GeePawHill

GeePawHill, 22 days ago to random

Desmond Dekker, "The Israelites".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxtfdH3-TQ4

GeePawHill, 22 days ago to random

The worst part is when my friends defend and embrace some extractive capitalist ponzi scheme, like blockchain, or crypto, or LLMs, on the grounds that there are conceivably good applications for those tools.

I point out why that's not what's going on, the development of good applications, but rather the continued exploitation by billionaires, of people living on welfare.

They persist.

It makes me so sad.

GeePawHill, 22 days ago to random

In James J O'Donell's The Ruin of the Roman Empire, and his other works, he takes great pains to explain that neither the visigoths nor the ostragoths were actually "barbarians".

They'd been living side-by-side with Romans for centuries. They were, in fact, the chosen mercenary soldiers Rome turned to again and again, against a variety of enemies.

GeePawHill, 22 days ago to random

The Inkspots, "If I Didn't Care".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH_zodj-5Vo

effinbirds, 22 days ago to random

GeePawHill, 23 days ago to random

(I am not okay with attacking the physical appearance of people I regard as my political opponents. I am, in fact, embarrassed by those who claim allyship who yet turn to that.

For whatever values you have for "ugly" and "pretty", ugly people aren't evil, and pretty people aren't good.)

GeePawHill, 23 days ago to random

Well, it's Friday night, and I really have no official bed time, but I give you an allegedly parting shot, of rye, with a beer:

A word to become familiar with: "No."

It's terrifying, believe me, I really do know how scary and awful the consequences of saying "no" might be.

But the thing is, the global harm caused by your coerced yes is often far greater than the local harm caused by your actual no.

Say "No." more often.

RickiTarr, 23 days ago to random

I have a big group chat with my a large amount of my real life friends, then smaller groups out of that group that have particular interests:

One is for the people who live locally to plan activities.

One is for art, but maybe the kind of art that not everyone would want to see.

One for BBQ and cocktails.

One where we talk about terrible home renovations and shit exes.

One specifically for handyman information and planning if someone moves or needs help with a project.

One where we seem to mostly talk about cute dogs, and often cheese.

Plus individual chats.

But now I'm wondering who has chats without me, do they have a secret chat where everyone talks about how I'm in everyone's business?!

GeePawHill, 23 days ago to random

There are several reasons I am avoiding the browser stack in CurryTree, as I've avoided it for many years.

But, perhaps the most important reason, and I know that many of you are now coming to grasp this, is that the browser stack requires a browser, and all the browsers are made by people who believe the rather ludicrous capitalist myth of infinite growth, and they will do anything to make that myth seem true, quarter on quarter.

GeePawHill, 24 days ago to random

And so but anyway, fuck capitalism, and good night!

GeePawHill, 24 days ago to random

I've been close to redlining all day today. Things that might ordinarily only mildly annoy me have sent me spiking towards screaming and throwing things. Further, the decay of that sensation has been very very slow.

I have no explanation for this. The most I can theorize is just that it's all adding up, bit by bit.

rodhilton, 24 days ago to random

How many days do you suppose we have before Dropbox announces they are selling everyone's documents to OpenAI?

GeePawHill, 25 days ago to random

The "No Regerts" tattoo cracks me up every time, but the actual sentiment seems very odd.

Anyone who gets to my age with no regerts is either a psychopath or a fool.

RickiTarr, 26 days ago to random

What is the thing(s) that attracts you to a person romantically or otherwise?

GeePawHill, 27 days ago to random

Hey folks!

Leading Technical Change is a live remote seminar hosted by yours, truly.

6 attendees, 4 sessions, 2 hours each, with just 1 topic:

Real Change in the Real World.

If you're seeking to create or nurture change in your technical organization, this course is for you. Next offering, May 20,21,23,24, 1-3pm Eastern (UTC-4).

We still have a seat open, but act now!

https://geepawhill.org/courses/leading-technical-change

GeePawHill, 27 days ago to random

Play the exciting new old-people-who-live-in-the-woods-with-dogs game:

Is It A Tick Or Is It A Skin Tag?

Just $2.99, with in-game ads for Depends and tick kits and hearing aids and magnifying glasses.

Rating: PG-13. Includes "Language". "Some revealing of naked hairy parts of old people". and "hatred and violence towards animals that may be ticks".

Act now!

Operators are standing by.

GeePawHill, 27 days ago to random

Parting shot: you wanna know an incredibly cheap way you can create a tiny bit of change in the world, right now, by the time you finish reading this post?

Tell someone on the internet, someone whose free makings improve your life, that this is so.

Makers, the world over, need money, for sure. But first they need juice, and every time you tell a maker that they have added value to your life, you supercharge them to keep on making.

Try it!

You'll see.

Now I'll slam this shot and go to bed.

GeePawHill, 28 days ago to random

CurryTree: Gotta get back up on that horse. It has been a hard month for me, morale-wise, hence no work on my joy project. But I am shooting for a bit of a reset this afternoon.

I will say this: in spite of the fact that I haven't been coding, I've been meaning to work on it, and as a result of the break, I've had several ideas I think are good.