ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

It's not uncommon for problem gamblers to get into crypto (and other risky financial speculation like options trading), nor for people engaged in the latter to realize they're addicted to gambling.

'I call poet any writing being who sets out on his path, in quest of what I call the second innocence, the one that comes after knowing, the one that no longer knows, the one that knows how not to know.'

Cixous - Coming to Writing

$ curl duck

I think I have found my place now on Mastodon! So, with that in mind, here is my #introduction.

By day I am a software engineering consultant helping clients build software for medical instrumentation. I work if the full .NET tech stack.

By night I am a ninja in training. I am working towards earning a black belt in Taekwondo later this year.

Also, by night/weekend I am an #ExtraLife gamer trying to raise awareness about children's health issues. #KidsCantWait

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A beautiful tradition of starting the new year. ☕️

Read it here ➡️ http://ow.ly/UHlU50MgSaL

What did you do on the first day of the year?

#nature #walking #NewYear #photography @buymeacoffee #Dutch #Netherlands #travel #travelphotography #beach #ocean

HarperCollins Union is on day 39 of their strike with no word from HarperCollins execs.

so this is just a reminder that a better entry pay in publishing makes working in publishing more accessible for people who come from systematically marginalized backgrounds. In turn that means we will also see more diverse books being acquired for us to read.

Higher pay is good for ALL OF US and HarperCollins execs have been unwilling to come to the bargaining table.

#strike #bookstodon #reading

Friendly reminder, please post politics with a CW, I love ya'll takes, but Can't boost them without a CW.

Also, it's in da' rules.

"Lunch"

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Looking for people who know something about early computing, especially in the Netherlands. Please boost and help me solve the mystery of this custom made plate that used to belong to my grandfather Bram Jan Loopstra, one of the pioneers of Dutch computing. What do the pictures mean?

The Science of Awe - Experts say wonder is an essential human emotion — and a salve for a turbulent mind. #nytimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/well/live/awe-wonder-dacher-keltner.html

If you don't have anything to hide, WHY ARE YOU WEARING CLOTHES? A tiny number of clothing activists are trying to impose their ideology on us all with their dangerous textiles. Express your freedom! Go naked this winter! #thisisasubtoot #privacy #clothingactivism

They had also voted that all vacancies in the House, by the death of any of the old members, shall be filled up; but those that are living shall not be called in.

Satyendranath Bose was a brilliant theoretical physicist born this week in 1894 in East Bengal (now Bangladesh).

In 1924, while on faculty at the University of Dacca, he wrote a short paper to Albert Einstein about indistinguishable particles related to quantum theory.

Einstein immediately recognized Bose’ genius, translated the work into German & made sure it was published. Bose ideas led to Bose-Einstein statistics which continue to be studied in quantum mechanics. #science #history

274 PDF files from the website of "The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol”

2 Letters
2 Reports (Summary and Final)
270 Transcripts of testimony

Safely preserved by the @internetarchive

https://archive.org/details/jan-6th-committee-docs

These mazes aren’t even trying. Literal easy mode.

Another fantastic #DataVisualization #SocialScience work by John Burn-Murdoch at FT:

"Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics: Western conservatives are at risk from generations of voters who are no longer moving to the right as they age"

https://www.ft.com/content/c361e372-769e-45cd-a063-f5c0a7767cf4

*bill gates voice*
we are introducing.. my doguments. what is my doguments? you may ask. well. imagine a dog. and in that dog's mouth, is a folder. and in that folder, is your documents. on the screen behind me, we have blown up the icon to a large size so that you can see it for yourself. yup. that's my doguments