Mechanismatic

joined 1 year ago
[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Logan was always killed by Eastasia.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

World President Crypto-GPT 19 issues emergency executive order 00101010101111010101010001010010110101010010010 to secure additional processors in the build up to the anticipated war with the invading Zerkanods who purge planets that elect AGI governments. Secretary of Human Affairs Clippy entertains the human populace with a scripted meme war on brain phone social media platforms against recently uplifted Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The problem with the golden rule is that different people want to be treated differently, so they may treat you how they want to be treated but not how you want to be treated, and vice versa.

Maybe when you're struggling with an issue, you want to be left alone to figure it out by yourself, but your friend in the same scenario would want someone to start doing anything to help out and insisting on troubleshooting the issue together. So your friend ends up frustrating you by offering to help too much when you just want to be left alone and then when they're struggling, they get upset that you leave them alone to deal with it.

So communication is important. Ask people how they'd like to be treated rather than just assuming they'd want to be treated the way you want to be treated and be honest with them about how you'd like to be treated.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (7 children)

There are a lot of hobbies you can get into that can be started with little or not cost, or with equipment/materials you already own.

Figure out what interests you and see what can be done inexpensively.

With a phone or computer, there's writing, music, programming, learning new skills, Wikipedia, Pinterest, et al. Maybe take your phone and start photographing stuff in your area that interests you.

Find someone who has experience in an area you're interested in. People tend to like to talk about their hobbies and interests and they can tell you how easy or difficult it is to get started. They might even be able to help you get started.

Maybe find a volunteer opportunity that helps pad your resume. Like animals? Volunteer at a local shelter.

There are a bunch of job certifications you can train for online that can also help build your resume.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 62 points 3 months ago

Nice try, HR.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Technically, you could say we're the ones who set since it's the Earth's rotation causing the change.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 23 points 7 months ago (4 children)

California also isn't an island, but it's named after a fictional island in a Spanish novel, and was once thought to be an island.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Taking someone's lead sounds like a British saying indicating the opposite of following someone's lead. It sounds like you're taking someone's leash in your hands and directing them where to go.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Without consent, it would definitely be unethical.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Humans can’t write bug-free code, it’s beyond us.

Hey, my CS professor said my Hello World was perfect!

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

Probably getting sued out of existence for violating patents and breaking DRM.

 
 

It has lots of stories from authors such as William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Neal Stephenson, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, and Philip K. Dick.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml
 

I got the Cyberpunk Playground Humble Bundle, but I already own Cloudpunk, so I'm giving away the STEAM key to that game.

  • Message me from my profile page (i.e. don't request it in the replies to this post)
  • These giveaways tend to go fast, so don't be surprised if it's gone by the time you request it
  • I'll delete the post after the game key is taken
 

languid-lemur asked on the Cyberpunk subreddit what the most cyberpunk thing is in your daily life.

This was my response:

Spending untold amounts of time on executive-function-attenuated addictions to dying corporate ad-driven profit machine engagement platforms that you reopen after momentarily forgetting that you just closed them when the dopamine rewards diminished while your life was happening in the background white noise without you noticing, like the soft hum of the air filters you've forgotten to service for another month. NFC smart watch payments on self-checkout machines for your greater convenience and the lessening need for inhuman interactions and paying fewer retail employees a poverty wage with no benefits, while the smart machine stupidly tells you to remember to take the receipt that you declined to print and tells you to have a nice day and sincerely thanks you for your purchase from the deepest abscesses of its silicon heart. Meanwhile at work you hesitate to deal with the security-obsessed IT administrators who want to lock it all down so the technology is not useable because that's how you prevent issues, deepfreezing 99% of the hard drive so it forgets to remember your files when it reboots over night after an update and a network crash they wait a few hours to tell you about. But at least the black-topped corn starch 3D printed glow-in-the-dark mechanical keyboard caps are turning out decently and the supply chain shortage price-gouged microcomputer hardware you've been waiting for finally arrives via webcam monitored independent contractors so their boss can cowboy up to the mesosphere one more time instead of solving world hunger. So I got that going for me, which is nice.

 

The Big Book of Cyberpunk is coming out Sep 26, 2023.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700576/the-big-book-of-cyberpunk-by-jared-shurin/

One of my short stories is getting republished in it, titled Keep Portland Wired.

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