New server means a new #introduction
Hi, I am a design executive in Europe who started as a backend developer in Missouri.
My life has taken many turns, but I’ve always benefited from the advantage of being a white cishet male who is stereotyped as credible. Hopefully, I leave this planet more equitable than I found it.
I strive to apply critical analysis to everything yet also find solidarity with everyone.
While I value “strong opinions, weakly held”, I do indulge in strongly-held opinions on a few issues. I’ll thread them here so you can make an informed decision on whether to follow or block me:
I just re-read this classic post about leadership in the metaverse and it strikes me how similar the experience seems, from my outsider perspective, to running a large open source project. Is OSS a metaverse? https://cruftbox.medium.com/my-years-as-a-metaverse-warlord-1f7c830a3173
At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens.
Here's my favorite story from running OMCB :)
https://eieio.games/essays/the-secret-in-one-million-checkboxes/
Sometimes, in my Amsterdam bubble, I believe this country doesn't have MAGA-style wingnuts. But then there's this: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/08/dutch-town-back-in-court-over-satanic-cult-conspiracy-theories/
the midwest is associated w depression because we grew up inside the ghost of excessive industrious past.
from overgrown abandoned traintracks to empty, crumbling parking-lot sized industrial buildings. overgrown excess all around us. a constant reminder
of a society that could not sustain.
surrounded by the tombstones of a lifestyle we can’t participate in.
it’s honestly solumn and heavy. i think that most midwesterners feel it inside. the empty truth
everything is getting worse
#Missouri Outlawed #Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States
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With millions in expanded #tax credits and direct state funding going to anti-abortion groups, the nonprofit Coalition Life has expanded its operations beyond Missouri and into states where the procedure is still legal.
No one reads the EULA. After all, how bad could the consequences be?
Disney could kill your family and get away with it? https://longisland.news12.com/disney-asks-court-to-dismiss-wrongful-death-lawsuit-of-long-island-doctor
#cycling #TourdeFrance #TdFF
“The #women's peloton had to fight for decades to convince organizers of what was an obviously good idea, and after a handful of false starts and half-measures, they finally put together a stage race without having to qualify it with a weird name”
“The eight-stage race has been so popular and grown so quickly because of the quality of the competition”
The #TourdeFranceFemmes Is The Perfect Post-Olympics Spectacle https://defector.com/the-tour-de-france-femmes-is-the-perfect-post-olympics-spectacle
I guess you didn’t do anything wrong, Joost. Sorry about the fuss when we removed you from Eurovision, which had absolutely nothing to do with you daring to throw shade at Israel while they committed genocide. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/12/sweden-closes-investigation-into-barred-eurovision-contestant-joost-klein
Trying to lock down on a 2D illustration style before doing 80+ of these little sketches.
I can't *imagine* why young American women haven't flocked to the right since 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/aug/07/gen-z-voters-political-ideology-gender-gap
I really dislike how often our online social spaces display the same bullshit problems that all social spaces exhibit.
$NVDA is going to be interesting to watch this month: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/29/apple-says-its-ai-models-were-trained-on-googles-custom-chips-.html
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Pls spread the word:
Over 30 students have been k*lled in Bangladesh, some as young as 17. There is a near total internet blackout since yesterday. Cell network is minimal. People from abroad are unable to reach their families.
This protest for a government-job "quota" reform has been peaceful since July 1. Violence broke out when the first student was k*lled by the police a few days ago.
#QuotaReformProtest #SaveBangladeshiStudents
#Bangladesh
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/asia/bangladesh-job-quota-protests-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html
I cached some podcasts for a flight, one a simple news program for the Dutch language exposure.
So I listened to them discussion flight MH17 while we were flying over the Black Sea. 😬
This podcast episode with @mxshift really helps demystify quantum computing: https://www.macrofab.com/podcasts/quantum-computing-nuts-and-bolts/
This really resonates with me as I read it at 2:30: https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/11/night-owls-cognitive-function-superior-to-early-risers-study-suggests
This is a great idea and I’m happy to see it implemented.
But also, doing so with a central, corporate proxy service is scary. Other than “trust the brand” why believe that Cloudflare will never sell bypasses to the highest bidder?
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/03/cloudflare_ai_blocks/
existential dread levels are holding at 71%
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I have so many thoughts and questions about this.
https://flipboard.com/users/quartz/statuses/VBEE83tWRO2qwrK18FIyBQ:a:7497286
Sometimes you put a lot of time into something only to throw it away when a more elegant and fitting solution presents itself. That's how it went with this little lantern, which was altogether too literal for the game. But hey, it was fun while it lasted, especially when I got the angle wrong. #godot #blender #indiegame