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BillySmith

@BillySmith@social.coop

I'm an engineer/musician/artist/designer/bricoleur/womble. :D

Now blogging at https://write.as/billysmith/

Currently working on #OSHW for the primary industry sectors; #Agriculture, #Aquaculture, #Energy, #PowerGeneration, #PowerStorage, #Sustainability, #Regeneration, #Resilience, #TerraForming.

You can't solve a #SocialProblem via TechnicalMeans, so i've focused on creating solutions that people can choose to build themselves. :D

#ADHD #TeamADHD #Womble :D

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jonny, to random
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Nothing dismays me more in academia than my colleagues excusing themselves from the world because they have internalized their job as their identity, and exist in a separate domain from everyone else. every time I knock on doors with my union I get someone, sometimes angrily, wondering what any of this has to do with them - they're here to just do science.

BillySmith,
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@jonny

And don't forget the brainwashing effect of the teaching approach:

https://disciplinedminds.tripod.com/

jonobie, to random
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Wowza. Booking a Lyft right now to downtown shows $75. Yellow Cab App shows $30-40. Am gonna give the new app a whirl and cross my fingers that the fare isn't ridiculous with a meter. (One thing I don't love about cabs.)

Last time I took a cab from the airport, it was fully $20 less than the same trip had been a week earlier with Lyft. The rideshare apps are seeming like no longer such a good deal...

BillySmith,
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@jonobie

You've eaten the bait, but avoided the hook! :D

mcc, to random
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Hard to imagine a signal that a website is a rugpull more intense than banning users for trying to delete their own posts

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

Like just incredible "burning the future to power the present" energy here

BillySmith,
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@mcc @chris

Or the move from SlashDot to SoylentNews.

Simplest way: If you see a service that has hints of this, warn your friends, and, get a large bucket of popcorn.

BillySmith, to random
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:D

https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/06

BillySmith, to solarpunk
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Chewy approach towards solar panels and water :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hcsFVZbV5w

J12t, to fediverse
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I have a 3D avatar that's connected to the !

HTC's Viviverse virtual world turned on their Fediverse connection yesterday I think.

This is actually major news. HTC is a major company!!

Say Hi to @j12t !

BillySmith,
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@J12t @j12t

The link on the original profile takes me to a JSON error page, though the main Viverse website is still working.

From looking there, it seems to be a VR-version of Gather.town. :D

https://www.gather.town/

compost, to gardening
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Is there a exchange community or group on Mastodon?

I have some chives and green onions that are going to seeds and I will have more seeds than I need.

Of course, there is our local free seeds and plants library but I would prefer to use mastodon as my main seeds resource.

BillySmith,
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@compost

Try the hashtag :D

There were local events running in London over the last week :D

https://www.goodtogrowuk.org/map/london/

KitMuse, to actuallyautistic
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Thoughts about writing action scenes. I feel like I don't have the brain power to wrap my mind around all the action, who goes where, who does what?

I'm wondering if this is related to my extra spicy neurodivergence.

Does anyone have any tips or tools they use? Wonder if I need to dig out my D&D miniatures?

Thoughts my fellow neurodivergent authors?

@bookstodon @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity

BillySmith,
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@KitMuse @bookstodon @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity

Take a look at some of the dance choreography techniques used in improvising physical theatre.

Looking at fight choreography gives a better idea about the sense of space that your characters are operating within.

Also worth looking at Tempo from Chess:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo_(chess)

Some of the Shaw Bros. films have some really good examples of applying the principles of Tai Chi to whole battlefields. :D

BillySmith,
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@KitMuse @bookstodon @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity

Also worth looking at some examples from Theatre.

I saw some of Annouchka Bayley's early directing work, where she transformed Medea as a single-person performance, to a duo performance, all the way up to a full opera troupe.

Same story, same timeline of events, but completely different flavours of expression when working on a different scales. :D

BillySmith,
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@KitMuse @bookstodon @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity

Another approach is to use a specific piece of music as the notional soundtrack, which will define the rhythm of the action.

There's some really nice examples to be found with Kill Six Billion Demons, where the author mentions the pieces of music in the hover-text attached to the pictures. :D

https://killsixbilliondemons.com/ :D

luis_in_brief, to random
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Someone here was asking about why we don’t see more use of cybernetics as an explanatory theory of the present moment, but damned if I can remember who.

In very related news, just stumbled across this and am looking forward to devouring it.

https://www.amazon.com/Unaccountability-Machine-Systems-Terrible-Decisions-ebook/dp/B0CGFWBFD6

BillySmith,
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@paninid @luis_in_brief

In one talk @cstross described corporations as Slow AI running on a substrate made of meat.

BillySmith,
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@Dtl @dgerard @mii

The world-building in that narrative thread is extremely chewy. :D

Because of the silo-ed nature of the OCP bureaucracy, no-one really knows how many times that the world has been destroyed and re-built. :D

BillySmith,
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@Dtl @dgerard @mii
@cstross

There's another good example in The Secret World :D

https://www.secretworldlegends.com/

It's an early and ongoing experiment in machinima that stands out as being one of the few MMO's that was publicly LBTQ+ friendly. :D

It is known from interviews that some of the writers are fans of @cstross as is evidenced by the world-building for the main story arc. :D

BillySmith,
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@Dtl @dgerard @mii @cstross

The game mechanics are similar to most tactical MMORPG's, but it's the quality of the storytelling that stands out. :D

In the first section that you are sent to explore, the player is acting as an investigator/cleaner in an HP Lovecraft story. :D

What is also interesting from the pov of gameplay, is that you can only make some of the choices once in the main story arc. :D

Want to make different choices, you have to start again with a new character. :D

BillySmith,
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@o7___o7 @dgerard

TY for helping me lose the last 4 hours to an archive trawl... 🤦‍♂️ 🤣

ntnsndr, to random
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Cooperators! Join the movement to bring the powerful, care-centered social cooperative model to the United States—starting with this online academy from RMEOC: https://www.rmeoc.org/events/

BillySmith,
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@ntnsndr

Have you come across the work done by The Finance Innovation Lab?

https://financeinnovationlab.org/

They have a Lab Fellowship programme:

https://financeinnovationlab.org/our-work/fellowship/

One of the Alumni organisations that grew from there is the Equal Care Co-op:

https://www.equalcare.coop/

They will have a lot of useful experiences to share. :D

atomicpoet, to random
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Quite often on the Fediverse – more often on other social networks – I find people talking about how things were so much better years ago.

And I’m telling you this is a trap. Don’t fall for it. Yesteryear is not better than now, it just feels that way because it’s over.

Progress exists. It’s important that we all acknowledge how things are better. More importantly, you are alive – enjoy this moment.

BillySmith,
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@thepoliticalcat @Lesliesez @atomicpoet

The future's already here, but it's not evenly distributed. - W Gibson

BillySmith,
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@Lesliesez @thepoliticalcat @atomicpoet

The cage-free rearing methods give healthier animals, leading to higher-quality eggs, and higher-quality meat. :D

flancian, to random
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The Tech Working Group's [[Open House]] is starting in five minutes! Hope you can join :)

We'll meet at https://meet.evolix.org/twg

Context: https://social.coop/@flancian/112204045000337067

BillySmith,
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@flancian

A chewy conversation.

Also, my apologies for my lateness. :D

abcdw, (edited ) to random
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I got a reject on Turkey residence permit application. I'll lodge an appeal, but chances are very low, so my plan B is to go to Georgia than to Armenia to apply for Spain Schengen visa.

If somebody knows any conferences, summer schools or other events I can contribute to and get an invite to support my visa application with, let me know, please.

P.S. Spain Schengen in Armenia is an only option to apply for Schengen visa available without residence permit I know at the moment.

BillySmith,
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@abcdw

It's also worth looking at the E-Residency in Estonia.

https://www.e-resident.gov.ee/become-an-e-resident/

Working via this route would qualify you as an EU-based contractor, so remote work would become available.

In theory, you could parlay that work into being resident in an EU country, as you could show that were already working within the EU.

Though I don't know anyone who has tried this method, but it's another potential route towards EU residency.

noondlyt, to random
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It is not going to be JUST the 737 Max or 737s. Think about it. The policies were in place for all aircraft.

Southwest Airlines Plane Loses Engine Cover During Takeoff | HuffPost Latest News https://www.huffpost.com/entry/southwest-flight-engine-cover-emergency-landing_n_6612f8b6e4b0d81853f99d9a

BillySmith,
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@Eka_FOOF_A @olav @noondlyt

So it's the aeroplane manufacturers AND the airlines that are cutting safety for increased profits. 🤦‍♂️

CommonMugwort, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Can anyone recommend an entry point to Wuxia for a middle-aged European steeped in Western Historical Fantasy - a great story, well-translated and easily available?

BillySmith,
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@CommonMugwort @bookstodon

It's the same as Oliver Twist was originally a weekly release, published chapter by chapter. :D

But using a website instead. :D

18+ Vaccinations in Book Form?

A while back, I set myself the project of figuring out how much of the MIT undergrad physics curriculum could be taught from free online books. The answer, so far, is more than I had anticipated but much less than what we deserve. But working on that, along with a few other conversations, has got me to wondering. We’ve seen...

BillySmith,
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@gerikson @zbyte64

The guy with they eyes in his lab was just one of the specialist manufacturers.

He was the person that put the replicants in touch with the "genius tinkerer", who then gave the replicants access to Tyrell. :D

HistoPol, (edited ) to random
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(1/n)

The capitalist model ruined earth for humanity and many other species. has been its undertaker, b/c .

If capitalism hadn't made the possible, human society would already have reached the (1) point at the end of the last century:
In 1968, the Paul and Anne wrote the book The "...


(1)
https://medium.com/@CollapseSurvival/overshoot-why-its-already-too-late-to-save-civilization-e834cb4ec694

BillySmith,
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@HistoPol @Snowshadow

The combination of manufacturable hydrocarbons and cheaper electricity from renewables works well. :D

Yes, it does require the roll-out of new infrastructures, but that is already in progress. :D

Though probably not quick enough to avoid the slow mega-deaths via poverty.

The technology is already here. We just need to implement it equitably. :D

BillySmith,
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@HistoPol @Snowshadow

The early Proofs-Of-Concept for hydrocarbon manufacturing in the laboratory took place in the late 1890's/early-1900's, but electricity was more expensive to generate then. :D

Now... :D

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