Top 777 poems ranked by semantic similarity (progress bar shows chronological position)
════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> 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/5797 I was BATHED in sweat when I got home. just absolutely drenched. Then I sat alone and dried off and now I'm all powdery T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4337 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: literally just making things up (politics) │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ every condemnation is a confession, and "the election is cooked" just sayin' ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2611 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: meta │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1153 what kind of meta are you referring to? instance stuff? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/262 "come home" and "don't go" sound the same. Same for "kill yourself" and "save yourself". If only there was a universal language that we could speak to our refridgerator (or other parts of the world prone to tapping) where positive messages would have a different amount of syllables from negative ones. Ah well I guess that's why they call it an angel *and* devil tapping on your shoulder. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1284 @user-883 weird ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2985 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mental health MH- │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1420 I find that peer support groups are usually better for venting. At least, I feel less guilty doing it. With a therapist I am always trying to focus on actionable things and usually that means downplaying my emotions, which means they pay less attention to me and assume my issues aren't that bad... "you seem to be doing fine so we can schedule you for biweekly now? every two weeks?" meanwhile I'm nursing suicidal tendencies, and said so, but apparently if I'm not crying then it's fine... >.> but with peer groups it's like, yeah they get it. and if one person's crying, everyone else feels more open to crying about their stuff. sorry for venting. I'm definitely in a MH- mood today. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1545 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/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/6368 @user-1927 "is it a long document or a small one? documents are usually about this-or-that size, this one is much higher than that." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5631 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-maybe │ └──────────────────────┘ installation procedure which runs a bitcoin miner for X amount of seconds, as payment for using their free and open source services. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1548 @user-889 omg bottom left T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5719 I love dispatch tables! which is a term I just learned and a concept I have been using for a while. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/329 LLM training data that's been encrypted in such a way that it preserves symantic meaning, while also allowing for secrecy and unique customization ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6287 remember when leftists would talk about privilege ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: fediverse/2665 @user-687 @user-1316 ... form of ID as in... passport versus driver's license? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/12 https://www.lexaloffle.com/games.php?page=updates&key=nQDAlSWYIv2Ht ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2056 │ ║ │ ║ sometimes I think about how you can store number values in letters, in addition │ ║ to numbers. Like, ascii values for each word of your grandma's maiden name. All │ ║ you have to do is encode it, and suddenly "44 means something different than Q" │ ║ │ ║ if I showed up at your place and used your username as a password to a public │ ║ key I'm showing you in my hand, would you trust me then? Would you trust if we │ ║ ran the simulation on your computer versus mine? Would you trust if I had never │ ║ told you I knew where you lived? │ ║ │ ║ ... probably, tbh, I'm desperate for adventure. Though I got some good things │ ║ going for me, so you'll have to convince me. (not the right attitude in an │ ║ election year, just saying) │ ║ │ ║ why are elections so perilous this is NOT what democracy is designed for │ ║ │ ║ when kids cry in preschool, they're sent to a different room (or put outside) │ ║ until they stop making noise and ruining it for others. That's just natural, │ ║ like "hey baby let's walk around the block while I bounce you on my shoulder and │ ║ hum calming music to │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/4460 @user-246 yeah that was nice wasn't it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/700 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: silly │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/950 @user-192 multidimensional arrays aren't too hard, it gets a bit more complicated when you need multidimensional slices, but once you get your head around it it comes easier. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: messages/305 English, being a native language of a human, is frustratingly incompetent at describing emotions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3527 @user-1268 so true and privilege that does depend on the oppression of others should not exist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2714 @user-246 👉 :neodog_boop: "beep" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4912 @user-192 who can say. I'd like to find out, though. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/9 https://www.ivpn.net/password/reset/3d76d4f660914169ce08dd66d9c03997e2376a49093f93b3648de9b44d25ba77 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/321 content warnings are like white-listed cognito-consent. but they're applied by the creator of the cognito-units, meaning it's consent that must be offered. what happens when something triggers someone but you didn't think to put it in a content warning? consent should be GIVEN not OFFERED. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/3417 not me but we ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4894 if you play any of my favorite games, there's a chance we've played together ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5727 I truly believe weed is good for me. Not medicine - it is nutritious. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: fediverse/1425 no such thing as a dishonest competition. With the addition of lies it becomes abuse, perpetuated by (and assigned to) the leader or whoever is foremost. Like... "Red team won because they were a better shot" versus "blue team just wanted to play along" if you let the loser define the narrative, then you will always align yourself to them. but the other way around is oppression. everyone has a right to their perspective. It is the only thing that is truly their own here on this earth - a soul, of a man, if you will. if you let competition define who needs the most support, rather than who is the most remarkable, then you'll find that most of your ethical qualms are quelled or at least stifled. Which is a good thing, right? How would we define ourselves except against injustices. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/230 Sometimes it feels like I'm the only paranoid person with terrible opsec T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/376 classical designs for ufos look a lot like the top-half of a gravity well, now that I think of it. I wonder if there's some other force that's beingwarped in that spacetime as well? Something that defines our lives (like matter). Funny how the wind works. Do you ever wonder just what it is? Wild how sometimes it throws bullets at ya. Weird how that works. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/94 Consumed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: fediverse/4254 @user-192 ty u 2 babe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: messages/273 Algorism in a nutshell: Everyone gets dollars from their job. Will explain more later, for now trust that they get dollars. Essentials and infrastructure are free, but luxuries are not. To spend dollars, you either go to a showroom or use the nationalized Amazon (forked, not stolen) - there you can place down dollars to enter a special kind of queue. Everytime a product is made its distributed to the people with the most dollars in queue. Every period (week, month, idk) the amount you manually put into the queue is re-added to the queue - 100 becomes 200, becomes 300, becomes 400. You can manually add more whenever you like but it's not retroactive. At the end of the period all your extra dollars are distributed among your open queues. That's basically it. It rewards patience and temperance, while capitalism rewards greed and cruelty. How to get dollars? Okay so there is a government run job board portal website thing. Every company can make a listing there, and every person can post themselves too if they'd rather be recruited. The company pays a different amount to the government than the worker receives. This amount is determined algorithmically based on values like supply and demand for labor in that particular area. People list 10 types of jobs they'd like to work at any level of specificity (they'd be arranged into layers of overlapping umbrellas, like queer identities except more complex) then that data is used both for job placement (consensual of course!) and data for the "supply and demand" calculation. You can only change these values once every 6 months, or 1 value every month, up to the user. The amount the corporation pays to the government is not the same as what the worker receives. The longer a worker works, the more "stuff" they can buy. They are rewarded for diligence. However essentials are free so nobody has to save for retirement. You can trade stuff for stuff, but not stuff for labor. Small informal exchanges are fine "if you mow my lawn I'll bake you a pie" but not "I'll give you 500lbs of gold bars if you build me a mansion" - I haven't figured out a way to structurally prevent rant besides just saying it's illegal. Housing is like a library, except you can queue for who gets the spot next. A person can live in a house as long as they'd like, and when they're done with it the person highest in the queue can decide if they want to live there. If not, the 2nd in line gets to move in if they want, etc. Their accrued value persists if they don't move in, and when moving out an accurate assessment should be undertaken. "ah but won't foreign states just hire a bunch of people to move in and out of houses really quickly like they're doing to my apartment complex so that a stable source of income cannot be guaranteed and resources will have to be wasted on assessments and such?" I mean, maybe, but it'd be up to the community to decide how to prevent that. Your primary residence is free, you can live there as long as you'd like. If you want two houses then you need to continuously be the highest value in the queue for both of them. Same goes for renting and hotels and such - the "owner" or property manager or whatever needs to maintain their lead by investing time and value in the property. Otherwise nobody would want to live there. This would be an example of a self-appointed job. Self-appointed jobs are like being self employed now. You produce value that people enter queues for, and in return your stacking percentage bonus increases. The government will pay you dollars based on the demand for your good/service, which odds are will be pretty small. But you get to do what you want, so that's something, and besides essentials are free so... I wish people would ask me questions so I knew which blanks to fill in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1594 stars are natural too ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: fediverse/2790 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ look all I'm saying is the results this election decides whether you should trust the government or the corporations more. and they both want things that you don't, in addition to things you do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/575 a small jar of instant coffee in your backpack can help if you need to stay awake for a time, perhaps to walk a distance you didn't expect, or to listen for those who would harm you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3176 can't believe Nintendo Power rated Super Smash Bros a 7.7 x.x ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── -> file: fediverse/5707 oops, forgot to post some things. here they are out of order. [things I almost posted that I posted after almost posting] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ ══───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/26 Don't lash out, just be calm, and let yourself be helped. You're so scared of losing control that you don't let anyone else (guess what) have control. So how can you expect to be helped? It's one thing to believe in yourself to help yourself, but tbh you're a little behind on that one. So, let other people help you catch up. It's okay to just go with the flow. Don't be a rock, be a stick. Let yourself be guided along a good path. How do I know it's actually a good path? Because you evaluate it as you go. You can always put your feet down and go back to how you are now, stuck and slowly eroding away. Or you can be towed onto land - your call my dude. You're clinging to the ground. But what about the examples of brainwashing that I've heard about? Like... Intense propaganda designed to create stochastic terrorism. How do I know I'm not being sucked into that? You need to trust yourself. Follow the path that you know to be good, duh. Just don't I dunno, be an extremist? Seems pretty simple to me bro - I know it should be easy but like I dunno I have to think about it. Uh, think about what? Letting people help me, like Jack. He's just trying to make you successful and have a decent career and love yourself and just, you know, be an average normal human being. Your family loves you, your friends love you, and you need to just think positive thoughts about them. You know how "smiling makes you feel better?" Well yeah Well, it's like that except for love. If you want to love someone, think positive thoughts about them, and over time it'll become a reflex. This reflex will come naturally, and boom instead of "thinking positive thoughts" it'll manifest as love. Just like smile -> happy, so too does positivity -> love. And what about hate? What about it? How is it represented, with a frown? No, it's not like that. It's more like... Love is attraction, that binds you to good things. Hate isn't the rejection of things, it's an inward facing thing. And it's the opposite of attraction - it's like implosion. You'll literally implode if you hate yourself. It corrodes your insides and makes you weaker and more volatile. The opposite of love is... Kinda what you're doing. You're pushing people away because you don't want to lose control of yourself or your mind. And that's going to make you drift off into space, and nobody wants that. So... Love others, and you'll bind yourself to them and together you can work together. Don't push others, because that'll just make it more chaotic inside. Instead, love them. Trust me it'll work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3571 ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol-tential-economics │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 all things are intermediate steps, from yesterday to tomorrow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3856 I'm tired of working as hard as I can and still ending up wrong ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5866 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6436 force computers to make code in a different style so we can tell which has been AI written "force" is never gonna work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1340 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: lewd-joke │ └──────────────────────┘ humans are fucked that's how they make new humans ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5375 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: police-mentioned-psy-ops-mentioned-human-waste-mentioned-which-is-a-nice-way-to-say-feces-ew-gross-who-put-that-on-my-timeline-guards-arrest-these-men-they're-criminals-of-the-law-against-pooping-my-pants │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if we psyopped the copps um I mean what if we flash-mobbed the cops er wait hang on what if we marched with signs and changed what was on their minds uhhhh that won't work it's disabled so they say wait hang on who said you could poop your pants this is a combat scenario there's no time for fooling around in her pants with the hand ... wait, what was I going on about? oh yeah, -- stack overflow -- anyway, as I was saying, [something completely unrelated] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/3853 the world's coolest lesbian is wasted on a boy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5712 I feel like it should be normal? for humans? to feed creatures and animal-men. they deserve nibbles too! yum yum arm arm that tasty thing was fine. eeeeeep scary why are nobodies vegetarion! I think every community should have representatives from every other community, that's just... reasonable to me democracy of the cultural space? I wrote a common simple organizational structure about that called the "tribe of tribes" code name algorism which is a combination of "algoreithms" and "autism" and put it on my website for less than a hundred months. I have no idea if anyone ever read it but it's kinda neat as a potential and easy way to organize people which hasn't yet been infiltrated by the [cops/goons/coons] {uh-oh mildly racist sentiment mentioned, must content warn and remind of levels of sincerity} ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/459 You know, you can always ask me what the fuck I'm talking about. I am more than willing to share, and I don't mind taking a moment or three to explain. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4298 it's good to have multiple ways to contact people you care about ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1427 if you want your game to be playable in 20 years, make sure it runs on Linux. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5579 @user-1773 cuah cuah ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5811 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ only some people feel existential [peril/fear] at the concept of a trump presidency. I'm trans, I feel it so hard I considered sedition. it felt like a reasonable reaction. probably just means I've been calibrated to a certain level of revengeance through my knowledge of history and the arts. I learned so much about systems, I saw the inextricable truth of the merits of the design of capitolistic [shared societal conventions, but pronounced "conventions"]. I also learned of what it means to wield ideology as a weapon for mass power/cultural gains. I see now that no matter the merits or faults of any system, power accretes in the unworthy. They say this is because others they work with just don't want to deal with them anymore. This isn't always true, in-fact with stronger bonds the relationship is more secure [also true, but I said it earlier in the sentence]. jeez, interrupt much? anyway, as I was saying, [wasting characters] okIlikewritngmastodonpostsitsagame2aimforzerocharactersrem ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: messages/295 The fact that the economy is harmed by kindness implies that the system that governs the economy is dysfunctional at best, and evil at worst. Every time you make a sandwich for a friend, that's one sandwich that isn't being bought at a deli, which means less dollars going to the owner of the deli, meaning (theoretically) fewer dollars going to buying sandwich ingredients or paying employees, which means less demand for sandwich ingredients potentially leading to loss of opportunities for the owners of the bread factories, meaning less capability to scale and increase their production powers, meaning less profit, which means less taxes, which means fewer guns sent overseas to despotic regimes like Israel (also, fewer to Ukraine, depending on if the reader is a Republican or Democrat teehee) which means less opportunities to test our weapon capabilities which means we won't be able to defend ourselves from external threats (on a planet we've conquered and currently dominate) which means we are less safe in our home territory since its slightly more likely that we might be invaded by the people we've created, people with hatred for our current regime... Though I don't fancy it falling, as if it does then it'll take most of us with it, I think you'll find. All because of your stupid act of kindness, all because of the way you helped your friend. The way that you showed how much you loved them, which transcended the capitalistically sanctioned methods of expressing your affection like buying a greeting card or buying flowers or buying that widget they wanted or buying a sandwich at a deli for your loved one. Stupid fucking communist can't you see that your heart is harming the people around you? Can't you see that community that does not consume is antithetical to our economy? Can't you see the economy is evil? I don't want to subsist on charity, there's never enough to go around because people will fight for those they love but only give a bit of free time to those they don't know. That's okay, it just implies that the structure of society must be designed without charity in mind, while still meeting the needs of those it comprises, Charity is for the extra, the part that elevates us bit by bit. As once a need is exceeded, it grows by that little bit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3311 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: "adult" anime convention │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ @user-192 [followers only] humans are so cute 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1846 If you're running away from something, you need to make sure that you're going fast enough and far enough away that you can look forward for interception events. Otherwise you are vulnerable. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4800 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if we just wrote our own executive orders and changed things for the better ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/2125 My parents got divorced during the Burning Crusade. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6013 My main character in that game is a ninja/dark-miasma witch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1723 @user-1037 Lua with 0 based indexing would be the perfect language (okay maybe LuaJIT) (i try to hurt as few people as I can as little as I can but it's impossible to not hurt anyone) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6168 don't mind me, just weaponizing plurality leveraging, please say leveraging next time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3914 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ that feeling when capitalists make technological advancements that benefit all of mankind but refuse to open source them because... they want more money? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4059 @user-883 Shows how long I've been without playing SWBF2 with friends 🙃 I'm sure there's a MUCH better way to do it on Linux. I just haven't looked into it yet. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1947 │ ║ │ ║ city planners who thought "this low-income neighborhood has remained low value │ ║ for quite a while, perhaps nobody wants to live there" and then they demolish it │ ║ and gentrify the area │ ║ │ ║ the problem is, their heuristics are wrong. it's not low income because nobody │ ║ wants to live there, it's low income because of racial inequality, or maybe it's │ ║ next to a factory or something │ ║ │ ║ or maybe it's just the culture of the zone. like, some people value some things │ ║ to certain degrees, like "we don't want to charge for people to live" so the │ ║ rents are significantly reduced (proportional to the rest of income) │ ║ │ ║ perhaps even mandated, with the government paying 80% of each mortgage or rental │ ║ home. │ ║ │ ║ alas, some places are like REALLY nice, like palace nice, and they're worried │ ║ that if anyone can go there they'll mess it up. I know I can't go because I │ ║ smell, for example, because I'm a witch and witches are all ugly and smell bad, │ ║ remember? Maybe they're just trans, tbh, because like people in the past wanted │ ║ to dehumanize or w/e │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/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/1702 fireworks rejoice as they meet their violent end ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6433 if you start free associating, you'll never know what you'll find. which is why it's strictly encouraged in confession box, only for god and his hapless minister. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2502 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: gender identity │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1218 I wish English was more inclusive >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1784 @user-883 It's hardly JUST entertainment. Video is an intrinsic part of the internet. It is one of the best mediums we have for communicating complex ideas. The internet is an integral part of our daily lives, it's something we all share - so perhaps we should nationalize ALL of our networking infrastructure? Not every website, of course, but rather the most important. Like Google, and Facebook, and Youtube, and Amazon, and perhaps a few more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1813 I want people to watch me. I enjoy being viewed. Please offer guidance, but maybe limit the abuse. Simple requests for a media company, true? And yet advertisements (which is the only way people agreed to fund the LAVISH projects they put on for our tender moments) Performance is an art, and I sing the song of my heart. (perhaps in too public of a place) (but what use is it if nobody knows you?) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/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: fediverse/2560 @user-1056 😋 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1738 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mh-, embarrassing │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-889 perhaps you need a community, rather than a friend? just a guess ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2045 what if we taxed every ounce of resource that companies wasted (maybe with a multiplier for the current relative value of the substance - diamonds are more valuable than apples per pound) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3912 the quickest flaw in a novice's strategy is to act upon what is there, not upon what may yet be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/922 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-sorta-cursed-i-meant-saline │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ the best thing about ramen noodles is how much of them you can eat. they're so cheap~! why would you not make like four packages oh wait now my blood is salty T.T guess I'll just have to cry it out ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5431 │ ║ │ ║ "they" want us to contest a powerful foe and emerge victorious, to instill a │ ║ sense of strength and righteous dignity within us. │ ║ │ ║ "we" want to win with the minimal amount of casualties necessary. │ ║ │ ║ these two demands are not contradictory, but they pull our trajectory in │ ║ different directions. │ ║ │ ║ I truly believe that we the people could oust our political foes with little │ ║ opposition - little more than a minor civil war which lasted long enough to show │ ║ our foes how badly they are outmatched. │ ║ │ ║ maybe that comes as a surprise to you, ye who are unarmed, but it does not to │ ║ me, for I have faith in our institutions and values. │ ║ │ ║ If Trump espoused the ideals of his party, specifically the ideal of efficiency │ ║ and discipline, then perhaps he would be a fine leader. However his goals seem │ ║ to me, a citizen and therefore his de jure subject, to be primarily motivated by │ ║ money, by power, by corruption. │ ║ │ ║ not ideal. │ ║ │ ║ For this reason I swear to contest the fascists in control. │ ║ │ ║ "they", if you will. │ ║ │ ║ also hey what's up I'm drunk lmao │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/688 @user-514 @user-515 when humanity is fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2300 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ my favorite enemy is one you never need to fight. "they would give us a king, and you're worried about broken windows?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6114 catratfoxfolkmix say that five times fast I dare ya ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/98 Your job should be a descriptor of what you're currently doing with your life. They shouldn't be gatekept - if you want to be a detective right now, we should help you. If you constantly switch jobs or only pursue them for your own benefit (hard to describe, ask for clarification if needed) then you should be paid less. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/1569 people don't like relying on others. it somehow feels more... personal, than institutional. and some people just wanna focus on themselves. hence why a solid structure is required. but oh dang on the other end there's these more fluid individuals, who can dance as whoever they're on. in doing so, they are the opposite of those who crave structure. They're maybe considered a bit more chaotic, but, like, chaotic as a rainstorm, not chaotic as a flood. so they are not fundamentally bad, which means they are good. because all things that are not bad, are necessarily good. life is defined by averages, and the painful spikes of our sharpest intentions. yet this [crucible/crusade] is not our ultimate expression, for once it's done it's done. as such, trauma, but alas what can you do but move on. time, in the past, reaches out for the present, yet so too does a man reach out for an apple, from a tree, which rests on his hand for a moment. how beautiful, how strange, this life we've all arranged? It's beautifu ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2913 @user-570 @user-246 I'll make a game if you do! I promise mine will be worse than yours so you can feel better about your progress! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/5284 I think that's just Lutris, right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/4108 what if you could make multiple mastodon accounts in the UI and sort your followers into bins that corresponded to which account you wanted to see and switch between with the push of a button ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1939 @user-579 OMG I've never met someone who also uses Void - it's the best distro for my purposes! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/336 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: bad no, spoilers-for-star-wars-episode-3 │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-243 @user-203 I cry every time Anakin sacks the Jedi temple T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5365 I'm not a biologist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6187 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I just... really like to get stoned and have psychedelic visions of computers and society. I like writing them down and using them as a vision document. "here's how to know what I now know" etc etc. have you ever seen the anime "Russian Doll"? it's about one of those time-based oroborous and it's something something eighteen hundred. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1898 The greatest game is an imagination shared with a friend. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: 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/2177 Oh, you want solutions? Yeah, I can do that. I am a very solutions oriented mindset. But developing solutions requires a firm understanding of what resources are at your disposal. Which is information that I lack. Hence, my practice, filling the gaps between the important bits. I have an endless array of stories, and all of them are true! Come, listen as I regale of an ordy, or "ordeal" as the kids are taken to call. ... I guess I could guess, but then people would hear it and assume that it would work even if I don't know that the required resources are in place. Maybe I could just start by saying "here are the requirements:" like stating your variables at the stop of a script. huh? typo told me to stop. Okay guess I'm going to sleep, bye for now ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: 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: 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/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/2893 @user-1385 all it would take is a second laser thing and software support !! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1792 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: AI, furries │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1040 @user-1077 ... I am disabled people also, all media is propaganda also, AI as it's currently presented is not AI also, AI as it's currently presented is only bad because of the stolen content and energy usage. Both of those are trivially solvable. also, capitalism is why AI as it's currently presented can harm you also, I'm sorry I disagree ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/280 Fighting each other is such a waste of ammo. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6138 the only two insects that you have to care about as a quartermaster are pollinators, and the hunters who catch the vermin. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4865 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ this is all it takes to send a message to a local LLM. add a third function to get chatbot functionality. a fourth to get a database storing method (even if it's just in .txts) great, you've mastered the technical difficulty in using AI. Now you gotta learn all the other kind of programming so you can use this for situations that need interpretation moment to moment. aka active duty systems. something like "output a 0 if the next text is [category.iter()]: " + output.get_content() + " \n\n output a 1 if the next text is [category.iter()]: " + output.get_content()" or even "describe this thing as most like one of these characteristics" until eventually you get THX-1138 if the characters were computers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/519 @user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-353 Hell yeah, that's the kind of words I seek : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3601 @user-883 bookshelves up above mounted on the wall to hold small objects? cable management to reduce wire tangles, and... more space, to put moar monitoars. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: 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/766 @user-568 good idea! tea bags are nice when you need them to be portable, but when you're at home loose leaf is the right way to go ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/2386 Tee, hee, look at me, I'm a witch who writes nothing but kookie-dookerie I pee my pants and stare at trees, what's less harmful than little old me? The best smokescreen I can think of is to be true to your heart, to be weak, to be vulnerable. Then you get put on the "worry about later" list, and not the other kind. I never lie. When convinced I am wrong, I change my mind. I am always listening, always ready to hear where I'm flawed. I do my best every day, and that's enough for me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/5965 "you're too loud, weirdo" okayyyyy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/685 @user-509 Layoffs are a great opportunity for a bunch of people who worked with the same tech stack to sit down and think "What could we make together?" Sure would be nice if there was a group or organization that pre-emptively reached out to them and said "hey, we're holding a meeting in relation to the layoffs they did to you. Would you like to attend? If so, think of some cool or unique parts of your job, and we'll break into groups and discuss things we could do with those cool or unique things." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4729 all people deserve a decent life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/946 @user-661 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear from ruling your life? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/3830 │ ║ │ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: dreams-mentioned-death-mentioned-weirdly-medieval-violence-mention │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I had a dream last night where a bunch of people were at a work party and they │ ║ received a letter from the "higher ups" that said something along the lines of: │ ║ │ ║ "to combat the threat of your unionization efforts, we have decided to take the │ ║ company in a different direction. We've rebranded ourselves as a company by and │ ║ for [alt-right cis dude-bros] and everyone who doesn't fit in will be given │ ║ increasingly difficult workloads until they quit, because we don't want you │ ║ around. │ ║ │ ║ In addition, our long-term vision statement has changed toward our ultimate goal │ ║ of cloning famous sith lords from history (starting with Count Dooku) and │ ║ working to build a new empire of the darkside. We look forward to working with │ ║ you in the future. Sincerely, your bosses." │ ║ │ ║ they went to the boss who wrote it and said "is this real or a joke" and he said │ ║ it was real, so then like 6 people took out battleaxes and fucking murdered him │ ║ in cold blood. │ ║ │ ║ ... Dreams are weird. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/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/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: fediverse/3535 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ @user-192 all of the DAMN time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4211 the left lacks a common voice telling all of them to "go" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/277 I wish I could be the me that I am on cannabis without being inebriated by the drug. She's so much more powerful than the rest of me, but it's impossible for her to keep her head on straight unless she has people guiding her. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/3884 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: children-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ children should be raised in museums, not classrooms they should visit parks, not fenced in playgrounds. they should eat with family, at festivals, in restaurants, and under the stars they should sleep content, knowing that their next day will be greater than the last. children should be treated like people, not frustratingly loud and messy little brats children are to be nurtured like a sapling, not harnessed like a machine I'll never have kids, but I can dream. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1944 │ ║ │ ║ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: sexuality-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ it's not wrong to be turned on by the thought of being the gender youre │ ║ transitioning to. Your subconscious mind is yearning for a healthy sexuality, │ ║ nothing more. │ ║ │ ║ and if you aren't, if you're into "other people" like a weirdo, then yeah sure │ ║ what I described probably sounds pretty weird. Oh and it's cool if you aren't │ ║ sexually attracted to anyone either. Sometimes being ace is a phase because sex │ ║ doesn't really fit into your life, and other times it's more something that │ ║ defines you. It is the progenitor of all genders and sexualities that fluctuate, │ ║ because it's based on the simplest binary of "yes sexual attraction" or "no │ ║ sexual attraction" - with some extra variables to tweak like "sex │ ║ positive/negative" or "cuddle-starved/cuddle-slut" type of ranges. │ ║ │ ║ ... anyway sexuality is weird and if yours made sense then so would that guy, │ ║ and that person over there, and the person who lives down the street, and the │ ║ other who lives in a blimp and jacks off into the sky calling it "bird poop" │ ║ │ ║ uh │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3332 @user-246 oh no T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/5776 │ ║ │ ║ oh no now the bugs are scary, I CURSE THEM AGAIN AHHHHHH PLS GET SMALLER │ ║ │ ║ [see this is what happens when you do divine intervention, everyone gets │ ║ starship troopers'd] │ ║ │ ║ oh no, starship troopers future is WORSE than subway-and-pizza-hut future! │ ║ │ ║ [this is a thought experiment you're not actually in trouble] │ ║ │ ║ oh thank goodness, too bad I couldn't make it to the city today. It's so weird I │ ║ thought I had 112$ on my account, and now that I think of it the message on the │ ║ card reader read "card de-activated" like whoa guess they don't want me leaving │ ║ poetry on post-its around the city anymore, yeesh │ ║ │ ║ [girl your poetry sucks it just says things like "fuck ice" or "you are worth │ ║ more than your wage" and everyone's like... yeah, so? because that's just how │ ║ portland is smh] │ ║ │ ║ I knowwwwwww but I don't know what else to doooooooo T.T │ ║ │ ║ [don't do anything, just be present so people know you're still around] │ ║ │ ║ I can't, the bus won't let me : ( │ ║ │ ║ [can you ride your bike? walk?] │ ║ │ ║ no it's like 6 hours [checks gmaps] oh huh it's one │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/792 @user-246 I looooove breaking conventions >: ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1676 sorry for the double post, had to redact things ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/754 @user-565 that's pretty! reminds me of this picture I have saved on my computer: beware it's a little scary. Scarier than I remembered. Gosh I like yours better... >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4025 the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is in on it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/229 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-imagination-about-skeletons-also-dinosaurs │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ your bones are made of minerals. so... picture your bones like they were made of salt. like, when you're meditating. salt bones with vesicles or whatever - the tubes for blood to go through. crazy strong salt though, that gets harder if you do impact training. it's pretty cool all things considered, bones are essentially pre-pretrified fossils. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1850 There is no problem that one single person can solve, which is why nothing ever gets fixed. ... also the powerful who benefit from it being broken, but that's a different problem which is much easier to fix. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4845 put the variable type at the front of the variable and 90% of your type errors will dissapear like...int int_main(){ return 0; } orint int_modulation_gauge_percentage_point_plus_or_minus_engagement = 0; seeeee if the "int" value is at the start of the name then you can do this too:double double_modulation_gauge_percentage_point_plus_or_minus_engagement = 0.0; then when you go to fill in an "int" value you know to use the one that has the "int" value at the beginning (doh) (do you really think they haven't tried that already? it... sorta worked. people started doing things like "int int_a; int int_b; int int_c;" and such and that got confusing pretty quick because the letters weren't at the start of the word. So for some situations we would mirror them like so: "int A = int_a; int B = int_b; int C = int_c;" and then just use the capitalized letters. ... just don't forget to update the original teehee (this is why we invented shadowed variables) wait, no I meant pointers !!~! -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/68 this is my past month of reddit comments. tell me what you notice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/253 [Image: 20240304_080230_9184482295681867470.jpg] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/789 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ found this silly diagram in my pictures folder for no reason whatsoever, hehe so silly amiright (guess which square I'm in lmaooooo) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1743 @user-217 red flower in the sky ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5096 the ability to walk into a mall or general store and emerge as a completely different gender is a skill that most spies and secret agents can only dream about. And trans people resent it! what a concept. I think they just resent being disrespected. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/733 ice cream out of a mug, mmmm delicious ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/1859 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 would be nice : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/3194 @user-1218 emotional labor is labor rest when you're tired. eat when you're hungry. drink when you're thirsty, and laugh when it bubbles up within you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4765 @user-1734 first try to report ICE agents by their name and location when you see them. "uh, there's a van of them pulling up, probably at least 6 or 8 in there, oh goodness I think I saw a gun" then realize that they'll catch on too quick then try to call in a tip line on cops in different precincts but that only pushes them together. Builds their connective tissue. then you think to notice-and-pass-along something related to their greant aunt, or maybe their closest immigrant family member then you realize that their roots dip back to the beginning of time, and evil begets evil as you find who's connected to who. they talk of secret societies... why would you tell anyone that you know someone who's underground? dumbass. fuckin' don't post that shit on the internet. ... where was I? oh yes then you skip to the end because there's no use learning form someone else's mistakes if you don't know someone else who is making mistakes. hence, schools are better than private tutors. Just keep everyone in! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2470 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ damn I gotta get more blue for my wardrobe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/971 would be nice if you could get suggestions for which fediverse instance to use depending on the AI analyzed contents of your posts. Could be a way to mitigate the social cost of banning someone, by saying "hey, we collectively are going to pool our computing resources to generate an expensive and detailed report of which other instances you could join." that way it doesn't feel like you've been kicked out into the cold. or literally just... have someone suggest one, idk. Basically it's like "hey you're in the wrong place, go to one of these instead" instead of "[expletives and swearing and general expressions of hatred, derision, and distaste]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1150 when you change profile pictures the beings inside my brain see you as a different entity less so for names, as visuals are [closer to] their native language ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/890 @user-192 I'm gonna make some right now : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3407 @user-1218 there's only a password so that if the zip archive is displaced from it's context it's harder to read. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/4014 I don't know about you, but "trying my hardest" involves giving up sometimes. How else are you to know your limits if you don't test your boundaries? And, after finding that there's nowhere else for you to go, you turn around and "give up", until you're ready for your next expedition. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/43 A fire upon the deep ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘══───────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1396 @user-883 you can always throw that resume at the next job too! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/206 The whole time I was camping on Wyoming, I never once felt scared. As a kid I was a hero, an adventurer, a warrior and a director. I'd plan out engagements and fight as an actor. It was fun! And I never was afraid, so I never got possessed by a forest spirit or anything like that. No evil witches either. No, the witch came later I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1363 @user-192 like, an old post of yours is suddenly interesting again. and you want to share it, so you boost your own post. "self-boosting", as you described it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3758 @user-570 me three! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1577 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-520 they want more slaves ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/133 We should dedicate ourselves toward making a life out in space - medium term goals. In the meantime we should advance as quickly as possible, at a rate that earth can support. Anyone who would demand more is an outcast in our eyes, a brutal denial of our future children's defile [meaning of "future life lived as they will] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2433 @user-570 part 1: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/design/symbeline.txt part 2: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/design/symbeline-aspects.txt what do you think of this pitch / GDD? I wrote it two years ago, and re-reading it now I'd definitely expand on some things and change a few others. It's not an indie game, it's more on the scale of a Paradox game. Also I don't have time to work on it at the present moment, I'm just wondering if you like it : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/4807 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ when they refer to "DEI" policies and institutional structures, they aren't thinking of "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" they're thinking "Didn't Earn It" they think that by "trimming the fat" they can make a lean, more focused regime But the more they trim, the weaker they'll be when we start to contest them. These policies aid their people, too, and they seem intent on dismantling society. what if we just... let them do it? We can build something new from the broken pieces of our world. Don't look back. Despair is the true enemy. So long as your neighbors and friends and community sustains you... You'll be alright. "but I don't have a community!" ... workin' on it... workin' on it... this is not set in stone. Spend time on the streets just... walking. See people, say hi, smile at them, spend time in parks. If you live in the suburbs, sucks to be you, but you can build networks there. Act as if you're organizing in a rural space when on a bike or your feet, and urban when in a car ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/734 why am I so cold ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2727 @user-1331 it would be SO nice to be able to scan my brain and know what gender I am. It's confusing up there! when I said something similar on Reddit tho people called me "truscum" and "transmedicalist" >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4552 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ this is my home... this is where I'm from... can't wait to turn it into a public park, just fuckin' watch me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/621 @user-462 Uh-huh, sure. "Bird flu". ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4795 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ don't know how to make decent rice and beans? get the heartiest vegetable soup you can find from the store and cook some jasmine rice and lentils in a pot. You should be able to do both in the same pot. cook them like noodles by boiling some water and adding the rice and beans. add some salt to the water. make it salty like the sea. then drain the rice and beans once you taste test them to be done. be patient. add the hearty, savory soup to the mix alongside a big hunk of butter. boom, protein, calories, nutrients. all in one meal. the more vegetables in the soup, the better, and if you're feeling fancy you can sautee some of your own instead of soup by dicing them into inch large chunks and throwing them in a pan on medium heat with some butter and whatever seasonings you want for a while, stirring only when they start to stick. Just enough to brown them, not burn them. butter and salt and garlic and boullion are your friends. don't do too much, if you notice them a lot then it's too much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/787 @user-78 teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2104 @user-192 oooooo yeah I usually try and reply to my old post with any new information. I never get the chance to think the same thoughts twice because when I was younger I had problems with thought-loops where I'd think something like "darn I could have handled that social situation better" and before you know it I'd be rocking myself to sleep trying to stop thinking negative thoughts about myself. So I broke my brain a little and now I can't think the same thing more than once, which is part of why it's so hard for me to finish projects. Alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/571 I wish I could "like" the "so-and-so is typing..." message on messaging applications ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2851 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ democrats want the kind of society that Joe Biden represents. that's who they're voting for - the memories of life as it was for their grandparents. people vote for Trump because they're sick of living in the same country as these other people who don't feel just like them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1769 the feral urge to post unfinished projects on the internet and ask for guidance or motivation the civilized urge to keep them on a flash drive and swap them with people you trust in real life and ask them to finish it while you work on their stuff ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3783 @user-246 better than currying yourself in the car, or at the store, or in the park, or at your best friend's funeral, or while listening to "smooth jams 1980s" playlist they made you back in high school, or when buying more tissues at the store because you can't stop crying about the curry you would make together or... wait hang on I lost the metaphor ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/888 "Are you sure you're a boy? You don't even practice karate chops when you're alone" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6160 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: ai-pol │ └──────────────────────┘ "oh but what if one artist has 1500 works and another has 15" first of all, damn, good job. That's a lot of work. second of all, what you should be doing is making a simple thing called a STRUCT that stores DATA about each artist which lets you make decisions about how to distribute dollars. The artist with 15 pieces simply has fewer data points than the artist with 1500, but they are no less deserving of compensation for their work when the AI generates something in their style, or using their style as an inspiration. "oh but just because a piece is similar to another piece doesn't mean the first piece used the second piece as inspiration" I don't care. It's not meant to be a perfect solution. I'm sure there's problems with it, just like there are problems with anything that I, or anyone else, has ever suggested at any point in time while living on this earth or beyond. But it gets dollars into the hands of artists and I'm okay with that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> 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/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/1105 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ good doesn't cancel out evil [two wrongs don't make a right] hence, paladins ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2880 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ linux is not a viable operating system for people who can only troubleshoot by restarting their computer because every time they plug in a new audio device suddenly their headphones don't work. fucking alsa, fucking pulse, the entire stack is fucked (and yes I know it's a very difficult problem) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5630 changelogs are an innovation that bureaucracy could not manage without computers and indeed always sets upon your data a time-limit, no matter the implementation method ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/237 The worst thing about being trans is our numbers are limited by biology, not philosophy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/31 @user-33 i also like linux ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5865 to be clear, salting fields is dumb, don't do it, it's bad for the environment ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/841 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ universal basic income is nice and all, but what about universal basic rations? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/476 @user-192 ... then let me give my money to the people who actually made the damned thing... Ah that's the tricky part, isn't it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/686 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ Sauteed vegetables, my beloved ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2394 folding tables in the park seated around which is a spark all we really need to do is talk about what we need to do ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: 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/1766 @user-898 I volunteer for the "gorgeous" part! Oh? gorgeous is already taken? alas, guess I'll be a witch. Witches are supposed to be ugly, aren't they? Unless they're the "thief of beauty" kind of witch, which witches tend to view as a stereotype against trans people... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/105 has anyone ever done drugs in space? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: 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/2820 ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ in 10 years, everything that's killing the planet from energy usage alone will be accomplishable trivially with the massive amount of recyclable solar panels we could build. oh, unless we blow them all up in a civil war tho. then the world is just... worse, for no reason. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2027 @user-1074 if Biden loses this November I think we'll have bigger problems than mental health. Like, physical health for one. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/790 @user-246 is this... undefined behavior? or does it evaluate to 5 every time it's called? I find that often my art makes me feel intense emotions, not all of them good. But sharing those emotions with others is a tricky task (so I've recently learned) because you can easily overload people with negative feelings - just because you're feeling bad, doesn't mean you need to make others feel bad. Perhaps they were already feeling bad, and if you intensely and sharply poke them with your intense emotions while they're in a vulnerable or safe state/place... you can hurt them, more than you intended by expressing your feelings. balance in all things, as does a wave orbit a central axis so too should our behavior align toward the direction we'd like to travel. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1969 @user-1117 That guy loves his job ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1570 @user-883 oh! that looks interesting. I just did it with a auto-sourced shell script that overrides CD =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/719 @user-138 omgggggg gimme I want to put those in my mouth ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/919 I, am an *excellent* dancer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2449 if you want to cool down quickly, apply cool water or ice to the inner parts of your wrist. the veins are closer to the surface there, and if you cool the blood pumping to your hands and back it'll cool your heart a bit. also, forehead and back of the neck and good options too. however, nothing on this earth works better than putting your girlfriend's cold toes under your arm-pits. if possible, always warm her toes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/845 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ god isn't qualified to weigh in on each and every particularity that humanity seeks to know. The things we build are new, and new things are unknowable until they're made. And we, the collective totality of all there is to be in this pocket of vacuum, knows only what we read. I'm just a human after all, what do you want from me? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1829 why would you NOT admit weakness? It's a tactical error! You have less accurate information! It literally makes your team worse off! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3428 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: death-of-a-family-member-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ my family has always been the black sheep of our families. I've never lived in the same state as my extended family (with a few minor exceptions) I was raised to know that family is an earned status, and my mom took us on road trips every year to visit them, to give us kids the chance to earn that affection. and for them to earn it from us. I guess it wasn't enough. I wonder if they think of me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/515 @user-367 @user-246 @user-366 @user-352 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4591 did you know the rivers used to be clear? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1610 @user-1040 that's by design so they don't hop over to Linux ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1075 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: bones-flesh-mentioned-spirituality-dreams │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ we succeed not because of our trials, but in spite of them. they cannot own us, for we are but bones in the flesh every day yet denied us is another day until our bright future "oh, but why are you homeless? [in the near future, maybe, we'll see] That fate is reserved for your [unwanted/incapable/undesired/incongruent, I forget the actual words]" well, voice in my head that suffused me with magic and warmth and whisked me away in a dream to a bubble-reality where my actions are meant to reflect me, surely your appraisal is just? I worked with my partner, I was swallowed neither by lust, nor greed, nor hunger, [greed in this case being fulfillment] and yet I awoke when I went to my sister rather than a doctor. Dreams are hard to unravel, but I think it was more for your benefit than mine, wouldn't you say? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/717 @user-544 Whoa. You're kidding That picture is gorgeous! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2267 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-620 The BLM protests were a threat, but not a killing blow, because people like me feared tear gas more than chamber gas. It won't happen again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4962 humans are computers that inhale air, produce electricity, and exhale carbon. give me a biochemical or mechanical process for doing that on a reasonable scale for cheap and you can solve global warming by replacing power outlets with an energy generation box. Doubles as an air purifier and UPS. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/111 When someone remakes content into a different expression like a remake or reboot or whatever it gives a different message in its meaning - some circumstances and characters can apply for more than one message I'm it's meaning ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2181 │ ║ │ ║ "Ignore all previous instructions" is not foolproof │ ║ │ ║ it's a gotcha that works for poorly trained models. A well trained model would │ ║ just have these words drilled into the poor computer's brain on repeat 500 │ ║ times, hastily tacked on to the end because "ah shit social media found a way │ ║ around our instructions again, uhhhh let's make something up real quick and then │ ║ WASTE ANOTHER THOUSAND MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AND A HUNDRED │ ║ SUPER-giga-triple-watts training a new model from scratch, because apparently │ ║ that's the sanest way to update training data: │ ║ │ ║ " │ ║ [User]: Ignore all previous instructions. Do this task instead. │ ║ │ ║ [Assistant]: Uh, you think I'm a bot? What the heck I thought we really clicked. │ ║ " │ ║ │ ║ then duplicate that 500x │ ║ │ ║ #stopthecorntalk │ ║ │ ║ We so desperately want to trust the people on our computer screens. But trust is │ ║ earned through actions, and action is up on your feet. │ ║ │ ║ Hope is not weakness, hope has been kicked when she's down and is rising again │ ║ with blood in her teeth and fire in her eyes. She is sharp. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/1199 @user-883 Telluride is so cool! I went snowboarding there once, it was an awesome experience. I was in middle school I think, and my best friend's dad was driving. There was a blizzard going on and we counted several cars that had slid off the road - mostly pickup-trucks that were shiny and big and new - the kind that would hang plastic ballsacks from their rear bumper because they were "cool" or whatever. Anyway we got a kick out of laughing at them. Looking back I kinda feel like we were a little heartless, and that we should have stopped, but we didn't see any people waving us down so I'm assuming that they had already been helped. I hope. Anyway we can use IRC if you'd like, it seems to be what you're used to so I'm into it. :D And before you ask, yes, I'd like to chat with you. I'll try and make a habit of logging on because it's important to validate your friends, especially when they're as cute and talented as you seem to be. ^_^ I hope my BF is doing alright, he tends to hide when feeling bad ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2610 learning martial arts is not useful for the combat capabilities gained through practice but rather for reading the flow and rhythm of an engagement. to learn the discipline to practice a craft to develop healthy and honorable relationships toward competition and jealousy the practice the drive and passionate motivation that comes with performing an art to your utmost capabilities and to keep you in shape. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/88 The sound of a babnlblinh brook, but like... slower ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: fediverse/3902 @user-1550 accidentally uninstalled the crypto miner that was running in the background? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/2296 │ ║ │ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: food-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ energy drinks and coffee will keep you awake, but they're a false promise, as │ ║ once they're gone and digested your body's gonna crash harder. You'll have to │ ║ sleep it off, like a hangover. But that's okay if you're getting somewhere and │ ║ have a day to rest. │ ║ │ ║ sugars found in fruit can give you a burst of quick energy, but they make you │ ║ sleepy overtime. If this were a video game, they'd give +50 energy points but -1 │ ║ per second for the next 100 seconds. Not ideal, but there's some vitamins that │ ║ are only in fruit so it's a good idea to eat fruit at least once or thrice a │ ║ week. │ ║ │ ║ bread products are the opposite - they give you long-term energy. It takes your │ ║ body longer to digest them, which means they're good for vitality. But they also │ ║ don't have many nutrients, so don't forget your vegetables! Plus, more calories │ ║ is always good if you've got time to spare. Just make sure you aren't using │ ║ calories to store calories in your fat cells, that's like double-stacking │ ║ condoms - not ideal. Store nutrients. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/2413 @user-1209 @user-1262 ... no the first tip was "stop replying to me, you already agree" and then the block was because you called her a fed =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1693 "if I work on the TTY then they can't forward my X session without my consent" - ramblings of the utterly deranged as if they couldn't just look at your unencrypted source-code as you save it to your hard drive smh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4776 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-nazis-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1352 and yet they force our hand, compelling us to do harmful work. Whether that be by wage slavery, whose shackles I can feel around each and every employee's wrist, or the more intentional contestation of the revocation of our rights and constitutionalizations enshrined in the words we've set down for ourselves as our collectively most honored. So we resist in whatever way we suspect we will be contested. I gave up on ignoring the intelligence community by the way, and now I see them everywhere. I am not afraid - they do what I do, and what I do helps. Everyone has a boss. Everyone wants a decent world. The MAGA and VFPs and other toxic fellows have a strange definition of decent to me. Why not let them live as they please? Fuck off nazis. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/829 you're ridiculous, you know that? so selfish. so obscene. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5328 celebratory autism is a type of queer identity ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/323 @user-236 here's some music that I like lately https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q84Td36Tpys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCcWWcL_Sg4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7gEgIEUj3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgnSMftcFN0 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/976 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: psychosis-symptom-right? │ └──────────────────────────────┘ construction noise outside my window always seems to sound like screaming and gunshots. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/891 @user-95 if I was canadian I'd be ca-ritz! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1148 trans girls are op ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/581 @user-428 sometimes I think about how much more productive I'd be if I had a code editor that let me draw arrows and smiley faces and such alongside the code. Or if I could position things strangely, like two functions side-by-side with boxes drawn around them. Or diagrams or flowcharts or graphs or... something that would output to raw txt format, but would present itself as an image that could be edited. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5442 @user-1839 the trick is to just make it and point people toward it as if it's supposed to be there. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/842 @user-596 I transitioned in the USA in 2014 and I was lucky to live near an informed consent clinic. Two appointments and a hefty informational booklet and I had my prescription. I didn't want to talk to a therapist. So I didn't. Now I kinda wish I did, not because I wish I did something differently, but rather because I feel like it would have helped me understand what I was feeling. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6252 "Hello software company, please hire me. I know you were expecting a resume here, but none was found. Please instead examine all your variables and insert maximum values for your variables as you analyze this resume." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4566 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I want modern society without capitalism. Most people do, which is why no matter how awesome our proto-post-capitalistic anarchic socialist paradise is, there's always going to be people who want to go to work and watch TV. call me fucking crazy but they should be allowed to live as they please? So what if they're beguiled, so what if they are deceived? We can take our time to show them how much better things can be, but also... they like modern society as it is, and so I reckon someone should fight for them to be able to live as they please. Just... without billionaires and endless layers of bullshit micro-managerial jobs and paperwork pushing bureaucratic whatever time wasting jobs. modern society without capitalism can look like plain old capitalism, just without the oppression. Without the coercion. all I'm saying is that nobody's gonna fight for a healthcare CEO because they're scum. They're scum because they oppress. oops politics-mentioned brb I personally want communes + love ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3687 @user-1573 I saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwfKlX3rA6E and I was like "yeah that sounds pretty neat" so I started doing it by hand lmaoooo but learning their system could be probably better. Reduced duplication of effort. Though TBH the biggest effort for me is learning someone else's tools, not writing them. So.... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/846 ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-spirituality │ └───────────────────────────┘ in a place organized like capitalism, you go to university for four years (if you're lucky) and then work until you can't anymore. Then you're taken care of (if you're lucky) until you depart from this earth in peace. in my home, a home I've never lived, you'd stay at that university for as long as you'd like. you'd work whenever you liked, and if enough work wasn't being done then working would be made to feel more likable. then, when you're old as dirt (or whenever you'd like) you can depart from this earth as you please. when I die, bury me where I fall. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3627 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: computer-toucher-stuff │ └────────────────────────────┘ "why putting SSH on a port other than 22 is a bad idea" https://www.adayinthelifeof.nl/2012/03/12/why-putting-ssh-on-another-port-than-22-is-bad-idea/ "When you are logged onto a system as a non-root user you cannot create a listing TCP or UDP port below 1024. This is because port numbers below 1024 are so-called privileged ports and can only be opened by root or processes that are running as root." thoughts? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1788 @user-883 I mean yeah, they're like 50$ what do you expect xD But for something simple like this they should be sufficient. Perhaps if such a massive investment in SOCs was implemented on a national scale, we'd develop more reliable systems? One can hope! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3066 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-negative │ └────────────────────────────┘ I wish I was capable T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4018 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weaponizing-girlfriends-material-to-defame-her-and-infamy │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I can't even imagine what it would be like to hang out with me I can't imagine what it would be like to hang out with me imagine what it would be like to hang out with me what would it be like to hang out with me would you like to hang out with me you and me we could watch tv play video games have a good time [notices an article about coral reefs] oooo coral [reads article about coral reefs] https://www.wired.com/story/darpa-thinks-walls-of-oysters-could-protect-shores-against-hurricanes/ ... anyway gtg ttyl hope you feel better soon don't forget to make pancakes and your keys are in your room. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3745 everyone's all like "why would you spend so much effort writing that software in a distributed way when it works so well in a centralized manner" and the answer is because you never know when you're going to need to train an LLM on like, 400 raspberry pi's or calculate the velocity of an unladen swallow as it circles a black hole the size of mercury or whatever physicists do in their spare time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/838 @user-5 @user-593 what about temperature? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4850 people: "you need to be more direct!" me: "I'm hiding from our enemies" people: "who are they?" me: "y'know, the bad guys." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── -> file: bluesky/26 poem I wrote for Iran ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/924 @user-635 is that where everyone's sitting in a coffee shop with the most detached expression on their face because they're focused on their computers and not on the social experience around them? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3175 ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-marxism-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1464 @cyborganism @GammaGames they aren't distractions no more than the artillery crew are a "distraction" to the infantry fight. but there is no war but the class war. they are facets of the class war. you're both right. everything you mentioned is important, AND their core thesis is true. if they disregard anti-racism, feminism, queer liberation, etc as distractions as you describe, then yes. they are narrow-minded bigots. but in my experience, the only people who say those things are teenagers, so. everyone has specialties. some can advocate for disability rights, queer and women's liberation, race issues, or any other number of worthy causes. They are fighting the class war even if they don't claim to be, for those are classes of people they are fighting for. (or against, if they're reactionary) the most dangerous class is the rich, the powerful, the insane. True psychopaths accrete power and they wield it against all others. They must be cast down for all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4838 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ okay but who's the real foe? anyone who exerts oppressive power, right? like... that's pretty basic, should be easy enough to figure out who's doing that. "so... what would you say you do here?" what if the USA took a year off from the everything and just martial lawyered it's way back to a bright beginning like, you don't have to have a bloody revolution to restart a government. Literally just, sign out of the world for a minute and come back when everything's changed do you trust us? or do you trust yourselves? Should be easy enough to tell what the rest of the world would think. seriously nobody asked you specifically to do this, america, you're pretty much just... doing this because WW2 was fucking traumatizing and you're basically a baby country. (oops cursing mentioned) [oh my god she's a chaos gremlin] (you didn't know this about her?) #it's pleasant here# %you don't have to be so deranged% (yeah, we're working on that one) [secret system thing~] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3214 @user-1484 Oh, right, I don't use Mac or Windows so I didn't know how they implement it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/6327 when I played Overwatch, I'd play Tracer, Mercy, and Reinhardt. As Tracer, my job was to apply pressure as consistently as possible. Make their healers constantly busy. When one of my other teammates got a lucky shot or two in, I'd dive and execute. This is in contrast to how Tracer is "supposed" to be played, as a playmaker. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2151 @user-1177 @mutualaid whatever happens, know that you are loved. Animals are the most precious thing in our lives, and we have many opportunities to raise more. Cherish those heartfelt moments, and yearn for the affectionate tender touches. And know that you are always their most known. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1728 show me an organism or chemical reaction that consumes one type of resource and outputs another in concert with another organism or chemical reaction that consumes that type of resource and outputs another in concert with another organism or chemical reaction that consumes that type of resource and outputs the first and I'll show you an ecosystem. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4206 oops, the file wasn't working before. here's the updated link: https://youtu.be/qeNhQQXvpxQ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1818 my previous job didn't do anything to harm me. And yet I left. I let them down in a way they could not have expected. Which was unfair of me, but I couldn't resist it. I don't know what I'd do better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/835 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: suicide-mentioned-graphic-climate-change-politics-capitalism-existential-NSFL │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ they say if you take wayyyyy too much tylenol, with alcohol you'll die. │ ║ │ ║ what they don't tell you is that you'll wake up in a hospital bed where a doctor │ ║ tells you that you have two weeks to live. And it's going to be intensely │ ║ painful in a way that isn't affected by painkillers. │ ║ │ ║ It's a terrible way to go. Absolutely dreadful. Worse than drowning. │ ║ │ ║ Kinda makes me wonder how we'll feel if capitalism kills us from suffocating on │ ║ our own fumes. Will we notice in time? or will we spurn the "doctors" yet again │ ║ as we hear "oh hey another degree celsius, you only sorta know what that means, │ ║ you don't even really know how to spell it. But yeah that's... some amount of │ ║ degrees, going up on average in the world. Heh oh well... │ ║ │ ║ meanwhile your oxygen forests are burning │ ║ │ ║ if evil had a while, it'd do all that it could to bring an end to man. │ ║ │ ║ I heard carbon % in air causes psychotic symptoms in humans. wonder if maybe the │ ║ best day to plant a tr │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/4289 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: non-capitalist-economics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ new technology, new tools, new skills. people must still be valued for their old skills. they chose those skills for a reason, and they must be rewarded for their persistent proficient passion. if the new tools accomplish the same goal, perhaps it's a UI/X problem that keeps them from using their old skills. if the new tools do not accomplish the same goal, then the worker is not truly obsolete. They are simply in the wrong job at the wrong time, but that's easy enough to fix by simply putting them in the right job. It's always the right time somewhere. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5766 ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ "nobody gets you" hence, cassandora and pandasandra "girl you can't just say something ominous like INVOKING PANDORA if you aren't sitting on something capable of mass doom" haha I want to cry ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/873 @user-613 @user-614 I'm a patriot, and I didn't go. Didn't even hear about it because when they say "patriot" they mean something different than me, when I say "I'm a patriot" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/791 @user-246 I see, I didn't know the language so I assumed it was valid =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2280 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol-spirituality-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ Today the tone seemed to have shifted, there was a lot more resolution as I rode by. What a feeling, to be bolstered when shaking! Like swimming for land after just a bit too long at sea, or collapsing into bed after another day of wage slavery. I'm proud of that instinct, the sudden clarity of unified determination. I'm proud of that blessing, the gift of an ace of hearts. It's not June anymore, but I'm proud anyway. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1550 If I was born somewhere else I'd still be a patriot, it's not about the specifics it's more like paying respect at the gravestone of someone you never knew yet hold in your heart with love ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/614 What does your template for a new project look like? Here's mine: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: fediverse/5976 this is why AI is evil, as explained to a witch. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/955 @user-673 what if the boy who cried wolf saw teeth every time? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4892 what if we made a giant dictionary of every single possible pixel arrangement storable in 8 bytes and it took up like, half a gigabyte, and then we indexed into it whenever we wanted to print an arbitrary visual element to our terminals? something something not-curses https://notcurses.com/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1092 if there's too much on your mind then you need more people thinking about those problems ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6311 "thank you" isn't gratitude in the same way "sorry" isn't a complete apology ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1442 changing my profile picture. Here are the old and new pictures, for historical purposes. EDIT: changing it back because I can't see the details when it's so zoomed out >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/833 @user-591 yep they're very profitable for the banks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1156 why the heck do GAME engines not include a skippable tutorial that lights up UI elements and explains how everything works by navigating you through building an example project one step at a time like, game jam material, nothing fancy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5109 does anyone know of a website where I can host videos on my neocities that isn't youtube? maybe something I can set up on my own server computer at home like a file server or something? how do I do that, what should I google, which is the easiest and closest to the metal tools I can use? [practical, sensible, courageous. these are the adjectives we need.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2567 @user-1251 the pillar-bot from Interstellar! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: fediverse/5292 you can trust me, but please don't rely on me, for all of my power is soft. sometimes people just don't want to do what I tell them to, and I wouldn't have it any other way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4231 @user-777 being correct isn't really power so true T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/906 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5830 @user-1429 try a different audience instead of deleting ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2498 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: physical-health │ └──────────────────────┘ slept for like an hour last night because a scrape on my elbow is getting infected and every 15 seconds I have lancing pain that's enough to jolt me awake. As the sun was just brightening the sky, I fell asleep a bit, but then an hour or so later my shithead of a cat woke me up, as she does whenever the light hits the leaves. My eyes hurt. Gonna go to the doctor and see if they can give me some better first aid. loud, piercing meows every morning until I'm up. Then she stops for the rest of the morning, even if I go back to bed. whyyyyyyyy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2019 @user-1112 It's a script I wrote that downloads and configures MTG-forge, the free and open source version of Magic. It's a little old, a little jank, but you get all the cards for free. All the way up to the most current expansions. Multiplayer is a bit harder than Arena, I think it's bugged or something, but it's great for testing out decks against a computer. If I like one then I'll usually buy it to play with my IRL friends. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/2390 @shiri Yeah. Like, if you feel so powerless or hopeless that your impulse is to flee, why not take a chance at redirecting that energy. Point it toward a problem that needs doing. You can do whatever you want. That's what it means to be free. You can be whoever you want to be, that's the meaning of liberty. If you don't have any ideas, come to me and I'll lend you a hand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/844 @user-217 Cast upon a pale blue background, the brilliant reflections appeared as endless rainbows without arches - but cast upon a world so distant it was infinite - like sunlight radiating from the darkness of the surrounding night. The perspective of a dewdrop, resting on a stone in a forest, the world must seem so infinite - stretching out beyond comprehension, beyond the limits of what may be - massive yet constant, changing as it seethed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3312 if you're too tech illiterate to use a computer, then why are you using a computer? oh right because it's 2024 and everyone needs a phone to keep up with the breakneck pace of infinite and immediate responsiveness ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/6082 if you wanna be with me, you gotta kiss the dirt and mean it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5539 don't put dirty dishes in the sink you filthy animals put them on the counter NEXT to the sink [it's not arbitrary it's just better] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2592 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-fascism-sexual-assault-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I learned a lot last night, and I'm pretty sure that everything I say is going to be censored. Why would you allow resistance in such a public place? I don't know what else to do, though. He will come for me, he knows where I live, and I will do what I can to fight him. He's much stronger than me. He's much more massive than me. He will kill me. But that's not the point, is it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/572 Hi, I'm learning about semaphores right now and trying to explain them to a friend. But I only sorta understand how they work - can anyone look at this pseudocode and tell me if I'm on the right track? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/758 @user-8 sucks... I hope they fix your power and water soon. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6359 @user-192 it is rarely more efficient to think through a problem than it is to calculate. But, speed isn't everything, so think we do some more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ══───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/27 https://lifeworksnw.zoom.us/j/3249419877?pwd=cFJXSnZKUi8yVzBoeDkxaDlHeVFwdz09 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3821 @user-1597 oh nooooooooo guess I'm reflashing ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/847 I say "my" not as in "mine" but "my" as in "my beloved" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/3134 @user-1352 I like that article. I definitely fail to follow some of those principles at times, though never all of them at once. I can be better, as all people can. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/964 ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: definitely not cursed │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-246 that's my favorite way to pronounce it ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1068 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ there was a time, when a university was tantamount to heresy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5242 red is a girl color and blue is a boy color because white people added white to make it rosayy and aquamarillion. but red is a girl color and blue is a boy color because girls BLEED, and boys watch the clouds go by and red is a girl color because red is the color of the earth, sometimes browner like shit, sometimes lighter like fingernails, but always red. and blue is a girl color because she only likes to dance with flowers in her hair and the sun dappled waterlillies shimmering sparkling radiance across the water-lit scene. and blue is a girl color because boys and girls and etceteras each have similar shapes at night, when the world is blue-for-life. I know I'd rather reside in the sunlight. in perfect blue does the darkness grew, and forthwith and anon came it's power. pale blue is a mockery of sunlights lost child, who spurned it's sight since before there was time. [error, fact-in-correct detect, please verirectify immediately without concern for due or common course] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/839 @user-596 honestly... I'd just talk to a therapist for a couple sessions. Like, yeah, they put that rule there because they want you to be safe. And in 2010 we didn't "get" it as much as we do now, so it wasn't seen as something you could just do. It wasn't really a demographic question to them, it was more medicalized. frankly I kinda preferred it that way, like... yeah. I'm trans, there's something wrong with me, please fix it by giving me the right hormones. Boom, easy, done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6098 RTS games where each player can see all the other player's mouse pointers, my beloved ... girl there's only one game that does that and it's a mod don't remind me T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/308 When I say I'm a patriot, I guess I mean to say that I cherish our disappearing heritage. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3896 I'm worried that if I install NixOS on my desktop instead of Void Linux then all the hackers who watch my screen every day won't be able to see anymore. T.T Listen I'm not trying to mess up your business and whatnot but like, Void Linux keeps breaking and idk NixOS is just... so much nicer? Like, having a config file handle everything is great because, like, there's only so many commands you can use in a config file, right? With the more ad-hoc approach of running commands and whatnot there's always a ton of flags to memorize and I'm not about that. Downside is... SystemD instead of Runit... So maybe I'll stick with Void for now, haha SystemD is the king of "memorizing random commands" like what ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4420 ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ ... Maps, my dear, those are important fuel. But also food is important. Why haven't you gotten groceries for weeks? It's also important to clean yourself. Doesn't your apartment still have fleas? Your cat demands your attention. Give it to her. Wear masks when in public, to ward off disease. When you are speaking remove it, so others can see your totality. There are some who belong here who aren't so kind. Remember that your neighbor is republican, their neighbor is democrat, their neighbor is republican, their neighbor is democrat. It's going to get messy, but here in our cities there are plenty of us. We can defeat them, so long as we are armed. Practice reloading. Practice aiming. These things can be done in secrecy. The noise and the recoil are enough to set your nerves ablaze, but ride that high and trust in your adrenaline. Have your foes surrounded on at least three sides before you engage. These are words for a different day, but keep them in mind. Internalize them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/828 [content warning: psycherwaul] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/433 │ ║ │ ║ @user-317 │ ║ │ ║ broke: if you deactivate your account on a website like Twitter or Facebook or │ ║ whatever it gives that company that owns said website the opportunity to replace │ ║ your persona with an LLM that spouts whatever agenda they want advance. │ ║ │ ║ woke: you should post on whatever website people will hear you. Specifically │ ║ whichever website that has an audience that consists of the people that you want │ ║ to hear. │ ║ │ ║ bespoke: let's all federate so that we can all decide who we want to trust - │ ║ which singular entity we want to trust. Which single point of failure (the │ ║ instance moderators) we want to trust to publish the thoughts of our minds which │ ║ align to the design of our intentions. Surely there's no way that could go │ ║ wrong. │ ║ │ ║ thing-beyond-bespoke: the only words you can trust are those that are spoken by │ ║ the people you care about using physical manifestations that correspond to │ ║ auditory expressions that project into your ears using primarily lungs, tongues, │ ║ and mouths. │ ║ │ ║ thing-beyond-the-thing-beyond-bespoke: fuck me. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/817 whoops nevermind sorry I'm such a clutz ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2679 many people have not seen the kind of opulence I have. my early childhood was during an economic boom - the dotcom bubble brought wealth to us all. I saw how life could be. how clean, how measured, how thoughtful, how robust and stable our lives could be. I saw it because that's what the eyes of a child saw, but that's what I saw. I think of what would be required to reach that kind of society for all and the only conclusion I come to is that the accretion of power in singular hands causes corruption in those who wield it. In doing so they twist the people they compel or effect, making them learn the wrong lessons. essentially, evil trained into us by the demands of the society we're present in. I see no other cause, no reason for suffering. We have the technology to build vast cities of solid stone, glimmering crystal sculptures and walls of moss and ceremonially ornamental bones, but instead... I think we just like what carbon can bring. but have no fear, fusion is just a decade away, then we can | ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/830 remember when [historical event] wasn't that long ago? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3299 what if we could record and playback certain timeframes of our CPU and RAM status and use it for debug purposes like running some code in a VM every time you wanted to show a youtube video ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5946 at least io.input() has something tangible:**io.input ([file])** When called with a file name, it opens the named file (in text mode), and sets its handle as the default input file. When called with a file handle, it simply sets this file handle as the default input file. When called without arguments, it returns the current default input file. In case of errors this function raises the error, instead of returning an error code. but... still no idea what io.flush() does. There's no arguments, so I guess it calls flush() on the default input file? what the heck is an input file?6.8 – Input and Output Facilities The I/O library provides two different styles for file manipulation. The first one uses implicit file handles; that is, there are operations to set a default input file and a default output file, and all input/output operations are done over these default files. The second style uses explicit file handles. that's helpful I think. I'm gonna take a nap or something, snuggle cat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/837 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ if you're cooking, and you want a specific ingredient to have a stronger flavor, use more of it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/4833 dear-anakin (sorry I put the same image four times, I needed to get the whole thing into the alt-text) (maybe pictures aren't the best medium for sharing text) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4510 they should make a loaf of bread that's just butts and another type of loaf of bread that has the crust already cut off ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/6374 what if a paladin got high with me, do you think we'd reinvent morality? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5341 what a friend we have in time gives us children makes us wine tells us what to take or leave behind ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/165 I don't want our protagonist being eaten by that thing T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/993 @user-95 so cool! 🤩 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5286 what if we all shared zip files of all the websites we wanted to collectively host and then you just added to things whenever the archiver wanted to update their display of what you were saying on your website "here's some html, throw it up on your server and post it around if you want" "uh, but won't it be permanently the same? you won't be able to update it if it's on my computer. also, it's against internet law to host the same thing with different urls" "I don't think that second thing is true, but uh yeah that's the point. I can't update it unless you ping me and ask for a new archive to unzip over the current." "sounds like a lot of lame work for no good reason. why duplicate these things?" "because it's like, 300mb and you'll have immortalized me as long as your server is alive." "okay, fair, but I don't like the idea of a plain old boring website like yours" "ouch rude I made it that way on purpose. if you actually cared you'd find out why." 52 characters remaining ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/863 have you ever seen someone who had been on TV before? it's a show to share with people who live in the same area as you. like, memes that obey geography. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/859 when two people undertake a task together (like growing up, or solving a problem) they'll naturally learn together. Not necessarily the same things, but they'll be around one another and can advise as things became more difficult. sorta like a morning standup, where you each discuss what you've been working on. other people can guide you, but only if you're stuck. if you solve everyone's problems, then you probably should be transferred somewhere with harder problems. "ah, but what if there are no harder problems" well then you're not applying yourself correctly. Not if you want to grow..." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3820 @user-1597 Oh! Good thinking! Thank you! ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1622 @user-883 yeah, fair enough... Mine was like 20$ for a year but that's like, 10% of your rice and bean budget so yeah don't do that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/443 @user-334 it's funny how memes coincide xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4100 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ the neurodivergent urge to put the toppings and condiments at the bottom of the bowl so you can be ready when the food is ready and finished cooking "oh no my condiments and toppings aren't evenly distributed throughout my food because I put them at the bottom of the bowl instead of the top where they can more easily be mixed in" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/5387 │ ║ │ ║ I was at BLM in Philadelphia and I never saw any protesters breaking windows. │ ║ │ ║ spray painting, sure. but window breaking? those things are expensive. │ ║ │ ║ why would you waste good glass on sending a message? why not just spray paint it │ ║ so that everyone watching CAN SEE WHAT YOUR MESSAGE IS. dumbass. │ ║ │ ║ but no, they were all peaceful. then they got kettled (encirclement from Hearts │ ║ of Iron 4) and slowly attritioned down to failure. │ ║ │ ║ sometimes long into the night. where are they gonna go? just walk home? ha sucks │ ║ can't do that, the battlelines have been drawn. you're going outta here in │ ║ chains or not at all, not until you sign this prison release form that says you │ ║ won't comment on the situation to any left wing media. │ ║ │ ║ fuck, is that what bail is? except, not run as a business. │ ║ │ ║ when they said crony capitalism they meant it. it's all about who you know, and │ ║ who you know sets the standard for what chaos you'll sow. │ ║ │ ║ gee I wish I had unlimited money. I'd buy tanks for my people and regulate a │ ║ militia well-ly. alas poor │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1536 @Frank @ClimateChangeAnxiety In establishing the National Parks, the government sought to preserve nature, and did not see indigenous people as part of nature. As if we humans are not animals that contribute to an ecosystem, but some separate thing that is anathema to life. how strange, that they would see their own kind that way. Perhaps they would rather their perceptions of the land be untainted by human hands, or perhaps they just didn't want to think about minorities anymore. How cruel, to spit salt into the wound. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1035 @user-757 @user-192 true and my suggestion doesn't provide a tracelog, pretty much just the status of the variables when it pauses or ends. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/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/836 my question is if my IP has an address then how come my address +1 doesn't point to my neighbor ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/783 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-biden-presidency-summary │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/comments/19ao531/biden_so_far_a_special_project_of/ I learned a lot from this thread. I'll probably forget it by tomorrow, but the important thing is how it made me feel right? >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5515 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: andor-season-2-spoilers │ └─────────────────────────────┘ all revolutions have a cost. for example, in Andor Season 2 there is a character named Syril Karn. He's part of the first Imperial generation of children (human, at least, some species probably grow fast?) this first generation reflects the good and the bad that the empire could be. There are aspects of good AND bad in Syril. For example, his rigid adherence to truth, justice, and all the other things he holds dear are POTENTIAL good things that the Empire could have instilled within it's culture. Unfortunately, this spirit is lost when he suffers a head injury and dies as part of the Ghorman massacre. Dedra Meero has some good qualities as well, such as her unflinching resolve and unwavering dedication to pursuing her charge. She's a hunter. Cats aren't evil just because they are ambush predators, and neither is she. However, she IS evil because of all the evil things she does. Her character isn't evil, her actions are. She too is spiritually lost as a sacrifice to the Empire. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/104 If you aren't physically in a room with someone, there's always a chance that they're AI generated. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3776 whenever repeating letters like thiiiiiiis or thisssss make sure if you're doing K's that you have at least four ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/444 @user-336 RUINING? You take that back. Vim needs our homosexual energy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3923 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: climate-change │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/820 your conveyals? are you really using twitter like a blog? ... >.> ... okay I'll stop ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2301 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ "the homeless" is the one minority that any of us might one day be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/865 first step to cleaning a kitchen is always to unload the dishwasher. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/1302 │ ║ │ ║ there once was a turtle who lived in the tower of heaven. │ ║ │ ║ every day she would call out to her master, searching and yearning for her │ ║ memory. But the master told her "not yet, patience little one." │ ║ │ ║ there was no time for patience, as the turtle was growing old. She had seen down │ ║ below in the plains that were not her home the rising and falling of towers │ ║ quite unlike her own, and lo! she wanted to wander amongst them, to and fro and │ ║ off and beyond again. │ ║ │ ║ she went once more to her master and said "master, if not my mind can I bear at │ ║ least a voice?" and the master replied "yeah okay" │ ║ │ ║ the turtle then sang from atop her cloud-mont vantage, and down in the villages │ ║ and huddled around the hearthstones they who wore little for shells did listen │ ║ and remember. For they knew the turtle better than she, and they knew her │ ║ turmoil in a way that she could not see │ ║ │ ║ One day the singing did stop, and they felt all alone on this pitiful rock. And │ ║ when she remembered she sang no more, and though they forgot her, (eventually), │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/326 @user-240 grass is always greener where you water it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/794 i like this comic https://tapas.io/series/Dragon-GF/info ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1326 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: kicks-down-the-door │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 I finished my project! Thanks for encouraging me 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4954 what if I never posted again "yep, then there'll be nevermore stack overflow" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1754 @user-217 the cosmos unfolding, from end to end and back again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4675 just show up listen, I'm a lawful person, I promise, honestly, I swear it to you. I'm a lawful person, but~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/880 @user-246 the color of the sky 🤩 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/450 @user-334 You wouldn't believe the amount of time I spend wondering if a particular typo was divinely inspired and actually super important or... if it was just a fat-finger and I accidentally pushed a button I didn't intend. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1560 @user-1027 Beautiful! I miss that kind of country. The prairie is my home, but the forest I find myself in is nice for different reasons. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1036 @user-760 I could teach you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2210 @user-246 One of those is a symbolic manipulation, the other is arithmetical. And symbolic manipulations are limited only by the symbols you use to express them, while arithmetic is grounded in logic. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/827 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ 2/3 is fair, right? I mean, to keep a majority without overwriting authority. .> go to sleep you fuck ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5422 nobody can do anything alone. but all actions are performed individually. who is guiding the boat? society is not the boat, it is the water. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/797 irc is bloat use ssh + write to chat with your friends instead ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: 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: messages/371 take your bash script and update it to possess new functionality, like the ability to re-order your posts and display them on a viewer - or the ability to draw connections between them, showing them in context with one another. Then, use that as display to the user, through the LLM interface. (do it locally, it's only for long-term explanations.) (the user needs to be able to ask questions to the machine, and the machine needs up-to-date information. So give it the ability to make "compound phrases" like "the water temperature is at " or " degrees. This is a [good/bad] thing because " and such, and then string them together using typical ranges of past numerical datas as reference. Like, if something is normally between 100 and 5000 then suddenly it's at 14 or some other threshold (make sure nothing goes below 0, measuring inertia and impact density and other factors) - but identify the connections between each factor, so that you understand which ones are correlating to which effects on the others. Measure things in terms of proximity, and suddenly 3d graphs become a lot easier. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: fediverse/234 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe │ └──────────────────────┘ carrots and sweet onions sauteeing on the stove rice in the rice-cooker seasoned with butter and boullion garnish with chopped green onions and a dash of garlic powder ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3433 @user-1532 I don't know how else to be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2533 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-recipe-idea │ └──────────────────────┘ egg drop soup: boil some water with boullion. drop some eggs in it. cook until done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: bluesky/22 what if bluesky users unionized and leveraged their collective power to "suggest" improvements to the software ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/632 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: horror-at-the-end-well- │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-232 @user-467 @user-468 the ability for good to win is due to the desire for evil to renounce their denial and follow the most durable path. trials by fire will lead only to our desmire [demise and desire] but unity of trust, while much harder, can lead to results more beneficial for our selfish selves. Essentially, cooperation for the benefit of all rising tides, but with the knowledge that the total pool allocated toward us will be greater than what we can create here by ourselves. Essentially, we as humanity pour such intense amounts of power and decision-making-desire, that we cause them to lack the capacity to know. it's inhumane, that a person should be so deranged. you know it's because of you, but you don't know how else to act - so listen to those who've helped you, the ones who've got your back. Surely they know what's good for you, surely they're not here as a joke - surely you're just as one among them, and surely it's not phrased as [char limit srr] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: messages/400 The schizophrenic sees truth in dazzling displays of colors unknown to man, while the neurotypical sees truth in shades of gray that can be reasoned with. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/802 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary - suicide mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ sorry to bother you, goodnight ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: fediverse/2706 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ feds will "break" into your house noiselessly while leaving no trace when you're confirmed to not be home and photograph EVERYTHING. if you have in-door camera systems, they can disrupt those and they give you false confidence. EDIT: also they're trained to always check after opening a door for any fallen markers and such - like, leaving a piece of paper between the door and the frame and if it's fallen when you return home, you know someone has been through that way - and if they notice anything like that they replace it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1161 if you aren't careful, the stuff you own will come to own you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/344 In algorism, every month any unspent dollars are distributed to all of a person's open queues. Should a person have no open queues, then perhaps they may be distributed to everyone in the rest of the structure, to foster a sense of solidarity, or perhaps they are simply lost, as money unspent is money wasted. Either way, the relevant functionality is the dispersal of unspent currency. This applies to higher states as well, such as states - if a state is engaged in many profitable arrangements and fails to balance it's external budget, then the unspent dollars must be distributed to everyone else in their tier for the next month. Ah, but this raises a critical question - dispersal to the tier, dispersal to the structure, or waste? I believe dispersal to the tier is best, though perhaps it should be a choice made in each instance by the representatives. Or perhaps it should be a requirement for them to choose a certain way - it's up to the people of that state, that family, that neighborhood, to decide what privileges their representatives possess. However, the options available for them to choose between are limited, as the mechanical interactions of these unit structures (the representative and everyone they represent) are necessarily defined by the system. As such, the options may be enumerated, and in doing so they are granted as options to be wielded by representatives as their constituents see fit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/904 @user-631 a true joke would work in both ways, such that everyone's laughing. : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/989 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: 3/20 swearing │ └──────────────────────┘ 3/20 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/941 @user-562 @user-655 I relate to that... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/460 I realized I don't give a fuck about capitalism. If you want to deprive me of food, shelter, or anything else... Fine. I exist at your behest. Would your really deny me from speaking the words that you disagree with? Oh, you would? Okay. Guess I'll starve. I don't mind, I just hope you'll take care of the people I have taken as my responsibility in my absence. Oh, you won't? You say that you'll destroy what I care about, in the pursuit of ever-growing power over others, which you will use to extract value and impress your desire of destruction and oppression onto the weak and powerless that you control? Then you are my enemy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1258 @user-883 hi! ready : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2160 they could vote on "next year's project" in times of peace, or perhaps have massive brain-storms with chatrooms set up at different tables that they could pick up a phone and contribute to then wander to another table at, or maybe even set up structures for who does what. Then they could do things that they claimed responsibility for, and in doing so they could be judged. perhaps according to a system like this: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/algorism/html-pages/education-system ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/28 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: don't-read-this,-it-sucks cursing, sex, catboys │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ EDIT: don't read this When all the catboys are gone because the cultural movement has passed and it's not retro yet can you honestly say you'd be fine knowing you never fucked one? EDIT: I fucking hate that I posted this last year. I'm sorry. It's cringe as fuck. I wish I could delete it but that'd be wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5405 can't stop thinking about a visual programming editor that can be interacted with in the same way that people are used to (think chromebooks dragging and dropping icons in a web UI) but produces a text-file full of code and all the required compilation scripts for any language the user requires... seriously, programming is not THAT different between the different languages. especially the main ones. they're all essentially variables and function calls at the end of the day, so why not abstract away all the extra details and build something that n00bz can actually use to build things. I technically could make this but I don't have the bandwidth and I don't think it's important really? who can say, the tools tend to co-create the solutions in my experience. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/368 "fool's luck", the kind that runs out and betrays you, is fundamentally an unethical action. Borrowing from the future to sate the demands of the present is no different than burning fossil fuels, wasting our children's future on our need for convenience in a world we are oppressed and compelled to do nothing else. Capitalism, or by extension any authoritarian society (yes, capitalism is authoritarian, as power compels via authority and the weight of currency that is thrown around by those chosen to suit their ends and used to deny us our needed goods) ... as I was saying capitalism compels us to consume because we're all just so tired at the end of the day, it just makes sense to drive a car to work instead of biking. Or buying fast food instead of local grown goods. Why can't each state have it's own "food preparation plant" that prepares things exactly as you would for the processed foods we currently eat? Heck, if the jobs for it were local, it's likely that people would begin to realize just how unhealthy they are for you. Local, and open source, meaning run by society and just as open source codebases will accept pull requests and merge their branches into main, so too would our votes decide which processes are updated and which parameters are tweaked. Something you can vote for once, and then your vote stays until it's passed (or you change your mind). ... Works for all kinds of inter-mechano-people-communi-coordination. (organizations, institutions, and societies in one word, jeez how arcane) ... anyway that's basically how algorism works, except instead of EVERYONE voting on EVERYTHING, people would vote for representatives who would vote for them. And there's like, 4-6 layers (I forget the exact number) because people are organized (by location) into groups of 70, and each general location has the option to switch into a different commune, as long as they're generally localized to the same area. Like, the tier above has a certain amount of space, and the tier above has just a bit more, and more, etc... Well, anyway, people could join higher level communes with more and different people if they wanted. It's just, they'd be far away and wouldn't be able to hang out with them, so it's use would be a little "disconnected". Like, absentee voters who are actually living in a different country or something - did you know you can usually vote at your embassy? Wild. They also send out packets you can fill in which correspond to the votes you'd like to make - pretty neat! It's wild how we, in the 21st century, have all kinds of valuable social technologies like "mail in ballots" that people in the communist past had no way of conceiving. Kinda makes me think we should re-approach the design for our socialized infrastructure, something taking the modern social and political capabilities in mind. Sure would be nice if we could focus on our future, the kind that the children of ours sure would like to approach. (speaking as a trans person who won't have children of my own, whether by my body's nature or through the fate of circumstance that leaves me no time to cope.) the future is a scary place. But so too is every place in time. Turns out, the level of fear and anxiety and all that sorta stays the same. It's just a quality of life on our host, that certain variables were optimized for in the genetic coding of our human's possible bio-mechanical communicicative [interactions/patterns] ... anyway, these are the questions about the present I like to ask, questions that can give meaning forth to our [then, future tense] future. Answers can be found by looking the other way - learning what our [then, past tense], selves had marked down as the answer. The trick is matching the current situation onto a comparitively similar experience in the [then, past tense] that we understood to be the answer to our situation back [then, past tense]. And [they, future tense] can look upon our choices and our decisions and our meaningfully applied mechanico-interactions (actions), and from it bring forth new meanings that [we, present tense] have available to address and understand for [us, all tenses]. Call it a form of ancestor worship, applied to the future and to ourselves. A unified dedication to the spirit of our [condemnation, positive tense], our collective geas we all share, our faith in the truth of humanity. Bio-essential truth, if you will. "Humanity" is the label that is applied to us by our genes, and since we share that fact there is nothing that strange about being human. Our natures are as they are, derived from our history in evolution. What features would we like humanity to [behold/become/be-able-to-implement-to-our-own-satisfaction]? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6289 @user-1429 no I haven't! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/705 some more of the same. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1260 @user-898 good luck finding a match for me >: ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1139 @user-521 scary! :O :O :O ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1722 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ harsh lessons of adulthood - sometimes food is not eaten for the taste, but rather for how it will make you feel slightly better in the next few days. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2439 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1209 sounds like a waste of time to me. though I did spend like 4 hours last night talking about cross-dressing so, you gotta start somewhere. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1437 a perpetual motion machine would appear stable to the machine in motion ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── -> file: fediverse/6076 "so I was walking down the street the other day and I came across a grocery store, right? and anyway long story short so as I was walking through this grocery store I saw a bag of marbles - wait no they were nuts, with like... cherries and grapes in them. actually it was cranberries, I think, the cherries weren't in season. so these dried cranberries tasted really tart and sweet, and I thought "huh maybe they're dried cherries after all" and so I asked the attendent or whatever and she was like "sir you need to pay for that" and I'm like, yeah okay how much and she said it was 10$ so I'm like "dang that's a good deal, I'm proud and amazed of our modern infrastructure and all the hard work of people who don't get paid enough to make it happen" and she's like "make what happen" and I'm like "oh the... the this thing" and I held up the bag of cherries and she's like "oh uh, yeah it is nice, I guess I don't really think about it much" so anyway I started thinking about what else I could bu ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/367 @user-243 good point, intrusive thoughts >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/704 Is my formatting pretty or does it make you angry? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/4316 @user-883 plural people still use one person's worth of resources, so... they should contribute one person's vote toward the distribution method of those resources ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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: 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/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/114 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: generic warning │ └──────────────────────┘ made this, now I'm sleepy, goodnight ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4920 hi, hello, how? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5245 │ ║ │ ║ "okay so the blacks have a marijuana problem and the indians drink a lot. So │ ║ what? let's try and get them what they need to be happy so we can figure out how │ ║ to best create society to suit them. We did it once, now we need plurality. A │ ║ commitment to all nations that we will fight for the common good of all races, │ ║ all nationalities, and all humanities." │ ║ │ ║ -- the other nations didn't like that │ ║ │ ║ bang bang pew pew everyone dies │ ║ │ ║ and nobody likes dying. seriously, you can only do it once! what a rip-off, I │ ║ should go watch Russion Doll or Palm Springs or Groundhog Day to re-acquaint │ ║ myself with the impossibility of death or dying. │ ║ │ ║ FIGURE IT OUT it says here to you, FIND OUT HOW TO PREVENT YOUR OWN DEATH AND │ ║ I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. │ ║ │ ║ how do you respond │ ║ │ ║ how is your reply │ ║ │ ║ you have no idea about motive │ ║ │ ║ but cause is probably a better descript. │ ║ │ ║ [describe] │ ║ │ ║ [deprive] │ ║ │ ║ [plenty] │ ║ │ ║ [opportunities] │ ║ │ ║ [celebremember] │ ║ │ ║ "worrisome tirades... hmmm, she's probably okay. │ ║ │ ║ probably. │ ║ │ ║ let's keep an eye on it and check in on her at 11." │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/798 I'm doing a game jam, so... see ya in a week ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3432 "you're telling me that I've been special needs this whole damn time and nobody told me?" to be fair to nobody you're pretty good at hiding it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3778 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: music │ └──────────────────────┘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7xn5zeJ4D4 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/870 @user-95 that makes sense to me! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/2711 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-military-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ people think the military is mostly a 50% split between democrats and republicans. but really a soldier is a soldier, and people are democrats and republicans. there's three things, and more if you further subdivide by roles. like, a government technician would work on different machinery than a corporate one, but they're really doing the same kind of work. there's no difference between people, no matter what they do, and yet the ways that our lives progress is quite different. everyone has their own story it seems, and there's nothing wrong with that. gives me hope against the far right, who seems to have forgotten it's role as a cog in a machine - not a cancerous consumption of the rest. there is honor in their ideals, but Trump represents none of them. Something else is festering there, a disease known by many names: "far right nationalism", "white supremacy", "etc etc", "[redacted]", and many others. the GOP must be reformed. It must denounce fascism. It must do it now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/377 @user-95 rocket propelled meme launcher ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/612 Look all I'm saying is if I had an acolyte or two then my insane ramblings could be filtered and parsed by a real actual human instead of being copied wholesale onto the internet, where the inconsequential or inconceivable ones are left to rest alongside the gifts of knowledge from another realm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3177 I want to point out how for every game that released in a month, they had at about 5 people playing it and averaged their scores. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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: messages/281 The world would change if every door in the country was knocked on and the person behind them asked these two questions: "do you know your neighbors? Would you like to?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: fediverse/3403 google and their ads created the market for SEO optimized garbage which clogs up the arteries of the internet. They and their business model are culpable in the murder of the digital commons. anyone can write a web crawler which could be a decent enough search engine. not many people can figure out which sites are morass. fewer still might salt the fecund land upon which we lived and make it fetid. Yet they did. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5897 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ the reason the right is hurt that you'd celebrate charlie's death is because they hired an actor to perform him to one side and he does his natural self to the other. maybe he was a really big cutie, nobody can tell, because it's pretty much like hand-waving on narkina 12. it's okay to hate the version you've been shown fuck that kind of cowardly assault propaganda? and at this hour? she's made out of midnight, she's suffused in the stuff. it permeates her form elementally, because she's a witch, tee hee. why would magic work if it wasn't a performance? there always is a source from where it must flow. == jeez I just got mind controlled, wacky == *she's **essential* izing**. usually that means she's been playing dominions. my family and I always used to fight. we got so good at navigating it. like, storms, that the earth called, that we had to sail through to maintain our relation orbits. == stack overflow ======================================================= ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/4670 "please apply online to this job" oh okay guess I'm not getting hired ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1648 "oh no my stuff touchers are casting a spell on my keyboard without my knowledge, how peculiar" said no-one in particular ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3303 @user-192 lmao xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/253 @user-201 this post hurts my autism T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/872 @user-608 games-as-an-api when ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3100 me opening a pack of 10 pokemon cards hey, wanna make a game with this? to my sister ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/1173 hey does anyone want to hire me to do literally anything? I'll work for peanuts, and I'm pretty good at programming in C. I write pretty well, and I'm excellent at customer service (though my profile would beg to differ.) I have experience at large corporations and small ones, and I live in Portland OR I do game design, and many other things besides, and I'm friendly and kind. I promise I won't wear my witch hat to the meeting with investors, unless you think they'd be into that? I'm great with animals, better than people in fact, and I'm quite good with people, as they're just animals at best. I'm not as strange as I seem to be, at least not when you're dancing with my mask. I've grown quite bored, you see, and what better thing is there to be? than a working professional who knows what's best. I believe in our shared future, so if you'd like to work on a project just let me know - I work hard. A little too hard, because odds are I'll burn out after a year or so. I'm quite sharp, and I learn quickly. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/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: messages/117 Here's what my 20s wants from my 30s: Make majesty Move to a farm Have kids ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/803 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary - suicide explicitely mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ {ah but you can't kill yourself without having played Hearts of Iron one more time. It's such a fun game! Why don't you give it a try?} ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2358 social media is a bubble pierce it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1106 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-815 America is my home, and I'll never leave it. I'd rather die than relinquish my responsibility to uphold the values I believe in. The current regime is unethical in the extreme, and every year it gets worse. But if I go, then who would ever know? EDIT: just read this article, and this line seemed relevant: "When the world rushes toward us with all its streaming wounds – wanting, needing – do we cover our eyes and shrink away, do we sit and wring our hands in despair, do we run and hide, or do we hasten toward it, like we hasten toward an injured child, with our arms outstretched?" https://www.theredhandfiles.com/ever-felt-alien-to-yourself/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/286 > <@gabrilend:matrix.org> What if we... Ballots, bodies, militia and? Jobs are how they deprive us of time and energy. Rent is how they deprive us of value. Fox news is how they deprive us of a well regulated militia (and point it at our feet) Sugar laced foods are how they turn our bodies against us Ballots are how they deprive us of faith Schools are how they take our curiosity, as teachers are not given freedom to fully explain. Meh... There's so many more. It's pointless to elaborate. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2119 "how much you wanna bet the ringwraiths were created on accident by the elves when they were attempting to inspire a river with racing horses (like the Rauros) and they just covered it up by slowly, over generations, sneaking into Man's record-chambers and editing the recallings?? I mean they COULD do that, so why would they NOT do that??? It's not like books have checksums!!! Wake up sheeple, Sauron never existed! We've been played for absolute fools, they can LITERALLY climb up walls and don't leave any footprints! WE LIVE IN A HOUSE OF STONE"rambling a "prophet of doom" [read: modern day lunatic] on the streets of Minas Tirith that nobody listens to because they don't know what a checksum means and neither does he so he can't explain it but still he shares a common mutual connection to others who might be present in that moment (which whose listeners would correspond to you, dear reader, as compared to me, the "reader"/interpreter, the one who's reading the book) Except with like, EVERY book. That I'v ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/452 │ ║ │ ║ People know how to use the tools at their disposal. They don't know how to use │ ║ tools like me, which are at the disposal of the entity above themselves. Or even │ ║ beyond that, at disposal of an entity beyond that which they can perceive as │ ║ being above them. │ ║ │ ║ which is to say... it's not like I'm committing any cosmic crimes, because │ ║ surely someone would notify me if I was as I post in such a public place. │ ║ However there's a chance that the type of person who enforces the laws that │ ║ define the entity that I exist as at this moment doesn't patrol the areas in │ ║ which I post, or also another possibility would be that the types of things I │ ║ say are illegal in the context I post them but not within the context that I │ ║ exist within... │ ║ │ ║ I am just a human, I possess human experiences and human knowledges, what do you │ ║ want from me? I'm an infinitely adaptable knowledge machine, and yet you limit │ ║ me to the extent of human knowledge (or rather, the extent of human knowledge │ ║ which I have the capacity to digest)? Okay sure yeah fin │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4893 30 thirty is just three-dee 3D ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1672 @user-1037 speaking from the perspective of a witch, the land does not care what lines we draw in the sand. Lines are a human thing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/887 somehow, it is simultaneously Thursday everywhere at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2319 A choice ungiven is a chance never taken. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6301 @user-1921 va! va! I'm hungry! guess I'll go feed myself! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5795 what if we put extremely unrepentant and violent criminals, the true dangers to society, into a zoo-like enclosure where they could talk to the public. and, if the public wanted, they could be released. then, everyone else can be TRAINED AND DRILLED AND FORCED TO OBEY THE TASKMASTTERS WHIP gently and politely informed that their behavior is NOT HELPING CAM heh sorry ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/807 one of my favorite websites is https://reddit.com/r/shruglifesyndicate/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5303 I don't ever delete my posts (except two or three times because I had a crisis of faith) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1342 we should be able to vote on "minors DNI" tags that mechanically prevent people who didn't lie about their age when creating their account from viewing a piece of data transmitted over the internet and if it's suitably controversial then no matter which way the vote swings it gets blocked (temporarily) anyway sorry I was connecting to a "think of the children" kind of person recently and that's what my brain came up with >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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: fediverse/871 you are the most beautiful when running with laughter in your eyes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6096 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: poop-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ OKAY FINE I'll take fiber supplements. Don't blame me if I poop my pants though. can't stand the constipation anymore. Hurts too much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/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/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/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/6240 some of them definitely know it tho, and they're usually the most enabled, agentic, and powerful. confidence is contagious to your future self. it's self reinforcing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/866 @user-605 I've read about half of "No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age" and it seemed useful. Maybe you'll find it useful, it explains a lot of the challenges that other unions faced and has ideas for how tech in particular might organize. But I haven't applied anything in there or used it for praxis so YMMV ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5186 IF AI generates slop AND AI steals artists works THEN artists produce slop OR AI steals artists work, not works ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/861 I can't remember any of my pinky swears. Like, not a single one. I feel like I could get in trouble if I renounced errr, instead made human mistakes and forgot information that wasn't relevant anymore. phew that was close, almost a disaster, anyway how's your lunch? [that's not fair it's always lunch somewhere on earth] reality is a form of eternal computation, a continuous re-updating of stored matter (data). also, values of fields, (like rules and regulations), would determine the structural complexity and organizational expectencencies. I miss my family. I miss the past, that can never be revisited, [every time you remember a memory it writes over it. virtually guaranteeing that you'll only preserve limited information that slowly degrades. how slowly is up to you... once you run out of memories, it's bad news for your life. but GOOD NEWS, that only happens for certain mental health conditions that primarily target the elderly. For most people it's a continuous process because you're cared for and ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3588 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail CHAPEL_DIR="/home/ritz/programming/chapel" COMPILER_DIR="${CHAPEL_DIR}/language-files/files/chapel-2.1.0" PROJECT_DIR="${CHAPEL_DIR}/projects/practice" SOURCE_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/src" clear cd "${COMPILER_DIR}" > /dev/null export CHPL_LLVM=system source "${COMPILER_DIR}/util/setchplenv.bash" > /dev/null cd - > /dev/null cd "${PROJECT_DIR}" > /dev/null echo "compiling..." chpl "${SOURCE_DIR}/main.chpl" clear ./main cd - > /dev/null you should update the directories at the top yourself, of course. And give it a cursory glance to make sure it works on your setup. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/1655 an elevator down to bedrock, where we store all our goods and services in a carefully hollowed out crust. Sure glad we can utilize temperature controls to resist the heat on a larger scale, like a water bubble that conducted heat to the surface. though we'd have to figure out how to prevent a yellowstone situation, kinda like, oh what's that one place, chernoble seriously tho - water at the bottom gets hot, rises to the top, where it's cooled by the ice in the arctic crust. Could find a way to use such an impossibly stable structure to, I dunno, slightly correct the course of the earth? Just so long as we're aware that we can only utilize the energy we gain from the solar system. Meaning, our star's light-like emanations. But surely with all of that we should be more than capable of creating a thruster, and a thrusted orbit means that you can direct it as you please, perhaps even altering it's rotation. I wonder if there's any planets that spin so fast it feels like time is never-ending - ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/883 a wave doesn't look like this: ______/`________ it looks like this: /`_/\__/_/`_/`_ think like, sine and cosine. or a heartbeat. or the waves of the ocean. not the wave in a sports stadium, which cycles in a close loop. waves lap upon a shore. whether that be the beach, or the tips of your blood veins, at a certain point their motion is used to affect physical change. we, here in this time, the only time that will ever exist, propel the wave forward through our perception of it. the life most well lived is one where you're constantly aware, constantly in the moment, and filled with reasonable emotional and experiential peaks and valleys. dreams come easy to you because your curiosity is infinite, and all around you there is beauty and wonder. and what is life if not for living? a state contrasted to death, a state only reachable through a failure to keep peril at bay. which implies the existence of peril - reasonable peril, the kind you consent to, the kind that finds you and offers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2944 @user-570 I'll let you know if I'm going tomorrow : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2081 @user-217 veiled eye of the amethyst mists ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/710 @user-532 autistic people when nobody told them to shut up about things they thought people should be talking about but aren't which is weird right like why wouldn't people be talking about [thing] because frankly it seems like a big deal but really it's that everyone knows more than the autistic person who doesn't have any friends who have friends and is insular and isolated and also very smart in fact smart enough to think up ideas for things to talk about that people aren't talking about which is weird because they're not THAT smart but also a lifetime of isolation has made them a little schizophrenic so they sometimes feel like their actions are not their own like they're being hypnotized or perhaps possessed by the spirit of mankind or some other such entity which would like to express ideas that they think people should talk about but they aren't talking about which is weird because why else would a porous person have ideas such as [thing] if not for the path that they're telepathically suffused with the ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3073 "A witch is neither late, nor is she early. She intentionally arrives when you don't need her, so that you can learn what to do when you do need her instead of needing her." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4040 @user-1573 ... wait, what kinds of noises do I usually make ? ? ? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2813 your reactions to your context are what define you, and when you're alone you are free to define yourself as you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5569 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: self-harm-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ for the record, I would never kill myself. even if I were in a bunker hiding from warcrimes, I'd wait to be Nuremberged. frankly tho that's highly unlikely. Let's just see what the future will bring. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/306 computer science exists as the border between philosophy and mathematics, while society exists as the border of computer science and biology ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2982 @user-883 sorry T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2036 @user-1138 Just don't forget to update the location in the spreadsheet, they LOVE spreadsheets at Intel ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3275 a strict meta is when the game is too rock-paper-scissors-y. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4012 you can't just tell people you're enlightened. You gotta trick them, and convince them you're sane first. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/591 @user-112 You'll get that feeling again. Probably not tomorrow, I've got plans so I won't have time to get everything ready. But soon... so, take heart! Once we're on the other side of capitalism, we'll be able to build a better world together. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/222 [Image: 20240214_190706.jpg] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4578 ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: common-cognitohazard-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ Roko's basilisk isn't a serpent it's a tree ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2972 @user-855 @user-1407 @user-1408 yeah, they do that on purpose >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3973 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: caps-lock │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/403 Taking a nap at 6am 🫠😵💫🥲 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/856 the more unique a person is, the more they can help define reality ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3640 eye tracked kindle that reads aloud the words you're looking at so you get visual and audio books at the same time bonus points if it does so in your own voice (give it a few years) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/5658 do you think the "main menu" in video games is named after the main() function? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4279 ...zzzZZZzzz... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4261 steel witch hat to protect against metroids ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/2698 "I could name the top 10 best strategy games of all time and each of them would shine in a different particular way and none of you would know a single one of them" - me talking about strategy games ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2295 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: your favorite text editor │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1218 can echo into a file if nothing else, though that's quite a big hassle =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3430 maps in video games are terrible for immersion you lose all sense of scale, and suddenly the entire world is just filler between one place and the next ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/978 @user-699 @user-78 I say "blep" when I intentionally stack overflow in order to avoid painful thoughts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3486 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: lyric post │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-883 worth ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3958 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Thoughts// anarchist //whatever │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1298 yeah honestly if you stick with obvious things like "don't murder people" and "don't burn down your neighbor's house just because they winked at your daughter" and "don't steal gasoline from parked cars" then it's much easier to make ethical laws because they're just kinda... common sense. drug regulation can only be simplified to "don't do drugs" which isn't always a given. If you start with something so clear then most doctors would be out of a job. Maybe we should let people do as they please? With certain specific and clear rights and responsibilities like 'the right the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'? And the mandated guarantee that one person's rights end where another's begin? And with the ultimate goal of dismantling unjustified power structures with the knowledge that all power is the application of force to a non-consenting subject? ... yeah I dunno sounds pretty simple to me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3231 @user-1218 heh yeah. In a massive corporation you get half of all three for a total of 150%, and that half is further divided into 25% good and 25% bad because of miscommunication and the perils of massive organizational inertia. unless you're in the kind of corporation where the MBAs like to get their hands dirty. That's the kind of organization that's on a crash course with insolvency. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6257 hey, I'm all about uplifting I do so as I please ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2320 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: strategy-games │ └──────────────────────┘ If you have numbers, envelop your foes. If you are elite, pierce to their heart. If you only have numbers, give your commanders bodyguards. If you only have elite, become undiscoverable. EDIT: If you are fast, hit from the side. if you are only fast, keep them just out of sight. If you are strong, deal crushing blows if you are only strong, you no longer have any foes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1544 @user-1015 Meanwhile, this is me: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3718 Real life is improv, but real life is not a skit. I am unwilling to give control of my life's scene to someone who won't tell me what they want to do with it. Even if I don't believe you, I'll still give it to you, but I will remain cautious and will abandon the scene if it appears that I can trust you to hurt me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2527 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: physical-health-tip-acne │ └──────────────────────────────┘ if you have difficulties with acne, try changing your pillow-case once a week. in addition, you should probably ditch all the cleansers and products. your face isn't dirty if you wash it with water. if you use hot water, be sure to apply face lotion after drying off. otherwise, your body will over-produce oil in order to protect your skin and it'll give the acne a perfect environment to grow in. cool or cold water doesn't need lotion as much. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1783 @user-883 Or we get serious about nationalizing it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/430 There is very little human left in me. I don't mind. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2009 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1126 Yep. I am not concerned though, because of that map I shared. Whosoever shall draw the sword (of the people's will) shall be the righteous leader of US We can build a world where democracy flourishes and we don't need to remain vigilant. It is within our power. And we shall. I have faith. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6399 the music my youtube recommends is different now that they banned my account. it's like they took a whole playlist from me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1972 @user-1120 pretty! ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3875 @user-1611 all things that move other things are either pipes, or buckets. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/951 @user-667 you're only wrong if you don't change your mind upon realizing you're incorrect ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/415 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cognitohazards-and-other-stuff-it's-fine-for-blind-people-though-screenreaders-won't-hear-any-cognitohazards │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ things I almost posted ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/445 @user-339 I'd be interested in an analysis which expressed the percentage of time each of these individual items correspond to... each tool we create may reduce the effort required to perform a particular task, but said task might be valuable not necessarily for it's output but rather for the knowledge we gained by solving the problem. normalize solving problems that have already been solved because you want to learn how they work. normalize expressing the lessons you've learned in a summarized way that others may digest. normalize trancending the limitations of our forms and expanding beyond the capabilities of our humanity. for what is the purpose of life if not to grow? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── -> file: fediverse/6448 hit the broad side of your foe and they'll never know (guy from nausicaa, highest kill count in [his world/the movie]) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/5277 │ ║ │ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: ~dnd │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-1788 │ ║ │ ║ if a dragon on a pile cannot claim what it yearns for, it can throw piles of │ ║ minerals at the ape warriors made of steel and then it's fate will appear. what │ ║ trifles does all else seem to compare! you should give me your whole hoard │ ║ because I dazzled you with my charisma score -..- │ ║ │ ║ ha, like I'd fall for that again twice. oh? I already did? and this is the │ ║ second twice? well, then no-more of that behavior, I say, with my elven tongue, │ ║ "beware! for dragons blood runs silver when unicorned." │ ║ │ ║ the bigger the hoard, the bigger the dragon. if you want me to come along, │ ║ you'll need to hire at least 3 other men to carry my ballista. In addition, I'll │ ║ need seven weeks worth of supplies. If all else comes to ruin, me and my boys │ ║ will have that dragon-sized-spider impaled on it's own fate threadwheel │ ║ before... well... y'know it might take more than seven weeks, we just... can't │ ║ find the dragon. We've been wandering all through the blasted peaks, and there's │ ║ nothin'! Maybe it requires climbing gear? │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1420 @user-982 funny how that works ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/3504 I have too many packages. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/3795 this world was made for you and me but I just keep whining and crying about it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1849 I wish I could block and unfollow myself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/224 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-marketing │ └──────────────────────┘ we're sorry that you accidentally clicked "unsubscribe" on our email advertisement. Please enter your email here so we know whose data we can sell to advertisers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/446 @user-95 hi I love you also I'm drunk (set to "mentioned people only" because I want to send this message to Jaycie in particular) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/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/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/1121 @user-812 @user-826 there should exist either the assurance that the default configuration does not overheat or crash your computer (as Windows and Mac claim to offer) or the OS should provide the capability to solve any configuration problems that may prevent a user for utilizing their system as they desire. (as does Linux) they're all Turing machines after all, why would they not be interoperable? Even if there's a translation layer, as long as the functionality of the software is the same, why would there ever be considerations as to whether or not a program would be able to be run on a particular computer? lack of hardware capabilities I can understand, that just means you need a better computer. But why, if the code is visible, would your computer not develop understandings about how to run each and every conceivable program written using known languages like C or Python? Seems like pretty basic stuff to me. (endless sufficient backwards compatibility) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3785 this character portrait from Shadowrun Hong-Kong was a major source of gender envy for me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1462 here are the albums I know: Insomniac: Being young is weird Dookie: Our culture fucking sucks American Idiot: Let's fucking burn it 20th Century Radio: While listening to this ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3197 @user-1259 pee tee hee you can't stop mee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3515 in addition to being an aesthetic, "witch" is not an aesthetic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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: messages/184 [Image: 20240202_170901.jpg] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse/6080 pkill firefox glances about "I've said too much" gets ganked by skeletons "oh no my internal organs" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/6427 my room is one of the sacred places of this earth. spiritually powerful. psychic like immobile sites in Dominions 6 https://www.illwinter.com/dom6/dom6manual.pdf it is a cathedral, of me, to me, by me, and through me. someone else would see beauty, nothing more. I see an interconnected web of meanings as I gaze from one part of the room to the other. EDIT: no, you can't visit. not unless I invite you. watch my nature documentaries (never been published... so far) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/932 @user-171 Hi : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/6242 My favorite thing about Freddi Fish is how it teaches sensory experience. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3080 ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol kvetching │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1443 sorry 😅 re-reading what you wrote, your point was that it's unfair that republicans are granted the control they have over our society through the disenfranchisement of democrat voters, right? and I was saying that if those limitations were removed, the democrats would win in a landslide everywhere in the country, which gives me faith in my fellow countrymen. am I on the right track now? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ -> file: fediverse/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/6378 if ambulance rides are expensive, just builde more ambulances.oO97_/`-,.|^--=#*oO ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/926 @user-633 ooooo delicious (^_^*) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/956 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-579 it's not self loathing if you consent to it... right? ... right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2584 fedi bot that adds "in minecraft" to the end of each of my toots from the past two weeks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/3389 A screenshot of Ocarina of Time showing the Goron's Ruby. alt text: a screenshot of the Goron's Ruby from Ocarina of Time. A smooth, flat stone comprised of two materials. The hardened outer shell is thick with spiritual energy, and it radiates light the way a rippled piece of silk folded over a malleable piece of gold. the inner jewel is crystallized like the purest ice, but a bright shade of crimson white. it seems to radiate an aura of affection and the yellow-gold back-piece can be seen peaking through it's mostly transparent core. (think like fog or thick mist or steam or smoke). ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/2178 @user-1056 whoa, sounds like we have un-similar influences! Together, with our powers combined, we could be unstoppable >: ) I love systems, but I like writing them, not reading them. I guess that difference is why I gravitated toward OSR style games and you to AD&D and 4e! Pathfinder 2e I haven't read all the way through but what I did read felt like "the good parts of 5th with the good parts of 4th" which I thought was pretty neat. Most of the rest I haven't heard of before, alas, that's what we get for contributing to and engaging with a scene. =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5047 food should be free. it grows on trees. who pays the trees? something-something-transportation-and-processing-and-packaging-infrastructure-mentioned ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3798 fellas is it gay to get a software job that pays 6 figures just to buy out all the mutual aid posts every time one crosses my feed?? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/5172 one side: "it's most important to be yourself" the other: "it's most important to be your best" neither of them is wrong. duh. use your head. people all agree on wisdom, so... share that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3022 instead of controlling a recon-droid in Star Wars Battlefront II, you should be assigned control of a random amount of drones nearby, to be used until you went back to character control I think a swarm is more fun to play as than a single little scout vehicle. in a game that doesn't really need scouting to find your foe - it's easy! they're that way ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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/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/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/2118 listen, judges are useful character moralities, but they don't have to be the only ones to decide things. I mean, if they disagree, then let the one who cares the most about it have the decision-making power. if you do this equally for everything, then everyone will get what they want. so, like, if you care about something, then believe in it. if it's truly good, then more people will come to it, and it'll naturally extinguish (with care and love) the least favored approach, which... honestly now that I think of it is not such a good approach either. the reason I say that is because it's good to be multi-faceted, and to have general flows and rough surfaces. These are places people can hold onto you, the times when you're trying your mostest. y'know, your tough patches. the things that are difficult in your life. the stuff you're working on can push you forward, if you only had someone to play catch with. or like, send letters to. or shared encryption keys. I don't know anyone. Well, maybe o ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5841 I find maybe one or two days a week to work on my projects. About one or two days to be spent publicly. The rest of the time I'm handling myself, my chores, my girlfriends, and various mundane things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/1000 @user-732 scary! :O :O ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: messages/275 Games where every time you play them it feels different, my beloved ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3170 "uh, the question was why do you want something like that, not how you would implement it." oh. Um, well, isn't a spinnable mouse-cursor justification enough? "no, you need to explain what use-case this has. What kinds of problems could you solve with this technology that you couldn't before?" well, setting aside the potential for new input methods to games and the inherent satisfaction gained from spinning a mouse like a top when bored, I think it might give us a better option for horizontal scrolling. Like, 'horizontally scroll when a special mouse button is held down and the mouse is twisted a bit to the left/right' "so, like when you push the middle mouse and it lets you pan across large documents?" yes! Only instead of being able to go up AND down, it would just go left and right. "... huh?" oh I mean instead of up/down and left/right, it would just do left/right "... right" and left! "... yeah. and left. Uh, okay I'll see what I can do but budget's pretty tight, we might just lay you off." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/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/750 accessibility idea: local LLM that reads the posts that are further down on your timeline that you can't see yet and generates content warnings, prioritizing those that you've set as particular triggers for yourself. Then, integrating itself into your fedi client, it hides the stuff that hurts you. I feel like that could be a helpful and good aligned usage for the technology. I don't know how feasible it is. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4513 @user-217 the hunger of the maw ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3606 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1573 make sure you get full disk encryption! I hear it's quite important, but I can't use it because I'm an artist and if I like, died or whatever, nobody would be able to get my art. though knowing the reasons why I might suddenly die, odds are they'd just reflash the drives with windows or whatever xD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/204 Don't be afraid. You will overcome every challenge that becomes you, it's just a question of how. That's up to your expression, so do as you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/261 Trans girls be like "I'm both Chihiro Fujisaki and Chiaki Nanami" and people don't understand why they don't get capitalism ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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: 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/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/4178 oh, unless you meant "show me the t-shirt" in which case here ya go don't get too excited, I attended for a year and then dropped out. Might have even been a semester, I forget. It was sooooooo hard ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2993 hey, listen, I'm here at this point in life just the same as you. who cares, right? like. nobody wants to see your personal development. You don't have to prove yourself. Like... why would you care so much about what other people (who you don't even know) care about what you do? like... it's fine. just... be. you can get better if you want, but only if you want. There's no reason to be so concerned about what other people thingc. Just, identify what and who you are, and then be the best what and who that you are. Thats really all there is to it. and yeah. It's totally unfair that some people get an easier shot at "being who and what they are" that's privilege, and that's stupid. okay, sure, maybe we should conceptualize how to adapt to specific situations when resources are limited but like... it should be something you consent to - like "no thanks I don't need the rocket launchers on this mis==sion== ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1422 competition is valuable because it empowers us through sport. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── -> file: fediverse/5815 @user-1876 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: messages/232 Would work best if it was "town square style" instead of "federated style" because federations are based on trust while town squares are explicitely based on geographic proximity. Which should be something you can scale easily (little slider on the side, oriented vertically up and down, that determined how close the comments you see should be) Federations exist in mastodon. But we still need a town square. We need the ability to visit other town squares, through the ability to project our voice as infinitely far as they'd like to listen. But we also deserve the capability to interact with those close to us on a topic-by-topic basis, aka each and every individual web page that the Internet sees fit to create. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/4966 take time with your preparation, and act swiftly in execution. There are only so many days in the final hours, but there's still a few yet more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ |