Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
Personal website:
My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
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liberal is a poor way to define people outside of the USA... liberal anywhere else in the world doesnt look anything like what we generally consider liberal.
Their version of liberal along witht he rest of the world is far more laid back. They wont hate you for not being liberal like they will here and they will have an earnest conversation like adults if you disagree.
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The "mugged" quote originated in the US way back in the latter part of the 20th century.
Words are constantly changing their meanings over time. Political terms are especially susceptible because opponents will often intentionally try to redefine the meaning of terms associated with their rivals, or they coop terms that seem positive for their own use.
Liberal started off meaning classical liberalism (Locke, Hobbs, Jefferson), then, in the US, the left cooped the term to describe themselves, hoping to gain positive vibes for themselves, even though their political philosophy was quite different. Later, the conservatives ran the word "liberal" through the toilet describing every ill on Earth as "liberal", so then the left stopped using "liberal" and started using "progressive", even though their ideas have nothing to do car insurance.
Ian Kenway
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Intel's 4004, the world's first single-chip microprocessor:
4 bit
2300 transistors
108 kHz clock speed
50 years of age
Happy Birthday!
Ian Kenway
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@cee shrooms are more fun than acid. Though i wont do any drug frequently so your still talking like once a year.
Share drawings anytime, always interesting to see.
But yea in the rare events I do psychadelics, particularly shrooms, I usually have some sort of deep realization that I just cant shake for a whole.
Ian Kenway
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I'm sick of arguing with people who confuse the right to their own opinion with a right to their own facts 😒
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The thing about vaccines are, even if they dont work (and they probably dont at this point with delta) that the risk from them is so extraordinarily low that there is no reason not to get them.
You are at more risk of harm on your drive to the vaccine location than you actually are by getting the vaccine.
total worldwide death toll to date from the vaccine.... 5 people... 5 people out of over 400 million doses. I think the vaccine is useless but I still got vaccinated simply because there is no good argument not to.
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Great poll but surprisingly the majority are incorrect. The answer is "white clothes". The reason being is that blackbody radiation is symmetric. A black object obsorbs IR heat faster but also emits it equally as fast. White on the other hand insulates against it.
Since the IR temperature in the arctic is far below body temperature the net effect of wearing black would be to loose heat where the net effect of wearing white is to retain heat.
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If you are outdoors in a cold polar region during the day what will keep you warmer? Details: The color is on the outside, the inside you can assum...
Ian Kenway
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Sorry but not only is your quote out of context but it is grossly mistraslated. I have studied the Qu'ran rather heavily and have addressed this passage multiple times.
The part of your translation "to strike" is a translation of the word "daraba" and while that is one of several definitions there are other equally fitting definitions that do not imply violence. The word "daraba" also translates to: to present, to set forth, to leave, to shun, to hit, to tap, or to cover. One could just as easily say the passage is telling you to shun your wife, not to hit them.
Furthermore the context is important, which as I said you left out. The Qu'ran in multiple places explicitly or implicitly indicates that striking your was is against Muslim law.
Here is a quote fromt he Qu'ran that explicitly states you can not hit your wife:
'"O Apostle of God! What is my duty to my wife?" He said, "That you give her to eat as you eat yourself, and clothe her as you clothe yourself; and do not slap her in the face nor abuse her, nor separate yourself from her in displeasure."
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People going to the cinema, theatre or a concert hall in Wales will be required from November 15 to show a Covid pass to prove they are fully vaccinated or have had a negative lateral flow test in the previous 48 hours
#change #crisis #time_frame #acceleration #calculus #climate_change #biodiversity #ecology, #environment #politics #economics #media #coping #caring #death #global #future
Toot Redux (first published 2nd August 2021)
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World’s #militaries avoiding scrutiny over #emissions | #GreenhouseGasEmissions | The Guardian
The elephant in the room.
#Environment #FossilFuels #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Cop26
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The very nice thing about this image is that you can actually see Jupiter’s four largest satellites too, so you could say that the photograph actually shows five #moons in total. Jupiter is forming a triangle here with #DenebAlgedi (bottom left) and #Nashira (bottom right)
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Marcus Rashford throws weight behind parents in Dyffryn Nantlle school meal row https://nation.cymru/news/marcus-rashford-throws-weight-behind-parents-in-dyffryn-nantlle-school-meal-row/
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"Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is." -- Carl Jung
This was in reference to "Owning one's shadow". The shadow being the parts of our unconscious we are unaware of. Largely negative in nature but includes positive aspects as well.
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A #cloudy night but the #Moon is still shining through although highly diffused by atmospheric moisture. So, although in a clear sky, the exposure time would be a small fraction of a second to get the surface features clearly, here it was 1 s. I like the haziness of this #photograph, which is what I was deliberately looking for.
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #BackyardAstronomy
Ian Kenway
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Ian Kenway
boosted
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
Personal website:
My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
