highfellow @highfellow@social.tchncs.de
Free range philosopher, geek and occasional coder living in the North West of the UK.
I guess I should introduce myself as well. I am a geek, free range philosopher and occasional coder who lives in the North West of the UK. I am not sure how to describe my interests, but it seems to involve thinking a lot, which is generally something I like to do. Sometimes I even like to talk to people, which is what I am doing here. ;-) #introductions
What has happened to joinmastodon.org? There don't seem to be any of the instances listed that were there when I joined the network, including several bigger instances.
Microsoft is talking about buying GitHub! https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/02/microsoft_github/ . Not a good thing as far as I'm concerned.
recently it has seemed to me that the main trick of computer programming is to learning how to break your problem down into a series of subproblems that turn out to be the subject of entire careers and yearly conferences of various computer scientists
#neveragain.#tech / #Pledge "Write a list of things you would never do. Because it is possible that in the next year, you will do them." | #ethics #privacy #discrimination http://neveragain.tech/
euaclyptus leaf: no dont eat me im worthless
koala: no i want leaf!
eucalyptus leaf: i'll poison u
koala: i will specifically evolve to eat leaf
eucalyptus leaf: i literally have no nutritional value
koala: ｌｅｆａ
The nixie tube clock kit I ordered came today. https://www.pvelectronics.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=93 . I'm looking forward to putting it together.
In February, a working group of the British Psychological Society published this report on the 'power threat meaning framework'. This is a way of looking at mental health care where people's symptoms are seen as valid responses to difficult or threatening life situations, rather than as a medical disorder. https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/introducing-power-threat-meaning-framework . As someone who has had been struggling with emotional distress for some time, this makes a lot of sense to me. Is anyone else out there interested in stuff like this?
I am feeling:
- fairly relaxed
- not too emotionally distressed
- and feeling like getting on with things
for the first time in some time.
In other words, I am actually having a nice day!
Anyone got any docs on practical workplace democracy? I may have a chance to bake it into a small corporation I work for
TIL There’s a “FlopStarter” for terrible ideas:
http://flopstarter.com
Some of these are awesome. My favorite so far is the potato jacket
Apparently there's an article on Wikipedia about "No angry Mastodons" and I wasn't expecting life-coaching from Wikipedia:
Now *that* is a foosball table!
“No sads for anyone else.” 😂
#mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #mentalillness #depression #anxiety #funny #humor #humour #joke #lol
@aparrish
oh wow, did you see the paper about zoomorphic shape fitting? :DD
I've been working since about 1995 on an #omegaproject to develop the software required for a something that I see in the hashtags here might be called a #solidarityeconomy.
Most recently working with @mayel and @bernini and others on an #openappecosystem using the #valueflows vocabulary and protocols.
Some relevant links:
http://mikorizal.org/
https://www.valueflo.ws/
https://www.loomio.org/g/exAKrBUp/open-app-ecosystem
https://www.opencoopecosystem.net/
What is an omega project:
https://vimeopro.com/andyet/andyet-conf/video/175370577
Gut bacteria can have an effect on mood and behaviour: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/06/gut-bacteria-on-the-brain/395918/?utm_source=atlfb
@kdsch Here's a shot at 5 hypotheses:
1. #capitalismkills - is in its death throes, wants to take most of us and human societies with it. Could be followed by something much better or much worse or some of each. We prefer better, but will take a lot of work.
2. People have thought about better-economic-system-than-capitalism for a long time. Previous attempts have failed, totally or partially. Will take some experiments to figure out how to do it better. Practice beats theory.
Zeloof's First Integrated Circuit
http://sam.zeloof.xyz/first-ic/
"I present the first home(garage)made lithographically-fabricated integrated circuit – the “Z1” PMOS dual differential amplifier chip. I say “lithographically-fabricated” because Jeri Ellsworth made the first transistors and logic gates (meticulously hand wired with conductive epoxy) and showed the world that this is possible. Inspired by her work, I have demonstrated ICs made by a scalable, industry-standard, photolithographic process"
