Gabriel 🧱 🚧 🌐

One of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century will be the Pattern.

@Tosche_E already made the perfect monospaced sans font for coding. Been using it since 2020 and it's called Comic Code. tosche.net/fonts/comic-co…

are there any accelerators or programs for community projects? like YC but for public goods like wikipedia or internet archive

Ahh, free geospatial mapping/training data just like Pokémon Go.

The "office desktop metaphor" of computing is holding us back so damn much. The sooner we move past file-centric-computing the better.

@JonathanKadmon @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib What makes you think that?

@gabriel_export @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib sarcasm not your strong suit, it seems.

Y’ALL. This is not a drill. The Wayback Machine is often the only source of webpages that have been scrubbed from the Internet.

@JonathanKadmon @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib Sorry to be the bearer of bad news

@gabriel_export @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib 😱No! The hell you say!

@JonathanKadmon @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib He's dead

@gabriel_export @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib Right. well I suggest you take that one up with George Orwell

@JonathanKadmon @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib I've never read 1984. But I know what a Palimpsest is historically speaking.

@gabriel_export @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib Tell me you never read 1984 without telling me you never read 1984.

@JonathanKadmon @RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib A palimpsest always leaves traces of what was on it before it was scrubbed

@RosyShepherdess @_alialkhatib I'm frankly surprised it lasted this long. I knew it was coming as soon as they started scripts on websites and apps to block screen grabs. They're turning the internet into George Orwell's palimpsest.

@XStrangeHistory @cabinsmountain So let's figure it out. I'm sure there are ways

That all sounds good and I am a big proponent of this but good luck getting permits to do that. Think that can be done way out of county limits? Fine. Good luck finding enough water that will perk. Also, how many septic systems are we looking at here? I want people do be able to do this but it’s not nearly as easy as it seems on socials.

A New Way to Live Together What if the future of family living isn't about moving farther apart... but building closer together? Imagine a piece of land where everyone has their own home, their own space, and their own privacy -yet parents, siblings, kids, and loved ones are only a short walk away. No long drives for Sunday dinners. No worrying about aging parents living alone. No strangers raising your children while family lives miles away. This kind of family compound keeps not only memories close, but also wealth, land, and opportunities within the family. Shared gardens, shared meals, shared support... and a lifestyle built on connection instead of distance.

@Temigirl007 Disconnection from the soul

What do you think is the number one cause of anxiety and depression?

@facesOfEth @somewheresy The fed already knows your tax situation.

@somewheresy Exactly what a fed would say

Remember, just four days left to do your taxes. I highly recommend using Claude to help

@botanisant @zetalyrae 99%?

@zetalyrae That would just be a lot harder to control and maintain 99% of people who think extremely laterally are scatterbrained idiots. 1% are creative geniuses Kanye is the poster child here. And even in his case, 99% of people, when exposed only to his speech, would think him an idiot

It's weird that LLMs don't bring up far-ranging loose associations in conversation. I feel I would if I had read and remembered the entire Internet.

@sivori @whatgmxm Your definition is a perfect match for The State. They claim and exercise a monopoly on the "legitimate" use of violence. War, enforcement of "laws" and "statutes" with the threat of violence. They initiate violence as policy while deeming anyone who does the same a criminal.

@sivori @whatgmxm Given all of that, why would anyone trust The State to wisely use surveillance tech only on "criminals" when they ARE the criminals, we pay them for it, and the "law" even protects that fact. There is absolutely no reason for them not to abuse it and weaponize it on innocents.

@sivori @whatgmxm As for unwillingness to be responsible, The State and its servants operate under layers of legal and institutional insulation that make personal accountability almost impossible: - Qualified Immunity - Sovereign Immunity - Bureaucratic diffusion - Institutional deflection

I'm guessing this guy is mid-20s. I used to be 23 and hate the oppressive surveillance apparatus, seeing it as some techno-daddy or god to overthrow in my total rebellion. I would pop off at cops when they pulled me over for traffic violations. My pen would bleed with manifesti. As Lucifer says in "Paradise Lost" when being cast out from Heaven, "Non serviam", I will not serve! But then I realized that I had more to fear from the daily oppression of criminals, the violent in thought and behavior and people who cannot manage themselves in a free society, people who subject others to their own disorder, harming the peace and security that a society depends on.

@aethernet_port @somewheresy Yeah, I'm against all forms of surveillance tech by the state. There are other ways to prevent crime and bring more safety than this dystopian surveillance tech.

@gabriel_export @somewheresy There are other ways? There are zero countries where surveillance technology used by the state does not get abused. That’s the trade off

NOOOOO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT CRIMES IN THE OPEN AND GET AWAY WITH A PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THEM DESPITE THIS BEING COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE NOOOOOO

@BuckGup1108 @usr_bin_roygbiv @somewheresy Beat me to it lol

@usr_bin_roygbiv @somewheresy There’s not enough FUD 🤣