@ColinTheMathmo
Aha excuse me for that - it was not my intention to make it about something totally different (I thought at least partially saying more about Jitsi would help and should have mentioned I'm not claiming it to be all you want perhaps)
And in my favour (or towards clarity) I don't see *almost any points* mentioned in this cha (please let me know if it's there).
Other than mentioning it's 'another' of the same video conferencing soft... :)
So it would be good to mention (if you really wanted to in the first place) what is it you are looking for in more detail... you mention Gather Town hits the sweet spot but not how or why so much so not specifying also I think can get use partially elsewhere... unless I really missed something in your text
So what really is your point apart from anger or frustration?
What are looking for as a list or more points?
Sorry if that seems direct but if it's not said then I think that's fair on me for taking initiative providing into until or when you also bring the focus back no?
Got no problems with bringing focus back to saying whatever * wasn't* what you were looking for...
@ColinTheMathmo
Got it ! (it was a combo post- so not just for you but to go as a FreeSchool usable thing / picture example)...
I think I'm done on it and indeed "it has been said" and yeah also... I'd like to initiate with you a chat so that's there too anytime, please add a future date :)
But yes I'll leave it there for now and jump to my next useful thing added in my list from conversations!
So maybe now is not the time but for a **1min test MAX** then click this link and accept permission to mic etc!
https://meet.jit.si/chataboutit
...and if it doesn't work (literally 1minute) then DITCH IT and consider it as bad! :)
This test can be done anytime you have 1min free to test / try
Desktop browsers are marginally more direct as 1 or 2 or 3 clicks MAX...
(on mobiles it might suggest an app but just click browser and it goes direct through browser to do same as zoom (zoom is from this tech but more basic / fast)!
Out on the meadow for the first time this year.
Das erste mal auf der Weide dieses Jahr.
#walliserschwarznasen #ValaisBlacknose #schafe #sheep #spring #frühling
We are far closer to a potential global cataclysm than most people would dare to imagine.
Right now, leaders from all across the political spectrum are openly warning us that a worldwide food crisis is coming.
But when people in the western world hear of such warnings, most of them assume that it will just be something that affects poor people in Africa or Asia.
Unfortunately, that will not be the case this time around.
The power of the state will never deliver joy, happiness and fulfillment to any society. Such power was created by drones for the sole purpose of pillage and indulgence of their often murderous violence against those who do produce, through their toil -- whether through determination, intelligence or brawn -- everything useful and good in man's life.
-- Nestor Makhno
@tuatarara@mastodon.art
Hi I'm the 'odd one' if it's possible to say here :) and welcome
AND as usual I say what I see - a nice picture THO the central part where hand is confuses me enough to mention it :) It's a sketch but the mind can't work out ifit's the end of there is the end of trunk visible or the wrist area is confusing (there is a bow perhaps above the area I'd love to find out!) x
@ColinTheMathmo
What do you think about Jitsi Meet's interface?
e.g. https://meet.jit.si/howtochatsafer
HOW TO SOLVE TLDR-Syndrome? (kinda) - PPeople genuinely not able to continue reading a page of writing like pen-pal would write you but over the internet....
How to improve people's reading length without looking down upon them by suggesting a technique or two?
THE REST IS FOR THOSE WHO WON'T FORGET THE ABOVE IS THE MAIN QUESTION OR MANAGE THEMSELF IN READING
So I'm not expecting 1000 pages to be read magically after giving anyone a tip... but something they can stick to... even by doing a few paragraphs at a time and revisiting it the same day etc?
Just not to ditch things?
How to not make them feel bad that other people can literally FLY THROUGH reading things from a conversation perspective even if it's a few pages like someone was speaking...
I can image reading text on a mobile maybe isn't suited (reading on a desktop is super-easy so maybe reading is hard for those people, scrolling perhaps humiliating them?)
I can read like someone in front of me speaking... lots of talk, easy... and then I just take it from there ? AND I find it easy to ask and expect it to be left or right of the target (can't expect 100%)...
Text is not heavy for me or I'm 100% able to engage and be interested.. as long as it's a fairly real original person talking themselves... it's amazing for me someone is writing (not always amazing but usually!)
How to show others this - that it's just text but from a human and while might have emotions it doesn't have to get to boiling point or head hurting it you can just see it as a puzzle or taking the order of points / etc... re-arranging things etc... then re-order them or saying points what didn't work for you...
Acting much like a puzzle? and not a headache?
Just needs a bit of time and will for the right ambience... and puzzling it.
Seems to help if people who might be called TLDR-syndrome people can read more... especially when the 'new' concepts or 'other human' interactions can actually motivate people and build upon it
#HumanTrafficking in soft form... Governments working with Private Banks to create pressure from forcing money-only ways to achieve soft #HumanTrafficking... to be used and abused by profit... Future children or existing 'adults' being bought and sold not just for survival but for making / getting profit... #HumanTrafficking in soft form...
The pressure of using money-only ways and getting it exclusively from the top of Governments with Private Banks creates a downwards pressure which then goes into all the things we love to do, a bit like a syringe sucking the life out of it as for survival...
But if we are using it to profit from people by pushing it eventually to our kids to use it - it seems slightly immoral / misaligned / maligned before teens or during and even as adults!.... Something like soft-trafficking people by those above us or in control of the money / decisions which doesn't sit well for future children who don't know what's going or the existing 'adults' (still unknowing what's going on) being bought and sold. #HumanTrafficking I guess...
All dogs need to dig in a happy way... you can't force dogs not to dig but monetising them isn't great either...
Somehow to make for dogs nice places or find them nice 'owners' (caretakers) where they / we can live and do our thing.
Humans are much the same. But being owned isn't great for us... and managing harmony is the tough part which maybe being owned skips.
Probably having nice basic earthly things to do for humans (to maintain our own habitat and all inside it) and then learning new things and having options can allow us to build our mind too while always having nature in mind... nature is more closer to us at the beginning and at the end.
Just half the res and save world! ,,, On the subject of media storage like camera megapixels and 1080p video,,,
@agaric On the slightly different issue of media storage - camera megapixels for photos and 1080p video for what is static or not needed for detail - this would save one of the earths that is needed to spin this one so fast (up and down streams)
I think people are consuming and being taught to demand on servers like burger bars - it needs policing (training) because 1.5gb-6gb for for talking or even normal video is just sickeningly big... for streaming and for backups during that time for everything unless that 1 talk or film REALLY is worthy... and that could be kept separately
I'm collecting people who arguably misuse storage lol !
#PeerTube is also guilty for defaulting on highest stream quality for people on tiny screens... so tech and people are full of it - technically good people I've encouraged talk about it and they only mentioned how much I write more than how MA$$IVE their American storage back-ends are.
So ALL things on ALL levels are political and need re-evaluating ( on other behalf as we all normalise and get too deep / can't change ourselves so easily )
Doing so much floppy disk then CD, now Gigabytes for what arguable could be <150mb of audio for a lot of this stuff and some screenshot pics!
It's so easy to spend diskspace without that old previous mentality.... that it's PRECIOUS!
I know the topic was a bit different- so sorry. But another variant of saving world as video (if comparing is perhaps more intensive or sizewise brute force than anything I can think of)... but only if we're comparing / prioritising because it's all really worth doing I guess unless you're 'creating' bloat!!,
" just half the res and save world ! "
Good tag line no?
And then do more other stuff with that space or even SAVE IT!!
The new all-you-can-eat download space is damaging people and fattening them in similar ways...
@jwildeboer
w00t w00t!
Here's a toot for you!
Favourite Super-Hero?... or Trait in a Human?...
Not really a gender-based question - as Hero has multi-meaning so I mean it mostly for these definitions just to make it more obvious:
- someone who fights for a cause
- ANY principal character in a play, movie, novel or poem
- a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
!!!! 1 Word Many Meanings !!!!
Feel free to add pictures for answers...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
So THE KEY is how far do you see the beauty? and can you keep that in focus more than the distractions?
Can you switch back into thinking the world is amazing again by seeing beauty in your work or others instead of digging into the same scars or problem people and many eyesores from far away?
Being aware of bad while still trying to dance positively around it I think is a way to deal with it... naturally hard as everything has to degrade / decompose eventually... hard to accept that but part of composting can be nice growth too ! Combating things while ideally still with appreciation going out smiling at each other somewhat lovingly...
MUSIC RAVE = so many things - Ambient, Jungle, Drum and Bass, Trancey, Euphoria, Synth, Samples, Political, Subversive, Hardcore, Breakbeat, Homegrown DIY music and mixes.... SOME EXAMPLE LINKS (1-CLICK PLAY)...
@textfiles
GREAT MUSIC
'Rave' might also have it's misconceptions BUT I assure you it's quite diverse as 'dance' is...
You can solve any confusion by playing some music here and clicking randomly to find your spectrum of rave, dance etc (so many !) !
My quick dictionary alternatives for rave or sub-categories!
Ambient, Jungle, Drum and Bass, Trancey, Euphoria, Synth, Samples, Political Subversive, Samplers, Hardcore, Breakbeat, Homegrown DIY music and mixes.....!
I encourage anyone to go play a few random tracks (or click my links below) for lots of others.
My favourites just like the music I was listening to at home and still have some somewhere on the disk !!
Play each for 1 min and then choose your own...
https://archive.org/details/nhr_LTJ_Bukem/LTJ+BUKEM-Century+presents+Studio+Mix-1993.mp3
https://archive.org/details/nhr_LTJ_Bukem/Ltj_Bukem___Conrad_-_Dreamscape_4__92_.mp3
AND THEN LET ME KNOW THE ONE'S YOU LIKE !
***AND*** IF YOU CAN DO THIS DANCE MOVE ON THE DANCE FLOOR!
Thanks for helping to create things I can use. + Looking for help for creating / growing more caring users...
@cwebber Thanks for helping to create things I can use.
I am very interested in progressing / socially growing more caring people....
This is about that but TLDR is above - if you can help grow more higher averaged caring people across generally more things I'm happy to help or even host chats / lightly moderate and ask questions...
MORE ABOUT THIS FOR OTHERS...
That growing of others is dear to me and I hope some DM's can come my way with any other people to get involved,
because Tech above a certain limit always has it's down sides
- like users using different opposition software and simply moving the Tech goal posts to ruin progress
- users / dev's not being able to communicate with those that care (dev's that can't or only want to talk to dev's or even find it hard to do that)
-Users = Abusers
so communication and practising and being able to love to talk wisely (and not fear) is for me the win **at the same time** as developing or trying to reduce tech gaps etc, but reducing the tech slider a bit and increasing the social slider...
I wrote more here about it but really above paragraph is summary if you're interested to work on it (even if not right now just send a sign if it's valid for you or does computer say no!?)... :)
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/108109425950558435
Thank you.
Progress is a danger to itself if it's not socially growing more caring people...
I think we need more caring people and that involves teaching them, holding their hand to go to places of thought... probably the hard stuff nobody wants to do and is not doing! Or is too hard in text so human voice / 2 way presentation does better.
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THAT'S IT NO NEED TO READ IF YOU CAN'T STAND IT,
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The title doesn't mean I hate everything else... but that priority is more caring people and warmer interaction 1 by 1 r group-work INSIDE whatever work you're doing as there is little point making something but more having more caring people at the end...
Again ----- no need read more.
Rest is just for me and some that like / can read.
I PROMOTE growing brains more than many other work... because eventually things like communication and caring is included in everything and within people's thinking. So in everything that is worth more than anything and everything else will be anyway improved after that.
But just being a sniper in pure-maths or computing + low ability / low practice in communication / not managing anger and emotions / not having sapience / compassion / understanding eliminates a lot of skills = less of a caring / human-transferable skill.
Things in the list above I feel / see as really underestimated / untaught institutionally but what is actually part of bridges to all things more human. (Human rights etc which needs humans to be part of the justice - it's not going to be only computer software needed for going out and enforcing rights or going out to stop it physically!)
Without brains everything starts to fall apart or get abuse. Users or developers are lop-sided in tech and also abusing it at the same time / not looking AND social improvement during their work. A lot is computer repetition.
Everything developed for people with less brains (methodology in learning) is at risk of breaking themselves or just handing more stuff for people to do things recklessly or faster.
More ammo to those BigBoys BigTech that simply print the money or have the guns... and you don't.
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SO 2 BIG DIVIDES IN THIS CONTEXT:
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1st divide = user brains including - anyone ignoring the social improvement side and calling others 'stupid' (that you are not educating yourself or part of the program) means more of the same / people that don't care enough about much.
2nd divide is monetary resources etc. So users innocently will just focus on money (not understanding it) and fat cats will rake in the cash and further divides / cause more wars (fotware and enforcement HARDware)
If you have neither these 2... and you're not educating
BE VERY CAREFUL HOW MANY CATS YOU LET OUT OF THE BAG!
My thinking is really to improve people's ability to communicate and improve those lines connecting to everything else, AND then quality in work also comes... otherwise it's more of the same careless use / people not switching and hijacking of good ideas by fat cats toward what you see in the videos attached!...
It's about changing / opening our minds...
I give people time and I thnk that's the difference to others online who really don't have or give time and give up on people really easy... (don't mean to be competitive, no put-downs, just I more dedicate time to others and weave us together).
So you don't even have to read any of this because EVERYTHING needs time + communication and without that a lot is broken and even less human even if it's for good...
Just follow and put notifications on to TEST MY FEED.... the rest below is just over-info for most poeple.
Open Learning School or Freedom University...
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A lot you might be at length and depth, but if you're easy about it, you can take the best and even take me along to understand life with others!
To learn and do everything practically! (this is a practical living (and gets stuff done as much as we can).
Fan of Fediverse!
Quick Look - peace-loving work / services:
█ Mini-Podcast (few mins each, examples below)
█ Picture remixes / video remixes
█ Lessons without being too 'teacher' about it. Teacher has teeth for eliminating doubt.
█ Food for thought as gentle soul also.
█ Unique ideas - often impossible for professionals (they are burdened by financial repsonsibility and therefore associational risk in saying things). I'm more diverse and occasionally direct (with respect, though I don't shy away from reminding people).
█ Not too embarrassing to say "I don't know" but can still chase things.
█ More responsive than casual users usually because people think having 'job' is enough in life. I say it's not! And even faimily is of no use if it's only getting worse (in everything!).
Podcast Examples:
1. Gary Ackerman's thoughts on AI
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111867522723922385
2. The Little Prince book
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845561003150354
3. Fantasy genre from a fan's perspective
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845709367492677
I help people create audio / edit educational audio / podcast / music / visual short videos / transcript text
+ I like to add a bit humour while being quite strict in my own politics (opinions) but open / inviting for others to tell me what I should do if they can explain more than just a short comment (I don't mind it's healthy for me at least if you have logic and can stand yourself explaining).
FreeSchool is about Learning towards Freedom (which is about Uniting everyone slowly, even "1 by 1"... Easy with The Fediverse!
Not virtue signalling here only, but practise of EVERYTHING as we go. Judged by getting in contact (many have) and having courage to communicate (or seeking it from others is ok, EVERYONE needs a bit of courage or hand-holding to make big personal changes). Who else is there for example if family doesn't understand?
Learning and watching can be good and staying out of people's way, BUT better is doing something every day and helping each other with some tough decisions / lessons... and then being bold enough to do them. 1... 2... 3 that is all that's needed.
Let my posts do most of the talking.
Put me on notification (click bell that appears after follow ia accepted) and if it's not interesting switch off after and tick me off the list of potential people to follow daily!
Media version of my posts here... open link for later... good for visual scrolling version and judge me on that I don't mind...
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/media
I'm usually impressed with my media gallery as I work on posts a lot usually or hit the "Aha!" moments and capture it (other people may forget it for years, not me!).
Freedom is about *making it work together* better like using #Mastodon on the #Fediverse daily for better platforms with more #bestpractices and 'best' people to help us which I kind of collect here and
when it's #1 comment!
I am measurably better because I reply and stick to everything to the end(!)
No cancelling friendship suddenly without saying why or being moody!
Freedom is to Learn, Respect and Love eventually and ️to Unite!
Practically it's also like Tetris - add yourself to the puzzle and watch it all happen...
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talk more on Mastodon and the Fediverse and puzzle it all out using better ways to less use the other bad commercial / extractive people...
L£$$ of the less caring people like the ggl's / ytb / gmail / mainstream communication points etc who are offering lots of space 'free' and it's not free of peace there.
We GIVE to real people (TIME NOT JUST MONEY).
There's no buy-in solution - we have to make it with selotape or whatever we have - it's not shameful to bring whatever you have.
FreeSchool is terminology put together from many good things from past (coined in 1950's/60's. I / we become it eventually through being.
It's a movement for Freedom via Learning it all (learning self included and less active stuff) and doing the learning *together* --> https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeschool.
I encourage you warmly to participate with me as a I have time and then spiral out naturally to others (we are part of humanity and so naturally a sort of evangelism or ecological pyramid of life as we choose to spread lesser suffering while accepting consuming is part of it).
Less-commercial in orientation (in everything) and happy to think / work for free.
Naturally you will hesitate if someone is sure of themself or ok standing on shoulders what we copy do the best from humbly but not too sterile either.
Based on just emotions ruins almost everything, which seems very common - very ungraceful - so don't disconnect... do it gracefully at least!
A "school" of thought is here you can interact / ask and make best together as free/low cost as possible.
Even a bad answer you can take best from (of course I won't know all your situation when I suggest something but I don't need to answer 100% - you also need to help me!).
Leave perfectionism, we are all imperfect humans! Let's do it... Choose something ANYTHING and keep the thoughts rolling together...!
All content under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA-NC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1 Thereby, ideally, only using tools and resources that are #FLOSS #OpenSource. #nobot