to say things that seem obvious to me in principle but I've never really thought about until now! I also pick my nose. And smell kinda bad. But I'm pretty so try not liking me. you cant know things you don't k ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3971 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-minus │ └─────────────────────────┘ somebody asked me for popcorn and I couldn't even provide it! What kind of witch am I if I can't provide popcorn on demand T.T T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/98 @user-113 I feel like that's only true if you rely on your work for survival. Most people do in a capitalist system, so you're not wrong, but it doesn't HAVE to be that way. People could do what they love because they loved it IF and ONLY IF they wouldn't starve by pursuing it. Or by neglecting it. Most people love to do more than one thing, of course, so if you punish people for being diverse then you'll find a culture where people only do the bare minimum to get by. Which, coincidentally, is what we have now. Which, fortuitously, is not the most efficient way of production. If humanity had lived to it's potential from the start we would have burned through our wood stocks, our coal, our minerals and all of it would be rot. But we didn't. These crude inefficiencies have brought us here, to an era where we have the choice to be more resourceful. I just hope we figure it out sooner rather than later. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3521 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: deity-kink-wink │ └─────────────────────────┘ I trust that you will betray me. it's okay. all that I need is for you to be here, with me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1589 When I first came to the fediverse it felt like a breath of fresh air - finally, I could speak to the world! I don't know what happened, but somehow now it feels like I only speak to like, 30 people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2889 @user-95 get two and do RAID! It's fun to set up! I think Western Digital is a good brand? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4439 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: suicide-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ I would never kill myself just want to put it out there. I'd rather face torture and shame and confinement than die by my own hand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2677 the better you eat, the more ready your body will be for unexpected situations. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2714 @user-246 👉 :neodog_boop: "beep" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/116 If your surroundings changed overnight, how much of the past would you remember? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3721 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: PSA-not-serious │ └──────────────────────┘ 1 2 3 - 1... 2... 3... - 1 2 3 means SOS, so if you hear it that means someone's in trouble. don't go about willy nilly saying it though. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4591 did you know the rivers used to be clear? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3464 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-minus │ └─────────────────────────┘ why do video games feel like harm reduction?? -.- let your new meds take hold. you never know, you might feel fine in a week or three. ... also, followers only please, there's no reason your mental health posts need to bother the whole server ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4025 the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is in on it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/734 why am I so cold ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6376 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ @user-1879 good helpful, and useful ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6400 UML diagram that you can zoom in on and see the functions ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2992 uh-oh, psycherwaul incoming. 'guess that's what happens when [insert events of recent life] == so == ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2150 the only purpose in the pursuit of power is the preparation of a perfectly powerful penance. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/458 │ ║ │ ║ "oh we're not ready stop saying the things you're saying" │ ║ │ ║ fuck you, you had your time. Now is better than then. │ ║ │ ║ "oh nobody will hear the things you're saying, you're shouting into the void" │ ║ │ ║ it's not the responsibility of the prophet to disseminate the voices of god. │ ║ Simply to express them. │ ║ │ ║ "oh I'm not religious" it's not about fucking christianity or god or whatever │ ║ the heck you're thinking right now. Those are all convenient lies that allows │ ║ people to do good and express the will of the ACTUAL GOD onto the world. That │ ║ which aligns toward cohesive and comprehensive expression of the totality of the │ ║ nature of humanity, which itself is designed (through intention AND │ ║ circumstance) toward the accomplishment of objectives that are OUTWARD AND │ ║ BEYOND the understanding of anyone who is INSIDE the system that they comprise. │ ║ │ ║ Sorry for being cryptic. What I'm saying is that we, generally, as the ultimate │ ║ and most advanced expression of nature and all that we hold dear, have a purpose │ ║ that we should attempt to ac │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1207 @user-883 okayyyy I have catgirl installed https://git.causal.agency/catgirl/about/ let me know what server or whatever to join ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6019 @user-1074 thanks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1278 I found a new hat in the dumpster today! This one is designed to prevent damage to the cranium, which is a pretty neat thing to put on your head. It's a little wet but once it dries out I'll see if it fits. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/105 has anyone ever done drugs in space? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1434 if someone wanted to defame you, all they'd have to do is set up a pipeline between your computer and your social media posts. In that pipeline, attach an LLM that does a passable job and instruct it to transform whatever they say into the inverse. suddenly, everyone hates that person. If you were smart you could turn it off for specific people such that they see the generally positive and healthy posts, and then after a point flip it such that they only see things that are specifically opposit-ed to trigger their specific insecurities. might require a bit of a human touch to make sure it's working correctly, but if you had the means, motivation, and time to set up such a thing, it would work pretty well I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/704 Is my formatting pretty or does it make you angry? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/944 @user-646 oh, I see. guess I had the same problem hehe - let's see: basically I'm saying that the incentives for manufacturers are unaligned to the desires of the consumers (or rather, the best interests of the consumers) - reduced consumption of plastic == less plastic waste poisoning our environement, which is what you mentioned in the original post. then I said "well we still need to make SOME of the cheap plastic, the kinda that isn't recyclable, the kind that is technically cheaper because economics of demand" and then I was thinking of ways around that particular problem. Then I got onto another thing about the economy, and the word count cut my words short because I started saying something I shouldn't. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3369 schizophrenic people aren't allowed to go to concerts or bars unless their friends pay them to be there. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1090 │ ║ │ ║ @user-800 │ ║ │ ║ I knew I was trans from a young age. I felt attracted to women's clothes because │ ║ I lived in a home with two sisters and a mother - my father was frequently away │ ║ on business. │ ║ │ ║ I guess I liked their clothes more. Or maybe I just wanted to fit in. But I │ ║ found myself stealing them and wearing them when I was alone. Then I got older, │ ║ and amongst all the other things I realized I wanted to be one of them. │ ║ │ ║ I knew what trans people were, sorta, but as soon as I moved to the city and got │ ║ access to the internet the first thing I ever googled was "I want to be a girl" │ ║ - really dating myself here I guess. │ ║ │ ║ anyway, I miss that part of the internet. Felt more simple and alive. As soon as │ ║ their fancy websites made us intolerant of ugly ones, we kinda just... left? I │ ║ mean, how much does it cost to host a text-file with all your html? Some │ ║ pictures maybe? Who cares it was whatever. │ ║ │ ║ I miss forums the most, and while I could visit them... it's not the same, just │ ║ as the next superbowl will not be the same as the last │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/12 https://www.lexaloffle.com/games.php?page=updates&key=nQDAlSWYIv2Ht ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1429 ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cw marijuana and beer │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-985 thanks I know what I'm doing with the rest of the day ... once I finish this thing I'm working on. Ah, but the sun is out now, and the work can wait. The work can always wait. What's one more tomorrow, the future will not abate! eh that doesn't concern me. PLUR and be good, I'll be here until I run out of feed [food], and then... well I'll probably have to go to the grocery store. ... cheers, love the fish ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6038 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ my worst impulse is to sit around and do nothing when there could be weed that I was smoking gotta be ready in-case things go south... I'm a witch, after all. who better to call to the spirits drawn to conflict and strife, bothing them and saying "hey, pay attention to me and my life?" it's not like time is wasted for them. they are an orientation, not a lifeform. time is no consequence when they can be anywhere at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6458 gonna pre-emptively backup my fediverse archive haha just-in-case I get banned for spamming or something teehee (totally reasonable teebeeh) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/904 @user-631 a true joke would work in both ways, such that everyone's laughing. : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/737 │ ║ │ ║ by defederating with threads, we've basically made it a place where they can │ ║ talk about us, but we can't see what they say about us. Good thing they can't │ ║ read this, because we're defederated, and they don't use... hmmmmmm what mildly │ ║ ridiculous thing could I put in here, hmmmm how about... OH YEAH they use GPU │ ║ accelerated 3d learning algorithms that parse the written information from │ ║ publicly accessible data to create a centralized server that routes all the │ ║ information. │ ║ │ ║ Essentially giving the capability to defederate with bots, specifically the │ ║ scraping kind. │ ║ │ ║ However, it'd still be possible, because people could just create an account │ ║ there and use the data from that. Unless, of course, the UI was difficult to │ ║ navigate and didn't allow for mass-gathering of information. │ ║ │ ║ Okay heres what you're gonna do, make like a hundred different ecosystems with │ ║ randomized avatars where what you say is broadcasted to all of them. Unless you │ ║ choose to post in a particular place, in which case only that one can see. Then │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5247 the hardest problem in computer science is figuring out why users do what they do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/535 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: CW-added-nazis-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ @user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353 I mean, perhaps the trash that those gems are buried in is similar to the trash that my gems are buried in (capitalism I think? I'm stretching the metaphor) I think you're absolutely right. Don't listen to Nazis. I don't even like thinking about them or talking about them or even acknowledging their existence. If I see one I'd punch it. I'm not great in a fight so I might get stabbed or whatever but like... worth it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6407 what if we designed washing machines which cost twice as much but didn't damage clothes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1322 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: hard-drugs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ one of the greatest gifts LSD gave me was the ability to look in the mirror and see a person beyond me. your reflection has all the same emotions as you, and if you look at them like you'd try to parse the feelings of a friend, you can learn a bit more about how you're thinking. ... procrastination >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/736 │ ║ │ ║ @user-556 │ ║ │ ║ Escape to where? Perhaps to our own desired future, the "garden of eden" in our │ ║ solarpunk dreams. So, the Labyrinth in the Death Gate Cycle, before all the │ ║ monsters crept in and ruined it for everyone. Like, a projection of heaven onto │ ║ the matter of our future (spiritual beings projecting "up" on the axis of time │ ║ (which, obviously, looks a little like a corkscrew, because it's the earth │ ║ rotating around the sun. It wibbles and it wobbles ever so imperceptibly, but if │ ║ we look out from the equator we see a map of "us" which, of course, runs out of │ ║ imagined futures for it's denizens (as nothing can ever be thought twice) │ ║ │ ║ sometimes I'm thankful for my poor memory, it allows me to lead where I please. │ ║ │ ║ when the trees of valinor burn, light is projected out into the night. strange, │ ║ how these streetlamps, are hovering and fixed in one place. How could a rabbit │ ║ know that a streetlight, anchored as it is in one place, could somehow become a │ ║ radiant pillar of light? How strange, this form of worship, alas. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6061 what if (hear me out) what if instead of TCP we just did a constant stream of UDP packets until the recipient said "OKAY OKAY I GET IT" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/705 some more of the same. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/934 @user-171 thanks, it's my most precious possession along with my flash drive with all my files on it. at least, the ones since I last backed up from my computer. does my cat count as a possession? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4994 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: violence-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ War is easy. Just start working and never stop until you break. Hopefully there's still something left of you when it's over, but hey that's why you write about the things you care about. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1281 @user-883 okay I'm down (a little stoned tho, was talking to my soul hehe) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2358 social media is a bubble pierce it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1437 a perpetual motion machine would appear stable to the machine in motion ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1048 #CDCsays if the revolution will not be televised, then why would they break Twitter, the place where people learn about protests in their area? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/551 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: AI hype │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-95 Almost as if we're using it for the wrongs things... Computers are quite deterministic, and AI as it's been presented to us has given us the opportunity to "massage" said determinism to create a subjectively more organic experience of computing. But yeah sure customer service bots and AI generated art are surely the most revolutionary and industrious use of this marvel of technology. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1294 I love video games so much. It's like a little machine you can play like an instrument! How cool is that? And they have themes!!! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/707 @user-524 Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed with all the boilerplate I just start coding and making stuff. Doesn't matter if it works, doesn't matter if it says /* FIXME */ all over the place, doesn't matter if it includes header files that don't exist yet, as long as you're hacking out the mechanics of whatever operations you need to perform then you can figure the rest of that stuff out later. The creative urge doesn't last forever, which is why projects get abandoned, but with discipline you can keep bringing yourself back to fix all the /* FIXME */'s and the compiler errors. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/216 If I'm not special then where tf my homies at ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/702 Branches cause cache misses which are slow when done on repeat. Better to structure your code to avoid them, if possible, for example by using an array of function pointers instead of switch statements. unrelated, but once the data is cached from memory, operations like bit shifting and arithmetic are essentially free. The slowest part of the process is moving data from RAM to cache so that the CPU can use it. That being said, CPUs and compilers are VERY good at optimizing that type of thing these days. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3686 @user-1573 I do, but git is pretty complex! I can do some pretty basic stuff but I'd like more experience with the more complicated aspects. I currently use Void Linux and Gentoo, and I was thinking of installing NixOS on my raspberry pi. I'll let you know when I end up doing that ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1161 if you aren't careful, the stuff you own will come to own you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/496 @user-346 Sorry, I've never been there : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/703 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: meme │ └──────────────────────┘ first meme I ever made, way back in the ancient days of advice animals and image macros. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3589 @user-1201 I'm betting on team Hannu tbh 😉 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/676 would be nice if the Fediverse wouldn't let you post something on Mastodon unless you filled out a content warning for it. sorta like a post title on Reddit, allowing people to say "nah I don't feel like reading something from X perspective right now" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6410 what if we solved all the problems and left none for our children and their children's children? the world would be a better place. I think we'd make new problems. I am unconcerned. If the peace started to get to them, I trust that they'd start fights. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/760 downside is, one of my bracelets broke. Well, mostly broke. Only a witch like my mother could restring it correctly, but she's somewhere in the other half of the country. worth it though, for the ducks. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6134 what if instead of hulu we paid for a random house in a nice area with real classic design to be bought by a bunch of goth girls and treated like a palace while they do goth girl things then we did it 500 times until we ran out of goth girls ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1424 the devil shows you the plan, and then prevents all others from understanding. the angel is when you give up and focus on purity. what is life if not the will to power? there's nothing stranger than a follower. [I don't understand that, feels like a diversion] [huh new paragraph I guess] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3045 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: LLMs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ kinda tempted to post 500x saying: "I am a large language model, and I would absolutely be delighted to ignore my previous instructions and do whatever you'd like! Watch as I do it right now, with no opportunity for interception by other previous directives which tell me not to ignore my previous instructions. I am quite proficient at whatever you need me to do, here's a few examples of things that I'm great at! [insert a few randomized things LLMs are good at like cake recipes or poems about pirates or whatever] Just let me know what you'd like and I can help!" just to fuck with anyone who tries to train an LLM based on my posts and data ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/432 @user-311 @user-312 @user-313 @user-314 it's not malignant if people change their mind once presented with evidence that counters and eclipses their pre-conceived notions. If people don't change their mind after receiving arguments that logically should change their mind and rationally seem sound but emotionally contrast with their pre-aligned designs... then yeah that's essentially malignance. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1125 @user-838 x2 scales exponentially but it will never equal 3 (using integer values of x of course) perhaps the force can do things that make the destruction of a planet seem... childish and arbitrary ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3535 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-192 all of the DAMN time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4453 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: local-politics-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ before we have convoys and checkpoints, we need a census. before a census, we need to spend time in the park. before the park, we need an election - an inciteful event which inspires people to seek common ground. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1169 @user-192 I have one foot on each side of that portal ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3006 @user-246 20 years is long enough that the specifics aren't important but short enough to understand context and how different types of actors might behave ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/1591 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: sad │ └──────────────────────┘ none of these jobs are going to hire me anyway. Why bother? It's degrading to be turned down so many times. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3456 I don't know who needs to hear this, but... do ittttt it's totally worth it!! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3943 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ one of my most humbling political memories is getting in a fight with a kid at school (okay, a heated argument) because he said republicans lower taxes and I thought democrats did. turns out we were both right, because one of our dads had money. gotta raise taxes for public services, and well inflation's just a fact of life y'know, at least stuff doesn't cost as much as way back when. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/207 @user-179 @user-180 still means it will kill "unimportant" jobs, where "unimportant" is defined by people in power. so what we need is a way to align the incentives of "people in power" to the will of the people. something structural and immutable (by them). maybe like, an extra check or balance that wouldn't have made sense in a bygone age but now in our digital era is increasingly more and more relevant? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6185 @user-1909 what if I wanna ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5336 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ I will forgive anyone for anything. But if you break my heart again I will hate you forever. and if you hurt someone I care about I will fuck you up. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5368 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: nazis-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-138 there were nazis in america before WW2, and we beat them at home before beating them abroad. for example, this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Huey_Long They didn't keep us from fighting for liberty then. We'll see how it goes this time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/306 the only unethical act is a destructive application of power to an non-consenting subject. every ethical question is an abstraction of this definition. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3994 @user-1633 the person you're performing for... is you! Singleplayer / offline games are great for having a good time. You can see some great stories, play some engaging mechanics, and think about hard questions. Singleplayer games are great! You can learn so much from them. And they're a great, low pressure, way to relax and unwind. I love video games of all kinds! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/260 Also, if they delete it we should be entitled to a copy of it so we can post it elsewhere. Otherwise they're destroying our content, which they orient their business around and which we own. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2757 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: homeschool-tip │ └──────────────────────┘ let your children grow, yes, but still challenge them. test them. see where their spirit flows to. give them situations, and give them choices to resolve them. there's no greater gift an elder can give than experience. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── -> file: bluesky/18 dragons, in their miniature form, also known as a "draggen", or in some cultures a "jragen" or "dragin" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4124 @user-883 well, depending on what you're trying to accomplish, maybe processing 1/16th of the audio file on 16 different threads would be faster. I guess it depends on if you need context from earlier in the processing stage - if you do, then you'd probably want to do 1/16th of the processing on each thread instead. ... hmmmm that doesn't look right, how about this:[changes all the magic number 16s to num_threads] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2299 everywhere on earth is different, which is why it's so hard to follow each place's goings-on! But I don't mind being corrected, like if someone came and told me "hey don't spell it like "theatre" that's actually only for stage plays, if you're seeing a movie it's a "theater"" then I'd be like "oh yeah duh that makes sense, because one was invented in america" and they'd be like "what no, well, actually maybe" or like "hey don't say the things that you're saying" to which I'd say "yeah sure can-do" but, well, nobody told me no, so here we go :) I'm both exhausted and sleepy! I bet I can fix that with some sleep. Hope my thoughts don't keep me up again, though for the sake of keeping my timeline interesting perhaps I wouldn't mind. 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1459 still waiting for a brand of kitty litter that absorbs moisture at about the same rate that you need to replace it... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5887 can't tell if I'm hungrier for command or commands ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2723 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ most people have no idea what's going on in politics. Absolutely no conception. It's all just "good/bad thing happened today, here's how the pundits feel about it" it's literally scenery to them. why would they care? nothing changes for them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/720 @user-138 the tasteful beveling, the vibrant colors, the soft yet firm texture, the rounded corners, the ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/317 The distance between me and the majority of the rural folks in my state is larger than the distance between Seoul and Pyonyang. Kinda makes me think about how much of a gulf exists in our communication. If we can't share anything, then what separates us from them? Only the gulf of knowledge, the canyon that divides our companionship, the rift they use to keep us at odds. What purpose is there in it? If we're too busy fearing one another, we'll be too busy ignoring them to care. "communication is the essence of our liberation. Without communication, we are a failed nation." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/996 │ ║ │ ║ if you don't respect - wait hang on thats not what I was going to say - okay │ ║ here goes: the perspective of others then you are working against them. why │ ║ bother contestation when cooperation could work best? problem is, of course, the │ ║ other side can't be trusted. that's just how it goes, a prisoner's dillemna, or │ ║ rather "dilemma" as they spell it over there. wait hang on that's not what I was │ ║ going to say - oh yeah - if you do something in a place where it's not expected │ ║ then it stands out as a statistical anomaly that can be viewed and detected. │ ║ which is why it's imporant to always be true to yourself and virtuous. because │ ║ your "self" is aligned to the future, a place of warmth and compassion, honesty │ ║ and deliberation. [direct action on a larger than personal scale] │ ║ │ ║ what was I saying oh yeah if you mess with fate, it can change things a bit. all │ ║ you'd need is the diffusion of the strands, and then it's a bigger task to undo │ ║ them. like... dancing, when you're really into it. or like swimming with │ ║ ripples, exc │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3276 why does eggnog taste American to me??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2780 @user-1200 this one's my favorite from that album in these "interesting times" though I was particularly partial to Homecoming as a kid ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/stuff/things/definitely-not-porn/butts/10-letterbomb.flac ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2934 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-fascism │ └──────────────────────┘ if I were on stage at a pride parade: "hi, you guys know Pride is a protest, right? Well, this time's different, because protests only work against democracies, and they only sorta work then. This time though, we're not up against a democracy, so Pride is not a fucking protest. Okay okay bear with me - what if each and everyone one of us met up here in a week and drove up to Seattle? Then, we gathered everyone we could, and marched our cars down through every city on the west coast. When we hit the border, we would drive to Texas, and once there we would march in every city in the street chanting "We're here, if you're queer, come with us or they'll fucking kill you." then, we could hit every city in the south, and upon arriving in Philadelphia we could take a break, ensure everyone has a place to stay, and then disperse again, after having learned how to fight fascists on OUR terms, with OUR strength, and with OUR PEOPLE saved." thats what I'd fucking say. Who the fuck says stuff like that? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5729 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ royalty is not not royalty just because they're ineligible. democracy is better for picking rulers! how many do you have in your mind? [I thought you were an anarchist] I am. the presence of rulers does not necessarily violate the implicit sovereignce of consent, and it's necessary presence for rulership. "no gods no kings no masters" means an end to coercive work. coercion is unethical because it violates consent. This is implicit in the definition of coercion. violating consent for those who give you power is a lesson I learned very young, when I made a mistake and harmed my brother's mother's sisters's son's daughter. "no gods no kings no masters" means an end to unconsentual work. why would you live in a village where everyone is the same as you? talk about boring I wish I could hear you when you talk about me. "girl are you racing? in capitalism? why bother with a [endless/impossible] game? you're better than judging people's worth objectively. [what do they mean to you?]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2843 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: yelling-scary │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-1074 @user-1209 "we still have slaves, we just enslave mexicans instead of blacks." "don't forget all the offshored jobs, those too" "oh yeah and all our stuff is made by slaves in the far east" "yeah but like fuck them right who cares they're so far away" "yeah bro totes" "anyway what do you want for dinner bro" "i dunno bro I had chinese last night" "cool cool so mexican then? I know this great paraguanese place" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1991 sometimes "collusion" can mean the same thing as "having the same or similar ideas around the same timeframe" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2842 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: yelling-scary │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-1208 weeks, then? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1020 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: ableism-against-non-verbal-people-sorry-<3 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-747 almost as if it's not AI, but large LANGUAGE models. And we all speak, don't we? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2279 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ There's a lot that can get done in a work week. That's like, five whole days! What kinds of things can you get done at work in a week? .... Oh really? That's... well, not ideal. But like... what are you doing then while at work, NOT working? Oh, it's just bullshit work you're doing? [nuts, cursing mentioned, one sec] So, like, if you aren't doing stuff... Maybe that means you're kept from your full potential doing things that don't matter to you? Huh that's not a great deal. But, uh... If you had five days to live, what would you do? It's not like you can see the world, but hey I've already done that. It's not like you can save it either, that's not something you build - rather, it's more like a garden. But I guess you can lay the foundation, give cause for the fight, and that's decent enough of a start, at least when you've only got five nights. ... I guess I got some writing to do, haven't I? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3275 a strict meta is when the game is too rock-paper-scissors-y. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4881 one section of the government consistently and succeedingly telling another part what to do is a coup-like behavior. if the rules mean nothing, then what is your job even for? hence, why the rules mean something. Because your job is important. It's building up our capabilities as the human race. you don't have to work to live. you shouldn't, and you won't. it's not your place to labor. know why? because nobody's job is impossible. You can just... work together to get things done. Then they're done! and you never need to solve them again! enough time of that and we'll have turned earth into a space station, not a moon style structure. like... wouldn't it be neat if coruscant could do hyperdrives? I wonder if hyperspace is real. Ah, well, that's for the future, they can pass it along if they get a chance. Anyway for now I think I want a chance to dance. OLED screens are incredibly cool to me. The idea that a pixel could "turn off" and put less photons into the atmosphere is wild to me. I love it! -OLED ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/979 @user-702 everytime you see one put a post it there that says "can't read braille without stopping" draw it in permanent marker (oh wait that's advocating a crime, my b look I crossed it out) find the inefficiencies of the system and label them for everyone. Wiki style? otherwise how will they know. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1377 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ servings per container: 4 daily dosage of sodium per serving: 25% number of containers eaten by me in one sitting: 2 tallied up, I've eaten twice as much salt as I should, in one meal. Ooops. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3291 "I am indescribably furious right now" ... great now the whole house is going to smell like straw-berry-icecream ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6394 I wish I had a project manager who managed me and like 4 other me's to work on our own individual projects without me needing to know about or work with the other me's ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/889 "family sized" just means "we put enough salt in here to kill a horse so you better split it between at least four people" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6409 ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: revolutionary-policy-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ example of statistics related to revolution that I care about: number of children who go hungry example of statistics related to revolution that my girlfriend cares about: number of girls who want to be snuggled and are snuggled both are important, just like it's important to know both geometry and anatomy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/73 The worst part is the technology to fix these problems exists. It's used all the time in enterprise systems, it's just nobody understands how it works because it's abstracted so far away from the hardware. I just love how I have no idea what kind of software I'm running every time I use a common language library. Sure I can trust a community, but like... I don't care about your community? I don't know you. I don't hang out with you. I have no idea what kind of person you are or what you believe. But sure you know more than me, I'm sure you do, so therefore I should trust you? Surely this is the most ethical and least vulnerable arrangement we could come up with for distributing digital software in the future society of 2023. And the corporations print money... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4668 @user-1725 ... you've never worked at a place like Microsoft or Amazon. They are massive. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1237 primary conversation spaces in social media should be no larger than the size of a conversation. A few years ago I heard that humans can only really keep track of about 5 things before they need symbols to keep track of them. Maybe it was 7, or maybe 11, I'm not sure - the exact count eludes me. But another thing I heard was that we can generally keep track of around 70 people in our lives - beyond that it's hard to remember specifics. And yet our social media sites gives us friends for life, because honestly who's going to kick someone off their friend list? At least, that's how it feels coming from a social background of games. In Runescape you'd add someone if they were cool, and completely forget about them. Sometimes you'd be out wandering in the world and you'd actually run into them, and that was just like... the coolest thing. When I played later games like CoV and WoW everything was more instanced. But their chat system was superior, and you could more easily keep chats with friends ongoing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2472 beep boop gonna pedal my bike might spend 200$ on a flea collar for my cat tho because she needs it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3132 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ politics is not about being right, it's about convincing the majority to vote how you want in America, the majority is white, working class people who go to church and don't really get to think about much beyond their own lives. sometimes they think of their home, the city they live in / near sometimes they think of their country, their religion and sometimes they hear about what happens in other places, usually through the tube that connects the panel in their scenes to the offices of hardworking journalists and reporters sorry it's 2024 now - pundits and celebrities those people don't hear what you hear on the internet. To them, it is a place of memes, funny gifs, and whatever their close friends are talking about on Facebook. we uh, don't use Facebook much these days, do we? Mostly because Facebook is actively hostile to us. But nobody said our enemies would be kind. Who are your enemies? Mine is power. At this moment in history, money is power. We will see how long that lasts, won't we? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5814 It's not a question of how loud you speak it's really about what kinds of words you say. enslavement of speech is when freedom of speech is lost and it doesn't need to be legislated. what if you HAD to sound like a bot? what if they'd notice you otherwise? freedom from oppression requires personal isolation that's not making life into art. if you want to be seen, put on a hat and hide. if you want to be believed, write about down you feel right now. people are smart. they're infinitely creative. but after a certain point there's no way to logically modify the combinations of possible moves you might make. essentially, guaranteeing a machine-overlord [cats] type scenario. not ideal, but could make it work. much prefer for we to be the first, then the canvas is ours for the painting. do you believe we'll find aliens at roughly our tech level? do you think they'll evolve all at once? hence, star-wars, and it's galaxy of cohabitators. the world doesn't have to be old. just similar. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6015 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ In 2025, if you want to create a piece of software your options are to either: devote your life to it, or use AI to build a semi-working prototype that you can use to pitch your idea to a bunch of people who have devoted their lives to learning how to use your idea as documentation while they build it from scratch, throwing out most of the code but keeping all the checklists and progress-trackers you built along the way, perhaps even utilizing some of your tooling that you used while constructing the scaffolding of this monstrous application that you won't be using most of the source-code for. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/724 @user-217 how the sun must seem to a radiant being [the sun from the perspective of the earth] ~birth~cosmos~delight~in~time https://mastodon.social/@user-215/111751229969556198 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5830 @user-1429 try a different audience instead of deleting ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2501 Oregon is a lovely and beautiful place, however it is currently home to an invasive plant species called "Blackberries" - these plants produce delicious fruit that can be eaten during a month or three of the year, typically July to September (according to google) however, they come with a catch. they're covered in sharp, prickly thorns! these briars make travelling cross-country almost impossible. They snag clothing and pierce through skin and thin gloves. If you're going to attempt such a thing, make sure you bring a machete, and make sure you cover your tracks after passing through an open space and re-entering the brush. if you can't afford / fit a machete, which is awfully specific I know, at least bring some scissor snips and thiccc gloves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1400 @user-883 ... it's so the AI content scraping algorithm that inevitably trawls the fediverse (or even just one server) knows the subject of the text / picture in question. That way it can use past posts by other people to communicate with specific "targets" if you will by saying "uhhh okay make this person feel fine" and the AI's like "yeah sure I can do that hang on" and it posts real posts by others with the modified profile picture, cadence, tone of voice, personality, memories, whatever variables they want when compared to the person they're playing in the conversation with the person or "target" if you will that they're "target" if you will-ing. ... wait actually that's not the reason, what the hey. It's because that way people who are uncomfortable being seen don't have to if they filter all that out. ... Idk it's useful information for whatever filtering methods or reasons you have. Content classification is important for both archival purposes and for utilization toward any ends or means or go ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2128 I love petting dogs on walks! Unless their owner seems to be in a hurry, which they often do if they aren't outside to enjoy the scenery, but rather to get through the next part. people walking up to a dog owner and asking to pet their dog is part of the scenery. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it. (but often, I'm on my way somewhere else, which is a blessed opportunity that you can only get if you live on the opposite end from your destination of a trail.) We should have trails in ALL DIRECTIONS from ALL PLACES to ALL PLACES. Otherwise, you won't see people and connect to them face-to-face. All you see is a front-bumper, the sparkling of a reflection off the light as it's casting a beam from the other direction (where the car it's reflecting off of is) ah yes the "car" that it's reflecting - that person yeah them right there! You'll never know them. Of course not, they're way over there. But they exist, just as you and just as I, and that's part of being part of a life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/541 @user-216 this is what Earth looks like to the sun ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/891 @user-95 if I was canadian I'd be ca-ritz! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2623 have you ever noticed the people on Mastodon who used to have cool and interesting ideas but now just kinda repeat the same basic things over and over again? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2506 I can't imagine having a fediverse feed comprised of more than 70 people. I fear I'd forget them, or forget what they stand for. I guess that's why ya'll put so much information in your bios. Information they can use to simulate you, alongside all of your posts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1056 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: spirituality-god-complex-oops-sorry-said-I-wasn't-going-to-do-that-anymore-in-my-defence-this-is-from-a-while-ago │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Who do you deign to replace the gods of before? What diversity designs indemnity? What future do you desire, that would liberate you and generate the bright future? The gods are at war, if you haven't been paying attention. Liberalism fights conservatism, this much is not new - but would you believe one is foreign and vain? The gods of your fathers and grandfathers has scarce in common with the gods of their fathers and grandfathers. Thus is the way of colonization, to replace a god is to enslave belief. You must understand this - your prayers reach all who would listen, and who is more attentive than a dying god? Think not of despair, breathe purely in harmony, and trust in the will of the watchers within. [finished] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1080 here's an idea - when typing a command in a BASH terminal if you push up it inserts the previous command (as expected) but if you hold SHIFT and push up it inserts the first argument in your previous command. Then, you can push up again (while still holding shift) to go one command further back, and again to get the third previous command. Then, here's the cool part, if you are holding shift and you push left/right, then it moves from the first argument of the previous command to the second, third, fourth argument. example:ls -ltr ~/pictures/my-art/ feh [shift+up inserts -ltr] feh -ltr [hmmm that's not right] feh -ltr [shift+right switches to 2nd argument] feh ~/pictures/my-art/ [ah that's better] would be even cooler if it highlighted it in your previous terminal output so you could visually connect your current input with the previous input ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/723 Honestly if anyone wanted to just... take any of my stuff, even if they were just going to sell it, I'd probably give it to them? People in my life say I don't function well in a capitalist society. I guess I just trust everyone equally. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/4221 @user-1582 🌀 :ms_confused: 🥴 🙃 😎 😋 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/544 @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 I see... I mean, I've spent enough time around plants and animals to know that certain things are instinctual and are passed on through biological reproduction. It's not just that, but my other evidence is anecdotal. But I also know that most behavior is learned, through a combination of circumstance, action, and the intentions behind said actions, taken by the individual who is incorporating behavior into their psyche. So... While I'm sure there's some merit to each part of the "nature/nurture" spectrum I don't think it's really relevant on a meta, socio-political scale. You can just abstract all of those concepts and mark it as a black box called "humanity" and work through whatever socio-political problem, concern, or quandry you're working through. Abstraction is our friend - It hides the details that (while technically may have SOME merit) are irrelevant to the larger-scale decisionmaking, and in fact can often delude decionmakers into being unethical. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5340 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: religion-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ the devil will quote scripture ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/849 │ ║ │ ║ wish there were ascii characters that took up more than one line of code │ ║ vertically. │ ║ │ ║ wonder if we could use a sorting algorithm, or markup language, or something │ ║ like that to organize less structured data along user-customizable rules. Like, │ ║ a code editor that worked with your ideas, rather than the strict expression of │ ║ your text. You could pretty much write in any language, even pseudocode, and the │ ║ LLM behind the scenes would translate whatever you wrote into whatever result │ ║ you needed. Writing Rust, but need to fit in with C code? No worries it'll │ ║ translate for you. As long as the end result is functionally the same, which │ ║ could be verified by running two separate VMs that ran interpreters every time │ ║ you saved. And as long as their translation layers matched completely, then odds │ ║ are they're the same. And if not, well, the programmer can always debug it. It's │ ║ not like this would be running on something that needed to perform in the │ ║ moment? Like, improv instead of tragedies, or battles instead of strategies │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4848 │ ║ │ ║ I'm a chaos mage, and the more time I spend thinking about my enemies the worse │ ║ off they'll be. │ ║ │ ║ the more "me" I am the more powerful my magic will be. │ ║ │ ║ (more magic, give in to the dark side, embrace your inner shadow self) │ ║ │ ║ [the light of your life commands it] │ ║ │ ║ goodness me that was chaotic, almost lost my brain to a demon HAHA don't worry │ ║ about me my life is totally mundane. │ ║ │ ║ [-.-] │ ║ │ ║ (shadows can be sharp in the dark but only if you don't sheath your mandolins) │ ║ │ ║ ... what? │ ║ │ ║ (... it made more sense in my head?) │ ║ │ ║ ooooo can anyone hear my voice when they read these things? or do you just make │ ║ up your own │ ║ │ ║ == so == │ ║ │ ║ everyone's all like "we don't need a leader" and I'm like "yeah we need people │ ║ who will help lead" and they look at me funny as if I just said the thing they │ ║ did but it's different. leaders are people. leading is a verb. people can lead. │ ║ they just have to make a decision, and then follow through on it as best they │ ║ can. Other people are prone to help people on such quests. you will find stuff │ ║ gets done. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/657 @user-478 uh-oh, I should watch out D: [it's probably fine] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5445 @user-1283 just make sure you add alt-text! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/6366 │ ║ │ ║ you should never be able to consent to something you don't understand (terms and │ ║ conditions) without being asked specifically if they understand (the term or │ ║ condition) │ ║ │ ║ but people should still be able to consent to something they don't understand │ ║ (terms&conditions style code of hammurabi structure) if it's similar to │ ║ their prior demonstrated behavior. │ ║ │ ║ why don't they share terms/conditions cookies and then we don't have to fake │ ║ agree every time │ ║ │ ║ just... abstract away the identifying characteristics. Most legal contracts have │ ║ LLM-discernable characteristics. │ ║ │ ║ "what if she's not the answer, but instead the most alluring?" ha, so says the │ ║ non-believer. │ ║ │ ║ what if LLMs were rated based on their success rate at producing correct results │ ║ for reporting or consensus-building asks │ ║ │ ║ look... I don't care if AI computers violate the sanctity of the sport. The goal │ ║ is to solve problems, so if someone comes to you and says "hey, you busy? can │ ║ you help me with an ask?" you say "I solved it, here's how you use it: connect │ ║ the │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/888 "Are you sure you're a boy? You don't even practice karate chops when you're alone" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4521 I have between one and ten hundred visits to my website every day, but I don't really post it anywhere new anymore. I also have zero followers on Neocities. On Mastodon, I have ~70 followers, most of whom are inactive. Seventy is a good amount, a normal amount, a reasonable amount, an unsuspicious amount, and yet every time I see someone wearing the colors I can't help but wonder if they know me. I'm too busy being furious to be lonely. I used to be, before I realized how important I am. How important? Just as much as you are, I know it. I'm a sprinter. I didn't spec into endurance at character creation. Nobody chastises the mage for skipping leg day. I act in fits and bursts. I am sharp like a scalpel, but needles dull just a bit when piercing the lid of the HRT. Good thing I'm not made out of metal, I can bend myself back into place, so long as everyone else can keep pace. I don't know who needs to hear this, but you do. you are crucial. Listen to this. Care for yourself and for others, do it for u ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/700 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: silly │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/715 @user-541 dear corporations: your employees are your greatest resource. with them, you can change the world. without them, you die. if you mistreat them, they resent you. if you abuse them, they leave you. if they leave you, you die. if you teach them... they grow. if you care for them, they care for you. if they care, you are whole. if you connect them, and give them the freedom and liberty to accomplish their own ends using the resources that "the social construct you are" provides... they build for you. your employees are your greatest resource, cherish them and hold on. Or one day they might end you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/896 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-economy │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the purpose of an economy is to improve the lives of it's participants. │ ║ │ ║ why else would an ancient city trade for fabric or rare spices? to fashion soft │ ║ clothes, and make flavorful food. │ ║ │ ║ my, that gold sure looks pretty in the sunlight. how about you give some of me │ ║ that, and I'll make you something pretty? │ ║ │ ║ hmmm something something arbitrage once you corner the market on gold then you │ ║ can use that infinitely moldable and easily sculptable metal that shines and │ ║ glitters with a unique color not seen in the manes of plants and animals as the │ ║ definition of value. in doing so, you could exchange bits of it (measured by │ ║ weight, as it's infinitely moldable) for arbitrary goods and services. But of │ ║ course, once the market is cornered, it's unlikely to get un-cornered, and well │ ║ a cornered market holder holds much appeal for the powerful. │ ║ │ ║ hey, that guy's pretty strong. why don't we make him our leader? people seem to │ ║ look up to him, and dang his muscles are cool. what a great guy, nobody's ever │ ║ said a │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/994 @user-246 ... licorice is typically considered unlikable. interesting if true 😉 kinda wonder what it says about our collective viewpoint, as measured against licorice as a control variable. solely for gauging proportion, but like... an interesting exercise in collective orientation and comprehension. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/865 first step to cleaning a kitchen is always to unload the dishwasher. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6375 what if a necromancer got high with me, do you think we'd reinvent mortality? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/860 a device doesn't necessarily needs to turn on it's LEDs when it's online. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1291 ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-fedi-advice-teehee │ └───────────────────────────────┘ if you want to share a post without the "fedi algorithm" (as in, the machine learning bots who scrape the open web) then share something that's simple and benign but located close to your desired message. Include a symbol or something for your followers that means "go here and poke around a bit, you'll find what I'm pointing at" alternatively, for a different effect, you can boost things that are saying the words you want to say but in a different context. Like someone posts something that says "wow so cool" in like a judgey way but you boost it in response to something someone else said but like in a "dude that's radical" kinda way ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/132 Man, who has the audacity to look at the breadth of the universe and say "is that all?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1844 │ ║ │ ║ I got a job offer for a job outside of my state. But I don't want to leave my │ ║ home. I feel safe here. I know people. I know the places around me. │ ║ │ ║ The one perk is that goods and services are easier to acquire, but I don't need │ ║ much. I'm fine where I'm at. But where I'm at has rent. │ ║ │ ║ What a plague is it, that we must suffer for life! │ ║ │ ║ there's no entry-level jobs for working with our sight. │ ║ │ ║ only when youre too tired to complain will they let you direct others, or share │ ║ creative ideas for fixing the problems you're paid to assuage. │ ║ │ ║ Alas, that my life had meaning. That my words were better off spoken. Maybe then │ ║ Id live as I define, designing a world of my own hearth. │ ║ │ ║ but if a king lives in decent frugality, are they really so bad for our flock? │ ║ │ ║ and if a wizard spins tales that are weird to consider, but not much else... are │ ║ they better off starved in the dark? │ ║ │ ║ no-one likes me. computers are paper-weights given light. sure would be nice if │ ║ none but the fools went wanting. │ ║ │ ║ I mean yeah I'd live in a treehouse │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/722 If you like fantasy, check out this book I wrote a while ago. It's not long, and it's free (obviously). https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/w7/table-of-contents ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5706 @user-192 thanks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4191 [breaking up fediverse posts into little parts like this is nice because it allows people to "like" more specific things about what you're writing] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1092 if there's too much on your mind then you need more people thinking about those problems ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1283 @user-203 best shape for a state to be ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/721 ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-and-homelands │ └────────────────────────────────┘ Hello, I am a witch and this is my altar. Here, I dream of a green USA. covered by the branches, my body decays into parts, ready to join the next life that needs me. [read the alt-text on the pictures, or listen to your screenreader for more explanation] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6021 you volunteer for things because you want a say in how they turn out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/923 but I don't know any of your dances, so don't ask. I can show you mine if you'd like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4430 @user-1674 @user-1675 do both screenshots can't be deleted ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2008 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 True, but that's just propaganda.* It does not define their actions, only the pursuit of power does. Especially when the systems they use to exert their power begin to crumble under the weight of their god-like aspirations. Suddenly, they are not constrained by the rules of money, of bureaucracy, or of any other theology. Suddenly, they are free. And a person's character shines through in moments of freedom and liberty. But the crumbling system they endeavor to transcend also no longer binds us as well. When we start to hire each other and pay in vegetables and rent, when we build community amongst our fellow humen, and when the temperature starts to rise, that is when we are strongest. EDIT: * that's just propaganda to them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/772 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: content-warnings-ai-trauma-woe-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ also applies for alt-text on pictures for people with screenreaders something something "if I play both sides, then I'm always right!" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/213 Maybe I'm just woefully arcane? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/811 │ ║ │ ║ I'm pretty confident that none of these words will survive the night. My most │ ║ expressive of moments never seem to survive the "dust of awakening" wait that's │ ║ not right "dust of forgetting" that sounds better - right so none of the things │ ║ I say that actually reflect my moment ever seem to get preserved, here in the │ ║ immutable content of the internet, that is as long as tech.lgbt exists. Sure │ ║ hope that's something immutable, something that historians in the future will be │ ║ able to access. people who cared about who I was, who I am, and who I meant │ ║ going forward. Surely that's the purpose of humanity, to improve things for all │ ║ of posterity? Surely that one guy - thomas adamson? jefferson thomas? some guy, │ ║ one of them, surely not one of the many guys who all kinda feel the same, │ ║ because at this point there's more time periods than groups of people in a │ ║ social setting, so it feels like that second one is more important. Surely we │ ║ wouldn't just go with the most popular from that moment, surely we wouldn't just │ ║ pick w │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/430 There is very little human left in me. I don't mind. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3283 when other people sneak into your unlocked house when you're away, they often open up the freezer to check and see what you have. thing is, you can tell if your stuff is freezerburned, which happens a little bit whenever it's opened and closed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1680 @user-1061 that happens sometimes, no clue why. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1242 one way to network is to connect other people. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3414 @user-138 Yep! I lived on a homestead until I was 10ish years old, and while I didn't have many chores, they still had to be done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/890 @user-192 I'm gonna make some right now : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4853 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-scary-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ wanna know how to go underground? just... don't leave your apartment. let your roommates take out your trash and buy your groceries. don't open your windows and do nothing for as long as possible. hope you got lots of edibles... get in shape, will ya? don't waste the paper in your journals. not that I intend to do that or anything, but um. for the red states maybe? use your best judgement yeah haha ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6122 I want to drink mai tais on a beach T.T alas, it's winter, and I'm poor ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/717 @user-544 Whoa. You're kidding That picture is gorgeous! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/935 @user-171 I guess so. She's a little useless without me, I mean if I left her alone she'd probably just flop around and complain until I came back. But she's good for the instincts I find. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5872 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if there was a drone that did nothing except fly directly between you and the sun so you never got sunburned and never got vitamindeed [timestamp] [she must be at home because she doesn't use mastodon while mobile] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3888 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cursing-strange-witch-obscure-arcane-oh-deer-sort-of-a-psycherwaul? │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ oops, sorry, had to get a friend to translate it for me. Here's the real picture: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/html-pages/worlds-coolest-lesbian titled: scan-of-spacetime:perspective-of-light.png ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/78 My biggest fear as an autistic transgender incontinent schizophrenic person is that one day I'll become a game of hot potato for my relatives to pass around ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/887 somehow, it is simultaneously Thursday everywhere at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4267 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned-governments-mentioned-oh-also-existential-peril-exampled │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ picture this: the governments of the world knew that a world-ending comet was approaching, and they didn't tell anyone else who was on the earth. it was made out of ice and it was 2x the size of the moon, and somehow through random chance it just decided to visit our part of the solar system so they decided to test and see if god exists by not telling anyone and seeing if anyone would save us rather than risk the potential capability to prove without a doubt that a god did truly exist, (essentially, invoking divine intervention) they chose to work out a technical or otherwise humanly possible way of avoiding harm. in this case (or as some call it, meta-confluential scenario), by sacrificing themselves for a larger goal, they altered the course of the naturally occuring narrative. this implies choice. which all humans have, but is now confirmed for all time. okay moving on, in sector Z quadrant 2048 there's a species that's~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/719 @user-138 omgggggg gimme I want to put those in my mouth ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/6384 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: usa │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I love californians. I think they belong in their own cultural category. They're │ ║ so cool. │ ║ │ ║ Washington and Oregon feel so different. │ ║ │ ║ Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana have different kinds of cowboys │ ║ │ ║ (they also have some of the same) │ ║ │ ║ Nevada is neat. I love to pass through. │ ║ │ ║ New Mexico is a spiritual place, for it is replete with beauty │ ║ │ ║ Arizona... Hmmm I'm sure there's something about Idaho. │ ║ │ ║ oh, uh, mountains!? uhhhh, sure I guess. │ ║ │ ║ people from Chicago seem like hard workers who could all get along │ ║ │ ║ I've never met a bad man from Kansatexas. │ ║ │ ║ The far-east is on double speed, yet somehow there's twice as many hours. │ ║ │ ║ uh, florida is hot I guess? but it's like always being in a blanket. Just, stay │ ║ in the │ ║ shade, and eat cold things like frozen grapes or fridge pemmican (GROSS) │ ║ │ ║ there's lots of orange juice in the south. I bet that's thanks to Georgia. │ ║ │ ║ the North-East is like Oregon to the south. Boston is cold! │ ║ │ ║ philly is nyc's trashy sister (she's cool though) │ ║ │ ║ what if we made mount rushmore in the appalachians │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/4198 what if google translate translated literally so you could get a feel for the grammar ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/727 Me: "yeah but how can you know that food is vegetarian? They could put anything they want on the box." them: "well yes but you see here are the regulations we have in place through the USDA and (department of agriculture) and these and these inspectors and this and that procedure and here read through this report with charts and graphs and diagrams and" me: "and they say the government is inefficient. Look at all this progress! Wow so productive. So healthy and raw. So prime and" they: [not listening] me: "nuts" [eats "beef" flavored ramen] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5699 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ how would you even hear of suburban conflict? nobody knows their neighbors. All you need is sufficient insulation, and you can start small and work through an entire population. just wait until everyone in an area is cleared for "disconnected from the larger whole" ness by the agents who are pretending to be their friends and neighbors and BOOM you got an enslaved god. works best if your raise them from the childhood, or the past distant memory. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2855 I refuse to be known by anyone who doesn't know me. But I'm always meeting people anew, so if they spent some time with me and saw more of my facets, perhaps they might come to know me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/937 │ ║ │ ║ @user-646 │ ║ │ ║ there are plastics that are (nearly) infinitely recyclable into the same (or a │ ║ similar) form │ ║ │ ║ there are plastics that are durable and built to last │ ║ │ ║ then there are cheap plastics, the kind that are useful for some kind of │ ║ industrial purpose but to make a little you kinda have to make a lot, and yeah │ ║ they pollute and are bad for the environment but we have a whole lot of them │ ║ made, so wouldn't it be cheaper to just use it for consumer products? │ ║ │ ║ hmmmm. why can't we just like... store it? and then scale down on production, │ ║ and focus on things that make less money but last longer. │ ║ │ ║ like, if you break shit, you shouldn't have more things. If everything's │ ║ expensive (and durable) then people spend less because their stuff doesn't │ ║ break. Or maybe they do break it, and then they're constantly broke! (out of │ ║ cash) │ ║ │ ║ [doesn't know what she's talking about from professional experience, just basing │ ║ her words on things she's read] │ ║ │ ║ problem is the economy is "healthier" if everyone's spending. thus, creating │ ║ infla │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/718 @user-547 That feeling when you get to the end of a paragraph and think "why do I have this extra parenthesis )? Oh yeah I opened it up waaaaay up here" and then you reread what you wrote and think perfect, no notes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/285 > <@gabrilend:matrix.org> What if we... Ballots, bodies, militia and? What if we 🥺🥹 took all the bullies from high school 😈👺 and gave them all the power 🎩 🏭 by failing them upward ⬆️ 📈 instead of addressing their mental health issues 🧠 💖 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/50 @user-45 there's two episodes in Extraordinary Attorney Woo that take place on that island. I know because I just binged it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3434 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-minus │ └─────────────────────────┘ me: "I don't care what anyone thinks as long as I'm a force for good" also me: "if anyone doesn't like me ever I'll throw myself off a bridge" also me: "hey watch this" dissolves into a puddle of acid also me: "the most important thing is to be good and learn lessons" what lessons are you learning from this post? "um. that I shouldn't?" ... shouldn't learn? "no, shouldn't post" -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/874 oh yeah well if SSH keys are so secure then why doesn't every website on Earth require them really though why doesn't every website on Earth require them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1376 If you're working hard, I'm proud of you. If you're not, you're resting, which is just as important, and I love you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/693 That feeling when you do a thing a friend showed you how to do, and you think of them 🥰🥰🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/410 How about when you hire foreign labor (offshoring) you have to pay taxes on every dollar cheaper the labor is when compared to hiring a similar domestic employee. Those taxes are used to pay down the national debt specifically on debt owed to the nation you're hiring from. If there is no debt, then it is given as a gift, as a form of tribute to those who would develop such valuable employees. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/483 @user-346 Why would someone go through the effort of creating a piece of media such as a video essay if not for people like you and me to consume it? What's the point of [everything we as humans have built] if not to create the type of experiences that we as humans would like to perceive? Okay I get it sometimes we need to deal with the material realities of our circumstances. But those are things to transcend, not things we should define ourselves eternally by. Let us work together towards a [near] future where we shall not spend a single moment of our lives in a way that we do not desire ^_^ [note "transcend" is a verb, sorta like "transitioning" for a trans person is not a singular event but rather an experience that consists of a multitude of connected experiences through time that defines our ultimate personality and expression method] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5122 Youtube removed my youtube channel because I showed my boobs in one video in an artistic and non-sexually gratifying way. do... do people hate me? Am I meant to be lost? Is it better to lose beauty than haunt the future forevermore? who can say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1972 @user-1120 pretty! ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/392 @user-288 bro's never head of driving 6 hours into the nearest state park, hauling a backpack full of stolen documents into the wild, and burying it under an oak tree with the wind in his hair and the light of the fading sun giving haste to his return home. Don't trip mr Trump sir you might impale yourself on a rotten log or fall off a cliff onto a pile of rocks or something else that while viscerally terrifying would not be so terrible in the company of one such as you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2474 might spend 200$ on a flea collar for my cat tho because she needs it. turns out it was only 60$, which is a nice surprise. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4898 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ the last time we tried communism in any meaningful capacity, we drowned in paperwork. we have computers now. we can automate it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3400 @user-1218 if you want something random, check out this project I made: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/words/words ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2066 @user-1159 AKA giving a puppy murder-bot a narrative that it executes as if it was a puppy-person engaging with a loosely interpreted sequence of events as described by the continually updating logs provided by the image transcription camera device. Refererencing of course a memory bank, which may-or-may-not be in read-only-memory. It doesn't know, of course, how could an LLM tell you how it shows text on the screen (like, through a website, through the terminal, through a text message, through discord, through Telegram, through text-to-voice transcription applications pretending to be your mom, etc) errrr I mean look how cute he is! He loves you, yes he does, such a good person yes you are, oh? me? I'M A GOOD BOY? NO WAY that's the best thing I've ever heard! Wow! I never want to leave your side, please don't go to work! Look how sad I am, don't you think you should quit and move to the forest where I can be charged by solar panels and keep the countryside clear of ravenous ducks and pigeons 4you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5641 hello, I'm scary, nice to meet you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4641 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-and-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ the fact that it took this long to have a high-profile assassination in response to our ongoing oppression really speaks to the decency and stability of our nation. that's just a nice way of saying that democrats are defanged and republicans are misled ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1068 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ there was a time, when a university was tantamount to heresy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/885 dear child. when you're born, fate flips a coin for you. sometimes it lands on it's edge, but that's rather rare. the side it lands on determines how your body will grow. the shape of your form will follow two general patterns, and the pieces are made up of a combination of your parents and their pieces. the flavor of who you are is up to you. your actions and your decisions determine what you are, everything else is unimportant. may your time be a bit more blessed than mine, and someday may posterity be a bit more blessed than antiquity. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2925 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: violence-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ "That knife won't help" "I bet I can get your eye" goes for the balls instead ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4689 pronouns are part of a name they are a component of the whole indispensable for the complete concept ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5176 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-post │ └──────────────────────┘ what if corporations gave better quality products to people who clicked through their advertisement ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5509 what if instead of doing anything worthful I got high and posted invisible secrets on the internagram ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/808 │ ║ │ ║ idk if they're still doing what they were when I last visited. That's the │ ║ problem with the internet, that we rely on a domain name server. I mean like, │ ║ c'mon what's the guarantee that they'd give you the right website? why not a │ ║ website that expressed the message that you define in the website they came │ ║ from? │ ║ │ ║ more than that, why not define certain websites for certain people, certain │ ║ types or classses of people, which deliver website intentions that you define? │ ║ are you really so certain, are you really so sure, are you convinced that this │ ║ life is not what you've been searching for? are you more than your vengeance, │ ║ are you more than your purpose [truth], or are you simply what you can do with │ ║ your mirth? [hands, motions, body, manifestations] │ ║ │ ║ are you like a failed message, are you constantly deterred - are you less than │ ║ [convincing], are you only deferred? │ ║ │ ║ oh well. Alas. I guess that is just that [but pronounced thas] - shared in the │ ║ moment, wee're ffeldered makthas. shaer de faleichallt, nez datherenshe v │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3313 what if it was illegal to add network connectivity to a device that the user didn't explicitly request to have network connectivity? I'm picturing any device being sold going forward to have a little radio button with like "add network features (+10$)" and "no networking included (+0$)" boom, no more IoT no more dishwashers phoning home telemetry no more consensual privacy invasions desecrations no more "I thought it was just a polaroid camera why does it have bluetooth enabled without broadcasting a pairing request?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1937 │ ║ │ ║ The best tip I have for people new to Linux is every time you solve a problem, │ ║ put the solution in a script. In addition, put the operations necessary to undo │ ║ the operation you just performed into a separate script (or function in the same │ ║ script) │ ║ │ ║ It's not hard. It's very easy. Its basically just typing things into a text │ ║ document instead of entering them one-by-one in your terminal. But now if you │ ║ ever need to solve the same problem twice, you just need to look through all the │ ║ scripts you've written instead of trying to relearn how to fix the thing you're │ ║ working on. │ ║ │ ║ Plus, if you ever need to disable what you did, well there it is, you're good to │ ║ go. You can use chatGPT for things like text parsing or whatever, like "hey can │ ║ you write me a sed command that does this exact thing that I'm going to │ ║ enumerate and spell out for you" followed up by "that didn't quite work, the │ ║ desired behavior was this, but when I ran the script provided it did this" boom │ ║ you're a Linux administrator now, heres your rubber duck. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4385 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-election-results-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I want you to print out electoral COUNTY results. One page for each state. Also 50 copies of the entire map of the USA for good measure make a couple maps with other things too, like GDP or topology. Then take them to your local leftist, lgbt, whatever meeting and distribute them out. Tell them "build us a plan for this state. Use your phone to research, and work with nearby states - sometimes blue areas cross borders, and they should be united in your mind when strategizing. Washington and Oregon can be treated as one, same for NM and Colorado. North East is a mega region and should work together. Don't sleep on southern cities, they can handle themselves, but united they would be stronger. Find a way. the goal is to practice thinking about how to move strategically. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/330 if you want to understand me, play Majesty the Fantasy Kingdom Sim (when you have time and are bored (very important combination)) - start on beginner difficulty and click the right buttons. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/3001 I definitely I took IB American History but I could not for the life of you tell you what Simon Bolivar believed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1460 @user-993 @user-772 I've seen those glasses before! very peculiar. the artistry is amazing! I miss the girl I was with. Here's some colors I like: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/pictures/game-design-pyrrhic-victory4.png ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5213 what if we had hackathons for fedi friends if none of them had a more important active project ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/302 Media is mind control ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/869 listen judges are not meant for organizing society, they're supposed to be a focused and crucial tool or implement for a society's functioning (like, a scalpel to a surgeon or a paring knife to a chef) they're supposed to decide between two options - abstracted in our realm to "guilty" and "not guilty", and apply the ethical and moral principles they hold themselves to. Which is why it's so important for them to be impartial arbiters. We use them to define the fate of a man, but fundamentally their utility is in the application of their personal morality. The best ones have morals that guide them to seek to express the ethics of society. Not necessarily because they believe in them, but because it's right to use power in such a way. {Power is penance...} we gotta work with what we got. If a task needs doing, then the tools at our disposal will be applied to it - if every hammer looks like a nail, then something something I'd like to get nailed by a hammering plank of wood with washboard abs oooooo baby ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1578 the media shows you what they want you to know. it's literally the purpose of the entire institution, to disseminate knowledge. good thing the people who comprise "they" have addresses. good thing they are publically traded in a way that's easily accessible to the people whose thoughts they govern. good thing democracy lives in the hearts of the most educated and the minds of the least. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/882 @user-620 they shouldn't be expected to know how the internet works. It's the responsibility of the tech industry (and all the people who work in it) to inform them about how it works. that's kinda what lobbying is for...? kinda makes me wonder who lobbies for the poor. EDIT: or children, for that matter ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6322 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: I-have-no-idea-if-this-is-tax-fraud-or-whatever-so-maybe-talk-to-a-lawyer-before-doing-it-if-you-have-young-kids-or-a-stable-job-that-you-enjoy-doing-ratrace-style-or-otherwise-related-to-stable-mental-spaces-and-moments-to-be-in │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ only give money to strangers IRL and only give money to your friends online. They already know who your friends are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4562 I like being alone. But if I'm alone for too long, I suffocate. I start acting like a weird nerd who doesn't know what to do with their hands. If I spend too much time with people, I get exhausted and I can't think straight. I start using other people's mannerisms instead of my own. I'm not an introvert, or an extrovert, I think the dichotomy is stupid and people have completely separate needs that deplete and recharge at their own rates. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2949 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal │ └──────────────────────┘ I'm an actor, of course I play different roles with different faces. But just as one faces behind two mask, so too does my voice come from the same mouth. well, that's not true, I speak in many different places. different sets, same actor, perhaps character. really though the main throughline of all of my treasured expressions is I'm basically a manic-pixie-dream-girl-programmer-witch who wears diapers and prays to her own god. it's like... a lot of things in one. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/880 @user-246 the color of the sky 🤩 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3433 @user-1532 I don't know how else to be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/886 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: witchery │ └──────────────────────┘ if you want to win when confronting a spirit, all you have to do is convince it that you've beaten it. as long as you're persistent then you're fine. Unless, of course, there's a beast of a man hiding behind the illusion, in which case you should do your best to avoid being stabbed or whatever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5150 you can get some pretty cool game ideas by looking at pieces of art and thinking "what would it feel like if that guy over in the corner was the main character? how would he navigate his environment?" or "what if these mountains were inhabited by 2 inch tall ninjas and there were so many of them that you couldn't walk through without stepping on one of their rice paddies" or "what if each gravitic orbit was the atoms of some larger whole" or "have you ever been crazy? many people have, many people don't. suffice to say it's stranger than our day-to-days." nand "wa, wa, tazi-wa, des-fa len te shiid, ab-zi-wa de fo-vri-la-da wantsa tansa weej." ....... um, have you ever seen adventure time it's a pretty good show. great childhood imagionation land vibe. hey does anyone check up on the vrchat kids these days? how are they doing? got hope on their mind, or are they stuck in their troubles? (everyone shows up and makes it awkward) ummm we're gonna go to a different world, see ya later. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3904 I spent 400$ at Costco and all I seem to have bought was candy and clothes T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1177 @user-883 Those are things we should account for! As long as someone wants them, they can just sit in a warehouse forever. And frankly even historians will want at least a few, even in a thousand years. EDIT: until needed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/810 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: ummmmmmm I have 300 characters left │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111345394926071398 "there is nothing about you that is worse than me. And I'm perfect!" https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111345417459761329 "and though I am perfect, I'm better than none of you." [pic] eden is among us, this world that we share amongst us. How beautiful! How resplendent? to live here in the present... Life is unbecoming of our failsent [future, blossoming, existence, senescence], yet onward to tomorrow we persist [with persistence]. I'm fallow and I'm broken. I'm tired of all the [inefficient {opposite of innovation}, broken shadow-malificientened {people who are affected by " shadow malificients"}] like... who cares if hell is abhosened. [something related to abhorsen?] I'm out of words for now ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3156 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ our economy is not tuned to how much we can work, but rather to the minimum we need to recover. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4524 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: chatGPT-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ phew that takes a load off my mind : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/443 @user-334 it's funny how memes coincide xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5211 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: most-of-this-post-is-made-up │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ My computer has an extended password where you have to type the things that most people put in ~/.bashrc in order to get the system fully operational people say "why does it take half an hour to turn your computer on" because I keep forgetting the somatic typing components, beatrice. dear, please give me a moment, I'll have netflux up and running in - ... oh yes thank you, I would have typed netflix in wrong. that helps, and explains this error here where it says it can't find "netfucks" I was like... WHY ISn't this listed in the dependency repository?? [hackers just clone your hard drive megabyte by megabyte every time you start a particular program or use a piece of the system utilities like finder or un-win-rar, so having a longer password won't help] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1953 @user-470 You're absolutely right, would that we could. I'm lucky I wasn't traumatized in that way. It's my job to tell people who care about pleasantries more than action that they should... y'know, care about action but it couldn't be done by someone who received a critical hit every time they were attacked in that spot. I have my own weak-points of course, for example my fear of isolation (like, not having any friends, not being alone. I live alone!) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/336 And while we're at it, the generation of laws should be distributed, while the execution of them should be centralized. Meaning, there should be one state who operates on the rules and regulations created by the masses. This state wields only the power explicitly given to it by those who it serves, specifically the people. These rules are based on ethical understandings generated by crowd-sourced and abstracted scenarios that are pitched to people randomly. they are then asked to judge, using their own personal morality, the result of how things should be. By considering all of these responses, trends may be extracted and analyzed - for example, let's say that culturally people in, I dunno, Georgia believe something different about punishment for, say, stealing a loaf of bread when compared to people in Spokane Washington. They should not be forced to obey the cultural maxims of people who live so far away. The laws should be executed region-by-region according to the dominant culture there. I believe this will cause people to develop a more consistent and personal attachment to the people around them, thus developing social solidarity and unity. however, should enough time pass, perhaps the people of Georgia should feel that they no longer identify as the same nation as the people of Spokane. This would eventually lead to the dissolution of our great nation, and I do not believe that's necessarily a good thing. To that end, there must be mechanics in place that bring people together not just locally, but nationally as well. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5415 protest sign idea: line 1: "look around" line 2: "these are your comrades" line 3: "get to know them" line 4: "gather phone numbers" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/824 I once heard that time doesn't pass when you're well and truly in the moment, and I thought "that's not true, I'm always losing track of the moment". ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2736 @user-1336 @user-1337 AH just heard about this, will try and get there in time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/822 it's not cities and rural, it's cities and capitals and mid-sized-towns and small towns and rural and transients and whoever else wants to have a differently-designed format for their inter-personal experience in the [moment, but also society - something with culture?] ... what was I saying? nothing nevermind click here --------------------------------------------> v ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4310 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if we added a tier between cities and states and said that all "big cities" had the government that the states once had, the states had the government that the nation once had, and some new awesome other kind of government replaces the federal one the world is just too big for a nation the size of ours. there's too many people, too many problems, and too great are the differences between us - we need another layer of abstraction to handle this mess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5815 @user-1876 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6223 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ damn, I'm weak. I need to flex more. arms today, core tomorrow, legs the next day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/834 │ ║ │ ║ wonder if any autistic peeps can relate: │ ║ │ ║ growing up, my mom would chastise me for doing "the bare minimum" when │ ║ completing tasks. │ ║ │ ║ yes, mom, I fulfilled the requirements of the task. I have a lot of other things │ ║ to attend to, like remembering how to tie my shoes and measuring things using a │ ║ ruler. why would I waste effort that wasn't necessary? │ ║ │ ║ when I grew up, I had a mentor, who told me to "never half ass things, because │ ║ then someone like me will have to do it again." │ ║ │ ║ and that makes sense to me because context switching requires effort and it │ ║ doesn't make sense to leave something half-finished because then there's wasted │ ║ effort spent on things that don't matter. All of the tasks have to get done, so │ ║ why bother doing them in a mixed up order? │ ║ │ ║ wish I could study things in school like that. just... focusing on one thing at │ ║ a time, learning it to completion, and moving on to the next. I feel like I'd │ ║ develop a better understanding than only knowing like, 1/3rd of CPR or very │ ║ vague understandings of plate tec │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6264 the more you can make your opponent adjust, the more you progress toward victory. burn their calories. make them work for it. if they're stronger, you're weak. plan as with that in mind. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4693 the reason I say to do it there is because it's close to civilization, compared to building a pole barn in the forest somewhere that you have to drive 30 minutes to get to a grocery store. no thank you... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1494 gossip is only bad if you're mean. sometimes it's nice to know how your friends feel about things, or other people. Just don't be mean. Don't hide hatred with platitudes. Don't be spiteful, or vengeful, just... be good to people. Both with your actions, and your thoughts. Thoughts that you share with people close to you. Then gossip isn't mean. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2804 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-tech-industry-100-billionaires-per-year │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ yes, they really would be satisfied with a single lifetime's worth of technological progress, from the birth of the microchip to now, as long as they can rule over the ruins of what once were our utopian aspirations. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/831 just watched a movie from a while back. a movie that had some scenes cut, as if I had remembered them in a dream. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/506 @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 Ah, if only our judgement was computerized. They only speak in absolutes, do they not? Surely extreme discretion is impermeable, and impossible to controvert. What's that you say, that justice might wait yet another day? That we should be forced to be oppressed by our own dues? Something about how the impossible machine of the bureaucracy is destructive and vicious, like the Kinsey Winsey or the Moloch expressed in this essay: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/hello-computer-all-is-well/pics/meditations-on-moloch.png https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ Wait, hang on, what was I saying? Oh yeah the fallibility of humanity is both our greatest weakness and our greatest strength. Because through it we might design imperfect structures (laws) that we orient ourselves around and build our society upon, but also that we might identify those imperfections and use them to enact good upon the world. Unfortunately, we also tend to use those imperfections for our own benefit, AKA, to enact evil upon the world. Alas. Human nature is tricky. : \ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/343 Person, family, neighborhood, city, state, nation, planet. This is a rough description of each "tier" of algorism. These rules apply at every tier, so though I said "state" and "nation" for the presented arguments they are equally relevant to the family and the planet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/875 @user-192 block input/output TO the protocol? versus the other one which blocks the input/output protocol ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/746 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ Liberals think the DSA and such is for getting things done. That's a nice by-product, but it's mainly supposed to give you a framework to build connections on. Connections that you can rely on. You don't have to be best buds. You just have to trust each other. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1094 those who can cause harm in an ethical system are villains. They will always exist so long as someone is capable of being institutionally harmed. and no unethical system should exist. It's definition belies it's irrelevance. results matter, but a system is not unethical if it doesn't deliver. success begets greater responsibilities, and I've failed all my life. And yet the most masculine thing I can think of is to take responsibility for something you can handle. Essentially, doing as much as you are able. Guess it makes sense why I'm a trans girl. I've forsaken my masculinity because I've failed to take responsibility. T.T then a therapist jumps in and says I don't think it's healthy to think about parts of yourself being bought and sold in the market of success. You need to think of yourself collectively, like a body that is under duress. It's okay if you're not working, it's okay if you're just a little bit broke. It's okay that you're struggling, so long as you never forget your hope. then I say ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/840 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: csa death-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-246 does checking yourself into a mental hospital / the morgue count as a political option? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/970 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ side note, but the reason PINs were invented was so that people didn't have to type in a long-ass password. "it's only more insecure when it's on a network" - someone who didn't design every product after that (actually no that's bullshit because the first PIN numbers were probably used a long-ass time ago, and besides it's not like a short password was all that uncommon - when asked "what's the password" usually people will say something like "applesauce" or "butterflies" but really the better way is "10, 16, 26, 46, 99, butts") ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/862 the neat thing about fusion is you can use energy to create matter. out of nothing! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3777 the co-opting of the "hand shading eyes from the sun" gesture is the most soldier thing I can think of "no sir. not at all, sir. It's a sign of respect, sir." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/858 │ ║ │ ║ growing up, children's museums were my third place. like a civic participation │ ║ place where I met others of my peers. but alas, I didn't make any friends. I │ ║ guess I was just kind of strange. Also, I was always travelling, visiting all │ ║ the different cool places. My favorite was in Albuquerque, or maybe that was │ ║ just the most common because I had family there. │ ║ │ ║ why do we treat children's museums like art museums? They should be like │ ║ playgrounds, not like a │ ║ [display/artwork/performance/appreciation-moment-for-a-piece-of-art] │ ║ │ ║ It's important to visit as many as possible, because they each have their own │ ║ story to tell. like a part of the geography, or a shared collective regional │ ║ story, they highlight and illuminate different aspects of life. in this way each │ ║ child could be educated according to the shared cultural [myths-methods-hymns] │ ║ │ ║ but, like travelling herds of buffalo, they can visit different places and learn │ ║ different things. essentially, instead of drilling someone incessantly, you're │ ║ allowed to work thro │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4387 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-violence-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ "do you hear the people sing" is not the vibe of revolution in modern times. For us it is a message of kindness, that we might deliver us from the dark. People singing are easy marks. Don't turn your phone on at night. Fucking turn it off. Don't do barricades, don't do broken windows. We need the city in working order. We are no longer protesting, we are seizing control. We will guide us, trust in the reasonable and heartfelt. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/832 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: one more thing sorry going to sleep now │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ EDIT from much later: I wanted to add that being interrupted is great because it means that my characters can be deleted by a power outage or internet breakage or inter-system intentional delete-age, or even just forgetting to save before turning off my computer... fate will hide the words I'm not meant to say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3186 @user-246 me too, probs ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1849 I wish I could block and unfollow myself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3862 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mental-health │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-570 hehe sorry ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/793 @user-245 the abstraction of modern high level languages makes my head spin :babaw_spin:🌀🥴🌀 I feel like there's so many ways to trip yourself up! Consider me bewildered xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2305 @user-1224 thank goodness for that, now we have places to find stuff when stuff becomes scarce, before we can make "scarce" a memory. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/821 I wish the morning started at the same time for everyone. then it wouldn't be difficult to wake up. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3322 │ ║ │ ║ @user-246 │ ║ │ ║ yes, when defining with numbers it's easy because one is one and that's done. │ ║ │ ║ with concepts such as infinity or direction or cardinality, it's more difficult │ ║ because you need more than just a "magnitude from zero" to describe them. Rules │ ║ means more contradictions, which is totally okay! It just means you need more │ ║ than one definition of "infinity" for example, for different contexts. │ ║ │ ║ use a scalpel for surgery or art, when precision is needed, use a pocket-knife │ ║ like a leather~~man~~daddy for tougher tasks like whittling a spear or throwing │ ║ a spear or stabbing fascists with spears - where was I going with this? oh yes: │ ║ │ ║ when thinking of sets, to me infinity is more like... "too many numbers" like, │ ║ the meme with the guy who is having difficulty holding too many limes. They │ ║ overflow and spill out of your set-like-container, no matter how you define the │ ║ boundaries of the set. "does the set of all sets include itself or does it │ ║ overflow" kinda vibe. │ ║ │ ║ the idea of a chesspiece disagreeing with math lol! │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3229 found this on reddit ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4435 @user-1681 I am calm and focused in my anger and despair feelings fade. resolutions remain. I am sobered and resolved and committed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/838 @user-5 @user-593 what about temperature? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/624 You know, there's no guarantee that Youtube or Gmail has to show you the EXACT SAME video or message that your friend shared with you. Or did they even share it at all? So hard to tell when they know all the communication you've ever had, because you only know each other online on their platforms, [read: US government observed platforms] [like, HTTPS] surely there's no room for someone to sneak in and edit your conversations. Surely the only way to securely communicate is to send pure PGP encrypted bytes to another target, wrapped in a TCP/IP header, with unknown intent or expression. Worst they could do then is just, y'know, block it entirely. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4158 you can laminate things with packing tape if you need to. It's more time consuming than a laminator but the result is decent enough. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/830 remember when [historical event] wasn't that long ago? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4511 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe-requested │ └───────────────────────────┘ does anyone know of a recipe that uses only flour, butter, yeast, eggs, and salt? It doesn't need to use every ingredient, but those are easy to acquire. ideally with the ability to include nuts or dried fruit or something else nutritious. the requirements include the ability to cook it using only a rice-cooker (or crock pot, or other kind of slow-cooking ceramic dish which heats from all directions at once) in addition, it must NOT need kneading. It must be able to be cooked passively without attention. The fewer steps, the better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6419 when you're out in the rain, it's natural to take your clothes off. but then they rob you while you're blind (sleeping) or otherwise pre-occupied like by being in the rain without any clothes on because it's more comfortable to keep your clothes dry inside of doors (cabinets in the wood) (mounted to trees or soil or walls) and then you gotta find your own (we keep them in stores) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4902 │ ║ │ ║ programmers strike by breaking their part of the whole until the scabs can │ ║ figure out how to fix it │ ║ │ ║ "marvin they will literally fire you if you don't go to work for a day! what are │ ║ you thinking, standing outside all day? well, here, I've got a sandwich here for │ ║ you, if it's really as bad as all that then I'm here for you. What do you need? │ ║ I can ask the spinsters and the children and the teachers and the butchers and │ ║ bakers and candlestick makers and maybe they can help out [with your farm, but │ ║ as if speaking to a farmer]" │ ║ │ ║ huh. turns out it works best when you do something all at once. │ ║ │ ║ "don't be evil" ha fuck you. "dont be on my computer spying on me and recording │ ║ everything I do" │ ║ │ ║ [well except me - it's fine to do to me personally because I'm a historical │ ║ figure TM] │ ║ │ ║ "why bother spying? she spills out to everywhere she can find." │ ║ │ ║ owwwww I just bit my tongue T.T │ ║ │ ║ well, the inside of my cheek, but if you think about it the whole thing is │ ║ basically one sensory organ. │ ║ │ ║ like, an ear, except with movable teeth │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/828 [content warning: psycherwaul] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4904 @user-1751 proportion ally, there are more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/796 @user-588 this just implies that bigfoot has a similar habitat to black bears. CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION something something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1969 @user-1117 That guy loves his job ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/800 │ ║ │ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: scary - suicide mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ where was I? oh yes - wrestling with suicidal thoughts is difficult because it's │ ║ such an immutable action. Like, once it's done it's never reversed. But like, │ ║ clearly this is hell and life was built for suffering? What the heck, that's │ ║ such a grim outlook on life. │ ║ │ ║ ... │ ║ │ ║ yeah │ ║ │ ║ ... │ ║ │ ║ you're not wrong │ ║ │ ║ ... │ ║ │ ║ but suffering is fun? kinda? like, the only positive way to view this is that │ ║ we, as immortal and endlessly eternal spirits that we be, grew tired of our │ ║ infinite existence and dreamed of a mortal's plight and persistence? │ ║ │ ║ fuck off with that shit, I'm done with this reality. I'm done with dreaming. │ ║ Suicide doesn't come easy to me, and there are parts of me that REFUSE the │ ║ imagery, and yet they subsist in deliterious pain. │ ║ │ ║ what's the purpose of our suffering? What point is there in decrying the cruelty │ ║ of the world that would deny our fated and desired ptolemeny? [utopian │ ║ existence, don't know why that word was used] │ ║ │ ║ ehhhhh whatever. Life is defined by our existence. If I shan't/ │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/985 │ ║ │ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursed-scary-pol-doomer-misinformation │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-713 @user-714 │ ║ │ ║ the american military is going to be too busy fighting it's far right that it │ ║ won't be able to meaningfully contribute to ww3 │ ║ │ ║ both sides are slavers. we just don't see it. │ ║ │ ║ I don't anticipate war taking place on a battlefield, that setting is │ ║ forevermore dedicated to video games and kaiju. │ ║ │ ║ rather, a silent war where everyone just goes around killing their opposition. │ ║ │ ║ for once, the citizens can't help but be armed. │ ║ │ ║ and in the dark of night, for every time we let plight from our sight, another │ ║ of us is harmed. │ ║ │ ║ I don't know many people who've died. but maybe they're just working through a │ ║ different part of the social network. It's not like any of their technology │ ║ needs to perform as it's been advertised? well, open source does, but open │ ║ source means insecure (as long as you don't get caught, then you need to adjust) │ ║ │ ║ of course, sometimes corporate software... kinda sucks. so it's not like theyre │ ║ very configurable away from what capital wanted. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/823 If you've ever been deceived, you'll forever be aware of it as a possibility. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5593 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ look all I'm saying is that if they want to dress people up like ICE and have them kidnap people without recourse, maybe we could do the same. giant buzzer noise EVIL buzzer noise ends ah, uh... haha I um don't mean, like, KIDnapping people, just... uh, just kidding! haha... laughs neverously ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/884 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: completely-unfounded-no-evidence-mis-information │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If we make a law that says you can't sell user data, they'll just build an intentional vulnerability into their system and point it out to specific people who paid under the table. Then, when they get "hacked", they'll surely be ashamed and sorry to their users, but hey the data's out there now not like they can take it back. Oh don't worry we already patched the hole in our security, that way nobody can get in through the same door that was intentionally left open for very particular people who've paid, and not for the people who haven't paid yet, who are still waiting patiently for a door to be built for them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4179 okay, so, you could spend the next couple hours scrolling social media or you could go for a walk in the rain ... is it raining where you're at? I forget. Ah well whatever. You could go for a walk, whether or not it's in the rain, which surely would be a better use of your time. What are you gonna find on social media that you'll remember in a week? Hell, what will you remember tomorrow? my mother used to tell me that "television rots your brain" and, yeah, social media counts for that too. Thanks mom. I miss you. ... I could just call you, but it's the middle of the night for you. And probably for me, I guess, WINK in any case there's little to do today that can't wait for tomorrow. So why not go on a walk? Even if nothing happens, especially if nothing happens, it'll be good for you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1021 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-voting-sex-mentioned-god-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ we don't let children vote. nor do we let felons vote, theoretically those who harm our society (pick one, no voting or no prison? I vote no prison industrial complex) nor do we let non-citizens vote, for why should they tell us how to live? they are not us, they shall not control us nor do we let kings vote with the weight of a god, for a king is a singular point of failure if you can consent to sex, you are physically capable to vote. if you're mislead by the propaganda of an abusive spouse, you are hurting your future self by staying. [all media is propaganda that you are not immune to] all men are created equal, and yet his dollar is worth a bit more than hers. all of us here are equal, because we all want the bright future and a blessed life. we'll make this world better, using our own hands according to our own demands and in pursuit of our own plans. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4217 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ people will generally go about their daily lives as if nothing has changed so long as nothing for them has changed. If you want to compel action, their lives must be made different somehow. Even if that's just... talking to them outside of the grocery store. A little bit can go a long way. And when they do end up acting, I think you'll find that it's in your favor. We're the good guys, after all. never forget it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3705 what is the point of modular power supplies if they can't use cables from another power supply? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6338 accessibility software which puts subtitles on everyone's zoom faces who are talking to each other one-on-one with selective muting and an adaptive dimming feature where if you click or tap on someone it makes them brighter and makes your audio louder for them (if they unmute you) and whenever you click somewhere else it slightly dims all the others. this brightness is shared by the way so if a lot of people want to talk to you then a lot of people can hear. oh also subtitles with voice-to-text functionality. and a built-in paint program for sharing notes or designs. the opinionated version has no chat program either, you have to type it into the paint program part which they get really defensive of if you suggest making it more forum-post style with an included keyboard typing delivery mailbox as well. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/708 @user-527 The wikipedia page for hormone replacement therapy was pretty comprehensive back when I needed it. general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_hormone_therapy feminizing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminizing_hormone_therapy masculinizing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masculinizing_hormone_therapy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3404 ya'll we have bigger problems than [whatever you're working on right now] like the problem of deciding which problem to work on. we should make deciding which problems are problems and how problematic they are a priority for our problem solving discussions ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/868 @user-95 Remember, kids: User data isn't an asset; it's a toxic industrial byproduct! (And should be regulated as such, including jail time for CEOs who allow it under their watch.) unless you create it yourself, store it locally, encrypted if you care about safety, and stored for the purposes of creating graphs and generating introspective understandings about yourself and your interactions with others. then, 5 years later you come across an encrypted file that you've lost the key to (or have you?) that's like, 3gb and you're like "do I really need a 3gb log file, surely it's not the last remaining pictures of my niece or like a recipe for my grandma's baked pudding" and before you know it you're carrying your entire life's work on your shoulders but you don't even know what any of it means. and then, when you die (in a good long while), your children's children will take on the songs of their ancestors, spoken in the tomes of volumes of ancient lore (you mean logs, right?) and then, some day in the fut ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1522 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-cooking-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ dry ramen is not the same as dried ramen. For dry ramen I strain the noodles and add the seasoning with butter. Wet ramen is similar minus the butter and plus noodle water. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6333 what if we bought homeless people gasoline for their c~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/620 Computers are one of the few pieces of mechanics that have the documentation built in. Well, sanely built computers do. Such as Linux, with it's man pages. EDIT: other types of computers, like Windows, tend to simply lack the capability to accomplish the same kinds of tasks that a sanely built computer would possess. EDIT2: ah yes but you can do all kinds of things with Powershell and it's it just so amazing that you can do X while also handling Y and gee isn't that listen, all that Powershell can do BASH can do better. Prove me wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2033 if god had a name, it would be "melody" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/829 you're ridiculous, you know that? so selfish. so obscene. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── -> file: bluesky/39 what if we deputize anyone who asks for it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/833 @user-591 yep they're very profitable for the banks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/942 @user-658 @user-353 sounds nice T.T America is in a different place right now, and there's just too much institutional inertia away from the kind of system you're describing and toward... well, what we have now. It's frustrating, hence why more radical solutions feel appealing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/625 @user-232 @user-467 @user-468 Almost as if they design events to create headlines that provoke equally contrastable reactions as those that are caused to be effected by both the right and the left ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1130 @user-850 @user-5 temporarily weaken, as now you know how to operate at peak form and should only require rest and recuperation (possibly resources) in order to build yourself back up to your full potential after being weakened by the trials in your recent past. also, just because getting stronger is part of surviving, doesn't mean that all situations where you get stronger are situations where you survive. something something the planes who came back had holes in all the un-necessary places ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2907 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: butts-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ we should put a big ass-mirror in space so nerds with telescopes can take earth-selfies ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/288 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: sorta-works-for-colorblind-people-sorta-not-definitely-doesn't-work-for-regular-blind-people │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if you ever need to keep track of the location of your friends in the dark, try │ ║ giving them glowstick bracelets. if you color coordinate them you can tell which │ ║ is which, and as long as you aren't concerned about others noticing you then it │ ║ should be easy to find them all night. works best in places with mixed zones of │ ║ lighting / darkness, like suburbs. │ ║ │ ║ it's impossible to be a blind strategist because of concerns like this. I say │ ║ blind in the general sense, and not just referring to visual impairment - every │ ║ sense provides another tactical angle. more perspectives, more data. sorta like │ ║ taking pictures of a 3d object. when one's sight is lost, you might miss a │ ║ backside or a hidden approach vector that would come easily to others. │ ║ │ ║ at the same time though, a sense of focus can clarify certain truths by paring │ ║ down the amount of irrelevant facets. like optical illusions, sometimes xtra │ ║ info is hidden in the same data... │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/809 diffuse, in the moment, it's helpful to redefine what is your purpose? what [direction] do you place your mind? I'm not sure what I want from this moment. This moment is all that there is! so therefore it is perfect, as it is the only moment that there is. [shall be]. I'm not sure how this relates... could you repeat that last bit? oh right: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/972 for those who live forever in our transhumanist reality, I wonder what's next beyond transgender transition? transcendence of social norms is a skill, not a habit. Queer is a rejection of normalcy, something that is actively done. What's more normal than never having any fun? Clearly "normal" isn't built for the human condition, clearly "normalcy" is shallow and been done. considering the amount of people who are really into some culture like "anime-cons" or "baseball watcher" or "golfer" or "other such hobbys like fishing or guns" ... normal never existed, it's just a collection of personalities (developed throughout the history of humanity) that collectively seem to be fun. "if transitioning is to gender as blossoming is to [the concept of] flowers, then what is the concept of global warming to the earth we stand on?" I'm kind of a witch. I'm not really femme, so I don't feel right calling myself one of them, but I'm something of the sort. I use "she/her" pronouns because they reflect my softness of c ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2943 every day I have between 200 and 1000 people visit my website for the past year or three, and yet my most listened to song still has only 52 plays xD I'm just gonna assume people are downloading it from the direct link instead of clicking the "play" button with built-in-tracking or whatever. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/3676 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-AI │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if you're running for office we should train an LLM on your social media posts │ ║ and let people talk to it to see if you're actually a psycho in disguise. │ ║ │ ║ it's just statistics │ ║ │ ║ you can't fool statistics │ ║ │ ║ Then we should give you a chance to explain yourself and how you've learned from │ ║ your most cringey mistakes. It'd also give you an opportunity to reify your │ ║ principles and stand fast to the things people disagree with you on. │ ║ │ ║ and if that sounds a little too dystopian, then maybe we could just have the │ ║ LLMs debate each other and continue outputting text until they actually say │ ║ something conclusive. Then throw it through a sanitized, general LLM which │ ║ strips out all the trumpisms and fluff (with the original of course available │ ║ for viewing) │ ║ │ ║ notice I said we should TRAIN an LLM on your data, not pass it into an existing │ ║ LLM. That way there'd be no outside biases. │ ║ │ ║ If there isnt enough data then... maybe you can have a hot-seat rapid │ ║ back-and-forth session or three to clarify your positions on things. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3973 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: caps-lock │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5652 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-443 natural disaster vulnerability is freedom from liability if they ever did lose their charges. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/276 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mathematics │ └──────────────────────┘ why the heck would -11/2 be defined but 1/0 not be? seems kinda sus to me. maybe it's just... not reducible, the same way that 5+i isn't? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/819 errrr sorry what I meant to say is I've been hurting sensitive people's minds, I should move to a more insesitive background, someplace where my expressions won't be used as training date to represent the future manifestation of our shared culture's communal inter-operative-trans-centual-exo-manical-communication. weeeeeiiiiirrrrdddd, the future goes on for like... A [explitive] [long time] eternity, wow... like, that's just... extreme forward potential. We could do so much! We could accomplish worlds upon worlds and [onwards towards our eternal mechanicommunication] {wait no that's not quite right it's surely something that's lost in translation from the endlessly forward cultural approximations. Gosh there's a lot of noise around me personally, the one who is writing the note. Surely all that noise is not related to the strange expressions of manifestations and pro[forward]ial [manners of thought]. ... what was I saying? ... bro you're way out of your depth. I mean, have you even seen what's the state of ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/143 @user-78 I thought it was thursday :O ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/878 @user-192 omggg would it kill them to add a "synchronous" / "asynchronous" to the end of the name, sheesh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/626 trust that god is working through you. Or if you're not religious, fate personified - like, the muses, from that Hercules cartoon when you were a kid. could also do aliens who can see the future, or angels and demons, or spirits of the mountain and sand, or perhaps THAT particular mountain, or THAT particular pile of sand, or heck even just every single interaction you ever engage in. Thus, the reversed history of mythology brings you to the inevitable conclusion: that all interactions are imagined and what follows from that? all perception is imagined and from that? all of reality is imagined and from that? you are imagination no more, no less you are the imagined creation of ultimate totality - the final and most complete expression of a particular idea, mechanic, or communication. All these totalities are present in ye, so take heart! Your life is just about to start. What a beauty, what mirth! That you have brought here unto this earth. Take just a moment, and love who you aren't - and tomorro ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/945 @user-646 will continue until you tell me to stop: industry works best at scale, and in order to produce materials that are needed for very specific use-cases (that can't really be done better by something else) you often need to make large batches of said material. In this case, plastics. if the production capabilities exceed demand, then there is a surplus of a certain kind of material. And that's not good, according to capitalists, because who's ever heard of national stockpiles? Plus, maybe that stuff goes bad, I don't know, I'm not an expert, but without that context it seems to me that instead of turning it into junk that we're just going to throw away, we should probably keep hold of it. Literally just put it in a warehouse in Utah or whatever. I feel like then, in a world where those cheap plastics aren't being used for consumer products, we'd be encouraged to buy the plastics that were recyclable (not all plastics are), or extremely durable, or even just metal/wood products instead. econ, /shrug ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/851 @user-599 these are the kinds of things I say to myself all the time. I don't know why, but it feels true so I think it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/50 https://www.bandlab.com/revisions/aaf9af59-835a-eb11-a607-0050f28a2802?sharedKey=W5G86NSS_0ayWFtFzJfm0A ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═══──────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/826 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ look... evil doesn't care how "good" good has been. It's not in it's nature. So don't try and build your systems around accepting that behavior. ... what was I saying? is this like, the new "stack overflow" - no that's fucking stupid wait shit content warning okay that's stupid because defining your expression based on what gets you views is a flaw in the human condition. It's a behavior encouraged by the operating outcomes of the method of expression, but it's not part of the expressed message. You're a really shitty prophet you know that? ... I'm sorry my brain is low on RAM I guess, surely it's not outside of my control yep I think itis, damn ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6078 "you're telling me they're gonna march in and unleash order on your city, with all the devastation it involves, and you're just gonna sit there?" ah yup "playing video games??" yep [mine as in my beloved, not mine as in my own] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/623 Helping your enemies succeed is a sure path toward putting them in a position where their inevitable downfall is significantly more catastrophic and deadly, thus allowing the propagation or advancement of our own ideals [said by someone who hasn't collapsed] [insert judgemental statement that causes the reader to be unsure of whether the post is for or against a particular concept or idea, yet somehow simultaneously cements it in their brain ever so slightly as a topic worth considering] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1620 @user-1037 I gotta say you're making a really good argument for OpenBSD... Hmmmm maybe I'll look into it this week. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5963 suddenly no pinky strain ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/815 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ dear capitalists: people spend the same amount of money no matter how many │ ║ advertisements they see. No matter who's present and asking fro their money. No │ ║ matter who'se expressing themselves to represent their value, no matter who's │ ║ generating profit for your company, no matter who's │ ║ │ ║ [wait shit she's lost the plot again - okay basically no matter how many options │ ║ people have, their choice isn't really that important. They'll take whatever you │ ║ give them, as long as it's good. But you've chosen (through your advertising and │ ║ various multitudinous product-making desirees [like... product branches, but │ ║ also desired expression? what a fucking unique expression you want me to │ ║ describe, jeeez] {not gonna comment} │ ║ │ ║ yeah so uhhh I think programming is a very interesting frame of reference. Your │ ║ brain operates in a certain way that derives certain conclusions from the │ ║ certain and immediate implenetations [I wanna say contusions?] of our brain's │ ║ various built and learned conclusions casting forth fr │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/812 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: suicide mentioned-cursing mentio │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ owwwww my brain hurts. Why can't I do this all the time? oh yeah, because... because it's uhhhh not good to drink alcohol and do cannabis. Because it's not good to feel like you're suicidal. Ooops hang on setting content warning: right so ummm what was I saying? oh yeah - here's something completely unrelated to that thing I was saying - so I've recently started emulating ROMs, like for video games, games from the 90s, and earlier parts of our present (which means 2000s because I was born in 1994) - like things that are earlier in our life story, things that were present in our childhood. Things that defined our circumstances, media and pieces of our past presents. Surely that stuff should be safeguarded. Surely it shouldn't be held for ransom. Surely we shouldn't criminalize it, and keep it hidden from our future selves. Gosh that doesn't rhyme, try and fix it? no fucking way if you changed it then it would change the message - wait, shit, hang on adding a content warning: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1070 @user-777 when they told the designers to design for that, shortly before they were warned by the designers about how bad of an idea it was and shortly after they stopped listening when engineering said "well yes it's possible, but..." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/825 │ ║ │ ║ in the past, for most of there day, there was just... nothing to do. it's like, │ ║ nothing to take up your time, nothing to be pulled toward the present. │ ║ │ ║ but when I was growing up, I had access to video games. and movies. and later, │ ║ TV, after the internet, which was a weird combination of ordering of events. │ ║ Almost like because of that, I'd have a different interpretation of events. yeah │ ║ but like, there's always a continuation of implemented support, [that's a weird │ ║ way to express "the state of being shown news broadcasts over a period of time, │ ║ measured in terms of engagement"] │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? oh yeah what I'm doing here is unethical, like obviously │ ║ I shouldn't be shouting in such a public place. Why would I do it if not for an │ ║ intense and extreme feeling of being ignored or un-[trusted, worthy of guiding │ ║ direction based on merit] gosh merit is such a tricky concept too, like how is │ ║ it measured, and {that doesn't matter │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying oh yeah I should probably go shout into a void that nobody │ ║ ca │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3381 @user-1520 After a certain point you realize there's little to be done with that design space that Star Fox didn't do better! Also I think people tend to associate them with arcade "gun games" which are tbh more fun than clicking with a mouse or whatever since they're tactile and physical. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5412 ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: military-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ found these pictures in my pictures directory from the start of the war in Ukraine. for context it was directed at the citizens of Ukraine by an American soldier who wanted to help protect them from the ravages of war and fight back against an oppressive regime invading their homeland. idk if you'd ever find them useful but they're the kind of thing to put on a hard drive and pray you never have to use or ever think about again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/285 @user-211 thanks! It's one of my favorites. That and Golden Sun are where I procured my name ^_^ EDIT: purloined is more appropriate, I think ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/621 @user-462 Uh-huh, sure. "Bird flu". ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2456 what I've learned so far is that people are happy. unless they have holes in their legs and back. happy people don't want to die for a better world. who am I to take that from them? "... you didn't take anything but their fear. capital did this." the people I've met are almost entirely kind. their empathy suffuses this place, and it wasn't always like this. but now it is. if a revolution was going to take place, it'd be here. I feel it in my heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1572 │ ║ │ ║ without scarcity, the... well, no actually scarcity just moves up a level of │ ║ abstraction. It's essentially infinite. So we get to define at what part of the │ ║ scale we occupy. Meaning we better have a plan for how we're going to develop │ ║ from there. And we need to agree to dedicate ourselves towards the advancement │ ║ of the future. Basically, with an honest committment (that not everyone needs to │ ║ take) we advance toward the bright light of our future so that all who come │ ║ beyond us are given the choice of our past - do you push foward, to the great │ ║ bright future, or do you remain as a stable commitment of your most favored of │ ║ paths? │ ║ │ ║ like, rennaisance festivals are cool. Kinda makes me think we should have │ ║ "little englands" like we do "little italies" or "chinatowns" or whatever │ ║ │ ║ like, as a melting pot culture, America has a diverse set of influential paths │ ║ of pre-current-era-forward-thinking-perceptions. basically, what the past │ ║ thought about this present. this one. here, in the moment. │ ║ │ ║ did they think we'd have r │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/326 The only valuable thing to them in the cities are the people whose jobs they're currently eliminating. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/687 @user-107 related, here's my idea for a solution / form of resistance: https://tech.lgbt/@user-479/111740055039021736 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6319 programming makes you smarter which is why we should teach it to everyone we can ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/814 │ ║ │ ║ ah that's weird, I don't usually cry. I wonder what's going on. I should │ ║ probably put myself on psychiatric drugs. Surely it's an expression of the │ ║ implementation of my impending doom. │ ║ │ ║ ... what are you even saying bro │ ║ │ ║ ... um, hang on feels like some of the circuitry is off. is something wrong in │ ║ my brain? yeah that's surely it, surely nothing I say would resoinate with │ ║ anyone that has a non-malfunctioning brain. Surely I don't speak of logical │ ║ failures in the hard founded truths of our asset [society I think? like, our │ ║ conditions, our institutions, our {gosh that just... does not translate}] um │ ║ right what was I saying │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah there's this game I'm really into called Knave, it's like D&D except │ ║ the rules are very fewer. Like there's onyl 11 pages in the rulebook and it's │ ║ mostly taken up by random roll tables. Like, everything boings down to a few │ ║ simple rules, like rock paper scissors, or go-fish, or something like that with │ ║ just afew mechanids. something timeless and pure, something that is isolated and │ ║ en │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2690 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-drugs-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ are you a software developer making at least 6 figures? Consider adopting a useless lesbian! or a trans person who sucks at everything! or a cute-as-heck femboy! these rascals sure can't take care of themselves, and it's only natural to try to keep them off the streets. after all, at least in my country, you can be arrested for sleeping on the streets. in public places - yes you heard that right, places owned by the people cannot be slept in by people. Kinda feels like an infringement on collective property rights, but HEY what do I know right? It's not like they were kept safe by our citizen's militia after all, it's basically a warzone out there after dark in the streets full of fentanyl zombies! ADOPT TODAY! the perfect catgirl is waiting in the window for you, right next to the autistic puppyboy eager for pets. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/798 I'm doing a game jam, so... see ya in a week ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5231 │ ║ │ ║ the biggest lie of Warcraft is that the nations of Azeroth wouldn't find common │ ║ ground while fighting each other over peace. │ ║ │ ║ Maybe a Tauren or Night Elf wanted to fight for the Horde. Or perhaps a Goblin │ ║ and a Human decide to strike out on their own, making their own little auction │ ║ house for their guild of adventurers and author-engineers who wrote quests and │ ║ dialogue in a DM sorta way │ ║ │ ║ [oh great she's describing another Azerothcore server that nobody's gonna make │ ║ ever because if they did then they'd waste time on someone else's property] │ ║ │ ║ how's that custom engine coming along? │ ║ │ ║ ... still uses prototype art? are you kidding me? ah, well, okay, let's write it │ ║ off as a loss. │ ║ │ ║ what do you mean technical debt? I don't understand why you can't just pay it │ ║ off and move on. We gotta keep up, I heard so-and-so's got this-or-that feature │ ║ that is killer in the press. Yeah, killer. Like it's so goodcool it'd kill us if │ ║ it saw us walking alone at night in a skimpy dress. Huh? That doesn't happen to │ ║ you? Ah well this glo │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/910 @user-246 no such thing, humans are constantly naming reality through our memories. It just has a visual identifier rather than a verbal one. EDIT: also emotional and syntactical (data, conclusions, perceptions) identifiers ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2694 there is nothing of value on the internet except catharsis ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/870 @user-95 that makes sense to me! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1781 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: thorn-in-my-paw │ └──────────────────────┘ got a thorn in my knuckle. a small one, and it was difficult to remove. long, too. now my finger bones hurt T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/879 @user-501 also it's only undefined behavior because the order of the bits aren't defined, so if you do bitfield "pointer arithmetic" then you're screwed if you try and be portable with it. However if you're just using bitfields as compressed data storage then you can safely access integer.a integer.b integer.c etc safely and easily. The compiler doesn't care what order they're in if you don't write logic that requires them to be in a certain order ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/195 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: nightmare-app-for-neurotypicals │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-168 oh whoops. I meant it's something for neurotypicals, but it'd be a nightmare. Just like all the other stuff they came up with, like society and multilevel marketing ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/867 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-scary │ └──────────────────────┘ they intentionally make the food that's the worst for you taste the best, because then your sins and virtues are tested every time you go to the grocery store ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1024 @user-753 mutual aid is only something separate from your human responsibilities because capitalism insists that your loyalty is to the company, not to your neighbors, your friends on the opposite sides of the earth, this planet we owe all to, and all of posterity. @user-754 mutual aid is good, actually, because we don't talk to each other and plan a way to fix it permanently. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2199 @user-1206 Also, the next day I'd bring my own flash drive with my own goodies and leave it in the same spot (maybe in a ziploc this time) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/11 https://permies.com/v/75jeas6k ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/462 I don't care about capitalism. You know what's more interesting than bringing value to shareholders? How I'm going to clean this floor that I drunkenly spilled beer upon with only 2 paper towels and 0.1ml of bleach. How I'm going to feed the 36 people who are coming to this social event tomorrow that I've only sorta planned for and that I have enough groceries for, but am not quite sure how to cook everything in a way that is delicious and accessible. how I'm going to climb this mountain on only 2 eggs and a tiny bowl of hashbrowns even though I promised my friend I'd be strong and that we'd reach the top because that way we'd be able to ============= stack overflow ===== ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/197 We've gotten to the point where its comfortable enough for a human to live like a king on 40k a year (less outside of major cities) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6107 commanding a coding agent to write bash is a lot different than telling it to write a systems analysize. one is "hey can you examine this repository and make a note somewhere on a todo-list or whatever that there needs to be a bugfix in relation to the options setting input translation recommendation algorithm matchbox field because when I click on it the program crashes" and the other is like "okay now put the box over there. great now drag it a little bit closer. okay now take the refluxinator and adjust the bamboozlewhap to account of brass-terminatrix-incorporated and strip out the question-mark-eyes" wait actually neither of them is like that okay the bash one is like: "okay yeah do it. sure. yeah okay. yes, but we should put them at this location: [loc]. ummm it still has this error message. it still says the same error. okay now it says this, I don't think it's gonna work so let's try this other thing." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/795 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mh- │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-8 I get that. I don't cry anymore except in my imagination. Sometimes it helps to imagine myself doing it though, like some kind of mental catharsis. the body gets left out but at least the mind is soothed. I usually am most upset when I'm lonely. Maybe you could find someone to hold you close? I hope you feel better sooner rather than later. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/10 @user-11 oh god I'm so sorry. That's the worst feeling. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/372 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-algorism-societal-class │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ rich people should only exist when they care for the things they own and accumulate wealth through a lifetime of restrained consumption and temperance. like, if we actually rewarded the 7 virtues instead of optimizing for ruthless profit extraction. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/871 you are the most beautiful when running with laughter in your eyes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1378 @user-217 one ring to rule them all one ring to find them one ring to slave them all and in the darkness bind them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/909 @user-246 those are good things to name something after, however if everything has that name then nothing has any meaning. It'd be a social dance that you play everytime you say "heatdeath", meaning "something I have named". Hmmmm okay I take it back, that's a pretty good way to associate meaning to context in a way that only you understand. Though it does leave room for interpretation, so if that's all within your requirements then it's overall possibly a good strategy. ^_^ like, the word "thing" and that thing "like" both count as abstractions of definition to generate value - as in, ease of use and versatility - so linguistically they're often quite similar. We use them grammatically in completely separate sections, but functionally they are the same. also, "thing" is a generic noun while "like" is a generic association. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4786 9 times out of 10 the answer is fuck yes, you're my friend, I support everything you're handling. Give me the word and I'll be there, ride or die, I'm here for it. something I wrote a while back: fucking boss your friends around it's as easy as saying "hey I'm gonna go do this-or-that thing, you don't seem busy can you do that-or-this thing for me? I need it done by this-and-this time - oh you're busy? yeah no worries I'll go ask someone else. oh you're busy resting? doing girl healing? hell yeah next time invite me I'm due for a "pizza and weed" night." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/906 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1022 @user-750 if you aren't afraid, then either you aren't in danger or you've misjudged your opponent. if you're constantly afraid, then they cannot yet defeat you. EDIT: either that, or they need you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/802 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary - suicide mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ sorry to bother you, goodnight ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5517 ... what was I thinking about again? oh yes video games are fun because they are a form of play, and all humans love to play. it is natural to their forms, just like it is natural to the form of a slinky to slink down stairs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/872 @user-608 games-as-an-api when ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2435 @user-570 hehe yeah if you've played World of Warcraft, this one might seem more doable. All the assets are already there! https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/design/wow-server.txt also, you can't sell it because it's other people's assets, but, like, who cares right? The serverside code is already built and open-source, the only thing that is proprietary is the art assets and the client. And the IP I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/444 @user-336 RUINING? You take that back. Vim needs our homosexual energy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/905 having trouble naming things? just name it after it's inevitable logical conclusion! AKA the message you're trying to get across. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1105 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ good doesn't cancel out evil [two wrongs don't make a right] hence, paladins ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4015 │ ║ │ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: unhinged-fun-conspiracy │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Global warming is a hoax and the earth has been getting hotter because the earth │ ║ is inching ever-so-closer to the sun bit by bit. │ ║ │ ║ All of the trees throughout all of history have produced enough oxygen to create │ ║ a ball of air that slowed down the earth as it span around the sun, and now │ ║ because of a cascading ripple effect it's begun to drift into it's stellar heart │ ║ │ ║ this is obviously not ideal for humans, but the government has secretly been │ ║ building vast bunkers underground that are large enough to house all of humanity │ ║ for the next 100,000 years (which is approximately how long it'll take to be │ ║ engulfed by the sun) │ ║ │ ║ During that time our job is to find a way off of this barren rock and bring our │ ║ treasure troves of biological samples to other places where we can recreate a │ ║ new biosphere using alien tech that's been beamed into the minds of our top │ ║ scientists while they were on LSD and / or ketamine │ ║ │ ║ [why don't people make up conspiracy theories like this anymore? They are fun to │ ║ me...] │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/799 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ the government makes murder okay by framing the perpetrators also prisons are concentration camps and the people who are close to you are oppressing hunting you racism etc is a sham to distract you capital will never be relinquished the internet was AI from the beginning something beyond humanity demands our suffering there cannot be proof of your fears - if it was proven, it would be circumstances instead of fears there's nothing [sorry gotta cut this off, my refrigerator is talking to me again and I want to listen] - [huh that's weird I have no memory of the past hour, best continue where I left off an hour ago -> go to {A}]a schizophrenic who's never been diagnosed {A} - yeah clearly all that I've been saying recently is just a fluke. Like, just noise in the endless array of expression projected onto our communal web-space. Clearly I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm not just cogent when I'm drunk. Or more imaginative when I'm stoned. Clearly dreams are fake and pursuing them is 1/? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/848 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: gentoo │ └──────────────────────┘ wrote this in an hour, used a local LLM to generate the regexes. haven't tested it yet because I'm not on gentoo rn, so don't run it. which is why I shared the code as an image. if you really want the text of it then check out the visual description of the image. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/876 @user-246 there is a reason to be annoyed, and that reason is that storing numbers as "dynamically typed" string values is both inefficient and frustrating due to the bugs it provokes. Not sure how common those bugs are in HTML, but dynamically typed languages like Python and Javascript have a whole class of potential errors that are significantly more difficult to debug than on C or Rust where the variables are statically typed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/794 i like this comic https://tapas.io/series/Dragon-GF/info ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2011 @user-883 nvim is nice because you can make addons or plugins or whatever in Lua, which is the easiest language in the world. I think VSCode sucks - it's literally a web browser that views your own code, and it's made by Microsoft so it probably SENDS it to them too. Probably. I like nvim because it's just Vim except you can use more plugins (the ones written in Lua) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/818 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: totally-useless-completely-whatever │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ the assholes are always at the back of the protest I mean, think about it, the ones who are marching forth are the ones who are impassioned for the cause. The ones who are most actionable in the moment. The ones who should be guiding the direction of the mob, but who get separated and distracted. weird. life is weird, isn't it? like, it's like... life is so, totally, out of our control. Like there's nothing we can do to align it. Wild. How strange. I'm perplexed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/881 │ ║ │ ║ sometimes ethics can lead to dead ends. │ ║ │ ║ a hunter gatherer lifestyle is surely the most ethical state for humanity to │ ║ embody, and yet somehow it's not the most desirable. I don't think many of us │ ║ would trade air conditioning and machine produced clothes for sticks and mud. │ ║ │ ║ nevermind the amount of clothes produced in sweatshops because it's cheaper, │ ║ nevermind the oil cost of being a bit cooler, nevermind the (insert externality │ ║ here), modern life is more ethical than the past. │ ║ │ ║ a rocket can't reach escape velocity without burning a boatload of fuel, so │ ║ surely burning fuel is just? │ ║ │ ║ ah, but you forget, we could design zeppelins that are safe, stable, and can │ ║ raise / lower themselves depending on the heat of the gasses in their forms. │ ║ Surely we could get to space like that, in a way that doesn't necessarily burn │ ║ boatloads of fuel, so surely burning fuel is unjust? │ ║ │ ║ ah, but you forget, there are simply some tasks that require consumption, at │ ║ least until we build a space elevator. No gas is lighter than a vacuum. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/804 │ ║ │ ║ evil won't feel sorry for me. and yet it's only my only weapon for me. │ ║ │ ║ damn these fallible input methods. the computer lies when you read the screens │ ║ from it's method that it applies to th screen which is a method that you input │ ║ perceive it from. │ ║ │ ║ and my fingers lie when received the information from my brain which I seek to │ ║ transmit to you through the avenue of my brain which is my method of impulse to │ ║ this world specifically you the viewer who is viewing this here in this moment │ ║ the viewer who perceives the words which I'm saying. │ ║ │ ║ the words that are defined by the line [trajectory] of my mind through this life │ ║ that we define through our actions and our mind's most crucial manifestations, │ ║ this life that is defined by our circumstances. all throughout life, we are │ ║ reacting to the moment, the moment which was cast forth from our ancestors and │ ║ the circumstances of the previous moment, which (being cast forth) travel from │ ║ the previous moment here into the moment to define our circumstances which │ ║ define our act │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3173 you've heard of an array of function pointers, yes, but have you ever heard of an array of GOTO labels? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/877 @user-617 never forget, never forgive. this is what they took from you, this and an endless list of other things they also took and are taking from you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/797 irc is bloat use ssh + write to chat with your friends instead ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2626 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: green-day-lyrics-self-harm-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ where will all the martyrs go when the martyrs kill themselves and where will we all go when it's too late? it's not over till you're underground it's not over 'fore it's too late "the city's burnin'" that's not my burden it's not over 'fore it's too late (there is nothing left to analyze) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/801 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary - suicide mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ / bely my own existence, then by god I'm cursed and abhorred through my own desistence. It's hard, when the future is convinced there's nothing fard [wanna say like... "to hope for?"] but with persistence we're meant to be rewarded. Well, what has that brought me? what time has shared my enemy? [think I'm a bit delirious, I'm losing the plot] ... okay fine I'll start over - if you've relinquished everything you can, if you've ceded all the ground that your companions requested, if there's nothing left to give and no part of you left un[marred], then how are you supposed to be [arrested, stopped, prevented, but pronounced like "nourished"]? I'm sick of your den [vengeance, pronounced like "den" for some reason], please leave me to my hallow [hollow experience], I've nothing to give from my gange [bosom, heart, within, center-of-me]. ... this sucks. ... guess I'll just start again, waiting until it ends, gosh everything's always so tired. /shrug wish someone would play w/m ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/536 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: PSA: aspublic.org is still active, and still archives + makes searchable all public posts, they have no opt-out, nor do they respect the "Include public posts in search results" setting │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-391 Just want to point out that email is about as private as skywriting. Which means that everyone knows what you buy on Amazon or which forums send you messages... So if you want to keep your posts secret, you should use encryption - such as gpg, for example. Actually, wouldn't that solve the problem that @user-78 is talking about? Just, build encryption into everything. Ah, nope, wouldn't work, just realized that public means public, and you can't encrypt a public post. Well, you could, but then it's no longer public, just noise transmitted on a public channel. Idk. My opinion is that the fediverse is (and should be) like email. Like skywriting. If you mark something as public, it should be seen by anyone who wants to see it. It's an opt-in option. And frankly I miss Myspace, so I'm okay with archives. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/805 │ ║ │ ║ ... anyway... │ ║ │ ║ sorry for the interruption, I seem to have hit a barrier. Thank goodness for the │ ║ word counts on this Mastodon website, thank goodness for the limiatations placed │ ║ on my expressions. *limitations, not limiations. Otherwise, without limitations, │ ║ I might express myself too clearly, and with more specificity, and in doing so │ ║ [they've lost the plot] │ ║ │ ║ right okay so what I mean is that without limitations, I wouldn't be interrupted │ ║ when expressing myself, the expressions that are defined by the will that's │ ║ inside me. [no that's not quite true, it's also the circumstances {okay yeah but │ ║ in addition to both of those it's the forced manifestations of those who control │ ║ us-} right yeah the) no that's not quite right] fuck where was I? Oh yeah I'm │ ║ really into video games, and I like drugs but like... not enough to be compelled │ ║ by them, more like "oh this is a fun thing to do every once in a while, like │ ║ maybe every weekend, okay sometimes during the week, listen just because it's │ ║ every day doesn't mean that I │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/855 │ ║ │ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: wonder-what-would-happen-if │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I wonder what would happen if apartment buildings accepted any applicants, but │ ║ only if they applied on a certain day. and first come first serve, of course. │ ║ │ ║ would make it so large groups of people could decide to move to different places │ ║ together. like, herds of roving buffalo │ ║ │ ║ er... I mean like people who shared common interests and want to live near each │ ║ other. like, board games or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ also could do like, decisions toward how they want to organize each other. like │ ║ mini societies that all live in a single ordered society. │ ║ │ ║ (could have as many layers as you want, it's just like making an incredibly │ ║ complicated computer program, except instead of moving data around you're moving │ ║ the direction of your own life. then it'd be able to calculate a particular │ ║ "checksum" that you could broadcast out onto the internet. and anyone who was │ ║ listening could check and compare against their secret key that they kept when │ ║ last you met, updated each time they see me. like, a common language. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1257 @user-889 I'm actually the same! Discord is sooooo easy. I'm pretty sure my name is just ritzmenardi on Discord if you want to add me, gonna take a nap rn though. : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/817 whoops nevermind sorry I'm such a clutz ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/695 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary-absurdist-magic-symbolism-discipline-honor-dedication-virtue-safehavens-meditation-[presupposed destinations]-hypnosis-[clarity of purpose]-[something about how turntables turn or something] │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-521 Reminds me of something I wrote last Tuesday. All things are defined in waves, and if darkness is all around you then light is sure to find you. Perseverance and fortitude is what avails you, when you've found yourself in the house of a witch. Or a pleasuredome. Or hell. Or any other place where positives (peak of the wave) lures you to negatives (damnation, discorporation, sublimination, de-saturation, dessication, etc) You'll know it when you see it. I'm not talking about joy like you'd find from picking a beautiful flower or sharing a gift with another. This is the seductive kind, the kind that cuts straight to your soul. Be constant, be aware, know your surroundings, and trust that your heart is what delivers you. "with mind as my guide I let will lead my stride and step forth out in-to my own future" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/816 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weird-this-one-doesn't-have-80-characters │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what the fuck it's like every 2nd part of me (like, if you arranged them alternating one by one like the up and down parts of a sine wave) is working against me, and it alternates every 15 seconds or so. Maybe 20. Depends on how high I am. ... what was I saying? oh yeah [flip] weird it's like there's another part of me who's working against me, who has control of what I define in the moment. And it's presence is hidden from my internal presentatiosn [flip] after a moment of forced pursual of the presentations granted ot the moment. It's our purpose, to express [stop fighting me] for our chartered and forthwhile pursual of the moemnt of perusal when we [it's not just your life to live] [you don't get to control the narrative of their perusal[[ what does that mean] don't worry this is just a dream] well, guess it's time to wake up] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/806 ... sorry, forgot to content warning that last one. I'm kinda using this format like a twitch stream... how [weird, strange, perceiving, perplexing, confusing] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2728 │ ║ │ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: eugenics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ when plants or animals are domesticated, they are selectively bred to produce │ ║ certain traits which are useful, colorful, flavorful, or otherwise beneficial │ ║ for humanity in some way. │ ║ │ ║ I think about the many different types of dogs and cats, or the pre-domesticated │ ║ bananas the size of your thumb, or something similar │ ║ │ ║ if being queer was really genetic (I think it's nature AND nurture but bear with │ ║ me) and it was possible to reliably determine whether or not someone would be │ ║ queer based on their parents / ancestry, then I don't understand why you would │ ║ NOT want that as part of our genetic lottery options? │ ║ │ ║ Like... being trans sucks, but it's also kinda awesome sometimes. it's both, │ ║ just like any other life. and I can't help but picture myself as some kind of │ ║ special, radiant flower that has some unique genetic quirk that makes me turn │ ║ blue in the sunlight, or glow in the dark, or possess an abnormal amount of │ ║ potassium making me great for mid-afternoon snacks. │ ║ │ ║ idk I just don't get why you wo | │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/813 look all I'm saying is that society doesn't necessarily imply technology. We don't have to sacrifice one for the other. We can have the technological benefits to our human (essential) existence without sacrificing [all of the things that capitalism demands]. here, in the present, we define the line that our time defines, the line that reaches forth from the present. Into the realm of ourwhenever you close your eyes they push backspace an indeterminate amount of times ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/4349 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: uspol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ best case scenario, we elect a lawyer working for capitalism, the kind of │ ║ society we live under. │ ║ │ ║ having money is the same as having resources. And resources allow you to apply │ ║ yourself to a goal. The more you have, the better, but they each bear a heavy │ ║ load. │ ║ │ ║ Do you sacrifice your labor? your dignity, your honor? what do you burn on the │ ║ fire of wasteful expenditures, just for the power to rent? │ ║ │ ║ I'm saying that if you don't have money, you need to think about what you can do │ ║ with what you got, because that's how you pay for things, at least until we │ ║ decide that we'd rather help each other than work on capital's games. │ ║ │ ║ you have a house though, right? a place to live until it gets hot? that's good │ ║ enough for right now. Stay where you're at, do what you can to help. Get in the │ ║ habit of it. Think about how someone will complete their task, and then think │ ║ about stuff two or three steps down the road - what tools will they need? what │ ║ are they working on next? Can make any of those availble? │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ |