well high school seemed like such a blur…

This is a bad take, which dismisses the amount of labor involved in maintaining widely used software projects.

but my creativity

SkiFree updated to run on 64-bit systems and in Wine

Chip’s Challenge and Chip’s Challenge 2 are both available on Steam

Pirates of the Caribbean 3

Empires of the Undergrowth

24 And it came to pass when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and when they all had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword. 25 So it was that all who fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand—all the people of Ai. 26 For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Joshua 8:24-26

28 On that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed [d]them—all the people who were in it. He let none remain. He also did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah; and they fought against Libnah. 30 And the Lord also delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword. He let none remain in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

31 Then Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish; and they encamped against it and fought against it. 32 And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, who took it on the second day, and struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he left him none remaining.

34 From Lachish Joshua passed to Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it and fought against it. 35 They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; all the people who were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

36 So Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it. 37 And they took it and struck it with the edge of the sword—its king, all its cities, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon, but utterly destroyed it and all the people who were in it.

38 Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and they fought against it. 39 And he took it and its king and all its cities; they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the people who were in it. He left none remaining; as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had done also to Libnah and its king.

40 So Joshua conquered all the land: the mountain country and the South and the lowland and the wilderness slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded. 41 And Joshua conquered them from Kadesh Barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even as far as Gibeon. 42 All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

Joshua 10:28-43

16 Thus Joshua took all this land: the mountain country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan [f]plain—the mountains of Israel and its lowlands, 17 from [g]Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, and struck them down and killed them. 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle. 20 For it was of the Lord [h]to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Joshua 11:16-20

KMT is not so much an “opposition party” as it is an arm of the PRC. Cheng Li-wun was getting marching orders.

Uneven enforcement is a hallmark of fascist authoritarian states. Many things are illegal that are commonly done anyway. As a result, nearly everyone is “guilty” of something which the state can use against them whenever it’s convenient.

“We didn’t start the fire…”

Say whatever you want, we would not be in this situation right now if Kamala had been elected.

Minimizing harm is completely valid basis for voting decisions.

too real

Blender. It’s been almost 20 years now since I started working with it, and the time I spent learning it was worth every minute. It is an incredibly powerful tool.

Eh, more like proof that there are (or were) some reasonable people working in border control.

Not harassing people doesn’t make you good, it just makes you decent. This kind of behavior should be the low bar, not the high bar.

This is idealistic to the point of parody.

faster != better

In fact,

faster != good

What makes you feel valued?

…and is that something that can be delivered remotely, through a screen?

I ask this not because I necessarily want or expect a specific answer, but because everyone who reads my comment should stop and spend a few minutes considering what the answer is for them personally.

And then think about what you think the answer might be for other people in your life, and what makes them feel valued.

What can you do, to make that happen more often for yourself, and for others? Personally, I think nothing is quite as rewarding as making someone else feel valued.

Talk to your family. Talk to your friends. They want to hear from you, even if they’re busy.

I want to curate my feed to mostly just contain serious people.

So I’ll just point out that this desire is kind of the whole point of features that allow you to follow specific users on a social media system. This is better when manually curated, rather than relying on some algorithm to do a bad job of it for you. So far, every application of such models to social media tends to amplify noise rather than reduce it, and this is mostly because it does not and cannot replicate human awareness.

The desire for such a function to be performed automatically (without your direct attention and involvement) is diametrically opposed to the desire for high-quality output. Quality requires a level of attention that cannot be automated. The program doesn’t care, it’s not capable of that.

Reddit-imitating platforms like Lemmy aren’t really built for following specific users, the intent is more of a public square. The benefit is that it’s harder to end up in an echo chamber (as long as you avoid places like hexbear and .ml where the admins enforce echo chamber conditions intentionally). The cost is that you will always be exposed to some noise. You don’t get freedom without some chaos.

Platforms that might provide better what you want would be Mastodon or BlueSky, where you can follow professionals who voice public opinions on topics that you find relevant, and read responses from other users.

Whatever gene makes people want to shout these thought-terminating clichés, upvote others who do it, and find some sense of belonging from it is clearly missing from me. I’d rather just not even hear about it - it’s extremely exhausting and has never achieved anything worthwhile.

Hmm, well I’ll point out a couple of things:

1. Self-expression is not really about “achieving” anything.
   There is a level of attention-seeking behavior that can get… cringy? for lack of a better word… but also, like, welcome to the human race, I guess? People want to feel included in the social group, and in the conversation of the moment, and that’s entirely normal behavior. Attention-seeking behavior happens because people don’t want to feel lonely, and that’s OK.
2. I think you’re displaying a degree of entitlement here, where you expect other people to express themselves in a way that you find agreeable.
3. There is some utility in this overall, as a sort of barometer of public opinion, though you have to be aware of the context of the community you’re in. (e.g. a commonly expressed opinion on Lemmy does not necessarily reflect a common opinion of people in your workplace or neighborhood)

Also, at the risk of repeating a tired cliché, be the change you want to see in the world.

No.

Umm, source for the data?