tripu @tripu@social.cleverlibre.org

@freemo What does that mean? Isn't your fork in sync with changes upstream?

/cc @admitsWrongIfProven

@heydon

I'll stop at the ad hominem.

/cc @yatil

@heydon

Your original toot says that being anti woke is “being anti awareness/knowledge/understanding”. So I interpret that being woke to you means “being in favour of awareness/knowledge/understanding”. I don't know a single person who is against those abstract ideas. Almost everyone would be woke, even if they reject the label (like me).

Congratulations, you have a useless word.

That's why I suggested “specific and actionable”.

/cc @yatil

@TruthSandwich

That interpretation of the world sounds very comforting indeed.

> _“#Research shows #conservatives tend to have an internal locus of control, which means they believe that their decisions, as opposed to external forces, control their destiny. #Liberals, meanwhile, tend to have an external locus, which means they believe their lives are determined by forces beyond their control. People with an internal locus of control […] tend to be happier and have healthier habits, like good diets and frequent exercise, while people with an external locus of control […] have higher rates of anxiety and depression and are more likely to abuse drugs and neglect their #health. When you believe you have no control, you don’t.”_

— https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/the-pathologization-pandemic

#politics

@heydon @yatil

I'm sceptical, because I've read and heard from #woke people _themselves_, and still I found myself disagreeing strongly with their interpretation of things and their proposed policies.

But OK, I'm open to what you say.

What is “woke” to you, then? The definition has to be specific and actionable — ie, not a synonym for abstract ideas such as “nice”, “fair” or “reasonable”, because the vast majority of humans agree with all that already.

@Nifflas

That is brilliant.

@heydon @yatil

Not at all. I appreciate politics and I have opinions. I am not “woke” because I don't agree with many ideas or actions that are associated with that label (and those to me determine the actual meaning of the word). All the nice things you mentioned (knowledge, learning, etc) are orthogonal to the #woke / anti-woke axis.

@yatil @heydon

Don't you think it's a definitional issue? “Woke” means different things to different people.

Many of us were pro awareness, knowledge, understanding, Enlightenment, learning and introspection before 2008 — and still are today. It's unfair to presume so much malice or ignorance of so many people just because we oppose a specific, very politicised label.

Ah, the irony…!

@TruthSandwich

I think more like naive, idealistic, petulant contrarians. But yeah, in any case their (ambiguous) position gets discredited automatically.

Six policy wonks with very strong views, six opinionated journalists rallying from their respective platforms against the #US “arming #Ukraine and fuelling a neocon proxy #war”.

The host, #ThaddeusRussell, asks the most relevant question: _“It's **absolutely essential** that we clarify our position here, otherwise we are sitting ducks for what they say about us. **Otherwise, it becomes true that we are #Putin stooges**. […] This is essential, I need to know from you guys, as fan of yours: **where do you actually stand on this?**”_

Genius 1: _“I favour the cessation or mitigation of warfare rather than the perpetuation of it”_.

Host: _“OK. So does that mean a negotiated settlement, giving #Russia Donbas and Crimea, and nothing else?”_

Genius 1: _“I only really have a principle which is to cease the warfare rather than perpetuate it”_.

Genius 2: _“I think there should be negotiations. I'm not a diplomat, so I don't see a point in me putting a solution on the table.”_

Genius 3: _“As much as I weep for the the predicament of the people in Ukraine, ultimately my greater concern is for all of humanity and for World War III”_.

…And that's why I can't take seriously most of the naive anti-war rhetoric :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez2HU7XEJX0

#Unregistered #UnregisteredPodcast #podcast #politics

BTW, I also think the world could be _saved_ [with the contents of a floppy disk](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/tht7z2/terrorizing_the_world_1_mb_at_a_time/):

The blueprint for a cold fusion reactor (or similarly amazing energy source)

+

instructions for specific genetic interventions that would eliminate [intense suffering](https://www.preventsuffering.org/) in [all sentient beings](https://www.hedweb.com/)

+

summaries of the zeitgeist in the fields of moral philosophy and political economy one thousand years from now

+

the irrefutable proof of the existence, or the non-existence, of a god with specific characteristics

**≤ 1.44 MB**

I say [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/tht7z2/terrorizing_the_world_1_mb_at_a_time/) is still possible in 2023:

[The cartoon that would most offend the greatest number of Islamists (NSFW)](https://www.google.com/search?q=&tbm=isch&hl=en-US&tbs=rimg:CeW7-nj3wgQwYZCuIBE96j7KsgIAwAIA2AIA4AIA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiS1v-u2_T_AhUQaqQEHXeEBO8QkYoICAE)

+

a modern version of [Stuxnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet) capable of firing ICBMs or triggering false positives in defence systems

+

a deep fake of Vladimir Putin torturing Tom Hanks under the dome of an Al-Aqsa Mosque taken by Jewish settlers while newscasts on the background show Chinese troops landing on Taiwan

**≤ 1.44 MB**

Don't try this at home.

This is what your #software should never ever under any circumstances do:

1. Overflow a buffer
1. Allow XSS
1. Allow SQL injection
1. Allocate, then free memory, without erasing its content
1. Allow command injection

https://cwe.mitre.org/top25/archive/2023/2023_top25_list.html

#cybersecurity #security #vulns

#Summer & #family

@fidel

It reminded me of this (even the layout of the venue!), which always gives me goosebumps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM145D_ZhJA