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withoutclass

@withoutclass@mastodon.sdf.org

What is here to point to that I could say is me?

living in Chicago
Android development as a vocation
Sometimes I do things like study Buddhism, Zen, Chan, etc.

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publicvoit, (edited ) to pixel
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I need to get a new smartphone since my Pixel 4a ran out of support already. ๐Ÿ˜ž

I narrowed down my options to three devices that fit my requirements.

The Pixel 8a seems to be cheaper and even better compared to the 8.

I won't use games or any of the AI stuff nor Google cloud services. Therefore, I guess that Tensor 4 of the Pixel 9 won't provide much benefit to me.

Unfortunately, the 9 design looks great to me. ๐Ÿค”

What do you recommend? ๐Ÿคท (and why?)

withoutclass,
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@publicvoit Pixel 8 has a better camera and smaller bezels than the 8a if those are something you care about :)

withoutclass,
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@publicvoit my understanding is it's the same camera as the 7a. But to be fair, I think these days a modern camera phone is going to be pretty similar.

yassie_j, to random
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Here are some common acronyms used by tech companies in 2024, and what they mean.

AI = Always Inaccurate

AGI = A Guy in India

LLM = Large Lying Model

GPT = Great at Producing Trash

withoutclass,
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@yassie_j

PISS = Plagiarized Information Synthesis System

grtcdr, to random
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I feel so awkward explaining Mastodon and the Fediverse to people who have no prior knowledge of either.

I've used phrases like: "imagine if you could run your own Facebook (ew) for your friends and family or join an existing community of like-minded people".

I've explained all of these concepts time and time again, to people from various backgrounds, those in software engineering for example find the concepts of federation and decentralisation really interesting. Some find these concepts hard to grasp, while others find the extra step of finding the right community cumbersome.

I understand that "X" social media platform is where people are, but, in the Fediverse, where people are can be any one of Y, Z, or whatever; all of us can communicate under different jurisidictions.

I'd really like to know the examples you've used to introduce the Fediverse to your peers and friends.

withoutclass,
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@ltriant @grtcdr ya, email providers are the best example seen as well.

indiasoale, to zen
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No truth is wholly objective.

If I say โ€œdogs existโ€ but someone else believes that all dogs I see are โ€œwolvesโ€ and not โ€œdogsโ€ then as far as they are concerned I am wrong.

I could give them a book showing the differences in dog and wolf anatomy but that assumes they will accept the differences are big enough to agree that they are two different animals which they wonโ€™t unless it fits their belief of evidence or they face social pressure to accept my belief as the truth.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale there is no ability to observe anything objectively. What you "see" are electrical pulses converted by the brain based on what the eyes have detected. The eyes, due to evolution, are only capable of detecting certain things in certain ways.

You could also play here with the different levels of subjectivity. At the ultimate level, everything is the same.

It's a very difficult thing that I think about a lot.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale

Unfortunately I will have to disagree strongly that what you see is based on social construction. This is the multiple levels that I alluded to earlier. On one level, you have an experience of seeing a thing. If you choose not to make it into a "thing", then you will not add any conceptual layer to it. There is no "chair" or "stool" at all. "Chair" and "stool" are concepts, they are additions/overlays to experience.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale well said, but the concepts exist nowhere in physical reality. There is "what is", and then whatever overlay gets applied.

"Chair" is useful, it conveys a shared idea. A thing that looks like this and has this form, I say "chair" to quickly share information. But still there is no chair beyond the concept.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale

"If concepts did not exist in physical reality as water exists in physical reality then the physical form of a wooden chair would be no different to any other wood. "

Exactly. A chair is both "chair" and not-chair. Without the concept of chair, you could still sit on the thing we call a chair. Chair is made up of not-chair. Wood, screws, or perhaps glue even. You could even call the thing we call as "chair" a flumble, and nothing would change at all.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale I don't think I would conflate concepts with action. If you call a chair wood for a fire, nothing happens without action. A chair is both a chair and wood for a fire, or a door stop, or any other myriad things because concepts don't have any impact on the object itself. Concepts only exist in the mind and have no impact on the current structure of the underlying not-chair that composes "chair". No matter the concept, the object is just however it is.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale thank you. I will put this in my belly to let it digest:)

bhyde, to random

+1 for the to do list. Teehee

withoutclass,
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@bhyde CPL, nice! How's the book series? I've not heard of it.

jrose, to random
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Hey, fellow San Francisco tech workers. Is this what you want people to think of you? Is this how you think of other people? No? Then make sure youโ€™re against these assholes, and think twice about voting for anyone theyโ€™ve funded. (cw: some really awful rhetoric using โ€œethnic cleansingโ€ as a positive metaphor) https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

withoutclass,
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@jrose First I've heard of any of these people and it's real gross. Just seems like more of the same ultra rich tech fascism brain worms these people have.

hamtron5000, to emacs
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okay, in my attempt to do more in terms of get something out of Mastodon, i'm going to do more hashtagging and more posting about things and interacting with others who post about things.

i'm starting to learn and working on some things, like a Plex server, a Calibre server, and etc. Any other have any recommendations? i'm also considering Mealie.

withoutclass,
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@hamtron5000 mostly just self hosting Plex and the arr's myself. Also started my journey about a year ago now. I figure I'll be competent in emacs in about 20-30 years ๐Ÿ˜

withoutclass, to fallout
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The show is so good. It really captures the serious/silly in a well balanced way, with actual set building, props, and a good story.

withoutclass, to random
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Being interested in too many things has its downsides. I struggle to make progress on anything.

withoutclass, to random
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"Engagement!" I shout as I ruin what little user credibility I had left.

birv2, to emacs
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Question for some friends: what's the best way to import a long markdown file INTO an already existing org file and have it look like the rest of the org file? Background is that I'm working on building out One Big Org File and want to import my running daily notes from Obsidian into the org file. I've found ways to convert markdown to org, but don't know how to actually place it in the org file. Thanks!

withoutclass,
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@birv2 pandoc is the way.

peppe, to gentoo
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The Gentoo wiki is an excellent source of information, as is the handbook. It's almost not for these times anymore, because you have to read carefully and not just skim the headlines. The most valuable information is usually 2 paragraphs down from that headline. But it's there, trust me. How else would I've learned about the gentoo-pipewire-launcher script ? ๐Ÿ˜Ž

#Gentoo

withoutclass,
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@peppe I burn myself regularly due to predisposition to not read everything completely ๐Ÿ˜

gabrielesvelto, to random
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Every time I see Marjorie Taylor Greene's actions I'm left wondering whether she's being really paid by the Russians, or she's a natural. Is it malice or stupidity? I can't tell and I don't even know what would be worse.

withoutclass,
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@gabrielesvelto I'm a big fan of Hanlons Razor

CrustaceanSingles, to random
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aaahhhh!

withoutclass,
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@CrustaceanSingles they should see a doctor if it lasts more than 4 hours

birv2, to emacs
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Falling further down the RH adventures.... just discovered and that might be the clincher for me. My writing is very much outline-driven, and I've always wanted an outliner with movable sections (had something in the early PC days that did that). When you combine all of the other functionality, gets more and more attractive. Key binding memorization is overwhelming but just saw some good advice: use M-x and functions at first. So we continue.

withoutclass,
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@birv2 Org Mode, Agenda, and Roam are my primary use case for emacs. Yes I can also browse/look at code quickly, and I'm slowly getting used to writing some code there, but for me it's all about the writing and task management.

Then I keep all my org roam notes in git, which I can easily share at work in a readable format since GitHub supports rendering org mode.

withoutclass,
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@birv2 you could just not track them but then they wouldn't be versioned in git. You could also use dir locals (I'm not experienced with this) to have a private/public set of notes. I just choose not to write anything that I wouldn't mind being public for work.

gentoo, to random Japanese
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Gentoo Linux becomes an SPI associated project

https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/04/10/SPI-associated-project.html

withoutclass,
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@gentoo I've already migrated my monthly donation so I can get my corporate match through work :)

birv2, to emacs
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God help me, I'm falling down the rabbit hole.

withoutclass,
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@birv2 welcome :)

Lioh, to gentoo German
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That's great news: Gentoo is now part of the SPI (Software in the Public Interest) like many others, e.g. The Debian Project https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-Linux-SPI-Project

https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/gentoo/

withoutclass,
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@Lioh wow this rules. Now I can get employer matching to go with my monthly donation.

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