paleBlue @paleBlue@social.cleverlibre.org

Im not a huge tesla fanboy, but lol.

Man it always amazes me how little engineers really understand when you go beyond the points they were taught to parrot... Engineers need better science and theory background in almost every field...

The traces of the Great Indian Mastodon Influx of 2019 (GIMI'19) are interesting to look through. In trying to find #Indian folks to follow here, I time and again come across people who came to Mastodon around Nov 2019 (when the Twitter political censorship issues surfaced), stayed around for a month or so, and then left (presumably back to where they came from, having made a symbolic gesture against the censorship).

But even that one month has left an impression here, lots of interesting links to follow, clever #desi jokes, good discussions, it feels like an archaeological discovery of an interesting and intellectual civilization - though of course this was barely a year ago.

It would be loads better if they'd stuck around - I feel a twinge of sadness every time I think "wow this is a cool account to follow", and then see the last post was somewhere in November 2019 - but I'm glad that the GIMI'19 happened at all. It left behind a good bulk of interesting content, and when I do find a live account that someone still uses, it feels like finding buried treasure!

* The purpose of computers is human freedom.

https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1979-05/page/n83

This started as a question but I've realized it is actually more of an ... #introduction

I'm locked into my current job for the next ten years approximately it has an interesting mix of System Admin (Mostly windows with some security aspects), Help Desk, and Networking.

With that being said I'm interested in contributing to #opensource and #foss projects as I tend to use them where I can.

Also, I'm hoping that this could help to build somewhat of a portfolio to align with my long term goal to prepare towards a #softwaredevelopment, #sysadmin, or #cybersecurity job in the future.

My hobbies usually bounce around the tech realm as I like to tinker and learn new things. If anyone has any recommendations on how to best focus my efforts in regards to helping with projects I'm all ears. I'm especially interested to know what languages/contribution aspects the masses would recommend. Currently I have only dabbled on Python and limited Powershell and Bash scripting but I'm open to learning new languages (Programming and actual).

Random fact/caveat if you reply back in another language I'll try to use a translator but I apologize in advance if something gets lost in translation. One of the few things we have going for us in 2020 is that language can be less of a barrier with tech!

Don’t feel like posting? Just throw this on the timeline

My friend Bernie and I would like to tell you about a thing that happened on my lunch break this afternoon.

@technomancy Librarians are the original hackers, having defended open information and freedom of thought since Hypatia of Alexandria bled and died for us. I haven’t heard of any library doing fedi officially, but I do think there will be interest if you have a fun outline. Libraries sponsor all sorts of tech stuff. Reading clubs at the library and such would be a natural fit for user base.

I want each of you to do me a favor.

Take this time of greater distance and isolation.

Take this time away from society and its rules.

Look at yourself and ask yourself Who am I?

What are you doing today that vibes with that?

What are you doing today that blocks that?

Is what you get from doing those blocking activities worth it?

Are they something you have a choice over?

If not what would need to happen for that situation of having no choice to change?

Can you reach out for help?

The hacker could have done that to ANY account... he would have made much more money with extortion/ransom rather than a lame bitcoin scam. Probably not the usual criminal then.

What I would give for a Linux native version of Outlook. As much as I dislike that it's not FOSS, I'd much rather use it over Thunderbird and Evolution mail :/

That being said, Outlook can be a slow sack of shit no matter what platform it's running on.

Visual Studio Install: Would you like to use VS for Node.js development?

Me: Ha ha, no. I don't wanna use anything for Node.js because I love myself and don't feel I committed any egregious sins in a previous life that would lead me toward this means of self-flagellation.

Visual Studio Install: Would you like to use VS for Python development?

Me: *blink blink* Who even does that? If you're developing Python with VS... STOP IT. Get some help.

I lawled

#FlatEarth #FE #Science #Humor

So suddenly there’s a lot of attention around email and it’s exposing how many people in the web community still use Gmail. Like actually trust all your personal information and communication (and that of your potentially marginalised or vulnerable contacts) with Google. 🤮

There are a lot of hard problems and lack of alternatives when it comes to rights-respecting technology. But email (as imperfect as it is) has a fair few affordable alternative providers. Small change, big difference.

Do me a favor, if you spend any time at all writing using a pen, get yourself a fountain pen. They are so much nicer.

In the days of uncertainty and fear, please share something that made your day today :))

I'll go first: I got to be home with my family after 10 weeks of school.

@freemo I remember that example from the following:

https://youarenotsosmart.com/2013/05/23/survivorship-bias

I wish this blog kept posting more like this!

Some of my absolute favorite Tolkein quotes:

“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.” -- The Children of Hurin

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” -- The Fellowship of the Ring

“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”

"Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” -- The Fellowship of the Ring

“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked.
"A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.” -- Return of the King

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”

“But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.” -- The Return of the King

#LOTR #tolkein #quotes #english #writing #LordOfTheRings #quote

I'd say this sums up our philosophy on #QOTO rather well