Hello Mastodonians.
I'm ok with the label "jack of all trades." It's taken me a while to earn it, but now I have the freedom to pursue just about anything I want to.
Current scattershot interests include:
#photography #reading #writing #linux #qubes #crypto #decentralization #privacy #unschooling #scifi #guitar #longevity #coding #cycling #permaculture #smithing #fabrication #mindfulness
Any suggestions for instances?
Any pointers on etiquette/best practices?
Thanks.
Sometimes you run across something that stops you in your tracks: Angelo Badalamenti's otherworldly account of the moment when he composed "Laura's Theme" with David Lynch.
Can we have a black hole power plant, please?
The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCdoCfw-bY
RT @openculture
J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a "Heartfelt Loathing" for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/j-r-r-tolkien-expressed-a-heartfelt-loathing-for-walt-disney.html
Original URL: https://twitter.com/openculture/status/992063985964015618
I know for a fact how tall I am.
But every time I walk out of a convenience store and see the height markers by the door (...5'...5'6"...6'...), I think to myself, "The top of my head can't be all the way up there."
Self-perception is weird.
I welcome the call to boldly split our infinitives https://economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21741127-boldly-go-where-grammarians-have-feared-tread-ban-split-infinitives
Outstanding exploration of the #typography of Alien.
"Fires had broken out in dozens of locations, their smoke trails rising, bending and then curdling in accordance with the habitat's spin-generated gravity."
"'What is it with mobs and fire?' Thalia said aloud, trying to coax a response from Sparver. 'So you can start a fire. Congratulations. You've achieved the first step to civilization. Get back to us when you've invented paper and irrigation.'"
—Alastair Reynolds, Elysium_Fire, p. 195
It's been almost five years, and I'm still bummed that Iain M. Banks died (at 59) and that there will never be another brilliant Culture novel.
them: there is no more knights in XXIst century.
me:
It seems to be that in general if you always do the opposite of what Zuckerberg does, you're doing something right.
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In response to the scandal, Zuckerberg is going to hand over regulatory power on the use of data for academic research to, and I'm not making this up, the Charles Koch Foundation.
https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/983343196586553345
Lucid dreaming has interested me ever since read a short article by Stephen LaBerge in OMNI magazine when I was a young kid.
I've never had much success with deliberate practice. The dozen or so fleeting lucid dreams I've had over the years came randomly.
This brief article lays out the basics. I think I'll try again tonight.
https://aeon.co/ideas/the-lucid-dreaming-playbook-how-to-take-charge-of-your-dreams
The right to repair gives people the peace of mind to learn about and repair things they own and rely on—from cars to tractors to printers. #RepairTeaches https://www.eff.org/issues/right-to-repair
Learn 10 fundamental #linux commands every user should know https://opensource.com/article/18/4/10-commands-new-linux-users
I'm getting the urge to ditch my smartphone again, but one thing's seriously holding me back this time—Signal.
Really, asking "what should replace Facebook" is putting things the wrong way around.
A more interesting way to ask the question is, "what did Facebook replace."
People used to build their own websites. People used to have blogs. People used USENET which was truly distributed and un-censorable.
Facebook and Google took the open internet and open standards and monetized and made everything crappy. Enough of that. Nothing should replace Facebook, it's done, stick a fork in it.
