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xahteiwi

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Humanism, open source, some music, art, and nonsense.

Account is locked; a significant fraction of what I post is followers-only. Got a blank or nonsensical avatar, no visible activity, no pointers to your identity? I'll ignore your follow request. I might choose not to accept it for other reasons, too. 🙂

Sometimes I ask questions here. When I do, I would ask you to please reply with your own thoughts, not an LLM's response.

Toots in English. Tröten auf Deutsch.

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xahteiwi, to random German
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In Florenz hängen Wahlplakate, auf denen ein Mann namens Eike Schmidt fürs Bürgermeisteramt kandidiert.

Haben wir '24 oder '42?

xahteiwi, to random
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You queue in the Via Ricasoli to see Michelangelo's David. I queue in the Via Ricasoli for a schiacciata at l'antico Vinaio.

We are not the same.

xahteiwi, to random
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reveal.js has become the default option for open source conference presentations, has it not?

xahteiwi, (edited ) to random
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In a Python context, how do you pronounce "kwargs"?

xahteiwi,
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@freezombie I deliberately left in that ambiguity (compare how some physicists differ in their pronunciation of "quarks").

xahteiwi, to random
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I think @sheena just moved her laptop off the podium and onto the desk specifically so she could make eye contact with the full audience.

That's an excellent move.

xahteiwi,
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Re @sheena's reply to @EvilDMP's question, I wrote a thing about that!

https://xahteiwi.eu/blog/2021/10/30/warnock-dilemma/

xahteiwi,
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Also the bit @sheena mentioned about how teaching others is the best way to learn something, here's Russell Ackoff on exactly that. (Among many other things, that is; the whole talk is extremely useful.)

https://youtu.be/EbLh7rZ3rhU

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My talk is happening now.

Live stream here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/z7icIiS50-Q

xahteiwi,
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☝️ @mattb Suit pics!

@pietroppeter

xahteiwi,
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@pietroppeter Thanks for the kind words!

xahteiwi,
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@mattb Excuse me the what now?

@pietroppeter

xahteiwi, to random
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The fact that the conference network's DNS server is returning NXDOMAIN on reveal-multiplex.glitch.me is messing with my reveal.js slide deck today.

xahteiwi,
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@icing You're misunderstanding what Reveal Multiplex does with a socket.io server.

xahteiwi,
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@johanneskastl It does, but I can't really tell attendees to reconfigure DNS on all their devices. 😁

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"I have the artistic sensibility of a rock" is actually a great way to prefix a question about the interpretation of an artwork.

It's like "explain like I'm 5", just being more respectful of five-year-olds.

xahteiwi, to random
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"Make the Tories history" is not a bad message.

(Seen in a photograph in @EvilDMP's keynote slide deck.)

xahteiwi, (edited ) to random
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If you're listening to a talk and there's a podium, which of the following do you prefer as a listener in the room?

(This is a question of preference, not a "right/wrong" question. Boosts OK.)

xahteiwi,
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@mdione True but I specifically asked about your preference as a listener who is present in the room.

xahteiwi,
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@janpipek That is absolutely true.

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Finally get to see a talk from @EvilDMP in person!

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Am I old enough now to present at an open source conference in a dapper suit?

xahteiwi,
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Wore the suit and @danielfeldroy approved. So there!

xahteiwi,
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@mattb The event photographer took one of me and Rutger Hauer. 😁

@danielfeldroy

xahteiwi, to random
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This (from Maciej Cegłowski, who is apparently not a fedizen) is an evisceration.

https://idlewords.com/2024/5/the_lunacy_of_artemis.htm

xahteiwi,
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@chyld Yeah it's full of nuggets like that. 🙂

xahteiwi,
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@alexpadilla Yup that talk is great.

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