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On top of the world, part 3

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Winding over the fields

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Pretty snail

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Oh to be a calm mountain lake

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At the top of the world part 2

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Meadow in a meadow

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On top of the world part 1

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Cruising

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Happy daisies

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vanishing points

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Proud of my son for taking this picture

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I don't know why I like trees as seen from below so much

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Windmill windmill way up high

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Just finished watching Blue Eyed Samurai. What a great show!

The potted man

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Senseless things: AI generated recording of a football match

(I'm genuinely curious if there are folks that would enjoy it)

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Seems like a cozy bench

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Old stone vibes

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Beautiful day at the seafront

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Chilling on the stairs

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Spirals

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Visiting a local zen garden part 2

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Pewter or gold, the shackles that bind us are all the same

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Visiting a local zen garden

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Tall tall palm tree

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@oceansandy02 honestly I'm not entirely sure myself! I find it useful for cross posting stuff, but also good for randomly getting stuff off my chest

@Nephelae anywhere can be a good place for peaceful writing! Though in my opinion there's nothing better than pen and paper :) preferably with a big cup of tea

Afternoon at the park

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The sun shines on all
It makes no distinctios
Between good or bad

#haiku #kindness

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New post: the world is not made up of words

Words are, at the end of the day, just symbols pointing to things in our shared humanness

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0074-the-world-is-not-made-up-of-words/
#Blogging #SmallWeb #Philosophy

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Wisdom from the streets

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In a flash of wings
A blackbird raises in flight
Stillness in the branches

#haiku

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New post: you can make more money buying MTG cards than the lottery

Well, maybe not "make" money, but definitely you'll lose less money on average!

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0073-you-can-make-more-money-buying-mtg-cards-than-the-lottery/

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Breathing discomfort
Like a bowl holding water
I open myself

#haiku

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A good, comfortable pair of shoes can really do a lot to lighten your mood

New post: fake hypnagogic memories

Sometimes when I'm falling asleep I feel like I'm someone else entirely. Different memories, worries, the whole thing. What does this say about identity?

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0072-fake-hypnagogic-memories/

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Resting scarlet

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New post: lost poem number one

I found an old poem I wrote in 2018 and curiously it deals with many of the same problems I deal with today.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0071-lost-poem-number-one/

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New post: too many things on the mantel shelf

I've been feeling off at work lately, and I realized it's because I've been multitasking (to the extreme!). Coding agents make it a lot worse.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0070-too-many-things-on-the-mantel-shelf/

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Clouds drifting above
Birdsong flooding the valley
Rain begins to fall

#haiku

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New post: you don't have to believe what you believe

We're free to stop believing anything we believe right now and no *universe police* will put us in conceptual jail. So why don't we?

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0069-you-dont-have-to-believe-what-you-believe/

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Typewriters are so cool

closeup of an old typewriter decoration in a restaurant

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@anon I still think if p2p as torrents and sharing :)

Must not forget keep in mind what are the important things in life

Truly impressive cactus

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New post: fight against stagnation

Kids are constantly pushing against boundaries, constantly opting for doing what’s dangerous. But once we become adults we end up going in the completely opposite direction.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0068-fight-against-stagnation/

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New post: 0067 - unlikely things

Thinking about how some extremely unlikely things are commonplace, and how we stop being awed by the frequently awesome.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0067-unlikely-things/

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Nice flowers at a restaurant

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New post: 0066 - thoughts on AI art

Every medium has the potential to facilitate true expression, though some of them are more easily abused than others.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0066-thoughts-on-ai-art/

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kids are assholes
They destroy other's castles
Out of pure malice

#haiku

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New post: you can't mar something that can't be sullied

Not sure if this is a short story or a myth or something else. I was just following the words.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0065-you-cant-mar-something-that-cant-be-sullied/

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New post: making audio versions of my posts

I've been thinking about generating audio versions of my post for a while now, and finally got around to doing it using local speech generation models.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0064-making-audio-versions-of-my-posts/

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Hmm?

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If you can't enjoy yourself everywhere, you can't enjoy yourself anywhere

New Friday evening post: Karma is interpersonal

We usually think of karma as highly personal cause and effect, but what if that's not the case? What if "my karma is your karma" and viceversa?

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0063-karma-is-interpersonal/

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I'm working on a new game which is like SpellingBee but with some extra features. Anyone care give it a try and report any issues? 🤗 https://harvest.meadow.cafe/

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New post: Only you can believe in yourself

Chasing external validation is pointless if you don't believe in your own work in the first place.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0062-only-you-can-believe-in-yourself/

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I know I always post pictures of matcha lattes but they're just so good (and cute)!

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There's something really special about the smell of a bookstore. The way it hits you as soon as you enter

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Impromptu snow

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All I dream of is her hand in mine

You have to login before you can share a picture :)

Mirrored butterfly

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Tree roots melting over a stone wall

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Did you know that in Spanish *sloths* are called *lazy bears*?

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Man, it's awfully quiet in here

New post: 0055 - what keeps me coming back

Thinking about why I've been writing so much lately, and why do I keep doing it.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0055-what-keeps-me-coming-back

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We have "cold tea". But what do you call hot chocolate after putting it in the fridge? "cold hot-chocolate" or just "chocolate"?

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hi, testing tumbler crossposting from Aether

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New post :) 0054 - the effects of a cold shower

Experimenting with cold water. Turns out it IS an excellent way to get over the morning slump.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0054-the-effects-of-a-cold-shower/

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New post: 0053 - how do I know if you're human

Thinking about how to avoid detecting bots in my analytics service and musing on the proper use of the 'kudos" button.

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0053-how-do-i-know-if-youre-human/

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Just pushed a new Proof or Work captcha feature to Guestbooks! Try it out if you're having issues with spam https://guestbooks.meadow.cafe/

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New post: 0052 - (idea) tip creators by watching an ad

What if instead of asking readers for money, you let them watch a 30-second ad to tip you?

https://meadow.cafe/blog/0052-idea-tip-creators-by-watching-an-ad/

(I've actually been writing a lot lately but haven't been posting about it here. Maybe this is me restarting that practice?)

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Honey, it doesn't matter how much effort you put in, you can't fix your personality at the gym

If gods are worshipped with attention then "The Algorithm* is the foremost deity of our times

Cool framing from Brandon Sandreson about the role AI plays in art, and why it feels off https://youtu.be/mb3uK-_QkOo

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Aether now supports cross-posting to status.cafe! It might not be useful for anyone, but it was fun to implement https://aether.meadow.cafe

I don't know why but I've always had a bias against PHP even though I've never used it. But it can't be worse than Javascript, can it? I'm thinking if giving it a try. Either that or Ruby

Reminder for self: every time a note is posted we should choose (checkbox?) to which configured targets we should cross post that note