Brian Beach @bwbeach@social.cleverlibre.org
- GitHub
- https://github.com/bwbeach
- Lame website
- https://www.beachfamily.net
Proud papa/dad/husband. Choral singer. Aspiring linguist. CTO at Backblaze. Usually in Indiana, sometimes on Maui. He/him.
Joined Nov 2022
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Please, I'm begging you, if you're a researcher, archive your data, back up your files, have a data succession plan.
Chat to your library, chat to your colleagues. The best time is as you collect the data, the second best time is now.
I'm dealing with multiple different data nightmares now. People leave academia, people retire, people pass away with a plan to make a plan.
No judgement here, just sadness for all that hard work thrown into uncertainty.
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Open, shared software is the opposite of machine learning.
Bear with me on this, but start here:
https://mastodon.social/@noamross@ecoevo.social/110548824148209227
I've had this experience, of some seemingly-trivial niche little utility I've written and shared, of somebody I will never meet appearing in my inbox asking, I just found this, does this really [do X]?"
To which I answered, yes, and got the reply "oh thank god".
So, somebody found the solution to a difficult problem they had, and that problem just... vanished.
@marick @haruki_zaemon I pondered this while flying home on Sunday, and off and on yesterday while working.
I thin Sharon's quilting retreats work because people are working with similar tools and techniques, even though they each have their own project. That gives them topics of conversation relevant to what they're working on.
What's the goal of a conference/workshop? Would it be sharing/learning information on a specific topic? If so, maybe you would ask people to bring projects related to that topic. And maybe intersperse parallel play time with talks/classes?
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The Navajo Nation has over 400,000 people, he said, and while not all live on the reservation, many can say they are planning on coming home someday.
“We are trying to create a permanent homeland for the Navajo people,” said Nez. “It's not just drinking water. I know a lot of these water rights discussions are quantification for drinking water, but as Native people, water is life, and it's not just drinking it’s about agriculture, farming, and livestock and animals.”
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I went to #Atlanta to check out "#CopCity" - and found a battle for the very soul of America's cities
If built, the project will launch a 21st century security state to crush protests
My money's on the everyday folks fighting to stop it
If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.©
@marick @haruki_zaemon My wife, Sharon, and I were talking about parallel play just last week, and hypothesizing that it's one reason our (40 year!) marriage has been so successful. Sometimes we'll do projects together, or play games together. And we do Wordle together every day. But we spend much more time in parallel play.
Sharon enjoys quilting retreats. A bunch of people get together to each work on their own quilting project side by side for a few days, sharing meals and conversations as desired.
I work remotely, but far prefer a co-working environment. The play there is even more parallel than if I were to go work at the Backblaze office. The folks at co-work are working on different projects and different companies, but there are still interesting chats at the coffee station or over lunch for those who wish to partake. And I just like the vibe of having other people around engaged in similar activity; it's a lot easier for me to focus on what I'm doing.
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@haruki_zaemon I’m becoming more and more fascinated with the idea of parallel play as an important metaphor for productive adult behavior.
Now I’m tempted to analyze my (successful!) marriage to see how much an easy tolerance of parallel play figures into that success.
@Bikevisionary Nice interview. Thanks for your advocacy.
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2008 v. 2023: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
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I think this era will someday be known as the golden age of ephemeral art and humor.
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New blog post, inspired by a recent @nat issue:
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2023/06/17/resilience-requires-helping-each-other-out/
@trinsec Sorry about that. I had tried it in an incognito tab and it worked. It does have some annoying scrolling before you get to the content, though.
There's a lake in Ontario that has unusual chemistry that leaves a year-by-year sedimentary record of what's happening: pollen, ash, carbon dioxide levels, plutonium from nuclear tests, etc.
It's not news that humans have effected the Earth, but this article (gift link below) paints a clear picture.
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We weren't the only ones to head high for the evening light. This stag - its magnificent antlers covered in thick velvet catching the sun - seemed to be enjoying the endless vistas too.
Taken near the summit of Lochnagar.
#walkhighlands
@nazgul Based on the allergy warnings, I guess it’s rare to have an allergy to aperiodic tiling? 🤣
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I went to a party today and someone brought cutting edge cookies.
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One of our most popular cartoons of all time is the "Who can work in science" pie chart. We felt that it was long overdue a small update. Happy #PrideMonth everyone #LGBTQ
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By they way, if you haven't discovered it yet, the hash tag #bloomscrolling can be very refreshing and lovely.
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If you hear people casually referring to bribery accusations against Biden as though they are credible (if not outright proven), send them this free link to disabuse them of that. https://wapo.st/3oZkX3A
- GitHub
- https://github.com/bwbeach
- Lame website
- https://www.beachfamily.net
Proud papa/dad/husband. Choral singer. Aspiring linguist. CTO at Backblaze. Usually in Indiana, sometimes on Maui. He/him.
Joined Nov 2022
