Trolls —
Since when did trolls become oblivious to their own trolling?
No Yin Without Yang —
There is no yin without yang, up without down, left without right or North without South.
With this in mind, please know that cultural polarization is a strong weapon that keeps us all fearful and in line.
If I Had (Eminem ’99) —
Gamecube Smashing —
Porno for Pyros & Blur —
Yesterday I was listening to Lithium on Sirius XM and within 4 songs, Porno for Pyros’ “Pets” and Blur’s “Song 2” played, and that was pretty cool.
Free Music —
“Free music.”
This is a statement, not an offer.
I Would Have Been Pat Connors —
Two Negatives —
Two negatives make a positive.
Two positives also make a positive.
Which do you choose?
Time For Money —
I’m trading time for money
I just want to be free
I want to be free
Instant Access —
I see I can get
Instant access
I do this and get
Infinite classes
I’ll play your game
Put you to shame
Bring it back and get my fame
Getting (back) into The Prodigy —
Jurassic Park Quote —
“Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
I made a joke —
Did you hear about the thieves who tried to steal the Linux source code?
The irony doesn’t even penguin to explain it.
Current Point of Reference —
What if some of us are reincarnated from the past, and others from the future?
AI, F/OSS and Copyright —
Warning, petty conspiracy theory ahead:
1) Buy GitHub to mitigate possible legal contingencies
2) Help build an LLM that can write (and slightly modify existing) code at an amazing rate and ever-increasing quality
3) Train it on data from the open web, including GH of course
4) Produce “unique” code where the rightful copyright holder of the output is still legally murky
5) Quick audit, then throw as much generated code into proprietary software as quickly as possible
6) Profit!!
I think I need a CPA —
I think 50% of people hold words to be ultimately accountable.
I think the other 50% hold intention to be ultimately accountable.
Christians —
Why are so many Christians I know so incredibly broken inside, and also so vocal about expressing it to others?
Hollow —
It sounds like you
But it’s hollow
It’s soul is ruined
It’s so shallow
Replicating nuance like autotune
Fooled some, but not all
They say it’s coming soon
You won’t be able to tell
It’s hollow
Tomorrow
You can’t emulate the soul
Impossible
Demagogue —
TIL what a Demagogue is.
Energy, IMO —
Reality is, and always has been, in perfectly balanced chaos.
When things become unbalanced – such as more negative vs. positive energy or vise versa, the other side fights with a vengeance to find that equilibrium. Most times it ends up overshooting and creating an opposing imbalance. I think that’s just the way it works.
Once in a great while, the two energies seem to dance, to sing; they’re in harmony. Rather than oppose each other, they play. Balance. But just for a moment…
All actions produce an equal and opposite reaction. Also, energy doesn’t ever go away, it only changes forms. This is fact.
Ah, life —
One of the most sobering things I’ve experienced in life is watching videos I’ve taken of my friends and myself in my late teens / early 20’s (I’m in my early 40’s now).
We originally recorded them all on camcorders (yes kids, with actual tape) over the course of a number of years. Parties, outings, hanging out being bored together…
I’ve watched these videos in total many times. However it’s been years since I have. To see my general disposition and personality then is really fucking embarrassing to watch honestly. I guess I’ve grown up a lot. But back then, we thought we *already were* grown up (I guess in comparison to our earlier lives we were). But shit….we were still just kids, mentally and emotionally.
Maybe it’s the reflective mood I’m in the past few days but something’s drawing me to those videos, to learn and grow some more – to stand at the side of the cliff and see how far I’ve come.
I’ll take it.
Most Valuable Things —
A list of what I believe are the most valuable things for humans:
- Happiness
- Love
- Companionship
- Purpose
- Community
- Hope
- Time
I’ll think of one later… —
“There should be a shorter word for procrastination.” –StefanThinks
Fuck the Bus —
Why do people always say, “What if you get hit by a bus?”
Like, what the fuck? Is this a common occurrence?
Here comes the murder bus! WATCH OUT!!
Doing God’s work —
[SERIOUS] Liberals: What’s one thing you appreciate about conservative people?
byu/the_darkener inAskReddit
[SERIOUS] Conservatives: Your turn! What’s one thing you can appreciate about liberal people?
byu/the_darkener inAskReddit
Myspace error —
I made this with a text-to-speech program (festival IIRC) in 2007. I put it on my band‘s MySpace page music player in an attempt to rouse listeners’ curiosity. Also I’ve always been a wannabe hacker and thought it was fun to come up with the content. Enjoy ;)
Snax 2 —
Snax —
Rollover Karma —
If I die
With all my karma, try
To roll it all over
Roll it all over
Like a flash of light
In a pitch black sky
Look over your shoulder
Over your shoulder
Progress in My Own Mind —
I want to change my thought process when I’m studying something particularly challenging/intimidating, to seek out a flaw of any kind (a spelling/grammar error, for example) to dismiss it entirely. It’s like I do it subconsciously to guard myself from feeling inadequate for not understanding the material.
I feel this is something that I’ve carried with me for most of my life. I think I’ve identified it, and I must eliminate it if I want to bring progress to my way of learning new things. Maybe in the process of documenting it here, I will start to learn how to drop it from my thought process.
How to Conquer a People —
To conquer a people, you simply need to eliminate what binds them together: mutual trust, cooperation and love. Once these are gone, it’s simply a matter of directing them to serve your selfish fucking purpose under a guise of hope to get back to where they were before you infected them in the first place.
These are my people ;) —
Firefox —
I love how Firefox bookmarks have “Separators” (lines you can insert between bookmarks in bookmark folders). It is a very simple but elegant tool in bookmark management. I have an extensive collection of bookmarks and this really helps me find what I’m looking for quickly.