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boredtechnologist · 1 year ago

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Ted Nelson's "Computer Lib" manifesto - 1st Edition

#Ted Nelson #Computer Lib #Computer Liberation #Manifesto #Computers #Computer #Microcomputer #Pixel Crisis

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b33t-r00t · 16 days ago

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Something about an AI who gets embarrassed about anyone seeing the consoles they’re running on, because they’re not the most efficient program and haven’t kept up with all their updates, so the physical unit that is them takes up a whole building’s worth of space.

They know that modern AI series can be kept on tiny units the size of your xbox, so in comparison they are big.

Somebody suggesting that they try the newest server unit only for the AI to have to explain how, no,, haha, they’ve kind of let themselves go recently, fallen behind on updates and sort of… wouldn’t even come close to fitting in the newest unit.

#Is this anything? It is to me #I don’t know anything about computers so forgive the liberal use of terminology #but yeah ai equivalent of getting fat

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valhallavalgrace · 5 months ago

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Leo, what has been your favorite “to-the-death” activity thus far? I feel there has to be a workshop-to-the-death somewhere in that hotel.

LEO: I think maybe Magnus was right about talking about the past… I’m not sure I’m ready to do that yet, but thinking about it and doing things that remind me of my old life, it feels like progress. prev ask (also about activities!)

#was a lil liberal w this update to get the festus head in there hehe I hope nobody minds! Im just glad to be settled enough to be posting rn #leo my sweet homesick child... the next update will be even more brutal to you I'm so sorry #shoutout to yall trying to get him out doing things/in the workshop/meeting alex I think he needs a break from my angst #anyway not canon yet but halfborn probably learned ancient greek and ancient latin at some point and adores this graecus son of hephaestus #he will adopt valgrace over the course of this tbh #leo valdez #v²au #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #hotel valhalla #magnus chase #valgrace #leo valdez responds #art #I'm gonna try an update or two a week during this early part of the school year! we'll def have to see my schedule bc #I did NOT see this update taking 10 days (or more accurately... for me to barely be on my computer the last 10 days)#but I am alive settling down and still in love w this au! super behind on anything else pjo/wottg but alive and online!#halfborn gunderson #festus #<- these are more for blog archive organization but oh well... we'll see them more I swear!

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eyepatchdate · 20 days ago

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'ocean of lies' is literally called 'makoto murder victim' in my computer even though the first line of the docx is 'in an ocean of lies, the truth is in a single drop'. but like, whatever

#Shitpost #'the little things that save us' is still 'the reds' in my computer too #this is a recent problem ive developed #'The Liberator Takes the Lead' is 'flirty flynn au'

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spockvarietyhour · 10 months ago

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#Computers #vintage #technology!#1980s #1984 #V #V 1984 #V TV #V the Series #Liberation Day #Danny watches V The Series #Hide and Queue

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aro-aizawa · 7 months ago

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i have like no beliefs of what happens after we die, no religious thoughts on it at all. my only wish/hope relating to it is that there is an endless and easily searchable statics page full of absolutely random statistics that's interesting but you'd have absolutely no way of counting. like "number of times sneezed", "hours thinking about ___", "highest number of times you were thought of unprompted in a day", "how many times you've inspired others", "percentage of your life spent listening to music of any kind", etc etc. i just would find it absolutely fascinating to see the end result after a long life.

#shut up danni's talking #for example one statistic i would LOVE to know is how many hours of sims games i've played #from playing sims 2 on the numerous family computers; cousin's house; friend's house #to playing sims 3 on the numberous family computers and those MANY hours i spent in primary school playing at my friend's house #to sims 4 where i share my origin account w my close friend p liberally i'd be curious how many hours of that is mine #tho probs a vast majority #but also i would be SO interested to know the percentage listening to music bc i do my best to listen to music constantly #silence unnerves me tbh and i have to listen to it in public spaces or i get easily overwhelmed #and i listen to it while asleep so i would not be surprised if that percentage ends up being 70% or smth #i just find this kind of stuff so fascinating

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latias-eevee-hatori · 3 months ago

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A Break

I keep allowing myself to get distracted but I really really need to try to take a break from the internet or at least GREATLY reduce my time spent checking things here and other places.

For now I've reduced queue numbers, though I forgot there's now a pause button, so I might change my mind there later.

I have been really distracted for some weeks (technically longer, but the worst has been recent), and have been finding harder and harder to draw my self away, including trying to multitask with my phone. My sleep schudule is extra messed up and days I'm extra tired I've been having moments forgetting what I just read/said/thought. I try to read fic but can't, at first just booking/marking new stuff for later but now...and just many other things. I haven't really been drawing or much other irl hobbies either...

I'd noticed for a while I'd been slipping, but it really didn't hit me until recently. I've never really tried to take a true break, so I don't know how well I'll adhere to it. Even now I'm considering exceptions... (bare minimal Neopets dailies/anniversary stuff, subscribed fic, maybe check notifications but try NOT to check the dash or any blogs)

#to pin #Latee speaks #Latee personal #definitely not leaving #and I doubt I'll be any kind of strict with it for long #but hopefully I can at least achive reduction #...and maybe clear up some tabs #my old computer hates it and the sheer amount overwhelms me on my phone #...my old computer also hates being on too long but that's more on my liberal use of sleep mode technically keeping it on for days #and me not wanting to deal with tab extention I got that has been acting funky on restart but disabling it mean loosing tabs #...

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orcelito · 4 months ago

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I do find it so funny that I will graduate college days away from my birthday. Like my birthday is literally in between the end of the semester ("graduation") and commencement

It really will be like a joint graduation & birthday party for me lmao

#speculation nation #i dont really do birthday parties anymore. havent in a long time. mostly just go out and do smth fun around my bday. ya kno #also have cake but like not in a party way. just like. here's cake lol #but im probably only gonna graduate from college once. which means i might as well live it up and all.#invite all sorts of extended family and people who have known me. etc etc.#actually it just kinda sunk in that i am. Computer and Information Technology (Systems Analysis and Design focus) w a minor in Communication #like those are words. it's a lot of words but actually it really is pretty accurate?? like that's indeed what ive been studying.#now how much i *remember* is another question. considering how long ive taken to get thru school lol #but that's what people will see on my degree. that's my Thing. graduated in Computer Systems and Talking.#idk it's just weird to have spent so much of my life on this and like That's the culmination. it took so much work.#even beyond a normal 4 years. i switched my major *twice*. switched my minor too.#first year engineering to undecided liberal arts (as a temp major trying to switch to computer science bc i couldnt stay in FYE)#but then computer science sucked so i switched to trying to get into computer & info tech. which is different. and better.#and ive been in it long enough now that ive kinda forgotten but it did take some fuckin work to switch into it.#like i had to take certain classes first & i couldnt take them during the semesters that in-major students would take them #and i had to have my gpa up to a certain level etc etc. so many hoops to jump thru. i think it took me at least a year. or more. idr #but i made it in and thats my major. thats my thing. computers and information systems and communication.#doesnt FEEL like im an almost-graduate. but then i think about all the things ive taken and learned.#and maybe i dont remember a lot of the more specific things from these classes. but i took core lessons away from each one.#wont be able to recite the theories but i can live them. and thats the point of an education i guess.#anyways im gonna have to start job searching before too long and eughhbb. need to get my license first tho probably.#which i will... i will.... i have so many things to deal with... my life will be So Different in a year...#it will require me to put in the work now. but i can do it. and then a year from now. i'll hopefully be in a better spot.#living somewhere else. graduated from college. with a license and a car. maybe even an IT job of some kind.#kind of scared of trying to find a Big Boy Job. aka a job that requires a degree and networking and all that shit.#rather than just showing up and being like Hi i can do this job. i am not a total drain of a person. hire me please 👍#hfkahfks so many things to think about. and through it all i am still dealing with DEADLINES...!!!!#but yeah this is why my writing has largely been put on hold. idk i have a lot of things im dealing with rn.

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iamnomad98 · 1 year ago

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first 9/11, when the US CIA overthrew the democratically-elected socialist president of Chile, Salvador Allende, and replaced him with the notorious military dictator, Augusto Pinochet, to resume Chile’s status as a vassal state of the US.

Supported by American capitalists, President Richard Nixon, and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the CIA instituted 17 years of state terror in Chile, torturing, imprisoning, and executing tens of thousands of people, including the infamous “death flights”. Chile’s living standards fell drastically as it became the first neoliberal experiment.

The YouTuber PlasticPills made this excellent documentary about Salvador Allende and his ambitious plan to transform Chile using a network of computers to manage and plan the economy with the input of workers.

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pinkmirth · 11 months ago

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born to study psych, forced to major in comp sci . . .

#this computer shit ain’t for me lol #if my major was in liberal arts then my life would be the sweetest fucking dream right now #꒰ঌ rambles. ᐟ ໒꒱

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rawliverandgoronspice · 1 year ago

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also I'm pretty excited about returning to the place where I have a keyboard next week. If I can carve out some time, I'd love to keep on working on musical themes for the animatic project because I have ideas and I want to jam them out

#thoughts #animatic project #thralls of power #I have a pretty good headstart on impa's theme and I'd like to push it a little further #the main theme too (though I'm not sure it makes for a good main theme but I still really like the vibes of it so maybe something else)#I have a horrible idea for a theme so I want to play with that too (it involves the TP Sages theme which WILL be a leitmotif)#one thing that I find very liberating working about OoT/TP versions of the universe is that #my soundbanks are incredibly dated #I'm working on a Windows XP computer with all associated software #and I never really upgraded my stuff because I'm not sure where to begin #but!! I think it can become a strength of the soundtrack if I'm not afraid of how tinny it can sound at times #because it would echo some of the mixing limitations of that time #and I don't trust myself to do better work than that honestly #I have a very fraught relationship to music composition and sharing my work but I'm hoping this project can repair that a bit

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starryluminary · 2 years ago

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what is your favourite thing in the entire universe

Drawing. Is drawing considered a “thing”

#if not then the tablet and computer I use to make the drawings #I love drawing so much.#I love having ideas and stories and being able to bring them to life in a drawing #do you know how liberating it is to express yourself in the visual medium? very #I LOVE DRAWING #Starry has a question

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crqstalite · 2 years ago

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see a lot of the time im like ‘hearing crit is good! i like to be well informed 🥰’ and other times im scrolling thru a tag and i no longer want to see someones shit and block on sight

#tumblr pvp #im not hugely liberal w the block button #i feel bad for the tiny people in my computer bc usually its just like #meh theyre a little annoying to me but they can exist in peace 🥰#but today i was scrolling thru mea’s tag and was like #hm #i do not care that you hate this game #and blocked lmao #i think after my reddit scrolling thru the ME subreddit my tolerance for crit on mea is down 70% lol

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addierose444 · 2 years ago

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My College Courses

In this post, I’ve typed up my full list of college courses organized by Smith’s seven major fields of knowledge (used for Latin Honors). You can also check out my courses page to see them organized by semester.

As an engineering and computer science double major, it was unsurprising that my top categories were Mathematics and Analytical Philosophy {M} and Natual Science {N}. In fact, two-thirds of my credits (120/179) carried either the {M} or the {N} designation. Note that my three UMass computer science courses (marked with asterixis) weren’t technically assigned Latin Honors designations, but I’ve categorized them with an {M} as nearly all Smith computer science majors hold that designation.

While the vast majority of my courses were for one of both of my majors, I am proud to say that I took a total of 50 credits that were completely outside of both majors. Over the course of my time at Smith, I took courses from 13-16 different departments. The exact number depends on if you count psychology or not as I took a course cross-listed between both philosophy and psychology. Furthermore, FYS (first-year seminars) and IDP (inter/extradepartmental) courses fall outside of the set departments so are tricky to count.

Next to each category, I’ve included a percentage that measures the percentage of my credits earned for the given category. Note that the percentages don’t actually sum to 100% as six of my courses held two distinct designations. I’ve marked these courses using the caret and inverted caret symbols.

Arts - 3.35%

First Year of Study (MUS 914Y)

Chinese Music Ensemble (MUS 960)

Foreign Language - 6.70%

Intermediate French (FRN 120)

High Intermediate French (FRN 220)

Colloquium in French Studies French Calligraphies: Contemporary Chinese Women's Writing (FRN 230)⌄

Literature - 3.35%

Korean Cinema: Cinema and the Masses (EAL 253)⌄

Colloquium in French Studies French Calligraphies: Contemporary Chinese Women's Writing (FRN 230)^

Savoring Italy: Recipes and Thoughts on Italian Cuisine and Culture (ILT 205)

Historical Studies - 4.47%

Korean Cinema: Cinema and the Masses (EAL 253)^

Red Devil and Pink Ribbons: Representations and Refutations of Cancer (FYS 193)⌄

Mathematics and Analytic Philosophy - 45.2%

How the Internet Works (CSC 102)

How Computers Work (CSC 103)

Practicum - Introduction to the C Programming Language (COMPSCI 198C)*

Programming With Data Structures (CSC 212)

Advanced Programming Techniques (CSC 220)

Introduction to Software Engineering (CSC 223)

Computer Systems Principles (CSC 230)*

Computer Networks (CSC 249)

Theory of Computation (CSC 250)

Algorithms (CSC 252)

Operating Systems (CSC 262)

Computational Machine Learning (CSC 294)

Theory and Practice of Software Engineering (COMPSCI 520)*

Signals and Systems (EGR 320)

Calculus I (MTH 111)

Calculus II (MTH 112)

Introduction to Discrete Mathematics (MTH 153)

Calculus III (MTH 212)

Intro to Cognitive Science (PHI 120)⌄

Incompleteness and Inconsistency: Topics in the Philosophy of Logic (PHI 220)

Mathematical Methods of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PHY 210)⌄

Multiple Regression (SDS 291)⌄

Natural Science - 28.49%

Engineering for Everyone Bits, Bots and Thoughts (EGR 100)

Fundamental Engineering Principles (EGR 110)

Engineering Circuit Theory (EGR 220)

Engineering Mechanics (EGR 270)

Engineering Mechanics (EGR 290)

Fluid Mechanics (EGR 374)

Seminar: Techniques for Modeling Engineering Processes (EGR 389)

Seminar: Advanced Topics in Engineering-Digital Circuits (EGR 390dc)

Seminar: Advanced Topics in Engineering-Remote Sensing (EGR 390rs)

Intro to Cognitive Science (PHI 120)^

Introductory Physics II (PHY 118)

Mathematical Methods of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PHY 210)^

Multiple Regression (SDS 291)^

Social Science - 2.23%

Game Theory (ECO 125)

Red Devil and Pink Ribbons: Representations and Refutations of Cancer (FYS 193)^

Other - 12.29%

Network Security (CSC 251)

Engineering Design and Professional Practice (EGR 410D)

Design Clinic (EGR 422D)

Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field (ENX 100)

Emergency Care (ESS 107)

Topics in Outdoor Skills-Rock Climbing I (ESS 940ra)

Topics in Physical Conditioning-Self-Paced Fitness (ESS 945sp)

Introduction to Design Thinking (IDP 116)

Introduction to AutoCAD (IDP 150)

Introduction to 3D CAD Software (IDP 151)

Entrepreneurship I: Introduction to Innovation (IDP 155)

Entrepreneurship II: Entrepreneurship in Practice (IDP 156)

#college #Smith College #courses #latin honors #liberal arts #STEM major #engineering major #computer science major #liberal arts breadth

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john6367-blog · 10 days ago

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#killzone liberation #killzone #guerrilla games #SCEA #psp #ppsspp #sony computer entertainment

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chickenbyday · 2 months ago

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Author in charge of this writing workshop: how about we all share the first sentence of a current wip :)

Me, who's current wip is a kandrew shibari fic: O_O

#I have other wips!!!#But I specifically left my computer at home so I wouldn't spend all vacation writing #but I brought a notebook and started it on the plane #(and then I found a lesbian feminist bookstore that was doing a workshop)#(a lesbian feminist bookstore. Who knew. I thought I was from a p liberal part of Texas but.)#Anyway. That meant that was the only wip that I had.#So I gave them the first line of an old wip that was in aformentioned notebook instead.#But jfc.

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