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Zee

@Zee@social.coop

Queer, based in #Oakland, CA

Worker Owner at #ZincCoop and #Cohere. Parallel #Cooperative entrepenuer / practitioner.

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Zee, to Oakland
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I imagine there is an program for electronics redistribution and/or repair? A librarian friends personal laptop is a netbook that’s experiencing some intermittent hardware issues around the WiFi, and I no longer am confident / enthused in my own diagnostics and repair skills; and spoons are sparse.

Binder, to random
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I can tell that I’m a bad influence because my Californian-since-birth coworker now does Midwest goodbyes.

Zee,
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@Binder That's the long drawn out "welp, we should be heading out..." thing right?

I moved the other way and have lost my roots.

josh, to opensource
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Hoo boy. I'm not naming names because I don't want to fan the flames, but the knives are out:

Events around have rightly emboldened volunteer-driven open source projects to take their hyper-wealthy downstream users to task.

Wild to think that many large companies have hollowed out their open source program offices (OSPOs), the internal teams who have been working on addressing these resource issues.

I fear this will get worse before it gets better.

Zee,
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@josh Can't wait for the Great Copylefting.

josh, to Aviation
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    Zee,
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    @josh @danilo What software does it run? I've been considering picking up a flight simulator because I used to log hundreds of hours in 'FS95

    Zee,
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    @josh @danilo I'll have to give it a shot. I have a windows machine for the first time in like, 20 years now...

    vaurora, to random
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    So how would one prepare a consulting business for the wave of businesses realizing they need someone to fix their incomprehensible unmaintainable AI-damaged code in about a year?

    Zee,
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    @vaurora

    I seem to recall Michael Feathers mentioning that the best and worst thing for his career was writing "Working Effectively with Legacy Code" as

    1. He had consistent work, since unmaintainable code is everywhere, but...
    2. He was always working with legacy code

    So perhaps a modernized book / zine series / ??? on "Repairing Systems"?

    Zee, to random
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    Cost of Living != Cost of Lifestyle

    Lifestyle costs can always go up. Cost of living? that's probably a stones-throw of the median per-capita income for your county.

    Zee,
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    @chrisjrn oh for sure.

    The Cost of Living has definitely gone up; energy and food costs for me are up 5~15%.

    Zee, to random
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    The existence of “doomscrolling” implies the existence of “doomposting” and “doomboosting”

    In this essay I…

    danilo, (edited ) to random
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    The way tech interviews is kind of a reveal on the ways tech is unwell.

    Specifically, the typical estimate of talent is whether or not someone fits or does not fit a particular preconception.

    It's dressed up with all this elaborate ritual, but what it comes down to in practice is:

    • you walk in
    • they watch you move
    • they decide if they want to take a risk based on how well your motion conforms to their preconception of talent

    and crucially, what makes this so artificial:

    secret ballot

    Zee,
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    @danilo This is the process recommended in thinking fast and slow.

    Assess for 2~3 particular skills, sign post which one you are assessing at any given time. Once you are done assessing Skill 1, move on to skill 2.

    cliffwade, to VideoGames
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    I broke down and decided to purchase Helldivers 2 last night.

    I'm currently only level 4, maybe level 5, and still getting my bearings within the game and trying to understand everything.

    Seems like there's actually quite a bit to the game as far as learning how to survive and fight, but so far it's enjoyable. Can't wait to check out some new weapons and really get a grip on the game.

    Are you playing the game?

    Zee,
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    @cliffwade I am playing it, and have also found it pretty good.

    My initial take was "ugh why is this so hard?!" but I've gotten better and have started having fun while grouping up.

    Zee, to random
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    So far:

    1. The campy-fascism hits a bit too close to home
    2. It is nearly impossible to play solo. I failed my first mission on the "Easiest" difficulty because I couldn't figure out how to deal with the bugs that swarm the extraction point.
    3. I "won" my second mission by running in circles avoiding the bugs, since I couldn't kill them fast enough or find and close the holes.

    This reminds me why I don't play shooters. Oh well.

    Zee,
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    Mostly I'm playing it as an "Observer of Gaming."

    I played a lot of couch co-op First-and-Third person shooters when I was younger (, , , , being the ones that stand out)

    I also played a bit of as an adult; which kind of broke ground on the whole "Main Story + Post-Story Events + Seasons with story + cosmetics + equipment" as a revenue / play model.

    And while nostalgic, I don't play games to be "Challenged" (life is hard enoug!)

    Zee, to random
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    Went to the SF Ruby Meetup today. It's been a while since I've gone to an industry meetup.

    It was nice. We had pot stickers. And Ramen.

    People shared computery things they care about.

    Probably the most time I've actively thought about the more computer-ward side of programming in 5 years.

    Zee,
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    The problem that has been occupying my time lately has been "how do we run software companies in a consent-forward, agency-nurturing way?"

    And I don't really know how to find or attend or organize a meetup about that.

    Zee, to random
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    I found a couple small flat birbs

    a monarch butterfly, orange segmented wings spread wide along a black body. The wings have white eyelets along the front and ear; and yellow eyelets about a third of the way from the tip.

    Zee, to bluesky
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    So far, is winning where it really counts: adorable animal posters and web comic artists.

    ETA: Yes, this is an invitation to send me cute-animal and web-comic posters

    mekkaokereke, to random
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    Me, living in California, for 350 days a year:
    "Why do people even check the weather? What a waste of time! Just put on a black t-shirt and go."

    Me, living in California, the other 15 days a year:
    "Damn! They got me."

    Zee,
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    @mekkaokereke I moved to CA 10 years ago; and the last two years Jan/Feb feels almost like monsoon-season.

    Here's to hoping it at least mitigates the fires and droughts...

    Zee, to fediverse
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    As a Child of the 90/00s Internet; the current model for building and maintaining digital relationships is... Well...

    Shite.

    As a teenager, I was a member of a community of thousands of nerds who loved pushing computing hardware to its limits across several websites.

    Two had private sections where hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of computing equipment was swapped, bought, and sold; with little fraud and "drama".

    How can we design the #Fediverse make healthy relating the norm?

    Zee,
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    @toolbear @toolbear For sure, it's different to be "hey, come hang out with some folks" vs "hey, these folks are doing things that clang and bang"

    Zee,
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    @toolbear Oooo I'll have to watch these!

    Zee,
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    @toolbear I'm curious what the ratio of humans-in-tech to humans-not-in-tech is; and the overlap of humans-in-tech with 50+ friends.

    My experience as a human-in-tech was "I have 8 friends, 7 of whom also work in tech."

    My experience as a "human-no-longer-in-tech" has been "I have a bakers dozen of friends most of whom are queer, two of whom are "in tech," none of whom are in web tech.

    Oakland's librarian:patron ratio is easily in the 1:1000 (population numbers from MyAss.rand)

    Zee,
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    @toolbear I dream of library-esque FAANG alternatives; where every community has local workers stewarding the infrastructure and moderation; with policies and key executive positions managed through democratic means that merge worker and community democracy.

    I don't quite know how to get there yet.

    Zee,
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    @toolbear totally! I’m glad you took time to show up and I hope you find what you’re needing!

    Zee,
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    @toolbear and I definitely pulled to hard because I want everyone to show up and co conspire. sorrt about that, I hope it didn’t make your energy / attention stuff harder

    Zee,
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    @toolbear Mmm, I think that's a bit of a stretch. I did some investigation when my friend told me about them. It's much more humanist / spiritual.

    I was referencing them (I think?) in relation to their community organizing around things like community cleanups + feeding folks around the lake.

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