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xian

@xian@xoxo.zone

handcrafted websites since 1992, product at https://18f.gov, leaps tall buildings given a running start, views are my own, he/they, HAVE UKE WILL TRAVEL

federating https://mediajunkie.com/author/xian/ (blog), https://diode.zone/accounts/xian (music videos), https://pixelfed.social/mediajunkie (photos), https://xianlandia.com/@xian (sandbox), https://ezone.fun/@xian (friends), https://xoxo.zone/@xian (here)

#product #UX #GovTech #CivicTech #InformationArchitecture #ukulele and #community

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xian, to random
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I'm finding now that we own an EV fewer occasions to say "Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car!"

xian,
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@kentbrew i have none — but i haven’t been on a long trip yet?

xian, (edited )
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@kentbrew you were pioneers!

it’s perfect for errands and now that it knows my driving style and terrain it estimates 216 to 270 miles on a 78% charge (I don’t charge to 100% generally)

fraying, (edited ) to random
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3,878. They’ve sold 3,878 of them. That’s it. I’ve run newspapers with larger circulations.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-recalls-all-3878-cybertrucks-over-faulty-accelerator-pedal-cover/

xian,
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@fraying it’s rather sad how many i have seen in (cough) palo alto in the past month

skinnylatte, to food
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As a rice eater, great rice dishes are totally what excite me. I want a ‘seasoned rice’ popup that just does 2-3 global ‘seasoned rice’ from around the world.

Jollof and nasi liwet.
Biryani and jambalaya.
Pilau and arroz rojo.

xian,
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@skinnylatte arancini

grimalkina, to random
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Contest cultures ("constantly prove you belong! Prove you're smart! Everything here is a dog eat dog competition!") tear people down under the guise of "toughness" and "identifying brilliance." In psych, we know this is destructive to long term sustainable work and mastery. We know it's systematically leveled at marginalized folks more.

These beliefs are at the heart of it all. This cannot be what we continue to let define who belongs in technical work and cultures.

https://mastodon.world/

xian,
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@grimalkina i’ve never trusted systems designed to only work with geniuses and brilliant people in every role

xian, to random
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they say there was a secret borg
that’ssimilated Data and Lore
but you don’t go for star trek fanfic
do ya?

xian, to random
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he’s a thousandaire at best, a net debtor more likely, and Jean Carroll has him by the raisins

http://disq.us/p/2y408o1

misc, to random
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Is there a general term for negative partisanship that applies beyond political parties? But not just the general term polarization. Like, people staking out more extreme or rigid positions on an issue because they're annoyed by what they perceive as the extreme or rigid positions on the other side?

xian,
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@kissane @misc i’d say that has other connotations but this sounds like “polarization”

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mekkaokereke, to random
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Happy !

I'm still not up to Black History! I'm still working through white US history. Bear with me! Almost there!

Q: Why does it seem like everything has to be woke now? Even our scientists?! It never used to be that way! Why does it seem like these days, even higher education has to think about race, when it didn't before?

A: Higher education, including STEM, did think about race before. That history has just been hidden from you. Because racism.

xian,
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@mekkaokereke I think there are very few out west and the only one I am aware of in California is Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in South Central L.A.

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@stancarey A listener asked me if there are any calques in which native Irish speakers adapt English to Irish Gaelic speaking patterns (or any other kinds of Irish<>English calques), and I immediately thought of you! Do you know of anything like this?

xian,
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@grammargirl @stancarey Synge's plays have a lot of constructions such as "after having" to form the past tense that sound as if they are drawn from Irish Gaelic diction?

xian, to random
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say @ivory do you know why my posts are defaulting to follower-only against my preference?

Skepticat, to random
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Airport pickups are such a show of love. Doesn’t matter if it is romantic or platonic. Anyone who picks you up from the airport that you aren’t paying to do so, actually loves you. ✈️

xian,
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@Skepticat My youngest brother was coming out on a business trip and I offered to pick him up at the airport and drive him to the city for his meetings and my partner asked why, since he could catch public transport and I said, "He's my brother!"

xian, to random
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Seems completely sexist that there is a dress code for men and no details for women.

Also, why business attire? Why this fetish for the costumes of private enterprise management?

And who says ties are still “business attire” universally? This seems to be true mainly for bankers and perhaps other business clustered on the east coast.

You might as well mandate tuxedos or cutaways. https://apnews.com/article/senate-dress-code-resolution-schumer-fetterman-e29b6826ef611fb67206cc148b9ccc8e

fractalkitty, to math
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Woo! I slipped a little topology into this project at work-who doesn’t like coffee and donuts?

I was 98% accurate!
✅✅✅🟩✅✅🟩✅
Can you do better?
https://www.brilliant.org/challenges/halfsies

Full disclosure- it will take you to a sign up screen after

xian,
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@fractalkitty so fun!

xian,
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@fractalkitty i was way off on a few others

xian, to random
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Happy Friday! New covid stats out for the state of California this week, per this commit:

https://github.com/cagov/covid-static-data/pull/3027/commits/ad17253f623d9b3e93dd5b8e88a6bb23399a1744

xian, to random
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who knew I was saying my mantra all along?

“I’m not available at that time.”

xian, to random
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very strong smell of garlic bread in the yard this morning

kissane, to random
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Happy Labor Day weekend, US folks. Here's the solidarity fund again for the union organizers and other workers Code for America laid off going into the holiday weekend:

https://account.venmo.com/u/CfAWorkersSolidarity

And the union's post about the situation: https://cfaworkersunited.com/stories/2023/08/31/code-for-america-lays-off-35-colleagues

xian,
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@kissane This is super disappointing!

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xian,
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@nivrig loves me a good rant

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    xian,
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    @Teri_Kanefield I don’t think the point is that the Hatch Act is a crime, but that the Hatch Act defines electioneering as outside of the elected official’s role.

    fraying, to random
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    Surprise is not required for outrage.

    xian,
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    @fraying and this surprises you somehow!!!?

    :mild_panic:

    xian,
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    @fraying meta jokes are now dad jokes i realize

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