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@visakanv Half of these mean drunk

words like “washed” and “chopped” and “shredded” and “cooked” point to a larger potential literary universe of slang. consider: - sliced - diced - grilled - minced - julienned - seared - brined - pickled - peeled you just got peeled bruh. he fucken peeled u bruh

No its nice I just… didn’t think wireheading would come from the Swiss

@stupidtechtakes Strongly depends on the 66gb, I can write a C program that generates a 66gb file where the binary is far less than 700mb.

you cant compress 66gb to 700mb LOL

@airkatakana This is probably bait but if not then no action taken against you is unethical

i’ve spent the past few months generating fake “extinct insects” with chatgpt and making wikipedia articles for them. all backed up by book references that don’t exist. not a single article has been deleted yet out of hundreds. the future is here

Can you guys comment your fav images of art? Ones that speak to you really strongly, you have saved, haven't forgotten? I'm makin a quiz that will incorporate these <3

@powerbottomdad1 I owe him damn near every positive trait I have.

every body say something nice about your father

@indigojoha @junejutsukaisen In those cases I would lump seeking out appropriate treatment in as part of “making actual efforts”, and even when that isn’t possible those people socialising despite really not wanting to is extremely good for them (in my experience , ymmv).

@zlb03 @junejutsukaisen depression and (severe cases of) social anxiety disorders are literal psychiatric disabilities. you wouldn't tell a paraplegic man to just get up and take a walk only because he technically knows how walking works, would you?

I know everyone likes to doom post about society and all that but at some point you do need to make like actual efforts to be a person lol

@indigojoha @junejutsukaisen The great thing is that it kind of does

@zlb03 @junejutsukaisen read my post again. knowing something is possible doesn't mean everyone can do it

@indigojoha @junejutsukaisen I don’t know how to phrase this in a way where you will internalise it, but I promise you it genuinely is that simple. I am not saying it is easy, but if you make a change that lets you “make actual efforts” that will be enough for you to live a real life.

@junejutsukaisen "make actual efforts" hmmmm thanks online stranger, that never crossed anyone's mind, thank goodness june akiyama @.junejutsukaisen was here to inform us !

@LewisCTech @RolandConybeare If you are already using Typst, Cetz and fletcher are excellent libraries that I think would meet this use-case!

@RolandConybeare Yeah I am seeing two distinct paths: is the artefact best shared by serving and hyper linking? Then I do some Web Standard maxing. Need nice PDFs? Typst. (Wonder what you think of typst as a latex wizard?)

I've never really got on with mermaid, and the diagrams I want to make are quite simple, so I'm starting to just use svg directly. Still takes me a while but it looks nice, and I don't have to rely on some JS nonsense.

@BIMBOSATTVA_ Are there any processes or experiences that you think can reliably make someone try harder

i scold the soulless so much on here because deep inside i truly believe they have souls and just arent trying hard enough

@i2cjak But avr is fun :(

i2cjak's authoritative guide to slopping together embedded projects with LLMs. Part 2: STOP DOING BAREMETAL STOP USING ARDUINO NOWWWWWWWW

@zetalyrae New short story name reveal

Showed an unpublished story to Claude Fable and it got me too.

@Mason__Svoboda @_colourmeamused I have an insider source in Arnotts and I have accessed confidential Tim tams and I can confirm they are better in New Zealand

@_colourmeamused Does the New Zealand Chit Chat stack up to the Australian Tim Tam? I must know

I have put together an ncomplete list of food and drink things New Zealand does better than Australia, please add to the list! - pies - beer - burgers - sticky date pudding - instant coffee Things Australia does better: - banh mi - ramen - potato wedges

@antosh_1 Do you know where I could find a higher quality version of this image?

lwk one of the prettiest photos from the shuttle program.

@33turbos As is the local custom

going to waiheke island to abuse drugs

@ICBMRV @MaoistStdEn I would have thought this applies to arts people too, surely they are also freaky nerds? I guess it may also be a difference in attitude, ime non-stem students are often strangely aloof.

@zlb03 @MaoistStdEn Nerds have it easier. Shared hobbies and interests give them an instant reason to connect, regardless of where they’re from.

It's been said that the reason the Chinese Ministry of State Security has not been able to recruit any people in New Zealand is because we're all socially maladjusted, aloof and poor at small talk

@ICBMRV @MaoistStdEn I am fortunate that this hasn’t been the case for me, although that is largely because I *have* been very intentional about that. I do not know how to fix this systematically. From what I have heard it is somehow better in STEM programs for whatever reason.

@zlb03 @MaoistStdEn They don’t. I’ve heard some pretty depressing stories about the state of university social life from friends’ kids. Community seems largely dead. The largest immigrant groups stick together, with very little mixing outside their own circles, while everyone else gets sidelined.

@MattiasInSpace If I remember correctly it is also a crustacean!

When my work feels absurd and pointless i remember that there is a parasite whose only job is to get inside a starfish and then wriggle out to the approximate shape of a starfish. If something like that exists, maybe it’s okay that i exist too.

@ICBMRV @MaoistStdEn University acts as a second chance for people who go, but it requires being intentional about trying to make friends. After that I have no idea how people do it.

@MaoistStdEn Kiwis stop making new friends after high school -a hard problem, but not an unsolvable one for strategic minds. Given the current demographics of Auckland schools, any new-generation friend group will probably have at least one CCP spy.