Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

@cstross No, that doesn't seem to be the vibe *on* qoto. The admins do prefer to let users do their own blocking of other problematic instances.

Looking at my own block list, I do see that I've blocked a few other qoto people, but the community is generally very supportive and by no means "overrun" by such people.

@zazu That's just part of the yellow and brown section!

@brianchau Our computing cluster is called BLT. The three main computing nodes are called bacon, lettuce, and tomato.

@htdrake Or, put another way, "land doesn't vote".

@lucifargundam @jakeduhjake My initial thought was to give them a reading on this, covering both "what you, personally, should do to be a good team member" and "how the team can be effectively organized". My request was for such a reading.

BTW, the "obstacles to progress" are almost always either "we can't find a time to meet with our busy schedules" or "person X rarely comes to class / answers email / responds to texts or Discord messages".

I've tackled the first problem by having the class meet for three hours twice a week, with all coding done in class.

@mappingmashups There is pdx.social.

@jakeduhjake @lucifargundam Probably somewhere in between, because this is generally for CS classes.

@discordjack @bethsobel Yes, I got an email yesterday.

@lucifargundam This varies from class to class, but in the capstonish Software Development class, I use eXtreme Programming, Trello, two-week iterations, and real customers who have problems that needs solving.