Quote from: XSEAN on May 14, 2024, 04:26:51 PM

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Quote from: XSEAN on May 09, 2024, 08:35:54 AM

Can't wait to see the new site Cheat. 

Here hopping of  spark in activity.  Our discord sever was quiet.

Saaaaame.

For those interested. I frequently post updates to the discord #development channel, as it's easier than dealing with uploading the screen recording to Imgur first. Everyone is welcome to join.

https://discord.gg/NeyDcYs5Xs

  So is it possible to advertise on Bnet?       I don't have Destiny 2 so that make me a dirty Halo peasant.

Unfortunately I'm hopelessly addicted to Destiny 2, so I can post there, yes. I may make a thread or something once the site has all the basic functions working.

I have Auth 100% sorted, barring any bugs, and page editing is working (and markdown rendering is sorted) but still need to start on threads and posts.

I am talking about this guy btw https://sep7agon.net/profile/413/

Quote from: XSEAN on May 09, 2024, 08:35:54 AM

Can't wait to see the new site Cheat. 

Here hopping of  spark in activity.  Our discord sever was quiet.

Saaaaame.

For those interested. I frequently post updates to the discord #development channel, as it's easier than dealing with uploading the screen recording to Imgur first. Everyone is welcome to join.

https://discord.gg/NeyDcYs5Xs

  So is it possible to advertise on Bnet?

You know, usually when I hear manifesto I immedietely think of an incoming mass shooting or a bomb. Hopefully that's not the case.

Gave it a read, I'll mull it over for a while. I'll leave you with a thought to ponder.

What's the intrinsic difference between you and a human being from fifty thousand years ago? None. You're both bound to the same circles. Food, Shelter, and something to do. You cannot break these circles and they are infinitely present everywhere in everything. What we call society and everything that we have today is the result of overcomplexity bloating, yet the fundaments remain the same.

Self improvement is a paradox, whether it be for oneself, technology, wellbeing, or anything. It's a paradox because of how it functions. You either achieve total mastery over a thing at which point improvement stops and turns into stagnation and degradation because there is nothing left to achieve, or you climb a staircase with no end as you chase one goal, to the next, and the next, until you drop dead.

Essentially, any decision a human being will ever make is one that's not entirely theirs to make of free will because we're all puppets bound to circular patterns that hold no discernable meaning at first glance. No matter what we do, it means nothing ultimately, and everything that we do is more like organic or inorganic circuits.

When confronted with the difficulty of having to watch this and know this, how does one proceed when they themselves are trapped in circles? There are two answers. The only choice that has weight, which is one's ability to die and to choose to die, or to find something to do and continue on, paying homage to their circles.

Except that death may also hold no freedom, as there is no known answer as to what happens afterwards. This makes anything that can happen a 50/50 when compared against a faith or belief of any kind, and so death becomes a wager with a 50% probability of you being right, or wrong about what you believe.

All of that is just longhand of what I refer to as "people do people shit." We're stuck in systems we'll never be free from, making decisions and morals that we think have meaning, all in service to same circles that were there from the beginning of everything.

The only particular reason I write that is because these are old thoughts and haunts of mine that still plague me to this day, and a bad dream in particular brought them back to the surface a week ago or so. Reading what you've got there just has me thinking and looking, since they seem like relatively candid thoughts, which makes them relatively honest.

It's hard to shake, grappling that everything you do is not an expression of freedom of any kind, but imprisonment. It also renders most of my gripes about people irrelevant since it means they always were going to do what they did, and whatever happens was always coming.

I may as well ask. Why write a manifesto? Or why are you writing one?

Quote from: E on May 10, 2024, 01:24:27 AM

Surprising to hear that there is a number 2 given circumstances.

It's still hit and miss at times, but I love my boys. Seeing my first born laugh and poke his brother was the balm my heart and soul definitely needed considering everything going on in life.

Hope things are going good on your end, Q. Sorry about the radio silence, I just completely forgot my password for the site and I no longer have your contact info due to recycling phones very consistently over the past half a year (my older boy has tossed three in the bath so far).

Ah, that would be why. I sent you some well wishes on the holidays at some point. Stuff's up and down on my end. Might be losing the place I'm staying at which means I'll have to pack up quick unless I can pull a plan out of my ass to make the bills meet.

Over the winter I built and tested some batteries based off patents and research and built some weak cells that will probably last my lifespan. I'm in the process of building an electrical generator from scratch as well, with the main challenge being to make it run without gas, and make it run for again, basically my lifespan if possible.

If I can build that successfully I'll start tackling the bigger long term project, which is finding a dead beater, car or truck ripping the engine out, and fitting in a micro sized generator inside it that can output enough power to make the vehicle electric, or pump out enough power into a heater to pump into a specialized hot air engine.

I can drop my contact again if you want. Hope you're doing as well as you can be. Make sure you don't do anything foolish. Your kiddos need you in the picture.